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THE HONDO
66
Aimvil Herald
tor Outstanding Community Service—First in South Texas, Third in the U. S. A.
HONDO, MEDINA COUNTY. TEXAS. FRIDAY AUf.lHT ai. lam-!
10c
r
rhest FFA
'aid Given To
)ert Saathoff
er- Saathoff was notified this
that he will*’receive the
Farmer Degree at the
p y \ Convention in
City in October.
Oioff is the fourth Hondo
, receive the ho liest FLA
e and only the seventh from
cmm y CXf . ‘Hondo re-
's Wcre Mber and Arthur
in 1938 and Victor Schweers
better from Vannoy Stewart
P p advis r. Saathoff was
itulated and told that 33 de-
,pplican> have been recom-
4 by the National Board
wt(,rv Degrees will .present-
esday afternoon* Or 9
Uanis School
;Ftnislred"'*'"
\NIS The new annex
was completed during the
r is now a part of the main
p 6f D'Hanis hitrh school
j| be ready for occupancy
opening of school on
two new classrooms, read-
out, office, and storage
ail equipped with modern
# including v. ntilate-n and
♦ c.empr'si I. shaped i»l-
■to the wt-t i f th*- old
jr The n . r room, with
panei'd P artitions, wili
a? r»'f. 1 - ’ • ! ibrarv ar.d
■ room.
top fl ‘i>r. <>f the original
j> has ■,cl* ized. thus
t.ng * .-tan »nv and other
i'w o S'.nv remodeling
o hen ai in;dished in the
vine Baptists
rt New Church
Valuations Show Rise
-:__ ________' -
School Will Begin Tuesday;
1951-52 Faculty Announced
ifigh school students will regis- — ----
Uvalde Ranch
Foreman Charged
In Cattle Theft
ter Friday and Saturday at Hondo -
public school, and first classes will,
be held Tuesday, Sept 4. Sup* J.
G. Barry announces.
Seniors will register at 10 a m,
Friday, juniors, 1:30 p. m. Friday;
sophomores, 10 a. m. Saturday; and .
freshmen, 1 30 p. rp. Saturday
Members of the faculty will meet
at the high school cafeteria at 9
o'clock on Monday.
Faculty for 1951-52 has been an-
nounced as f(51 lows J. G Barry,
superintendent. T D. Bridges,
coach and assistant superinten-
dent. who w’ill also be in charge
of the 16 teachers of the element-
ary school; James Roy Kile, high
school , principal; Miss^ Ramona
Thelma Bridgw^AL&r
Noyes Evans, Jr., about 30, has
been charged with cattle theft and
embezzlement after he allegedly
sold cattle at the Hondo Livestock*
Auction Co, which belonged to
Cuthlrth Ranch at Uvalde.
Evans, who is foreman of the
Cutbirth Ranch, was arrested by
Eli Hodges and Andy Anderson of
the Southwest Texas Cattlemen's
Association He has been released
on $10,000 bond.
Evans was charged with theft of
two head of cattle.. Some 41 head
are missing from the Uvalde ranch.
( astroville Public
School To Have
Only Ten Grades
CASTRQVILLE. -i- Castrovilie
Public School will operate with
ten grades instead of twelve. On-
board of trustees has decided Reg-
istration will be held Monday,
Sept. 3, at 8:30, according to- Sup*
James Kaderli.
School buses will operate as
u<ual opening day and will pick
up pupils in time for them to be
in Castrovilie by 8:30. Teachers re -
turning include Mrs. Hermina
Sittre. Mrs. Bessie Sittre, Mrs.
Hazel Reumple, and Mrs. Lillian
Haby. One vacancy, a teacher for
English and Spanish in the 9t!»
and 19ih grades, still exists on the
faculty.
Walk is progressing on the pub-
lic sclic >i ’ building! All reinforced
concrete work, ^deluding founda-
$100,000 INCREASE
ABOVE LAST YEAR
NOTED IN BUDGET
Medina County’s steady growth
is pantinuing, County Judge Hugh
H. Meyer reported Monday in pre-
senting the 1952 budget to the Oom-
misioner’s Court. The assessed val-
uation of the county now stands at
Housing Still
Short In Hondo
Housing continues to be critic-
al in Hondo, as new personnel
for Hondo Air Base arrive, but
the city hopes to relieve the si-
tuation throught acquisition of
IVINK " Th,
!or the
ast chm i i
■
Miay Sep '♦
groo:.-: hr.
.ids and r>
for 'he <!.<\
i<i t
Ml l.e - —. i f
-ial protr im
.““land tome
ground'- . i
Uhloavii i 1 ,
11
tl:g
H has been
n of a new
erected ' on
:nvjv 173.
he date set
ceremonies
e- ire invited
vening pastors
■ui and a din-
o’: the ground
being arrang-
atcrial are on
"'.hers are be-
mstrucMim
#• H hittington
itd On \ ug. 22
TALlA I services Were
f om \ .-rd«> church near
.i Mrs I K
-■'gf’jn ij; h i;ma BeatrU - -
r. of Vernon.
ui J enness ■ • .
;14;1878. and iarne to Ti u, u-
:i;->K.ng tu-; :i u:w
w brother who preceded
death.
w* ma-:-, '1 ■ Whrt-
24 1893
•■oed her in
R- Burch; Houston-
R Eggen: Mrs Dora Mae Fase-
lcr: Mrs. Kathleen Finger; Mrs.
Laura Gaines. Mrs. Ethel Hartman;
Guentfhqr E. Luckenbadh: Miss.
Tbe’ina Lynch John E McAnelly:
Mrs. Wilma Sadler. Mrs. Lucille
Wilson; . Mr. and Mrs. R. W Na-
tions; Mrs Jewel Gaston; Mrs. A
B. Strickland; Miss Delores Glass-
cock; Mrs Grace Heickmann; Al-
fred Sturchio, band director; Mrs.
Ray Ward, Mrs. Kate Klingeman,
and Mrs Dorothy Lowe Mrs.
’Lowe and Mrs Klingeman will
teach in the West Ward school.
Mrs Naomi Leilftaeber will be
Nupt Barry'* secrort®y.
The cafeteria will not start-serv-
ing meals until Monday. S«-pt 10
a-> some of the equipment has no*
yet arrived, Mrs Ross Wentz will
manage the cafeteria and Mrs
Th«*odore Wiemers, Mrs Kmabel
Fuliun. and Mrs Frank Zerr will
Ik other employees. Only students
and sc hool employees will be elig-
ible 10 eat in the cafeteria
The elementary school w ill hav •
—rl 40-12 40—for—noon ■ lunch—hot t
nigh school from 12 l This ir-
ra 'getneiv is necessary to allow
staggered serving in the cafeteria
but will also allow studens eat-
ing it hon.e to eat lumen ai 12 am'
l>e back to school on time
Sheriffs Wife
Foils ‘Suicide’
A prisoner in the Medina County
tail c’r-nged his mind about sui-
cide this week after his attem|>»
* is discovered h\ Mrs Jack Fus-
selman, wife of the sheriff
Mrs. I'iiSseb ian investig ited
when other prisoners cried out i
fire alarm and found a blaze in
he cell of Fdward Schaeffer wh<»
is being held oh theft and forgery-
charges Schaeffer had piled maga-
zines and newspapers in a heap,
ignited them and announced to
the sheriffs vrife that he was go-
!• g *o ‘ pile <*i the mattress and
vt and then jump into
Castro Library
Open To Public
Castroville’s Free Public Li-
brary is now ready for circulation
and everyone is invited to use
books presented to the City by
Edward Heusinger, Lady of the
Lake College and interested in-
dividuals.
Available are adults fiction,
junior fiction, picture books, his-
tory and sciences books, poetry,
classics, and cncyclopedae for re-
ference work. r
The library ia situated in the
city office and is open to the pub-
lic during the regular office
hours
A volunteer librarian will also
-be on duty Monday and Thursday
♦ venings from 7:30 to 9:30. There
a' n n > membership fees, and pa-
t'.ons only need to fill out a sig-
r.at't. re .card,;-------children-------under
twelve will need their parent’s
signature on cards. Books will be
charged out for not more than a
two week period, but may’ be re-
newed.
Rev. Frank Randall
Will Re Presented
R-’v F’-ank ■Randall, who held
vice- at the Fiist Baptist
• hutch Sunday, will be presented
tathe church membership Sunday.
Rev. Randall is now located in
Rock Springs.
■_vs.it Mr- Fusselman un-
h k 1 the door and entered -he
on Dec
•kuungton
on Pet, 3
!).ors Lnc‘u ce children
Whittington ui Natalu, Mrs
Shelton, and R0> Whitting-
Pandrhddrm. two great-
,'d;en a"d a number of
*nd nephews.
L,G LRan"‘h pastor of the
th,urch of Gr*nger officiat-
trs? held at 4 p. rn
ln al \ cemetery.
(’«r.s Spille
n Hitch Slips
^ did an about face and
SwwnH°adttch 00 Hlgh*
-u tn ,l‘>ndo and D’Hanla
ir.Srs.;,r.s
n to the front c*-'.
■ < tor
SE OFA|NCE MEETIN0
l. 0F Labor day
;* „fe^larr monthly me*t-
mrre T Ounior Chamber
°r r>»y u».Seftrib6r falu
on M ^ C,Ub wU1
W^ay. Sept u
ordering Ihe man to fill a
-i rt ■ % vater and exting-
uish ,i 3 ,r-.‘ kehai-flcr obliged,
d pu 'l bl..ze out
her.ft' Fu-selmau said that
>chaeff«*r had talked to his wife
■ m he phone several minutes be-
fore and evidently there had been
■i quarrel.
Air Rase Cadet Club
To Re Opened Friday
The Hondo Air Base Aviation
Cadet Club will open formally Fri-
day night, and on Saturday night
the first dance will he held. In-
vitations are being sent to a num-
ber of girls in this area for the
first dance, agd it is planned to
make the affair* * regular event.
Drilling Operations
Begin At Mofield's
YANCEY—An oil well on the
Elroy Mofield place was begun
early this week. The crew, work-
ing in three shifts, puts in 24 hour
days. By Tuesday they had reach-
ed a dpth of 1,000 feet. ••
JEEP, STOLEN SUNDAY,
FOUND NEAR HONDO
A 1948 model jeep belonging to
J. L. Carr of Tarpley was stolen
from In front of the Park Theatre
Sunday evening, but was recovered
by Jack Schneider Monday. Schnei-
der found the vehicle abandoned
in his garage on the east edge of
Hondo.
LABOR DAY
Labor Day will b<» observed
as an offieial holiday in Hon-
do on Monday, Sept. 3, Mrs.
(iuido Richter, secretary of
the Hondo C hamber of Com-
merce, announces.
Htrmbi businesses wiii be*
been. LOJJlcik.-iu soon. US iht con-
crete about a week, masonry
work will be.cin.
The Castrovilie .school was orig-
inally designated as twelve grades
by the county board, aWhough
transfer of junior and senior stu-
dent.- to LaCoste for the year ne-
ccssrtated a reduction to ten
grades.
J. P., County
Dockets Heavy
Two cases of aggravated assault
were tried by Judge Hugh Meyer
in county oourt during the past
week. George Rodriguez was fined
$25 and costs, and Santos Barron
was sentenced to 30 days in jail
and ordered to pay court costs.
Jame* Edward McMeans was fin-
ed $100 and costs for driving while
intoxicated.
In justice court precinct 1, the
following cases were disposed of:
Julia H. Alexander, running stop
light, fined >5 and. costs; Joquin
Rodriguez, drunk in public place,
$5 and costs; Benito DeLeon, no
tail light. $10 and costs; Raul Gon-
zales, drunk and disturbing the
peace. $1 and costs; Richard- Garza,
disturbing the peace and abusive
language, $25 and costs; Henry A.
Fletcher, speeding, $1 and costs;
Cirilo H. Sanchez, speeding, $10'
and costs; James D. Carr, speeding.
$10 and costs; Maria Jimenez, dis-
turbing the peace, $5 and costs; and
August C. Flores, overweight truck.
$10 and costs.
Rev. Froekner Sets
New Church Hours
B ginning with the first Sun-
day in September, Sunday school
. d worship services i» hi New
Fountain Methodist Church will
i" cin half an hour later. Kyv Wal-
n. Froehntr announces
Sunday School is * > m at
10 o'clock a^id the worship serv-
ices a I 11 o’clock. The ru t sen-
-i_ii—wiM begin at 7:45 ocloik.—
l he minister and m*. nbers of
. hi [»rf>o^? iit.i i-vtr»nd
to build units on the property
with private contractors, although
no definite action has been taken.
Individuals are also helping re-
lieve the housing shortage ln Hondo
with a number of new homes under
construction.
Rental property is being erected
by Louis George, three units; Henry
Windrow, two Units; M~s. L. Morris,
Joe Briscoe, four unit?; Bob Cor-
der, two units; and Robert L. Neel.
Private residences will also make
other housing available. Building
homes are Merlin Heycn, F. Har-
tung, Henry Stiegler, Walter H.
Bendele, and Harry Dehall.
Rolf Bohmfalk has completed re-
modeling of rental property, and a
new Baptist parsonage has been
completed.
THE WEATHER
IN HONDO
The following reports of the
weather
are taken at 7
A.
M. for
the day preceding, and
are
taken
by H. E
. Haass, for the Houston
Weather
Bureau, as assistant to
R. A.
Carter, Hondo
Co-Op
Weath«y
Observer and
Reporter.
Date
H
L
Rain
Aug. 23
100 .
70
0.00
Aug. 24
100
71
ooo
Aug. 25
101
72
o.o
Aug. 26
101
72
0.00
Aug. 27
102 •
69
0.00
Aug 28
.103
68
0.00
Aug. 29
103
68
0.00
closed.
Iir i . hi crooar io.i oytpnH ^ nir><?»
cordial invitation to all to attend
any or all services. Rev. Froehner
said.
Devine Youth Wins
S. U. Scholarship
DEVINE—George W. Thompson
was awarded a special scholarship
to the Southwestern University at
the close of the Methodist Youth
assemblies in Ke^rvillt-
His outstanding wont as instruc-
tor at the assemblies and his char-
acter and personality were consid-
ered to entitle him to the award.
He plans to enter S. U. in the fall
and tak-e ttj> fits studies' fur the
ministry.
—George is a 1951 graduate of the
$11,208,080, an increase of about
$100,000 over last year.
An estimated $129,000 will be col-
lected, based upon the current tax
rate of $1.10 per $100 and collection
of 95 per cent. Of this amount,
some $67,000 will be paid on county
debts and the remainder used for
operating expenses.
The Medina County court is one
of the few which has not called an
election to levy an additional 30
cent tax which is the amount re-
duced by the state, Judge Meyer
said.
The budget shows outstanding in-
debtedness as follows: road' and'
bridge fund bonds, issued in 1941,
•fCrtHME?1 TZlsa’^oK^rfi "
$ 655j0(10T court hmise and jail
warrants of 1948, $13,000; road
district 2 bonds of 1935, $7,000;
and road district 2 bonds of
1940, $39,000. “The county
is meeting these obligations as they
come due,” Judge Meyer explained.
The $1.10 tax rate, broken down,
shows 53< needed for operating ex-
penses, 501 to retire road and
bridge bonds, and 7< to retire court-
house and jail warrants.
The jury fund rate was boosted
from 31 to 4< because of a heavier
court docket, and will yield re-
sources amounting to $6,992.05.
Road and bridge fund was left at
15<*, $113,765.81; general fund, 25<,
$98,635.80; permanent improvement
fund, decreased from 5< to 4<, $9-
722.58; and health unit fund. 51.
$13 809 77
Judge Meyer said that the county
also received about $110,000 from
the state as its share from licenses
and gas taxes, with other money
coming from miscellaneous fees,
fines, etc.
Fire On Sunday ..
Destroys Home
DEVINE.—Fire of undetermined
< rigin broke out Sunday morning
about 8 o’clock, destroying the
Inme of Mr and Mrs. J. E. Du-
ll o.scn
I iremen arrived in time to save'
i urr.iture from three front rooms,
but most * f *he furnishings of two
tied rooms, bathroom, kitchen, and
breakfast nook were lost. Also
destroyed were all linens, blankets,
1 id oov. is, arid most of the fami-
ly clo hing
De-pite work oh the part of
tir n,en. the house was destroyed i
wi.h only some of the front w’alj
s an bnL The DuBoses are making
plans to rebuild on the same loca-
tion.
The fire wa- discovered over-
head in the pqntry. but had al.
leady gained headway in the ceil-
ing in other parts of the house.
The—adults—m re—sitting—at The
breakfast table, and the children
n er. still in bed One adult phrn-—
Devine high school and is' the son
of George Thompson, local business
man.
State Department’s Ruling
Awaited For Yancey School
As New Board Is Appointed
Status of the Yancey High
School still has not been definitely
determined, although a new sev-
en-member board has been ap-
pointed for the school by the
county board.
The new board includes Alfred
Wiemers. Ed Martin, E. S. Bohm-
falk, Leroy Faseler, J. N. Wilson,
Robert Uard, and Marvin Muen-
nink. At an organizational meet-
ing held Monday ni?ht. Wiemers
was chosen as board president and
Muennink as secretary.
Two representatives pf the State
Board of Education m« t with the
Yancey board Tuesday to discuss
problems of the school and make
recommendations, aLihough no
written report had been re-
ceived Wedtiu q -y.
- With the resignation of the past
board, the school wus suspended
as to classification until atote re-
quirements were met
Wiemers and Alvin Robinson,
superintendent last year, were in
Austin Wednesday on school busi-
ness. The board expects to meet
again Thursday or Friday night.
The county board met list Fri-
day to name a new board. Only
poisons attending the meeting
were Ernest DuBo«e, Robinson, C.
A. Mm nnink. and an Anvil Herald
reporter.
DuBose submitted a list of
names Rs recommendations for the
’ward, and they were as follows.
Ed Martin, Emil Bohmfalk, Alfred
Boggus, Alfred Wiemers, Lucian
Ward, Elroy Mofield. and Milton
Fohn. As Fohn had just resigned
as a member of the hoard. DuBose
submitted the name of Leroy Fa ;e.
ler it the suggestion of the county
l ward.
Muennink submitted a list
identical to that given by DuBose
but added the name of Ernest
Wiemers.
Five of the previous board mem-
bers also submitted individual
names for their successors. They
were Robert Faseler, submitted by
John Faseler; Robert Ward, sub-
mitted by Roy Hartman; Marvin
Muenrink, submitted by 1. P. Nix-
on; A. J. Hardt, submitted by Har-
old Faseler; and J. N. Wilson, sub-
mitted by Buford Wilson.
P. S. Keller, chairman of the
county boa-d, expressed concern
over the serious condition exist-
ing at Yancey with the opening
of school close at hand, and said
he hoped those who were appoint-
ed would get together and carry
on. He said ‘’ich sloe should give
and take a little, or else the higher
authorities (State Board of Edu-
cation) “might do something you
don’t like — like consolidating the
whole school with Hondo."
He said the new board was 'o
administer the needs of the Yan-
cey school until the State Dcpari-
ment could come down to investi-
gate financial and other trouble*
of the school.
The county board else received
bids for bus maintenance, hrd re-
ceived low bids from Jake Schueh.
le for mecho ;icM work and Jack
Zlnsmeyer for fueL washing, etc.
ed the fire department, another
awoke the children ana escorted
them out of the house, while i
third backed out two cars from
the garage which adjoined the
house.
Rev. Durkop Will
Fill Hondo Pulpit
Services at St. Paul’s Lutheran
Church and Sunday school will be
held 30 minutes later than usual
on Sunday, Sept. 2. Rev. L. Dur-
kop of Castrovilie will fill the pul-
pit In the absence of the pastor.
Rev. M. J. Lorfing.
Sunday school will begin at 10
o’clock with services at 11. The
change in time will be for this
Sunday only. Rev. Lorfing said.
The Lorfings plan to attend tho
family reunion at Halleitsville on
Sunday.
Brush Fire Destroys
75 Acres Of Grass
PEARSON.—A brush fire des-
troyed about 75 acres of grassland
on the Alex Tschirhart place and
a number of acres on Henry Salx-
man’s place Saturday. The Castro-
ville fire department and neigh-
bors prevented the fire ,from
spreading to adjoining land.
CON CAN MAN ESCAPES
AS TRUCK HITS DIRT
Howard L. Rich of Con Can es-
caped with minor cuts and bruises
after his pickup truck collided with
mounds of dirt where the road la
under construction at ‘D’Hanla.
Sheriff Jack Fusselman and Dep-
uty John Kempf investigated.
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David, Allen. The Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, August 31, 1951, newspaper, August 31, 1951; Hondo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth648934/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hondo Public Library.