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THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1991
Uieuipaint
Aside
George F.
Rigotti
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......aside from the fact that Labor
Day has always been one of our
favorite holidays (especially on the
few occasions when it meant a day
..off school or work), there is a darker
side to the day. A glance at the*
calendar tells us that there are no
more holidays until Thanksgiving
and that’s a long way off.
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......we read and hear a lot about
what’s wrong with today’s
, youngsters, and we are well aware
of the fact that there are a lot of pro-
blems. However, there’s another
side to the picture. Sure, there are
some bad apples in the barrel, but
we sometimes overlook the good
ones in that same container. That’s
why this, “The Voice of Youth”,
caught our eye, and put things in a
little different perspective.
I am a delinquent. I am also five
boys spending Sunday at their chur-
ches, ‘just helping’. I am also the
girl in detention for shoplifting—and
I am six who sing through the finals
of a contest, lose, and go home still
singing.
I am a Friday vandal—and I am a
See ASIDE, Page 3
This Week In History
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On August 27, 1776, George
Washington and his 10,000 soldiers
lost the Battle of Long Island and
evacuated New York...August 30,
1856, abolitionist John Brown led
anti-slavery men against
Missourians at Osawatomie, Kan-
sas...September 1, 1858, the first
Atlantic cable failed...August 27,
1859, the first commercially produc-
tive oil well was drilled near
Titusville, Pennsylvania by Edwin
L. Drake...September 1, 1864,
General William Tecumseh Sher-
man took Atlanta...August 26, 1920,
the 19th Amendment, giving women
the right to vote, was
ratified...August 31,1949, the last en-
campment of the Grand Army of the
Republic was attended by six of the
16 surviving veterans...August 27,
1950, the army seized all railroads on
President Truman’s order to pre-
vent a general strike...September 1,
1951, the U.S., Australia and New
Zealand signed a mutual security
pact...August 28, 1963, a
demonstration attended by 200,000
persons was held in Washington,
D.C., in support of black demands
for equal rights; the highlight was a
speech in which Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. said: “I have a dream that
this nation will rise up and live out
the true meaning of its creed, ‘We
hold these truths to be self-evident;
that all men are created
equal’.’’...August 28, 1990, without
warning from the National Weather
Service, which was taken by sur-
prise, a tornado cut a 700-foot wide
swath across towns and cornfields 35
miles southwest of Chicago. Follow- /
ing an eight-mile course through
Plainfield, Crest Hill and Joliet, the ^
tornado killed 27 persons and injured
more than 350. Fifty houses and 500
apartments were destroyed.
LOOKING BACKWARDS
From The Files of The Odem-Edroy Times
TEN YEARS AGO-1981
Tony Benavidez of Benavidez Tex-
aco donated a car to the Odem Fire
Dept. Carnival to demonstrate the
Jaws of Life.
Della Adame attended a sports
reporting seminar Aug. 2 at KYOT
Radio Station in Refugio.
Most of the cotton in the county
had been harvested by Thursday but
some was left to the whims of the
rain, as downpours raked the area.
Mrs. Randy Lindeman and
Braden of San Benito visited over
the weekend in the homes of Mr. and
Mrs. Duane Freeze and Mr. and
Mrs. Edgar Barr, all of Odem.
Mr. and Mrs. Mel Price spent 10
days in McAllen and Brownsville
visiting relatives.
Nita McCoy was honored with a
linen shower in the home of Mrs.
Jimmy Emmert and daughters,
Janet and Joan.
Della May Baylor was appointed
Odem Public Library lay represen-
tative for the South Texas Library
System at a called meeting of the
Library Board.
Oliver Shive of San Antonio was a
guest in the home of his cousin, Mr.
and Mrs. Albert McCown.
Dr. and Mrs. Claude Gardner of
Henderson, Tennessee, visited in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Zack Pruett.
TWENTY YEARS AGO -1971
Claudia Hazelett of Palm Springs,
Calif, is here with her brother and
wife, Mr. and Mrs. H.K. West.
Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Hightower had
the pleasure of meeting their new
grandson, James Christopher, when
they visited with Capt. Steven
Hightower and family in Frankfort,
Germany.
Chief Deputy Sheriff Robert Horn
of Beeville and Normanna spent his
vacation with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Horn.
Dining at Ship Ahoy Monday were
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Knight, Mr.
and Mrs. A.B. Austin, Mr. and Mrs.
Doyle Curtiss and children. The din-
School
Menu
Monday, September 2
NOSCHOOL
LABOR DAY
Tuesday, September 3
BREAKFAST: Refried bean taco,
juice, milk, cereal.
LUNCH: Poor boy, salad, pickle,
fries, beans, cake, milk.
Wednesday, September 4
BREAKFAST: Scrambled egg with
bacon bits, biscuit, juice, milk.
LUNCH: Turkey with gravy over
rice, yams, green beans, roll, fruit,
milk.
Thursday, September 5
BREAKFAST: Cereal, cheese toast,
juice, milk.
LUNCH: Taco with cheese, salad,
pinto beans, cobbler, crackers, milk.
Friday, September 6
BREAKFAST: Cereal, pig-in-
blanket, juice, milk.
LUNCH: Steak finger with gravy,
fries, tossed salad, roll, fruit, milk.
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Mr. and Mrs. Knight’s wedding an-
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Doyle Wayne who left for Wharton fF
Junior College.
Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Williams spent
the weekend in Dallas with Mr. and
Mrs. B.P. Williams and son, Ernest
Williams and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Barrier and
Rusty spent the weekend at Port
Aransas.
THIRTY YEARS AGO -1961
Mrs. R.J. Carlisle and nephew,
- 1981 -
Tony Benavidez of Benavidez
Texaco donated a car to the
Odem Fire Dept. Carnival to
demonstrate the Jaws of Life.
Tedor Piega of Papalote visited in
Odem last week and dined at Irene’s
Cafe. 41
. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Spradley had
three granddaughters as guests last
week: Margie Spradley and her
older sister, Mrs. Jim Brown and
Miss Vickie Spradley of Refugio.
Jimmy Whitten will be a
sophomore student at A&I College
this year.
Mabel Parker spent last week in
Realitos with her sister, Jenny
Williams and her daughters.
“The White Warrior” with Steve
Reeves will be showing at 75-cent-a- *
car night at The Sinton Drive-in *
Theater.
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Power and
daughter Jean Ann of Dallas arrived
Saturday to visit in the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Power.
Mr. and Mrs. R.T. Childress spent
two days last week in San Antonio
visiting their son, Cody.
Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Hale and house
guests, Mrs. Minnie Kemp of Ft.
Worth and Mrs. Ann Ortiz of Pilot a
Point, joined a group of relatives for
a gathering at Padre Island last
week.
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