Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, December 12, 1958 Page: 1 of 14
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ALL THE NEWS OF MEDINA COUNTY — SINCE 1886
II. No. 72
Hondo, Medina County, Texas, Friday, December 12,1958
Number Fifty
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had received inquiries from sev-
eral individuals and organizations,
but to date they have not res-
ponded.
Miss Cameron emphasized that
Hondoans will only be taking care
of their own, for each of the 30
needy families scheduled to re-
ceive Christmas boxes are right
here in Hondo or just on the out-
skirts of town. Other parts of the
country take care of their own
needy, she explained.
Persons or businesses wanting
to contribute may give money
for the 30 boxes, or they may
give fruits, nuts, poultry, meat,
toys, clothes or dozens of other
things which might make Christ-
mas a little brighter for these
desperate people. She said they
would not accept used clothing
nor used toys to put in Christmas
boxes.
Contributions should be in the
welfare office in the old jail build-
ing by Monday afternoon, Dec.
15, at 4 p.m.
In the 30 families are 75 child-
ren, who are looking to the Emp-
ty Stocking Fund for their Santa
| Claus packages. “Surely Hondo-
which case the B&PW com- ’ ans won’t let these kids down,”
Hondo’s Empty Stocking Fund
this year is the “emptiest” that
it has ever been since its be-
ginning ten years ago. This state-
ment came Tuesday afternoon
from Miss Mary Ruth Cameron,
chairman.
“To date we have received con-
tibutions fom only four sources
and the needy families in this
j area are doomed for a gloomy
Christmas unless the public re-
I sponds at once.” Miss Cameron
j stated that the Paul Reily family
the Yancey Home Demonstration
Club, the Hondo Business and
Professional Women’s Club and
the Wesleyan Guild were the only ...
contributors to date. She said she'mittee will use it to buy articles I Miss Cameron concluded.
SPRING SESSION PLANNED
RACES DRAW THOUSANDS
TO HONDO AB TRACK
THIS TRIO OF LOVELIES REIGNED over
Ihe Hondo High School Homecoming
pall. Elected by votes from ex-students
vere: Dorothy Leinweber, Queen,-
Mary Jo Meyer, right above, runner-
up; and Hasey Eckhart, left, second
runner-up.
-Staff Photo—Copies Available
.onger Post Office Hours During Rush
Expressing his thanks for your, loved ones on Christmas Day if, gifts going to distant places,
operation thus far on his an- you will get your gifts and cards
lal “Mail Early for Christmas ] into the mails within the next
Impaign”, Postmaster Harry E.1 few days. However, the Post Of-, ,
lleman said today, “While the fice faces a critical situation dur-, shoo'd be sent by Firs
ne to talk about mailing early , ing the next ten uays. rrom now 1sur* that al ,y h ,ha
Is passed, you can still avoid on, late mailers should use air f™ addressed. wrrecUji and tha
^appointing your friends and mail for their Christmas cards °r j in^fn^^rwarding str-vicc or re-
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Hondo’s first venture into sports
car racing brought large crowds
during the two days set for it
last week, with about 2,000 view-
ing the tryouts Saturday, and
5,000 estimated at Sunday’s main
event.
Not all were paid admissions,
however, said Sam Lanham,
Chamber of Commerce manager.
About 2,200 tickets were sold at
the gate, and some were sold in
San Antdnio. There were nearly
3,500 children who got in free,
he said, and several hundred
others were workers, racers and
their helpers.
Lanham said that while he felt
the Chamber would wind up in
the black, he did not want local
There’s still time for local deli- j citizens to think that it was a
veries, but all Christmas cards fi"ancial killing. Many bills have
not yet been presented, and he
does not have reports from all
concessions and other ticket sell-
ers.
Cool weather held down some
cold drink sales, and some con-
cessions were reported to have
had lighter than expected busi-
ness. Overall, however, it is be-
ieved that the stands made mon-
-'.v.
The winner of the fourth race
Sunday -drove his car all the way
from .Mexico City, entered the
race, got first place, and then
drove the car home,'That in it-
self is quite an effort, even wilh
out the win. Most of the cars
that were raced here are used for
daily tansportation.
Some viewers may have been
confused, due to the fact that
there were several different races
being run at the same time. The
cars are divided into classes, ac-
cording to engine size, and for
that reason there were sometimes
several winners in a single race.
From the Monday San Antonio
Light came the following:
HONDO — Sports car races,
held for the first time Satur-
day and Sunday on the run-
ways of the Hondo AFB, proved
so popular that the sponsoring
)0 11 ■ OokuliLir nas come to t,ie Hondo Host Of-
fice. This new arrangement made its appearance
|his week, built by Glen Pope, to help speed mail
slivery during the Christmas rush. If letters are
lorted for Hondo, San Antonio, Out of State, and
Texas, it will save many hours in getting them on
|he wav.
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'urn to you if any of them are
undeliverable.”
Post Off.ce windows will re-
main open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
including Saturday, December
iO. It’s best to make your Post
Office trips before 10:00 a.m. or
between 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. to
voil the noon hour rush. A new
-ack has been constructed that
vill be placed in the Post Office
obby that will permit convenient
milin? and separation of bund-
led and loose Christmas cards in-
o four separations for “Hondo”,
“San Antonio”, “Texas” and “Out
of State.” This separation of your
mad will greatly speed its hand-
ing. With the end of the big
■udi in sight, the Postmaster said,
“[ sincerely appreciate the fine
ooperation we have had from
everyone. Our 1958 Mail Early
ror Christmas Campaign will have
been a rousing success if you
just keep up the good work. On
Christmas Eve. this vear. I’d like
to see every mail bag empty and
every Post Office employee re-
1 -xing at home!!
Chamber of Commerce are look-
ing forward to another and even
bigger event probably in the
spring.
Among the features was the ap-
pearance of William Janowski,
Dallas, with his home-built “Mon-
sterati,” which performed well
against the $20,000 speedsters in
the competition. He was second
in the third race and third in the
Hondo trophy event. The Mex-
ico City delegation of Fred
Van Buren, Adolph Velasquez
and Javier Velasquez drew an
ovation from the crowd.
There were speeds as high as
Alamo region of the Sports Car 1165 miles an hour on the straight-
Club of America and the Hondo aways.
SONNY HAAS was on hand at the Chamber of Com-
merce banquet last week to receive his certificate
for outstanding soil conservation practices, from
Harold Stiegler, who made the presentation.
Awards Made
To Ranchers
At CC Banquet
Wreck Near Devine
Kills I, Injures 3
DEVINE — A head on collision
of two ears eight miles south of
Devine resulted in the death of
one man, critical injuries to two,
and minor injury to the fourth,
Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.
Lonnie Levi Griffin, 28, of San
Antonio, was instantly killed. Er-
nest Popham, one of his passen-
gers, is in critical condition in a
Alex, Alice Are Santa
Letter Winners Today
Santa Claus enjoyed his letters' Meantime, he suggested other
so much this week that he had ^ j boys and girls who intend to have
San Antonio hospital, while fif-
teen year old Gutierrez, another
passenger survived the impact
with only a broken thumb. They
were on their way to San Antonio.
Wallace James Patton, 59 of
Pearsall, driver of the other car,
is in critical condition in a San
Antonio hospital.
Both cars were a complete loss
Highway Patrolmen Hugh Rob-
ey and Leonard L. Lewis investi-
gated the accident.
difficult time choosing a winner
Result? He suggested 'the V ivil |
Herald should name two winners
for this weeks Letter-To-Santa
contest.
So if Alex Porter of Hondo and
Alice Ann Walters of Yancey will
drop by the Anvil Herald office,
they'll find a gift awaiting them. I ^hrisTmas
their letters printed and compete
for a prize, should write them
and mail them, to him, in care
of the Anvil Herald right away,
because the next issue is the last
one in which there will be time
DOLL TO BE GIVEN
AWAY ON SATURDAY
The Sorority Doll drawing is
to be held at 5 p.m. Saturday
at "The Mill.” The lovely doll,
complete with wardrobe, has been
on display at the Mill.
Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority
members will be selling tickets
for twenty-five cents apiece or
5 for $1. all day at The Mill.
have Ihyrn printed before I Entire proceeds go for local char-
itable work.
Annual Camp
Fire Dinner
Held Tuesday
F. W. Calvert, Uvalde, who has
been a hard worker in the Boy
Scout program in his city, was
principal speaker at the annual
Council of Camp Fire Girls, Inc.
The dinner and program was
held Tuesday night in the Hondo
B&PW Club hall.
Representing the Hondo Boy
Scouts was Scout Master Tom
Kuykendall, who spoke on the
duties of parents as related to
scouting or Camp Fire.
Blanton Taylor, outgoing presi-
dent, presided at the dinner meet-
ing. Members of the Cinderella
Blue Birds sang two Christmas
carols before the meal began.
Mrs. A. D. Patterson introduced
Kuykendall and Miss Mary Ruth
Cameron introduced Calvert. Mrs.
Vern Jobst presented the recom-
mendations from the nominating
committee and these were unani-
mously accepted by those attend-
ing.
The new president is Mrs. Mar-
guerite N. Murrill, who has been
cited for her work in Camp Fire
Maurice Z e r r, vice-president;
Mrs. A. D. Patterson, treasurer;
Mrs. Jack Landers, secretary;
and Mrs. Bob DePuy, registrar.
Directors are: Mrs. Verne
Jobst, Ernest Dodds, Miss Mary
Ruth Cameron, James Gray, Mrs.
Olga Jennings, E. M. Rogers,
Miss Helen Richter, Mrs. E. M.
Rogers and Putsi Retherford.
Selected as the nominating com-
mittee for 1959 were: Virginia
Mueller, James Gray, Mary Em-
ma Jpiinson, Maurice Zerr and
Jerry;' Berger.
EDITOR'S NOTE
There was more news than
we could print this week. Sev-
eral pictures and stories will be
carried next week.
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Santa Claus Coming Wednesday
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In case of bad weather, he will
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Santa Claus is expected to ar- j He will have candy for the ehil-
rive in Hondo for a short visit dren he talks to—those under .. ... .,
Wednesday December 17, tq visit-nine, that is-and will try to rem- probably meet the young visitors | and encourages others
with the children and find out | ember what they want for Christ-1 in the courthouse hallways^__ by the S.ate game laws.
what they want for Christmas, t ' ~
At the Hondo Chamber of Com-
merce banquet Dec. 1, awards
were presented to the outstanding
conservation farmer-rancher and
outstanding wildlife conservation-
ist of the Medina Valley Soil Con-
servation District. Selections are
made by thq supervisors of the
district each year. The Hondo and
Devine Chamber of Commerce
take turns in sponsoring the
awards.
H. V. Haas Jr. of Caatrovllle
was selected as the outstanding
conservation farmer - rancher.
Better known as Sonny, he was
^elected not only for his conser-
vation work, but for his willing-
ness to cooperate and put new
ways of farming into operation
as well. He has established blue
panic and buffelgrass on over 90
acres of old cultivated fields,
rootplowed to control brush and
seeded to blue panic and buffer-
grass on 44 acres; has four stock
ponds fertilized and stocked with
fish; keeps at least one pasture
deferred at all times; has built
two miles of terraces and onc-
half mile of diversion terrace. All
crops are planted on the contour,
and cover crops are planted for
soil improvement and protection.
He fertilizes grass when needed,
and manages the crop residue so
as to incorporate it into the sur-
face of the soil for protection
from rainfall and heat. Sonny is
a stock farmer and owns 900
acres. He keeps stocked accord-
ing to the amount of grass avail-
able, remembering to leave half
the grass produced each year for
better grass the following year.
Tony Zerr was selected as the
outstanding wildlife conservation-
ist. He knows the habits of all
wildlife and is always trying to
improve conditions whereby wild-
life can survive. He is on constant
lookout for predatory animals,
and helps in their control. On
his own place and on places that
he manages, the grass Is protect-
ed from overgrazing; in other
words, he practices proper man-
agement. His ponds are stocked
wilh fish and kept fertilized for
high production. He assists peo-
ple in catching wounded deer dur- ■
ing hunting season. He abides by
to abide
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Present plans call for the jolly
| gentleman to arrive at Hondc
; \ir Base and he will come down
| own on a fire truck. He will b.
j at the square in front of the
Courthouse about 2:15 p.m., an
will slay until .5 o’clock. He will
talk to the little folks first, whe
j are not yet in school, and will
| hen visit with all children up to
he age of nine. Those who arc
older will have to depend on writ
I ing letters or getting the word to
him in some other fashion, it was
reported here this week.
Burglars Hit
D’Hanis Place
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fOP AD AWARD IN TEXAS was given to Don Wenzl
oturday in Austin. He received a bronze plaque
lor the best ad campaign in the Texas Press Associa-
tion's annual advertising contest. J. C. Smyth, pub-
lisher of The Liberty Vindicator and president of the
TPA, is making the presentation, which was a fea-
ture of the Saturday advertising conference. The
campaign entered in the competition was the year-
long series for Dawson s 5c to $1 Store.
The D'Hanis I
ce Station was
aurglarized
last
Friday night,
3293. worth
of cigarettes, ammu-
nition and
cash
was taken. En-
trance was made through the east
door. Sheriff Charles Hitzfelder
said Wednesday
that no good
fingerprints
were available, but
his department
is still working
on the case.
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December
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December
5
73 37 0.00
December
6
60 40 0.00
December
7
53 33 0.00
December
8
* 70 35 0.00
December
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December
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HONDO BEAUTY SPOT — This scene,
created on the Highway 90 parkway,
by Hondo Garden Club beautification
committee with the cooperation of the
City of Hondo, is receiving dozens of
compliments each day as more and
more people drive by to see and hear
it. Mrs. Paul Bybee, Garden Club
chairman, said that Hondoans had
been most cooperative in helping set
up the scene. She has had price dis-
counts from several businessmen and
volunteer services from others. "Work-
horse" from the City Council was Fritz
Leinweber, who worked with the
ladies in creating and setting up of the
Christmas finery.
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Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, December 12, 1958, newspaper, December 12, 1958; Hondo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth810782/m1/1/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hondo Public Library.