The Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, July 26, 1968 Page: 1 of 12

                                
The Hondo Anvil Herald
COUNTY'S LEADING NEWSPAPER SINCE 1886
SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT HONDO. TEXAS 78861
82nd Year—No. 30
Hondo, Medina County, Texas 78861, Friday, July 26, 1968
12 Pages — 10c
’69 Stock Show Dates February 3-4
181
SPARKS
"Forge thy tongue on an anvil of truth, and
what file? up. though it be but a spark, dull
have weight."    —Pindar
««««w Edna G. Me Dade
OUR EDITORIALS this week were selected from among our list
of exchange newspapers which we read with renewed interest,
weekly, to see what the competition is offering and wonder why
we didn't think of it first. This time, both selections deal with
civic pride, a commodity too often in short supply. Even what we
have claimed for years as "God's country" must give God room for
doubt, now and then. Our Hondo Garden Club has won many a-
wards, justly deserved; cur city council is most cooperative; and
many home owners and places of business share a community's
pride in keeping their own premises ready for company without
notice.
But, let's face it, too many areas within the metes and bounds
of our fair city still look like what we warn the travelers not to
drive through it like.
What to do about it? Try harder. Both the borrowed editorials
contain good advice.
If this be treasonable "criticism", it is at least offered sympa-
thetically by a transplanted citizen who seems to have taken root
and sp(r)outed.
0 CRICKET IS TO CRICKET DEAR, and ant to ant doth long.'
... So sang Theocritus (3rd Century BsC.) according to the J.
M, Edmonds translation of his The Third Country Singing Match,
courtesy John Bartlett.
A recent headline dated Birmingham, England, reports "Rain
Ruins Cricket Match", In Hondo, cricket seems, still, to cricket
dear — and the rains have failed to ruin the match-making.
The gratitude of an over-cricketed community (and the Anvil
Herald) await a guaranteed-to-exterminate-crickets exterminator
Several employees have been practicing the latest Cricket Skid.
'T ain't funny, across a concrete floor.
MILTON L. (MICKY) MECHLER, our county treasurer, shared
his copies of TREASURY NOTES, the official publication of the
County Treasurers Association of Texas, CAWS & EFFECT is the
clever title of a column edited by Johnny Crow of Austin, a past
president of the organization.
A question about whether cr not all states have counties was
answered: "Yes, either counties or reasonable facsimilies. Loui-
sana has parishes and Alaska has boroughs. There are 3,043 coun-
ties in the United States. The word county comes from the
French, comte, which was derived from the Latin, comitatus,
meaning "body of companions". The French county was a do-
main of a count. The English began to call their shires counties
about 1400 A.D, English colonists brought the county system to A-
merica."
Now, courtesy of Micky Mechler and Treasury Notes, we know
about counties of which Texas has 254, one of the best of which is
Medina and of which Micky is currently the best treasurer. He
and Mrs. M. will be attending the>1968 conference of CTAT in
San Antonio soon.
PEGGY SIMPSON is among our several first-time editors w h o
found bigger worlds to conquer with the Anvil Herald as launch-
ing point before take-off. She is presently associated with Asso-
ciated Press, covering Texas news, in Washington, D.C. We had
recent news of her, through George Use, on ids return from his
participation in the Smithsonian Folk Life Festival.
If Peg said she wished she had her old job back, George either
didn't rightly hear her, or he failed to deliver the message. We
still miss Peg but AP is lucky to have her.
MANY COLUMNISTS wind up the weekly, or daily, offering with
a joke of some sort. When you find a good one, the temptation is
great -- helping to leave 'em laughing if you have more than one
reader.
Temptation's hand was stayed this week when I read (Tristram
Shandy) "For every ten jokes, thou hast got an hundred enemies.”
Just saved my self at least ten for having withstood temptation.
RAIN THIS YEAR
Unofficial totals, reported
by Dr. O. B. Taylor, show that
Hondo has received 20.40 inch-
es of rain from Jan. 1 through
July 15, this year.
The list from which the a-
bove totals were taken ends
Grain Sorghum
Fed To Hogs
Grain sorghum marketed
through hogs netted twice as
much as grain sold at time of
harvest. Feeding tests at the
Stiles Foundation F arm near
ThraU show that grain sorghum
fed to hogs returned about $4
per hundred pounds compared
with $2 per cwt, for grain sold
at harvesttime in the area.
In the tests, 196 sows far-
rowed 2,077 pigs, an average of
10.6 pigs per Utter. At 35 days
of age, the Utter average was
9.4 pigs, about"2 per Utter high-
er than the state and national
averages, said Dr. D. B, Hud-
man. Extension swine specia-
Ust.
with 1959. In the 60 year per-
iod, the heaviest rainfall oc-
curred in 1935 when 5 8,73 inch-
es were recorded here.
For comparison the 1967 to-
tals for the same periods—Jan-
uary J.6 of an inch; Feb. .89;
March 1.45; April 5,60; May
.97; June, none; July, entire
month 1,43, for a total of
10.50 inches or only a Uttie o-
ver half of the present y e a r *s
rain to date.
For comparison, the follow-
ing are totals for entire years
during which feU below the 6-
1/2-months total for 1968,
Some of the records are
those kept by the late Judge
Herman E, Haass who became a
U.S. Weather Cooperative Wea-
ther Observer and reporter here
in 1899:
Year 1901, 17.46;    190 9,
17.54; 1910, 12.54; 1917,14.45;
1925, 14.76; 1933, 18.89; 1937,
19.37; 1947, 19.29; 1954, 11-
.92.
Postal Owing*
‘Not Too Bad’
The tew rauu, -wi^ntly an-
nounced by rn >mz\ De-
partmect "vmf*. 14 bad,”
according tc Afcw* j^j^master
John H. Mueatfkv,
Effect! ve -tyntng Satur-
day, the serv*t ***** will
be closed a£ Saturday
door-delivery,    par-
cel post, wlM mmtm far the
present.
Muemrim ****** person-
nel would oe wr fwy M dis-
tribute box rag vi Saturdays
and would *4 dear if
general deUver-    s or
those with paste. arrival
notices    ***mrton.
The 11*0*44 in the
lobby win ntm p**™ need-
ing Kampi. W.umtnk said the
local office «* w fssued
postal money i#!m vt Satur-
day for a amam H jtm.
Hondo i* * tm~Mm office,
under the new    ruUng.
Muennink said sny Mdfrlonal
changes in svoum *y»ld be
announced n mmm, '
Voters {Meat
Consolidation
Proposed ovuwMarion of
the Devine-Natal* spools, lost
by an overwUkwg majority in
last Saturday's fTagim,
the temki''Wr'Wir
sheets to the An** y^raM Mon-
day morning,
Devine: 1%^ a-
gainst, Natalie, mint 391
Against.
Training School
For Dairymen
An Artffted A.Kmlnation
Training Schott w,;i ^ <.on.
ducted Monday, 7 ay and
Wednesday, jihy    3l
at the Bob bum* V**, locat-
ed approximate*; fe* miles
south of Hc&ot vf it* Yancey
Highway,
Curtiss bceesag dWdce wiU
conduct the *env» 3* * charge
of $100 (one wmm donors)
per person. ttfi. pa*«nt 0f the
cost can be pak * *4rh«n if
desired. TeteUg    cover
instructions it mOkmi iniem.
ination and p&jpath* if cattle.
Reservations may vs made
to attend the scnoo oyccmacf
ing Dave EUkif, bw ,^,cas-
troville, home pooa*, ;38-2786,
office 538-22%; w Glenn
Bragg, Medina Cmmj A gricul-
tural A gem, I**** g, ; (0fKi0,
phone 426-22%,
Dairymen k. *14 m* have
been depeadhg uy* vave El-
Uott who woe* ae*K ,‘4, M,W,
Sharp, vete6nar»ri, Gaatro-
ville, to artiSci4% weed their
cows. Howew*, ,ervice
has been diseowu***, this
school is being oerf ^ y;tin ^
dairymen to do ftrar van breed-
ing.
Judge Oumtm
Calls Meeting
A meeting, opt* the pub-
lic, has beet annvMeed for
Thursday afietoow V*Wweek,
July 25, attwoofohviV in the
courthouse.
Judge Omem *4 had
advised city tseioKi embers,
Chamber    person-
nel and any oitaw* pretested
in the future ecwptife .eifare
the county «* W/ ^ meet
with the count; ovm ,'vi^ers.
"Repeeremaw* / ** ?(JV.
emment agency ysmlaOne
for federal gratiss w;} ^
ent to put us y, „ h a t
we mu* do to    ,
of projects w-no;
our entire co::.-    ,ai(j
the Judge,
Judge Jio, imm «»orfed KA 1,    ,,    ^    ■    .    . r /,    , The attention of interested this year. The national case
■ results 4‘    r1e“,n0'V<, ey Drum f 'j|ors Janice Forth (kneel- landowner* is again called to Count now is 1,338 far theyea^
ing) and Lyn Eckert (standing) attended the
Major classes held at Texas Lutheran College
Seguin July 7-12. Both girls will be seniors
year.
Drum
in
this
Texas Worm Cases
On New Flare-Up
The serious flareup of screw-
worm cases in Texas continued
Monday, with 40 additional
cases confirmed by Mission
Screwworm Eradication Pro-
gram officials.
Texas has recorded 1,098
cases of the livestock pest so
far this year, compared to only
123 cases recorded through the
end of July a year ago. Live-
stock producers sure urged to
use good herd management
practices—such as treating all
wounds and spraying their herds
— in an effort to reduce case
numbers.
:: Brooks County, which has
been hard-hit by the epidemic
for the past several weeks, re-
corded eight more cases Mon-
day. Neighboring Jim Hogg
and Stair Counties reported four
cases each, as did Karnes Coun-
ty. Three cases apiece were
confirmed in widely-separated
Nueces and Terrell Counties.
Kleberg and Jim Wells Coun-
ties each recorded two cases
Water Meeting
In SA Meeting
SW Bell Contract
To Increase Cost
A new 36-month contract
representing an increased cost
of $169,338,000 over the next
three years has been signed in
St. Louis by Southwestern Bell
Telephone Company and Dis-
trict 6, Communications Work-
ers of America,
During the first year the
new contract calls for increased
costs to the company of $29,-
802,000; $58,762,000 one year
later and an additional $80,-
774.000    the third year,
Company spokesman said
the new pact would result in in-
creased costs of $81,535,000 in
Texas during the three years:
$14,376,000 the first year, $2$-
283.000    the second and $38,-
876.000    the third,
EFFECTIVE JULY 17
The agreement is effective
July 17, 1968 with.wage in-
creases retroactive to July 14.
It covers 51,000 non-manage-
ment telephone employees in
917 cities in Missouri, Kansas,
Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas
and a small part of Illinois.
Wage increases in the new
contract range from $4.00 to
$13,50 a week.
Other major agreements in
the new contract include an ad-
ditional holiday (Good Friday)
making a total of eight p e r
year; increased company pay-
ments toward medical expense
plan and group life insurance;
improvements in the pension
plan, including vested rights
in the plan for employees who
reach 40 and have at least 15
years service.
SS REPRESENTATIVE
IN HONDO JULY 29
For information and assist-
ance in filing applications for
social security benefits, con-
tact the social security repre-
sentative, Dennis Beran, who
will be in Hondo at the District
Courtroom on Monday, July
29, at 9:00 a.m.
Also, the agreement calls
for five weeks of vacation for
employees with 25 years serv-
ice,
NEGOTIATIONS
The new agreement was
signed after three weeks of ne-
gotiations,
"We're confident that im-
provements in technology and
operating efficiency will' help
the company offset some of the
cost of the settlement, although
there is a limit to how much in-
creased cost we can absorb,"
Sonny Painter, M anager for
Southwestern Bell said.
The previous contract b e-
tween the telephone company
and District 6 became effective
February 5, 1967 and was sched-
uled to remain in effect until
superseded. That contract catt-
ed for a discussion of new wag-
es at the end of 18 months, on
August 5, 1968. In May, how-
ever, the union requested that
a new contract be considered by
July 17, 1968.
Horse Show
Has Approval
Tri County Horseman's As-
sociation received^word Mon-
day that their Quarter Horse
show set for Saturday, Septem-
ber 21, has been granted Amer-
ican Quarter Horse Association
approval. The show will be
held at the Centilli Arena.
Show manager is N. E. (E d)
Walton of Big Foot, Ruth M,
Whitaker is show secretary. Joe
Frank Smith will be ring stew-
ard, assisting Judge Jack Turn-
ey of Quemado.
In addition to halter classes
for registered stallions, mares,
and geldings, there will be pole
bending, reining, western plea-
sure, and a cloverleaf barrel
race. Entries will be accepted
from now tltrough September
21, but no entry will be ac-
cepted for a class that has al-
ready begun.
the meeting of the statewide
water committee of the Legis-
lature, to be held this Friday,
July 26, commencing at 10 a.
m, in the probate courtroom of
the Bexar County Courthouse.
The meeting will be open
to the public.
Natalia Firemen
Attending School
Charles F. Brown, Jr. and Ro-
ger Cole. Volunteer Firemen
on the Natalia Volunteer De-
partment, are attending the 38th
Annual Texas Firemen's Train-
ing School, July 21 -26. The
school, attended by more than
2,000 men from approximately
30 states, is being held on the
Texas A&M University campus
this week.
Firemen Brown and Cole are
being sponsored by Medina
County Farm Bureau and Texas
Farm Bureau Insurance Compa-
nies by contributing toward
their cost of the school. Since
volunteer firemen are interest-
ed in attending this school to
help do a better job of fire
fighting, the County Farm Bu-
reaus and the Insurance Com-
panies in the statewide pro-
gram have sponsored 100 fire-
men at the school,
D’HANIS
HOMECOMING
The annual D'Hanis Home-
coming, Holy Cross Church,
will be held on the parish
grounds Sunday, August 4, at St,
Dominic's Hall.
Announcement is made by
the Rev. Victor G. Schmidtzin-
sky and the committees in
charge of the event.
The celebration will begin
with Masses on 6:00 and 10:00
a.m. High Mass will be cele-
brated with the participation of
San Antonio Liederkranz, a mu-
sical highlight of the Horn e-
coming for the past few years.
From 11:30 to 2:00 p.m^ a
beef barbecue dinner will be
served at prices of $1.50 for a-
dults and 75 cents for children
under 12 years of age.
A full day of entertainment
will be provided for the hu n-
dreds who throng the grounds
each year. The day's festivi-
ties will conclude with a dance
that night, music by Joe P a-
tek's Orchestra of Shiner.
Monday after heavy case counts
there last week.
A new county, Sutton, re-
corded its first case of theyeai;
Single cases also were confirm-
ed in Hidalgo, Willacy, San
Patricio, DeWitt, Atascosa, Za-
pata, Bee, Refugio and Kinney
Counties.
GRID TREATMENT
Mission eradication ■ pro-
gram officials are now using a
heavy grid treatment of sterile
fly releases over the entire a-
rea reporting heavy Infections.
They are releasing 2,000 ster-
ile flies per square mile on
five-mile lanes running north
and south and east and west
throughout the area.
Arizona reported three new
cases Monday—including two
in Cochise County and one in
Pinal County—upping the to-
tal for the state to 171 cases
this year. At the end of July
last year, Arizona had reported
only 12 cases.
New Mexico, which was
screwworm-free last year, also
reported two cases Monday,
boosting its total for the year to
11 cases. California recorded
no new cases Monday, although
58 cases have been confirmed
this year. The national case
Grain Harvest
Nearing Peak
Harvest of grain sorghum in
Medina County is nearing its
peak, according to Glenn .Bragg,
county agricultural agent.
Bragg said harvest should
be completed by the first week
in August.
Commenting on a release
this week from area plant path-
ologists at the Texas A&M Ex-
tension Experiment Station re-
garding diseases present in grain
growing areas, Bragg said that
leaf rust is found in Medina
County.
Bragg said that heavy infest-
ation hit the Franklin Muen-
nink dairy fields this season but
that the crop would make a
fairly good yield.
PRICES
Texas Farm Bureau President
Sidney Dean expressed concern
about the present depressed
prices for the crop now being
harvested in South Texas,
where average is about $1.50
cwt.
Bragg said that local prices
had "rud about $1.55 for grain
testing 14tfo moisture."
February 3-4, 1969, were
the dates selected for the 2 8th
Annual Medina County Junior
Fat Stock Show.
Devine will be the ho* city
although the show and sales
will be held at the Hondo Live-
stock Auction Bams as custom-
ary.
Directors met In the district
courtroom Tuesday night to e-
lect officers and directors and
to make tentative plans for the
*69 show.
Elected by acclamation
were Hartley Howard, p r e s 1 -
dent; Henry Moss, vice-presi-
dent; and Jack Tilley,treasure^
all from Devine. Glenn Bragg,
Medina County agricultural a-
gent, was re-elected to the of-
fice of secretary. Lloyd Hardt,
who served as treasurer last
year, agreed to serve as trea-
surer for the sales transactions
this year, Tilley will handle
advertising sales and any other
treasury responsibilities not coir
nected with sales receipts and
accounting.
All directors were re-elect-
ed, also by acclamation. Not
all were present because of con-
flicting meetings and, in some
cases, harvest season duties.
As treasurer of the 1968 shov(
Hardt reported a Marring bal-
ance of $1,220.74 on hand, as
compared to the 1967 Karting
balance of $1,191.51, Re-
ceipts from concessions totaled
$241.99,
NEW DIVISION
Members voted to add a new
fat lamb division to the '69
show — that of cross-bred
lambs. The only two divisions
eligible previously were mut-
ton and fine wool lambs.
President Howard named
Glenn Bragg, chairman, and
Dink Turner, Phil Rodgers and
Wayne Cheney as a committee
to set up rules applicable to the
cross-bred lambs division.
Howard announced a meet-
ing to be held early in Novem-
ber to complete show plans and
name the many officials and
committees necessary for the
annual show.
Present at the Tuesday meet-
ing were Raymond Schuchart,
Leo A. Bohl Jr„ A. O, Gilliam,
Lloyd Hardt, James Barta, John
McAnelly, Clarence P, Wurz-
bach. Hartley Howard, John C,
Blediger, Jr„ George Wilson,
John Seifert, CheKer Saathoff,
John T. Law, B. C. McDonald,
John H. Watson, Edson Oefing-
er, J, D, Schmidt, Dink Turner,
and Henry Moss.
Homemaking students (L-R) Linda Lutz, Diane
Schulte, Corliss Balzen and Jackie Jones are enjoy-
ing their experiences in a cooking school this week
at the HHS Homemaking Dept, where 15 girls are
enrolled under the supervision of Mrs. Rosemary Al-
lerfT-sHome Service representative of United Gas,
assis^d by Mrs. Judy Schweers and Mrs. Dora Mae
Faseler, HHS homemaking teachers.