The Odem-Edroy Times (Odem, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 8, 1971 Page: 1 of 8
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New Officials and Board
Members Chosen In
Saturday Elections
The City of Odem and the
Odem Independent School
District netted new officials
and new board members in the
Saturday April 3 elections.
David Kern, principal of
Shelton Elementary School,
school curriculum coordinator
and administrator in charge of
the federal programs in the
Odem Public Schools, who was
completing his first term as
city councilman was elevated
to the post of mayor. He polled
340 of the 578 ballots cast. R. P.
Peeks, a former councilman
netted 189 ballots in a write-in
vote. W. H. Evans was not a
candidate for re-election to
the mayor's post.
Johnny Nino, who is em-
ployed by a Corpus Christi
industrial firm, won a two-
year term as councilman with
a vote of 308. Stanley Webb III,
prominent farmer and
business man, was also elected
to a two-year term on the
council. Robert 1^. Parker,
manager of the Farmers Co-
Op Gin and business man,
trailed for a seat on Hip p^'mei1-
two-year term with a note of
190 in his bid for re-election.
E. M. Ortiz Jr., manager of the
Sinclair Service Station, was
elected to fill a one-year term
existing through a vacancy. He
defeated Raymond Raska,
owner and manager of The
Frosty in a 302 to 245 vote.
Raska had been appointed last
year to fill a vacancy until the
next regular election set for
April 3 of this year.
Electric Co-op
Gets Loan
For $1 Million
The San Patricio Electric Co-
op received notification this
week that their request for a $1
million dollar loan had been
approved. Senator John Tower
See CO-OP, Page 8
In the school election, Juan
Mancias, who is employed by a
Corpus Christi industrial firm,
but who was employed for
many years by San Pat
Lumber Co., was re-
elected to a three-year term
defeating Mrs. Ninfa Rivera in
a 409 to 381 count. Mancias was
the only incumbent candidate
in the school election seeking
re-election in the election. He
fills Place 3. C. L. Waltman left
Place 4 open and David Ellis in
Place 5 did not seek re-elec-
tion.
Antonio “Tony”) Perez
defeated Bentley Baylor for
Place 4 by a count of 486 to 324.
Lucio Cisneros won the Place
5 spot, defeating Heartis
Kornegay in a 465 to 331 vote.
The City Council canvassed
votes in the Tuesday night
election and the school board
will canvass the school election
Tuesday night of next week.
Maj. J. Edwards
Decorated With
Air Medal
U. S. Air Force Major John
R. Edwards, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. Clyde Edwards of 411
McKee St., Starkville, Miss.,
has been decorated with the Air
Medal for air action in
Southeast Asia.
Major Edwards
distinguished himself by
meritorious service as a
helicopter liaison officer at
Udorn Royal Thai AFB-
Thailand. He was also cited for
his outstanding airmanship in
accomplishing a highly in-
tricate mission to support Free
World force that were com-
bating aggression.
He was honored during
ceremonies at Wright-
Patterson AFB, Ohio, where he
now serves as chief of the
synthetic instrument trainer
See Maj. EDWARDS, Page 8
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Robert Horn
Chief Deputy
On Bee Co. Staff
Robert Horn, a native of
Odem, assumed his new duties
as chief deputy under Sheriff
Jack. Robinson in Bee County
Monday morning.
Horn is a 1960 graduate of
Odem High School. Im-
mediately following his
graduation he went to work as
dispatcher under Sheriff
Homer Hunt of San Patricio
Co. in which capacity he served
for three years. He served two
years in the U. S. Army, where
he was assigned clerical
duties.
Following his separation
from military service, he
worked on the Sinton police
force for three months after
which he was made a deputy
sheriff by Sheriff Wayne Hitt
and served 18 months as
deputy in the Odem area.
He resigned from the
sheriff’s department and
worked as a clerk in the Odem
postoffice for one year. He left
the post office department to
re—enter law enforcement and
became associated with the
sheriff’s department in Bee
County two and one—-half
years ago. Holds a certificate
in Basic Law Enforcement
based on 140 hours of study in
that subjuct at Del Mar
College.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Horn of Odem.
Texaco Service Station
Gets Face Lifting
One of the service station
buildings in Odem to recently
get a new look is the Texaco
Service Station, which is leased
by Boyd Smith, sub-leased to
Raymond and Tony Benavidez
and owned by H. B. (Tuffy)
Sipes.
Many years ago Sipes’
father, the late R. A. Sipes
owned and operated a Gulf
Service Station at the site
where the Texaco station now
stands. In 1942 the business
was taken over by the younger
Sipes and was first operated as
a Gulf station. Later Sipes took
over the Texaco agency and
down came the Gulf signs and
up went the Texaco boards.
In 1957 that building was
razed and a new one was built.
Several men operated the new
Open Gate
Policy For
Dump Grounds
H. E. Cooper, Odem business
manager has announced that
the city dump grounds will be
open around the clock until
April 15, with a man on the
grounds to burn all Celia-
caused cebris that is carried to
the dump grounds.
The permission to burn Celia
debris was made by the Texas
Air Control board as a con-
venience and courtesy to the
Odem residents. This open-
gate policy is for Celia—caused
debris only, said Cooper, all
other garbage will be picked up
on schedule, he said.
Cooper is urging everyone
with Celia debris on their
premises to take advantage of
the gates being open to the
dump ground and to get the
debris delivered there. Men
hired especially to direct the
dumping and the burning will
be on hand at the grounds until
the closing hour on April 15.
station at different times, but
the building remained in the
ownership of H. B. Sipes. He
long ago gave up the agency of
the. Texaco Co. and that, too,
went to others, lastly to Smith.
Sipes was in the process of
drawing plans to renovate the
station at the time Celia struck
last August. Naturally, some
repair work had to be done
immediately since the plate
glass windows were broken
and the roof heavily damaged.
The immediate repairs were
taken care of until the building
rush slowed to some degree
before Sipes went ahead with
the further and permanent
renovation of the building. A
new red aluminum shingle
roof, a brick stone exterioF
facing has been applied to the
walls and all plate glass
windows have been installed.
Only a few minor details have
to be given the finishing touch
at this time.
Baptist Revival
Holding Morning &
Evening Services
First Baptist Church is
holding a revival this week
with the Rev. Dick Turner as
evangelist and Jim Cope in
charge of the musical portion
of the services.
For the first time in several
years the church is having
early morning services in a
revival, with the daily service
opening at 7 a.m. The evening
services are being held at the
usual hour, 7:30 p.m.
Coffee Klatches are being
held in the various homes with
church ladies taking turns in
inviting in her neighborhood
friends for coffee. The
evangelist, singer and the
pastor drop in at the coffee
hours for the opportunity of the
visiting leaders to meet the
people in the community and to
enjoy a fellowship hour with
the groups.
The Rev. Mr. Turner is
staying in the home of Mr. and
See REVIVAL, Page 8
Officials Believe Pay Raise Overdue
Last week a group of
protesting taxpayers caused
quite a bit of turmoil at the
regular commissioners court
meeting when they protested a
proposed pay raise for all
courthouse employees and a
boost in salary for elected of-
ficials. The matter was put on
the agenda for a public hearing
for April 12.
From the gist of most of the
complaints the taxpayers were
complaining over a proposed
boost in the salary of elected
officials from $9,265 per year to
$12,200 per year. A number of
those at the hearing were in
favor of a pay raise for cour-
thouse employees.
The pay of deputy sheriffs
came in for the greatest
amount of comment with
several taxpayers going on
record as being in favor of
granting a pay raise to the
deputy sheriffs immediately.
At the present the sheriff’s
department is operating on a
budget of $152,000. This in-
cludes the chief deputy, nine
field deputies, one deptuy
secretary, one jailer, three
regular dispatchers and one
relief dispatcher.
The present pay scale for the
chief deputy is set at $6,458 plus
$1,009 in a uniform allowance.
This is the maximum allowable
under the present law. The
maximum pay allowable for a
deputy is $5,535 with a $634
clothing allowance. Actually
the clothing allowance was
granted in the form of a pay
raise several years ago to
more-or-less get around the
maximum pay limit. Ac-
cording to Sheriff Wayne Hitt
the bottom pay for a deputy is
$431. per month; however, he
will start a new man at any
salary from the minimum to
See OFFICIALS, Page 8
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