The Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 25, 1976 Page: 1 of 14
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By John L. Norris
In the matter of visiting, I
have noticed that most people
know how and when to arrive,
but a few don’t seem to know
how or when to leave. I am
most always happy to have
visitors, and if I know in ad-
vance of their coming, I try to
have things in readiness for a
pleasant stay. Back when the
girls were home, I would
modestly suggest that they
play their most recent piano
v piece, and when that was done,
I’d take our visitors on a tour of
the house and show them my
latest oil painting. If they were
not ready to leave by that time,
I’d tell them a few of my latest
jokes, while Kathryn served
some of her coffee.
Anyway, we enjoy having
company for as long as they
enjoy being company. We have
had friends for half the night,
and really regretted having
them go home. A few, and I’m
happy that there have been
few, who would have had our
^blessings had they departed
n v&efore listening to the girls’
first prelude. Some people I
feel comfortable around, while
others give me the impression
that I’m sitting on a time
bomb, and that if they don’t go
off pretty soon, I will.
Some years ago, we lived
close to a fine young family.
We seemed to have a lot in
common, and enjoyed visiting,
until the situation got out of
hand, and I didn’t know who
lived where. I haven’t seen
them in many years, but often
recall our experiences with
them.
We are sort of “old-
fashioned”. We eat, or go
trough the motion, three
times a day. Our lunch time is
as close to 12 o’clock as we can
y get the food on the table and sit
down. Our supper is from 5:30
to 6:00. We may not have
much, but we like to eat it at
those times. If our company,
who chances to drop in at those
times will dine with us, they
are more than welcome, but
there are a few things that I
like to do without an audience,
and eating is one of them.
The young family, already
mentioned, violated our wishes
in this matter every day for
months. He was a preacher,
Vmd so I suppose that they slept
late in the morning, as that was
the only meal that we were
f privileged to eat without them
hanging on the refrigerator, or
leaning on the colonade,
cabinet or stove. I don’t know
when or what they ate, but they
could surely bear witness to
our menu. I was glad when
they moved.
When we are visiting, and the
husband or wife seems a bit
irritable, I’m ready to go. I
dislike hearing a family
squable. If and when a family
is visiting us, and they take
See SKETCHING, Page 10
Mathis In Contest
With Area Bands
Ten South Texas high schools
will compete at Refugio Friday
in a concert and sight-reading
contest for this region of the
University Interscholastic
League.
Mathis, Odem, Refugio,
Ingleside, Woodsboro, Orange
Grove, Pettus, Agua Dulce,
Banquete and Skidmore-Tynan
will participate.
The contest will begin at
10:30 a.m. in the Refugio High
School auditorium.
The Mathis band won a
superior rating last fall in the
marching contest. If it wins the
same rating in the two events
this week, it will be given the
Sweepstakes award.
‘ Clean-up Mathis’
Slogan Contest Begins
As part of a city clean-up
effort, the classes of Hardin
Elementary are participating
in a “Clean-Up Mathis” slogan
contest to be followed by a
series of field trips downtown
for the purpose of picking up
litter on the streets and
property - fronts. The slogan
contest is scheduled to run
from Mar. 22-26 with each
participating class to submit
one slogan. The winning class
will be treated to refreshments
at the Dairy Queen, com-
pliments of the Progressive
Women’s League.
The students and faculty of
the Hardin Building challenge
the other campuses to initiate
activities along this line in an
See CONTEST, Page 10
MATHIS AND LAKE AREA
'Where Environment Spoils the People'
15c
Per Copy
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the f\\ a this News
More Than 50 Years Of Service To Mathis And The Surrounding Area
Volume LIII — No. 13 Mathis, Texas 78368, Thursday, March 26, 1976 14 Pages In 2 Sections
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Holds Annual Teacher Election
School Board Awards Construction
Bid To B. E. Beecroft Company
SCHOOL BUILDING PLANS are being discussed here by (l-r) Supt. Olan McCraw Jr.,
architect Jack E. Youngblood of East Bernard, and contractor B. E. Beecroft of Corpus
Christi. Beecroft's company submitted the low bid Tuesday night for construction of several
new school buildings. Construction, which will cost almost $300,000, is expected to begin in
just a few days.
Thousands Attend Big Annual
San Patricio Celebration
The annual St. Patrick’s Day
celebration last weekend at Old
San Patricio was a great
success, according to
spokeman Lonnie Glasscock
III.
Ten thousand people at-
tended, according to
Glasscock, and “that’s a
conservative estimate.” The
San Patricians sold 2,500
pounds of barbecue by 3:30
p.m. Sunday.
Forty-nine persons entered
the snake races. Loyd Branson
of Banquete won the men’s
race, and Betty Holmes won
out among the seven women
entered. Bernice Bluntzer of
San Patrkio, who won the past
two years, was second in the
women’s race.
In a matched race, San
Patricio Mayor G. W. McCown
Police
Releases
Report
The police department
report for February has been
released. The following
misdemeanor and felony cases
were filed in municipal and
county court at law.
Offenses against the person:
Vandalism, 2; shoplifting, 2;
family affair, 3; domestic
calls, 7; civil matters, 6; run
away, 1.
Offenses against property:
Burglary, 5; theft, 4; break in,
1.
Offenses against public and
decency: possession of
marijuana, 2; prowler, 1.
Traffic cases: Run stop sign,
4; speeding, 4; defective
brakes, 1; defective lights, 1; -
expire inspection sticker, 7;
exhibition of acc., 1; no drivers
license, 5; no drivers license in
poss., 1; failed to yield right of
way, 3; neg. collision, 1;
pedestrian hit by vehicle:
wrong way on a one way street,
1; unsafe speed, 1; accident, 6;
improper parking, 4; improper
passing, 1; improper backing,
1; auto on fire, 1.
Stolen, one trash can;
fighting in progress, 1;
marijuana planted in pickup,
1; abandoned vehicle, 1; asst,
county unit, 1; drunk in car, 3.
Service rendered to the
public, courtesy of the police
department: funeral escorts.
See POLICE, Page 10
IV was in a snake race with
Mayor Jason Luby of Corpus
Christi. Luby won, and in fact
spent lots of time at the
celebration, including the night
dance.
Glasscock said it was the
biggest crowd he’s ever seen at
the celebration. He wishes to
thank all the area merchants
who donated prizes, and the
Mathis Young Farmers, who
were a great help performing
needed jobs all day long. The
few people at San Patricio need
lots of outside help to make the
annual celebration a success,
Glasscock said.
Proceeds from the
celebration go to the St.
Patrick’s Church and the San
Patricio Restoration Society.
B. E. Beecroft Co. of Corpus
Christi submitted the low bid
Monday for construction of
several buildings for the
Mathis Independent School
District.
To be erected are a
classroom building,
cafetorium, band hall, physical
education building, and
learning center. All but the -
learning center will be located
at the high school. The center
will be in the elementary
school area.
Beecroft’s total bid for the
project was $298,130, as com-
pared to the second low bidder,
Bobby Braselton General
Contractor, also of Corpus
Christi, $299,700. Not included
is an alternate bid for sliding
doors in the learning center,
with bids ranging from $1,000
to more than $1600.
Other bidders on the building
project included Ismael
Salazar of Corpus Christi,
Speed Fab-Crete of Fort
Worth, and Ilcor of Austin.
Each bidder also bid
separately on the high school
expansion, learning center,
and its alternate plan. Beecroft
bid $255,388 for the high school
expansion and $42,742 for the
learning center, and $1,550
additional on the sliding doors
of the learning center. B. E.
Beecroft said he could com-
plete the job in 180 days.
The school board awarded
the bid to Beecroft, subject to
an investigation of the com-
pany’s credentials. Building is
expected to start within ten
days of final approval.
In other action, the board:
-Held its annual election of
teachers. Re-elected were 21
teachers for Weber school, 19
for Hardin, 28 for In-
termediate, 18 for Junior High,
and 27 for High School. In
addition, ten coaches were also
given one - year contracts.
Contracts were also okayed for
the elementary counselor,
school nurse, reading coor-
dinator, and special education
director.
All teachers were rehired,
with the exception of some who
have submitted resignations,
and a few who will be con-
sidered in May.
Leaves of absence were
approved for Carol Messer and
Brenda Walshe, effective Apr.
20 and Mar. 30, respectively.
New teachers approved for
the remainder of the year were
Margie Mengers and Maria M.
See SCHOOL, Page 10
Local Red Cross
Needs Your Help
During this Bicentennial
Year, much has been said and
written about the “Spirit of
’76” - Americans working
together voluntarily for a
common cause.
Since its inception some 95
years ago, probably no other
organization has so typified
this volunteer spirit as the
American Red Cross. In the
beginning, hundreds of people
aligned themselves behind this
remarkable organization in the
selfless aim of helping others;
then there were thousands.
Now there are over a million
Red Cross Volunteers.
Every phase of the American
Red Cross is volunteer
directed, from responsibilities
of the National Chairman and
Board of Governors to their
counterparts in local chapters.
No Red Cross service or
program in this or other
community would function
without volunteers.
Traditionally, the
organization is known for its
ability to react to major
disaster situations, blood
services and assistance to
servicemen and their families.
Perhaps lesser known is Red
Cross volunteer work in
hospitals, clinics and nursing
homes. Safety Programs in-
struction has been expended to
meet increasing demand. A
new course in Car-
diopulmonary resuscitation
has been developed which
increases awareness of early
warning sign, risk factors and
See RED CROSS, Page 10
NEW STATE TROOPER for
the Mathis area is Tom
Lambert, formerly of
Kingsville. He joined veteran
Jerry Byrd after graduating
Mar. 5 from the Dept, of Public
Safety Academy in Austin.
Single, Lambert attended
college two years in North
Carolina after military ser-
vice.
WEATHER REPORT
Date
High
Low
Rain
Mar. 15
79
45
.00
16
71
52
.00
17
78
38
.00
18
83
38
.00
19
83
49
.00
20
95
67
.00
21
77
61
.00
Three Auto Collisions
Recorded Last Weekend
Kenneth Schumacher,
Weather Observer
events in addition to the much acclaimed rattlesnake races
at the St. Patrick's Day Celebration last Sunday was the
Human Wheel Barrow Races. These two participants are at
the end of the first leg of the race and will have to turn for the
finish. (News photo)
Open Door
Church Revival
The Open Door Church is
having a weekend revival. It
starts Friday and Saturday at 7
p.m. Sunday morning we will
have Sunday School at 10 with
worship service at 11. Sunday
afternoon service is at 5 p.m.
We invite all our friends and
neighbors to come worship the
true and living God with us.
RESOLUTION
BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Mathis, its Mayor and
Councilmembers, and Staff, wholeheartily recognizes the
Mathis High School Pirate Band for its outstanding per-
formances, and;
WHEREAS, the City Commission recognizes the Band’s
devotion to the Mathis Schools and to the community which
has won them respect not only of fellow band members and
classmates, but also that of the citizens of this City and
Community, and;
WHEREAS, the City Commission hereby gives the
Mathis High School Pirate Band the duties and respon-
sibilities to achieve First Division Ratings in Concert and
Sight-Reading now necessary to procure the sweepstake
award in University Interscholastic League competition,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF MATHIS,
TEXAS, that the Mathis High School Pirate Band is hereby
commended for its outstanding performances, energies, and
abilities to represent the Community in its endeavors to
become recognized throughout the State of Texas.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED tha<: this resolution shall
be spread upon the official minutes of this meeting and shall
be made a permanent part of the City’s records and that a
copy of this resolution be presented to Mr. Lupe Galvan as
band director and to the Mathis High School Pirate Band as
evidence of this City’s most sincere gratitude and ap-
preciation of it’s most outstanding achievement in music
playing and related activities.
IN WITNESS HEREOF, WE, THE Undersigned
members of the Board of Commissioners of the City of
Mathis, Texas, on this the 16th day of March, 1976, do hereby
affix our signature and the official seal of said City.
Mayor
Pedro Cavazos, Jr.
COMMISSIONERS:
Ramiro Paiz
Margarita Paiz Rivera,
ATTEST: Simon Galvan,
Roger Rosenbaum Pedro Zapata, Jr.,
City Secretary Guadalupe De Leon
Clint Tinsley, along with his
wife and daughter, received
some unexpected company
Friday night at exactly 10 p.m.
when a speeding car left the
highway and crashed into the
north corner of their house
which is located along High-
way 359 south of Mathis.
Two women and a man were
in the car when Tinsley rushed
out to see what had happened.
The electrical meter was
located in the area of the crash,
and the lights went out im-
mediately.
Two persons in the car were
taken to the hospital, and
reportedly treated for
lacerations and abrasions and
released. The man found in the
car was reportedly a Mexican
national. The two women were
Mathis residents.
The owner of the car is
Alfonso Sanchez of Victoria,
according to State Trooper
Jerry Byrd, who investigated.
However, Sanchez was not in
the car or at the scene when
Tinsley discovered the other
occupants, and has not been
located by law officers.
Trooper Byrd said no charges
in the accident have been filed.
Doro Sanchez, wife of the
auto’s owner, and one of the
women in the car at the time of
the accident, was in the front
seat of the car.
Tinsley said he is usually in
bed at that time of night, but
was up later Friday, and had
just finished bottle-feeding an
orphan lamb which had been
acquired that day. He and his
wife were sitting at the dining
room table when the crash
occurred.
In other auto accidents, Tom
Chester Lee of San Patricio
and Richard Lee Tomlinson of
Corpus Christi were drivers of
automobiles which collided in
front of the community hall in
San Patricio after a dance at
Willow Lake. The crash oc-
curred at 1:15 a.m. Sunday.
Both vehicles were headed
south on Farm Road 666. The
Tomlinson auto struck the Lee
vehicle in the rear when Lee
was attempting a right turn.
Becky Scarborough, who was
in the Tomlinson car, was
See COLLISIONS, Page 10
UNWANTED GUESTS arrived at the Clint Tinsley home near Mathis on Highway 359 South
at 10 p.m. Saturday when their car left the highway and crashed into the corner of the house.
Tinsley said he is ordinarily asleep in the corner bedroom at that hour, but fortunately was
not in bed at the time of the crash. Two of the car's occupants were only slightly injured.
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Davis, Wilburn. The Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 25, 1976, newspaper, March 25, 1976; Mathis, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1059619/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mathis Public Library.