The Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 29, 1983 Page: 1 of 14
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KIWANIS LEADERS...New officers were installed Monday night to lead the Mathis
Kiwanis Club. From left to right are Harold Winsauer, immediate past president; Raul
DeLeon, president; Lt. Gov. James Wilken, installing officer; Ben Franco, vice president;
Ken Chumbley, secretary-treasurer; and Leroy Lain, director. Not pictured are Steve
Stapp, president-elect; and Burnis Lawrence, director.
More Than 60 Years of Service to Mathis
and the Surrounding Area
Mathis and Lake Area
“Where the Environment Spoils the People! ”
Thursday, September 29,1983 — Mathis, Texas 78387
No. 39 — 16 Pages In 2 Sections — Volume LX
By Commissioners
New Fees Approved For Sheriff's Dept.
Raul DeLeon Elected
Kiwanis Club Prexy
A new slate of Sheriff’s pected to keep fees in line with state, were approved Monday
Department fees, which is ex- similar fees charged across the by the San Patricio County
Raul DeLeon was sworn in as
president of the Mathis
Kiwanis Club Monday night at
the annual Installation Banquet
held at the Ranch Motel &
Restaurant and attended by
some 40 members, wives and
guests.
Do you really listen to what
people say? Have you heard so-
meone make a statement and
then much later get that state-
ment on your mind and think
about it seriously?
Not too long ago I was
visiting with a businessman
who was lamenting the fact
that The Mathis News didn’t
pull like it should on advertis-
ing.
“I don’t know if anyone reads
your paper,” he said. And then
he caqie up with the
blockbuster that hit my mind
much later and stuck there.
“In fact,” he said, “I think
everyone is tired of reading
about what that bunch is doing
down at City Hall.”
Now, boss, stop and think
about that for just a little while.
See BOSS, Page 10
'No Beer' Sign To Hang
At '84 Fish-A-Rama
DeLeon took the gavel from
last year’s president Harold
Winsauer and is joined in the
official family by: Steve Stapp,
president-elect; Ben Franco,
vice president; Ken Chumbley,
secretary-treasurer; and Win-
sauer, immediate past presi-
dent.
Lt. Gov. James C. Wilkins of
Corpus Christi served as in-
stallation officer and in additon
to the officers gave the oath to
two new three-yqar directors,
Leroy Lain and Burnis
Lawrence.
Holdover directors include:
Dorso Maciel, Charles Neal,
Ben Franco and Hilmer Per-
son.
Past presidents of the Mathis
Kiwanis Club are Charles
Brown, James Knight, Paul
Mahoney, Ross Welch, Mike
Merse, Glen Dorris, Charles
Neal, W. A. Henderson, Hilmer
Person, Dorso Maciel, Frank
Jostes, John Donaldson, Leroy
Lain and Winsauer.
The Kiwanis membership
roster has grown in the past
several months and now in-
cludes: Charles Brown, Ken
Chumbley, Dale Day, Raul
DeLeon, John Donaldson, Glen
Dorris, Carrol Etheredge, Ben
Franco, Cole Franklin, Leroy
Lain, Burnis Lawrence, Dorso
Maciel, Paul Mahoney, Herb
Munson, Ron Munson, Charles
Neal, Hilmer Person, Bill
Sheeran, Steve Stapp, Marvin
Whittaker and Harold Win-
sauer.
There will be no beer sold at
the Fish-A-Rama scheduled to
be sponsored May 19-20,1984 by
the Lake Corpus Christi Area
Chamber of Commerce.
That is the official word and
the issue is resolved.
Members of the Chamber
voted 8-5 Monday not to sponsor
a beer booth a next year’s
event.
Discussion of the subject
came about because of the
many comments made since
the event this year and the
Monday meeting was held
Alvarado V
Fund Still
Available
Have you thought about con-
tributing to the Fidel Alvarado
Medical Expense Fund?
Numerous citizens of the
area have done so and the fund
now stands above $1,000.
Fidel Alvarado, with his wife
at his side, served the com-
munity for more than 27 years
even though an accident long
ago crippled him to the extent
that he has been bed-ridden
since that time.
Yet, he served as chief
dispatcher for those many
years from his bed. He served
the Mathis Police Department
and other area law enforce-
ment agencies. He served the
Mathis Volunteer Department.
He served the Mathis
Emergency Ambulance Ser-
vice.
He served the people of this
area.
Now he and his wife are ex-
periencing financial difficulties
due to illness. The fund has
been established by the Mathis
Volunteer Fire Department
members to provide aid to
these two people who gave so
unselfishly of their time and ef-
forts for these many years.
Interested persons may mail
or take their contribution to
The First State Bank of Mathis
marked for the Fidel Alvarado
Medical Expense Fund.
!
specifically to allow interested
persons the opportunity to
voice their opinions. A good
number of people showed up at
the meeting and many of them
expressed feelings.
“I am glad we have the ques-
| See BEER, Page 10
TRAINING...This is not the real thing-a drowning at Lake
Corpus Cristi. It is a demonstration during a training session
by the Mathis Emergency Ambulance Service. Approximate-
ly 20 members attended the session at the Lake Corpus
Christi State Park. All facets of water rescue were
demonstrated and practiced by the members present. (All
Photos By Richard Goynes)
Marez Awarded Contract By City On Brush Pick Up
One of the * items of new
business on the City Council
agenda at their special Monday
night meeting was the letting of
a contract on brush pick-up.
Santiago Marez submitted
the only bid saying he would do
the job for $2,990 per month. In
his bid Marez said he would use
one 2-ton truck, two employees
and work 8 hours a day five
days each week.
However, a hitch has
developed in the awarding of
the contract, which was for one
month only. Automated
Wastes, Inc. representative
Lino Sanchez has declared his
company will charge Marez $2
per cubic foot of trash dumped
in the City’s sanitary landfill.
City Council members ex-
pressed the opinion that the
landfill still belongs to the City
of Mathis and Automated
Wastes has no authority to
charge for this dumping. A con-
tract let to Marez would in ef-
fect have him working for the
City.
Mayor James Knight was
authorized to talk with Sanchez
to explain the feeling of the
Council.
In other action Council ap-
proved a request from Steve
Ridenour for extension of water
and sewer lines to Avenue A in
the Bill Wentz Addition.
Ridenour agreed to pay $2,100
for materials. The City will
carry the existing line to
Avenue A.
Council took action to take
Weather
Report
Rain
.07
.00
.00
.00
.00
.04
.00
Water Level is 89.74 ft. Full
capacity is 94 ft.
Wesley Seale Dam at
Lake Corpus Christi
Date
High
Low
Sept. 21
95
64
Sept. 22
72
53
Sept. 23
80
54
Sept. 24
82
60
Sept. 25
84
64
Sept. 26
87
68
Sept. 27
88
69
back a car it had placed at the
Community Action Agency for
use by senior citizens.
There are many unmowed
lots within the city limits of
Mathis and Monday night
Council took action on how they
might be cleaned. They set a
fee of $25 per regular city lot if
the city mows it. They can, by
ordinance, mow the lots and
send a bill to the owners. If the
owners fail to pay then the
amount can be placed as a lein
on their property.
Council §till did not decide on
the offer of the Texas Depart-
ment of Highways and Public
Transportation to pave .6 mile
of Aransas Street. Mayor
See COUNCIL, Page 10
Commissioners Court.
Approving the new schedule
of fees highlighted a list of
several items addressed during
the two-hour meeting of the
court.
In requesting the new fees,
Sheriff Wayne Hitt informed
the court in his cover letter that
the “old fees are no longer ade-
quate for the services
rendered, and fall
substancially (sic) below new
fees being set by other Texas
counties.”
He based the new fee
schedule, which will be used
primarily for civil cases, on
those used in Travis County
(Austin). Counties like Harris
(Houston) were reported to
charge larger fees.
While the old fee schedule
listed 17 separate items with
fees ranging from $10 to $24,
depending on the jurisdiction of
the court, the new schedule
calls for 24 items with most fees
at $10, $35 or $50, regardless of
the jursidiction. The old fee
schedule was adopted two
years ago. Monies generated
will be paid into the county’s
general fund.
In other action, the commis-
sioners transferred $259,000
from the general fund into their
individual road and bridge
precinct funds.
Most of the money, divided
according to a formula agreed
upon last year, was given to
Pet. 3 - $95,000. Pet. 1 received
$54,390; Pet. 2 received $49,210;
and Pet. 4 received $59,570.
Pet. 1 Commissioner Joe
Zapata said after the meeting
that the transfer was a routine
action usually taken about this
time every year.
At the top of the meeting, the
commissioners discussed
public officials and employees’
liability insurance bids, which
were tabled at the court’s last
meeting, with the two bidders
— Tom Tucker of Sparks and
Tucker Ins., Taft, and Jack Sat-
terwhite of Satterwhite Ins.,
Sinton.
The insurance was intended
to cover errors of ommission
and malfeasance of elected of-
ficials and employees.
However, the court felt the
coverage still left open some
areas and the premium cost did
not offset the expected gain.
The bids were declined.
On a similar, but separate in-
surance item, the court agreed
to for professional liability in-
surance for the three district
judges. San Patricio County’s
share, with the other counties
in the district participating,
would amount to about $600.
On another topic, the court
agreed to advertise for a
replacement vehicle without a
trade-in for one involved in a
wreck in the sheriff’s depart-
ment.
County Judge J. M. Edmond-
son said the car was covered by
insurance. He also withstood
some teasing from a commis-
sioner that the wrecked auto
was the one intended for his
use. (The judge is asking for a
sheriff’s department vehicle as
one aspect of changes to his
salary to be addressed in a
public hearing Oct. 10.)
See SHERIFF, Page 10
Club
Slates
Fair
The 5th Annual Country
Market and Craft Fair, spon-
sored by the Swinney Switch
Extension Club, has been set
for November 5 at the Live Oak
County Fairgrounds in George
West.
Janelle Mullins, chairman of
this years event, is now accep-
ting reservations for booths.
Crafts, new or used items
general merchandise, almost
anything can be displayed and
sold at the market. Food booths
are also needed.
Both indoor and outdoor
space is available. The cost for
an average space is $15.
Applications will be mailed to
exhibitors who attended last
year, however, everyone is in-
vited to participate. For more
information call 547-5100.
GETTING READY...Things are getting a little busy around Orange Grove these days,
especially for the committee making preparations for Homecoming '83. The event is slated
for October 7 and 8 and that means there's a lot of work to do before those days arrive, mak-
ing the program cover and, of course, addressing the invitations. This panaromic view
shows people working at these projects and includes, left to right: Mrs. Joe Kalinic, Edwin
Franke, Natalie David and her three children, Mrs. Walt Franke, Scott Herschap, Watt
Franke, Carole Herschap, Johnny Gwosdz and Nell Gwosdz.
City Receives $177,133
Grant For Street Work
Addresses Sought On Graduates As
Orange Grove Grids For Homecoming
Word has been received that
the City of Mathis has received
a jobs bill grant for $177,133
from the Texas Community
Development Program.
Mathis, through its Com-
munity Development director
Larry Cisneros, had asked for
$350,000 to build sidewalks and
improve streets around town.
“These projects will provide
jobs and at the same time
result in something of a perma-
nent nature,” Cisneros said
Wednesday morning.
He hastened to add that at
this time that the details have
not been worked out on the pro-
jects and the City Council will
take that up later.
More than $1.6 million in fun-
ding was approved for South
Texas under the grant pro-
gram, which was approved by
Congress to aid in combating
high unemployment.
No estimate is available at
this time on the number of jobs
this will provide in the City of
Mathis.
Over in Orange Grove they
are searching for a whole
bunch of missing persons.
Homecoming ’83 rolls around
on October 7 and 8 and the
Orange High School Alumni
Association wants to find ad-
dresses on missing graduates
from as far back as 1928.
Anyone who has any informa-
tion on the graduates listed in
this article are urged to call
384-2231, or write Evelyn
Kalinec, Rt. 1, Box 145, Orange
Grove, Texas 78372.
Evelyn adds: “If any of the
1982 or 1983 graduates have
married or moved, please con-
taettne, also. Thank you.”
Graduates who are among
the missing as far as known ad-
dresses are concerned include
the following.
1928-Roy Salmon and Ellese
Martin; 1931-Mrs. William
Fischer (Florence Miller);
1935-Albert Horace Junger-
man; 1939-Harold Fischer;
1942— Frances McKinney
(Frances Tracy);
1943- Marilee Howard and
Elton Ivy; 1947-Prof irio
Alvarado; 1949-Mrs. Henry
Tyminsky (Beatrice Garcia);
Also, 1950-Mrs. Ted Hubbert
(Betty Blount); and Ouida
Pruett; 1951-Mrs. Bill Scar-
bourgh (Patricia Sheets); and
Ina Ruth Whitlock; 1952-Alice
Ortiz and Weldon Laird;
1953-Lettie Wilson, Sandra
Stewart, Antonio Salazar and
Beverly Allen;
Also, 1954-Mrs. Celso Albiar
(Consuelo Rodriguez),
Geraldine Foreman, Alberto
Garcia and Wayne
Greathouse; 1955-Jimmie
Strong, Mrs. Robert Albright
(Sylvia Burk), Faustino
Rosalez, Ismael Paiz, Bobby
Gentry, Samuel Contreras and
Archie Laird; 1956-Mrs. C. W.
Minter (Lovus Langley), Juan
Hernandez and Lacy Pierce;
, Also, 1957-Calvin Williams,
Mrs. Robert Chapa- (Belia
Villarreal), Kenneth Millican,
Don Ross Gentry, Frank
Medrano and Thelma Buesnel;
1958- Lupe Ramon and Mrs.
Billy Joe Myers (Velma Ivy);
1959- Wayne Buesnel, Mrs.
Cristogal Chapa (Maria Can-
tu), Mrs. Pat Moore (Jarvis
Ann Richardson) and William
Smith; 1960-Mrs. Lyndon
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Lawrence, Burnis. The Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 29, 1983, newspaper, September 29, 1983; Mathis, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1127665/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mathis Public Library.