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VOL. XL
Entered as second class matter at the post office a*
Mathis, Texas, under the Act of March 2, 1873.
MATHIS, TEXAS, THURS. MORNING, SEPT. 29,1960^^l“EOP»eLESN‘Y ™E
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Charlie Brown, Mathis ranch-1 tricio County Conservation Dis-1 planter,
er, right, and Ott Ediger, work trict, are shown inspecting a 1
unit supervisor for the San Pa- * Coastal Bermuda grass sprig I
Mathis Rancher Uses Mechanical
Planter To Cut Bermuda Planting Cost
A possible answer to the high
cost of planting Coastal Bermu-
da Grass, which has done re-
markably well in this area, was
seen recently when Charlie
Brown planted about 50 acres of
Coastal Bermuda sprigs using
a mechanical planter on his
ranch near Mathis.
Despite the fact that Coastal
Bermuda has shown promise in
this area the high cost of hand
planting the sprigs has kept
most land owners out of the
market for this grass. Cost of
planting by hand has run from
$30 to $40 per acre while the
cost of using a mechanical
sprig planter drops the cost to
the point of operation of a trac-
tor.
Mr. Brown has been looking
for some permanent type of
grass that he could put on his
sand fields on the river near
Mathis and after investigating
Mrs. Koepsei To Head
Youth Center's Board
Mrs. Leland Korpsel was e-
lected president of the Mathis
Youth Center when the parents
and members met Monday night
at the center.
Other officers serving with
Mrs. Koepsei will be Mrs. Frank
Russek,. vice-president; Mrs. H.
M. Reed1, secretary; and Mrs.
Dumas Curlee treasurer. These
officers will assume their dut-
ies next meeting on Monday,
Oct. 24.
Th group voted to stay open
on Tuesday nights from 7 p.m.
The membership drive was be-
gun this week. Each family
will be notified by card or let-
ter that their child’s member-
ship dues are due. On Saturday,
Oct. I1, and Saturday, Oct. 2,
there will be a member of the
membership committee at the
center to take dues and to hand
out membership cards. They
will be at the center from 7:30
p. m. to 8:30 p. m. Members
of the membership committee
are Mrs. Erich Bauch, chair-
man; Mrs. Milton Boatwright,
Mrs. M. R. Sanguinet, and Mrs.
W. A. Jennings, Jr.
The chaperon committee will
make a schedule from the list
of names of mernbes’ parents
who will chaperon at the cen-
ter each night it is open If
must ask someone to take his
night his name is listed he
place.
The meetings each month are
open to the parents and the
members.
The group voted to have a
dance after each home foot-
ball game on Friday night. They
also plan to have a Halloween
dance on Saturday, Oct. 29.
About 20 attended the Monday
night meeting.
Junior High Needs
Library Books
The half-filled shelves in the
Junior High School library need
filling.
A request went out this week
to the residents of Mathis to
donate volumes from their own
libraries for the school children
to use.
Books you might have which
you no longer use will be put
into much needed service.
several plots in this area and
also in other localities he de-
cided that it was the answer to
h i s cattle grazing problem,
question due to the high cost
and the number of acres that
he wanted to plant so he pur-
chased a mechanical planter.
The seeder pruchased by Mr.
Brown cost $675. Grass sprigs
are placed into the machine
just like they are cut from the
parent plot. As the planter is
pulled along a spiked conveyor
pulls sprigs into the feeder. Then
the sprig chute guides them into
the furrow which has been
opened by a plow attached
ahead of the feeder. Fertilizer
can be dropped into the bed at
the same time the sprig is drop-
ped; however, Mr. Brown did
not apply fertilizer at the plant-
ing time. Immediately behind
the sprig chute are the discs that
cover the sprigs. Trailing the
discs are the packer wheels
which packs the soil on the
sprigs.
Mr. Brown obtained his grass
sprigs from a grower in Flores-
ville and paid at the rate of $10
per bushel for them. He put out
a total of 50 bushels several days
ago and at the present time the
grass is sprouting. Moisture con-
ditions were not at the best
When the grass was planted and
continued dry weather delayed
the grass -but a rain over the
week-end probably put the grass
on the up grade.
Coastal Bermuda is consider-
ed an excellent grass for graz-
ing cattle and large numbers of
cattle -can be carried on fields
of this grass. It is hardy, re-
sponds well to fertilizer and
good moisture conditions, but at
the same time is able to with-
stand long periods of dry wea-
ther. Cattle seem to find the
grass much to their liking.
18 More Blocks
OKed To Pave
Eighteen more blocks were re-
leased to the paving contractor
on Tuesday by the city hall after
First of Texas certificed the
property was eligible.
This makes a total of 47 biles,
which will soon be in the pro-
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rackley
of George West and Mr. and
Mrs. Norman DeReese and chil-
dren of Alice visited with Mr.
and Mrs. Dan Beutnagel and
the parent can not chaperon the Mark Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe E. Cabaniss
of Alice visited with Mr. and
Mrs. Gordon Cabaniss last Tues-
day night.
Stone Bros. To
Unveil '61 Ford
Here Thursday
The 1961 Ford car will be un-
wrapped for Mathis Thursday
morning in the Stone Bros,
showroom.
Paul and Don Stone invite the
general public to attend an open-
house for the new car unveil-
ing. Free coffee will be served.
The new Ford is nearly four
inches shorter and two inches
narrower than the 1960 model.
New features include a grease
and lubrication system that ex-
tends the normal chassis lubri-
cation interval to 30,000 miles.
It has new, heavier brakes that
are self-adjusting. New under-
body parts resist rust. The muf-
flers are aluminized and are
double wrapped for three times
the normal life. There has -been
a 250 per cent increase in the
thickness of anodizing on- alum-
inum surfaces for brighter, long-
er lasting grille, headlamp and
tail light trim.
Dr. T. F. Hubert,
Veterinarian, Has
Office at D&W
Dr. T. F. Hubert announc-
ed this week he was establish-
ing a veterinarian’s practice in
Mathis.
He will be located at the D
& W Feed & Seed store at the
Y. His office will be open six
day each week, Monday through
Saturday. Hours will be from
8 a. m. to 12 noon daily.
Dr. Hubert is a resident of
Three Rivers where he has prac-
ticed as a veterinarian for the
past three years. He will con-
tinue to operate his business
there in the afternoons.
He is -a native of Kingsville
and his brother is a veterinarian
there. Dr. Hubert is a grad-
uate of Texas A & M.
Food Donated To
$5 Per Plate
Pancake Supper
The $5 per plate pancake sup-
per to raise funds for the Ma-
this Clubs and Library Build-
ing construction will have most
of the foods donated.
It was announced this week
that Staley’s Syrup would be
donated by the Staley Co. and
that the pancakes will be made
from Aunt Jemima 'Pancake
Mix, donated by Quaker Oats.
The Mathis News will donate
the printed tickets.
The supper will be Friday,
October 14.
cess of paving.
The contractor. K. F. Hunt of
Taft, has had crews working on
several streets during the past
few weeks.
Tuesday morning the street be-
tween the water tower and
Southwestern Bell were under
the bulldozer scraper.
The newly released streets
are:
Bee from Hack-berry to Co-
pano; Bee from St. Mary’s to
Rockport; -Nueces from Hack-
berry to Copano; Nueces from
St. Mary’s to San Patricio; Du-
val from Hackberry to Copano;
Encinal from Wilson to Mes-
quite; Lee from 'Wilson to Mes-
quite; Lee from Hackberry to
Copano; Lee from St. Mary’s to
San Patricio; Rockport from
Bee to Sueces; St. Marry’s from
Nueces to Duval; Copano from
South to Bee; Copano from Bee
to Nueces; Hackberry from Nu-
eces to Duval; and Hackberry
from Encinal to Hidalgo.
110 Delegates
Attend Dist 6
VFW Convention
One hundred and ten dele-
gates from District Six of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars re-
gistered here Saturday and Sun-
day for a convention hosted by
the local Post 3079.
Paul Mahoney, county comm-
issioner from Precinct 3, was
recognized during the Sunday
morning session as a civilian
guest of honor. He was present-
ed a plaque for his community
services and for the support
he has given the VFW pro-
grams. He was made an asso-'
ciate member of the local post.
Mayor Milton Boatwright wel-
comed the delegates in th» open-
ing meeting. The state and dis-
trict auxiliary officers conduct-
ed a memorial service.
Special guests were State Sen-
ator Bruce Reagan and the
former U. S. Congressman,
John Lyle. Lyle was guest spea-
ker for the convention.
During the business meeting
it was announced the next dis-
trict session would be held in
54-YARD RUN — Bob Barber |dodged and darted 54 yards to I the ball from the five to score.
No 40, set up the second Mathis the Banquete 10. The run gave Joe Olivo, No. 81, is in the fore-
touchdown last Friday night Mathis 54 of its total 154 yards ground. Banquete Center Rip-
when he took a handoff on his rushingi lineage for the night. | pie, wearing No. 50, eventually
own 36-yd line and scampered. Barber, two plays later, moved tackled Barber on the 10 yard
‘ line. Photo by J. A. Pecot,
Mathis Defeats Banquete
20-8; Bloomington Next
Mathis
6 First Downs 10
154 Yards Rushing 156
0 Yards Passing 6
2 Passes Attempted 6
0 Passes Completed
0 Intercepted by 0
1 Fumbles Recovered by 0
4-50 Penalties 2-30
Banquete , for the touchdown.
Eloy Diaz scampered down
the sidelines 90 yards last Fri-
day -night to cap a 20-8 foot-
ball victory for the Mathis Pi-
rates over the1 Banquete Bull-
dogs.
The garhe was played on a
cool, dry night. This was the
last pre-district battle for the
Pirates, giving them a 2 won,
1 loss, 1 tie record to enter 31A
competition this Friday with
Bloomington.
The Pirates hugged the ground
to grind out their victory. Two
long runs, Diaz’ 90 yard touch-
down lope and a 54-yard ground
gainer by Bob Barber, were
highlights of the game. Diaz al-
so ran 52 yards to paydirt on
a punt return late in the sec-
ond quarter to have the play
called back to the 21 and 15
yards assessed Mathis for clip-
ping, putting the ball back in
It was early in ■ the third
quarter when Diaz eludeu the
Bulldogs on his 90 yard punt
. return to score. Dickie Green-
1 wood took a handoff for the two
extra points.
Mathis penetrated to the Bull-
dog in the first quarter to the
12 yard line before losing the
ball on downs to the fighting
Bulldogs.
Banquete bested the Pirates
in total tards rushing by two,
the final statistics were 154 for
Mathis and 156 for Banquete.
Charba and Willoughby were
the leading ground gainers for
the visitors, making head ham-
mering plunges through the
middle of the line. Banquete
attempted six passes, complet-
ing one to Lester Van Winkle
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the first in
get its full 1961 membership
quota.
It was also announced that
the district that is leading by
Oct. 15 in the membership drive
will be host to the state-wide
mid-winter VFW roundup.
-Individual members were ur-
ged to contact their national re-
presentatives to stress the need
for a veterans hospital in this
district.
Bob Baylor To
Head Rodeo Club
At Uvalde College
The Rodeo Club of Southwest
Texas Junior College has select-
ed its officers for the 1960-61
school year. Leading the club as
its president is Bob Baylor of
Sandia.
Banquete scored its tally in
the fourth stanza. They made
it the hard way. After taking
a kickoff on their own 15 they
moved all the way down the
field in 12 plays and four first
downs to score when Teddy
Charba went over from the
three. John Willoughby’s run-
over was good for the two points.
Mathis scored first in the sec-
ond quarter when Diaz recover-
ed a Banquete fumble on the
Bulldog 10-yard-line. Bill Adams
carried to the.two and on the
next play took Bob Jennings’
handoff to score,
Barber set up the second
touchdown in the end of the
third quarter when he took a
handoff from his own 36 to the
Bulldog 10. (Diaz moved the pig-
skin to the four and Mathis
suffered a one yard loss on the
next play. Barber then carried
Junior High Bucs
Host Bloomington
Thursday, 7 p.m.
The Junior High Bucs host the
Bloomington juniors Thursday
(Tonight) in a 7 p. m. game.
This will be the second en-
counter of the season for the
Bucs. They defeated Skidmore
last Thursday 6-0.
The sole score came in the
second quarter when Quarter-
back Bob Adams threw a 10-
yard pass to End Allen Gregor-
cyk on the three-yard line. Gre-
gorcyk went over for the score.
Members of the team this year
are Bob Adams, Bobby Buck,
John Snody, Tony Valdez, Ger-
ald Luther, John Sutherland,
Don Tennill, Mike Masur, Bill
Florez, Jim Rackley, Pedro Di-
mas. Ben Franco, Charles Mich-
alk, Jessie Benavides, Algert Sy-
ma, Irvin Watson, Tom Edmond,
Melvin Creel, Charles Cherry,
Roger Miller, Robert Jennings,
Don Thornton, Robert Garcia,
Allen Gregorcyk, Adam Rivera,
Lamar Greenwood, Joe Brown
and Jesse Padron.
just before half-time for sir;
yards.
Mathis linesmen seeing deci-
sive action were Ben Crouch,
Dennis Greenwood, and two
ends, Charles Kholle and W. A.
Henderson.
V bile Mathis was defeating
Banquete, here’s how the other
3M. teams farea:
Ingleside upset Bishop 12-8.
The Badgers defeated Mathis
26-8 in the season opener. Ma-
this plays Ingleside Nov. 4.
Gregory-Portland bowed to
the Odem Owls 14-6. G.-P. plays
here Nov. 11.
Wocdsboro, Mathis’ Oct. 14
opponent, tied San Diego 20-20.
Mathis plays Rockport on Oct.
28. That team wa. defeated last
Friday 46-19 by Vanderbilt, a
team that lost, 20-0 to Bloom-
ington the week before.
Mathis travels to Blooming-
ton this Friday night to open
district play. Bloomington is an
unkniwn team for 31A, having
joined this league this year.
1st Norther j
Brings Little
Gnat Relief
The fall’s first norther blew
through Mathis Saturday at dusk
and brought an inch of rain and
strong winds.
The cooler weather brought
little relief from the gnats that
have been plaguing residents for
several weeks.
100 Guests At
Youth Center
Friday Night
Approximately 100 members
and guests attended the party at
the Mathis Youth Center Fid-
day night following the football
game.
Refreshments of sandwiches
and punch were served to the
group by mothers of freshmen
and juniors.
City's Benefits From Health Center Shown In Dr. Selby's Annual Report
Submitted by C. A. Selby M. D.
The anniversary report re-
garding activities conducted at
the Mathis Health Center here-
inafter contained, .shows 1 very
plainly that this facility is con-
tinuing to increasingly fulfill
the much needed services to
the Mathis area, for which it
was originally established. No
charge is ever made to any
patient for any services render-
ed there. All services maintain-
ed and given there have been
in the nature of diesease pre-
vention by immunization, and
education.
?This facility does no treat-
ment of disease, but strives to
prevent disease spread through
the medium of immunizations
against ordinary communicable
diseases, such as typhoid, teta-
nus, diphtheria, whooping cough.
small pox and poliomyelitis,
with special emphasis on tuber-
culosis.
The personnel from the San
Patricio County Health Depart-
ment assigned to the Mathis
area include Mrs. Grace Sch-
neider, Public Health Nurse;
Mrs. Refugia Trevino, Clinic
Aide and interpreter; also Ron-
ald Staggs, Sanitarian, is pre-
sently assigned to the Mathis
area. The entire 'Public Health
program is in charge of Dr.
C. A. Selby, Director of the
San Patricio County Health De-
partment.
During the past twelve mon-
ths, as designated above, there
were a total of 2227 immuniza-
tions completed for the preven-
tion of the six commonest com-
municable diseases listed in the
preceeding paragraphs of this
Which of the following is spelled correctly?
Baccalaurate Baccalaureate Baccallarate
(Meaning the first degree given by universities)
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report. The immunizatios were
in the main, given to pre-school
children before their entry in
the Mathis school system, also
for immunizations given in pre-
vious years. It should be men-
tioned here that permanent and
complete records are kept in
the health center for all imm-
unizations.
TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL
The control of tuberculosis is
sought through finding cases
which heretofore have not been
found examining all contacts to
these cases in an effort to find
other cases and; to cause each
case to be hospitalized for a
time sufficient to render that
case not cantagious and to be
hospitalized for a time sufficient
to learn the necessary precaut-
ions in personal care and hab-
its, thus to prevent further
spread of tuberculosis.
After these patients have been
returned with medical consent
to the community, we see that
they follow the instructions giv-
en them at the hospital, to reg-
ularly consult their Doctor, and
to take their medication faith-
fully so long as necessary, also
we try to assist in the rehab-
ilitation of these people to a
useful and selfsupporting occu-
pation,
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It is pertinent to state that
during the calendar year of 1959
there were 32 new cases of
tuberculosis reported in San Pat-
ricio County and of these there
were 24 cases that came from
Mathis.
For the twelve month period
covered by this report, we are
happy to state that only 15
new TB cases came from the
Mathis area. This tends to in-
dicate that our extra eforts
and those of the Medical Doc-
tors of Mathis have begun to
make progress towards eventu-
al control of tuberculosis. It is
hoped this decrese will continue
but to lessen our efforts now
would be most disastrous .
During the period covered by
this report there were 9 arrest-
ed tuberculosis cases returned
to Mathis with medical advice,
from the TB Hospitals.
During that same period,
there were 181 skin tests done
by the public health nurse on
contacts of known cases of tu-
berculosis; 108 chest x-ray re-
checks were taken on arrested
cases in addition to the above,
also there were 164 chest x-rays
taken on contacts to known cas-
es, who were positive skin re-
actors.
REHABILITATION
Through the combined efforts
of the Coastal Bend TB Asso-
ciation, the County Health De-
partment and the Texas Edu-
cation Agency, a special class
in rehabilitation was located in
Mathis designed to teach sew-
ing to women who had return-
ed from the TB hospitals.
Mrs. Grace Schneider, public
health nurse, assisted in se-
lecting suitable people who had
been returned from the TB Hos-
pitals to begin this trial effort
in rehabilitation. Mrs. Gus Hol-
lan of Sinton was qualified and
acted as instructor in charge of
this enterprise.
Through the cooperation of
the County Commissioner’s
Court and some local Mathis
citizens, a place was secured
for the class, also sewing ma-
chines were furnished by the
Rehamilitation Division of the
Texas Education Agency. This
project met the challenge and
is still in active existence.
Through the efforts of the
same group of agencies, there
was established a course in
reading and writing of basic
English, this being the first one
to be established of TB Hospital.
Your health center personnel
acted as instigators and sec-
cured some teachers from the
TB returnees to carry on this
highly essential work, in be-
half of the illiterates who had
been returned and must be
be able to read and write in
order to compete in any sense
as a wage-earner.
Through a bi-weekly pre-natal
clinic, held in the Health Cen-
ter on the second and fourth
Fridays of each month 87 in-
d i g e n t, prospective mothers
were examined by a qualified
Medical Doctor clinician and
given instructions relative to
keeping in a state of good health
during this period.
Although the Health Depart-
ment services these were refer-
red to their respective physi-
cians for such services, most
of whom were taken care of
through other local facilities.
A total of 134 babies, of in-
digent mothers were brought ot
the Well Baby dines held in the
Health Center on the first and
third Friday afternoons of each
month.,
These clinics also are in
charge of a qualified clinician
M. D., who examines these
children and directs the Nurse
in keeping these babies well by
proper food and education of the
mothers in accepable methods
of baby care.
FOOD HANDLERS CLINICS
In assisting with the food han-
ler’s ordinance which is in force
in Mathis, there were 218 blood
tests taken in the twelve mon-
ths covered by this report, also
office visits and instructions
were given to 370 others relat-
ing to food handling. These
clinics are held on every Wed-
nesday afternoon.
A special school for food-han-
dlers was held in Mathis last
April, conducted by the State
Health Department and the
County Health Department.
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
In conducting the Uuisiness
of public health in Mathis, dur-
ing the past twelve months, the
Public Health Nurse made 1283
home calls on isdividuals and
received 351 calls in the Health
Center. These calls concerned
all phases of public health in-
terest and assistance.
in addition to the activities
conducted in the Health Center,
it should be remembered that
through the Sanitation section
of the County Health Depart-
ment, a frequent inspection is
made of all food handling es-
tablishments in the Mathis area,
including those located at Lake
-I
m
Mathis, which are in this county.
Frequent and thorough in-
spections are made of both the
Boy Scout and the Girl Scout
camps at the Lake, especially
during the actual camping sea-
son. Inspection of municipal
and private , water supplies are
made at regular intervals also
concerning the sewer and se-
wage disposal systems, both mu-
nicipal and private.
Rural water and dsposal sys-
tems are on request, also reg-
ularly inspected. The present
sanitarian assigned to the Ma-
this area is Mr. Ronald Staggs,
As a corollary to this report,
the Director of the County
Health Department, Dr. C. A.
S^lby, wishes in behalf of all
of the personnel, to sincerely
thank ail individuals and organi-
zations who have so capably
and freely participated in this
public health program, special
thanks are due the City Offi-
cials of Mathis, Monsignor Bar-
tosh and to County Commiss-
ioner Paul Mahoney for their
continuous and most helpful ass-
istance and attention.
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Respectfully submitted,
C. A. Selby, M.D.
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