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town
topics
By RalPh Cole
. r»rtiintv Fl
Mejina County Farm 1
^'■n hold a county-wide
re*u ^ h high school audi-
®*eting . n'Hanis schools Mon-
a A H Walker,
day. A^iahst from the Agri-
**'fa i Extension Service,
e«ltu.r,V cdiege, will bej the
W* A*
Tlt*d' rbc
gsrT* ■=£
^ Commerce. The Hospital
rtr ss-~
Rio Medina; Herman
Bain and Joe E Bns-
1 Devine; Calvm Hai* and
Si Faseler, Yancey; and V.
L Tondre, Castroville.
rbc
The city of Hondo has leaned
, toUl Of $492,975 Worth rf
building permits since toy Are
Jegw their operations March 17,
Breakdown shows
fjew residences, $35,M6 in ad-
ditions and remodeling jobs and
m.920 m Others, which includes
m, businesses, and additions to
commercial building^ This does
Mt include the new Medina Elec-
trie Co o p e fative building but
Jo* include Meyer Elementary,
rbc
The Hondo Chamber of Com-
merce has issued a warning to
loul citizens to watch for un-
inthorized merchants in the Hon-
do area. Mrs. Winnie Braden,
Chimber of Commerce secre-
tin', says to either call the
Chamber office or the City of-
fice lor a check on persons want-
ing to do work for you. A city
ordinance prevents peddlers
from working in Hondo without
potting bond with the city first,
rbc
Ike Medina County Red Crow
needs help from local citizens.
The group was located in the
link Building and the Post Office
Thursday, April 4, taking dona-
tions, Mrs. Winnie Braden is
home service agent in Hondo and
Jo Wood is treasurer. Mrs. S.
0, Woolls, is secretary,
rbc
Two men left Medina County
Tarsday for induction into the
irmy. They were Jacob C. Blry
olDHanis and Jose 0. Pimentel
4 Hondo. Registrants leaving the
tame day for their pre-inductioe
physicals were Jose M. Caseres
4 LaCoste, John R. Flores of
Castroville and Gilbert M. Lopez
4 LaCoste. < ■ .<
rbc
The Salvation Army will send
i truck to Hondo April 16 to!
collect any discarded materials
private citizens may have. If you
«nt to donate any kind of ma-
teriils, ca" the Chamber of Com-
merce office and leave your
ume and address. The truck
ind nick it un. April 18 if
will stop by your house April 16
Tuesday,
rbc
Five more persons voted absen-
tee ballots for the Senate election
last week, bringing the total ab-
sentee voters to ten. Those vot-
in? absentee last week included
f B Gaston, J. A. Roberson,
and Mrs. George Dawson
aud Mrs. Lillian Hubert,
rbc
Mrs Adolph Hutzler, Anvil
wild corresoondent from Biry,
™i?ht an old newspaper to the
, ' ■*« week. She said she
™id d in a picture frame. The
WPer, written in German, is
7™*". is dated 1893, and is
addressed to J. Zinsmeyer.
IS*. TOPICS, P»9, |)
12 PAGES
A twit *i¥e?i<xld
10 CENTS
VOL. NO. 71
HONDO, MCDINA COUNTY, TEXAS^ FRIDAY, APRIL S ,1957
-- -y-
NUMBER FOURTEEN
City Off icials Named T uesday
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Rain, Electrical Storm Hits Medina County
Lightning Strikes Medina County Votes
Rio Business House Rlfl^^HflE For Thad Hutcheson
freeze.
Medina County rains and el-
ectrical stors struck last week,
dumping as much as two Inches
moisture on parts of the
county.
Ligh ttfing struck the Ray-
mond Schott place of business
in Rio Medina Wednesday night
at about 11 p.m. No one was , ■ '
in the building at the time and
damage was not discovered un-
til Mrs. Schott opened for busi-
ness Thursday morning.
Apparently lightning hit at
the back of the building, to the
television aerial, then around the
walls, knocking out electrical
fixtures such as the TV, deep
three electric motors,
etc. Holes were knocked in ce-
ment and also in lumber raft-
ers.
The lightning, also knocked
out an electrical transformer a-
cross the street from the Schott
THDA
Meets At
Edinburg
Extension District 12 Texas
Ho m e Demonstration Associa-
tion meeting will be held in Edin-
burg, Hidalgo County, Friday,
April 18, according to Mrs.
patella Strayhorn, Medina Coun-
ty Home Demonstration agent.
Mrs. Florence Low, head of
the Department of Home Eco-
nomics, Texas A&M College,
will be one of the speakers. She
was recently appointed head of
the coordinated department of
home economics for research and
extension. Mrs. Low was pre-
viously state home demonstra-
tion leader for Maryland, and
at one time served as home
management specialist for the
Service. Her subject will be ‘"Re-
search and You."
Miss Margaret Gregg, super-
visor of field staff, sta*e depart-
ment of Public Welfare from
Austin, has selected “It Came
From Within" as her subiect.
Mi s s Greg? sun e rvises field Ex-students of Devine High
staff of public welfare oyer the School will hold a reunjon at the
state and has been with fhe | gjjgj, school building Saturday,
department for 15 years. I April 13. Sterling C. Evans, gen-
Mrs. Wilbur Suvth of wi»«on, j era, a?ent o{ the Federal Land
Who Is secretary of the THDA,; Bank of Houston, will be the
will r e o r e sent th- executive; main speaker.
e0?!?11 0lA ^ AR graduates and ex-students,
Uvalde County, is former teachers, present students
District It viee-oresHent and will ^ frien<ls are invited t0 attend
preside at tne meeting. Registration will begin at 12
Attending from this area will n(on with , (ea immediately fol-
lowing. The annual meeting
will be held al 3 p.m. in the high
school gymnasium, and supper
will be at 5 p.m. in the cafeteria
A band festival will be held at
7 p.m. on the Warhorse football
field and a dance is scheduled
for 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at St.
Joseph's Hall.
While light ning was running
around Rio Medina, , two inches
of -rain was falling at Big Foot
and two and one-half inches at
Moore, just outside the Medina
County line. George Wilson, lo-
cated south of Yancey, Rio Me-
dina and D'Hanis all reported at
least one and one-half inches of
rainfall.
Yancey proper had 1.2 inches
as did LaCoste. Biry received
about one inch counting last Sun-
days .7 of an inch and Wednes-
day’s .3 of an inch. Tarpley had
1.2 inches, Dilley .2, Devine
1.30, Settlement .7 and .75 of an
inch two miles north of Hondo.
Hondo received 1.16 in ches.
Other reports show 1.1 at
Hartley Howard’s place near
Devine, 1.30 on the Julian Robert-
son -place, and two inches al
Mrs. Lula Ward's place near
Yancey.
Some hail was reported at
Yancey and Hondo but no dam-
age resulted from the small hail
stones.
Summer weather returned to
the county Tuesday, as tempera-
tures soared to 88 degrees in
Hondo. More rain has been fore-
cast for this area.
NEW QUARTERS -C. B.
ton, Medina County agent, ___
a look at his new publication pot-
ter in his ne\^ office in the re-
cency remodeled Old jail build-
ing. Gastoa and Mrs. Erftella
Strayhorn, county home demon-
stration agent, both have their
offices located on the second
floor of the jail building. Hiey
were located in the courthouse.
Staff Photo
Devine Ready
For Reunion
On April 13
b<> Medina County, whoso dele-
gates are Mrs. Harrison Wilson,
Yancey; Mrs. Oscar Etter,
Hondo: and Mrs. J. J. Hiesser,
Oaktroville. Uvalde County will
be represented by Mesdames
B. E. Price. Vic Rogers and
Milton Padgett; Zavala County,
Mesdames S. S. Peeues, Earl
Spring and Richard Marburger.
Mine Davis Named
‘Woman Of Year”
Saturday, April Sixth
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School Election Saturday
Medina County voters wiM «• bers. They are George V. Busby will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
jutAtuia L/Uumjr Tvwn w 1U mey HI V ucvi^c * • snwi
gain go to the polls this Saturday and Joe B. Harrison, both seeking
Am no m n tVinix OAimtii anil IamsI raalootinn an/I 117 T /Dill \ Dap.
to name their eounty and local
school board officials. V
At Hondo, two men have filed
lor the two vacancies. They are
Bruno Schweers and Herbert
Moehring. The election will be
held in the Lacy Elementary
gymnasium from 8 a.m. to 7
p.m.
Devine’s trustee election shows
two candidates seeking re-elec-
tion and one trying to un seat
one of the present board mem-
Natalia
4-HWins
Natalia 4-H seniors attended
the county eliminations at La-
Coste Saturday and were very
pleased with the results.
Barbara Hurry and Dona
Fluegge won with their Safety
demonstration. Beverly Flack
and Sonia Pruitt took first place
with their Electric demonstra-
tion. George Keith won first in
the Public Speaking contest. The
group is now preparing for DC
trict eliminations at Alice.
Natalia is very proud of their
4-H Club and their efforts in
giving demonstrations. Shirley
Nablitt and Peggy Fluegge dem-
onstrated how to use a steam iron
and Mary Eaves did a tap
dance.
of the
and Pro-
le Davis. Hondo attorney,
,“m«l "Woman
*1 the Busines
lnaI Women's, Club
1 btmquet held last Mon-
mght at the B&PW Hall.
Is D a v is, daughter of
Davis and the late
1 Hopp Davis, was born
eared *n Hondo. She was
* V,ledic,orian of her class
“ gLraduati°n from Hondo
°«1 and served as edi-
he school paper. She was
Ve m tenni3, basketball
nter-scholastic
during her
ary legal fraternity for women,
and served as vice-dean of the
University of Texas chapter in
1947.
She has been practicing law
in Hondo since December of
1948, and became the junior
member of the firm of Fly,
Vance and Davis in October
1950. Miss Davis is a member
of the State Bar of Texas. Bor
der Bar Association (a director
of the Association in 1956), and
a member of the Medina County
Bar Association. She has served
as treasurer,
Committee
Sets Hearing
For April 15
Summer Recrc a tion Com-
mittee has set Monday, April
reelection, and W. J. (Bill) Per
kins. Polling boxes will be locat-
ed at the Big Foot schoolhouse,
the Bin stfhoolhousg and th« De-
vine CBy Hall. Polls open *t
8 a.m. and close it 7 p.m.
CastraviOe voters will choose
three trustees from a field of four
candidates. The four men filing
include Stanley Jagge, Arthur
Wieblen, R. Q. Stinson and Wen-
dell Griggs. Wieblen is seeking
reelection.
Voting boxes will be located
at the grammar school and polls
City Collision
Has
$280 Damages
An estimated $280 in damages
resulted when two automobiles
collided at the intersection of
Highway 90 and *Ave. M Sunday,
March 24. *
A 1951 Oldsmobile, driven by
Betty Louise Neuman, 19, Hon-
do, and a 1954 Chevrolet driven
bv William Richard Grell, 24, also
of Hondo, collided about 10.30
■iunday, morning. The Neuman
•ar. owned by Clarence Neuman,
received an estimated $150 dam-
age and the Grell car received
'.U damages.
Miss Neuman was headed east
in Highway 90 and Grell north
in Ave. M at the time of the ac-
cident, the Sheriff’s Department
said.
Retiring board members include
outgoing president, V. L. Fletch-
er, and Sterling Jagge.
In Yancey, Alfred Wiemers and
Fielding Wieman have filoUfor
a position oq the sdtool board.
Voting will be held at the school-
house from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m..
Three men have filed for three
positions on the County School
Board, according to C. F. Sch-
weers, county school superinten-
dent.
All three are seeking reelection
and are C. D. Sadler, trustee'
at-large; A. L. Bohl, Precinct 4,
Devine; and J. F. Schott, Pre-
cinct 2, Castroville.
Te election will be held April
6 with voting places being locat-
ed in the schools. Voting boxes
will be at Natalia, Devine, La-
Coste, Castroville, D’Hanis, Y.an-
cey and Hondo.
Deaths
(Editors'! Note: Unless other-
wise indicated, a news account
for each person listed Is printed
elsewhere in this Issue o« the
Herald.)
WILLIAM HENRY BRITSCH
BERTHA BRAUER GRIFFIN
•MRS. ANNIE NEUMAN
•ALBERT SCHOTT
•No information availably at
Herald offica.
Dr. Thomas B. Knopp
Milton Batot
S. W. T. Lanham
Wednesday, April 17
Parent-
John's
league de- -.resident of'the Hondo Chamber mencement, ami has
high school of commerce and was the first speeds S(
'n» 1 (SrfJr TS-! ««!»/■. <** -
tX *‘t'nded Our Lady merce (1955). ! rations on many occasions
pCol,e>e, where she A charter member of the In between speeches an 1 civic
,X''orLof Arts de- ’’sn^o BAFW C’ub. she is a ■ Miss Davis says she likes
as •e™:
other capacities in the club. Miss j gardening, sewing
Davis has served on the Board Spectator at football gai
Mrs. Jerome Zinsmeyer pre-
Whila 'here "she0’
...
'he sluthSfh0larship Socie'
; heMun °W Alpha Chi)
15 elassTwi Vear’ and held
c‘a*s offices.
i Anvil'h a^,editor of the
D«ri, ,«era,ld for 16 years,
1 Te„, , nded the Univer-
I hS Lrt"! Sch°01 *nd re-
ht 4 nl0r of Uw* de-
als Z Dunng her stay
1 Beta pX *. member of
national honor-
Never turning anyone down,
Miss Davis has served for the
past six or seven years, and is ............ ___
at present secretary of the Hon- 15, at 7:30 p.m. in Central El-
do High School Alumni and Ex- ementiry auditorium, as the.
Students Association and served ^/l^ wiH belpen m the The Executive Board of the
as chairman of homecoming one pub,jc and direetors hope to Medina County Cancer Society
year. She is now serving her hear yjews on the summer pro- bas set Wednesday, April 17, as
cocnnd term as chairman of the gram for youth of Hondo. I Lhe date for their annual Cancer
Swa Committee of the Hon- Applications for 'he director’s I
do Chamber of Commerce and ^stt.on should, be ™ dJenmn|?s Mrs. Jake Schuehle, Crusade
is a former director of Travel president or to L. E. Pope,, chairman, has offered disp ay
U S Highway 90 Association, secretary, prior to April 15 Ap- room al the Ford garage as
Davis was speaker for the plications are also ben? taken headquarters for the dav.
M‘SS - - ------ *“ ",,n',rvls“ in' “It is hoped all communities
be submitted before April 15 but will be able to collect on that
will be accepted after that date, date," Mrs. Schuehle said. How-
-— ( ever, if circumstances in various
I flCoste Citizens communities necessitate choice
1 of a different date, they should
notify me and have their crusade
set on a convenient date.”
Mrs. Joe Briscoe, vice-presi-
Cancer Crusade Set
-. -1 .. , ' ■ if v.
vic^presidenT'and |1956 Castroville Hi«J Sch^‘ C°^ Se "crafts'." ApplicaVions should
-------on/4 oeiivcicu ...L-siMo
O^nanize
Booster Club
1/BVI9 il«o BOi vtu •"- —
of the Medina County Chapter of
the American Red Cross and the
Medina County Council of Camp
Fire. She is an honorary mem-
ber of Delta Kappa Gamrna,
member of St. John’s Altar So-
clty and Victory Ixidge No. 161,
Son* of Herman, and is * mem-
ber of the Anthology Cldb, a
study club of San Antonio.
sented the award. Mrs. Harry
Meyer of San Antonio, was the
main speaker at the banquet.
She is president of the San An-
tonio B&PW Club. Approximately
80 persons attended from Hondo
and surrounding communities.
group of LaCoste citizens. head one in Castroville. Mrs.
Officers elected include Wes'«y .william Ahr, LaCoste, and Mrs.
r A-esident; Clarence'
Hutzler, president;
Stein, vice-president; and Mrs.
George Zuercher, secretary-
treasurer. „ .
The club’s next meeting will be
held April 24 at 8 P "1'
Whittington, Natalia. Crusade
chairmen who have agreed to
act as leaders of block workers,
will meet in Hondo April 8 at
10 a.m.
A definite quota has not been
set as yet. Although the Cancer
Crusade is collecting money, the
group also distributes cancer
literature. The primary purpose
of the cancer program is educa-
tional, Mrs. Frank X. Vance,
chairman of the Medina County
Cancer Society, said.
“We want to do a service to
the public by educating them
that cancer can be conquered,’1
Mrs. Vance said. “We want to
disperse the fear that grips r
person at the mention of cancer.
But, unfortunately, this is an ex-
pensive program and those of us
who are able to contribute are
urged to do so.”
Medina County citizens named
their respective city officials and
cast ballots for a United States
Senator in the election held
Tuesday.
Returns in the Senate election
were not complete at press time
but figures show Thad Hutche-
son leading with 547 votes.
The two other top candidates
were Martin Dies with 506 votes
and Ralph Yarborough with 501.
Complete election returns will be
printed in next week’s issue of
the Herald.
Ho n d 0 citizens named Dr.
Thomas B. Knopp as mayor, and
Milton Batot and S. W. T. Lan-
ham as aldermen. Knopp re-
ceived 285 votes, Batot 229, and
Lanham 163. The other Council
candidate, W. J. Nester, re-
ceived 151 votes. According to
O. L. Moss, city secretary, 292
votes were cast. These are un-
official figures.
Kn o p p p r esented the Anvil
Herald a written statement after
the election. It is as folknrs:
“I want to take this oppor-
tunity of thanking the citizens
of Hondo for honoring me as
their mayor, and I will do every-
thing possible to help Hondo con-
tinue tp grow as we have seen
H do in the past.
“We have a few urgent things
to be done for the benefit of
our city and I will mention only
a few. One very badly needed
correction is our insurance key
rate that is costing all our peo-
ple who carry fire insurance,
and we hope to get this correct-
ed as soon as possible.
“Hondo has grown very much
siirfe the end of World War II
and we are reaching the time
When it becomes necessary to
plan and zone our city. 'Die
council has started this project
by appointing a board of five
members to study the program
and bring recommendations to
the City Council. We need a lot
of street work done and in the
last few weeks we find we also
need some drainage correction
and will try to correct this as
soon as possible.
“I wish to state to the people
of Hondo that I will help to
keep our progress going as It
has been and ask your coopera-
tion and also want you to give
us any suggestion or help you
might be asked to do, so we can
all work together for “Hondo’s
honor and glory’, as we do and
say when we go to football
games.”
T. B. Knopp
Devine residents named 1 Tra-
vis Lilly mayor by a 266 fo 239
vote majority. Frank Bain was
the other candidate for mayor.
City Commissioners named for
Devine include Henry Moss, 289
votes, and Walter Weber, 248
votes. C. Q. VandergrBf received
206 votes and John T. Sollock
Jr. received 243 votes in the
Commissioners' race.
Frank Ducos was named the
new mayor of Castroville fol-
lowing Tuesday's election. Ducos
received 121 votes out of a total
vote of 174. Will F. NaegeUn re-
ceived 47 votes for mayor.
Floyd Haby, with 150 votes, was
lamed to the City Council.
Eugene Suehs received 135 votes.
Ux persons at Castroville re-
vived votes via write-ins.
O. A. Fly and Milton Batot
>ach received one vote for mayor
by write-in at Hondo.
Senate votm* went as follows;
(See ELECTION, Page »)
THE WEATHER
M arch
March
March
'larch
March
April
April
April
27
28
29
30
31
1
2
3
80
74
69
67
80
87
88
0.00
050
0.00
0.00
0.61
0.00
0.00
0.05
1.16
-TOTAL rain for week
Highest temperature for March
91 degrees on 18th.
Lowest temperature for March
34 degrees on 8th
Total rainfall for March 2.57.
Total rainfall for 1957 4.57
Walter H. Knorr, Official U.
S. Weather Observer.
Beer Tavern
Charged In
County Court
F. J. Ball, Liquor Control
Board inspector, has filed char-
ges against another Medina Coun-
ty beer tavern. The tavern
makes the sixth tavern filed on
within the past three months.
Macedonio Martinez has been
charged with “unlawfully selling
beer to a minor from retail beer
licensed premises.”
The business is located at De-
vine and is known as Muzquiz
and Sons No. 2. The complaint
has not been heard as yet. Num-
ber of the case is 3496.
W. J. Nester
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