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THE MATHIS NEWS
THE MATHIS NEWS, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1952
SIX PAGES—NO. 10
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By HELM
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In order to give better. service
to our readers it has become
necessary to establish a deadline
for the turning in of news. This
deadline will enable us to get
more news in the paper every
week. Therefore the deadline for
the turning in of news which has
happened in the last week will
be at 10:00 Tuesday. For news
that happens between Tuesday
and Wednesday and any news of
future events will be accepted
up to 9:00 Thursday morning.
We ask that our readers get the
news in as early as possible so
that our job will be made easier,
and so that we may turn out a
paper filled with the most news
about our home town as can be
put in. We will be most grate-
ful.
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Have you ever reached the
Mathis Delegates to C of C Meet
Hear Expansion Plans; More Study to Be
Given on Idea for Local Chamber
The delegation from Mathis
which attended the. meeting of
the South Texas Chamber of
Commerce Tuesday night heard
some very inspiring ideas put
forth on the future expansion
of that organization, and of what
that group could do to help the
57-county area which includes
that portion of Texas from Hous-
ton to Austin almost to Del Rio,
and the Rio Grande Valley.
D. C. Brown headed the dele-
gation, which included Charlie
Brown, Charlie Mueller, I. S.
Butler, Joe Dickerson, and Bobby
Helm.
Her^hel Nix, manager of the
South Texas chamber gave the
main address and said that the
group plans to make its facilities
available to local groups to pro-
mote community functions of
wide interest and will assist all
towns which do not have a local
point where you felt like end- | chamber of commerce to organize
ing it all? We’ve been trying for
two months to get our income
tax figured up and sent off.
Ain’t it a problem? Let’s vote
for a party ini the next election
that favors taking all the money
we earn, instead of all and then
some more, too.
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It is really a shame the way
people passed up the opportunity
to visit their school during the
official public school weel^. Peo-
ple should take more interest in
the education of the coming ge-
neration. To say the least, some
of the teachers are very disap-
pointed at the lack of interest
shown.
There are several problems
here in Mathis that we should
take more interest in. Some of
them need some very deep con-
sideration because if they are
solved it will certainly be .to
the benefit of Mathis.
One problem we are faced with
is the expansion of the city li- -
mits. This is a project that could
greatly benefit Mathis, for it
would mean a better water and
sewer system for us. Why don’t
we think about this more, and
help the City Council in their
work on this project.
Another problem that needs to
be solved is that of organizing
and keeping organized a chamber
of commerce for Mathis. Several
attempts have been made at this
project, but none have succeed-
ed for very long.
We enjoyed the meeting we
attended Tuesday night of the
South Texas Chamber of Com-
merce. They put forth some very
inspiring ideas of helping this
area of South Texas develop.
They pointed out that industry
is coming to this area and it is
coming fast, but the area has
got to be prepared for that in-
flux of industry.
The South Texas Chamber of
Commerce has been very in-
strumental in bringing industry
to this area. If Mathis could solve
some of its problems it might
some day be chosen as an in-
dustrial plant site. Who knows?
Another problem we are faced
with is that of trying to com-
pete with other towns in the
area who are going in for sales
on the first Monday of every
month. They are meeting with
great success, They would be
very successful in Mathis, too,
if more people would become in-
terested in the project. If one
merchant can be successful, it
stands to reason that a sale on
a town-wide basis would be ten
times as successful. We are happy
to announce that on the first
Monday in April there will be
two firms having a sale instead
of just one. Why not make it a
big affair? It will work here as
it has elsewhere.
There are other problems that
need consideration, too. But if
we could only solve these few,
we would accomplish something
that would benefit all. Think
about them. No one else will
solve them for us.
Grand Jury Indicts
Local Men For Murder
The 36th District grand jury
meeting in Sinton last week in-
dicted Juan Garza and Jorge
Garza for murder in the Jan-
uary 19 stabbing death of An-
dres Garza in a Mathis street
fight.
Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Winsauer
went to Woodsboro Sunday to
attend their aunt’s birthday din-
ner.
one. They plan to keep a detail-
ed file of managers that can be
obtained for local chambers, he
said.
Nix said that several commit-
tees have been organized to direct
several projects among which are
soil conservation, agricultural de-
velopment, highway expansion,
and other projects consistent
with the regional program of
work as approved by the board
of directors recently.
Some of the accomplishments
of the organization were out-
lined at the meeting, and include
their work toward lower insur-
ance rates, lower freight rates,
and- legislative redistricting.
After the talks, delegates from
sixteen towns were asked for
comments on the program of
work which had been outlined.
Virtually all of them pledged the
support of their respective or-
ganizations.
Herman's Sale
Doubles One
Held In Feb.
Herman’s Department store had
its second sale of the year last
Monday. According to Jerry
Braunstein it was a great success.
Herman’s originated the sale
here in Mathis to compete with
the other towns in the area who
have sales on every first Monday
of the month.
It is Herman’s plan to con-
tinue these sales every month
since the first two have been so
successful. On this last sale some-
thing new was tried out here in
Mathis. Several articles were
picked out and put on sale for
one hour only. It was very suc-
cessful Mr. Braunstein said.
Mr. Braunstein said he asked
several merchants here in Ma-
this to go in with him and hold
a large sale as is being done in
m,ost of the towns in this area.
However, his suggestion received
only mild interest from most of
them. It is his plan to talk to
more of them about this idea
before the first Monday in April,
in hopes that the sale that month
can be on a town wide basis.
He stated that only a few ar-
ticles in a store need be placed
on sale in order to attract custo-
mers. He also stated that his sale
this month doubled that of last
month.
He originated the name of
“Dollar Monday” for his sale,
and he has also consented to it’s
use by other merchants in town
if they wish to put the sale on
large scale. Anyone Interested in
finding out morfe about the sale
could contact him, and he would
be very glad to give them in-
formation.
Forty-Two Attend
Fellowship Dinner
There were forty-two present
at the February Fellowship Din-
ner at the First Christian Church.
Guests included Mr. and Mrs.
O. W. Kuehm, Mr. and Mrs. I, J.
Roten, Miss Sinera Carter, Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Casey and children,
all of Corpus Christi. Mr. and
Mrs. Carrol Miller and children
were also present.
A song service led by Rollo
Coffin followed the dinner. Rev.
E. W. Gorom introduced the
guest speaker, Rev. O. W. Kuehm
who spoke on “Our Heritage”.
The next dinner is planned for
March 26.
The delegation from Mathis
recognized the need for such an
organization in Mathis, but they
could not say how to go about
organizing one which would
work and gain the respect of
everyone in the town. Several
suggestions were made and all
agreed to think on the subject
more and try to work up some
idea for starting an organi-
zation which could coordinate
the efforts of the citizens into a
common program of work. More
will probably be 'heard on the
subject of a chamber of com-
merce for Mathis later.
FFA-FHA Banquet1
Held at Curlee's
Thursday Night
Fifty-five persons attended the
annual Future Homemakijng and
Future Farmers of America ban-
quet last Thursday night, which
was held in Curlee’s Cafe. Special
guests for the occasion were T.
A. Harbin, Fred Long, and Mrs.
Gordon Cabaniss.
It was the fourth annual ban-
quet sponsored jointly by the
two clubs. Joanne Crenshaw gave
the invocation, and Allen Dou-
brava welcomed everyone to the
party. The boys all wore blue-
jeans and the girls wore cotton
dresses.
Joanne Crenshaw was toast-
master for the amatuer hour pro-
gram which was put on for en-
tertainment. Ted Stone and Fred
Long played the banjo, and Ver-
nel Hedkte and Jack Hampton
gave their own version of how
Homer and Jethro should sing.
Also on the program was a song
by Curtis Lambert.
After eight o’clock, the doors
were closed and the whole cafe
was used for the banquet.
Tree Sale Today
The Mathis Lumber Company and the Mathis News are
sponsoring a tree sale today and tomorrow. Trees will be on
sale at the lumber company.
There will be about 150 each of Lombarby Poplars and
Cottonwoods, and about 25 each of a Honeysuckle bush and
Mimosa. The trees will he sold at the absolute cost of the
trees.
Prices on the trees are 50 cents each for the Poplars, 25
cents for the Cottonwoods, 20 cents for the Honeysuckle, and
$1.50 for the Mimosa.
This sale is being put on as a civic improvement project
and there will be no profit in it for anyone connected with the
selling. D. C. Brown of the lumber company donated the “use
of his truck and help in order to get the trees from the nursery
in Corpus Christi to Mathis.
If the sale is a success this first time, then it will be spon-
sored again at a later date, and possibly it can he had at
regular intervals.
Come on out to the Mathis Lumber Company and get some
trees for your spring planting. All trees ought to be sold, but if
there are some left they can he bought next week.
Planting of Crops Almost in Full
Swing in Mathis Area; Still Too
Wet In Some Fields That Got Rain
3 Type Clothes
To Be Featured
At Style Show
Sport, casual and dressy
clothes will be featured in the
Style Show to be given March
27 at the It Theater. The show
is being sponsored by the Boy
Scout Boosters Club and it is
planned for 7:30 that night.
“Boy Meets Girl” is the title
of the show, and it will be cli-
maxed with an Easter parade
Red Cross Drive
Nets $600 In
First Four Days
The cloudy weather over last
week-end brought about specu-
lation that more rain was in
store for the Mathis area. But
only a light shower materialized
Sunday. It was thought that the
cool front might bring in more
rain, but it turned out to clear
things off.
The planting of crops is just
about in full swing in this area
Some places are still too wet for
planting, but planters are rolling
in most any direction from
Mathis. The most activity is out
toward San Patricio. That area
hasn’t received as much rain as
other sections around here. There
is some planting out toward Ar-
genta Community, but for the
most part it is still to wet there.
Some planters are rolling on
farms along the Alice highway,
but not many are planting out
west of town.
In spite of the probable labor
shortage most farthers are plant-
ing quite a bit of cotton acreage
this year. A few of them are hop-
ing to purchase or hire mechani-
cal pickers to harvest their crops,
but there are very few of these
in this part of the country, and
very few of them are being
manufactured.
The light shower Sunday
Mathis during this year up to
about 3.8 inches. Of course, there
are many places around Mathis
that have not received an inch,
of rain yet.
The onions have profited by
the rain however light they have
been. The onions should be ready
for market in about a month. Al-
most all farmers with onions
have already sold them in the
field, and a few have received
as much as 75 dollars an acre
for them.
Cottonseed for planting is still
scarce and rather high.
The annual Red Cross drive for
funds got under way in the
Mathis area Monday as some
nineteen persons turned out to
help in the drive. According to
W. H. Koepsel, who is the lo- brought the total rainfall for
P.-T.A. Completes
cal chairman for the drive, a
total of $600 dollars has been col-
oTTashionT Entertainment"''will !ectad date and a11 ‘he helPer,s I pi-,,,. tnr AnM.«nl
include both local and out of m tha dr„lva have ,not, reported; Mails' TOt AlUlUai
m yet. Mr. Koepsel also stated i ■■ ■ / w ■ • ■
that he knows'of several people! ■ QlBlCI1 S
who usually contribute quite a
bit to the drive who he has not Plans are completed for the an-
town talent. Among these will
be featured the Lone Starrettes,
a .ladies quartet from Corpus
C!lr‘at1'______ th,, i, nianned seen yet, and that when he final-! nual Parent-Teachers Association
m rose of all aaes andily contacts everyone he is sure ; Father's Night program and sup-
U is ^"ma^feolfe ^ | that the goal for Mathis will be - - - ^ —
Gorom Leaves
Mathis for New
Post in Andrews
Rev. Edwin W. Gorom will
conclude his ministry with the
First Christian Church of Mathis
with the regular scheduled ser-
vices Sunday, March 9.
Mr. Gorom came to Mathis
February 1, 1947. On August 25,
1947, through courtesy of the
Church, he completed the re-
quirements and received the
Bachelor of Divinity degree from
Texas Christian University, Fort
Worth. He was ordained to the
Christian ministry, September 7,
1947, by elders and deacons of
the local church, assisted by
ministers from Alice, Corpus
Christi, and Orange, Texas.
During Mr. Gorom’s ministry,
there have been a number of
additions to the Church, both by
letter and by baptism. The
Church building has been com-
pleted. There is no indebtednes.
In a statement to the Church,
Mr. Gorom said, “These have
been a profitable five years. They
have enriched my experience and
deepened my vision. I have ap-
preciated your kindness, courtesy,
and cooperative spirit.
“I have enjoyed the fine fel-
lowship with the other Churches
of this community. The friend-
ships I have made will be trea-
sured always.”
“I have enjoyed and have ap-
preciated the attitude of the
merchants of this community.
They have been helpful, kind,
and courteous. All of these re-
lationships make it hard to leave
Mathis. Certainly these exper-
iences will be sources of inspira-
tion throughout life.”
Mr. Gorom has accepted the
position as minister of The First
Christian Church of Andrews,
Texas. He will begin his new
ministry there on March 16,
1952.
Mrs. Wileey Huntsinger and
children and Mrs. Esther Dobie
plan to spend the week-end in
Bandera visiting Mr. and Mrs.
J. R. Golden.
Mrs. Preston Haynes visited
in Kingsville at the college this
week with Miss Betty Jonas, Miss
Elaine Nelson and Miss Elaine
Salge.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Murphy
spent last week-end in San An-
tonio and Uvalde.
attend the show. The proceeds
will go to pay of indebtedness on
the Scout Hut. It is planned to
charge admission prices of 75
cents for adults and 30 cents for
children, with High School stu-
dents classed as adults.
Mrs. B. E. Caffall will serve
as general chairman of the pro-
gram. Besides other Booster
Club members, she will be as-
isted by Mrs. Harold Tobin, Mrs.
V. C. Happner, Mrs. Garland
Hollon, Mrs. Joe Hill, Mrs. Clif-
ton Jennings, and Mrs. Frank
Dehnisch.
reached. The goal for Mathis,
San Patricio and West Sinton
has been set as $800.
Mr. Koepsel said that if the
per to be held Thursday the 13th.
The program will be held in the
basement of the Methodist church
at 7:30.
A main item on the program
was met.
F. F. A. BOYS LOSE
BY NARROW MARGIN
AT KINGSVILLE MEET
The local FFA boys lost out by
a narrow margin in the Chapter
Farmer chapter conducting con-
test held Saturday at Kingsville
during the meeting of some ele-
ven schools who are in the Area
10 division. Those on the team
Live Stock Exposition in San
Antonio and captured a nice
collection of ribbons, including
the coveted get-of-sire blue rib-
bon.
Miss Marburger’s entries were
Mar-Lou Myrtle III, Mar-Lou
Josephine, Mar-Lou Pansy Myr-
tle IV, and Mar-Lou Roan Clo-
ver, the group that nabbed the
participating in the contest were | blue ^ ribbon in the get-of-sire
goal was not reached by April l,iw^ be a panel discussion on
which date officially ends the ! “What the Community Expects of
drive, that he would probably!the School”. The discussion will
extend the date until the goal be led by Joe Brown of A & I
College.
Those who will participate on
the panel include Mrs. William
Hinnant, chairman; Milton Boat-
! wright, Bob Wehmeyer, D. C.
Brown, and Mrs. Gus Mengers.
| T. A. Harbin will represent the
, school in the discussion,
j The entertainment planned will
R. E. Marburger and daughter, be unusual. It is understood that
Miss Ida Louise, of West Sinton several Mathis comedians will be
took a number of entries^ to the on to furnish the laughs.
West Sintonites
Take Ribbons
In San Antonio
division; Mar-Lou White Clo-
ver that placed third in the aged
bull division and Mar-Lou Ann
Harvey Adams, Dennis Hutchens,
Allen Jonas, Donell Hollon, Lon
nie Messer, Tommy Lacy, B. T. „ .
Sikes. C. W. Rouse, Buddy Maed- : J,11'.‘ha‘took iirst place 'n Senior
gen and Rex Rouse. geifer *®su>n. Mar-Lou Myrt e
. ., * , i . 1 III and Mar-Lou Pansy Myrtle
The team won third place in TTr , . .
,, -. ,. . . t T li i IV also place in the junior hei-
their division; and Lytle won: f • f
first place, then went on to win ,, ,, _ , _
the finals. T Mn Marburgers Deere Mar-
_ _ , __. , Lou Stylist won second place m
Gordon Cabaniss, FFA teacher ■ the bull calf division. Mar-Lou
in the local school, said the boys ; Roan Clover 6th, Mar-Lou Jubi-
did fairly well and were ahead of lee> Mar-Lou Josephine V, Mar-
all the teams in the division un- ; Lou Lottie Belle and Mar-Lou
til they got down to a series of j Musical Belle were other entries
questions which were asked i made by Mr. Marburger. His
them.
Mr. Cabaniss and Harvey A-
dams went to Elmendorf recent-
yearling herd won second place.
Ten entries from the Mar-
burgers’ Milking Shorthorn herd
ly to purchase a cow for Har- i at Mar-Lou Acres were compet-
vey. They went to the L. L.
Spangler dairy and purchased a
Holstein cow.
The FFA chapter was very
busy during the week putting
up a new backstop on the tennis
courts. The old wire was torn
down, and new boards and wire
placed on them. The FFA boys
offered to do the job to get the
experience.
Good Fire Record
Results in Low Rates
The insurance agents here in
Mathis have received the 1952
Fire Record Specific Schedule.
This is a schedule prepared by
the insurance companies every
year so that towns with good
fire records can have lower rates/
The credit given this year and
for the past several years is
25%. This is the maximum allow-
ed credit and lowers the rates
on all property within the city
limits. It does not apply to any
property outside the limits of the
city.
ing with those entries from some
of the best jierds in the state, Mr.
Marburger stated. The competi-
tion was keen in all divisions
and classes.
In addition to their 1st and
2nd place ribbons, Mr. Marbur-
ger and his .daughter brought
home several other ribbons on
entries which placed below the
two top honors.
Baptist Urged to
Attend Services Sun.
Hollond Lotspeich, moderator
of First Baptist Church, said
that another guest speaker will
be present at the church next
Sunday to conduct the services.
He urged everyone to be pre-
sent for the services, and espe-
cially members of the Baptist
Church.
At present the church is with-
out a regular minister after Rev.
Vernie Pipes left several weeks
ago. Mr. Lotspeich said that they
hoped to have a new minister
soon.
“Homer and Jethro” will be on
the program.
Every one is invited to attend,
and asked to bring a covered
dish.
WORLD PRAYER DAY
OBSERVED BY FOUR
CHURCHES FRIDAY
The World Day of Prayer was
observed Fricfay night at the
First Methodist Church with the
First Baptist Church, First Chris-
tian Church, the Mennonite
Church, and the Methodist
Church participating.
Theme of the program was
“Christ Our Home” and the lead-
er was the Rev. W. O. Schulze
of the Methodist Church. The
Rev. Martin led in prayer.
Special music included a solo
“The Lord Is My Shepherd”
sung by Rollo Coffin; a solo
“Were You There When They
Crucified My Lord”, sung by Earl
Hutchens; a quartet number, “In
The Hour of Trial”, sung by
Mrs. Rusty Turner, Mrs. Clifton
Jennings, Earl Hutchens and
the Rev. W. O. Schulze.
Also on the program was a
playet “Mother Liberty’s Church.”
Mrs. Alton Miller played Mother
Liberty; Rollo Coffin, a des-
cendent of the Mayflower set-
tlers; Mrs. H. W. Tobin, a decen-
dent of the American Indians;
T. A. Harbin, negro clergyman
to the sharecropper____ Mrs. L. T.
Porter, a descendent of settlers
from India; Mrs. Bill Watson,
migrant worker; Mrs. Shas.
Brown, foreign student.
One hundred and four coun-
tries observed the World Day of
Prayer this year.
An offering was taken to be
sent to the general department
of the United Council of Church
Women in the United States.
Mathis Band is
Practicing For
Region Concert
The Mathis High School Band
is practicing to play at the Re-
gion Seven band festival to be
held in Kingsville on March 28
and 29. The festival is an annual
affair sponsored by the Inter-
scholastic League.
Each band at the meet is re-
quired to play two overtures and
one march. The Mathis band is
now practicing on “The Glass
Slipper” by Paul Yoder and “The
Town Crier” by Chester Leoni,
as the two overtures which they
will play at the concert. The
march is the “Loyalty March”
by J. E. Skorvicka.
According to Fred Long, local
bandmaster, these contest pieces
will be played for the people of
Mathis at a concert Saturday
night March 22. ’ The concert is
planned so as to give the players
some experience at playing the
music to an audience. The con-
cert will xbe 8 o’clock that night
on the football field.
Mr. Long also plans to have
several solos and trios to play
that night too. There will be a
clarinet trio, coronet trio, and
three piano solos, and one bari-
tone solo.
Everyone is invited to come
and hear the band play their
contest music at the concert to
be held on Saturday night March
22.
Pirates End Training
With Senior Game
The Mathis pirates finished up
spring training Wednesday night,
when they had their annual
Senior game. The juniors won.
the game 19 to 27. Coach Fred
Rich said the team looked good,
and should give a good account
of itself next year.
The game was held Wednes-
day night at 7:30 in the local
football stadium. All ineligible
players and seniors were pitted
against those that will com-
prise next years team. This was
the last chance the seniors had
to play high school football.
Monday the boys will start
baseball workouts in preparation
for the opening game of the
season, which is scheduled for
March 24 with Taft.
Mrs. F. Van Wagner’s brother,
Robert H. Eiegler, and her two
great nieces Dorothy and Carolyn
Treptow, all of Halletsville visit-
ed Sunday at her home.
SCHOOL CENSUS
BEGINS SATURDAY
IN LOCAL DISTRICT
The local school census be-
gan last Saturday in the Mathis
Independent School District. Ac-
cording to Mrs. Augusta Hender-
son, who is in charge of the
census in this district, it will take
about a month to complete. Every
house in the district will be
visited by either Mrs. Hender-
son, Mrs. Margie Mussman, or
Fernando Lopez. Mrs. Henderson
expects to get reports on about
2,000 children who are between
the ages of 6 to 18.
The census is taken every year
and is required by the Board of
Education so that funds for oper-
ating the school can be obtained
according to the number of chil-
dren who are of school age, or
who will be eligible to attend
school soon.
Mrs. Henderson stated that any
parent who had a child who
would be six years old on or be-
fore September 1, and who had
not been counted in the census,
should contact her at her office
either by coming by there or by
calling her at 150.
She stated that she would ap-
preciate the cooperation of every-
one while the census is being
carried out.
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