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D’Hanis Doings
A round up of Local, I’enumai and Business Itama gathered weekly
by our regular Correspondent
Miss Josie Kothe
, Ui whom all Itama intwigtf G>r thm column *houl<| hr hantJad not
later than Medne-day ii<---n of rarh work Mi** K"thr la
authorised to collect and receipt for money dua thta papar.
D’HANIS. TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1937
D'HANIS CELEBRATES NINETI-
ETH ANNIVERSARY
rd h\ group of able a«*i*tant*, too
nuniaroua to mrntiul,
again*! invai
• v» *• that thr auilohi
or 11
I
SPARKS
Baiaf Nawa, View* and Kariaai
By tba
MANAGING EDITOR.
Othrr new* of thr pa*t wi-«-k will
appear m thr m xt i vir --! thi*
papar.
I’ntirr thr au*pire* of thr D’Hani*
Kurt Lincoln Hiatorical \**ociation
thi* community observed thr nineti-
ii v of it- • Uahli-hroi nt
-•la . Max 2«- wi* i!i D’HANIS THE ONLY TOWN WITH
M TWO MONUMENTS.
Thr observance np>-nod with thej ————
aolerm dedication ->f a monumentj Interested persons communicating
presented to thr town by the State j with headquarter* at Ausin have
< f T* „nd which had lx- erected verified thr fact that D’Hani* is thr
rear thr ruins of St. Dominic’s| "nly community in Texas which re-
rhurch at Old D’Hani* The scene I ceivnl two Centennial monument*
on this morning wh- ttnpres*ive ami from the State. This town, there-
picturesque, with th* old ruin nrd f«'e. must hr considered of unusual
its churchyard of decorated graves historic merit, as records are sifted
in thr background. and hundreds of thoroughly by the Histroic Commis-
deserndants of those buried there *i<>n before designating any spot for
gatheied to do them honor. 'u,h markers as are found at Fort
A group of the American Legion of {•'nt' *n and.at 9*d.^ Hanis. *'n the
Uvalde formed a guard. with thr atter m^nption reads as fol-
colors flying. about thr m numrnt, j l®*'; *?*"«>' »a"l\n°w. kn.0*'"
while on thr speakers’ platform. Mr. I?* d J Hams Estab!ish<-d in 184 i
J. P Ephraim, chairman of the cel-1 bjf families under the leadership
ehration. introduced Mr. Stone oflVf Theodore (,entilz. representing
the San Antonio Chamber of Com-1 H‘ n" f a,tro (1781-1861). distin-
merce as master of ceremonies. ?ul!‘h‘'d . Pioneer and colonizer of
Judo- H. E. Haas* - f Hondo, who »’h» Wtroduced the early set-
wa* instrumental in procuring the of Medina County—Named in
Old IPHanis monument, was the b°"°' . of Guillaume (WtU.am)
first speaker, and his review of the I .D "ian«$*r of *h<* <olomza-
srttlement of thr town wa very en-1 n Society—\\ hen thr Southern
liehteninsr. beinjr sustained by actual; *c,^,c ra^r°H<l missed the town, its
records. He explained the origin of "',t‘zens moved to the Present
the town’s name, and pave a roll of Han,s‘
its first settlers. Then he read an'
YOUR CHANCE TO SAVE
MONEY.
Turn back ripht now to thr front
interesting extract from the journal,
of Father Domeneeh who told of his j
Xian.* >.o u'Hanis in its infancy, when,
he was a Catholic missionary in this
part of Texas. Facts relating to the PaKf of this paper!
erection of the church were also - ^°u *lnd fh* weeks best news
piven. 1 printed on that page.
,,.e dedication speech xvas deliv- , Mr Jame? .of the Green Tag Store
ered by Mr. Herman H. Ochs of San has a bargain message there that
Antonio, known far and wide for hi*! "ho1“,d J>1*a“ tho thfr'ft>' b“>-er-
eloquence. His was a highly insp.r- "« ha’s b(>n "a*h,n* the trend
ing discourse, a worthy tribute to ”'*** J*ar.ket 3"d bu>'lnK •"/ntici-
the pioneer forefathers who settled " of ‘h* upward trend of prices
D’Hanis. as well as other parts of12"‘d he fin,ls heJ7lust Proc.Ure m0,'e
the State. He made a plea to the, flooJ 8PaC* °[ f^uce stocks
present generation of American cit- .. 1 ' hecu t,< to do tbt’ *atu*r Vla
izens for the principles upheld by he selling route ami, accordingly
their ancestors in place of the stru*-■ “ " CUSt°mrrs the bt'nt‘fit
gle for self-aggrandizement, and coiT-i of ^ ^ P"^ Purcba8es now-.
eluded with a prayer to the Al-j n|ake advanta^ of these prices
mighty for strength to be worthy of i an<J 'aV* rT'0nt'y-.now!
such ancestry, i
MARTIN TOMERLIN DIES.
DETECTORS.
By Clayton Rand
More and more the lie-detector
comes into common use thut
electrical invention which regis-
ters the truth when one at-
tempts to dodge it.
Wouldn't it be a fine thing if
somebody would invent some-
thing that would spot the
thieves? Take what a “steal-
detector” would be worth to
local, state and federal govern-
ments alone.
There is in Washington a so-
called “conscience fund"—ever
once in a while somebody sends
in a few dollars ho stole from
the government. Up to now
there is only $600,000 in it, and
everybody knows some one
steals more than that from the
government every day.
Somebody ought to invent a
“steal-detector" and run for
Congress on it. It would do
more to save the country than
a whole flock of post offices
and fish hatcheries, and would
do more good than cash regis-
ters to keep clerks honest.
(Copyright)
SOWING THE WIND.
Martin Tomerlin, 83. retired farm-
After a tribute in which he made j
mention of thp seven men of
D’Hanis ,xho made the wpremi . .. . . .. . .... t, ^ .
rtf ice during the World War. Legion-'■ lr’eef T; . u
naire Williams of Uvalde orderedVt 5
th. squad to fire a .salute. ^ Me.H'r‘a .C°,u,nty andbad
'been in San Antonio 12 years. Fun-
Miss < lara Batot, a great grand- j eral services w ill be held Thur-day
daughter of Jean Batot, the first set-j afternoon by Rev. H. S. Ball and
tier of D Hams, drew a cord which Rev. W. B. Boucher Surviving are
unveiled the monument. two sons, Ben Tomerlin of Hondo
1 he Old D Hams part of the cele-' and Martin Tomerlin of Sabinal; four
bration wa*- planned by a committee daughters, Mrs. I^ottie Littleton, Mrs
under Mr. 0 J Reinhart. Bettie Rogers and Mrs. J. W. Essarv
At 1(1 o clock a parade filed past of San Antonio, and Mrs. Fannie
th. church grounds and continued Sparks of George West; also 20
grandchildren and five great-grand-
children—San Antonio Express.
NOTICE.
To all depositors, creditors and
stockholders of the HONDO STATE
BANK of Hondo, Texas: On the 18th
i f March A. D. i:»:{?. a rcsolu
lion was duly -.dopted at a meeting
of the stockholders of said Bank
that said bank he closed, liquidated
and di solved as provided by law.
37-13tc, D. H. FLY,
, President of said Bank.
RCOMS FOR RENT.
One upstairs bed-room, nicely fur-
nished convenient to bath with hot
and cold water. One ground floor
bed-room, private entrance, cool;
garage furr “bed. —Phone 127 - 3
rings, or apply at Anvil Herald of-
fice. 45 tf
through D’Hanis one mile to the
west. It was led by the standard
bearers, Clemens Finger and George
J!.-e, accompanied by Sheriff Schuehle
and Joe Gross as marshals. They
were followed by Mr. and Mrs. F. J.
Carle in a decorated car for the
Publicity Chairman, and the brass
band of the Lytic High School,
nnich proved a colorful attraction.
Next came a line of ears each car-
rying a number of descendants of
the following original families of
D’Hanis: Ba’ot, Deckert, Finger,
Grossenbacher. Karrer, Ludwig!
Marrtll, Nehr, Ney, Rudinger,
Schreiber, Schumacher, and Wipff.
Among the artistic entries were
the float from Castroville depicting
a Medina River boat, the D’Hanis
Chamber of Commerce car, and the
Commia.'-ioners’ Court; organizations
r*-i>r-->’ ed were the D’Hanis P. T.
A., the F. F. A. of Hondo and of
D’Hanis, the Granges of Knippa and
of D’Hanis, the Castr: ville Chamber
of Commerce, the American Legion
of Hondo. There were special cars
for Rev. Eugene Zuber. for Mr. Val-
entine Nester, the county officials
and the D’Hanis school board. St.
Anthony’s School entered a group of
strollers, while the D’Hanis High
School bu£ carried pupils of that in-
stitution. ( owboys and cowgirls were
there, ami every business house of
D Hanis well a? many of Hondo ’Tis he alone deserves his rest
were represented. A patriotic entry Who on thk day has done his best,
and two comical cars—Castroville t
flappers of ]*;i2 ar.d Amos n’ Andy A boastful spirit is its own con-
(Hondo)—completed the parade, demnation!
which was planned by Mrs. A. J. f
Boog and her committee. He knows little of the value of any
At 11 o'clock a barbecue picnic possession for which he never puid
wa- enjoyed at Fort Lincoln, where the price!
approximately 1600 meal- were sold, Sometimes the greatest wisdom lies
according to Mr. A. J. Finger, chair- in forgetting!
man of the F'ood Committee. j t
During the afternoon a rodeo and He who still has hope is not yet
a keno stand furnished diversions, poor! ’
while the crowd was again entertain- j f
ed by the Lytle Band. Mr. W. N. True greatness lies in great ser-
baathoff spoke to the audience, vice!
dwelling on topics relative to pioneer f
It is a peculiar weakness of the
present day in America to follow
the flouting of one law not by its
enforcement but by the enactment
of another law.
As a consequence, we have more
law and less obedience to the law
than any other people on the globe;
more government and more govern
ment expense and less real protec-
tion from government than is safe
for any people.
F’or instance, the F'ederal govern-
ment and forty-eight state govern-
ments are concerning themselx-es at
the present time about the sit-down
“trike.
And while citizens are denied
the protection amply provided by the
laws we have, you can look for the
enactment of a lot of half-baked and
inconsidered statutes, to be still fur-
ther flouted by both sides to the
controversy.
How can respect for law be ex-
pected of any one when all see it
openly disregarded by enforcement
officers for the benefit of favored
classes?
Fewer laws and better observance
of the few is what this country stands
sorely in need of at the present mo-
ment.
It is good old Anglo-Saxon law
that a man’s house is his castle on
which premises none may trespass.
He who violates that principle is
a laxv-breaker, a criminal.
If a man’s home is his castle and
$50 00 REWARD.
Will be paid for evidence convict-
ng the party or parties who on oi
about Ar;ril 22, 1937, cut my pasture
fence. 4tpd.
FRITZ NIETENHOEFER.
SPARKLETS.
iba* borne I* *u*talnet| Is enlltleil in
i the Mint* protection of the low
You i it it riot do violence to Hint
which «u tain. Ihe hou«e without Vto
lotlttlt the house,
I hi first purpose of an orgMnticd
i oiciety is to protect the individual tn
j the enjoyment of his rights,
When the moh renders the Individ
usl no mishle of defending mdtvid
trally hl« »wn eights, orirsnixed so
ciety government owes it to sll to
»7t promptly and doe Lively in the
I pi "lection of those right*.
I* the government so srting in the
(epidemic of sit down strike* that 1*
• weeping over the country like some
foul peatilenre?
Not so as any one ran tell it!
And in its dereliction of duty gov-
ernment i« sowing the -esd, nt revo
lution
Wholesome laws in the first dace,
| and a consequent cheerful compli
ance with them, is the only certain
safeguard to the permanent peace of
any country, and with that peace the
j safety of life and property.
Just laws and fair and impartial
enforcement of them i* the prerequi-
i site of any orderly society.
To he just laws, laws must con-
I form in all respects to moral law;
ar.d all fair compliance must follow
: the golden rule of respecting the
lights of others as you would have
others respect your own.
Labor needs to learn the simple
lesson that no man or organization of
men owes another a job, or is under
any rightful obligation to retain him
in a job unless he is rendering the
service for which he is hired.
In other words, capacity to ren-
der service and service rendered is
the sole right by which labor can
claim a job.
By the same token, a man has the
right to transfer his service else-
where. as suits his wishes.
But when he cea“<‘s to render ser
vice he relinquishes his claims to any
right to hold the job.
When he sits down beside it, he
becomes a trespasser and should be
dealt with as any other trespasser.
There is plenty of law already for
that.
Enforce it!
When he loiters around the prem-
ises where he no longer has business,
seeking to influence or intimidate
others who would work oi harra“s
employers, he is a nuisance.
He should be dealt with as the law
directs for abating nusiances.
But it is not being -lone!
Finforcement officers, on the con-
trary, are playing politics xvith the
lawless element.
Politicians, because they are poli-
ticians, will continue to play politics
by enacting more needless’ laws to
cavil over instead of enforcing the
I ample laws wi already have.
Meantime, time alone will tell how
much longer this country can go *n
?.t its present rate of sowing (he
wind before shall come the day ol!
reaping the whirlwind such as w- see
in Spain today!
-oOo———
Speaking before an assemblage of
the Galveston bar recently. Senator
Holbiook gave utterance to these
timely and wholesome thoughts: “l
sometimes thiak that we have seem-
ingly reached a place in our nation’s
history, where the people are ready
to abandon those fundamental ideas
in which our government nad it*
birth, and are seeking to substitute
experimental theories, whose very
speciousness in promise generally
proclaim their worthlessness in prac-
tice. We seem near at the point
where the power of government is
becoming the chief dependance of
our national life; and that elder faith
in the capacity of tie* people to con-
trol within the sphere of individual
life and action most of the things
Castroville Cullinp's-:
LOCAL, PERSONAL AND BUSINESS ITIM9 »•...**
THIS BUSY BURG “
W P NAEGELIN, LOCAL RtPEESENTATIVE
New. anil advertising copy f„r thi. column for th, WIMlk. ,
should be submitted to Mr. Naogolin or maile.l At. . **u#
st Hondo not later than Tuesday night of each week M," v * u*
Is authortred to collect and receipt for any business f„r ihis
CASTROVILLE, TEXAS, TUESDAY, MAY 26, iim,
CASTROVII.I I /ION S I II I HI K
AN CHURCH,
Sunday, May 30. Sunday school
and Bible < la ■« at $:00 A. M Di
vine ervice m English instead of
German at 10 no A M The Luthei
League meet* Ht * : 11> IV M.
Sunday, June 6. There will be no
Sunday school and no church service
on thi* Sunday, The pastor ha*
1 ten invited to serve at the 50th
anniv»r*ary of Bethany congregation
at Fredericksburg
K KONZACK, Pastor.
• * •
Mr. and Mr- Otto Naegelin and
daughter, Dorothy, Mr*. Nick llahy
and Mrs. Annie Tschirhart were visi-
tors in San Artfonio Sunday.
Mrs. Henry Haller, Mr*. A. Kil
horn, Mrs. Hy. Schott and Mrs.
Clarence Tschirhart anti baby wore
Alamo City visitors last Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe F\ Schott and
sons were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Rcnken at Hondo Sunday.
Mrs. B. FitaSimon, Mrs. Herbert
Tondre and Mrs. Florence McSwain
were Alamo City visitors last Thurs-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Oerter spent
last week-end at the Rio Vista.
Mrs. Stanley Habv of Bader Set-
tlement was a Castroville visitor
Monday.
Years ago the County provided a
dumping ground for tin cans, dead
aimals and other refuse. It has now-
come to oui notice that some parties
are throwing their tra-h into the
streets instead of depositing it at the
proper place. The law provides a
heavy penalty for this violation so
which concern them, is largely sup-
planted by statutes whose infinite
variety will be marked 6y th" future
historian as one of th« wonders of
all the ages. Happily fur the Amer-
ican people, the judiciary, up to this
date, has been loath - t > adopt these
innovations. To i\ constitutional
government on these shores is not
the product of a day, for temporary-
use, to he altered or disr-ganled at
the whim or caprice of a mad ma-
jority, and later adapted at will to
the mood of the hour. It represents
something more than nr- c.tahiished
institution to them. It embodies the
spirit of a race, with a rare courage,
which defied the power of despotic
kings, and faced the terrors of dun-
geon wails, that men might be free."
oOo--
The matter of chief concern before
the Texas Ia-gislature seems to be
finding new sources of taxation; that
of Congress at Washington, new oc-
casions for spending the people’s
money. Meantime, deficits grow at
both plates, the people beg for more
government favors and less taxes in
the ame breath, and the theory that
the king can do no wrong grows mer
rily apace. We are headed for the
time when all will goose-step to and
from our work and lav our earnings
in the common fund and receive our
own meagre dole at the will and
pleasure of the Master—or will it be
the last roundup? Anyway, litth
dogies. we are gittin’ along!
thnM> who have done thi* in ih, ,
had better beware in the f„tUl, ''
Hie barm* of II Keller y
Eva Tachirhait were annou,
in the St l^iui- f'atholii < l i
Hay,
A large number of o(JI
were ovei at D’lUrii* Wedn-
the Fort Lincoln celebration
The graduation everci*e, ,,f ,
Si Louis School wi re hi Id
Maj 21 ' at * p v
Loui- Hull wa- crowded ,
I with people from far and nem p
graduates were; John Fisher [, ,
Wurzbach, Misses Mary ||
There-n Rihn and Ludell lt<»-hn
the close. Rev. Dean J Len/n, ,|
ered a few remarks and intr
th. pnnripal speaker of the . , , .
Hon. Ben
Antonio, wh-> throughout hi* ta
emphasized the need f.,,
education. His talk was well r,‘.
reived and attentively listened to
1 Rud. Wengenroth, the big farmer
fr m Km Medina, was a hu- ne-.
visitor here Saturday.
I Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Holxha
wore Hondo visitors las» Fridav
John Burger of the lower Medina
| was a visitor here Friday. John i* a
j champion fisherman as he recently
•aught a 47-pound fish.
The corn crop is still holding out
and with a good rain in the next 10
! days will still make a fair yield.
Joseph Fchtle of Silver ( ity .
| Mexico, w ho had been visiting
r.ar.-nts here for a week left again
Monday to rejoin Roosevelt's Tr.c
I Army to which he has been attached
I for two and one-half years. Good
luck, Joe,
Intimation comes out of Washing-
ton that despite the numerous •
! causes of worry, high prices are -
| casioning the new dealers n-> iitt
concern. One of the most aggravat-
ing causes of the depression was the
buyer's strike to which so many r
sorted in the early thirties If ther-
I should be a reerudesence of thi* ail-
\ ment those who offered high prici -
even at the hazard of non-produ. t:-
j —as a panacea for our ills will have
something else to worry about.
--oOo-
“If the Supreme Court go- . id
i other American institutions begin ?
[crumble one by one. This i* not th.-
wreckage of a day or a month or a
year. The sabotage continues over i
generation as the cycle of discredit-
ed democracy brings fascism « n.
ingiy as the only alternative."-David
Lawrence.
--oOo-
THE BEST—
-U>e of life is to spend it in w-
doing!
— Plant to cultivate is th>- H
that will bring solace when most
needed!
Achievement is the approval of
an enlightened conscience!
— Understanding in a realization -if
your finite limitations!
Charity is tolerance for D
who cannot agree!
— Harvest is the memory of w-
spent days!
Faith is to be unafraid in \
hope in God!
PONTIAC
MHmegS FINEST
tour XMCEV CAE/
life and to education
The street dance in the evening,
which was attended by a great num-
ber of people, was opened with a
grand march led by Mr. and Mra. | than his best !
r rank X. V\ olff, and lasted for sev-
i ral merry hours.
As it would be impossible to enu-
merate all the visitors attending this
celebration, we can only say that it
vaa a day >>n which many former;
citizens of D'Hanis as well as many1
other f-iends, old and new, met and
t njoyed the various entertainments -
prepared for them. April—
Beside* the committee chairmen Month of showers—
mentioned above, others who worked! Hu-NV at her labors,
for the various projects wnre: Mr. JTj, bT-inging forth a wea!‘!i of May
A. J. Boog, chairman ot Grounds ^
Committee; Mr. Ix.uis Carle, chair-
man of the Finance Committee; and
Mr. Ililmur J. Koch of the Rodeo
Committee. Each chairman was aid-
He chooses the better part who
chooses the lesser of two evils!
t
He does too little who does less
Beware of him who would your busi-
ness mind
For far too oft he has ar ax- to
grind!
* * •
THE MONTH OF SHOWERS.
- # * WWW. MvroM v«u* • KAsr omjml **oto«*» terms
ADD 15c A DAY MORE TO THI PURCHASE PRICI OF THE NEXT
LOWER-^PRICED CARS AND GET A PONTIAC WITH ...
Flowers!
-FLETCHER DAVIa
NEWSY but not nosey—the Anvil
Herald.
............
Dew room to, all. more lu«««*e. ne*» to let you you rel.« in com-
tm\ a* you rid*. fort.
RXTRA Inch** of
l*g room, to let
EXTRA miles per
gallon to give yet
peak economy.
Say* Mrs. im f. Vary
Cleveland, Okie
'AND IN AUDITION
TO SMART SDH, I OCT
AMAZING COMFORT
JT'HE FEATURES that move Mrs. Berg to such glowini
A praise of Pontiac are the very things that every motor
ist wants. And Pontiac alone supplies them all.
Yet Pontiac is priced so near the lowest that you’ll neve
feel the difference. Read the proof—*based on 18 month
terms in 168 representative cities, the averaie different
in monthly payments between a Pontiac DeLuxe six 2-doo
sedan and the same model ol the next lower-priced cars ii
only 15 cents a day!
PONTIAC MOTOR DIVISION, PONTIAC, MICHIOAN
Gmt+ra' Motor• Smh>* Corpormttam
ALLEN TILLOTSON
HONDO, TEXAS
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