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JIJOW DRl G STORE.
i Gifts’ for Birthdays, Wed-
, for the Boys in the Ser*
.. WINDROW DRUG STOKE.
* E Heath spent the week- ***•"* , # . .
{fc, Antonio with Col. and I Op***tan of trucks, buses and
f D. Eddleman and son,
lANTED—Triple disc plow for
, A J COYLE, 315 Frosi
gidf Ssn Antonio, telephone
„ ltpd
pnt issues of this paper are
d»»tFly Drug Co. at 5c a copy
taxis must have their certificates of
war necessity before applying to the
local war price and rationing board
for their mileage talions, the Chair-
man of the local Hoard said.
Autoists who expect to apply for
supplemental rations to enable them
to drive to and from work should
______ -- . make plans now to share rides with
ns all by informing any in- 0t|,erg needing transportation to
i their jobs, the Chairman also an-
OP CLEANING DOESN’T nounred.
LIT PAYS—PHOOT 125— -—Jt--
HORACE CROW — MODEL HONDO OWLS MEET SABINAL
iNERS.
L Graff was a business cailef
i office Saturday, moving up
it*! to both Farming and The
Herald
91 SALE One
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The Hondo Anvil Herald.
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CONSOLIDATED
OCT. 17. 1103.
HONDO, MEDINA COUNTY, TEXAS, NOVEMBER 20, 1*42.
VOL. 57. No. 20
REGISTRATION FOR GASOLINE
NOW ON
ipCAL AND PERSONAL J
advantage of their
rates and
Registration for Gasoline Ration-
. ig started Thurs.lay, November 10,
*tid will continue through today and
aturday, November 200 and 21st.
Hondo the registration is h< ing
eld in the high s.'honl gymnasium,
ml over the County registrants ar*
toing to their local school:- for regis-
tration.
Medina County motorists, regis-
tering for basic mileage rations at
school house registration sites on
these days must take uiong their ap-
plication forms, listing serial num-
bers of their tires, and their car
registration cards. Chairman of the
Medina County War Price and Ra-
5-,(ionery from 10c to $2.00 (tioning Roard announced.
k r\ ! r liar, linn t mini ■» am..
The ap-
t DRIG CO. | plication form* are now available
’ . ..,,nt|ie. of all kinds, at at service stations, gaiage and oth-
•"*> --------.„.,nnv • • ' «r conveniently located places
throughout the County and should
be picked up at once by any owner
of a passenger car or motorcycle who
does not Ureudy have one.
The rationing board chairman
urged car owners with more than
five tires for each vehicle to dispose
of these excess tires at once, since
the school house registrar cannot is-
sue a mileage ration book to any ap-
plicant who lists more than five tires.
Excess tires can bt sold to the Gov-
ernment through the Railway Ex-
SPARKS
Views and Ravtewa
WwilWi I * -ASM
LONG THRUST—Lieut. Joe Rothe of Hondo, Medina County. Texas, demonstrates the use of the bayonet
| to the second platoon of the Army War Show’s rifle company. lie formerly played football with Texas
A. &l M. College, including the Cotton Bowl game against Forohr.m ir 1941. Lieutenant l’othe
directed his men in close order drill and in the battle action in the Army War Show vhich was in Dallas last
week and in Houston this week. In between appearances in the two Texas cities, Lt. Rothe visited his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Rothe, in Hondo. —Cut used by the Courtesy of The Dallas Morning News.
Being News,
by the
^Managing Editor
THE LOW DOWN FROM
HICKORY GROVE
NEWS NOTES
From The
Navigation School
•-*-A
TONIGHT; DISTRICT CHAM-
PIONSHIP GAME HERE
NOV. 26
The Hondo Owls will complete
two year old * **'hedult* in the North Zone
fci fitly unbroken. Out of the I here Friday night when they meet
I* ,Ullion. Call 968 or sec •th |a'""n W J *^eU at 8 P' M
itfn Rinri1 2tc '*•> B.iriv In 1.1.
1111 The Yellow Jackets haven't faied
liuBonnie Jack ( ameron of Our ;H) w#.|j thi* season and will be trying
fef’.hr Lak' ( allege, San An- nar*l to break into tlo win column
9*fit the week-end with her . ^ |(ar«t fought gumr is in prospect
Mrc Ed * ameron. . >or fans.
It the Boys in the Services—A With the defeat of Del Rio last
«f Gift suggestions approved by Uriuay night, the Owls have clinched
Issued by the Special Service Oflice, AAFNS, Hondo, Texas.
NAVIGATION GROUP MAKES
GRADUATION FLIGHT TO
CINCINNATI
Amt snd Navy. See the list at
BOV DRUG STORE.
iSica Ssathoff, senior student
it Santa Rosa Hospital in San
■». spent Sunday here with her
Mr and Mrs. Hugo Saai
a R tty Jean Merriman, Uni-
fe? <if Texas student, was here
Austin last week-end visiting
'parents Mr and Mrs. Henry
bun.
p RENT (0 act* field, good
house, barns, and other cons
Nm For terms and further
•krs see I. J. SCHMIDT, own-
mdo. Texas. 2tc
1 J Schulte and daugli-
•t* Lucille Hasley, were pleas-
a“,r‘ at this olfice Saturday.
^ Mrs Schulte have recently
N hum Mico to San Antonio,
b Eddie Schumann and little
Joe, arrived Sunday from
iMine m San Antonio to spend
'O with Mrs. Schumann’s pur-
*r *nd Mrs. Willie Britsch.
f HAASS, Attorney-at-Law.
»t residence. Hondo, Texas
* matters carefully attended
Dll courts of Texas. Manager
County Abstract Company.
^ B. Meyer and little son,
alter, returned Saturday
• leo-day visit with Lt. Meyer
« BIim, ei Paso Texas Their
Darker Henry, spent the
H t "grandparents, Dr. and
a-M9yer, here.
If*"’, stid Mrs. John Henry
y two children, Sandra and
Jr, of Camp Barkley,
y. -x*s' arrived Sunday for
m. y,.vil"t with their respective
“r. and Mrs. H. J. Meyer
tne North Zone championship for the
fourth consecutive year, regardless
of the outcome of Friday night's
;ams with Sabina!. The Owls will
piny the Pearsall Mavericks, winner
of the South Zone, for the District
Championship of District 37-A,
Thursday night, November 26, at
V -30 T. M. on Barry Field.
All seats will be reserved for the
game with Pearsall and tickets are
now oh sale at the office of the Pub-
lic Service Co. A very large crowd
is expected and local fans are ad-
vised to get their tickets early. The
reserved seat tickets will remain on
sale through Wednesday, Nov. 25th
Tne final examination for naviga-
tion cadets of Training Group I—a
ound trip navigation training flight
of 15 silver-winged training ships to
the l’irst winter season performance
ii Hondo by Camp Shows, Inc.
Two other shows are scheduled
for December. On December 16,
“F’ying Colors” will be presented ut
the Service Club, and December 29,
Hav Herbeck’s Band will appear.
The cast of the “Arsenic and Old
Cincinnati, Ohio, and return—was J Lace" performance here has not yet
completed successfully Monday with been announced.
return of the planes to the AAF
Navigation School.
Personnel of the flight, directed
by 1st Lt. William M. Ashmore,
flight leader, included 31 cadets and
student officers. Pilots, co-pilot*,
"iivigation instructors and enlisted
men made up the remainder of the
flight peisonnel.
Included in those making the Cin-
cinnati flight were two Navigation
cadets from Ohio, William C. Foil-
mer, Cincinnati, and Leo L. Gladin,
The three December shows are the
first of several to be brought ta |
Hondo through the Red Circuit of
< amp Shown, Inc., of which the AAF}
Navigation School is now a member.
Announcement of the schedule was
made this week by Capt. C. A. Baril, |
’penial Service Officer.
lormed, and directed by enlisted men
of the various navigation training
aqnwdpons.
based on the Broadway comedy.
“Hclzapoppin”’, the “Funzapoppin”’
revue was directed by Pfc. Sammy
•Jchachter, former member of Ean
Carroll Vanities. The show was pre-
sented under the supervision of
'apt. C- A. Baril, Special Service Of- | *
fiat. |»
The first night’s performance was *
Tor navigation cadets and glider pi *
into, and the second performance was 1 *
o.fierrs, enlisted men, and civilian I *
employes. Following Friday night’s
Jiow, S/Sgt. Doug Ackley and lus | *
| A AT'HS orchestra played for dancing
| at the Service Clu»V
The '“Funzapoppin”’ revue con-
sisUst of four skits, and several mu-
tual numbers. Performers included
,**vt nil enlisted men with profession-
al stage and radio experience. In
ilie cn.»t were Pvts. Hank Ainbind» r
Roy Stephenson, Bill Fleischman,
Stan Fleischman, Alfred de la
Fuente, end W. Schoefield.
1 see where the War Produc-
tion Board is clamping down
on things we don’t need and
which interferes with supplies,
like copper, etc., that is needed
for bullets. It is about time,
sr.ys Henry. And the dams and
power-houses not needed to
make a list as long as your arm.
And furthermore, he says, most
of ’em were out in the sage
brush.
A jack-rabbit, I says, should
rot have much use for electric
lights, trying to keep Henry
wound up. When he is wound
up he talks without frills. Jo-
sephus, he says, the buddies of
this nation who are making a
drive for Socialism and a nice
lifetime job. are the gents in
the woodpile. And put this in
you*- pipe, he says, and smoke it
—if those Bureau Boys ever get
u firm grip on the electric busi-
ness, tl-ey are gonna branch out.
Do you think we will ever have
Govt, harbors, I says, and if so,
how ubout guys without excess
hair, I says. Can the Socialists
grow hair? On a dome like
yours, he says, they could grow
anyth ing—and he headed for
he me.
Yours with the low down,
JO SERRA.
* •
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■ DON’T
GET IMPATIENT ABOUT
SEWERS
One thousand seats are to be
d > ed in the Service Club to accom-t
ndato the crowds expected for the
X'rfcrmance. Capt. Baril said at-
dnneo will probably be limited to
It’crp. Gere Quinn. Pvts. John Roopo
Toledo. Pilots 1st Lt. Roy 0. Hern, j numbers of the army forces only,
of Norwood, Ohio, and S Sgt. Ste- J p}iert, WM be no admission charge. 1 the Jewish U
pheti O. Franko of Struthers, ( hio4 j 8h0ws are an entertainment ser-
um! one photographer, S/Sgt. James vjrp pro.^Tied through the Special
G. T. Moorhead of ( incinnati, also I .:(.rvjces Division of the War Departi
Hondo needs a sewer system!
Mu-hcal and vocal selections were Wo are 8,1 about a*reed on th»*
fuJiished by Sgt Samuel La Birt, ffi,k"t“Bfter # C0Up,e °f decades of
Every day the need becomes more
bers of the AAFNS orchestra, Sgt .u.r^nt and 80me are ^‘ttin» imP«“
Kriohn°ciasner' Sid<l ^ The 8tWer ProJect has "ot bee«
/ “Funzapoppin’” has also been pre. I forgotten-but it takes time to ac-
! rented at Fort Sam Houston and at
geHn5
^,lor' Cadet Dick Reavis of
a recent transfer
biul to Hondo, was a
l j J.*?* at this office Sat*
awlcivil>»r' life Cadet Reavi*
'r*n^w?f l. man’ and came in to
* hreath of printshop at-
a- ^ ^°the, who_ is traveling
spent
War Sh,,W* BPl‘nt
I «r week with his par-
Ir^ndr,Jf.rH- L- F. Rothe. He
to ii. ,UH and from hero
M thi, u whert‘ the show
htb. lnP,e'(- While in Dullas,
L and sister. Mr.
I. Jr. *'ovis, ntui two sons,
1 P»ri. 1 0|i,e> drove over
k *• t'A and the pi r
lill^ Britsch re
*«ek. i»ii from their son, Joe,
1 |,'lf l,am that he has
.j'1 Sergeant in the
Uu/p' .: ned sonru
S'lVm. , ' und wrote that
1 'hi* Jt "wnmning every da,\
huig. ''rF night, and that lie
'* «h (I ^nv'i Herald ami it-
’"‘Ws about his
b '' would like to have
NOTICE TO RED CROSS
WORKERS
Volunteer workers are needed im-
mediately for cutting and sewing of
garments, for knititng and for roll-
ing surgical dressings for the Red
Cross. Please come to the Red
Cross room located in the southeast
room over the R. E. A. office in
Hondo to do the work you prefer:
Bolling Surgical Dressings—Tues-
day at 2 P- M.
Cutting and Sewing—Wednesday
and Friday, 10 to 12 A. M. and 1:00
to 5:00 P. M. (Sewing may be done
at home.)
Yarn for knitting will be issued
Tuesday at 2:30 P. M.
MRS. M. L. McDOWELL,
Volunteer Service Chairman,
American Red Cross.
GETS FIRST DEER
liming to
of the n«
deer of the new hunting season,
which opened Monday, November 16,
Elroy Gerdes rode into town early
Monday morning with a fine deer
tied to the front of his car. The
buck was a five-pointer and weighed
78 pounds dressed. Elroy killed the
deer a little after sun-up on the
ranch of his father, Mr. Louis
Gerdes, about ten miles north of
Hondo.
Ranchmen report deer and turkey
plentiful in Medina County. Ali
though the warm weather has been
unfavorable for hunting, many deer
have been killed. The sportsmen
have not been as successful in bag-
ging turkeys.
j L « » - -n-
NOTICE, FIRST AIDERS
To those interested in the Ad
vanced First Aid course, there is still
timi to enter next Wednesday night
Hi 7 T. M as there was not enough
registered to start last Wednesday
The first class will start next Wed
Msduy. This is entirely practice
work and review of the Standard
nurse. Tin class will la t three
hours and will he taught on three
consecutive Wednesday nights.
IRIS BADER,
Chairman. First Aid
Geo. Kami was a business caller
at this offin HfliunUy.
were included in the flight roster.^ {-vert. Three circuits of Camp
'Ii
S. O. in San Antonio.
★ ★
NAVIGATION SCHOOL OFFICERS
GET PHYSICAL TRAINING
The flight itinerary was to Jarkt show's, Inc.
son City. Miss., then to St. Louis,
und on to Cincinnati. Planes return-
ed via the same route.
the Red, White, am
Blue circuits—are now sending thei
trnups throughout the nation to play
at Army Camps fo' the entertain-
complish such an undertaking.
And to hurry is risky business, for
in such undertakings mistakes can-
not be afforded.
Our City Council is moving as
fact as is expedient and has assur-
ance from Federal Works Agency's
Regional Director Southwest Region,
James W. Bradncr, Jr., that he has
A comprehensive program of
ptiysir.il training for all officers of
the AAF Navigation School, under | recommended to the Central Office
Natation cadets of^ Group Mvha meet'of the‘p^sonnel'of th‘r.'rm"4i | of phyJi0^"tra'n'ir,2“"® ^ Wa8h-in^°.n tbat thc “Project bo
successfully completed the flight forct.S-
problem will be graduated Nov. 28 1
as members of Class 42-16.
★ ★
WAR BOND CAMPAIGN UNDER
WAY AMONG CIVIL SERVICE
EMPLOYEES
★ ★
190 TONS OF SCRAP METAL
COLLECTED FROM NAVIGA-
TION BUILDING LEFT-
OVERS
Nearly 100 tons of scrap metal
left from the construction of the
buildings and warehouses of the
An active campaign for the pur-
chare of more war bonds was under
wav in full force this week among j AAF Navigation School were being
tht civil service employees of the ; added to the growing pile of wrap
AAF Navigation School under the l materia! on the field this week as tho
direc tion of Capt. T. F. Staudt, bond current drive neared its completion,
officer. 11 Lt. Donald F. Halfpenny, post
"Victory Volunteers” have been salvage and reclamation officer, an-
appointed in nil the various depart-
ments of the field. First of the
“volunteers” to report was Miss Lois
Webb, in charge of bond subscrip-
tions in Navigation Cadet Training
Group No. 2. Miss Webb submitted
a survey of the workers in her de-
partment, showing the percentage
now subscribing for bonds.
nounced that government trucks
were collecting the scrap, which In
uudes castings and other metal ma-
terial, from points on the field, and
assembling it with the remainder of
the collected scrap matter by the C.
and E. Warehouse. Lt. Halfpenny
said he expected to collect about 100
tons of the material from the field
The bond buying campaign, which j alone
began Nov. 1, will continue until 90
percent of the civil service employees
on the field are contributing ten per-
cent of their pay for bonds.
At the same time, a new campaign
among enlisted men of the field in
announced. The new bond purchase
campaign will bo on a “rank” basis.i
That is, each enlisted man will be
asked to contribute an amount each
month in proportion to the puy of hin
rank. This money is applied toward
the purchase of a war bond.
First reports of the success of the.
“rank” system were made by Ihe
845th Navigation Training Squad-
ron. This group, through the activi-
ties of Captain Richard H. Fash<
commanding officer, ami first Sgt.
Paul R. Rose, increased its monthly
bond purchases by 225 percent.
The “rank” system of buying
bonds will h< tried in all other squad-
rons soon, ('apt. Staudt announced.
it it
“ARSENIC AND OLD LACE"
SCHEDULED FOR AAFNS
PERFORMANCE
"Arsenic and Old Lace,” the clev-
er comedy of two old minds with a
cellar full of dead men iumI poison-
ous wine, will be presented at the
\AF Navigation School Service Club
‘ Wednesday night, December 2. a*
Nearly all of the available scrap
metal and rubber in Medina, Uvalde,
Bandera, Zavala, and Frio counties
■ its been collected and brought to
the Navigation School collection
uump, thc salvage officer announced.
But anyone knowing the location
of any more available metal or rub-
ber is asked to telephone the AAA
oftue in Hondo. Government trucks
will be sent out to pick up thc ma-
terial.
Total amounts of thc various scrap
items collected in the drive of the
past two months have been estimat-
ed by Lt. Halfpenny as follows: 236
pounds of aluminum, 246 pounds of
brass, 217 pounds of copper, 2:*6
pounds of lead battery plates, 400
pounds of automobile radiators, 113
tons of scrap iron, 1,126 pounds of
mixed scrap rubber, 4,819 pounds of
automobile the t. and 866 pounds of
truck tires.
it it
CAPACITY CROWDS SEE "FUN-
ZAPOPPIN" REVUE
Capacity crowds jammed the in
tenor of thc A »!■ Navigation Scnnol
rter ice i lub, and i cupivd all avail
able standing room last Thursday
and r .*klt y nights to see the twin
performances of “Funzapoppin'’
the satirical revue, produced, per*
j being organized ut the Navigation
I School this week.
Tiie program, designed to improve
thc vtroiifrth, endurance, and agility
t:f the o'i firers, prescribes a mini-
mum of five hours of training each
week, one hour each day, five days
per week.
All oil iters of the Navigation
School, except those instructing oi
on flying missions ut the time sched-
uled for the training, will partici-
pate .
★ ★
CAPT. NEGL.EY IS APPOINTED
AAFNS ADJUTANT
('apt. Don L. Negley, former as-
sistant ad j u ta nt, has been promoted
to adjutant at the AAF Navigation
•.school, succeeding Cpt. W. K. St
ri.me, who is now adjutant at the
A A r Navigation School at San Mar-
cos.
_ UapL Negley came to the Hondo
Navigation School from Kelly Field,
whew be was assistant personnel ad-
jutant. Prior to his assignment to
active duty with the Army Air
Ken vs, be was president of an in-
visk.mont and banking company, Neg-
!«.•>. Jens, and Rowe, Peoria, 111.
Ht attended Officers’ Training
School at Miami Beach, Fla., receiv-
ing h»s capUiii’s commission in April.
★ ★
DALLAS FATHER AND SON EN
LIST TOGETHER AT AAFNS
I approved with an allotmc>>t of $98,-
124.00 to Federally construct a col
! lector system consisting of 6”, 8”
and 1(1” Vitrified (’lay sewer pipe-
• ines, two 10" outfall lines to dis-
posal plants, and two separate and
identically constructed disposal
plants.”
This arrangement is intended to
obviate the need for pumps to <lia-
nose of the sewage and should give
the town an adequate sewage dispos-
al at a very moderate cost, both for
installation and subsequent opera-
tion
Due to the importance of this pro-
ject, to the sanitary safety of the ad-
jacent Air Navigation School, it is
confidently hoped the Central Of-
fice will assure its construction by
‘•riving its approval to the proposal.
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CITY CONTRACTS FOR SALE OF
REVENUE BONDS
m 1exa« futher and son, Otis C.
Woodruff, Sr., 44 and Otis C.
Wr, nfi ff. Jr , 18. of Dallas, have
diluted together at the AAF Navi-
gation School and are now techni-
cian* assigned to the 8 17th Naviga
jtioi. Training Squadron.
The Woodruffs formerlj operate I
| j tire “Imp hi Dallas,
j Tie filler's i utc‘.ment is his sec-
I > nd in m many World Wars. He
[ served over (-as in World War I fov
| 18 inont) as a number of the 21si
t ii ,n Artillery, Fifth Division, Fifth
i Pi ■ .de, fought in tin- 1 ittl*» of St
'Mihulc, und wu- ii member of tin
\iuencan \rm\ of Occupation. IB
went ovciaeas aboard the Leviathan,
on i'.o giant w-el’s first trip after
• '*ure from Germany.
Mn Woodruff. Sr., and a young
tContinued on last page)
On the evening of Nov. 12th, tho
(My Council of Hondo accepted tho
sid of Drummer & Co. and Rauschcr
Pierce & Co., bonding houses of San
Antonio, for the purchase of the pro*
posed $8-3,000.00 City of Hondo
Electric Light and Power System
Revenue Bonds. The hid was at a
straight 2-8/4f;l interest rate. This
bid is better than the Cities of San
Antonio, New Braunfels and Bocrno
received on their revenue bonds is-
sued for the purchase' of their elec
trical systems.
( The delivery of these bonds may
-'c m; de at any time before Jan,
12th, 1013, but now it is dependent
on the outcome of the special election
requested of the City by some of the
residents The City is negotiating
for electric power with which to fur-
nish electrical energy to the local
t:*rrn.
The City Council are due commit-
uifauon for getting such a favorable
bid ,»n thi revenue bonds it proposes
I to issue. Here is n chance for the
• itv of Hondo to own and operate
,ts own electric light und power
Mi in u'id it ii. to be paid for solely
revenue received from its t
l *tion und no tax can be I
egainst the residents to puy for
I > stem It seems hard to helieve
j(,it> can get something for noth
5(t« Wo
for 39c at
■dbuiv's Shaving
FLY DRUG CO.
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