The Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, November 10, 1967 Page: 1 of 12
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VETERANS DAY
NOVEMBER 11
ELECTION DAY
The Hondo Anvil Herald
MEDINA COUNTY'S LEADING NEWSPAPER bINCE ,086
SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT HONDO, TEXAS 78861
VETERANS DAY
NOVEMBER 11
ELECTION DAY
81st Year—No. 45
Hondo, Medina Cojnty, Texas 78861, Friday, November 10, 1067
12 Pages—10c
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"Forge thy tongue on an anvil of truth, and
what file* up, though it be but a spark, shall
have weight." —Pindar
— Edna G. Me Dade ——
SIGN LANGUAGE
Citizens of Schulenburg who
attended the Freyburg Home-
runners Hootenany last Saturday
were greeted by this sign:
TOTI
EMUL
ESTO
If was of particular interest
to any who rode mules,
AGE GAUGE
From the Sapulpa (Okla.)
Herald's Editor's Notebook, this
is copied;
If you can remember the
start of World War 2, you're
getting old, mister. Madam,
too.
When they open the polls
for the 1968 Presidential elec-
tion, 60% of the votes will be
cast by persons who were not
even bom by the start of the
last great war.
If you can remember the
start of World War I, you and
your buddies will have little or
nothing to say about the next
election. In fact, your age
group will make up less than
five percent of the voting pub-
lic.
If you can remember the
start of the Spanish-American
War.....well, many happy
returns of the day, ole timer!
FREEDOM
On a recent holiday as I was
having my car serviced, the sta-
tion attendant noticed the press
sticker on the back window
glass and said "It's good to have
a holiday today, no?" When I
told him that not all holidays
were calendared to the demands
of newspapers and that I had
worked all day he said, "And
that's what is called freedom of
the press?"
It is at least one that still
holds, anyway!
COUNTY MUSEUM
Medina County should have
a museum of its own. Many of
us talk about it now and then
but just conversation doesn't
get the job done. A story in
this issue contains a few sug-
gestions and asks for more. Mrs,
Josie Finger of D'Hanis, chair-
man of the Medina County His-
torical Committee, will wel-
come them--particularly if
they are accompanied by a
willingness to help. Construct-
ive letters on the subject will
be published as space permits.
Other counties, with less to
offer, have museums to perpet-
uate their history. Why not
Medina County?
GETTING THERE
From here, and faster, is for-
seen by the year 2000, says a
research report. The system ,
to be known as Metrotran 2000,
and drafted by Cornell aeronau-
tical-laboratory scientists, "en-
visions a floating motel, a ve-
hicle called t h e urbmobile,
100-mile-an-hour expressways,
air-cushion vehicles, vertical
take-off aircraft, and auto-free
downtown sections."
All we'll have to do is hur-
ry up and wait—and pity the
poor folks who lived back i n
1967.
BROOM BOON
According to Broom Corn
News, broom manufacturers
throughout the country report
they have the largest backlog
of orders in some years and
have never experienced such a
demand for brooms as there is
now.
Could be some of1 these - ate
for purchase by new politicians
coming on to preserve the tra-
dition about new brooms sweep-
ing clean? ij.
SS REPRESENTATIVE
IN HONDO NOV. 13
If you have any questions
about domestic employment or
any other type of employment
under social security, please
contact your representative,
David Helmer, who will be in
Hondo at the District Court-
room on Monday, November 13,
at 9:00 a.m.
ARMS AKIMBO, these four pretty cheerleaders
are all set to cheer the Hondo Owls to the close of
a successful football season. The final game will be
played on Barry Field against the Devine Warhorses,
this Friday evening. (Top) Linda Gilliam, Cindy
Young, Jenny Finger, Sue Seifert, head cheerleader.
Empty Stocking
More donations are needed
in order to pr ovide a Merry
Christmas for several needy Hon-
do families who otherwise will
know little of the joys of the
holiday season, according to
Miss Mary RuthCameron, chair-
man of Hondo’s Empty Stocking
Fund,
As has been the custom, the
Empty Stocking Fund hopes to
provide food and gifts for at
least 40 families with almost
100 children. Donations of mon-
ey, canned goods, new toys and
other new items are needed to
make this possible.
"The Empty Stocking Com-
mittee expresses its appreciation
for the gifts already received,
and at the same time urges
others to make their donations
as soon as possible," Miss Cam-
eron said. "Without the gener-
ous gifts from the people of
Hondo, Yancey and D'Hanis, the
preparation of baskets for all
the needy families on our list
will not be possible."
Donors since last week in-
clude'Mrs. E. W, Brucks, Mr. and
Mrs. Ferdie Batot, the Wesleyan
Guild, and' Mrs. Roberta Hud-
speth Brown of Dallas, formerly
of Hondo.
Donations may be made to
Mary Ruth Cameron or commit-
tee members, Lobby Landers,
Joy Carroll, Marguerite Murrill
or Mildred Burt. They may be
mailed to Box 220, Hondo.
Checks should be made payable
to Empty Stocking Fund.
Farm Bureau
Gains Members
Final 1967 membership tabu-
lation shows Texas Farm Bureau
now has 105,653 member fami-
lies, according to Wayne Little,
TFB organization field services
director.
Farm Bureau gained 4,727
member families during the
past membership year which
ended Oct. 31. It has doubled
its membership in the last fif-
teen years, having gained each
of the fifteen years.
At the close of the fiscal
year, the Medina County Farm
Bureau had a total of 764 mem-
ber families, a slight increase o-
ver last year. L. J. Wernette is
president of the local Bureau.
Nine of every 10 Texas
farmers and ranchers who be-
long to a general farm organi-
zation are members of Texas
Farm Bureau, the TFB field
services director said.
There are 203 organized
counties in the Texas Farm Bu-
reau.
SLOW RAIN
FALLS HERE
Slow rains, from one-half to
almost two inches fell in the
Hondo area Monday night and
throughout Tuesday.
Dr. p. B. Taylor, reporting
for the Taylor-Chapman serv-
ice which collects the totals
for the Hondo Anvil Herald
rain map, when totals justify a
map, supplied the following:
Rancho Chico, 1.90; George
Koch, one inch; A.C. Gilliam,
.90; Bonnard Rothe, Hy Vogel,
.75 each; downtown Hondo, 1.45
and Rolf Saathoff, .60.
R. Gragg, B. Grisham and
Clarence Saathoff, each report-
ed one-half inch.
The rains were continuing
Wednesday and appeared to be
general in the Hondo area.
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1' I LAND CONTttr
One of the last visits by national officials to Mr.
Garner was during the Southwest Texas Junior Col-
lege Citizenship Day activities when SenatorJohn
Tower visited the former vice president on October
19. (L-R) Kenneth Towery, executive assistantto
Senator Tower, Senator Tower and Jack Ware, form-
er classmate of Towery at SWTJC .
Photo courtesy Uvalde Leader-News
JOHN N. GARNER 1868-1967
John Nance Garner, former
vice-president, who died in his
Uvalde home, Tuesday, Nov. 7,
1967, was a personal friend of
the late Fletcher Davis, owner
and publisher ofthe Hondo An-
vil Herald during the early days
of Mr, Gamer's political careei;
The following paragraphs
have been selected from early
issues of this newspaper, as a
tribute to the memory of M r.
Gamer.
This appeared Sept. 8, 1906,
and quoted J, S. Morin who had
opposed Mr. Gamer in the Con-
gressional race. The same re-
lease appeared in the Brackett-
ville News and the Uvalde Lead-
er News,
"... Mr. Gamer is the most
influential member among Tex-
as representatives. He is on
excellent terms with the Presi-
dent and with all the heads of
the various Departments. If we
must have a Democratic rep-
resentative, I am glad we have
Mr. Gamer to represent us."
The Leader News had added:
"Kir. Gamer's congeniality has
secured for his District possibly
the largest appropriations, in
proportion to its population, of
any District in the state. He has
won the reputation of getting
what he goes after and he goes
after everything in sight."
"Judge Garner does not
'stand pat' on the present tariff
schedules and laud them as be-
ing the best possible accomp-
lishment of economic ingenui-
ty. But he does stand
pat on t h e proposition that,
so long as we have a tariff, it
shall be his endeavor to see that
his district shall have its share
of benefits to accrue therefrom
and that whatever burdens are
to be imposed by the system
shall fall as lightly upon the
shoulders of the people of his
district as they fall upon the
shoulders of the people in other
sections of the country.,, .Let
old Medina County take her
place next Tuesday by rolling
up a bigger majority than ever
for Judge Garner." (F. D. Nov.
3, 1906).
(Feb. 11, 1905) "Congress-
man Garner of the 15th Texas
District is being congratulated
by his colleagues on the sue
cess which has attended his ef-
forts to secure river and harbor
appropriations of the proper
size for his constituents. .. a-
mong these the intercoastal ca-
nal and special surveys of Tur-
tle Cove channel and the mouth
of the Guadalupe,"
"Cactus Jack" Gamer w a s
beloved by many of his former
constituents in Medina County
who have followed his leng and
useful career with appreciative
interest through the years.
Anvil Herald files contain
many stories about his early
years but time and space done*
allow for their inclusion here.
A Great American has made
his mark in the history of his
beloved Country and he will be
long remembered by those who
mourn his passing.
Hwy. 90 Crash
Takes 3 Lives
Highway Patrolman Roger
Barnes reported the deaths of
three men who were killed ear-
ly last Sunday morning, Nov. 5,
1967, when their 1964 Chevro-
let pickup left US Hwy 90 at
the Dunlay railroad -overpass
and scattered the wreckage over
a wide area 20 feet beflow the
road level.
Killed were the drive:, Er-
nesto R, Gallegos, 26, of Pleas-
anton; Anselmo P. Reyna, 27,
and Edward Moreno, 29, both of
San Antonio. All were emplo-
yees of the Terminal Market,
San Antonio.
Barnes told the Anvil Her-
aid that the men were en route
to Mexico. He estimated the
pickup's speed at 90 to 100 mph
and said that the vehicle turned
over four times for a distance of
517 feet before hitting the
ground.
ARTS-CRAFTS FAIR
AT UTOPIA SATURDAY
The 6th annual Utopia Arts
and Crafts Fair will be held
this coming Saturday, Nov. 11,
from, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Paintings, needleworK, and
many gift items will be among
the arts and crafts offered.
Mrs. Waldene Sonnen, presi-
dent of the Utopia A&C Guild,
announces that food will alsc
be available, including home-
rnnl/pH harh*»r*np anrl nmtries.
SCHUEHLE TO ATTEND
FORD AREA WORKSHOP
Jake Schuehle will be among
the directors of the Texas Auto-
mobile Dealers Association who
will attend the area workshop at
the Gunter Hotel in San Anton-
io next Tuesday, Nov. 14.
Key personnel from through-
out the San Antonio area will
hear Frank Miskell, commission-
er of Texas Consumer Credit
Code, Austin, who will be one
of the main speakers. To be
discussed will be procedures and
requirements of the new c o n-
sumer credit code, and wage
and hour regulations applying to'
the industry.
Will You Help
Band Boosters?
Band Boosters need h e 1 p in
manning the concession stands
at the forthcoming Pearsall-Ran-
dolph football bi-district play-
off, to be played on Barry Field
Friday evening of next week,
Nov. 17.
Parents, relatives, and friends
of students in the B, Beginner
and Owl bands are urgently re-
quested to lend a hand.
Mrs, Victor Saathoff, presi-
dent of Band Boosters, may be
reached at HA 6-3520. "I will
welcome every call,” she said.
Profits from the BB-operated
stands go into the bahd fund to
provide many necessities for the
three school bands.
Veterans Urge Vote
For Amendment No. 3
"On Nov. 11, this coming
Saturday, Amendment No. 3
will attempt to restore the Vet-
erans Land Program in Texas,"
said Lawrence Rothe, Medina
County Veterans Service Offi-
cer. "I urge all veterans and
all voters interested in helping
to restore a valuable program
for the state to vote FOR this a -
mendment." __
Rothe pointed out that t h e
land purchasing privileges grant-
ed if the amendment passes,
would include any veteran who
served from Sept. 1940 to the
present armed conflict in Viet-
nam. All veterans who entered
the service from Texas and are
still living in Texas are includ-
ed.
IN MEDINA COUNTY
While the old program was
in effect, during 1949-65, Me-
dina County veterans made 410
purchases of $2,8 million which
they paid for a total of 21,540
acres of land.
"Interest charged veterans
has never exceeded 4.5 percent,"
said Rothe. "Payments on new
purchases would be amortized or
retired over a period of 40 years.
Tracts may be purchased in
minimums of 15 acres with no
requirements as to use. The
Land Program has not tost the
taxpayers anything for its oper-
ation and purchase of the' land.
Instead, it has made a profit for
the people of Texas over and a-
bove its cost of operation."
DEATHS
James W. Bendele
Wendy Buttler
Maurice Lutz
F. Mumme
-a.j^_Qverstreet
J.B. Ro*£
Marcia Strait
Mrs. M.F. Tovar
The Medina County hunting
season and the state-wide elec-
tion on proposed amendments to
the Texas constitution will be
vying Saturday for first place.
Only nine county voters
filled in absentee ballots (Oct.
23-Nov. 7) in anticipation of
the calendar conflict. How ma-
ny hunters will vote later, on
the regular election day, and
how many non-hunters will
cast their ballots during the day
to decide the fate of the s i x
proposed amendments remains
to be seen.
COURTHOUSE CLOSED
County Judge Jim Duncan
announced this week that all
courthouse offices would be
closed both Friday and Saturday
since the Veterans Day holiday
falls on Saturday.
County clerk Henry Schulte
said that his office would "fol-
low rules" and that there would
be no one to count returns a t
the close of Saturday's election.
The canvass of votes from Me-
dina County will await an-
nouncement Monday.
GAME PLENTIFUL
August Timmerman, wildlife
conservationist, said that deer
were plentiful and in fine shape
over the county,
"Of course," he added,
"they're feeling pretty indepen-
dent about meal time now, too.
Pastures generally are green
with plenty of forage within ea-
sy reach and there is plenty of
water so the deer won't be too
interested in grazing away from
home base."
Turkey are less plentiful but
those availalbe are also in good
condition. Business has been
brisk in both season and day
leases.
Cooler weather caused a van-
guard of hunters to head for their
camps last week to make sure
everything is In readiness for
the opening day. If the present
weather holds, rain or not, ma-
ny hundreds of annual hunter
returnees will be out trying first
-day luck.
Two weeks ago, landown-
ers were issued some 6000 doe
permits for use in this county. An
abundance of grass forestalled
the need for issuance of depreda-
tion permits this year.
GAME DINNER
On Nov. 18, the second Sat-
urday of the hunting season,
hunters in this a r e a will be
guests ofthe Hondo Chamber
of Commerce for the annual
wild game dinner at City Park,
Tarpley Road,
Charley Lutz, general chair-
man, says he is making plans to
serve one thousand hunters this
year. Needed is more wild
game and C of C members have
been urged to help "put some-
thing in the pot”.
Another feature of interest
to hunters is the annual con-
test conducted by Jake Schueh-
le. Prizes of four guns will be
awarded for the heaviest buck,
and those with the widest horns,
most points, and most unusual
freak horns. All bucks must
be field dressed.
SEVEN FFA members, Hondo chapter, brought
home a third-place banner from the Revaldina Dis-
trict range contest last week. John McAnelly is their
vo-ag instructor at Hondo High. L-R: Bob 7err,
Charles Mumme, Dennis Mann, Johnny Gamboa,
Fred Breiten, J. E. Saathoff and Robert Leinweber.
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McDade, Edna. The Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, November 10, 1967, newspaper, November 10, 1967; Hondo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth810971/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hondo Public Library.