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Pg 2, Hondo Anvil Herald, Thurs. June 22, 1972
COW POKES
By Ac* R«M
Letters
from ,the
mailbox
June 11, 1972
Bumis K. Lawrence
As a concerned Black ci-
tizen of tills community I
and several of my friends
found your editorial on Ms,
Angela Davis despicable.
How can you question tlie
intelligence of tliese, yes,
American jurors when ttoy
we v- working witliii rlw ju-
dicial aystem? Because of
tor political beliefs and die
violence that occurred you
seem to automatically find
iter guilty even though tlte
trial proved otherwise. Well,
Mr, Lawrence you have
shown us once again how
closed-minded you can be.
I'm .v-v •lad gnu had n
jurisdiction over ; is one
• ria. .... . -.an
to of ItK eoiissjqlteuces,
l.e .stedi),
Larry Austin Grant
Keith Llgon
Ronnie Knowles
June 7, 1972
Dear Bumis:
Although the Medina
Memorial Hospital has, since
its opening date of February
25, 1964, always operated
on a nondiscriminatory bads
widiout regard to race, coj-
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1009 N. W. Loop 4J0-
344-8567
Personal
Life Insurance
Service Sine* 1954
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or, creed or national origin,
tlte Board of Managers, at its
meeting of June 6, 1972,
formally reaffirmed its policy
to continue to operate in ac-
cordance with the Civil
Rights Act of 1964, by a res-
olution formally adopted, a
copy of which Is hereby en-
closed.
Very truly youts,
J. Melvin Finger
Administrator
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Medina
Me mortal Hospital has, since
its opening date of February
25, 1964, always operated
on a nondiscriminatory basis
in accordance with the Civil
Rights Act of 1964, which
forbids discrimination on ac-
count of race, color, creed
or national origin;
AND WHEREAS, aU faci-
lities, including waiting
room, rest rooms, dining fa-
cilities, and hospital beds,
have always been available
to everyone without regard
to race, color, creed or na-
tional origin;
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED
that the Medina Memorial
Flospital will continue to op-
erate in a nondiscriminatory
basis in accordance with the
provisions of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964;
AND BE IT FURTHER RE-
SOLVED that a copy of this
RESOLUTION executed by the
Chairman and the Secretary
of this Board be properly post-
ed in the Medina Memorial
Hospital and further copies
be sent to the local news me-
dia, • and the Texas State De-
partment of Public Health.
Th& foregoing Resolution
•was adopted by unanimous
'ote of all members of
the Board of Managers of
Medina Memorial Hospi-
tal at our regular meeting
held on Tuesday, June 6,
1972.
Robert Zuberbueler,
Chairman
ATTEST;
Robert Rothe, Secretary
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Annual Nixon-
Wilson Reunion
[HONDO CITY PARK-
NOON, JUNE 24th
| Everyone firing Basket Lunch j
Coffee & Tea
wi II be furnished
ATTENTION
FARMERS
BUY NOW
PAY LATER
Interest Waiver to
MARCH I, 1973
on new & used tractors
BIG DISCOUNTS
on certain models
TO? TRADE ALLOWANCES
Strait
Equip. Co.
Hondo, Texas
Ph 426-2325 ____
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"Oh Jake, that one fourth inch rain we had early in the year wuz so great,
just smell all these spring flowers!"
Bike reminders
A series of traffic statis-
tics received Monday morn-
ing prompts this editorial
reminder to those of us who,
because we are kids too
young to get a driver’s li-
cense, old health nuts who
pedal off the pounds in our
spare time, or pollution -
conscious rebels against the
noxious Detroit monstors of
tlte highways, tur^ on to the
thrills of bicycle riding.
Whoever we are, let us
remember this statistic, sent
out by the Department of
Public Safety; Deaths
caused by car-bicycle acci-
dents are up 260‘Jv statewide
over last year. To date,
778 accidents involving an
auto and a bicycle have
been recorded. Last year at
tills time, 460 had been re-
corded. Eighteen persons
have lost their lives this
year. Another 703 persons
have been injured. This is
frightening and it should be.
Admittedly, the craze of
boking has caught on state-
wide among college and e-
ven tiigh school students, and
this accounts for an increase
in sheer numbers of cyclists
over the year. More bike
riders, more accidents. But
tliat’s not necessarily so. E-
ven in rural areas, where
population is static or shrink-
ing, car-bike deaths were
up loOLo.
A few reminders for bike
riders of all ages:
1. M3ke sure your brakes
are good.
2. Wear bright or light -
Professional
„ Directory
DR. J. H. JENNINGS
OPTOMITRIST
Phone 426-2634
Less Waiting
By Appointment
Closed Mondays
Hour.:
9:30 to 12 1:30 to 5
Sat. 9 to 12 noon
Dr. Everett B. Vincent
CHIROPRACTOR
1611 Avenue K, Hondo
Office Phone 426-2511
Residence Phene 424-2472
Office Hour*:
9 to 12 2 to 5:30
Thursday 9 to 12
Seturday Closed All Day
My Beauty Shop
Phone 538-2533
For Appointment.
CASTROVILLE
CASTROVILLE
CHIROPRACTIC
OFFICE OPEN
BY APPOINTMENT.
Monday—All Day
Wed. A Sat. eveninflf.
Lorated ne\t to
MY BEAUTY SHOP
Phone 538-2533
FOR APPOINTMENT
colored clotJiing after sun-
down and on any but the
sunniest day. This goes
for everybody, including
Zorro and Father Steubben.
Also, when possible, wear
protective clothes, like
jeans instead of shorts,
just in case of a fall.'
Hell's Angels do.
3. Mount a reflector on
your bike, and a light too,
if you plan to ride at
night.
4. Stay off the sidewalks.
You are traffic too, just
like a Mack truck or a
Mercury, or even a mo-
torcycle. Stop signs
mean bikes too, as do red
lights and staying on the
right side of the road.
5. Ride friendly. It's
Poerner s
more important to be
courteous on a bicycle
than in a car, because if
it comes to blows, you
don't have a chance, fto-
ple in cars are slow to see
a bike, and many of them
can’t make themselves
wait for a bicycle to cross
in front of them. There's
no percentage in aggres-
sive bikes mans hip.
When conditions are good,
there is no more beneficial
reducing machine, muscle-
builder, or sightseeing meth-
od than bicycle riding. Ask
Genaro Avila over at Fisch-
er’s Barber Shop, or ask Wally
Porter or the Overmann and
Bybee families.
These and all the other
Hondo bike riders are worth
saving.
corner
No new faxes
These are the sweet words
received by the Legislature
last week (June 14) when
Governor Preston Smith ad-
dressed the present Special
Session. The Governor be-
lieves the federal government
will increase their payments
to the State for welfare by
about uO million dollars ;x:,
year.
Tills could be brought a-
bout by consolidation of so-
cial services that now inde-
pendently compete for fed-
eral funds under the welfare
heading. All of us are for
the consolidation of agencies
and, in particular, as it
will mean a new approach
to prevent another tax bill.
The problem exists where
the Comptroller of Public Ac-
counts may not be able to
certify to availability of funds
over which the State has no
control. Hopefully, this will
be worked out during the Spe-
cial Session.
STATE EMPLOYEES
Tire Governor has recom-
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Dance
To The Music of The
MOST VERSATILE
WESTERN
SWING BAND
AROUND
Carl Norris
and the
M usic Masters
QUIHI
GUN CLUB
June 24, 1972
9-1
Members & Guests
mended a two-step salary in-
crease of 6.8<fo for all classi-
fied State employees and a
proportionate increase for
exempt positions. Appropri-
ations for tliis purpose are
being lield at this writing
and it looks very favorable
for tills increase to be in-
cluded in the Appropriations,
Bill.
FtOOD CONTROL
A topic very close to my
toart as well as the majority
of the people in my district
is the subject of flood con-
trol and water conservation.
I am going to urge the Ap-
propriations Com Tiittee for
favorable approval to the
government's request for
funds to assist local agencies
and governments to help
themselves in this respect.
There is a possibility that
there may be adequate state
appropriations to pay the ci-
ty's portion on a federal
revenue sharing program.
We have needed flood pre-
vention and water conserva-
tion measures for too long.
It shall be my endeavor to
push for immediate funding
for dam construction as I be-
lieve tliis^tern stould be at
the top of the list of priori-
ties of the State.
CATTLE AND
LIVESTOCK
BUYERS
WE NEED MEN
IN THIS AREA.
Train to buy cattle,
sheep and hogs.
We will it am qualified men with some
livestock experience For local
interview write loday including
complete background, address
and phone number
WESTERN MEAT PACKERS
TRAINING, INC.
4318 lAbodcock. San Anlonio, Teias 78228
The Joe Granieris
are home to stay
D.. CJ____l_ "
Italian bread sure has a
lot of crust I" say Joe and
fearl Granierl of Mico who
returned last week from a
25-day tour of European
countries.
Fbt Joe, it marked his
first visit to his native Italy
which he had left 76 years
ago when, as a small boy of
six, he accompanied his
parents, the late Nic and Ro-
sa Granato Granierl to San
Antonio, Texas, where they
established a new home and
added eight more children to
their family, all of whom
remained loyal Texans.
Joe turned 82 in March of
this year. For many years,
his daughters and their fami-
lies had been urging him to
take the trip. When he per-
suaded his wife, tear!, and
his sister, Mrs. Lucile Ath-
ens of San Antonio, to ac-
company him, away they all
went on May 23rd, aboard a
747 that Mrs. Granierl insists
"was almost as big as the o-
cean it flew over". Mrs.
Athens had made two trips
abroad previously but had
never visited Joe's birthplace
in the little mountain vil-
lage of Coaenza, in the area
known as Sprizano Grande de
la Sila.
For the Granieris, it was
an experience that they ex-
pect to enjoy again and a-
gain in retrospect. In a
much too hurried interview,
I tried to take enough notes
to share some of their exper-’
iences with their many Me-
dina County friends.
Other countries included
on their itinerary were Ger-
many and a boat trip on the
Rliine; Switzerland and France
(Paris) but die highlight of
the whole tour was the 'lilt
to Cosenza.
Joe's vivid memory of tils
first home led him directly
to it, "like a homing
pigeon," he says. The tra-
velers engaged a taxi for the
visit and word spread so fast
among the 700 or so villag-
ers that they turned out en
masse to greet a native son
come home.
"A young girl acted as
messenger, ” said Pearl,
"and we could see her skirts
fairly flying as she ran from
door to door to announce our
arrival."
The hospitality was gen-
uine and the visitors were f
royally welcomed. Although
Joe was unable terrace any
ancestral relatives, he noted
a tavern with die name GRA-
NIERI as proprietor and says
they all agreed there was a
definite "family resem-
blance ",
FOUNTAINS
Joe has long since forgot-
ten any Italian tie might
have once known but Mrs.
Athens knew "just enough for
us to limp along in," he re-
ported.
En route to Cosenza, Joe
had wondered "out loud" if
three mountainside spring
fountains which he remem-
bered clearly from his child-
hood might still remain. To
his delight and amazement,
"There diey were," he said,
"and the water was as cold
and sweet as I remembered
it."
Joe also found the cottage
N.P. POPE
AGENCY
auto-fire
CASUALTY-LIFE
BOROS
202
Hondo National Bank
Bldg.
Dial 426-2222 1
Hondo, Texas
By Edna McDade
in which he was bom, al-
though it had changed own-
ership many times during the
long years since be left it.
An Italian law makes neces-
sary the change of house
numbers every ten yean, so
these offer no means of defi-
nite identification but Joe
remembered certain doors
and windows and was satis-
fied of the home's location.
He also visited the old
San Francisco Church to
which his family had belong-
ed. When the Texas visitors
entered it, they were greet-
ed by three nuns who spoke
no English.
Joe was able to "commu-
nicate" when he showed them
his birth certificate issued
by the village authorities
and procured for him by a
San Antonio friend, a tailor
named Rizzo, when he had
visited the site some 20 years
ago.
The nuns excitedly ex-
plained that Joe's name
would be found on the vesti-
bule walls where the names
of all donors to the church
fund are Indelibly inscribed.
Joe recalled having sent
an appreciative donation to
the church by his friend and,
sure enough, his name was
clearly visible. Of course,
he made another contribution
in the form of US currency
which the delighted nuns in-
dicated was "American they
could understand".
LAKE COMO
Lake Como, Joe told me,
is one of the finest Italian
pleasure resorts. "We made
a special trip to see it," he
said, "and it is truly beauti-
ful but jhe water is not the
clear blue that such lakes
are imagined to be. I sdll
prefer Medina Lake any day I
However, the mountainsides
are lined with summer
homes and many are very
beautiful. No fishing,
though."
Water is never served
with meals, Joe said. It is
considered an "unnecessary-
luxury " and must be ordered
"extra". Wine is the custo-
mary drink in a country fam-
ous for its vineyard products,
although the Granieris said
Germany liad many more
vineyards than Italy.
"Since cheese and bread
are among rhy favorite foods,
I told tie girls, Here's where
I'll find a real treat I" He
ordered Swl* cheese, getting
all set for the finest import- '
ed variety, and was served
Kraft process cheese in foil
wrapped wedges. "That
went back but quick, ” said
Joe, "and I finally got what
I wanted plus some real
Proyolone. Then is when I
wished for Hugh Meyer as
this is one of his favorites
and I always send him some
at Christmas, not as big as
the Italian cheeses which
looked like king-size hams I"
It was the Italian bread
that proved a problem for
the diners. Joe bit down on
a crusty slice and broke two
teeth. Mrs, Athens broke
one.
"By that time I was a bit
skeptical. " said Mrs. Grane-
ri, "so I declined and decid-
ed that one loaf of such
bread could easily stun a
mule if delivered at the
right angle!"
Italian transportation 1m-
pressed the Texans who said
that trains and buses were
"beautiful, clean and very
comfortable". Prices, they
said, were "geared to uke
in the tourists" and nwition-
ed an instance when a taxi
driver tried to collect $20
US for a trip that was only a
few blocks to their hotel
which they could see from
almost every angle and turn
the driver took. It was the
desk clerk who intervened
and settled the fare for $3
US, much to the disappoint-
ment of the cabbie.
"Italy has no speed laws,"
Joe said, "so survival U up
to whoever jumps the fastest.
Most of the cars are Flats and
all look like kiddie cars,
compared to our wider, long-
er models. The cabs, and
all motorists go like greased
lightning and drivers often
park on the sidewalks,"
"With all this," said Mrs.
Graneri, "we saw only one
scraped fender and one min-
or collision -- and no wo-
men drivers involved, eith-
er!"
At the request of his son-
in-law, Colby Joe (Cappi)
Ffeyen, Joe tried to study the
agricultural situation but
found little to report. "The
farms are small patches,"
he said, "mostly worked by
mapual labor. We saw very
few motorized or mechani-
cal implements and these
were so small they looked
more like toys than work ma-
chines. "
Shoes represent a big in-
dustry in Italy and are ex-
ported to the US in $ propor-
tions to cause US manufac-
turers "shoe headaches”,
fearl said the styles gave her
a backache just to look at
them. "They are extremely
Vlld' with high heels and
thick soles of cork or wood
and tire wearers seem to be
on stilts. Corn plasters
ought to be in big demand
mere! ’
To fearl Granieri, who
taught school in Temple and
Gatesville before her mar-
riage, the real thrill of the
trip was to see the Coliseum
in Rome and to check the
telght of tlie Alps and tie
waterfalls which die always
felt the geography books
might have been inclined
to exaggerate,
"But, there they were, e-
ven higher that I had dared
imagine. And there were
tie bars on the side of the
Coliseum where the lions
were kept and the holes and
deep grooves or ditches on
the floor where the struggles
took place. Too lace co con-
vince my long-ago studencs
now but, at least, I'm con-
vinced after all these years I"
In the manner of all tour-
ists, the Texans enjoyed
stopping for gifts to bring
back home. A request from
a grandson, Kelly Hancock,
was for "a genuine Italian-
made fishing lure " which he
had seen advertised. Joe
found only one shop which
stocked fishing tackle -- and
almost every item in stock
waj stamped "Made in Ja-
pan".
ftarl said the only made-
in-Italy items she found were
some salt and pepper shakers
and some handmade belts.
"Maybe we didn't shop die
right places," she said.
"Flower gardens everywhere
compensated for anything
else we might have missed,"
she added.
In the manner of most
wanderers, tlie Granieris
found coming home "the
happiest part of all. When
we entered the SA airport,
die re stood our family, three
daughters, three sons-in-law,
and our ten beloved grand-
children. Of course, tears
welled and one of the chil-
dren asked, "Well, arenfr
you even glad to get back 1"
- "They'll never know how
grateful and glad we are to
have made the trip safely
and happily I" said Grand-
mother Graneri--and Grand-
father added "111 buy that I"
Friday Dance Special
Westerland Inc. In Castroville
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