Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, May 2, 1952 Page: 1 of 24
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/Iimvil Herald
t or Outstanding Community Service—First in South Texas, Third in the U. S. A.
ins 50 Year Award
HONDO, MEDINA COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1952
A
NUMBER FORTY FIVE
C. A. Davis Is
Medical School
Valedictorian
Precinct Conventions
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the Hondo Herald in October,
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Hondo Vnvil Herald Davis sold
the pajs-r to \N liiiam K. Herder
on June 11 1 9 1»r, 1 m;t d**spi1e his
i-1 >.»■«■ KrrHt,—•»tM is active in the
writing
new-papei busin
weekly column.
I hivis bought tip’ D’Hanis Star
in 191 1 and operated it until it
v.;»s < ot 'o;idati»(j with The Anvil
H« t aid in 19.i? He a published
the "1- - t.h*-t State’s Rights
Fatming’’ from 1 A 2* 194 i, and
tvhih witf .the >•;!! ■ Department
of Ai.Ti. ult Me, eiiite.l a News
Bullet:n and Vai ke> Journal, over
the peiiod ..f r.'Jfi.'dl.
ibert Taft Leads
H President Poll
Senator
ue among
to be the
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both Ke-
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hires Held For
Is. Hamilton
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Air Base Cadet
Injured In ( rash
A Hondo All Base aviation cadet
is in the Uiekiand A KB hospital
where he n i.ecoverinjr from in-
juries sustained when his trainee
crashed while . landihff last Thus-
^*A C Donald B. Kibbons, whose
home is in Drexel Hills. Penns.,
suffered a ffa.sh on the forehead,
fractured skull, fractures! nose,
and other cuts and abrasions.
The cadet was making a normal
approach on the runway when
the plane dipped and the left w’ing
hit the ground. The plane rolled,
and the engine was torn off when
it nose-dived.
Devine Man Hurt In
Accident On Hy. SI
DKVINK Jesus (ampa was
seriously injured Sunday nijfht
when he was involved in a head-
on collision with a north-hound
automobile on Highway HI be-
tween the Drive-In theatre and
the underpass.
( ampa wras rushed to the Santa
Rosa hospital where he was re-
ported in a critical condition.
NATALIA HIGH SCHOOL
WILL GET TWO BUSSES
NATALIA—Supt. M. B. Tilley
received notice from state hoard
of control that two new 4H pas-
senger busses are at collection
point at New Boston for delivery
to Natalia Independent School Dis-
trict. Supt. Tilley and drivers will
leave soon to pick them up.
LYTLE C. A. Davis will
uate as valedictorian of the Uni-
versity of Texas Medical School
in Galveston on June (I. Son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Davis of Ly-
t.e, lie will intern at the United
States Public Health Hospital in
San Francsico, Calif., bejfinninir^
I avis graduated from Lytle
HiiTi School a-; valedictorian in
lb ..i, and after receiving his hach-
eu» of arts degree, entered med-
1 ai •• ■ ooi in Se. t mbei, 1 d IS.
H was elect ui t«» Phi Beta Kaj'pa
' a ts ; rul > ientv students,
an.; is 1 resident of the medical
fiaternity, Theta Kappa Psi. He
was initiated this year in Alpha
Omega Alpha, honorary medical
society which limits its member-
ship to the top 10 per cent of ear h
graduating class.
Davis won a $250 scholarship
during his sophomore year for
being tht* student best-liked by
the faculty and student body.
Castro Students
First At Meet
In the literary events of the
t diversity Interscholastic League
for elementary schools held in
I topia on April 10, Castroville
—;d—first with —p+Hti-ts.--
1’he following schools also took
part in tht* meet: D'Hanis, who
scored M2 pointv, Medina, 52
points; Natalia, 12 points; Sabinal
10 points; Utopia 24 points; and
y am ey, 57 points.
Castroville entered in all ex-
cept one event, and placed in all
except one event entered. Gay
Griggs „won fiist place in ready
waiting. Gay Griggs and Dorothy
Bitt entered number sense and
won sec,ond place Gay Griggs and
Barbara Hardcastle from the six
and seventh grades entered spell-
ing and placed fourth.
1 homas Fletcher placed first in
■bmioi Boy's declamation, Helen
Muir ell won second place in
Junior t'iiis declamation, Ray
.Griggs placed second in sub-Junior
Boy s declamation. Memory Kren-
niuelh r Won second place in the
S ;b -Junior Gill's declamation.
I loin tlie third and fourth
era : J"!;cl! Riff and Josephine
Garxa enteied spoiling, and won
(n-t place. Judy llaby and Carl
liter Jr. entered story 'telling ;
■ Judy won third place and Carl
won fourth place.
Pope To Head
Hondo Lions
Officers for the coining, year
wore elected at the Hondo I.ions
Club meeting last week. The* new
• officers, will be’installed this sum-
MoT.
,' f’au! l‘op< minamed president;
P"\ K i..c, f n ■-! \ ii e-president ;
* BGaston, second vice-pros-
1 •’ i.t ; 1 . I ifi idg< s, third vice-
pMsidcnt; Edgar Stiegler, secro-
ta y-t eiisiir«-r;. Ralph Junes, lion-
Jamer; John II Jetinings, tail
fwi-i. i; and M. O. Duncan and
>b‘hn T . Mi \ne||y, new directors.
Hold er din tms are V\ F.
Gaudiau and Fiank \. Vance
. It a as announced at the Lions
n i l nng this week that Robei t
Kiff would he awarded a plaque
Go 1 i.tst Tiding soil. conservation
measures at tre meeting of May
1 1
Sonarman 5rd i Class Tony
Brucks, home on leave from the
navy, presented the program it
this Week's Lions Cluli meeting
lie spoke on his service in the
Pacific area, and showed color
slides on Midway, Hawaii, Japan,
Koiea, Formosa, and Hong Kong,
Scheduled Saturday
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IN REGULAR AIR F’ORCE—Capt. Wade Kennon Tomme,
Hondo Air Rase chaplain, was sworn into the regular air force
on April 18. 1952!, by Chief Warrant Officer Hose H. Lovelace,
H A B adjutant.
('haplain Tomme served in the Pacific for 28 months during
World War II Before his re-entry into the air force, he was mi-
nister of Glide Memorial Methodist Church in San Fraijcisco,
Calif. He was assigned to Hondo Air Base from Ellington AFB,
Tex., on July 1. T r
The chaplain is a member of the Hondo Masonic Lodge. His
wife is the former Mary Elizabeth Smith of Forest Grove, Ore.,
and they have one child 8 month old Elizabeth Anne Tomme.
County Youth
Study Tractors
Three farm tractor maintenance
sc hoots for 4-H Club boys are be-
ing conducted at Hondo, Castro-
ville, and Devine. The boys have
been receiving instructions in trac-
tor safety, operator’s manual, air
■ service, < rating >>stem
service, spark plugs-wiring-bat-
tery service, fuel intake-carbure-
tion. engine lubrication, and gen-
eral lubrication.
The instruction has been given
by • B. Gaston, J. \V. Hollaw’av,
< .carles !•'. .Norman, Carl Richter,
Elgin Wiemers, and D. B. ( ai l and
ar i arigements have been made by
the tractor dealers to furnish class
space and tractors foi instruction.
The course will be completed5 n
Itjdo> at w! ich time all students
"'ill '‘ike a written examination
Olid also a ti actor driving contest
will - be conducted. The driving
,c- ntest wi!1 be lield .on ’the plaza
at 2 Jo p. ni.. Uiing tractors flir-
igd b\ various dealers in t ie
county. 1 lu> public i> welcome to
watch the driving contest.
Hie three winners in the county
contest will represent Medina
< otitity in the district competition
to be held at Alice on May 5.
SERVICES SET FRIDAY
FOR MRS. IDA RICHTER
D IIAXIS Funeral services will
be held Friday, May 2, at 9 A. M.
at the Horger Funeral H*une f<>r
Mrs. liia Sauter Richter, To, who
passed away April 30. .
R<v H. \'. Hug will officiate,
ami rites will also be held in Holy
('ross Church, D'Hanis, at >»:50
Rosary will he recited Thursday
evening. May 1. in the funeral
home_1_:_
Named Duchess
Graham’s “Mr. Texas’’ To
Be Shown Here On May 4
Sandra Meyer
Sandra Meyer of Hondo was
chosen princess from Hondo to
the Little-Olympics in Uvalde last
Saturday. She is the daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. John Henry Meyer.
Fourteen schools took part in
the third annual meet in Uvalde’s
Hone} Bowl.
New Castroville
School Accepted
CASTlHATl.l.F_Th« board of
County Meeting
Will Be Held At
Courthouse May 6
Democracy at the grass-roots
level will be exercized by Medina
( ounty—and Texas—voters Sat-
urday as Democratic and Republi-
can precinct conventions are held.
The precinct meeting is the
first held, and is the only one at
which the average voter can
express an opinion as to his fav-
orite choice for party nominee
, 1 oi president and to help determ-
ine policies of the party. From
the precinct level, delegates are
selected for the county conven-
tions, which will be held on Tues-
day, May 6. This group of dele-
gates, in turn, names representa-
—tgvga to the state convention which
chooses delegates to the national
nominating convention which will
be held in Chicago this summer.
Any qualified voter is eligible
to participate in the percinet
convention of his party. Demo-
cratic conventions will be held
at the usual precinct voting places
Saturday afternoon at 2. P M
according to Francis C. Richter’
county chairman. In Hondo, voters
north of the tracks wijl meet in
the courthouse, and voters south
of the tracks, at the fire station.
Harry Freeman, Republican
county chairman, has announced
the following schedule for his
r>a,tf'8 Pre<*inct meetings; 12:30
r>' , 'VPIeci"ct 1 meeting at the
l ark Cafe, Hondo; 2 P. M. pre-
^cinct (J at Gulf Station*; 4 P M
precinct 15 at Keller’s Place; 5
1- M., precinct 14, Burrell Farm
at Biry; and 6 P. M. precinct 16,
Freeman residence in Hondo.
Natalia Faculty
Is Re-Elected
NAJALIA—All faculty mem-
bers were extended contracts by
thr board of trustees of Natalia
Schools at a special meeting of
the board April 26.
Elected were E. M. Findley,
elementary principal; Lee Roy
Haak. coach and social science;
and Dan G. Turner, girl's basket-
i a I coach and mathematics teach-
er, WTO Were each given two year
r':' ‘ acts Others receiving one
V r contracts were Mrs. Ruth
R. hign S( nol English; Martin
K, 'n'1 Spanish; Maivin C. Hill
commercial; Mrs. Lula Harris'
eighth grade; Mrs. Emma Sue
- l im.ti;y. seventh grade; Mrs. Flor-
•ence Ridgeway, fifth grade; Mrs.
«i'1:t*’ ine \\ h11eside and Mrs.
.ha.v Kmg. fourth grade; Mrs.
pltllu‘ -,!?,r.lsco‘‘. third grade; Mrs.
hub} I tlley ami Mrs. Rachel Rey-
na. second grade; M j Eva Pay-
ne, first grade.
Vacancies exist in Mrs. I.ela K.
Jobt* * third grade since she has
moved to Arkansas; ami m Cle-
mintine Renteria’s first grade
room since she is to be married
soon and will move to the valley
where her husband is to be teach-
ing. Mrs,. C, A. Pollock was em-
ployed^ to teach the opportunity
t .1- m taught—by Mr. J urner this
nrinci W|’ S'iTa>'lor- High School
I)T lllcinal arii) Cifj-q ^ — -----
-7—\--i-*1—rrr--—ft—Tilley
each have two years on their pres-
ent contracts, and Mrs. Helen
Reynolds J1). bome economics and
John M. Albrecht, vocational ag-
riculture teacher, each have one
tract year °n tht>ir present con-
Supt TiUey says that he feels
the district will be eligible for
a special education teacher to
teach the handicapped children.
He also states that at the end of
the seventh month the average
daily attendance was only 16 days
short of an additional teacher, and
loj that reason, school officials
especially urge all children to aU
tend school every day possible.
Mother’s Day Will
Re Observed May 11
Mother’s Day on May 11 wjh
be ohseeved at the First Methodist
Uhurch in Hondo with special
services, Rev. L. A. McDaniel
pastor announces. *
Special honors will be given to
date- to °thHerS at church on that
L!r^:?uthe y°u,n<?e*t mother, old-
est mother, and the mother with
tlie largest family present. Each
wll be presented with a corsage.
Tt *’j right and just that we
set aside a special day to honor
Rev M°nCrSiiand m°therhood,”
it Is fhl nna i Said' “Therefore,
to i;/f Pr,vilege of the church
uUp m°therhood and pay
outCiaJni°va*u to the mothers of
our land. Each of us is proud of
hiarri^maH *Very mother’«
haPpy to know that
her children have entered into
a^HCtnUaryr God to ^oniMpVim
and pay tribute to her.
wery £erson should be in
mother °ther^ DLay to h°nor
P«toT»W motherhood,” th.
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M
Turn diir
\ , • ti , Calvin.
Mittie Johnson,
:• atfi.
was a member
h. Rev. R. L.
the Lytle Bap-
iatt*«l at the rites,
' ytle cemetery,
as a lover "of
• etl -> wing, cro-
iiv hand work.
' ; ‘ : *-• VN alter Mitch*
* W ay la rul Da>v
., V,1' , Fntorv Carperi-
Sr.
- Jiom out-of-town
i, 1 , ’ ' foral were M r.
i, , 1: '- iiilti-ti of Coro-
L, Atin Jackson
H Mt and Mrs. John
II ndo
^>1)1.1; ns
pD I’EHMIT
i «r. re*l(l«"nt» anc| buainea*
kwli r**‘d *° report to city
h°u*"yt ^ddier or “nr
arJ °;hou,« talesman
fLdf.V -r ^nd of
\'Z£rrc *"
wk ° ]’*Ve P*rn,5t«,
1 trp n . '° do no* have
land .? *u*kori*ed by the
of |iT op*r®ting in viola-
6or*»o d ord,n*nce.
Cd°°r Peddler. w*o
[ their ! * permit have not
hou|d U checked,
‘e«r**t« * reP°r*ed to the
*dia tel y y ** phone 500
Cindy Walker
A sound-color movie. “Mr. Tex-
as,’’ produced by Evangelist Billy
Graham, will be presented at the
First Baptist Church in Hondo
Sumiay night. May 4, at 8 o’clock.
Called the “world’s first Chris-
tian western,” the movie stars
Redd Harper and Cindy Walker
Others in the cast include Grady
WUson, Jerry Beavan, George
Cliff Barrows are also featured
The movie was made at Abilene,
Redd Harper
and special music was furnished
by the Sons of the Pioneers, Hard-
in-Simmons Cowboy Band, the
Fort Worth 1000-Voice Crusade
( ho,r. and Hour of Decision Choir
th(* cast°n l° mu‘,ic by members of
theK Wn/ CourneLlison. Pastor of
the local church, has invited the
hvb r lZ 8*'e the movie produced
oy Graham, recognized as the
gellst * °Utstandin»f evan-
trustees of the Castroville Rural
High School District made the
final payment and accepted the
new high school building at its
meeting Monday night.
J. N. Kaderli superintendent,
also announced plans for a $12,000
agriculture building and shop to
be built adjacent to the new high
school. 1 he building will be of
hollow tile construction, and Wen-
<k*R Griegs of Castroville is* con-
tractor, Work has already started
ami the building should' be com'
pleted in about 00 days, Supt.
Kaderli said.
Marine Corps Day
To Be Observed
( ASTROVILLE—Marine Corp
Day will be held at Moye Military
Academy, May 11 at 3:30 P. M.
Boy Ecouts troop 158 of Castro-
ville will hold one of the places
of honor and help direct traffic.
The Boy Scouts of troop 158
wd‘ Hr. Dallal’s office
at J oxdock May 11 dressed in
their Boy Scout shirts, necker-
chiefs. caps, boy scout ,belts, and
sh a^,' pan^8’ ani^ Preferably brown
The troop will march in forma-
tion to Moye Military Academy.
The parents and public are in-
.VhteedM»!’u^CSrrate* at
Polio Diaffnosed In
DyHani8 Girls Case
8 J?l?AMIS7~Mi!dred Lutz« the
da,u»hter of Mf. and
Mra. \V llliam Lutz was taken to a
ALton,.?I ho»P't»l Saturday
M pSio " eM diaKno*ed
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