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Page 2 —THE MATHIS NEWS — Friday, March 28,1958, Mathis, Texas
Emergency Housing Bill
Gets Rep. Young's Support0n The Ra"9e
Hawk Proved
Natures Friend
As a major segment of anti-
recession legislation, the House
Wednesday approved an emergency
housing bill. The bill was passed
by the Senate about 10 days ago
and was brought directly to the
Floor of the House, by-passing the
House Banking and Currency Com-
mittee.
The measure as passed by both
Houses includes:
1. A reduction of minimum down-
payment requirments for FHA
sales-type housing programs. Un-
der existing law, minimum down-
payments required for mortgage
loans insured for sales housing are:
affects many other industries. If
enacted in time, this measure could
provide financing for an additional
volume of housing starts in 1958
which has been conservatively esti-
mated at 200,000 units. This will
provide markets for 2 1-2 billion
feet of lumber, 900 to 950 million
bricks, 460 million pounds of
cement, 400,000 tons of steel, 1,800,-
000 doors, 2 million kitchen cabi-
nets, 2 million asphalt roofing
shingles, etc.
It will give immediate employ-
ment to electricians, plumbers,
carpenters, brick masons, and all
the allied workers connected with
3 percent of the first $10,000, 15 the establishment of 200,000 new
A & I Lantana Court—Mamon
Ray, senior from Brownsville, will
be crowned Lantana Queen in two
ceremonies at Texas A & I College
in Kingsville March 28-29. The first
night’s coronation will feature the
presentation of 65 South Texas high
school duchesses. On the following
night co-eds representing A & I
organizations and other South Tex-
as colleges will be presented. The
Lantana Ladies who will be the
major1 figures in Queen Mamon’s
court are (from top, right): Geor-
ga Green, Harlingen; Sue Sturdi-
vant, Corpus Christi; JaneCabiness,
Mathis; Jamie Falvella, Kenedy;
Barbara McNair Crane, Banquete;
and Elaine McCullough, Refugio.
Prohibition in its laxity of administration had little
popular appeal, but if people who like to drink beer
continue to offend the populace as a whole by their
utter disregard of public property in the disposal of em-
pty cans then they will have little rebuttal when local
option laws take away their right to “have a cold one.”
Every right carries with it a responsibility and it is
obvious to anyone who drives on the highways, uses
public beaches, playgrounds or golf links that the people
who drink beer are not fulfilling their responsibility in
the disposal of empty cans.
Beer companies should consider this problem se-
rious—serious enough to divert part of the millions they
use in promoting the sale of their product to convinving
beer drinkers that they are standing on their own toe
when they carelessly toss an empty onto the highway or
public recreation area.
THE MATHIS NEWS
Published Evek-. -triday in Mai-wis. Texa*
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JOHN HADEN_____MANAGING EDITOR
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Mathis, San Patricio County, Texas, under
March 3 1079
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THE ACT OF CONGRESS ON
More and more property owners
are getting on this band wagon!
Our new 1-policy home protection package is a real buy for
thrifty householders who shop for extra value. Fire, theft and
personal liability insurance for the home with just one policy
.,. one premium ... one renewal date. It can save you as much
as 20% ... or give you more protection than separate policies
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M. B. COVINGTON
Representing the Hartford Fife
Jersey Top
A registered Jersey cow in Texas
is ranked with prize sable in the
eyes of her owners. In fact the
finest sable fur would probably be
a lot cheaper to buy than this
bovine.
The cow is named S.W.V. Prize
Sable and she is owned by Victory
Jersey Farm, Tulia, Tex. She re-
cently won a Silver Medal and
Medal of Merit from The American
Jersey Cattle Club, Columbus, Ohio,
for her 365-day record of 13,544
lbs. milk with 1,001 lbs. fat started
at the age of 3 years and 10 months.
Sable was milked twice daily
during her record which correspon-
ded to over 6,299 quarts of the
finest milk on the market. In com-
pleting such a record she lived up
to the tradition of high milk pro-
duction established by her family.
Her mother, Victory Lad’s Sable,
is internationally known in Jersey
breed circles for high milk pro-
duction, having made four consecu-
tive records averaging 17,214 lbs.
milk with 1,055 lbs. fat. Her sire,
Sable’s Welcome Victory, has also
acheved considerable notoriety in
transmitting high milk production
to his daughters.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Chester Elliff
percent of the next $6,000, and
30 percent of the value above
$16,000. This bill reduces the re-
quirements to only 3 percent of the
first $13,500.
Members of Congress feel that
one of the best ways to stimulate
the home building industry and
hence, a great deal of the general
economy, is by increasing the mar-
ket for homes. Reduced downpay-
ments, particularly for low and
moderately priced homes, will
make it possible for thousands of
additional families to enter the
market for new homes. This change
in the law will have the additional
effect of reducing the instances of
secondary financing which can
prove hazardous to the home buyer.
2. Authorizes an additional $1.55
billion for the Federal National
Mortgage Association to use in pur-
chasing FHA and VA Mortgages.
$500 million to be allocated by the
President, $25 million for regular
military housing mortgages, $25
million for housing at research and
development centers, and $1 billion
for new FHA and VA mortgages
not to exceed $13,500.
3. Extends the VA direct loan
program and authorizes $150 million
for each of the next two fiscal
years.This section of the bill directs
the Administrator of Veterans Af-
fairs whenever he finds that private
capital is not generally available
in any rural' area or small city or
town for the financing of guarantee
loans to designate the rural area
or small town as a “housing credit
shortage area” in order to make
direct loans for the construction of
a dwelling, for the purchase of a
farm with a dwelling, for the con-
struction of a dwelling on a farm
owned by the veteran, and for
repair, alteration, and improve-
ment of a farm residence or dwell-
ing owned b'y the veteran.
4. Extends the loan guaranty
program for two years and author-
izes an interest rate ceiling of 4 3-4
percent. This permits the interest
rate on direct loans to be identical
with the interest rate on guarante-
ed loans.
5. Authorizes an interest rate
ceiling of 4 1-2 percent for military
housing mortgages. The persent
interest rate ceiling is 4 percent.
Long-term mortgage money has
not been available at a 4 percent
return for more than a year and
a half, thus the military housing
program has slowed down to a
stop. The Congress hopes to remedy
this situation by lifting the interest
rate ceiling.
In the efforts of congress to give
an immediate shot in the arm to
our lagging economy, it is felt that
this emergency housing measure
will provide the best avenue of
housing industry in such that it
homes.
This bill' was
the President, and ia
be signed into
date.
Austin, — Meet an unexpected
friend, the Harris Hawk. Texans
get a detailed introduction in the
March issue of Texas Game and
Fish, the official publication of the
Texas Game and Fish Commission.
“Brush-Country Gentlemen” by
the late William Jennings, Biologist
points out that the Harris Hawk
preys on rats, one of the worst
destroyers of range. Since the pack
rat eats a wide variety of grasses
and grass seeds, it robs cattle and
upland game birds of food they
need to carry them through drouth
and winter. The rat also consumes
much prickly pear, staple food for
deer and javelina in South Texas.
“Studies are now underway in
of Texas,” Jennings said,
‘which ultimately will detetinir
the exact destruction to rang
range plants by rodents. Althour]
the exact amount of damage dor
by rodents in South Texas is i
known, it will run into millions
dollars just from the standpoiiO
of livestock feed alone.”
The chestnut-colored Harris Hawk!
with an average wingspan of 42§
inches, makes an impressive ap-1
pearance as it ranges the brush]
country south of the Edwards!
Plateau in Texas. It goes as far'
west as California, north to Kan-
sas and rarely Iowa, and east to
Louisiana. South, it lives as far
away as Central Chile and Argen-
tina. Although its diet includes
almost any animal or bird it is
capable of capturing, the Hards
Hawk has a natural target in the
over-abundant pack rat. In keep-1
ing down the greedy small animals.J
the Harris Hawk plays a vital rolej
in nature’s balance, and immeasur-
ably helps the farmer, rancher, ahdj
sportsman.
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own Victory Jersey Farm.
Sooth Texans
are
Living
Better-
ELECTRICALLY!
To meet the electric service needs of fast-growing
South Texas, CPL spent more than $21,000,000 for new
facilities in 1957. New plant capacity under construction
during the year will increase the amount of power
available to CPL customers by about 40 per cent. ' ■
More people used more electricity to do more jobs
in 1957. The average use by residential
customers was 291 kilowatt hours greater than in
1956 — the largest annual increase in CPL history.
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CPL’s Annual Report for 1957 points to good soil
conditions for farming and ranching, full lakes,
continued industrial expansion, tourist
attractions and a widely-diversified
economy as indications of a bright future.
And, as always, South Texans were assured
of an ample, dependable supply of low-cost
electric power for growth and better living.
® CENTRAL POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
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Haden, John. The Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, March 28, 1958, newspaper, March 28, 1958; Mathis, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1045985/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mathis Public Library.