News Bulletin (Castroville, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 50, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 9, 1963 Page: 1 of 6
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Deposits at Medina Valley
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August
September
October
November
NEW TERM-Precinct 3 Peace Justice Leon Tschirhart (R) is
sworn in for another 4-year term by C. J. (Mitzie) Schott, notary
public. The ceremony was Jan. 1. Leon was reelected to another
term last November in a spectacular race with his cousin,
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2.50
2.40
1.25
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3.10
4.90
1.75
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1.45
2.60
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5.60
5.40
2.80
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Rainfall during 1962 meas-
ured only 22.05 inches, bring-
ing the total for the past 6
years to 224.46 for an annual
average of 37.41 since the
severe droth broke atthte
end of 7956.
This last year’s moisture
total was the lowest of the
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Castroville Post Office
receipts hit another new high
during the year just ended.
The 1962 receipts amounted I
to $14,566. This compares
with $12,668 in 1961 snd $11,-
302 in 1960. Receipts totaled
$10,491 in 1959.
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TOTALS 35.95 31.45
inch was recorded in October.'
Medina Valley farmers, of
eourse, were hard hit by the
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Two trophy cases were pur-
chased for $100. it was voted;
to contribute $5 to the MicO
Volunteer Fite Dept. '
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Sizing Up A Mail Problem
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is $10,085 annually: -
Bader succeeded Supt. A.
D. Blu at th beginning of
the .1962-63 school term, com-'
ing here from the superinteri-
dent’s post in Sanderson.
' The board instructed the
$100,000 above total deposits
at the closejof 1961. a.
Castroville State Bank’s
Walter Ulbricht and LaCoste
NationalBank’s. A. P. Parma
reported deposits totaling
$2,958,079. This compares
with $2,803,165 at the end of
1961. , ’ 2 ..,,3
t A breakdown shows the La-
coste bank with $2,183,779
at the end of 1962, compared
with $2,095,602 at the close
of 1961.
At the same time, the Cas-
troville bank registered a total
of $774,300 al-lthe end of
1962, while year-end deposits
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ches, slightly above the,.2
inches measured in December,
1961. ’
Moisture wa spotty in
1962. . Heaviest, amount, was
5.80 inches ‘.in April, ; with
2.70 in September and 2.40
in November. i ’
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July,' 1962? while only .20
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for the first time since March.
The average ;was 52.2 de-
grees, or 1.5 degrees below
normal. The mercury reached
32 degrees or below only
once during the month, that
being Dec. 12. . ”
Average wind direction was
north at8.7 m.p.h. There were
19 cloudy, 8 . clear, and 4
partly cloudy days in Decem-
ber, with sunshine only 48
per cent of the possible time.
Light' frost' occurred several
Average temperature for
1962 was 70.1 degrees; 1.4
degrees above normal.
There were. 143 clear, ill
cloudy and ill partly cloudy
days in 1962. Sunshine oc-
curred 62 per cent of the pos-
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With a 1961 total of 3 1.45
u inches and 35.95 inches in
1960. The 1959 total was
40.20?, while the all-time high
was 55.05 inches in 1958. The
1957 total was 38.76 inches. ,
DECEMBER TOTAL ,
7 - ,336,, y o ’’ . *’ a 3
Rainfall during December,
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Local postmasters issued a reminder this week that ex-
tremely small and odd-shaped letters and postcards are banned
from the mail. 2 ‛ " : ii’ - T
Officials said the embargo is designed to speed mail
handlings. - "k ( I 1, " .) . y .2
The ban applies to mail less than 3x4% inches and of anyy.
shape other than rectangular. The ban includes such items as
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, drouth’. FOrtunatdiyt'> there
was n’enough deep moisture
carrying • over from late 1961
to give crops a boost last
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Bader’s contract has been ex- ,
•tended for 2 years through i beaters in the
the. 1964-65 school term.ip
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inflicting"heavy losses on
the vegetable crops. 30.31
There were 4 days of rain- •
fall this past December, the . g — _ .
heaviest total, .90 inch, fall- , 2 banks hit a mark at the end
ing Dec. 29. Rain also was -* "ne2 riht "nn -
measured on Dec. 2, .45 inch;
Dec. 23,. ,70i inch; and Dec.
27, .15 inch. -2
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There will be no increase
in Supt. Bader’s salary which
, in 1961 totaled $707,563:
.0 Overall increase in total
local deposits since the end
of the drouth in late 1956 Ts'
$1 5 million.
Loan business at the 2
banks at the end of 1962 a-,
.mounted to $895,206, com- ,
pared with last year's total
of $875,306. LaCoste bank’s
loans totaled $508,579 at end
of 1962, compared with $512,-
549 at the end of 1961, while
Castroville bank ’ reported
loans totaling $386,627 at the
end of 1962 and $362,757 at
the end or 1961. a
in San Antonio, deposits
totaled $813,230,618, a big
jump over the $739,288,344 a
year earlier. Front National .
Bank was the ■ leader with
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% the proposal, andrepresen-
etatives of the group are being
Nexaskedto attend the chamber
meeting. A vote is expected.
,v In addition, members also
‘will map, chamber projects
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POLIO VACCINE
Medina County health of-
ficials have announced the
third and final phase of the
anti-polio vaccine campaign
will be carried out in Cas-
troville, Hondo, LaCoste,
and D'Hanis on Sunday, Jan.
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for the new year, '
' Albert (Satch) Beck, Rio
Medina, has been invited to
briefly explain the local option
horse race bill proposed in
the legislature for Bexar
County. ? । ‘ ' ■
A special attraction will be
an appearance by Jim Thomas,
the Lone Star Sportsmen, who
will speak and show several
wildlife films. His program at
the December chamber meet-
had to be postponed.
Tschirhart urges all mem-
bers to attend the vital meet-
ing. All business and pro-
fessional men not members of
the chamber are invited.
Refreshments will again be
served, courtesy Of the cham-
MV’S 6-YEAR RAINFALL
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By OSCAR BI EDI GER
(Editor’s Note; As we begin a
new year, those, of us in Medina
Valley owe a big thank* to Mr.
Bied iger for his weather reporting
service published monthly in The
News Bulletin. We look forward;
to his reports in 1963.2
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superintendent to obtain an l
estimate on cost of installing 1
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‛ rooms. Trustees decded to j
investigate the possibility Of -
additional landscaping'at the - +
high school campus.; \ ; g., ,
Supt. Bader reported to the o,
board on completion of doh- ' ’ J
version of the high school I
plant from butane to natural <1
gas. This was accomplished z, <1
during the Christmas holidays. , - -
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Sgt. Marvin A. Schirhart, 34, flew in last week on the
presidential jet which brought Vice President and Mrs. John-
— son home for,the holidays.
I Schirhart is assigned to the presidential aircraft crew
■ . ' which takes care of President Kennedy’s private plane.
■ ? Before leaving Washington, Schirhart was invited to the
I White House Christmas party where he shook hands with Pres-
I identand Mrs. Kennedy. He also received a painting of the
I' White House Red Room as a gift from the Kennedys. Also feted
,-yd A,. and receiving 3 Red Room painting was another local service
I man, Melvin Biediger, son of the Bernard Biedigers,'who served
I A on the Army Signal Agency’s White Ho use; staff. o
I Schirhart is the son of Medina Valley’s veteran Mailcarrier
I \ ? ' Ferdinand and Mrs. Tschirhart, Castroville.
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Chamber To Vote
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On Phone Proposal
”i ? Another large turnout is ex-,
pected when Castroville Cham-
.,l ber of Commere: holds its
7 ' first meeting of 1963 at 8p.m.
; Monday, Jan. 14,. at the Legion
0 2 Hall, r-s-
Major item on the agenda,
, lg-- aceording to Leon Tschirhart,
- ..o.R newly elected president, will
1 > J i be discussion of the planned
30 ' consolidation of the LaCoste
and Castroville Telephone
systems into a free-toll setup.
LaCoste Lions Club already
is on record in approval of
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DRY CONDITIONS
’ Current conditions are not
good, with little deep mois-
„ture. Planting time is, less
than 2 months away, ci-
Severe su bfrezin gw eather
gripped the area in January,
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Schott, Joe L. & Schott, Bobbie. News Bulletin (Castroville, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 50, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 9, 1963, newspaper, January 9, 1963; Castroville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1585194/m1/1/?q=music: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Castroville Public Library.