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January 20, 1983
‘Mad squirrel’
town
On the advice of a veterina
rian who said the animal might
be rabid, Mrs. Frisbie and her
son went after the squirrel
armed with a pellet gun and
slingshot.
They were soon joined by two
police officers. A pair of con
struction workers asked if they
were looking for “that crazy
squirrel” and said the animal
had “bitten the devil” out of a
neighborhood youngster the
day before.
Mrs. Frisbie said one of the
officers who went after the
squirrel was also attacked. A
single stomp from the officer’s
boot, however, ended the
squirrel’s spree and it was sent
to the health department for an
examination.
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AUSTIN, — Health officials
say a “mad squirrel” that bit an
elderly woman, a child and a
policeman was not rabid but
merely smitten with territorial
instincts brought on by mating
season.
Mrs. Agnes Frisbie of Lub
bock was attacked by the squirrel
while walking down an Austin
street near her son’s home last
Thursday.
“This thing came up behind
her and without a sound, it
started biting her on the legs,”
said Richard Frisbie, her son. “It
bit her again and again, break
ing the skin several times. It was
pretty savage.”
Frisbie said his mother tried
to run from the rodent but it
followed her and attacked again.
Old age attributed
to strength of God
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Democr,'Wither Fauntroy, D-D.C., will
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Wright piggy-back into the
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ain Daw j 3fl)”day in the District, “Defeat
Dallas Day.”
Fauntroy, called the NFC
championship a “classic battle, a
rematch of revenge and re
spect,” and called on Washing
ton area fans to bring their
“HOG” towels and wave white
hankerchiefs at the game.
Fauntroy said Wright, D-
Texas, agreed to carry him pig
gy-back into the House if
Washington won. He will carry
Wright if Dallas wins.
“Just imagine it,” Fauntroy
said. “The duel at Silver Creek,
at high noon.
“What could be more fitting,
than all the stakes to be rolled up
in such a classic battle for the
NFC championship here in the
nation’s capital, with our hated
arch-rivals?”
The District plans to honor
the Redskins with a parade Feb.
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BROWNSVILLE, — A 107-
year-old woman credits her reli
gious faith with giving her the
strength to live so many years
and forgive a niece who forced
her from her home and later
burned it to the ground.
“1 give thanks to God every
day for each day he has loaned
me,” said Evarista Serrata.
“I’m here through the hands
of God through whatever ill
ness.”
Serrata, born in Brownsville
in 1876, talked warmly about
her marriage at age 15 to Juan
Serrata. As migrant workers,
they worked in the fields of the
Rio Grande Valley.
Juan Serrata died in 1939,
and the couple had never had
children. But Mrs. Serrata has
since reared four generations of
children left homeless by death
and divorce in the family, she
said.
One of those eight children
— a niece — returned to Mrs.
Serrata’s small home in 1980
and eventually forced the old
woman out, she said. Mrs. Serra
ta had to seek legal help to have
her home returned to her.
The niece had left the house
in a shambles, but a sympathetic
community restored it when
Mrs. Serrata moved back in.
When the home was burned
in 1981, the niece and a compan
ion were charged with arson.
The community again pitched
in for renovation.
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