Elgin Courier and Four County News (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1958 Page: 4 of 12
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ENTERED AS SECONp CLASS MATTER AT THE POST OFFICE AT ELGIN,
TEXAS. UNDER ACT OF MARCH 3, 1879.
Mr. and Mrs. John Caudll,
Lucy, John, Bill and Judy of
Blytheville, Ark. will be Christ-
mas guests of Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Rivers, Jr.
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cases have received assis-
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Honors Retiring
Faculty Member
We can fill his position but
we can’t fill his place.”
This was the general sentiment
of speakers on the appreciation
dinner program honoring F. R.
Matthis, who is retiring next
week from the faculty of Texas
Wesleyan College.
Dean J. Elmer Cox said:
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My discussion today will be
a FACT SHEET ON POLIO.
It is a fact that the Bastrop
County Chapter of the National
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Presentation was by Miss sharing basis.
Mary Nell Hendricks of Ar- ________________
lington, “Miss Texas 1958,”
a former TWC. student, a gra- Jerry Thormahlen
duate of the class of 1954 and
a class favorite as well as
campus favorite. She was se-
lected as TWC’S Miss Ram-
AID SUPPLIES ARE AVAILABLE!
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Ralph Ritchie farming 1 mile Christmas is just around the
north of Manor has constructed corner; Elgin has turned on her
4870 feet of channel type ter- gala street lights; the mer-
races as a part of his con- chants have beautiful window
servation program. Ralph has displays and the small fry are
oats and clover up to a good just counting the days until old
stand on a recently sodded Santa makes his annual visit
Bermuda grass waterway to to Elgin. Shop Elgin FIRST.
seeking answers to those and Fact Sheet on Arthritis,
many other questions about Thanks for reading,
polio. ---------------------
It is a FACT: Roy Rivers Jr. and Jack An-
The number of REPORTED derson left Monday for lleb-
cases of Polio: bronville where they will re-
1958 (first six months) 626 main until Friday on a deer
1957 ( first six months) 1,395 hunt on the ranch of a friend
Five-year average (first six of Mr. Rivers.
for Post-Polio
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Page 4 Elgin Courier. Elgin, Texts December 18, 1958
Rev. Lamar Smith, a TWC
graduate who is associate pas-
tor at F irst Methodist Church,
Fort Worth, was toastmaster.
He and other ex-students re-
lated incidents that happened
during their days as students
on the campus.
A surprise gift to Matthis was
a "Book of Dollars,” which
added the appreciation pro-
gram.
over 40 acres of winter peas
on his farm and on a leased
farm for soil improvement and
erosion control.
H. H. Davis, partner on the
L. C. Banks farm at Webber-
ville has 15 acres of hubam
clover making excellent growth.
Davis has a one acre plot of
Coastal Bermuda from which
he plans to sprig sod a 10
acre pasture this spring.
Dr. N. A. Hightower, land-
owner 2 miles mortheast of
Manor has shaped 2 water-
ways (3 acres) in preparation
for grass sodding.
The Soil Conservation Service
technicians from the Austin
Work Unit furnished technical
assistance to the above land-
owners and the Travis County
ASC office assisted on a cost
help prevent erosion until Ber- BASTROP CO. BOYS are some of the questions about months pre-vaccination years
muda gets set. AT g polio that are still unanswered: 1950-54 3,812
Howard Anderson, farming 2 RE~19 ItK Al 10 1. Can vaccine be more effec- It is an appalling FACT:
miles north of Lund has planted tive? Effectiveness of three That the vaccination situation
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Alpine, Texas- The Sul Ross Foundation during 1958 has
newspaper, The Rambler. State College Faculty Member- spent your March of Dimes
The foregoing story taken ship Committee for Alpha Chi dollars locally in this manner:
from the Ft. Worth’ Star- has announced the names of Polio treatment and care for
Telegram will be of interest sixteen seniors, nine juniors, patients at Gonzales Warm
"On every college faculty, to the many Elgin friends of and seven graduate students Springs:
there are different types of Mr. Matthis, son of one of who have been elected to mem-
personalities-some interested Elgin’s pioneer Methodist bership in the Texas Chi Chap-
in research and some very ministers, L. C. Matthis and ter of the Alpha Chi National
popular with the students. Mrs. Matthis. He was reared Scholarship Society.
"Mr. Matthis is one who was here and was a graduate of Alpha Chi is a national honor
popular with the students and El Hi. He has, in between society which has as its object
also devoted tohis subject field- years taught in the Elgin and the stimulation, development
mathematics,” Dean Cox said. Bastrop Schools and all will and recognition ofscholarship,
"Mr. Matthis is a man who be happy to learn of this honor character and citizenship. The
cooperates with off-campus shown him upon his recent members are chosen from the
activities such as teaching a retirement. upper ten percent of the senior
Sunday school class at Poly- ----------------- and junior classes and the pre-
technic Methodist Church.” । —-e—A ceding graduating class.
Dr. Law Sone, president of LETTER TO SANTA The 1958 fall selection inclu-
TWC, called attention to the . T des James Palmer Jerry
loyalty and devotion of the re- k gn,, xes Thormahlen, a graduate of
tiring faculty member, whose _ 55 ’ Elgin High School. Named to
teaching has been a great asset ear anta aus’ Alpha Chi as a junior student continue to be assisted by
at TWC.” am a little boy 3 years at Sul Ross, he is also a let- National Foundation Chapters.
Dr. Sone pointed out that not old and l‘ve been pretty good terman of the Lobo Football It is estimated there are
only was the honoree a gra- too” SO Wil you please bring Team and is presently ser- 150,000 survivors of paralytic
duate of the college but his me a motorcycle I can ride ving as junior class represen- polio who might benefit from
three children also had degrees on and a boat, car, and air- tative to the Student Council, modern rehabilitative techni-
from TWC. They are Rev. Leon plane and anything else you Recently named to Who’s Who, ques.
Matthis, a Methodist minister want toO and be sure you Jerry is majoring in Physical 50,000 of these patients are
in Texarkana, and Mrs. Jack don 1 .forget Geneva Ann thats Education. already on the patient aid rolls
L. Runnels of Whittier, Cal.- my. little sister she.want.a Jerry is the son of the Ka L of National Foundation Chap -
both graduate of 1939-and Ray- little.horse and..a baby doll Thormahlens, Route 2, Elgin, ters.
mond Matthis, a member of the Thanks Santa. 111 be looking It is a FACT: ‘
graduating class of 1942, who ° you - In the Research field there
is now a teacher at West Texas
State College at Canyon.
The following Bastrop County properly spaced shots now rated picture is this:
boys recently registered with at 90 per cent. 65,000,000 have received one
Texas Board No. 85 upon 2. Can polio vaccine be com- or more shots since 1955
reaching their eighteenth birth- bined with other infant vaccines 46,000,000 under 40 yearshave
day; into single series of shots? received no shots at all.
Boyce D. Hoffman, Burl M. 3. How long does immunity it is a FACT:
Rathman, Charles E. Wallace, last? Will booster shots be Vaccine supplies are now
Virgil W. Neuenschwander, needed? (Some doctors in dif- abundant! Free to all upon the
John A. Saunders, James E. ferent areas are recommending requisition of your County
Hannusch, Victor L. Psencik booster shots) Health Officier. For a suitable
Jr., Lester Simmons, Horace 4. Will “live” virus vaccine Professional fee this Nation
W. Deshay, Elmer G. Platt, be developed that can be taken could become 100° inocculated.
Oscar H. Dube Jr., Eugene orally1? (TheSalk “killed” virus in the City of Bastrop a free
M. Franke and Eugene Black, vaccine requires three injec- vaccination program is in pro-
Harvey Lee Scroggins of El- tions.) gress jointly sponsored by the
gin: Charles E. Robinson, Bas- 5. Can drugs be-found that will Bastrop Hospital Staff and the
trop; John H. Sefcik, Caldwell, eliminate polio itself? Salk PTA.
Allen R. Paschall, Deanville; vaccine does NOT prevent Such a program in each town
Victor R. Franke. Smithville disease; it prevents crippling of our County reaching all per-
and John A. Hibbeler, Lexing- effects. sons in rural areas is greatly
National Found at ion-sponsor- coveted.
ed research projects now are Next week I shall give you a
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Bredlow, Robert L. & Finch, Lena. Elgin Courier and Four County News (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1958, newspaper, December 18, 1958; Elgin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1562376/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Elgin Public Library.