The Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, January 10, 1958 Page: 8 of 8
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New Year Brings
Usual Political Stir
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It is an off year as far as the
presidential election is concerned
but from indications at the start
of the new year the political scene
will be anything but dull on the
county level.
Missing this year, however, will
be the usual hot sheriff’s race that
has been on the schedule in this
county for a number of years.
Sheriff S. F. Hunt was elected to
a four ^ear term in 1956 and will
not have to stand- for re-election
again until 1960. A sheriff’s race
always adds spice to any political
campaign.
In fact from present talk in court
house circles it does not appear as
if any of the county^wide officers
will draw an opponent this year.
Up for re-election this year under
the staggered four-year term meth-
od will be County Judge Wm.
Nicholas, County Clerk Mrs. Velma
Sherman, Treasurer Mrs. Jas.
Cook and Surveyor Randy King.
Rumors ran rampant around
the courthouse for a time that
State Representative Harold Parish
would oppose Nicholas for the of-
fice of county Judge. This rumor
seems to have been started by
some of Judge Nicholas’ detractors
and does not have any basis in
fact since Mr. Parish is actively
seeking re-election to the state
house of representatives. It is con-
sidered positive that Judge Nicho-
las will be a candidate to succeed
himself and will probably announce
within a short time.
Mrs. Sherman announced this
week that she would be a candidate
to succeed herself for a second
term. Mrs. Sherman has improved
her political strength throughout
the county during her first elective
term in office and it is con-
sidered very unlikely that she
will draw an opponent in her bid
for a second term.
Mrs. Cook, county treasurer,
and Randy King, county surveyor,
have never drawn an opponent and
are not likely to this year.
Another race sure to stir up
quite a bit of interest will be for
the office of district attorney. The
death of Judge Gayle last year
and the elevation of District At-
torney John Miller to his post al-
lowed Governor Price Daniel to
appoint a man to fill the attorney’s
post. Joe Caldwell, of Rockport,
was appointed to the post after a
stalemate had been reached on oth-
er aspirants to the job after he
agreed not to seek re-election to
the job in 1958 and thus throw the
field wide open to anyone wishing
to run for the job.
Joe Ternus, present county at-
torney, was a candidate for the
job by appointment and at tire
time Caldwell was named to the
job he announced that he would be
a candidate for the job this year
at election time. He has not for-
mally made his onnouncement to
date.
Mr. Ternus has built up quite a
number of friends throughout San
Patricio County and will probably
poll a strong vote from this county.
It is considered highly likely that
he will be opposed in his bid for
this job by at least one attorney
from Beeville. To date no attorney
in Aransas County, the other coun-
ty in the 36th judicial district, has
indicated a desire to get into the
race.
Bee County last year had a poll
tax strength of 5,257, Aransas
Aransas County 1,353 and San
Patricio 9,138. Naturally, these
figures will be changed by the new
poll tax, but it is likely that the
balance of power will remain in
San Patricio County.
State Representative Harold
Parish has indicated that he plans
to seek re-election to his fourth
term. Mr. Parish won over a field
of five opponents to take office,
had no opponents for his second
try, and drew three opponents in
1956. Several men in the three
county (Aransas, Refugio and San
Patricio) have expressed a desire
to run for the position but none
have gotten around to seeking a
place on the ballot.
Also shaping up is what might
develop into a hot commissioner’s
race in Precinct 4. Raulie Irwin has
been unopposed in his bid for re-
election to this post for a number
of terms but rumblings throughout
the precinct seem to indicate that
Mr. Irwin will have his hands full
in escaping competition this year.
Aransas Pass held the edge in
poll tax strength last year with a
total of 1516 with Taft close behind
with 1475. Portland had a voting
strength of 502, Ingleside 857 and
Gregory 524.
Since Mr. Irwin makes his home
in Ingleside it is presumed that he
will be strongest in Ingleside and
in Aransas Pass. However, there
is talk of one or more opponents
out of Aransas Pass and one out of
Reuben Bailey
New Agent Fpr
Southern Pacific
Reuben Bailey assumed duties
as station agent for the Southern
Pacific Railroad here Monday. He
replaces O. N. Morgan who moved
to Taft to take over the station
there.
Bailey had been working for the
railroad for the past seven months
at Stockdale and before that was
an operator at Yoakum for eight
years.
He is married and the couple
has one child.
Mrs.VelmaSherman
First Co. Officio!
To Announce
Mrs. Velma Sherman, county
clerk, is the first of the county
officials to announce for re-election,
making the formal announcement
last week and authorizing her name
to be placed on the Democratic
ticket.
Mrs. Sherman is completing her
first term in office. But she had
been working in the county clerk’s
office as a deputy for 25 years be-
fore she was elected to the office
of county clerk in 1954. She was
among the first group of officials
to benefit by the four-year term of
office for county officials.
Mrs. Sherman is a native of
Iowa and attended Des Moines
University. She'came to Texas for
a visit in the late twenties and re-
mained to make this State her
home. She worked in the Guaranty
Title office in Corpus C-hristi be-
fore she accepted a position in the
county clerk’s office in San Patricio
County. She started her career as
a deputy in the office in 1930 when
J. A. Matthews was serving as
co,unty clerk.
In 1943 she was appointed chief
deputy by County Clerk H. M.
Jackson, and held that position
until 1954 when she was elected
county clerk.
In announcing her candidacy for
re-election to the office of county
clerk Mrs. Sherman said, “I am
grateful to my friends for their
support in my first election to of-
fice, and I am depending on their
same support to return me to of-
fice. I have given my best to the
duties which have been mine as
county clerk and I pledge the same
service in the future.”
Page 8 — THE MATHIS NEWS — Friday, Jan. 10, 1958, Mathis, Texas
Poll Tax Stations Open in
Seven Spots in the County
Deadline Is January 31st
Taft. Should this happen it would
appear that Mr. Irwin would be in
for the hardest campaign of his
career.
TAX NOTICE
I Will Be At The Following Places For The Purpose
Of Collecting Taxes
ODEM
January 20
MATHIS January 21-22
T A F T January 23
GREGORY January 24
PORTLAND January 27
Davis Vickers
Tax Assessor-Collector
f
San Patricio County
Voters in San Patricio County
have less than one month to pay
their poll tax and get in on a num-
ber of hot elections slated to be
voted on during the coming year.
Janutry 31st is the deadline.
The paying of a poll tax makes
the difference between a first class
and a second rate citizen, if we are
in that group where a poll tax re
ceipt is necessary to have a voice
in our political issues.
During the year 1958 there will
be no presidential election, but
there will be an election of U. S.
Representatives and the U. S.
Senator will be elected.
On the State level all seats in
the House and one-half the seats
in the State Senate will be filled.
There will be nine proposed a-
mendments to the Texas Constitu-
tion including the reorganization of
the Texas Legislature, voted upon
in 1958.
Coming down closer home to the
county level we find election of
1958 calling for the filling of the
post o^ county judge, county clerk,
county treasurer, county surveyor
and commissioners in Precincts 2
and 4.
And in- each incorporated town in
the county city elections and in
each school districts trustees will
be elected. Special elections may
arise.
The voters in San Patricio Co. —
more than 7,000, including those
who are exempt from paying a poll
tax — are slow in securing that
necessary slip of paper. Through
last week only 496 poll tax receipts
had been issued in San Patricio
Co. said Davis Vickers, comity tax
assessor-collector.
Anyone who has reached his or
her 60th birthday before Jan. 1
1957 is exempt from paying a poll
tox. And he or she will not have to
obtain an exemption slip to vote in
San Patricio Co. since there is not
a town in the county with a popula-
tion of 10,000 or more.
The 21-year olds will have to
obtain an exemption at least 30
days prior to any election in which
he wishes to vote.
Following are the special de-
puties appointed by Vickers to issue
poll tax receipts in the various
towns: Taft — Mrs. C. L. Maurin
at Maurin Service Station; Odem —
Miss Billie Jo Tennill, city hall;
Gregory — Mrs. Dawes at City
Hall; Ingleside — O. R. Clark at
Humble Service Station; Portland
— Mrs. W. H. Zavites at City Hall;
Aransas Pass — Mrs. Esther Mc-
Neil at Mid-Coast Investment of-
fice; Mathis—Mrs. Dorothy Stone
at the Stone Garage.
Out of the $1.75 poll tax $1 goes
to the public school fund, 50 cents
goes to the general fund .for the
State and the remaining 25 cents
goes to the county in which the
poll tax is paid.
The tax assessor-collector is urg-
ing all voters • to pay their poll
taxes in the early or first half of
the month and avoid that last-
minute rush to beat the January
31, 1958 deadline.
Ten Short
Years Ago
Mathis and' community were
shocked and saddened Friday to
learn of the death of Mr. John
A. Fusselman early that morning
at the Mathis Hospital of a heart
attack.
Henry Mussman spent a 15 day
furlough from Fort Sill at the home
Plans Set For Youth Fair
Ready For Biggest Ever
All nloMP +L « O___ TT'I
All plans for the
Patricio Co. Show are whipped
into shape and everything is ready
for the opening of the three-day
show Jan. 25.
The show is an annual event and
features exhibits from the- 4-H
Clubs, Future Homemakers of
America and Future Farmers of
America chapters from San
Patricio Co. The Farm Bureau
sponsors the show, with W. S.
Foley Jr. of Sinton again serving
as general director.
Other officials include Maynard
Abrahams of Taft and Malcolm
Maedgens of Mathis, vice-directors;
James E.Williams, Odem, treasurer
H. W. Gist, Sinton, catalogue
chairman; . Charles Mayo, Taft,
finance chairman; F. M. Curry,
Miss Lucy Davis arid Dan W.
Pawlick, awards committee; Miss
Leota White, home demonstration
agent and all instructors, rules
committee, Adolph Bomer, Mathis
and Clyde Mayo, Sinton, protest
committee.
Dan W. Pawlik will be in charge
of the farm machinery show.
General superintendents will be
Bob Wehmeyer of Mathis and
Charlie Curtis of Odem. Louis
Owen of West Sinton will be the
agricultural superintendent.
Division worker’s in the agri-
cultural show will include C. C.
Thiele of Mathis and Glen W-hitfell
of Taft, hogs; Howard Salge of
Mathis and Wesley Matthews and
Bud Vickers of Sinton, cattle;
annual San Hilmer Person, Sinton, sheep;
Harry Trodlier and Charles e!
Tucker of Sinton, Poultry; Bill
Dudley of Odem, Johnny Quarles
of Taft, Gordon Brown of Mathis,
C. M. Kellum of Sinton and John
Rozypal of St. Paul, sales com-
mittee.
Mrs. Julie Pyle of Odem will
be,the homemakers superintendent.
Working with her will be Mrs. A.L.
McCraw and Mrs. R. W. Duncan,
foods; Mrs. W. W Hart and Mrs
Eric Hartsendorf, textiles and
clothing; Mrs F. G. Massey, style
show; and Mrs A. E. Hessletine
and Mrs. John Rozypal, educational
exhibits.
F. F. A. entries include 102 fat
hogs; 13 fat calves; 16 lambs; 20
breeding hogs; six breeding beef
cattle; eight dairy cattle, nine
breeding sheep; 17 broilers, 14
Four'-H Club entries will include
23 fat calves; one dairy animal;
and 16 fat hogs.
There will ba a large array of
exhibits in the homemakers di-
vision. The number of these en-
tries cannot be determined ^lntil
the opening day of the show.
The 1958 show promises to be
one of the largest and best county
shows ever held in San Patricio
Co. say those who are closely as-
sociated with the plans and ar-
rangements.
FROM THE
FILES OF
THE MATHIS NEWS
----
of his parents, Mr. and Mrs, Hy~
Mussman.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Leber and
Rev. and Mrs. Vernie Pipes left
Sunday night for California and
arrived Tuesday morning in San
Pedro.
Jimmy Inez Smith and Daylon
James of Pleasanton were mai*
ried Dec. 24 at the home of J.L.
Norris in Mathis^ The couple was
Accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Del-
bert Mann, also of Pleasanton.
Dale Crane, who was injured re-
cently in an airplane accident, is
reported to be getting along fine,
although he will be in the hospital
for' several months.
Sixteen cars of spinach had been
shipped from Mathis the middle of
this week, and it is expected that
by next week some shippers would
be shipping 10 cars a day.
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Greenwood\>
entertained last Thursday with
turkey dinner in- celebration of New
Year’s Day and their wedding an-
niversary.
Tuesday night Izzy Butler and
Irvin Ramsower were hosts to the
Boy Scout Troop at the Bee’s Hive
on the lake.
The Junior G. A. meeting was
held Monday afternoon, at the
Baptist Church with Mrs. Rose
Hollon, new G. A. counselor,
in charge. Twelve members were
present and new officers for thp
year were elected. Betty Jean Stone
was chosen president and Sharon
Dehnisch, secretary.
At p regular meeting of the new-
ly organized" Mathis Lion’s Club,
held Wednesday at noon, the new
members were awarded their Lions
pins.
Mrs. Reeves Brown entertained^
her Sunday School Class last Sat-'
urday night with a party at the
church.
The Study Club heard an interest?
ing discussion on Youth Conver-
sation conducted by Mrs. Morgan
Porter and Mrs. Karl London Wed-
nesday afternoon when the club
was entertained at the home of
Mrs. Adolph Bomer.
NOTICE
We will be closed every Thurs-
day. Caliche Inn.
MiSC.
REWARD — Bring this ad to
George W. Baker Novelities, next
door to Post Office.
One room for rent. Will
babysitting in my home. Mrs.
L. Lambert.
FOR RENT
Bobby Baylor Enters
Big Fat Stock Show
Bobby Baylor, Mathis FFA-mem-
ber, has entered a pen of five
commercial steers in the Junior
Division of the 1958 Houston Fat
Stock-Show, Feb. 19 through March
2.
Mike Guynes Named
To Hereford Assn.
KANSAS CITY, MO.—Mike Guynes
this week was named to member-
ship in the American Hereford
Association, the world’s largest
purebred registry organization, with
headquarters in Kansas City, Mo.
FOR RENT: Furnished houses
complete with dishes, linens,etc.
By week or month. Phone 682 —
Billie Cox or Dorothy Walker.
Phone 271-J.
Responsible Person
Male or female, from this area,
wanted to service and collect
from automatic vending? mach-
ines. No selling. Age not essen-
tial. Car, references, and $700
working capital necessary. 7 to
12 hours weekly nets to $250
monthly. Possibility full time
work. For local interview give
full particulars, phone. Write
P.O. Box 4872 Dallas 6, Texas.
FOR SALE
FOR SALE
STANLEY L FRY, REALTOR
FARMS, RANCHES OR CITY PROPERTY
#
List Your Lakeside
Property With Us
Whether For Sale or Lease
OFFICE AT LA RETAMA MOTOR HOTEL
Phone 685
FOR SALE
FEEDS
NUTRITION
and
FEED
MEETING
F.F.A. Classroom - Mathis High
School - 7:30 p.ml Friday,
January 10
Featuring On-The-Farm
Automatic Mixer - Grinder
BFEF - DAIRY - SWINE - POULTRY
Mathis Grain & Elevator Corp.
HOME OF BIG “6” & ERLY FAT FEEDS
Phone 666
Box 488
Air-Conditioner Covers
For Your Room
Air-Conditioner
$3.75
McDonald Electric Co.
Phone 129
SERVICES
DRILLING
INDUSTRIAL - IRRIGATION
FARM & RANCH
Martin Water Wells
Ph. 3830 Robstown —Box 788
See W. E. Lasater for house lev-
eling and concrete foundation. Ph.
229-W. P. O. Box 444. Mathis,
Texas. April S, 56
NOTICE
Rural Housewives—Avon Cos-
metics offers opportunity for grow-
ing income through servicing fam-
ilies in ^your neighborhood. Write
Box 7292 San Antonio for infor-
mation. Territories open in Tynan
also Bee & Live Oak counties.
Legals
—
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Sealed bids will be received by
the building engineering and man-
agement division, state board of
control, Austin, Texas, until 10:00
A. M., January-28, 1958 for drilling
water well at Lake Corpus Ohristi
State Park, Mathis, Texas.
Plans, specifications and instruc-
tions available at board of control,
building engineering and managta
ment division. Bids to be made in
accordance with state procedure.
HOME BAKING: Always fresh
cakes, cookies, pies. No mixes us-
ed. Call 254-W to place orders with
Mrs. P. W. Krager. TFcF15.
CATTLEMEN: Consign your live-
stock to the Robstown Livestock
Commission Co. every Wednesday.
52tpM17.
LAUNDRY — The scientific pro-
cesses which we use in our laun-
dry protect your garments and
make them last longer. They look
like new when they are returned
to you. Pickup and Delivery Wed-
nesdays and Saturdays at Berry
Cleaners, Mathis. Buis Laundry,
Taft.
TEXAS ALMANACS
FOR SALE
Now "
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Haden, John. The Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, January 10, 1958, newspaper, January 10, 1958; Mathis, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1045317/m1/8/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mathis Public Library.