The Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 07, Ed. 1 Friday, August 12, 1949 Page: 8 of 24
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Pm* s. ANVIL HERALD, Hood* (MmUu Ceuety) Texas, Aug. IX. l*4t
FOOTBALL HOPEFULS TO BEGIN
TRAINING MONDAY MORNING AT 8
A call for players to'make up the 1949 Hondo Owl football squad
has been issued by Coach Tom Bridges for Monday morning.
Bridges asks that boys wishing to try out'for the team report
to the high school gym between 8 and 8:30 to meet with him, assistant
coach Roy Kile, and Co-captains Wilbur Bohmfalk and Billy Smith.
Equipment will be issued at the meeting, Bridges said, and prac-.
tice will be held twice daily — in the morning and afternoon — until
school begins.
Virtually the same team that competed last year will be, put again
foot bait title. Only liner ui fnin Lu>s
Williams, Haass,
Breiten Are Named
On All-Star Team
Three Hondo Bluebird players
were named to the all-star team
after the Girl’s Softball Tourna-
ment in Natalia last week.
Rose “Pye” Haass was placed
at .second base, Evelyn Breiten
was chosen as a fielder, and
Juanita Williams was named
catcher. Other players were
Mozelle Adams of Pearsall and
Florine Nickel of Rio Medina,
pitchers; June Sadler , Devine,
Medina, shortstop; Betty White-
first >!»<»■ F»y Kin—
from the starting lineup were lost from the 1948 season.
Bridges, Kile Go
To Coach's School
Tom Bljdges and Roy Kile of
Hondo Hipi School were among
the over L000 Texas coaches who
attended the coach’s school in
Beaumont Aug. 1-5.
Bridges and Grady Hester of
Corpus Christi High were in
charge of the South All Stars,
who were coached by Don
Faurot of Missouri University
The South battled the North,
coached by Carl Snavely of North
Carolina, to a 6-6 draw in the
all star game Friday night.
Bridges and Kile returned to
Hondo Sunday.
D'Hanis Pirates Meet
Union Team Sunday
D’HANIS — Union 694’s Bus-
men of San Anto'nio will furnish
the opposition for the D'Hanis
Pirates Sunday at 3 P. M., in
D’Hanis.
The Busmen, perennially a
fpower in the San Antonio City
Major League, wound up in third
place this season. D’Hanis is cur-
rently resting in third place of
the Highway 90 League with a
record of 10-6 for the season.
Lefty Tommy Finger, late of
the Dallas Eagles, will take the
hill for the Pirates in Sunday’s
game. He will be opposed by the
veteran Doc Kretzer of the
L’nion nine.
Rain Postpones All
Highway 90 Games
Hondo Lions and Utopia con-
tinued in a first place tie for the
Highway 90 crown as rain Sun-
day caused the postponement of
all league games.
Sundays games were the last
on the schedule, andy the making
up of the rained out games next
Sunday will, decide whether a
tournament will' be needed to
decide the title. Hondo will play
LaCoste at the Hondo diamond.
Also at stake is the fourth
place berth, with LaCoste and
Castroville both having a chance
at the top division, and the celler,
■where Devine, Rio Medina and
Quihi are fighting it out.
GEORGIA REITZER ATTENDS
MUSIC SCHOOL‘IN SEGUIN
More than 240 students
attending the Yandercook Music-
Recreation Camp now in session
at Texas Lutheran College will
present their final program at
the Seguin Fairgrounds ball park
on Friday evening, August 12,
at 8 o'clock. The evening's enter-
tainment, open to the public, will
feature a band concert, instru-
mental duets and trios, and dem-
onstrations by members of the
marching and twirling classes.
Among the students enrolled in
the camp is Georgia Reitzer of
Hondo. \
head, Natalia, third base; and Jo-
Ann Tschirhart, Gastroville, and
Cora „Lee Sittre, Rip- Medina,
fielders.
Hondo ended up the tourament
-just out of the top teams, losing
to Natalia 8-4 in the consolation
game Friday night. The Bluebird-;
gained the consolation game by-
beating Devine 7-6 in a thirteen
inning contest. The usual girl’s
game is played seven innings.
Rio Medina, which jvon the
tournament, defeated Hondp 11-
6 in the opener. The Bluebirds
also lost to Natalia, 8-4.
Castroville took second place
in the tourney, with Natalia get-
ting third.
LACOSTE SETS TOURNAMENT
AT DEVINE AFTER 2 LOSSES
LACOSTE — The LaCoste
girls lost both games in the
Natalia tournament last week.
They lost to Pear-all 6-0. Monday
night, and fell to Natalia' 10-4
Wednesday. *
LaCoste will play m the Uevine
tournament next- week
HORSES LOSE PAIR
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
The Flying Red Horses, cham-
pions of the Hondo Softball"
League, ran into tough competi-
tion Wednesday night as they
lost two games to out of town
tenths.
T1! Horses $ ped -■ find
game,. 10-1. "to Leon s Ice Station
of Castroville, and lost the second
to Marlin Mechler’s Sauz Hot
Shots.' >-?'. Roth visiting teams
were aided by -players frorp San
Antonio. °
DEVINE TAILOR SHOP *
BEGINS NEW BUILDING
DE\ IN'E — A new business
establishment has been started
here.
Mr. and Mrs. Tommie Weiss
have beguh construction of a new
building to house their tailor
shop. ' _____ *K
The building will be of tile with
a brick front, and new equipment
and storage space is being instal-
led.
The \V eiss’s hope to move into
the" new building by fall.
VOCATIONAL AG TEACHER.
SECRETARY ATTEND MEET
DE\ INE — Henry Moss, voca-
tional agriculture teacher, ani
Kenneth Taylor, secretary, of the
Region X area of the Future
Farmers of America, attended a
committee meeting of Area X at
Kingsville la-t week.
Plans were begin made for the
area banquet, which will be held
soon.
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National Guard
Has Barbecue
Parents, wives and friends of
National Guard members were
treated to a barbecue at the
Armory Thursday, August 4
About sixty were present, and
saw equipment, of the local Heavy
Mortar Company.
Work is now in progress on re-
modeling the Armory building,
and when it is complete, the en-
tire community will be invited to
see the building and equipment.
It is hoped to demonstrate some
of the weapons at that time, if
training aoiwonitiuB ■» avaiiahU
Captain Richard Schneider has
been appointed Recruiting Officer
for this area, and will try to get
the Hondo unit up to fifty mem-
bers by the end of the year. When .
the unit’s strength reaches 121
enlisted men and 6 officers, the
National Guard BureaTr-Contem-
plates .building a permanent .
armory.
Present strength is 29 enlisted
men and three officers.
Castroville
Levels City Dump
CASTROVILLE — Several im-
provements have been made by
the City of Castroville during the
past week.
A bulldozer has leveled the
ground at the city dumping
grounds, and a pit was dug in
which to burn all rubbish. In ad-
dition, signs were erected warn-
ing people not to dump trash on
the street, but in the dump yard
proper. J
The City is replacing a 1 Vs inch
water main on Madrid Street
from the corner of Amelia to
Constantinople with a 2 inch majn
to give water patrons in that sec-
tion of town more pressure. "Upon
the completion of that job, the
city expects to install water mains
on the street leading to the ceme-
teries.
The city also plans to install
street lights in the business sec-
tions of town and at important
intersections within the next few
weeks.
A search lij|ht was. installed
on the city truck to facilitate any
repair work that might have to be
undertaken at night.
Farmers Must Comply
Wheat Acreage Allotment;
For Federal Price Support
Farmers were put on notice of the farm acreage allots
today that compliance with wheat If such a producer hag
acreage allotments will be neces- terest in more than one *’
sary if they want the protection a county, he will be eligihi J1
of Government price supports on wheat price supports if V*
their 1950 wheat crop. "is share of the lj/jg
According to King, chairman 1
of the County Agricultural Con-
servation Committee, an
•eligible” producer for price sup-
acreage seeded for harv™ he*
of the farms'does not exce^i?
tota share of the w)l '
ments or “permitted” acre-
—If the producer htn, sn
generally — will be “any in- eat in farms in more thar
dividual, partnership, association, county or State, he would no.0f*
corporation, or other legal entity eligible for wheat price sum*/
that has an interest as land- if the total of his share 0f tJ
owner, landlord, tenant,, or share- 1950 wheat acreage seeded i
cropper in a farm on which the harvest on all of the farm* *
acreage planted to wheat for eeeds this total share pf S[]..
harvest in 1950 is not in excess lotments or permitted arrea
-—-----*- : regardless of where 8Uch <.
j are situated *
Two Changes Made
At St, LOUIS StllOOl those rarms for which a Yu
CASTROVILLE — The follow- wheat allotment of less thia u
ing changes are announced in acres is established and the wh
the faculty of the St. Louis acreage seeded for harvest h**
School: Sister Anna Theresa, who excess of the allotment. In th *
taught in Louisiana last year, will cases, the permitted acretw*1
replace Sister Maxellenda; Sister the smaller of the acreage seeHu
frxr fluruoo* a- 1C
are situated*
A “permitted” acreage u
King said, will be used only t
those farms for —*
Antonio, who taught in San An-
tonio, will replace Sister Guada-
lupe.
Sister Reginal, who is instruc-
tor in music, has just returned
from a visit with her family
in Fort Worth. Sister Donatus
has not returned from Pleasanton
where she is on the faculty of the
vacation school being held there,
but will be in “Castroville for the
opening of the school term.
for harvest or -15 acres.
l
CON CAN, GARNER PARK
dKEYED AFTER INSPECTION
A close check on all the camps
in the Con Can area by Uvalde
health officers shows that sanitary
conditions were better than
normal.
.The Uvalde officers, with rep-
resentatives from the State Health
Department, also made a water
test at Garner Park, and found
that the watei was carrying no
refuse or sewage and was pure
The check on Garner Park came
after complaints had been re-
ceived that fish weft dying in the
river.
Jail Worker First
Prisoner Locked l)p
One of tbe men who help«4
build the new Medina cotutt
jail was the firat man to
liia name - on tbe regut*,
Aufuat 1. Jamei Gregory, a
who bad helped build tb
foundation, had the honor o!
being the firat man officially
locked up in it.
Arrested for driving while
intoxicated, he pleaded gBilty
in county court and wai tun-
ned a $100 fine.
Mosea Gutierrez, serving t 34
day sentence, was moved froe
the old calaboose Monday, **4
is still in jail.
Cl
Charmer
A LETTER TO THE
EDITOR FROM-
A FORMER EDITOR
' Her*, w -arc —- wife and •!
safe and- rested a’ 1‘c ; i -
Paris. Texas, that .though
from the distance driven it seems
the other point couldn't be much
farther away! Texas ts some big
state ___'hat^XHATS n» brag'
Found our son and family O. K.
Hope everything is O. K in
Hondo and especially in the shop
. . . Regards to all. not forget-
ting the littlest boss!
FI.L HE l DA\ l>
and his boss
The Raye Theatre
.Fri-Sat Aug. 12-13 ,|
“SGT. YORK"
Gary Cooper Joan Leslie
Sun -Mon Aug 14-15
• KISS IN
I David Niven
THE DARK
Jane Wyman
wmmm
4*
Postmaster Warns Of
Chain Letter Fad
A warning that a number of
chain letters ate, again being
circulated in the mail was issued
this week by Postmaster- Harry. K.
Filieman..
Filleman, stated that the current
circulation pertains to the
“Hankie. 1 lul . ami says that such
cards and chain- letter!* are un-
mailable. Such mail; when detec-
ted by postal employees, is with-
drawn from the mail and for-
wared to the'office of the Post
Office Inspector in Charge, ac-
cording to the postmaster.
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY '
FOR SALE: Two
houses anil
business building for sale cheap,
see Wood <£ Wood. (Itc7)
$2,000 will buy 6
room house in
good residential
district. Call
347.
(1 tc 7)
JIliliPY
LOST: Buff-colored Cocker
Spaniel. Answers, to the name
of. Snubby. Caii 1D7-W. ( H( 7 )
WANTED: Experienced mechanic.
Apply Pichot Service Station.
- (ltp7)
FOR RF.NT: 3-rooni apartment,
call 198-J. (ltc7)
Start Of Cemetery
Beautification
Awaiting Donations
The committee for the beaus-1
fication of the Hondo cetneteria ^
has received liberal donations la
date to have water in-tailed £
the cemeteries, but' i: has not
obtained sufficient to be
.gin the project at -this time, £'-H
cording to A. G. Walker, chap-
man.
Walker says that cip-'-ns nr ft
owners may still make donations
• for the cemetery b.c-iuitificat.oi,
and ir.at su, h ronMibuinin-
aid in getting the work started
The chairman /stated that h*
would announce • donor.--, to tie
project very soon. , •
D'Hanis Bank Office
Has Radio Intervim
D’HANIS —> D’Hanis was fa-
tured Saturday morning oy.tr tin
radio when J. P. Ephraim «■*
interviewed.
Ephraim, who is vice-president
and cashier of the D’Hanis StiO
Bank, included in his discussion
topics contributing to the in-
dustrial and agricultural dew
opmont of his territory, such a
brickmaking, transport at-on fac.h-
tu-s, broom corn, grain crops, tie
cattle industry, and banking. -
He also gave historcial nota
concerning D’Hanis, such a* ’j*
. origin of the name of the town,
as well as its long-standing int«-
est in baseball activity.
Ted.-Thur*.
Aug. 16-17-18
~LU5T FOR GOLD”
Ida Lupmo Glenn Ford
TRAVEL*!.. ^ . Jct.c
Garrison needs nothing out a few
toilet articles as he sets off for
his vacation. He's attending the
annual convention of the Na-
faorval Sunbathers Association -at
a mountain camp near Morrison,
Colo. As a matter of fact, that
m
. *-**
OLD TRICK, NEW TWIST—Cargo men loading this plane at
died, passed by hand m:o the pian€. and cc,;icd 3,,
Process w-as reversed vs h«»n the nian*
Fri-Sat Aug. 19-20
“TRAIL OF THE
LONESOME PINE”
barrel he’s wearing constitutes
formal attire—it's strictly a non-
dress affair
over again.
ItS 4C!*llR,StlOTL
MacMurray
Henry 'J3
Fonda,
n The Park Theatre
Fri-Sat Aug. 12-13
• MARSHALL OF
AMARILLO”
Allen “Rockey” luine
Serial: “Congo Bill"
Sun-Moo Aug. 14-15
"DESERT FURY”
tLixabeth Scott John Hodiak
Fri-Sat Aag. 19-20
“BLACK TRAILS”
Johnny Mack Brown
fMatiuaa Sat.-Sua. at i p. ■*-!
|fNight akww *tart» at 7:0O|
Gaaarai AAamiM
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David, Allen. The Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 07, Ed. 1 Friday, August 12, 1949, newspaper, August 12, 1949; Hondo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth648577/m1/8/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hondo Public Library.