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THE MATHIS NEWS
VOL. XL
Published weekly by the
Guthrie Publishing Co.
MATHIS, TEXAS, THURS. MORNING, MARCH 24, 1960
Entered as second class matter at the'post office at
Mathis, Texas, under the Act of March 2, ia73.
EIGHT PAGES — NO. 14
CHARTER MEMBERS — The
first members of the Ladies
Auxiliary of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars are, from left
to right, Mmes. Elhior Beyer,
P. W. Krager, A. G. Smith,
Franklin Henze, Jack Buck, Ira
Holtzclaw, Percy Hartman, Geo.
Howe, Wayne Berryhill, Ella
Griffin, Ray Brown, Erich
Baugh and E. J. .Crenshaw
Mrs. Smith is not a charter
member.
Charter members not pictur-
ed are Mrs. Gordon Benning-
field, Mrs. Frank Lasater, Mrs.
Don Tennill, Mrs. Bill Parrish,
Mrs. Pete Mussman, Mrs. Hazel
Stone, Mrs. M. T. Jackson, Miss
Dorothy Brown,Mrs.John Stand-
lea, and Mrs. J. L. Hollon. Mrs.
Billy L.Dorris is also a member.
The group met last Thursday
night. Officers for the coming
year were elected. They are
Mrs. Buck, president; Mrs. Hart-
man, senior vice-president; Mrs.
Gray, junior vice-president; Mrs.
Lasater, secretary; ..Mrs. Ray
Brown, treasurer; Mrs. Berry-
hill, chaplin; Mrs. Curtiss, con-
ductress; Mrs. Bauch, guard;
and Mrs. P. W. Krager, three
year trustee. These officers will
be installed in April.
— Pecot Photo
Junior High To Enter
IL Contests Saturday
The Junior High School will
send contestants this Saturday
to Gregory and Portland for
the annual Interscholastic (Lea-
gue events.
Mathis students will enter li-
terary, track and volleyball con-
tests.
In the literary events Gerald
Luther will enter junior boys
declamation and Amelia Garza
Guynes Heads
A&M’s Highest
Graded Corps
Special recognition at Texas
A&M has been given W. A.
(Sonny) Guynes Jr., son of Dr.
and Mrs. W. A. Guynes of Ma-
this, who is company comman-
der" of the premedical-predent-
al corps unit.
The unit last semester was
the highest ranking company
scholastically at the college.
The recognition was given at
the annual premedical-predental
student banquet held recently.
This Week
In Mathis
THURSDAY (TODAY)
4 p.m. — The Ruth Sunday
'* School Class of the First Bap-
tist Church will meet at the
home of Mrs. Pete Thyssen.
7:30 p.m. — The members
of the Fire Department will
meet at the Fire Station.
7:30 p.m. — The Cub Scout
Pack 39 will meet at the Scout
Hut.
8 p.m. — The Jaycees vs
Chamber of Commerce in a
basketball at the high school
gym.
FRIDAY
4 p.m. — Mathis vs George
West, here.
SATURDAY
All Day — Bake sale, spon-
b sored by Eastern Star, in gro-
cery stores.
NOON — The Cenizo Garden
Club will attend a style show
luncheon and flower show in
Corpus Christi.
SUNDAY
The First Baptist Church will
observe Elementary Day at the
church.
MONDAY
4 p.m. — Mathis vs Corpus
Christi Academy, there.
8 p.m. — The board of di-
rectors of the Mathis Youth
Center will meet.
TUESDAY
9:30 a.m. — The Edith Crane'
Circle will meet at the home
of Mrs. Rose Hollon.
9:30 a.m. — The Ruth Ever-
ley Hayes Circle will meet at
the home of Mrs. Jack Robert-
son.
NOON — The Rotary Club
will meet in the Mesquite Room
of Crawford’s.
3 p.m. — The Barbara Cun-
ningham Circle will meet at the
home of Miss Edna Lois Nelson.
3 p.m. — The Naomi Circle
of the Women’s Society of Chris-
tian Service will meet at the
First Methodist Church.
3:45 p.m. — The Intermediate
Parent-Teachers’ Assn, will meet
.in the Intermediate School.
4 p.m. — Mathis vs Banquete,
there. „
WEDNESDAY
3 p.m. — The Women’s Mis-
sionary Union of the First Bap-
tist Church at Sandia will meet
at the church.
THURSDAY (MARCH 31)
1 p.m. — The Mathis Garden
Club will hold its annual lunch-
eon in the Mesquite Room of
Crawford’s.
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will enter junior girls declama-
tion. Ann Boatwright is altern-
ate for the girls division.
A sixth grade spelling team
composed of Herminia Gonzales
and Howard Stridde with Chris-
tie Walker as alternate will en-
ter. The seventh and eighth
grade spelling team is compos-
ed of Barbara Flury and Anna
Casarez with Candy Koepsel
as alternate.
The number sense team lists
Larry Gilbert, Pam Reed and
Dennis Parrish.
On the ready-writing team
are Mary Ann George and Carol
Kay Eggert with Bobby Weh-
meyer as alternate.
All literary events get under-
way at 9 a.m. Saturday in Port-
land.
The boys track meet will be
at 1 p.m. in Gregory and the
girls volleyball games are at
1 p.m. in Portland.
In track running the 50-yard-
dash, the 100-yard-dash, and the
440-yard relay will be Allen Gre-
gor cyk, Bob Adams and Ger-
ald Braunstein. Bobby Buck will
run the 70-yard-hurdles and 330-
yard-dash. Jacob UYevino will
run the 70-yard hurdle an- par-
ticipate in the discus, shot put,
and broad jump. Dennis Par-
rish will run the 330-yard-dash
and Larry Gilbert will particip-
ate in the shot put.
On the girls volleyball team,
captained by Carolyn Brown,
are Dee Watson, Pam Reed,
Jimmie Maroney, Eva Padron,
Consuela Hernandez, Charleen
Brown and Mary Gonzales.
Olan McCraw Is
Named Itinerant
Teacher For Fall
Olan McCraw, intermediate
school teacher in Mathis since
1956, will assume the duties of
itinerant teacher next Septem-
ber, Supt. E. B. Masur announc-
ed last Friday afternoon.
The itinerant or “visiting”
teacher keeps the Average Daily
Attendance records for the
school. He visits in the homes
of children who are regularly
absent from school to learn the
cause of their deliquence. A
special office will be built into
the old elementary building for
the itinerant teacher’s use.
In addition to his itinerant dut-
ies, McCraw will also teach one
or two classes in the Junior
High School, Masur said.
Youth Center
Directors To
Meet Monday .
The board of directors of the
Mathis Youth Center will meet
Monday night at 8 p.m.
Plans for the opening of the
center will be made at this
meeting. Mrs. Leland Koepsel,
president, will be in charge.
Other officers of the board
are Mrs. Herb Dickinson, vice-
president; Bob Sallee, secretary
and Mrs. Alvis Pullin, treasur-
er.
The TV set donation drive
was sparked by Sell’s Auto Sup-
ply which donated $10.
Roger Hennig
Nominated For
Tech Lettering
Roger Hennig of Mathis has
been nominated for a letter in
the Texas Tech basketball re-
vue. Hennig is one of four sopho-
mores out of nine lettermen who
w^s nominated.
Jaycees Need
White Elephants
The Jaycees need your white
elephants!
A special white elephant sale
is planned April 9 in the Butler
Building to raise funds for the
various Jaycee projects.
Anyone with white elephants
they’d like to see quit clutter-
ing their garage and storeroom
may phone KI7-2878 (Red Mc-
Fall) or KI7-2190 (L. C. Hennig
Jr.) and have it picked up.
Mrs. Westover
Painfully Hurt
In Wreck Thurs.
Mrs. Pearl Westover, painful-
ly injured in a wreck Thursday
afternoon between Mathis and
Robstown, was reported in satis-
factory condition Tuesday at the
Mathis Hospital.
Mrs. Westover, a teacher in
the Robstown schools, was re-
turning home after school Thu-
day afternoon when her car was
struck by a caliche dump truck
at a highway intersection.
She sustained two broken legs,
one broken ankle, and severe
bruises and lacerations. First
taken to the R'obstown hospital,
she was later removed to Ma-
this.
Field Day At
Intermediate
School April 1
The Intermediate School will
haVte a Field Day Friday, April
1.
The events will begin at 1:30
p.m. W. J. Stokley is in charge
of the day. All fourth and fifth
grade students will participate.
The parents are invited to at-
tend. There will be events for
both boys and girls.
The events will include 100
yard dash, 50 yard dash,: 100
yard relay, 400 yard relay, high
jump, cross country race, and
chinning.
Mrs. H. W. Tobin,
53, Dies Sunday;
Rites Tuesday
Mrs. Harold W. Tobin, 53,
died at 8:15 Sunday evening in
the Mathis Hospital after a
lengthy illness. Funeral services
were held Tuesday afternoon at
the Dobie Funeral Home with
Rev. Boyd Harris, pastor of the
First Methodist Church, officiat-
ing.
Burial was in Cenizo Hill Ceme-
tary.
Mrs. Tobin had lived in Ma-
this 18 yeans. She leaves her
husband and two sons, John
and Jerry.
A member of the Methodist
Church, Mrs. Tobin was a na-
tive of Bee County.
She is also survived by her
mother, Mrs. Jane Miller of
Beeville; one brother, T. B. Mil-
ler of Laredo; and three sis-
ters, Mrs. Charles Millikin and
Mrs. Thelma Redford, both of
Beeville, and Mrs. Edward Pet-
tus of Goliad.
She had seven grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Milby Por-
ter, C. M. Porter, Bill Watson,
Bill Henderson, Frank Russek
and Roy Smith.
2 Leave City
Police Force,
Burnip Rehired
The often-reshuffled Mathis
police department was settling
down to routine again this week
after two men left the force
March 15.
Lester Bradfute and Roy Heff-
ner are no longer with the force,
Chief Bob Copeland said Tues-
day morning. James Burnip,
former policeman here, was re-
hired to replace Bradfute. An-
other man, Johnny Burdett, was
expected here Wednesday from
Houston to take Heffner’s job.
Erich Bauch is the fourth
policeman on the force.
Tim Rodriguez
In Honor Group
From Del Mar
County Farmers Go
In Favor of "B" Cotton
Twenty-three more farms in
San Patricio County selected the
“B” cotton program than last
year to give the county almost
5,000 more acres of cotton un-
der the “B” program. Taken
with the increased “A” acre-
age the county will have 7,000
more acres than last year.
According to John Owen, A.-
S.C. office manager, a total of program with a total of 43,760
568 farms signed up under the acres devoted to cotton.
“B” cotton program for a total There has been an over all
acreage amounting to 52,298.4 decrease of six farms in the
as against 543 farms last year county due to consolidations ac-
with 47,232 acres. cording to the A.S.C. records.
Under the program a total of Last year a total of 1264 farms
690 farms are listed with a total were listed on their rolls and
of 45,168.5 acres. Last year there this year the number is down
were 741 farms under the “A” to 1258.
Kline Draws Top Spot on
Ballot For Sheriffs Race
Tim Rodriquez, 1959 valedic-
torian of Mathis High School,
has been elected to the Gamma
Sigma Chapter of Phi Theta
Kappa, National honorary scho-
lastic society for junior colleges.
Tim is a science major at Del
Mar College in Corpus Christi.
He was one of 19 students pick-
ed for the honor group.
Youth Revival
Held Thru Sat.
The youth of the First Bap-
tist Church at Sandia are hold-
ing a Youth Revival this week
conducted by Rev. Tim Cook of
Corpus Christi.
The revival began Monday and
will continue through Saturday.
Services are held each night at
7:30.
W. A. (Kit) Kline drew the
top spot on the ballot in the
hotly contested sheriff’s race
with .T. E. Duncdn to be listed
second and Homer Hunt at the
bottom of the list.
In other local contested races
Dudley Dougherty drew the
number one spot over John
Young in the Congressional
race and Columbus DeMeriville
Reeves, II got the top spot in
the representative race with
Thos. M. Andrews at the bot-
tom.
The candidates in state, coun-
ty and precinct offices will ap-
pear in the following order on
the ballot.
Governor — Price Daniel and
Band Rates 3,2
In Contests At
Kingsville Sat.
The Mathis Pirate Band rat-
ed “3” in concert and “2” in
sight reading at the Interscho-
lastic League contests in Kings-
ville last Saturday.
In the ensemble groups the j 'D\srtr^cj: -^.WiUiam 0; Murray,
following grades were made:
Jack Cox.
Lt. Governor — Don Yar
borough and Ben Ramsey
Attorney General — Robert
Everett L. (Bob) Looney, Will
Wilson and Waggoner Carr.
U. S. Senator — Lyndon B.
Johnson.
Chief Justice of Supreme
Court — Robert G. Hughes,
and Robert W. Calvert.
Associate Justice of Supreme
Court Place No. 1 — Clyde
E. Smith.
Associate Justice of Supreme
Court Place No. 2 — Joe Green-
hill.
Judge, Court of Criminal Ap-
peals — Jim D. Bowmer, Lloyd
W. Davidson and W. T. Mc-
Donald.
Railroad Commissioner —Er-
nest O. Thompson.
Comptroller of Public Ac-
counts — V. L. “Bo” Ramsey,
and Robert S. Calvert.
State Treasurer — Jesse Jam-
Commissioner of General Land
Office — Jerry Sadler and Bill
Allcorn.
Commissioner of Agriculture
— John C. White.
Chief Justice Court of Civil
Appeals 4th Supreme Judicial
........ ..... ^ ^ >iiuwi U. S. Representative, 14th
Brass sextet “2” C A Mppd i Congressional District Dud-
Brass sextet, 2 , C. A. Maed- ley Tarlton Dougherty and John
Young.
State Senator 18th District —
William S. Fly and William N.
(Bill) Patman
Western Day April 1st
Promises Big Hoopedoo
A fired-up Western Day on
April 1 will see a greased pig
chased, horses and floats on
parade and a 50-cent chuck-
wagon lunch served on the Ma-
this High School campus.
The senior class, assisted by
the Mathis Junior Chamber of
Commerce, is planning an after-
noon and evening of fun this
year.
At noon the chuckwagon ser-
ving will start, lasting until 1:30
p.m.
The parade through town will
get started at 12:30. The greas-
ed flag pole contest is at 1:30;
greased pig contest, 2; races,
2:15; pie-eating contest, 3:15;
baseball game between Mathis
and Banquete, 4 p.m. The dance
will be from 8 until 12 in the
gym.
A special event during the
afternoon will be the hobby
show in the ag building. A 15-
cent admission will be charged
to view collections of Indian
relics, arrowheads, and old
types of tools. Anyone interest-
ed in showing their hobbies may
contact Larry Stapp for details.
The parade will charge $2
for each float entered and 50-
cents for each horse.. There will
be a hayride for students.
The chuckwagon lunch costs
50-cents per plate.
The races, three-legged, 100-
yard dash, 50-yard dash
sack, are for high school stu-
dents only with competition be-
tween classes.
The greased pig contest, with
the winner keeping the pig, costs
50-cents per entry. The greased
flag pole contest, with a $5
bid on top of the flag pole for
the winner, costs 25-cents per
entry. The pie-eating contest,
in the gym, costs 50-cents to
enter and 15-cents for specta-
tors.
During the afternoon the Jay-
cees will give pony rides for
the children on the football sta-
dium parking lot.
The dance will see a king
and queen of the day crowned,
having been previously elected
by the students. The dance costs
75-cents for couples and 50-cents
for stags and is open to high
school students in the area and
the Jaycees only.
Tracksters Place
In 2 Odem Events
Mathis tracksters 'placed in
two events in the Class A divi-
sion of the Odem Relays last
Thursday.
Rocky Marez came in fourth
in the 440-yard dash while Ro-
bert Dickinson placed second in
the mile run.
Next event in the track sche-
and dule is March 25 at Flour Bluff.
t
gen, Lupe Galvan, Mary Maed-
gen, Barbara Huffstutler, Patsy
Stridde and Gerald Braunstein.
Clarinet quartet, “3”, Suggie
Westover, (Terry Mengers, Car-
olyn Knolle and Eliceia Gar-
diner.
Clarinet trio, “1”, Dee Ann
Williams, Nancy Teague and
Lucy Trevino.
Clarinet quartet, “1”, Dee
Watson, Cathy Holmes, Suggie
Westover, and Lynn Boatwright.
Saxophone quartet, “2”, Joyce
Leber, Shirley Thiele, Jeannie
Wehmeyer, and Dee Ann Wil-
liams.
Flute quartet, “3”, Debbie
Parrish, Carolyn Brown, Paula
Hall, and Julie Braunstein.
In the solo class the follow-
ing ratings were earned:
Patsy Stridde, “2”, Cornet;
Cliff Jennings, “1”, Snare
Drums; Lupe Galvan, “3”, Tom-
(bonet; Mary flVtaedgen, “2”
Baritone; Nancy Teague, “2”,
Clarinet; Eliceia Gardiner, “3”,
Bass Clarinet;
Mary Ann George, “1”, Alto
Sax; Carolyn Brown, “3”, Flute;
Cathy Holmes, “2”, Clarinet;
C. A. Maedgen, criticism only,
Cornet; Shirley Thiele, “2”, Alto
Sax;
Debbie Parrish, criticism only
Flute; Joyce Leber, “2”, Alto
Sax; Jeannie Wehmeyer, “1”,
Tenor Sax; Dee Ann Williams,
criticism only, Clarinet; Lynn
Boatwright, “2”, Clarinet;
Dennis Parrish, “2”, Trom-
bone; Paula Crisp, “3”, French
Horn; Bobby Wehmeyer, “1”,
Cornet; Charles Barber, “2”,
Trombone; Dee Watson, “3”,
Clarinet; Barbara Huffstutler,
“1”, student conductor; and
Burnley Brown, “1”, student
conductor.
Concessions At
Game Tonight Will
Aid Youth Center
A group from the Mathis
Youth Center will have a con-
cession stand at the Jaycees
and Cof C basketball game to-
night (Thursday) at the high
school gym.
All proceeds from the stand
will go to the Mathis Youth
Center. There will be doughnuts,
coffee, punch and candy for
sale. Doughnuts and coffee or
punch and coffee will be 15
cents together or 10 cents each.
Local merchants have donat-
ed cash toward the purchase of
a TV set for the center.
The board of directors of the
center will meet Monday night
at 8 p.m.
Marvin Wren
Wins Job On
Mail Delivery
Marvin Wren was expected to
take over the rural mail delivery
job on Route 1 in the near
future, Postmaster Melvin Na-
gel said this week.
Wren was notified this week
he had been selected for the job.
He was among a large group of
people taking the examinations.
He was to take a physical
exam before being officially
certified.
The route has not been per-
manently filled for over a year.
After Joe Dickerson resigned his
wife took over the duties on
a temporary assignment.
'Success7 Story
For CofC's Work
Told By Campers
Another “success” story for
the--Mathis Chamber of- Com-
merce’s files came to lighFiast
week.
Three young fellows from Col-
orado Springs, Colo., itself one
of the top resort spots in the
world, camped for several days
along the shores of Lake Ma-
this.
They left Thursday to return
home. While here they ate at
Miss Dorothy Brown’s “Eat
With Dot” cafe at the Y. They
explained to Miss Brown that
each year they pick a new place
to go camping during the Colo-
rado winter. This year, through
Mathis Chamber of Commerce
brochures, maps and other tour-
ist information, they close Ma-
this as their camp site.
Navy Recruiter
Here April 4
The Navy recruiter will be in
Mathis on the first and third
Mondays of each month between
2:30 and 3:30 p.m. in the post
office.
Those interested in enlisting
in the Navy or obtaining infor-
mation on the opportunities of-
fered by the Navy are invited to
contact the recruiter at this time
and place.
State Representative, 35th Dis-
trict — Columbus DeMerville
Reeves II and Thos. M. (Tom)
Andrews.
Member, State Board of Edu-
cation, 14th District — Paul
Mason.
Dist. Attorney 36th District—
John H. Flinn.
County Attorney — Joseph C.
Tern us.
County Sheriff — W. A. Kline,
Tom E. Duncan and Homer
Hunt.
County Tax Assessor-Collec-
tor — Davis Vickers.
County Commissioners: Pre-
cinct 1 — A. T. Granberry, O.
D. Handly, Owen L. Dragoo and
Franklin T. Kelly, Jr.
Precinct No. 3 Commissioner
— Paul B. Mahoney.
Justice of Precinct 8 — O. J.
Moody
Constable Precinct 1 — A. F.
“Blackie” Alexander, R. C.
“Speck” Eakin, Raymond Can-
tu and Elkin T. Hunt.
Precinct 2 — Frank Bartek
and D. S. Ridgway.
Precinct 3 — Willie Brown.
Precinct 4 — D. A. Antonell
and L. E. Duckworth.
Precint 5 — Gonzalo Paiz.
Precinct 6 — Edgar W. Alt-
man, and E. J. “Ed” Crump.
Precinct 8 — Leo Dziadek
and Lewis Reagan Lee.
County Chairman — Frederic
Johnson.
Precinct Chairman Precinct
1 —
Precinct 2 — Cleatis Hawkins.
Precinct 3 — Jasper Weir.
Precinct 5 — T. G. Dorris.
Precinct 6 — W. A. Mayer.
Precinct 8 — H. H. Lackey.
Precinct 9 — Mrs. Sue T.
Dreier.
Precinct 10 — C. D. Whatley.
Precinct 11 — Andres Her-
nandez.
Precinct 12 — R. E. Mar-
burger.
Precinct 13 — B. C. Kindel.
Precinct 14 — James. M. Py-
nor.
Precinct 15
ders.
Last year San Patricio Coun-
ty was one of the spots in the
state where a majority of the
acreage was devoted to the “B”
cotton plan. This held true again
this year largely because of the
fact that the county’s largest
farmers selected the “B” pro-
gram and the smaller farmer
as a rule elected to go the
"A” route.
The A.S.C. office is now in
the process of making a final
check of all cotton allotments
to individual farms and short-
ly each farmer will receive a
verification from the office as
to the cotton choice recorded in
the A.S.C. office for each farm.
If this is in error, and the
farmer can so prove, a change
will be made.
Cancer Unit1
Plans For
Annual Drive
At a meeting in Sintbn last
Thursday evening the San Pa-
tricio County Unit of the Amer-
ican Cancer Society made plans
for their annual fund drive to
be held in April. Material for
the drive was distributed to
the members.
A film entitled “House to
House” was shown by Percy
Hartman of Mathis. Mrs. Roy
Rentz of Odem presided at the
meeting.
Members present besides Mrs.
Rentz and Mr. Hartman were
Mrs. Mary Boggus, Mrs. R. T.
Whitten, Mrs. Jim Whitten and
A. A. Luckenbach, all of Odem;
Mrs. Robert Gilmore of Port-
land; Mrs. Helen Foster of Cor-
pus Christi; Jack Thornton, Jr.
of Edroy; Miss Josephine Tre-
vino and Mrs. Lenora Morales
of Mathis; and Mrs. R. E. Cur-
lee, Mrs. Eddie Lacey, H. W.
Gist and Mrs. Joe Thomas, all
of Sinton.
Mrs. Moore Asks
All Citizens To
Fix Census Forms
Precinct 16 — Emmett Flinn.
Precinct 18 — Carl Beall.
Mrs. Griff Moore, Mathis crew
leader for the 1960 census, re-
minded all citizens this week
to fill out the census forms they
get in the mail before the cen-
sus taker visits their house.
Mrs. Moore said this will
speed up the census taking a
Barney San-j great deal since all names will
be written down and1 spelled
right for the census taker to
copy onto his own forms.
Planting Near
Complete in Co.
Planting in San Patricio Coun-
ty is proceeding at such a
rapid rate that the bulk of grain
and cotton will be planted this
week, according to Dan Paw-
lick, county agricultural agent.
“If the weather holds good
this week we' look for almost
everyone to finish up planting,”
Mr. Pawlick said, “There will
be a few spots-that are still too
wet for planting but the bulk
of all planting will be complet-
ed.
Grain planted several weeks
ago is now coming up good since
the temperature of the soil has
increased and farmers expect
seed planted this week to ger-
minate in minimum time if the
warm weather continues.
The prolonged wet and cold
weather has hit the onion crop
in the western portion of the
county a hard blow, according
to Mr. Pawlick.
“The blight has hit a lot of
the onion patches in the Ma-
this area,” Mr. Pawlick said,
“And if the present drop in
Deadline 8:30
In Y Mailbox
The outgoing mail box which
was placed in front of Curlee’s
Cafe at the Y last week has a
8:30 p.m. deadline.
Postmaster Melvin Nagel said
this week that letters may be
mailed to out-of-town addresses
up to 8:30 p.m. each night in
the Y box.
prices continue, there probably
will be several patches of onions
that won’t be harvested at all
this year.”
Most of the onion acreage in
the county this year is center-
ed in the Edroy-West Sinton
and Mathis area. Several vege-
table packing sheds usually ope-
rate each year in Mathis to ac-
comodate the vegetable crop.
Vegetable acreage in the coun-
ty, even on the F. H. Vahlsh-
ing Farm near Mathis, is light
and confined largely to onions.
Bob Bartos, CPL
Serviceman, Will
Move To O'Grove
Bob Bartos, Central Power &
Light serviceman, will move to
Orange Grove April 1 to give
full time electrical service to
the area south of the Nueces
River.
The Mathis CP'&L office hand-
les the Sandia and Orange Grove
area and Bartos will continue
to be associated with the local
management.
CPL is serving more than 350
customers in the Orange Grove
area today, compared to 251
eight years ago. The number
of customers served by the util-
ity company in Sandia, where
Bartos will also work, has in-
creased almost 50 per cent in
the same period.
Mr. and Mrs. Bartos and their
son will live in Sam Herschap’s
rent house in Orange Grove.
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Haden, John. The Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 24, 1960, newspaper, March 24, 1960; Mathis, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1041368/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed May 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mathis Public Library.