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THE ODEM-EDROY TIMES
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Published Every Wednesday By
THE RICHARDS COMPANY
Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Odem,
Texas, June 25, 1948, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.
Wednesday, November 16, 1949
Subscription Price
$2.00 Per Year
HENRY C. RICHARDS
MRS. O. W. NOLEN ....
JAMES F. RICHARDS
Publisher
Editor
Business Manager
LOOKING
AHEAD
w GEORGE S. BENSON
Ptesidenl—Matdiug College
Seareg. Ariansat
STORY OF A PITCHER
There was a lot of good play-
ing in the World Series this year.
This was a good baseball year,
with competition keen in the
wind-up of both major leagues.
The pennant winners were in
there a-fightin’ in the series and
the fans loved it. I must con-
. fess a little remorse for the
Dodgers. If those Bums had had
two more pitchers like Preacher
Roe and Don Newcombe, it
might have been a different
story.
Everybody in America loves
baseball. That’s one of the ways
our freedom works. Baseball
could have happened only in
America. But there’s a ball
player I want to tell you a little
about. Some thirteen years ago
here at Harding College, before
the school quit intercollegiate
sports, we had a baseball team
that beat everything that showed
up. We had some good players,
hut mainly, we had a pitcher.
Leamin’ To Pitch
A slim, gangling, modest tousle-
headed youth from the hills of
north central Arkansas had en-
tered school, and he was a whizz.
He loved to play all kinds of ball,
but particularly baseball. Our
coach gave him a few pointers,
but soon discovered that he was
already pretty well trained and
coached by somebody back
home . The boy’s natural prowess
had already been polished to an
amazing extent.
It seems that the lad’s father
loved baseball and had been de-
termined that he would make a
pitcher out of his boy. So he
had brought him up on a steady
diet of baseballs. Out behind
the barn of an evening, the
father taught the son a favorite
subject: throwin’. No. hurry, the
father told him, just keep learn-
ing and throwing and he’d have
his chance somedav.
Well, one spring day at Searcy
the college was playing Arkansas
Tech. This lad struck out a few
batters, 26 of them in fact, in a
13-inning game. In no time at
all the campus was swarming
with scouts . For months to come,
major league representatives
showed up with fat contracts,
ready to be signed. But our
young pitcher allowed that he’d
just wait awhile, and sign up
sometime later. His head wasn’t
turned and he went about his
school work as usual.
I asked him what he thought
he would do about these big
offers. He said: “Well, I figure
that no matter how good a pitch-
er is, his glory is going to be
over when he gets up about
middle-age. I want some educa-
tion. It won’t hurt me any now,
and I think I can really use it
then.” So he stayed on in school
for at least two years, with big
league scouts shadowing him all
the time.
Well, that was Preacher Roe.
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He reached the top this year,
blanked the famed Yankee hit-
ters with 136 pitches to win his
first World Series game, 1-0.
The New York Times headlined
| that game by referring to the
“supreme artistry of Roe’s per-
formance.” Elwin “Preacher” Roe
was the hero of that game all
right, and his father was there
watching a son who didn’t let
him down.
In America we have many a
story like this that could be
told—of dreams, of patient wait-
ing and training, of the achieve-
ment of success. Nobody made
young Roe or his dad believe he
couldn’t be a pitcher. Now at
the height of a great pitching
career in professional baseball,
Preacher Roe will someday re-
tire from the limelight to take
his place in his community. Roe
and his father did it their way.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Lane
Entertain Relatives
With Chicken Dinner
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Lane en-
tertained a number of relatives
with a chicken dinner Wednes-
day of last week at their home.
Those present were her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Cardwell of
Robstown who have been spend-
ing several days here, Mrs.- J. R.
Parr, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Card-
well and Mrs. W. M. Hankins of
Robstown, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Odom, Mrs. A. B. Cardwell and
son, Thomas Earl, Mrs. C. C.
Wright and Mrs. Cullen Wright
of Banquette, Mrs. J. H. Sharp
of Corpus Christi, Mrs. Roy
Whiteley of Odem and the host
and hostess.
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Mr. Frank Dehnaesch and
Frank, Jr., and Mr. Bob Knight
were among the men going to
Cotulla during the week for a
wolf hunt.
Mrs. Willy Huntsinger of
Mathis visited Mrs.- Bob Knight
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Tims have
had Mrs. Tim’s brother and wife,
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hampton of
El Dorado, Ark., as guests during
the week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Milner
visited Mrs. E. H. Poteet in
Kingsville Sunday, later attend-
ing the Kingsville Fair.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Brown of
Corpus Christi visited in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. F. P.
Smithson during the week. Mr.
and Mrs. E. C. Brown were also
dinner guests of the Smithsons
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ct E. Brown at-
tended the Kingsville Fair Fri-
day.
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treat to trade here.
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I. G. A. STORES
J. S. EDGAR, Prop. ODEM, TEXAS
Training Union Group
Entertained At Lane
Home With Party
Mrs. Crawford Whetstone, Mrs.
Ray Childress, leaders of the in-
termediate Training Union group,
Mrs. J. W. Lane and Mrs. Roy
Whiteley entertained the inter-
mediate group with a Halloween
party at the home of Mrs. J. W.
Lane recently.
After climbing through the
window into the dark, haunted
room where they were greeted
by ghosts and goblins who es-
corted them to the garage which
was decorated with colored
balloons, black cats, witches, etc.,
and bales of hay for chairs.
Following bobbin for apples,
ghost fights, witches’ races and
a number of other games, re-
freshments of hot dogs, chocolate
orange cake and cold drinks
were served to Barbara Jean
Stinnett, Frances Miller, Bar
bara Glenn Scull, Lena Fay May,
Betty Frances Lane, Richard
Perrin, Raymond Rentz, Arthur
Schemmer, Ernest Forgy, Jimmy
Lane, Darrell Whiteley, Cody
Childress and the hostesses.
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Health Officer Tells
Things To Do When
You Have “Common Cold”
AUSTIN — Dr. Geo. W. Cox,
State Health Officer, declares
there’s hardly anyone who hasn’t
caught cold at one time or an-
other. The common cold is com-
mon indeed! Besides making you
feel miserable, colds steal your
time and your money. They fool
you, too, because the early signs
are often the same as those of
more serious illness. And long-
continued colds may pave the
way for an attack of pneumonia,
tuberculosis, or a chronic infec-
tion of the nose, throat, ears, or
sinuses. So, do your best to
keep from catching cold. And
if you do catch one, take proper
care of yourself so you can get
rid of it.
When you have a cold:
1. Get as much rest as pos-
sible. Stay in bed or indoors for
the first day or so if you can.
2. Keep comfortably warm and
dry. If you must go to work,
wear^ clothes that will protect
you adequately when you go
outdoors, and avoid drafts and
sudden chilling when overheated.
3. Drink plenty of citrus fruit
juices, water, and other liquids.
Eat simple foods which agree
with you.
4. Protect other people as
much as possible. Cover your
mouth and nose when you cough
or sneeze. Use paper handker-
chiefs or paper napkins that can
be burned. Wash your hands
frequently with soap and water
5. Blow your nose gently. If
you don’t, you may force in-
fected material from your nose
into your sinuses or middle ear
and develop sinus trouble or
serious ear infection.
6. If a cold starts with chills,
fever, or aching, or seems more
severe, or lasts longer than
usual, consult a physician with-
out delay.
A. J. Faulder, a veteran of
Pietermartizburg, South Africa,
broke his artificial leg by con-
tinual walking in search of a job,
but got both a job and a new
leg after a newspaper story told
of his plight.
Another name for the swastika
is fylfot.
If the meek inherit the earth
very soon, they will inherit
enough debt to keep them meek
for a long time.
Pride is to the character, like
the attic to the house—the high-
est part, and generally the most
empty.—John Gay.
Pride is ignorance; those as-
sume most who have the least
wisdom or experience; and they
steal from their neighbor, because
they have so little of their own.
■Mary Baker Eddy.
Car, Truck and Tractor Repair
Custom Welding
PHONE 66
ODEM, TEXAS
WANT ADS
FOR SALE — Five-room house
with bath and screened porch.
On corner of two paved streets.
$4,500.00. O. W. NOLEN, Odem,
Texas.
FOR SALE—Giirs Bicycle, in
good condition. $15.00. Barby
Baucom, Phone 365-W, Taft.
WANTED — Furnished apartment
.or room and . board for two
women for the winter. Notify j
Margaret M. Rupers. Call Cage’s
218 or 363-J.
State No. 1748
Reserve District No. 11
REPORT OF CONDITION OF
FIRST STATE BANK OF'ODEM
of Odem, Texas, at the close of business November 1, 1949, a State
banking institution organized and operating under the banking
laws of this State and a member of the Federal Reserve System-
Published in accordance with a call made by the State Banking
Authorities and by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District.
ASSETS
Cash, balances with other banks, including reserve
balance, and cash items in process of collection______$588,657.56
United States Government obligations, direct affd
guaranteed -----i_______________________________________________________ 121,907.00
Obligations of States and political subdivisions_______________ 72,500.00
Other bonds, notes, and debentures ______________________________ 15,000.00
Corporate stocks (including $1,000.00 stock in Federal
Reserve bank)
_ 1,000.00
Loans and discounts (including $2,671.35 overdrafts)_______ 93,915.45
Bank premises owned $4,806.00, furniture and
fixtures $2,254.00 --------------...________________________________ 7,060.00
(Bank premises owned are subject to no liens not assumed by bank)
TOTAL ASSETS ___________________________________
.$900,040.01
LIABILITIES
individuals, partnerships, and
Demand deposits
corporations. -----------------------1_____________________________________$824,249.13
Deposits of United States Government (including postal
savings) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 66.64
Deposits of States and political subdivisions __________________ 31,215.16
Other deposits (certified and officers’ checks, etc.) _ _ 240 00
TOTAL DEPOSITS __________________________________$855,770.93
TOTAL LIABILITIES (not including subordinated
obligations shown below) __________________________________________ 855,770.93
Capital* ________
Surplus __________
Undivided Profits
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
.... $ 25,000.00
7,500.00*
— 11,769.08
TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
44,269.08
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS $900,040.01
*This bank’s capital consists of:
Common stock with total par value of_____$25,000.00
MEMORANDA
Assets pledged or assigned to secure liabilities and for
other purposes ----------------------------------------------L,__________________ 54,000.00
I. J. A. Wise, Vice President and Cashier of the above-named
bank, hereby certify that the above statement is true to the best of
my knowledge and belief.
J. A. WISE, Vice-President and Cashier.
CORRECT—ATTEST. s
G. B. SCULL,
E. S. BUTLER,
A. H. VOSS,
Directors.1
STATE OF TEXAS, County of San Patricio, ss:
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 12th day of November
1949. ‘ ’
(SEAL). Notary Public.
W. F. HEINSOHN,
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Nolen, Mrs. O. W. The Odem-Edroy Times (Odem, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 23, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 16, 1949, newspaper, November 16, 1949; Odem, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1110847/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Odem Public Library.