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THE MATHIS NEWS, Thursday, June 17, 1976
Basketball Camp Set
CORPUS CHRISTI DATES
NEARING FOR SPURS
BASKETBALL CAMP
“We have an excellent
teaching staff ready, and we
are interested in attracting two
kinds of camper in Corpus
Christi-the beginner so we can
give him good fundamental
instruction, and the advanced
player so we can hone his
game.”
So says Rudy Davalos,
director of the upcoming San
Antonio Spurs Basketball
Camp in Corpus Christi.
Davalos and his staff will be
in the city beginning Monday,
June 28, for the first-ever Spurs
camp in Corpus. The session
will run 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
through Friday, July 2. Cost is
$65 for each camper and the
sessions are set for King High
School.
Additional information about
the Corpus Christi Spurs
camp is available by con-
tacting coaches Wideman at
King or Greenwood at Carroll.
Cub Scouts Study Stars
Mathis Cub Scouts met at the
San Patricio home of Robert
Johnson Saturday, June 12, for
a meeting and awards
ceremony.
After the meeting the boys
and their guests were served
refreshments of cake and
lemonade. Then the group
roasted marshmallows and
studied the stars. One thing in
particular that they saw was
the satellite that passes over
every night between 9:45 and
10 p.m.
The cake was baked by Mrs.
Elizabeth Johnson and was
decorated with stars and
constellations and astronauts.
We would like to thank the
H.E.B. Food Store for donating
the refreshments and also
thank M. E. Moses store for
donating the box of candy.
Marine Exercise
Includes Davila
Marine Private First Class
Reynaldo A. Davila, 20, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Pablo Davila of
1012 Nevada St., Mathis, has
recently participated in
Operation “Solid Shield ‘76”,
as a member of 2d Marine'
Division, Fleet Marine Force,
Camp Lejeune, N. C.
The two-week joint exercise
on the North Carolina and
Georgia coastline involved
more than 50,000 men and
women from all branches of
the Armed Forces.
The exercise included air,
surface and submarine
operations and an amphibious
assault. It was designed to test
command and control plans
and to provide training in the
procedures for emergency
evacuation of noncombatants
from a simulated battle zone.
A 1975 graduate of Mathis
High School, he joined the
Marine Corps in June 1975.
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Mark Beutnagel
Wins Division Rating
On Monday, May 31, Mark
Beutnagel secured a first (I)
division rating at Texas State
Solo-Ensemble Contest, which
was held at the campus of the
University of Texas at Austin.
Mark had qualified earlier in
the year when he won a first
division rating on a class I
baritone solo, “Allegro
Spiritoso” by John Baptist
Senaille. Mark’s other music
accomplishments for the year
include: member of the district
band, region band and played a
solo on the spring concert.
The award for the rating is a
gold medal.
■■■■■■HMH WSBSm
FLAGS like this were placed
around Mathis by the VFW
Sunday and Monday for Flag
Day. One came up missing and
is believed to be stolen.
Misplaced devotion to the Flag,
wouldn't you say?
Social Security
Representative
A representative of the
Social Security Administration
will be at the Community
Building in Mathis Wednesday,
June 23, at 9 a.m.
The representative will
answer questions and also will
help claimants file applications
for the regular Social Security
benefit payments as well as for
Supplemental Security Income
benefits.
Social Security Checks
Will Increase In July
A cost-of-living increase in
monthly social security
benefits will be included in
checks delivered in July, ac-
cording to A. L. Finck, Jr.,
social security district
manager in Corpus Christi.
The increase will amount to
6.4 percent for most people
getting social security
payments. The cost-of-living
provision was added to the
social security law in 1972.
“People getting social
security checks don’t have to
do anything to get the higher
payments,” Finck said. ‘.‘The
increase will be added
automatically.”
The increase is based on the
rise in consumer prices from
the first 3 months of 1975 to the
first 3 months of 1976.
With the cost-of-living in-
crease, average social security
retirement payments to retired
workers will go from $210 to
$224 a month. Average social
security disability payments to
disabled workers will go from
$228 to $242 a month. Average
social security survivors
payments to widowed mothers
or fathers with two children in
their care will go from $479 to
$510 a month.
Social security pays monthly’
benefits to over 32 million
people. The payments are
funded by social security
contributions from employees,
employers, and self-employed
people.
Employees and employers
contribute a 5.85 percent each
of the first $15,300 of yearly
earnings from jobs covered by
social security. Self-employed
people contribute 7.9 per cent.
Storytime Again
The Children’s librarian is
back to bring storytimes once
again to the Mathis Com-
munity Center every Monday
morning at 10 a.m. Come join -
the fun for stories, games, and
puppet shows this summer. All
MINIMUM TILLAGE due to excess rain caused this rank growth of careless weeds and
grass in an area grain sorghum field. There's a pretty good crop of milo in there, but it's
hard to see. It's not the choice of the farmer, however. He just couldn't get in with his
plowing equipment due to frequent rains during the past two months. Many fields, for-
tunately, look better, but this is a fairly common sight this season. With much of the crop
already headed out and harvest season only a few weeks away, it's too late to plow now,
even though it may not be too wet. Overall, the area crop looks good, and better than
average yields are expected.
Guest Editorial
Who Would Steal
An American Flag
IT IS SAD! IT IS TRAGIC!
But it happened again!
The streets of Mathis look
nice when all of the Flags are
displayed. The sight of the Flag
of the United States of America
does something to you, it adds
uplifting in your life as we
move about in our everyday
tasks, we realize, as we gaze
upon the Stars and Stripes, that
Flag represents all that man
has held dear to his heart for
hundreds of years, Life,
Liberty and the pursuit of
Happiness.
“But Alas,” the last display
of the Flags in Mathis revealed
that a culprit had again seen fit
to snatch Old Glory from its
staff and kidnap the Flag and
demolish the Flag Staff. This
sad incident happened to the
Flag displayed in front of the
Big 6 office building. At this
writing the Flag is still the
captive of the culprit guilty of
showing wanton disrespect for
the Flag of these United States
and all that it stands for. Words
fail me in describing the
magnitude of such malicious
act. If it was possiboe for Our
Flag to speak to the culprit
while in the act of kidnapping
it, the conversation may have
sounded something like this—
“I am the Flag of the United
States of America. I was
conceived in the dreams of
Liberty and in the hopes of
Freedom. I was designed by
the hands of Betsy Ross and
her sewing basket was my
cradle. Though I was never an
orphan, I was adopted by the
Continental Congress in 1777
and proclaimed the National
Emblem of a Nation newly
born on this continent, fighting
valiantly for survival and
destined to bring to all
mankind a new concept of life,
liberty and the pursuit of
happiness.
I have been many places and
have seen many things, -1 have
witnessed every event of
American history. I was there
when they fired the shot heard
around the world. I was there
in the late twilight at Fort
McHenry and inspired Francis
Scott Key to write the im-
mortal “Star Spangled
Banner”, now our National
Anthem.
I saw Molly Pitcher take the
cannon swab from the hands of
her dead husband and help
carry on the fight for Freedom.
I felt the biting cold at Valley
Forge, and gave warmth and
comfort to General Washington
and his tired and hungry
Continental Army.
I rode with Ethan Allan and
Mathis Young Farmers Meet
The Mathis Young Farmer
Chapter held its regular
monthly meeting June 8 at the
Vocational Ag Shop.
A meal was served prior to
the program which was
presented by CPL on shrimp
farming in this area. During
the business meeting which
followed the program, the
Young Farmers voted to pay
for the insurance costs on the
scout hut.
The West Nueces Y. F.
Chapter invited the Mathis
Chapter to a family get-
together on June 12 and plans
were made for members to
attend. It was a covered dish
picnic beginning at 2:30 at
Agua Dulce Park.
Fishing Report
Our fishing report will be on
the skimpy side this week.
“Wind and rough water” was
the answer given by several
fishing camps when contacted.
There were however a few
devoted fishermen.
SLEEPY HOLLOW MARINA
reports Victor and Rita White
catching 15 bluecat and
channel catfish up to 5 lbs. and
25 white bass and crappie off
the pier.
children are invited. The first
program in this new series will
be on Monday, June 21,
Edward Marshall of San
Antonio caught 20 blue cat. The
largest was 8 lbs.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny
Waggoner of Taft caught 24
catfish and 12 white bass.
KOA KAMPGROUND reports
Myron and Bob Moritz cat-
ching 24 bluecat ranging up to 4
lbs.
the Green Mountain Boys. I
saw the signal that started the
midnight ride of Paul Revere. I
was flown above the decks of
Old Ironsides and from the
masts of the Yankee and the
China Clippers. I blazed the
trail with Daniel Boone and
David Crockett. I led the
settlers coming west and
crossed Death Valley in a
covered wagon.
I was carried through the
Halls of Montezuma to the
shores of Tripoli by the United
States Marines. Once I fell to
the ground at Custer’s Last
Stand and there were no living
hands left to pick me up. I
galloped up the slopes of San
Juan Hill with Teddy Roosevelt
and the Rough Riders of the
United States Cavalry. I stayed
with the boys until it was over,
over there, and on the battle
fields of the Marne, Chateau-
Thierry, St. Michiel and the
Argonne Forest. I saw many of
the youths and manhood of Our
Nation fall and lie still in death.
They had given their last full
measure of devotion. The war
was over for them forever and
I kept my lonely vigil over their
graves and stayed to watch the
Poppies grow amid the cross-
es, row on row, in Flanders
Field. I was raised by five
brave men during the “Hell” of
Iwo Jima. I waved farewell to
the four immortal chaplains
who went down with their ship
and to honored Glory.
I have not changed much in
my 199 years. I still have my
original 13 stripes, but as each
state came into the union a new
star was proudly added to the
constellation of my blue field.
It started with 13 stars, now
there are 50.
I am easy to find, I am
everywhere.
I draped the caskets of our
Nation’s Heroes borne to their
last resting place, the caskets
of presidents, generals, ad-
mirals, humble privates and
the Unknown Soldier.
Wherever free men gather,
whenever there is Justice
Equality, Faith, Hope, Charity,
Truth or Brotherly Love, there
too, am I. May history never
write my Obituary for I am the
Stars and Stripes forever, I AM
OLD GLORY!!!
I am just like the Flag stolen
from its staff in front of the
Office of the Big 6. If the culprit
who took me does not return
me to my rightful owner, pray
that the Memory of the men
and women who have died in
my defense and kept Our
Nation Free, should haunt him
from now and forevermore,
OUR FLAG - the Stars and
Stripes forever.”
—Percy A. Hartman
100 Years Family Ownership
Land Heritage Program
Seeks Texas Applicants
With three San Patricio
County families already
registered in the Texas Family
Land Heritage Program, the
search continues for additional
farms and ranches which can
lay claim to 100 years or more
of continuous, productive ope-
ration, Agriculture Com-
missioner John C. White said
today.
May 1 marked the beginning
of the third year of registration
under the Land Heritage
Program, which since its in-
stitution in 1974 has seen the
recognition of almost 950
families for their dedication to
Texas agriculture, Com-
missioner White explained.
“Along with providing a
special recognition of those
Texas families who through
the years have persevered on
the land, the Program also
serves as a menas of preser-
ving the state’s rich
agricultural heritage,” White
said.
As well as being recognized
in the Texas Family Land He-
ritage Registry, published
each year with a history of the
farms and ranches, honorees in
the Program also receive
certificates which are prese-
nted during special ceremonies
at the State Fair in Dallas in
October.
Applications for the
Program, the deadline for
which is August 16, may be
obtained from three sources --
the county judge’s office, the
county chairman of the Texas
Historical Commission, or by
writing the Family Land
Heritage Program, Texas
Department of Agriculture, P.
O. Box 12847, Austin, Texas
78711.
Applicants must provide
supporting documents of
ownership of the land to the
county judge for certification
of their application before it is
submitted to the Agriculture
Department, with the final
decision on the farm or ranch’s
eligibility determined by the
Program staff, White stated.
In order to qualify, White
explained, an applicant must
own the land and reside in
Texas and the line of ownership
from the first family member
owning the land may be
through wives and husbands,
children, brothers and sisters,
and nephews and nieces.
Ag Sales Tax Exemptions Clarified
Comptroller Bob Bullock
reports his office has rewritten
sales tax procedures on
agricultural exemptions to
make them as easy to read as a
mail-order catalog.
“Inflation has squeezed the
farmer and rancher tighter
than a bale of wet hay,”
Bullock said. “Our new
procedures are clear enough’
for them to be able to take
advantage of the sales tax
exemptions to which they are
entitled.”
The new procedures will be
effective about July 15, he said.
The Comptroller said the
procedures clarify the fact that
the following items are exempt
from the sales tax: expendable
supplies such as hand tools,
baling wire, binders twine,
hardware, tires and lubricants
for farm machinery; fences,
pens, gates, cattle guards and
chutes; and structures that can
be considered a piece of
equipment, such as automated
laying houses and farrowing
houses. However, most farm
buildings, such as barns,
garages, warehouses and
family dwellings, are taxable,
he said.
Exemptions for farm
machinery and equipment and
storage facilities will be
clearcut, Bullock said, as well
as the general exemption for
all medications and tonics
given to farm animals. In
addition, he noted, the term
“farm or ranch” has been
clearly defined for the first
time.
Bullock said the new
procedures tie in with Internal
Revenue Service regulations.
Proof that the IRS has allowed
an item as an investment
credit will be evidence that the
item should be exempted from
the sales tax, he said.
However, he emphasized,
any farmer or rancher seeking
an exemption must have an
exemption certificate on file
with the retailer at the time of
purchase.
The Comptroller said that
persons needing more in-
formation about the new
procedures may call the
Comptroller’s Office toll-free
at 1-800-292-9687.
It\s Illegal When
Farm Registration Plates
Used For Non-Farm Purposes
registered vehicle as a means
of transportation to an
industrial job, nor for hire A
even if it is for the transport of
farm or ranch products.
One of the most common
violations of motor vehicle
registration laws in Texas is
the use of farm registration
plates on a vehicle used for
non-farm purposes.
Farmers and ranchers pay
only half the normal
registration fee for plates on
vehicles used solely for farm
purposes and certain personal
activities of farm and ranch
families.
The law is specific in stating
that a farm-registered vehicle
“may not be used for other
gainful employment.”
“Violation of this statute is
considered a misdemeanor
punishable by a fine of $25 to
$200,” according to R. W.
Townsley, director of the State
Department of Highways and
Public Transportation’s Motor
Vehicle Division.
Townsley said a farmer or
rancher may not use his farm-
Violations frequently occur
when a farm-registered pickup
is sold to a non-farm operator,
Townsley said. In such in-
stances, the plates must be
surrendered and application
made for new registration, he
added.
GENERAL REVENUE SHARING PLANNED USE REPORT
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to encourage citizen participation in determining your government's decision on how the money will be spent. Note: Any complaints of
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the Office of Revenue Sharing, Wash., D.C. 20226.
PLANNED EXPENDITURES
(A) CATEGORIES
(B) CAPITAL
(C) OPERATING /
MAINTENANCE
1 PUBLIC SAFETY
s
$
2 ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
$
$
3 PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION
$ 26,264*
s
4 HEALTH
$
$
5 RECREATION
$ 30,000*
$
6 LIBRARIES
$
$
7 SOCIAL SERVICES
FOR AGED OR POOR
$
s
8 FINANCIAL
ADMINISTRATION
$
$
9 MULTIPURPOSE AND
GENERAL GOVT.
$
10 EDUCATION
$
11 SOCIAL
DEVELOPMENT
$
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12 HOUSING & COM-
MUNITY DEVELOPMENT
$
13 ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
$
14 OTHER (Specify)
$
15 TOTALS
$ 56,264*
$
THE GOVERNMENT
MATHIS CITY
ANTICIPATING A GENERAL REVENUE
SHARING PAYMENT OP
$56 ,264
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FOR THE SEVENTH ENTITLEMENT PERIOD, JULY 1, 1976 THROUGH
DECEMBER 31, 1976, PLANS TO SPEND THESE FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSES
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MAYOR
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