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The Hondo Anvil Herald
MEDINA COUNTY'S LEADING NEWSPAPER SINCE 1886
SECOND CUSS POSTAGE PAID AT HONDO. TEXAS 7S86I
81 st Year—No. 8
Hondo, Medina County, Texas 78861, Friday, February 24, 1967
12 Pages—10c
SPARKS
"Forge thy tongue on an anvil of truth, and
what flies up, though it be but a spark, shall
have weight," --Pindar
**~*””””* By EDNA G. Me DADE
SHOW & TELL
Texas' first travel exhibit,
sponsored by the Texas Tourist
Development Agency, has be-
gun its rounds of sports and out-
door shows across the country to
show and tell prospective tour-
ist-visitors enough about our
fine state to make them eager
to see and learn more. No need
for us to hide our light under a
bushel. They don’t hardly
make bushels that big any more,
EAT YOUR SPINACH
Better do all we can to keep
well and away from hospitals
as long as we can--remember-
ing that they are mighty wel-
come accomodations to have
handy when the need arises.
Texas Hospital Association's
December newsletter on
Thoughts, Tips & Trends warns
of threatening increases in rates.
"The trend in all rates is up,"
said Senator Norman F. Lent
(R., Nassau), chairman of the
New York State Joint Legisla-
tive Committee on the Prob-
lems of Health and Medicare.
He predicted that within the
year some New York State hos-
pitals will reach the daily
service charge level of $100.
The old saying that "It costs
too much to live and y ou
can't afford to die" might well
apply!
SPIDER SQUARES
Montreal’s 1967 Exposition
* "ii planning to get attention in
the Man and Health Pavilion
with some unusual experiments
Scientists are injecting drugs
into spiders to study the reac-
tion. One report says that a
shot of marijuana will make a
spider spin a rectangular web.
A slug of LSD causes the spider
to spin a king-size web. Little
Miss Muffet, stay away from
those Canadian spiders!
SWEET TALK
Adversity isn't all that sweet
are the uses of. With sugar
beets still in the testing stage
as an income crop for a 13-
county (including Medina)
South Texas area, news that
the Department of Agriculture
has lifted acreage restrictions
on sugar beets for 1967 should
come as good news. Last year's
acreage allotment was almost
1-1/2 million acres but more
than 200,000 acres went un-
planted, With restrictions off,
USDA hopes that this year's
production of beet sugar will
increase up to 475,000 tons a-
bove the 1966 estimate of 2,-
285,000 tons. Our supplies of
beet sugar have fallen below
the amounts the industry needs
to supply its quota of the U.S.
market; hence the USDA's de-
cision to lift the restrictions.
Good time for our 13 counties
to reenforce support of the
program now in work by the
South Texas Sugar Beet Grow-
ers Association. C. E. Boyd
and Herbert Kelso are the di-
rectors from Medina Cpunty.
RECIPE DEPT.
In the early 19th century, a
wide-spread cult of voodoo
engulfed certain areas of the
country, much of it around Lou-
isiana. One of the favorite
tricks of tlie Hade was the use
of gris gris (pronounced gree
gree) to cast spells on people.
It was said to contain such tid-
bits ar : tad feet, chicken feath-
ers, and batwings all dried in
the sun and bound in a sack
tied by a string tied in 20
knots. If you’re aiming to do
any spell casting, feel free to
try the recipe.
TRUE AS TRUE
A firm in Jackson, Mississip-
pi, uses a slogan that contains
a lot of truth in its less-than-a-
dozen words: "What the rains
do for fallow- fields, advertising
does for business." If your bus-
iness is complaining of the
drouth, now's the time to ad-
vertise! (P.S. In the Anvil
Herald, please.)
MANANA
Is crowding in on Mexico's
1968 Olympics, scheduled to
be held October 8 to 29, 1968.
In anticipation of the many
thousands of visitors and the
participating athletes and the
press, the Mexican government
is wisely making advance plans
to keep hotel accomodations
under control. Through agree-
ment between Mexican hotel
owners and the Olympics Or-
ganizing Committee, all reser-
vations for the Mexico City a-
rea will clear through a special
office for Housing Control.Mex-
ico's traditional courtesy and
hospitality ("Mi casa es suya")
will be put to a severe test.
STATUS WOE
Or should it be giddyap and
whoa? Wedged among the ma-
jor issues in Texas's 60th Legis-
lature is SRJ5, equality under
law, women’s rights. It has kept
running around the legislative
track for some time now and, at
last report, it has been approv-
ed by the Senate committee.
VOTING STRENGTH
The last receipt issued to
Medina County voters was No.
3,884, says County Tax Asses-
sor-Collector Alfred Rohrbach.
Enough voters to carry substan-
tial weight IF we all vote. The
total does not include exemp-
tions.
WANT TO RUN?
Coming up April 4 is a city
election to elect, as the legal
notice reads, "1 (one) Mayor
and 2 (two) Aldermen". Any
qualified persons interested are
required to file application on
or before March 4, which a 1-
lows just a day over a week in
which to decide. Council
members whose terms expire
this year are Mayor Jerome
Decker and Councilmen G. P.
Chapman and A. D. Patterson.
As of Wednesday morning, no
applications had been filed.
RAIN
It did. The sample was fine.
Now for a big order.
Wallace Bloom, Ph.D
MCAEC To Meet
Monday Evening
Dr. Wallace Bloom, lecturer
at Our Lady of the Lake C ol -
lege in San Antonio and psy-
chologist at CHAP (Children
Have a Potential) Child Guid-
ance Clinic, Wilford Hall USAF
Hospital will speak to the Me-
dina County Association for Ex-
ceptional Children. The meet-
ing will be held at 7:30 p.m. in
the Municipal Building, Mon-
day night, February 27th.
Dr. Bloom's topic will be
"Improving the Attitude and
Personalities of Retarded Chil-
dren". This covers research
findings among students in the
Cooperative Special Education
-- Vocational Rehabilitation
Program of cities in south cen-
tral and eastern Texas.
The public is invited to
hear Dr. Bloom Monday eve-
ning, Feb. 27th.
4-H Leaders
Organize
Thirty-two Medina County
4-H Adult Leaders met Thurs-
day, February 16, in the court-
house to organize the first
Medina County Adult Leaders
Association.
Mrs. Louise C. Kilpatrick,
assistant state 4-H Club leader,
presented information on 4-H
Club work and asked the lead-
ers for suggestions on h o w a
Leader Association could help
Medina County. Mrs. Kilpat-
rick emphasized the importance
of leaders in carrying out the
4-H Club program in the coun-
ty. Glenn Bragg, county agri-
cultural agent, gave additional
pointers on how an association
might help the county.
With Mrs. Estella Strayhorn,
county home demonstration a-
gent serving as chairman, two
chairmen of the organization
were elected: Mrs. JohnCiavar-
ra, Devine adult leader, and
Ellis G. Burgess, Castroville a-
dult leader, were elected a s
co-chairmen.
PURPOSE
The purpose of the Associa-
tion will be to plan and con-
duct organized leader training,
to provide opportunities for fel-
lowship and exchange ideas
and experiences and to develop
a feeling of unity among adult
leaders.
Other leaders attending were:
CASTROVILLE — Ellis Burgess,
Mrs. Herbert Wurzbach, Mr. and
Mrs. F. L. Stein, Mrs. W. J. Mel-
ton; DEVINE--Mrs. Walter
Lessing, Mrs. Oscar HairellMrs.
John Ciavarra, Jerry Howard;
D'HANIS--Mrs. Sam Zert,
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Burrell, Ml
and Mrs. John Nester, Mrs. Mel-
vin Weynand; HONDO -- Mr.
and .Mrs, Floyd Saathoff, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Zuberbueler;
LACOSTE -- Mr. and Mrs. Ed-
win Zinsmeyer; ST. LOUIS --
Mrs. Marion Schneider; RIO
MEDINA -- Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Boehme, Mrs. Grace Kauff-
mann, Mr. and Mrs. Alton E.
Stein, Mrs. James U. Ha by;
DUNLAY--Mrs. John Kren-
mueller, Mrs. Robert Breiten,
Mrs. Melvin Stark.
FIREBIRD IS
‘LAST WORD’
"Latest word in automobiles,"
says Jack Winkler, of Winkler
Motors, Hondo, is the Pontiac
Firebird."
Winkler has the newest ad-
dition to the Pontiac line on
display at his showrooms on
Highway 90 West. In the line
are five models: the Firebird,
Firebird Sprint, Firebird 326,
Firebird HO (High Output) and
Firebird 400.
Bucket seats are standard in
all models, as the seat back
safety latches and seat belts,
front and rear. Also standard
are wide oval tires, a wood
grain dash, and deep carpets.
MRS. LOTTIE MAW, librarian, was busy Tuet*
day morning trying to restore order to chaos among
the hundreds of volumes which she is processing for
proper placement on the library shelves in anticipa-
tion of opening day, tentatively scheduled for about
March first.
Sale Of Beer To Minors
Under City Investigation
STACKS AND STACKS OF BOOKS v*ilt their*
turn for proper identification by catalog number and-
category in the Hondo Public Library. Titles over a
broad range of subjects but Mrs. Maw says there is a
real need for more books on science. Perhaps this
trend-of-the-times need can be supplied through
gifts or funds contributed for that purpose.
Homer Wilson Served
His Community Well
Funeral services were held
last Thursday morning for Ho-
mer Wilson, native Hondoaq
and superintendent of the city's
water-system utility for the
past 40 years. He died in Me-
dina Memorial Hospital at 5:07
p.m. on Tuesday, February 14,
1967, following a heart attack
suffered in his office only a
short while earlier.
Mr. Wilson had been active-
ly associated with the local
water service system from ear-
ly boyhood. His father, the
late George Isaac Wilson, es-
tablished the first such system
in Hondo. When he sold this
to the Sun Utility Company, his
son continued in their employ.
Later, in 1942, the City of Hon-
do bought the Sun interests and
Homer Wilson was retained as
superintendent-manager, a po-
sition he held until his death.
Homer Wilson spent his life-
time in service to the commun-
ity which had always been
Water Supply System
For E. Medina County
Last fall the steering com-
mittee filed application with
the Farmers Home Administra-
tion for a $450,000 loan to
build a water distribution sys-
tem for the rural families living
in the eastern end of Medina
County. TheGorporation is to
be non-profit and owned by the
users.
Upon acceptance of the ap-
plication by the FHA, the com-
mittee was directed to submit
working agreements with an at-
torney and an engineer. The
law firm of Briscoe and Corley
was selected to handle the le-
gal affairs of the corporation
and an agreement of service
and payment was reached.
The Frank Drought Engineer-
ing Firm was selected to design
the water system and to super -
vise its installation. Agree-
ments with Briscoe and Drought
were submitted to the FHA and
approved by the State office.
Attorneys and engineers
will be paid only if and when
the water system is completed
and operating.
SHARES SOLD
The FHA lias advised the
committee to proceed with the
sale of shares in the corpora-
tion. They aIsu advised that
the minimum price per share
would be $50. The committee
is now in the process of selling
shares.
They will accept as little
as five dollars down payment
per share with the understand-
ing that the shares must be ful-
ly paid for before the system,
is completed.
As chairman, Mr. Julian H.
Ward wants to make it clear
that the only collateral for
the water system is the system
itself. There is no bond for
tax issue involved.
If the water can not be de-
livered to the subscriber, the
money paid in will be refund- '
ed. Anyone interested may
call MO 3-2685 for additional
information.
home to him. He attended the
local schools. He was a charter
member of the Hondo Volun-
teer Fire Department and was
its chief tor 13 years. He was
a member of Hondo City Lodge
No. 756, AF&AM, and had serv-
ed twice as Worshipful Master
of that lodge. He held children
and their welfare in affection-
ate regard and he was an active
member of the Medina County
Association for Exceptional
Children. Race and station
ilfeant nothing where children
were concerned. He war rh e
friend of every child and gener^
ous in helping to supply their
needs.
In his professional capacity
Homer Wilson was a member of
the Texas Water Works Associ-
ation and of the Wintergarden
Water Works /fcsociation, of
which he was a past president.
He was a member of First
Methodist Church of Hondo
and had served on its board of
trustees. He had been a mem-
ber of the City Council for ma-
ny years before the city was
incorporated.
Homer Wilson was born in
Horxio on April 25, 1906, the
son of George Isaac and Eva
McCall Wilson. His parents
predeceased him as did three
brothers, John Robert, George I,
Jr., and Charles H. Wilson;
and one sister, Mrs. Rudy (Eliz-
abeth) Rath.
He was married on April 4,
1942, to the former Lucille
Knight of A very, Texas, a
teacher in the Hondo schools.
Mrs. Wilson survives him as do
their daughter, Miss Paula Wil-
son of San Antonio, and son,
John Robert Wilson, a student
at Texas A&I College, Kings-
ville. Other survivors are a
brother, Dr. Joe H. Wilson of
San Marcos, and four sisters;
Mrs. George W. (Nell) Gilliam,
Corpus Christi; Mrs. Earl (Eve-
lyn) Lacy, Hondo; Mrs. August .
JThelma) Finger and Mrs. Jack
T. (Mary) Hall, both of 5 a n
Antonio.
Services for Mr. Wilson
were conducted by his pastor,
(See WILSON, Page 6)
The City Council agreed
Tuesday night "to cooperate in
every way possible" to stop
sale of beer to minors in Hon-
do. They made this promise
to a group of men and women
representing PASO and the A-
merican GI Forum Auxiliary
when they protested the "dan-
gers of what seems to be a
growing problem among our
local teenagers."
In the group of parents
were Mrs. AntonioGarcia, Mrs.
Lupe Hernandez, Mrs. Frank
Garcia, Mrs. Lucio Dominguez,
Mrs. Celestino Cuellar and
Mrs. Fred Rodriguez of the Aux-
iliary and Lupe Hernandez and
T. A. Lopez representing the
local unit of PASO. Mrs. An-
tonio Garcia acted as spokes-
man for the delegation. They
were told by City Policeman
John Gravell and Hugh Meyer,
city attorney, that the only way
to press charges against viola-
tors of the law prohibiting the
sale of beer to minors was "to
catch them in the act."
PTA Offers
'Bbq-to-go'
"Spare the family cook on
Saturday, March 4, and enjoy
some of our fine barbecued
chicken-to-go", reads a re-
minder from the Parent-Teach-
er Association of Hondo High
School.
This Is a fund-raising pro-
ject and members earnestly
ask the support of everyone.
Tickets will be available from
any PTA member, says Presi-
dent C. E. Hackebeil.
Tickets will be $1.25 for a
whole chicken and 75 cents
for a half-chicken and "We
guarantee them to be deli-
cious," the committee says.
Tickets must be purchased
by Wednesday, March first, so
that the sponsprs can make ad-
vance plans to supply the de-
mand.
The word is Hurry! Hurry!
Hurry! Order those chickens
and buy those chickens to help
a worthy cause.
Troop 192 Holds
Court Of Honor
At a Court of Honor held
by Troop 192 on January 31st,
Scodt Master Ernst Graw pre-
sented awards and badges to
the following Scouts:
Kerry Calkins, Tenderfoot
Badge; Randy Ruston, Second
Class Badge and Troop Librari-
an Patch; Mark Heath, Second
Class Badge and Troop Scribe
Patch; Jake Arrot, First Class
Badge, Personal Fitness and
Cooking Merit Badges; Mickey
Yoes, First Class Badge a rid
Personal Fitness Merit Badge;
Lacey Gilliam, Cooking and
Pioneering Merit Badges.
Also to Jimmy Fly, Troop
Bugler Patch; Gib Calkins, Pio-
neering Merit Badge and Troop
Quartermaster Patch; Preston
Gaines, Home Repairs Merit
Badge; David Beard, Senior
Patrol Leader Badge; James
Wiemers, Star Badge and Junior
Assistant Scoutmaster Badge;
and Andy Langford, Junior As-
i3tant Scoutmaster Badge.
Scouts of Troop 192 will
present a signalling demonstra-
tion at the District Roundtable
to be held in Hondo on Febru-
ary 21st.
--Mark Heath
Elementary PTA
To Meet Feb. 28
Hondo Elementary PTA will
meet at Lacy Auditorium on
Tuesday, February 28, at 7:30
p.m. Program for the evening
will be a show of Lacy's prize
athletes. A nominating com-
mittee to choose next year's
officers will be named.
Baby sitting will be availa-
ble at Lacy Gym.
Gravell said that if minors
apprehended would testify,
complaints could be filed. "The
kids refuse to talk, and some
admit being fearful for their
own safety if they said a word,"
said the officer.
"This is not a danger that
affects only the boys in the
families of our own people,"
said Mrs. Garcia. "We see ev-
idences of disregard for law and
order among many of their con-
temporaries whose parents
sometimes seem to prefer to
shield them rather than to let
them be punished under the
law."
Councilmen heard the pro-
tests and agreed on a meeting
with the representatives to try
to work out some solution.
BOEHME APPOINTED
By unanimous agreement of
the Council, Lester Boehme
was named acting manager of
the city water department to
succeed the late Homer Wilson.
Boehme accepted on the basis
of a three-month’s trial period
of ser vice after which the
Council would make the ap-
pointment official if this prov-
ed mutually satisfactory.
Lester Boehme
Manager,
City Water System
The Council passed a reso-
lution of respect to the memo-
ry of Mr. Wilson and a copy of
this will be furnished to the
Anvil Herald for publication
next week.
Boehme has been an em-
ployee of the water depart-
ment for the past six years and
had acted as assistant to Wil-
son for about two years. He is
a native of Medina County and
has lived in Hondo since 1953.
30th STREET
At the request of Mayor
Decker, Charles E. Hackebeil,
senior resident engineer of the
Tjexas Highway Department, re-
ported on the status of the pro-
posed development of 3 0th
Street. He said that turnover
state personnel, particularly
among engineers, was causing
problem because of the lure
of higher salaries elsewhere.
Lack of experienced personnel
has delayed mapping but,
through the use of aerial photo-
graphy now in the process of
preparation, the work is contin-
uing. Hackebeil said that the
department is "hopeful of def-
inite action perhaps by mid -
summer, although construction
financing has met with some
delays."
LIGHTS & BBs
W. F. Gaudian, head of the
electric department, reported
extensive damage to meters
and street lights which were
being "used for target practice
by kids using BB guns and the
like." The Council ordered
preparation of an ordinance to
regulate or prohibit the use of
such guns within the city lim-
its, with action to be taken
upon passage of said ordinance.
RECREATION CENTER
A report was made on the
progress of the City's recrea-
tion center for young people.
"The kids seem to be making
a go of it," said Mayor Deck-
er. "They are assuming their
responsibilities in a creditable
manner, are accumulating funds
for planned improvements, and
have been very cooperative in
every way."
Mentioned was a rumor that
had circulated about a "stab-
bing at The Pub Friday night."
This proved to be completely
false, according to City Police-
man Gravell who said that the
trouble occurred Saturday night
in the alley behind the Moon-
light Inn building. Gravell said
two juveniles and an older
youth were involved. The lat-
ter was taken to Medina
Memorial Hospital for treat-
ment and released. No charges
were filed against the juve-
niles.
OTHER BUSINESS
Routine business included a
discussion on the city's insur-
ance program; plans for contin-
uation of the sewer projects
now under way along Avenue
M and the section north of town;
the installation of flood lights
on the parking grounds at the
high school; suggested atten-
dance of department assistants,
along with department heads
at council meetings; considera-
tion of a subdivision plan pre-
sented by D. V. Day, Jr„ (ta-
bled); notification to owners of
neglected vacant lots to clean
up "or else", under the city's
Ordinance No. 203; and ap-
proval for payment of the cur-
rent bills.
Present at the Tuesday meet-
ing, which had been postponed
from February 14, were Mayor
Jerome Decker, Councilmen G.
P. Chapman, A. D. Patterson,
Albert Rowlett, Marvin
Schweers, Claude Schuehle;
Fritz Leinweber, Faye Walker,
John Poerner, John Britsch, W.
F. Gaudian, H. V. Crow, other
visitors as named, Fane Burt
and a reporter for the Anvil
Hera Id.
LIBRARY MEMBERSHIPS
T entative plans to offer
sustaining memberships on a
calendar-year basis have been
announced by the Hondo Pub-
lic Library. Complete details
will be given next week.
RAIN?
Rainfall Saturday was at
least measurable. According to
Rain Authority Taylor (Dr. O.
B.) Hondo measured exactly
.14 of an inch. "Beats none,"
was his comment.
WHEN IT WAS FLOOD TIME DOWN SOUTH,
this is how the old Hondo spread itself in September
1919. The view of thehighway bridge was made by
Dr. O. B. Taylor and iscaptioned "Looking south".
This happened almost 48 years ago and the water
kept rolling along. --Taylor Photo
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