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VOL XLVII
Linda Stapp
Is Named
Miss Mathis
Miss Linda Stapp was named
Miss Mathis in a contest held
here by the Lions last week.
She was crowned by the out-
going Miss Mathis, Miss Ann
Boartwright.
Miss Stapp will now repre-
sent Mathis in the Miss South
Texas Pageant in Seguin on Ju-
ly 3 and 4.
There were 32 young ladies
in the pageant, the second to
be held here. The first runner
up was Miss Glennis Edge and
the second runner up was Miss
Sandra Crenshaw. Miss Cren-
shaw was also named Miss
Congeniality by the girls who
took part. The other two girls
who were in the top five were
Miss Rosie Villagomez and Miss
Debbie Laechelin. The semi-
finalists were Miss Brenda Goy-
nes. Miss Shannon Hartnett and
Miss Olinda Mota.
In the afternoon a reception
was held at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Jess Williams. This
gave the girls a chance to meet'
the . judge, Miss Elizabeth Sch-
ulz, Ens. Jim Knutson and Jack
Stanton.
Th,e girls were judged on poise,
personality, charm, grooming,
appearance, grace and carri-
age.
The club committee to plan
the pageant was Charles Neal,
Tom Woodall, Lloyd Mengers
and Jim Van Cleave.
10 Cents
SIX PAGES — NO. 42
MATHIS, TEXAS 78368, THURS. MORNING, June 27, 1968
of the clean-
ford calves.
Brazos
Wil-
daughter of
speakers
and Ted Bussman of
keeping
Berry Family Like Life in Islands
After Stay in Hawaiian Islands
began their trip
For learn-
have pio-
sights. That ca-
runs into work
Masur, superintendent
Mathis Independent
than a
growth
nation’s ca-
wonders lo-
process took many years,
there was a saying com-
to the farmers, and that
“the ground and stumps
and use
and love
has been na-
for the cam
they all
from here
least, they
unkept as
no
As
are
the
done in color. Just fine except
for the weeds which screen it
from the view of passing motor-
ists.
in Corpus Christi
June 16 till June 19.
for priority area; de-
the best methods for
specific Objectives;
criteria for evaluation
HENRY HOLLEMAN, f
merchant, retired in 1957.
came to Sandia 47 years ago,
WELCOME MATHIS —
That’s what the sign’reads if you
part the weeds. This sign is on
one of our highways leading
into town. Very attractive and
Ernie Whitson from Vietnam
is at home on a 30-day leave
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
L. W. Whitson.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerold Thomas
and baby from Kingsville visit-
ed with Mr. and Mrs. Doyle
Williams last week-end.
Recent guests of Gipper and
Shane Nelson were their cou-
sins, Brad and Gregg Thorne
from Midland. They attended
the Indian dances at Camp Kar-
ankawa with the Cassie Nel-
sons while here.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Brucia and
daughter from Vidor visited
with Mr. and Mrs. James Mc-
Master at the lake last week
and the two families took a trip
to Mexico during the week-end.
Three members of the Mathis
Independent School District
attended theScientific Research
Association workshop in Corpus
Christi recently.
Mrs. Vai Cagle, secondary
counselor; Mrs. Helen Gilles-
pie, elementary counselor; and
Mr. Drew Moss, coordinator for
the Title I summer program
in Mathis, were representatives
from Mathis.
School priorities and education
al planning was the theme of
the meeting. It was brought
out that there are several basic
steps in educational planning to
fulfill the goal of education. Con-
sidered important are: know
the populations served; identify
resources available; establish
priorities; establish specific ob-
jectives
termine
meeting
develop
and prepare staff for imple-
menting the planned program.
One of the points stressed
was the staff development. Af-
ter a school district has
identified its population, out-
lined its objectives, methods and
evaluation are planned, then the
school staff must be prepared
to implement the plans.
Educational planning will be
come increasingly more impor-
tant each year and once the
initial steps are taken and the
base line data acquired, we are
ready to move into the advanced
phases of planning so that re-
sources will be directed where
they will Ibe the most effective
in {fulfilling education’s basic
purpose.
Some interesting statistics
presented during the meeting
calves have averaged 50 to 60
Sandia | and has operated a general
57. He | stove most of the time. His son,
Kenneth, now runs the business.
were that in 1900, about one half
of the children eligible to attend
elementary school were in
school, and today 99 percent
of the eligible children are in
school. In 1900, high schools
showed that 10 per cent of the
eligibies were attending and to-
day over 90 per cent attend.
Colleges in 1900 had 5 per cent
of those eligible attending and
today over 40 per cent are in at-
fandance.
One of the speakers said that,
“the first revolution of edu-
cation in America was one of
“quantity”. The second revolu-
tion was one of “equality”, and
now we come to the third and
final revolution which is one of
“Quality”. And education ought
to be “the threshold of adven-
ture for the future”.
Education must have a pur-
pose, the purpose of preparing
individuals to become complete
human beings, not just to re-
flect present social orders, said
Ted Bussman of Dallas, one of
the speakers.
In summarizing, the workshop
leaders asked that Americans
learn to “love people
things, not use people
things.”
The four workshop
included Flynn Dennis of Cal-
allen who served as speaker
coordinator, James Keith of New
Braunfels, Donald Birch of San
Antonio
Dallas.
E. B.
of the
School District, feels that the
Mathis schools are
abreast of the latest education-
al trends in every way possible.
Members of his staff attend
meetings on the latest ideas in
education throughout the year
to be better oriented and able
to move with the most impor-
ant educational revolution to-
day, that of providing quality
in every facet of our educa-
tional system.
. SYSTEM.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Berry and
Karen have just returned from
thirteen days of touring the Ha-
waiian Islands and enjoying the
beauty of the azure blue waters,
towering breakers and the su-
gar white beaches found
where' else in the world.
Clifton says “the blues
bluer, the lush green of
tropical plants is unbelievable
and the clearness of the water
is truly amazing. During the
entire trip I was loaded down
with my Bolex 16 movie ca-
mera and paraphanalia and be-
lieve that I took about 1,000 feet
of good color movies. The movie
taking started when, we left
Mathis and didn’t end till we
were back on the ground at
Corpus Christi International Air-
port. Next time, I want to make
the trip without a camera and
really see the
mera business
in a hurry.”
The Berry’s
from Corpus Christi Internation-
al Airport where they boarded
a jet for Los Angeles, Calif.,
and Disnelynad. After almost
three days visiting Disneyland
and the Los Angeles area, they
boarded a plane for Honolulu.
Without setting their watches
ahead to compensate for time
zone changes, the flight took
from 12:30 till 2:30., only two
hours. Actually, the flight took
five hours.
The Royal Hawaiian Hotel on
Waikiki Beach was the Berry’s
headquarters during their tour
of the islands. Clifton said that
the breakers in Hawaii are only
six to eight feet, small indeed
in comparison to the fall of the
year when surfing is at it’s
best and the breakers average
25 to 30 feet. They used air tra-
vel to visit the islands of Maui
and Kauai, as well as to Hilo
Two mighty happy Mathis
teenagers have just returned
from the experience of their liv-
es - a tour of our
pita] and the many
cated there.
Victoria Koepsel,
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Koepsel,
617 E. Rockport, and Richard
Garza, son of Mr. and Mrs. Man-
uel Garza, Rt. 2, Mathis, won
the trip by being the best orators
in a speech contest sponsor-
ed by the San Patricio Elec-
tric Cooperative, and held ear-
lier this year in Sinton. Subject
for the contestants was “Rural
/Electric Cooperatives Helping
Texas Grow”.
Approximately 80 high school
students, all winners in their
areas of the state, met in Wax-
ahachie on June 8, boarded char-
tered buses and began their tour.
Their first real scenic point
of interest on the way to Wash-
ington D. C., was a stop at
Lookout Mountain Chattanooga,
Tenn.
While in Washington the stu-
dent group from Texas stayed
at the Marriott Motor Inn.
Their first day in Washington
started off with a bang. There
was a cdngressional reception
held in their honor where Vic-
toria and Richard met Con-
gressman John Young, South
Texas Representative.
The Texas delegation later met
Senator Ralph Yarborough
where they had a Coke and coo-
kie party.
Each of their five - day stay-
in Washington the students
boarded buses and visited the
most famous points of interest
including the Lincoln Memorial,
Mt. Vernon, Tomb of the Un-
known Soldier and Wax Museum,
a real favorite with the croud.
“The reality and life - likeness
of these world famous people
and historical settings was fan-
tastic” agreed Victoria and
Richard. The most impressive
were the scenes of the Alamo
and the figure of Martin Luther
King. At the National Cemetery
across the Patomac River from
Washington they visited the
graves of the late President
John F. Kennedy and the
recently interred Senator Ro-
bert Kennedy.
At the National Archives Build-
ing these leaders of to-
morrow were impressed by
the documents with which our
national heritage was forged:
The Declaration of Indepen-
dence, the Constitution of the
United States and the Bill of
Rights. Rounding out their un-
derstanding and knowledge of
the operation, history and func-
tions of our government, the
group visited the U. S. Congress
and Senate while they were in
session.
They also visited the Library
of Congress and then the Smith-
sonian Institute where Victoria
spent most of her time in the
art gallery. Richard preferred
seeing Lindberg’s “Spirit of St.
Louis” monoplane and the
Wright Brothers first plane. Be-
ing a woman at heart, Victoria
got a gleam in her eyes when
talking about the Hope Diamond
on display, the largest blue
diamond in the world. Yes, dia-
monds must be a girl’s best
friend.
See TEENS Page 6 '
on the main island of Hawaii and
the island of Oahu. This was
really a flying trip because the
Berry’s flew on 13 different air-
planes and two helicopters from
their departure here until they
returned. The two helicopters
were from the Los Angeles air-
port to Disneyland and return.
“The Hawaiian people are the
friendliest people in the world
and are mighty proud of Hawaii
and it’s Statehood within the
United States. Everyone speaks
excellent English and about
the only language you hear is
Hawaiian and a few times we
heard what sounded like some
Oriental tongue,” Clfiton said.
When asked about the food,
Clifton said that it was as good
as you can find anywhere in
Texas, and the service is ex-
cellent and most friendly. His
comment on native food was
accompanied with a slight grin
as he said,” I will try just any-
thing and I did. That Poi, ground
taro root and coconut but-
ter, was just too much for me.
I’ll take beans and tortillas
any day of the week.”
They were comfortable wher-
ever they went in Hawaii, wear-
ing summer clothes, and the
evenings were pleasantly cool.
There is a shower every after-
noon which makes everything so
clean and bright, but never was
the humidity uncomfortable.
“By the way,” he comment-
ed, “there are certainly a lot
hippies in Hawii and
look like they came
on the mainland. At
are just a dirty and
those you .see around the larg-
er cities.”
Evelyn Berry and her daugh-
ter, Karen, packed numerous
souvenirs in their luggage and
carried one hand-bag each, so
See BERRY Page 6
Mayor Manuel Chavez has
placed every facility of the
City of Mathis at the disposal
of the “Mathis Clean Up Cam-
paign”. The latest development
came about during the workshop
meeting last week when the
mayor announced that the city
hall will ibe utilized as the dis-
patch center in helping control
the efficient movement of clear-
ing, mowing, and hauling equip-
ment during the final stages of
this initial phase
up operation.
Arturo Vasquez
med coordinator
paign and is working with re-
presentatives from all organiza-
tions in contacting property own-
ers and scheduling actual
clean up and pick up service.
There will be a meeting of the
clean up campaign at the VFW
Hall, Friay evening at 7:30
p.m. Final assignment of area of
responsibility to the various ci-
vic, church, women’s and other
organizations will be made at
this meeting. Everyone is urged
to attend.
The city council has been
burning the mid-night oil in their
efforts to come up with a work-
able budget for the ensuing
year and to work out person-
nel employment matters. Final
word on the budget will
be forthcoming at the next city
council meeting on July 11.
The mayor did say that an ac-
tual job description is being
worked on, as well as a set of
qualifications for the position of
city secretary. Until now, there
See CLEAUP Page 6
THE MATHIS NEWS
Airman Crow
At Lowery AFB
San Antonio -— Airman
liam T. Crow II, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Willion T. Crow of Mathis,
has completed basic training at
Lackland AFB, Tex. He has
been assigned to the Air Force
Technical Training Center at
Lowery AFB, Colo., for specia-
lized schooling as a munitions
specialist. Airman Crow, a 1966
graduate of Mathis High School,
attended Del Mar College, Cor-
pus Christi, Tex.
Henry Holleman has lived
at Poor, Texas, Wealthy, Texas
and at Sandia, Texas. The latter
is his favorite place and he
has settled in to live the re-
menant of his days in his nice
home that is set on a six lot
tract in Sandia.
He was picking silver hull
peas in a nicely kept garden
adjacent to his house when ap-
proached for a story of his
life. His wife and daughter
were busy shelling the vegetable
and processing it for the
family freezer. < He seemed to
be enjoying what he was do-
ing and said that he was.
In fact' he said that he had
looked forward to retirement for
several years before he reach-
ed the age and place in
life where he could afford to
do so. He assured us that he
had experienced no difficulty in
adjusting to a life of retirement.
Henry was born in Leon coun-
ty in 1887 and at a small vill-
age which bore for some un-
known reason the name of
Poor. There was a postoffice in
the little town and that is where
and how he and his fan-
ily got their mail. Later, the
leaders of the town took a se-
cond look at the name of their
place, and decided that there
could be a psychocological
block to progress, if it continued
under the name of Poor, since
in those days, nobody wanted
to be poor. The name took the
most drastic change possible,
and was thereinafter called Wal-
thy, Texas.
Holleman grew up on his
father’s Leon county farm, and
smiled when he recalled that he
Happy Teens
See D.C. And
What It Means
Crop Outlook
Shows Diversified
Interests
In a recent survey of agri-
cultural activity in the Sandia
area, made by the Mathis News
Farm Editor, it was disclosed
that many of the farmers are
trying for diversified crops, that
have heretofore been overlooked.
The soil of this section runs
to the sandy - loan type, which
coupled to a favorable climate
makes for the possible growing
of many crops.
Carl Holleman has 42 citrus
trees growing in an orchard
near his house.. He put the
citrus grove of oranges, tange-
lo, tangerenes, grape fruit, le-
mons and limes in about seven
years ago. During the first two
years of operation, he replac-
ed about half of his trees due
to loss by freezing. He says
that his trees have not got to the
age of full production but
he has been able to sell all the
fruit that he has produced.
Arthur Knolle is currently try-
ing five varities of peach trees
that have been recommended
by the U. S. Department of
Agriculture. He has had the
trees planted little more
year and says that the
is promising.
John Norris is trying
blackberries and reports that he
picked two gallons of
berries from eight two year old
vines. The berry is grown by
others in the community, and
they report similar yields.
Knolle tried the fruit about three
oi- four years ago with good
results, but due to other and
more pressing matters on his
farm, permitted bermuda grass
to take the patch.
A. T. Chopelas, Mathis pickle
processor, said that soil in the
area was favorable to growing
his type of pickle, but required
more than the usual amount
fertilizer for the product to grow
quickly.
Cucumbers have been grown
commercially in the area for
years, and so have water me-
lons and canteloupe. Corn
does, well on the soil, and any
type of vegetable seems to
thrive. Peanuts are grown com-
mercially but are a government
regulated commodity, and al-
lotments have to be assigned.
Climate in the area usually
permits the growing of two
crops of most any vegetable in a
year’s time. July and August,
are considered the dry season.
Sweet potatoes do well here,
and one farmer wras showing a
single bunch that weighed nine
pounds dug from one hill last
year. Most gardeners agree that
the sweet potatoes does better
when planted for fall harvest.
Those grown in the spring and
summer have a tendency to
attract a worm, or bore that
does some damage. One gar-
dener is experimenting with a
soil fumigant and soil insec-
tide to combat the pest.
Grapes are grown by many,
and produce a good yiled. Dew
berries also grow well.
Irrigation water is available
at reasonable depths and there
are a few wells in the area in
production. It would appear that
Sandia would be a desirable
place for those interested in
truck - farming to settle.
THIS CHAROLAIS bull, weigh-
ing around 2,000 lbs., runs with lbs. heavier at seven months
Leroy Mengers’ herd of Angus than purebred Angus or Here-
and Hereford cows. Cross-bred
was a grown young man before
he knew about a cultivator. He
used a Georgia Stock, pulled by
one mule, and the typ-e of farm-
ing that he did was known as,
“bumping the stumps”, and it
was exactly what the farmer
did. He deadened the trees on
a piece of what he considered
desirable land, and if he had
some strong healthy boys, he
cut the trees, burning them on
the ground, and biggest stumps,
and then with a mule and
a one - roe plow, proceeded
to plant and till the so called
“new ground”, until the stumps
rotted out of their own accord.
This
and
mon
was.
wear you out before the stumps
are worn out.” This was true, an
the patience of the far-
mer was taxed to the limit, as
he tried to guide a stubborn
mule around stumps that were
spaced every few feet. Then too,
there were the hidden roots that
the plowhand sometimes dis-
covered only when they flew
back and whacked him on the
shin. Only the more religious
could refrain from the used of
very strong language when this
happened to them. An Irishman
was deliberatley letting aroot
hit him on the shin one day,
for the second time, and explain-
ed that it felt so good when
it did quit hurting, that he
wanted the experience again.
Maude Smith grew up in the
same community with Henry
Holleman, and that fact became
significant in latter years.
See HOLLEMAN Page 6
Thursday Night Barbecue Supper
New Feature Of Scout Camp
The Boy Scout’s Camp Karan-
kawa opened up on June 2 and
will run until August 17.
The camp has been in session
for three weeks. The camp
draws Scouts from all the Gulf
Coast towns ranging from Vic-
toria to Laredo. The camp aver-
ages from 300 to 400 boys each
week. The towns represented
this week are Corpus Christi,
Falfurrias, Laredo, Orange
Grove, Ingleside, and Freer.
About 250 boys are out at the
camp this week. The boy scout
camp staff consists of 25 boys.
There are different activities
for the boys are swimming,
boating, canoeing,
ing activities they
neering, nature, soil and wa-
ter conservation, camping, cook-
ing, and wild life nature.
The camp consist's of an axe
yard to show the boys the pro-
per use of an axe; rope yard
to learn the different kinds of
knots; nature trail, to learn
plants; archery range, to learn
about the different kinds of
plants; archery range, to learn
Mongers Gets
Membership In
Charolais Ass'n
Leroy Mengers, local farm-
er - rancher - hardwareman,
has been granted membership
in the American International
Charolais Association. His mem-
bership was official on May 10,
and he joins several other
local ranchers in the breed-
ing and raising of Charolais and
cross - bred cattle.
Mengers has been in the cat-
tle business for several years,
raising Angus and Hereford
stocks After taking a long hard
look a the Charolias and their
success other ranchers in the
area have had with them, he
bought three .heifers and one bull
in 1966. At the time of pur-
chase the Charolais bull
weighed about . 1,760 lbs. and
has increased his weight steadily
since that time. The ideal
herd weight of a Charolais bull
is around 2,500 lbs. Charolias
cows weigh around 2,100.
The real advantage of the
Charolais cattle is that they get
their size with their weight,
legs, full deep rumps for heavy
beef and have the lagest rib-
eye of any cattle. In breeding
cattle and raising them for the
market, it’s the first 1,000 lbs.
that are the most impor-
tant. Pony beef, as they are
called in the business, stop
growing early and then put on
layers of fat, which are unde-
sirable on today’s' market. The
Charolais, on the other hand,
weans off at around 800 lbs.
at seven months and by age
12 months will weigh about
1,000 pounds on the average.
For a little background on the
breed, the Charolais orginated
on the Breese plateau, a part
of the Jura Mountains in France
and then established itself in
the rich fertile soil area along
the Arconce River in the Charol-
les Area. Located almost in the
center of France, this region
is devoted primarily to grass-
land farming and beef produc-
tion. They were traditionally
grazed from April to December
and during the winter months
were brought into the many
old stone barns. The basic diet
during the winter months is hay
and straw along with some sug-
ar beets & protein supplement.
Today, many ranchers in France
are using no barns and graz-
ing the cattle year round.
These cattle are doing well, pro-
ducing wTell and are living to an
See MENGTRS Page 6
PULL, TOSS, CATCH AND The iphoto was taken at Jim
STACK — That’s exactly what West’s farm where 100 acres of
happens in the field when water- melons were trucked out last
melons are' being harvested. | week.
the proper use of the bow and
arrow; and rifle range to
learn the proper use of the rifle.
Every Thursday night the
camp has a barbeque supper
which is open to the public and
serves cafeteria style form 7
to 8. The cost is $1.50 for adults
and 75 cents for children. There
is a water front demonstration
showing different methods of
saving a person having trouble
in water.
The camp has a camp store
trading post selling different
items and camp supplies for the
boys to buy. A medical center
takes care of those injured or
sick. These are 16 different camp
sites and the dining hall that
serve up to 500 boys. The main
gate is open all the time for
any one wanting information
about the boys and the camp.
The boys begin their day at
7 a.m. and retire for the night
at 11. That’s 16 full hours of fun
recreation and scouting. No one
needs soft music to lullaby
them to sleep at Camp Karanka-
wa.
City Hall To Be The
Clean-up Center
Rainbow Girls
Attend C.C.
Grand Assembly
Ten girls from the Mathis As-
sembly Rainbow for Girls at-
tended the Grand Assembly at
the coliseum
from
The girls attending were -
Dawn Winsauer Debbie Stein-
meyer, Carol Sue Beyer, Debra
Edge, Carol Benningfiled, Bet-
ty Benningfield, Carol Rackley,
Kathy Pietsch, Darla Rae Do-
bie, and Judy Huddleston.
The two sponsors with the
girls were: Mrs. Wilson Rackley
and Mrs. Gordon Benningfield.
A total of 4,256 Rainbow girls
attended the Grand Assembly.
The sponsors and the girls stay-
ed at the Monaco Hotel in
Corpus Christi and reported they
had a very enjoyable time.
MISD Staff
Attends SBA
Workshop
Henry Holleman Has
Lived At Poor, At
Wealthy & Sandia, Tex.
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