The Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, July 5, 1957 Page: 3 of 8
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Highway Patrol to Be
Re-inforced for the
July 4th Holiday
Austin, June — (Spl) — Faced
with the prediction that 10 persons
will die in traffic accidents in Tex-
as during the 24-hour period of Ju-
ly Fourth, Col. Homer Garrison,
Jr., director of the Texas Depart-
ment of Public Safety, has called
state police forces together for a
coordinated effort to prevent death
and injury on our highways during
the forth-coming holiday.
Col. Garrison has ordered all
Inspection Division and the License
and Weight Division to bolster the
force of the Texas Highway Pat-
rol. Their mission will be that of
v
Ay
patrolling our highways July 4 to
remove dangerous drivers from che
road before accidents occur.
“At least 120 more units from
other divisions of the department
will be in operation during the 24-
hour holiday to add to the Patrol
strength,” he said. “Our divi-
sions will patrol around the clock,
and every effort will be made to
reduce the death count from the
10 we anticipate.”
The prediction of 10 traffic
deaths came from N. K. Woerner,
chief of the department’s Statisti-
cal Division, who said 12 persons
were killed in traffic accidents'
during the holiday last year.
Col. Garrison said law enforce-
ment officers throughout thef state
once again will be working over-
Regular Savings
Will Provide Security!
Put your dollars to work for your future
happiness by opening a savings account
at our bank.
FIRST STATE BANK
MEMBER F. D. I. C.
MATHIS, TEXAS
banking
for EVERY
WEED
time to carry their part of the traf-
fic law enforcement load.
In addition to the operation
to prevent traffic deaths and in-
juries the Texas Department of
Public Safety will be keeping its
eye on all other forms of vio-
lence.
The department's Operation
Deathwatch will be in effect
for the 24-hour period starting at
12:01 a. m. July 4. In the opera-
tion all forms of death and vio-
lence w*ill be reported to the de-
partment here.
The state police director urged
all Texans who plan to celebrate
the holiday to plan safety in their
activities, especially while swim-
ing, and he suggested that special
cafe be taken with foods to pre-
vent them from spoiling before
eating time.
BOOKKEEPING SUPPLIES
LEDGERS & LEDGER SHEETS
CALL THE MATHIS NEWS
Positions Open In
Safety Department
Col. Homer Garrison, Jr., di-
rector of the Texas Department
of Public Safety, has announced
that there are openings for 50 men
in the Driver License Division
of the Department.
The positions are that of Driver
License Examiner. Applications
will be accepted through July at the
department in Austin or by DL
Examiners throughout the state.
Those persons selected will be paid
during the six weeks trainings per-
iod that starts in early September.
Col. Garrison pointed out that
examiners are thoroughly trained
in all phases of traffic laws, high-
way law, driver license law and
other subjects pertaining to the job
before being assigned their stations.
He said applications mailed to
Austin should be addressed to A.
F. Temple, chief of the Driver
License Division.
Applicants applying for the po-
sition of DL Examinor must be
Phone 494
BUCK
PLUMBING
Of Mathis
between the ages of 21 and 35
be a graduate of high school,
physically fit and of good moral
character and weigh not less than
two pounds or more than three
pounds per inch of height.
For benefits and advantages of
the law enforcement position Col.
Garrison suggested that persons
interested either write to the di-
vision in Austin or contact a DL
Examiner locally.
Farm Exports
Showing Signs
Of Big Increase *
College Station, June — United
States farm exports for the cur-
rent fiscal year are soaring to a
record level. Four straight years
of export increases find 1956-57
value approaching 4 1-2 billion dol-
lars — a full billion ahead of last
year.
Several factors help this favor-
able situation. Competitive pricing
of CCC-owned cotton and other pro-
ducts has done a lot for our ex-
port market and a generally strong
financial position is now enjoyed
by mos tof our best, customers.
Extension Economist Alvin Wooten
says there is also a growing de-
sire abroad for the high quality
products in US stocks. He stresses
the fact that considerable progress
has been made toward easing bar-
riers against imports from this
country.
The “sold out” sign has gone
up on several commodities, Wooten
says, including cottonseed oil, lin-
seed oil and soybeans. Stocks of
grain sorghums, rice, barley, but-
ter and dried milk have been reduc-
ed and CCC wool sotcks are'being
cut at a fast clip.
Exports for dollars are now being
emphasized ..more and more. Dol-
lar sales now total about two-
thirds of all CCC disposals. Wooten
says the 31 friendly nations now
buying from America with foreign
money will probably soon develop
into dollar markets. A billion dol-
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Friday, July 5, 1957, Mathis, Texas — THE MATHIS NEWS — Page 3
DON'T BUY ANY CAR BEFORE YOU DRIVE A CHEVY ... ITS BEST SHOWROOM IS THE ROAD.
Beauty In mofion-Chevrolet Bel Air Sport Sedan with Body by Fisher.
Here's why Chevy's best shoivroom is the road!
Because Chevrolet’s sleek good
looks, its advanced features, are
only part of the story. The big
bonus is its remarkable roada-
bility, the crisp precision han-
dling that has posted an entirely
new standard for cars in every
price class. You can’t read
about that. . . but you can feel
it in one minute on the road!
Good drivers know roadability is
the single thing that means more
driving satisfaction for more thou-
sands of miles than anything else.
More safety, too, for it grants
greater stability on curves, greater
tractiop on wet roads, better “bite”
under hard braking, more accurate
steering. There are reasons for all
this, of course: Chevrolet’s balanced
weight distribution that takes
excessive loads off the front wheels,
the wide stance of outrigger rear
springs, Ball-Race steering, spheri-
cal-joint front suspension. • Sure,
you can admire the sculptured
lines in the showroom. But Chevy’s
a car specifically designed for
beautiful motion—you have to
travel in this one to know just ho\y
terrific it is. Try it, this week!
CHEVROLET
MORE PEOPLE DRIVE
CHEVROLETS THAN ANYi
OTHER CAR
Only franchised Chevrolet dealers
display this famous trademark
See Your Local Authorized Chevrolet Dealer>
lars in farm surpluses have been
bartered for strategic foreign ma-
terials and vital defense needs, he
says.
Wooten attributes much of the
'recent export success to better
promotion tools. We now have top-
notch agricultural attaches, market-
ing specialists, special export pro-
grams and trade fairs to facilitate
movement.
Farmers Urged
To Apply For
Cotton Service
College Station, June — Cotton
improvement groups, other than
those in counties where the dead-
line has passed, are urged to ap-
ply now for free cotton classifica-
tion and market news services. The
final date for submitting a group
application is August 1, says Fred
Elliott, extension cotton specialist.
Any group of producers which
organizes to promote the improve-
ment of cotton, adopts a single
cotton variety, files application, ar-
ranges for sampling and meets
certain other requirements is eli-
gible for free Smith-Doxey services,
according to Elliott.
He urges producers to submit
their applications well in advance
of the ginning season if they wish
to obtain the classification of cot-
ton ginned early in the season.
Samples submitted must be cut
from each side of the bale by a
bonded sampler or by an employee
of a public warehouse or compress
which issues negotiable warehouse
receipts. Representative samples
must be obtained.
The deadline for filing applica-
tions from Dimmit, LaSalle, Mc-
Mullen, Live Oak, Karnes, DeWitt,
Jackson, Matagorda and all coun-
ties lying to their south has passed.
Applications from other eligible
counties should be made as soon
as possible after members have
planted their cotton. The actual
deadline is August 1.
Instructions and applications are
available from county agricultural
agents, local AMS cotton classing
offices, or from the Cotton Division,
AMS, USDA, Room 506, U. S. Ter-
minal Annex, Dallas 2, Texas.
Special Collection
To Give History
Of Texas University
AUSTIN, Texas, June — The
University of Texas “Forty Acres”
will be depicted from the day of
redskins and tepees to the mod-
ern-day student and the Tower by
a special collection in the Texas
Railroad Lobby
Pleased With Defeat
Of Hiway Load BUI
AUSTIN, Texas, June — An
aroused public has finally halted
additional weight increases for
highway-damaging trucks, it was
pointed out here today.
Truck operators, who could legal-
ly carry only 38,000 pounds on Tex-
as roads as recently as 1945, sought
to increase their vehicles’ weight
from 58,400 pounds to 72,000 during
the session of the legislature just
ended.
“The bill easily passed the house,
but informed Texans, in immense
numbers, increasingly aware • of
the high cost of highway building
and repair, let members of the
senate know their sentiments,”
said Kenneth McCalla, general
counsel of the Texas Railroad As-
sociation.
“The newspapers made available
to the public the facts and editor-
ially opposed the weight increase
which neither the roads nor bridges
of Texas are strong enough to sup-
port.
“The result: conscientious sena-
tors put the brakes on the onrueh-
ing highway giants and for the
first time in a dozen years a truck
increase measure failed.”
Since 1945 the trucking interests,
without additional taxes being lev-
ied against them, other than those
consistently gained larger and
heavier vehicles.
Truck weights were upped from
38,000 to 58,400 pounds; the height
was increased a foot to 13 feet,
6 inches, and the length from 45
to 50 feet.
County commissioners and organ-
izations such as the Southwest
Cattle Raisers’ Association, joined
the public clamor in calling for a
halt to highway-wrecking legisla-
tion.
Memorial Museum.
Already given a place of honor
in the Museum is the first Bachelor
of Arts degree awarded by the Uni-
versity. The first graduate, Samuel
Clork Red, received his degree on
June 17, 1885. His diploma was sign-
ed by Dr. Ashbel Smith, San Jacin-
to hero and first chairman of the
University Board of Regents; Dr.
Thomas D. Wooten, regent who
supervised construction of the first
unit of the Old Main Building;
Leslie Waggener, first faculty chair-
man, and O. M. Roberts, former
governor and law faculty mem-
ber.
CLEARANCE
- SALE -
Infants thru size 14
Summer Wear
20^o ofT
GIRLS
Dresses - Swim Suits - Shorts
Cotton Slips - Pedal Pushers
BOYS
Dress Pants - Sport Coats
Suits - Swim Trunks
Boys & Girls Pafamas_
SALE FROM
July 5 to July 12
MATHIS
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Haden, John. The Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, July 5, 1957, newspaper, July 5, 1957; Mathis, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1041139/m1/3/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mathis Public Library.