The Odem-Edroy Times (Odem, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 1, 1959 Page: 4 of 4
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Outlook For
Eggs In 1959
Seems Good
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Chevy adds Bel Air hardtop to ’59 line
Laraine Day stars in Alone this
week on Play of the Week. It’s a
story of an irresponsible housewife
trapped in a country home by
hired killer.
ABOUT YOUR HEALTH
A waakly public ••rvtc* feature fron»
•be Texas State Department of Health*
UEMRY A. HOLLE, M.D., Commissioner
Looking for a resolution to keep
during 1959? Here’s one that could
save you or your family a lot of
strife.,
"I resolve to have myself and my
entire.- family vaccinated against
paralytic polio as soon as possible
and to tell, all my friends and
relatives to do the same.”
We understand about vaccinat-
ing ourselves and our families,
but what about having everybody
else vaccinated?
The fact of the matter is as
much of the population as possible
should also' receive the series r\f
three anti-polio shots.
Although it isn’t a guarantee, the
Salk vaccine puts the odds over-
whelmingly in your favor that you
won’t get paralytic polio.
The need is especially important
for small children —those under
five years of age. Attack rates
were highest in one-year-olds, with
more than 50 percent of all paraly-
tic cases occurring in children un-
der five.
Thousands of little toddlers re-
ceived tricycles last week for
Christmas; but how many may
never learn to ride before they
are stricken with polio.
There is nothing so useless as
a tricycle to a polio-stricken tod-
dler.
Poliomyelitis records in Texas
indicated a slight rise in the num-
ber of cases in 1958 over 1957--
half of these pre-school children.
The vaccine continues to show
a high rate of effectiveness. Only
12.7 percent of the total of paraly-
tic cases in 1958 had received three
shots of the vaccine throughout the
United States. This is an effec-
tiveness rate of about 87 percent.
■But the Salk vaccine's ultimate
success rests with the entire com-
munity receiving the prescribe i
series of three shots.
And don’t think your chances are
better because you happen to live
in a particular neighborhood or
social order. Polio acknowledges
no such restrictions.
Barents of young children who
have not been vaccinated, particu-
larly those under five, should start
children on the course of three
vaccinations immediately.
While you’re in the doctor’s of-
fice,. have him vaccinate you too.
Then on your way home tell your
friends and neighbors.
That’s a new year’s resolution
really worth keeping.
You bought your family many
more — and vastly more impor-
tant — gifts this Christmas than
those you wrapped in bright paper
and ribbon.
You doled out hard-earned tax
dollars to buy the gift of good
health. Let’s see precisely what
you got for your money.
Your gift budget this year in-
cluded more than $10 million to
buy and equip 29 medical care
facilities, such as hospitals and
diagnostic centers, in areas with-
out them. Your shopping councel-
lor was the Division of Hospital
Services at the Texas State De-
partment of Health.
You paid $13 million to build 13
new sewage treatment plants to
give your family the gift of clean,
uncontaminated streams. Helping
you make the right choice was
the Department’s Division of Water
Pollution Coritrol.
You bought seven Texas cities—
all of them under 25,000 popula-
tion — gifts of comprehensive city-
plans. By following the plans, cities
can grow and expand in a healthy,
orderly manner without danger of
slum formation.
The bill came to $230,000. 'The
State Health Department helped
you shop for just the right plan
for each city.
It cost you $242,000 to buy a
half-million children the gift of pro-
tection from polio this Christmas.
If your own children, or you your-
self, were among them you can
consider yourself fortunate. Many
disdained the gift, and now Christ-
mas holds no meaning for them.
You bought almost $15,000 worth
of relief for many youngsters who
would otherwise have had to suf-
fer the pangs of toothache. Your
gift councellor in this case was
the Division of Dental Health which
paid the bills in connection with
15 dental clinics operating over
the State.
You and your neighbors gave
the gift of hope to 15,000 actual
or suspected victims of cancer and
heart diseases. It cost you $120,000
to support 20 different cancer and
heart clinics in which dispair and
anxiety were eased or erased.
Your desire to give your family
the gift of good health also took
a negative turn. Health depart-
ment inspectors hired by you con-
demned almost 700,000 pounds of
food and drugs as being unfit for
human use.
You spent $8.5 million this year
to see that health services got
right down to the community level
where your family could get to
them. The money paid for equip-
ment and supplies and for salaries
of physicians and nurses and sani-
tarians.
COLLEGE STATION — Egg pro-
duction in 1959 is expected to ex-
ceed that of 1958 due to an in-
creased rate of lay and a larger
number of layers and potential lay-
ers now on the nation’s farms'.
F. Z. Beanblossom, extension
poultry marketing specialist, re-
ports 'the number of pullets on
farms January 1, 1959, is likely to
exceed the number of a year ago
by about 10 percent. In the south
central states, which includes Tex-
as, on November 1 pullets not of
laying age exceeded by 35 percent
the number of a year ago. A larger
monthly production is expected,
Beanblossom says, through the late
summer of 1959. By that time, the
number of layers will begin to re-
flect the chick replacement hatch
in the spring of 1959 which is
unknown at this time.
As for egg prices, the specialist
says indications point to a down-
ward trend during the next six
months. Prices early in 1959 are
likely to be lower than those for
a year ago. The small holdings of
storage shell eggs, however, is
likely to soften this price drop and
by late summer or early fall,
Beanblossom sees a chance for
prices to improve depending upon
the flock replacement situation.
Prices for the last three months
of 1959 should about equal those
for the same period in 1958.
Beanblossom points out that im-
proved breeding, management,
feeds and commercial flocks have
not only increased the number of
eggs per layer, but have also re-
sulted in a much more uniform
year-round level of production.
Eggs for the 'family table utilize
about 74 percent of the total na-
tional production. Farm families
and keepers of backyard flocks use
about 15 percent of the total pro-
duction and these eggs never enter
commercial trade. About 5 per-
cent of the eggs produced are used
for hatching purposes and 6 per-
cent are broken commercially for
use as liquid, dried or frozen eggs.
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Prompted, by popular demand for the hardtop
Styling, Chevrolet announces the addition of a Bel Air
Sport Sedan to its 1959 line of passenger cars. This
new 4-door hardtop sedan with its increased visibility
Mrs. Frank Sims and son Robert
Sims were joined by their daugh-
ter and sister, Mrs. Catherine Fun-
derberg, for a Christmas visit in
the home Of another daughter and
sister, Mrs. Ken-neth Hall, and fam-
ily in Sweeney.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick West visited
relatives in Papalote Christmas
Eve and went from there to Bee-
ville to attend midnight mass in
the Catholic church.
Miss Pat Voss, Trinity Univer-
sity student here for the holidays,
joined a group of San Antonio
friends for a trip to Padre Island
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Brown spent
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
as guests in the home of their
son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ho-
ward Brown and children, in* Cor-
pus Christi.
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Whitley
had as their dinner guests Thurs-
Motorcide New Word —
To Be Avoided if Possible
day Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Wahl and
Mrs. Jewell Reagan, of Corpus
Christi; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wahl
of Banquete; Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Cherry Sr. and Mrs. Jack Cherry
Jr. and R. L. Pyle and children.
Other guests in the Vhistely home
on Friday included Mr. and Mrs.
Blake Reagan of Raymondville and
Mrs. Rose Buster of Corpus Chris-
ti.
Supper guests in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Robertson on
Christmas Day were Mr. and Mrs.
Andy Speed of Muldoon, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred, Heinsohn and children,
Cam and Alfred Walter and Mr.
and Mrs. Dick West.
Christmas Eve marked a family
reunion and party in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Smith, with
the guests including Mr. and Mrs.
Leland Burgess of San Diego, Calif;
Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Burgess, St.
Paul; Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Burgess
and sons of Corpus Christi; Mrs.
Ruth Smith, Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
Green and sons, Mrs. Zelma Wal-
lace and the hosts, Mr. and Mrs.
CLASSIFIED
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to thank my friends for
their blood donations, flowers,
cards, and visits during my recent
stay in the hospital.
Miss Allie. ltcJH.
BE YOUR OWN BOSS — Dial-
A-Pack will establish route in this
area for reliable operator to ser-
vice and collect from new type
cigarette dispensers. Excellent in-*
come possible for part time. $600.-
00 to $1975.00 Investment Required.
If qualified write Dial-A-Pack for
local interview. P. O. Box 1052,
Oklahoma City, Okla. ltpJl.
area brings to three the number of models available
in the middle-priced series of the new Chevrolets.
The new model and other ’59 Chevrolets will headline
an “Open House” at dealerships nationally. Jan. 22-24.
Horace Smith and children, Joyce
Laverne, Phyllis and Horace Jr.
Mrs. Alfred Elliott and son David
of Banquete were guests in the
home of her sister-in-law and hus-
band, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Whitley |
Friday. Other members of .the fam-
ily who visited in the Whitley home
.that afternoon were Mrs. Whitley’s
sister and family, Mr. and Mrs.
A. C. Peeks and children of Ama-
rillo and Mrs. David Ellis and
children, Charles and Deborah Ann.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Smith and
children Misses Joyce Laverne and
Phyllis and Horace Jr. spent Christ-
mas With Mrs. Smith’s parents, Mr.
ana Mrs. C. T. Burgess in St.
Paul.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Robb and
son Larry of Casper, Wyo. and
Mrs. Bob Hoegal of Corpus Christi
were dinner guests in the home
of Alvin Crossno Thursday.
Mi's. Fannie Dowlearn of Galves-
ton spent the holidays here with
her daughter and family, Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. Brough and children.
A new figure has been added to
our world of symbolism by the
Texas Department of Public Safe-
ty.
Symbols are as common as the
wedding ring, the architecture of
a church building, the poison mark- j symbol or death and no. peculiar
bottle, and Father Time to piracy. It was used as a cap
head, and an hourglass. This, per-
haps,, was the first time the Jolly
Roger was used. Many variations
of the flag were used throughout
the age of piracy. But even then,
the skull and bones was an old
er on a
who strikes the final hour of the
old year.
■This week the Texas DPS intro-
duced a figure of death with its
skeleton hands gripping a steer-
ing wheel to symbolize the term
MOTORCIDE, or death by motor
vehicle accident.
The department coined the word
“motorcide” several years ago, in
1953 to be exact, and presented it
for the first time on an extensive
report on Texas motor vehicle ac-
cidents covering the biennium of
1951-52. Paralleling the terms homi-
cide and suicide, the word motor-
cide was defined in the report
as “the killing of another human
being, or of one’s self, through
the operation of a motor vehicle—
usually the result of negligence or
wanton carelessness.”
Both the definition and the new
word have been used nationally
since being introduced. With more
than 2,500 traffic fatalities occur-
ring annually in Texas, the sym-
badge by several European armies
as early as the sixteenth century.
In the fifteenth century, the in-
fant age of mechanical clocks,
death and time were personified in
public places. The famous City Hall
clock at Prague, constructed in
1419, employed the figure of death
to ring a bell and turn over an
hourglass before each hour was
struck.
The famous astronomical clock
in the cathedral at Strasbourg in
Alsace, built in 1352, and recon-
structed in 1547 by mathematicians,
was designed to show the motions
of the whole heavens, the motion
of the sun and moon, every minute
of the hour, the rising and falling
of every star. But the featured
item was the figure of death. At
the end of each hour, Death, in
a room above all other symbolic
figures, came forth and struck the
hour with a bone.
Converting the ancient figure of
death to fit the modern automo-
, . . , .. , , ... bile age, the Texas Department of
b°! of death by motor vehicle ac- PuMo Safety hopes the symb0, of
cident is destined to find extensive MOTORCtDE will serve as a warn-
HORTON
Machine Works
Located at Steinmeyer Western
Auto Store — Mathis, Texas
John Deere Dealer
t,
Don’t get caught with your oil
down this year.
That’s good advice - make a
resolution to drive in and let us
give your car a “regular” check-
up. It will add miles for economy
and greater driving pleasure dur-
ing the coming year.
E. H. GREEKS
Service SMlou
Phone 3041
ODEM, TEXAS
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Vet Questions
Q — About a year ago I told VA
to hold the dividends on my GI
insurance to my credit. If I don’t
pay the quarterly premium due
next month, will the VA deduct it
from those dividend credits?
A — No. VA is not permitted
to withdraw a quarterly premium
from your dividend credit without
your written consent. The VA, how-
ever, will withdraw monthly pre-
miums to keep your insurance
from lapsing.
J — I receive a pension from
VA, and last year I sold a plot
of ground I owned and bought an-
other. I made a small profit on
the sale. Must I report it, in re-
porting 1958 income for VA pen-
sion purposes?
A — Yes. The law says that
your net profit on the transaction
must be reported, which would be
the profit you realized after de-
ducting all expenses incident to
the sale.
q — When does the new law
permitting Korea veterans to con-
vert “RS” term insurance policies
go into effect?
A — The law permitting holders
of Korean conflict term policies
with the initials “RS” before the
policy number to convert to one
of VA’s permanent plans goes Jnto
effect January 1, 1959.
usage during holiday periods and
special emphasis on traffic safe-
ty campaigns.
Even though “motorcide” is a
term with modern application, its
symbol of death dates to antiquity.
The grim Reaper also called Fa-
ther Time, is found in Greek myth-
ology. The old white-beared man
carrying a scythe and often an
hourglass and commonly used as
the personification of time, is be-
lieved to be a descendant of the
Greed god, Cronus, who carried a
reapinghook. The scythe Father
Time bears is the symbol of his
power to destroy — all falls like
grain before him. Father Time is
the Old Year who passes on the
burden to the baby New Year at
the stroke of the new year’s first
minute. He represents Death; he
cuts down those who die.
The symbol of a skull over two
crossed thighbones is an ancient
form of warning of death or dan-
ger which perhaps reached its
height of popularity during the
eighteenth and nineteenth centur-
ies. It was during this period that
pirates used the Black Flag, or
the Jolly Roger. The flag was in-
tended to strike terror to the hearts
of mariners and usually displayed
a white skull and crossed thigh-
bones on a black background. Some-
times the entire skeleton of a man
was depicted.
The Jolly Roger is believed to
have come into being with .the
evolution of piracy from buccaneer-
ing. In the year 1700, a French
pirate, Emanuel Wynne, went into
battle off Santiago flying an en-
sign bearing cross-bones, a death’s
General Machinist,
Lathe, Drill, Bench and
Layout Work
Special Machines
Built To Order
Phone Kl 7-3271
Leland
Taft, Texas
WED.-THU.-FRI. DEC. 31-JAN. 2
GLENN FORD
“Imitation
General"
Red Buttons - Taina E!g
Dean Jones
SAT. ONLY
-2 Hits-
JAN 3
GEORGE MONTGOMERY
"Toughest Gun
In Tombstone"
Second Big Hit
"Abbott and
Costello Meet
The Mummy"
SUN.-MON.-TUE. JAN. 4-6
RORY CALHOUN
"The Saga Of
Hemp Brown"
Wood Creates Efficient Wall
ing to all Texas drivers that dan-
ger lurks on our streets and high-
ways. The new symbol will be
shown many times throughout the
forthcoming holiday period, not to
frighten motorists, but to place
emphasis on the need for safe
driving.
Cattle Nscd
Winter Feed
COLLEGE STATION — The high
prices which have been paid for
stocker cattle makes high winter
gains a must, say U. D. Thomp-
son and John H. Jones, extension
animal husbandmen. They advise
stockmen that the early cold wea-
ther has not only delayed the de-
velopment of small grains, rescue,
rye and Texas winter grasses but
has also dehydrated these plants.
Thus, their grazing value has been
reduced.
High winter gains are needed,
point out the specialists, to help
reduce the original cost of the
animals and also to insure favor-
able returns at market time. Too,
they say that younger cattle are
efficient users of concentrate feeds.
The use of up to six pounds of
concentrate feed per head daily as
a supplement to hay or pasture,
according to Thompson and Jones,
will practically insure the needed
winter gains. If sufficient green
grazing is available, the only sup-
plement needed would be six
pounds of ground sorghum grain
or ground ear corn.
One o.t the big trends in modern home planning is to make
maximum use of all available spade.
In keeping with this, more and more wood paneling is
being used to create storage space where it ;.s needed. Ideally
suited for built-ins for every room of the house are the 10
species of paneling from the western pine region.
The easy workability of
the western pine region
woods makes them adapta-
ble to any type of required
storage situation. At the
same time, the wood can be
attractively finished to add
a decorative interest to the
room.
A good example of an effi-
cient and attractive built-in
wall is shown in this view
of a game room. The wall
features a cabinet for games
and other small items that
are used in the room, plus
a bookcase and a. movie
screen that can be pulled
down over the shelves. A
larger storage closet is in-
cluded on the right.
Paneling from the western!
pine region will accept any
type of finish — stain, lac-
quer, varnish, shellac, or
wax. In this case, the wood
was sprayed with a lacquer
which was given a touch of
brown stain to accent the
warmth of the wood.
The western pine region
species are: Idaho white
pine, ponderosa pine, sugar
pine, Engelmann spruce,
lodgepole pine, white fir,
Douglas fir, larch, inland red
cedar, and incense reJar.
BUSINESS Opportunity — Man
or Woman. Responsible person
from this area, to service and col-
let from cigarette dispensers. No
selling. Car, references, and $592.50
to $1975.00 investment necessary.
7 to 12 hours weekly nets excellent
monthly income. Possible full-time
work. For local interview give
phone and particulars. Write In-
ternational Sales & Mfg. Co., Inc.,
P. O. Box 1236, Oklahoma CitvL
Okla. ltpJU
SINTON
Drive-In Theatre
SINTON, TEXAS
Show Starts At 7:00
CLOSED TUES. AND WED.
THURS.-FRI. JAN. 1-2
Andy Griffith - Nick Adams in
“No Time For Sergeants”
Second Feature
“The Palamino”
Color
SATURDAY JAN. 3
Dan Duryea - Jan Sterling in
“Kathy O’ ”
Color
Second Feature
ANTHONY PERKINS in
“This Angry Age”
Color
Third Feature
“The Palamino”
Color
SUNDAY JAN. 4
Dan Duryea - Jan Sterling in
“Kathy O’ ”
Color
Second Feature
ANTHONY PERKINS in #
“This Angry Age”
Color
RIALTO
THEATRE
(Phone EM4-2398)
SINTON, TEXAS
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JAN.
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