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Page 6 — NEWS — Mathis, Texas, June 27, 1968
gOASSIFIED'ADSS
FOR SALE
HAY FOR SALE, T. D. Thread-
gill, Jr., Phone 528-3021, Taft,
Texas. tfcN30
1967 SINGER AUTOMATIC zig
zag (Dial - a - stitch) perfect
condition in walnut console, all
fancy work, price $42.50. KIT-
3643. tfnA24.
FOR SALE — 2 nice national
cash registers, 35.00 and 45.00
each 1956 chevy, $50; 1 Oli-
vette protable nearly new, $55;
2 used typewriters, $35. each;
1 electric oven, $5.; 1 T.V. $7.50;
2 Opels, $150. each. See A. V.
Florez, KI7-3175. tfnJ12
For Sale — 1959 4 door Pon-
tiac, air conditioned, new tires,
excellent condition, boat and
trailer, 3-4 ton international
pick - up 1954. exercising ma-
chine, like new. KI7-3649
tfnM29.
WE HAVE regulation mail
boxes $1.25 - $7.95, house num-
bers, Western Auto Associate
Store. S' tfnM29
FOR SALE — 59 Chevrolet, V-8,
1-2-ton pick up with side boxes.
KI7-2694. $445.00. tfnJ6.
FOR SALE — 1964 Dodge 880,
power steering and brakes, air
conditioned, good tires, excellent
condition. Call Paul Haney KIT-
3165. tfnJ6
FOR SALE — 7 rooms of fur-
niture, some maple, will sell
all or by the piece. Call KI7-
3355. 2tpJ20
FOR SALE — 4 row Caldwell
shredder, in good condition.
Sears Suburbanite B & W TV,
23 inch screen. Malcolm A.
Maedgen, KI7-2364. tfnJ2
FOR SALE — Two row John
Deere cotton stripper. Four
years old. Other farm machin-
ery. Mrs. W. A. Davis, Sr. of
Odem, phone 2941. 2tcJ19
For Sale — Firecrackers of any
kind lor July 4 at the B. Za-
mora residence. ltpJ26
FOR SALE — 1966 El Cameno,
has air conditioner and air shots.
$1600.00., KIT-2501 or KI7-2626.
2tpJ26
FOR SALE — Boys sidewalk
bicycle with training wheels,
good shape. $10.00, and portable
water cooled fan, $5.00. Call
Mrs. Jack Robertson, KI7-2684.
ltcJ27
FOR SALE — Sony 350 tape
$150.00; Fender bassman am-
plifier $80.00; Chet Atkins
Gretsch guitar $125.00. Sell se-
parate or together. Call Mrs.
E. C. Willmann at KI7-2518.
tfnJ12
FOR SALE — 65 Ford car, 2
door standard transmission, cus-
tom. air condition, heater, ra-
dio, has 21,000 miles run, new
itires, for 5(995.00. ■ KI7-2840.
3tpJ12
CLEAN EXPENSIVE carpets
with the best. Blue Luster is
America’s best. Rent shampooer
1.00 Western Auto Store. ltcJ26
FOR RENT
FOR RENT — Completely fur-
nished, clean, comfortable little
homes, private baths, private
entrances and driveways. Bills
pa;d. “Dot’s Lodge.” Lake Rd.,
Phone KI7-3085. 10tpM8
THE PROVEN carpet cleaner
Blue Luster is easy on the bud-
get. Restores forgotten colors.
Rent electric shampooer $1.00.
Western Auto Store. ltcJ3
RECORDS AT discount prices.-
Top 10 hits in all labels, Decca,
RCA, Capital, Columbia, 45 rpm
and albums. 87 cents and $3.97.
Western Auto. ltcJ27
WATERMELON STAND — On
Sandia highway is now open
for business Holland Lotspeich.
ltpJ26
SERVICES
LEARN A trade now, weld-
ing, automative transmissions,
general mechanics, financing
available. American Vocational
School 317 West Main Alice,
Texas. 4tcJ12.
TRY A NEWS
CLASSIFIED
THEY GET RESULTS
Wedding Held at
Country Home
Miss Delores Arlene Schibler
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sher-
man Schibler of Mathis and
Lonnie Hubert Williford, son of
Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Williford,
were united in marriage
Friday evening, June 14.
Rev. Don Vlasak, pastor of the
Grace Lutheran Church, of-
ficiated at the double ring cere-
mony held before a worship set-
ting at the fireplace in the coun-
try home of the bride’s parents.
Baskets of white gladioli and
greenery centered by a silver
candalabra entwined with
greenery and bearing white
tapers, decorated the scene.
Descending from the spiral
starircase, the bride was given
in marriage by her father. She
wore a flloor length bridal gown
of candlelight peau de soie, over-
laid with Chantilly lace. The
gown, with empire waistline and
long sleeves of lace ending in
petal points, also had a detacha-
ble train of peau de soie and
Chantilly lace. Her veil of il-
lusion and lace fell from a small
lace pill - box. She carried a
bouquet of white carnations, cen-
tered with a removable glamelia
which she wore for her going
away corsage.
The maid of honor was Doris
Holleman of Corpus Christi,
who wore a formal length gown
of blue satin with a lace bodice
and carried a nosegay of white
carnations. David Schibler, bro-
ther of the bride, was best man,
ter.
The tradition of something old,
something new, something bor-
rowed and something blue was
carried out. The old and bor-
rowed, the bride wore her grand-
mother Dahl’s wedding bra-
celet and cross. She had a
six pence in her shoe.
A reception was held following
the ceremony. Patty Schibler,
sister of the bride registered
the guests.
After their wedding trip the
couple will reside in Mathis.
Rubber Stamps
X Made
'TH.
To
Order
The Altar Society of the
Sacred Heart Church,
Mathis, Texas will hold a
gala “Hot Tamale” sale, on
Saturday June 29th. From
11 a.m. till 6 p.m. Only
6.5 cents per dozen. It will
be held at the church.
LOCAL
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. McCraw
have returned from a trip to
Elk City Oklahoma and also to
Perrington, Tex., visiting with
their daughter and family and
attended Mr. McCraw uncle’s
funeral.
Mrs. Fay McTight' and Mike
from Cuero visited with Mr.
and Ms. Luther Casey last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Arville Daniels
from Austin stopped by to visit
with Mr. and Mrs. Ray Brown
on Tuesday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Gilbert,
Linsey and Chris, visited
with Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Caffall
this past week.
Lottie Jean Porter from Vi-
toria is at home for the sum-
mer with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. H. A. Porter.
Mr. and Mrs. P. K. Callahan
and Mary Ann from Dallas
spent a week with Mrs. A. A.
Ware and Mary Ann remained
for another week.
Mrs. D. D. Weller from Se-
guin and Julie Naumann from
San Antonio spent thw week-
end with Mrs. A. A. Ware.
Mr. and Mrs. Quinn Walters
and Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Nes-
loney spent a week up in the
Leakey area.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Hey and
Candy from Weslcao visited with
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wallace.
Mrs. Harold Wallace spent
Tuesday in Corpus Christi.
Mr. and Mrs. Rip Wallace
from Weslaco are spending the
summer with Mr. and Mrs. Har-
old Wallace.
Mr. and Mrs. Hap Phillip
from Sinton visited with Mrs.
Mae Stone on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Dawson
from Corpus Christi had Sun-
day dinner with Mr. Hazel Stone.
Joe and Rocky Stone spent
the week-end in the Valley with
their grandparents Mr. and Mrs.
John T. Hollon.
Mrs. A. G. Smith will leave
on Monday for Iowa to visit
and friends and will be gone
with Mrs. Carrie Redmond
for a month.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Smith are
visiting in Colorado for three
weeks with relatives and friends.
Mrs. Lillian Snyder and daugh-
ter Lynn, Mrs. Jeanete Skel-
ton, and Mrs. James Richard-
son, all of Corpus Christi, and
Bill Crisp from San Antonio
were guests of Mrs. W. H. Ray
last week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Ben-
ningfield and family had as
guests for luncheon on June 1
Dr. and Mrs. J. W. McReynold
of Dallas. The McReynolds
brought Carol Benningfield home
after a ten - day stay with
reltives in the Ft. Worth
area. Mrs. McReynolds is a past
grand matron of the Grand
Chapter of Texas, Order of hte
San Patricio News
Miss Cathy Ermis of Mathis
bride - elect of Gerald Rhea
McCown of San Patricio, was
honored at a miscellaneous show
er at the San Patricio
Community Hall on Sunday.
Hostesses were Mrs. B. T. Si-
kes, Jr., Mrs. Buryi Sikes, Mrs.
Eugene McCown, Mrs. Lonnie
McCown Mrs. Edwin Dement
Mrs. Delbert Holmes, Mrs. Chico
Wright and Mrs. Bill Wright.
The table was laid with an
ecru lace cloth, with a center-
piece arrangement of pink roses.
The register table was covered
with an ecru lace cloth and held
a small vase of miniature pink
roses.
Debbie Sikes served the punch
and Mrs. Lannie McCown serv-
ed the cake.
Despite the bad weather there
were twenty guests present.
Eastern Star, and served as
worthy grand matron when Mrs.
Benningfield was worthy ma-
tron of the local Eastern
Star Chapter. They continued
their trip in the afternoon to
Bishop, where they participated
in the installation of the O.E.S.
Chapter. The incoming worthy
matron is a niece of Dr. Mc-
Reynolds, and several mem-
bers of his family reside in this
area.
Betty Benningfield left Sun-
day for Camp Capers at Waring
where she is serving as a coun-
selor fo rthe intermediate girls
camp of he Epsicopal Dio-
cese of West Texas.Camp Ca-
pers was established about 20
years ago and is located on the
site of the old Steves Ranch. It
was a gift from that family to
the Episcopal Diocese for a
youth education and recreation
center.
Grace Ann Koepsel and Betty
Benningfield spent two days in
San Marcos, as guests of the
Frank Henze family .While there
Betty tried - out for the Bob-
cat Band of the Southwest Texas
State College and was accept-
ed as a member. The Bobcat
Band has their first appearance
of. the 1968-69 season at the
Astrodome in Houston on Sept.
9.
TYNAN NEWS
On Sunday June 30 at 4 p.m.
Mrs. Olga Kelch will have Open
House at her home. No invi-
tations will be mailed but all
relatives and friends are invited
to attend.
Mr. and Mrs. Louie Fromme
were honored with a celebration
on June 16 on their golden wed-
ding anniversary. Those attend-
ing were Mr. and Mrs. A. I.
Fromlme Mr. and Mrs. Erling
Brendalen and family; Mr. and
Mrs. A. R. Dieringer and Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Stridde.
The Bible School at the Peace
U. C. C. was well attended. The
pastor and teachers were well
pleased with the turn out of
children.
Ed Ballard and ‘ Charley
Bromn are visiting Mrs. Bess
Carlisle. They arrived on Mon-
day.
Sympathy is extended to the
Salige families in the death of
their sisters husband, Leonard
Grimm of Corpus Christi. Bur-
ial was on Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. I. Fromme
attended the Holzphappel re-
union in Cuero on Sunday.
TEENS—
Continued From Page 1
Climaxing their stay in Wash-
ington, the Texas group toured
the White House and were wel-
comed by the White House staff
representitives on the south
lawn. Just before going to the
White House, the president of
the National Rural Electric Co-
operative Association held a big
“Rural Youth Day” rally at the
Marriott Inn, where all of the
youths from 13 states got to
meet each other and exchange
names and addresses for future
letter writing.
Victoria and Richard were
highly complimentary of Ken.
Loyd, yough tour coordinator
for Texas Electric Cooperatives
Inc., with offices in Austin.
Loyd traveled with the Texas
representatives and took care
of their problems and probably
answered t'en thousand questions
during the nine-day trip.
In case you are wondering,
there are 898 steps up the Wash-
ington Monument, and Victoria
can vouch for this. There is an
elevator to the top, but it must
have been more fun walking up,
then taking the elevator down.
Bob Duncan Reviews
31 Years In Land And
Cattle Improvement
During the early 1930’s, Bob
Duncan, like many others, was
trying to overcome the effects
of the depression in many ways.
He was a farmer, went into the
meat market business, picked
cotton and had his meager sav-
ings wiped out in a “bank bust”.
Then in 1937, he and his wife,
the former Ethel Rice, bought
802 acres on what was to be-
come highway 9, and'moved to
the place. Since that time, they
have devoted themselves to
improving the property, and
making it a paying cow raising
business.
Bob says that about 1940, he
realized that his land was get-
ting poorer by the year, and that
it was up to him to do some-
thing about it. When he mov-
ed to the place, some 68 acres
had been cleared of brush, and
was in a state of cultivation.
He planted sorghum grains on
the tillable land, and entered
into what is called a stock farm-
ing Venture. He kept his eyes
open to what others were doing
in the way of land improve-
ment and even though the idea
of clearing brush appealed to
him, he saw that when that
work was begun, it required an
annual going over to keep se-
cond growth from creating a
worse situation than brush would
cause.
He said that it took him five
years to decide to go into brush
. blearing, and since he had
looked about a bit at other
ranches, ,ho decided on the rol-
ler chopper method.
After the-, land was cleared,
the question of erosion persist-
ed, so Bob began to look into
a remedy for that. Terracing
seemed to be the answer, so
that is what he did.
Then came the grass improve-
ment. Duncan has about 65 per
cent of his place in improved
grasses. About one half of this
figure is represented by Coas-
tal bermuda, and about half to
buffle. He has some blue - stem,
but the amount is so small that
he does not inrlude it in his
calculations. His observations
about the different grass is that
both are good in erosion control,
but coastal has the edge there
he believes. The buffle is good
feed, having both foliage and
seed.
Bob says with a smile that
he has, or will have plenty of
roads in the near future. High-
way 9 was built after he mov-
ed to his place, leaving him
with 180 acres across the road
from his house and now in-
terstate 37 has been surveyed,
right across a site he had stak-
ed for a new hay barn. When
the interstate is completed his
ranch will have three separate
divisions, the,180 across highway
9, 137 acres between highway
9 and interstate and the re-
mainder across interstate, with
no underpass, and as yet an
undertermined route to the most
of his land. He said that high-
way 9 cost him one-third more
man hours when he was work-
ing his cattle, so with the for-
midable interstate slicing him
into, he may have to take his
lunch to drive a steple in a
corner fence post. He is not
complaining, saying that pro-
gress is fine, and he would not
think of interfering.
Duncan went all the way with
his land clearing project, and
when the pastures were clear
terraced and under grass he
cleaned all his fence rows at
considerable cost per mile. He
concentrates on keeping them
clean.
After several years effort in
growing much of his feed Dun-
NEW IN MATHIS
The following families have
moved to Mathis during the past
week and are your new neigh-
bors. If you live next door,
drop by and say hello. Maybe
they haven’t heard about our
clean up campaign and you can
tell them all about it and show
them how clean and pretty your
own property is. Okay?
Antonio DeLuna, 416 S. Live
Oak, Glaoria Veliz, 623 S. Nue-
ces; Rosa Hernandez, 415 S.
Frio; Don Moseley, 223 S. Bee;
Alvin D. Matual 230 Redwood
Dr.; Lillie Rodriguez, 502 S.
Rio; Lonnie H. Williford, 507
S. Bee; Javier Villareal; Gau-
dalupe Lopez, 107 S. Frio; Ed-
ward C. Coatney; Car lota De-
Luna, Duval St.
New arrivals at summer plac-
es-at Lake Mathis are: S. R.
Weber who bought Cion’s Boat
Landing: Mrs. Elizabeth Tur-
cotte at Pernitas Point from
Sarita; J. E, Alexander, Sleepy
Hollow, from Beeville; Henry
W. Brooks, Lakeshore Gardens
from San Antonio; Rosie San-
chez, Arrowhead from Corpus
Christi.
If you don’t have time to stop
and talk to these new people,
then smile real big! A smile
goes a long way!
can looked into the matter of
buying feed in pellet and ground
form. He has found that he didn’
save a thing by growing
his own feed and that the
boys from the feed store de-
liver it right to the feed lot
and he doesn’t get the dust that
he did when he was growing
grinding and mixing his own
feed.
Duncan keeps a meticulous
set of books on his operation
and can tell right off what it
costs to raise a calf maintain
a cow or what factors enter
into the overhead costs of meat
production. He says that in
order to make an operation pay,
one has to stay right with it,
like a “Bunch of chick-
ens.” The once dreaded fly
problem has about been brought
under control, since the screw-
worm eradication program got
under way, but the cow-fly still
persists, and so to give the herd
relief from this anoying pest,
it has to be sprayed periodi-
cally. The calves are subject
to scouring, and this ailment
is best dealt with by proper do-
sage of anti-biotics. Dundan says
that he has got to be a pretty
good vetinarian, and from the
looks of his healthy cows, we
must agree.
The ranch runs Santa - Ger-
trudis stock for the most part,
because Duncan says that he
has less calving trouble with
that breed. He has run beef-
master, but now thinks that he
is settled, with the exception
of adding Charlois bulls to his
herd.
Duncan raises calves the year
round, and creep feeds them
all the time. He likes the idea of
having something for market all
the time. He sells his production
to an area packing company,
and rarely ever bothers to
make the cow sales that are
common in this section. He said
that he had tried that in years
past, but had come away from
such sales a time or so, feeling
he had got his ears beat down.
Bob keeps his cows vaccinat-
ed for black - leg, looks after
their well being and comfort
every day. When he sees one
of the herd lown, he goes over
and pretty soon he has made a
diagnosis, and is off to the feed
store for what he believes is the
right medicine.
Since he doesn’t farm any
more, and doesn’t have the ma-
chinery problem to look after,
he can be more attentive to
the needs of the herd. He says
that cow raising is like any-
thing else now, one has to de-
pend on volume, recalling that
it costs more to produce a cow
now than it ever did, and that
the price of meat is down, so
in order to make the business
go, one has to multiply his smal-
ler units of profit, by greater
numbers of cows.
Mrs. Duncan teaches school
in Mathis elementary grades.
The two children are married.
Bobbie and family live at Port-
land, and Ruth and family
live in Dallas.
The Duncans belong to the
Methodist church.
CLEANUP—
Continued From Page 1
hasn’t been a definite set of
written qualifications or respon-
sibilities on the city records.
The positions of city secretary,
corporation judge, grader oper-
ator and two police patrolmen
are currently open and seek-
ing applicants. In the new bud-
get, Chavez said that the start-
ing salary for a patrolman is
proposed to be $375 plus $25
per month clothing allowance,
upped from the present $325.
The mayor said that a federal
bill recently passed, totaling
$400,000, is for the up-grading
of the nations small town po-
lice forces and that application
will be made in behalf of Math-
is.
“We’re going to start adverti-
sing the job vacancies on our
staff just as soon as this year’s
budget is presented and approv-
ed by the citizens of Mathis”
Chavez said.
BERRY—
Continued From Page 1
you know they have plenty of
keepsakes to show their friends.
Clifton said that with all the
photographic equipment he was
lugging around, he left it up to
the women folks to bring sou-
venirs for the family.
While in the islands, Clifton
checked the yellow pages of
every town they visited for plas-
tic manufacturers and found
none. So, in spite of himself, he
did stay away from the plas-
tics business for thirteen days
this year. He is office manager
lor Texas Plastics, Inc., Texas
Polymer Division, Mathis, Tex-
as.
At press time, the pictures
taken by Clifton hadn't come
back from the photo company,
so therefore no accompany-
ing shots of their trip - a real
highlight of the vacation year
for the Mathis residents.
MENGERS— '
Continued from page 1
old age.
Great success has been achiev-
ed in the United States,
especially in Texas. Ranchers
with Angus and Hereford herds
are using the Charolais in cross
breeding to attain the size, ear-
ly maturity, and meat quality
they can’t produce with their
present strains.
'Leroy Mengers is running his
Charolais bull with a herd of
Angus and Hereford cows con-
tinually. Included in the herd
are the 3 Charolais cows he
started out with two years ago.
“Calving is easier with the Char-
olais strain,” Mengers reports,
“because they have long,
slender bodies and long legs,
instead of the short, bulky body
of other cattle.” Then there’s
another reason for going to the
Charolais. They don’t catch this
pink eye that affects the Here-
fords.”
“Since I sell off my calves
at 7 or 8 months of age, I’ve
found that the charolais crosses
are weighing from 50 to 70
pounds more than the Angus or
Her ef ords. This additional
weight doesn’t cost a thing, be-
cause these cattle all graze
and feed on the same thing. I
have coastal bermuda and some
sudan that they seem to thrive
on.”
Mengers said that he knew
there were four or five other
ranches around Mathis who are
in the Charolais cross - breeding
business and all have had won-
derful results.
As we were leaving his place,
I asked him where he had
purchased his start of Charolais.
He chuckled and said that he
had gone to a stock show up-
country and found just the bull
he wanted, It turned out
that the owner of this special
bull lives just a few milos from
Mathis. Oh well Leroy got the
bull, and also start in what
has proven to be a very suc-
cessful business venture.
HOLLEMAN—
Continued From Page 1
Holleman heard of the possi-
bilities of farming in Clay coun-
ty about the time that he was
18 years of age, so he went up
to see about the matter. He was
lucky, got a job with a far-
mer, and at a good salary too.
The pay was $30.00 per month,
and the fringe benefits were
room board and laundry. Here
he saw, and used the two mule
cultivator for the first time in his
life. He stayed with this good
thing for two years, and only
terminated his work when he
helped fight a grass fire one
day, and as a result of the
smoke and exhaustion, took
pneumonia.
Upon recovering from his
illness, Holleman decided that he
would further his formal edu-
cation, and so enrolled in Hill’s
Business school in Waco, but
Chis venture was short lived, as
the building burned after he
had been going for a few weeks
so he went back to Wealthy,
where he ran a general store.
Holleman recalled his two
years in Clay county as being
full of new experiences. Aside
from using a cultivator, fighting
a prarie fire and living away
from home, he assisted in wheat
harvests common to that sec-
tion. He mentioned that at har-
vest time, the wheat was cut
with a horse drawn binder,
shocked by hand, hauled to the
steam powered thresher in wa-
gons, had the binder - twine
cut by hand, and thrown into
the machine in the same man-
ner. Farmers exchanged work,
and threshing time was a big
event. The women cooked piles
of food, which was hungerly
consumed by the 30 or so men
engaged in the business of thre-
shing.
Maude Smith moved with her
family to Sandia in 1914, and
that is how Henry came to dis-
cover this part of the country.
He came to claim her hand
in marriage, carried her ack to
Wealthy, where they lived until
1921. The couple was married
in Mathis by Methodist prea-
cher Gordon, who stood by the
front wheel of the Holleman
buggy, in front of his house,
and said the words that have
endured these 54 years.
In 1921, the Hollemans left the
town of Wealthy, and came
to Sandia to get that way rais-
ing watermelons. They chang-
ed their method in their quest
for financial stability, and in the
fall of 1922, opened a general
store, along with Mrs. Holle-
man’s brother. The store operat-
jed in the bottom floor of
two story building known as the
Porter building until 1926, when
the business was sold to a Mr.
Van Wagner of Mathis.
In the fall of 1927, Henry
Holleman, and Jim Smith again
ventured into general mer-
chandising, and with Kenney
Schlabach as a new part-
ner, opened a store next door
to the building presently occu-
pied by the postoffice. The busi-
ness operated on credit all the
way said Holleman, they bought
from the wholesaler on credit,
and sold to the general public
on credit. This, of course, was
destined to run into trouble, and
when it did, the partneship was
desolvcd, with Schlabach taking
the accounts, Smith the build-
ing and Holleman the stock. The
division of assets seemed to
have worked out well, since Sch-
labach was in the bank, he kept
a finger on the economic pulse
of the community , and when
the conditions were favorable, he
would ask for a payment
on accounts past due, and us-
ually he got some money. About
that time, the area was fa-
vored with three straight years
of good cucumber crops, and
farmers were able make
some money.
The Hollemans remember
when there were no paved roads
from Sandia to Beeville, and
recall the inconvenience of try-
ing to travel in rainy weather,
under those conditions.
Holleman built the Qounset
type building that the store now
occupies, and moved in with a
new slogan. “Cash Only”. His
son Kenneth entered the busi-
ness with him in 1943, and then
he retired in 1957, Kenneth
bought his dad’s part, and be-
came sole owner.
The Holleman store was rob-
bed about three times of money
and merchandise, but the most
memorable theft was staged at
their ihme while they were
having some of their children
in for a week's visit. The thief
came in the house through a
window, took Henry’s pants off
the bed post, threw them in
the front yard, and tossed the
bill fold away further down the
street. About $30. was taken.
No arrests were made, but the
family still marvels at the bold
manner in which the prowler
made off with the loot.
Since retirment in 1957, Hen-
ry says the only trouble he has
with the missus is that she
don’t think he knows when he
should quit work. He has an
18 inch power mower and he
keeps his own yard, and four
vacant lots mowed.
The Holleman’s have nine chil-
dren, Theo, an architect teach-
er at A&M, Opal, who is Mrs. Jon
Miller and lives at George West
Lynell, who lives at Luling,
Milton, a TV mechanic who lives
in Austin, Inez who lives at
Poteet, Merleen, lives at Alice,
Maurine, the baby of the family
is an Air Corp career man,
stationed in Florida, Kenneth,
who lives in Sandia, and opera-
tes the Holleman Cash grocery,
and Lothelle who lives with her
parents.
Henry is 87 years old, says
that he can and does eat any-
thing, as long as it is a com-
ponent of a balance diet. The
family is thankful to note that
none have been seriously ill, and
that they have never lost a child.
He docs take an hour or so off
for a siesta every day, and
attributes his good health to
following a regular schedule of
activity. We must agree, and
wish him many more.
CLEAN UP SALE
We are offering the following merchandise at dealers cost or below in order
to dean and reduce inventory.
131” with 8’A ft. bed with step sides. 700x15 6-piy tires, with spare, heavy
duty chassis, heater and defroster, all safety features required by Federal Law.
V-304, 200 hp. engine. Side mtd. spare tires, 11-in., 12-spg., heavy duty clutch
International Harvester, Long Wheel Base Pickup......$2195.00
No. 30, I.H. Stripper, Basic, Less Conveyor................ $2375.00
I.H. 503, Grain Combine, 6-row, Cpt......................... $9695.00
I.H. 403, Grain Combine, 6-row, Cpt.........................$8395.00
F-756, Diesel Tractor Loaded ...................................... $7095.00
F-856, Diesel Tractor, Loaded ......................................$7475.00
Wide guide wheel, fiberglass watertank, P.S., basket, ext,
416, 2-row, I.H. Cotton Picker................................ $13,765.00
1—6-ft. Pull Type Rotary Stalk Cutter............................$395.00
OTHER GOOD BUYS AT REDUCED PRICES
Krause, Tandem 13’7” Disc Harrows............................$975.00
John Deere or I.H. most popular sizes. Oty,
22”, Middlebuster Points. 4 or More ....................each $9.75
Nt 2,3 -Bottom Heavy Duty Subsoiler, 3-lt Hitch........$468.00
16”, 4-bottoms slatted spring trip beams.
No. 642, I.H. Reversible Moldboard Plow....................$1450.00
3-bottoms, slatted, 3-pt. hitch, spring trip beams, 14” bottoms.
No. 314, I.H. Reversible Moldboard ............................ $850 00
I.H. 9-A, 7 ft. Tandem Disc Harrow................................$475.00
42” cut, 10 hp. hi-float tires, electric starting, mdle 104.
Cub Cadet. Tractor with Mower .-...................................$835.00
Recoil, with compression release starter.
Cub Cadet. Model 60, 32” Cut, Riding Mower............$375.00
USED EQUIPMENT BARGAINS
B-450 — Diesel Tractor, approx. 2000 Actual Hours .... $1600.00
Krause Tandem Disc Harrow, Wheel Controlled .T......$350.00
1-row Cotton Pickers, On H Tractors........................$500.00 ea.
1—4-row Case Cultivator, As Is, Where Is....................$25-00
See our Parts and Service Dept, for your parts and repair needs
during your harvest and early plowing season. Complete parts and service on
all we sell, as well as most all farm and Ind. machinery.
Bank Rate Financing Available Cn Acceptable Credit.
Mathis Equipment Company
GOOD DEALS AND FAST SERVICE
KI 7-2301 i
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McBride, H. H. The Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 27, 1968, newspaper, June 27, 1968; Mathis, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1205891/m1/6/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mathis Public Library.