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HONDO ANVIL HERALD, HONDO, TEX Ac
i Friday, December 18, 1959 *
Page 2
Editorials ★ ★ Features * ★ Columns
Good Time to Pay Poll Tax
More than a month still remains be-
fore the poll tax rush begins. Too often
the time slips by before one realizes it,
especially with t h e holiday season in-
tervening. The best time to pay the poll
tax is right now — then you don’t have
to worry about forgetting it.
The new plan whereby the poll tax
may be paid by mail should have a little
effect toward increasing payments. Real-
ly, the number should be double or tri-
ple that of t h e corresponding date in
1358. At that time people were paying
their poll tax for a political off year. They
now face t h e most important election
year since 1952, at least. A historic presi-
dential race is brewing; Texas will elect
a governor and other state officers; vot-
ers will have to pass upon constitutional
amendments; and undoubtedly county,
city and school elections will come up.
Incidentally, the recently announc-
ed drive to abolish the poll tax in Texas
should have no adverse effect whatso-
ever on poll tax payments for next year’s
elections. First, two-thirds of the Legis-
lature’s members must vote at a regular
sessions to submit a constitutional amend-
ment; that cannot be done before 1961.
Then the state electorate must, subse-
quently approve the amendment in order
to make it effective.
Citizens of Hondo and Medina Coun-
ty can have a voice in their government
if they pay their poll tax. If not, they will
have to live with a government selected
by others.
Agriculture Declining in Texas?
Agriculture is big business in Texas
and don’t you let anyone tell you different-
ly.
It is true that the number of farmers
is decreasing rapidly but in 1958, 40 per
cent of the people in Texas still made
their living off agriculture.
The number of actual farmers de-
creased from 34 per cent of the working
population in 1940 to 11 per cent in 1958,
but at the same time the number of our
employed people who supplied agricul-
ture with their needs rose from 4 per cent
to 11 and at the same time the processors
and distributors rose from 7 per cent to
18.
The totals show that from 1940 to
1958 there was a drop of only 5 per cent,
from 45 down to 40, who make their liv-
ing from agriculture.
As for income, agriculture is second
only to oil. The income from agriculture
in 1958 was $1.9 billion; from oil, $2.9
billion and others that stood high in our
economy were salaries and wages to em-
ployees of manufacturing firms, $1.7;
insurance premiums, almost $.8 and rail-
road revenue a little over $.4 billion.
Agricultural products provided $1,-
027,416,000 while livestock production
amounted to $817,700,000. Home con-
sumption of farm and ranch production
amount to $78,884,000.
The insecticides, fertilizer and lime,
Wm construction materials, machinery,
petroleum products used on the farm,
feeds, labor and other expenditures came
to $1,354,000,000. These expenditures
provided the $1,924 of farm income. To
this the processors and distributing
agencies add an additional $2.5 billion in
value making agriculture a $4.5 billion
industry . . . providing one-third of the
total income for the state of Texas and
employing approximately 40 per cent of
her workers.
Though the per cent of the popula-
tion of Texas that will actually be in
farming is expected to decline to 8 per
cent by 1975, it is anticipated that it will
still require the efforts of 40 per cent
of our working population in the state
agricultural industry as the number of
suppliers, processors and distributors
grows.
-Athens Daily Review
REMEMBER WHEN
PERSONAL APPEARANCE
BY JERRY JUNE BERGER
A lot of Hondoans have sand- ; Surprising as it may seem,
wiched into their busy days a iTexas’ largest city, Houston has!
trip into San Antonio to show ; *>ne no downtown decorating for:
4 .. the past 11 years but this year
youngsters the Christmas lights, > some 0f merchants got to- j
for the city is very pretty this; bether to break the spell. They
year. Street lighting is based chipped in $54,000 to install a |
north Loop 13.
mainly on huge lighted s n o w- i glittering array of Christmas
flakes" and, as is customary, the i hghts and tinsel which they call
more sizeable buildings h a v e I the “Starlight Stairway.” and the
been outlined in colored lights, j during early nighttime
A beautiful skyline view mayl^ours has been as thick as the
be seen from several spots on afternoon 5 o clock rush, accord-
: ing to stories in the Houston
I papers. Undoubtedly, all these
; bright lights are making a de-
lightful impression on anyone in
that area who is under the age
of 12 since they’ve not had the
opportunity to see them before.
For that matter, bet those over
12 are enjoying them too.
Hondo business houses seem to
have gone all out with decorat-
Advertisers appreciate it
when you
Mention
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That's what the home town wants to
know. And that's why yonr newspaper is so
important H brings you the news about the
events and the activities... and the people yon
know ... the people who are important to yon
and to yonr community. Your NEWSPAPER is
that all-important fine of communication between
yon and yom friends. Read your newspapor-
and be informed!
(ItfOCIflTION
ing this year also, there being
only a handfull which are void
of Christmas adornment. Nativi-
ty scenes and religious displays
are included, and this is good.
Busy as all of us seem to be
it is right that we remember
why we are celebrating CHRIST-
mas.
—l-i-b.—
Sometimes, before we see them
over and over, we must admit
being amused by TV commer-
cials. For instance, there is one
ior an underarm deodorant which
shows a marble statue with that
company’s product, and that giv-
es us a good laugh. We admit
that we have seen some art work
that, in our opinion, smelled, but
know full well that deodorant
would not improve the art. We
can’t help wondering if people
are really going to go out and
buy that product. (After all, not
many of us have marble statues
that need deodorizing!)
—i-j.b.—
| At the football banquet Satur-
day night, NONNIE JENNINGS
showed much will power in ful-
filling the requirements of his
diet. Three times he pushed back
his bowl of apple cobbler. (He
did, however, pull it forward two
times, consuming half each
time.)
Master of ceremonies of the
evening was H. R. BURCH. He
had some good jokes to spring
as did SUPT. BARRY and
COACHES JOHNSON, SCOTT,
KING and NATIONS, but the big-
gest laugh of the evening was
caused from an unexpected
source.
Each football player was called
upon to introduce his "date” and
when it came the turn of B
team member WAYNE WEND-
LAND, he stood and said he
wanted to present Miss Blank
Nobody — he had come date-
less.
It Years Ago
Harry Filleman was elected
president of the Hondo Chamber
of Commerce last week by the
Board of Directors.
The annual Christmas Cantata
will be presented Thursday night,
Dec. 22, at Hondo's First Me-
thodist Church, and the public
is invited to attend.
The Hondo Junior Chamber of
Commerce voted Monday night
to donate $100 to the Medina
County Empty Stocking Fund,
sponsored by the Hondo B & PW
Club to help needy families at
Christmas.
20 Years Age
Elstone Oil Company’s No. 1
William Mann, another w i I d-
cat in the county which drilled
to 1,682 feet is having consider-
able trouble to pull casing. Op-
erators plan to pull casing and
test an upper horizon.
The Victoria Stingarees, foot-
ball champions of District 38-A,
and the Hondo Owls, District 37-
A champs, met in Bi-district con-
test on Barry Field here Friday
night, before stands packed and
overflowing with enthusiastic
fans. Victoria won the champion-
! ship tilt by a score of 7 to 6.
I Ed Seekatz, the Mico merchant
j was here Saturday in the interest
) of another bond election in the
! Castroville precinct. Mr. See-
I katz thinks after the poll-tax
j paying time is over, the result
of the voting will be different.
The proposition has been twice
defeated for lack of a two-thirds
majority in recent elections.
30 Years Ago
County Commissioner J. W.
Roberson says he will pay five
cents each on Saturday, Dec. 21,
in Devine, for jackrabbit scalps;
rabbits killed in Medina County.
The county some years ago al-
lowed a bounty for scalps but
discontinued it. Now that rabbits
are destroying crops in places
on irrigated lands they should
be killed. Every two weeks, be-
ginning Dec. 21, Mr. Roberson
will buy scalps — two ears to-
ther forming a scalp.
LACOSTE — The infant son
of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Hutzler
was christened in St. M a r y’s
Church Sunday. The names giv-
en the young man was Ralph
Erwin. Sponsors were Miss Aline
Zinsmeyer and Oscar Hutzler.
E. G. Nicar, geophysical engi-
neer has just finished a detailed
survey of a section of Medina
county and has located a domal
condition in the vicinity of Cha-
con lake. He has made a con-
tour map of the area for Thom-
as and Wagener of San Antonio,
who, it is said, will probably
drill a well on the block within
a short time.
40 Years Ago
As per called meeting of all
ex-servicemen, a large assembly
of men who defended thir coun-
try in the World War, and who
have returned to civilian life af-
ter being honorably discharged
met at the Court House Tuesday
night, December 16th and organ-
ized the American Legion. Fol-
FOR SALE
GOING BUSINESS
GROCERIES AND
DRY GOODS
Complete Inventory,
AH Fixtures.
See J. W. L. Zinsmeyer
Red & White Store
D'Hanit, Taxis
owing is a list of charter mem-
bers: Clyde Hollaway, Rollie
Bless, Andrew Bless, Kingsley
Haralson, Ralph Russell, Mur-
phy Beal, Felix Richter, H. J.
Nester, Oscar J. Bader, Phillip
L. Karrer, Meliff Lippold, Clar-
ence Van Fleet, Wesley McClau-
gherty, Louis Carter, Willie
Crow, Hans H. Rothe, Jeffer-
son D. Howell, Guido Richter,
Alfred G. Brucks, Gus Rothe,
Dan Miller, Roland Rothe, Rob-
ert Breiten, Geo. Schuehle, Mim-
ke Wiemers, Otto Wiemers, Chris
Wiemers, Frank Neuman, Earl
Starnes, O. B. Taylor and W. H.
Smith.
50 Yean Ago
Five hundred and thirty acres
of land, seven and a half miles
south of Hondo, 30 acres in cul-
tivation, 75 acres more could be
cultivated, will be sold at $7.50
per acre, half cash and balance
on terms to suit purchaser.
If you are a Christian practice
Christianity and write it Christ-
mas. Leave it to the Xians who
practice Xianity to write it Xmas.
Cotton shipments for the week
have been 58 bales, bringing the
total for the season up to 3446
bales.
100 Years Ago in Texas
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON
Every precaution it is under-
stood here, has been taken to
guard Harper's Ferry against
disturbance.
The most stringent regulations
will be adopted in regard to the
presence of civilians at the ex-
ecution of John Brown and his
associates. All applications for
passes for civilians within the
military lines on the day of exe-
cution will be refused on the
ground that they will conflict with
the military program for the oc-
casion.
Latter From Brownsville
—Since I last wrote, our af-
fairs here have become decided-
ly worse.
The forces under Captains To-
bin, Tomlinson and Bushnell,
with our citizens, are considered
insufficient to meet the present
force of the enemy.
... At two barricades we have
a 24 pound brass howitzer kind-
ly loaned to the city by Lieut.
Langdon of the United States
Army who commands one of
them himself, doing duty day and
night. The other is under the
command of Capt. Kennedy . . .
who has about 40 citizens to ex-
pand the force and protect the
West side of the city. Another
barricade on the East side of
the city has an old seven pound-
er. This last cannon I found
was under the command of an
officer of the liberal army of
Mexico who with his company
are sent over from the garrison
of Matamoros to assist in pro-
tecting a city of the Great Re-
public from Mexican banditti
who call themselves American
citizens and have been living on
this side of the river. In the
name of Democracy and Repub-
lican principles: What next?
COW POKES
By Ace
Wul, now whose gonna get the gross stoins outta them pants?
GREETINGS:
& SALLY-TATiONS
Letters to Santa
Dear Santa,
I want A Bycycle, A three
year old Doll, a wagon and a
Big crib For my Doll.
Your Friend,
Judy Lee
Finger
Thank you
to Santa from Don Weynand
SMall Fry “Skooter” Horse: Air
Force Pedal Jeep Gunsmoke”
Double Hdster Set.
★
To Santa
from Mitchel Weynand
Dear Santa I want a pump BB
gun and a Paladin gun set and
a Electrc Pin-Ball Game anda
large 34” Shaggy Bear
★
Dear Santa
I want Rabbit target game and
a Pro-Hockey game and Crystal
Radio set and Colt Collector Re-
plicas Ricochet cap Firing Car-
bine
Ns Signature
★
to Santa
from SHERRI
Hi-Chair With Accessories Dial
Phone Set Toy Cash Register
Safe Monkey Structo Coke Ma-
chine Baby Bottles Dishes Dolly
Teddy
★
Dear Santa
I want a electric football game
and a exciting 6-Unit cape Cana-
veral Express and Camper's
Knife and ax set and Brickie
Gun Holster set. Hondo Football
Helmet with a guard.
Santa what is all i want.
Your friend
Mike Weynand
★
1308 21st
Hondo, Tex
December 11,
1959
Dear Santa,
I am ten years old, And for
Christmas I would like a pair
of boots and gloves. That is all
I want for Christmas. And I wish
every body a Merry Christmas
And a happy New Year.
Your friend,
Joey Finger.
★
1610 17 St
December 9, 1959
Hondo, Texas
Dear Santa
I am 9 years old. I go to Meyer
school. I am in the third grade.
I want a big doll and a buggy
too. And doll clothes and I want
you to please bring my baby
brother anything. But best of all
I want you to find Eli’s puppy
if you can.
With Love
Gracie Ramirez
★
709 15th St.
Hondo, Tex.
Dec. 14th.
Dear Santa,
I am six years old. Please
bring me baby toodles. My bro-
ther, Keith, want a rifle. Bring
my sister, Denise, a baby doll
We love you Santa.
Paula Ligon.
6 yrs. old
★
Dear Santa—
I want a Penny Play Pal and
a red shiny wagon. Some doll
house slippers, and a tickle bee
game.
A bigball for tommy taylor
and an elephant and some new
shoes.
Jo Beth taylor
"★
Dear Santa Claus
I want a surrey and dollclothes
and a Pattie Play Pal doll,
and a Basinet
Mary
Catherine Taylor
★
Dear Santa—
I want a Baby-Linda-doll and
a bike and a record player. I
wish you and Mrs. Santa lots of
luck - love. Molly.
★
Dear Santa Claus
I want a doll and clothers Bring
my Baby sister A doll-dishes I
AM 6 year.
Rose Ann Herr
Tis the season to be jolly.
And I might be if I were an
efH^ent person and had every-
t done and ready for Christ-
Wonder sometimes why
lake such a chore out of a
holiday supposed to be observed
in rememberance of the birth of
Christ. The gift giving stems
from the giving of gifts by the
Magi who were wise men of the
East. They were reputedly weal-
thy, too. Too many of us try to
emulate them on poor-church-
mice pocket books. There was a
time when gift giving meant
something you had made with
loving care but now we dash
down to the store five minuess
before Christmas, pay money we
can’t afford for something the
receiver of the gift has no use
for! However — if you’ve al-
ready urchased my gift, don’t
take it back.
GAS
This busy time we make for
ourselves at this season of the
year would leave a painful blank
in most conversations if we didn’t
have something to complain
about. Last year, I had all pack-
ages mailed, baking and candy
making done, cards mailed long
before this time, and whenever
the wails would start about how
much there was to be done, I’d
smugly say I was through and
enjoying my Christmas. You
honestly want to know how I
felt? Like a social outcast! Ab-
solutely nothing to talk about and
a let-down feeling because I
wasn’t in the swim of things up
to my nose and going under for
the third time with things to do
and places to go. So, this year,
BY SALLY BRUCKS
I’m griping and I’m happy, so
I guess ’tis the season to be
jolly!
GAS
Don’t know about you, but my
nomination for Man-of-the-Month
is that familiar-rotund-red-garb-
ed-figure known as Santa Claus.
The idea we have of that jovial
gent with the red suit, white
whiskers, blue eyes and red
cheeks began when Thomas
Nast, a famous political cartoon-
ist, drew a Santa Claus for Har-
per’s Illustrated Weekly in 1880.
Actually, the Santa we recognize
today is only 79 years old this
month!
GAS
Santa picked up his transpor-
tation in Lapland, so the story
goes. Reindeer were the means
of travel used in that snow-bound
country, so children were inform-
ed that Santa used an ornate
sled and a team of reindeer in
getting around. Can you imagine
what Santa would look like if he
hadn’t been made popular by
that 1880 drawing and had just
hit the popularity parade in this
year 1959? Probably be shown
as a pilot in a space pressure
suit and a rocket ship. Guess
I’m old-fashioned, but I like
the red-suit, sled and reindeer
idea much better.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Geo. Heiligman, et ux, to Robt.
E. Lucey, Archbishop of the
Archdiocese of San Antonio, WD
to 1 acre of land within Sur.
800, Timothy Montier, Yancey,
$10 etc.
Traditions about Christmas are
made in each family with the
birth of the first child. Our son
Bill was about four months old
when he celebrated his first
Christmas and he had the works,
complete with a sock filled with
toys. He received trains, base-
ed that year by fixing, not only
balls, bats and everything man-
a sock for Bill, but one for his
nish his Dad could find. We start-
Dad as well. To this good day,
the Papa and everyone who
spends Christmas at our house,
receives a sock or a stocking
filled with all kinds of foolish-
ness.
GAS
Many families observe their
Christmas opening of the gifts
on Christmas eve, but in our
family, gifts aren’t opened until
Christmas morning. When I was
a child (which is longer ago than
most of you can remember) 1
never saw the Christmas tree
until Christmas morning when
I burst into the room and saw
it in its full glory with gifts
scattered beneath the branches.
It was a thrill that I shall never
forget and most children in this
day and age never experience.
Nowadays the tree goes up about
the middle of December and it
is old-hat by the time Christmas
day arrives.
G & S
It would be nice if we could
all observe New Year’s Day as
the Chinese do and settle all our
debts for the year on that day.
However, the Chinese don t have
Christmas the week before, eith-
er!
AWKWARD TIME FOR THE PHONE TO RING, we’ll agree. But
there’s absolutely no sense having to run downstairs to answer.
Modem living includes conveniently located extension telephones,
upstaire and down. Black or choice of 9 decorator colors. One-
time-only charge for color. CaLKthe telephone business office.
■ XTINSION PHONBB COST 4t.OO A MONTH PLUS INSTALLATION
Nil ... A MINIATUM PHONE 10 PUCE UNDEt THE t«£E WHEN YOU 0«DE«
An Extension Phone in Color as a Christmas Gift
call Southwestern Bell to order youra
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