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THE MATHIS NEWS
VOL. XL
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THB
Guthrie. Publishing Co.
MATHIS, TEXAS, THURS. MORNING, APRIL 21, 1960
Entered as second class matter at the post office at
Mathis, Texas, under the act of March 2, 1873.
Snyder Firm low Bidder
On City's Paving Project
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J. H. Chastain and Sons of
Snyder were apparent low bid-
ders when the city opened nine
street paving bids Monday
night.
The bidding involved approx-
imately 80 blocks of Mathis
streets which had previously
petitioned to join forces with
the city in paving. (The city
was authorized by election last
summer to sell up to $100,000
in bonds to pay one-third of the
paving costs of any block on
which the residents desired to
pay the remaining two-thirds.
Bidders had two alternatives
to figure for the city. Alterna-
tive No. 1 was to figure the
cost for both paving and as-
sessment costs. Alternative No.
2 was to figure paying costs
only. Each alternative also had
two different sub-alternatives.
“A” was for one type of paving
and “B” for a different type.
Chastain was low on all points.
This Week
In Mathis
THURSDAY (TODAY)
9:30 a.m. — The women- of
the First Baptist Church will
have visitation.
7:30 p.m. — The Band Boosters
will meet at the Band Hall.
7 p.m. — The men of the
Baptist Church will have visita-
tion.
7:30 p.m. — The Mathis Fire
Department will meet at the
Fire Station.
7:30 p.m. — The VFW Auxil-
iary will meet at the VFW Hall.
TUESDAY
NOON — The Mathis Rotary
Club will meet in the Mesquite
Room of Crawford’s.
3 p.m. — The Women’s Mis-
sionary Union of the First Bap-
tist Church will meet at the
church.
3 p.m. — The Naomi Circle
of the Women’s Society of Chris-
tian Service will meet at the
First Methodist Church.
3:45 p.m. — The Intermediate
Parent-Teachers’ Assn, will meet
at the Intermediate School.
7:15 p.m. -- BPW Club busi-
ness meeting in school cafeteria.
8 p.m.' — The VFW will meet
at the VFW Hall.
8 p.m. Clubs & Library
general meeting in school cafe-
teria. -
WEDNESDAY
3 p.m. — The Women’s Mis-
sionary Union of the First Bap-
tist Church at Sandia will meet
at the church.
4 p.m1. — The Mathis Culture
will meet at the home of Mrs.
Charles Brown.
THURSDAY (APRIL 28)
4 p.m. — The Ruth Sunday
School Class of the First Bap-
tist Church will meet at the
home of Mrs. Joe Dickerson.
His bids were: Alternative No.
1 “A” — $307,214.10; “B” $262,-
943.30. Alternative No. 2 “A’ —
$273,046.30; “B” — $229,161.00.
One bid was received by a
fiscal agent, First of Texas, to
handle the assessment work
should the city elect to take the
Alternative No. 2 route. Their
bid, the only received, was 15
per cent either of Alternative
No. 2 “A’ or “B”.
Nine paving firms submitted
bids for the job.
The bids are now in the hands
of the city engineer, Charles C.
Cross in San Antonio. Cross
will make comparative studies
CofC Election
Ballots Due In
For May 1 Count
Ballots were mailed Tuesday
to all Mathis Chamber of Com-
merce members asking they cast
11 votes for the 1959-60 directors.
All ballots must be mailed
back to the CofC in the en-
closed stamped envelope by Ma
1. The nominating committee
will get the ballots on that
date and count the votes.
Fifteen have‘been nominated
for the 11 directorships. They
are incumbents Dan R. Baen,
Winston F. Bott, Daulton E. Bis-
sett, Loma Lee Curlee, Edgar
H. Eggert Jr., Stanley L. Fry,
John R. Key, Allie B. Holmes,
Fernando Lopez, Paul Stone and
W. C. (Bill) Watson. New no-
minees include Adolph Bomer,
Charles Nichols, John Tobin and
Carl Michalk. There will be lines
provided on the ballot for write-
in nominations.
Serving on the nominating
committee were Charles S.
Brown, W. F. London, Roger
L. Holloman, Quirino Rojas and
Hartwell Dobie.
The directors will elect the
incoming officers at the May
meeting.
Church Campaign
Dinner April 27
The kick-off dinner for the
annual pledge campaign is
planned for Wednesday night,
April 27, at the First Methodist
Church.
Dr. A. Norman Evans, Meth-
odist pastor, will be the fea-
tured speaker. Dr. Evans was
pastor of the Austin Avenue
Methodist Church in Waco and
has been on the staff of the
First Methodist Church in Cor-
pus Christi. He is at present
on the staff at St. Luke’s Meth-
odist Church in Corpus Christi.
Pledges for the next confer-
ence year will be taken at the
dinner-meeting, which is a cov-
ered dish affair and open to
the entire church membership.
24 Vocational Talks On
Career Day Program
A “career day” will be held
at Mathis High School next
Tuesday for the students to hear
business men and women dis-
cuss their fields.
Some 24 vocations will be pre-
School Kids1
Parade May 2
.The once-postponed parade of
school students through town
had been reset for 10 a.m. May
2.
Every student and teacher in
the Mathis system will follow
Hie band down main street,. cut
across South street and go back
to the campus on St. Mary’s.
Tynan Man Is
Ticketed After
Minor Accident
Wayne Edward Mengers of
Tynan was given a ticket for
failure to yield right of way
when his 1959 Plymouth struck
a 1955 Ford driven by (Lydia
Dodson Evetts of Alice last Fri-
day at 4:45 p.rn. at the Hwys.
9 and 359 intersection.
Damages to the Mengers car
were $125 while the Evetts ve-
hicle took a $75 denting, Ma-
this police said.
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sented. Students have pre-select-
ed the topics they wish to hear
about. Each -student may hear
three talks during the day.
The careers and speakers are:
Music, Byron Felder; insur-
ance, Joe Wyatt; photography,
Griff Moore; banking, John-Nel-
son; auto sales and repair, Allie
Hlolmes; grocery, Heywood
Smith; v nursing, Mrs. Katie
Reed; vocational service, Daul-
tjon Bissett.
Journalism, John Haden; sales-
manship, D. C. Brown; electric-
al industry, I. S. Butler; teach-
ing, Gordon Cabaniss; pharmacy
John Key and Bill Henry; Chris-
tian service, Rev. James Frank-
lin; farming and general agri-
culture, Glenn Dorris and Billy
Steelhammer.
Medicine, Dr. Dan Baen; bio-
logist-game warden, A1 FTury;
engineer, Winston Bo tt; office
work, Mrs. Doris Miller and
Mrs. Marie Huntsir.ger; veterin-
arian, Dr. Jim Mead; vegetable
production, grain and agricul-
ture, Glenn Dorris and Billy
Steelhammer.
The military will also have
representatives present.
The day will be started with
a general assembly for the stu-
dents. The sessions will be held
at 9:40, 10:35 and 11:35 during
the morning.
The entire program is under
the direction of the School super-
1 visor, James Jones.
of all bids and report his con-
clusions to the city before the
official awarding of bid is done.
Under the paving program Ma-
this is about to enter no street
will be paved until all home-
stead property owners agree to
share the costs.
2 Killed As
Car Overturns
On Highway 59
Two local men were killed
Friday night when their car
went out of control and over-
turned on Hwy. 59 between
Beeville and 'George West.
Dead were Guillermo Bordayo
Jr., 33, a civilian employe at
Chase Field in Beeville who lives
near Skidmore, and Santos Me-
drano de la Garza, 24, of Ma-
this.
The accident occured about
nine miles east of George West.
De La Garza is survived by
his father, Doroteo De La Garza
of Mathis; four brothers, Fidel
of Vernon, Antonio of Mathis,
and Leon and Edward, both of
Fort Worth, and five sisters,
Mrs. Lupe Gonzales, Mrs. Eva-
rista Gonzalez, and Mrs. Li-
brada Lopez, all of Mathis, Mrs.
Dolores Bordayo of Electra, Mrs.
Maria Torrez of Vernon.
Bordayo is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Amalia Bordayo and
eight children.
Other survivors of Bordayo
include his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Guillermo Bordayo Sr. of
Mathis; and four brothers, Gran-
ado and Jose of Mathis, Ernesto
of.Goree and Carlos of Electra.
Funeral services for De La
Garza were held at 2:30 p.m.
Monday while Bordayo’s ser-
vices were held at 10:30 a.m.
Monday. Both rites were held in
the Sacred Heart Catholic
Church.
Dobie Funeral Home was in
charge of the arrangements.
Arrests Made
In Sinton
Burglary Case
Members of the sheriff’s de-
partment and the Sinton police
department took four Latin
youths into custody early last
week and charged them with
burglary in connection with a
$1,200 burglary job at the Cavitt
Hardware Co. in Sinton. A fifth
youth was turned over to the
juvenile authorities.
Those charged with burglary
were Romeo Ramirez, 17; Gua-
dalupe Aguirre, 17; Domingo
Gonzales, 17; and Jesus Chavez,
20.
Merchandise taken from the
hardware store included 55 box-
es of assorted ammunition, two
sets of dueling pistols, a .308
calibre rifle, two pellet guns,
eight pistols, five transistor ra-
dios, electric shavers, binocul-
ars and ten knives.
The stolen merchandise was
recovered from holes in weeds
and brush in the vicinity of the
Plymouth Oilers baseball park
and in the homes of the youths
involved, the officers reported.
Corporation Court
CITY OF MATHIS
JOHN L. NORRIS, JUDGE
Isabela Pena, disturbing the
peace, fine suspended 90 days.
Eva Liserio, simple assault,
$15.
Elcdia Alinez, simple assault,
fine suspended 90 days.
Assel Cardona. Jr., violation
of vicious animal laws, $10.
Wayne Edward Mengers, Ty-
nan, failure to yield right of
way, $10.
Basilio Salinas, no driver’s li-
cense, pending.
Jesus Romo Falcon, drunk in
auto, $40.
Pablo Olivarez, drunk in auto,
$80.
Nivez Gonzales, drunk in* pub-
lic,- $20.
Prudencio Olivarez, drunk in
public, committed to jail to ser-
ve $20 fine.
CofC Banquet
Tickets On Sale
Tickets for the Mathis Cham-
ber of Commerce banquet went
on sale this week at $3 per plate.
Texas Agriculture Commission-
er John C. White will be the
guest speaker at the June 2
dinner at the school cafeteria.
Tickets may be purchased
from I. S. Butler, chairman, or
from any Chamber of Com-
merce director.
Hail Damages Crops
In Odem-Edroy Area
2nd FISHING RODEO
STARTS ON APRIL 30
PROMOTED — Neal Seaton,
Jr., has been promoted to Pri-
vate First Class. He is in the
U. S. Army and is serving with
the Rescue Squad at Ft. Knox,
K. Y. His parents are Mr. and
Mrs. Neal Seaton, Sr., of Mathis
Louise Knolle,
MaedeneMaedgen
CofC Buc Entries
The Mathis Chamber of Com-
merce will have two beauties
in the Corpus Christi Buccaneer
Days beauty contests this year.
Maedene Maedgen, collegiate
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mal-
colm A. Maedgen, has been en-
tered in the “Miss Buccaneer
Beauty Pageant,” a content for
older girls. Winner in the revue
will enter the “Miss Texas”
contest, who in turn will com-
pete for the “Miss USA” title.
The “Miss USA” .winner will be
entered in the “Miss Universe’
judging.
Louise Knolle, ' high school
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Knolle, was entered in the “Tex-
as Pirate Queen’ contest for
the younger girls. Last year
Louise won second place and
a jeweled wrist watch in this
contest.
Farm Bureau
Commends ASC
For Co-operation
The San Patricio County Farm
Bureau, through their president
M. E. Decherd of Taft, extend-
ed their thanks to the local ASC
office for the fine cooperation
extended by John Owen ASC
office manager, to the farm
bureau. The letter, address-
ed to Jessie Brittain, A.S.C. Co-
mittee chairman, is as follows:
Dear Sir:
Members of the board in the
San Patricio County Farm Bu-
reau, representing 728 farm' fam-
ilies in San Patricio County, ap-
preciate the cooperation and gen-
uine interest that has been con-
tinuously shown by the County
Next Sunday — April 30 —
the secoftd annual Lake. Mathis
Fishing Rodeo gets underway
with daily prizes and grand
champion trophies in the bass,
crappie and catfish divisions.
The trophies will be awarded
Sunday, May 8, after all the
entries are judged. The largest
catch in each division will take
the main trophies.
Second and third place smal-
ler trophies will also be given.
The Mathis Chamber of Com-
merce is sponsoring the rodeo
again this year. Last spring
some 468 fishermen from 50 dif-
ferent towns took part in the
catching.
The championship bass last
year weighed 4 lbs. 6 ozs. and
HOSTS STATE CONVENTION
was caught by A. B. Dickens
of Corpus Christi. S. O. Wovrek
of Alice caught a 1 lb. 11 oz.
crappie to win that division.
The 40 lb. catfish caught by
Preston Briscoe of Luling was
that division’s winner.
Daily prizes will be awarded
by various sporting goods firms,
both retailers and manufactur-
ers, in Corpus Christi. Local
merchants are also expected
to offer prizes.
Allie Holmes, CofC director
and chairman of the tourist plan-
ning committee, is heading up
this year’s’ rodeo.
The registration booth will be
in the state park at the main
concessions building. The lists
of entries and their catches will
be displayed there.
Tynan Insurance Coop
Celebrates 50th Year
First Onion Rail Cars
Left Mathis Monday
Extensive damage was done to county crops,
homes and out buildings by hail during a heavy
downpour last Sunday afternoon. The hail stones
were jagged, rather than round and smooth, and
this contributed in a large part to the extensive
damage done to crops and buildings. The stones
were larger than golf balls in
The 50th anniversary of the
Tynan Branch 16 of the Hoch-
heim Prairie Mutual Fire and
Storm Insurance Assn, was
marked this Monday and Tues-
day when the state convention
of the farmer-owned enterprise
met in Tynan.
This was the 68th anniver-
sary of the group. Tynan’s
branch has 675 members tin
Bee, San Patricio and Live Oak
counties with $6,510,996 insur-
ance in force.
Ed Stridde is secretary-treas-
urer of the local branch. Prin-
cipal speaker for the session
was Warren LeBourveau, him-
self a member of the Tynan
branch. LeBourveau is manager
of the Mathis Grain Elevator
Corp.
LeBourveau said in his speech
that today’s farmers are spec-
ialists in a specialized field.
“Agriculture is now a complex
segment of our total economy,"
he said. “It is big business.”
He told the delegates that
America is the first nation in
which farmers could engage in
free agriculture; and that “in
68 years of continuous opera-
tion — a record-for Texas- —
you have built something which
is a monument to the things
A.S.C. Committee, its staff, and which have made America great.
in particular that of John E.
Owen,’Office Manager. We com-
mend him for sharing with us
at each of our regular monthly
meetings, new information that
becomes available regarding A.
S.C. regulations and changes
that vitally affect our members.
As farmers, members of the
board appreciate the courtesy
and consideration extended to
them as individuals each and
every time they have occasion
to go to the . County A.S.C. of-
fice.
Particularly, do we want To
express our gratitude to John
E. Owen for giving of his per-
sonal attention to secure addi-
tional information, required on
some project, that sometimes
requires telephone calls or a
trip outside of the County.
We recognize the- fact that
you, your committee, and staff,
encounter many problems, some
which affect us. We welcome
the opportunity for you to call
on us for discussion of these
problems.
In conclusion, may we again
express our thanks for your con-
sideration of our problem^ .We
also commend your office man-
ager, John E. Owen, for giving
that little “Over and Above”
that makes him an outstanding
servant of the farmers of San
Patricio County.
Sincerely,
M. E. Decherd
Pennsylvanian
Joins Maternity
Hospital Staff
Miss Miriam Hi,stand of Per-
kasie, Penn., joined the staff at
the Mathis Maternity Hospital
last Friday.
Miss Histahd will work with
the local unit for one year.
Mrs. J. B. Pullin and Allen
of Woodsboro visited with her
sister, Mrs. R. A. Beall Mon-
day.
LeBourveau said that farmer’s
cooperatives and mutuals are
PlowupRegulations
Must Be Used
Says ASC Chief
The- National ASC regulations
must be followed in the plow-
up of excess -cotton, says John
Owen, ASC office manager.
“Adjustment credit shall be
given only for areas of regular
shape, with not more than* four
sides. One side or one end of
the disposition area shall be
parallel with the rows or field
boundary when row crops are
destroyed in a square, rectan-
gular, or trapezoidal pattern, is
the way the National ASC re-
gulation is worded, Owen said,
and the regulation must be fol-
lowed.
He added -that these regula-
tions may be disregarded only
when the crop is an entire field
or sub-division- is destroyed in
.disposing of excess acreage.
The strict adherence to the
ASC regulations in -the destroy-
ing of excess acreage will eli-
minate any loss of time or ef-
fort in the matter of adjust-
ment credit, said Owen.
Bank Closed
Thursday For
Texas Holiday
The First State Bank of Ma-
this will be closed Thursday,
April 21, in observance of San
Jacinto Day, a legal banking
holiday in Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hendricks,
Jr., and boys spent the Easter
week-end with Mr. and Mrs.
Wayne Berryhill and girls and
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Cockerham
and family.
Mrs. . Port Little of Aransas
Pass and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Rice and -son of StockdMe spent
the Easter week-end wijth Mr.
children.
not a “way of life,” but are
business operations, and he war-
ned members of the Hochheim
organization that they must keep
abreast of modern business ad-
ministration if the mutual so-
ciety- is to hold its own in a
competitive economy. Reviewing
briefly the history of the organi-
zation, LeBourveau said it was
established * in August, 1892, by
30 farmers in: the Hochheim
Prairie Community of DeWitt
County. The total amount of in-
surance on the 30 farm homes at
that time amounted to $6,550.
From that modest beginning, he
said, the mutual society, has
grown until today it has 75 mil-
lion dollars in insurance in
force, a net worth of $1,600,-
000 and 11,000 members in 37
branches. - - • -
The convention began Mon-
day at 9 a.m. in the Tynan- Re-
creation Hall. Frank Jostes of
Tynan was master of ceremonies
for the opening program; and
the Rev. Norman Dornquast,
pastor of St. Paul’s Lutheran
Church at Tynan, gave the invo-
cation. E. A. Meyer, president
of the Tynan branch, gave the
welcome address; and Milton
Kircher gave a brief history of
Branch 16.
At the opening session, special
tribute was paid to the late Her-
man Jostes, who was secretary
of the branch for 40 years and
was largely responsible for the
growth of Branch 16. Flowers
were placed on the speakers’
stand in memory of the former
secretary.
Among others who spoke at
the opening session were Judge
Jess Curlee of Live Oak County,
a member for more than 40
years; Ben Adams, Beeville ban-
ker; James E. Cross of Yoak-
um, who responded to the ad-
dress of welcome; and H. Louie
Hansen of Weslaco, president of
the Association of Mutual In-
surance Companies of -Texas.
This year’s convention of the
state association will be held in
Weslaco, Hansen announced.
During the morning session,
the convehtion heard reports
from President Fritz Barre of
Yoakum; Henry E. Remmers of
Nordheim, first vice president;
and Alfred Nollkamper of Yoa-
kum, secretary-treasurer.
At noon a barbecue dinner was
served by the Tynan Recreation
Club.
Officers and directors of the
Tynan Branch, host to the con-
vention, were E. A. Meyer,
president; Emil Mengers, vice
president; Ed Stridde, secretary;
William. Koch, A. R. Dieringer,
Gus Mengers and Charles Tie-
mann, directors.
Officers of the trunk branch,
with headquarters at Yoakum
are Fritz Barre, president, Hen-
ry E. Remmers, Nordheim, first
vice president; Charles Boh-
mann, Stockdale, second vice-
president; Alfred Nollkamper
Yoakum, secretary; Edmund
Frels, Yoakum, assistant secre-
tary - treasurer. On the board
of directors of the trunk branch
are Hugo Rothkamp, Yoakum;
H. W. Havemann, Orange
Grove; E. E. Spies, Hallets-
ville; Frank Jostes, Tynan; and
Lee Pargmann, Yoakum.
many instances, but in most
instances those who saw the
hail said that it resembled crush-
ed ice. There was a heavy
enough fall of hail that it re-
mained on the ground for sev-
eral hours before it all melted.
The hail missed Mathis and
its neighboring fields, but cut
a path to the north and north-
east of here.
The heaviest damage to crops
was a strip of about one mile
to a mile and one-half stretch-
ing from the Edroy area into
West Sinton. Between Edroy and
Odem there was also damage
but not quite as heavy on the
crops as further west and north.
“In checking through the dam-
aged area Monday,” County
Agricultural Agent Dan Pawlick
said, Tt appears that about 3,-
000 acres of cotton was damaged
by the hail and that up to 1,000
acres may have to be replanted.
An even larger number of acres
of grain was hit just as heavy
as the cotton.
“The next few days wall be
all important ih determining the
damage to the' cottbn. If the
terminal bud hasn’t been des-
troyed the chances of the cot-
ton recovering are good,” the
agent concluded.
Grain in the areas hit the
heaviest was cut off within a
quarter inch of the ground and
it is highly unlikely that this
will come back; however, some
farmers feel that it could snap
out of it with favorable weather
in the next few days. Cotton
was stripped of leaves and in
some instances the little buds
jthat were just forming were cut
off the stalk. Veteran farmers
hold that cotton that still has
the buds left on the stalk will
come back but where the buds
have been cut off the cotton
will die.
One of the heaviest damaged
fields in the. area belonged to
Casper Gerdes. Mr, Gerdes had
large acreage of grain cut off
by the hail. “We won’t know
for a couple of days just how
heavy the damage was,” Mr.
Gerdes said.
R. E. Stalcup reports that he
lost 125 acres of cotton and be-
tween 40 and 50 acres of feed
which he had planted on the
Floyd Scull farm now owned by
him. Windows in his home were
also damaged.
J. E. Williams reports that he
does not know in dollars and
cents the extent of damage done
to his lovely masonary home
near Edroy, but he does know
that the large patio there wa^
stripped of its overhead screen
wire, windows in the smaller
patio were smashed -and some
damage was done to the sec-
tions of wood on the north side
of his home;
E. H. Pierce of Edroy report-
ed his home will have to have
a new roof and his crop has
been damaged about 40 percent.
Accompanying rains dumped
-as much as two inches in the
hail-hit sections, further delay-
ing any repeat planting for at
least a- week. However Monday
and Tuesday were dry, sunny
days and should aid in drying
out the fields.
Meanwhile the onion crop
started moving from Mathis.
Missouri Pacific Agent Charles
Nichols said two carloads went
out Monday from the Abe M.
Katz shed, one bound for St.
Louis and the other for West
Concord, Mass. Nichols said as
far as he knew they were the
first two cars to leave the coast-
al bend.
Tuesday Southern Pacific ship-
ped two cars for Howard Ayers.
Both went to the northeast.
Missouri Pacific expected
three more cars by late Tues-
day night. Nichols said he ex-
pected shipments to remain light
most of this Week but to get
heavier next week.
There are approximately 11,-
.000 acres in onions this year in
thb coastal bend, mainly con-
centrated in this ipu-ea. Last
year’s onion acreage total was
14,300.
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Change Possible
In Choice Of
A or B Plan
John Owen, office manager of
the ASC office said early this
week that the recent'hail storm
in San Patricio Co. may bring
a change of election of choice
“B” farm allotment to choice
“A” farm allotment in those
areas of the county in which
the current cotton crop was
heavily damaged by the hail.
He pointed out the conditions
under which such a change of
choice allotment could be made
as follows:
“The operator of a farm for
which “B” allotment is elected
may file an application in writ-
ing with the County ASC Com-
mittee to change to “A” allot-
ment where conditions beyond
the control of the operator pre-
vent the planting of cotton, or
having cotton available for har-
vest on any acreage in excess
of the choice “A” allotment for
such farm. For this purpose con-
ditions beyond the control of the
operator are limited to' exces-
sive rain, flood, hail or drought,
or lack of water on irrigated
farms resulting from the effect
of drought on the water sup-
ply”-
Farmers hard hit by the hail
which struck certain areas of
the county Sunday may turn
to this change in choice from
“B” to “A”, the ASC manager
said Monday in discussing the
serious situation those farmers
find themselves in at this time.
New Mathis
Construction
Firm To Open
J. D. Roach, a resident of the
Lakewood Heights addition,
plans to open the Mathis Con-
struction Co. at the Y in the
near future.
The operation will include land
and yard leveling, road and
drive-way construction and all
types of fill work.
Roach has been in the con-
struction business in Freer for
the past 24 years. He will con-
struct an office and facilities
for parking his heavy equipment
on land he purchased at the
Y. The site is just above the
Hwy 9 underpass in front of
the Curlee residence.
Clubs & Library
Meeting Tuesday
Eve In Cafeteria
The Mathis Clubs &[Library
will hold a general meeting at
8 p.m. Tuesday in the school
cafeteria.
Plans will be discussed for
completing the building project.
Several contractors will be on
hand to discuss the situation.
Dr. Mead Buys
Hondo Practice,
Moves May 1st
Dr. J. H. Mead will leave
Mathis May 1 to move to Hondo
where he has purchased the
practice of the Hondo Veterina-
rian Clinic and Laboratories.
Mrs. Mead and their daughter
will remain in Mathis until hous-
ing can be secured there. The
Meads have been in Mathis since
November.
Mrs. Hulda Brown and Mrs.
Jo English and Ralph and Bill
of Corpus Christi spent the week-
end with Mr. and Mrs. D. C.
Brown, Jr. and family. Mrs, R.
B. Bickley of Irving is visiting
with the Browns also.
M.
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