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Kiwanis Clubroom
Kiwanis Club
Wednesday Noon
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ODENI V. F. W. POST 891#
Meets 2nd & 4th Tuesday
nights
C. H. Janieke, Adj.
A. A. Luckenbach, Q. M.
T. Leon Mertz, Commander
Volume IX—Established June 25, 1948
ODEM, TEXAS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1958
FORMER ODEM BOY
Jerry Hightower Featured
In South Texas Article
J. T. (Jerry) Hightower, a for-
mer Odem lad, is featured in the
latest South Texas Children’s Home
paper “Children’s Messenger”.
Following is the article written
about the boy:
“Equally at home behind six in-
struments, a pair of babber shears,
and a skillet, J. T. Hightower, is
considered to be the man of many
talents on the STCH campus.
“A high school senior, Hightower
is the Pettus high school drum
major, and can play most of the
instruments in the band which he
leads. His instructor band director
George Rhodes said ‘Of all the
5,000 students I have taught, High-
tower shows the most talent.
“Music has always been one of
the chief interests in Hightower’s
young life. As a small boy in Cor-
pus Christi he used to mow lawns
and baby sit in order to earn the
money to take music lessons at
Del Mar College. A college music
professor seeing the boy’s interest,
let Hightower use his personal in-
strument free of charge.
“Hightower plays the oboe, sax-
aphone, clarinet, piano, viola and
flute. He also composes in his spare
time, and recently attended a se-
lect band clinic at Southwest Tex-
as College in San Marcos.
“Hightower came to the Home
last year and was immediately
established by the children as be-
ing the campus barber. Cutting all
of the younger set’s hair High-
tower has also ventured in women’s
hair styling.
‘I had planned to go to barber
college, and then work my way
through North Texas State as a
licensed barber. But now I think
I will just cut bair on the side,
to conserve time’, Hightower said.
“An accomplished chef of the
American cuisine, he often pre-
pares snacks for the children of
his cottage. Social service director
Guy Shuttleworth said, ‘He cooks
the best egg I ever laid my teeth
into’.
“Young Hightower last spring
surrendered for special service and
would like to compose religious
choral music after graduation from
college and seminary.”
Jerry learned much about house-
keeping from his late mother. Dur-
ing her lengthy illness. Jerry, al-
FOUR PAGES — NO.
Revival Underway
At Methodist
Church In Odem
The revival which is in progress
at First Methodist Church is re-
ported to be rich in message of
sermon and song. The sermons
are being delivered by Dr. Frank
Turner of Ft. Worth and the Rev.
Jesse Long of Star is directing the
music and bringing inspirational
messages in song. The Rev. C. O.
Boatman, pastor of the church is
assisting in the revival.
Tonight (Thursday) has been de-
signated as Official Board Night;
Friday will be Veterans Night; and
Saturday evening.
Dr. Turner addressed his message
to the Junior High and high school
students one morning this week,
and the students sat spellbound be-
fore the words of the speaker, said
the pastor.
The revival services will continue
through Sunday.
though less than a dozen years in
age, did much to keep the “home
fires burning”. He gave a hand
in assisting in the care of the
younger members of the family
and helped to keep the smile on
his mother’s face in those last
trying months of her life.
Jerry is remembered with affec-
tion by those in Odem and Edroy
who knew him when he lived here,
and these same friends are rejoic-
ing with Jerry in the achievements
which he has attained and the am-
bitious that are giving him the
impetus to work for an attainment
of the goal he has set for his life.
Bobby Cleveland
Wins Scholarship
At A&I College
Bobby Cleveland petroleum en-
gineer senior student at A&I Col-
lege was recently awarded the
Magnolia Petroleum Co. scholar-
ship, being one of five candidates
for the scholarship.
To become eligible for the scho-
larship a student must be a pet-
roleum engineer major in his sen-
ior year at college and be in the
upper academic bracket.
The scholarship is worth $550
and is paid on a semester basis,
with the payments being $275 each.
Cleveland is a 1955 graduate of
Odem High School and was saluta-
torian of his class. He is a member
of Alpha Chi, Sigma Tau and AIME
at A&I College. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Cleveland of
Odem. He sings in the choir at
First Baptist Church and is active
in the young people’s work in the
church.
Jake Dvensing’s
Brother Dies
In Houston
Word was received in Odem
Tuesday morning that Emil Duens-
ing of Mission who has visited in
Odem on various occasions, died
unexpectedly in his hotel room in
Houston early Monday night.
Duensing was in Houston to at-
tend a citrus-growers convention
and he had seen his wife off on
a plane trip to Jamaica in the ' family night at its Oct. 6 meeting^
Several Odem
People Listed
In The Hospital
Mrs. H. W. Herndon remains
on the seriously ill list at Spohn
Hospital, Corpus Christi, with no
marked change in their condition
coming in recent reports from her
bedside.
Mrs. W. A. Stein, who spent from
Sunday until Wednesday of last
week as a patient in Sinton Hos-
pital is reported to be recovering
satisfactorily from the flare-up of a
heart ailment which sent her to
the hospital. She is even able to
sit up in her wheelchair for per-
iods during each day, according
to a report from a member of her
family.
Mrs. Ray Childress received a
whip-lash neck injury when her car
was rammed by another car on
Highway 77 Monday evening of last
week. She had brought her car
to a halt behind an oil truck which
was parked for repairs with the
stop being necessary because of
the heavy line of traffic traveling
in the opposite direction. Ernest
Hughes, following close behind Mrs.
Childress’ car failed to stop his
car in time to prevent the accident.
Mrs. Childress had presence of
mind to swing her car sharply to
the right as it was struck, thereby
avoiding her car being smashed
between the two vehicles. A gentle
shoulder slope of the highway made
it possible for Mrs. Childress not
only to avoid striking the parked
truck, but also for her to escape
having her car turn over.
Mrs. Childress spent several days
in the hospital, and was in traction
part of the time. She is now re-
cuperating in her home, and her
physician reports her condition to
be satisfactory.
J. E. Wallace was released from
Sinton Hospital Tuesday afternoon
after a ten-day stay there because
of a back injury. He, too, was
placed in traction for several days.
His physician reports his condition
satisfactory.
George Moore entered a Corpus
Christi hospital Tuesday where he
will submit to major surgery later
this week.
Baptist Group
Flans Family
Night Oct. 6
Baptist Brotherhood will observe
Stanley Webb Named
Head Of Odem
F. F. A. Chapter
Stanley Webb HI, president of
the Odem iFFA chapter, was nam-
ed president of the Tri-County Dis-
trict made up of Bee-Live Oak-
San Patricio Counties, in an of-
ficers’ election held at Three Ri-
vers Saturday.
Webb is a member of the Senior
Class and is entering his fourth
year of FFA work. He is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Webb Jr.
Joe Allen Miller and James Mayo
were the voting delegates from the
Odem FFA chapter at the meeting
and Marshall Roach and Leland
Boultinghourse went along to ob-
serve.
Ann Turner
Named Favorite
Of The Band
In a recent meeting of the Odem
high school band, Ann Turner was
named band sweetheart, says Ray-
mond Clark, the band director.
The drum major is Joyce Nan
Smith and the majorettes are Bev-
erly Knight, Pat Mertz, Sandra
Spiekermann and Barbara Roach.
The band is planning to attend
the University of Texas Band Day
to be held in Austin October 18,
and will make the trip by school
buses
Band director Clark is beginning
his seventh consecutive year with
the band, and he has brought the
band to its highest rating in the
entire history of the band.
Roach Family
Leaves To Make
Home In Lufkin
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TONY PEREZ
Tjjis 135 lb. Tailback has done
a fine job for the Owls thus far.
Since he is only a Freshman great
t/iings are expected of him before
finishes his football career.
afternoon. In the late afternoon he
called his brother, Jake Duensing,
who lives in Houston, and com-
plained of haying a severe sore
throat. His brother went to the
hotel room and visited with him
for awhile and then went back to
his apartment. About an hour later
the hotel clerk called Jake Duens-
ing and told him that his brother
had died.
The physician called in on the
case reported that death was due
to strangulation from the throat
ailment.
Efforts were being made to con-
tact the dead man’s widow in
Jamaica at the time the message
of Duensing’s death reached Odem.
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Duensing are
former Odem residents and his bro-
ther had visited them here on sev-
eral occasions.
Stanley Webb, III
Elected President
Of District F.F.A.
In a recent meeting the Odem
Chapter of the Future Farmers
of America elected Stanley Webb
m as president.
Officers named to serve with
Webb are Sidney Mattingly, vice-
president; Marshall Roach, senti-
enl; Ronnie Kruger, reporter; Al-
bert Day, secretary; Anthony Kni-
ght, treasurer; and James Mayo,
historian.
Marsha Weatherly was named
FFA Sweetheart and Sidney Mat-
tingly was made the FHA Beau.
Stanley Webb IH was nominated
to represent the Odem FFA at the
Tri-County District Officers’ elec-
tion, and Joe Allen Miller and
James Mayo were elected to serve
as voting delegates to the meet.
which will be held at the fellow-
ship hall of First Baptist Church.
Royal Ambassador and Girls Aux-
iliary work will be emphasized in
the program, with films illustrating
the steps of the work shown. Films
of the R. A. Conclave held in Ft.
Worth last month and the corona-
tion of a GA queen will also be
shown.
T. M. Haire, Baptist layman of
Woodsboro, will be the principal
speaker and will show the films.
Refreshments of ice cream and
cookies and cake will be served
during the fellowship hour following
the program.
All persons interested in R. A.
and G. A. work are cordially in-
vited to attend, and boys and girls
between the ages of eight and 14
years are urged to be present,
said a spokesman for the Brother-
hood.
Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Roach and
son, Coy, left Thursday for Lufkin,
where they have purchased a home.
The family lived in Odem for
two years, and Coy had begun his
work as a member of the 8th grade
in Junior High School here.
Mr. Roach is a construction work-
er and plans to secure work in
Lufkin, where he and his family
have made their home before. Both
he and Mrs. Roach have a large
circle of relatives living in and
around Lufkin. “It will be like
going home after a long stay
away”, said the couple.
Mr. and Mrs. Roach had the
misfortune of losing a son during
the time they were Odem residents.
Larry Roach, 21, was accidentally
killed while employed in the com-
munication department of the Mis-
siouri-Pacific Railroad Co. The ac-
cident occured in the Mt. Lucas
area when utility lines were being
dismantled there. A pole snapped
from beneath ground level causing
young Roach to fall approximately
35 feet, with the pole falling on his
body. The damage suit growing out
of the fatal accident was recently
settled out of court through agree-
ment of the parties involved in the
suit.
Election For New
Fire Chief
To Be Held
The Odem Fire Department will
elect a new fire chief at the next
regular meeting night, Thursday,
Oct. 9, according to an announce-
ment by the assistant fire chief,
Leon Mertz.
J. E. Boyd Jr., who has been
serving as fire chief has accepted
a position in Victoria which will
keep him out ofx town five days
a week and he feels that he of
necessity must resign from the post
as fire chief. Assist. Fire Chief
Mertz, who served as chief for
several years says that he does
not want the job of fire chief,
and he is making the announce-
ment of the election of a man to
fill the post in order that those
interested may be on hand to cast
a vote in the election to be held
Oct. 9 at the regular meeting.
The assistant fire chief also
sounds the warning that unless
more interest is shown in the re-
gular fire drills that Odem cannot
hope to hold its present fire rat-
ing. It is likely to lose its credit
rating and to have the insurance
rates for the residents of the city
hiked unless a drastic change is
made in the attendance record of
the fire drill.
It is mandatory that at least 17
men attend each fire drill, and the
number attending fall far short of
that number, Mertz said. “There
is always a summer slump in at-
tendance, but this year the short-
age of volunteer firemen has been
unusually acute with no indication
of picking up the slack in the
attendance record” the assistant
fire chief emphasizes.
Mr. and Mrs. Orville Rouse were
business visitors in Beeville Satur-
day.
Mrs. R. J. Carlisle of Papalote
was a guest in the home of her
nephew John Syma Sr., and family
Thursday.
J. C. Allbritton of Houston was
a guest in the home of Mrs. Theda
Welch and her mother, Mrs, Mary
Boggus, Thursday.
Mrs. Dick West
Enrolls In Corpus
Beauty School
Mrs. Dick West is enrolled at
a beauty school in Corpus Christi
while her husband is employed on
a construction job at the White
Sands proving ground in New Mex-
ico.
Mrs. West is here with her pa-
rents and sister, Mr. and Mrs.
G. L. Robertson and Miss Theresa
Merle Robertson, and she com-
mutes to her work in Corpus
Christi.
Boy Bom Thursday
To Mr. and Mrs. Nunez
Mr. and Mrs. Marcellus Nunez
are announcing the birth of a six
pounds and two ounce baby boy,
who made his arrival Thursday,
Sept. 26.
The child’s grandparents are Mrs.
Francisco Nunez and Mr. and Mrs.
Ramon Fuentes. The child’s mo-
ther is the former Rae Fuentes,
who was employed at the Odem
Pharmacy for several years. Her
husband is employed at Reynolds
Metal' Plant at Gregory.
A STAR IN THE MAKING
T imBrownOutgrowsNickname'TinyTim1
Less than five years ago when Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Brown were spend-
ing much time near an incubator in
a hospital watching their mite of
a baby put up his tough fight for
life, they little realized that within
such a short span of years they
would be proudly watching their
tiny son garner trophies from a
rodeo arena.
“Tiny Tim’* ^vas the monicker
given Timothy Brown because of
his diminutive size at birth — he
weighed less than four pounds at
birth (three pounds and 11 ounces,
to be exact) But what he lacked
in weight and size he made up
for in spunk and fibre. He kicked
his little way right out of the in-
cubator and began his climb to
stardom in a rodeo arena before
he was scarcely out of training
pants. His granddad, Ward Moore,
who has practically lived his life
in a saddle, saw to it that his
only grandson should get well start-
ed in horseback riding.
Before Tim was two years "old
his grandfather gave the child his
first horse — “Cutie”, a Shetland
pony. Just as Tim had outgrown
his nickname of “Tiny Tim”, he
soon moved on to a larger pony.
He began claiming his grand-
father’s cutting horse, “Robby”,
and his doting grandfather began
sharing Robby with Tim.
When the young horseman had
accomplished the feat of riding with
the ease of a cowboy, his grand-
father began taking Tim along to
the pasture to “help work cattle”.
And before a cutting horse could
make two twirls, Tim was his
grandfather’s “right-hand man” in
the pasture. Tim mounts his pony
and takes to the pasture and the
herd as a duck takes to water.
When its round-up time on the Lon-
nie Jennings ranch, Tim is right
there “riding the range with his
granddaddy. It is at calf-doctoring
that Tim earns his real worth as a
cowboy. It is his job at that time
to keep the cows away while the
doctoring of the calves is being
done. Just ask anyone who has
seen Tim on that job and they
will tell you without hesitation that
it will take a good mother cow
to break through Tim’s guard.
During the Alice Youth Rodeo
last summer, Tim brought home his
first trophy for showmanship in the
arena. He and “Robby” perform-
ed with such skill that Tim came
home with a gold cup won in
competition with a group of 4-to-7
year age level girls and boys. In
the Robstown Youth rodeo in late
August the .competition was even
tougher, with the little boy com-
peting in a four to nine-year age
group. But Tim not only repeated
his capturing a gold cup he also
was awarded a beautiful little
mare, “Rico Blanco”, as a special
award from —you guessed correctly
-his granddad.
There is scarcely a day, weather
permitting, that Tim is not in the
saddle, and, although he is still
too young to have many dreams of
world fame, he is unwittingly now
taking the training which will per-
haps some day take him to Madi-
son Square Garden. Tim may not
be dreaming of that day, but his
granddad is. And those who have
seen Tim in the ring feel that the
dream may come true.
J. B. Whatley’s
Return From
Western Trip
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Whatley have
returned from a vacation trip which
took them to New Mexico and
Colorado for 11 days of sightseeing
and visiting.
They visited the Pueblo Indian
ruins in Taos and visited in Santa
Fe, N. M. before going to Colorado
Springs and Denver, Colo. They
visited friends in Gunnison before
heading homeward by way of
Roswell, N. M. and San Angelo.
They were overnight guests in
the home of their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Press-
ly, at Austin as they were enroute
home.
One of the highlights of the trip
was a visit to Pike’s Peak which
was snow-capped, said Mrs. What-
ley in discussing their vacation
trip. ‘
Funeral Services
Thursday For
Mrs. Sylma Smith
Mrs. Sylma Beatrice Smith, 59.
succumbed to a long illness in
Osteopathic Hospital in Corpus
Christi at 12:10 a.jn. Wednesday.
Sylma Beatrice Hall, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Hall, was born
at Lampasas July 13, 1899. She
came to Nueces Co. with her pa-
rents and sisters, and then the
family moved to the Odem area in
San Patricio Co.
On June 24, 1916 she was married
to Morgan Smith, a member of one
of the San Patricio pioneer fam-
ilies. With the exception of a few
years spent in San Antonio, Mr.
and Mrs. Smith spent their entire
married life in Odem, where they
were engaged in farming on an
extensive basis.
Mr. Smith passed away in 1940,
after which Mrs. Smith continued
to maintain their farm home west
of Odem. Her keen business sense
devoloped through a sharped in-
terest in the management of the
farm with her husband made it
possible for her to carry on the
operation of the farm after his
death.
Mrs. Smith was a long-time mem-
ber of the Church of Christ and
took an active interest in the work
of the church until her health pre-
vented her longer doing so. She
was also an active member of the
ladies auxiliary of VFW Post 8916.
One of the traits of Mrs. Smith
which will be long cherished was
her utter devotion to her family I
and other relatives. Following the
death of her husband) she gave
more and more of her time and
grandchildren, and her aged mo-
ther and her sisters.
The Church of Christ minister,
Ed Brown, brought out in his
tribute to Mrs. Smith her loyalty
to her God and her loved ones
and friends, and he especially stres-
sed the example of Christian for-
titude under physical pain which
Mrs. Smith exhibited in those last
three weeks of her life.
Funeral services for Mrs. Smith
were conducted at 3 p.m. Thurs-
day in the chapel of Starbuck Fun-
eral Home, Sinton, with Ed Brown,
Church of Christ minister, officiat-
ing. Mrs. D. R. Smith gave a pre-
lude of appropriate organ num-
bers as the special music. Burial
was in Evergreen Cemetery, Odem,
under the direction of Starbuck
Funera IHome.
Pallbearers were O. A. Tally,
C. H. Janieke, S. F. Webb Jr.,
R. J. Lane Jr., D. R. Smith, all
of Odem, and C. D. Eads of Sinton.
Survivors include a daughter, l^Irs
A. M. Weatherly of Odem; a son,
Doyle Smith, also of Odem; six
grandchildren; her mother, Mrs.
C. D. Hall of Edroy and three
sisters, Mrs. F. P. Smithson, Mrs.
Lillie Lane and Mrs. Siance Lane,
all of Odem.
Out-of-town relatives present for
the funeral services were Mr. and
Mrs. T. B. Anderson, Leander; Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Doyle and Mrs.
Bobby Wagner, Austin; Mrs. Laynie
Jackson, Falfurrias; Mr. and Mrs.
C. N. Mynier, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
Mynier and Cecil Mynier, San An-
tonio; and Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie
Denny of Calallen.
Among the out-of-town friends
je FUNERAL Page 4
Flashing their best form of the
season, the Odem Owls swamped
the Riviera Sea Hawks 42 to 8 last
Friday at Owl stadium.
Playing on a field slightly heavy
from Friday morning rain, the
Owls gathered momentum as they
went along.
Donald Hale started Odem’s scor-
ing in the first quarter with a 10-
yard jaunt around right end. Hale
connected by carrying over tackle..
In the second quarter Hale took
off in a 65-yard touchdown gallop.
The conversion attempt was not
good. The half-time score was 14-CL
In the third quarter Stanley Webb
broke loose for a 77-yard run
through the Sea Hawk middle. The
conversion attempt was again no
good. Later in the third quarter
Ramon Flores went eight yards
around end for an Owl score. Har-
ry Lynn Phelps went over the
middle to convert the extra points.
Early in the fourth quarter Harry
Lynn Phelps slammed 12 yards
over tackle for another touchdown*
The conversion attempt was no
good.
Riveira got into the scoring col-
umn in the fourth quarter by scor-
ing from five yards out after a
54-yard drive. Ramon Ruiz scored
the touchdown. Ruiz also converted
the extra points. In the final min-
utes of the game Lucio Bargas
went over from the 10 yard-line for
Odem’s last touchdown. Perry Cour-
tney, the Owls’ 100-pounder went
over for the extra point.
In addition to the six Owl touch-
downs two Owl scores were called
back on penalties —one a beautiful
65-yard punt return by Felix Ortiz
and the other a 53-yard dash by-
Harry Lynn Phelps.
The Owls play the Gregory-Port-
land Wildcats this Friday in Odem.
A. S. C. Office Manager
Passing Out Cigars
— It’s A Girl
John Owen, ASC office manager,
is smiling from ear to ear these
days and passing out cigars say-
ing “It’s a girl” to just anyone
who comes within arm reach of
him.
Leslie Ann Owen, who is respon-
sible for the broad smile of the
ASC office manager, arrived at
12:04 a.m. Friday. She and her
mother are doing nicely, and it
begins to appear that her father
may survive. However, there is
a possibility that the size of his
hat may have to be increased
for a while at least.
Leslie Ann’s grandparents are
Mrs. Katie Owen and Mr. and Mrs.
Leslie Blackman, all of Taft.
Owl Corn
m
PETE ALVAREZ
Pete is a reserve tackle and is
regarded as a real prospect. Good
things are to be expected from this
young Owl.
m
PERRY COURTNEY
The smallest of the Owls at only
100 lbs. is small in size and short
in height but long on heart and
hustle.
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