Squares (lay out squares)

[Frank S]

Phillip it probably had something to do with him being a Mathes and a first cousin to George Curtis Mathes of Mathes coolers which later became the Curtis Mathes Corporation. I remember there used to be a television ad after the corporation was bought out and Curtis had passed away the ad ""read the most expensive television made in America and worth it"". My grandpa made high end custom cabinetry for the company from just prior to WWII until sometime before I was born then He moved to Austin for maybe 7 or 8 years until he retired a to take over the Texas part of the family farms where we wound up living and he remained there until finally selling off at the age of 94 He and my mother spent his remaining years traveling all over the country.He passed away in 1986 1 of my cousins still has several of the Mathes fans and coolers
So I would venture to say the curves were templates or go no go gauges for the things he made while at Mathes coolers