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THE MATHIS NEWS
VOL. XXXXIII
MATHIS, TEXAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1958
SIX PAGES — NO. 15
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WESTERN DAY — Mathis High
School went western on April 1
complete with a horsey parade
downtown, races, chuckwagon din-
ner and barn dance. Pictured are
two scenes from the parade. At the
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close of the day Binnie Huffstutler
and Carol Ann Edmondson had
been chosen king and queen of the
day, Billy Jack Brown and Jane
Winsauer were the most typical
girl and boy, and Kay Daubert
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beat Bobby Baylor in the finals of
the horse racing. To top the day
off Mathis beat Tuloso Midway 6-3
in a baseball game.
EDITORIAL
April Fools
Big Day For
Mathis High
By JOHN HADEN
April Fools Day turned out to be
a big one for Mathis, with the
high school’s parade breaking the
monotony of “just another day.”
The biggest occasion of all oc-
curred before the startled eyes of
all the Rotarians when Red Harbin
pulled one of his shenanigans that
nobody will forget for awhile.
It turned out to be an April
Fook joke, but for awhile the
Rotarians thought Red had finally
gone off his rocker.
Get a Rotarian to tell you the
story, we couldn’t do justice to it
just in black and white newspaper
talk.
The fourth subdivision on the j
Mathis side of the lake was approv-!
ed Wednesday.
Someday and not too far away,
either, Mathis merchants will be-
gin getting new customers from
the part-time residents who will
build here.
It’s something to think about.
Yet, the merchants themselves
contradict us when less than 20
out of nearly 80 failed to mail back
a postcard indicating their interest
in forming a chamber of commerce.
The face-lifting going on outside
the Mathis Drug Store is nice to
behold. J. A. Pecot says the last
time the store was remodelled was
in 1925, as far as he can find out.
The removal of the old tin shed
next to the railroad tracks also
was a big step in improving the
looks of that part of town.
Burglars Fail
To Break Into
Downtown Cafe
Would-be burglars failed to gain
entry into the Freeze King Thurs-
day night, but succeeded in tear-
ing up a window.
Police Chief Bob Copeland said
apparently no tools were used in
an attempt to get into a small
sliding window at the side of the
building. They did break the pane
of glass before giving up the job.
Mennonifes Plan
Special Service
On Easter Sunday
Special Easter services are plan-
ned at the Calvary Mennonite
Church this week. Holy Week ser-
vices were held Wednesday even-
ing at 7:30.
Sunrise services are planned for
6:30 Easter morning. Baptismal
services will be held at 9:30 Easter
morning. Sunday School will begin
at 10:30 a.m.
A communion seiyce at 7:30
p.m. will close the special Easter
services.
Baptist Youth
Revival Starts
Sunday Night
Rev. Bailey Stone of Fort Worth
will begin a youth revival at the
First Baptist Church Sunday night.
The series ends April 13.
The song evangelist for the meet,
ings will be Ray Hogue of Garland.
He also has charge of the youth
fellowships.
Morning services will be held
each day at 7 a.m. Coffee and
doughnuts will be served.
Evening services will be held at
7:30 p.m.
Rev. Stone is returning here for
his second revival. He held sim-
iliar meetings here for youth last
spring.
Pirates Lose
To Bucs, Whip
Tuloso 6 To 3
■The Mathis Pirates fell 22-0 be-
fore the Miller Bucs of Corpus
Christi in the first home baseball
game under the lights Monday
night.
But Tuesday afternoon the Pir-
ates came back in full style, beat-
ing down Tuloso-Midway 6-3.
Five Mathis pitchers went in
against the Bucs Monday night.
Jerry Edmondson started, followed
by Carroll Rouse, Steve - Poole,
Joe Villarreal and Domingo.
Against Tuloso-Midway Roger
Hennig claimed the pitching vic-
tory, allowing five hits, three runs
and walking two. Edmondson lead
the Mathis batters .getting, two for
four. The Pirates garnered eight
hits in all.
Mathis’ next game will be here
against Ingleside under the lights
at 8 p.m.
School's Out
Today; Busy
Holiday Set
School was out today for Easter
and will reconvene Tuesday morn-
ing, April 8.
On schedule during the holidays
will' be Sunday sunrise services at
Mennonite and Methodist Churches,
the opening of the Baptist Youth
Revival Sunday night, a district
youth rally for Methodists in Re-
fugio, plus various family visits
that usually occur along with hol-
idays.
Sunrise Service
Sunday For Youth
Methodist youth, through the
college-agers, will attend a sun-
rise service Easter morning in the
church.
It will begin at 6:15 a.m. Various
members of the Sunday School
class and Methodist Youth Fellow-
ship will take part on the program.
Mathis Rancher,
D. B. Miller,.
Funeral Tuesday
Funeral services for Demrie Bu-
ford Miller, 77, were held in Mathis
Tuesday morning following the pro-
minent rancher’s death Sunday at
7:15 p.m.
Mr. Miller had been in ill health
for a long time. Born on his fam-
ily’s ranch near Mathis, he had
lived in this area all his life. He
died on his ranch.
Less than a year ago he donated
approximately 130 acres of river-
front land to the First Baptist
Church of Mathis to be converted
into a summer encampment for
South Texas members of that con-
gregation.
He is survived by his widow,
a brother, H. D., whose ranch is
near Mathis also; and four sisters,
Mrs. Eileen McRae and Mrs. Callie
M. Freeman of San Antonio; Mrs.
Arthur Coffin of Mathis; and Mrs.
Natalie Collins of Austin.
He is also survived by numerous
nieces and nephews.
Services were held at 10 a.m.
in the Dobie Funeral Home Chapel
and burial was in the Tom Mathis
cemetary. Rev. James Franklin
of the First Baptist Church and
Rev. Archie Gray of the First
Christian Church conducted the
services.
Honorary pallbearers were his
nephews, Richard Miller, Ernest
Miller, Jarvis Miller, Alton Miller,
Robert Miller, Bill Coffin and Miller
Coffin.
Active pallbearers, also his nep-
hews, were Carroll Miller, Bryant
Collins, Carlos Miller, Rollo Coffin,
Shannon Miller, Burnell Miller, and
Othma Green.
School Election
Saturday/Three
Seeking 2 Posts
Mathis School District voters will
select two men from a three-man
race for trusteeships in the Satur-
day election.
Incumbents Garland Hollon and
Gerald Luther are seeking re-
election along with E. C. Aguilar,
who is bidding for his first term
on the Mathis school board.
The election will be held in the
Junior High School building.
Local Members
Of Hale-Aikin
Speak To PTA
Mathis parents and teachers will
hear from the eight local citizens
participating in the San Patricio
County Hale-Aikin Committee stud-
ies at the PTA meeting Tuesday
night in the Junior High School
gym.
The Mathis Junior High School
band will also perform.
On the Hale-Aikin committee loc-
ally are Mrs. Allie B. Holmes,
T. L. Sutherland, Herman Jostes,
C. V. Rose, Robert E. Wehmeyer,
Fernando Lopez, Charles Brown
and Milton Boatwright.
A nominating committee, select-
ed at last month’s meeting to
name a proposed slate of officers,
will submit its nominations.
Hostesses for the evening will be
Mmes. D. C. Brown, Allie Holmes,
John Huntsinger and Vernon
Adams.
Mathis Grain & Elevator
To Double To 1.000 Cars
ON APRIL 12
Mathis
School
Gets Ready For
Contests Here
Here's How Your School Stacks Up
Moneywise With Others In County
The San Patricio County com-
mittee on school finances in the
seven districts completed its pre-
liminary report for the Hale-Aikin
Committee of 24 this week.
All information in their report
must be validated before the final
calculations are made.
However, the report shows the
following facts, presented item by
item:
1. Gregory-Portland claims the
highest percentage of tax collec-
tions with 99.3 per cent; Mathis
is lowest with 92 percent. The other
five districts range between these
two extremes: Sinton, 98.68 per
cent; Taft, 98 per cent; Odem,
96.92 per cent; Ingleside, 95 per-
cent; and Aransas Pass 94 per cent.
2. Aransas Pass leads the other
six districts with $50,383 in de-
liquent taxes. Others are: Mathis,
$20,000; Sinton, $19,500; Gregory-
Portland, $14,255.89; Ingleside, $12,-
913.56; Odem, $10,537.03; and Taft,
$5,822.75.
3. Mathis spends the least per
pupil each year, only $211.15. Taft
spends the most, $340, per pupil.
The others are: Sinton, $329.42;
Gregory-Portland, $290.93; Aransas
Pass, $264.80; Ingleside, $252.43;
and Odem, $249.26.
4. During the past five years,
the seven districts have spent this
much on new buildings: Gregory-
Portland, $1,250,000; Sinton, $1,100,-
000; Mathis, $900,000; Odem, $439,-
000; Taft, $400,000; Ingleside, $183,-
000; and Aransas Pass, $180,000.
5. Mathis and Ingleside are the
only schools in the district which
do not have additional pupil ca-
pacity right now. Odem can ac-
commodate 300 more; Taft, 240;
Gregory-Portland, 120; Aransas
Pass, 100; and Sinton 90.
6. Gregory-Portland, Sinton, Odem
and Taft do not plan any con-
struction between now and 1963.
Mathis must spend $500,000; Aran-
sas Pass, $85,000; and Ingleside,
$65,000.
7. All seven districts do not think
the present tax limits should be
increased.
8. Through 1962-63 here is what
each district thinks it will need,
above present taxes and state aid:
Mathis, $316,068; Aransas Pass,
$125,000; Sinton, $120,000; Taft,
$118,400; Gregory-Portland, $68,000;
Odem, $50,000, Ingleside, $30,000.
9. The seven districts thought a
state sales tax would be a way to
provide additional funds for schools.
They said a sales tax was “qualif-
ied, but needed thorough study,
and should be ear-marked for
school purposes only.”
10. Mathis was the only district
which said the individual school
district should not be given the
authority to vote and levy addi-
tional school taxes.
11. Mathis and Taft were the
only districts which said property
assessments for tax purposes should
not be increased.
12. All districts were in favor of
state aid for building costs.
The local committee’s report con-
tained answers or partial answers
to 50 basic questions. A fuller re-
port will be given when the final
summary is available.
The next meeting date of the
committees—studying school pro-
grams, construction, teacher sup-
ply and finance—is April 14 in the
Sinton junior high school.
Members of the finance com-
mittee are:
Odem: Cleatis Hawkins and N.
C. Coe.
Ingleside: O. T. Blaschke and
W. G. Garrison.
Portland: F. D. Brassier.
Gregory: Homer Hunt.
Aransas Pass: L. R. Nedbalek
and William Moore.
Taft: Charles H. Mayo and
Kenneth G. McKamey.
Sinton: C. A. Moore and C. C.
Shumate.
Mathis, Charles Brown and Mil-
ton Boatwright.
Mathis High School is exercising
its welcome hand for the Inter-
scholastic League Literary Meet
here April 12, beginning at 9 a.m.
Nine schools are in Mathis’ dis-
trict vieing for the contest ribbons
and chances to go on to the re-
gional competition between district
winners.
Orange Grove is the only school
out of nine not entering literary
events. West Oso plans to enter
only the shorthand and typing con-
tests. But the remaining seven,
schools, Ingleside, Woodsboro, Tul-
oso-Midway, Flour Bluff, Rockpoi’t,
Bishop and Mathis, plan to send
contestants in practically all divi-
sions.
From Mathis will be:
Debate, Everard Davenport and
Bill Graham.
Senior Girls Declamation, Jea-
nette Norris and Louise Knolle.
Junior Girls Declamation, Carol
Edmondson and Barbara Huffstut-
Senior Boys Declamation, Butch
ler.
Allen.
Junior Boys Declamation, Ben
Crouch.
Typing (3 of these 5 will be
selected), Tim Rodriguez, Robby
Simpson, E. C. Willmann, Jimmy
Crouch, Glenn Tennill.
Typing (3 of these 5 will be
selected), Mary Wayne Koepsel,
Carol Ann Winsauer, Charles White,
Patsy Mahoney* Erin Porter.
Spelling (2 of these 4 will be
selected), Sam Hernandez, Jeanette
Norris, Cathy Knolle and Shirley
Buffington.
Ready Writers, Louise Knolle.
Poetry Reading (girls), Erin
Porter or Janet Gregorcyk.
Poetry Reading (boys), A. W.
Knolle or Binnie Huffstutler.
Shorthand (2 out of these 4 will
4th Lakeside
Subdivision Is
Approved By City
The fourth lakeside subdivision
within a five mile radius of Mathis
was approved by the city planning
and zoning commission Wednesday
morning.
The Edgewater Estates Subdivi-
sion, owned by Sam Isenberg, re-
ceived approval after* being under
consideration for a long tme.
The subdivisions now ringing this
side of the lake are Lake Shore
Estates, Tom Swantner, developer;
Lakewood Heights, Edgar Eggert
and Billie Cox, developers; and
Lake Terrace Estates, M. Liedeck-
er Jr. and associates, developer.
The Edgewater property is for-
merly the old McCarley farm.
800 Pounds Wire
Stolen Saturday
From Erly Fat
About 800 pounds of electric wir-
ing were stolen from the Erly Fat
property west of Mathis Saturday
night, Deputy Sheriff Sam Beall
reported this week.
The wire was in three rolls, each
150 feet long. It was stacked out-
side the buildings.
Beall also arrested Lester E.
Sales, changing drunkeness. The
man was from San Antonio. He
was fined $20.50 in the justice of
the peace court.
Two men were held temporarily
during the investigation of theft,
when they were found breaking
into a truck. City police also work-
ed on the case which is still under
investigation.
Junior High Also
Has Its Day On
April Fools Day
Not to be outdone by their high
school brothers and sisters, the
junior high held a “play day”
April 1.
While the high school students
held their annual Western Day,
the junior high played the faculty
in softball and volley ball. The
boys and girls volleyball teams
also played each other, with the
faculty leading the cheers.
The Pep Squad put out a special
issue of their school paper, “The
Buccaneer Booster.”
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be selected), Janet Gregorcyk,
Shirley Buffington, Norma Sue
Jennings and Maedene Maedgen.
Number Sense (3 out of these 5
will be selected), Everard Daven-
port, Tim Rodriguez, Louise Knolle,
Angelmira Garza, Robby Simpson.
Extemporaneous Speaking, Jim-
my Crouch and Mary Wayne Koep-
sel.
Child Critical
After Struck By
Car On Highway
Linda Workman, 10-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roger
Workman, was in critical condition
in a Corpus Christi Hospital Thurs-
day following a car-bicycle acci-
dent here Wednesday evening.
Linda, on her bike, was crossing
the highway in front of Clark’s
Drive In which her parents oper-
ate, when she was struck by a
car driven by David Franklin
Carroll, 24, of Alice.
The child was first taken to the
Mathis Hospital and then trans-
ferred to Corpus Christi.
At noon Thursday the child’s
condition was described as critical.
No details of the extent of her
injuries were available.
Little League
Tryouts End;
Auction Tuesday
New players in Little League end-
ed their tryout practice this week.
Tuesday night the managers and
Player Agent Bill Clemons will
“auction” the boys they want to
fill out their teams.
Mathis teams in the Odem-Math-
is Little League are the Athletics,
Dodgers and Yankees.
Boys on the team last year still
eligible to play will in all pro-
bability remain on that team. Oc-
casionally there is a chance for a
swap between managers. The try-
outs—for boys coming into Little
League playing age—have been to
fill vacancies on teams. Each team
has 15 men.
Plans were completed Tuesday
for the building of 500 cars of
additional storage in Mathis. The
Mathis Grain and Elevator Corp.
announced that construction would
start immediately on the new fac-
ilities, which are to be ready to 1
handle the 1958 grain crop.
The new storage increases the
Mathis grain storing capacity to
1,000 cars, exactly doubling the
present facilities.
The locally-owned concern was
founded in 1948. The first grain
storage elevators were built in
1950.
A completely equipped, high speed
plant, with hoists to handle trailer
trucks has been designed to supple-
ment the grain storage warehouses
now operated by the local concern.
At the same time, spokesmen for
the Mathis Grain & Elevator Corp.
announced plans to speed up the
existing equipment at Elevator A
and Elevator B.
A major goal of the company
is to render the best possible ser-
vice to local grain farmers, es-
pecially providing adequate stor-
age in order that the farmers can
take advantage of government
support programs. Another goal
is providing the local farmers with,
a plant that can unload their
grain faster.
Park Expects
Record Crowd;
Everything Open
Anticipation for another record
Easter Sunday crowd at the Lake
Corpus Christi State Park was high
this week after Park Director W. B..
Hoskins announced that all fac-
ilities would be open.
Last year some 40,000 spent Eas-
ter Sunday at the park—just above
the new Wesley Seale Dam. This
winter extensive renovation has
been going on at the park, making
way for. the higher water level of
the lake.
Workmen have moved back all
the picnic tables, barbecue pits
and restroom buildings as well as
the concessions stands. Landmarks,
such as the main concessions build-
ing on the highest peak in the
state park area, still remain. The
boat docks will also be available,
Hoskins said.
Hoskins said certain parts of
the “moving back” still are un-
finished, but are at a stage where
the public can use the area.
Your Opinions, Please
This is No. 3 of a series of questions asked the
citizens of Texas in the Hale-Aikin state-wide
study of the Texas public schools. If you cannot
attend the county committee meetings in person,
you are invited to write your own answers, clip
out this questionnaire, and send it to the Study
Chairman for -your County, T. A. Harbin, Mathis,
Texas.
Pi Despite the widespread attention given in
Texas to the recruitment of teachers, some areas
still have need for qualified teachers. Please check
in the following blanks those proposals which you
believe should receive more attention in your
county:
Recruit liberal arts graduates who lack
one or more required courses in
teacher education. Yes__No_
Work in the high schools and colleges
to increase the interest of students
in teaching as a career. Yes_
Make better utilization of present teaching
staffs by providing teacher helpers
or clerical assistance to perform
routine tasks. Yes_No.
Achieve some type of school organization
which would enable teachers of small
classes to be more fully utilized. Yes__No-
Make it possible for qualified laymen, as
part-time teachers, to conduct one
or more classes in their special
fields. Yes__No_
Employ certified teachers (e.g.,
mothers available only half a day)
on less than full-time basis. Yes-No.
List other proposals:
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