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Volume XI—Established June 25,1948
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE
Guthrie Publishing Co.
ODEM, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1960
Entered as second class matter at the post office.
Odem Texas, under the act of march 2, is73
FOUR PAGES — NO. 14
Planting Near
Complete in Co.
Planting in San Patricio Coun-
ty is proceeding at such a
rapid rate that the bulk of grain
and cotton will be planted this
week, according to Dan Paw-
lick, county agricultural agent.
“If the weather holds good
this week we look for almost
everyone to finish up planting,”
Mr. Pawlick said, “There will
be a few spots that are still too
wet for planting but the bulk
of all planting will be complet-
ed.
Grain planted several weeks
ago is now coming up good since
the temperature of the soil has
increased and farmers expect
seed planted this week to ger-
minate in minimum time if the
warm weather continues.
The prolonged wet and cold
weather has hit the onion crop
in the western portion of the
county a hard blow, according
Mrs. Matlock To
Get Cast Off .
This Friday
Mrs. Kelton Matlock, who
broke her left wrist several
weeks ago, is 'happy over the
report from her physician to
the effect that she will have
her arm removed from the sur-
gical cast Friday.
Mrs. Matlock broke her wrist
in a freak accident while open-
ing an overhead door on her
garage. She has continued with
her work in checking the mail
for the rural route, but her
husband has been doing the driv-
ing for her. She is the rural
mail carrier.
to Mr. Pawlick.
“The blight has hit a lot of
the onion patches in the Ma-
this area,” Mr. Pawlick said,
“And if the present drop in
prices continue, there probably
will be several patches of onions
that won’t be harvested at all
this year.”
Most of the onion acreage in
the county this year is center-
ed in the Edroy-West Sinton
and Mathis area. Several vege-
table packing sheds usually ope-
rate each year in Mathis to ac-
comodate the vegetable crop.
Vegetable acreage in the coun-
ty, even on the F. H. Vahlsh-
ing Farm near Mathis, is light
and confined largely to onions.
Mrs. Katie Ezell
Breaks Leg
Mrs. Katie Ezell, who is past
80 years of age, fell in the bath-
room at the home of her son-,
Carter Ezell, Sunday morning
of last week and -broke both
bones in her left leg between
the knee -and ankle.
Six years ago Mrs. Ezell fell
and broke her right leg, and
has walked with the aid of a
cane since that time.
She was taken to a Sinton
hospital immediately after she
fell last week and her leg was
placed in a cast, after which
she was returned to the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Henry
Belyeu, with whom she makes
her home. She had been an
overnight guest in the home of
her son and his family at the
time of the accident in which
she slipped and fell.
San Pat Court Hires
Trapper to Get Coyotes
Small World —
Odem Ladies
Find Relatives
Several weeks ago when Mrs.
H. K. Westerman accepted a
position in the Department of
Interior at Washington, D. C.,
to replace Mrs. C. M. Shepherd,
who was moving on to another
office as a promotion, the two
ladies found they each had re-
latives living in Odem.
Mrs. Westerman is the mo-
ther of Mrs. Bob Parker of
Odem, and she made her home
here for a number of years.Mrs.
Shepherd’s daughter, Jeanie, is
attending high school here and
making her home with her un-
cle, R. E. Stalcup, and family
during the school year.
Mrs. Westerman is a subscrib-
er to The Odem-Edroy Times,
and she is now sharing her copy
of the paper with Mrs. Shep-
herd. It so happened that the
first copy so shared carried
stories concerning both Jeanie
and members of the Stalcup
family.
Both Mrs. Westerman and
Mrs. Shepherd are employed in
the Interior Department in the
National Park Service in the
payroll division.
3-Way T rack
Meet Set
For Odem
The court took action on the
employment of a State trapper
of predatory animals on a six
month -basis. The county will
pay $200 per month to be ap-
plied on- the trapper’s salary
with the State paying the other
-part of the salary if the trapper
is one of the 70 trappers em-
ployed by the State in the ori-
ginal rodent control program.
If he is one of the other 70
trappers employed by the Trap-
pers Cooperative Association to
supplement the State-employed
trappers then that Association
will pay the difference in the
salary of the San Patricio Co.
trapper. The court will pay
the $200 into the Texas Coopera-
tive Trappers Fund at San An-
tonio.
The trapper will not be in- the
county before the middle of
April to start the work.
Allan Mote’s audit of the Sea-
wall Breakwater Interest and
Sinking Fund was studied and
•will be approved by the court
-when one item is clarified.
!The court entered into an
agreement with the City of Sin-
ton at an earlier meeting con-
cerning the fighting of fires out-
side the city limits by the Sin-
ton fire department with city
owned fire-fighting equipment.
This agreement was approved
by the court Saturday morning
and County Judge W-. E. Nicho-
las was authorized to enter into
similar contracts with other
towns in the county should
those towns make request for
such a contract. Richard Hatch
of Aransas Pass met with the
court and filed a request that
such a contract be approved for
the City of Aransas Pass. The
contract was approved.
The commissioners court met
at 10 a.m. Saturday for opening
of bids for office supplies.
Following are the bids ac-
cepted: AUDITOR'S OFFICE—
one Cole posture chair, Taft
Tribune, $37.50; six packages
each of white, blue, salmon and
canary index cards, Paul Ander-
son, $5.70; six Esterbrook foun-
tain pens, ITaft Tribune, $6.85;
two dozen scratch pads 4x6
white unruled, Taft Tribune,
$2.10; 24 scratch pads, white
and -unruled, Taft Tribune, $3.50
one carton No. 4 steel nickel-
plated thumb tacks, Paul An-
derson, $2.25; six boxes of brass
washers, Taft Tribune, $1.26;
two cartons No. 1 paper clips,
Gem, Taft Tribune, $1.40; one
carton No. 3 paper clips, Taft
Tribune, $.70. Multilith Depart-
ment —one 17-inch carriage
IBM typewriter (standard elec-
trical) with carbon paper at-
tachment, IBM Co., $427.50.
Tax Assessor and Collector —
one Cole posture Chair, Taft
Tribune, $37.50; one Globe Wer-
nick revolving and tilting
swivel armchair, $99.20, Paul
Anderson.
There were several bids which
were rejected and the next low-
est bid accepted since the low-
est bids did not meet specifica-
tions as advertised.
Odem and surrounding com-
munity track fans have another
opportunity to see some fine
track action Friday afternoon
and night at Owl Stadium in
Odem when the Track teams
of Odem, Banquete, and Agua
Dulce square off in the 87B
District meet. Odem’s Owls won
the District last year in a run-
away, scoring 20 more points
than the combined totals of all
the other district teams. How-
ever, the Owls are not favored
to repeat in 1960 as several of
their top point makers moved
on by graduation. Banquete 1960
track squad is the strongest in
years and Agua Dulce is also
unusually strong.
In addition to the High School
division there will also be the
district meet for the elementary
schools (5th & 6th) and the
Junior Highs (7th and 8th) and
for high school boys 15 years
of age and under, if they be-
came 15 after Sept. 1, 1959.
There will be no ad-mission
charge for the meet. Action* will
begin at 4:00 p.m.
Other UIL activities involv-
ing Odem Students will be held
on the following dates. On March
24 the One Act play contest
will be -held at the Odem High
School Auditorium at 7:30 p.m.
On April 1st the 87B literary
meet will be held at Banquete.
On April 12 the UIL tennis
tournament will be played off
at Odem. Volleyball for boys and
girls will be played at Orange
Grove.
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Atnip
and sons, Grady and Eddy, of
San Antonio were recent guests
in the home * of her sister and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Par-
ker and sons, Bob Jr. Jack
and Sammy.
Mrs. B. H. Cornett and chil-
dren, Ricky and Jo Ann, ac-
companied Mrs. W. M. Wine-
brenner to Papalote Sunday af-
ternoon for a visit with Mrs.
B. F. Kreis and family.
E. H. Green was joined by
his brother, W. L. Green, of
Beeville one day last week for
a visit with their mother, Mrs.
W. J. Green, in Kenedy.
Odem Track Meet Sees
Many New Records Set
Last Thursday afternoon and
night the George West Long-
horns brought to an end the
domination of the Bishop Bad-
gers over the Class A Division
of the Odem Relays. George
West won the -big meet by scor-
ing 43 points while second place
Bishop garnered 33 1-2. Other
point totals in Class A were
Bloomington in third place, with
23 points, Aransas County, 15
5-6, and Flour Bluff fifth with
15. In Class B, Sharyland had
a total of 40 1-3 points, Runge,
25; Stockdale, 19; San Perlita,
14; Banquete, 11 1-4; and Odem,
10 3-4;
Several meet and division re-
cords were broken in spite of
the very cold weather Thursday
afternoon. Times improved as
night came on due to the fact
that the strong north wind sub-
sided. Several old marks were
shattered. George West’s Mile
Relay team of Bartlett, Brysch,
Orrnand, and Oxford clipped off
a 3:43 Mile relay to break the
record of 3:43.5 set by York-
town in 1958. Carl Snyder of
Aransas County High jumped 5
ft. 10 1-2 in. to set aside the
5 ft. 10” record set by Doyle
Heagreaves of Pettus in 1958.
Charles Jordan shattered Pettus
Larry Franks 1958 record of
48 ft. 7 1-2 in. in the 12 pound
shot hurling the big ball 53’1”.
Henry Picket of George West
broad jumped 20’10 to break
the oldest record in the Odem
Relays books when he bettered
the 20’5” jumped by Tommy
Martin of Woodsboro set in the
first Odem Relays in 1957.
The division records -broken
included Calvin Ryan of Runge
bettering his own Class B re-
cord of 17.4 in the 120 yard
high hurdles set in* 1959 with a
16.1 record this time. Arturo
Garcia of Sharyland bettered the
23.3 record of John (Lewis of
Austwell-iTivoli set in 1959 with
a time of 20.5 in the 180 yard
low hurdles. Sharylan-d’s 440 re-
lay team (Johnson, Guzman,
Spratt, Garcia) ran a 46.8 to
replace the record of 47.1 set
by Odem in 1959. Daniel Whit-
field of Bloomington ran a
5:01 mile to break the Class
A mile record of S. Hill of
Flour Bluff set in 1957. In 1959
Rueben Ruiz of Rivierea threw
the Discus 122 ft. 7 inches to
set a Class B record, but Thurs-
day Gerald Pargmann of Runge
bettered this with a -heave of
127’9”.
In many respects this year’s
Odem Relays were the best of
all the big meets in spite of
very cold weather Thursday af-
ternoon and fairly cold Thurs-
day night. The largest crowd
in the history of the meet was
on hand to cheer the (boys on
Mrs. Ella Perrin
Dies Tuesday
In New Braunfels
Mrs. Ella Perrin, known to
her family and friends as
“Granny” passed away at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. J.
H. Mayfield, in New, Braunfels
Tuesday afternoon* of last week
following a lengthy illness.
Mrs. Perrin made her home
in Odem from 1953 until the
latter part of 1957, and she en-
deared herself to the commun-
ity through her Christian ex-
ample. She was active in the
Sunday School and seldom mis-
sed a morning worship hour at
First Baptist Church;
She was born in the Indian
Territory Nov. 11, 1857. She liv-
ed to see the mode of travel
change from oxcart to jet planes
little red schoolhouses, reached
by trudging through snow and
mud, change to -large consoli-
dated schools; the old smoke-
house fade away and locker
plants for frozen foods take
their place; and her life spam
ned an era in which our Coun-
try was involved in four wars
and in a bitter fight known as
the Korean* Conflict. She saw
her loved ones leave for the
battle front in three of the four
wars and the Korean fighting.
She was widowed almost a
half century ago and to her fell
the lot of being both mother
and father to her eight chil-
dren.
She is survived by two sons,
E. F. Perrin of Odem and Jack
Perrin of Odessa; four daugh-
ters, Mrs. Eva Murray of San
Marcos, Mrs. Lillie Abercrom-
bie of Allen, Okla., Mrs. Ethel
Quinn, San Bernadino, Calif.,
and Mrs. J. H. Mayfield of New
Braunfels; Thirty-seven grand-
children; a large number of
great-grand children; and sev-
eral great-greatgrandchildren.
Funeral services for Mrs. Per-
rin were held Thursday morn-
ing at the Baptist Church in
Lometa and burial was in the
Lometa Cemetery.
E. F. Perrin attended the ser-
vices.
CofC News
Mrs. Voss and Mrs. Tony
Weatherly have agreed to at-
tend a banquet at the Memorial
Colliseum in Corpus Christi. It
is the sixth annual banquet spon-
sored by the Woman’s division
of the CofC.
Dr. Ed Schlutt attended the
-banquet to hear Dr. Stanley Ar-
bingast in Corpus on March 23.
The CofC voted ■ to pay $50
on rewiring the Little League
park.
Over 200 letters mailed out
to prospective residents of Odem
by the CofC.
CofC shows samples of litera-
ture in Odem Library. Other
organizations have -been invit-
ed to have display. The 4-H
Club will have a display in the
library beginning Saturday,
March 26.
Edwin McDaniel
Speaks To Group
In Victoria
Edwin McDaniel spoke at the
Kingdom Hall in Victoria Sun-
day afternoon of last week, us-
ing as 'his subject “Which Re-
ligion Really Matters?”
He spoke at the Witnesses of
Jehovah hall in Beeville ear-
lier in the month and took for
his subject “Guarding Our Chil-
dren Against Delinquency.
He also spoke at the Witnesses
of Jehovah hall in Corpus Chris-
ti in the series of lectures.
There he spoke on the subject,
“To Where Is This World Head-
ed?”
Mr. and Mrs. McDaniel will
be delegates to the semi-annual
circuit convention of Jehovah’s
Witnesses in Harlingen this
week-end, March 25 to 27. The
convention is sponsored by the
Watchtower Society of Brooklyn,
N. Y.
Mrs. Faye Bentz, Mrs. Eu-
clid Dunlap, Mrs. Harold Tice
and Mrs. Ira Knox, all of Sin-
ton visited Mrs. Katie Ezell one
day last week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Whatley
visited in the home of Mrs.
L. B. Cramer in Kingsville
Thursday.
Mrs. J. T. Frazier of Sinton
accompanied Mrs. Julia Pyle
and Miss Ruby Lee Pyle to San
Patricio for the annual St. Pa-
trick’s Day barbecue Sunday.
They later saw a show in Cor-
pus Christi*
County Farmers Go
In Favor of "B" Cotton
Twenty-three more farms in
San Patricio County selected the
“B” cotton program than last
year to give the county almost
5,000 more acres of cotton un-
der the “B” program. Taken
with the increased “A” acre-
age the county will have 7,000
more acres than last year.
According to John Owen, A.-
S.C. office manager, a total of
568 farms signed up -under the
“B” cotton program for a total
acreage amounting to 52,298.4
as against 543 farms last year
with 47,232 acres.
Under the program a total of
690 farms are listed with a totab
of 45,168.5 acres. Last year there
were 741 farms under the “A”
program with a total of 43,760
acres devoted to cotton.
There has been an over all
decrease of six farms in the
county due to consolidations ac-
cording to the A.S.C. records.
Last year a total of 1264 farms
were listed on their rolls and
this year the number is down
to 1258.
MRS. GREENWOOD REPORTS
Life in Iran Differs
Radically from. U. S.
Mrs. Jesse Greenwood is keep-
ing her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. R. Drum, of 'Odem up-to-
date on the social life of the
Greenwood family now living
in Teheran, Iran.
To read one of her letters
is to see the pattern of living
for Americans in foreign places
radically different in some points
and in others much the same
as in America.
The group of several famil-
ies from America who are liv-
ing close neighbors in Teheran
are making their stay there
as homelike and pleasant as
possible. “We picnic together,
meet for morning coffees, play
bridge, and share our social life
much as we do back at home,
wrote Mrs. Greenwood last
week.
She told of a picnic which
she and her family had gone
on with friends up in the moun-
tains some 35 miles distant from
Teheran. They spread their lun-
ches in a valley where the
weather was mild and pleasant
and admired the beauty of the
snow-capped mountains in the
background.
In early January the Green-
wood family attended the wed-
ding of Miss Ruth Moehler of
Victoria and David Hunt of
Robstown. Although they knew
neither the bride nor the groom
they did know the bridegrooms
sister, the former Betty Jo Hunt,
now Mrs. Jack Bishop of Odem.
They attended the wedding re-
ception given in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. A1 Crownover.
And ndw the Hunts live in the
same apartment house where
the Greenwood family lives.
-In recent weeks Mr. and Mrs.
Greenwood traded their car
(which was stored in Odem)
to Mr. and Mrs. James War-
ren, who were returning to the
States. The Greenwoods are
thoroughly enjoying the car
traded to them by the Warrens,
and they are planning to make
many sightseeing trips before
time for them to return to the
States.
Mr. and Mrs. Warren brought
along ten rolls of films when
they came to get their car in
Odem: They showed the films
in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Green Home
Is Remodeled
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Green,
Jr. and son,' Edwin IH, are
this week moving back into their
home which has been undergo-
ing a remodeling and redecorat-
ing job during the past seven
weeks.
The Green family has been
staying in the home with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. H.
Green, while the work has been
in progress. .
Included in the remodeling job
was the extension of their kit7
chen to make a family room,
the enlargement of a bedroom
closet' and the addition of a
double garage, a new roof and
brick facing on the exterior
walls.
The entire interior has been
modernized and redecorated.
New floor covering has been
placed in the bedroom occup-
ied by Young Edwin.
The home is one of the oldest
and best constructed homes in
Odem. It was originally the pro-
perty of Miss Lula Williams and
was built in 1912. It received
its first major remodeling job
several years ago when Green
purchased the house and had it
moved to its present site. It
was enlarged and modernized at
that time, with the exterior walls
covered with asbestos shingles.
The brick facing given* in the
recent remodeling job puts the
house “at home” among the
many masonry homes in that
section of the town.
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Drum. In several of the pic-
tures Mr. and Mrs. Drum had
the pleasure of seeing their
daughter and her family.
One of the scenes was that
of an Arabian town some 600
miles from Teheran. The town
was one of the oldest in that
country and the ruins of the
old town still stand, while the
newer town grown up around
it is modern and beautified. This
is one of the places the Green-
wood family plans to visit be-
fore returning home.
Mr. and Mrs. Warren may
return to Iran after a visit in
New Iberia, La. with their son
and his family. They like the
country and the congenial friend-
ships they made while over
there.
As for Mrs. Greenwood, she
is making the most of her stay
in Iran, but she is looking for-
ward to coming home. Mr.
Greenwood is employed by one
of the major oil companies who
are doing off-shore drilling in
the Persian Gulf.
Mr. and Mrs.. Greenwood and
their, three children own their-
home in Odem. The home was
completed less than two years
before he accepted the job with
the oil company which transfer-
red him to Iran.
Recruiter Here
The local area Navy Recruiter
of the Navy Recruiting Branch
Station, Corpus Christi, will ,be
in Odem on Thursdays of each
week between the hours of 12:15
p.m. and 1:00 p.m.
Those interested in enlisting
in the Navy or obtaining any
information of the opportunities
offered by the Navy, Please
contact the recruiter at this time
and place.
Mrs. D. E. Gilmore
Hospital Patient
Mrs. D. E. Gilmore of Ma-
this, but who formerly lived in
Odem, has been a patient in
a Sinton hospital for several
days.
She suffered a severe heart
attack several months ago and
was hospitalized for several
weeks at that time. Complica-
tions from that ijlness resulted
in her re-entering the hospital
for further medical care.
At last report her condition
was said to be satisfactory. Her
daughter, Mrs. John Bownds,
and family live in Odem and
they have been making visits
to Mrs. Gilmore at the hospital.
Joyce Nan Smith
To Represent
Odem at A&I
KINGSVILLE — Miss Joyce
Nan Smith will represent Odem
High School as duchess to the
31st annual Lantana celebration
to be held at Texas A&I Col-
lege on April 1 and 2.
Miss Smith is secretary of
the senior class, senior favor-
ite, and has been drum major
of the band for the past .two
years. She was also named Miss
Odem High School.
Highlights of the Lantana cele-
bration will be the coronation
of the queen and the Lantana
Parade. Miss Smith will be pre-
sented as duchess1 at the Queen’s
Coronation on April 1. A for-
mal ball, honoring the high
school duchesses, will be held
following toe coronation.
Nolen Nephew
Critically III
O. W. Nolen’s nephew, Kim
Munson, 10, is critically ill in
an Austin hospital, according to
information reaching the Odem
man Monday.
Kim underwent brain* surgery
Saturday morning for removal
of a malignant tumor. No hope
is held out for the lad’s recov-
ery.
Mrs. Nolen, who was visiting
her son and daughter, David
Kent Nolen and Mrs. Harry
Senden, and their families in
Pine'ville, tLd., has gone to Aus-
tin to help care for Kim.
Mr. Nolen* was to have join-
ed-'Mrs. Nolen in Pineville Wed-
nesday for her return trip to
Odem, but she called him early
Monday to tell him of her be-
ing called to Austin.
Kim is toe son of Mr. and
Mrs. Kenneth Munson. HSs fa-
ther is a member of the Lock-
hart High School faculty. The
Munsdn family has visited in
Odem a number of times and
are well acquainted here. Mrs.
Munson is Mr. Nolen’s young-
est sister.
Mrs. Royce Reed
Make Official
V. F. W. Call
ARY
Mrs. Royce Reed of Odem
president of the 6th District
VFW Ladies Auxiliary made her
official visit to the George West
Ladies Auxiliary Monday even-
ing.
The visit to the auxiliary in
George West was toe 15th of
the 16 such visits she Will make
during her tenure in office. She
has traveled from Laredo to
Rockport in making the visits.
Mrs. Reed was accompanied
to the meeting by her husband,
who is the District 6 chaplain
and commander of VFW Post
8916, Odem.
Odem Band Gets New
Uniforms for Next Year
The Odem Owl Band should
be winners of the “Best Dress-
ed Band at toe music meets
next year, since 70 suits which
have been purchased for the
band members will be delivered
to the school in August.
Each uniform is in actuality
a three-in-one uniform, wit^h a
suitable weight and style to
meet any temperature. "Tiere
is the basic uniform suitable
for medium tempera tore which
consists of coat and trousers;
a detachable combination breast-
shield and cape Which can re-
place toe coat for warm wea-
ther; and the same detachable
cape and breastshield can be
worn over the jacket in extreme-
ly cold weather.
The uniforms are in the tra-
ditional blue and gold school
colors. They are made of 100
percent virgin wool 16-ounce
whipcord. The material is moth-
proofed for a five-year period.
The lining is of rayon satin
twill and is guaranteed perspira-
tion-proof for the life of the uni-
form. The fringe and braided
cord of the shoulder awning
drapes are in toe gold color.
The embroidered emblems have
a. white background with ‘Odem’
and an Owl embroidered in blue
on each emblem.
The combination cape and
breast sield are waist length
and made" of white 16-ounce whip
cord. Tbe ornaments for the
cape-breaStshield are in appli-
que and embroidery floss. The
breast shield has an appliqued
Owl and the back of the cape
has a musical insignia.
The hat has a slope top. It
is trimmed with the whipcord
in the same shade as the uni-
form and covered with clear
vinyl. The top is of washable
white plastic. The chin strap is
of white plastic. The white vis-
or is edged with gild vinyl and
af gilt eagle adorns the form
of the cap. The plume is a gold
drooping ostrich feather.
The drum major and the ma-
jorettes uniforms will add spar-
kle and dash to the appearance
of the band.
Last year San Patricio Coun-
ty was one of the spots in the
state where a majority of the
acreage was devoted to toe “B”
cotton plan. This held true again
this year largely because of the
fact that the county’s largest
farmers selected toe “B” pro-
gram and the smaller farmer
as a rule elected to go the
“A” route.
The A.S.C. office is now in
the process of making a final
check of all cotton allotments
to individual farms and short-
ly each farmer will receive a
verification from the office as
to toe cotton choice recorded in
the A-S.C. office for each farm.
If this is in error, and the
farmer can so prove, a change
will be made.
Mrs. S. R. Kutch
New President
OfW.S.C.S.
Officers for toe Women’s So-
ciety of Christian Service were
elected at a regular business
of toe Society held at First
Methodist Church Thursday af-
ternoon.
Mrs. S. R. Kutch was named
president. Officers to serve with
her are Mrs. O. A. Ehlers, vice-
president; Mrs. C. C. Parker,
treasurer.
Secretaries of the various com-
missions named were as fol-
lows: Mrs. Jessie Hanshaw, pro-
motion; Mrs. J. E. Williams,
missionary education; Mrs. Stan-
ley Brown, Christian social re-
lations; Mrs. A. N. Smith, stu-
dent work; Mrs. A. J. Spieker-
man, youth work; Mrs. A. A.
Luckenbach, children’s work:
Mrs. R. B. Turner, literature
and publication; Mrs/ J. H.
Hightower, supplies; and Mrs.
E. H. Jackson, spiritual life.
Mrs. J. E. Williams, as chair-
man of the nomination commit-
tee, presented toe names to the
Society.
Mrs. Jessie Hanshaw presid-
ed at the meeting. Mrs. J. H.
Hightower brought the medita-
tion, basing her remarks on the
scripture found in Isaiah 30:15.
Mrs. J. E. Williams read toe
poem, “The Stranger” by Mrs;
Frankie Guthrie.
Mrs. Williams reported on toe'
district annual meeting at Port
Lavaca whic?h she had attend-
ed. Mrs. R. B. Turner gave a
report of toe South Central
Jurisdictional meeting and the,
Conference annual meeting of
the WSCS held in San Antonio
Feb. 23-26.
The society voted to accept
toe invitation to attend a tea
at Wesley Community Center in
Robstown Sunday afternoon,
March 27.
Cancer Unit
Plans For
Annual Drive
At a meeting in Sinton last
Thursday evening the San Pa-
tricio County Unit of the Amer-
ican Cancer Society made plans
for their annual fund drive to
be held in April. Material for
toe drive was distributed to
the members.
A film entitled “House %o
House” was shown by Percy
Hartman of Mathis. Mrs. Roy
Rentz of Odem presided at the
meeting.
Members present besides Mrs.
Rentz and Mr. Hartman were
Mrs. Mary Boggus, Mrs. R. T.
Whitten, Mrs. Jim Whitten and^
A. A. Luckenbach, all of Odem;
Mrs. Robert Gilmore of Port-
land; Mrs. Helen* Foster of Cor-
pus Christi; Jack Thornton, Jr.
of Edroy; Miss Josephine Tre-
vino and Mrs. Lenora Morales
of Mathis; and Mrs. R. E. Cur-
lee, Mrs. Eddie Lacey, H. W.
Gist and Mrs. Joe Thomas, all
of Sinton.
Cancer Film Shown
At High School
A cancer film was shown to
the women teachers and high
school girls at the Odem High
School auditorium Monday af-
ternoon.
Dr. A. H. Voss gave a report
of his recent visit to the M. D.
Anderson* Medical Center in
Houston.
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Winebrenner, Mary Cornett. The Odem-Edroy Times (Odem, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 24, 1960, newspaper, March 24, 1960; Odem, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1015718/m1/1/: accessed June 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Odem Public Library.