Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 15, 1976 Page: 1 of 18
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Coming Monday night .
G-rated fun in store
at Chamber affair
A completely G-rated evening is
in store for all who attend the
Monday night Chamber of Com-
merce Awards» Banquet at the
McDowell School Cafeteria.
Michael R. Morrow, hilled as
America's happy speaker, will
bring the address and, if published
reports of his ability are any
accurate indication, everyone is in
,for a laughing good time at the 7:30
p.m. affair;
Taking equal billing to the main
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speaker as highlights of the evening
will be the "presentation of the
Outstanding Citizen and Outstand-
ing Farmer/Rancher awards for the
year.
Morrow, who calls San Antonio
home, has addressed groups of all
sizes and interests throughout
Texas and other areas of civiliza-
tion. All of his speeches contain
good humor, patriotism, inspiration
and are completely acceptable for
family audiences, in other words, he
says they “are completely
G-rated.” And you don’t get that
kind much anymore.
Born in the small Texas commun-
ity of Kaufman, Morrow studied to
be a teacher, a profession he
followed in San Antonio for 14
years.
As a teacher and administrator,
' he found himself called on to speak
to groups throughout {he state and
also discovered for all that fun he
made more money than in the
school .business. Today he makes
more than 100 appearances each
year.
“ We have enough people who tell
it like it is," he says, “so 1 tell it like
it could be.”
Tickets for the evening affair are
Michael R Morrow
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SFABES
/P "Forge thy tongue On an anvil of
—i . truth, and what files up, though it
be but a spark, shall-have weight.”
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- ETY BURNIS K. LAWRENCE
PUBLISHER
WINNIE BRADEN
... is up and about and her the office
doctor said sht could come back to
work, if she wouldn’t tire herself
out.
But he wouldn't allow her to
drive last week so she had to talk
husband G O. into bringing her to
"He brought me in his pickup.'
and did I ever feel honored,"
Winnie told the crew here at. the
newspaper. ,fHe let me ride in the
front seat and that’s always been
reserved for his dog.”
THIS CONVERSATION
• cop Id have happened send to the warehouse and have.
some brought In for you. [Aside to
the rlerkf: "Never refuse, any-
thing. Send out for it.”
As the lady left the store,
toughing, the manager demanded:
“What did she want?”
Clerk: "Want? She said we
(haven’t had /my rain lately "
right here in Hondo, although I
wouldn't dure name any specific
store in which it could "have
happened
Clerk: "No madam, we haven't
had any for a long time,"
Manager [overhearing]: "Oh.
yes. we have it, madam. I will
.EVELYN PI E l /.
. . . of the l redit Bureau Service
t enter called the other day to tell
me she has received reports that
. Mime pimple in the area have
misunderstood the new mailings
businesses an- now making with
- h.yr s! .it' ll'., ic( Shi sent me this
explanation '
"It is very important that the
people understand why they are
receiving an unfamiliar paper
along with their statement. People
, who'Jiave traded with the same
merchants for many years are
getting very tip«et and unhappy
with the merchant over this They
seem to feel thrft'it is a reflection
.on the wtin they pay their hills or
on insult, to them.
"This tn wrong
Please- let us your Credit
•Bureau, explain that a law was
: pas’sed effective October 28, 1975,
requiring the creditors to send
this form when statements are
^ ; HAROLD W MILLER
of goodSdd Beaumont sends
tis a fine note w anting a three vear
subscription to the Anvil Herald.
We wanted to hrng on that
. point of course,, but we also
wanted to pass on the fact that
FRITZ LEIN WEBER
sent to their customers.
"Furthermore, the purpose of
this law is to protect consumers
bv telling them of their rights in
case an error is made in billing.
“Remember, this just' causes vthe
merchants extra, work and
expense,, but they would be in
violation of this ne'w law if they
neglected sending these forms on
the accounts covered by the law "
So, there you have it, folks.
When you open your bills and find
these statements, don’t fly off the
handle and vow to never trade
.with, that merchant again. It
won’t do any good, simply
because the next merchant you
trade with will have to send you
the same blame sheet of paper
with all that governmental
gobble-d-gook brought on by
another one of those “far out
protection groups” -• the fanatic
consumer advocates.
Harold’s w ife is a daughter of the
late Henry I.*e Hardt.
We welcome them to the
reading • family of the Anvil
Herald.
tells me that he, Hilmer
Mueller and Woody Glasscock
had a pleasant visit with Gen.
James Rose., the head man on
Gov Briscoe’s Energy Advisory
Committee. They talked about
Hondo us rii location for the
proposed Solar Research Insti-
tute .
"We probably do' not have a
rhanre at getting the head-
quarters of this project." Lein
weber said. Bill Gen Rose and
his staff sajd they think we
certainly have something to offer
no you
, . . your ticket to the January
19 Ithat’s Monday night, you
tnow| Hondo Chamber of
ommerce Awards . Banquet? If
lot. you are dragging your feet.
in the way of hacknp facilities
should We be close enough to the
main headquarters."
The City Manager continued:
“But. even if we don’t succeed on
this we have at least placed the
informlftion in the hands of
someone who might have some-
thing later on."
I, for one, am glad the three
went to Austin with the proposal,
and that they had John Poerner
up there to put in a good word for
Hondo.
HAVE
I’ve heard that the speaker,
Michael Morrow, is a good one.
He will bring you a message but
will keep you laughing so much
ondo Anvil
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Published each Thursday at 1601 Ave. K, Hondo. S6.50 per year in county,
$8 out of state. 2nd Class Postage paid at Hondo, Texas 78861.
88TH YEAR - NO. 3 * 18 PAGES IN TWO SECTIONS 15c
HONDO, MEDINA COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1976
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Drainage project report
MOTHER’S MARCH... Five-year
old Anna Maria Castillo, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Jose Castillo,
watches Hondo Mayor G. E. [Pete]
Pedroza sign a proclamation desig-
nating this weekend as Mother’s
March of Dimes Week. Anna Maria
is a beneficiary of the March of
Dimes effort and urges everyone to
be at home and give generously for
this cause. Mrs Beverly [Jack]
Gruber is March of Dimes Chair-
man and will be assisted on the
January 16-17-18 door-to-door
effort by several volunteers in
town. [Photo By Tony Mendoza]
Youths prepare
for big show
The Medina County Junior Live-
stock Show .will open its doors
Monday, February 2, for its annual-
two-dav run.
\ umbers of exhibits will be down
this time from last year, reported
Assistant County Extension Agent
Wavne Scholtz.
“The high price of feeder pigs has
caused, a drop in the number of -•
market pigs being raised for this
year's show.
"There's also a drop of about 12
‘ head of steers from last year's
record number," Scholtz added,
"but we re not sure why • that
happened Lambs will be off a little,
too."
Forty t wo steers will be exhibited,
this year, along with 112 iarrfbs. 57
market pig- 15 pens of fryers and
43- caponsi
Additionally, 8 pens of commer-
cial calves will be shown.
Monday morning at 7 a.m. stock
will be received and in pens until 10.
Sifting of lambs and calves will
begin at 10 a m. ,
pHog judging ''.ill begin 1 p.m.
Monday, with poultry judging at
2:30 and lambs at 3:30.
• -Tuesday morning commercial
feeder cattle will be received
between 6-8 a.m,, and steer judging
is due to start at 9 a.m.
Commercial feeder cattle will be *■
judged at 10 a.m.', and those
animals will be sold at 11:30 a.m.
General auction of lixestock will
begin at 1 p.m. Tuesday.
lerry Raney is Pet. 3
Commissioner candidate
Jerry Raney of. D'Hanis has filed
for the position of Commissioner of
Precinct 3, subject to the May
Democratic Primary.
Ranev authorized the Anvil
Herald to announce his candjdacy
with this statement:
"I am a native and a resident of,
the County and Precinct 3, living in
Old D’Hanis.
“1 was born in D'Hanis and
graduated from D'Hanis High
School. Later I earned a degree in
business administration from
Texas. A&M.
"After spending 20 years as an
Air Force officer. I am engaged in
private business.
“There are problems for an
Income Tax Consultant who tries
to campaign for office in this busy
time of year, but 1 will make every
effort to meet and talk with every
voter in the precinct bet ween now
and the primary"
/;L given to Council,
more money sought
Progress on the drainage pro-
gram was the main thrust of the
report given the Hondo City
Council Tuesday night by the
engineering firm of Lodal & Bai.i.
The firm, has completed all the -
Gastroville hires police force
Gastroville has an all-new police
force, hired last week by the
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FIRST IN 1976... Young Miss
Jackie Storms Pacha of Bandera
was the first 1976 baby to arrive at
Medina Memorial Hospital in
Hondo, She was born at 7:45 a.m.,
January 1, 1976 and her mother
brought her back this wqek for this
picture. Jackie weighed in at 8
pounds 9 ounces and greeted her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Pacha and seven-year-old brother,
Shane, all of Bandera. Paternal
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Pacha Jr. of Austin; and maternal
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. J.
E. "Moon " Mullins of San Benito.
Pizza Hut plans
January 26 opening
Plans revealed Tuesday call for
the Pizza Hut in Hondo to open on
Monday, January 26.
Special ribbon-cutting cere-
monies are scheduled as a means to
open the brand-new business to
Hondo and the surrounding area.
The new Hondo business will
mark the 26th Pizza Hut operated
by Pizza Management of Del Rio
with 18 of these in Texas.
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Contract awarded
on County building
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A Gastroville construction firm
submitted the low bid for conver-
sion of the Mumme Truck Sales
building north of the County Jail
into a new Medina County Tax
Office
YV. R. Griggs Construction Co..
Inc., of Gastroville bid $34,647.00
on the job. to be finished within 90
days of the beginning date.
Second lowest bid was by Gallo
Construction Co. of Hondo, for
$36,125.00 and 90 days.
Other bids were by Medina
Enterprises of Hondo, (Fred
Johnson and Frank Winkler) for
$45,354 and 90 davs; Medina
Valley Service Co. of Gastroville.
$49,300 and 180 days; and highest
bid of $55,500 and 90 days by B. J.
Campbell Co., Inc., of San Antonio.
Construction will begin as soon
as possible after the Griggs
company can provide adequate
bonding and insurance for approval
by the Comissioners Court.
Commissioners resolved, on mo-
tion of l^>on Tschirhart and second-
ing*by*Toby Tomblin, to accept the
low bid contingent on his providing
the neceisarv bond and insurance.
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Gastroville City Council after a
four-month lapse in city, police
protection following the firing of
chief Frank Haves on September-
15.
Hayes ha? been charged with the ‘
September 14 murder of Richard
Morales of Gastroville.
Since Hayes and his deputy
Donald McCall had been fired and
suspended respectively (McCall
later resigned, on October 25),
Medina County Sheriff's deputies
and precinct constable Candelario
Zepeda provided the city with law
enforcement protection.
Wendel L. Gilmore, chief of
police at Nolanville, near Fort
Hood, was hired as chief from
among 24 applicants.
Chosen as patrolmen were James
S. Bowles and Antonio Olivares. ,
Gilmore was expected to be at his
new job this week-after moving his
family and his belongings to
Castroville.
He will receive $800 per month as
chief, with a raise to S850 after a six
month probationary period.
B-owles. who has been employed
as a patrolman for the community
of Live Oak. in Bexar County, will
be paid a monthly salary of $700.
Olivares, a former Marine Corps,
police officer, has been serving as- a
reserve officer in California. >
Since Olivares is not a certified
Texas police officer, he will be
required to obtain certification
before the end of his probationary
period. He will receive $626 a
month, with a raise to $650 after a
year.
lot surveys and the acquisition of
right-of-way should be completed
“within 10 days. Plans are now being
formulated for the . construction
stage of the channel that will take
runoff water through the eastern
area of Hondo. ♦ • ,
Questions arose as to’' the
progress on the western edge of
town where the old slough, which,
along with the railroad tracks,
causes water 40 back up and then
run down the north side of the
railroad tracks to the east side of
town, thus causing more problems
in that area.
It was resolved that during the
next - phase of the project, the
western area would receive some
attention.
Council approved of the submis-
sion of a pre-application for the
next phase of money, through
AACOG. This would be for a
$150,000 grant.
The engineering spokesman said
that on the work now being planned
t here will be no streets closed. "We
plan a low water crossing on 16th
street, but will close no streets," he
said
On personnel problems the
Council heard a proposal for an
across the board 7Vi percent pay
raise for all non-management per-
sonnel. They also approved a new
posilion title of sergeant in the
Police Department. "This will not-
ire a new position to be filled by a
new body," Chief Gerald Keown
said. “We will fill it with someone
in the department, and it will.be an
additional duty."
The chief felt it was time for a full
rime secretary for his department,
hut Council members were unani-
mous in saying "no." They insisted
there is enough secretarial help
available in the City Office now.
It was at this point that
Councilman Hilmer Mueller appro-
priately remarked: “If we don’t
watch the hiring and all the
nding, we'll be in the same
......he said.
spei
shape of New York City,
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INEVITABLE... It had
‘to happen last week when
the temperature dropped
to a low 18 or 19 degrees.
Someone had to leave the
water on during the night
so there would be trees of
ice next morning. And to
give them their full satis-
faction, here are two of
them in print. The top
picture was taken at the
apartment building at the
corner of Colony Drive
and Avenue W; and the
bottom shot was taken at
the home of Fritz Lein-
weber, 1309 20th Street
| Photo By Tony Mendoza]
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