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THE MATHIS NEWS
VOL. XXXVIII
MATHIS, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1953
EIGHT PAGES — NO. 27
Highway Department Starts Work on
New Headquarters and Maintenance
Yard in Mathis; To Cover Four Acres
The Texas Highway Department
started construction this week on
a new headqua rters and
maintenance yard on the San Pat-
ricio highway on property bought
from Mrs. Grover Stone.
Gene Miller said that the old
shed at the present headquarters
would be moved and that a new
shed to house the six trucks at-
tached to the highway department
here would be built.
The land, which is approximately
4 acres, is now being cleared and
leveled and will be filled in with
six inches of dirt, plus six inches
of caliche. Part of the area will
be paved and a steel fence will
be erected around, the property.
A ditch will be dug on the
western side of the property to
drain it. The land will be sloped
toward the ditch.
Additional Bids
Called on City
Water, Sewer Work
The city this week called for
bids on a 1,000 gallon per minute
electric pump, improvements to
the pumping station, and electrical
wiring work in connection with
the water and sewer improvement
program which is now in progress.
The bids will be opened at the
city office at 11:30 a.m., Saturday,
July 25. (Bid notices are on an-
other page of the paper.)
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Latin Church
Of Christ Now
Holding Meeting
The Latin-American Church of
Christ, congregation is holding a
meeting this week at the local
Church of Christ. A different
speaker is teaching each night
during the meeting which will
close Saturday night.
Salvador Magana of Weslaco
spoke Monday night, Bill Reeves
of McAllen, Tuesday night; Wayne
Partain of McAllen, Wednesday
night; Santiago Martinez of Cor-
pus Christi, Thursday night; and
Fernando Coronado of S inton will
speak tonight, and Byrl Brooklyn
of George West will speak at the
Saturday night services.
Services are being conducted at
8 o’clock each night and every-
one is invited to attend, Harlan
Overton, minister of the local
Church of Christ, said this week.
Juan Cruz is the local minister
for the Latin-American congrega-
tion.
REV. A. A. PALMER
Rev. A. A. Palmer
Resigns as the
Baptist Minister
Rev. A. A. Palmer announced
Wednesday night that he was sub-
mitting his resignation as pastor
of the First Baptist Church here
in Mathis, with the resignation
taking effect August 15.
Rev. Palmer plans to move to
Denver, Colo., to establish a new
Baptist Church there in the north
east section of town.
The new church will be a mis-
sion work sponsored by the Denver
Temple Baptist Church, which it-
self was started only two years
ago.
Rev. Palmer has been pastor
of the Mathis church for the past
15 months, having moved here
from Houston. He said that since
moving here, 48 new members
have joined the church and that
the church has received $27,352.70
in contributions. Work is about
finished on the church building,
he said.
RICHARD GOODWIN, 71,
DIES AT LAGARTO
TUESDAY NIGHT
Funeral services were held for
Richard Neal Goodwin, 71, Wed-
nesday afternoon at 5 o’clock at
Dobie Funeral Home Chapel. He
was a resident of Lagarto and
died at 10 p.m Tuesday after a
long illness..
He was buried at Lagarto Ceme-
tery. Rev. Carroll R. Jones offi-
ciated at the services.
He is survived by his wife; two
daughters, Mrs. J. Fred Curlee of
George West and Mrs. Cliff Shipp
of Corpus Christi; one son, Nathan
Goodwin of Corpus Christi; and
one foster son, Lamar Tullos of
Lagarto; one brother, W. R. Good-
win of Lagarto, several grand-
children and one great grandchild.
He was a member of the Bap-
tist Church.
Mr. Lotspeich’s Mother
Dies in Robstown
Funeral services for Mrs. Cora
Mae Lotspeich, 76, who died at
her home, at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in
Robstown were held at 5 p. m.
Thursday at the First Baptist
Church there with the Rev. Ker-
mit Melugin officiating. Burial
was in the Robstown Cemetery
under the direction of Robstown
Funeral Home.
She was the mother of Holland
Lotspeich of Mathis and had been
a resident of Nueces County since
1909, having moved there from
Palo Pinto County.
She was an active member of
the Robstown Baptist Church and
was one of the charter members
when the church was organized
45 years ago.
Other survivors include her hus-
band, John Lotspeich of Robstown,
three daughters, Mrs. Sidney Bit-
terman Mrs. Gus Heilman and
Mrs. S. B. Glenn all of Corpus
Christi; one other son, C. C. Lot-
speich of Robstown; three sisters,
Mrs. Floyd Oliver and Mrs. Lillie
Bozzell, both of Mineral Wells,
and Mrs. Eddie Garrison of East-
land; and 13 grandchildren.
V. F. W. MEMBERS
ATTEND COUNTY
COUNGIL MEETING ’
Members of the local V. F. W.
post who attended the meeting of
the San Patricio County Council
in Odem Monday night were Mr.
and Mrs. Edgar Eggert Jr., Mr..
and Mrs. Quinn R. Mussman, Mr.
and Mrs. Ellis Crenshaw, Mr. and
Mrs. Percy Hartman, George Mc-
Cown, Francis Conlan, and Or-
ville McCowan.
Members and wives were invited
to this meeting by Leon Frank el,
commander of District 6, who had
promised a barbecue to posts in
the county if they met their mem-
bership quota by May 31. A dinner
of barbecued steaks was served to
the members and guests before
the business meeting opened.
A. H. Hanshaws Have
Family Party Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Andy Hanshaw
held a combination family reulion
and birthday party for Mr. Han-
shaw Sunday on the Charlie Cad-
dell ranch on the river.
Barbecued venison and pork
were served to the guests which
included two sisters Mrs. Joe
Godwin of Dallas, and Mrs. Ger-
trude Wallace of Tchula, Miss.,
as well as oth.er relatives which
follow: Mr. and Mrs. D. V. Ste-
wart and family of Pharr; Mrs.
Wm. Hanshaw, Billy and Denie
Seneca of Sinton; Mr. and Mrs.
Truman Hanshaw of Mathis; Mr.
and Mrs. Norwood Pugh, Glenda,
and Gary of Houston; Mrs. Jessie
Hanshaw of Odem; Mr. and Mrs.
H. L. Lane Jr. of Odem; Phyllis
Lane of Odem; Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Bluntzer Jr. of Bluntzer; Mr. and
Mrs. Wilson Baylor, Rexie and
Bently of Odem; Mrs. Gourley of
Skidmore; R. F. Hanshaw of San
Patricia, and Andy Hanshaw of
Mathis.
Firemen to Attend
Training School
At Texas A & M
At the last regular meeting of
the Mathis Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment, several members indicated
that they would be interested in
attending the firemen’s training
school conducted each year at
Texas A. & M. College in Bryan
Having members at this school
is a determining factor in the in-
surance key rate of this city,
according to local firemen.
The school this year is being
held from July 19 through July
24. Local businesses interested in
lower fire insurance rates for this
city are being asked to encourage
this school and to contact mem-
bers of the local department to
see that the men are furnished
the proper facilities for transpor-
tation to and from the school.
Two Local FFA
Members to Get
Lone Star Degree
Among the 3,000 boys who will
go to Fort Worth July 22 to help
celebrate the Future Farmers 25th
anniversary at the annual FFA
Convention will be two FFA mem
bers from Mathis.
Lonnie Messer and Buddy Maed-
gen will make the trip for the
three-day meeting at Fort Worth’s
Texas Hotel as delegates from
Mathis and they are also attend-
ing the meeting as candidates for
the Lone Star Farmer Degree,
the next-to-highest honor bestowed
on FFA members.
They will be accompanied by
their mothers, Mrs. Dan L. Messer
and Mrs. Malcolm Maedgen.
The delegates attending the con-
vention will be representing Tex-
as’ 40,000 Future Farmers who
belong to 840 different chapters.
State officers are to be elected
at the meeting, the state public
speaking winner is to be chosen
and state contest winners will re-
ceive their awards. One of the
outstanding events of the conven-
tion will be the annual
Lone Star Farmer Banquet at
which 661 Future Farmers will
be awarded the Lone Star Farmer
Degree. The banquet speaker will
be Jimmy Dillon of Jones, Louisi-
ana, National FFA president.
On Wednesday, the opening day
of the convention, a machinery
parade will wind through the
downtown streets of Fort Worth.
Lonnie and Buddy have already
been notified by the state Lone
Star Farmer checking committee
of their being accepted as Lone
Star Farmers.
Wagnon Kin Takes
Trip to Scotland
Lt. Col. and Mrs. ? i. K. \. cgnon
and children, Susan and Don, have
recently returned to their home
“Fieldway” which is located at
Aldringham near Leiston, Suffolk,
England, after taking an automo-
bile trip through Scotland while
Col. Wagnon was on leave. He is
cJ-.tic’ied With +be A\? Force m
j England.
B. WATSON ATTENDS
FORT WORTH FEED
MEETING JULY 26
A Mathis man was in Fort
Worth, Friday, June 26, as part
of a group of South Texas feed
dealers conferring with feed speci-
alists of the Burrus Feed Mills
and making recommendations on
what kind of feed would best
offset the effects of the prolonged
drouth in their section.
Bill Watson was one of the ele-
ven men representing five of
South Texas’ largest feed dealers
who made the trip.
The group made an aerial in-
spection of the crop conditions
over a wide area of the state
from the Burrus plane before
meeting with the officials for a
luncheon conference at the Cattle-
man’s Cafe.
After the initial meeting at the
luncheon, the delegation visited
the Burris Feed Mills where feed
specialists showed them what they
were doing to meet the drastic
situation in this drouth area. Bill
Watson said that mill officials
pointed out that the company’s
research department has been de-
voting full time to the develop-
ment of a line of low-cost, high-
nutrient feeds especially suited to
drouth stricken cattle and poultry.
Other South Texans making the
trip were Gordon Brown, James
Donaldson, and Ray Barkley of
Bishop; Claude Jennings and Fred
Hansen of Cuero; Ernest Janak,
Halletsville; M. W. Haun and Jack
Synder, Yorktown, Phil Friberg,
Gonzales, and Gus Cage, Cuero,
Burrus sales representative.
Order of Arrow
To Present Indian
Dances at Camp
I. B. Ramsower announced this
week that the Mathis chapter of
the Order of the Arrow will pre-
sent their Indian dances at the
calling out ceremony at the Scout
Camp Thursday, July 16.
The local chapter has made all
of their Indian costumes for the
dances, he said. The program will
start at 8:15 that evening and
everyone is invited to see the
dances. Thursday night is also
guest night at the camp each
week and local people are invited
to attend the camp.
City Council to Award
Water, Sewer Contract
Drought Relief for San Patricio County
Requested by P. M. A.; Conditions
Comparable to Dry Spell in the 1930's
The San Patricio County Mobil-
ization Committee met Monday
afternoon and sent a recommenda-
tion to the State Mobilization
Committee at College Station that
San Paricio County be included
in the Drouth Relief.
Edmond Dillard, San Patricio
County PMA service officer stated
Wednesday that the drouth situa-
tion in San Patricio County is as
bad at the present time as it was
in the 1930’s and that things will
look gloomier when the sorghum
stubble is gone. He estimates that
within 30 days all cattlemen will
be feeding their livestock. At the
present the stubble from the grain
crop is tiding the cattlemen in the
county over a brief period of
time. Dillard also feels that the
pastures are in such condition that
it will be impossible for them Jo
be repleted, even with good rains,
before next spring.
It will be sometime yet before
the County Mobilization Commit-
tee will receive a reply from the
recommendation to the National
Committee in Washington, D. C.,
before final action on the recom-
mendation can be taken.
The San Patricio County Mobili-
zation Committee is composed of
Edmond Dillard, PMA Service Of-
ficer; Jesse T. Brittain of Taft;
Clyde Mayo of Sinton; C. S. Br-
own of Mathis; R. R. Gibb, Co-
unty agent; Ott B. Ediger, soil
conservation service representa-
tive; J. W. Caudill, F. H. A.
supervisor; J. W. Albin of Taft,
San Patricio County Loan Assoc-
iation representitive; Roy Troup
of the R. E. A.; and H. W. Gist,
Sinton vocational agriculture
teacher.
Five Scouts Leave
Tuesday for 3-Week
California Jamboree
Five Boy Scouts from the Mathis
troop left early Tuesday morning
from Corpus Christi on their way
to the National Scout jamboree
being held in California on the
Irvine Ranch near Santa Ana.
The boys, Reeves Brown, Jerry
Edmondson, Jerry Huntsinger, J.
M.Edmondson, and Tucker Suth-
erland, will be gone for three
weeks, which will include a week
of actual camping on the ranch,
where some 50,000 Scouts from all
over the country will gather.
From Corpus Christi the group
went to San Antonio and from
there they went to Denver and
Salt Lake City. They will arrive
at Santa Ana about three days
before the actual camp starts and
will spend the time on sightseeing
trips.
Among the parents from Mathis
seeing their boys off on the trip
were Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Suth-
erland, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon I
Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Hunt-
singer, and Mr. and Mrs. J, M.
Edmondson.
Grass Fires Are
Danqerous Now
Say Local Firemen
The Mathis Volunteer Fire De-
partment was busy this week try-
ing to keep up with all the grass
fires in town. Saturday they an-
swered two alarms, both in the
same place.
A grass fire broke out at the
north west section of town, near
the Missouri Pacific tracks. Later
in the day the department made
another call to this area to ex-
tinguish the fire again.
Sunday, they were called to the
Boy Scout Camp at the lake to
put out a grass fire. The fire
started in the picnic area and
moved toward the camp.
Local firemen warned citizens
that with the very dry conditions
which exist locally that grass
fires are easy to start and care
should be taken when around dry
grass on the empty lots of town.
BANK SHOWS DEPOSIT
INCREASE OVER
JUNE 30 LAST YEAR
The First State Bank of Mathis
increased its total deposits by
$219,446.88 at the close of business
on June 30th as compared to the
close on April 20 of this year.
Total deposits were $2,581,787.36.
This compares with total de-
posits at the close of business on
June 30, 1952 which were $2, 485,-
773.87.
FIRST CHRISTIAN
CHURCH CONSIDERS
CONSTITUTION
The Church Board of the First
Christian Church in a meeting
Monday evening reviewed a chur-
ch constitution which had been
drawn up by a constitution Com-
mittee under the chairmanship of
Alton Miller. The constitution was
passed by the board with minor
changes and was recommend frl
to the congregation for adoption.
Under the constitution, if adopted,
the church will be organized into
departments for carrying on the
essential work of the church and
for obtaining fuller participation
by the members in the life of the
congregation, Rev. J. A. Jackson
said.
The idea of organized coopera-
tion is already making its appear-
ance among the groups of the
church. The women have adopted
the purpose and structure of the
Christian Women’s Fellowship,
which is a nation-wide women’s
organization. The young people
are contemplating a study of the
organization known as the Christ-
ian Youth Fellowship, and the
men will soon be hearing a lect-
ure by Wilson Rackley on the
Christian Men’s Fellowship. All
these organizations are founded
on the idea that Christian fellow-
ship is the primary and essential
function of the Christian Church,
he said.
Elizabeth Forter to Teach
In Pasadena Schools
Elizabeth Porter of Mathis, a
graduate of Southwest Texas State
Teachers College at San Marcos,
will be in charge of the first grade
at Pasadena for the fall school
year.
New Phone Books
Mailed During
The Past Week
New telephone directories were
mailed this week to Mathis phone
subscribers by the Southwestern
Bell Telephone Company. The new
directors have a few telephone
changes in them and also have
67 new numbers.
Telephone officials announced
that if a subscriber does not get
his book within ten days, he should
call the local telephone office and
request a book.
There were only two new rural
telephones added this year, 17 bus-
ness phones and the rest in re-
sident phones.
Employment Corrii
Stations Man Here
For Cotton Season
Tom Camp, of the Texas Em-
ployment Commission is now sta-
tioned in Mathis to help local
farmers obtain cotton pickers tc
gather this years crop.
Mr. Camp is located at the in-
tersection of Highway 9 and the
Alice Highway. He said that any
farmers wishing hands could con-
tact him and he would put out
every effort in securing laborers.
He plans to remain stationed in
Mathis as long as farmers are
asking for his help.
BURKE OPENS
CAR AND TRACTOR
REPAIR SHOP
Johnny Burke announced the
opening of his tractor and auto
repair company this week. The
company is being opened in the
building on the Alice highway at
the intersection of Rockport street.
Mr. Burke will handle parts
and repairs on all makes of
tractors and cars.
Baptist Young People
Leave for Camp
Approximately 18 young people
from the Baptist Church here will
leave early Monday morning to
attend a week’s camp at Alto
Frio, near Leakey.
Rev. A. A. Palmer will be camp
pastor during that week also. The
camp is held each year for young
people in the Blanco Baptist As-
sociation.
JOE DICKERSON
New Officers
Take Over Duties
At Rotary Club
New officers conducted the
Tuesday meeting of the Mathis
Rotary Club. Joe Dickerson took
over the duties as president, Jer-
ome Braunstein, as secretary,
took the Rotarians money, and
Arnold McCraw took over the
duties of vice-president and pro-
gram chairman.
Joe Dickerson outlined some
things he wanted the club to ac-
complish during the coming year,
and appointed the various chair-
men of committees.
Gordon Cabaniss was appointed
Club Service chairman; T. A. Har-
bin, Vocational Service chairman;
Edgar Eggert, Community Service
chairman; and Griff Moore, Inter-
national Service chairman.
The balance of the club was
appointed to the various commit-
tees. The new Board of Directors
consists of the three officers al-
ready mentioned plus Griff Mo-
ore, Edgar Eggert, T. G. Dorris,
and T. A. Harbin.
Bids on the new water well
and ground storage tanks recently
called by the city were opened
Tuesday night, but the awarding
of the contract was postponed un-
til tonight to give the engineers
time to consider all bid proposals
thoroughly before a decision is
made.
The bids were called on the
basis of the city being able to
accept any bid, not necessarily
the lowest, after due consideration
is given to the various companies’
experience and reputation. A
clause in all bids stated, “Bidders
are expressly notified that price
bid will not be the sole criterion
considered in awarding the con-
tract. The owner reserves the
right to consider the experience,
reputation, and competency of
bidders and to award the contract
in what it deems its best interest.”
Making bids on the storage
tanks were San Antonio Machine
and Supply Company of San An-
tonio, Belco Engineering Firm.
Union Tank and Supply, and Chi-
cago Bridge and Iron Corp, Mak-
ing bids on the well were Layne-
Texas of Houston, Carl Vickers of
Corpus Christi, and Tex-Water
Wells Co.
Making bids on the pump was
Southern Engineering and Pump
Co.
METHODIST YOUTH
CARAVAN HELD IN
ROBSTOWN SUNDAY
Mr. and Mrs. Oran Sides took
a youth caravan from the Mathis
Methodist Church to Robstown
last Sunday night to meet other
youth caravans from Kentucky,
South Carolina and Florida who
were giving a program at the
Robstown church.
The M. Y. F. of that city were
hosts to the other groups. Those
fro mMathis making the trip were
Lonnie Messer, Buddy Maedgen,
Jan Sides, Charles Porter, Chopper
Galloway and Elaine Maedgen.
After supper and the program
they enjoyed swimming and re-
freshments at the Cooper home
in Robstown.
Pony League to
The Pony League will play a
double header baseball game with
two teams from Corpus Christi
tonight, beginning at 7 o’clock,
Arnold McCraw announced this
week.
The games were scheduled for
Saturday night, but Corpus Christi
requested a change in the sche-
dule late Wednesday evening.
0. F. Bundle’s Mother
Dies in Robstown
Mathilde Brendle, 87, a resident
of Robstown since 1909 died in
a Robstown hospital Sunday at
7:55 a.m. She was the mother of
O. F. Brendle of Mathis.
She came to Robstown with her
late husband C. C. Brendle from
Fayette County. They built the
first gin in Robstown area and in
1914 constructed the Brendle Hotel
there, which is still in operation.
Funeral services were held at
3 p.m. Monday at the First Meth-
odist Church and burial was in
the Robstown Cemetery.
Other survivors include a daugh-
ter, Mrs. H. J. Bryden of Robs-
town; two sister, Mrs. Joe Gatner
of La Grange and Mrs. George
Wolle of Rutersville; a brother,
C. J. Tschieve of Alice; and four
grandchildren and seven great-
grandchildren.
1,098 Bales Ginned
Here Since Start
Of Cotton Harvest
A little over 1,000 bales of cotton
have been ginned in • the Mathis
area since the harvest began two
'weeks ago.
The gin reports this week show
that Vahlsing gins have turned out
615 bales and Hall Gin has gin-
ned 483 bales. This total is as of
Thursday morning.
The price of cotton is still hold-
ing good, but local buyers report
that it is hard to sell cotton since
large buyers and exporters have
not started buying as yet, due to
the fact that they were not pre-
pared for such an early season.
The county crop is to be even
shorter than last week’s estimate
of 40,000 bales is the opinion of
R. R. Gibb, San Patricio, County
farm agent, after he made a close
inspection of the fields over the
county last week and early this
week.
The premature opening of the
bolls caused by the excessively
hot and dry weather is responsible
for the cut in the production. The
bolls are losing from one-third to
one-half their size thru the pre-
mature opening. There is a heavi-
er infestation of pink bollworms
than the earlier inspections had.
indicated, Gibb said. This will
cause an added cut in the yield.
“There is only one bright spot
in the cotton situation as it stands
today”, Gibb said, “and that is
the possibility of an opportunity
to cut the infestation of pink boll-
worms to the bone.” If the weath-
er continues hot and dry for a
few weeks past the early harvest
the farmers will be able to have
all stalks cut, giving the weather
a chance to do what the farmer’s
cannot do—kill the pink bollworms.
Arrow Feed Has
New Employee . /
Archie Gilbert is a new employee
of Arrow Feed Store, Bill Watson
announced this week. Mr. Gilbert
formerly worked on the Lemon
Ranch and for Mathis Feed and
Seed Company.
Cages Plan Stalk
Cutter Demonstration
" Cage Implement Company wil
hold a demonstration Monday a
the Gordon Brown farm on a nev
type stalk and brush cutter.
The demonstration will be hel<
at 9:30 at the farm. Interests
farmers are to meet at Cagfv
arid go from there to the Browi
farm to see the demonstration
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