The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 231, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 29, 1980 Page: 4 of 12
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whoever he was, complicate his life.
switch to another swamp. And wait some
more. Perhaps the chicken is not rotten
enough to attract the crabs, you reasom,
although it's certainly moldy enough to
When the big evening to see the show
finally arrived, Rob was anxious to go,
but he was also somewhat suspicious
about his mom and dad and big brother
rays, we tackled the activity third on our
list: eating. Our enthusiasm diminished
as we took out cans of Coke that had been
The sun block worked just fine - where it
had been applied. Unfortunately, rd
missed some crucial spots, like the
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wait for a little critter to bite. Then you
wait And wait.
kinds chuckling to ourselves and each
other as we got ready.
After we'd driven to the theatre,
bought our tickets, popcorn, cokes,
candy, etc. and then found seats. we
settled down to watch John Travolta as
"Bud” do his thing on the mechanical
bucking bull at Gilley’s.
But to Rob the dashing young fellow on
the screen wasn't Bud Davis from Spur,
Texas er John Travolta from New York
City; he was “Irvine" from who knows
chicken lines. Have you ever been
swatted in the face with a moldy piece of
chicken?
Naturally, the best spots were ac-
cessible only by foraging through thorny
weeds and quicksand. I soon tabbed
myself chief inspector, and surveyed
everyone’s special spots from the car.
Eventually, we caught a few
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While on the subject of the Fourth of July, it is likely that your
family has already planned a family outing which may involve
traveling on the state's highways.
First of all, we urge you to drive defensively. Unfortunately,
there's every good chance that the driver of the vehicle coming
towards you will be drunk. Be prepared to react.
Secondly, because of the heat wave, take extra precautions in
making sure that your car is ready to withstand this heat.
Have your radiator checked as well as important hoses and fan
belts.
There are few things worse than planning a family outing and
then have things go wrong because of car trouble.
Reports throughout the state indicate that many people are not
taking appropriate steps to protect their automobiles from the 100
plus degree weather prevalent in much of Texas.
Don't you be one of them.
Primarily, plan on having a safe and fun holiday.
think about it: supposing President
Carter does decide that he is viewed as
inept, is that going to improve U.S.
relations with Europe?
Picture this: Mr. Carter is sitting
there with all the other presidents,
premieres, and prime ministers, when
all of a sudden a light bulb clicks on in a
balloon over his head.
“Hey, wait a minute," he says, his
face brightening "I think I just figured
it out. Tell me if I’m wrong, but...Ya'll,
think I’m inept, don’t you? That's it, isn’t'
it. Huh, huh? Is that it?”
At that point, the rest of them start
nodding their heads and grinning,
getting up and coming around the table
to slap him on the back and shake his
hand, in a good natured, good-ol’ boy
sort of way. There’s a lot of hugging
and, what with the French fellow there,
maybe even some kissing on the cheeks.
Immediately, our European relations
are great.
No way. What would happen is this:
President Carter is sitting there at the
table with all these guys who he thinks
are his friends. But whenever he tries to
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what he knew so he stood straight up in
his seat, pointed straight at the screen
and proclaimed in a strong, clear voice,
“Thenrre’s Irvine!” Mind you this
wasn’t a calm, quite "There’s Irvine,”
this was a loud, bolsterious “There’s
Irvine!" Similar to Ed McMahon hailing
"Herrre’s Johnny!"
Everyone in the auditorium had to
have heard. I can’t reclll if Bud said
something funny about then or not but
there was immediately a lot of laughing
going on.
After relative calm had returned, we
we sprinted for the comfort and safety of
home It was bliss The couch never felt
so comfortable, the carpeting so
soothing on burnt feet. Even with the air
conditioning set on 80 degrees (hope you
appreciate all this sacrifice, Mr.
President!) we were cool.
it was obvious the best part of our
excursion was coming home, never to
leave again - at least until next
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By JOE MURRAY
Editor and Publisher
of The Lufkin News
Sometimes I worry about myself,
especially when I find myself arguing
with my television set
Do you ever do that, too? I certainly
hope so. Being crazy isn’t so bad as long
as you’ve got company.
I was watching the 10 o’clock news the
other night, and some fellow with a 340
haircut was telling me all about
President Carter’s problems with the
European heads of state, what with them
thinking he doesn’t have too much on the
ball.
This is what the TV man told me:
“Until that time when President Carter
realizes he is viewed as inept by
Europe’s leaders, we can expect U.S.
relations to continue to worsen.” That
was his summation, right before he told
me again who he was and where he was
speaking from, neither of which I
remember.
Now, what he said and the way the
words fit together seem to make sense -
until you re-run it in your mind. But
stretching their arms out to display the resting on ice in the cooler along with
size of the intruder. The Loch Ness muddy, kicking crabs.
monster was a goldfish compared to this We wondered about our stale sand-
people-eater. wiches, too. Maybe the best bait for
From their safe vantage point on the crabs us ham-and-cheese-on-wheat.
beach, our newly anointed Jacque not fedter"hicken.
Cousteaus spotted a fin cutting through After a long 30 minutes on the beach.
By KIM MacASKILL
Mamaging Editor of
The katy Times
Uke the little boy in the Solarcaine
- commercial, f feel like a French fry.
done to perfection by the Gulf Coast sun.
McDoankf s coudn da a better job.
It never fails Each and every time I
head to the bench, my usually pale
Yankee born-and-bred skin gets tried.
The working-woman syndrome is
repeated white Monday through
Friday, rod on Saturdays and Sundays.
Last weekend I finally smartened up.
Hal a tube of sun block was slathered
over my body A luted. shorts and an
Astros M added to my armour . Let that
tropical sun pear down, I was as an-
touchable as a native Texan.
Five hours later, my confidence began
miikhf as my skin began reddening
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In case your family is one of those planning on sitting out the
holiday without travel plans, then we'd call your attention to the
Second Annual Fourth of July Rodeo to be held July 4-6 at the Alvin
Youth Livestock and Rodeo Association's arena.
The arena is located on County Road 351 near County Road 517.
The rodeo will feature exciting events such as bull riding and
barebronc riding and more.
Other events include Man and Wife ribbon roping, bareback
- branch riding, tiedown calf roping, steer wresftitig, team steer-
roping, saddle brane riding and clover leaf barrels.
The annual event is co-sponsored by the Alvin Lions Club and the
Alvin Youth Livestock and Rodeo Association.
please obey it
With the Fourth of July holiday approaching, perhaps now is the
perfect time to call attention to the Alvin city ordinance governing
fireworks.
It is against the law to discharge fireworks in the city limits of
Alvin, and in fact, fireworks may not be discharged within 5,000
feet of the city limits.
We urge all citizens of Alvin to be aware of this fact and to avoid
the illegal use of fireworks during this forthcoming holiday.
We would also note that because of the extraordinary heat wave
that all of Texas has been under in recent weeks, the unwise or
careless use of fireworks is much more likely to lead to tragic fires
this year than in previous years.
Watch the papers and follow television to find out where lawful
displays of fireworks will be this year.
Take the family to such an occasion for a fun family outing. That
much better than breaking the law and risking tragic fires which
could result.
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take part in the conversation, the rest of
them start cutting their eyes at one
another, jump their eyebrows a couple of
times and get a look on their faces like
they’re trying to keep from giggling.
Finally, Mr. Carter figures it out.
“Hey, wait just a doggone minute,” he
says, looking up and down the table as
his eyes, ever so faintly begin to water
up. “I just realized, ya’ll think I’m inept
-or something. All this time, y’all’ve just
been lbghing at me behind my back
That’s it, isn’t it? Well, ISN’T IT?"
Nobody will look at Mr. Carter
They’re keeping their eyes down, as if
they’re inspecting their finger nails or
winding their watches. Papers rustle,
somebody coughs, a chair squeaks.
They’re embarrassed and more than a
little ashamed of themselves. They
shouldn’t have made fun of Jimmy, and
they know it. Now he is going to pick up
his NATO missiles and go home.
Anyway, that’s what I tried to explain
to my television set, but to no avail. I
argue and argue, but it never pays any
attention to me. Sometimes I .think I’d
be better off if I just ignored it.
backs of my knees. Once again, I had to Finally, you decide you have thrown
oil my joints to walk your string into deserted waters So you
Scorching rays aren't the only hazards
the water. No one else seemed con-
cerned; other swimmers cavorted
happily nearby.
Perhaps it was just a 20-foot porpoise,
our friends said. Or maybe it was only
about 10feet long. Good ’ole Flipper
never ate anyone, did he? Nevertheless,
we all avoided the deep water after the
sighting.
Since we couldn’t go swimming. and
there wasn’t much room to catch sun
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for Gulf Coast novices. Problems can
strike before you even leave home.
Our traveling accomodations were not
the best in order to help President
Carter fight the energy battle (plus save
us cheapies some gas money), we
crammed five adults. « dog, clothes,
towels, and a cooler into a Chevette.
With this heavy load, the air con-
ditioning could not be used
simultaneously with the engine. It was
not fun.
First oa our agenda was crabbing. For
the uninitiated, one good way to catch
crabs is to tie rotten chicken an stringa.
Then Rob wanted to know, “Can we go
to that place and ride that bucking
machine?” I tried to ignore the
question, but he just kept on asking.
Just a few days earlier he had asked if
we could climb a big mountain. Not just
any mountain, but a big mountain. When
I answered “yes,” Rob then wanted to
know, "Where is a mountain, Daddy?” I
then had to explain there wasn't many
mountains around Alvin.
The reason for the mountain story is
simply this; I’m about as likely to try
and climb Mount Everest in Tibet as I
would to be to try and ride that
mechanical man mangier at Gilley’s in
Pasadena.
After suffering through several more
“Hardhat Days and HonkyTonk Nights" -
and after Bud had saved his wife from f
terrible fate, saved Gilley’s money from
being stolen and kicked the tar out of the
bad-guy, it was just about time to
depart
However. Rob wasn’t quite through
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JOE MURRAY
By RICHARD LOONEY
Mine and Debbie's boys like most
kids, like to go to the movies - or as I say
in East-Texas slang, “The Picture
Show.”
Almost all of the time they don’t have
any idea what's showing, they just want
to go.
However, recently our four year old.
Rob, announced that we should go see
the “Irvine” Cowboy. Obviously he had
seen the TV commercials and bad
overheard lots of folks talking about bow
good John Travolta’s Urban Cowboy
was. As a result, Rob was sure
"Irvine” cowboy was just the thing for
us to see
It isn’t too unusual for four-year-olds
to pop-up with cute little saying but even
so, for about a week, Debbie and I had a
lot of fun telling friends about Rob
wanting to see the "Irvine" cowboy.
Our eleven year old son, Scott, even
got in on the act by telling his neigh-
borhood pals about his little brother’s
humorous misunderstanding of the
movie’s title.
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permeat the car. -miniature crabs. But dinner that night
The waiting is especially painful for was prepared by Burger King.
first-time crabbers. They've heard the Our trip to the Freeport bead) was not
tales (embellished a bit) of how we once much more successful. It seemed as
caught dozens of crabs, all bigger than though every square inch of sand was
your plate, and a lot cheaper than the covered by a vehicle. Sunbathers
$10.95 entree at a restaurant Dinner that somehow squeezed into the "parking
night would be succulent seafood, dipped lot."
tn butter. The sounds of the surf and seagulls
The impatient among us decide to were overpowered by the blare of music
change fishing spots every couple coming from the car stereos,
minutes. That entails slot of swinging of However, the beach traffic did not
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