The Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 08, Ed. 1 Friday, August 19, 1949 Page: 1 of 18
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Nowell Didear, left, poses as observer for
(“firms’" of the famouj “Come and Take It” can-
used during the Texas Independents war. The
cannon was .left bn the grounds of the Gonrales
iVarm Springs Foundation for several days to the
■ ■
delight of the little boys receiving treatment there.
Others in the picture are, left to right, Arlano
hunderburk, 5, Ballinger; Danny Lope*, 3,
Lampasas; and Tommy Wanrch, 5, Poteet.
IDS ON DRAINAGE
PENED, WORK DUE
0 STAR f SEPT. 15
Tl . i 'T Hnmm opened
kali - i‘H a 1*it> drainage
irujk. • ;i• irainagc of Highway
JO Morula*.. ' .
The r -chers. Frank .Butcher
Company of San Antonio turned
the ln\v hid of $74,803.37, The'
fid wa—' n ■!.ierttlily-less than the
inii.iinf : i- city estimated the
Funeral Held
In Devine For
llrs. McMillan
DEVI NT, — Funeral services
ar Mr.-. I) 1! McMillan were held
lug. 1: •: tn the Devine Metho-
ds? < h ;r 1 a 11h Rev. W. S. Ezzell
charge. Mrs. McMillan died
Devine Thursday after an
|lncs< f about three months.
F.tta Malek McMillan was born*
|t Iola. Tex., on April 22, 1887.
pF'' was married to I>. B. McMil-
lr ' ' ’T, 190.5. Het husband
|re'v ti manhood in Devine, and
Pnce ?h< i marriage Mr. and
|rs. Mi M ,'an had lived here for
lie past iiiirty years.
Survivof- are her husband; two
lughters, Mrs. A. K. Mason >L
W* • I’ll-s. and . Mrs. V. W
lart n • f Lytle; seven sons,
|onstai.U Aaron McMillan of
fevin<>- I yd of Ellis, Kans.,
icnrg*-. f-,, IB HI v, and Bob of
fevin“ Hi Walter McMillan of
■m Anti
fv-‘ broth.t.-.
a bearers were E. J.
£ '' Williams, George
fli'iir; " \\ Henry, Ross Mc-
»1'. ' larence Wernette.
• t- M \| ian had been a mem-
:V" Methodist Church for
■ ' ka” ' b ’: y-five years.
os. Garteiser
■aid To Rest
August 15th
s were $ held Monday
f, *’ '-phrusina Garteiser, 73,
V; !,:> • <i away on Aug. 13.
i. aid M inda\ morn-
V ' Sf Catholic
•"V was rented
,1 r" home Sunday night
Rl ,, 'anak and Consan-
mv’:1
I ‘ r aas born ;n
V ' : 10, 1878, and
L ' 1 »f John and
Vr t. . Fohn. Both
L n' "Wc natives of Germ-
ji. I , " ' bide two children,
Lmi h Of Hondo .nd
Lrl t€,ser of Kingsville;
|pr an<1 one brother.
“n m?s. pr'"d'd h" !"
[Krd^KK werf, Edward Fohn,
[mo* ^ ^n, Maurice Fohn,
car Sau?er Alphon!H> Bo°*. »nd
. work would cost, according t<>
City Secretary h rank X. V an(c«..
Other .bids received and .opened
at the -meeting .were from Ben
Sira Go., Dallas, $90,706%76 ; • Joe
Bland Construction Go., Austin,
$79,239.50; T. H. Lee, San An-
tonio, $89,(567,62; F. M. Reising,
Edinburg, .583.052.25..: K reehart A-
Gal dwell, San Antonio, $,*>0,809.13;
McKenzie C onstruction . Go., San
Antonio, $79,885 10; R. W
Smith, Houston, $*3,839.70* and
H. B. Zachry Go., San Antonio,
$86,823.40.
.On a motion by u. A. Fly,
seconded by Bill Sestet, the city
council voted unanimously that
the lowest responsible bid would
be accepted. The San Antonio
company was found to have the
low bid, but the city- is consider-
ing the three low bids, Mayor
John Horger states. This will
enable the contractor to check his
estimates to be sure that his bid
was correct.
Before a contract is awarded,
the bund issue must still be ap-
pro ved by the state 'attorney
general, Mayor Horger said. The
pnayor estimates that it will be
Sept. 15 before actual construc-
tion begins, and about 120 work-
ing days will be needed to com-
plete the work.
Contracts) will be let at a later
date for the building of curbs and
gutters along Highway 90 in the
city limits. This work is now
-under-consideration of the state
highway engineer, and is neces-
hefoi-e th>- new highway finm
the Hondo Kiver bridge and
D’Hanis is completed.
Phone Work Set
For Next Month
Actual work on Yancey’s phone
system is expected to begin in
September or October, C. C.
Bradshaw, district manager »f
Southwestern Bell, told The
Anvil Herald Tuesday.
A survey is being conducted at
the present time, Bradshaw said.
A check of persons in the area-
revealed enough interest- to
justify putting in a new system.
The telephone company met
with a representative group from
Yancey, and it was decided that
a dial system be used.
FIRE AT CHAPMAN’S
PUT OUT BY HVFD
A fire at 12:30 Thursday
afternoon at the Chapman Mill &
Grain Co. was extinguished by the
Hondo Volunteer Fire Dept, be-
fore serious damage was done.
The fire started when a belt on
a motor became overheated in a
grain bin.
METHODIST BOARD VOTES
TO RAISE PARSONAGE FUNDS
The Board of Stewards of the
Hondo Methodist Church voted
unanimously Tuesday night, Aug.
9, to raise money for a new par-
sonage.
Hondo Will Operate
Four School Busses
Bus service for the Hondo
Independent School District will
begin the first day of school, on
Sept. 6, according to Supt. Hons
C. Richards.
Hondo will operate four school
busses this year. One will run
from the former Leinweber and
Fly disttricts; one from the former
Liveoak uistrict. (One of these
' busses will go to Longview). An-
other
Vandenburg and work toward tne
New Fountain school before re-
turning to town. The fourth w.ll
operate eastward on Highway 90,
into the former Murphy district,
and work forward the New Foun-
tain school, thence back to town.
Bus drivers will be appointed
at a meeting of the Board of
Trustees Monday night, Aug. 22.
--o--5—•
Devine Man Killed*
In Oil Field Work
DEVINE — Funeral arrange-
ments are being made for R. Lee
Williams, who was killed in an
oil field accident near Hobbs, N.
Mcx., this week. The body arrived
by train Tuesday and was placed
in charge of Redus and Petri to
await the arrival of relatives
from California.
Services are expected tto be
held Friday.
5 From County At Gonzales
Five patients from Medina
county are at Texas’s own treat-
ment center for crippled children,
the Gonzales V\ arm Springs
Foundation. They . come from
Natalia. Yancey and Devine. The
latest to check in for muscle and
-pTTSTTTTT rehabilitation at the
Foundation is one year old Mario
Benavides of -Devine, who was
transferred there from Robert B.
Green Hospital in San Antonio
August 11. Othfir patients^- at
Gohzalea. VV arm Springs- ’ are
Nowell Didear, 5, Devine, Hilly
Keith, 2, ami Petra Perez, 2,
both ef Natalia, and Mrs. Willard
(Evelyn) Wilson of Yancey.
The Medina county chapter of
the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis is assisting all
five in their slow, patient figiu
for good muscles and strong
bodies.
Operating at full capacity, th**
Gonzales treatment center will
seek funds during September to
expand its facilities for the care
of Texas children crippled by
pnlmmyelilia—uc—ether (liueuirv.
Only lack of space keeps the
children’s library, school rooms, a
radio room where music or stories
can be broadcast to all wards,
the Occupational Therapy depart-
ment, and the Wheelchair Chapel
where religious services, educa-
tional programs, concerts, movies
and entertainments are given.
The Mage
_ “R equipped with
- . - - ramp so that patients also ran
foundation from treating all who take part in entertainments or
apply fpr entry. - * ' ’ church services.
Ideally situated because of good Visitors are always welcome at
weather an d t he_____a b u nd a nce~~nrf ^ t h e Foundation.- To avoid inier-
warm flowing water on the ruptions in the ail-important treat-
grounds, the Foundation directors
emphasize that treatment is given
the “whole child”, rather than re-
education of ^husoles, alone. The
six buildings are arranged so that
age groups can be separated. One
of the buildings, the Cullen unit,
is the cultural center of the hos-
pital community. It includes a
ment schedules, however, visiting
hours within the buildings are
limited from two until four o’cIock
each Sunday. Medical progress
comes first for every patient at
the Gonzales Warm Springs Foun-
dation, proved by the frequently
heard statement from a youngster,
“Look, I can stand up now."
VOL. 65
Anvil Herald
SINCE 1886 - ALL THE NEWS OF MEDINA COUNTY
HONDO, MEDINA COUNTY, TEXA5, FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1949 NUMBER EIGHT
10c — 18 Pages
785 Livestock
Sold At Auction
COLLISION
WEDNESDAY
INJURES FOUR
Four, people w'ere injured, two
of them ser.p Usly, when two cars* ;
fuel head .on’ two miles east of
Ga.stiovitle on Highway 90 Wed--;
m>silay. .afternoon about 4:30.
.William Spencer-Clements, 1C,
, suffered a broken leg, laceration*
about the face, and' internal, in- •
juries,, and A. .Clements ■ J r.,
12, a compound fracture of the
Jeg, when a car driven by their
father, ’ Jim A. Clements of ^
_Angle ton,—collided—vo );•—another—,
car driven by Augustine 1 vrez of ,
Del Kiu. Clements ami CeVez also
received injuries u>’. such an
extent that -hospitalization was .
^necessary’. .
The two boys were rushed to
the, Santa- Rosa Hospital in San
Antonio by an ambulance from,
Castroville, while the men were
taken, there by Constable Henry
Haller.
Patrolman J. N. Warner and
Hailer investigated the accident.
Two other accidents were also
reported by the local highway
patrol during the week.
Mrs. Antonio V. Guillen of
Hondo, enroute to San Antonio,
collided head on with Walter Earl
Dodgen Wednesday afternoon at
2:10 twelve miles west of San
Antonio. Neither driver was in-
jured seriously, but a total of
$o0U uamage was done to the
cars. „
Another head oh wreck involved
George Conrad and Mary Schmidt,
both of near Devine last Sunday
night. on Highway 173. .No in-
juries were sustained, but a total
771 $300 “was repoTTed.
A tptal of 785 head of all types
of livestock were sold at the
Hondo Livestock • Auction Com-
pany Wednesday as the new com-
mission company opened its door8
for business. .
A crowd estimated at more
than 1,000 was on hand for the
Castroville Board Calls
Election On , Bonds
- The Castroville Board of Trus-
tee has voted t-■ h M ar election
on Aug. 27 'for a uniform tax
rate and for a ,$110,000 bond,
issue. ,
Voters may cast their ballots
in Castroville or at Rio Medina,
and included in the recently-an-
nexed districts are Enterprise.
Punlay, and-Maverick-besides
Rio Medina and Castroville.
The board, in railing the eleciiou.
stated that the Unform tax rate
should be $1.10, and should neve'i
exceed that amount. Of the tax,
50 cents will be for bonds and,
60 cents for maintenance. The'
$110,000 bond issue will provide
funds for a public high school in
Castroville.
At this time one of the former
Devine Legion Names
Frazier Commander
New officers of the Killough-
Rogers Post No. 98, American
Legion, in Devine are- E. H.
Frazier, commander; W. B. Owen,
first vice-commander; G. M
Turner, second vice-commander;
Paul J. Schott, third vice-com-
mander ; Dewey Smith, adjutant;
C. P. DuBose, finance officer;
O. T. Baker, chaplain; S. R.
Malone, historian; Henry Moss,
rehabilitation officer; and A. A.
Stock, service officer.
five districts which now comprise
the Castrov;’le districts has no tax
rate — Dunlay. CaSfrovilfe had
a 20 Cent tax. Rio Medina, 25
cents, Maverick, 50 cents, and
Enterprise, 50. cents.'"1” •
W. R. Griggs, president of the
Castroville board, emphasized
,that bus transportation .will be.
provided to students of the Castro-
ville public school free of charge,
in accordance with the recent
Gilmer-Aiken legislation.
Polio Claims Brother
Of Mrs. Joe Briscoe
DEVINE” -— The third .member
of the Joe Briscoe family ied
of polio this week as Dr1. Hmyar:!
Hargis, brother of Mrs. Briscoe,
pased away in a San Antonin
hospital. Mrs. Grace Weir, Mrs.
Briscoe's sister, and Bailey, three-
year old ^on of the Briscoes, 1 au
died of polio previously;
Another ease from Devine was
diagnosed as polio this week.
Simon Cam pa, who had been a
the Robert B. Green for about
a week, was said by hospital
doctors to have polio Sunday.
One Hojsapple child is now at
home, but still takes treatments;
the other child is ■«*till/.,ia the hos-
pital.
Alvin Mann is improving, and
returns to - San Antonio twice a
week for treatment.
opening sale, according to the
owners, and buyers for all classes
of livestock were also present.
The first animal to be run
othrough the ring, a five-year old
mare.was purchased by Bryson &
C KnoVles Buick »Cd of Hondo for
$56. That price was also the top
paid for horses •
Hondo Locker Plant, bought the
first calf "to b'e sold at tbe ring
for a top price of $25.25 per
hundred, and the first bull, for
$16.90 per hundred. The first Hog
was. purchased b Armour & Co.
tfor top price of . $20. Th,e first
sheep to be sold, eleven head of
yearlings, were bought by Bob
DePuy for $14 per hundred. ,
On the average, marke* prices
were above average, according to
H W. Schwertnor. one of the jcq-
owners. The average run of
calves brought $ 1.1-23 per* hun-
dred; stocker .steers brought. $15-
19.50 per hundred; stocker .co'.vs'
■•and calves. $125-$ iso per head;
feeder hogs, $18-19 50; and plain
stocker yearling lambs went for
$15.10 per hundred.
Schwertner said that he. ex-
pected another large crowd of
buyers next Wednesday" at the
second weekly sale, but explained
J.bat the* more livestock that was
i'.ouu.L m for sale, the more
buyers would attend.
Tne new ring is located on the
Hondo airfield, and has accomoda-
tions for 2,000 cattle. Actual
seating capacity of the arena isl
680. Partners for the company
are II W. Schwertner and Son, R.
L. Wyatt and Son, and R. W. and
S. L. Burger. Billy O’Hara is
auctioneer.
H. W. Schwertner Jr. said that
the company would emplo about
twenty-five workers on a regula’*
basis. This will include both office
work* r? and men to handle tha
stock, but not the owners and
their families.
AmerteemrEegton Officers
Narw officer* of the American Legion wore
installed Sunday at the Legion Hall.
They are, loft to right, ttanding: Clqyence
A. Van Floot, service officer and child welfare
officer; Ralph Jonea, hiatorian; Hubert Hermes,
sergeant at arms; Merton Anderson, chaplain; L.
C. Owen, adjutant and finance officer; Al Schif-
fers, second rice-commander; L. E. P ope, third
▼ice-commander; and Richard Schneider, com-
mander.
Seated are former officers: Glenn Pepe, P**t
▼ice-commander; Ralph Stiegler, past adjutant!
and Fred Bader, past commander.
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David, Allen. The Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 08, Ed. 1 Friday, August 19, 1949, newspaper, August 19, 1949; Hondo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth647927/m1/1/?q=wichita+falls: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hondo Public Library.