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THE MATHIS NEWS
VOL. XXXXIII
MATHIS, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1958
EIGHT PAGES — NO. 3
6.4 - Inches Mathis Rain
Total During Last Week
The offical Mathis rain guage
total during the wettest weekend
in years was 5.3 inches. The time
of guaging is from Friday until
late Sunday afternoon.
Earlier ’ last week, on Tuesday,
Deputy Seeks Pair
A pair of alleged hot check
writers who work as a team had
Deputy Sheriff Sam Beall on their
trail this week.
The pair has cashed checks at
several Mathis business places and
service stations recently.
Their system is for one to make
a check out to the other who then
endorses it and gives to the bus-
^ffiess place to cash.
Currently Beall has four checks
written on the Alice National Bank
to use as evidence. Both of the men
are anglos and one is alleged to
have relatives living in Mathis.
1.1 inches fell, bringing the week’s
total to 6.4 inches, officially.
However, rainfall reports from
rural residents around Mathis
ranged from over five inches past
seven inches.
Since Mathis sits on a hill,
flooding here was practically nil
except to some yards in the out-
lying sections of the city limits.
The temporary flooding there is
caused from drainage from the
central part of town.
The rains, falling on freshly
plowed fields and young onions,
were described as greatly bene-
ficial to just about everybody. Ex-
cess water that stands overlong
in fields might cause some damage
to the sprouting onions, however,
in certain lower sections.
Firemen Host District Meeting,
Pumper Races In Mathis Sunday
if
Pirates, Woodsboro Tied
For 2nd Place In District
Bubba Stone Roger Henning
S'
t Post Office Building
Due In Mathis Next Year
Mathis should have a new or
greatly remodeled post office build-
ing by mid-1959 it was unoffically
learned here this week.
The lease on the present post
office building expires in May,
1959. Sometime within the next few
months bids will be sought for a
new building which should be ready
for occbpancy by the time the old
lease expires.
The new building will have spec-
Dr. C. L. Lundell Slated as
Speaker for Annual Meet
Of Farm Bureau Jan. 23
Dr. C. L. Lundell, director of the
Renner Foundation, will be the
principal speaker at the annual
Farm Bureau membership meet-
ing to be held January 23, at the
E. M. Smith Junior High School
Cafeterium in Sinton.
- Dr. Lundell’s work with the ex-
periment plots at Renner and other
places including Taft is important
to the agricultural interest in San
Patricio County.
Pedro Trevino, 52
Dies Wednesday;
Rifes Set Friday
Pedro Trevino, 52, who had lived
all his life in the Mathis area, died
in the Mathis Hospital Wednesday
afternoon. Funeral services were
slated Friday with burial in Des-
cansa Eternal Cemetary.
Survivors include two sons, Fran-
cisco and Citriano; five daughters,
Mrs. Thomasa Salinas, Mrs.
Consuelo Saldivo, Raymondville,
Mrs. Pabla Barnhart, Florida, Miss
Vencelada Trevino and Miss Benita
Trevino; two brothers, Juan and
Miguel, Lagarto; and four sisters,
Mrs. Thomasa Garza, San Antonio,
Mr's. Francisco Villarreal, Mrs.
Epimania Moreno and Mrs. Catarin
Moreno.
President Woodrow Hart will
preside over the meeting and give
a report of the County Farm
Bureau Activities for the year 1957.
Proposed changes in the Consti-
tution and By-Laws will be discus-
sed and voted upon by the mem-
bership.
Miss Carolyn Weatherly of Odem,
Farm Bureau Queen for 1957, will
be recognized during the meeting.
Nine directors will be elected'to
the board to fill the terms of the
following directors whose terms
expire at this time: James E. Wil-
liams, Charles H. Mayo, M. E.
Decherd, K. G. McKamey, Wood-
row Hart, William A. Schmidt, Clif-
ton Porter, Hilmer Person and J.
L. DuBose.
The following directors terms
who do not expire at this time are:
Ray Troup, Shanley Webb, Jr.,
L. C. Hennig, Jr., Weber W. Pool,
Thomas Houser, John W. Hunt, Jr.,
Clyde Mayo, Howard Salge, R. S.
Hodges, Elmo Beyer, Jack Sch-
malstieg, Robert E. Wehmeyer, W.
L. Shelburne, Jr., Martin Schneider,
A. W. Anderson, H. L. Lane, U. E.
Ray and R. C. Dillon.
Arrangements for the annual
meeting are being handled by Clyde
Mayo, Charles H. Mayo and Robert
E. Wehmeyer. A large assortment
of prizes will be given to those at-
tending, the meeting and the pro-
gram is designed to be entertain-
ing and educational to the entire
family. The public is invited.
AT MATERNITY CLINIC
Six Sets Of Twins, 277
Babies Born During '57
Six sets of twins were born in
1957 at the Mathis Maternity Clinic
according to the year-end report
of the Mennonite-sponsored insti-
tution.
During the year the Maternity
Clinic took care of 265 mothers and
271 babies.
Out of this number there were
six sets of twins, 137 boys and 134
girls.
September had the highest num-
ber of births for any month with
29 babies.
November had the lowest num-
ber with 13 births.
The largest baby weighed ten
pounds and nine ounces.
The smallest baby weighed three
pounds and eight ounces. It re-
ceived care at the Driscoll Hospital
in Corpus Christi for two months
and is reported as doing fine now.
The clinic has a good start for
1958 with six births the first week
of January.
Leroy C. Lopez
“Mr. 1958”, Born
Here Jan. 2nd
Mr. and Mrs. Santos Lopez are
the parents of the first baby born
in Mathis in 1958.
He is a boy and he is named
Leroy C. He weighed eight pounds
_ and three ounces. He arrived 10:30
st Saturday night, causing con-'p.m., Jan. 2 at the Maternity
erable damage. Clinic.
Burglar Suspect
In Mathis Area
Caught In Corpus
Deputy Sheriff Som Beall brought
burglar suspect both in San Pat-
ricio and Live Oak Counties to this
area from Corpus Christi Wed-
nesday afternoon. He had been ar-
rested there by Nueces County
Sheriff’s officers.
Beall said the suspect, a Negro,
was believed to have broken into
nd entered the Will Gandy home
ifications twice the size of the old
building, 3,000 square feet or over.
It will contain florescent lighting,
air-conditioning and have a load-
ing dock.
The location of the building is,
of course, not known. Each person
who submits a bid for the building
must include the site in the deal.
The post office merely rents the
building after completion for ten
years.
Meanwhile various stories around
town had this or that particular
lot already picked out for the new
post office. Probably the most at-
tractive site in the post office’s
eyes will be the one that affords
the most parking space and load-
ing areas.
Complete details of specifi-
cations and site desirabilities will
be included in the regular adver-
tisement - for bids which the post
office will publish later.
Postmaster Melvin Nagel said
that anyone-' interested in further
details right now may contact him
as he could probably answer most
of their questions. If something
comes up he isn’t familiar with,
he can furnish the address of the
post office real estate office which
will handle the transactions.
2Hwy.9 Wrecks
Since Jan. 1st.
Baby Boy Killed
Busy Highway 9 traffic accounted
for two accidents, two injuries and
the death of a two-month-old boy
near Mathis on Jan. 1 and Jan. 4.
At 3:45 the afternoon of Jan. 1
a 1954 Ford driven by D. D.
Dibbern of Beeville collided with
a 1950 Studebaker driven by Louis
B. Klepac of Mathis.
Deputy Sheriff Sam Beall esti-
mated damages to the Ford at
$450 and to the Studebaker, $250.
Dibbern is being treated for a
punctured lung. The accident oc-
cur ed at Highway 9 and FM 894
when Klepac attempted a right
turn and collided with Dibbern.
Beall said no tickets were issued.
On Jan. 4 at 2:30 a.m. a 1950
Plymouth filled with San Antonio
people hit some highway posts a-
long the Highway 9 and 359 break
on the route south to Alice.
Beall said the driver, Tom Hin-
nant, suffered the only serious in-
jury, to his hip. Other passengers
in tire car were his sister, Mrs.
Ann Hinnant Fry and her baby
and Bill Fusselman, all of San
Antonio.
The baby, two-month-old Darryl
Fry, later died at the Mathis Hosp-
ital. He was buried afternoon at
Sunset Memorial Cemetary in San
Antonio. Arrangements were hand-
led by Dobie Funeral Home of
Mathis.
Grease Catches Fire
In Kitchen Thursday
Grease caught fire in the kitchen
of the Clifton Berry home last
Thursday evening, causing smoke
damages. The alarm was answered
by the Mathis Volunteer Fire De-
partment.
Magazine Reports
Mathis Teachers
All Union Members
The Texas Outlook, the publica-
tion of the Texas Stafe Teachers
Ass’n. reports in its January issue
that Mathis-had 100 per cenr mem-
bership of its teachers in the union
from Oct. 23 through Nov. 27.
Mathis is a member of District 111.
Mathis Pirate basketball hust-
lers knocked Woodsboro from its
first place spot in 31A play Tuesday
night by defeating the Eagles
61-56.
The game leaves Mathis tied
with Woodsboro for second place
in conference standings. Before the
game Woodsboro was tied with
Bishop for first place, while Mathis
with one conference loss was in
second.
Bishop retained first place Tues-
day night by defeating Ingleside
60-51.
Bubba Stone tipped in 26 points
in the game for high point man
honors. A closely watched Roger
Hennig tied with Woods'boro’s high
point man, Bryce Boening, with
19 points each.
Mathis played excellent defensivg-
ball the first half, permitting only
two bad passes. Woodsboro man-
aged to get ahead in scoring twice
during the game and several times
the score was tied. Mathis never
had more than a five-point lead
during the entire game.
Coach Fred Rich hailed his
players as turning in one of the
finest games this season. Mathis
really has only two veteran players,
Stone and Hennig.
The girls lost to the high-flying
undefeated Woodsboro girls 33-23 in
the opener.
Since Christmas the boys have
won two games, 74-18 over San
Diego Dec. 28 and 75-38 over
Banquete Jan. 3. Hennig scored
48 points against San Diego and
46 points against Banquete.
The Pirates now hold a 3 won-1
loss conference records and a 13
won-3 loss season record.
Tonight Mathis will be at Rock-
port while the following Tuesday
Mathis will host Tuloso-Midway.
Mrs. Allan, 73,
Rites Held In
San Patricio
Funeral services for Mrs. Eliz-
abeth M. Allan, 73, were held in
San Patricio Wednesday morning
at 10 a.m. at St. Patrick’s Catho-
lic Church.
Mrs. Allan had been a resident
of Mathis all her life. She had been
ill for the past three years.
Rev. Gregory Deane officiated
at the morning services. Tuesday
night Rosary Services were held
at 8 p.m. at the Dobie Funeral
Home Chapel. Burial was in the
St. Patrick’s cemetary.
Survivors include one brother,
William P. Allan of La Feria; one
sister, Mrs. Maggie Wall of Mathis
and several nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers were Reese and Leo
Baldeschwiler, Orville and Albert
McCown, Thomas' L. Sutherland
and Jasper Wier.
FFA Local Show
Set Wednesday;
Entries Listed
The Mathis Future Farmer pre-
show downtown showing of their
livestock will be held this Wednes-
day, Sponsor Gordon Cabaniss an-
anounced this week after rains
caused the date to be reset.
Originally plasned for last Wed-
nesday, heavy week-end rains
caused the livestock’s home pens
to be so muddy that it was im-
possible to get the animals cleaned
up for a show, Cabaniss said.
Among visiting judges for the
Mathis show will be Ernest Mahon,
vocational agriculture teacher from
Banquete. The REA is furnishing
the ribbons to be awarded.
The show is an annual project of
the local FFA to get ready for the
big stock show in Sinton later this
month.
The chapter’s entries this year
are:
BREEDING HOG CLASSES;
Robert Adams, 2, Jerry Huntsinger,
3; Tommy Huntsinger, 4.
FAT HOG CLASSES; Robert Ad-
ams 3; Bill Brown, 4; Ray Cerda,
4; Eloy Diaz, 2; Jerry Edmondson,
3; NEmelio Garibay, 2; Locario
Gutierrez, 4 Jerry Huntsinger, 2
Tommy Huntsinger, 4 Albert Mc-
Cown, 1; Gus Person Jr., 4; and
Be'nce Trevino, 1.
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Dorris' 50th
Date Celebrated Here
Mr. and Mrs. T. N. Dorris of
Sandia were honored on their gol-
den wedding anniversary Sunday
afternoon by their children at the
home_of Mr. and Mrs. Garland
Hollon.
Their children are Mr. and Mrs.
Glenn Dorris, Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Dorris of San Antonio, Mr. and
Nutrition, Feed
Meeting Set On
Friday, 7:30 p.m.
The Mathis Grain and Elevator
Corp., currently holding a series
of nutrition and feed meetings, will
have its Mathis session at 7:30
p. m. Friday in the FFA class-
room at Mathis High School.
The series features on-the-farm
automatic mixer and grinder oper-
ations for beef, dairy, swine and
poultry feeding.
Gordon Cabaniss, Mathis vo-
cational agriculture instructor and
FFA sponsor, wll act as emcee
for the meeting here.
On Wednesday the program was
presented in Premont in the FFA
classroom with C. R. Schneider,
Premont FFA sponsor, as host.
Thursday night the Women’s Build-
ing at the Alice showgrounds was
another meeting site with Les
Brandes, county agent, as leader.
Dallas Man Next
Speaker For P.-T. A.
This Tuesday Eve
Dr. Joseph R. Griggs of Dallas
will be guest speaker for the Mathis
Parent-Teachers’ Association at its
regular meeting Tuesday night.
Dr. ’Griggs’ topic for the even-
ing will be “Parents and Youths
Can Be Partners in Education.”
Dr. Griggs is the executive dir-
ector of the Texas foundation of
voluntarily supported colleges and
universities. Among these colleges
and universities are the Univer-
sity of Corpus Christi, Trinity Uni-
versity, Our Lady of the Lake,
Baylor, Austin College, Mary Har-
d i n Baylor, Southern Methodist
University, Texas Christian Uni-
versity and Hardin Simmons.
He was superintendent at Hunts-
ville for 15 years. He has been in
the school business for 33 years.
The P.-T. A. will meet Tuesday
night at- 7:30 in the elementary
school cafeteria.
Mrs. Crane Undergoes
Surgery On Wed.
Mrs. Effee Crane, office worker
at the City Hall, undement throat
surgery in Spohn Hospital in Cor-
pus Christi Wednesday morning.
She was reported resting comfort-
ably that afternoon.
Mrs. William Hosford of Corpus
Christi and Mr. and Mrs. Garland
Hollon.
Mr. and Mrs. Dorris were mar-
ried January 5, 1908 in Guion, Tex.
Their children received the guests
and presented them to Mr. and Mrs.
Dorris.
Mrs. Glenn Dorris, Mrs. Bill Dor-
ris and Karen Sue Dorris alternat-
ed at the serving table.
Susan Gay Hollon, Debra and
Dana Dorris alternated at the guest
register.
The table was covered with a
cloth of gold net over champagne
taffeta. The center piece was white
mums tipped with gold. Gold and
white were used throughout the
house.;
One-hundred and fifty guests re-
gistered from Mathis, Corpus
Christi, Beeville, Orange Grove and
Sandia.
City Halls Seeks
Offical Calender
Of Holiday Closing
A problem facing every Mathis
office and business each time a
holiday approaches may be solved
this year. /
Whether or not to close up de-
pending upon who else is has long
been a fuzzy picture in Mathis
since there is no chamber of com-
merce to set the pace.
However, the City Hall plans to
send a questionaire around soon
listing all of the holidays and ask-
ing the businessman to check the
ones he’d like to close on. After
the forms have been turned back
in, results will be tabulated.
Soon the City Hall hopes to be
able to list once a year all the
holidays that the majority want
to observe by closing.
It will be strictly for the con-
venience of the stores, a spokes-
man for the City Hall said, elim-
inating a lot of confusion that
arises each time a holiday rolls
around.
The South Cestral District Fire-
men’s Assn, will hold its first meet-
ing of 1958 in Mathis Sunday com-
plete with a barbecue and pumper
races.
Firemen from 15 to 20 towns in
the district will be here. Regist-
rations starts at 8 a.m. in the fire
station. The business meeting
starts at 9:45 a.m. in the junior
high school gym. At noon there
is a barbecue in the school cafe-
teria.
The public is invited-to the bar-
becue. A plate is $1.50.
The pumper races start at 2 p.m.
downtown. After the races the
prize money and trophies will be
awarded at the fire station.
At 1:30 p.m. the Ladies Auxiliary
will hold a meeting also.
At 11 a.m. the firemen and their
wives are invited to attend the
church of their choice in town.
The pumper race is a timed effi-
ciency test on how fast a team can
hook up the fire truck apparatus
to a fire plug and get water. For
a good team it is merely a matter
of seconds before such a feat is
accomplished.
The program for the business
meeting includes a welcome add-
ress by Mathis Mayor Milton Boat-
wright and election and installation
of new officers.
5 Tickets, $60
Fines This Week
In City Court
Bad weAther keeping most folks
inside, the Corporation Court
docket this \veek revealed only
five tickets issued and $60 in fines
collected.
On Judge J. O. McMillan’s re-
port were:
Rodolfo Vira, Hebbronville, no
driver’s license, $20.
Julio Gonzales, no driver’s lic-
ense.
Charlie Padillo, no driver’s lic-
ense.
Charlie White, disturbing the
peace by fighting, $25.
Faustino Ramartijo, no driver’s
license, $20.
A person has 10 days after re-
ceiving a ticket to appear before
the court to answer the charge-
When names and offenses ar'e listed
but no fine is given, then that
person is usually exercising his
10 day grace period.
Looked Patriotic
Downtown Jan. 1st
The downtown part of Mathis
looked patriotic enough on New
Year’s Day when many stores dis-
played brand-new American flags.
The flags are a project of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars. Each
merchant participating in the pro-
ject contracts with the VFW to
have a flag flown on appropriate
holidays.
NEW CONTEST, PRIZE EACH WEEK
News Tips' Contest Turns
Everybody Into Reporter
Gus Person Jr., 2.
FAT CALVES: Bill Brown, 4; Bill
Curlee, 2; Hollis London, 1; Gus
Person, 6.
DIARY CATTLE: Scott Gregor-
cyk, 5; Rosendo Gonzales, 1; Olan
Loveless, 1; Gus Person Jr., 1.
BREEDING SHEEP: Scott Gre-
orcyk, 5; Leonard Syma, 1; George
Gregory, 1; and Joey Stone, 1.
FAT LAMBS: Gregory, 2; Bill
Brown, 3.
A new contest sponsored by the
Mathis News starts this week.
It makes just about anybody a
newspaper reporter.
In order to qualify for the $2.50
per week first prize the contest-
ant must turn in a “news tip” to
The Mathis News by 5 p. m.
Wednesdays.
The person turning in the tip
that leads to the biggest or the
most unusual or oddest news story
is that week’s winner.
The decision of the winner is
left up to the editor each week.
News tips that the newspaper al-
ready knows about are not quali-
fied.
But don’t fail to call in your
tip just because you’re sure the
newspaper probably knows abput it.
It’s possible that some weeks
there won’t be a winner. But other
weeks there may be two or three
winners, since tips on different
stories of equal value may be sub-
mitted.
You don’t have to have any de-
tails on your tip—we’ll follow the
story up.
Should more than one person
turn in the same tip the person
turning it in first will qualify as
the official entrant.
The person turning in the tip.
may remain anonymous to_the
Mathis News readers, if he or she
so desires. Often they may not
want their name mentioned for
personal or other reasons.
Enter the News Tip Contest__i£
you think you know some news!
Find out how much fun it is to be
a reporter!
There’s a new contest every
week, enter as often as you like.
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