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THE MATHIS NEWS
VOL. XXXVII
THE MATHIS NEWS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1952
SIX PAGES — NO. 4
Huge Land Clearing
Project to Aid
Economy of Mathis
have from 2,500 to 3,000 acres
ready to plant a crop of cot-
ton on this season,” Gorbett said.
No long range plans have def-
initely been made for the land.
Some speculation has it that it
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The largest single land clear-
ing project ever undertaken in
this section of the state, which
is being predicted as a “boom”
to the economy of Mathis, is
well underway just two and-a-
half miles out of the city on the j will be cut into lots of 400 to
road to Tynan. <-- | 600 acres and sold to individuals.
6,286.57 acres are being cleared: Others say that it will all be
in the enormous project which is held by its owners. None of
now employing approximately these rumors and speculations
70 men, using from 30 to 40 have been confirmed,
pieces of heavy equipment. Nine H. L. McEachern, who is super-
companies have contracts to work j vising the clearing of the land,
on the clearing and three local said Tuesday that 30 tractors
distributors are furnishing fuel were working on the land then
for the machines. j and that from six to ten more
The land was recently pur-; may come in later on. He said
chased by F. H. Vahlsing, Inc., | that each of the contractors had
at a price, according to the refc- j been allotted plots of from 400
ords at the county clerk’s office, j to 500 acres apiece,
of $469,000.00. It was bought j None of the land is completely
from Mrs. Katharine Clifton, who cleared and ready to be worked
now lives in Iroquois County,
111., from an original tract she
at this time.
There is a 400-acre plot at the
held containing 11,660.33 acres, southern extremnity of the land
is described i that is almost ready. This plot
The land, which
on the records as being “two
and one-fourth miles” from the
town of Mathis,” will all be put
into cultivation when it is clear-
ed, according to O. L. Gorbett,
who is local manager for the
Vahlsing Corporation.
“We are hoping that we can j leman of Mathis, Bill Holmes of
_______ j Mathis, Moore and Son of Fal-
** -'—^ i furias, “Speedy” Morton of Edin-
is being worker by Shanley
Bros, of Robstown. Shanley has
the Brown and Lowman Com-
pany of Corpus Christi working
with him.
Other companies working on
the land include Brown and Hoi-
“Of Cabbages
andKings”
By MALONEY
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One Week Left
To Buy Right
To Vote—Hurry
....With less than one week in
which to buy poll taxes still re-
maining, less than 400 Mathis
citizens had made themselves
elgible to vote by late Thursday.
____The deadline is • midnight
Thursday, January 31.
____According to Davis Vickers,
county tax assessor and collec-
tor, the county office in Sinton
wil be open until midnight to
accomidate those wishing to pay
their poll tax.
___People living in Mathis can
purchase their poll tax at Stone
Bros. Garage form Mrs. Doro-
thy Stone
____Late Thursday Mrs. Stone
still had accepted payment of
the tax from less than two
hundred people.
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“Though I do not agree with
a thing you say, I will de-
fend with my life your right
to say it. Voltaire
burg, Jim Kaufman of George
West, Bud McCallum of Kings-
ville, J. A. Hamilton of Bee-
ville, Hall and Maples of Bee-
ville apid the Ballinger Bros, of
San Benito.
Ran Nelson, representing the
Humble Co., Bill McNeill, the
Texaco distributor and Black-
stone Dilworth, new > Sinclair | schools,
agent in San Patricio County J
are all furnishing fuel to the
various contractors.
McEachern said, in explaining
how land of this type was
cleared, the first thing that had
to be done, was to “chain” the
land. Two bulldozers are used
in this operation They work
about fifty yards from one an-
with a huge chain or
In this our last column for
the Mathis News we wish to
thank all of you for your kind- j other,
ness and tolerant attitude with I cable pulled between them. The
which you have read “Cabbages.” j chain or cable is usually from
It can not fairly be said that 250 to 300 yards in length. If the
true freedom of expression does , chain is used, it generally weighs
exist in Mathis. That is the
high compliement that I know
of, that I can pay you all.
Mathis Man
Named In
Stabbing Charges
Juan Garza, Mathis, was charg-
ed yesterday in justice court here
with Saturday night’s stabbing
murder of Andres Garza, 21, of
Mathis (no relation).
The accused man waived ex-
amining trial and was ordered
held in $2,500 bond. ^
The sheriff’s office reported
Andres Garza, his brother Man-
uel and a friend engaged in a
street fight here with Juan Gar-
zo, George Garza and Coman-
cho.
Andres was fatally stabbel and
his brother, Manuel sustained
minor stab wounds.
about 80 pounds to the foot. It
is of the kind used to anchor
large ships.
Some chaining operations are
done with a cable. McEachern
explained, because the cable is
much cheaper to buy and far
easier to transport from one job
to another.
About 200 acres a day can
be “chained.”
The next step is to pile all
of the brush that the dragging
of a chain over the land had
knocked down or uprooted. This
is done with huge rake-like
pieces of equipment that is at-
tached to front of one of the
tractors.
Then, once the brush is piled
it is burned.
The next step is to plow the
land. A gigantic plow is attached
to the front of one of the trac-
tors. In this operation all o£j
Harville Resigns
As Principal; Will
Enter Law School
'"Vernon Harville, principal of
Mathis High School, handed T.
A. Harbin, superintendent of
and Adolph Bomer,
chairman of the Mathis School
Board, a letter of resignation
Monday.
Planting Deadline Set for April 20;
Plowup Date Made September 25
'Mothers7 March on Polio7 Set for Thurs
Light in Window Will Indicate Wish
To Take Part in Drive, Koepsel Says
“Mathis Mother March on
Polio” will be the last phase in
the annual March of dimes, ac-
cording to W. H. Koepsel, who
is heading the drive locally.
“So far the drive is going
over big. Everyone we have
asked for help has been most
cooperative and generous. Our
origional goal in Mathis was
set at $1,000. The way it looks
now we may make it. We
still have all of next week, I
Koepsel explained.
By Thursday morning, about j
$600 had been collected in the j:
local drive.
L. S. Sjarks made several ad- i |i
dresses around town to aid the! |
cause. His daughter Robbie, was’
recently stricken with the disease |
while she was attending col- i;
lege at Denton.
Collections were taken up at
the Drive in and the It thea-
tres.
The Mathis PT.-A. offered
their help in the Mothers March,
which will be Thursday.
Althought final plans are .still
being worker on, it is thought
that the drive will work some-
thing like this: mothers, who
have volunteered to aid in the
March, will be located through-
out the city. Beginning at 6:30
p. m. these mother^ will solicit
the donations of those who wish
to contribute.
Anyone wishing to take part
in the March can do so by leav-
ing their porch light on or leav-
ing a light in their window. In
this way, the mothers taking
which houses wish to take part
in the drive.
John Zorrarka
Buried in
Mathis Cemetery
John Alfred Zorrarka, 60, was
His resignation will become j buried in the Mathis Cemetery
effective following the school j Saturday.
semester which will end in May, j Zorrarka, who died in San
As Harville explained in his Antonio January 17, is survived
letter of resignation, he is leav- j by his wife, Mrs. Ethel Porter
ing his administrative post to Zorrarka of San Antonio; his
enter the University of Texas | mother, Mrs. Zorrarka of Bee-
Law School, a life-long ambition. | ville; brothers, John and Ray-
In part his letter read: “It is mond of San Antonio; sisters,
with a great deal of regret that
I hereby tender my resignation
as^ principal of the Mathis High
Miss Mabel Zorrarka of San An-
tonio.
Chapel services were held at
the small trees and bushes ape [ L.L.B. and a Ph.D. at the Uni-
removed and the land is turned
over. This plow will turn the
See Land Clearing page 6
School, to be effective at the the Briggs-Dubelle Funeral Home
close of the 1951-52 school year, j in San Antonio by the Rev.
“As you (Harbin) know, last Bishop of the Methodist Church
summer we discussed the prob- j of San Antonio,
ability of me leaving at the end; Dobie Funeral Home made ar-
of this year and since there is j rangements in Mathis,
some recent speculation on my
intentions I feel that it might
be feasiible to announce definite-
ly at this time my plans.
“Before graduating from col-
lege I had planned to enter law
school but financial reasons
caused me to postpone this step
in my education. However, be-
cause of my age I feel that in
order to fulfill this ambition I
should begin to do something
about it.”
Harville came to the Mathis
school system in 1949.
He holds three degress from
A&I College, B.B.A.,* B.S., and
M.S.
It is his intention to take an
Rev. Vernie Pipes
Leaves Mathis;
Take Celina Post
Changes Made in
FFA Fair To Make
It More Practical
A definite move was made to-
wards putting the San Patricio
County Boys and Girls Show
and sale of stock on a com-
mercial basis by setting a min-
imum of projects from which
an entry may be made and by
eliminating the grand and re-
serve champion placing on fat
steers. This action was taken at
a meeting of the directors last
versity.
Harville and his family will Monday night in Sinton.
See Pipes Page 6
SAN PATRICIO FARM BU-
REAU DIRECTORS — Members
of the San Patricio County Farm
Bureau have elected 18 directors
to head the organization in 1952
at the annual meeting in Sinton
Thursday night. Shown above,
front row (left to right) are W.
A. Edwards, Ingleside; Robert
Wehmeyer, Mathis; C. C. Car-
roll, Taft;, and Malcolm Maed-
gen, Mathis. Rear row (left to
right) are Cecil Vickei’s, Sinton;
Charles Thiele, Mathis; Robert
Stalcup, Odem; Thomas Houser,
Sinton; and Joe Hill, Mathis.
Others elected at the annual
meetings Thursday were Athas
Chopelas, Oscar Mayfield, A. T.
Granberry and A. V. Vickers,
Sinton; K. G. McKamey, J. L.
Duubose and J. T. Brittain, Taft;
Marvin Beyer, Mathis; and Mar-
tin Wheeler, Bayside.—(Courtesy
Corpus Christi Caller.)
Under the new regulations all
steers will be shown in one
class and graded according to
U. S. standards. Only steers
grading commercial or above
will be alowed to be sold at
the auction and a ceiling price
five cents above the market for
that grade will be set on the
bidding.
Other changes were made in
the project minimums. They in-
clude capons, 25; fryers, 100;
laying hens, 25; and turkeys, 25.
Eadh exhibitor may consign
two exhibits to the auction, but
only one from the steer, barrow,
lamb, fryer, capon or turkey
divisions may be sold.
At this year’s show prizes
will also be awarded for field
crops, including cotton, corn,
head grain and flax.
Two other major changes ap-
proved were setting up a sift-
ing committee to approve all
show entries and settiqg the
closing date for entering the
show at 30 days prior to the
opening of the show.
The Rev. Vernie Pipes has re-
signed his post as pastor of the
First Baptist Church.
His resignation is to become
effective January 27.
The Rev. Pipes will move to
Celina, Texas, to become pastor
of the First Baptist Church of
that city.
He has been pastor of the
church here for the past five
and one-half years. During that
time a new church has been
built with an auditorium as
beautiful as can be found in
South Texas.
An educational building that
provides for every department
in the Sunday school has also
been added since the Rev. Pipes
has been pastor.
Additions to the church by
baptism and by letter have been
two hundred and ninety-three,
and the church has raised one
hundred and thirty thousand dol-
lars in the past five and one-
half years.
The Rev. Pipes has served as
moderator of the Blanco Baptist
Association for the past two
years and a member of the Dis-
trict Board of District Five.
While in Mathis, the Rev. Pipes
has become the respected friend
of a cross section of the city. It
is with regret that his congrega-
tion accepted his .resignation.
A planting deadline of April 20, with a plowup date
of September 25, was announced yesterday for San
Patricio County by John C. White, Commissioner of
Agriculture.
Earlier, San Patricio County farmers and ginners
had been polled as to the dates they would recommend.
cotton that was plowed under.
Cotton is grown only by per-
The results >of this survey
showed dates for a planting dead-
line from April 1 to April 20.
Providing enough moisture
falls, this date will be of little
importance to San Patricio Coun-
ty farmers as most of them
usually get their cotton planted
much earlier than ‘ this. Early
planters usually get started the
latter part of February with the
bulk of the planting done by
the 15th of March. About 120
days are required from the date
of planting until maturity for
cotton and this allows plenty of
time to meet the fall plowup
date.
Inspectors from Mr. Rosa’s of-
fice in Taft have been conducting
sampling tests over this area
to see how the pink bollworm
is faring and their findings show
an alarming amount of plowed
under bolls infested with a large
number of worms. Two typical
samplings taken near Taft show
that in the first 100 bolls in-
spected, 48 were infested with
126 live worms. In the second
survey, 159 bolls were sampled
showing 97 infested bolls with
550 worms. No dead worms were
found in either of these two
tests, showing that little or no
rotting was taking place on the
mission, granted annually by the
State Department of Agriculture,
and in a period of time during
each year specified by the com-
missioner. In 1951, the period
was from Feb. 1 to Oct 15. The
Texas Pink Bollworm Law went
into the statute books in 1925,
and its applicability is put into
effect by a proclamation by the
governor each year.
In 1943, Texas Court of Crim-
inal Appeals decreed:
“ . . . the Act . . . makes it
unlawful to grow cotton in cer-
tain designated areas in this
State . . . and that in those
areas designated as regulated
zones, it is an exception to the
application of the law and a
defense to an accusation here-
under that cotton was therein
grown in accordance with rules
and regulations of the Commis-
sioner of Agriculture ... It is
within the power of the Legis-
lature to create an offense, and,
in the same enactment to pro-
vide exceptions to its applica-
tion.”
It is under this decision that
several persons in various coun-
ties in the area recently have
been charged with unlawful cot-
ton growing.
F.H.A. to Sponsor]Cotton Authorities
Cake Sale
Saturday
The first sale, which was held
last Saturday, was short of the
goal the Club had set for itself.
Because of other activities,many
of the members were not fully
prepared to take part in the
sale Bu? such will not be the
case this week, Mrs. Harville
explained. The girls have planned
to be located at two downtown
groceries, London’s and Suther-
land’s Groceries. The cakes,
cookies and pies have been rea-
sonably priced to assure sales.
The club has a tentative goal
of $50.00 they hope to reach
this Saturday.
The local chapter of the Fu-
ture Homemakers of America
will sponsor another cake sale
in an effort to earn money to
send the delegates they have
chosen from their club to attend
the State meeting in Dallas the
last week in April.
The delegates the girls have
selected are Joanne Crenshaw
and Jane Gordon Cabaniss.
Each of the girls in the club
will bake a cake, a pie or some
cookies for the sale.
Mathis Man Inducted
Richard L. Serna, of Mathis,
was inducted into the service
this week.
'Sleepy Time Gal7 to Be 'Free Movie7 At
Drive-in Theatre for Health Clinic; Goal
Of Thousand Dollars to Be Reached
To Speak in Sinton
On January 28th
San Patricio County farmers
will have an opportunity to hear
two outstanding authorities dis-
cuss their cotton problems at a
meeting in Sinton, January 28th,
at the court house, at 7:30 p.m.
Fred Elliott, cotton specialist
of the A&M College Extension.
Service, will discuss the various
phases of cotton production, in-
cluding chemical weed control,
defoliation, mechanical harvest-
ing and steps in increasing pro-
duction.
Allen C. Gunter, Entomologist
of the A&M College Extension
Service will discuss cotton in-
sects and their control. He will
include in his talk the latest
methods of control and latest
developments in new insecticides.
R. R. Gibb, County Agricul-
tural Agent, said that all per-
sons interested in cotton pro-
duction are invited to attend
this meeting. The outlook is now
that farmers will devote the
major portion of their farms to
cotton production. And, the out-
look is now that production costs:
will be high and that farmers
should take advantage of all the
information available to increase
yields to help lower production
costs.
Two From Mathis Attend
Dallas Fashion Show
Mrs. I. S. Butler, accompanied
by her husband, of Evelyn’s, and
Herman Leibovitz of Herman’s
attended a showing of new fash-
ions in Dallas this week.
With the money collected at
the “Free Movie” being spon-
sored by the Mathis Drive-In
Theatre for the support of the
Mathis Health Clinic, it is
thought that the goal of $1,000
set by the directors of the clinic
will be reached, and perhaps
bettered, D. C. Brown, chairman
of the board of directors of the
clinic, said Thursday.
The movie, “Sleepy Time Gal,”
starring Judy Canova, is all set
for Wednesday evening. There
will be continuous showings of
the movies, just as there are on
regular nights at the drive-in.
Usually the movies start about
6:15 to 6:30 p.m. this time of
the year, John Reed, manager
of the theatre said.
The members of the board of
directors of the Clinic include
Brown, chairman; Mrs. Geron-
imo Trenivo, Mrs. Gordon Brown,
Marcus Lemos and Ran Nelson.
They were appointed by the
board of directors of the Rotary
Club, which has accepted respon-
sibility of the clinic, to serve for
a period of one year.
The board members began the
financial drive for the clinic
some time ago, with their goal
set on the $1000 mark. At pres-
$900.00 They money will be used
tod pay for the rent of the
building that the Clinic occupies,
for the utilities used and other
necessary expenses that will
arise. It is thought that the $1000
will adequately cover the ex-
penses of the clinic for the
coming year.
The Clinic was set up last
summer by the San Patricio
County Health Unit. Since that
time it has been operated by
members of this unit, with what
the unit leader, Dr. C. A. Selby,
describes as amazing success.
Most of the clinic periods have
been well attended and the co-
operation of the general public of
Mathis has been most gratify-
ing, Dr. Selby has said.
There will be no admission
charged the night of the “free
movie.” However, there will be
workers at the entrances of the
theatre to accept any donations
that those entering the movie
may care to make. As has been
pointed out before, but using
this method, no federal amuse-
ment tax will have to be de-
Scouts Hold
Open House
Sunday
The Parents Club of Boy Scout
Troop 38 will hold open house
at the New Boy Scout Hut Sun-
day, January 27, according to
MrMrs. Betty Sutherland, secre-
tary of the club.
Since most of the people of
Mathis have helped in some
way to make the dream of Scout
Hut come true, we of the Moth-
er’s Club of the troop want all
of the people of Mathis to be
with us when we hold this open
house. It is the only way we
know of to show our apprecia-
tion for the help you have all
given us,” one member of the
gpen house committee explained.
There will be various displays
and exhibits of scout work done
by the local troop at the Open
House.
The open house will be held
from 3 to 5 p. m. Refreshments
and perhaps a short program
are being prepared by the mem-
bers of the club.
It is the intention of the club
for the general public of Mathis
to come and see the Hut now
that the facilities are near com-
ent they have collected almost Wednesday night.
ducted f<Jr the money collected 1 fhf Troop Till* bt o“ha"d to
^conduct visitors around.
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