The Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 51, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 4, 1963 Page: 1 of 8
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Do Your Christmas Shopping In Mathis
THE MATHIS NEWS
VOL. VIIL
p5?d ADT MmisSl MATHIS, TEXAS, THURS, MORNING, DEC. 5, 1963
Published weekly by the
Guthrie Publishing Co.
EIGHT PAGES — NO. 51
San Pat County
Gets A Small
Cotton Increase
The 1964 Upland Cotton Allot-
ment for San Patricio County is
77,134.0 acres or 639 acres more
than the 1963 cotton allotment
of 76,495.0 acres. This is approx-
imately 0.8 of 1 per cent in-
crease.
The Secretary of Agriculture
on October 11, 1963, proclaimed
a national marketing quota and
a national acreage allotment for
the 1964 crop of upland cotton
and issued a similar proclama-
tion for the 1964 crop of extra
long staple cotton. The national
acreage allotments were set at
16,000,000 acres for upland cot-
ton and at 112,500 acres for ex-
tra long staple cotton. In addit-
ion, an additional 200,000 acres
* were allocated from the national
reserve for the establishment of
minimum farm allotments for
upland cotton.
The 1964 Texas Upland Cotton
Allotment is 6,838,347 acres. The
1963 allotment was 6,869,104
acres. No acreage was alloca-
ted to the state for adjustment,
for trends, abnormal conditions,
small farms or new farms. And
the state allocated no acreage
to the county for such usage.
The 1964 Upland Cotton Allot-
ment for San Patricio County
was based on a five year “his-
tory acreage” period. The term
“history acreage” means the
acreage which the growers con-
tribute in the way of planted
cotton acreage to the county
each year for the purpose of
determining the county’s share
j of the state allotment. The five
year base acreage average for
San Patricio County is 81,336
acres.
A farm which has a history
as an old cotton farm}jeligibil-
ity for a cotton allotment de-
Erich Bauch
Replaces
Ray Strickland
Erich Bauch was deputized by
Sheriff Homer Hunt last week
and officially began his duties
as deputy sheriff in the Mathis
area on December 1.
Formerly chief of police in
Mathis, Bauch resigned that job
to take the new assignment. He
had served as police chief for
the past three years.
He is well known in this area,
being a native of Mathis. He
retired from the Air Force in
1958, with the rank of master
sergeant, after completing al-
most 23 years of military serv-
ice.
Bauch is married to the form-
er Dixie Dale Hart and they
have three children, Lynn, Keith
and Charles Dale.
Mathis Building
Permits Total $11,410
♦ Building permits totaling $11,-
410 were issued by the City of
Mathis during the month of No-
vember, according to City Sec-
retary, Clifton Berry.
Permits for additions and re-
pairs totaled $6,490 while per-
mits for new construction to-
taled $4,920.
pends on whether or not “his-
tory acreage” was earned in
one or more, years of the three
year base period.
The San Patricio County ASC
Committee established the indi-
vidual cotton allotments for 1964
in accordance with the Upland
Cotton regulations 1-CN) 64.
A farm operator who desires
to release his 1964 cotton allot-
ment or any portion thereof,
may do. so by filling out ASCS
form MQ-30. Such requests will
be accepted by the County ASCS
office beginning December 3,
1963. Closing date for such re-
quests is February 9, 1964.
V.F.W. Appoints 2 Mathis
Flea Is Aide-de-Camps
Kansas City, Mo.— The ap-
pointment of Franklin C. Henze
and Wayne R. Berryhill of Math-
is, as national aide-de-camps,
V.F.W., was announced recent-
ly by J. J. Lombardo of Brook-
lyn, V. F. W. commander-in-
chief.
Karen Dorris
Named To
Who's Who
San Marcos— Karen Sue Dor-
ris of Mathis was one of 33
Southwest Texas State College
students to be named to Who’s
Who in American Colleges and
Universities. Miss Dorris is a
junior music major at SWTSC.
Students were elected to
Who’s Who by a point system
and faculty nominations. T h e
point system, set up by the
campus Who’s Who committee,
gives points ranging from 10 for
student body president to .05 for
membership in an organization.
Each student’s grade point av-
enge, points for honors and
faculty nominations were added
together, and those with the
highest number of points were
named to Who’s Who.
Fair Meeting
Held Monday
In Sinton
There was a meeting in Sinton
Monday evening of the officials
of the San Patricio Junior Ag-
riculture and Homemaker Show.
J. B. Hansen presided at the
meeting, at which time judges
for the show were announced.
A full list of these will appear
later.
Plans were macle for the
queen contest which is set for
Thursday, January 23, in Sin-
ton. Each 4-H, F.F.A. and F.H.-
A. chapter in the county is per-
mitted to enter one high school
girl as a candidate.
The group also approved plans
for a dance for the Taft and
Sinton F.F.A. chapters to be
held on Friday, January 24, in
the E. M. Smith School cafe-
teria in Sinton.
In other action the officials
cut the prize money for the fair
by 25 percent due to the large
number of entires which are al-
ready in. The deadline for the
boys entries was December 1
and the girls must have theirs
in by December 15.
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PICTUES IN A FLASH -— The News installed this new
engraving machine last week on which to turn out engrav-
ings of pictures. Pictures are mounted on the drum on the
right hand side and through a process of• electronics they are
transmitted by a stylus onto a receptive metal on thq cylinder
on the left. Like all new machines this one requires quite a bit
of familiarization and experience to operate and as a result
^ some of our pictues may not be up to standard for a few
weeks..
In making the announcement
of these appointments Lombardo
said; “I feel extremely grati-
fied to be able to appoint men
of the caliber of Henze and Ber-
ryhill to serve on my staff.
They are acutely aware of the
problems that face our nation’s
veterans, their widows and or-
phans, hence I know that I will
be able to rely on their judg-
ment and recommendations. I
know also that they will repre-
sent their community, state and
nation in the highest traditions
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
of the United States.”
New Texas
Almanac Now
Off The Press
Many new features in the
1964-65 Texas Almanac, just
published by The Dallas Morn-
ing News, have been added to
material that has made this 106-
year-old publication the “Ency-
clopedia of Texas.”
Texas’ increasing urbanization
is emphasized in special pages
containing photographs and
comparative statistics for 21
metropolitan areas, including
the cities of Abilene, Amarillo,
Austin, Beaumont, Port Arthur,
Corpus Christi, Brownsville,
Harlingen, San Benito, Dallas,
El Paso, Fort Worth, Galveston,
Texas City, Houston, Laredo,
Lubbock, Midland, Odessa, San
Angelo, San Antonio, Texar-
kana, Tyler, Waco and Wichita
Falls.
Map of 254 counties and data
on all counties and cities of Tex-
as have been brought up-to-date,
including population and other
figures from the 1960 U.S. Cen-
sus. New features are a County
Economic Index, and maps that
show leading Texas counties in
production of crops and live-
stock.
Texans who like to brag will
find ample ammunition in two
pages showing the rank of Tex-
as among states, and in propor-
tion of the United States total,
in leading categories.
Other data appearing for the
first time include carlot ship-
ments of fruits and vegetables
and added information on ex-
port-import trade.
Texas landmarks are listed by
counties in a special section, re-
vised through information ob-
tained from authorities on coun-
ty histories.
All Governors of Texas and
Presidents of the Republic of
Texas are pictured in the his-
torical section.
Agricultural information has
been revised, with the help of
authorities of Texas A&M, the
U.S. Department of Agriculture
and others. For this and other
sections, several thousand Tex-
ans have supplied information
and photographs, according to
Walter B. Moore, editor.
Election returns, the text of
the Constitution of Texas with
amendments adopted through
1962, a list of wet and dry coun-
ties, maps of Texas Senatorial,
Representative and Congres-
sional Districts, lists of state,
county and municipal officials,
and other information are found
in the discussion of politics and
elections.
Water, soils, plant life, weath-
er, wild life, minerals, employ-
ment and labor, manufacturing
service industries, and hundreds
of other topics are summarized
in the 688 pages.
A widely-used section is the
list of more than 500 state-wide
civic organizations, with their
chief executives and home ad-
See ALMANAC Page 8
Merchant’s
Group To Be
Formed Here
In a short business meeting of
the Chamber of Commerce
Tuesday, the retail merchants
committee was authorized to
meet with local merchants and
plan business promotions and
sales for improving business in
Mathis.
Plans were reported practic-
ally completed for the Christ-
mas parade sponsored by the
Chamber.
John Nelson, president, was
in charge of the short meeting.
Infant Son Of
Tom Jennings
Dies Sunday
Keith Wayne Jennings, one
month old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Jennings, died at Memorial
Hospital in Corpus Christi Sun-
day, Dec. 1. He had been a
patient there for about a week.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday at 10 a.m. in the Dobie
Chapel with the Rev. James
Mayfield, pastor of the Method-
ist Church, officiating. Burial
was in the Cenizo Hill Cemetery.
In addition to his parents, he
is survived by a brother, Wes-'
ley Thomas and his maternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Emmons of San Antonio.
Altai* Society
Met Sunday
A regular business meeting
and election of officers was held
by the Sacred Heart Altar So-
ciety Sunday morning follow-
ing the 8:30 mass.
The new officers were elected
for a two year term. Mrs. Otto
Tiemann was elected president,
Mrs. Eugene McFall, vice-presi-
dnt, Mrs. Jerry English, secre-
tary and Mrs. C. E. Caddell,
treasurer.
Mrs. Otto Tiemann and Mrs.
Harold Keller served refresh-
ments to 14 members and Rev.
Boenisch.
Grace Lutheran
Women To
Meet Tonight
The December meeting of the
Grace Lutheran Church Women
will be held on December 5 at
the home of Mrs. Elmor Beyer
with Mrs. Jimmy Hale as
hostess.
Mrs. Gordon Benningfield will
be the Bible Study leader and
Mrs. Edgar Eggert, Jr. will be
in charge of the offering medi-
tation. The cause for December
is The American Lutheran
Church.
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"The
Chrimson Tree"
St. Paul Lutheran Church, Ty-
nan, Tex., Pastor Donald w.
Elzey, is this year trying to
keep Christ in Christmas and
would like to help the surround-
ing communities to do so. We
have our Christmas tree decor-
ated with “Chrismons” instead
of the traditional commercial
type of decorations.
A “Chrismon” is a monogram
of Christ. All the designs of
“Chrismon” ornaments are
symbols for Christ which have
been passed down through the
centuries of Christian history. It
is hoped that they will make
more meaningful the celebration
of Christmas with emphasis up-
on God’s great gift to the world,
our Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ.
The “Chrismons” on our tree
were all made by “The Women
of The Church” organization.
The pastor and people invite the
public, of all faiths, to come
and see the tree and receive a
brochure explaining the orna-
ments. Service times are: 10
a.m. each Sunday, Sunday
School program December 22 at
7 p.m. and Christmas Day at
9 a.m.
Miss Burnley Brown
Pledged To K.A.T.
Miss Burnley Brown of Box
456 Mathis has been pledged into
Kappa Alpha Theta national
fraternity at Southern Methodist
University where she is a fresh-
man.
Miss Brown is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Brown.
Santa Arrives In
Mathis Tonight
R. T. Hoskins
Named New
Police Chief
Raymond T. Hoskins has been
named chief of police by the
Mathis City council to succeed
Erich Bauch who filled the job
for the. past three years.
Hoskins has 'been a patrol-
man on the Mathis Police De-
partment since July of 1961.
The announcement came one
week ago, but did not go into
effect until December 1.
Hoskins is a native of Bas-
trop where he was self-employed
in the farm equipment business
and service station business.
Hoskins' is married to the
former Kay Marie Horner of
Bastrop, and the father of two
children, Kathy 6, and Brenda
4.
Shower Honors
Miss Maedgen
On Nov. 23
A shower and tea honoring
Miss Maedene Maedgen was
held at the home of Mrs. Frank
Dehnisch on November 23. Miss
Maedgen is the bride-elect of
Bill Armer of Houston.
Hostesses with Mrs. Dehnisch
were Mrs. Glenn Dorris, Mrs.
Milton Boatwright, Mrs. Clifton
Berry, Mrs. Garland Hollon,
Mrs. Milton Turner, Mrs. Gor-
don Cabaniss, Mrs. J o h h n n y
Crouch, Mrs. Bill Coffin, Mrs.
Arthur Knolle, Mrs. Curtis Caf-
fall, Mrs. Charles Brown, Mrs.
L. T. Porter and Mrs. Bill Wat-
son.
A champagne - colored net
cloth was used on the table with
a centerpiece of a gold horn-of-
plenty filled with fruits and
mauve mums. The horn was
flanked with large gold candle-
sticks holding white candles.
House party members were
Mrs. Malcolm Maedgen, Jr., of
Crystal City, Mrs. Buddy Waeh-
el of San Antonio, Mrs. Lyle
Walker of Dallas, Mrs. Eddie
Gilbert, Mrs. Neal Plocke, Mrs.
Bob Surovik of Abilene, Miss
Dee Watson, Miss Lynn Boat-
wright, Miss Ann Boatwright,
Miss Susan Knolle, Miss Karen
Berry, Miss Charlene Brown
and Miss Susan Hollon.
One hundred guests regis-
tered.
P. P. Huerta
Dies Saturday,
Funeral Tuesday
Patriacio P. Huerta of Greg-
ory died in a Sinton hospital
last Saturday after a short ill-
nss. He was 89 years old and
was a retired farmer.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday morning at th Immac-
ulate Conception Church in
Gregory with the Rev. Paul
Okras officiating. Burial was in
the Gregory-Portland Cemetery
with Cage - Marshall Funeral
Home of Taft in charge.
Huerta is survived by two
daughters, Miss Maggid Huerta
of Gregory and Mrs. Rodolfo
Ramirez of Pasadena; one son,
Juan of Gregory; two brothers,
Santos and Angel, both of San
Benito, one sister, Mrs. Tibur-
cia de los Santos of San Benito,
13 grandchildren and 15 great-
grandchildren.
Jolly old St. Nick arrives in
Mathis at 7 p.m. Thursday in
all of the finery that can be
mustered in the Mathis com-
munity.
The arrival of Santa marks
the opening of the Christmas
shopping season in this area
and will be followed by a
lengthy visit of the jolly old elf
to many of the local stores for
the rest of the week.
The parade will start in the
parking lot of the Quick Way
Grocery on Front Street. The
Mathis High Pirate Band will
lead the parade and the Ameri-
can Lgion will furnish the hon-
or and color guards for the
event. It is expected that there
will be two other bands in the
parade but final confirmation
has not ben received at this
time.
The merchants of the Mathis
area are furnishing the neces-
sary supplies for the parade and
are furnishing candy for Santa
to throw to the children along
the parade route.
Two of the Mathis Boy Scout
units are expected to participate
in this first annual event, along
with other marching units from
Rotary Club Auction
To Be Held This Week-end
The Mathis Rotary Club has
set the days of Friday and Sat-
urday, December 6 and 7, for
the first annual Rotary auction.
The times are 6 p.m. Friday
and 2:30 p.m. Saturday. The
auction is to be held in the
Butler building at the corner of
Xmas Lighting
Contest To Be
Held In Mathis
A contest for Christmas light-
ing and decoration of Mathis
homes will be feponsored by the
Mathis Literary Club. It is an
annual affair started several
years ago by the club. All resi-
dences and homes within the
Mathis City limits are eligible
with businesses, public buildings
and churches being exempt
from competition. A seperate
contest for Literary Club mem-
bers will also be held.
The amounts of the prizes will
be announced later as well as
the date for judging the en-
tries.
Baptist Women
Hold Prayer
Week In Mathis
The Week of Prayer for For-
eign Missions will be held by
the Woman’s Missionary Union
of the Baptist Church beginning
Monday, Dec. 9 through Friday
Dec. 13. The theme for the pro-
grams will be “Crown Him Lord
of All.” The Lottie Moon Christ-
mas offering goal is $1,000.00.
Mrs. Bob Hairston is chair-
man of the prayer committee
and she will be assisted by Mrs.
J. H. Boatwright. Mrs. Robert
Gilmore, WMU president, will
be in charge of the music and
Mrs. Carl Beall will be the
pianist.
“Crown Him Lord Among the
Peoples of the Orient” will be
the study theme for Monday,
Dec. 9, at 3 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 10, the theme
will be “Crown Him Lord
Among the Peoples of Africa,
Europe and the Near East.” Th
study will be held at 9:30 a.m.
A pageant is planned for the
Wednesday night service. The
theme is “Bring Them Fn rom
All The Nations” and will give
the history of Southern Baptist
Mission Work. Readers for the
program will be Milton Boat-
wright, Olan McCraw, Jr., Mrs.
Garland Hollon and Mrs. Walter
Leber, Jr.
“Crown Him Lord Among The
Peoples of Latin America” will
be the study theme Thursday
at 3 p.m.
The Friday study at 9:30 a.m.
of Life.”
Edith Crane Circle
Met Tuesday Morning
Mrs. Rose Hollon was hostess
to the Edith Crane Circle meet-
ing Tuesday morning. Mrs. T.
H. Ramey gave the mission
study lesson on foreign missions.
Seven members and one visit-
or attended.
San Patricio and Duval Streets.
The first scheduled auction
had to be postponed because of
the shooting of President Ken-
nedy, thus accounting for the
new date.
Many items for auction have
come in during the past week
and calls ‘are still coming in
with ontributions of articles
that can be used for this event.
The club will hold its Christ-
mas party on the night of Tues-
day, December 17, at the Ranch
Motel Restaurant, and all Ro-
tary Ann’s are expected to turn
out for this event.
At this weeks meeting there
was no scheduled program, how-
ever this allowed for a general
bull session in which the Mathis
Rotary Club had the opportunity
to listen to projects sponsored
by other area clubs. Each visit-
ing Rotarian presented the pro-
ject or projects of his home
club. This, enlightened the Math-
is group to look at themselves
from a critical standpoint and
to think about future plans and
projects.
Altar Society To
Sponsor Dinner
The Sacred Heart Altar So-
ciety will sponsor a turkey din-
ner, bake sale and Mexican
supper on Saturday, Dec. 14, in-
stead of the annual bazaar.
Serving of the dinner will be
from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. and
the bake sale will continue
throughout the afternoon. Hours
for the supper will be an-
nounced next week.
A door prize will be given
sometime that evening.
The affair will be held in the
Butler building on the corner of
Duval and San Patricio streets.
The price of the dinner will
be $1,25 for adults and 75 cents
for children.
Proceeds will be used by the
Altar Society in their church
work.
the high school. Santa Claus will
ride in a buggy drawn by Shet-
land ponies and will be at the
end of the parade. The parade
route will be from Quick Way
Grocery No. 2 on Front Street,
down to Layton Chevrolet Ag-
ency, where it will turn up San
Patricio Avenue toward the
middle of town. From there it
will proceed to Londons Super
Market and turn left to the city
water tower. A chair will be set
up at this point for Santa to
greet the children and pass out
favors to them as they come to
him expressing their desires for
Christmas.
This is the first parade sched-
uled of this type in Mathis for
several years and it is expected
to grow into an annual habit.
According to a statement made
by one of the merchants, “Math-
is is long overdue for this sort
of function, and many others
will follow, depending on the
success of this first one. It de-
pends on the response of the
people whether or not we will
have other activities of this
kind”.
Ladies V.F.W.
Cake Sale
Re-Scheduled
The Ladies Auxiliary to VFW
Post 3079 will sponsor a bake
sale in downtown Mathis on De-
cember 7. Mrs. Henry Muss-
man is chairman of the sale
committee.
Cakes, pies and cookies will
all be on sale.
Camera Club
Officers Elected
New officers for the San Pat-
ricio Camera Club were elected
at the annual Christmas dinner
Sunday, Dec. 1. The dinner was
held at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Allan Jackson in Sinton.
Dr. Cecil Wright of Sinton was
elected president, Griff Moore
of Mathis, vice-president, and
Richard Kuehler of Sinton, sec-
retary.
Miss Maedgen
Honored With
Dinner Party
An informal dinner was held
at the C. M. Porter home Satur-
day night, complimenting Miss
Maedene Maedgen and her fi-
ancee, Bill Armer. Hosts for the
dinner were Mr. and Mrs. Port-
er and Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Free/
man. /
Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Mae/"
gen, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Malcofn
A. Maedgen, Jr. and Mr. <pd
Mrs. Bob Surovik were gyests,
along with the honorees.
"Mysterious Graveypi
No Longer Mystery,
Sunday dinner guests in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. G. O.
Mengers were Mr. and Mrs.
Loyd Mengers and son, James
Lehrmann and Mr. and Mrs.
M. A. Maedgen, Jr. and daugh-
ter.
Mrs. Bill Watson hopes to be
back at work next week. She
underwent surgery recently at
a Corpus Christi hospital and is
reported to be doing well.
Editors Note: The following is
taken from a letter written to
Mrs. Eaph Weathersby of Math-
is by Mrs. Fannie Brown, form-
erly of Mathis and now residing
in Pittsburgh, Pa. The Mathis
News is especially grateful to
both of these ladies for their
interest in clearing up the mys-
tery of the “Mysterious Grave-
yard”.
“I was particularly interested
in the article about the ‘Mysteri-
ous Graveyard’ in the Mathis
News a few weeks back, so
here are the facts. At one time
my great grandfather and dad
W. W. and H. T. Staples owned
the present Reeves Brown ranch
and they fenced a plot of ground
so the Mexicans could have a
cemetery. There were never
any outlaws or whites buried in
this plot. Papa would make their
coffins and Mama the robes for
the women and children. I at-
tended many funerals there. Ask
Harold Porter if Salome Ramir-
ez is living, he had relatives
buried in this cemetery.
I believe Mr. Brown bought
this ranch from Mr. Tom John-
son and associates. I moA'efl
from Live Oa}t County im/1917
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and none were ever buried in
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