The Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, May 25, 1956 Page: 3 of 8
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!ounty Road
leal Coated
:or 5 Miles
A seal-coating of heavy asphalt
„and crushed limestone rocks was
Applied to a five-mile stretch of
rfead running through the old town-
site of Sodville to connect High-
way 181 and FM Road 631 at a
cost of $1,250 per mile.
*r TTiis stretch of road is one of the
first country roads in the county
to be paved, with thr road being
built in 1936-37. This is the first
time for this stretch of road to be
seal^oated since it was paved 20
years ago, said Com. E. H. Jack-
son, who was in charge of the
recent work done on three and
one-half miles of the five miles of
road seal coated. The work on
the remaining one and one-half
miles of road seal-coated was un-
der the supervision of Commiss-
ioner Kelly of Precinct 1.
Com. Jackson of Precinct 2 sup-
ervised the paving of the same
road back in the early years of
his work as a commissioner. In sing the work now being done to
or repair the county
fact, he has supervised the init-
ial paving of practically every
mile of county roads in his prec-
inct and has supervised the up-
keep of those roads through his
long tenure in office. He said
there will be another 15 or 20
miles of roads in Precinct 2 giv-
en a like application of seal-
moths.
Seal coating such as was given
jthe five-mile stretch of rdad last
week Will prolong the life of a
'road for at least five years, the
■i veteran road man said in duscus-
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preserve
roads.
Com. Kelly, in addition to the
one and one-halfv miles of seal-
coating done in his precinct, has
a five-mile stretch of road leading
west from St. Paul in process of
preparation of widening and seal-
coating. One of the Greets out at
the Labor Camp in Sinton is also
being prepared for an application
the seal-coat, Com. Kelley said
Cotton Congress
Scheduled For
Hillsboro May 31
Addresses by Lamar Fleming,
Anderson, Clayton & Co. board
chairman, and Marvin L. Mc-
Lain, assistant secretary of agri-
culture, will highlight the 17th an-
nual American Cotton Congress
in Lubbock, May 31-June 2, Bur-
ris C. Jackson, Hillsboi’o, Con-
gress chairman has announced.
Mr. Fleming, one of the world’s
foremost cotton experts, will
speak May 31 on “The World
Cotton Situation.” The next day
Mr. McLain will speak. He is a
key man for the cotton industry
in that he is in charge of the
price support program and CCC
stocks.
The Congress is being held to
discuss problems of price and
quality, especially in the South
Plains area of Texas where 10
percent of the U. S. crop is pro-
duced.
There is no formal membership
in the American Cotton Congress.
It is sponsored by the State-
Wide Cotton Committee of Texas
and other state and national or-
ganizations for research and ed-
ucation. 'Annual sessions and act-
ivities are open to anyone interest-
ed in the cotton industry.
This year’s sessions in Lubbock
will be held at the Caprock and
Lubbock Hotels, May 31-June 1
and on the Texas Technological
College campus June 2.
Walkathon Set
For June 1st.
Corpus Chrisi, My 14, — The
Padre Island Walkathon, a three-
day race along the confines of
historic Padre Island, begins its
fourth outing on June 1. From
Port Isabel, near Brownsville, 110
miles to the Island park, near
Corpus Christi, nearly 200 contes-
tants will plod the sandy beach.
This is not the world’s longest
walking event, however, it may
be the most unusual. Considering
the legend of its beginning, the
event would have to be unusual.
The most acceptable story on
the creation of the Walkathon is
that four years ago two sun-
bathers were tipping a few drinks
on the expansive beach, and one
flexing his soggy muscles blurted,
“If I can have another cold one
I’ll race anybody the length of
Padre Island.”
That challenge was never an-
swered, however, an alert public
relations man got wind of the
boast, not the zeverage, and be-
gan to envision a walking con-
test over the snowy sands, inbid-
ers not eligible. Hence, the walk-
athon.
Since that day the Walkathon
has become an institution for the
contestminded, and merchants do-
nate several thousand dollars in
cash and prizes. Last year’s win-
ner copped $500.00 in cash, a
second-hand automobile and a tel-
evision set. The first woman fin-
isher received $250.00 and an au-
tomatic washing machine. One
contestant was awarded a comp-
lete course in ballroom dancing,
but we understand after the 110-
mile trek, he was never in the
mood to cash in his winnings.
If anybody is interested in en-
tering the 1956 Walkathon all the
participant needs is $10.00, he
must be in good health, and of
sound mind. In some instances the
officials have been known to eli-
minate the last qualification.
Friday, May 25, 1956, Mathis, Tex. — THE MATHIS NEWS — Pago 3
COUNTY RECORDS
MARRIAGE LICENSES — DEEDS — LEASES
RENEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTION
LINCOLN
The longest, lowest, most powerful Lincoln ever built
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MARRIAGE LICENSES
Francisco Gonzales and Maria
Cavazos.
Camilo Molina and Matilda Pi-
na.
Thomas Walton Jones and Lor-
raine ’Ruth McKnight.
Leo Moore and Izora Jane Wil-
liams. ’
Jose Cruz Pineda and Senaido
Sanchez Medrano.
Norbert Joe Sternadel and Shir-
ley Glenn Luce.
Marcos Reyna and Andrea Pi-
na Sisneros.
Thomas Joseph Aver and Rena
Watts McCully.
Richard Clair Dean and Edna
Lella-Pearl Mathews.
DEEDS
A. V. Maley to Charlie Monse
Lots 5 and 6, Block 29, R. J. Wil-
liams Addn., Ingleside.
T. E. Fuliicx to H. H. Webb
Lot 25, Block 2, Fulweb Addn.,
Uhit No. 2, Sinton.
H. H. Webb to Adolph J. Val-
enta Lot 25, Block 2, Fulweb Addn.
Unit No 2, Sinton.
H. H. Compton to O. A. Tally
Lots 3 and 4, Block 6; Lots 1,
2, 5, 6, 9, and 10, Block 9, Comp-
ton & Cooper Addn., Odem.
John Tobin, Trustee to Manuel
Peralto Lot 10, Block 5, Park
Addn., Mathis.
Carl Y. Davis to Charlie B. Ow-
en Sec. 62, Paul Subd., C. F. P.,
2.7 acres.
T. E. Fullick to Walls Lbr. Co.
Lot 6, Boock 3, Fulweb Addn.,
Unit No 2, Sinton.
Walls Lbr. Co. to Kenneth
James Fritz Lot 6, Block 3, Ful-
web Addn., Unit No 2, Sinton.
Coast Development, Inc., to G.
W. Wilkinson Lot 9, Block 3, East
Cliff Addn., Portland.
A. Loy Sims to Gilberto Perez
Lot 1, Block 1, La Paloma Addn.,
Portland.
Elma L. Jernigan to B. B.
Jernigan Lot 8, R. L. Irwin Addn.,
Aransas Pass, being a re-survey
of Farm Lot 1, Land Block “C”
B&D Subd.
E. R. Blaylock to William Han-
ke Lots 31 and 32, Block 380,
Aransas Pass.
William Hanke to E. R. Blay-
lock Lots 28 and 29, Block 380,
Aransas Pass.
Agnes Meyer to Robert J. Hay-
den Lot 4, Block 275, Aransas
Pass.
Corrie Fitzsimmons, Extrx. &
Tr., et al to Neil A. Kennedy, et
al Lot 13, Block 25, Drummond
Subd; Lot 4, Block 20, Drum-
mond Subd.
C. Guerguin to Nelson H. Rai-
ford Lot 16, Block 5, Maqaze
Park ADDN., Gregory.
Guaranty Title and Trust Co.,
Trustee to Dewey A. Holden, et al
ANNOUNCEMENTS
POLITICAL
This Newspaper is authorized to
make the following Political An-
nouncements, Subject to the Dem-
ocratic Primary.
CONGRESSMAN 14TH DISTRICT
John J. Bell
(Re-Election)
John Young
STATE SENATE
Wm, S. Fly
(Rte-election)
REPRESENTATIVE
Frederic Johnson
Harold Parish
(Re-election)
COUNTY ATTORNEY
Joe Ternus
(Re-Election)
People who know fine cars are changing to Lincoln
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More fine car buyers are changing to
Lincoln this year than ever before in
Lincoln’s entire history—because they
recognize that this longest, lowest,
most powerful Lincoln of all time is
unmistakably ... the finest in the
fine car field.
Naturally, most of these people are turning
to Lincoln because of its fresh, trpnd-setting
new styling. But after owning Lincoln, they
praise this car’s other fine qualities.
They tell us—time and time again—about
Lincoln’s exceptional handling ease. They’re
surprised that such a big, roomy car can be so
effortless to drive—and that wives actually
prefer this Lincoln over the family’s smaller car.
They tell us about Lincoln’s outstanding
performance, too—in dozens of ways. Those
who have never experienced Turbo-Drive are
astonished to find that an automatic trans-
mission can be so smooth .. . and those who
take long trips say that this Lincoln makes the
ride seem so much shorter.
And they tell us about roadability. They
like the way Lincoln rides so firmly through
a .curve — and the freedom of taking any
road they choose . . . instead of avoiding
the bad ones.
If you’ve been thinking this is your kind of
fine car, stop in and see us. We’ll put a new
Lincoln at your disposal any time you say.
McGEE MOTOR SALES, INC.
SHERIFF
S. F. Hunt
(Re-Election)
Felix Turnbough
J. H. Northam
TAX COLLECTOR-ASSESSOR
Davis Vickers
(Re-Election)
CONSTABLE PREC. 5
A. C. Bergara
Lot 40, Block 6, Reynolds Park
Addn., Gregory.
H. E. Cooper to San Pat. Lbr.
Co. Lots 5 and 6 Block 6; Lots
3, 4, 7, 8, 11, and 12, Block 9,
Compton and Cooper Addn., Od-
em.
Edness Marie Roots to David
Gonzales Lot 4, Block 7, Roose-
belt Addn., Taft.
H. C. Hunt, Indiv. and Agent
and Atty. to Uell D. Peoples
Lots 14 and 15, Block 17; N.
15’ of Lot 26, Block 18, M.K. Hunt
Addn., Gregory.
Guadalupe Cano, et al to Unit-
ed Gas Corp: N-2 of Lot 6, Block
69, Mathis.
O. F. Tally to James Hardy
Dunbar Lot 3, Block 2, Wood-
lawn Addn., Sinton.
D. C. Brown, Jr., et al to Mel-
vin M. Shilling Lot 5, Block 1,
B. C. Addn., Mathis.
OIL &. GAS LEASES
Gregory-Portland Consolidated
Indep. School Dist. to Robert- M.
Rayne A tract of land described
by field notes out of the M. J.
McLean Sur., Abst. 203; Lots- 5
to 24, incl., Block 17, Tier "If”,
Portland.
Milton Gabriel to Delos Doug-
las Lots 2, 4, 6, and 8, Block 56,
Sixth Eubd., T. F. L.
Walter Tips to Plynouth Oil Co,
Tract 6, J. J. Welder and C. F.
P. Co’s. Subd., James McIntyre
Sur., Abst. 196.
W. W. Rothlisberger to Ply-
mouth Oil Co. Tract 6, J. J. Wel-
der and C. F. P. Co’s. Subd.;
James McIntyre Sur., Abst. 196.
R. E. Hart to Walter A. Hen-
shaw, et al Sec. 75, Paul Subd.,
Welder, 80 acres.
J. J. Elick, et al to the Texas
Co. Lots .l, 2, 3, and 4, Block 15,
T. F. L., 383.71 acres.
Philip A. Bouillette by Atty-in
Fact to Dudley Dunlap N-2 of
SE-4, Sec. '35, Paul Subd., Wel-
der.
Irene Brouillette Evans to Dud-
ley Dunlap N-2 of NE 4, Sec. 35,
Paul Subd., Welder.
Service Business
In San Pat Goes
Over 2.5 Million
Receipts of 167 service estab-
lishment enumerated in San Pat-
ricio County in the 1954 Census
of Business amounted to about
$2,675,000, according to a prelim-
inary report covering service
trades, published by the Bureau
of the Census, U. S. Department
of Commerce. The combined year-
ly payroll of the county’s service
establishments was $601,000. They
reported 326 employees of whom
290 worked fulltime in the pay
period ending nearest November
15. Proprietors actively employed
in the operation of unincorporated
businesses numbered 181.
Establishments providing person-
al services numbered 65 and re-
ported receipts of $735,000. Esta-
blishments primarily engaged in'
automotive repair, parking and
other automotive services num-
bered 16 and had receipts of $190,-
000. Establishments listed as “all
other services” in the preliminary
report numbered 86 and had re-
ceipts of $1,750,000.
“Personal services” group in-
cludes such businesses as barber
and beauty shops, cleaning and
dyeing plants, laundries and laun-
dry services, garment alteration
and repair services, funeral ser-
vices, photographic studios, shoe
repair shops and shine parlors,
as well as other personal services.
“Automotive services” group in-
cludes general automobile repair
shops, battery service shops, tire
repair shops, body repair and
paint shops, automobile rentals,
storage garages, parking lots, au-
to laundries, and other miscellan-
eous automotive services.
“All other selected services”
group includes business services,
miscellaneous repair services, am-
usement and recreation services,
motion pictures, hotels, tourist
courts, motels and camps.
Will YOU make the headlines?
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your home!
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Helm, Bobby. The Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, May 25, 1956, newspaper, May 25, 1956; Mathis, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1040936/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mathis Public Library.