Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 04, Ed. 1 Friday, July 17, 1953 Page: 1 of 16
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ANVIL HERALD
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SINCE 1886 - ALL THE NEWS OF MEDINA COUNTY
NO. H
anchers To Meet In Hondo
parks
By
Bill Berger
r-riszz.
SURPLUS
GRAZING
AVAILABLE
D’Hanis Parish
Begins Work On
New Building
L, si> often I clean up my
’thing—
■an.', i.'i'i ^
been in the paper
-f—v. m rs—aim
Information has been received
in the. office of the Medina Coun-
ty Agricultural Agent from the
1 state office as to areas where
I surplus grazing is-Available. Feed
Id ha\i
surplus state at the present are
a I - ■ VS ' ■ i.. Nortl
D’HANIS — Construction has
begun and is progressing rapid-
ly on the new re.creational build-
ing on the church grounds of
Holy Cross .Parish *
The annual Homecoming cele-
bration of the parish has been
Devine, Natalia j HERRING -
Dediat.e Halls NAMED CASTRO
St. Joseph s Hall in Devine and SUPERINTENDENT
[St. .John. Bosco Hall in Natalia CASTROVILLE^-A. L. Herring
were dedicated last Sunday
the Rt Rev..
San Antonio, representing
I bishop.
by formerly of Blanco, Texas has
Rev. J. T. Lockwood of accepted the position of Superin-
Arch. tendent of the Castroville Public
High School.
Men To Meet
Friday Night
At School
rim
me it rained in
also had a few
The lightning,
"inn. hit a TV
Math's garage
I with gnat
,>rk shop .
■ ve the n'\vs. a
but Jit least I
pi
gladdened
of Hondo
.ti I at a
uticaly no
ha> .been
ri.'ne a lot
from their land
'Dakota. South Dakota N 'tiraska"
and parts of Colorado Other
states may be added later
In some of the areas the land
owners are willing to take livo-
sto( k for pasturage and others
list people who are willing to pur
chase the li'- stork Cnder ail
Cases the livestock owner w ill
negotiate hi' sale or make pas
arrange l 11 !
office will he aide to furnish the
pnme ami lo. it ion on I'.
It i' planned t > ' • able to for
in live -lock owners with areas
that will have a surp!u> of hay
for sale.
postponed until the building is
completed, according to John
Zinsmeycr. general chairman.
The date will not be before
September 20.
Lucey. These halls • - Mr Herring wiU replace Supt. i School on Friday
h recently , completed will serve as Kaderli who has accepted a sim- 17th, at 8 :00 P. M
an educational building and for ilar position jn Natalia.
a youth center in each ( omnium-
Livestock men of Medina
County and adjoinning counties
will meet at the Hondo High
night, July
to discuss
fhe nrohlems' of the livestock
The halls will be available
No Driver’s
License To Be
Issued Tuesday
The Texas Highway Depart
merit will not he o; n on Tues-
d *y July 21st, to con luct exam*
inations for drivers' licenses
Representatives wil be at the
Court House on July 28th.
John Cameron
Sent To Harvard
By Military
:t few folks
proceeding a>
arming opera
■i \ possible
r They have
>’U ' K nice
limousine
<| legists-
a-.'i's.t them.
rate in getting
• , arv*ci eligible
'.iff. The program
.• rnment has an-
r is one move in
!n*n. More has
tnd pronto — or
of as much
a wig a five-foot
t > a man drown-
fe*-t from shore.
John Cameron, son of Mrs F.1
T. < " 11 n 1. i Ivon s, 1 • ‘ eii and
approved by the Air Force and
Harvard Cnivtrsity to study for
his Master's Degree in business
administration.
Cameron was born and- reared
in Hondo. Uron graduating from
Hondo Hi h School he attended
St Mary's University in San An
tonio for one year and then en-
terfvt the nrmv Cam-'-ron vax ;
buck private station■•d at I’ ar
II 1 ■ >r on De< ctilb-. :* Tli: l po:.
i • • trai
rom the army to thi -Mr'Forre
When a sergeant in the Air
Force C. m* ran took the vx. : i
a ition both Lr Warrant Off! it
nd for Officers Tratning School
organization wishing to use these
facilities. The buildings are 100 x
40 feet in size and are equipped
with a kitchen and a meeting
room The floor is suitable for
dancing or roller skating.
In the fall the halls will be
open for regular supervised rec-
reational periods for the youth
of the community. These activi-
ties will lx* strictly supervised
and .will afford all the youth of
the community an opportunity
for fun and recreation- without
having to go to neighboring town.
Castrovrtle
men of this area, and to deter-
nrtftr what is best for the peopls
Postal Receipts
Show Gain
Postmaster Otto Naegelin is
glad to report that the total post-
al receipts for Castroville as giv-
en last week were in error.
Through an oversight certain
| in this section. The government’s
purchasing program for stabiliz-
ing the cattlemarket in this area
will also be discussed.
At the meeting will be Fnedie
! Meyer of Devine, Lawrence
ftothe of D’Hanis, George
stamp sales were omitted in each
report. The totals are for the
first 6 month'; of 1952. $2615.97;
for the same period in 1953,
$2790.28. a gain of $174.31, and not
a gain of only $13.16.
lothme of Rio Medina and Jim
tmb rson of Hondo.
PTATo Raise
Money With
Waste Paper
The Hondo Elementary PTA is
'collecting waste paper as a
paper
neans of raising money for the
nsuing year. Newspapers and
:.rd board boxes < corrugated)
ank highest in value with mag-
IZitxes rating third. .'
The Bov Scouts under the di-
r-
Last week 40 cars of milo had been shipped, with the scant
crop still coming in According to Russell Chapman, it compared
with about 200 in a usual year. _
Shown in the above pictures are Pete Billings, Frank Muen
nink and Edwin J Wiemers They were dumping a pick up load
of mtlo at the blower on the tracks. Their crop was just about
enough to pay for harvesting, they said.
n
LESS
1952
L going up
local county
V tional Founda-
Paralysis hti
Van h of Dimes
resulted in send-
?! .in $150,000 into I
Emergency Aid
' *11<>n headquarters |
Finding treatment
■ first half of 1953
- time, the 1953 in 1
i>> is running less I
1952 figure, with
wng been reported
• '-*52 half >ear total !
Two Men
Arrested
For Burglary
Housing Project
To Open By
Next Week
He was accepted first into OCS
and then upon receiving the rank j The other picture shows Gip Chapman, Pete Billings and Al-
* w- u.„ .„nt Saathoff, and this load represented about all that Saathoff
of Warrant Officer, was sent made f((I- saU, this yoar
through OCS with that rank. Six { Oats were fair, with about half a normal crop in the county,
months after graduating from' Generally speaking, Chapman said, the western part of Medina
,.,,c ‘ „ „____. ____, - m county was the scene of total crop failure, while from Hondo east
Of S as a second lieutenant, t am - [ county ijne a short crop was produced.
eron was promoted to first; ten [ Quihi was the best in the county, he said,
months later he was commission- j _" ' _
ed a captain, and one year later NCWS
received his majority.
Cameron was serving on Iwo | |[
Jima when the war ended. He)
was given the choice of being re- ’ |
LAST RITES
READ FOR
Ignacio (,arcia and Antonio Con
starte. Jr. wire arro>U*d by the
Sheriff s department fur bur::-..r\
if the Cuellar tore and the Fri-
m place
The men were released on $500
bond.
LaCoste FFA
Representatives
OnStdfion KONO
is v
to a report of the
Health Service, com
• by the Polio Foun-
arc but 10 states
'X 'bowing less polio
-12
.1 illy 18th at 7 30 Station KONO
will feature the LaCoste I FA
boys.
The boys on this program will
he Norman Tondre, Franklin
Bohl, Sylvan Mangold, and Mal-
.eolm Reus
1 Carroll Donlavy, general mana-
g< r of Trie housing project, ex
fleets to open the project in the
latter part of this week or the
first of next week.
There are 113 units in the* proj:
ect. Each unit is complete with
a kitchen, equipped with an elec-
tric refrigerator, an apartment-
size range, steel cabinets and an
exhaust fan, and has three bed-
rooms, a living room and a bath.
Only migrant army personnel
and employees of TAI are eligi-
ble for occupancy and all appli-
cants must be certified by the
army and by TAI.
leased from' the Air Force, or of
receiving the commission of Lt
Colonel if he stayed in. Cameron
returned to the states and upon
tris rrlcas
Last week in the special edition
we were unable to get in all of
the stories as to the operations
of Hondo Air Base, and so we
u ill in the next few weeks try
r.ight school, and worked during to complete the story. Also,:The
the day. Anvil Herald will attempt, each
After a year of civilian life, week, to include news of the Air
Cameron went back into the Air Base in the newspaper.
Force as a Major and served at Mr. W C. Childs, an instructor
Lackland and then at Wichita with TAI will assist the Anvil
Fijlls. He was then chosen as one Herald in reporting the news of
of the eight men to be sent on the field. Anv suggestions for ar-
a special mission to Turkey whore tides or stories concerning Hondo
he lived for two years. At that Air Base will be greatly appreci-
time he was made a Lt. Col., ated.
and after his tour of Turkey was
REV. MUENNINK
Funeral services were held on
Wednesday, July 15. 1953. for the
Reverend C> \V Muennink who
died on July 14. 1953. "
Reverend Muennink had reach-
72 years, .1 month
If you have paper to be picked
up and do not have storage to
keep it until the end of the montk
contact Mrs. Bob Corder, finance
chairman, Mrs. Everett Vincent.
Mrs. Warren G. Bell, Mrs. Hor-
ace Knight, or Mrs. M. F. Schwe-
ers.
ed. the ago of
5nd 2 days.
Services for him were held at
the Horger Funeral; Home with
Rev. L A. McDaniel officiating.
Interment was made in Oakwixnl
Cemetery in Hondo.
NEW HOUSING
MANAGER
kf*
ARRIVES
ONDO HEAVY MORTAR
0MPANY RETURNS
HONDO FFA MEN
TO ATTEND
CONVENTION
; Among the 3.000 boys who will
go to Fort Worth July 22nd to
completed, he also completed his
probation period for regular Air
Force standing.
Cameron was stationed at the
Pentagon in Washington for two
years in an administrative capa-
city. While in Washington, Cam-
eron attended night school and
was awarded his BS from the
University of Maryland.
Only 20 men are selected each Sunday. July
year by the military to be sent Gun Club,
to Harvard to study. These men At the
must then have the approval of
Harvard.
Wildlife
To Have Free
Fish Fry
Gaston Returns
From Lions
International
“The Texas Delegation really
“banged it up’’ at the Lion In-
Carroll Donlavy has been nam-
ed the general manager for the
Housing project in Hondo.
Donlavy arrived in Hondo on
Monday accompanied by his wife
Helen, and fourteen year old son,
Eddie.
Donlavy was bom in Monette,
Missouri and attended the school
in Monette. He has been associat-
ed with the Frisco Railway, and
later owned his own general in-
surance and real estate agency
in Monette. In 1934. Donlavy en-
tered Civil Service
«•» .!n.W by'Spt Mo7 'hN,no officers and enlisted men help celebrate the Future Farm-
w Kci has recently return of the 141st Inf Regt of which ers 25th Anniversary.at the an-
fr *m two weeks summer •field the Hondo unit is a member w ere nuai FFA Convention will be 5
•'nix at N'nrth Fort Hood, Tex. awarded the Export Infantry- members from Hondo.
un>t left by bus Sunday man’s Badge aft^r_uf°^Pk’^g | Those who will make’the trip!
’ June 28th il 6 A. H.'ssvprsl mental and Ph'1 *** , J
, _ as the super-
ternational Convention in Chica- intendent of the Civilian Conser-
go recently according to C. B. vaUon Corps with the Department
_ w ,. . . A1 . Gaston, local Lion President and,lof Agriculture.'In 1941 he was
The Medina \Nildlife Association delegate to the convention. hired by Homer, Wyatt, Tanner
v, ill sponsor a free fish fr> on “One Texan said he took a an<^ Mitchel, architect-engineers,
19th, at the Quihi thousand rounds of blank am- i ^or construction of three air
munition to the convention and by ^ases, Sedalia AB in Missouri,
meeting any new per- the third day all were gone,” re-lWa,Ker AB in Victoria, Kansas,
sons who have been wanting to ported Gaston in his very inter-land Great Bend AB at Great
ramornn marriwl T« ci«„ join may do so at ^ls social-; eating report to the club on W’ed- Bend, Kansas. Donlavy was in
if 1^*^ T«as ?h°' husinpss Sobering, and old mem- nesday. charge of the construction of all
have W ,«n John Wh.fev^m who wish to do s0 ^ Pa>'! Twenty foreign nations -were ‘
have one son, John Whaley Cam, their dues represented and over 40,000 Lions
Target practice will begin at registered.
10:00, and food will be served
eron, Jr.
,vine at camp at 11 A M ficiency tests, some of'which in 1 for the three-day meeting at Ft.
Rmeduiety upon arriving the eluded taking a 12 mile march. Worth's Texas Hotel are Hilmer
w;i- ut-t Up fov M/Sgt. doing a given number of push Lutz (delegate), Aria Graff, El-
r * , 1 AAA zinoK in
GROFF,
from 12:30.
~K
1 Jr., and the or- ups, squats and 300 yard dash in Lindeburg, Jerry Koch, and
w.-,sset up under the an a Untied Umo, « weU « d ! Lloyd Muennink They will be ac-;
of WOJG L A Heir tn map reading, gunnerx. ana j j |
COWBOY
OF 1953
speaker from Ihe game de-
partment has been planned as a
part of the program.
BROOMCORN REPORT
HONDO
underground utilities.
In 1942 he was employed by
the J. M. Jack Construction Com-
pany of Kansas City as superin-
tendent of construction of two
housing-trailer projects
and First Sgt' Thomas Ff others. This is the first time that companied by John E. McAnelly.
in anticipation of the this badge has been awarded to The delegates attending the
t (tions which wore to «ny National Guard personnel conVention will he representing
1 m hall was set up and the unit was 1'’d Texas’ 40.000 Future’ Farmers
■in for
Alvarado and was "bo b,long to 810 different chap-
supper.
cek was confined to tests on th- ir ov.n time and stren-
ters.
State nffieers will he selected
mine with a division «ed the point that th^ sh'nild ^ th(} mc^ting the stato pubUc
SJ ' : speaking winner fs to be chosen
4h44- Saturday, Julv ^erve
“r The officials on the other tmits
a\ , ' ......w.. w« -..... , , , , and state contest winners will rc-
r xi n' Wrrp Governor Al- On Wednesday. July 1st, the cpive thpjr awards 0ne of th<?
I u , r Commandor-in-Chicf unit went out to the mortar range outstanding CVents of the conven-
frn n* Mah>r General K. L. Lt. Williams arid Lt. Weber,
tat? /^jutant General for the i Monday morning, July 6th the
^ Texas, and many others.1 unit moved out of garrison into
Publlc was invited and #n ^ 0^,1 where pup tents and
^ 5,000 people witnessed (See Hondo’s Heavy, page 4)
Buddy Groff of Hondo took top
honors at St. Paul’s rodeo and
was named all-around cowboy of
1953.
Grff was named champion of
the calf-roping event at St. Paul’s
reported as being one of the
year’s best rodeo circuit contests,'
winning with ah average of 32.1
seconds for two grounds. He also
won the cow milking champion-
Mrs. Katie Raeke
Has Bad Fall
Mrs. E. A. Klein received word
that her sister, Mrs. Katie Raeke
fell and broke her deg right be-
low the hip and she is nowr in a
hospital in Brenham.
Mrs. Raeke is the former Ka-
tie Bohmfalk, daughter of the
late Rco F. Bohmfalk
Rainfall during the week-none; I temporary family housing pro*.
Harvesting-Will soon be com- J eels. Upon completion of thesn
pleted; Pnce rage-1350 to $450; projects he then returned to gor-
Comments-A very light crop eminent work as general hous-
was produced. ing manager.
PAULS VALLEY’. OKLA. — Donlavy is a member of the
Rainfall during the week-2 Methodist Church, of all of the
inches; Harvesting-Started Masonic bodies and Shrine, and
arounnd July 1st; Comments- is a member of the* Rotary Club.
Had a nice rain of about 2 in- 1 The Donlavy* will live in one
ches, hut moisture won’t last °* *Ke units of the Housing Proi-
long. ect.
BKKVIT.I.F. TEXAS - R> KELLER
• "fl ,
■ - ij
, • l
•ection of Vernon Gruenwald as-
1
stid in ihe collection of the
» . ' , f
m
j
'ap-T at the end of last month.
The help given by the men of
m
he VFW in collecting the papers
ast month wu' greatly appreci-
■•ij
ted also.
It has been planned to pick up
|
ie paper at the end of each
loath. At their meeting last
Tue.sday evening the Boy Scouts
.ind their Scout Master baled the
^aper. A truck load is now prac-
i J
tically ready to be taken to San
Antonio. Mr. A. T. Sims hf(s don-
ated the use of a building for
-: J; ■ j
storage until it is ready to be
taken to San Antonio.
kil
• k >
be awarded the Lone Star-Farmer
Degree. The banquet speaker is
to be Jimmy Dillon of Jones, La.,
National FFA President.
ship at 62.1 seconds for two cows. THE WEATHER
With the winning of the title of j-Data
best all-around Cowboy. B u d d y j July 9
Groff won the "second leg” on July 10
the championship trophy which July 11
we first won during the 1951 show. I July 12
New all-time attendance for ■ July 13
rodeos was set at St. Paul’s. July 14
July 15
H
L
Rain
103
71
0.00
104
75
0.00
104
74
0.00
104
75
0.00
103
73
0.00
93
73
0.00
100
74
0.00
Rainfall during tb? week-Few
light aca.tle.red aHuwcrs; H«r QIIT^T A NHIK1P
vesting-About completed; Price ! " ** 1
range-$300 to $500.
SPRINGFIELD, COLO. —
Rainfall during the week—%
to 3 inches; Harvesting—Will
start first week in September;
Comments — Prospects looking
No report.
N. M —
STUDENT AT UT ’
Ronald Cecil Keller has bees
named one of the 32 University
Texas College of Education
students to be included on Um
"Highest honors” list for tfcn
spring semester.
Keller is from Castrorille.
.
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Noonan, Mary Ann. Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 04, Ed. 1 Friday, July 17, 1953, newspaper, July 17, 1953; Hondo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth821614/m1/1/: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hondo Public Library.