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VOLUME XLIIX
MATHIS, TEXAS, 78368, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1972
EIGHT PAGES - HO. 17
Stirring Religious Drama
Is Coming To Mathis May 5
Theatergoers of the Mathis
area who have a taste for
serious, stirring drama can
look forward to the Alpha-
Omega Player’s production of
“Luther’’-the play that won
the New York Drama Critics’
Circle Award and the Tony
Award of the 1963-1964 season.
It will be presented at the First
Baptist Church on May 5
beginning at 8 p.m., sponsored
by Mathis Ministers United.
.“Luther” is the powerful,
exciting epic about the German
monk of the Sixteenth Century
vyho changed the fac of his-
tory and religion throughout
Western civilization-the play
whose powerful dialog and
a£^ion stunned audiences all
oVer the world.
The chronicle of Martin
Luther’s passionate struggle
\|ith his own conscience and his
revolt against the authorities of
the Catholicjchurch which led
to Protestantism, was written
by John Osborne, the brilliant
English playwright who
achieved world reknown with
his play “Look Back in Anger”
in the mid-1950’s. Among his
other credits is authorship of
the Oscar-winning movie,
“Tom Jones.”
In “Luther,” Osborne looked
back 450 years to find another
highly contemporary angry
young man. This drama shows
Luther as a man as furiously
defiant of established authority
in his time as Osborne’s Jimmy
Porter is defiant of our
present day mechanized world
in “Look Back in Anger.” It
portrays Luther as similarly
searching for a faith to hold
when he has become beset with
disbelief.
The cast will include five of
the Alpha-Omega Players
of Dallas, Texas-the nation’s
leading repertory company.
This theatre group has
presented more than 2,000
performances in 45 states. The
Mathis performance of
“Luther” will begin at First
Baptist Church at 8 p.m. on
May 5.
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’Wilburn Davis, editor of the Mathis News receives an award
for the newspaper, presented by Mrs. Joe Coudert of Alice,
Girl Scout public relations representative.
Mathis News Receives Award
Wilburn Davis, editor of the
JMatiiis News, found himself in
front of the camera recently
when he accepted a certificate
of appreciation presented on
Dehalf of the Girl Scouts.
Mrs. Joe Coudert, of Alice
Director of Public Relations
for. the Paisano Girl Scouts
Council, made the presentation
in person. Usually these
presentations are made by a
Senior Girl Scout; however
there is no Senior Girl Scout
from the Mathis area.
Mrs. Joe Coudert of Alice,
Director of Public Relations
for the Paisano Girl Scouts
Council, made the presentation
in person. Usually these
presentations are made by a
Senior Girl Scout; however
there is no Senior Girl Scout
from the Mathis area.
“The certificate of ap-
preciation is voted on by the
board of directors to be
presented to the media for
their support of the Girl Scouts
and their activities,” Mrs.
Coudert said, “With only the
outstanding medias receiving
such awards.”
The Paisano Girl Scout
Council covers a total of 23
counties in the South Texas
area.
Kindergarten and First Grade
Pre-Registration Dates Set
Pre-registration of next
year’s first grade and kin-
dergarten children will be held
during the week of May 1 thru
May 5 in the Weber Elemen-
tary School principal’s office.
Kindergarten children who
are attending Weber School
NOW will not have to be pre-
registered for first grade.
‘Kindergarten requirements
are as follows:
A child must be at least 5
♦years and 0 months old by
^ September 1, 1972 and must be
a child who cannot speak, read
or comprehend the English
^language to the extent that he
is not familiar with common
English language words that
are necessary for normal
progress in the first grade;
Or:
A child who is from a family
whose annual income is
$3,000.00 or less.
You must have a birth
certificate and immunization
record of DPT, polio, rubella (3
day measles) and rubeola (red
measles) as required by the
state when your child enters
school next year. A smallpox
vaccination is recommended
by the school.
In an emergency meeting
Monday night, the City Council
of.Mathis, considering the
current water shortage the city
is enduring, voted to have a
ne\y well drilled and put into
operation as soon as possible.
Previously, in the week
before, the council had en-
tertained the proposal to buy
iMater from an existing well
near the city limits from its
owngr. However, after viewing
#ie probable cost involved in
getting it to the city water
users, the council decided in
favor of its own well.
4Mhe council negotiated with
B. T. Sikes, well known well
driller of the San Patricio
community, to drill a new
water well near the present
city well No. 6. The well will
have a ten inch casing, much
larger than had been talked of
in an earlier council meeting,
and is expected to cost $8-
12,000.
Richard Villarreal said the
well drilling will begin very
soon, and the new water should
be on its way to the consumers
in a short time. He wants to
thank the community for its
patience during this trying
time of inadequate water
service.
Mahoney Tells
About County
Paul Mahoney, president of
the Kiwanis Club and former
county commissioner,
discussed the San Patricio
See MAHONEY, Page 7
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Kit Hunter
City Plans To Drill Well
Boy Scouts
Plan Activities
Mathis Boy Scout Troup No.
413 will participate in the Gulf
Coast Council Camporee May
6-7 at the Shouse Ranch near
Sinton. The Scouts will engage
in competitive events at the
affair.
This weekend, the Mathis
boys will go on an overnight
camping trip to prepare for the
Camporee, Scoutmaster Dan
Beutnagel said.
The leader also said the
Scouts are interested in jobs
that will enable them to earn
money for summer camp.
Persons able to help along this
line are asked to call Beutnagel
at 547-3229, or J. M. Ed-
mondson, Jr.
The troop and the V. F. W.,
the sponsor, are now selling
chances on a 20-gauge shotgun,
to be given away in June at the
V. F. W. county council
meeting.
Villarreal Speaks
To Rotary Club
The Rotary Club held its
regular noon meeting Tuesday
and had as its guest speaker
Richard Villarreal, city
secretary for Mathis who spoke
on matters pertaining to the
city, its problems, solutions,
and advantages.
Villarreal indicated that part
of the problems of the past in
the city was a lack of com-
munication among the past in
the city was a lack of com-
munication among the various
groups of citizens. He is trying
to overcome this type situation.
On the favorable side, Mathis
is located in a central location,
and should capitalize on this
asset and make itself the
“sparkling city by the lake.”
Villarreal explained.
Several guests were present
at the Rotary meeting. Jim
Braun was accepted as a new
member. Jim is the new
director of Dobie Funeral
Home.
New Employee
At Mathis News
Mrs. E. R. Franco is a new
employee in the office of the
Mathis News, replacing Mrs.
Eva Haley who resigned last
week.
Mrs. Franco, the former
Erlinda Nieto, is a 1971
graduate of Mathis High
School.
Employed by the News since
March 6, Mrs. Haley indicated
she leaving town and would
seek employment elsewhere.
Bait Fishing Areas
For Better Catches
Perhaps only a few fisher-
men will take the time and
trouble to bait a fishing area,
says the Texas Parks and
Wildlife Department, but these
few will almost certainly come
up with strings of crappie and
sunfish.
There are two excellent ways
to lure fish to the stringer:
provide food or cover.
Habitat for crappie is easily
created by sinking large willow
or juniper limbs that have been
wired together and weighted
with a rock.
Add to this cover a bale of
alfalfa hay, old banana stalks,
sacks filled with livestock feed
cake or even bags of maize.
Rocks should be placed in the
sacks to hold them down.
One angler reporting to the
department had good luck by
using an old five-gallon can,
Mathis Culture Fair Festivities Set For Friday
The second annual Mathis evening at 6 o’clock at the
Culture Fair, a community- corner of East San Patricio
wide celebration patterned Ave., and Duval St. (between
after the popular folk festival Junior High School and City
concept, gets underway Friday Hall.)
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Ronnie Crenshaw starts over a hurdle in a practice run at
Pirate Stadium in preparation for his next two meets, both
with the top hurdlers of the state. He is tied for ninth place
among all high school hurdlers with a fast time of 38.3 in the
330-yard intermediate hurdles.
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Jimmy Porter won the mile run at the regional track meet
last week in Kingsville. He will perform Saturday at the
Little State meet in Corpus Christi, and the following week in
Austin at the regular state meet. Crenshaw will also be in
these meets.
Crenshaw and Porter
Qualify For State
Mathis track fans who would
like to see two outstanding
local high school stars in action
should attend the Little State
track meet in Corpus Christi’s
Buccaneer Stadium Saturday
night.
Ronnie Crenshaw and
Jimmy Porter both won first
place in their events at the
Region 4-2A meet in Kingsville
last Friday. Since only the first
two in each race qualify for
state meet, this means that the
two local boys will be among
the eight best in the state in the
Class 2A events in Austin next
week.
State qualifiers are invited to
the meet in Corpus Christi this
week and will compete against
many of the best track stars in
the state, of all class divisions.
Those fortunate enough to
watch the events will also be
able to watch the Buccaneer
Days Parade, to originate in
the stadium following the track
meet.
Track and field events are
due to start around 6 p.m., with
the parade due at 8 p.m. Coach
Dan Gandy said Crenshaw will
probably perform about 6:45,
while Porter will run his race
at approximately 7:30 p.m.
Crenshaw’s time in the 330-
yard intermediate hurdles
Summer School 1st Graders
Will Pre-Register May 1-5
Pre-registration for Summer
School of non-English speaking
first grade children will be held
during the week of May 1-5 in
the Weber Elementary School
in the principal’s office.
stands with the state’s best top
10 in that race. His 38.3 is tied
for ninth place. He is the only
hurdler from Calss 2A on the
list; the others are from 4A
schools. In the regional meet
last week his time was a little
slower, 39.2, but it was still
good enough to set a new meet
record.
Jimmy Porter’s time in the
regional meet for the mile run
was 4:28.9, as pretty fast time
for runners from Class 2A
schools. Coach Gandy said he
stands a good chance of win-
ning his race at Austin, but at
the Corpus Christi meet he will
be facing pretty stiff com-
petition from runners of the
upper divisions, too. Crenshaw
should fair well against his
“upper classmen,” Gandy
predicted.
The two state - bound track
men also participated with two
other team mates in the mile
relay, but the team failed to
place, at the regional meet, as
did the Pirates in any of the
other events entered in. Even
so, the Pirates got 20 points in
the meet for their two first
place wins. Refugio topped its
competition with a hefty 96
points, to win the title.
See FISHING, Page 7 Summer school
requirements are for a child to
be 6 years old on or before Sept.
1,1972, and must not have been
in a kindergarten class in the
pu 'ic schools. The child must
ha,e a birth certificate and
See SCHOOL, Page 7
Preparation for the Fair
begins Thursday night, when
Mathis School teachers and
their families will meet in the
Junior High gymnasium for a
covered dish supper and
fellowship. Those who wish will
come dressed in a traditional
costume that represents their
ethnic or national heritage.
Those dressed in the spirit of
the occasion will be judged.
On Friday morning, both
teachers and students who
wish may attend school in their
ethnic costumes. The students
will be judged also.
In the evening the area in
front of Junior High School will
be roped off to keep out
vehicular traffic and the
booths, stage, etc., will be set
up for the night events.
Seventeen local orgin
organizations will man booths
and sell their wares, mainly
food and drink. The club
representatives will be dressed
in the appropriate attire and
also will be judged and winners
from these groups, the
teachers, students, and in-
dividuals will be announced
around 9 o’clock in the evening.
Starting at 10 o’clock, a street
dance will be held, continuing
until midnight.
Included on the program for
a busy evening are the Mathis
High School Band, a group of
Czech dancers from Corpus
Christi and Robstown, the Pan
American Mexican Folk Dance
team, and the Yoakum
Yodelers.
Also to appear perform are
the Engler German Band
(Deutsche Kapella Von
Mathis.)
Clubs having booths at the
Culture Fair include the Band
Booster Club, FFA, “M”
Association, Literary Club,
Progressive Women’s League,
Junior Class, Rotary Club,
Spanish Club Culture Club,
American Legion Auxiliary,
Girl Scouts, Little League,
Sacred Heart Women’s Club,
Yucca Art Colony, Cenizo
Garden Club, Kiwanis Club,
and individuals.
To sum it up, there should be
something for everyone at the
Culture Fair. Everyone is
urged to come.
Civil Defense Officials Present
Disaster Program To Local Citizens
Jerry Lester, state depart-
ment of health civil defense
officer, aided by Forrest D.
Stokes, federal civil defense
officer, last Wednesday
presented a program and film
entitled “Date with Disaster.;’
The program dealt with a
community’s ability to cope
with disasters such as ear-
thquakes, hurricanes and
tornadoes. The program
highlighted the need for
communications, emergency
Insurance Amendments
Are Asked By Wieting
State Rep. Leroy Wieting has
requested Gov. Preston Smith
to include amendments to the
windstorm insurance pool in
the call for the next special
session of the legislature.
In his request, Wieting
referred to a recent hearing
conducted in Rockport by the
State Insurance Board at-
tended by more than 200 local
citizens and seven members of
the Legislature. Petitions and
resolutions were given the
board seeking removal of
designating all areas within
2,500 feet of water and under 20
feet elevation as beach area
carrying a heavy premium
penalty.
“If the insurance com-
mission is unable to convince
members of the catastrophe
pool association to remove
these restrictions and give the
people of this area reduced
rates the other areas enjoy, I
would appreciate your opening
the special session to consider
these needed amendments,”
Wieting said.
New Scholarships
Offered By CPL
Three new scholarships in
engineering or business have
been established by Central
Power and Light Company at
South Texas junior colleges.
Bee County College, Victoria
College and Laredo Junior
College will each receive one of
the new scholarships beginning
with the fall term.
The CPL scholarships are
payable at $150 a semester and
may be continued throughout
the normal two-year course if
satisfactory standards are
maintained. Applications are
now being accepted for the fall
term.
To be considered for the
scholarships, an applicant
must meet all the entrance
requirements of the school he
wishes to attend, have been a
resident of the general area
served by Central Power and
Light Company for not less
than three years, and be a
graduate of a high school in
that area.
All applicants must also be of
high moral character, main-
tain a scholastic record
satisfactory of the scholarship
committee of the college and
follow the course prescribed by
the college for a major in
engineering or business ad-
ministration.
The scholarship winner will
be chosen by a committee
selected by each college.
Application blanks for the
new scholarships may be
secured from high school
counselors in the area or by
writing the college.
Rural Traffic Accidents Took
12 Lives In March
Rural traffic accidents
during March 1972 took 12 lives
in 10 fatal accidents that oc-
curred in eight of the twenty-
one counties that comprise the
Corpus Christi District of the
Texas Highway Patrol.
Jackson County reported
four rural traffic deaths.
Hidalgo County reported two
rural traffic deaths. Aransas
County, Calhoun County,
Cameron County, Nueces
County, San Patricio County
and Victoria County each
reported one rural traffic
death.
A total of 343 accidents was
reported in this District during
March, 1972. In addition to the
12 persons killed, there were
227 persons injured in the ten
fatal accidents and in the 116
personal injury accidents.
There were 217 property
damage accidents reported,
driver played a major role in
this senseless slaughter on the
highways.
The month of March shows
an increase in the number of
accidents, particularly fatal
accidents and personal injury
accidents, over the first two
months of the year.
Briscoe To Hold
News Conference
Gubernatorial Candidate
Dolph Briscoe will be in Corpus
Christi Saturday, April 29, to
conduct a news conference and
public reception.
The Briscoe party will
arrive by helicopter from
Kingsville at 3:30 p.m. landing
in the heliport near the cour-
thouse.
From there Briscoe and his
oarty will travel to the top of
the Sheraton Marina Inn for a
news conference in the
Regency Room at 3:45 and a
reception open to the public at 4
p.m,%in the Crown Room, also
on the top floor. Refreshments
will be served.
Bolin Mahaffey, of the
Briscoe for governor local
office, says he expects a large
turn out of high school seniors
for the meeting.Mahaffey
emphasizes that the event is
See BRISCOE, Page 7
operations, planning, and
training personnel to handle
disasters.
A small group of local
business and professional
people were present, as well as
representatives of the Mathis
city council, city department
heads, and members of the
Mathis rescue team and local
civil defense office.
This small group of in-
terested citizens were invited
by the local director to im-
plement a planning and ad-
visory group for a full-scale
civil defense seminar and
education conference to be held
later this summer for all in-
terested citizens of Mathis.
The projected summer
program will be held during
the late evenings for about a
week and will be taught and
guided by a field team made up
of state and federal civil
defense officials.
Water Safety
Rules Listed
With an eye on the weather
and some grim statistics, the
Texas Safety Association has
issued a reminder to water
sports enthusiasts about some
new laws and safety rules.
“In 1970, in Texas a total of
546 persons lost their lives in
drownings,” according to
Lloyd F. Palmer, General
Manager of the Texas Safety
Association.
“While boating, some 78
persons drowned, but a
staggering 468 persons
drowned in incidents that did
not involve boats,” Palmer
pointed out.
“This year both state and
federal laws require that all
boats have one Coast Guard
Approved Life-Saving Device
on board for each person on
board the boat,” the safety
group spokeman continued.
“In addition, the Texas law
requires that children under 12
years of age must wear life-
saving devices at any time a
boat is underway,” Palmer
said.
He said this rule alone, if
strictly obeyed could save a
number of lives each year.
Enforcement of the new law
regarding life-saving devices is
being carried out by Texas
Parks and Wildlife Depart-
ment officers and by local
authorities throughout the
state.
“Since so many drownings
are occuring in non-boating
incidents,” said Palmer,” the
Texas Safety Association feels
there is a real need to promote*
swimming instruction for
every member of the family.
Throughout the state each year
excellent supervised courses in
swimming are offered by the
American Red Cross, YWCA’s,
YMCA’s, school districts, and
city recreation departments.
Learning to swim is an ex-
tremely effective way to
prevent the tragedy of a
drowning from striking your
family,” Palmer advised.
“Now is the time to check to
see who is offering swimming
lessons in the local community
and to begin preparations for
all family members to learn to
swim,” Palmer emphasized.
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