Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 17, 1971 Page: 1 of 16
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D'HANIS' WALT ROThfrlASHES HOME RUN IN SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE ACTION
. . . Longhorn senior hit .485 in final season of college ball
Hondo Anvil Herald Walt Rothe
leads SWC
MEDINA COUNTY'S LEADING NEWSPAPER SINCE 1886
Publi«h«*cJ e.ich Thurs it 1*01 Avr K Honrlo 15 rtr yt»r .n county , it ut f stit? , Cnd mss |'f>st f,ci at Hondo, To.
84th Year—No. 24
Hondo, Medina County, Texas 78861, Thursday, June 17, 1971
16 Pages in Two Sections—10c
Limited basis
Museum opens July 3
The news many people
have been waiting to hear was
announced Monday night.
Opening of the Medina
County M lseum on a limited
basis has been scheduled for
the Fourth of July weekend.
usable condition depicting
various periods: pioneer, gay
nineties, the roaring twen-
alogs, (clo thing patterns,
swatches of material and i- •
terns used in decorating fabric.
By Burnis K. Lawrence
Publisher
>
Well
a
done,
Frank
Holden
There is reasonable doubt in the minds of
many on just how Barry Field is going to
stay in good shape in the years to come.
For Frank Holden has retired.
For the past humpteen,years—33 to be
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Nora Winkler and Gladys
Linde burg are in charge of the
displays which will be shown
the public and have issued ap-
peals for ite: s to go in t!ie
Museum,
Flans for providing coolinj
in the three west rooms a Is
were announced Monday night,1
And it was reported tliat win-
dows will be covered with hail
damage wire to protect panes
and help secure tlie building.
g
"We call this our Summer
1971 opening," Miss Winkler
told the Board. "We want to
liave some type of schedule
on a consistent basis for the
rest of the summer. After
tliat time we will decide on
„other arrangements. "
Thejwo display chairmen
issued an appeal for Items In
the following categories:
ties, the war periods such as
Spanish and Mexican cos-
tume s. German costumes led-
erhosen, etc., old fashion car-
xMore space
planned
for clerk
There'll be some changes
made at the Medina County
Courthouse once bids are let
on two jobs approved by the
Commissioners Court.
The Court has called for
bids on rewiring die entire
Courthouse and for remodeling
and enlarging District Clerk
Francis Boltl’s office.
WtSTERN—barbed wire
collection (Fritz L e i n w e b er
has agreed to display Ids ex -
tensive collection), saddles
and accessories, spurs, chaps,
etc. , branding equipment (to
go with the giant branding iron
board made by Sherille Stroud
of Devine), pictures of early
cattlemen.
FASHION--old garments In
The latter job will be ac-
complished by extending the
present office into space now-
included In tire District Court-
ropfu. It will enable the clerk
to have adequate filing space
and provide better services to
the Court when it is in session.
Bids will be opened on both
projects at 4 p. m. July 23 in
the office of County Judge Je-
rome Dicker.
YESTERYEAR'S HOUSE-
WIFE TOOLS—any item used
to prepare a meal: butter
chum, old mixing bowls,
handmade cutware, pepper
mills, place settings of dish-
es.
NOSTALGIA—po st cards,
autograph books, photograph
albums.
A committee chairman to
seek volunteer help in keep-
ing the Museum open on a lim-
ited time scheduled will be
appointed very soon.
The Museum will have no
specific charge, but will have
a contribution box for visitors
to use if they desire.
Also featured will be a
sales area which will feature
Museum Plates, Historical
Sketches, Decoupages (there
were a few left from Museum
Day), the book "Ripples from
Medina Lake" (there are some
25 of these left and more can
be obtained), and perhapsotit-
er items.
Arsons interested in donaf-
ing items for the Museum,
either on a loan basis or perm-
anently, may contact Mrs.
Lindeburg at 426-2820 or Miss
Winkler at 426-3655.
CBG meets, elects five hew officers
New officers were elected
during the Hondo Citizens
for Better Government regular
monthly meeting Thursday
night June 10 at the Atliletic
Hall.
Jesus Rodriguez was named
chairman with the following
officers serving with him:
Tom E. Santos, vice-chair-
man; James Castillo, secreta-
ry; Ruben Alvarado, treasurer;
and Alfredo Tapia, door-
keeper.
Seven new members were
accepted at the end of the
meeting. They were Felipe
Cortez, Tony Mendoza, Fred
T. Walls, Trini Cuellar, Cel-
so Gonzales, Rudy Guedea and
Ills wife, Irma Guedea. Mem-
berships are being accepted at
any time and anyone desir-
ing to join can do so by con-
tacting any of the officers.
Among the business d i s -
cussed was a report on the can-
cellation of Tuesday night's
City Council meeting because
of a lack of a quorum. Tom
E. Santos and Jesus Rodriguez
have promised the member-
ship they will attend all reg-
ularly scheduled council
meeting^ In order to re pre -
sent tlie group.
T. A. Lopez told the
group that there is an imme-
diate desperate need for jobs
In the Hondo area. "There
are at present many family
men who can't secure perman-
ent jobs unless they leave
town, sometimes leaving
large families behind," he
said.
"We must try to bring In
some sort of job program to
train this force of men so tliat
they can actively compete for
some of the better jobs. Jden
without a trade cannot move
forward, n He says he hopes
this group (Hondo CBG) can
bring some sort of federally-
assisted job training program
In order to attract, at a later
time, new companies Into the
Hondo area.
T. A. Lopez stepped down
as chairman of tlie CBG, be-
c ause of a new job obligation
as a representative with die
International Brotherhood of
Operative Potters, AFL - CIQ
CLC, which causes him to be
away from town on union bus-
iness at different and odd
times.
, By Fr. Victor Schmidtzinsky
D'Hanisr This little com-
munity beaming with pride o-
ver its athletes in baseball
and football, rejoiced when
one of its "boys", Walt Ro-
the, University of Texas'slug-
ging outfielder, was selected
as The Associated Press South-
west Conference Baseball
Player of the Year in a poll
of league coaches.
Rothe, 22, 6-2, 195, and
a Senior, hit a torrid, .485
and played right field. His
coach. Cliff Gustafson, was
named Coach of the Year by
his fellow mentors.
Signs with
Montreal Expos
On June 10 Walt signed
with the Montreal Exposofthe
National League. He was
signed up by Red Murff and
Tom Bridges, both official
scouts for the Expos. Walt left
the next day to join fils team.
Native of D'Hanis
Walt is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Bonnard Rothe, who are
members of the local Holy
Cross Catholic Church. He
was bom on September Id
1948, baptized in Holy Cross
Church on October 16, 1948,
by the Rev. HenryAJ^. Hug,
pastor; received tps First Holy
Communion and Confirmation
in this church also. He served
as an Altar Boy for ten years
from the time he was in the
second grade until he graduat-
ed from D'Hanis High School
in 1967. He was Instructed to
serve at the altar by Rev. Os-
wald B. Kahlich, pastor. He
has the longest record of serv-
ing and had to come some 15
miles to do so. His parents
live on a ranch that far north
of D'Hanis,
»
Mr. Baseball
Wralt's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Bonnard Rothe, have been
connected with the game of
baseball for over 25 years in
assisting with the Highway 90
League, Little League and lo-
cal high school teams. Bon-
nard Rothe played as a youth
all over Medina County. For
his many years in baseball, he
was named "Mr. Baseball of
Medina County" In 1969when
he and Mrs. Rothe received,
jointly, the " Pro Deo et J u vj-
entute - For God and Youj^i"
Medal Award from Archbishop
Francis J, Furey, D. D., at the
CYO Youth Leaders’ Banquet,
San Antonio.
At present Rothe, with the
help of Charles Hood, 1s
coaching the D'Hanis ball
club in the Senior Little Leag-
ue.
Camping time is swimming time
For these Camp Fire Girls, one of the
best things about sum me r time at
Camp Mary Louise is swimming time.
In other years, the girls have taken
to the waters of Hondo Creek nearthe
camp, but this summer they're trave-
ling to one of the crossings on FM
462, But wherever they go to get
into the water, swim time is fun
time.
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