Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 45, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 28, 1956 Page: 1 of 12
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HONDO, MEDINA COUNTY. TIXAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 19M
NUMBER FORTY-FIVE
ippa Man First Candidate
r State Representative
Niemcyer of K n i p p a,
i Uvalde Countian, has
to announce his can-
to State Representative
79th District, subject t o
of the Democratic Pri-
st week Dolph Briscoe
meed that he would not
idate for the office he
or the past eight years,
aate of KmPPa High
I southwest Texas State
allege, SanMarcos,
has done post-graduate
ie University of Texas
rsity of Houston,
interested in civic and
lira, he is the present
of the Knippa School
was first president of
a Lions Club when it
tiled, He is a Mason,
aiber of the 0. E. S.,
ne, he served as chair-
> Agricultural Stabili-
iervation program for
inty and is now serv-
ASC State Review
n y e a r s school exper-
ludes serving as teacher,
ool principal and super-
of large and small
yer, who is 48 years of
an experienced speaker,
iven a number of grad-
ddresses and served as
speaker on a number of
1 his wife have one
Maurine, 17, a junior
i High School where she
nor student.
eyer is familiar with
and ranchers’ problems,
:en bom on a farm, and
it owning and operating
He also knows business
ent problems, since he
ly engaged in a general
and implement busi-
mppa.
Is that he is well quali-
the position of State
tative and promises to
e good and just policies.
;r in clean politics and
emment, he solicits the
ind vote of the people.
‘o Scouts
Camporee
s Boy Scout Troopg 159
held an overnight camp
ny Zerr’s ranch eight
rthwest of Hondo Satur-
t and Sunday. The light
eather had no dampen-
t on the boys, as enthu-
n high, even on the
hike after dark Satur-
M attended mass at
s church, and then start-
akfast with some slightly
Perch and bass were'
“ring a short fishing ses-
the forenoon, competi-
held between’the seven
(tending. Judges were
E. A Reinburg, S g t.
■ Hayhoe, Tommy Tim-
Hubert Hermes and
Wer, along with Scout-
Jean Ulbrich and Ralph
atrol was rated on ap-
, neatness, and scouting
ar Patrol of troop 219
w>th 179 .points out of
. 200 After lunch, com-
m bandaging relay,
reIay, compass measur-
and rescue relay wa
s of the winning patrol
'e Hernandez, C e 1 s o
r^ Charlie Barrientes
e. Reyes. Hernandez is
der.
More X-Ray Cheeks
In County This Year
The Medina County Health
Unit has announced that 39 more
people were X-rayed this year in
the county than last year, accord-
ing to a final tally of all towns
where the portable unit from the
State Health Department was set
up.
Hondo registered 1,578 persons,
Devine had 841, Natalia had 275
and Castroville, 951.
Marjory Schott, R. N., County
Health Nurse, expressed her ap-
preciation to the chairmen in the
four towns in the county and to
the ladies who registered the
people.
Slate Program
The State'Health Department
carries on an extensive mass
X-ray survey program to detect
tuberculosis in its early c u rable
stage. These mass surveys not
only discover that disease but cer-
tain heart conditions, cancer and
other abnormalities in the chest
area.
The X-ray program plus
advancement in methods of treat-
ment, surgery and antibiot i c s
all have contributed to lowering
the death rate and returning vic-
tims of tuberculosis to useful
occupations.
Last year for the first time
since the Texas State Depart-
ment of Health began k e e ping
records of the cause of death,
tuberculosis did not appear in
the list giving the ten leading
causes of death. Dr. Henry A.
Holle, Commissioner of Health
reports that tuberculosis dropped
from tenth place to eleventh and
FFA Banquet
Slated
For April 30
The Hondo FFA Chapter will
hold its 20th Annual Parent and
Son Banquet, Monday, April 30th.
One feature of this banquet will
be recognition of one or more
members of each of the 20 classes
of Vocational Agriculture since
the department was organized by
C. D. Sadler in 1935-36.
Sadler will give a report on
the organization of the depart-
ment. He will also tell of some
of his former students and the
type of work they are now en-
gaged in.
Other features of the evening
will be reports on contest and
other FFA Activities, s p e c ial
musical numbers by four boys,
and special recognition of some
former members.
"Tommy Koch will give a his-
tory of the Hondo FFA Chapter.
There is almost every profession
or business represented by the
former FFA members of Hondo
High School.
The Chapter has been feeding
chickens donated for the main
course of the barbecue supper.
different committees are
working to try to make this
banquet one to be remembered
for several years.
Recreation Director
To Be Picked May 3
Last call for applications for
the position of summer recreation
director la out, as the deadline
is Tuesday, i May 1. Those who
are interested in applying for
the paid position should make
application to L. E. Pope, Hondo,
as the board of governors will
select the director on May 3.
Volunteer workers will also be
needed to help the director carry
who will help are also asked to
out various programs, and any
turn in their names.
diabetes, a newcomer in the first
ten, was in ninth place.
The ten leading causes or death
account for 80 per cent of t h e
deaths in Texas. In the order of
their importance they are: heart
disease, malign ant neoplasms,
apoplexy, accidents, certain dis-
eases of early infancy, pneumonia
congenital malformations, gener-
al arteriosclerosis, diabetes and
gastro enteritis.
AN OUTSTANDING AC-
TRESS is Mary Gail
Griggs, who has been
on every all star cast in
which she has appeared
for the past two years.
She was named best
actress ih the district
play contest held in Del
Rio at the same time that
Mary Ann Bayer was
named third best actress
and C. J. Krenmueller
third best actor. Their
play, "The Flattering
Word," was second
place winner for Castro-
ville in the district event.
Senior Play
To Be Shown
Friday Night
The Senior Class of Hondo
High School will present its play,
“Out of This World,” April 27,
at 8" p.m. in the Hondo High
School Auditorium. Having an un-
usual plot, the action in this
three-act comedy moves at a very
fast pace.
Tickets will be sold by all the
seniors and will also be sold at
the door the night of the play.
Admission is 50 cents for adults,
25 cents for students.
Each character has an impor-
tant part in this bright, youthful,
and constantly funny play. I n the
cast are: Julianna B e n d e 1 e ,
Lucille Wilburn, Joe Conley,- Ar-
len Graff, Donnie Neumann,
Nelda Muennink, Sandy Meyer,
Judy Breiten, Mary Lu Moos,
Pete Angermiller, John Allen
Breiten, and Dorothy Blinka.
Mrs. Mary Morgan is directing
the play.
Two Women
Gored By
Young Cow
NATALIA — Mr*. Henry Sia-
sen was attacked and gored by
a young cow belonging to Pearl
Southerland recently, and the
wound required about 50 stitches
to repair. She is doing very well
at this time.
The same cow attacked Rebec-
ca Terrell and gored her about
six weeks ago. This wound also
required many stitches to repair.
SixNatalians
Win In County
NATALIA - Six 4-H Clab
members from Natalia took top
honors in the County and wilt
compete in the District meet to
be held in Alice on April 28, Ihoee
winning from Natalia are Bever-
ly Flack and Sonia Pruitt, Elec-
tric; Larry Stanfield and Barb-
ara Thompson, Safety; George
Keith and Brenda Vance, Share*
the-Fun. Other winners from
over the county include Mary
Griggs, Castroville, public speak-
ing; Cappi Granieri, Mico, and
Mary Mangold, Castroville, mar-
keting.
The county tractor contest will
be held Saturday and the boy
winner, plus the four highest in
the Soil Evaluation Contest, will
also compete. Seven counties in
District 12 are entering the Elec-
tric contest, seven the Safety,
eight the Share-the-Fun, eight
the Public Speaking, three pro-
duction and marketing, thirteen
the Soil Evaluation and seven the
Tractor Operators.
Services Held
Monday For
Mrs. Hitzfelder
Funeral services were held
Monday, April 23, in Our Lady
of Grace Church in LaCoste for
Mrs. Adolph Hitzfelder, 66, who
died Saturday morning, April 21,
1956.
Mrs. Hitzfelder was the former
Pauline Ahr. She moved to Me-
dina County from Bexar County
after her marriage.
Survivors are her husband, one
son, Leo Hitzfelder of LaCoste,
and six !daughters, Mrs. Alex
Hutzler and Mrs. Edward Bohl
of LaCoste, Mrs. Oscar Tschir-
hart of Devine, Mrs. F. J. Beck-
er, Macdona, Mrs. Joe Graff,
Dallas, and Mrs. Wilton Schott
of Mico. She is also survived by
twenty grandchildren and one
great-grandchild.
Rosary was recited Sunday
night and interment was in Our
Lady of Grace Cemetery, t h e
Reverend Armand Weber officia-
ting.
Pallbearers were Edward Bohl
Jr., Franklin Bohl, Lesley Tschir-
hart, Leon Schneider, Ervin
Hitzfelder and Walter Ettes.
Two To Receive
Monthly Aid
Band Boosters
Elect Officers
Officers were elected Tuesday
night by the Hondo Band Boost-
ers Club. Serving as president
will be Morris Shelton, and 0. L.
Moss will be vice-president. Mrs.
Charles Tondre is to be secretary
treasurer next year.
The organization has planned a
banquet for May 5, and will work
on other projects during the
coming year.
Two additional citizens were
added to the county aid hat o n
April 9 when the Medina County
Commissioners met for their reg-
ular session in Hondo.
They are Refugio Dominguez
and Petra Ramero, each to r e-
ceive $10 monthly until fur ther
order of the court.
The application' of 0. L. Saat-
hoff to use the county equipment
in doing some terracing work on
his farm was approved.
The court canvassed the elec-
tion returns delivered to them
from the county school trustee
election and found the following
results: Precinct 7, D’Hanis, for
county school trustee at large, C.
D. Sadler, 4 votes and Bonnard
Rothe, 2 votes; and for county
trustee precinct 3, H i 1 m a r J.
Koch, 19 votes.
Spotty Rain Brings Up
-- -
To 6.75 Inches Monday
Local Polio Chapter
Gets National Money
A check for $3,675.00 has been
received by the Medina County
Chapter of the National Founda-
tion fDr Infantile Paralysis to
provide financial aid tor I o e a 1
polio patients, it was announced
today by C. F. Schweers. Chapter
Chairman.
Schweers said that this county
is one of a number in the nation
where local March of Dimes
funds are not sufficient to cover
polio-fighting needs.
The Chapter’s present finan-
cial plight is the result of the
assistance it has rendered in the
past to a number of patients who
have required—and still require—
coidy care in order to give them
a chance to recover to their
fullest capacities.
MISS Joan Rieber has
been chosen to represent
D'Hanis as duchess in
the Uvalde County Cen-
tennial, May 10-12. She
wiljl take part in several
functions at Uvalde, in-
cluding the parade of
Mqy 11. Her sponsor is
the D'Hanis Lions Club,
and her escort will be
Mike Finger. Joan is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jo4 J. Rieber and a sop-
hqjnore in D'Hanis High
D’Hanis Baby
Buried 12th
Funeral services were held
Saturday, April 14, for Thomas
Crawford Finger, infant son of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Finger
of D’Hanis.
Born November 29, 1955 In Me-
dina Hospital, the little boy died
on April 12, 1966 in Santa Rosa
Hospital in San Antonio. Final
rites were held at Holy Cross
Church with the Rev. O. B. Koh-
lich, officiating.
Survivors include the parents
and a sister, Molly.
'Hr*
Howard Requests
Extension
Of Cotton Date
In a letter fo John C. White,
Commissioner of Agricult u r e ,
Jerry Howard, president of the
Medina County Farm Bureau, re-
quested an extension of the cotton
planting date In this county from
May 10 to May ,25; Howard gave
as his reason the fact that
some farmers intend to plant
cotton if sufficient rains fall
before May 25.
The county bureau direct o r s
will meet May 7 at 8 p.m. i n
Uvalde Boosters
To Appear Here
Western music and entertain-
ment is in store for Hondoans
on Tuesday, May 1, when a cara-
van of Uvalde Centennial Boost-
ers will arrive at Court House
Square at 9:30 a.m.
The caravan is bringing a west-
ern band and will entertain for
about 30 minutes, according t o
Mrs. Winnie Braden, secretary of
the Chamber of Commerce.
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Tl A. • ••
Jack Schotts
Bombirded
By Mrs. Adolph Hutzlor
Capistrano can hava its
swallows, according to «r>
and Mrs. Jack Schott of Da-
vino. thoy cam# to this deci-
sion after a flock of th« much
publicized flying feathers
swooped down the fireplace
chimney for c visit last Tues-
day.
Estimating tha number of
birds at between 288 and 300,
Schott had s hard time con-
vincing friends and neighbors
•hat ho seriously needed help
to got rid of the posts. Final-
ly, Mr. and Mrs. WiNie Schott
and Mr. and Mrs. Jess Goslin
of Devin# came to the res-
cue.
After the battle, in which
eighty birds fall victim to
swats and grabs, Hi# winning
force sat down to take a
breather. Hearing a cheeping
sound coming from on# of the
big arm chairs, they turned it
over, and dragged out six
birds from the springs. An-
other search in tha same
chair brought four, then two
more birds.
The Schotts have definitely
decided that bird watching Is
strictly for the birds, and they
don’t intend to take it up as
a hobby.
Area Exceeds Quota
For Cancer Crusade
their office at the court house.
Dee R. Knox, area supervisor of
services,, will be present.
BILL WOOD UNDERGOING
MEDICAL TREATMENT
Bill Wood is undergoing medi-
cal examination at Brooke Gen-
eral Hospital in San Antonio. He
entered the hospital Monday.
FUNERAL SERVICES for
Judge H. E. Haass were
held last week. A com-
plete obituary written by
his lifelong friend, Flet-
cher Davis, may be
found inside this paper
on page 5.
The Weather
The Cancer Crusade in Medina
County over subscribed its 1956
quota of $1500 in a concentrated
drive last week, according to Mrs.
Jake Schuehle, County Crus a d e
Chairman.
With a few communities yet to
be reported, O. J. Bomba, Treas-
urer of the County Unit has re-
ceived to date $1554.45.
“The results of the Crusade are
gratifying”, stated Mrs. Schuehle,
"and credit for this success must
go to the work of the committees
and volunteer workers through-
out the County who thus helped
to strike another blow against
cancer.”
"Thanks to the generosity and
understanding of the people o f
Medina County, our ACS Unit
has been able to do more than
its share in meeting the Society’s
nation-wide goal of $26,000,000,”
added Mrs. Frank X. Vance,
County Chairman.
"Sixty per cent of the funds
collected here will remain with
our State Division in Medina
County for community cancer-
control programs.”
She pointed out that contribu-
tions to the Crusade would con-
tinue to be accepted, and urged
all those who missed the oppor-
tunity to give lest week to make
H L Rain
their donation* at the Can cer
April 20
* 70
57
.09
Society’s local Unit headquarters,.
April 21
68
56
.06
the Jake Schuehle Ford Garage.
April 22
64
57
.00
April 23
82
65
.97
SALVATION ARMY SETS DATE
April 24
76
59
.00
The Medina County Salvation
April 25
80
60
.00
Army unit has set its 1956 fund
April 26
85
64
.00
drive for the week of May 21,
Total
1.12
according to Jack Fusselm a n ,
U. S. Weather Observer, Wal-| chairman. Leaders will be an-
ter H. Knorr. nounced later.
Spirits were brighter a r o u nd
Medina county this week as the
rain reports proved once again
that moisture can rail once in a
while.
The best report of all came
from the Chadwick Ranch about
ten miles southwest of Hondo,
where Mrs. W. R. Holme* Jr.,
wife of the foreman, told u* that
they got 6.75 inches Mond a y
stretched over a three or four
hour period. They had no thunder
or lightning, and no wind to
speak of, just a steady downpour.
Tanks on the ranch are filled
higher than they ever have been
since their construction, and
grain which was planted will be
greatly helped. They plan to plant
more crops now.
Duderstadt Ranch
Adjoining Chadwick’s place is
the T. A. Duderstadt ranch, and
there the tanks were filled from
a very beneficial 2.3 inch down-
pour. South of Yancey, however,
a much lighter rain was recorded
and some spots got almost none.
Jake Schuehle’s ranch, also
near Chadwick’s, received .90,
and the Kincheloe prairie
west of D'Hanis received a trace.
Devine registered .4, according
to L. C. Martin, while the area
south of there, around Pleasanton
and Poteet, got five inches. La-
Coste reported .4 of an i n c h,
and Adolph Hitzfelder turned in
a .3 report, which he said did
not help crops to any great
extent. Nearby areas got even
less, said Hitzfelder.
At Elstone 1.75 inches of rain
came too late to save corn
which E. W. Brucks had planted.
North of Hondo
Bob DePuy’s ranch receiv • d
half an inch tapering off to a
quarter at the north end, and
Fabian Garrison reported about
a third of an inch. Both are north
of Hondo.
Hugo Batot's place south o f
Hondo got five inches, and Ed
Stiegler registered 4.30. Toby
Taylor got 4 inches, and Fritz
Bohmfalk received 3. Robert
Riff measured between 1V4 and
2 inches, and none fell on the
Walter Britsch place.
Russell Chapman said in Hon-
do Wednesday that little seed
has been sold since toe rain,
and that he believed most farm-
ers were going to see what could
be done by crops now in t h e
ground. More rains later on might
encourage some to replant, he
said.
Quihl Area
Q u i h i reports mentioned 2V4
inches, and New Fountain got
three. William Huegele’s ranch
had 2 inches, and A. J. Graff
says the 1.80 he got will help
the cop he had planted, although
there is only a sparse stand.
Hardy Furniture
Observes Tenth
Anniversary
One of Hondo’s largest business
firms is observing the 10th an-
niversary this week. W. T. Hardy
started a furniture store in Hon-
do in 1946, shortly after his re-
lease from the army. It began
as an upstairs venture above
G&M Food Store, where the Hon-
do Lions club now meets.
The business soon grew, was
transferred to a larger location
on a ground floor rented building,
and in still another move, Hardy
built his own building where he
is now located.
Prize Winners In Local Judging
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NUAL soil AND GRASS judg- >
was held Wednesday, April
a sch°ols in the Medina Valley
nservatic District. The Hondo
r °r Commerce furnished ban-
e toP teams. J
' | ^
■wn * I
CASTROVILLE registered second in grass
J soil judging contest team judging, with the team made up of
ade UP of Pete Angermiller, W. Mariano Garza, Temple Mangold and
"r5 and Donnie Neuman. Colvern Huegele.
CASTROVILLE WAS third in soils judg-
ing, and the team consisted of Kenneth
Bendele, Bob Bayer and Rodney Man-
gold. | ^
HONDO’S GRASS judging team was
made up of Fred Wright, Leonard Saat-
hoff and Charles Muennink. Wright was
high man with 188 points out of 240.
D’HANIS was second in soil judging,
with Joe Langfeld, John Rodriguez and
Floyd Lutz. Langfeld got 365 points out
of a possible 450 in competition.
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