The Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 23, 1966 Page: 2 of 8
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LAKE MATHIS TOURIST GUIDE
The Following Businessmen say "Howdy" and Welcome - We hope your visit is pleasant and
that your swimming, boating, fishing, loafing and sightseeing is the best ever-came see us.
Page 2 — NEWS — Mathis, Texas, Thursday, June 23* 1966
Ole Sarge Takes It Easy
They say that if there is any-
body in Mathis who has it
“made” that person must be
Bill (Ole Sarge) Conners.
“Sarge”, in his forties has al-
ready retired from two cai'eers
and is now embarking on an-
other one.
He retired from the U. S.
Air Force after 20 years of ser-
vice. Then he built up and oper-
ated an automobile dealership
and repair service. He sold out
the later business because it in-
terferred with his way of think-
ing retirement should be.
Most recently he has been en-
gaged as a guide on Falcon
Lake.
Conners made some kind of
history last year on Lake Math-
is about this time of the year
with one of the largest strings
of catfish caught in recent his-
tory.
Believing in going first class
or staying at home, Conners
has a Volkswagen bus equipped
with an ice box, stereo phono-
graph and television. He also
has a stove and momentoes of
his travels—all of which makes
for a pretty crowded bus but
he says he has everything a
man needs except a wife. He
thinks a wife might make the
bus too crowded.
In the last couple of weeks he
purchased a house boat on
wheels. He is presently trying
the boat out on Lake Mathis
and plans to take the big boat
to Falcon Lake for the winter
fishing.
Again, with the idea of com-
fort, foremost, “Sarge” has
trouble sleeping at night trying
to think of some new gadget to
put on the boat.
So far he has two ice boxes,
two stoves, two motors, sleep-
ing space for four, a built in
stereo phonograph, a wall
mounted television set, a cou-
ple of transistor radios, a gro-
cery stock of canned and fresh
goods equal to what he can
eat in about two weeks, a water
supply sufficient for a week or
two, three lounge chairs—two of
which are mounted on the top
of the boat for leisure curising,
and a rocking chair on the front,
deck.
Presently he is worried about
how to build a canopy whioh
one man can put up or take
down even in a wind storm.
Somewhat of a philosopher,
Conners is also an author. Last
month’s issue of the Texas
Parks and Wildlife magazine
features a two page story writ-
ten by him. The magazine also
devotes two pages of color pic-
tures featuring , Conners.
He is an avid fisherman and
hunter and reads everything jip
can get his hands on concern-
ing fishing and wildlife. His
personal files include informa-
tion from better known guides-
throughout the south\v;est. -
Concerning his duties as a
guide on Falcon Lake, Connev’s
said “I have to know the lake
and where they are biting all
the time. I do not charge for;
my services if I can’t show a
fisherman where to catch the;
fish he wants.” . /
Meanwhile, if there is any-
body on Lake Mathis who
doesil’t worry where his next
meal is coming from and where
he is going to be a week, two
weeks, or two years from now,
it could well be “Ole Sarge.”
Wherever he is or will be—
he’ll be doing it the easy way—,
you can bet on it.
FISH TALES
„ FROM LAKE MATHIS
BUCK’S CAMP—Quite a few
catfish were caught weighing
fi’om eight to ten pounds.
CAMP BELL—Quite a few
fish were caught. Mr. Ward of
Houston caught a 13 pounds blue
catfish and several smaller
ones. Mr. Wright of Corpus
Christi caught five yellow cat-
fifch ranging in weight from
five to eight pounds. The water
was rough all week.
COZY GROVE— No report.
CRON’S BOAT LANDING—A
few small catfish and gasper
CUMMINGS CAMP—W. R.
Gray of Marion and party of
five brought in 150 small cat-
fish. John Wanezzyk caught IT
catfish.
DAVIS BOAT DOCKS—There
were not too many fishermen
reported, but Donnie Law and
family of Corpus Christi brought
in quite a few bass.
FRANK AND BETTY’S —
A lot of catfish were caught
weighing from ten to twelve
pounds.
LAKE MATHIS STATE
Travel Folder
Put’ Out By
Highway Dept.
The immense variety of Tex-
as pleasure travel is portrayed
in an entirely new edition of
the popular travel brochure,
“TEXAS - America’s Fun-tier,”
released today by the Texas
Highway Department.
The 32-page color brochure in-
corporates maps, photographs
and art work in a glossy, mag-
azine-syle format. It provides
the traveler with a short, vivid
course in Texas geography,
spiced with colorful pictorial
glimpses of things to see and
do in the “Friendship State.”
So vast is Texas, the new
brochure divides the state into
six recreational regions, focus-
ing on attractions which are de-
picted by caricature maps,
drawings and photos. Designed
to give equal representation to
all parts of the state, the new
publication illustrates a cross
section of Texas vacation varie-
ty. Historical, amusement and
recreational features are por-
trayed in each section, outlin-
ing a brand of fun for every-
one.
Also included are informa-
tional secions on hunting and
fishing, highway regulations
and tourist services, provided by
the Texas) Highway Depart-
ment.
Neai’ly a. million free copies
of an earlier edition have been
distributed since its introduction
some three years ago. Demand
for the new publication is Ex-
pected to be even larger.
The new brochure joins other
pieces of travel-oriented litera-
ture which are now being dis-
tributed by the Highway De-
PARK — A few catfish and
bass were caught.
LaGARTO STORE - No re-
port.
RANKIN’S CAMP — Archie
Gaivlik and party of San An-
tonio caught 75 pounds of mixed
fish. C. L. Miller and party of
Corpus Christi brought in four
catfish, two weighing 22 pounds,
one weighing 18 1-2 pounds and
one weighing 4 1-2 pounds. Wil-
lie Brown and party of Austin
caught 35 gasper and cats. Ar-
thur Lee Brown of Austin
cajwht 30 pounds of mixed fish.
Mr. and Mrs. N. T. Johnson of
San Antonio caught 25 pounds
of mixed, and Edward Duncan
of San Antonio caught 19 gasp-
er.
SEILER’S CAMP—No report.
SLEEPY HOLLOW — Bob
Balyeat of Sleepy Hollow caught
a 15 pound blue cat, a four
pound blue and five one pound
blues. Cecil Womack of Sleepy
Hollow caught 14 catfish and
one four pound blue. Mr. Minor
of La Vernia brought in 17 cats
and 2 gaspers. Mrs. Neil Wilson
and party of Big Springs
brought in 50 cats. Fred Joplin
and Johnny Micle of San An-
tonio caught 15 cats. A. E. Dav-
is and party of San Antonio
caught 50 cats, and G. J. Ci'ider
and party of Johnson City
brought in 15 cats.
CHILD’S BAIT STAND — No
Report.
AUSTIN — Auto insurance
rates in Texas . may rise an
average of $2.11 a year per
motorist.
Stae Insurance Board is
weighing testimony given at a
public hearing on rates last
week. Decision probably will be
announced soon, since new rates
usually are effective August 1.
Look for these rate changes
if the Board follows staff rec-
ommendations :
Liability (bodily injury and
property damage)- up 11.9 per
cent.
Private passenger $50 deducti-
ble collision, up 2.4 per cent.
Full comprehensive coverage,
up 0.3 per cent.
Private passenger $50 deducti-
ble, comprehensive coverage,
up 17.7 per cent.
Rates, of course, will vafy
widely among 26 rating dis-
tricts.
Among strong recommenda-
tions to the Board were:
A driving, record classification
plan to reward the safe driver
with lower rates and hit the
“bad” driver with higher prem-
iums.
A private passenger classifi-
cation plan to produce a lower
rate for drivers with less ex-
posure to accident conditions.
A means by which a driver in
the “assigned risk plan” could
purchase additional coverage
over normal $10,000-$20,00Q lim-
its.
Board earlier announced it
was considering feasibility of
requiring companies to write an
equitable portioni of all ‘lines and
classes of insurance in order
to provide coverage far drivers
over 65 and tinder 25 who face
increasing difficulties keeping
policies in forde.
FRUIT FLY REPORTED—
First Mediterranean Bruit- Fly
has been discovered in Texas
— in Brownsville airea.
Agriculture C o m m i s sion-
er John White said the danger-
ous pest has been positively
identified. Medfly can cause
economic loss by stinging or
implanting eggs inside fruit,
causing Widespread spoilage.
Total of IS inspectors from
Texas Department of Agricul-
ture and UjS. Department of
Agriculture Plant Pest ’Control
Service haves been sent to the
Valley to pjaee an additional
1,000 traps And determine ex-
tent of infestation.
White assured Valley citrus
growers that treatment of any
affected and susceptible orch-
ards will follow immediately to
insure complete eradication. He
hoted that past Medfly out-
breaks in Florida have been
successfully checked.
COURTS SPEAK—State Su-
preme Court held i that Big
Spring must stick b(y 1937 con-
tract in which it agreed to pro-
vide as much as 300,000 gallons
of water a day to Big Spring
State Hospial for 10 cents a
thousand gallons.
Supreme Court agreed to re-
view a San Antonio malpractice
suit involving a physician’s
boligation to wra a patient of
all dangers of an operation.
Patient in the case lost his
hearing after an operation,
claimed he didn’t understand
all dangers involved before he
agreed to surgery.
HEALTH RULES ADOPTED
—State Health Board has adopt-
ed tentative rules governing
standards for frozen desserts
sold in Texas and regulations
to check disposal of wastes from
boats.
parfment. More than three mil-
lion pieces are annually provid-
ed free to Texas travelers.
Supplemental lierature in-
cludes the Official State High-
way Map, Texas Calendar of
Events, State Capitol Guide,
Texas Facts Sheet, State Parks
Guide and an invitation to visit
Highway Department Tourist
Bureaus.
Those Tourist Bureaus - seven
located at major highway en-
trances to the state, and one:
in the State Capitol rotunda-
serviced more than 750,000 trav-
elers last year. Visitors were
provided free maps, literature,
travel tips, and encouragement
to stay a while longer in Texas.
A ninth Tourist Bureau is under
construction in Amarillo.
Additional travel services
weie rendered in reply to more
than 224,000 mail inquires han-
dled by the Highway Depart-
ment last year.
Augmenting literature sup-
plied directly to travelers are
other Highway Department
travel promotion efforts, such
as colorful travel posters dis-
played at convenion sites, and
a half-hour motion picture re-
leased less than a year ago. A
Spanish language version of
that popular travelogue is now
circulating in Mexico, while
French and German versions
are in production.
Such travel promotion efforts
were instrumental in attracting
many of the record 12.7 million
out-of-state visitors who toured
Texas by car during 1965. Those
automobile visitors spent more
than $613 million while in the
Lone Star State.
WATER WELL
Drilling — Pumps — Servicing
B. T. Sikes
Kl 7-2604
Mathis
Ice, Groceries, Live Bait — Fishing Supplies
Marine White Gas
LAGARTO STORE
Near Old Lagiarto Bridge — West Side
Official Weigh-|n Station — Fishing Rodeo
Groceries — Ice Cream — Cold Drinks
FRANK and BETTY'S
State Park Boat Docks
Boats and: Paddle Boats for Rent
Machine Work f
MATHIS MACHINERY CO.
At The "Y" Kl 7-3373
Boats - Motors - Cabins - Covered Picnic Area
CRON'S BOAT LANDING
Near Carmel Hills - West Side
Kl 7-3278
Dessert rules apply to ice
cream and substitutes, sherb-
ets. water foes, foe milk and
other products. A public hear**
ing on proposals will be sched-
uled later. ,
Proposed watercraft regula-
tion would require holding tanks
for all marine toilets on boats.
Sewage could be removed only
by pumping it into onshore faci-
lities. Rule also would outlaw
boatsmem throwing garbage,
rubbish and litter into waters,
aim is to prevent water pollu-
tion. ■
APPOINTMENTS AN-
NOUNCED — Thomas E. Riggs
of Waco and Clifton B, prink-
ard of Eden will be director
and assistant director qf the
new Veterans Administration
Data Processing Center in Aus-
tin. Center will have more than
$3,000,000. worth of data pro-
cessing equipment to serve the
nation’s 165 VS hospitals and
26,000,000 veterans.
Dr. Jim W. Tunnell, director
of instruction for McAllen Pub-
lic School system, has been
named project leader for Gov-
ernor’s Committee on Public
School Education. He will head
an evaluation of educational
programs in Texas public
schools.
OIL PRODUCTION RE-
DUCED, — Because of gloomy
testimony and satistics, the
Texas' Raifroad Commission
again has reduced Texas oil
production after a statewide
proration hearing.
July order will hold prorated
wells to 33.3 per cent of total
ability to produce. This is down
1.2 per cent from June’s rate
and 1.7 per cent below the April
high of 35 per cent.
A recalculation of the actual
oil production resulting from
the July cut-back produced an
estimate that it will be 2,734,835
barrels a calendar day from al
lowables of 3,118,042 barrels a
day.
Translated into actual barrels
of oil in the pipelines, the new
production figure is just below
the 2,749,135 the wells produced
in -January,
SHORT SNORTS—Atty. Gen.
Waggoner Carr has ruled that
a salvage dealer must, upon de-
mand, surrender license plates
'ind certificates of titles to
motor vehicles obtained for
scrap disposal, resale or any
sort of salvage.
Texas Supreme Court rules
that Texas Highway Commis-
sion may dispose of unused
right-of-way and that land does
not revert back to original own-
er.
A “Visitor Center” will be
built by the Texas Highway De-
partment at the Judge Roy
Bean Museum at Langtry in Val
Verde Couny.
Fish Tales For
Summer Are Good
Texas Parks and Wildlife De-
partment personnel figure Jon-
ah for time-wasted when he
concerned himself with a mere
whale...and the Texas-sized cat-
fish that measured nine inches
(between the eyes) wasn’t real-
ly a braggin’-sized fish.
Texas has some really and
truly big .ones, by gar, and Lake
Sam Rayburn proved it this
week.
. Ross Fentral of Texarkana
and C. M. Middleton of Neches
River Inn were fishing below
Sam Rayburn Dam. They
g aught an alligator gar weigh-
ing a modest—modest for Tex-
as—205 pounds.
The world’s rod and reel
record for alligator gar is also
a Texas fish from the Rio
Grande River—279 Pounds.
Races For Goliad
Track For Fall
Are Announced
The South Texas Race Asso-
ciation announced plans for the
third running of the Goliad
Quarter Horse Futurity and the
La Bahia Derby. These two
stake races highlight the race
plans for the Goliad tracks’ an-
nual fall race meet. The 1966
meet is schedule for October 1-2
and 8-9 at La Bahia Downs.
The Goliad Futurity, with an
estimated purse of $25,000, is
expected to draw entries from
throughout the United States.
The 1965 Goliad Futurity was
won by Reber, owned by Noble
Taylor of Del Rio, Texas.
LOCALS
Mr. and Mrs. N. G, Cooper
and grandson, Melvin, have just
returned from Amarillo and
Houston where they visited rela-
tives and friends.
Mrs. H. C. Finley and Mary
Layne returned Friday from
Detroit, Mich., where they visit-
ed her sister, Mrs. R. E. Rour-
iche. While there they did some
sight-seeing including a trip to
Canada.
Call Gordon
LOANS
FAST, FRIENDLY SERVICE
City Finance Co.
Kl 7-3247
Red Layton's
Chevy — Olds
FACTORY SERVICE
Kl 7-3234
We buy and Sell"
NEW AND USED
FURNITURE
GORDON'S FURNITURE
119 N. Front
Kl 7-3240
MA-TEX
ELECTRIC and PLUMBING
Commercial and Residential
Contracting and Repairs
201 N. Front St.
Kl 7-3312
BOATS, MOTORS, FISHING TACKLE,
SKIS, LIFE PRESERVERS, CAMPING EQUIPMENT
WESTERN AUTO STORE
301 E. San Patricio Ave. Phone Kl 7-3272
JIMSON'S
DEPARTMENT STORE
Quality Merchandise
HI-FI STEREO — PHONOGRAPHS
PETE'S TV SHOP Kl 7-2481
WE NEVER CLOSE
EAT WITH DOT
At The "Y"
Truckers Go
CUSTOM SLAUGHTERING — PACKAGING
MATHIS CO-OP LOCKER PLANT
503 N. Hwy 9 Kl 7-2293
Lumber - Point - Hardware - Marquette Ref.
MATHIS BUILDERS SUPPLY
Lake Road
Kl 7-2339
221 N. Front
For Your Lawn & Gardening Needs
MATHIS FEED & SEED CO.
Kl 7-2172
— WHY RUFF IT —
LA RETAMA MOTEL
Swimming Pool — TVs — Phones
A* The"Y" r Kl 7-3231
ii 1
RACKLEY HUMBLE
#/Put a Tiger in Your Tank"
ROAD SERVICE
Kl 7-3303
24 Hour Service
MUSSMAN TEXACO
At the "Y”
Kl 7-9072
Need A Rain?
Or Welding?
ROBERTSON WELDING
Kl 7-2112
STEAKS
Biggest and Best In Texas
tMe red barn
6 Miles South on Hwy. 9
Kl 7-267!
YOUR KEY TO GOOD HEALTH
KEY'S DRUG
John Key — Bill Henry
Days KI 7-32:51 Nights Kl 7-2448 Kl 7-240!.
W
FORD
m
Stone Brothers
SALES and SERVICE
Kl 7-3241
ROAD SERVICE
GULF
Pullin's Gulf Station
103 S. Hwy 359
Kl 7-2151
FAMOUS FOR SEA FOOD
'to Better Steaks In Texas
RANCH MOTEL and RESTAURANT
At the "Y”
MATHIS REYNOLDS SALES CO., INC.
BUTANE & PROPANE
Kl 7-2283
Live and Frozen Bait — Tackle & Picnics Supplies
CHIiD'S BAIT STAND
Fishing & Hunting Licenses 7 Days a Week
AT THE NUECES RIVER BRIDGE
Park Rtf. 25 Hwy. 359
RIO GRANDE — ALL TYPES BAIT
AL'S CAMP
BOATS — MODERN CABINS
113 South St
HAIR STYLING
MATHIS BEAUTY SHOP
For Appointment Coll
Kl 7-2412
■i 1
STEAKS — CHICKEN — SEAFOOD
CUfcLEE'S CAFE
AjT THE "Y"
Recommended by La Retoma Motel
Drive-In Convenience __ Supermarket Prices
. OPEN SUNDAYS
' QUICKWAY 1 & 2
Open 7 A.M. to 10 P.M.
E 720 E Sam Patricio Ave. — 517N. Front
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Foster, Marshall E. The Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 23, 1966, newspaper, June 23, 1966; Mathis, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1039527/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mathis Public Library.