The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 22, 1956 Page: 1 of 8
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ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY IN THE LAND OF SUNSHINE, MILK AND HONEY
VOL. 51
Boeme, Kendall County, Texas, Thursday, November 22, 1956
No. 50
Greyhounds End
Successful Season
Football season is over and a
good one it was. The Greyhounds
finished with 7 wins and only 3
losses, and took second in the
District with 3 wins and 1 loss.
The Greyhounds were a hustling
scrapping ball team that was
never out of any game until the
final whistle.
The team provided many
thrills during the season. Of the
24 touchdowns scored during the
season, only 5 came from inside
the 10 yard line. Half of the
touchodnws came from outside
the 30 yard line, 7 of them on
runs of 50 yards or more. Some
of the high-lights that will be
remembered were Chris Wrig-
ht’s 71 yard run against Menard,
Bill Ehman’s 85 yard kickoff re-
turn against Bandera and his 85
yard punt return against Scher-
tz-Cibolo, Kenneth Herbst’s 78
yard run and and 60 yard punt
return against Junction. And
who will ever forget the last
touchdown . against Northside
when Jimmy Schuchardt passed
to Ehman who, as.he was tack-
led, handed off to George Pierce
who went over for the score. Or
the winning touchdown against
Southwest when Schuchard pass
ed to Pierce who handed off to
Ehman for a 57 yard tally.
Other plays to remember were
Wright’s 31 yard scamper a-
gainst Schertz, Ehman’s 60 yard
punt return against Southside,
and the beautiful runs by Herbs'
45 yards against Northside, 35
yards against Bandera and 35
yards against Southside. And
how about Cecil Noah’s run of 4C
yards against Southside the
first time he carried the bal1
this year, only to have it callec
back by a penalty. And certain-
ly a pat on the back should go tc
Billy Canavan and Chris Wright
for the beautiful faking they die
that set Kenneth Herbst up for
may of his scoring runs. _
Let’s not overlook the fine job
the linemen did in giving the
back room to run. Travis Stew-
art did a fine job at center. Nor-
man Hodges and Leonard Mc-
Bee provided good blocking at
guard. Yeoman service> at tack-
les was provided by Cecil Dietei t
and Charlie Huff. And of course
Pierce and Ehman’s good work
at the end positions.
And how about Ray Minor s a-
deptness with the on-side kick,
five successful out of 5 tries.
And Ehman kicking 16 of 20 ex-
tra point tries.
Seventeen Greyhounds will
receive letters this year. Gradu-
ating seniors on the squad all
received'letters. These are Ken-
neth Herbst, Leonard McBee,
Charles Huff, and George Pierce
for the third time and Ray Min-
or, Pat Dawson, Joe Coryell and
Norman Hodges for the first.
Receiving their second letters
were Bill Ehman, Chris Wright,
Travis Stewart and Cecil Diet-
er t.
Lettering for the first time
were Billy Canavan, Jimmy
Schuchardt, Cecil Noah, John
Wayne Uecker and Eugene Can-
avan. These nine lettermen will
form the nucleus of next year’s
team.
Last, but not least, the Grey-
hounds are to be commended for
the wonderful spirit and team-
work exhibited throughout the
season. It was one for all and all
for one and it was very apparent
in the team’s play.
Nice going, Greyhounds, —
you had a season to be proud of.
FROM HIGH TO LOW
A heat record.for November
was recorded on Tuesday 20th
when 80 degrees was shown.
Other years when November
was a hot month are 1900, 1924
1942 and 1949.
The norther which was slight
ly delayed, arrived about 6 P.
M. on Tuesday with tempera-
tures beginning to drop immed-
iately. Even with the tempera-
ture in the low 40 it seemed
much colder.
Louis Zinsmeister
Mr. Louis Henry Zinsmeister
passed away in San Antonio on
Monday, November 12th, where
he was taken for hospitalization
after a short illness.
Born on February 22, 1876 in
Castroville, he had attained the
age of 80 years, 8 months and
20 days.
Rosary was held on Wednes-
day evening at 7:30 at Ebens-
berger Funeral Home.
Funeral services, were held at
St. Peter’s Catholic Church on
Thursday, November 15th at 10
A. M. with Father Francis
Kalina officiating.
Interment was in the Boerne
Cemetery.
Mr. Zinsmeister a life long
member of the Catholic Faith,
is survived by his daughters Mrs
Arnold Haby of Medina Lake
and Mrs. James Bush of San
Antonio, sons, Edward of Boerne
John of Medina Lake and Henry
of San Antonio, eleven grand-
children and 6 great grand-
children.
Mr. Zinsmeister with Mrs
Zinsmeister who preceeded him
in death the past May, lived in
Bandera County until about five
years ago when they moved to
Boerne.
Pallbearers were Herbert
Boehme, Louis and Eddie Zins-
meister, Loice Odom, Howard
Haby and Don Fryers.
BOB CAT KILLED
NEAR BOERNE
Creating quite a bit of ex-
citement and interest was a
large made bobcat brought into
Boerne on Monday morning by
Mr. E. W. Jamison. The cat,
measuring 37 inches from head
to tail was killed by Mr. Jami-
son on the Jamison ranch near
Boerne.
The killing of this animal is
worth more than $100 to the
community. There is no doubt
that this old crafty animal has
killed many sheep and goats and
young deer in the surrounding
territory.
Hunting Season
Opens
The hunting season is in full
swing with hunters coming thru
Boerne from almost every cor-
ner of the state.
Many fine deer and turkey
have been brought to local stor-
age places. Boerne Locker Plant
has to date 116 deer, 2 turkeys
and 1 javelina.
Rose Riverside Grocery has
stored so far 55 deer and 3 tur-
keys.
Owen Edgar Rogers
Ensign in the U. S. Navy,
in Pensacola, Florida, passed a-
way in the Naval Hospital on
Monday, Nov. 19, after a short
illness at the age of 26 years, 6
months. His wife will accompany
the body to New Braunfels. Fu-
neral arrangements are pending.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
S. O. Rogers of Tetonia, Idaho.
Mrs. Rogers is a sister of Mrs.
V. V. Lawrence of Boerne and
Mrs. Florence Brownfield of
Elsa, Texas.
Bishop Earl Dicus of San An-
tonio will be at St. Helena’s
Episcopal Church on Tuesday
evening November 27th at 7:30
o’clock for the purpose of con-
firmation. After the service a
reception will be held in the
Parish Hall.
P.T. A. Meeting
The .regular meeting of the
Boerne Parent Teacher Associa-
tion was held in the High
School Auditorium Thursday,
November 15 at 8:00 p. m. The
invocation was given by the Rev
Mr. Gauntt and group singing
was led by Mrs. David Epperson
and Miss Emmie Lou Nielson.
Mrs. LeRoy Day presided in
the absence of the President,
Mrs. Tom Ransdell. Following
the reading and approval of the
minutes of the previous meeting,
The treasurer’s report was ac-
cepted. This report stated that
approximately $600 was netted
at the Halloween Carnival and
Mexican Supper and of this sum
a total of $345 was allotted to
the schools as follows:
High School, $115.00.
Junior High, $60.00. i
Elementary Schools, $170.00.
Approval was given to two
recommendations from the ex-
ecutive board. The first appoint
ed the Superintendent and Prin-
cipal of High School and the
President of the P. T. A. as a per
manent board to decide the stu-
dent to receive the $50 scholar-
shiy to be given annually by the
local unit. The second recommen
dation approved was the P. T. A.
Christmas project which would
provide candy and fruit for the
elementary schools and donate
$10 each to High School and Ju-
nior High to be used as needed.
Mrs. Vernon Adler made the
motion that the P. T. A. allot
$100 (if the funds are available)
for a program to abet the Na-
tional Polio Foundation goal of
education and immunization in
our schools. This fund to include
financial aid for children who
otherwise would not receive the
Salk vaccine shots. The motion
carried.
It was announced that Study
Courses will begin in December.
These will include the Parliamen
tary and Procedure Courses.
Membership contest winners
were revealed as (1) Mrs. Wil-
son’s first grade, (2) Miss Niel-
son’s third grade and (3) Mrs.
Kirkpatrick’s second grade.
The September meeting at-
tendance prize was awarded
Mrs. Wilson’s class.
At the close of the business
session, the Fourth Grades pre-
sented a very enjoyable Thanks-
giving program composed of mu-
sic, recitations and a skit. Fol-
lowing the final musical solo,
the School Counselor, Mr. Kosub
gave an interesting talk on the
duties which his position re-
quires. His summary was thor-
oughly appreciated by all par-
ents since our school has never
before had a trained couselor
and many understood neither
the duties or purpose of one.
The Sixth Grade mothers
were hostesses for the social
hour which followed adjourn-
ment of the meeting.
Clifford Mooers
Funeral services for Clifford
Mooers were held on Monday
afternoon at Seattle, Wash. Mr.
Mooers former home.
Mr. Mooers, age 67, passed a-
way suddenly in New York on
Tuesday of last week.
Mr. Mooers, was well known
in Boeme where he maintained
Kenmore Farms.
We extend sympathy to the
family.
Wayne Schuchardt, Roy Sch-
uchardt and son and Junior
D’Spain returned from the Win-
ter Garden District with two
bucks.
Star To Print Next Wednesday
Due to the fact that Boerne is observing
Thanksgiving on Thursday, November 29th., the
Star will go to press on Wednesday.
Please bring your news copy and ads in by
Tuesday noon-
"Know Your City"
In the Presidential Election
just held, Kendall County citi-
zens showed they were well a-
ware of the value of the ballot.
The following shows the actual
vote compared with the poten-
tial.
Pet.
No. of
Actual
Poll taxes
vote
1
paid
423
479
2
65
72
3
112
125
4
25
29
5
183
204
6
76
75
7
43
53
8
56
49
9
17
17
10
37
49
11
438
464
12
140
170
/
1615
1786
In addition there were 74 ab-
sentee ballots cast in the Coun-
ty — thus the total vote for the
County for President was 1860
while there were 1615 poll tax-
es paid. The exempt votes bring
about this total.
February 1st is the last day
to pay your poll tax for 1957.
That trip to the Tax Assessor
and Collector’s office is the one
trip that IS really necessary.
This Series Sponsored by the
Boerne Business and Profession-
al Women’s Club.
Boerne Grange
Report
The Boerne Grange met in
regular session on Friday, Nov.
16. Overseer Henry Moss presid-
ed in the absence of Master
Harry Grosser, who is ill.
Various committee reports
were given and discussed. There
will be an installation of offi-
cers at Comfort on Dec. 14. All
the Granges of this county and
the Fredericksburg Grange will
take part.
The Boerne Grange will have
•it’s annual Christmas party on
Dec. 21. Pomona Grange will
meet at Boerne on Jan. 7.
The outgoing and the incom-
ing officers met at the Wollsch-
laeger home on Nov. 12, to plan
the work for the year ahead.
Committees were appointed
and particular emphasis was
laid on membership attendance.
On the Lecturers program,
Mrs. H. C. Crumpton read “The
First Thanksgiving.” Mrs. Irene
Moss read a poem, “I’m Thank-
ful”, Miss Alma Heiligmann,
Mrs. Harold Schults took part in
a candlelighting ceremony. Mrs.
Ella Agold read av'Thanksgiving
Prayer. Mrs. Lena Taylor spoke
on Farm and City Week. Mrs.
Taylor said a town of under
4000 residents is not considered
a city.
The spread in price between
what the farmer receives for a
product and what the consum-
er pays is usually brought about
by the cost of transporting, pac-
keging, etc.
Only 13 per cent of the popu-
lation are farmers of which only
three million are organized as a-
gainst seventeen million labor-
ers. Jliis puts the farmer at a
decided disadvantage, Mrs. Tay-
lor said, because of the rela-
tively small number of votes
controlled by farm people. It is
therefore imperative that farm-
ers organize. Mrs. Taylor furth-
er noted that every time labor
receives a raise in wages, the
price of what the farmer buys
goes up without a compensating
increase in the price of what he
sells.
Delicious refreshments were
served by the following host-
esses. Mrs. H. C. Crumpton,
Mrs. Paul Holekamp, Mrs. L. H.
Willke, Mrs. J. E. Wittman, Mrs
C. G. Newton, Mrs. Louis Berg-
mann, and Mrs. Carl McKinney.
Map Presented
To County
An aerial map measuring 9x10
feet has been presented to the
Commissioners’ Court of Kendall
County by the Jack Ammann
Photogrametric Aerial Engi-
neers and given by Jack Am-
mann.
The map of Boerne apd a
three mile radius, shows very
plainly all the improved and un-
improved tracts of land as well
as the Cibolo creek and the high
way and many side roads, which
should prove a great help to as-
sessing of the land shown.
The map has been placed on
the north wall of the Commis-
sioners’ Court room.
The Court is indeed grateful
to Mr. Ammann for this very
valuable and useful map.
Open Letter
The following letter has been
received by County Judge C. G.
Newton from Governor Allen
Shivers at Austin.
Acting under the designation
of authority made by the U. S.
Secretary of Agriculture and
following consultation with of-
ficials of the Texas County
Judges and Commissioners Asso-
ciation. I am today designating
as entitled to reduce freight
rates on hay and roughage as
authorized in interstate com-
merce, order No. 55, No. 56 as
amended and order No. 57 those
persons in counties of Texas des
ignated as major drought dis-
aster areas whose applications
are approved by the County
Judges of the several counties
and who require the hay and
roughage for use and not for re-
sale.
The import of this action is to
extend the benefit of freight
rate reproduction to allow feed-
ers of hay and roughage and not
merely to those who have been
approved by farmers home ad-
ministration for federal goven-
ment subsidy on such feed.
It is my understanding that
your office the forms for use in
certifying live stockmen as eli-
gible for this rail rate reduction.
Should livestockmen wish to
purchase hay and roughage
through a feed dealer, the deal-
er may- take the certificates is-
sued by you confirming the live-
stockmen and serve has his
agent.
I am sure that all of your peo-
ple who will benefit by this rate
reduction will share my grati-
tude to you for your leadership
in this important matter.
Best wishes,
Allen Shivers
The November meeting of the
Boerne BPW Club will be held at
the Elite Cafe, Tuesday, Nov-
ember 27. Dinner will be at 7,
the business meeting to start at
8. Mr. Vives Atsara, a portrait
and landscape painter from Bar-
celona, Spain will speak on gov-
ernment issues in Spain. Dr. Ann
.Sutherlad of Scotland will speak
on life in her country. Members
are requested to make their din-
ner reservations by Saturday,
Nov. 24th.
FIRST DEER KILLED
The first buck of the season
was brought to Bigs by Jim
Hausman of Bergheim who lull-
ed the 6 point buck.
Hausman was awarded a leath
er gun case by Bigs.
The contest for the widest
spread will be decided at the end
of the hunting season, an award
is also offered by Bigs for this.
KILLS RUSSIAN BOAR
Mr. Tillman Williams of Ly-
ford, killed a large Russian Boar
on the Hugman near Boeme.
The Hugman Ranch is operated
during the hunting season by
A. H. Gerfers, ower of Bigs in
Boerne.
Mr. Gerfers stated that the
hunting on the ranch was much
above everage this year.
The Lions Roar
Lion Tailtwister, “Dennis the
Menace”, was in rare form
Tuesday night. He fined Lion
Shepard for killing a buck which
had rope bums around his neck
and Lion Ranzau for not killing
one. Lion D’Spain was fined for
killing a buck which weighed
over a hundred pounds and Lion
Tomlinson was fined for not kill-
ing a buck on his day off and
for working. No matter what
you did, it was wrong. Lion Fish
was inadvertantly called Lion
Smith by the TT and got fined
for sitting with three Texas
Aggies. The Falstaff “Twins”
and Doc. Day were all fined for
being late, but Jiggs made up for
it by donating a dollar to be
auctioned off, Chinese fashion.
The dollar brought in nine dol-
lars to the TT Fund and Lion
Nagy upset Lion Hawkins and
Newtons little game of a penny
raise. Louis bid a dollar for it,
thinking that nobody would
overbid him at a dollar even, but
it finally sold for a dollar ten
to Lion Lewis. Lion Young got
caught throwing a spit-ball at
the TT and Lion Nagy was fin-
ed a quarter for just being an
Aggie. Looks like the “Menace”
was trying to get advance re-
venge for the Thanksgiving foot
ball game! Lion Newton remark-
ed that the President had failed
to open the meeting properly
and that all fines should be re-
paid and Lion Saxon banged the
gaVel so hard and so close to the
Tailtwister’s back, poor Dennis
jumped a country mile. Lion
Young won the attendance prize,
he thought, but as he was not
present at the previous meeting,
he was ineligible. Lets keep
building it for Lion Shepard to
win! Lion Kosub, the Counselor
for the Boerne and Comfort
Schools was the speaker of the
evening and did a nice job on ex-
plaining his duties to the Club
and then showed a movie on
“Mentally Retarded Children.”
Nice going, Elmer, but how a-
bout joining the Club? Next
meeting at the Elite on Decem-
ber 4th. at seven-thirty P. M.
USO CAMPAIGN
Kendall County is still cam-
paigning for the USO. County
Chairman H. A. Sundberg an-
nounced that the county will
seek to raise its proportionate
share of $422.00 of the Texas
goal of $702,396.
“We can no longer think of
our boys and girls serving in the
uniform of our county without
thinking of the wonderful job
which USO is doing in their be-
half,” said Mr. Sundberg. “The
USO, actually, has become an
important part of our Defense
Forces.
“Since our Universal Military
Training Law will continue to
drain our young people and send
them on duty in many parts of
the world, we cannot afford to
let down in any part of our de-
fense—and that definitely in-
cludes USO, the County Chair-
man said.
USO now has 232 units in op-
eration, 25 of these overseas,
and not to be overlooked—18 are
located right here in our State
of Texas.
At the moment our Nation is
thankfully not engaged in active
warfare, but American boys for
years to come will be called up-
on to spend a part of their lives
in the Armed Forces to defend
the peace.
Any veteran will be glad to ex
plain the wonderful times and
the many benefits they received
from the USO while in service
and how much it helped them in
their loneliness away from home.
A check made out to the USO
and mailed to Mr. Sundberg will
be promptly forwarded.
Mrs. Anton Rusch and Mrs. H.
C. Stueve visited Wednesday in
Comfort with Mrs. Rusch’s sis-
ter, Mrs. Anna Schilling.
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Davis, Jack R. The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 22, 1956, newspaper, November 22, 1956; Boerne, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth863866/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Patrick Heath Public Library.