The Odem-Edroy Times (Odem, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 31, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 27, 1955 Page: 1 of 4
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Kiwanis Clubroom
Kiwanis Club
Wednesday Noon
ODEM V. F. W. POST 8916
Meets 2nd & 4th Tuesday
nights.
Orville Rouse, Commander
A. A. Luckenbaeh, Q. M.
T. Leon Mertz, Adj.
Volume VII—Established June 25, 1948
ODEM, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1955
FOUR PAGES — NO. 31
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COTTON BURRS are being re-
turned to the soil on a number of
farms in San Patricio County this
year. Pictured at the right is a
trailer of E. H. Lane’s of Odem
catching Burrs at the Smith Gin
in Odem. The truck to the left
Sinton. This truck is equipped with
a mechanical means of distribut-
ing the burrs on the land. The
is owned by Dr. C. L. Curiee of \ Lane trailer drops the burrs in
[ windrows for later spreading.
Cotton Pickers
San Pat Co.
Cotton pickers are plentiful in
this area, according to Raymond
Clark and Pat W. Lightfoot, who
are in charge of the Farm Place-
ment Service for this area.
However, many of these pick-
ers are not securing work in this
area because of the unusually
short cotton crop, which is being
handled principally by regular
pickers who come here year after
year to work for the same farm-
ers. And, on the other hand, some
of the pickers are looking for the
whiter fields and by-passing some
of the less promising fields where
they might be working. This works
a harship on some of the farmers
whose cotton needs to be picked,
but pickers by-passing the field
looking for whitter cotton.
The Farm Placement Service
can be reached by calling 3211 in
Odem, and the service officers
will be happy to do what they
can to make the contact between
the farmers and the pickers who
are coming in asking for work.
School Tax Values
Upped 30 Per Cent
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A HARROW is being used by i been dumping on his land near
John Whitely of Odem to spread | Odem from a conventional truck
the piles of burrs that he had i bed.
Practice of Refurniag Cotioniurrs toSsil
The practice of returning* cotton truck is moving over the farm
burrs to the land has gained mo-
mentum this year with several
gins in the area now being equipp-
ed to catch the burrs in a hopper
in order that they can be dump-
ed into a truck for transportation
to the farm.
However, before the burrs leave
the gin they pass through a fan
that is rotating at high speed in
order that any pink boll worms
remaining in the trash will be
killed. Trash that does not pass
through a fan of this type must
be burned or composted on the
gin property, both of which are ex-
pensive process for the gin.
The Gregory Gin in Gregory
was one cf the first gins in the
area to install this type of equip-
ment last year, thus allowing far-
mers who wished to do so to catch
burrs and return them to the
soil to build up its organic con-
tent.
This year the program has gain-
ed favor and several other gins
have installed the fan equipment
and several farmers have built
specialized trailers to catch and
distribute the burrs on their land.
In Odem the Smith Gin is equip-
ped to handle the burrs. Two far-
mers, E. H. Lane and John T.
Whiteley are the main users this
year of the convenience and have
been applying the burs to their
farm and ranch land. Mr. Lane
has been putting the burrs on
pasture land that he intends to
deep plow later this year and then
seed to grass. Mr. Whitley is ap-
plying the trash to farm land of
his close to Odem.
Mr. Lane has constructed two
extra long trailers with side gates
that can be opened after the load
is on the site where it is to be
distributed. The trailers do not
have any mechanical means to dis-
tribute the burrs and depends up-
on the bumpy pasture land to
loosen the trash and allow it to
fall out in comparitively even wind
rows. These are later spread.
Mr. Whitley is hauling the burrs
in a conventional truck bed and
is dumping them in piles on his
farm and using a harrow to spread
them.
Dr. C. L. Curiee is taking the
bulk of the burs from the Co-
op Gin in Sinton and has a special-
ly equipped truck in which to
catch the burrs and distribute
them on his farms. The truck is
equipped with two large drums
at the rear of the truck and each
of the drums has rows of teeth
set in a spiral so that^-when the
land and the drums are rotating
the burrs are distributed evenly
over the land. Dr. Curiee plans
to apply nitrogen fertilizer to the
cotton burs as soon as they are
distributed in order to assure a
rapid assimilation of the organic
matter into the soil.
Odem Lumber
Closes Doors
Gr®wfli of Bank, in Odem in Pas! 10 Years
Marks if as one of the Soundest of all
Small Banks in file South Texas Area
The Odem Lumber Co. recently
closed their yard here and had
the stock moved to their yard in
Wcodsboro.
In discussing the move with a
member of the board of directors
of the company it was learned
that the company has no plans at
present for restocking the yard
here. Infact, the building has been
placed on the market.
The Odem Lumber Co. was or-
ganized here in 1946 and was
managed by L. R. Wood for the
first year. Then Roy Underwood
became manager and served in
that capacity until April 1954,
when he resigned because other
business interests were requiring
his time. Doroteo Carrillo was
the manager from the time Un-
derwood resigned until the yard
here was closed out.
The company was organized by
a corporation of business men
from Odem and Woodsboro who
also have another yard in Woods-
boro, which is likewise known as
Odem Lumber Co., and which is
in full operation.
L. T. Kolbs Building
Home In Odem
Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Kolb, Jr.
of Robstown are having a new
two-bedroom home built in Comp-
ton-Cooper Addition in Odem and
plan to move here as soon as
their home is completed.
The frame home contains 960
square feet of floor space and
is planned with an attached dou-
ble garage.
Kolb is associated with the Cur-
iee Chevrolet Co. of Robstown
and he and Mrs. Kolb and their
two children are planning to move
to Odem by the last of August,
and he will thereafter commute to
Robstown, where he will continue
in the employ of the Chevrolet
Co.
The First State Bank of Odem
has a record which the entire
community may well be of proud
of, and a mutual confidence
existing between the bank and
the community is evienced by
the record of progress which the
bank has made during the time
it has been in operation here.
When the First State Bank of
Odem was organized in Novem^
her 1945 the capital was $25,001?
and Surplus of $10,000. As of June
30, 1955 date the published report
of the financial condition shows
that the capital is now $37,500
with the surplus and undivided
profits listed as $39,817.01. The
bank has over one million dol-
lars on deposit which belongs to
Odem people, which is an in-
teresting item in itself, and an
item well worth the pride of the
community.
The bank also owns U. S. Bonds,
City of Odem bonds and Muni-
cipal bonds with a total in excess
of $440,000. These bonds bear a
low rate of interest, but are very
good and can be used for cash
at any time. The bank report
shows that there is over $523,000
cash on hand which is available
at any time. That fact should
engender a comfortable feeling in
itself.
There are loans of a total of
more than $196,000 made to Odem
people, which speaks well for the
credit rating of the people doing
business with the bank and the
confience placed in those persons
by the bank.
According to the executive vice-
president and cashier, J. A. Wise,
more than 4,300 loans have been
made during the years that the
bank has been in operation. These
loans have been, or are, made
for one month to 18 months dura-
tion.
It is difficult for a new bank
to make money during the first
two years of its establishment be-
cause of the heavy organization
expense and bank equipment com-
es high. The two adding machin-
es, the posting machine and the
Recordak can be listed among
the expensive pieces of equipment
owned by the bank.
The Odem bank belongs to the
Federal Reserve System and al-
so the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation in addition to being
a member of the Texas Bankers
Association and the American
Bankers Association.
All deposits up to $10,000 are
fully insured and the bank pays
the insurance premium. A man
can have $10,000 in his account,
his wife can have $10,000 in her
account; and the couple jointly
can have an account up to $10,-
000 which makes a total of $30,-
000 on deposit which is covered
by the insurance.
The banking department requir-
es all banks to publish the state-
ment of the financial condition of
the bank four times each year.
This requirement of the publica-
tion of the financial condition of
a bank is for the purpose of ac-
quainting the public in general
and the depositors in particular
with that financial condition of the
bank. In addition to publishing
the statement four times each
year, the bank is examined twice
each year by certified bank ex-
aminers.
The First State Bank of Odem
pays between $60,000 and $65,000
season to the cotton pickers, Wise
says.
Directors of the bank are Dr.
A. H. Voss, E. S. Butler, Sr.,
E. H. Lane, E. H. Green, J. A.
Wise, and Stanley Webb, Jr. Of-
ficers are Dr. A. H. Voss, presi-
dent; Stanley Webb, Jr., vice-pres-
ident; and J. A. Wise, executive
vice-president and cashier.
Former Pastor,
The Rev. Burus Thornton, who
served as pastor of First Baptist
Church in Odem for several years,
succumber to a lingering illness
at his home on Peabody Ave. in
Corpus Christi at the time he
was forced into retirement be
cause of ill health. He united with
the Second Baptist Church follow-
ing his retirement three years
ago and was in regular attendance j
there as often as his condition
would permit.
He had served as pastor of
North Beach Baptist Church in
Corpus Christi and held pastorates
at Odem, Tivoli, Ingleside and
Falfurrias before going to Corpus
Christi in 1942. In addition to his
work as a pastor the minister had
engaged in missionary work in
Texas and Arkansas.
Funeral services for the Rev.
Mr. Thornton were held at 4:30
p.m. on Thursday at Second Bap-
tist Church in Corpus Christi,
with the pastor, Dr. Warren Walk-
er, assisted by Dr. Allen Webb,
conducting the rites. Burial was
made in Seaside Memorial Park
under the direction of Cage-Mills
Funeral Home.
Pallbearers were Bill Warren,
V. D. Davidson, Luther Osborne,
H. G. Harding, Charles Luzzi, and
the Rev. Luther Osborne.
Survivors include his widow,
Mrs. Maude Thornton of Corpus
Christi; a daughter, Mrs. Atrelle
Smith, Corpus Christi; two sons,
Odell Thornton of San Digo and
Duane Thornton of Corpus Christi;
two granddaughters, Mrs. Mildred
Harrison of Alice and Miss Pa-
tricia Smith of Corpus Christi;
and three brothers, C. C. Thorn-
ton of Slayton, C. T. Thornton of
Rusk and D. D. Thornton of Mex-
ia.
His daughter-in-law, Mrs. Odell
Thornton is the former Ina White-
ley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
T. F. Whiteley of Odem.
Lights or No Lights
Janickes and Dudley
Loose Out To Thief
H. M. Janicke and Bill Dudley,
neighbors living on the main throu-
ghfare of Odem and with their
yards lighted by one of the new
street lights, had 50 feet of new
water hose stolen from each of
them on Friday night.
The hose was diconnected from
the hydrants to which they were
attached, but the two sprinklers
were left in the yards when the
100 feet of hose proved too great
temptation for some prowler, or
prowlers.
Dudley had bought his 50 feet
of hose only two days before it
Mrs. Mary Boggus,
J. A. Wise Hit
By Switch Engine
J. A. Wise and Mrs. Mary Bog-
gus escaped serious injury when
the car in which they were rid-
ing was hit by a switch engine
in Odem late Tuesday afternoon.
The couple had been to the Farm-
er’s Gin and were returning to
town when the accident occured
south of the depot.
Mr. Wise, who was driving the
car, reported that he was driv-
ing at a slow rate of speed and
the switch engine was also pro-
ceeding at a reduced speed and
that neither saw the other until
the crash occured. The engine
hit the right front of the car
and swung it around parallel to
the railroad track.
Mrs. Boggus is scheduled to
have a series of X-rays made to-
day to see if she sustained any
injury. Mr. Wise reported his only
injury as a bump on the head.
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John Miller Speaks
To Kiwanis Club
On Responsibilities
Dist. Atty. John Miller was the
guest speaker at the Odem Ki-
wanis luncheon on Wednesday of
last week, ringing a talk on the
qualifications and responsibilities
of jurors.
He stressed the importance of
men and women accepting their
responsibility as jurors, pointing
out what it means in the way of
justice being properly meted out
in the courtroom to have on the
jury men and women of integrity
whose decisions are governed by
the evidence produced in the case
and clear-thinking deliberation and
examination of that evidence.
Curtis Daniels, chairman of the
Farm Safety Committee is
scheduled to present this week’s
program for the Kiwanians, and
he has selected material concern-
ing National Farm-Safety Week
to use on the program.
Cemetery Ass'n.
The Evergreen Cemetery Asso-
ciation is having to ask that
these who have relatives buried
in Evergreen Cemetery to contri-
bute something toward the expen-
se of cleaning the cemetery fol-
lowing the recent rains which
have brought the grass and weeds
in the burial ground springing
forth.
Members of the Association say
that several persons in recent
weeks have inquired where dona-
tions can be turned in, and the
treasurer, A. A. Luckenbaeh, Sr.,
has requested that The Times an-
nounce that any donation, large
or small, will be gratefully ap-
preciated, and can be handed to
Artie Tally at the San Pat Lum-
ber Co.
The association has bought and
paid for a motor-powered mow-
er and a weed hoe to use in the
care of the cemetery^ Even so,
cash is needed at present to have
someone use those pieces of equip-
ment in cleaning the cemetery
and to take care of other ex-
penses.
The president of the Evergreen
Cemetery Association is Leon
Mertz. Other officers are Carroll
Janicke, vice-president; Artie Tal-
ly, secretary; and A. A. Lucken-
bach, Sr., treasurer.
Luckenbaeh says that the treas-
urer’s books are kept at the San
Pat Lumber Co., and that Tally,
manager of the lumber co., will
accept the donations, or the dona-
tions can be mailed directly to
Luckenbaeh.
each Saturday through the cotton was stolen.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Peoples of
Corpus Christi were dinner' guests
in the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Meador on Thurs-
day.
The board of equalization of
the Odem Independent School Dis-
trict voted this week to raise
values in the school district a
flat 30 per cent straight across
the board. The raise in values
was needed to take care of the
increased costs of operation the
Odem Public Schools.
At the same time the school
board announced that with the
increase in values it appeared
certain that the tax rate would
not have to be increased from
its present $1.25 per $100 valua-
tion. The tax rate in Odem was
$1.50 some few years ' ago and
was reduced recently.
F. F. A. Award
Dinner Set
For August 10
Charles Rachui of Odem, presi-
dent of Area 10 Future Fanners
of America, has announced that
the annual FFA Award banquet
will be held at the Robert Dris-
coll in Corpus Christi on the even-
ing of August 10.
Lone Star Farmer degrees, Chap-
ter rating, Central Power and
Light Awards and special awards
will be made at this banquet.
Approximately 175 Future Farm-
ers and their leaders along with
50 invited guests am expected to
be on hand for the banquet. One
of the speakers will be the state
FFA president, Royce Bodiford
of Millsap.
Rachui will turn over the ga-
vel to Jerry Brooks, incoming
Area 10 FFA president. Elliott
White of Odem will be installed
as Area secretary, making the
third time in a row that the
Odem Chapter has had a mem-
ber elected to an Area,, office.
Curtis Daniel, Odem Chapter Ad-
visor, will be among those at-
tending the banquet.
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Several Odem
People Listed
On Siek Rolf
A number of Odemites are ill,
with several being hospitalized re-
cently and others suffering from
sore throats and colds.
The condition of Mrs. C. D.
Scull is reported to be unchanged.
She has been quite ill for several
weeks.
Sue Bickham, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. A. C. Bickham has re-
turned home from Sinton Hospital
where she had submitted to ar
appendectomy last week. She was
released from the hospital on Mon-
day.
Mrs. S. M. Bounds, who spent
a week in the hospital as a result
of a fall which she sustained ir
her home was released from the
hospital on Monday afternoon al-
so. Her daughter, Mrs. W. F. Co:*
of Alvin is here caring for her
E. F. Perrin, who is suffering
from a heart ailment was stricken
with another flare up of that
trouble on Friday and his condi-
tion was reported as not too favor-
able at press "time. However, the
heart condition itself seemed to be
showing improvement, but a chest
cold was causing some complica-
tions.
Pete Ince is suffering from a
virus infection in his lungs ac-
cording to information from his
wife.
Preston Wendel Named
San Pat USO Head
DALLAS, TEXAS — Preston
Wendel of Sinton has been named
as Chairman of San Patricio Coun-
ty on the Texas United Defense
Fund, the state-wide group which
will sponsor USO’s campaign for
$640,000 in Texas this year. The
quota for San Patricio county is
$2,438.00. At present there are
582 servicemen from San Patricio
county serving in the armed for-
ces. Mr. Wendel was appointed
today by B. C. Kindle. He is
District Chairman of the forthcom-
ing fund appeal to carry on the
familiar services of the USO to
the young men and women of the
nation’s armed forces.
A major portion of the Texas
goal, as in 1954, will be included
in the Comunity Chest and Unit-
ed Fund campaigns throughout the
State this fall.
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Lloyd Neuman is shown standing
up to his waist in a patch of ir-
rigated cotton belonging to E. H.
Lane of Odem. The crop has been
irrigated this year by use of
sprinkler system from well water
and has yielded a bale per acre on
the first picking with prospects
excellent for producing another
bale. The stalks are still ladden
with large, green bulls.
Irrigated Land In Odem Shews Premise
Of Prcducing Two Bales Per Acre
Two bales of cotton per acre in
San Patricio County this year!
Sounds like a fairy tale, but the
chances are good that E. H.
Lane of Odem will produce at
least this much on a patch north
west of Odem this year
Of course, there is a catch—the
land is irrigated.
Mr Lane has his Odem farm
equipped with a sprinkler system
and has been pouring the water
to the crop this year while the
other fields in the area slowly
burned up. Water for the irriga-
tion project comes from one deep
well drilled on the farm which
has been producing water to sprin-
kel crops on this tract of land
for four years. Despite dire pre-
dictions about what the water
would do to the land the yield
on the land has remained high
each year
A neighbor of Mr. Lane’s, Lloyd
Neuman, drilled a test well last
year on his place and at a deptk
of 350 feet he got sufficient wat-
er with which to carry cn an irri-
gation project. He had 100 feet of
water in his test well. Mr. Neu-
man plans to drill a well this
winter and have a complete irri-
gation system ready in time for
next year’s crop.
Mr. Neuman, however, does not
plan to use a sprinkler system,
planning instead to flood his land.
In connection with his contemplat-
ed irrigation system Mr. Neuman
has constructed a huge reservoir
in a gulley on his place where he
intends to impound run off water
and then also pipe the water from
his well into this tank, thus mix-
ing the rain water and well water
to further minimize the possibili-
ty of damage to his land from
the saline content of the well wat-
er. Water will be pumped from
the lake to the system of canals
that will irrigate about 450 acres
of Mr. Nueman’s land.
“I’ve been farming in this coun-
ty for 26 years,” Mr. Nueman
commented, “and I’ve seen, a year
that one more rain at the right
time wouldn’t have produced a
better crop. Well, I’m planning*
on fixing it on my farm where
my crops will get that extra mois-
ture at the proper time.”
Mr. Neuman commented that
from his observation this year's
crop in the county as a whole was
the poorest since 1925 when the
county was hit by an extreme
drought.
“The difference in the yield on
my farm this year and what it
would have been with ample wa-
ter would almost pay for an irriga-
tion system in one year,” Mr.
Neuman said.
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