The Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 11, 1969 Page: 2 of 16
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Page 2, Hondo Anvil Herald, Thurs. Dee. 11, 1969
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COW POKES
By Acc Reid
Slow down and live
No question about It, people a re
rushing In this day and age.
Have you ever wondered, as you
watched people hurry up and down
the street, "What's the rush, any-
way?"
Back in the pioneer days, if a
man missed a stage cod0h, he j ust
shrugged and quipped, "So what?
Another one will be along in a cou-
ple of weeks."
Nowadays, if a persons isdelayed
three minutes in a stream*.of traffic,
he is ready to explode.
We need to slow down and let
our spirits catch up with our bodies.
Many people are rushing around so
fast that they have no time to speak
to a friend, to smile, or just to stop
and pat a little dog on the head.
We need to slow down and live.
—The Batesville (Ark) Daily Guard
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What to read at Christmas
10 Years Ago
South weaem Bell Telephone Co. filed a
request to raise telephone rates in the city of
Hondo with the city council Tuesday at their
regular meeting. "The company has done all
it c a n to keep expenses here as low as possi-
ble. The only solution is a reasonable in-
crease in rates, in keeping with today's high
costs," explains telephone company manager
Leonard Hardin.
Tentative plans are being made by the Al-
amo Region of Sports Car Chibs of America to
have a race at the Hondo airfield Jan. 30-31,
The airfield course was recently listed in a
national racing magazine and San Antonio
drivers say, "It is one of the better ones in
the area."
20 Years Ago
Three native Hondoans were elected as di-
rectors when die Hondo Chamber of Com-
merce held its annual meeting at die Legion
Hall Monday night. TheywereMrs. Jo
Wood, Marvin Schwoers and V. Horace (Bus-
ter) Crow.
The Hondo Future Fanners of America
dairy team placed first at die Winter Garden
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judging contest held at LaCoste last Saturday.
Clenius Saathoff was high point man of the
team which included Wilbur Bohmfalk and
James Cagle.
A special delivery letter was received from
Santa Claus early Wednesday morning to in-
form The Anvil Herald readers that Douglas E.
Gerloff of CastrovlUe had been selected as
die first winner in the " Letter to Santa" Con-
test.
30 Years Ago
A press report from Austin brings the news
of honor fcr Ted Dawson and fame for both
himself and his hometown of Hondo, Ted, a
graduate of Hondo High School, was named
co-captain of the 1940 Texas Longhorns with
Jimmy Grubbs of Houston.
' An interview with the State Game Warden
of Medina County discloses this information:
Owing to the extremely warm weather in
South Texas, hunters who usually bag their
limits by this time have had very poor success.
In not only Medina and Bandera, but all sur-
rounding counties, deer are not stirring or
moving and an absence of game on the high-
ways and country roads for the past 30 days is
very noticeable.
Entries sought
in Yule contest
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"New, I don't git my exercise by joggin'.....I'm always juggin'l"
Forum and agin 'em
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'Sssh, the silent majority speaks’
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-Where are the light* of
Chriitmai? Sponsors of fhe
annual Christmas lighting
contest are beginning to won-
der.
"This is or should be a
community project of wide
interest," said Chamber of
Commerce manager Harry
Filleman, He reported only
one commercial and two res-
idential entries received as
of Tuesday,
Categories include com-
mercial, residential — d oor
displays and outdoor scenes
— and a children's division.
Trophies will be awarded
first and second place win-
ners in all but the commer-
cial division where ribbon a-
wards will be presented.
Deadline for entries, in
person or by phone, 426-2015
to the Chamber office, is
Dec, 17. Judging, by out-of-
town judges, win be the eve-
ning of Dec, 18,
Let's have more light I
Editor, Hondo Anvil Herald:
I could only muster up a
cynical half-smile when my
eye caught sight of the fol-
lowing graffite: "Sssh, the
Silent Majority is speaking!"
How utterly ridiculous it
seemed to me as I contem-
plated that masterpiece of
sarcastic prose that any Pres-
ident or Vice-President
should use the supposed senti-
ments of Mr. Average Ameri-
can Citizen as a rationaliza-
tion for attacking those who
oppose current national poli-
cies.
I can think of no greater
enemy of our way of life than
the silent, apathetic, "For-
gotten Man." Those of us
who oppose the Vietnam War,
and war in general, lack of
government initiative In deal-
ing with unemployment, shim
areas, pollution, and other
governmental beating-around
-the-bush are the few real
patriots remaining: we have
the courage to stand up to let
our voices be heard.
We are not self-appointed
saviors who consider every-
thing we do as benefitting the
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Social Security
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Fora
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Christmas
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RCA...for breathtaking color
Social security is a good
investment fcr young work-
ers. Roy L» Swift, social s e -
curity district manager, said
that it often provides die an-
swer to the worrisom question
"What would happen to my
family if I should die or be-
come disabled?"
Swift explained that
through social security con-
tributions each payday the
worker assures the protection
of monthly cash payments for
himself and his family should
he become disabled, and
monthly checks for his fami-
ly should he did.
Billboards called
form of pollution
A major producer of out-
door recreation vehicles has
urged their dealers not to use
outdoor billboard advertising.
The company said billboards
are a form of pollution which
clutters the landscape and re-
duces the quality of Outdoor
America. "Respect for out
environment is good business,"
the company said.
The assurance of a contin-
uing cash inoome often
means the financial burden
caused by the death or dlsa-
bility of a worker will be
eased, the family can stay
together, the children can fi-
nish their education, and a
disabled worker and his fami-
ly can count on a continuing
income while he is unable to
work. Swift continued.
According to Swift, young
workers' earnings today are
high enough that many can
receive the maximum social
security benefit or near that
maximum should death or
disability occur. Beginning
this year, the average month-
ly earnings creditable, to
young workers m a y be as
much as $650, yielding bene-
fits of up to $434 monthly for
a family.
Foe further information a-
bout social security protec-
tion for young workers, ask
for a copy of "Social Securi-
ty Information fcr Young
Families," from the social
security representative, Mr,
Bet an, who will be in Hondo
at the District Courtroom on
Monday, Dec. 8, at 9 a,m.
world In general. Contrary to
popular belief, we are not
"Idealists" but, rather, real-
ists. We realize that war
solves nothing; die Silent Ma-
jority, rather, are the "idea-
lists,” fighting wars for
"peace and freedom." How
does one fight a war for
peace?
In parting, may I suggest
that we have lets breast-
beating and hand-wringing by
the "Silent Majority" over
those "wayward, nefarious,
dissidents,"
Rather, let us have some
introspection on the part of
"The Forgotten American" to
determine yhether his "rep-
resentative" government Is
still "of the people, by the
people, for the people," or
whether it has regressed to a
government merely "of the
people."
Robert G. Pope, Jr.
U.S, Navy. A member
of the "Vocal Minority"
Seattle, Wash.
By Susan McGarity
Christmas books are our
most popular item among the
younger set at diis time of
year. Drop by the library and
check out one of the many
we have under our Christ-
mas tree.
Some of the titles are:
Why It's A Holiday, Christ-
mas Reindeer, First - Book of
Christmas Joy, The Snowy
Day, December is For Christ-
mas, Merry Christmas, Mr,
Snowman.
We also have the chil-
dren’s favorites — Rudolph,
the Red-Nosed Reindeer, and
Santa's Workshop.
For the older youth and a-
dults we now have a book on
Simple Toy Making, and
Making Soft Toys.
We have another fine free
Kara inHondo
Miss Patti Marshall, ac-
companied by Bill Baker of
McAllen, attended the Hon-
do-Klein football game Fri-
day night and visited Patti's
grandmother, Mrs,M arguerite
Mutrill. Both are students at
A&I, Kingsville. Miss Mar-
shall was recently elected
Little Sister in the Alpha Hit
Omega Fraternity at A&I.
service available for you
now, that of borrowing films
an most any topic or holi-
day, for you to show your stu-
dents or at meetings.
Your library recently bor-
rowed films from the San An-
tonio Public Library for die
use of St, John's Parochial
School, where 170 attended
two showings of the religious
films, Miracle on the Meta,
Great Rights, and Boundary
Lines.
We need only a few days
advance notice to obtain the
films.
At die December meet-
ing of the Library Board of
Trustees, we discussed the
budget (it gets much discus-
sion), and the report for
State Grant aid for our libra-
ry.
We received a letter from
the Texas State Library a-
bout die availability of Talk-
ing Books and machines to
play them, for the blind and
physically handicapped.
The Hondo Public Libra-
ry will take advantage of the
use of Talking Books and will
soon have the arrangements
made to borrow them for you.
If you know of a blind or
otherwise disabled person who
would be interested in hear-
ing Talking Books on records,
please contact the librarian,
Mrs. Maw, at the library.
Great Christmas stocking stuffer!
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