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AIMVIL HERALD
SINCE 1886 - ALL THE NEWS OF MEDINA COUNTY
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HONDO, MEDINA COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1W2
NUMBER TWENTY-ONE
]g Crowd Attends
ondo Homecoming
;
Dr. Taylor
Reelected
By Alumni
.An estimated 400 persons
turned out for the Hondo Home-
coming held Friday and Saturday
in Hondo Registrations totaled
300 but many more ex-students
and alumni were present for at
least part of the two event-filled
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ANVIL HERALD STUDIO
[p,, , L r»:qn*d ‘during Horn *ro min* f*ctiviti*s in Hondo lost
»i<*nd Th* ov*!y mitt was crownod by Dr. O B. Tay'o< pr^iden? e*
E« Student* Attociafion, at hatf-tima of th* Owl Carrico Wildcat
bo»t)4 gam*
lardy Sells
itxxre To
ivalde Pair
H: rd> announced this
< ■ f hi*, furniture busi-
H do to two l valdeans
!>>■.*« and V C. Jaegh,
* turd a > .Nov 15
*h" o;v*ned a furniture
'’ nr- location in
< rated the business
f k ling, rn April, 1946
ir - I d * he moved Into
r:."*i"rn building opposite
’ »• He plans to work
■ ' ow n-ri foT BTJ nr-
^ says that no
personnel are contem
take charge of the
**t r- Roth h<> and Lowe
Ir and they have op
* v.i, ie F umiture Com
fi1-. for seven vears The firm
1 “ to handle the same
■Cy • rationally auverUsel
S’ld tie. ■. have been carrying
HjrrR | i,tn> to concentrate on
lf • . nent of his subdivision
i trw 'outhwest part of town and
rue at a later date the
*artJ'Pe of homes, both FHA
'r v v proved, that he will
J00' ’ 1 H does not plan to sell
He further revealed
r1' ;,re in the blue print
^ • r the construction of
'■ - 1,1 the vacant lot that
^ ' adjoining the furniture
lun or Police
0 Hear Speaker
f^aker at the monthly
j .. n’«“ Junior Police Force
* 1 ' lo will be Leo Gossett of
" . "'part-nent of Public Safety
The guest will not only
■ me boys who are present
1 s^ow
' of Police Tucker, origins -
■ th organization, requests
pqV.1- n‘nK JJ* youngsters,
fcto, n » ,n^ !1*' civic minded
E- u r,ro^nt for the meet
Fra "*11 IP't underwav Sat
E . Nov 14, .jt ii, oo
BROOM PRICE
CEILING LIFTED
Sales of floor brooms and
whisk hrooyns made of broomrorn
have b«*en removed fiorn price
control, th»* < >f five of Price Stabi-
lization, San Antonio, has an-
nounced.
While removing the lid placed
„n ‘ . .lomcorn products, the OPS
retained ceilings on oth«-r house-
hold cleaning articles, including
a 1 brushes and brooms made of
svnthttic filaments <»r vegetable
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In other actions this week. OpS
said because charges for repairing
boats has an insignificant effect
on living costs, business and na
tionAl defense, th >■ harg.ni »'c
have been exempted from price
control.
mil service f.irro» w ere re-
minded that if the) have not re-
ceived their official QPS ceiling
price poster)', they may obtain
th in at u<** dan .Antonio district
oi l e, iJ'j W Nueva St.
Season's First
Freeze For Hondo
Hondo recorded its first freeze
of the winter season Tuesday
morning. Nov. 11. when the mer-
cury plunged to 31 degrees, ac-
cording to local observers.
mu JA m< n ot rain t u* recced-
ing day, however, took the edge
off the cold A norther which whis-
tled in Sunday night started tern
peratures falling and brought with
it a trace of moisture
By the middle of the week., how-
ever. winds began shifting to the
south and the norther seemed to
be broken as was hopes for more
rain.
Date
Nov 6
Nov. 7
Nov 8
Nov. 9
Nov. 10
Nov. 11
H L Rain
74 58 0 00
79 52 000
79 63 0.00
80 66 trace
75 44 0 48
59 31 0 00
Showers At BTry Catted
Last Of Democratic Tears
BIRY About three tenths of an
inch of rain fell in this area up
to noon Monday According to
one citizen, it was just the Dem-
ocratic tears that were still fall-
ing <
ondo Man Fined After
oliision Near Courthouse
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Sip.T . ’ (,amb°a- Hondo, was
a* * r drirrimt »nd fin
it *arir*8iH* ^e aul° *cci-
nnr.Ky Monday. Nov. 10, on
northeast corner of the court
TKe ln Hondo.
mil e*ut.° . driven by Gamboa
oneudriven bv Bert Garcia,
^of Hondo, collided after mid-
•nd damage to Garcia's car
was estimated as $350, ■ according
to Dep Bhexiff HiHfrmrr Dam
age to Gamboa's auto was set
at *l8V „ , . . ..
Hitzfelder said Garcia had his
wife and two cousins, Ofelia Gar-
cia and Mario Garcia as passen
gers.
Mrs. Garcia was slightly injur-
ed, bet was not hospitalized
days
Dr O B Taylor was reelected
president -of 4he- asflOr iation____and.....
other officers include Mrs. Arthur
Rothe as vice president and Miss
Anne Davis, secretary The con-
gregation voted to hold their next
homecoming celebration in three
years, ins 1955
Miss Doris Lindeburg reigned as
queen of the festivities. She was
crowned Friday night before a
crowded stadium of people in
Barry Field between halves of the
Hondo--Carrizo Springs game. She
and Dr Taylor led a Grand March
at the Homecoming dance in the
high school auditorium Saturday
night.
rormer football greats of Hon-
do High were recognized Friday
evening preceding the football
game in an event “emceed” by
Jake Schuehle The list includes:
Ash Gilliam. R. C. Rothe, F M.
Davis, Homer Rothe, M L. Meeh-
ler, Red Rucker, T. Rucker, Al-
bert Saathoff, Bobby Graff, Ver-
nor Wiemers. F, J Williams. El-
mer J Leinweber, Tom Finger,
Howard Rothe, Coy Horger, Albert
Haegelin. Durwaro Stanley, Wal-
ter Meyer, Rudy Rath, Jack
Fusselman Jr Edgar MeChler,
Speck Rothe, Toby Taylor. H. Z
Windrow, Edgar Stiegler; C A.
Van Fleet, R J Graff, John Fing
er Jr C. A King, J W- Steinle.
Earl Lacy. Mike Larkin, James
Isenhowrr. Bonnard Rothe, Fred
^Bader. K L Holloway, John H^
Jennings, Hondo (Touch, Squamp
Finger Lawrence Rothe. Pre-ton
Gaines, Bill) Timberlako odie
Gilliam. Bud Groff. H L. Pichot,
J H Short. Johnny Faseler. Doug-
las Bohmfalk. Harold Schweers.
( laude Schuehle. Harry Kollman.
Larry Wright. James Tschirhart,
Roy Schwi'ers, Tony Taylor, Jas
0 Cagle. Johnnv Muennink. Stan
Hollmig. (Tint Hartung, Wesley
MiK'hnng, Joe Embrey, Clinton
Britsch. Fritz Lienweber, G H.
FTnger. Charles Finger. W. E.
Williams. S H Parsons. Milton
J. Renken. Clint Grell, Bru Miller,
h' Joe Leinweber, Henry W Schu-
ehle. Jack Hartung. Hugh Mover,
Hilmer Mueller. Bud Woolls. Billy
Laughinghouse. Blanton Taylor,
Ro) Meyer, Hugo Saathoff, Tom-
my Amberson. Tommy Ney. Rol-
lie FTkhart, Arthur DawsoffTBud
Johnson and Jimmy Rogers
Other highlights of Homecoming
were a band concert Saturday
morning, dedication of a flag
>ole donated to the school by the
V
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T« thin* during th* Homecoming festivities at
LaCost* tomorrow will be Drum Major Shirley Ann
Williams. Majorettes Betty Joan Koch and Imogen*
Ahr, Mascot Sharon Franger, Cheerleader Marlene
Salzman, Head Cheerleader Betty Lee Bipport and
Cheeroleaders Irene Biediger and Mary Catheryn
Rihn. LaCost* will meet Castroville's St. Louis Co-
mets as a feature of th* celebration.
3 Suspended
Terms In
Fly Burglary
Six different kinds of court
were conducted in Medina Coun-
ty Monday under one rftof as dis-
trict criminal court, district civil
court, county court, county com-
missioners court, justice court and
city court sessions were held in
the courthouse
—Mam event of the day wa^ The
burglary trial of Armando Mora-
les. Jose Rodriguez, Luis Arias
Jr, Francisco Arias, and Marcos
Jiminez They were convicted on
charges of burglarizing the Fly
Drug Comnanv last summer and
received five year suspended sen-
tence- All were first offenders
James B Wade was convicted
Vf higamv and he also received
a suspended sentence
Francisco Ramirez was placed
on probation in a case of assault
to murder, without malice
Divorces granted included Mary
Gulley from Edgar H Gulley. Es-
telle Roque from Jose Roque, and
Emily Denney from Andrew I
Denney Jr.
Church Month
Beinq Observed
Rev T^slie McDaniel of the
Hondo FTrst Methodist Church has
announced that November is be-
ing observed in Hondo. and
throughout the nation, as “Go to
Church Month"
A national inter-faith program
i:>le donated to ne senooi ny im religion in personal
Hondo Lions CTUo, and get tugetn- ^ nfe is being con
ers of various classes and organi-
zations.
MEDINA GETS
EMERGENCY HAY
Five cars of emergency hay
have been received in Medina un-
der the drouth emergency prog-
ram. according to the PMA of-
fice in Hondo.
Two cars were received in De-
vine, one in Natalia and two in
Hondo. Approximately 85 appli-
cations for aid under the federal
program have been received, P-
MA officials said, and more are
coming m every day. •_
Orders for the hay are placed
weekly and most of it is coming
from Minnesota. The five cars re-
ceived here were legume hay. the
PMA said, costing $36 The leg-
ume-grass mixture is selling a t
$32 and the straight grass hay at
$28
Mrs. Bradshaw
Dies In Houston
Mrs. John Bradshaw, nee Tamp
ke, died at her home in Houston
on Monday, Oct 20. 1962 She was
laid to rest, by the side of her
first husband, in that city on Wed-
nesday following.
The deceased was born in Van
denburg community on August 27,
1875. the daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs Adolph Tampkc mem-
bers of a pioneer Medina County
family.
She was married to Win F" Cook
of Houston and to their Union two
daughters were born. Mr Cook
preceded her in death some twen-
ty years ago Later she married
John Bradshaw, also of Houston,
who died some nine years ago.
_Qnx daughter Mrs Aug Breeder
Meter Funds
TP
To Be Used
On Streets
Hondo city officials have deci-
ded that their share of parking
meter revenue will be used en-
tirely for street repair and con-
struction, Martin Noonan, city
secretary, announced this week.
Noonan said the officials feel
that since the revenue is deriv-
ed from the streets, the streets
should receive the benefit of it.
Th city secretary also Teveal-
ed that Hondo motorists are
spending approximately $85 week-
ly in the meters.
He said that from Oct. 13 to
.16, $70.44 was taken from the de-
vices; $92 51 from Oct. 17 23;
$87 42 from Oct. 24-30, and $92 45
from Oct. 31 to Nov. 6. Total
for the four weeks came to $342.
82.
Parking violations have brought
in almost $50. with 61 unpaid tic-
kets still to be totaled One hund-
red and seventy three tickets
have been passed out for meter
violations, Noonan added
Most of the unpaid tickets are
out-of-town violators, Noonan said,
and he added that local violations
are declining as 'motorists become
used to the meters.
LAST RITES FOR
W W. PERRYMAN
NATALIA Last rites wore held
here Monday. Nov. 10, 1952, for
William W Perryman. 81. who
died at his home here on Nov. 8,
after a long illness.
Born on Nov 26. i871. Mr. Per-
Holiday Slows News Copy
For Anvil Herald Readers
Due to the federal holiday on
Tuesday, November 11. some of
the correspondence which usually
arrives at The Anvil Herald office
from writers all over the county
did not get here until Wednesday.
Some of it could not be set up in
type for the deadline, and will ap
pear next week.
Another holiday will interfere
with normal routines on Nov. 27.
when Thanksgiving dav falls on
the usual publication day
All news and advertising will
have to be assembled on Monday.
Nov. 24. in order to meet the dead-
lines that week
Lytle Students Elected
Officer By Veterans Club
KINGSVILLE - Bill Span-
nairel, Lytle, was elected ser-
g<*ant-at-arms of the Veterans
Club at it« organizational meet-
ing last week at Texas A. & I.
College.
Sownnairel. a freshman agricul-
ducted bv RIAL. Religion in Amer-
ican Life
Through RIAL. $5,000,000 worth
of free advertising in newspapers,
radio and television stations is
being placed before the public. Mc-
Daniel said He added
“Won’t vou. give God a rhance
in ymtr life bv going to church,
reading vour Bible and praying’’
FNrst Methodist Church invites you
if you are not active in a church,
to share in worship, fellow ship
and studv.
“It offers you the following:
Worship at 10:50 A M 7 30 P M.;
Sunday school at 9:45 A M . in-
termediate MYF at 5 30 P, M on
Sunday; prayer groups on Tues-
days at 9:30 A M and Women’s
Societv of Christian Service at
3 30 P. M. and choir Practice at
7 30 P M., both on Wednesdays;
W’esleyan Service Guild first Tues-
day nights: Methodist Men’s 'on
third Tuesday nights, and senior
MYF on first and third Monday
nights.” .
Rev. Durkop To Speak
At Quihi Lutheran Church
Rev L J Durkop. Castroville.
w ill speak Sunday evening at 7 :30
' ‘ th<
- 'idyuj i ♦ I -■1,1 vu 1 . * i, r ^.. *
preceded her in death, leaving flei r \ nuin —a—native—of San An-
* ... .. * _• O 1Q1 O hn irnc
survived by one daughter, Mrs
Joe Moth, three grandchildren and
four great-grandchildren Among
surviving relatives are one brother
Albert Tampke of Utopia and one
sister. Mrs. Louisa Fianntz of Hous-
ton Messrs. Willie and FZmil
Britsch and Mrs. Robert A Saath-
off, all of Hondo, and Mrs. F7m-
ma Eicholtz of Alpine, are among
the surviving nephews and nieces
During her long residence in
Houston she was a frequent visi-
tor to relatives here where she
had many friends who join in sym-
pathy for the bereaved ones
Mr and Mrs. Emil Britsch,
Willie Britsch and their sister,
Mrs. Robert A. Saathoff and son.
Chester, attended the funeral in
Houston Wednesday.
County Court
By School Board In Hondo
at the Quihi Lutheran Church.
Tirana..; skis1.; two Flections Called
of Mr and Mrs. R E. Spannagel. » tICillWIIJ VWI,^U
Lytle.
AUTO-PICKUP
COLLISION TOLD
Slight bruises were the result
of an auto-pickuo collision on the
intersection of the Quihi and Ban-
dera Roads Monday. Nov 10.
The St Me Highway Pptrnl inves-
tigated the crash.
Mrs Dorothy Eckhart was dri-
vw of the car and her small son
was hurt slightly. The plcfcup was
driven by Ralph Tschirhart,
Castroville The investigating of-
ficers said a blind comer was
responsible for the collision. Dam-
ages to the pickup were set at
$185 No estimate was available
on Mrs. Eckhart’s car.
Four cases of driving while in-
toxicated were filed in county
court this week. Charged were
Lincoln Clark, Julius Boehm. El-
fego Enriquez, and Margarito
Gamboa.
tonio On June 2. 1912, he was
married to Miss Alice Fluegge,
and they lived together in'Natalia.
She preceded him in death Sept.
29. 1937 They had two daughters,
Mrs Myrtle Holmes of Jourdan-
ton. and Miss Mary Perryman of
Natalia. There are also two grand-
children, Jessie William and Ro-
zalia Alice Holmes. All his broth-
ers and sisters are dead ,
Mr Perryman was a retired
merchant, and always enjoyed
fishing He was a member of SL
John Bosco Catholic Church in Na-
talia, where the funeral was held.
Rosarv was recited Sunday. Nov.
9 at the funeral home in Devine.
Pall bearers were Hal Savage,
Clarence F'abish, John McCoy, A-
braham Garcia. Carl Thatcher,
and Joe Schinko, while honorary
pall bearers included W. N. For-
bes Sr . Jacob Goldenberg. Drap-
er Jones, J. C. Holmes, E. H.
Whittington and Dick Maney. Bur-
ial was in the Jourdanton ceme-
tery, and Father Joseph Novak of-
ficiated.
Justice Court
Charles W. Hapley, reckless
Florence F. Morin, reck-
The Hondo School Board has
called two elections for Nov. 19.
1952.
One of the elections submits the
proposition of a $1 tax. which is
the present rate, over the whole
district; the other is to spread
the present bonded debt.
The elections are Routine re-
quirements under the law, and do
not affect the present tax rate
nor bonded indebtedness of The
district except for the new terri-
tory added since June 1, 1952.
The elections will be held sim-
ultaneously in the elementary
school gymnasium.
A.L. Haegelin will preside as
election judge, and Mrs Maybclle
Speece and George A Koch will
serve as clerks.
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less driving; Willie Bryani. reck-
lan driving: Stanley H Hoffman,
speeding; Augustin Silvia, disturb-
ing the peace; Walter R. Hegwes.
speeding; James A. Holliday,
speeding; and Oscar Thompson,
driving on left.
Chamber Mails Notices
Of Annual Dinner Meeting
om- Speaker will be Olin Culberson
The Hondo Chamber of Com
meree is mailing out postal card
notices this week to find out which
members are planning to attend
the annual^ dinner meeting Dec.
1.
Dinner will be served again
thi» year at the Hondo Air Base.
^.ipoflkor _________
one of the Texas Railroad Com-
missioners He is well known
over Tex a ■= and a large rrowd
is expected.
Each member of the local cham-
ber is entitled to a pair of the
tickets, with extras bring sold aft
$1.75.
m.
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