The Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 1953 Page: 4 of 8
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Page 4 — THE MATHIS NEWS — Friday, Aug. 7, 1953, Mathis, Tex.
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SOCIETY
MYF GROUP MEETS
FOR STUDY AT
CHURCH SUNDAY
Mrs. Oran Sides, counsellor for
the Methodist Youth Fellowship,
met with the group Sunday night
in the Methodist Church base-
ment for their regular weekly
meeting.
Charles Porter was leader of the
program entitled “The Earth is
the Lord’s” and also led them in
prayer. He started the program
with a talk on “God’s Ownership”
and was assisted by Jan Sides,
whose subject was “ Friendly
Farmers”. Dickie Harbin’s part
was “No God: No Property”.
Charles Porter gave the scrip-
ture reading from Psalms 24:15.
Mary Henderson was piannist.
Others present were Bobby Dun-
can, Betsy Hill, Kathy Brown,
Carolyn Caddell, Elaine Maedgen,
Maedene Maedgen, Lonnie Messer,
Sammy Henderson, Billy McNeill,
Buddy Maedgen, and guests were
Kenneth Harbin, Stanley Harbin,
Lloyd Hutchens, and Mack Craig
who is visiting from Arkansas.
Gleaners Class
Honors Teacher
Wed. Morning
The Gleaners Class of the Bap-
tist Church honored their teacher,
Mrs. A. A. Palmer, with an in-
formal Coke party Wednesday
morning at the home of Mrs. Bill
Holmes.
A large bowl of red hibiscus
blossoms graced the living room
table.
About 12 members of her class
were present and presented the
honoree with a silver compote as
a farewell gift from the class.
W. S. C. S. Meets Tues.
For Bible Study
“Christmas in August” was the
theme of the meeting of the Wo-
men’s Society of Christian Service
at the Methodist Church Tuesday
afternoon.
The refreshment table was cen-
tered with a Christmas tree sur-
rounded by reindeer and other
mid-winter scenery. Red punch
and assorted cookies were served
by the hostesses, Mrs. C. N. Free-
man and Mrs. H. W. Tobin.
Mrs. E. J. Kneupper reviewed
the book, “The Other Wise Man”.
The offering collected at this meet-
ing will be used for supplies and
materials for foreign and home
missions.
Members present were Mmrs.
C. E. Aldridge, J. J. Baker, Gor-
don Brown, Sylvester Coffin, Bob
Duncan, C. N. Freeman J. W.
Henderson, O. W. Winsauer, Wil-
lie Hinnant, G. B. Hutchison, E.
J. Knuepper, Bill McNeill, Bill
Messer Van Nelson, Malcolm
Maedgen, L. T. Porter, Milby
Porter, Thomas Porter, Oran
Sides, H. W. Tobin I. H. Watson,
and one guest, Mrs. George Hen-
drix of San Antonio.
Michael Marler
Has 7th Birthday
Party Recently
Mrs. Virgil Marler entertained
her son, Michael, with a yard
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WEST SINTON NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Miller are
proud grandparents of a girl born
July 25 at Baptist Memorial Hospi-
tal in San Antonio to Mr. and
Mrs. John St. Leger. She was
named Jean Marie. Paternal
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
William St. Leger of San Antonio.
MYF GOES SWIMMING
AT CHASE FIELD
MONDAY AFTERNOON
The Methodist Youth Fellow-
ship, accompanied by their spon-
sors, went to Chase Field in Bee-
ville Monday “afternoon for a
swim and picnic supper.
Regular members attending were
Bobby Duncan, *Maedene Maedgen,
Mary Henderson, Carolyn Caddell,
Elaine Maedgen, Betsy Hill, Lon-
nie Messer, Buddy Maedgen, and
Jan Sides.
Guests included Peggy Stewert,
Loretta Mengers, Janet Gregorcyk,
Kenneth Harbin, Stanley Harbin,
Lloyd Hutchens, and Mack Craig.
Sponsors who took the group to
Beeville were Rev. and Mrs. J.
E. Mack, Mr. and Mrs. George
Bourns, Mr. and Mi’s. M. A. Maed-
gen, Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Sides.
Exporers Have
Party At Lake
The Mathis Explorers were en-
tertained last week at the Karan-
kawa Scout Camp with a swim-
ming and canoeing party, after
which they were served a buffet
supper in the dining hall. Dancing
party last week in observance oR followed.
his 7th birthday.
Ice cream, punch, and gum
drop cookies were served to the
following guests: Lynn Boatwright,
Dee Watson, Dennie and Debbie
Parrish, John Sutherland, Joyce
Marler, Henry Williams, James
Norvel, Butch Marler and Tom
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Each Explorer had a girl fr-
iend as a guest and there were
two other guests present from out-
of-town, Bo Jenkins and Ralph
Alexander from Corpus Christi.
W. M. U. GROUP MEETS
AT CHURCH MON.
The Women's Missionary Union
met Monday afternoon at the
Baptist Church for their regular
weekly Bible study.
Mrs. T. H. Ramey taught the
lesson on “Women of Destiny in
the New Testament.”
Those present for this lesson
were Mrs. A. A. Palmer, Mrs.
Rose Hollon, Mrs. August Koep-
sel, Mrs. Esther Hardin, Mrs. J.
W. Nelson, Mrs. Frank Dehnisch,
Mrs. Glenn Dorris, Mrs. B. S.
Whitaker.
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Mathis Locals
Kathy Brown is spending the
week in Taylor as the house guest
of Joan Welch.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Cabaniss
and children went to San Antonio |
last Friday and on to New Braun-
j fels where they spent Friday night
and Saturday.
June Steelhammer is spending
the remainder of the summer at
home with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Ted Steelhammer. She will
return to San Marcos for the fall
term in September.
Mrs. Tom David, of Corpus
Christi, visited Mr. and Mrs. C.
B. Eckert last week.
and David Marler.
Colored balloons were hung
around in the yard for decorations
and given to the children for
favors.
Mrs. E. M. White, the honoree’s
grandmother from Tynan, helped
the hostess.
NOW REOPENED
The Chuckwagon At The State Park Entrance Has Now Been
Reopened By A1 Newell, Who Specializes In Fine Barbecued
Meats.
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MATHIS TEXAS
Mrs. H. P. Brouillette gave a
birthday supper for her husband
Tuesday night. Guests were Mr.
and Mrs. Wayne Brouillette of
Bishop, Mr. and Mrs. A1 Harper
and daughter of Alice and Mrs.
Irene Evans and son of Corpus
Christi.
Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Chopelas
and family spent Wednesday in
Fredericksburg and Kerrville with
their parents.
Charlie Rachui left Wednesday
with his father, Leon Rachui, to
spend several days in Houston
and Austin.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Anderson
visited in Robstown Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Alf Person and
Frieda and Bill Person attended
funeral services for Mrs. Mary
Acker in Robstown Wednesday.
There was a reunion of the
Owens-Handley families at August
Baethge’s ranch last week-end.
Those who went were Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Owens and family, Mr.
and Mrs. JVB. Owens, Sr., Mr.
and Mrs. Leo Owens and sons,
Dr. and Mrs. F. Sunderman and
J. B. Owens, Jr.
Mrs. Joyn Shaw and daughters
of Woy and her father, Alf Hart-
zendorf, of Pettus were Thursday
evening guests of the Eric Hart-
zendorf and John Hartzendorf
families.
Dennis and Marilyn Kastner
visited their grandmother, Mrs. B.
O. Wright, in Mathis Thursday.
Mrs. T. C. Hill and daughter of
Sinton visited the Ben Hill and
Phil Ludwig homes Wednesday
evening.
Peggy Belt left Saturday to visit
her sister, Miss Gene Belt, in
Lafayette, La.
Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Ermis and
family spent Saturday with friends
in Floresville.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Johnson
spent Saturday evening in the
home of her sister in Corpus
Christi.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Moore of Sin-
ton were guests of the John Sch-
neiders Friday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Patterson
spent last week-end in Browns-
ville and Edcouch.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Marburger
and his father, Henry Marburger,
left Saturday to attend the Voelke
reunion at Shelby and to visit his
brother at Paige. They also visited
relatives in Dime Box.
The John Belts had as guests
last week-end Mr. and Mrs. C.
Brannon and Mrs. F. D. Slaughter
of San Antonio.
Mr. and Mrs Milton Hedtke
and family and M.r and Mrs. O.
Hedtke had dinner Sunday with
the Andy Wielands in Mathis.
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San Patricio News
Mr. and Mrs. Paul McCown of
West Texas are visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh McCown for two
weeks.
Mr. and Mrs Eugene McCown
and Shirley Jean and Dorothy Sue
visited in Bishop Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. B. T. Sikes and Mrs.
Reese Baldeschwiler shopped in
Edroy Saturday.
Mrs. Ed Shipp and Mrs. Don
Shipp, both of Bishop, visited Mon-
day afternoon with Mrs. Reese
Baldeschwiler.
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Mrs. Albert McCown is reported
to be on the sick list this week.
Mrs. E. J. Baldeschwiler of
Bishop and M. T. Shives of Edin-
burg visited in San Patricio last
Friday.
Percy Baldeschwiler of Corpus
Christi.is visiting his brother Lee
Baldeschwiler and family this
week.
Mrs. Minnie Becker celebrated
her 72 birthday anniversary Thurs-
day of last week. About 12 or
more of her children and grand-
children were present. A dinner
was served at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Harry Parkhill.
Another daughter, Mrs. Ferdinand
Ellis, her husband and children
from Goliad were present.
Mrs. Vincent Bluntzer of Corpus
Christi is visiting her sister, Miss
Mary Dougherty this week. Last
Sunday they accompanied Mr. and
Mrs. F. X. Dougherty to Fal-
furrias to the Golden wedding an-
niversary celebration of Mr. and
Mrs. J P Sullivan. More than 300
friends and relatives enjoyed bar-
becued beef and all the trimmings
on the lawn of the Sullivan home.
Their three sons were all present
with their families as well as
the grandchildren.
The house and lawn were de-
corated with golden colored flowers
and about mid-afternoon a huge
wedding cake made in the shape
of a bell and decorated was ser-
ved to the guests.
W. R. Hedtke and P. H. Gil-
strap spent Saturday and Sunday
in Valley Mills.
Mr. and Mrs. Elrano Frietag
and family spent the week-end
with her parents in Harlingen.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Buetow and
daughter of Three Rivers were
week-end guests of the M. Bueto
wfamily. On Sunday other guests
were Mrs. Ida Buetow and daugh-
ter of Three Rivers and Mr. and
Mrs. F. Robinson of Tivoli.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Curlee and
sons of Sinton visited the A. W.
Andersons Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. F. Smith of Corpus
Christi were Sunday guests of
Mrs. Oscar Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Mengers at-
tended the funeral for J. E. Mont-
gomery in Beeville Sunday.
Carol Ann Ludwig returned to
her home in Beeville Sunday after
spending ten days with her grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Phil Lud-
wig. They took her home.
Mr. and Mrs. M. Schneider and
family and Lloyd Damman spent
Sunday evening in Beeville at
Chase Field.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Keischnick and
sons spent from Sunday to Tuesday
with friends and relatives in Kerr-
ville and Fredericksburg.
There was a basket dinner at
Mathis Lake Sunday honoring Mr.
and Mrs. Alton Hanus and son of
Waco. Mrs. Paul Hanus and chil-
dren of West Sinton and a number
of friends from Sinton, Corpus
Christi, and Skidmore attended. A
number of the guests visited in
the Hanus home that evening.
A. C. Reibschlaeger is expected
home from a Sinton hospital this
week. His guests Sunday included
his brothers, Frank and Charlie
Reibschlaeger, of Cuero John Reib-
schlaeger and son of Corpus Chris-
ti, Mr. and Mrs. A. Streidel and
Mr. and Mrs. E. Alex of York-
town and Raymond Haak of Woods
boro.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. A.
Adams Monday evening were Ida
Marburger, Marilyn Preece, Jo
Orts and Charlie Rachui of Aus-
tin. They spent a few days with
Ida’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. E.
Marburger.
Three Rivers Thursday to take
Jerry Rucker home after a week’s
visit here with his brother, Eddie
Rucker and family.
Charlie and Shirley Thiele ~are
staying with their grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Leber, Sr.
while their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Theile are in San Antonio.
Jean Williamson is going to
spend next week on a country
place near Nixon with her aunt
and uncle. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Haase and family.
Mrs. Bart Goode of Las Cruces,
N. M., visited her aunt, Mrs. T.
H. Ramey, several days last week.
Mrs. M. B. Covington visited
relatives in San Marcos last week.
Mrs. Alvin Steinmeyer of Tynan
accompanied her as far as Seguin
to visit relatives there.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Hudgeons
spent Tuesday in San Antonio.
Visiting Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Mc-
Craw and Norma Lee last week-
end and this week are Patsy Jean
and Ruthy Dodson of Portland
and Billie Emery of Portland.
Mrs. O. T. Smith was in Corpus
Christi Tuesday on a business trip
and shopping tour.
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Mr. and Mrs. Louie Schater of
Hickcock spent the week-end visit-
ing the Otto Kelches and A. R,
Dieringers and other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Dieringer
and family spent Sunday visiting
in Yorktown.
Mr. and Mrs. A. I. Fromme
accompanied byMr. and Mrs.
Louie Fromme spent the week-end
visiting in New Braunfels.
Mrs. B. A. Marshall was sur-
prised Tuesday, in honor of her
birthday, with visits from her chil-
dren. Present were Louise and
family of Racine, Wis. Bill and
family of Beeville, James and
family and John and his wife from
Corpus Christi, Frank and family
of Beeville, and her sisters and
brothers of Beeville.
Friends are sorry to hear that
Mrs. Herman Jostes is back in
the hospital. Mrs. John Artzenhof
is feeling better these last few
days.
The Latin - American baseball
team played Banquete and won
6 to 5. Players are Chere Silva,
Nick Cavazes, Ray Garcia, Roman
Florez, Deliphina Aneilina, Henry
Suniga, Dominorga Salinas, Ali-
hando Salinas, and Pete Alaniz.
Mathis Locals
Mrs. Gene Miller returned home
last week from a week’s visit in
San Antonio with Mr. and Mrs.
John St. Leger. She brought her
grandson, John, home with her
until Sunday, at which time she
and Mr. Miller took him back to
San Antonio.
Miss Norma Lee McCraw enter-
tained her cousins, Patsy and
Ruth Dodson, who are visiting her
from Portland, with a small party
Tuesday. The group went swim-
ming in the afternoon after hav-
ing lunch at the A. L. McCraw
home.
Mrs. Eddie Rucker went to
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Helm, Bobby. The Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 1953, newspaper, August 7, 1953; Mathis, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1039458/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mathis Public Library.