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THE MATHIS NEWS
VOL. XXV.
MATH'IS, TEXAS, DECEMBER 6, 1940
NO. 46
SNAP SHOTS
Plenty of wild ducks have
arrived down on the coastal
bays. Thus far we have not
heard of any crop damage be-
ing done by wild geese; but
sometimes they eat a lot of
rice i.n the fields east of here,
and they have sometimes eat-
en spinach and other crops a-
round here.
Hew fortunate is this part of
the state that it escaped the
rigors of cold, ice, and over-
flows which came to much of
Culture Club Meets
The Culture Club heard a
book review on “The Death of
OFFICERS ARE NAMED FOR
TWO: HIGH SCHOOL CLUBS
Officers have been announc-
ed for the Bookworm Club anrt
Hug-fhe-Coast Highway
Celebration
0
Lord Haw Haw” by Brett ] the Spanish Club, two high
Rutledge when the club met
Funny to think that in some
places fishermen who once ran,
ed about gar are now wanting
some of them left in lakes and
rivers, since fishing for gar*
has become a popular pastime
in many places. Gars are not
good for food; but neither are
tarpons, as to that.
We wish all the pastors of
churches here would bring ir.
their schedules of services, all
services. We would be glad to
run a church directory if the
pastors or their people wish it.
This is a free service ' gladly
given with the hope that it will
be helpful.
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After all, it must be admit-
north and east Texas! We! Wednesday afternoon at tm
had only a mild cool .spell, with j (fordon ®r^'vn
very acceptable showers, which | W^?, -ty
did much good. Just wny do ;
folks live somewhere else, any-
how?
Herr Hitler says that he takes .
to protection in bomb shelters! UlLon
to set a correct example before
the people of Germany. How-
ever, it must be a trifle humil-
iating to him to recognize thaz
in setting such an example he
is given speed and momentum
by the British raiders!
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Miller reviewed the
story.
Mrs. Banks in the absence of
Mrs. Paul Stone gave an article
Toward an English Speaking
from the Life Mag-
azine. Mrs. Gordon Brown
gav,e an article on “Hitler’s
Branch Office in U. S. A.”
After the program the host-
esses served refreshment plates
to 13 members.
school organizations.
Eleanor McClaugherty is
the new president of the Book-
r loca]
TOTBD1
Cities along the way,- and
Rayrncndv He in particular,
will hold a big celebration of
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We rise right now to nomin-
ate Attorney General Gerald
Mann for governor in 1942. He
has a clear brain, a moral
standard that is respectable,
and a spinal column of more
than average dimensions. His
department has handed down
a lot of strictly high-class opin-
ions, as we see them.
AAA MATTRESS PROGRAM
GETS UNDER WAY HERfc
WITH TWO MADE MONDAY
worms, Ella Jean Hollon, sec- the completion of Hug-the
retaiy-treasurer, Lucille Ad- Coast Highway, Orange to
Kisson, reporter and Miss Kath . Brownsville, Dec. 17, at Ray-
erine Stanley, sponsor. | mondville. Large crowds are
The Spanish Club officers ! expected,
are Ernestina Garcia, presi-l A few facts, figures, and
dent, Julia Swinnev, viee-presi- other data oh the highway fol-
oeni. Ella Jean Hollon, secre- low:
tary-treasurer, De Elva Vance,! Efforts to secure this higli-
Rcpprter. Mother sponsor of way have been going on for
the Club is Mrs. LI. A. Porter, more than twenty years.
All Club programs are carried , H:ghv/ay extends from
out in Spanish. j Orange Texas on the Louisiana
--------- | line to Brownsville Texas on
the' Mexican border. Much of
CATHOLIC WOMENS STUDY
CLUB HAS PROGRAM AND
ANNUAL XMAS
PARTY
ted that Congressman Dies has
been free with his mouth and
pen. But the net
been that
You’ve heard of the fellow
result• has ! who always went to sleep in
he~ has" at least got' church, and, when asked why
the federal authorities stepping
around, and has the President
asking him to call around for
an interview. Recognition is
a lot, it seems.
Real adventure and courage
should be differentiated from
foolhardiness. A long voyage
in the ocean on a mere skiff;
an aerial flight that is unneces-
sary; a “shooting the rapids”
of the Rio Grande, and all that
sort of thing is mere foolhard
iness, and costly at that.
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That movie actress who put
on a successful strip strike at
least originated something.
One may scarcely approve her
methods ; but she had the pluck
and determination of one who
knows she is right and Then—
strips. It is safe to say the
producers will think twice be-
fore cutting out her acts here-
after.
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Japan is demanding redress
from the Dutch government
for indignities and mistreat-
ment of Jap soldiers in some of
the East India islands. Of
course, the Netherlands is not
in position to make amends; so
he did so, said that he had im-
plicit confidence that the min-
ister would carry on all right
without him. Now, changed
a little, that is the way most
Americans are toward their of-
ficials. Over-cpnfidence, per-
haps.
The AAA mattress program
opened here Monday under the
direction of Miss Elizabeth j 0£
Brooks in the Wagnon build-1 study Club Tuesda'y afternoon
ing with Miss Elizabeth Brooks,: at the home of Mrs> Frank Sus_
new county demonstrator m sek. 19 members and one
charge of the work ' guest answered roll call with
Mgtabers of the H.D. Club quotations pertaining to the
Walter Ferguson, who has
been work ng in the Cage store
here for a long time, left last
week to work in the Cage store
Edinburg.
Walter Leber has bought the
former Crane Drug Store build-
;ng across the alley from Cages,
and is moving it about a block
north, on San Patricio Avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Coltrin
and family of Sinton spent
Thanksgiving Day wth Mr-,
and Mrs. Geo. W. Coltrin, who
likewise “dined” the J. W.
Nelson and Theo. Miller folks
last Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Whitaker
returned Sunday from a week’s
it is right on the shores of the
Gulf of Mexico.
Passes through Grange, Por;,
Arthur, Galveston, Houston,
, Alvin, AngJeton, Palacios, Port, trip and visit to Wichita Falls
The first of the Christmas . Lavaca, Eockport, Aransas and other points north,
events m Mathis was the meet- Pass, Corpus Christ!, Robs-
g of the Catholic Women town, Kingsville, Raymond -
ville, Harlingen,
Club
working in relays are super-
vising the making of the mat-
tresses. Chairmen are Mrs.
Ruth French, Mrs. John Suth-
erland and Mrs. M. T. Beall.
Two mattresses were com-
pleted Monday.
SCOUT CIRCUS TO BE HELD
IN ALICE DEC. 7
That stoning of the U.S.Em-
brssy in Mexico City and like
acts of violence and contempt,
by follows of Almazan, didn’t
do credit to Mexico. Take it
or leave it, so long as Mexico,,
France, or any other country j
holds elections and inaurugat- j
ions on Sunday it marks itself
a pagan.
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Well, the big football game
is over, and not too many are
well pleased with the results.
Somehow the Aggies had hold
of the heartstrings of the Tex-
as people, and most of us are
just a little sad to see. Aggies
fade from the Rose Bowl pic-
ture. But it’s all in life, and
soon over.
New ieglislaters, especially
the young men, may bite at the
“defense need” bait which will
be used in argument for race-
Japan will be perfectly justi-! track gambling by the track
fied in invading an island or gambblers and raisers of fast
two simply to “protect” its sol- horses. As said before, those
diers. spindle legged racers would
not make war horses at all.
Sure; let’s keep out of the
war. War for us means total-
itarianism, and totalitarianism
With not even an implied
criticism of local application,
is hard to shake off, especial-j we still desire to emphasize the
ly when it has a basis in pro- i great need of an intermediate
existing practices, as it has in ! grade education that tends to
this country. We have noth-1 correct everyday speech de
ing to fear from any European! fects, and which develops good
powers or set of powers. We | spelling powers in the average
should help democracy to pre-1 child. There are too many vi- ports and
Much publicity is being giv-
en to the Boy Scout Circus
which is to be held in the High
School Auditorium in Alice the
night of December 7. Every-
body is invited.
The various troops in this dis-
trict are busy preparing for
parts in the circus, and it prom-
ises to be a> fine exhibit,-not on-
ly of Boy Scout work in gen-
eral, but of special stunts and
appealing acts. It will be fine,
if many of our people will try
to attend, and thus encourage
the fine work that the scouts
are doing.
birth of Christ. Appearing on
the program were Miks Dora
San. Benito,
and Brownsville, in the order
named.
Has ten deep water harbors,
giving direct water connections
to all parts of the world. These
at Orange, Port Arthur,
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Malone
and Mr. Herbert Wade of Cor-
pus Christi were guests of Mr,
and Mrs. J. E. Henderson Sun-
day.
Mrs. John Robert Sutherland
and baby of Kingsville spent
■n/j -i, .r- ,, T. ~ i—v i utL auu t.u, the week-end with relatives
Vic Murray-, Mrs. Jim^Guynes, | Beaumont, Galveston. Free- here last week.
are
and Mrs. Tommy Sutherland.
Mrs. Sutherland’s subject was
“What Constitutes True Char-
ity;” The Club voted a dona-
tion to the Community Chest.
Afer the program the,annual
Christmas party y, as held with
distribution of gifts from a reel
and white tree. Decorative
scheme was in red and white
with a large hanging basket of
red and white roses in the liv-
ing room and festoons of cry-
stal bells tied with red bows
throughout the house. A mam-
moth Christmas arrs-ngeinenc
of pine cones and bells and
port, Houston, Texas City, Cor-
pus Christi, Port Isabel and
Brownsville.
It ties together at least six
Army posts and one naval
base; Port Bolivar; Fort Crock-
ett, at Galveston; Camp Hulen
at Palacios; Naval Base at
Corpus Christi; Fort Brown at
Mr. Rex Gregory has bought,
the Adams Service Station, cor-
ner San Patricio Ave. and High
way 12, and will appreciate the
patronage of all who traded
with Mr. Adams, and of all oth-
ers who will share their busi-
ness with him.
His friends regret that Mr.
J. R. Honea is confined to the
Jbrownsville and Fort Ringgold
at Sam Fordv.ee.
It serves as a portion of no Mathis Hospital by a serious
less than seven _ international ailment. All wish for him a
high ways extending from Can- satisfactory recovery and many
ada into Old Mexico. ^ years of health and vigor.
Opens all the territory a-
, , . long its course to the thousands Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Ramey
greenery . netted' the door 0f both summer and winter tour of Kingsville visited Mrs. Ea-
through which the , guests eii-; ists from the Central and East- mey’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
era States.
Jimmie Elledge is holding I
down the Honea barber shop ! DAIRYMEN’S
j while Mr. Honea is taking treat i .
| ment for physical ilments. \ •
SCHOOL
A. Sr M. COLLEGE
CONDENSED WAR HEADLINES
tal weaknesses just here.
The surprising Greek suc-
cesses in the European war are
the outstanding features of the
week’s news. The Italians
have retreated entirely from
Greece, have given over large
areas of southeastern Albania,
and the Greeks have penetrat-
ed nearly to Tirana, the Alban-
ian capital.
' Thus far Hitler has failed to
come to the rescue of his Axis
partner, Mussolini. The latter
is in a tight place. The Brit-
ish have actual cntrol of the
Mediterranean sea; in fact, one
of their greatest troubles is to
get Italian war ships outside
into action. Italy
can get little assistance to her
forces in northern Africa, and
German subs are taking very
heavj^ foil of her shipping, and
she is rushing feverishly to the
United States for more ships
and planes of all kinds.
Spain and Germany remain
inactive so far as Gibraltar is
concerned. A meaningful con-
dition has arisen in Rumania.
The “Iron Guard,” a society of
Nazis which plagued Rumania
for several years, and against
which the latter took vigorous
and probably wise steps, burst
into new life and newer when
Hitler practically assumed con-
trol in Rumania. This organi-
zation took things into its own
hands, so to speak, and mur-
dered probably over 100 of the
leaders -who had been oppos-
vail, of course, short of war.
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Our feelings were stirred Ly | The big REA show last week 1 the latter seem to he simply j ing them, and HTler is trying
a recent picture showing two ] showed folks how nicely they j waiting for help and supplies, j to restrain them from a^ual
young fellows, unkempt, doubt, could live in country homes , The British presumably are j rebellion against his rule. They
less cold and hungry, arrested
as vagrants by police, and
$4,000 worth of stolen jewel-
ry was on them. One look at
their condition, their down-
cast eyes, their dejection, told
us that crime never pays.
CHRISTMAS
CHEER!
Jr
is a fine thing to enjoy. But We must think beyond
Christmas and take in the o6ming year.
We want to help yj^rmake 1941 a good year.
Spend what you neetj to spend, and bank the rest,
not simply as help for a “rainy day,” but as a start
toward prosperity. A Bank Account and Bank
Credit go hand in hand with business success. We
lend a hand in both.
that have electricity. It is ] interfering seriohisly with the
wonderful how many comforts I Italian’s plans to send reinforce
and conveniences are available j ments into Albania, since the
if one has the juice and the J British have a number of war
money to get them and use j ships in and around the Ad-
them. Much of country life riatic, which the Italians would
will be different from now on. have to cross with supplies.
Greece has nearly surrounded
Port Edda, the main Adriatic
port where Italy sends the re-
i
THE
FIRST STATE BANK
MATHIS, TEXAS
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
s
are virtually a band of Nazis
wild with power and filled with
a spirit of revenge.
The United States is sen
ing help to China in the form
of large credits for necessities
from this country. Japan h
trying to organize its conquer-
ed territory in North China and
to claim that it is China. Sh*
inforcements. It may be that j is also slowly pushing into In-
Dairymen will go back to
school Dec. 2-4 when the Sixth
Annual Dairymen’s short
course is held at Texas A & M
College.
Several phases of the dairy
business will be discussed dur-
ing the three-day meeting with
leaders in all fields connected
with dairying serving as facul-
ty for the course,
V eterinarians, agronomists,
dairy herdsmen, dairy husban-
dry specialists, landscape ar-
chitects, pasture specialists, re-
search laboratory scientists
and rural electrification ex
perts all will appear on the
program to give the dairymen
a consensus of their ideas on
how to operate a dairy profit-
ably.
The course is sponsored by
the Texas A&M College de-
partment of dairy husbandry,
of which Prof. Charles N.
Sbepardson is the head.
In addition to class room
work, the visitors will attend a i
class in dehorning, branding j
r_ and judging dairy cattle dur-
ing one of the afternoon ses-
sions.
J. E. Henderson, Sunday last.
Guests of Mr. and-MrsV E‘. G.
Frels this week were Mrs,
James H. Clark and daughter,
Yvonne, of San Antonio.
Mrs. Wayne Koepsel spent
several days visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Koepsel this week.
LOST:— At Texas Theatre,
about ten days ago, set of two
car keys and a stamped Mexic-
an leather coin purse. Liber-
al reward for return to this of-
fice.
CANDIDATES
SWEETHEART
FOR F. F. A.
CHOSEN
Candidates for the Sweet-
heart of the Future Fanners
are Virginia Wright, represent-
ing the senior class, Joyce Stein
merer, junior, Joseph i n a
Brown, sophomore, and Joyce
Porter, freshman. Ballot boxes
are located in the G&H Cafe
and at the school building.
Last year’s Sweetheart was
Virginia Wright.
HARVEY ADAMS CELL.
BRATE5 6th BIRTHDAY
within a week this port maj
fall to Greece, and also that
Tirana may be approached.
As the campaign continues,
Greece finds herself drawn ou+
of the mountains, her natural
habitat, and upon the nearly
level lands of Albania. This
the Italians use to better advan-
tage ; and also Greece gets far-
ther away from her bases of
supplies. But with British
help, Greece is pushing from
advantage to advantage, and
unless Hitler sends help Italy
may soon shout for peace.
Of course, this is all highly
pleasing to England, herself
sorely beset by German bomb-
ers and submarines. Possibly
the hardest phase of the war
for Britain has begun. She
acknowledges serious damage
to her plane factories and mun-
ition plants, as well as to the
civilian properties of all kinds,
with considerable loss of life.
do-China, looking toward the
Dutch East Indies.
The United States is pushing
its defense program, which has
largely taken the form of a
British assistance program
This country is suffering acts
of sabotage, a number of ser-
ious explosions and blasts hav-
ing occurred recently. The
government minimises thest as
accidents, or at least as un-
proven sagotage; while the
Dies committee claims most of
them to be sabotage.
The outlook just now is not
bright/for England ; but her
bombers are giving a good ac-
count of themselves as they
proceed against German and
coastal points. It seems that
she is at least doing fairly good
defensive work, and is holding
Hitler’s forces very much at
home, not letting them rush to
Greece.
SOOth ANNIVERSARY OF
THE PRINTING INDUSTRY
This month witnesses the
celebration of the 500th anni-
versary of printing with mov-
able type. 'Credit for this im-
portant invention is usually giv-
en to Johannes Gutenberg, at
Strasburg. Type was first
made from wood, then from
leather, in plate form, then
from metal cut by hand. Cast
metal type has been in use for
more than a century. Mach-
ines for typesetting have been
in use for more than three-
quarters of a century, but it
was during the latter part of
the last century that practical,
rapid-acting, and satisfactory
type-setting and slug-making
machines were invented and
perfected to the present high
point.
The linotype and the inter-
type are the leading two type-
setting machines on the mar-
ket. Their use has made our
huge daily papers possible.
Harvey Adams celebrated
his 6th birthday anniversary
with a party Friday last, week
at the home of his parents. A
pink and white birthday cake
was the feature of the refresh-
ment table.
Guests were Merilyn and
Billy McNeill, Joanne Guynes,
Sonny Guynes, Carol Nelson.
John R. Nelson, Elaine Nelsoi*;
Tommy Tucker Sutherland,
Johnny Clemons, Beverly Leh-
man and Glenn and Harvey
Adams.
DAWSON SAYS:
I have few Philco Radios on-
hand that I will sell 10% off
regular price, for cash. Also
can get you any style, any price
and any kind in time for Christ-
mas present, and will appre-
ciate your calling by and loot-
ing the line over.
The nicest and most sensible
present for Christmas is a life
insurance policy. The next
nicest is a Philco Radio. See
me for all kinds of Insurance,
Radios, Batteries, Cotton Seed,
Pear Burners, Farms, Houses
and town lots. Thanks for
calling.
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