The Odem-Edroy Times (Odem, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 29, 1990 Page: 2 of 4
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1990
I (iiicm-iEiroti Stines
Bieuipoint
Looking Backwards
From The Files of The Odem-Edroy Times
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TEN YEARS AGO -1980
Mrs. Ida Mae Fulkerson of Sinton
was a guest in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. J.T. Bandy Thanksgiving.
Mr. and Mrs. Alberto Aleman,
David and Armando, enjoyed
Thanksgiving in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Tijerina of Robstown.
Mary Smart of Porterville, Ca.
returned to her home Sunday after
visiting with her sister, Mr. and Mrs.
Edgar Barr and other family in the
area.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Curtiss
visited with her sister, Maggie
Pierce and niece, Mr. and Mrs. Bert
Hinton of Texas City for Thanksgiv-
ing.
Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Hightower and
Mark of Houston, Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Whatley, Amanda and
Jason and Mr. and Mrs. Clifford
Hightower enjoyed spending the day
with Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Whatley
Thanksgiving.
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Walker and
John Wesley attended a wedding in
Luling Saturday. Others attending
from Odem were Dawn, Vida and
Susie Emerson, Mr. and Mrs. Bert
Walker and Joel and Trudy Walker.
TWENTY YEARS AGO -1970
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Tewes and her
father, E.H. Jackson had a family
dinner Thursday with the Tewes’
daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Mehrens, Mrs. Alice Mehrens
and Jay and Mary, all of Corpus
Christi.
Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Lane and Dale
joined Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Lane
and Latisha of San Benito for a long
weekend deer hunt in the Kerrville
area.
Mr. and Mrs. James Mayo and son
of Houston spent the long weekend
with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Mayo and Mr. and Mrs. W.R. Drum.
Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Fox and Bruce
and Chad of Odem and Mr. and Mrs.
wayne Butler of Kingsville joined a
group of relatives in the home of Mr.
and Mrs Dick LeBleu in Banquete
for Thanksgiving.
Mr. and Mrs. ME. Martin joined
her sister, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Ashurst of Old Ocean for a visit with
a brother, James Pinder, in Houston
for two days during the long
weekend.
Ernie Lane of Sinton spent the
weekend with his grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. R.J. Lane.
Miss Allie Hancock and Mr. and
Mrs. Francis Logan were among
dinner guests in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence White.
Mr. and Mrs. Royce Reed had as
guests Sunday Mrs. Ira Higgin-
botham and sons of Kingsville and
Mrs. Ermal Boggs and Mike of
Flour Bluff.
THIRTY YEARS AGO -1960
Recent guests in the home of Mrs.
Mabel Parker were Chief and Mrs.
Roy Sand and Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Parker of Corpus Christi and Mr.
and Mrs. L.T. David and son Don, of
Robstown.
. Mr. and Mrs. David Ellis had his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.D. Ellis of
Corpus Christi as guests at the noon
hour. They were joined later in the
day by Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Matting-
ly and Esther Ann of San Antonio
and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Finch and
sons of Corpus Christi and Alfred
Gisler of Odem.
Mrs. Lena Bell of Jasper was a
guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. A.
Ince Thursday. Mrs. Oscar
Mayfield, daughter of Mrs. Bell, and
Mrs. Willis Mayfield of Taft joined
the group later in the dhy.
Mrs. Albert Garcia and daughter,
Cynthia of Kingsville spent the holi-
day here with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. D. Perez.
Mrs. Cleburn Mayfield and
daughter, Nancy Gail, spent the
week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs
George Hodge in New Gulf.
Dinner guests in the home of Mrs.-
Elliott Friday were Mrs. Lucille
Maples, Barbara Maples, Mr. and
Mrs. Wilson Baylor* Roxie Baylor
and Mr. and Mrs. C.E. White.
Letters To The Editor
In submitting letters to the editor, the signature of the writer, ad-
dress and* telephone number must be included. Letters may be
verified with the sender before publication. No letter will be published
without the signature of the writer. Any letter submitted with political
overtones may be construed to be advertising and rejected, depen-
ding on the subject matter or timing of submission. The editor
reserves the right to reject, or edit, any letter.
Dear Editor:
The petty politics and bungling of
the county auditor and the incum-
bent county judge and county com-
missioners are now on the verge of
adversely affecting the taxpayers of
San Patricio County who also pay
federal income taxes.
Their inability to set a county
budget and its corresponding tax
rate in a timely fashion has not only
cost us the early pay discount, but
can cost the deduction of taxes on
1990 federal returns. If the taxes are
not paid in.calender year 1990, they
cannot be deducted as a 1990 ex-
pense by the farmers and business
people or taxpayers who file the long
Form 1040. Each affected taxpayer
will pay more federal taxes than he
would normally.
Between today and the end of the
year, the budget must be set, the tax
rate set, a public hearing held, the
taxes calculated for each taxpayer,
tax notices prepared and mailed,
Deceived and paid. All of this must
be accomplished in about 20 working
da vs and during the Christmas
season. There will some un-
necessary overtime paid by the
county. For those who may be out of
town over the holidays, they have
even less time. The county farmers
had a bad enough year without hav-
ing to pay extra income taxes
because of the bungling of a bunch of
squabbling politicians.
When it was obvious the county
judge was not doing his job, the
county commissioners should have
moved much sooner to do the job
they knew they had to do. I fault
their delaying as much as I fault the
judge and the auditor. The voters
have already replaced the county
judge. I say replace the rest of the
bunch. They have failed to do their
job.
Apparently there is no legislation
that bears on this type of fiasco. I
have talked to Representative
Robert Earley about the need and he
listened. If we voters demand it, we
can clean up the mess so that this
doesn’t happen again.
E.H. Howard
Odem
RECEIVING APPRECIATION — Bill Stovall of the Sinton-Odem Area Volunteer Emergency Service
(center) presents certificates of appreciation to Johnny Benavidez and Don Barr for initiating CPR and
rendering aid to a Sinton resident on October 14. (Photo by James Pease)
Locals
Mr. and Mrs. Jesus R. Aleman
entertained their family at their
home in Odem for Thanksgiving.
Among the family guests were Mr.
and Mrs. Reynaldo Aleman, Sr. and
family of Beeville, Mr. and Mr. and
Mrs. Efrain Aleman and family of
.Odem and Ms. Delia Aleman and son
Derek Rramal, Jr., also of Odem.
------- ------aside from the fact that most
Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Lane of Odem of the Thanksgiving turkey is gone,
recently returned from a visit to the calendar reminds us that its
their granddaughter of Cleburne, almost December, Christmas trees
Mr. and Mrs. Oppel and three are being sold, and decorations and
daughters, Melanie, Stephanie and twinkling lights are already making
Valerie. Also, their daughter, Betty their appearance, we still find it
Broughton of Houston, spent the hard to.realize that Christmas is just
week with them there. a few weeks off. How come, in our
The Lanes left Cleburne Saturday younger days,.it seemed such a long
morning and went to Wichita Falls time between Turkey day and
to visit cousins, Mr. and Mrs. H.M. Christmas? Now it seems such a
Malone and family. The Lanes left short time. Come to think of it,
there Monday morning and visited though, time now seems to fly much
Mrs. Lane’s sister, Mrs. Mayme better than it used to, even between
Mize, in the nursing home in Lam- Friday evening and Monday morn-
passes, returning home Monday ing!
night. , - gfr -
......from our mailbag: Consider
fVi l int\/ Rpcpiy/PQ how hard it is to change yourself and
OCIUI I L y riCCrCI V CO you’ll understand what little chance
XBXQS Farm you have of changing others.
Bureau Award ......a friend of ours, who enjoys
reminding us of this at regular inter-
San Patricio County was recogniz- vaiS) repeats his remarks about not
ed by the Texas Farm Bureau Mon- being able to understand all the
day during the bureau’s 57th state hullabaloo about animal
convention in San Antonio for show- transplants, especially from
ing the largest gain in membership. animals to humans. “After all,” he
Other counties receiving this saySj “there are a lot of donkey
honor were Johnson, Midland, San brains in humans.” Yeah, but they
Augustine, Lubbock, Gray Roberts, aren’t transplanted.
Cass, Robertson, Denton and Harris. . gfr.
Counties recognized for the ......a thought while shaving: Isn’t
largest number of new members ft hard, veryjiard in fact, to realize
were Collin, Harris, Denton, that someone can differ with us and
Brazoria, Hidalgo, Bell, Jefferson, still be right.
Ellis, Fort Bend and Brazos. -gfr-
Counties cited for the longest con- ......still shaving, and thinking:
tinuous gain were Lampasas, 43 when you feel like criticizing the
years; DeWitt, 41 years; kids, remember who raised them!
Nacogdoches, 39 years; Bosque and -gfr-
Karnes, 36 years each; Jim Wells, 32 ......health insurance, about which
years; Medina, 30 years; Brazoria, we hear so much these days, sup-
28 years; Bowie, 23 years; and posedly enables one to be ill at ease.
Johnson, 22 years. -gfr-
The Texas Farm Bureau finished ......and venerable old George
its fiscal year ending Oct. 31 with Burns, age 94, says: “If you live to
320,272 member families. The he iqo, you’ve got it made. Very few
bureau is the largest general farm people die past that age.”
organization in Texas. . gfr -
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thusiasm is like measles: If you
don’t have it, you can’t give it to
anyone, ’nuff said!
Odem High
Parent Meeting
Set Dec. 3
All parents interested in Odem
High School are invited to attend a
parental involvement meeting on
Monday, Dec. 3 at 7 p.m. in the high
school library.
Parents are needed who desire an
opportunity to make an impact in
promoting and improving academic
excellence for their children.
Bryan Pope
Named D.A.R.
Good Citizen
Bryan Pope was selectcu by the
Odem High School faculty as the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
tion Good Citizen.
Pope was chosen on the basis of
leadership, dependability, service
and patriotism.
He will submit an essay, personal
data sheet and a recommendation
letter in order to compete for educa-
tional awards. The state winner
receives $100 and then goes on to
compete nationally. The national
scholarship winners win $1,000 for
first place, $750 for second place and
$500 for third place. All Good
Citizens receive a pin and cer-
tificate.
Use Cfafibiljwb!
School
Menu
Monday, Dec. 3
BREAKFAST: Cereal, toast,
juice, milk.
LUNCH: Steak finger with gravy,
whipped potatoes, green beans,
rolls, fruit, milk.
Tuesday, Dec. 4
BREAKFAST: Pop tart, sausage,
juice, milk.
LUNCH: Hot dog with chili, beans,
cole slaw, tater tots, cake, milk.
Wednesday, Dec. 5
BREAKFAST: Cereal, biscuit,
juice, milk.
LUNCH: Pizza, corn, tossed
salad, orange, milk.
Thursday, Dec. 6
BREAKFAST: Pancake, smokies,
juice, milk.
LUNCH: Chicken chunks with
gravy, white rice, fresh broccoli,
rolls, fruit salad, milk.
Friday, Dec. 7
BREAKFAST: Toast, cinnamon
toast, juice, milk.
LUNCH: Chili beans, tossed salad,
macaroni, fruit, corn bread, milk.
Armed Services
Aptitude Battery
Scheduled Dec. 5
Odem High School will offer the
Armed Service Vocational Aptitude
Battery Dec. 5 at 8 a.m. in the
cafetorium.
This test measures the student’s
aptitude in 12 vocational-technical
areas. These areas include general
information, numerical operations,
attention to detail, word knowledge,
arithmetic reasoning, space percep-
tion, mathematics knowledge, elec-
tronics information and mechanical
comprehension.
All sophomores and juniors may
take the test free on a voluntary
basis. Seniors who tested last year
may retake the test if they wish to
raise their present score.
If parents have questions regar-
ding the test, they may call high
school counselor Frances Baen.
Use Cdumliedd!
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