The Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 09, Ed. 1 Friday, August 26, 1949 Page: 1 of 16
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VOL. 65
SINCE 1886 - ALL THE NEWS OF MEDINA COUNTY
HONDO, MEDINA COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1949
NUMBER NINE
First * Election Saturday
In Castroville District
Will Decide Two Issues
CASTROVILLE — Saturday,
Auj;. 27, will be the first time
the citizens of the newly-created
Castroville Rural High School
District will go to the polls.
Voters on that date will decide
on a uniform tax for the district
a- well as upon a bond issue of
$110(000 for a new high school
, building.
There will be only two polling’
places for the election. Voters
from Castroville, Dunlay and
Enterprise will vote at the Castro-
ville public school while residents
4-H Clubbers
Chosen District
Representatives
Three 4-H Club members from
Medina County c,won honors this
week for outstanding work in Dis-
trict 1 1, which includes nineteen
counties.
Mary Louise"Bendele of Dunlay
was named district winner for the
State Fair Award of Honor. Sh :
received the -distinction because
of -her record of achievement, and
was named by the District Agent
as one of two from this district
who \vi 11 attend the State Fair in
Daila.s. v •
Of the . fourtetfh winners at
Dallas, a state award winner will
be. chosen. *■ ~~
Achievements by Miss Bendele
included -work in clothing, live-
stock, and in food preservation,
preparation and production.
Medina County will al-o sen!
two of the three delegates frpm-
District LI to the. State 4-H Con-
servation Camp to be held at
Trinidad-, near Corsicana.
Dorothy Jean Bendele of the
Devine Senior 4-H Club and Clin-
ton >Bippert of 'LaCoste were
chosen Try—the district agent—to
attend the camp.
The camp will include studies
on water and soil conservation as
well as othef projects.
Heiligman Sells
First Bale Of Cotton
The first bale of cotton re-
ported to us as ginned and sold
from Medina County belonged to
George Heiligman- of Yancey.
Heiligman sold the bale in
Jourdanton to J. J. Domak. It
weighed 525 pounds and brought
$29 a hundred, or a total of
$152.25. In addition, Heiligman
was paid $8.99 for seed.
The Pictures
The Hondo Livestock Auction
Company opened iLs doors for
business last week as over a
thousand buyers, sellers and well-
wishes jammed the new business
on the airfield-
★ The first animal* to be run
- through the ring—was the “five-'
year old mare shown in the top
pie! in >—Lu-tiui--with Raja
Knowles, who bought her for $56.
Knowles sold the animal to Bob
Kollman.
★ The Airfield Properties Com-
mission join with auction com-
pany officials in the second pic-
ture. Back row shows R. L. Wyatt
and H. W. Schwertner; members
of the Airfield Commission are,
left to right, Frank X. Vance,
J. S. MacManus, Joseph PhIIc,
and Paul Bybee. Billy O’Hara,
auctioneer, is sitting in front.
if Some of the many visitors
at the auction la*t Wednesday are
Bob Kollman, O. A. Fly, A. G.
Hollawav, and H. R. Bailey. They
.are shown standing in front of
the paying window.
★ The Hondo . Locker Plant
purchased the first calf sold at
the puction. Owner Lacy Claude
Gilliam is shown with the animal
in the third picture.
★ SonYe of the 485 head of
livestock sold the opening day are
pictured in pens behind the
auction ring. Pens .-uch as these
enable the auction company to
handle 2,000 animals.
if A front view of the Hondo
Livestock Auction Company
taken before the shIp started
shows some of the many cars that
parked around the ring on open-
ing day. Automobiles were parked
within several blocks of the com-
pany, and by mid-afternoon, park-
ing space was at a premium.
if (Twners of the company are
pictured at the right. They arc
left to right H. W. Schwertner
Jr., R. L- Wyatt Jr., Robert
Burger, Milton Burger, R. L.
Wyatt, and H. W. Schwertner.
Seated behind them at the micro-
phone ia Auctioneer Billy O’Hara.
of Cliff, Rio Medina and Mico
will vote at Rio Medina.
W. R. Griggs, president of the
school board, states that only
those persons who have poll taxe*
or exemptions and who own per-
sonal property which has been
rendered for taxation are eligible
to vote. "Personal property,” he
said, “doesn’t have to be real
estate.”
Bus service has been assured
by the school board to all school
children in the district who are
attending public or parochial
schools.
The school board at its last
regular meeting completed the
faculty by electing Tondre Jack
Wernette of Castroville and Mrm—
Harvey Haby of Cliff to teach
during the 1949-1950 school term.
Medina County
Cities To Enter
Floats In Parade
Hondo and Castroville are
among the towns which have re-
ceived invitations from Eagle
Pass to’participate in its Centen-
nial Celebration on Oct. 12-16,
The Hondo Chamber of Com-
merce expects to enter a float/
to be lead by the Hondo High
School pep squad dressed as
Indian piaidens. Castroville also
expects to enter a float for the
parade which is scheduled for Oct.
i2.
There will be two divisions in
the parade, <>nt* «>f historical,
events and one of modern floats,
i It has been suggested- to Castro-
ville that they use an early stage
coach inn, since Castroville was
the first stage coach stop out
from San Antonio, enroute to
Eagle Pass. Mrs. Ernest Brucks
and Mrs. Milton Batot have been
appointed a committee to select
the theme of the Hondo float.
No, definite plans have been
made in Castroville for a duches-
to be sent to .the Centennial Ball,
but it has been proposed that a
contest might be held, and the
girl receiving^the greatest number
of votes would be duchess.
Hondo expects to send a
duchess, but the means of select-
ing one has not been determined
as yet.
Worthless Checks
Are Passed Here
A man who had been in Hondo
for less than a week was able to
pass ten hot checks — five of
them in one place — in a period
of thirty-six hours la*t weekend.
The local sheriff’s department
was notified of the. hot checks
Monday morning when bank of-
ficials refused payment on them.
Terrell Meshew is being held at
the Medina County jail on a
charge of passing worthless checks
after fibs arre-t in San Antonio
where he passed* four more hot
rhreki*.—Hr—was t-4—wh«-u—b“—
made a long distance phone call
to a local resturant, and the SfA
Antonio police department was
asked to arrest him by Chief
Deputy Charles Hitzfelder.
Meshew had been working in
Hondo for less than a week on
ranches around {own. From Sat-
urday. morning until he left town
Sunday night he succeeded in
passing five worthless checks at
tbo Manhattan Caf*-, and one
each at , the Favorite Cafe.
Jimmie’s Cafe, Hondo Ivorker
Plantv Guarantee Store, and by
Henry Norwood.'
Junior Chamber To
Make City Wide Drive
For Books, Donations
Yancey Phone
Work Will Go
Through 1950
Good progress is being made on
the Southwestern Bell Telephone
Company’s program to provide
telephones in Yancey and the sur-
rounding rural area according to
C. C. Bradshaw, district manager
of the company, who said that
final engineering work waa com-
pleted a few days ago on the pro-
ject to provide a distribution plant
in .Yancey proper.
Bradshaw said that present
schedules call for a start to be
made on the construction work by
about October 5, with completion
of thy program in 1950.
The program includes two
large projects, Bradshaw said.
One provides trunk lines fron
Hondo to Yancey, and the other
includes* cables and lines to serve.
Yancey and the surrounding rural
sections. Present plans call for a
gross expenditure of about
$100,000 for these two portions
of the job, apart from the provis-
ion.of a telephone' building and.
the necessary central office equip-
ment in Yancey*, the. district
manager declared,
ThYough a joint-use. agreement
between the (telephone company
and the Medina Electric Go-opera-
tive, Inc., the trunk circuits from
Hondo will be- placed along {he
existing REA pole line. Necessary
intermediate poles to accommodate
the telephone lines will be placqd
by the Medina Electric Cb-bpera-
tive. Bradshaw explained.
Commendation
Given Local Guard .
"The best in the regiment” was
t|pe report given Hondo Heavy
Mortar Company. National Guard, -
by Col. C. P. Chapman Tuesday.
Col.’Chapman, an army instructor
from San Antonio, wa^ here for
a ro.utine inspection.
The local National Guard un
was said to show more improve-
ment than any Other in this <i;-
tiict, and the colonel stated thr
the administration and training
of the company were excellent.
(’apt. Richard Schneider is com-
pany commander, an^ Lee D
Williams is 1st .sergeant.
Williams told the Anvil Herald
that work is continuing on the
armory at the airfield Lockers
have been completed anti two
• new* class rooms are now being
built.
The Guard unit will conduct a
recruiting drive in the near
future, according to., thu 1*4
sergeant.
Football Game
To Be Played
To Raise Funds
The Hondo Junior Chamber of
Commerce voted this week to
sponsor a public library in Hondo.
Definite plans have not been
completed, but the Jaycees are
expected to begin a door-to-door
campaign soon to get donations of
books and cash for the library.
Present plans call for using the
Chamber of Commerce office aa
a temporary location for the new
project. Mrs. Erne.-t Brucks,
Chamber secretary, has agreed to
act as temporary librarian to
issue books once the library is
started.
The library has received a boost
from Mrs. Beverly Witkind, who
was formerly connected with a
library iri Colorado Springs, Colo.
Mrs. Witkind has been interested
in beginning a library, in Hondo,
and has been corresponding with
several friends for book dona-
tions. She has agreed to-turn the
books over to the Jaycees as well
as other books which she might be
able to obtain. Mrs: Witkind has
been promised books by Christine
Whiting Parmenter, a friend who
is an author. '
The Jaycees ate hoping to
create a Library Memorial by.
which books or money may be
donated iri memory of deceased
friends and relatives. Memorial
books in the collection would be
marked with appropriate name-
plates listing the donor and the
name of the person or persons to
whom the books are dedicated.
A benefit game between two
college teams is among the pro-
jects planned by the Junior Cham-
ber to raise library funds. The
game would be played in HoTido
at the’ high school field, and ar-
rangements are now being made
to secure the schools to meet here.
Zion Lutherans
Dismiss On Sunday
CASTROVILLE — No Sunday
School or Divine Worship Service
will be held at Zion Lutheran
Church on Sunday, Aug. 28, the
pastor, Rev. L. J. Durkop'. ha-
announced.
Rev. Durkop says that Sunday
School, will he held at 9 o'clock
and the Divine Worship Service
will begin at 10 o’clock each Sun-
day beginning Sept 1
The Ladies’ Aid Society will
hold its regular monthly meeting
bn Wedno-day, Aug. 31, at 2
o’clock.
ERNEST BRUCKS
LOSES HAND
IN CORN PICKER
Ernest Brucks caught his left
hand in a corn picker Wednesday
afternoon, and it had to be
amputated just below’ the wrist.
Brucks was on his last run,
about 3:30, when his index finger
became entangled in the picker.
Jack Fuos, who w’as helping him,
was working about thirty yards
away and failed to hear his cries
.for help at first. When he came
t<? Brucks’ aid hiS whole hand was
in the picker, anu he had to use
a wuench to get it out. Brucks
walked the half-mile to the house
where he was taken to the hos-
pital in a truck by Fuos.
According to Fuos, Brucks was
pulling stalks from in front, of
the machine when the accident
occurred. Fuos said that he usually
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hiit he. just happened to be
there at the time of the accident.
THE WEATHER
IN HONDO
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David, Allen. The Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 09, Ed. 1 Friday, August 26, 1949, newspaper, August 26, 1949; Hondo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth648136/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hondo Public Library.