The Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, September 17, 1948 Page: 1 of 10
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THE MATHIS NEWS
Volume XXXIII
Mathis, San Patricio County, Texas, September 17, 1948
Number 38
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PEANUT FESTIVAL AT
FLOBESVILLE OPENS
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
The 7th Annual Floresville Pea-
nut Festival will be held on Fri.
and Sat. Sept. 24-25.
P. T. A. COOK BOOKS
SELLING FAST
HUMBLE TO BROADCAST
GAMES SATURDAY
The cook book compiled and
published by the Mathis P. T. A.
has been the “book of the week”
with the members of that organ-
, . . ization for the past 7 days. Mem-
Large peanut fields were bless- ber3 Qf (he Finance Committo,
ed with needed rains,lot late and|wbo nave charge of the books
this assures a heavy yield and
tops things off for a big harvest
jubilee.
Wilson county’s million dollar'
peanut crop will be featured in
every conceivable manner at the
festival which is expected to at-
tract 25,000 people from this and
neighboring counties.
have been working diligently at
the job of selling and have been
quite successful. Everbody'seems
to want one to keep and several
to send to an out of town friend.
The recipes in the old Metho-
dist Cook Book compiled and pub-
lished eighteen years ago are all
reprinted in the new book, with
Rose Marie of the House of!several hundred new ones added
Raska, a high school graduate by local ladies this year,
whose father is a successful pea-j Sauces, (including Bill Polley’s
nut grower of the Labatt com- j famous Tartar Sauce), desserts,
munity, was elected Queen pickles, preserves, cookies, frozen
Tunaep VII Wednesday in a I desserts, sandwiches and pages
spirited four weeks’ co*ntest. She
was sponsored by the American
Legion. In her Royal Court will
be three young ladies who were
runners up in the queen’s contest
Betty Jean Johnson, Princess;.
Bernice Flieler and Mary Ann
and pages of cakes, to mention
only a few of the apptizing con-
tents, are to be found in this book
and all tested recipes submitted
by your own friends and neigh-
bors.
The price of this Cook Book
Robberts, Ladies-in-Wait.ing. All i is $2.00 per copy. Members of
local oranizations will have rep-! die Finance Committee, are Mrs,
resentatievs along with many
South Texas cities at the “Court
of Enchantment” which will be
a brilliant seting for the crown-
ing of Queen Tunaep at 7:30
o’clock Saturday evening, Sept.
25. The Queen’s Ball will follow
at the courthouse.
Ushering in the opening fes-
tivities at 10 o’clock Friday will
be a mile long street parade, fea-
turing gaily decorated floats, cars
trucks, peanut displays and spec-
ial attractions.
Ralph McMillan, chairman of
the board of the National Peanut
Council, will oficially open the
festival at 11 a. m. Friday. Prom-
inent leaders and officials in the
peanut industry and visiting dig-
nitaries will be presented.
Starting at 12:30 a free picture
show to out of town visitors only
will be run continuously at the
Arcadia Thearte.
From 12 noon to 1:00 o’clock
Friday, KABC of San Antonio
will broadcast its “Noonday Jam-
boree'’ from the town square.
A School Band marching and
twirling contest will be staged on
the downtown : streets starting at
2 o’clock with Director Fritz
Teltschik and the Floresville
School Band as hosts.
With prominent national and
state speakers featured on the
program, a big farmer’s meeting
will be held at the courthouse
at 2 oclock.
Johnnie Malone of Pearsall is
director of a real western rodeo
to be presented the two nights of
the festival, Friday at 8 o’clock
and Saturday at 9 p. m.
Old Pioneers’ Day and Home
coming will be held in the dis-
trict court room of the Wilson
county courthouse all day Sep-
tember 25 featured by an old fid-
dlers contest, old style dancing
an old style music. M. M. Hughes
is chairman of the day.
A children’s pet parade opens
festivities at 10 o’clock Saturday
morning, preceded by a band
concert on the courthouse square.
A two-day livestock show on
the courthouse yard will be put.
on by the 4-H and FFA boys of
the county.
President Zane Lawhon and
his committeemen have stage set
for an enjoyable and colorful har-
vest festival to which all South-
west Texas is rnost cordially in-
vited.
E. H. Salge, Mrs. Gordon Brown,
Mrs. L. T. Porter add Mrs. T. R.
Steelhammer, and books may be
obtained from them. If anyone
wishes to sell a few to relatives
or friends they may contact one
of the above ladies who will be
glad to let them have the books.
No awards are being given for
the person selling the largest
number. It is all being done for
the P. T. A. as a money making
project, so buy your copies any-
where most convenient to you.
If you haven’t bought one of
the Cook Books, contact one of
the ladies named above, or if
more convenient, copies may be
purchased at the Mathis News
office.
Mail orders will be taken by
Mrs. E. H. Salge, Mathis, Texas.
Send $2.00 for each copy, plus 10c
for mailing.
Saturday marks the beginning
of the fourteenth season of broad-
casting Southwest Conference
football games by Humble Oil &
Refining Company. Three inter-
esting mter-sgctional games are
on the afternon’s bill of fare.
At 12:50 the first broadcast
starts, originating from Franklin
Field Philadelphia, where the
Texas Aggies meet Villanova.
Charlie Jordan will announce,
and stations carrying the game
will be WRR, Dallas; KFJZ, Ft.
Worth; KTHT, Houston; WACO
Waco; KNOW, Austin; KMAC,
San Antonio; KRIO, McAllen;
KRBC, Abilene; KGKL, San An-
gelo; KBST, Big Spring; KCRS,
Midland; KRRV, Sherman; KGVL
Greenville; KPLT, Paris; KCMC,
Texarkana; KFRO. Longview;
KTBB, Tyler;. KTRE, Lufkin,
WTAW, College Station; KFYO,
Lubbock; KOSA, Odessa; KIUN,
Pecos and KROD. El Paso.
The broadcast of the Texas Un-
iversity-L. S. U. game from Mem-
orial Stadium in Austin will start
at 1:50 p. m. and will feature
HOZE AND NOZZLE
PIRATES TO PLAY
PREMONT HERE TONIGHT
Well—we apologize—we don’t;
have a very good excuse for not! The game between the Mathis
having barbecue last Saturday., Pirates and Ingleside Mustangs
So wo won't try to explain. We was la« nMfht
J ^ ion account of ram.
are definitely going to have it . .
, . , , , „ A game is scheduled this week
this Saturday though. The meat|on the 17 with the Premont Cow-
jis already in the locker plant and boys. This wiU be the first home
Gene and John say they are go- game 0f the season. At that time
mg to see that it is fixed right. the Mathis band will make its
Since last week a committee of | first appearance. The band has
firemen .met at Olmos with the :been practicing all through Aug-
Hoheim Prairie Fire Insurance ust in order to be ready with
Co and received a nice donation some new pieces an to make a
fiom them, also their backing good showing inmarching,
and blessing on continuing to n - - . .. ,
subscribe the money for our I °n‘j ,f°" o- r6'
Rural Fire Truck. Mr. Frank 11™ ? tb. C°aCh Rlch s piI'at*
Jostes of Tyana is taking sub.!®fU th‘S „SefS°n’ ,W,th „last
scriptions In Tynan anti common.' X, ® , T l 7 T* B
ity and he is very optomistic as he f1™16 p,ayers-
m 'I rw“-s, sz
there. Go to it, Frank. We need Lambert and Tinker Crlsp
The date has been set for ou,! Jgl S<lUad and We‘®ht of each
street dance—October—Saturday j^T-pg
tertainment too and will
nounce it later. Of course
play by play report, assisted by [ and all the trimmings that night
Alec Chesser for color. Broad- so y°u won’t have to eat before
cast will be carried over stations
KEYS, Corpus Christi; KTRH,
Houston; KRLD, Dallas, KABC
San Antonio; KRGV, Weslaco and
KTBC, Austin.
Also at 1:50 p. m. broadcast of! Plney woods in good ole
the TCU-University of Kansas• Texas,
game from Lawrence, Kansas, j When we bought our
you come. We have arranged for
a good orchestra and maybe Fire-
man Bill Gray could be persuaded
East1
RITES HELD FOR
JOHN F. STOEVER
Funeral services were held in
Mathis Thursday at one o’clock
at Dobie Funeral Home for John
F. Stoever,' 67, who died Tuesday
Burial was in McNabb Memorial
Cemetery with the Rev. H. Zim-
merman, pastor of the Orange
Grove Lutheran Church, conduct-
ing the services.
Mr. Stoever had resided with
his sister and brother in law, Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Schmidt for the
past 8 years.
Survivors are one brother, G D
Stoever of Houston; three sisters
Miss Sophie Stoever of Schulen-
berg, Mrs. Ben Myer of Bandera
ahd Mrs. Henry Schmidt of Ma-
this.
NOTICE OF ORDER PASSED
BY THE COMMISSIONER’S
COURT
The People of this County have
authorized the building of Farm
to Market roads and, after con-
struction of these roads, various
farmers are plowing out into the
i oads and turning, thus destroy-
ing and damaging these roads.
Also, farm equipment is being
dragged up and down the roads
damaging them.
We, the Commissioners’ Court,
earnestly request that this be
stopped immediately. If it is con-
tinued, we will be forced to pros-
ecute all Violators,
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game may be heard over stations, need it so to sell it we have de-
KGBS, Harlingen; WBAP, 570,'cided to give it away for one
Ft. Worth; KWFT Wichita Falls; |dollar- See Mr. W. J. Horton at
KTSA, San Antonio and KXYZ, jthe “Y” and he will sell it to you.
Houston,
HENRY PERSON DIES
FRIDAY NIGHT
Early.
A CxARD OF GRATITUDE
Funeral services for Henry Au-
gust Person, 58 year old West} We hereby wish to express and
Sinton farmer, \iho died Friday! acknowledge our appreciation
night were conducted at 3 o’clock!and gratitude to the many kind
Sunday afternoon at Grace Luth-
eran Church at Sinton. The ser-
vices were conducted by the Rev.
Rudolph Weiser, pastor of Trin-
ity Lutheran Church, at West
Sinton. Burial was in Odem Cem-
etery under direction of Starbuck
Funeral Home.
He was born Nov. 12, 1889, in
Kingsbury, Texas.
Surivors include his wife, Mrs
Hulda Person; three brothers, Al-
fred, William and Gus Pesron, all
of Mathis; one sister, Miss Freda
Person of Mathis, one niece and
three nephews.
deeds of helpfulness and faithful
service rendered by our many
friends during the illness and the
Dan Griffin
126
Junior Laeehlin
130
Dickie Gray
135
Doyle Lambert
165
TACKLES
Cecil Blake
140
Ray Miller
160
Chas. Lambert
175
Rodney Miller
200
Lewis Huddleston
200
GUARDS
Bob Lee*
126
Alton Winsauer
147
John Nelson
140
Ted Hubbert
150
CENTER
Billy Galloway
155
Carl White
172
BACKS
Chas. Rich
150
Bill Highsmith
145
Kenneth Harvey
145
Luciano Riviera
125
Thomas Jennings
155
Frank Dubravo
150
Rudy Trevino
146
Israel Franco
146
Tinker Crisp
135
ORLANDO SHIPP DIES
AT AGE OF 90
Word was received in Mathis
of the death of Orlando Shipp qt
, , , -----,tlie aSe of 90 at his home in Bur-
funeral of my husband, Henry met. Furnel services were held
JAMES MORGAN PRESENTS
PROGRAM AT ROTARY
Person.
Our sincere gratitude,
Mrs. Henry Person
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Person
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Person
and children
Mr. William Person
Miss Frieda Person
JEDGE WINKLE WILL
ATTEND PREMONT-MATHIS
GAME TONIGHT
James Morgan was in charge of
the proram at Rotary Tuesday,
at which time he presented a
Classification Program.
Visitors were Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Howard and J M Snider
Jedge Winkle, Sports Depart-
ment, Evening News, San An-
j lofho, Texas will make a special
visit to the city of Mathis,-Texas
for the football game between the
Premont Cowboys and the Mathis
Pirates scheduled for the local
field on the night of Friday, Sept.
17 at 8 o’clock.
The Jedge predicts a score of
of Robstown; Thomas C. Davis. - - ---- ------- a out
and Stanton F. Bell of Corpus; j f3rern°nt 20 - Mathis ,0 and plans
John Beauchamp of Sinton; G C to 0n hand to check his pre-
...... - diction.
Schneider of Alice; David Roberts
of Beeville and Bill Highsmith
CITY LUMBER CO.
RECEIVES SHIPMENT
ARKANSAS PINE
CARD OF THANKS
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I wish to thank my many
friends for the visits, telephone ^asd Westover, “The Lum-
calls and cards received while1 herman - has anounced that he
recovering from my recent ac.! ^as received a carload of Long
cident. They were appreciated! ^ea^ Yellow Pine from one of
more than you know. j ihe largest Lumber Mills in the
Otho Griffin United States.
Wednesday at 10 o’clock at Bur-
net. He was a native of Live
Oak County, but had lived at Bur-
net many ears.
Mathis relatives include Mrs.
Clarence Mallett, Roy Shipp and
Mrs. Sid Ferell, nieces and nep-
hew of the deceased.
LIONS CLUB MEETS
WEDNESDAY NOON
The Mathis Lions Club met in
regular session Wednesday at
non at the V. F. W. Home. Pres-
,iednt Joe Whittenberg presided.
Plans were made and commit-
tees appointed to assist the Cham-
ber of Commerce in the drive to
erect street markers in Mathis.
George Kehoe, Science teacher
in Mathis High School was a
visitor.
COTTON GINNING REPORT
Census report shows that 47,-
616 bales of cotton were ginned
in San Patricio County, Texas
from the crop of 1948 prior to
September 1 as compared with
40,640 bales for the crop of 1947
prior to September 1.
Mrs. Emma Miller is visiting
i relatives in Corpus Christi this
1 \yeek.
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