The Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 46, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 14, 1979 Page: 2 of 22
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- The Hondo Anvil Herald, Wednesday, November 14, 1979
Letter to the Editor
Dear Mr, Ijawrence:
Thank you for your
recent, phone call to my
office. 1 regret that I was
unable to personally speak
to you about SALT II.
1 want you to know that I
share many of your con-
cerns regarding to SALT
process and our strategic
posture in the world. I am
convinced that, with or
without SALT, we must be
preparedXo devote greater
resources to our national
defease effort. Simple
acceptance or rejection of
Lhe treaty cannot guaran-
tee our national security. If
America is to remain
powerful and secure, we
must demonstrate a renew-
ed willingness to sacrifice
in the cause of security.
My final [msition on
SALT II will be determined
by t he degree to which the
treaty meets our /national
security requirements. In
making the judgment I will
continue to follow closely
the Senate improve the
treaty, and I will be looking
for evidence of a firm
commitment to accept sub-
stantial, real increases in
defense spending over the
long term.
As the Senate moves
toward consideration of
SALT II it is helpful for me
to have your comments,
arid you can be sure that I
will give them careful con-
sideration as the debate
progresses.
Sincerely,
Lloyd Bentsen
United States Senator
I)ear Mr Lawrence:
On behalf of Father
Rudolph, Sister Carmen,
and St. John's CCD Hoard,
I would like to thank all of
the Halloween Carnival
workers as well as the
ghosts, goblins, children
and parents who helped
make the Carnival a huge
success.
It is refreshing to see
riarish and community part-
icipation work together for
continuing Christian
education of our youth.
Thank you again,
Rita Vance
Secretary
St. John's CCD Hoard
Dear Burnia,
The Hondo Art League is
so grateful for the splendid
coverage that you gave us
prior to our annual Harvest
of Arts Show held Novem-
ber 3, 1979.
We are happy to report
to you that the show was a
huge success, and we
couldn’t have asked for a
more perfect day weather-
wise.
Again, thank, you for
your part in seeing that we
were well advertised.-
Sincerely,
Gay Bruton, President
Dear Anvil Herald:
We share the conies of
the Anvil Herald that
students receive. Since we
are so eager to get news
from home, we thought
that our parents and
friends might like to hear
what we are doing at A&M.
We would really appreciate
your printing this article.
Thanks so much.
Sincerely,
Kay Martin
ege Station
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Capt. Honig is
now at Del Rio
Del Rio-Captain Paul M.
Honig, son of Mr. and Mrs.
William A Honig of 2009
Ave. F. Hondo, has arrived
for duty here at laughlin
Air Force Hose.
Captain Honig, an
instructor pilot, was
previously assigned at
Dyess Air Force Base, and
is now serving with a unit
of the Air Training
Command.
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GIFT BIBLES... Hon do Ministrerial Stafford, Bro. Charles Schlentz, the
Alliance this week gave bibles to all Rev. Milo Ken Anderson, president
the people living in Friendship of the organization, Ruth Rowlett
Villa and Leisure Lodge in Hondo and Albert Rowlett. [Photo By Tony
Pictured prior to making the gifts Mendoza]
were, left to right: Hko. Mike
Bibles given by Alliance
The Hondo Ministerial Alliance
has received a shipment of 100 large
print New Testaments recently
ordered for distribution to the local
rest homes. Realizing the need fOr
large print, especially for the visually
handicapped, the Ministerial Alliance
voted, at their recent meeting, to use
a generous gift from St. John's
Catnolic Church to purchase these
scriptures from the American Bible
Association.
Work of the Hondo Ministerial
Alliance is devoted to meeting the
growing needs of all parishioners in
the Hondo trade area. Other projects
include the Community Thanks-
giving Service and Easter Sunrise
service.
Active members of the Alliance
include Pastor Milo Ken Anderson,
Bethlehem Lutheran Church in
Quihi; (Pastor Anderson also serves
as president of the Ministerial
Alliance) Rev Bert Clayton, First
United Methodist in Hondo: Charles
Schlentz, pastor of New Covenant
Church in Hondo; Bra Mike
Stafford, First Baptist in Hondo;
Father Alt . Rudolph, St. John's
Catholic Church of Hondo; Mr Ren
Delgado, Mexican Baptist Church;
Rev. Fred Maples, New Fountain
Methodist; Mr. Frank Perkins,
Hondo, Church of Christ; Pastor
Ervie Braun, St. Paul Lutheran in
Hondo.
The presentation this week will be
fitting over inasmuch as Sunday,
November 18 is National Bible
Sunday.
Mcohol Plant to be studied plant
The Hondo Young Farmer Chapter
has announced a county wide
meeting concerning the Dilley-based
South Texas Grain Products Inter
national Co-op and their proposed
$30 million alcohol and grain by-
products plant.
The meeting will lie held at 7:30
p.m. on Tuesday November 20 at the
Audio Visual Room of the Hondo
High School.
Ihirpose of the -meeting is to
familiarize Medina County farmers
with all the facts pertinent to the
alcohol plant and to offer interested
individuals an opportunity to become
a member of this totally farmer
owned cooperative
Joe Matthews, Chairman of the
Board of the Dilley firm and Ron
Woods of Hutto, a representative of
the proposed alcohol plant for central
Texas, will be on hand to present the
program.
According to Matthews the pro-
posed plant will open up an entirely
new market for South Texas grain as
usage has been pegged at
420,(XX),000 pounds of corn, milo or
wheat. Also of great importance is
the fact that members of the co-
op will be able to realize 'additional
income not only from t.ha sale of
grain but also from the sale of alcohol
and grain by-products 1
“Tne plant will be * a) totally
farmer-owned venture”, said
Matthews. "Building of the plant will
be with independent financing and
have the sole purpose of tunning
farmer owned grain into alcohol and
various by-products. A ' unique
aspect of the plant is that it utilizes
the wet milling process which
separates the starch from the protein
before it ever goes through the plant.
This enables all the by-products to be
used for human consumption rather
than animal consumption.
Capacity of the plant is set at
20,(XX),(XX) gallons of 200 on sit
denatured alcohol per year.
All grain producers in Medina
County are invited to come to what
will certainly be a very interesting
and informative meeting.
AMOUNT CORRECTED
In our story last week
the figure given to the EMS
bv Surma Tau Sorority was
incorrect. Anna Tomey
presented a check in the
amount of $200, not $4200,
to Prank Perkins, Chair-
man of the Community
Emergency Medical
Servicea.
Owls, Panthers
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Judges at the Saturday band
marching contest didn’t give a lot of
first division ratings, hut both the
Hondo Owl Rand and the Medina
Valley Panther Band received a
"first.” -
These two, plus one to District
28-AA foes Crystal City and Pearsall,
accounted for four of the eight
passed out to the 27 bands who
participated.
Rocksprings was the only Class B
band to receive a first division
rating, while no band in Class A
received such distinction.
In Class Triple A, Fredericksburg,
Uvalde and Kerrville all rated high.
Those bands receiving first divi-
sion ratings in Marching contest will
have the opportunity to become
"sweepstakes4 bands with similar
ratings in the spring during concert
and sight reading competition.
Other bands marching Saturday
were Lvtle with a “three" rating,
Sabinal with a "four" rating; Bandera
and Devine with a "two” rating.
Natalia was the only band in the
county which did not compete in the
contest this year
Santa Claus sets Hondo visit
A word to all the youngsters in the
area:
Santa Claus has just sent out a
notice to say he will be in Hondo
again this year.
He plans on arriving at the City
Hall at 9:30 .m. Saturday, December
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and what'flies‘up. though it he hut a
park, shall have weight.
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CREDIT LS BOTH
...a privilege and an obligation.
This is the way 1 look at credit
extended to me by any business.
I am privileged that they will sell
me goods and services on my
promise that I will pay.
And I am obligated to keep that
promise and repay them.
I don't consider that a noble
feeling on my part. To me it is just
good human character which can
perhaps be described best as
“early American.”
Unfortunately, many persons in
our country today do not share my
feelings nbout credit. It seems that
far too many consider credit a
. “right" that is due them, and once
granted can be paid or not paid
depending upon the mood of the
person receiving the credit.
Credit problems are not peculiar
to “someone else.” They exist
right here in Hondo. Many mer-
chants have oh their books per-
sons who have purchased goods or
services and promised to pay for
them, but have not.
Some years ago the laws pro-
vided more protection to the
businessman. There were ways of
collecting from "deadbeats” who
never paid.
But today our laws protect the
“deadbeats" more than they do
our businessmen. This really is in
reverse of the way it should be. A
customer approaches a business-
man and asks for credit, not the
other way around in most
instances. Then when he refuses
to pay the laws place limitations
on the businessman not the
customer.
A good example of this would be
a letter that came across my desk
recently. It seems a businessman
extended credit lo a person who
refused to pay.
Finally the businessman filed
against that person in County
Court.. He was served, but went to
the Public Legal Aid and obtained
a lawyer. The lawyer, in turn,
wrote a letter to someone higher
up in our wonderful bureaucracy.
In part, it stated:
"...I believe that...is violating
the civil rights of my client and
other people that are unable to
pay their debts in...because of
their financial situations...is estab-
lishing a pattern and practice of
prosecuting debtors on behalf of
creditors who belong to a privi-
leged class, namely the merchants
of....without probable cause.
I don’t know if this leaves you
with the feeling I had when I read
it, but it should. I don’t consider
myself, a businessman, as one of
the privileged class because I
work hard for what I have. Nor do
I consider my asking anyone for
money they owe being a violation
of their dvil rights. I feel they
asked for it, I gave it to them and
they are obligated to repay me.
It’s as simple as that -unless there
are circumstances that prevail
which absolutely predude him
being able to repay the debt.
Local merchants would like to
see something done about the laws
so that they can be able to collect
what is justly due them.
To that end the Hondo Retail
Merchants Association will hold a
meeting tonight [Wednesday] in
the City Municipal Building.
Principal speaker for the get-
gether will be State Representa-
tive Don Rains. Don will discuss
the debtor laws now on the books
in Texas and explain what would
have to' happen to get them
changed.
One phase of collecting debts in
the Small Claims Court. Problems
exist locally in their process,
also. So Hilmer Mueller who heads
the Retail Association has asked
Prednct 1 Justice of the Peace
Harold Herring and Medina
County Sheriff Ekitch Campsey to
attend the meeting and discuss the
part they play in the Small Claims
Court procedure.
This meeting is open to the
public and Mueller says he would
like to see “the house full.”
You can still be a Fair incorporator
Would you like to sign as an
incorporator of the Medina County
Fair Association?
You may still do so for the next
two weeks or so. The petition will be
in the Quality Title office in the Gallo
Professional Building in Hondo.
Fair directors plan Monday night meeting
Newly named directors of the
Medina County Fair Association will
* meet Monday night, November 19 to
elect officers and begin preparation
on application for a charter.
The meeting wil be held at 7:30
p.m. in the conference room of the
Gallo Professional Building on
Avenue K across from the Post
Office in Hondo.
Castroville Council sets tax rates
The Castroville City Council has
joined the Medina Valley School
District and the City of La’ Coste in
setting tax rates for next year.
The City Council met Wednesday
evening and approved a tax rate of
28 cents per 100 dollars of assessed
valuation based on 100%. That
compared to $1.25 per 100 dollars
this year, based on 65%.
Earlier the Medina Valley School
District set their rate at 76 cents per
100 dollars of valuation compared to
$1.95 this year and La Coste set their
new rate at 55 cents per 100 dollars
of valuation compared to $1.50 this
year. Valuation will be at 100% this
next year as required by state law. It
had been 75% in the school district
and 65% at La Coste.
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adults and a junior division for those
18 years of age or under.
Food entries are due at the City
Hall in Hondo between 9:30 and 10
a.m. on November 28. Each entry
must be accompanied by the recipe
at the show
Food entered becomes the proper-
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Loe filer
one should forget the power of the
Oval office 'There can lie multitudes
of pressure put on from that office,"
he said, "pressure that can turn the
tide in many political races."
He did say he thought it would be
one of the dirtiest presidential races
ever run.
Loeffler said he does notice a
change in the structure of Congress.
"We get closer on our conservative
ty of the show and all entries will be
on display and presentation of
awards will begin at 12 noon. All food
entries will be for sale at 12:20 p.m.
Medina Savings will provide cash
prizes with the Grand Champion
receiving $50, Reserve Champion $25
and $15 for Third Place.
votes," he said. "And I believe thi
Republicans will gain seats in thi
next election. This should bring th
swing ever more back toward norma
and reasonable government."
One bill which area ranchers ar
anxious to see passed is the bee
import bill and the Congressman sail
he believed one would be passed thi
session. “I am certainly workin,
toward that end," he said.
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