The Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 25, 1963 Page: 1 of 8

                                
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MATHIS, TEX., THURS. MORNING, JULY 25 1963 5^^0^^^”
NUMBER 31
Pony All Star Team
Plays Crucial Game
Here Wednesday Nite
The Bi-County Pony League
All Stars dropped the first game
of the Sedtion 2 playoff Monday
nlighit but bounced back to even
the series with Robsitown on
Tuesday night. The third, and
final game, was scheduled for
7:30 Wednesday evening in
Mathis.
'The Bi-iCounty, made rip most-
ly of Malthis players,' were play-
ing the first game with the dis-
advantage df not having played
in a playoff game this season.
Rdbstown had already won two
straight from the Inter-Coastal
All Stars anil their experience
payed off with a 5-3 victory.
Two well matched pitchers,
Powell Brown for Bi-County and
Larry Tipton for Rdbsitown, bat-
tled lit out the first nighit but
luck seemed to be against the
Bi-County and with Robstown,
although both teams played fine
'baseball. Brown struck out 10
batters,' allowed 4 hits and
walked 3. Tipton struck out 13,
allowed 4 hits and walked 4.
Bo lb pitchers went the distance.
In the second game, Coach
Wayne Alzenhoffer of Mathis
sent Bill Oalbaniss to the mound
for the Bi-County and he hurled
a well controlled three-hit game
and earned the first play-off vic-
tory for his team. Cabaniss
struck out 11 batters and walked
Well Known Teacher,
Mrs. Kate Jackson, Dies
Mrs. Katharine Jackson, 83,
died in the Mathis hospital early
Monday morning following a
lengthy illness.
Mrs. Kate, as she was af-
fectionattly called by her many
friends, had been a resident in
Mathis for 52 years. She was the
daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Magowan of San
Patricio, and a descendant of
one of the first families to settle
in this area. She was. well known
throughout the area for she
taught school for 52 years in
Refugio, Bee, Nueces, Live Oak,
Jim Wells and San Patricio
Counties. Her teachipg career
began in a one-room school in
Bee County in 1899 at a salary
of $20 a month. Among the
many children taught by “Mrs.
Kate” were her own, two sons
and one daughter. She retired
from teaching in 1957.
The Rosary was at 8 p. m.
Monday at the Dolbie Funeral
Chapel and the funeral mass
was celebrated at 10 a.m. Tues-
day ‘in the Sacred Heart Cath-
olic Church with Rev. Raymond
Pena officiating. Burial was in
the San Patricio Cemetery near
Bluntzer under the direction of
Dobie Funeral Home.
'Pallbearers were Johnny Gre-
gorcyk, Joe Wall, John Freasier,
Albert Gregorcyk, Harry Tirnon
and Paul Mahoney.
Mrs. Jackson is. survived by
two sons, M. T. (Mutt) Jackson
of Mathis and Marvin Jackson
Of Freer, one daughter, Mrs. W.
J. Gerhard of Corpus Christi,
one brother, Chris T. Magowan
Barbecue Dance
Is Planned
At San Pat
A -barbecue supper, games and
dance will be held Sunday, Aug-
ust 4, by St. Patrick’s Church
at San Patricio.
The supper of barbecued beef
will begin at 5:00 p.m. and the
dance, with music by Majek’s,
will be held after the supper.
The supper will cost $1.25 per
plate for adults and 75 cents per
plate for children under 10.
of Mathis, six grandchildren and
ten great-grandchildren.
Local Jaycees
Will Attend
Area Meeting
‘Several Mathis Jaycees and
their wives are expected to join
500 other Jaycees and wives at
the Area 7 Convention being held
in Corpus Christi this week-end.
Corpus Christi Jaycees and
Jaycee-ettes are busy setting up
registration, housing, business
sessions and entertainment. The
entertainment will include a
pool-side party Friday night; a
western casino party Saturday
night and a royal banquet Sun-
day noon.
Cities and towns represented
in Area 7 are those from San
Antonio to Mexico.
State Director Tucker Suther-
land, of Mathis, is expected to
join other Jaycee officers from
throughout the state at the meet-
ing.
Headquarters for the meeting
will be in the Robert Driscoll
Hotel where registration will be-
gin at 2:00 p.m. Friday.
Mrs. Tuicker Sutherland will
model in a style show Saturday
for the wives attending the con-
vention.
three. He pitched against Homer
Trevino who also only allowed
3 his, struck out 8 and walked
2.
Tony Gardiner has led the Bi-
County in hitting in both games.
He hit two for three on each
night and included a double in
the first game. Alfred Urquizo
and Jiaranek also hit for Bi-
Counity in ti.te opener.
Besides the two hits by Gard-
iner in the second game, Ronnie
Frietag collected a single.
The winner of this series will
play Southslide of Corpus Christi
on Thursday.
J. Hernandez
Dies at Home
On Thursday
Juan Hernandez, 60, died at
his home here on July 18.
He had -been a resident of
Mathis for 22 years and was a
trucker.
Funeral/services were held at
the Sacred Heart Catholic
Church at 11:30 a.m. Saturday,
July 20, with Rev. Raymond
Pena officiating. Burial was in
Descansa Eterna Cemetery.
He- is survived by his wife,
Maria of Mathis, ten sons, Juan,
Jose, Manuel, Felenoio, Raul,
Jesus, Pan-cho, Ediwardo, Willie
and Uivaldiano Hernandez all of
Mathis, four daughters, Mrs. El-
lida Onoeds and Rufina Onoeds,
b’dth of Lufbbock, Mrs. Delifina
Rosenbaum Of Tynan and Maria
Guiterrez of Mathis, two broth-
ers, Pete Hernandez of Austin
and Ricardo Hernandez of Hale
Center and .five sisters, Mrs.
Manuela Cano of Dallas, Mrs.
Teresa Briceno of Lockhart,
Mrs. -Tomasa Euela of Mules-hoe,
Mrs. Palblina Olivia of Houston,
and Mrs. Luicia Dueke of Ft.
Morgan, Colo.
Business Wise
IBee Furniture Company has
qpened a new store here next
door to Central Power and Light
Company. . .the McKesson 2 for
1-sale wall end Saturday at Key’s
Drug. . .K. Wolens will honor
the cotton industry with a sale
this week-end o!f cotton prod-
ucts. . .Quick-Way Groceries are
again running specials on week-
ends. . JElvelyn’is will begin their
big summer clearance this week
with reductions of up to one-
half ofif. . .Thornton’« Flowers
and Gift Ship Offers the services
off sending flowers by wire. . .
regular features at London’s
Market now are barbecued
chicken and beef with fresh po-
tato salad ready to go.
Stanley Fry was taken to a
Corpus Christi hospital Monday
evening after becoming ill while
he and iMrs. Fry were returning
from a family reunion.
Frank Schneider, former foot-
ball coach here, is reported to
be very seriously ill in the Nix
Hospital, Room 1830, San Anton-
io.
Taft All Stars
Meet Beeville
Thursday Night
The Taft Little League All
Stars rolled 12 big runs into the
sixth inning to add to one that
they had picked up in the prev-
ious inning to completely rout
the Odem All Stars and earn
the right to advance in the play
off.
The Mathis All Stars lost to
Odem in their first game last
Thursday night by a score of
5 to 0.
The Taft All Stars will meet
the Beeville All Stars Thursday
night at 7 p.m. in Taft.
Jimmy Miller was the winning
pitcher for the Taft All Stars,
allowing four hits and striking
out eight. In all probability Mill-
er will start against the Bee-
ville team Thursday night.
The Taft boys collected a total
of eight hits against five for
Odem and other than the one
-big inning when everything went
for the Taft boys, it was pretty
much an even ball game. For
Taft: Ray Galbrysch, Ray Poe-
nich and Clifford Williams each
collected two hits piece while
Miller and Gilbert Rodriquez
each got one.
Beeville earned the right to
play Taft by defeating the Bee-
ville North Slide All Star team
last week 6 to 3. Earlier they
had drawn a bye (like Taft)
while the North Side team de-
feated George West in the first
round playoff.
The winner of the Taift-tBee-
viile game will advance into the
next round of the play-off
against the winner of the Sint.on-
See ALL STARS Page 4
Mrs. Stone,
Buried Here
On Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs. For-
est W. Stone, 68, were held
Tuesday morning in the First:
Baptist Church here with the
Rev. Bdb Hairston officiating.
Interment was. in the Tom Math-
is Cemetery.
(Mrs. Stone died in San An-
tonio Saurday, July 201 She had
been a resident Of Bexar for the
past 21 years but was born and
reared in Mathis. She was a
member of the -Baptist Church.
She is survived by two sons,
John C. Stone of - Searcy, rk.,
and Eric Stone of Cram Ridlge,
N. J., four sisters, Mrs. Eddie
Boothman of San Antonio, Mrs.
P. L. Paroery o'f Port Arthur,
Mrs. Coleman Dugat of Port La-
vaca, and Mrs. Bernon Berry-
men of Kerrvile, three brothers,
Bassett Wright, Sr., and Eric
Wright, both of Mathis and Ver-
gil Wright of Tucson, Ariz.,
eight grandchildren and numer-
ous nieces and nephews.
School Budget
To Be Heard
Monday Nite
The proposed school budget
for 1963-64 school year will be
presented to the Board of Trust-
ees at a special meeting Mon-
day night at eight, according to
Mrs. Augusta Henderson, school
tax assessor-collector.
IMrs. Henderson said the pub-
lic is invited to the meeting to
hear the proposed budget.
Mrs. Lopez
Dies Wed.
In Hospital
Mrs. Si-nada Arciba Lopez died
on July 17 at the Mathis hospital
following a short illness. She
was 45 years old and had been
a resident df this area for seven
years.
Survivors include her husband,
Serafin Lopez, her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Cosrne Arcilba, three
sons, Francisco, Alberto and
Ernesto, three daughters, Mrs.
Concha Salinas, Josephina and
Maximina, all of Mathis, four
brothers, Narlcisco, Manuel,
Cristova and (Ramon Arciba and
four sisters, Guadalupe, Julia,
Teresa, and Margarita Arciba,
all df Mathis.
Funeral services were held at
10 a.m. Saturday in the Sacred
Heart Catholic (Church with the
Rev. Raymond Pena officiating.
Burial was in the Descan-sa
Eterna Cemetery.
Mennonite Minister
On Vacation
During August
Luipe De Leon, Jr. will be
serving as pastor of the Calvary
Mennonite Church beginning
this week and during the month
of August. Paul Conrad and
family will be on leave of ab-
sence visiting in Ohio.
Mother, Infant
Die This Week
In Hospital
Mrs. Camilo Gonzales, 37, died
in a Corpus Christi hospital
Sunday following childbirth. The
baby boy, Domingo, died on
Thursday in the same hospital.
Mrs. Gonzales was a resident
of Mathis for 20 years. She is
survived by her husband, Cam-
ilo; her mother, Mrs. Patricia
Aleman df Mathis; four sons,
Jose, Camilo, Salvador, and
Benito Gonzales, all of Mathis;
three daughters, Cecilia, Petra,
and Juanita, all of Mathis; three
brothers, Ynes Aleman of Lub-
bock and Jiuan and Fabian of
Mathis; three sisters, Mrs. Jes-
usa Salinas of Beeville, Mrs.
Delia Virginia of Hondo and
Mrs. Eslbela Morales df Malthis.
Funeral services for IMrs.
Gonzales were held Tuesday
afternoon at the Baptist Mission
with Rev. Victor Orta officiat-
ing. Burial was in the Tynan
Cemetery.
Graveside services for the in-
fant were held at the Tynan
Cemetery Saturday afternoon.
City Charter Writers
Hit Touchy Subjects
Annexation, Elections
BEE FURNITURE HANDS — These three men are now
working in Mathis with the newly opened' Bee Furniture
Company store next door to Central Power and Light Com-
pany on San Patricio Ave. They are (left to right) Tony
Guererro, Ysidro Carbajal and Ray Hernandez. They had
their grand opening Saturday and a stero record player
was given as a door prize to Manuel Gonzales. Owners,
of the store are Raymundo Martinez and Fred V. Garza
of Beeville.
Miss Ruth Dodson
South Texas Folk-Lorist
Is Buried Here Tuesday
IMiss RUth Dodson, a former
resident df Mathis, died Friday
in a Corpus Christi hospital after
a long illness. She was 86 years
old.
A native of South Texas, she
was born on Penitas Ranch; in
Nueces County and reared there.
She was a descendant of colon-
ists who came to Texas to join
Austin’s colony, the First Three
Hundred.
'She .moved to Mathis when she
was- about 50 years old and're-
sided here until she moved to
Corpus Christi several years
ago.
IMiss Dodson was the author
of “Don Pedrito Jaramillo”
which is written in Spanish and
concerns Spanish folklore. In-
cluded in it is a sketch of the
Mexican “icurandero” for whom
the book is named and whose
name had been handed down
through several generations as
a faith healer. The book also
contains about 70 traditional
stories of the miraculous cures
he made “en el nom'bre de
Dios.” In the name of God. A
copy o'f Miss Dodson’s book has
been placed on the shelves of
the library of the College of
Physicians in Philadelphia as a
reference book in the history of
medicine.
.She also wrote other numerous
articles dealing with Texas tra-
ditions, customs and history.
Her start in writing came when
she learned thiait a San Antonio
man was writing a hook on
home remedies. She sent him
page after page of old cures
used by her Spanish friends. The
man was so interested in her
papers that he sent them to J.
Frank Ddbie, who asked Miss
Ruth to join the Texas Folklore
Society. He also suggested she
write an article on faith healing
aim'ong ithe Mexicans. This led
to the “Jaramillo” book.
Miss Dodson was a charter
member of the McGloin-tMcMul-
lin Historical Society, councilor
of the Texas Folklore Society
and also did some writing for
the Writer’s Conference spon-
sored by the Byiiners in Corpus
Christi. She once said of herself,
“I was bilingual from my in-
fancy. I do not remember wiher.
it made any difference to me
whether I was spoken to in
English or Spanish and I have
a natural interest in people from
the standpoint of folk. . .” 'She
didn’t rely on old pictures or
relics to recall events of her 86
years for she -had a clear mem-
ory and a quick mind.
Funeral mass for Miss Dodson
was held at 11 a.m. Monday in
Sa'cred Heart Catholic Church
here, with the Rev. Raymond
Pena officiating.
Burial was in the Tom Mathis
Cemetery. Pallbearers were
Bill Watson, Ed Burton McWhor-
ter, E. G. Frels, Tommy Suther-
land, T. G. Dorris and O. L.
Corbett.
'She is survived by one sister,
Mrs. Susanna Roddy and tiwo
nieces, Mrs. Henrietta Pagano
of Corpus Christi and Sister
Mary Anne of Incarnate Word
Academy in Corpus Christi.
Former State
Salon Dies
Last Saturday
Gregory—James Harvey Shell
of Gregory, who was the state
representative from this district
for 16 years, died in a Sinton
hospital last Saturday. He was
79 years old and had been ill
for the past two years.
Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon at the First
Baptist Church in Gregory with
the Rev. J. C. Turner officiating.
’Special music was Iby Dale
Pogue olf Taft with Mrs. W. W.
Toland at the organ. Burial was
in the Gregory-Portland Cem-
etery under the direction of
Cage-Marshall Funeral Home.
Mr. Shell was born on April 22,
1884 in Mexico, Mo., the son of
W. E. and Adelaide Shell. He
attended public school at Rock-
port and Baylor University from
1903 to 1905.
He was married to Miss Mary
Alma Davis in Houston on June
2, 1908. The family lived in
Gregory where he was a cotton
ginner and farmer. He was a
member of the First Baptist
Church, the Gregory Masonic
Lodge and Alzafa Shrine of San
Anitonio.
Survivors are his wife; one
daughter, Mrs. J. S. Wilson of
Ingleside; one son, Harvey
Shell; and two grandsons.
P allbeare r s were J. V.
Isaaoks, Ward McOamipbell,
Jelff Miichna, Dr. John TunneLl,
Homer Hunt and Bill Hunt.
Republican Women
Set Meeting For
August in. Aransas Pass
The San Patricio County Re-
publican Womans Club will have
a luncheon at Little Bob’s Rest-
aurant in Aransas. Pass on Aug-
ust 8. Plans will be made for a
county-wide membership drive.
For other information contact
Mrs. Edith Howery of Aransas
Pass, Mrs. Carroll Potzer, 643-
4373 Portland or Mrs. Mary Grif-
fis Of S'inlton.
Discussion became warm
'Monday night at the fire station
as the Charter Commission con-
sidered two of the key provisions
olf the Home Rule Charter. . .
annexation and qualifications of
officers.
After working two hours the
commission had reached agree-
ment on three sections. This
makes a total of six sections
completed in two weekly meet-
ings. There are more than 100
sections in the proposed Home
Rule Charter written by Mayor
Milton Boatwright and at the
present rate it will take the
commission six months of week-
ly meetings to finish their delib-
eration.
The meeting, scheduled to be-
gin at 7:30 Monday night, be-
gan 10 minutes late as Chair-
man Adolph Bomer waited for
a quorum cif the 15 members to
arrive. Ten of the fifteen finally
arrived for the meeting. Present
were Bomer, E. H. Eggert, Mrs.
Jessie Cox, I. S. Butler, Gene
McFa'll, Nick Nerios, Luciano
Rivera, Wayne Koepsel, Eddie
Aguilar and Marcos Lemos. Vis-
itors present were City Secre-
tary Clifton Berry and Tucker
Sutherland. Mayor Boatwright
came by to say he would he
unable to attend, due to an em-
ergency. Members not present
were Gordon Cabaniss, Fernan-
do Lqpez, A. B. Holmes, Quirino
Rojas and Bennie Curtis.
After the reading of the min-
utes by tfoe secretary, Mrs. Cox,
the group considered Art. 1,
Sec. 2, “Form of Government”
as amended at the last meet-
ing. Eggert brought typed cop-
ies df the amended section and
it was approved on a motion by
Koepsel. The section gives the
council the power to go to toe
Manager-Council form of gov-
ernment or, after going to the
manager form, reverit back to
the Mayor-Council form. These
changes can only be made with
a “unanimous vote of toe full
council” and notice of such
change must be published in the
newspaper.
After the unanimous approval
of this section the commission
began consideration of the im-
portant Art. 1, 'Sec- 5, ‘“Bound-
aries”, which includes the pro-
visions of annexation.
In the section as prepared by
Mayor Boatyright toie metes
and bounds of the city are not
written into the charter but the
charter says the boundaries
shall be as they are stated in
a “document entitled Boundries
of the City of Mathis”. City Sec-
retary Berry mentioned to ex-
commissiioner Koepsel that the
city has no such document and
Koepsel brought this point up
after Butler had made a motion
that the paragraph be approved.
Koepsel explained that all an-
nexation to the city has been
done by ordinance and is re-
corded in the minutes of toe city
commission.
Butler then amended his mot-
ion to re-phrase this paragraph
to specify the Minute book and
page number rather than the
mentioned document. Berry said
he would look up the page and
book number.
They then moved to the para-
graphs in the section providing
for annexation and Koepsel
voiced opposition to sub-section
(IB) which allows the council to
annex territory without the con-
sent of the people living in the
area to be annexed.
'Sub-section (A) provides for
toe people living in territory
bordering on the city limits to
petition, with a majority of the
property owners, signing the pe-
tition, to be annexed. The coun-
cil then may ensider annex-
ation for late area. No one ob-
jected to this sub-section.
Koepsel said he agreed with
sub-section (A) but not (B). He
said the city should make the
citizens in an area adjacent to
the city want to come into the
city and not force them in, as
See CHARTER Page 8
Mathis Police
Are Featured
In Magazine
The Mathis Police Force is
one of several Texas police for-
ces featured in the July issue
of “Southlwestern Law” mag-
azine.
(Pictures df Chief Erich Bauch,
Patrolman Raymond Hoskins,
Patrolman Lester Bradfute, Pa-
trolman 'Maurellio Conferras and
Dispatcher Fidel Alvarado ap-
pear with the write up.
In the article, Bauch is quoted
as saying Little League and
Scouting have helped keep the
juveniles of Mathis busy and
have cut down toe rate of ju-
venile offenders.
Ginning Hits
Full Swing
In San Pat Co.
Over 10,000 bales of cotton
were ginned in San Patricio
County the past week as all gins
reported heavy ginnings with
some working around the clock
to take care of the heavy flow
of cotton. However, most ginners
reported that they were catching
cp each day around 9 to 10 in
the evening.
As was expected this year, the
bulk of the cotton being ginned
so far this year has been hand
picked. This is. due to the fact
that the cotton is so small that
most mechanical pickers can’t
get the low hanging bolls.
While there has not been any
surplus of hands reported in any
spot in the area, the supply has-
been ample to take care of the
majority of the farmers needing
pickers.
A check throughout the area
shows that a good number of
farmers are planning on strip-
ping their crops this year just
as soon as all of the bolls are
open. A number Of fields have
been defoliated and all of the
cotton now open presents a .white
field.
One of the largest group of
cotton pickers to hit Taft was
Observed in town last Saturday
and judging from the amount of
cotton that is being hand picked
this week another large crowd
can be expected in town this
Saturday. Merchants up and
dawn the street report    brisk
sales similar to years ago when
the town used to fill completely
with pickers-
The gin-by-gin count    as of
Wednesday morning is as    fol-
lows :
Farmers, Mathis ;------------------ 447
Vahlsing —..............   848
Mathis ........     1103
Midway .................... 875
Baldwin    --------.... 325
Rosson    1011
Taft Co-op ............-........._L    1025
West Portland .................... 1040
Sodville . ..       215
Retama ........ 525
Hoch ___________    540
McDonald ...............   650
Hunt .....   916
Gregory .....................   630
Edroy ............................. 721
Farmers, Odem ............. 1033
Smith    1000
Sinton . .. ..........   550
Eubank ......   355
West Sinton .......... 156
Hartzendorf .............  265
TOTAL ________    14.230
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