The Odem-Edroy Times (Odem, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 53, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 5, 1970 Page: 1 of 8
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Two Boys In
One Car Wreck
Near Edroy
Jerry Mertz, 17, and Steve Ak-
in, 14, were in. a one-car cci-
dent shortly after 4 p.m. Mon-
day as they were returning from
Edroy.
Jerry the driver, lost control
on the right side of the road
and jerked the car back sharp-
ly. The car went into a skid and
struck a power pole on the left
side of the farm-to-market road.
Jerry sustained a broken col-
lar bone and Steve was shaken
up, but not seriously injured.
The boys were brought to a lo-
cal doctor where Jerry received
first aid and was to return later
for further x-rays.
The car was heavily damaged
when it struck the light pole
broadside. Patrolmen Ensming-
er and Black and Deputy Mc-
Cown made the investigation.
Homecoming
Well Attended
last Week
Large crowds were in Odem
for the homecoming game Fri-
day night and the barbecue held
in the city park Saturday after-
noon.
The pre-game activities got
off to a start Thursday night
after the Junior High and B
teams had returned from their
games in Orange Grove. A bon-
fire was set on the corner of
the campus.
The seventh and eighth grade
band participated in the musi-
cal festivities of the homecoming
game.
Katie Bargas was named
homecoming queen. Her escort
was Gustavo Martinez. Duches-
ses were Rebeca Cantu and
Carol Schibi. Rebecca was es-
corted by Rudy Martinez while
Carol’s escort was her brother,
Charles Schibi.
Juan Hinojosa presented the
queen with a bouquet of red
roses on behalf of the Block
0 Club, of which he is president.
The Band Sweetheart and
Beau, Lydia Lopez and Abel
O’Canas, were presented in the
pre-game activities. C. E.
White, a member of the 1931
graduating class, was given re-
cognition as the eldest ex-grad
attending the game and Kurt
Kern was recognized as the
youngest freshman at the game.
The game was played before a
record crowd and more than 800
persons attended the barbecue
sponsored by the junior and se-
nior classes. Sponsors for the
juniors are Mrs. David Kern and
Robert Moncivaez and Hugo
Knoblauch is the senior class
sponsor.
The homecoming last weekend
was scheduled to be the fifth
year event, but due to the dam-
ages done to the school plant
the fifth year activities were
dispensed with this year. Every
five years the school stages a
full-scale homecoming, and on
the other years the events are of
local interest.
L. Lange Speaks
Af Kiwanis Club
Lawrence Lange of Corpus
Christi was the guest speaker
at the Kiwanis Club Wednesday
of last week. He showed a film
on the Corpus Christi harbor
and told how the harbor through
the imports and exports is a de-
cided financial gain to the en-
tire area of the Coastal Bend.
Lange told of people as far
away as South America and Eu-
rope who have written him of
honey which he sells from his
apiary at Edroy showing up in
those countries when industrial
plants in the Corpus Christi area
purchase food for commissaries
in what ever places those indus-
tries have interests. Just recent-
ly a man told Lange he had
eaten Lange honey in Jamaica.
James Whitten
Joins Law Firm
In Sinton
James Whitten is now as-
sociated with Robert Joseph in
a law firm wth offices in the
King-Thomas Building.
Whitten, a native of Odem, is
graduate of Odem High School.
He holds a bachelor of arts de-
gree from the University of
Texas and a doctor of Jurispru-
dence from the University of
Texas.
He went into the U. S. Air
Force after his graduation from
law school. He served at Han-
cock Field in Syracuse, N.Y., for
over two years, after which he
went to Vietnam for a year.
While serving in Vietnam he
served as trial and defense coun-
sel before general courts-mar-
tial. He became a military judge
in July 1970. He had occasion
to go to Thailand and New Zea-
land as a defense counsel and
to take depositions in a murder
case in Sydney, Australia. He
was nominated for the bronze
star medal for outstanding ser-
vice in the Vietnam combat
zone.
Whitten is married to the
former Helen Sommers of Kar-
nes City. She has been a tea-
cher in the San Antonio school
system since the fall of 1969.
She will join her husband in
Sinton as soon as he finds living
quarters there.
He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. Whitten of Odem.
Robert Parker Joins
College Fraternity
Robert Parker was mong the
122 students at A&I University
qualifying for membership in
Alpha Chi National Honor So-
ciety.
To be eligible for membership,
a candidate must have an aver-
age of 3.5 or better for at least a
year’s attendance at A&I and at
the time of his election be carry-
ing 12 hours or more.
Parker is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Parker of Odem.
He is a graduate of Odem High
School and is classified as a se-
nior at A&I, where he is taking
engineering.
^Democrats Win
Big in San Patricio
San Pat County Voting Comes
Under U.S. Attorney's Scrutiny
The federal government, in
the form of William L. Bowers,
assistant United States attorney,
and Dewey F. Meadows, attor-
ney attached to Bowers’ office,
entered the picture in elections
in San Patricio County Tuesday.
Monday a letter was hand de-
livered to County Judge Percy
Hartman and the four county
commissioners detailing to them
a number of election violations
that have allegedly taken
place in San Patricio County. Mr
Bowers states: “In view of the
many reports that have come to
the attention of this office in
the past of incidents in the ar-
eas outlined in the letter, we feel
it our duty to advise you that in
addition to other information
which may be investigated, this
office will be forced to most
closely scrutinize the conduct of
county officials, election judges
and others concerned with the
conduct of the election.”
Mr. Meadows was rushed into
San Patricio County Tuesday
and he spent the entire day
Tuesday going from poll to poll
delivering a copy of the letter
from Bowers to the county
judge to call Mr. Bowers of any
checking for possible irregulari-
ties. He asked any election
judge to call Mr. Bowers with
any such information.
According to Mr. Bowers he
did not receive any complaints
from San Patricio County Tues-
day; however he did receive one
complaint of possible multiple
registration from one box Wed-
nesday morning. He would
not identify the box.
Mr. Bowers stated that it was
the intention of his office to pos-
sibly prevent any irregularities
from occuring by the action that
was taken Tuesday. Asked why
the sudden interest in San Patri-
cio County he said: “We have
had a number of complaints
from voter groups.”
Mr. Medows referred inquir-
ies as to his findings to Mea-
dows but he did say that his
brief visit to each polling place
allowed him little time to in-
vestigate.
The points that Bowers point-
ed out in his letter all seem to
have a grain to truth to each
since almost each can be iden-
tified in part with some com-
plaint voiced in some part of
the county over the past sever-
al years.
The text of Bowers’ letter to
Hartman is as follows:
Dear Judge Hartman:
Our office is concerned by re-
ports of activities and policies
in the course of the conduct of
past primary and general elec-
tions in San Patricio County.
These matters, if the reports are
true, may well constitute viola-
tions of both the Texas Election
Code and federal statutes relat-
ing to the conduct of elections
in which candidates seek federal
office.
Specifically, we have refer-
ence to the fob owing general ar-
eas:
(1) Attempts by officials con-
lee VOTING, Page 8
San Patricio County stayed
Democratic in Tuesday’s gen-
eral election by a large major-
ity. Governor Preston Smith
and Lloyd Bentsen both re-
ceived big majorities. Repub-
licans made their best showing
in Port1 and.
In the Seante race the Demo-
cratic nominee, Lloyd Bentson
handily defeated Republican
George Bush by a vote of 5,579
to 2,576 in the 20 precincts com-
prising the county.
The only local race to draw
attention was in County Com-
missioner, precinct 3 where a
three-man race was won by the
Democratic nominee, Charles
Wren, over two independent can-
didates.
In box 18 the vote was Wren,
223; Villarreal, 282 and Beard
71. In box 5 the vote was Wren,
251; Villarreal, 249 and Beard 99..
In box 17 at St. Paul the vote
was Wren 74; Villarrel 6 and
Beard, 16. In box 3 at San Pa-
tricio, the vote was Wren 68,
Villarreal, 2 and Beard 10.
The vote totals reported in the
precinct 3 commissioner’s race
were* Wren 629; Villarreal 546;
and Beard 199.
The senatorial race by pre-
cinct with Bentson’s vote listed
first and Bush’s vote total listed
second went like this:
In Sinton precinct 1 the vote
was 213-90; precinct 11, 482-57;
precinct 13, 246-158; Precinct 14,
282-148.
In Taft the vote was, precinct
See DEMO, Page 8
To Meeting
The Rev. Floyd Conner, pas-
tor of First Baptist Church, at-
tended the annual Texas Gener-
al Baptist Convention held in
Austin Oct. 26 - 29.
Odem Cheerleaders are, top row Mertz, headeheerleader; Dawna Karen Burnett and Terry Whit-
1 to r, Aurora Romero, Jerry Knoblauch; bottom row 1 to r, aker.
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Winebrenner, Mary Cornett. The Odem-Edroy Times (Odem, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 53, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 5, 1970, newspaper, November 5, 1970; Odem, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1044661/m1/1/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Odem Public Library.