El Campo Leader-News (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 87, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 23, 1982 Page: 9 of 28
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El Campo Leader News, El Campo, TX, Sat., Jan. 23,1982
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Jack Maguire’s"Talk of Texas’
FOOTNOTE TO HISTORY— The only known book written in the
langugage of the Texas Indians is in the State Library at Austin.
It was compiled and translated into the langugage of the Coahuiltecan,
or Texas, Indian in 1760. It is the work of Fray Bartolome Garcia, who
had spent the previous ten years as a missionary to the tribes that roam-
ed from Coahuila to what now is Central Texas.
Assigned to San Francisco de la Espada, one of the missions that still
stands along the San Antonio River, Father Garcia intended his treaties
as “how to” book on ministering to the Indians. It is titled: “A Manual for
Administering the Blessed Sacraments of Penance, Holy Eucharist, Ex-
treme Unction and Matrimony; for Thanksgiving after Communion and
for Help in Dying for the Indian.”
Printed in Mexico, the text is in parallel columns of Spanish and Indian.
Although deviations in dialects were common among the tribes, the
language used in the book is that which was generally spoken by the In-
dians in the area. Apparently it could be understood by those who had
become attached to the San Antonio missions.
Intended primarily as a handbook for priests, the volume also served as
a textbook for religious instruction. It deals with the Indian’s superstition
concerning dreams and evil spirits, exhorts him against the sin of cursing
and even includes a section on parent-child relations.
The book also discusses drunkeness, the use of peyote and other drugs
and birth control. It points out that eating human flesh, sex between
relatives and stealing are among the sins to be discouraged.
Registration Announced
For Community Courses
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THE GREAT GIVEAWAY— Free land was the magnet that drew set-
tlers to Texas. 8
Before 1835, the governments of Spain and Mexico handed out 26,280,000 &
acres of public land to those willing to homestead it.
HELP WANTED— Do readers know what happened to 17 orphaned
New York newsboys who were sent to foster homes in Texas around the
turn of the century?
Their dstination was Paris, Lamar County. They came by train on
tickets furnished by the Children’s Aid Society of New York. Now an ef-
fort is being made to locate some of them or their desendants.
Around 1900, an estimated 40,000 such youngsters peddled papers on
New York streets. Most were homeless and many were only six or seven
years old. The Children’s Aid Society started the program to relocate
them in foster homes.
Peter J. Eckel, a New York photographer, is trying to find out what
happened to the 17 who were sent to Texas. If readers of “Talk of Texas”
have any information, please send it to us in care of this newspaper.
Community Education
course registration is
scheduled Tuesday, Jan.
26 from 5-7 p.m. in Room
101A of the
Administration Building
at Wharton County
Junior College in
Wharton.
The evening classes
include classes in aerobic
exercise, hair styling and
cosmetics, calligraphy,
country and western
dancing, “western dance
for teens,” defensive
driving (National Safety
Council approved),
Journey through the
Bible, karate, con-
versational Spanish,
beginning and in-
termediate tennis,
G.E.D. (High School
diploma equivalency)
and 35mm photography.
Vocational course
offerings include in-
termediate bookkeeping,
medical terminology,
executive housekeeping,
Texas Property Tax
System and nurse aide.
All vocational courses
are taught in the evening
except nurse aide and
classes have scholarships
available based on
financial need
Nurse aide students
must be 18 years old and
have at least an eighth
grade education. The 130-
hour course (90 hours of
classroom instruction
and 40 hours of clinical
experience) will be
conducted at El Campo
Memorial Hospital.
Community Education
Director Joy Wind also
reports classes are
scheduled to begin the
week of Jan. 25 at El
Campo High School for
such leisure - learning
subjects as aerobics, oil
painting, beginning
bridge, microwave
cooking, beginning
crochet, basic
photography, con-
versational Czech,
defensive driving, flower
arrangements and
G.E.D.
Also, vocational
courses that include car
care and tuneup, fur-
niture repair and con-
struction, beginning
shorthand and typing,
and beginning welding.
Contact Virgil Svajda
(phone 543-6972) at the
ECISD Area Vocational
School to register at the
first night of class.
Community Education
courses are also
scheduled by Wharton
County Junior College at
Lamar Consolidated
High School in Rosenberg
(contact Gloria
Dominguez at 342-5521,
extension 433) and at
Palacios High School
(contact Leon Bullock at
972-2571). The Com-
munity Education phone
number at WCJC is 1-532-
4560, extension 237.
Unique Retirement Center
Being Built In Houston
IT TAKES ALL KINDS— Thieves are the most serious problem facing
fruit growers in the Rio Grande valley.
This season about 20 percent of the orange and grapefruit crop will be
stolen. Unauthorized pickers enter the unfenced orchards, pile up the
fruit and then send trucks to pick up the haul after dark.
SICK CALL— In 1879, Dr. Bacon Saunders of Bonha, Fannin County,
performed what is believed to be the first operation for acute appendicitis
in Texas. The patient recovered.
Later he helped to found the Fort Worth Medical College, now a part of
the Baylor University College of Medicine.
(Copyright, 1982, by Jack Maguire)
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A 8100 million
development under
construction near
Houston by US Home
Corp. will be the state’s
first fully planned
retirement community, it
was announced by of-
ficials for the
homebuilding giant.
CountryPlace, a
community unique in
offering a complete
recreation-oriented
lifestyle geared toward
senior citizens, is under
way on 600 acres of
countryside 13 miles
southwest of downtown
Houston off State High-
way 288.
Deed restrictions
require at least one
member of each
household to be 50 or
older and allow children
under 18 to visit for
periods of no more than
30daysayear.
Ray Woodruff,
president of the South-
west Houston Division of
US Home Corp., said
during the an-
nouncement, ‘‘While
there are other
retirement housing
centers in Texas, there is
no other development
with the total
recreational community
concept of Coun-
tryPlace.”
When complete, the
development will have
1,079 detached single-
family homes and 54
townhomes built around
a $4 million central
complex of sports and
leisure facilities Homes
and townhomes will be
priced from $50,000 up
At the heart of Coun-
tryPlace will be a seven-
acre lake stocked for
fishing Winding
throughout the com-
munity will be an 18-hole
golf course and a jogging
and bicycle path. Other
outdoor recreational
facilities will include
lighted tennis courts,
swimming pool, and
shuffleboard courts.
The Carriage House, a
12,000-square-foot luxury
clubhouse, will house a
reading library, TV
room, spacious lounge,
game room, ceramics
workshop, catering
kitchen, and ballroom
that can accommodate
up to 500 people.
The center also will
feature a fully equipped
exercise room with
separate saunas and
whirlpools for men and
women. A full-time
director will be on-site to
plan and organize year-
round activities for
residents.
CountryPlace is the
eighth and newest
complete retirement
community to be built by
US Home. The others are
in Florida, Maryland,
and New Jersey.
Extensive research
into the preferences of
home owners in tnose
earlier communities
determined what
amenities would be
provided at Coun-
tryPlace, Woodruff said.
Among the extras are a
separate parking and
storage area for
recreational vehicles,
extra-large closets in
most floor plans, and full
insulation and gas ap-
pliances for savings on
utility bills
Woodruff noted. “We
also have only two en-
trances into this new
development because our
research showed that
senior citizens are
Fraudalent SS
Charges Listed
Recently married area residents have
reported getting offers in the mail to have their
names changed on social security records for a
$10 fee.
According to Bruce Tyler, Manager of the Vic-
toria social security office, the Social Security
Administration which handles name change re-
quests does not charge any fee for this simple
procedure. Tyler emphasized that the companies
making these offers are in business for profit and
have no connection with any federal agency.
“Changing your name on social security
records is easy,” Tyler said, “You need original
or certified documents showing your previous
name and your new name.” Tyler said a mar-
riage certificate showing both names would be
sufficient.
Other acceptable documents include old and
new driver’s licenses, utility bills and bank
statements which together will show both
names.
Proof of identity is needed, Tyler said, so that
one person cannot assume someone else’s social
security number. The name change process
which including filling out a simple form can be
completed at any social security office or can be
handled by telephone and mail. All documents
will be returned.
“Name change applications which are receiv-
ed directly from individuals or through these
private companies are handled the same way,”
Tyler said. “It is our responsibility to keep an ac-
curate record of a person’s earnings, and there is
not charge for this simple procedure."
For more information call our toll free number
1-800-392-1603.
strongly concerned about
security.”
US Home selected the
location for Coun-
tryPlace because of its
rural setting convenient
to big city advantages
important to senior
citizens. It is situated just
13 miles from downtown
Houston and 10 miles
from Texas Medical
Center and the
Astrodome complex. The
nearest small town is
Pearland, seven miles
away.
The first phase of
CountryPlace — con-
sisting of model homes
and townhomes and all of
the recreational
facilities, including the
Carriage House — will
open officially on Jan. 30.
Completion of the entire
project is scheduled for
early 1988
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Barbee, Chris. El Campo Leader-News (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 87, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 23, 1982, newspaper, January 23, 1982; El Campo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth999998/m1/9/?rotate=270: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Wharton County Library.