The Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 13, 1980 Page: 3 of 12
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Garden Club
Hears Program
__ | m THE MATHIS NEWS, Thursday, November 13,1980 PAGE 3
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The Cenizo Garden Club met
at the home of Mrs. Elvie
Bryant in Mesquite Acres on
November 3 for their regular
meeting. Mrs. Elsie Hickey
and Mrs. Kay Metcalf were co-
hostesses.
Mrs. Arlene Roach,
president, presided over the
business meeting. Mrs. Ollie
Bonham gave the opening
prayer.
Mrs. Elvie Bryant,
secretary, called the roll which
was answered by saying “My
pet rock came from...” An-
swers varied from near and
far, and unusual places and a
number of odd rocks were
shown by members.
Minutes were read and a
treasurer’s report given by
Mrs. Audrey Herod and other
committee reports heard.
There was some discussion
about plans for raising money
for the Clubs and Library
building fund.
Mrs. Elvie Bryant gave a
program on “Rocks in Home
Beautification”. She displayed
rocks, telling where and how
they were acquired and how
their color and beauty showed
through when polished.
Small rocks can be shaped,
polished and mounted as
jewelry items in bracelets,
rings, pendants, belt buckles,
and others mounted in picture
frames for hanging as wall
decorations.
Many of Mrs. Bryant’s rocks
came from the Rio Grande
area, from ranches in Texas
and Mexico and she named
counties in Texas where the
colored stones can be found
as well as areas in other states.
Members were shown her
polishing machine and some
unfinished stones large and
small. Did you ever feel the
smoothness and see the beauty
in a small colorful stone to ease
nervous tension? Try it
sometime, was her advice.
Following the program, a
variety of useful and decorated
gifts were presented club
member Mrs. Bea Rouse, who
is to be married later this
month, with club members’
whole-hearted best wishes.
Refreshments of cherry pie,
snacks, mints, coffee and
punch were served by the
hostesses.
One of Mrs. Mattie D.
Watson’s earliest recollections
is of social events of the Mathis
community all being held in the
same building, Bill’s Hail.
Church services, community
dances, and the ever popular
box suppers were all held in the
hall, and she recalls that
children of all ages were put on
pallets near the walls during
the events, and slept un-
disturbed.
Mrs. Watson’s memory
reaches way back, for she was
the first baby born in Mathis
after Mathis became a town.
She is 88 years young. She is
the daughter of the late,
William Coffin and Iona
Johnson Coffin Clementson and
had five brothers and sisters.
Perhaps her fondest
memories are church services
in those early days. They were
conducted by traveling
preachers and services were
only held every two weeks.
There was really no
denomination and one person
acted as supertintendent for all
faiths in the Union Sunday
School.
“It was a rare occassion
indeed when a member of the
small town missed church”,
she said, “as it was the most
looked-forward-to event of all
others combined.” Finally,
when she was still a small
child, the Methodist Church
was established, other faiths
also shared the building.
Early in her life, friends and
family recognized her talent
for the paino, she seemed to
have a natural ear. Music
Mrs. Mattie D. Watson
lessons were provided and she
excelled. Sometimes this was
not at all staisfactory to her,
for she never was allowed to
dance at festive occasions
because she was the only
pianist. She would play for
hours to enhance the pleasures
of others.
Not dancing did not curtail
her enthusiasm for it and she
recalled that the dance steps
used then, the two-step, three-
step, and waltz, were really not
altogether different .from
today’s dance steps. Today
they are just jazzed up a bit.
She belives she hasn’t really
lost anything in life by being
unable to participate on the
dance floor with her peers, and
is most grateful for what
turned out to be a lasting a-
vocation.
Today she still relaxes at the
keyboard and can think of no
Lakeview Baptist
Kids Needed
For Team Sports
better way to be re-vitalized
than by music. She had 60
years of experience as organist
for the United Methodist
Church and still loves every
minute spent at her life-long
hobby and favorite past-time.
“Mathis was a good town”,
she said, “and Mathis is a good
town now”. She remembered a
time, when she was a very
young school girl, that there
were two saloons in town. The
two shabbily built bars were
across the street from one
another and happened'to be on
a street enroute to and from
school. She would wait before
crossing in front of them for an
almost endless time
(sometimes 30 minutes would
pass) before she dared to brave
the crossing. She laughed,
because she said that not one
man ever even looked in her
direction and all her fears were
completely foundless. In her
young eyes, the young town of
Mathis was very big indeed.
Mrs. Watson went to school
in Mathis in a one room
structure which had been a
home. She graduated from the
eighth grade hrer and then
lived with a sister, Lottie Lee
Shaper, in Goliad, where she
graduated from high school in
1910.
On November 7,1916 she and
Irving H. Watson were
married. Together they raised
three sons. The oldest son and
daughter in law are Fred I. and
Christine Watson. They have a
son, Kenneth, who is a
mechanic in Mathis, and a
daughter , Martha Nell Patton
of Davenport, Iowa, who has
three sons, Kevin, James, and
John J.
daughter in law are William
(Bill) and Doris Watson of
Mathis. They have two
children. Dee Worley, a
daughter, is a teacher in
Uvalde. Their son is William
Irvin Watson, a sales manager
of Electric Coding of Houston.
Dee is the mother of two
daughters, Becca and Katy.
William has twin daughters,
Anna and Amy ; a son, Jared.
Col. John and Nita Watson of
San Antonio is her youngest son
and daughter-in-law. They
have three children. Their two
daughters are Joy and Gaye
Watson. Their son is the late,
Wade Watson.
Mrs. Watson loves her family
very much and they all have
one thing in common, a keen
interest in photography. All
picture takers, Mrs. Watson
has a priceless collection of
valubable photographs. Today
you will find the very alert,
Mrs. Watson, and her full time
companion, Giliberta Mar-
tinez, in happy reminiscence of
yesterday, but still conscious of
today. She believes strongly in
exercising the right to worship
in your own faith and has been
a' member of the United
Methodist Church since she
was a girl of nine.
Wed In Cdlallen
Local
Debbie Rawalt Ridenour and
John Howard Webb were
married November 8 at
Jackson Woods Presbyterian
Church in Corpus Christi.
The bride is the daughter of
Mrs. E. Y. Gillispie of Corpus
Christi and W. L. Rawalt of
Houston. The groom is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd T. Webb
Jr. of Mathis.
The bride, given away by her
grandfather R. M. Calvert,
wore an off white crepe floor
length dress with scooped
neckline and ecru lace sleeves.
Mrs. Floyd N. Webb was
matron of honor. Mrs. Allan
Chopelas was bridesmaid.
They wore rust brown floor-
length dresses.
Floyd N. Webb, brother of
the groom, was best man.
Allan Chopelas was groom’s
man. J. C. Dykes of Victoria
and Lynn Syma of Mathis were
ushers.
A reception was held
following the ceremony at the
bride’s parent’s, home in
Corpus Christi. Mrs. J. C.
Dykes served the cake and
Mrs. Lynn Syma served the
punch.
A rehearsal dinner was given
November 7 at Nolan’s
Restaurant in Calallen.
The bride is employed at
Royal Oil and Gas in Corpus
Christi. The groom is a farmer
near Mathis. The couple will
make their home near Mathis.
PERSON HONORED
ON 85th
Gus Person, Sr. was honored
with a barbecue on Sunday,
November 9, at his home. The
occasion marked the 85th
celebration of his birth. Ap-
proximately 250 friends and
relatives attended the gala af-
fair and came from Biloxi,
Mississippi, San Antonio,
Houston, Yoakum, Karnes Ci-
ty, Aransas Pass, and area
towns including Mathis. The
barbecue was given with love
by his four children, 12 grand-
children, and three great-
grandchildren.
Use Classifieds!
Neal Seaton Sr. is home from
Spohn Hospital in Corpus
Christi following open heart
surgery. His sister, Mrs. Dolly
Williford, reported he is doing
very well.
I .yttlentlon
Committee Chairpersons for the Sacred Heart Youth Club
are: Rosemary Gonzales, Cultural; Rosie Moreno, Spiritual;
Sonia Flores, Social; and Cindy Aguilar, Athletic.
Youth Club Elects
Officers, Projects
The Sacred Heart Youth Club
met last month to elect new
officers and committee
chairpersons. The officers are:
President, Bartholomew
Padron; Vice president,
Robert Moreno; Secretary,
Genaro Del Bosque;
Treasurer, Albert Torres.
The chairpersons are:
Culture chairman, Rosemary
Gonzales; Spiritual chairman,
Rosie Moreno; Social chair-
man, Sonia Flores; and
Athletic chairman, Cindy
Aguilar.
The club Hopes to get things
started soon. Their first project
was to help clean the cemetery.
The club was broken up into
two groups and worked two
days.
Their next project was a
Halloween party so that
members could get together
and get a chance to know each
other. The party was great!
They had apple bobbing, life-
saver passing, apple catching,'
and many more games. Many
of the members participated
and had a good time. The
evening ended with the live
music of the State Band U.S.A.
The club has started to plan
events for the coming year.
The boys and girls of
Lakeview Baptist Church wish
to get as many who would be
interested in baseball, soccer,
volleyball, tennis, and football
to be in Sunday School and
Church Sunday, November 16,
to organize teams to practice
Saturday or Sunday af-
ternoons.
Sunday School begins at 9:45
a.m. Worship Service is at 11
a.m. and 7 p.m.
Mickey Hurry delivered two
inspiring messages Sunday,
November 9. The people of
Lakeview Baptist Church are
receiving many com-
plimentary remarks on the
messages being brought by
each of the supply preachers.
Hurry will be at Lakeview
Church on Sunday, November
16. Following the night service
there will be a fellowship in the
Fellowship Building and
Hurry, who is a ventriloquist,
will have Terry with him and
will be bringing a fun program
for the people and especially
for the youth and children of
the church.
Bob Beauregard, the
associate pastor, has had a
touch of a cold, so Hurry will be
preaching these two Sundays.
We are grateful to announce
that W. T. Wheeler has been
dismissed from the hospital.
Earl Given was about ready
to come home again from the
hospital but other com-
plications kept him from
coming this last week. He is
expected to be home during the
week.
Mrs. Maria Cantu is home
now from her stay in the
hospital.
Sacred Heart Youth Club Officers: Bartholemew Padron,
President, Robert Moreno, Vice President, Genaro Del Bos-
que, Secretary, and Albert Torres, Treasurer.__
Lagarto VFD Auxiliary
Elects Officers Tuesday
The Lagarto Volunteer Fire
Department Ladies Auxiliary
met on Tuesday, November 4.
The meeting was called to
order by president, Nan Fife,
and led with a prayer before
getting to the standing
business.
Roll call was by Ann Drury
with 31 members present.
After business reports were
made, Irene Moore swore in
the new officers for 1981. They
are: President, Nevelyn Cox;
Vice-president, Grace
Stewart; Secretary, Ann
Drury; Treasurer, Bell
Quigley; Publicity Chairman,
Nettie Kaufmann.
The new president, Nevelyn
Cox, reported a Christmas
party with a covered dish
supper to be held on December
11, at 7 p.m. No adult gifts will
be exchanged, but children will
exchange gifts with the help of
Santa Claus. You are urged to
come and help them start a
wonderful and friendly 1981.
The out-going president, Nan
Fife, served a beautiful lun-
cheon.
Anyone wishing to help man
the emergency phone calls for
the ambulance and Fire Depts.
at the station would be greatly
appreciated. You may contact
Bell Quigley at 547-2725.
You are reminded of the
benefit dance at Club 534 on
November 14, from 8 p.m. to 1
a.m. Tommy Allen’s Country
Western Band will play and
donations are only $3.50 per
person. “Let’s all get in there
AIRMAN
TOBLAS F. ALBRECHT III
and keep our ambulance ready
because we really need it,”
said president, Nevelyn Cox.
Thank you!
Mr. and Mrs. David Saldivar
(Preacher) of Mathis are the
proud parents of a daughter,
Janie, born at 7 p.m. Monday,
November 10, in Taft. She
weighed five pounds and 12
ounces.
Maternal grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. Andres Ramos.
Paternal grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Adan Saldivar.
Great-grandmother is Mrs.
Willie Guerrero, all of Mathis.
Albrecht
Completes
Basic
Airman Tobias F. Albrecht
III, son of Tobias F. Albrecht II
of Sandia, Texas, has com-
pleted Air Force basic training
at Lackland Air Force Base,
Texas.
The airman, who is
remaining at Lackland for
specialized training in the
Security Police Field, studied
the Air Force mission,
organization and customs and
received special instruction in
human relations.
Completion of this training
earned the individual credits
toward an associate degree in
Applied Science through the
Community College of the Air
Force.
Sacred Heart Women spend day at St. Benedict's Abbey.
Sacred Heart Church
Women Share Day
Thirteen women from Sacred
Heart Parish in Mathis spent a
day of recollection and prayer
at St. Benedict’s Abbey
recently under the direction of
Sister Monical of Our Lady of
Victory Missionary Sisters.
Guided by the ever efficient
Brother Robert of St.
Benedict’s, the group was
given a tour of the Abbey and
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Loya, Sandra N. The Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 13, 1980, newspaper, November 13, 1980; Mathis, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1040328/m1/3/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mathis Public Library.