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01/23/78 First Food Stamp Training class
02/21/78 Second Food Stamp Training class
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01/23/78 First Food Stamp Training class
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Martin was promoted to Training Director in Midland in early 1978 , transferred in that position to El Paso in mid- 1978. |
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Martin's Midland DHS office. Interestingly, Don Abernathy with the State Office Training staff saw Martin's Child Protective Services scrapbook and encouraged Martin to apply for the Austin job that resulted in his moving to Austin.
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Johnny Adams in his Midland office. Johnny ended up taking over the Food Stamp Basic Jobs Skills (BJST) training that Martin vacated, as well as continuing the Financial Services BJST.
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04/15/78 Odessa 2804 Brentwood Odessa house Sold
05/03/78 Moved to El Paso. Went by & saw Sylvia & Michele on cycle before we left. On overpass by Odessa car in wrong lane passed at high speed. Luckily we were in right lane
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03/23/78 Found house 3472 East Glen, El Paso
Chevy Silverado in El Paso
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El Paso home years later
Same house 45 years later 08/2023 |
Martin attended Texas DHS social worker orientation in 1968 in Austin. Having spent a month in Austin, he felt it was the place to develop his recording business. After receiving a promotion to training specialist in Midland, he was offered a training position in El Paso. Martin was in El Paso only a short few months before being hired as a trainer in Austin.
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Phantom's El Paso on location recording and mix down equipment
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07/13/78 Kelly ran away and was found the next day. However was pregnant with unknown puppies.
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Martin's Highland Sound/Phantom productions on location van customized in El Paso, Texas 1978 (bought new '77 Dodge van that had not been sold in Big Springs, TX 09/05/78).
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Louis Macias in El Paso DHS Office |
 
Mary Anne Taylor El Paso DHS office
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Louis, Mary Anne and Carol Wilson (Eddie Wilson's wife)
El Paso support staff Bev Nystrom |
TxDHS El Paso regional Personnel/Staff development retreat at cabin belonging to Hazel Baylor
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Martin was able to take Brandy to the TxDHS retreat in Ruidosa, NM. Ken & George by the van. A stay Irish setter wondered up and we found a home for it while there.
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Gary roasting marshmallows
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Gary Frederick (left) TxDHS El Paso region Director of Personnel & Staff Development
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Martin's 1978 remote recording van in Alpine
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012378 M started 1st Food stamp orientation class
022178 M started 2nd Food stamp orientation class
022678 Began HSC recording ads in Midland Odessa papers 030278 Gary Frederick called ref Martin taking El Paso trainer job 030878 Decided to accept El Paso job, called parents to advise 031378 Austin media training
032278 Go to El Paso
032378 Found house 3472 East Glen, El Paso
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07/23/78 Sylvia & Pat Smugglers restaurant El Paso
07/24/78 Juarez Julios Sylvia
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In 1978 Martin along with several TxDHS CPS Supervisors were promoted to State Education Training Specialists and moved to the new TxDHS training facility in Midland. This is Martin's office.
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TxDHS Midland Center staff Martin, Louie, Jane, ?, Johnny, Carol & Glen • Carol Turner at DHS Midland training center
Martin was promoted to Training Director in Midland in November 1977.
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Martin's Midland DHS office 1977.
030278 Gary Frederick called ref Martin taking El Paso trainer job
Martin was lucky to transfer in that position to El Paso on March 8, 1978. El Paso was a regional headquarters and was another step to getting to Austin.
Martin had been assigned to a month long State orientation class in Austin in 1968. He had worked to end up in Austin with its thriving music business ever since.
Interestingly, Don Abernathy with the State Office Training staff saw Martin's Odessa "7 years Child Protective Services" scrapbook at the Midland training center and encouraged Martin to apply for an Austin headquarters job, after he'd just transferred to El Paso.
10/24/78 flew Austin for interview
Martin accepted that Austin TxDHS headquarters job on December 1, 1978.
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El Paso staff at Cloudcroft, NM retreat. Ken & George by van. Brandy made the trip and a stray Irish Setter showed up. It was left in the care of a resident to hopefully find the owner.
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Lunch with Brandy looking on |
1978 DHS Ruidosa retreat |
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10/03/78 El Paso DHS staff on retreat in Ruidosa, NM. Martin, Carol, George, Mary Ann, Ken & Gary
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Martin's DHS office El Paso - 1978
Martin's El Paso DHS office in 1978
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03/23/78 Found house 3472 East Glen, El Paso
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Cheryl and Brandy. Martin shot promotional photos for Gayle Myers (Cheryl's DHS assistant) in El Paso 07/16/78
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07/16/78 El Paso Model Gayle Myers with Clock |
Cheryl's aunt with Brandy in El Paso |
0805 & 06 78 Alpine |
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081678 Bought van in Big Springs. Previously unsold new 1977 Dodge van.
New van for Phantom Productions, Inc. 09/05/78 Martin flew to Midland & was picked up by a Big Spring dealer, picked up the van and drove home to El Paso. Bought groceries & had supper with Michele & Sylvia in Odessa on way back to El Paso,
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081978 contracted to have van customized for recording in El Paso
Van being customized in El Paso. |
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Cheryl looking at van being worked on in El Paso |
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Brandy and Kelly approve |
Van complete
 
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Van interior completed
El Paso editing suite |
 
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van was customized for on-location recording in El Paso, Texas during the
Summer and Fall of 1978. Highland Sound Company and soon to be Phantom
Productions moved to Austin, Texas in November of 1978.
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Inside
the van, we used the Teac A-3340, a Teac A-3300 2 Track, JBL L40 monitors, The
Teac Model 2 mixer with the MB-20 meter bridge, the Marantz 5420 for making
a cassette copy for review and the Technics amp..
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We began to complete contract on location recording gigs for Roy Poole of Austin Custom Records in Austin, Texas. HSC recorded bands & choirs in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, El Paso, Odessa and Austin.
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El Paso Highland Sound Company/Phantom Productions equipment included a Sony 8-Track cartridge recorder, Technics amp, JBL speakers, Tapco 4400 reverb, Teac A-3300 2 Track master recorder, Teac A-3340 4 track simul-sync recorder, built into a custom wood black laminated box and mounted on a hand truck over a guitar amp for portability. Also 2 Sony and 2 Teac electret condenser microphones, Shure 556, Electro Voice 665, Shure 516Eq and other mics which had custom hard travel cases; the Teac Model 2 mixer with the MB-20 meter panel and a 100 foot 8 channel snake on a roll up reel. All mic stands and booms were made by Atlas.
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Customized HSC van interior
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The CowPokes
(last concert), Viscount Club, El Paso, Texas. November 19, 1978
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Phantom Productions on location van outside Country Music venue in El Paso
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Martin' in Phantom's recording van with Carol Wilson
Carol & Eddie Wilson
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Phantom Productions on location van outside Houston church (below).
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Cheryl with recording equipment in Houston church
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Cheryl with recording equipment another on-location church
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DHS News report on Cheryl and Martin's recording
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Martin moved to Austin from El Paso in November, 1978
First Austin editing room 1978
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Phantom Productions on location van in Houston for Austin Custom records album production. The music production continued while Martin worked full time at the State as well.
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Phantom Productions on location van outside Houston church (below).
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083078 San Diego vacation - return 090478
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El Paso staff at Cloudcroft, NM retreat. Ken & George by van. Brandy made the trip and a stray Irish Setter showed up. It was left in the care of a resident to hopefully find the owner.
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October 3, 1978 DHS Cloudcroft retreat
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Lunch with Brandy looking on |
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Cheryl & Martin in El Paso - photo by DHS
Story in "WE" the DHS magazine |
Carol & Eddie Wilson at Cowpokes recording session
Martin in Phantom's recording van in El Paso with Carol Wilson
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The CowPokes (last concert), Viscount Club, El Paso, Texas.
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Cheryl & Martin El Paso house |
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On June 7, 1978, Cheryl and Martin were in Houston on a TxDHS training assignment. Our neighbor, who was a Chaplain for the El Paso Police Dept. was looking after Brandy (above) and Kelly. As they'd tried to run off a couple of times, Brandy was on a long lead so she could move around. Unfortunately she climbed up on the 2 story dog house, tried to jump over the fence and accidentally hung herself. Incredibly hard on Kelly and us, as well as the Pastor. Kelly below.
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A month later Kelly ran away and was gone several days. When we found her, it turned out she was pregnant.
Kelly's pups 1978
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Gary Frederick and El Paso Region Business Manager
Martin's 1978 remote recording van in Alpine November 1, 1978
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Luis. Mary Ann & Carol
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Mary Ann & her art
Mary Ann and Martin worked for the El Paso DHS region training unit. A good friendship developed. One weekend Mary Ann went to her cabin in New Mexico for the weekend. When she didn't arrive first thing Monday morning at the office, Luis (another friend and co-worker) became concerned about Mary Ann's dog. She'd left the dog with plenty of food and water for the weekend, however, we thought we'd better go check on him. Arriving at her house, we looked through the garage window and it looked like the dogs water bowl was empty. (cont'd)
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So we went to a grocery store and bought some packets of dog food, crumpled it up and threw it under the garage door. Thinking the dog might also need water, we turned on the hose and ran water under the garage door. When we returned to work, Mary Ann was there. It turned out we'd gone to the wrong house. I'm sure that dog had a good story when their masters returned. Lucky for Luis and I, the neighbors hadn't called the police.
Luis Macias El Paso TxDHS office |
Martin's DHS office El Paso - 1978
Just several months after moving to El Paso, Martin was offered and took a Training job with TxDHS in Austin (which is what he'd been working toward since 1968).
Martin continued work for the TxDHS as a Child Protective Services and Management trainer
Later he became Chief of the data section which liaisoned with regional staff.
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 Martin accepted a training position in Austin beginning in November 1978. Ever since attending the State's 4 week Austin orientation in 1969, Martin had planned to join the music scene in Austin. His position enabled him to work with the DHS Media Services Division. Their video director was Bruce Scafe who produced the first Austin City Limits segments - view Bruce's early ACL clip. Martin hosted a segment of the TxDHR video news magazines Telejournal. Vi
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Bruce left Austin City Limits after the first season and Terry Lickona, who was originally an intern took over. DHS memo from 1982
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 11/30/78 Martin traveled to Austin in his van to find a place to live and start new job as TxDHS State Office Training Director.
 Billie O'Dowdy and Sylvia were in Austin in December 1, 1978 making a child placement. Martin had just moved to Austin from El Paso.
11/30/78 to 12/18/78 Martin's first apartment in Austin on Guadalupe - East of Airport
Martin met up with Sylvia & Billie at Christi's Restaurant on Town Lake.
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On 12/01/78 Martin met Billie & Sylvia at IHOP. They went to check on the ECCS child placement and  Billie headed back to Odessa. Martin went to find anapartment (turned out bad with bugs) and went by Burnet Road DHS training office where he'd be working.
Later Martin met Sylvia and went by Zilker pool, saw Cabaret, walked around capitol and along Town Lake.
 
12/02/78 Martin met Sylvia, "hair ball", and went to I Can't believe Its Yogurt, walked Guadalupe Drag and drove out to Lake Travis and sat on the shore.
 
 
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Later they went and ate Chinese & to see Watership Down.
Sylvia flew home 10:25pm flight.
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Martin's Austin office 1978 |
TxDHS office Burnet Road, Austin
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Mixing room in Austin in 1978
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012/18/78 to 05/26/79 After renting a bug infested apartment on Guadalupe in Austin, Leased house 2106 Deadwood from DHS Investigator.
1979 Christmas at rented home on Deadwood in Austin
01/31/79 Cheryl called - sold house in El Paso
03/19/79 Cheryl starts 1st Austin job - vendor payments
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12/22/78 drove from Austin to Odessa (Cheryl's parents home above) for Christmas and then to Alpine on 12/24/78 for Christmas withmartin's family.
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