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i**ipe 2. The Hondo Anvil Herald, Thursday, January 12,1984
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Prisoner wants mail
DorEdKer,4
My arae ■ Michael A.
HoHan No. 1310 1 am now
incarcerated in the Indiana
State priacu at Midugan
Cky, Indiana The reason
Pm writing ia I waa wonder-
ing if you on do me a favor^
I have no money to pay
you with, or any way to get
money to pay you with. The
favor I'm adring you ».
could you place a amaD ad
in your paper for me? I have
no fondly to write me. or
anyone to correspond with.
I would answer any letters
I receive. I would appreciate
this, and would appreciate
than very much.
I'm just a lonely man in
prtoon with no one Any kind
of consideration would be
appreciated. Thank you very
nuch
In case you do run an ad
for me, here is some
information about me. My
address is:
Michael A . HoOon No. 8210
P.O Box 41
Indiana State Prison
Midugan City, Indiana
46360 ^
I am a white male, 25
years old, very mature, 5
feet 9 inches tall. 155 ft* ,
blue eyes, brownish-blonde
hidr.
Again thank you for any
consideration.
Sincerely yours,
Michael A. Hollon
No. 8210
Feed grain
program sign-ups
begin Monday
On January 16. the Agri-
cultural Stabilisation an.
Conaervation Service will
begin accepting applications
for the 1964 feed grain and
.wheat production adjust
mot programs. The pro-
grams were announced well
in advance of the signup
period to give farmers ample
opportunity to make deci-
sions on their 1984 grrin
crops, said Hilo Del Basque.
“Before signup begins, we
are explaining as many
program details to farmers
ae possible eo they will know
the requirements as well as
the benefits of these pro-
grams.” The acreage reduc-
tion programs are voluntary
However, only participating
farmers will be eligible for
aommodity loans and target
price protect ion. Wheat pro-
gram participants are also
eligible for payment-in-kind
Del Bosque said program
questions most frequently
asked relate to acreage
baaes, acreage reduction and
acreage conservation re-
serve provisions.
The wheat or feed grain
acreage base for a regular
form is the average of the
acres planted and considered
planted to these crops for
1982 and 1983. For rotation
forms, the base is the
average at the planted and
considered planted acres for
the two previous years in
the rotation that corre-
sponds to 1984. For example,
in a two year rotation, the
base is established as the
average of 1980 and 1982
planted and considered
planted acres.
Del Bosque said the maxi-
mum wheat acreage may not
exceed 70 percent of the
tarn’s wheat base and the
maximum permitted acreage
of barley and oats, or corn
and grain sorghum may not
exceed 90 percent of the
form's applicable feed grain
base. “Farmers may choose
to participate in the acreage
reduction programs for any
of the eligible crops. How-
ever, because com and grain
sorghum bases and barley
TE2ZS LOBE ■* Baa
SECOND OF
FOUR PARTS
The Archives War
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and oats bases are combined,
participation of these crops
is combined,” he said.
To participate in the
wheat payment-in-kind pro-
gram, farmers are required
to enroll in the wheat
acreage reduction program.
Wheat PIK will be offered
on an acreage of not less
than 10 percent . nor more
than 20 percent of the wheat
base. Farmers may choose
any level within this range,
according to Del Bosque.
Payments for wheat PIK
will be based on the total
PIK acres, times the farm's
diversion yield, times 75
percent, rounded to whole
bushels.
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To emphasize the conserv-
ation aspects of the 1984
programs, the acreage re-
moved from production is
referred to as acreage con-
servation reserve (ACR).
“Land that qualifies for the
acreage conservation re-
serve will also qualify under
PIK." Del Bosque said in
acres where it is normal to
summer fallow, the land
designated for the ACR
must be land that would
have been devoted to a crop
for harvest in 1984 under
normal weather conditions.
If a cover is required to be
established on ACR acreage
it must be established as
soon as possible to protect
the land from wind and
% water erosion, but not later
than the normal ending
planted date for spring-
seeded crops.
The ASC Committee is
responsible for determining
the eligibility for land to be
designated as ACR acreage.
However, the fanner is
responsible for ensuring that
the land is eligible.
If a fanner decides to drop
out of the program after the
February 24th final signup
date, the ASCS official said
he or she will be assessed
liquidated damages. If the
farmers decided to drop out
anytime during the signup
period, liquidated damages
will not apply.
IN DECEMBER, 18+2 PRESIDENT
SAM HOUSTON WELD A
SECRET MEETING WITH =
RANGER CAPTAINS ^
THOMAS I. SMITH OF
CALDWELL AND ELI
CHANDLER OF ROBERT-
SON COUNTY AT THE
TEMPORARY CAPITAL-
WASH INGTON ON THE-
BRAZOS. HOUSTON
FEARED THE MEX-
ICANS WOULD
OVERRUN AUSTIN
SO HE ORDERED
THE OFFICERS TO
TAKE 20 RANGERS
AND 3 WAGONS
TO AUSTIN AND
MOVE THE DOCU-
MENTS TO HOUSTON.
MEANWHILE THE CITIZENS OF AUSTIN BELIEVED THAT THE PRESIDENT
WAS GOING TO MAKE HOUSTON THE PERMANENT CAPITAL OF TEXAS.
TO KEEP THIS FROM HAPPENING THEY FORMED A VIGILANCE COM-
MITTEE WHO LOADED THE ARCHIVES INTO CRATES AND PUT A GUARD
_ OVER THEM.
Texas Lore is now available as a book for $3.25 postpaid.
Make check or money order payable to The Red Rose Studio & mail to
The Red Rose Studio. 88 Flintlock Drive, Willow Street, PA 17584.
Reminisce
!0 Years Ago
The City Council of Hondo
has called for a bond election
on Saturday, February 7, for
the purpose of constructing
a new library.
The Joe Freeman Award
for “outstanding community
service to agriculture" will
be presented to Don A.
W indrow recognizing him as
the distinguished Bexar
County “man in agriculture"
for 1973.
With the implementation
of Daylight Savings Time for
energy saving measures.
H1SD classes will begin al 9
am
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15 Years Ago
A county-wide school dis-
trict. which would combine
Hondo, D'Hanis. Natalia.
Devine, and Medina Valley
has been proposed, but most
of the superintendent's feel
the idea will be rejected
L.J Wemette, president
of the Medina County Farm
Bureau, has announced that
ihe bureau's annual mem-
bership drive will get under-
way with a kickoff breakfast
al ihe Frontier Cafe
25 Years Ago
100 Medina County citi-
zens attended a meeting at
the courthouse and un-
animously agreed to approve
a legislature bill to form the
Edwards Water District
In the week Alaska joined
the Union, it was almost
fitting that Hondo suffered
cold tempatures. twice
dropping to 16 degrees
The Old Philosopher
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Published every Thursday in Hondo. Texas, by Asaoci
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Barbara Berger Wilson. Publisher
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The Castroville Anvil, Eat. 1886
The Hondo Herald, Eat. 1891
Consolidated - Oct. 17,1908
The La Costs Ledger, Est. 1915 i
Consolidated ~ June 1,1951
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Out of State- $15.00 Per Year
. POSTMASTERSeod address changes to
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(Editor's note: The Old
Philosopher on his South
Texas Johnson grass farm
disagrees with George
Orwell's notions about 1984.)
Dear editor:
About 30 years ago a man
named Orwell, well that
wasn't his real name, just
one he decided to use, wrote
a book called “Nineteen
Eighty-Four,” in which he
predicted what a gloomy
mess the world would be in
by the time 1984 got here.
He said for example a
bmtual dictatorship would
have everybody under
absolute control, that it
would keep television’s eye
trained on everybody all the
time.
Well, here it is 1984.
But instead of television
staring at everybody it's the
other way around. Every-
body is staring at television.
And as for everybody
being disciplined and under
absolute control, Mr. Orwell,
were he alive now, would be
amazed at what goes on in
many of the class rooms of
the nation, not to mention
Lebanon, Central America,
Afghanistan, and the state
legislature.
He said also that language
would be tuf-ned around,
with war meaning peace,
ignorance meaning truth,
\, slavery meaning freedom.
He got dose to the head of
[the nail there. In Washing-
Medina County
Bv J.A. Rios
One of the usual requisi
tes of acceptance into the
Christian faith is baptism.
To Christian a baby, as the
want would indicate, * to
make that person a
Christian. The basic intent of
the ceremony is that the
child should come in contact
with holy water. “Baptize”
comes directly from the
Greek word “Baptizo” which
means “to immerse”.
Most cultures practice the
custom of godparenthood
which is usually related to
the practice of baptism
Godparenthood is actually a
sponsorship and comes from
the Latin word “Spondere”
which means “to promise”.
The custom of requiring
sponsors, particularly at
baptism, has been used for
centuries. For untold ages,
baptism involved adults, not
infants One of the earliest
references in Christian liter-
ature refers to sponsors
being used in Ah adult
baptism in 192 A.D.
In the Southwest, the
social relationship of god-
parents was introduced by
the Catholic Church as early
as the Sixteenth Century
and implied sacred respon-
sibilities and duties. God-
parenthood in the Hispanic
iiousehold creates a strong
relationship between the
child’s, parents and the
godparents. The religious
ceremony makes the god-
parents compadres or co-
parents Individually, the
term for the co-mother is
comadre while the co-father
is compadre The godson is
known as an “ahijado" while
•the goddaughter is an
“ahijada”. The word
“ahijado” comes from the
Spanish verb “ahijar” which
4. '
means "to adbpt”. The
godparents are called
“padrinos” a derivative of
the word “padre" which
means “father" Indivi-
dually. the godmother is a
“rnadrina", from the word
“madre” or mother, while
the godfather is known as
the "padrino”. Small
children are taught early in
life to use the terms
“padrino”, “rnadrina", and
these are often corrupted to
“palino”, “malina", and even
"palina” and “malino”. Be-
cause Hispanic children are
often exposed to the terms
“comadre" and “compadre",
they may say “comale" and
“compale" or “comadrita”
and "compadrito”.
“Compadrazgo” or god-
parenthood occurs with
greater frequency for baptis-
mal rites Other religious
occasions which call for
padrinos are a child’s first
holy communion, a child’s
confirmation, a wedding,
anniversaries, the enthron-
ing of a saint, and even the
presentation of a religious
gift such as a saint’s medal.
Secular occasions which in-
volve compadres indude a
housewarming party or a
young lady’s debut, usually
in conjunction with a Mass,
dinner and dance.
Sometimes the child can
select his padrinos. At other
times, the decision rests
with the parents. Frequent-
ly, the godparents ’elected
for the baptism of a first
child are utilized for all other
children in the same family,
It used to be considered
sinful to change godparents
for each individual child’s
baptism.
Prospective padrinos can
refuse only for very good
reasons such as illness or a
death in the family. In many
respects, compadrazgo is a
type of clanship that pro-
hibits marriage between
ahijados and padrinos or
even between compadres
and comadres.
The special relationship,
between comadres and cont-
padres exists for the entire
lifetime insuring a cordial
exchange of friendship, gifts,
favors and hospitality.
STATE CAPITAL
HIGHLIGHTS
By Lyndell Wilinmi
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
ton these days a new tax is
called “revenue enhance-
ment" and every Congress-
man calls every other Con-
gressman distinguished.
However, on the whole, as
far as I can tell, Mr. Orwell
was off the mark and human
nature is about like it was
when he wrote his book, if
you can overlook the chance
of nuclear war and the
historic cold spell we had in
December.
Yours faithfully,
J.A.
AUSTIN t^The Texas
public education system got
a “D " on a report card issued
last week by the federal
government. *
The national report
showed Texas ranks below
average in college entrance
scores, graduation rates,
student-teacher ratios and
teacher salaries
The issue of whether
Texas should raise its
teacher salaries, which top
state officials say can only be
done by raising taxes, was
the hottest legislative item
in '83 and promises to get
hotter in '84 The governor
wants to call a special
session to raise salaries, and
probably axes, as soon as a
blue-ribbon Texas commit-
tee finishes its study of the
public school system
The Chairman of that
panel, H. Ross Perot of
Dallas, said the national
report confirms everything
we knew already”, but
warned against throwing
money at the solution.
Instead, he recommended,
Texas should adopt four
basic reforms:
-Reduce extracurricular
activities and eliminate easy
electives
-Pay for good teachers
instead of new larger
schools.
-Toughen the curriculum
and stop the easy passes
Transfer more money
from high schools to elemen-
tary education.
Mobil Settlement
The complicated lawsuit
which pitted the state and
south Texas rancher Clinton
Madges against Mobil Oil
Corp was settled out of
court last week, only a day
behind schedule.
Where To Write
Your Representatives
U.S. Senator Lloyd M Bentsen
240 Russell Office Building
Washington, D C. 20510
U.S. Senator John Tower
142 Russell Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Congressman Abraham “Chick”
Karen _
2408 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Senator Bill Sima
P.O. Box 12088
Capitol Station
Austin, Texas 78711
Representative Jim Crockett
P.O. Box 3910
CaH' ^ r .ation „
.ustin, Texas 78709
TODAY’S THOUGHTS
A faithful employee Is a* refreshing a* a cool day
In the hoi •ummertlme.
G - - - - Proverb* 25:13 (NIV)
II we had no falling* ourselves, we *hould not take
*o much pleasure In finding out those ol others.
Anon
Every man la enthusiastic at lime*. One man has
enthusiasm for thirty minute* —another man has it lor
thirty days, but Hi* Ihe man who has It lor thirty years
who makes a auccaaa In Ufa.
E.B. Butler
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Electric power wHI give light. The same power will
electrocute, destroy. Meta the proper use of your
personal powers and outside powers that lend them-
selves to your success.
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The new settlement,
hammered out after an
initial agreement fell
through around Christmas,
requires no cash payment by
Mobil to the state or
Manges'
Instead, the state will get
Mobil’s mineral rights on
14,720 acres that Mobil had
leased, including 53 wells
believed capable of produc-
ing up to $250 million in oil
ano gas.
The state also receives
about $2.5 million worth of
Mobil's drilling arid phxSticS
tion equipment on those
leases
Uoose Ends
Mobil came out better in
the new settlement, and was
relieved of back payments
sought for violations of the
1932 lease. Exxon Corp.,
which had intervened to
scuttle the original settle-
ment, will negotiate later
with the state and Manges
regarding its share of the
lease proceeds.
Another loose end is the
designation of a third party
to take over leasing the oil
land in Webb and Duval
counties.
Public School Fund
Texas Land Commissioner
Garrv Mauro said the state
had four offers from third-
party firms, including
She-'rsnn-American Ex-
press
Mauro also said the settle-
ment will increase the
state's hionthly ihcometrom
the 53 wells and land from
$21,000 to $350,000. The
money goes to the Per-
manent School Fund and is
divided ;imong Texas public
schoolchildren.
Jim Mattox
Texas Attorney General
St* Jim Mattox, who helped
negotiate the settlement,
said the state now “owns
itself an oil company ...
Maybe we’ll call it the
People’s Oil and Gas Co.”
Meanwhile, Mattox is
seeking to have the indict-
ment on charges of commer-
cial bribery thrown out of
court. Defense lawyers for
him I lave prepared about a
dozen dismissal motions for
hearing next week.
Last week, a top assistant
to Mattox told reporters he
has been aiding Mattox’s
legal defense and is also
investigating possible anti-
trust violations by Mattox’s
accuser, the Houston law.
firm "f Fulbright &
Jaworsk'
The assistant, Arthur
Mitchell, confirmed he
mailed letters at state ex-
pense to dients of the law
firm asking for information
about its legal work on
revenue bond issues. He has;
also attended court hearings
on the Mattox indictment bti
state time. ' ' ,
StrakeTYAhUProBT
Mattox came under fire
for possible misuse of state'
funds and employees two
weeks ago when a tem-
porary employee said she
was hired by Mattox to plan
Christmas parties and a
Mattox fundraiser to defray
legal defense expenses.
But a spokesman for
Mattox said the temporary
worker was mistaken about
her source of pay, and that
she aotunllv was being paid
from viaivux’s office-holder
accnuni.
N . ..._i.*ss, Texas Re-
pul>"ca». r urty chairman
George St rake last week
asked far an investigation of
Mattox's possible use of
state workers and money for
non-state activities.
In a strongly worded
statement, Strake accused
employees, state phones,
even state pencils and paper
to raise money trying to
keep himself out of jail.”
Mattox denied the allega-
tion. ,
Clayton Recovering
Former Texas House
Speaker Billy Clayton is
recovering from heart by-
pass surgery in Galveston.
The operation performed
during he holidays, caused a
minor stir when the presso
caught wind of the “Speak-:-
er's open heart surgery,”-;
and went searching for-;
present Speaker Gib Lewis.?
Lewis, who was out of:
pocketai the time, emerged:
to set the story straight:
about which speaker had-
undergone the surgery.
Reports indicate Clayton?
is in good spirits andj;
thinking about running fori:
state comptroller in 1986,;
the seat being vacated by;
Bob Bullock.
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