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hazards and unless safety precau-
tions are taken an accident could
happen, warns the Texas Farm
and Ranch Safety Council.
The Christmas tree, the center
of most home decorations, can be
a principal hazard. The Council
suggests that a freshly cut tree be
selected a few days before Christ-
mas. Before it is placed in the
house, the base of the tree should
be cut diagonally and placed in
water or wet sand. This will keep
the tree fresh and help in retard-
ing fire. The tree should be placed
so that it will not block exits to
a room and away from the fire-
place, powerful electric lights and
other sources of heat.
The Council recommends that
only Underwriters Laboratories ap-
proved lights be used on the tree.
Lights which have been used before
should be checked for frayed wires
or damaged sockets. Electrical cir-
cuits should not be overloaded with
additional lights, toys and appli-
ances.
Only nonflammable decorations
should be used on the tree and
tree lights should be turned off
when no one is at home or when
the family retires. Trees should be
discarded when the needles begin
to dry and fall.
This is also a time for smokers
to be doubly careful, points out
the Councilmen. Extra care with
cigarettes, cigars and pipes is ad-
vised especially when smoking
around flammable materials. Don’t
let wrappings from packages clut-
ter up the house for they can be-
come a real fire hazard.
Observance of the basic rules of
home safety can make the Holi-
day Season happier and life more
pleasant for the family and fri-
ends, concludes the safety group.
Thur., Dec. 25, 1958, Odem, Tex.—-THE ODEM-EDROY TIMES—Page 3
Suggestions Made
To Make Xmas
Tree Safer
200 Positions
Open in Ike
Highway Patrol
Brown Patch
Treatment Given
By Expert
Safety Sunday
Launches Governor’s
State Drive
Sunday, December 14, was nam-
ed Safety Sunday in Texas by Gov-
ernor Price Daniel to open the of-
ficial Christmas — New Year’s
traffic safety program state-wide.
In a proclamation issued at the
request of the Rev. Don Benton,
assistant pastor of the Highland
Park Methodist Church and Chair-
man of Church Safety for the Tex-
as Safety Assn., the Governor en-
couraged pastors of Texas churches
to bring traffic safety to the at-
tention of church members on that
date.
Rev. Benton announced that
leaders of all faiths in Texas had
earlier joined in approval of desig-
nating one Sunday each year as
“Safety Sunday” to emphasize the
“individual’s responsibility for the
protection of the sanctity of human
life.” He said Texas religious lead-
ers had cooperated more- complete-
ly in each recent year in the state-
wide observance.
In his proclamation. Governor
Daniel said “the efforts of man
to end death and destruction on
the streets and highways of Texas
will not fully succeed until each
driver comes to realize that the
needless toll of death and injury
is an abuse of God’s most pre-
cious gift, life itself, and a viola-
tion of the individual’s moral re-
sponsibility for driving safely and
in accordance with the law.” The
Governor urged “every citizen to
join in this united religious cam-
paign to awaken in the conscience
and mind of every driver the rea-
lization that negligence at the wheel
of an automobile is a transgres-
sion of God’s Owm Command, ‘Thou
Shalt Not Kill.”
Safety Sunday was originated by
L. D. “Hoot” Harris, traffic safety
chairman of the McAllen Chamber
of Commerce and the McAllen Ro-
tary Club. It was believed to have
been first observed in Texas at
McAllen and the Lower Rio Grande
Valley area several years ago.
The observance became statewide
on the Fourth of July, 1957, when
the McAllen organizations widely
publicized it and obtained the as-
sistance of Rev. Benton, the Texas
Safety Association, and the Gover-
nor’s Office.
Date of the observance was
changed to the second Sunday be-
fore Christmas this year with ap-
proval of all interested organiza-
tions, the Governor’s Office and
the Texas Department of Public
Safety. The change was made in
order to focus the benefits of the
observance on the state’s dead-
liest traffic safety period, the year-
Christmas
Happennigs
Mrs. Mary Boggus and daugh-
ter and grandson, Mrs. Theda Wel-
ch and Panchie Welch will spend
Christmas in Corpus Christi at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Taber.
Mrs. Taber is also a daughter of
Mrs. Boggus.
J. A. Wise plans to be in Beau-
mont to spend Christmas with his
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Matthew Cartwright.
Mrs. A. H. Voss and Mrs. Phillip
Hudgins were shopping in Corpus
Christi one day last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Scull came
down to be with their close friends,
former neighbors, Mr. and Mrs.
O. W. Barnes, for the week-end
following the death of Jack Bar-
nes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Barnes.
Mr. and Mrs. Cruz Lopez and
sons of Big Spring arrived last
week for a holiday visit here with
Mrs. Maria Bilano and Mrs. Valen-
tina Bilano and daughter, Rosie.
Other relatives in the Bilano home
are Mr. and Mrs. Julio Parra of
San Antonio.
Sergeant Jack Crownover of the
local Highway Patrol area announ-
ces that approximately 200 patrol-
men positions are now open in the
four services of the Department of
Public Safety.
This means that young Texans
between 21 and 35 years of age,
who have the necessary qualifica-
tions, may apply for the position
of Patrolman in the Highway Pa-
trol, license and weight, drivers
license or motor vehicle inspection
services. However, most of the va-
cancies exist in the Highway Pa-
trol Service. Those interested are
invited to view the qualifications
and the benefits of these positions
in the light of their own ambi-
tions. Necessary qualifications are
between 21 and 35 years of age,
high school education, good physi-
cal condition, at least 63 inches in
height and must weigh not less
than two pounds nor more than
three pounds per inch of height.
Applicants must also have been
a resident of Texas for at least
one year prior to the date of the
examination.
For more information and to se-
cure an application, contact Ser-
geant Jack Crownover or the local
office of the Texas Employment
Commission or write direct to per-
sonnel and training, Texas Depart-
ment of Public Safety, Box 4087,
North Austin Station, Austin, Tex-
as. Applications must be received
in Austin not later than January
12, 1959 to qualify for the next
examination which will be given in
San Antonio on January 20, 1959;
in Corpus Christi on January 21,
1959; and Harlingen on January 22,
1959.
COLLEGE STATION — The gaie-
ty of the Christmas season can be
changed to grief and sorrow with-
in seconds. The home, during this
season, is usually loaded with fire
Brown patch, a rather common
lawn disease, is especially active
in the warmer sections of the state
at this time. Although most lawn
grasses are susceptible to the dis-
ease, San Augustine lawns are
most frequently attacked.
The disease starts as a small
spot in the lawn. The circular
brown spot spreads rapidly and
the grass soon takes on a dead
appearance. Infested areas often re-
gain their green color following
changes in the weather. The dis-
ease is most prevalent during hu-
mid weather on lawns with a
dense turf and when temperatures
remain above 70 degrees Fahren-
heit.
Recent tests in Louisiana have
shown, that Terraclor (P.C.N.B.
75 per cent wettable powder) gave
practically 100 per cent control of
the disease. P.C.N.B. should be
used at the rate of 1 pound per
1,000 sq. ft. of lawn. The material
should be watered down immed-
iately after it is applied. This
practice may prevent possible leaf
burning and will get the chemical
down in the turf where it is most
effective.
The fungus which causes brown
patch lives in most soils regard-
less of the plants grown and when
conditions become favorable the
outbreak occurs.
end holidays, and because its
theme more nearly fits that of the
Christmas holidays.
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Like the star that guided the
shepherds and wise men, may
the love and glittering light
of the Season make this
Christmas your happiest!
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Winebrenner, Mary Cornett. The Odem-Edroy Times (Odem, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 25, 1958, newspaper, December 25, 1958; Odem, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1016471/m1/3/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Odem Public Library.