Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, February 11, 1955 Page: 3 of 12
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i. Wrong With Hondo?
sk The Teen-Agers
ays U. S. Chamber
/ „ to' cut by putting the teen-agers’ 50
rro'-If you want to' cut by putting the teen-agers’
OTON aj i SUggestions into effect.
t’s wrong wi n y i These conclusions are based on
jjje teen-agers, suggests ^ a unjqUe survey conducted by the
her of Commerce of the independence, la. Chamber of
Commerce in the town’s two high
teS' • i „„„r faults for schools. The chamber asked 160
pinpoint y . i juniors and seniors for frank ans-
, way that will | werg to 24 questions about the
- But you’ll probably community. The students were
criticisms sound. asked for their opinions on how
thP chamber, the to improve recreational and soc-
sa!mnlaints will give ial facilities in Independence,
comp . -i« ! what they thought of retail stores
and whether they intended to re-
main in their home town, making
it their home.
The students made it clear they
needed,; better recreational and
social facilities. They called for
more selection and variety in the
stores, new lighting and color
schemes, new store fronts and
fewer “pouncing” clerks. About
about what to do with
themselves. Juwjuto
undoubtedly could be
Registrations
. Nessly, SA, Plymouth
Hall, Hondo, Buick
Corder, Hondo, Pontiac
j, pophan, SA, Chevrolet
Hall, SA, Chevrolet
j, TerBush, Hondo Air
icktudor Riviera.
C Bums, Robbins AFB,
violet club coupe.
[c. Elbert Jackson, Me-
Lvrolet fordor.
L L. Shaw, SA, Chevro-
h sedan.
Ejj, Davenport, SA, Chev-
Uot sedan.
[fly, Hondo, Buick fordor
L C, Toney, Jr., Albany,
Ebevrolet fordor sedan
[Herce, Devine, Chevro-
|
[White Rude and Joseph
kjde, Hondo, Buick Rivi-
Carmichael, D’Hanis,
(tap.
Ipizzini, Jr., SA, Chevro-
b
lAmberson, Hondo, Chev-
thip
U E. Byrom, Somerset,
b sport coupe.
I E. Miller, SA, Chevro-
I coupe.
IE. Hobbs, Brackettville,
trior.
|B. Wentz, Hondo, Buick
I Ahr, LaCoste, Ford pick-
hy, SA, Chevrolet tudor
Rtiinm, SA, Chevrolet se-
tt H, H
coupe.
Rodriguez Gonzales and
Hernandez.
1 Sizemore and Dorothy
p J. Williams and Sheila
Bumith.
50 percent asked for a store spec-
ializing in teen-agers’ clothes.
The most revealing answers
dealt with their plans after gra-
duation. Seventy-three said they
expected to leave Independence,
13 expected to stay and 11 were
undecided. As in other small
towns, the chief reason for the
plans to leave was lack of job
opportunities.
The Independence chamber re-
ports that it has taken to heart
the teen-agers’ views. It is for-
mulating plans for the develop-
ment of present business and in-
dustry and to obtain new indus-
try. Other improvements are in
the works, too.
The National Chamber sug-
gests that other towns might get
similar results from consultation
with their high school youngsters.
Seco Philosopher (ahem) Sez
Formosan Answer
Is Rhode Island
Editor’s note: The Seco Philo-1 But there is a way out, and
sopher on his Johnson grass farm I’m surprised that somebody else
has an extremely preposterous J1®511..1 .^h°ufht of what
id,, thi, w,,k. ..
when you read the following. | 0ut requiring an act of Congress
Dear editar: ' or involving the nation.
I know about as much about Now here’s my proposal,
international affairs as I do about There’s Rhode Island sitting up
whether there’s any uranium un- there, not doing anything out-
der my farm out here but lack standing but not causing any
of information never has been any j trouble either and without very
bar to having an opinion, in Con-! many votes. Why don’t we declare
gress or out, and I have been Rhode Island an independent na-
giving considerable thoughtto the tion, sever our relations with it
international situation lately and as a state, and then channel all
rr.rmi/.hanl TVHanis have come to a conclusion.
I Carmichael, D Hams, ^ ^ ^ United
States, and the advantage Russia
has over us, is that we haven’t
got any puppet state, one you
can puU the strings for but dodge
the responsibility of. If Russia
wants to stir up some trouble in
Korea, for example, she doesn’t
come out in the open where the
rest of the world can pin it on
her, she uses her puppet state,
Red China, which in tum uses
some of its undercover men in
Korea. The scheme kept us look-
ing ridiculous in Korea for three
years.
Now the same things is hap-
pening in Formosa. Russia is
supplying Red China with ma-
b H. Harris, SA, Buick' Terials and ideas, Red China is
fomenting trouble in Formosa,
and the United States and her
allies are left with the job of
trying to stop bullets after they’re
fired, when everybody knows the
only way to do it is to eradicate
the guns, but the guns come from
Russia'and we can’t get at them
because we just ain’t the war
starting type, which is a good
thing, but which leaves us with
the burnt end of the stick, if you
foUow my military language.
the men and weapons needed
through it and let her handle the
Formosa situation or any other
spot where the Communists break
out?
As an independent nation, with
no connection with the United
States, Rhode Island could start
shooting wherever shooting is re-
quired, and we could sit back
and send diplomatic notes to Rus-
sia every time Russia’s toes were
stepped on saying ain’t it unfor-
tunate but we can’t do a thing
with the independent and liberat-
ed nation of Rhode Island, she
buys a little equipment from us
now and then, we got the re-
ceipts to show for it, but beyond
that we con’t have any connec-
tion with her, and if anybody
wants to declare war on her, go
ahead,’ we can’t help it, but if
you fly over our area getting to
her, that’d be a violation of our
air and an act of war against
us, which is a horse of a dif-
ferent color.
This idea might not work, but
you can say the same for most
of the diplomatic ideas tried up
to now.
Yours faithfully,
J. A.
J
^,fgj
Ik
Lincoln's Words
Still Good Today
Every time Lincoln's Birthday rolls around we gain
a new appreciation of his greatness, and of the wis-
dom,of his many pronouncements.
Most of them are as meaningful today as they
were in Lincoln's time, and one of them is that "you
cannot help men permanently by doing for them what
they could and should do for themselves."
Certainly this applies to government in business.
During the 1930’s and 40's, the federal government
built up a multi-billion dollar system of government-
owned enterprises competing with private business. At
least 78 government corporations and agencies were
set up to handle such activities.
President Eisenhower has, made a start toward
reducing the size and scope of governmental opera-
tions — a move which must be continued and expand-
ed. Getting — and keeping — the federal government
put of business and out of competition with business
could save the American people billions of dollars.
Anvil Herald, Hondo, Toxat, Q
Friday, February 11, 1955 ^
Fletcher Davis
EXPOSES ANOTHER WOLF
IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING ' '
IN THE PROPOSAL TO NATIONALIZE OUR SCHOOLS
fhe kn°ws exactly where and what and how to buy to make her food
Poney go further. She also knows where (here) and what (at least
f° 0 of *he family income) and how (every week) to SAVE to make
fe famiVs dearest dreams come true on schedule. - Smart buying
plus wise saving make a winning combination!
1 Account
bsured
Up To
1°,000.00
Hondo National Bank
Member Bank
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Interest
PAID
Semi-Annually
On
Savings
Car Governors Only
i - * #
Stop For Speeding
What price speed?
You wonder, seeing your auto speedometer
register up to 100 m. p. h. That’s why the time will
come when legislators must make it unlawful for manu-
facturers to gear the auto past the maximum speeds
allowed. Either that or hike the speed laws above 60
m. p. h. in daytime.
One way or another something has got to give.
True, the patrolman is going to catch some fast
drivers, but there will be many more who slip past
the radar screen when it isn’t working or who aren't
seen by the prowl car.
The fault lies in the fact no governor is there to
keep the itchy foot from floorboarding any time the
driver takes a notion. It’s like a parent telling a child to
stop piecing on candy, but leaving the temptacious
candy within reach.
If the lawmakers say we shall not drive over 60
m. p. h. or be fined for the privilege, then they must
also complete the links in that chain. They must stop the
auto manufacturers from making cars lower to the
ground and with more ability to speed.
True, we live in a faster age, but we also do not
have adequate highways in most cases for the speeds
of which our machines are capable. Even if we did how
long can most of us drive a car at high speed before
it becomes a death trap in disguise.
We also have more accidents because every day
more people are driving, and the-chances foe.accidents
or death are daily getting better.
Still, unless a driver is hurt, he never feels that
accidents will end his life or cripple him. We Americans
are inveterate gamblers, whether with money or lives.
In some cases we have to be.
Well, what's the answer? Shall we go on butcher-
ing more and more people or do- we use a little
psychology and gear the auto down to where it can't
go faster than the law allows.
The voters have to do' it. The manufacturers never
would.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Bewara Of Tha Do-Gooder*'
Proffered Gift*
Of all the efforts now extant
to turn every thing over to the
management of a meddlesome
Federal government none are
more insidious or fraught with
graver danger than the proposal
to turn the management of our
schools over to the national gov-
ernment through the accept-
ance of Federal Aid for Educa-
tion.
In a recent broadcast over
Facts Forum, Reed Smoot points
out some of its evils, from
which we reproduce the foUow-
ing:~
Today, when Texas is among
the most prosperous states in the
Union, you ought to see the list
of Texas school systems which
have had, are getting, or want
federal aid. That list is as long
as your arm.
Where does the federal goverr.
ment get its money? From the
people in the individual states.
Why should the people of Florida
pay money into the federal treas-
ury in Washington in order to
get a small portion of it back
for helping to finance their local
schools? And a small portion is
all they ever get back, because
a heavy percentage of all the
money you send into Washington
has to be spent to maintain the
frightfully expensive machinery
of administration.
Isn’t federal aid to education
designed to help the less pros-
perous states in order to stan-
dardize and equalize education-
al opportunities for all the chil-
dren in the nation? That’s what
the proponents of federal aid to
education say, because it gives
them a good talking point with
the Socialists, welfare-staters, and
miscellaneous do-gooders who be-
lieve in leveling off and stan-
dardizing-who think of the prob-
lems of educating infinitely vari-
ous human beings in the same
way that they think of raising a
fine, uniform herd of white-faced
cattle: such people, for example,
as Dr. James Conant, formerly
president of Harvard and pres-
ently America’s High Commis-
sioner in Germ any-Dr. Conant,
one power behind the scenes in
the National Citizens Commission
for the Public Schools and the
cherished darling of the Nation-
al Education Association and of
all the other similar organiza-
tions, such as the national PTA,
which have become fronts for
nationalizing education in the
United States. Dr. Conant has
publicly decried the continued ex-
istence of private schools, saying
that private schools are bad be-
cause they keep all children from
getting the same kind of educa-
tion. The idea of Dr. Conant, as
of the National Education Asso-
ciation, seems to be that all our
children should be forced to go
to the same kind of schools, use
the,same kind of buildings, read
the same kind of books, have the
same kind of teachers, eat the
same kind of lunches, think the
same kind of thoughts, play the
same kind of games, until they
arrive ultimately at the same
kind of sameness which charac-
terizes the state-indoctrinated
youth of the Communist coun-
tries.
It is bqth false and foolish to
Mrs. Don Windrow, Feb. 12.
A. W. Brookshire, Feb, 12.
Henry Schott, Jr., Feb. 12.
Mrs. Alfred G. Brucks, Feb. 12.
Shirley Lindeburg, Feb. 13.
Mrs. W. R. Miller, Feb. 13.
Calvin Schott, Feb. 13.
Gregory Lawrence Tschirhart,
Feb. 13.
Armin Bendele, Feb. 14,
Mrs. Geo: H. Kimmey, Feb. 14
Mrs Arthur Haby, Feb. 14.
Mrs. Frank Hawes, Feb. 14.
Gus A. Mechler, Feb. 15.
O. J. Schuehle, Feb. 15.
Hasey Eckhart, Feb. 15.
Bernard Biediger, Feb. 16.
Tommy Sharp, Feb. 16.
Mrs. Ed 'Bader, Feb. 17.
Mrs. Glenn Keller, Feb. 17.
Mrs. Elmer C. Huegele, Feb. 17.
Mary Adele Zuberbueler, Feb.
17.
Leo Schmidt, Feb. 17.
Linda Sue Tondrc, Feb. 17.
Agnes Echtle, Feb. 18.
Walter J. Fuos, Feb. 18.
Max Biediger, Feb. 18.
taxpayers in the operation of the
public schools.
Imagine what we will have in
a few years if we bring the fed-
eral government into this picture
and transfer the final authority
over our public schools to Wash-
ington, where the one or two top
administrators are constantly un-
der the pressure of the National
Education Association, PTA, Na-
tional Citizens Commission for
the Public Schools, and other lob-
by groups.
But what are we going to do
about schools in those states
which just can’t afford adequate
school systems? The real answer
to that question is that-before
government started taxing away
our possibility of educating our
own children in our own way;
before the state used its police
and taxing powers to create for
itself a near monopoly in the
field of primary and secondary
'ducation-there never was a
place in the United States where
a child could not get all of the
education he was capable of ab-
sorbing.
Another answer-couched more
nearly in the terms of our mod-
ern ideology which presumes
money to be the answer to all
problems-is that every individual
state in this Union is infinitely
better off financiaUy than the
federal government is. The debt
of the federal government is now
pushing the 275-billion-dollar
mark. The combined indebted-
ness of all state and local gov-
ernments in aU forty-eight states
is about eighteen billion doUars.
With such a condition as this
existing, the very suggestion that
the federal government give fi-
nancial aid to the states is idiotic.
Powerful forces in America
have for years been plugging for
nationalized schools under the
label of federal aid. In every Con-
gress, dozens of biUs are intro-
duced. The federal government is
already in the educational field to
a vast and dangerous extent.
When the elaborately prepared
White House conference occurs
in 1955, according to Mrs. Hob-
by’s schedule, we shall see it:
it will conclude with a recom-
mendation for a federal aid to
education program.
If we Americans sit on our
hands and permit our pub-
lic school systems to be national-
ized; permit the responsibility for
educating our children to pass
into the hands of politicians and
bureaucrats in Washington, we
shall get what we deserve, and
we shaU deserve what we get.
REMEMBER
WHEN...
February 9, 1945
This office was favored with a
call from Craig Wilson, Wayman
McAnelly and Charles Kueck, Jr.,
Saturday. The young men are bas-
ketball enthusiasts from Yancey
High School and were here for
the district game.
February 1935
We have just noticed that Cas-
troville is going to have two vot-
ing boxes, the north and the
. .. , . . „__. south, with the highway being
say that the federal government fte Une *
can subsidize any activity-wheth- r r
er it be farming, shipping, or
schooling-that it does not also
control. There is not a school
system or college in the land that
can get a subsidy or contract
from the federal government un-
less it complies with the notions
of the administration in Wash-
ington about segregation, loyal-
ty, and so on. If the federal gov-
ernment gives money to help pay
the salaries of teachers, the fed-
eral government is going to have
the final authority in the selec-
tion of teachers. If the federal
government gives money to buy
books, the federal government is
going to reserve final authority
to approve the books.
But if we just have a little bit
of federal aid to education, just
enough to smooth out the rough
spots, can’t we avoid the extent
of federal Control that might be
dangerous?
Once the camel gets his nose
in the tent, he takes over. When
our public school systems first
began-which was only about
seventy-five years ago-they were
conceived as systems which would
be organized, controlled and fi-
nanced at the local level to pro5
vide fundamental training in the
basic tools of learning for chil-
dren. This system has already
mushroomed, even without the
final step of converting it into
a federal system, until it has
got completely out of the hands
and beyond the control of the par-
ents who provide the children and
the iqoney. Most public school ad-
ministrators today, looking upon
themselves as professional ex-
perts, are resentful of any kind
J. C. Redus reports paying
Lloyd Rotramel $1,948.44 for his
crop of fall broom corn sold this
week. This is In addition to
around $1,000 Mr. Rotramel got
for his summer crop injured by
drought.
February 14, 1925
Mrs. Ray Jennings was hostess
to the Embroidery Club Wednes-
day afternoon. A very pleasant
afternoon was brought to a close
by the serving of delightful re-
freshments by the hostess.
Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Fuos, Mrs.
Annie Saathoff and son Ernest at-
tended a surprise party at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert
Burger and family near Tarpley.
February 14, 1915
Our friends are requested to
render aU the assistance possible
to The Anvil Herald force by
handing in write-ups of all special
events that may be of interest
to the public. Help make the
paper better than it has ever
been locally.
E. W. Martin and family have
arrived here. Mr. Martin has
bought the Star Theatre from F.
B. Garrison. M. R. Martin is im-
proving the theatre and promises
the public four good shows a
week.
February 18, 1905
George Bridges entertained the
young folks at a cinnamon back
party out in the Black Jack’s Sun-
day night.
Prices in 1905: brooms 20 cents,
clothes lines 60 feet long, 13
cents, working shirts, 45 cents,
neckties, 10 to 25 cents, ladies’
stockings 25 to 30 cents and ink
of interference of parents and per bottle, 3 cents.
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