Three Things About Coots Mathews, A Porter Texas Native

Three things about Coots Mathews, a Porter, Texas, native:

1. He was in the Air Force, as a tail gunner on B-17 bombers.

2. He worked with Red Adair, at the time John Wayne's movie, "Hellfighters," was filmed depicting their escapades.

3. Both he and Boots Hansen, formed their own oil well fighting company, named "Boots & Coots."
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To learn more about him, you're invited Tuesday, at 6:30pm, at the RB Tullis Libarary, in New Caney-
His life, told by daughter, Sharon Mathews Scott, and sister, Maurine Mathews, at a special meeting of the East Montgomery County Historical Society.
-Mary Elizabeth Rumsey-
Three by M.E./Rhymes of the Times