Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 7, 1983 Page: 4 of 22
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Page 4. The Hondo Anvfl Herald, Thunday. juhr 7.
Fire ant relief
LOTS OF WORK... remains
for Elmer Haby, Erwin
J allow ay and Lorenzo Her-
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nandex. deft to right las they
fix up a house at the old Ikh
hatchery near Devine that
become the Medina
Sheltered Work-
Sheltered workshop
He graduated from Southwest Texas
State University in 1978 with a degree
in Psychology. He has also worked in
vocational programs with the men-
tally retarded, “more severely handi-
capped kids than what will be here,”
he said.
The only major problem they
haven’t worked out yet, said Jalloway,
is how to get the people to the facility.
He said they were trying to get vans,
and were considering carpooling.
Jalloway said that the main inpetus
for starting the program in Medina
County came from County Commis-
sioner Henry Briscoe, who represents
the Devine area, and County Judge
Jerome Decker.
“Henry Briscoe has been interested,
as has the Devine Chamber of
Commerce,” Jalloway said.
The workshop acquired the facility,
a stone-faced frame house and garage,
at no cost, and they are now in the
process of fixing it up. The house is
approximately 1,500 square feet, with
the garage adding 1,000 more.
Haby said the workshop expects to
start out with 10 to 12 participants,
increasing to 15-20 in about a year,
and will eventually have as many as
25. He said that at that point, the
facility will likely have become too
small.
“But this m what we have,” said
Jalloway.
Jalloway said there are no other
work programs in the county for
mentally retarded or disabled adults,
but that the program could be
compared to others in existence, such
as Good Will Industries, the Light-
house for the Blind and the Bexar
County MHMR.
The workshop will receive money
from the state, but anty for salaries of
staff members. In addition to Haby,
there are support staff members
Lorenzo Hernandez and Susan Mar-
tinez, both from the State School.
The workshop will hire two
additional staff members in July to
assist Haby. Interested people may
pick up applications sometime in the
first week in July, either at the
County Courthouse in Hondo or at the
County building in Devine.
They hope to have their entire staff
hired by the end at July, and to begin
the program in September.
Those who have questions about the
program or suggestions about how the
workshop can transport the program’s
participants to the facility may call
Haby at 663-9248 in Devine.
Jalloway said that he can be
reached in San Antonio at 532-9610,
extension 1694 or 1692.
One of our readers called
to share a remedy he used
after being stung by fire
ants this past weekend.
He found himself standing
in a fire ant bed July 4th
while picking peaches. After
getting the ants off, he used
a cream called Polysporin
which tookcare oTffie sting
quickly.
In checking with local
pharmacist Bill Butler, we
learned that it was probably
the cream base in the
Polysporin which soothed
the bites.
“We usually recommend
an oral antihistamine, as
well as a topical cream,"
Butler said. “Stings, parti-
culary of wasps or bees, can
penetrate two or three
layers of skin which the
antihistamine creams don’t
‘The creams work as both
an antihistamine and
anesthetic to counteract the
itching, while the oral medi-
cation helps counteract the
internal effects of a sting.”
Castro
Colonies
delays play
The Castro Colonies Herit-
age Association’s play pre-
sentation, “Mi Onkel Der
Bishop”, which was to be
presented at the group’s
next meeting has been
canceled. The meeting will
be held as scheduled and an
alternate program will be
announced.
Natalia-Chacon
Lake News
NEW HOME... State Farm
Insurance has moved to Its
new location at 1607 Vt
Avenue K and Anna Tomey,
Agent Jim Tomey and Toni celebrate their eighth anni-
Bermea are ready to serve vers ary ac •*> a&en(7
you. They opened In their Hondo July 15.
new location July 1 and will
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SPARKS
dramatically from the 1940s to the 1970a as the technology of BeU
Labs improved transmission capabilities.
As the revenues from the increasing number of long distance
calls rose, our local service rates were kept artificially low with the
subsidy. v
When MCI and other long distance services began taking away
parts of the lucrative routes, BeU tried in vain to explain to
Congress and the American pubUc about what was going to happen
to the cost of local service when long distance revenues began to
shrink. But it was to no avail. January l, 1984, Southwestern BeU
wifi no longer have long distance revenues - they will go to a
totaUy separate company and its former parent, AT&T.
On the other side of the coin, MCI, Satelco and Southern
Pacific’s Sprint service and others began active competition for
long distance service between the major cities. None of these
companies had to have their rates approved by anyone but their
boards of directors and no one said they Jug to serve anyone.
AT&T had to go to the FCC or state agendes for approval. This
isn’t exactly what I’d call fair competition. While ATHtad the Bd1
Companies served nearly all towns and dties, the new services only
wanted to serve the major, lucrative routes between San Antonio
and Dallas or Dallas and Houston, for example.
A local reader called a couple of weeks ago to see if we couldn’t
do something to get these long distance services into Hondo. One
national company told her she would have to get people to write
letters or sign a petition before they would consider servicing a
town of Hondo’s size.
News Deadline
12:00 Noon
Tuesday
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were determin’d not
to print anything
till they were sure it
would offend no-
body, there would be
very little printed."
By May Kempt'
Vacation time is here
again; and it is welcome. To
get away from the routine of
every day life is great even
though we love this land.
Area residents are taking
vacations to Colarado, New
York, Florida, Tennessee
and one or two are going to
Europe. The best thing
about vacations is wheat you
return home and find that
home is best at all places.
, The electric wires have
been run from Farm Road
463 to the sight of the new
Natalia water well by the
Medina Electric Coop.
Maybe soon Natalia will
have a new supply of good,
fresh water that will not run
out in the summer time. An
assured supply of water will
pump new life into Natalia
by encouraging construction
of new homes for people
moving into the area. A new
subdivision would help the
town and school.
Don Lawrence is going to
write an article about
Natalia in the future. If you
have a story or incident
about Natalia, please send it
to Don. Here are a few
examples of stories: when
was the first roaded paved
from Lytle to Natalia or
when and where was the
first road paved into the
irrigation farms? Does any-
one have any photos of the
Chacon Lake Dam breaking
back in the 1940’s?
Tiffany Brown and Cindy
Campos of the Natalia Band
are in Kingsville this week
attending classes in
Twirling. Both students are
twirlers who help lead the
band.
A beef and chicken barbe-
cue was held at the One
Horse Ranch in honor of
Allan and Tomie Kempfs
27th wedding anniversary
on June 30.
The Natalia flag and rifle
team are in Brownwood at
Howard Payne University
studying new ways to per-
form during the football
games this fall. Mrs.
Jeanette Hunt has provided
transportation to and from
the University.
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Meanwhile, we face the possibility of our local rates tripling. I
wonder if having a telephone at home le worth $360 per year? lfy
gueea is that if rates do go that high, a lot of people will be «Hn,
if it’s worth it.
The Texas Public Utility Commission is beginning hearings
statewide concerning the proposed rates. I’m eure the people will
scream that Southwestern BeU is pulling “highway robbery”. But
the real blame rests squarely with the United State Department of
Justice who felt it necessary to tamper with the structure of a
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Proctor, Frances Reitzer. Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 7, 1983, newspaper, July 7, 1983; Hondo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth818307/m1/4/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hondo Public Library.