The Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 31, 1988 Page: 1 of 6
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AMERICAN HISTORY TOUR DEPARTS--A sizeable crowd of local citizens and parents were on hand
to see the 1988 Senior Class off on their 11-day trip to Washington, D.C. and other points of interest Satur-
day morning. At last report, the tour was on the last leg of their approach to the nation's capital, and was
scheduled to return Tuesday evening. (Margie Rodriguez photo)
Senior Trip Nears Capital,
Return Scheduled Tuesday
The 1988 American History Tour,
informally known as the Mathis
High School Senior Class Trip, was
scheduled to arrive in Washington,
D.C. Wednesday afternoon for a two-
day visit of the nation’s capital
before continuing their journey into
the Amish Country of Pennsylvania,
Gettysburg, and other sights along
the Blue Ridge Parkway en route
back to Mathis.
The group has been in contact with
Della Ann Salge, who has relayed
daily messages to the News.
The group arrived in Atlanta on
Sunday, after a non-stop ride from
Mathis, with everyone weathering
the long ride in good shape, accor-
ding to Mrs. Salge’s report.
Monday, while driving through the
Smokey Mountains, they saw smoke
from a forest fire and ran into a light
rain.
Tuesday, they arrived in
Petersburg, Va., where they took
time to wash their clothes in
preparation for their arrival in
Washington, D.C.
Mrs. Salge reported the group had
been very well behaved and had
received many compliments from
locals along the way.
Wednesday, the tour was schedul-
The Mathis Housing Authority and
the Mathis I.S.D. Parent and Com-
munity Involvement is co-
sponsoring two drug awareness
workshops Thursday, April 7, at the
high school and junior high gym-
nasiums.
Rich Garza, a former professional
football player, will be the featured
speaker. Garza was originally
drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles
of the National Football League in
1981, and also played for the Denver
Weather
Report
ed to take the Scotland Ferry across
th'e James River and visit
Jamestown, the first permanent
English settlement in America, and
Williamsburg before continuing to
Washington, D.C.
The itinerary for the remainder of
the 1988 American History Tour is as
follows:
• Mar. 31-Apr.l: In Washington,
D.C.
• Apr. 2: Depart Washington,
Of April Campaign
“Don’t give breast cancer a place
to hide!”
With that announcement from the
American Cancer Society, the
Mathis unit of ACS hopes to reach
women throughout the Mathis area
with a lifesaving message concern-
ing the early detection of breast
cancer.
The Society has chosen mam-
mography, a highly effective techni-
que used in the early detection of
breast cancer, as the theme of the
Broncos.
Switching to the United States
Football League, he played for the
Philadelphia Stars in the first USFL
championship game in 1982, and con-
cluded his career playing with the
San Antonio Gunslingers from 1983
to 1985.
The first workshop session is
scheduled for 9:30 a.m. at the Mathis
Junior High Gym, with the high
school session slated from 11 a.m. to
12 noon.
The public is invited to attend
either of these workshops.
For more information, contact
Mrs. Rosa Garcia at the Mathis
Housing Authority, 547-3315, or
Yolanda Lopez at the Mathis I.S.D.
Parent Involvement Office, 547-9139.
D.C. for Baltimore, Md., York, Pa.,
Lancaster, Pa. and spend the night
in Staunton, Va.
• Apr. 3: Depart Staunton, Va.,
via the Blue Ridge Parkway and
spend the night in Cookeville, Tenn.
• Apr. 4: Depart Cookeville,
Tenn. and spend the night in Tex-
arkana.
• Apr. 5: Depart Texarkana and
arrive in Mathis at approximately 7
p.m.
April 1988 residential educational
and fund raising crusade campaign.
Sissy Strunk, Crusade chairperson
from the Mathis unit, said, “We’ve
had remarkable success with mam-
mography in treating early breast
cancers. Finding a tumor at its onset
means that less extensive surgery
may be performed and that the
chances of survival may be very
high. If found early, breast cancer
may be treated successfully in nine
out of ten cases.”
As part of this campaign, trained
ACS volunteers will go door-to-door
in the first two and one-half weeks of
April. They will be distributing a
folder entitled, “Mammography
found my breast cancer early...and
may have saved my life.” The folder
will include ACS guidelines for
breast health and important steps
for women to follow to help prevent
breast cancer.
“Mammography, a low-dose X-
ray of the breast, may often detect a
tumor before it becomes large
enough to be felt — even before the
woman or her doctor knows it’s
there,” Mrs. Strunk said.
ACS recommends women 35 to 39
years of age should have a baceline
mammogram for future com-
parisons, women 40 to 49 without
symptoms should have a mam-
mogram every one to two years and,
finally, women 50 and over should
have this test performed annually.
See CANCER, Page 6
Drug Awareness Workshop
Features Ex-NFL Player
Cancer Society Chooses
Mammography As Theme
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Water level is 92.85
Wesley Seale Dam at
Lake Corpus Christi
PWL Approves Donations
To EMS Fund, Fire Dept.
The Progressive Women’s League
met March 16 in the Community
Room of the First State Bank of
Mathis for their regular monthly
meeting.
The League heard reports of a suc-
cessful bake sale, co-sponsored by
the Mathis High School senior class,
which netted $200 for the 1988 senior
class trip.
The League also approved two
donations of $500, to the Mathis
Volunteer Fire Department and the
Mathis EMS Heart Monitor Account
at the bank.
In other business, Social Chair-
man Kassie Edwards announced
plans for a club members shopping
trip to San Antonio on April 16, and
Kelly Stapp, Diane Self, Kim Hud-
dleston and Kassie Edwards were
approved as a nominating commit-
tee. The committee will be responsi-
ble for submitting a slate with two or
more nominees for each office at the
group’s April meeting.
Following the meeting, hostesses
Cathy Grossman, Kathy Tiemann
and Michelle Schumacher served a
light buffet of salad and sweets to 18
members and new member Wendy
McCown.
In keeping with a St. Patrick’s
Day theme, the centerpiece was an
artistically arranged basket of fresh
green vegetables and fruits.
Monday Meeting
County Commissioners Okay
Clean-Up Plan At Airport
By Brenda Nettles
San Patricio County Commis-
sioners voted to authorize Reed and
Associates to proceed with a clean-
up plan involving a spill at the Sinton
Airport at their regular meeting
March 28.
Commissioner Gordon Porter said
the Texas Water Commission found
a build-up of toxic materials at the
disposal pits, at the airport.
Reed & Associates of Austin will
advise the county on what to do to
clean it up, and is testing to see how
intensive the pollution is, Porter
said.
Commissioners also employed
Professional Service Industries Inc.,
to test soil at the proposed county
airport in Ingleside and Aransas
Pass.
“We’re testing construction
samples to see how the base under
the runway will have to be con-
structed,” Porter, said.
After a second closed session,
commissioners voted 4-0 to hire
Porter, Roger, Dahlman & Gordon
to defend Sheriff Wayne Hitt and the
county in the Teresa K. Petruska vs.
Ramon Zapata, Wayne Hitt and San
Patricio County case.
Commissioner Joe Zapata did not
participate in the two closed ses-
sions concerning the lawsuit as he is
related to one of the defendents.
Also at the meeting, commis-
sioners held a public hearing at 1:30
p.m. concerning the county’s plans
to lease approximately 12.4287 acres
of land for the production of oil, gas
and minerals.
The land underlies Farm to
Market Road 2725, and is out of block
T, U and B and outblock 48 of the
Burton and Dansfor Subdivision.
One bid was received for the oil,
gas and minerals lease from Huma
Petroleum Company.
The meeting was recessed until 10
a.m. Thursday, March 31 where they
will hear a presentation on
transportation projects for Naval
Station Ingleside.
Other items approved by commis-
sioners are as follows:
• Approved changes in the Coastal
Bend Regional Restitution Center
building.
• Approved and prioritized four
grant applications to the Criminal
Justice Division for Fiscal Year
1989.
• Approved a budget amendment
for the Victim’s Advocate Pro-
gram/2 Grant.
• Accepted a $1,000 supplemental
grant for the the Tri-County Task
Force.
• Approved an estimated expen-
diture of $580 for tooth brushes as a
by Charles Sullivan
Filing for seats on the Mathis City
Council and Mathis I.S.D. Board of
Trustees ended Mar. 23, with nine
candidates filed for three Council
seats and six others entered in the
race for two school board positions.
Rodolfo (Rudy) Ruiz, Jr. was the
final entry on the school board slate,
filing for the Place 6 position against
incumbent G.W. McGown IV and
challenger Dale Day.
In the Place 7 race, Nancy E.
Smith, Alma Villarreal Moreno and
Atanacio Martinez, Jr. are seeking
the position now held by Mrs. Evelyn
Eggert. Mrs. Eggert is not seeking
re-election.
In the City election, Place 4 Aider-
man Richard Molina did not file for
re-election, leaving challengers
Margarita Paiz Rivera, Samuel Her-
nandez and Pedro Zapata, Jr. to bat-
tle for that seat.
Incumbent Councilmen Juan Jose
The final stage of the auction to
benefit the Mathis EMS is set for
Friday, Apr. 1, at the Swinney
Switch Store, beginning at 6 p.m.
The event will include the auction,
a drawing for a Remmington
shotgun, a free dance and tamales
and other foods.
This supplemental auction
became necessary when all the
donated items were not sold at the
original benefit. Some of the items
on the auction block Friday will in-
clude an antique Victrola, 10 free
local match of a children’s dental
program by the Texas Department
of Health.
• Refused an Invitro Fertilization
Rider presented by the Humana.
Health Plan.
• Approved a performance bond
of $5,000 for Rema Martin, clerk in
the county treasurer’s office.
Ganceres and John A. Walbroehl are
seeking re-election to their posts,
however.
Ganceres is facing three
challengers in the Place 1 race,
Homer Del Bosque, Eloy Diaz and
Joe Hinojosa, while Walbroehl is be-
ing challenged by Guadalupe H.
DeLeon for the Place 2 position.
Absentee voting in both elections
will run from April 18 through May
3.
In the school board election,
absentee voting will be held at the
Superintendent’s Office, 612 E. San
Patricio Avenue, and the district’s
Tax Office, 315 S. Duval, Monday
through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Absentee voting in the City elec-
tion may be accomplished Monday
through Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. at City Hall.
Applications for ballots by mail
should be addressed to the City
Secretary and must be received by
April 29.
movie rentals and a cabrito.
The auction will begin at 6 p.m.,
with the dance running from 8 p.m.
to midnight. Country Tradition will
provide the music for the dance.
The original auction, and related
events, accumulated approximately
$5,300 for the Mathis EMS. That
money and any additional revenue
collected at Friday’s event will be
officially donated to the EMS next
week.
For further information, call
Video Arts and More at 547-9307.
Late Filing Completes
Slate For May Election
EMS Benefit Auction Set
Friday At Swinney Switch
VFW Patriotic Art Contest
Draws Twenty-Three Entries
Moses Vallejo Wins First Place Honors,
Echavarria, Garces, Davila Also Recognized
Moses Vallejo won first prize in
the 1988 Young American Creative
Patriotic Art Contest, sponsored by
the Veterans of Foreign Wars and
Ladies Auxilary, Post 3079, of
Mathis and held at the post
Thursday, March 24.
Second place honors went to Leroy
Echavarria, with Jamie Garces
placing third and Asiano Davila
receiving honorable mention from a
field of 23 entries.
Developed in 1978, the creative
ilSIllgglllK
patriotic art program encourages
high school students to express their
artistic talents and demonstrate
their patriotism, while working to
become eligible for funds to further
their are education.
Vallejo’s winning drawing will be
entered in the state contest, against
winners from other VFW districts of
Texas.
Winners of the state contests will
go to the national competition,
where first prfce includes $1,500 in
cash, an expense-paid trip to the
Academy of Achievement and an
expense-paid trip to the 1988 VFW
Auxiliary National Convention. In
addition, the national first place win-
ner will be used on the cover of Na-
tional Auxiliary Magazine.
The contest was open to all high
school students who are American
citizens, and all entrants received a
certificate of participation.
Judges for the local contest were
Sue Oelschlegel, Madge Dorris and
Bobbie Turner.
VFW ART WINNERS-Pictured above are the winning entries in the 1988 Young American Creative
Patriotic Art Contest sponsored by the Mathis VFW and Ladies Auxiliary. On top is the first place win-
ner, submitted by Moses Vallejo. On the bottom row, from left, are the second place entry of Leroy
Echavarria, the third place winner submitted by Jamie Garces and Asiano Davila's drawing that
received honorable mention. (NEWS phoVo)
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Sullivan, Charles. The Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 31, 1988, newspaper, March 31, 1988; Mathis, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1045596/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mathis Public Library.