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ODEM-EDROY TIMES, Thursday, April 24,1980
MEMBER 1980
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Classifieds
FOR SALE - Antique pewter
ice cream molds with marks
S.C., shapes of flowers and
fruit. $45.00 each. Call 364-
2562.
17-tfp
INCOME TAX SERVICE: Jo
„Fern Thomas. Call for
appointment, 368-4831.
10-10tc
KIDS IN SCHOOL? Sell Avon.
You set your own hours on a
flexible schedule. Meet
interesting people. Call 368-
6021 or 643-6488.
17-ltc
HELP WANTED - Route
Driver needed. Apply in
person. “Stix” Gas
Company, Inc.
17-lc
FOR SALE: Large, solid wood
dining table and five chairs.
$100. 1407 Haisley, 368-5821.
17-ltc
Public Notice
The deadline to file for your
Residential Homestead, 65 and
over or Disabled Residential
Homestead exemption and Ag-
Use is April 30. If you have not
filed for these exemptions be
sure to file at the School Tax
Office before the deadline.
Esperanza Pesina
Tax Assessor-Collector
Odem Independent School
District
16-2tc
SALE or LEASE new 3 br., 2
bath, central air and heat,
double garage, brick. $500
month, plus deposit. 368-3711.
15-tfc
Sound Familiar?
One father of a college stu-
dent describes his son as a "four
letter man” — “/ hear from
him in the fall, the winter, the
spring and summer, ” he says.
FOR SALE: Engagement and
wedding rings. We finance.
The Jewelry Store. 364-4511.
10-tfc
CORPUS CHRISTI MOVING
CO. Local and long distance
moving 24 hrs., 7 days, 855-
0763.
13-6tp
Editor’s Quote Book
The great mind knows
the power of gentleness,
only tries force because
persuasion fails.
Robert Browning
Step up to
LAWNBOY
Quality that lasts!
•2 Cycle Engine has 30% more
power!
•Under-deck muffler for extra
quiet operation!
»Fingertip wheel height adjust-
ment!
Electronic Ignition eliminates
points!
•Steel Deck
•Fingertip
starting
•... much more
Accepts
Lawnboy
Grass Catchers
*199
......aside from the fact that
ambulances and ambulance
service are things we’d rather
shove aside and not discuss,
sometimes we have to. For,
like other things in life, these
are things that aren’t too im-
portant - until you need them.
And that’s sorta the case now.
The SAVES program (Sinton-
Odem Area Volunteer
Emergency Service) is design-
ed to provide ambulance
(emergency) service for the
POLITICAL
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Announcement Rates
Payable Strictly In Advance!
State, District, County
Commissioners.......$40.00
Precinct Offices........$25.00
This newspaper is authorized
by the following to announce
their respective candidacies
for nomination to the offices
outlined below subject to the
will of the people at the
Democratic and Republican
Primary Elections to be held
Saturday, May 3,1980.
For U. S. Representative;
District 14:
Robert N. (Bob) Barnes
William (Bill) Patman
For State Senate;
District 20:
Carlos Truan
(Re-Election)
Bill Whittle
Dr. Marco Eugenio
Republican Ticket
For District Attorney;
36th Judicial District:
Tom Bridges
For Sheriff;
San Patricio County:
Wayne Hitt
(Re-Election)
Pete J. Anzaldua
For County Attorney;
San Patricio County:
Dick Hatch
(Re-Election)
Paid Political Announcements
by the above named respective
candidates.
Aside
By" George Rigotti
Sinton-Odem area when that
service is discontinued at the
end of the year by the local
funeral home. But it should be
pointed out that one of the key
words in the program’s name is
“volunteer”, and more of those
are needed. The program has
been well received, and a fine
cadre of people are really pro-
viding a lot of impetus, but
more are needed. Some of the
people who have been in-
strumental in the formation of
the service point out that more
volunteers are needed in other
areas of the program, such as
the non-medical. It might be
well for all of us to remember
that the service needs
volunteers, in order to provide
the service when we need it!
—gfr—
......it’s nice to know that so-
meone feels the same way we
do about mowing lawns. Last
week we mentioned that so-
meone had come up with a
mechanical man who, among
other things, can mow the
lawn. We mentioned that the
estimated cost for one of the
robots was about $400. Would
you believe we’ve had inquiries
(serious ones) as to where fur-
ther information is available. If
we find out, we’re thinking
WATCH AND
JEWELRY REPAIR
Tim Rogers. Watchmaker
Cert Accutron Technician. 2984
THE JEWELRY STORE
Phone 364-4511 lor Information
118 W Sinton Sinton, Texas
NOW HIRING
Welders, Fitters,
Helpers. First
Class Only. Apply
in person. E.O.E.
Cox Tank
Construction, Inc.
HIGHWAY 181 SOUTH
TAFT
“State Farm
is still the place
people come to
for a good buy
on car insurance.’
If you're
looking for reai
value in car
insurance,
call me.
Gene McWhorter
10838 Leopard
Corpus Christi, Texas
Phone 241-3653
Home Phone 368-9018
Like a good neighbor,
State Farm is there.
STATE FARM
INSURANCE
STATE FARM MUTUAL
Automobile Insurance Company
Home Office
Bloomington, Illinois
RE-ELECT
WAYNE HITT
SHERIFF
EXPERIENCED - DEDICATED
QUALIFIED-STABLE
“Your continued support of good
law enforcement is deeply appreciated!"
PU
about getting the franchise for
this area. Then maybe we can
program one to handle the
distributorship and take it
easy. We even had one guy who
wants one to do his jogging for
him.
—gfr—
......there are a lot of laws.
There are the legal ones that
we must abide by; the laws of
nature, which we often try
(usually to no avail) to tamper
with, and end up being sorry for
the effort; and then those that
someone comes up with that
seem to make a lot of sense
(Murphy’s Law, etc.) With the
election campaigns upon us,
and forecasting seeming to be
the thing to do, we like the rules
(or laws) set down by one
bright guy: (1) It’s very dif-
ficult to forecast, especially
about the future; (2) He who
lives by the crystal ball soon
learns to eat ground glass; (3)
The moment you forecast, you
know you’re going to be wrong,
you just don’t know when and in
which direction; and (4) If
you’re ever right, never let ’em
forget it!
—gfr—
......there’s always one in
every crowd. With the interest
rates as high as they are, so-
meone just had to come up with
Country Crossroads
Spanish Doves Like Dash
Of Beets In Their Diet
By Keith Guthrie
A backyard garden can be
the most rewarding, and at the
same time, frustrating, project
shared in any household.
Probably the part about
gardening that I like best is go-
ing through the vivid seed
catalogs while rocking in my
favorite chair. The folks at
Burpee Seed Co. really know
how to get a gardeners’s sap to
flowing long before planting
time arrives.
I remember one year my
daughter sent me a $20 gift cer-
tificate to Burpee for my birth-
this: The universe is merely a
fleeting idea in God’s mind - a
pretty uncomfortable thought,
especially if you’ve just made a
down payment on a house,
—gfr—
......our old timer friend says
the only person he knows who
got all his work done by Friday
was Robinson Crusoe, ’nuff
said.
day. Naturally, I had the latest
Burpee catalog handy and
before the postman had gotten
halfway down the block I had
an order made out for $43.20.
Who could pass up the “new
and improved varieties”, or the
“first time ever offered”
bargains?
One year I clipped out some
of these “vivid” pictures, nail-
ed them to stakes, and planted
them along with the seeds. I
was sure that they would be
embarrased not to produce just
like Mr. Burpee had advertis-
ed. Somehow my dipper gourds
never produce a drinkable dip-
per, the dish-rag gourd never
would scrub a pot and my clim-
bing tomatoes never really
climbed or produced.
Through the years I’ve had a
running battle with birds. I
think the pesky feathered folks
know that we are members of
the Audubon Society and aren’t
likely to chop their heads off, so
they pay no attention to my
scare crows, rubber snakes,
windmills, bits of tin dangling -
or even a covering of chicken
wire. They seem to like
strawberries as well as we do,
and despite all of the above
they seemed to get their share.
I ^finally outwitted them. I
planted enough for the birds
and us and now everyone
seems happy.
So far I haven’t figured out
what to do with my Spanish
dove friends. We nurture them
along all winter with com
chops and furnish them a bath,
but that doesn’t seem to satisfy
them. They want more! They
dearly love to mix spinach, let-
tuce and beet tops in their salad
bowl. The only trouble being
that I’ve not been able to find
enough space this year for
enough spinach, lettuce and
beets to satisfy our table and
the doves.
Mr. Carpenter, the garden
editor, asures his readers that
See CROSSROADS, Page 4
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KENNETH R. HAVIS
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
ANNOUNCES THE
OPENING OF HIS OFFICE
FOR THE PRACTICE OF ACCOUNTING
51 O GREGORY
TAFT. TEXAS 78390
PHONE 528-3583
EFFECTIVE APRIL 16, 1980
(This is the old telephone building)
(POL ADV. PAID FOR BY WAYNE HITT, BOX 872, SINTON, TX. 78387)
—I
1 ■
■Bulls
Bill Patman.
Because we need
a Congressman
who understands
our way of life.
Bill Patman, a Jackson County farmer
and rancher, understands the special needs
of our rural communities. Through two
decades in the Texas Senate, Bill worked
hard for agriculture.
It was legislation authored by Bill
Patman that created the.veterinary
diagnostic lab at A & M. It saves Texas
cattlemen and consumers $8 for every $1
invested, through better control of live-
stock disease. Bill has also given strong
support to the extension service, and to
increased funding for agricultural research.
It was Bill Patman’s initiative that
saved in our Texas Constitution the pro-
vision protecting family farms from future
taxation based on the speculative, rather
than the productive, value of the land.
As a farmer and rancher himself, Bill
knows all too well the problems our South
Texas farmers face in dealing with USD A
regulations. For example, the USDA fails
to recognize our early planting season in
South Texas, and often waits too late to
issue regulations directed toward what
and how much we plant. As our Congress-
man, Bill Patman will fight to see that
Washington bureaucrats deal more respon-
sively with our special needs.
Here’s what Bill has to say about our
agricultural heritage;
“I'm proud to be a South Texas farmer
and rancher. Agriculture forms the eco-
nomic base of our area, just as it forms the
economic base of the nation. But more
than that, agriculture contributes so much
to the American quality of life. I believe
deeply that the tradition of family farming
is worth saving and nurturing. As your
Congressman, I'll work to rebuild respect for
agriculture as a keystone of this country!’
Bill
Patman
Democrat for
Congress
If you’d like to help us elect Bill Patman to Congress,
call (512) 771-3303,
or write P.0. Drawer A, Ganado, 77962.
Paid for by the Bill Patman for Congress Committee.
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