The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 25, 1960 Page: 4 of 8
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THE BOERNE STAR
BOERNE AIR FORCE
SERGEANT PARTICIPATES
IN HISTORY-MAKING
DISCOVERER CATCH
McClellan AFB, California,
August 18, 1960.—TSgt. John
W. Dixon participated in the
history-making first recovery of
a Discoverer Capsule in the Pa-
cific the evening of August 11,
1960. He was a member of the
552nd Airborne Early Warning
and Control Wing’s recovery
task force unit which was re-
sponsible for locating the axact
spot where the Discovered cap-
sule hissed into the Pacific.
Sergeant Dixon is the son of
Mr. Winthrop and Mrs. Cather-
ine Dixon of Box 1891, Boerne.
He is presently a Airborne
Technician with the 963rd AEW
& C Squadron of the 552nd Air-
borne Early Warning and Con-
trol Wing at McClellan AFB,
Sacramento, California.
Radar directions from the RC-
121D Super Constellation flying
radar station nearest the in-
bound track of the plummeting
Discoverer nose cone guided six
Air Force C-119’s to the exact
location of the satellite in the
oceon. Positive direction-finding
fixes from the C-119’s (Aircraft
equipped to hook the capsule in
the air) and the Raiti Victory
(A specially equipped Navy ra-
dar ship) confirmed the position
of the falling capsule too late to
effect an aerial recovery by the
C-119’s.
Command responsibility for
the RC-121D’s rested with Lt.
Col. Vincent J. Graves (McFar-
land, Kansas). The RC-121 that
gave the final directions for the
capsule recovery was command-
ed by Major Francis P. O’Hop
(Seattle, Washington). All air-
craft and the naval vessel, Haiti
Victory, took directions from
this aircraft. The directing was
accomplished by 1st. Lt. Joe B.
Grace (Overton, Texas), Senior
Radar Director, of the 964th
AEW&C Squadron. 1st. Lt.
Richard L. Luvisa (Glendale,
California) of the same squad-
ron assisted Lieutenant Grace
at a second command scope.
The 552nd Wing’s Super Con-
stellation flying radar station
directed the Haiti Victory north
ward until the ship was within
range to launch both of its heli-
copters. The choppers were di-
rected the remaining 75 miles to
the actual pick-up spot by the
flying radar station.
The RC-121D’s from McClel-
lan have been playing an active
role in Project Discoverer, the
RC-121D’s fly out of Hickam
AFB, Hawaii.
All told, 20 aircraft made up
the airborne recovery fleet for
this shot, dubbed the Lucky
13th. In addition to McClellan’s
four radar Super Constellations,
16 other recovery planes inclu-
ded nine C-119 Flying Boxcars,
five C-54’s, a U-2, and a C-130
Hercules.
The usual mission of the RC
121D Super Constellation flying
radar stations of the 552nd Air-
borne Early Warning and Con-
trol Wigri is to fly sentry duty
up and down the West Coast on
a constant 24-hour-a-day alert
for intruding enemy aircraft
These giant, humped “Warning
Star” aircraft are designed to
provide those extra few minutes
of early warning which could
mean the difference between sur
vival and complete destruction
for the North American Conti-
nent. j
The 552nd AEW&C Wing is
an Air Force Air Defense Com
mand member of the North
American Air Defense Com-
mand — a joint effort by the
U. S’, and Canada to protect the
North American continent a-
gainst enemy attack.
SCHOOL LUNCH
ROOM MENU
Tuesday, Aug. 30:
i/2 pint milk
Luncheon meat.
Creamed carrots
Potato salad
Bread and butter
Applesauce
Graham crackers
Wednesday, Aug. 31:
14 pint milk
Hamburger on bun
Lettuce and tomatoes
Onions and pickles
Potato chips
Canned peaches
Icedd Lemon cookie
Thursday, Sept. 1:
V22 pint milk
Baked beef patties
with
Tomato sauce
Green vegetable salad
Buttered corn
Bread and butter
Purple plums
Peanut butter crackers
Friday, Sept. 2:
14 pint milk
Salmon salad
or
Pressed ham
Buttered peas
Macaroni and cheese
Carrot sticks
Bread and butter
Strawberry jello
PATS CLOBBER WEAK
STANLEY TEAM
The Pats Cubs of Fredericks-
burg easily turned back the
Camp Stanley Defenders 15-6
here last Sunday on neat nine-
hit pitching by Orin Rippy and
Wimpy Eckert.
The Cubs hurlers held Stanley
in check most of the game ex-
cept in the fourth and sixth
when the local club scored three
tallies in each inning:
Pats scored the large major-
ity of their runs in the third
and seventh frames by picking
up six runs in each encounter.
The visitors also scored in the
first and the fifth.
Tragedy struck the Stanley
team in the second inning when
shortstop Del Asher was serious
ly injured in a collision at the
keystone bay. Young Asher was
rushed to the hospital in San
Antonio early in the game.
The big gun in the Pats at-
tack was Vernon Petsch who
collected four hits in five times
at bat. Doug Patton and Ray
Minor, Jr. collected homers for
the Defenders in the three run
Stanley sixth innig.
Next Sunday Camp Stanley
will journey to Kerrville to meet
the Kats in a scheduled game
that was rained out earlier this
month.
Thursday, Aug. 25, 1960
py 3, Eckert 1; BB, D. Minor 3
Rippy 6, Eckert 1; HBP, D. Min
or (by Rippy).... W. P. Rippy,
D. Minor; Passed ball, Cameron
2; Balk, Eckert; DP, R. Minor
Sr., D. Patton, R. Minor, Jr.
LOB, Pats 8, Stanley 11; WP
Rippy; LP, D. Minor; Umpires
Wilson & Anderson. Time 4.23.
BE ON THE LOOKOUT
FOR SNAKES
It would seem that snakes
have invaded Main Street. On a
recent evening Mr. and Mrs. H
R. Harz and their grandchildren
were seated in their yard when
they were attracted by antics of
their pet cat. Upon investigat-
ing Mr. Harz discovered the can
was watching a copper head
snake, which he killed with a
hoe. The snake measured 18
inches.
The Harz’s live on North
Main street.
Pats
AB
R
H
R. Enderlin
6
1
2
C. Cameron
6
2
3
V. Enderlin
4
2
1
V. Petsch
6
2
4
B. Hodges
5
2
0
B. Roeder
6
1
3
G. Scharein
3
0
0
K. Eckert
2
1
0
G. Enderlin
4
3
1
O. Rippy
2
0
0
C. Ransleben
2
1
2
Totals
42
15
16
Camp Stanley:
AB R
H
D. Patton
4
2
2
C. Nobles
4
0
2
R. Minor, Jr.
3
1
1
H. Minor, Jr.
4
1
1
H. Duennenberg
4
1
0
C. Patton
5
1
1
D. Asher
0
0
0
J. Adams
5
0
1
D. Minor
4
0
0
Totals
37
6
9
Pats ________________ 106
202 600—
15
Major Dudley K. Lansing an
nounces that Glenn E. Rust, FR
18 585 899 has enlisted in Co.
“E”, 5th. Med. Tank Bn., 37th.
Armor, with headquarters at
Boerne. We welcome this young
man from Comfort; and predict
that Glenn will be a outstanding
soldier.
BOOKMOBILE
The Texas State Library Book
mobile Demonstration for Ban-
dera, Gillespie, Kendall and Kerr
Counties will continue through
March, 1961.
Bookmobile will be at Boerne
Public Libary on Saturday, Aug.
27th, 1:45—3:15.
RBI. Petsch 3, Roeder 2, C.
Patton, J. Adams, R. Enderlin 2,
Cameron 2, D. Patton, R. Minor
Jr. 2, 2B, Cameron, Petsch; HR
D. Patton, D. Minor Jr.; Errors
D. Asher, Roeder, R. Minor, Sr.
4, Schrein, V. Enderlin, C. Pat-
ton, R. Minor, Jr., 2, H. Duennen
berg; SB Roeder, Ransleben.
Sac. Rippy; SO, D. Minor 6, Rip
PARTIES FOR MISS VOGT
Mrs. R. E. Bowen, Sr. and her
grandaughter, Miss Judy Lynn
Bowen honored Miss Mary Kath-
erine Vogt, bride-elect of Char-
lie Huff with a rice bag party
on Sunday in Mrs. Bowen’s San
Antonio home.
On Saturday evening Mr. and
Mrs. J. P. Bowman compliment-
ed the young couple with a bar-
becue at the Bowman country
home. Those prrsent besides the
honored guests and hosts were
Mrs. Otto Vogt, Mr. and Mrs. J.
A. Huff, Mr. and Mrs. Nick Koe-
nig and children, Mrs. Donald
Moss and two children and Mr.
and Mrs. Leo Peterson.
Mrs. C. M. Sparkman was a
Boerne visitor on Saturday.
Mrs. Richard Harbordt and
children of San Antonio have
been spending some time at the
Coughran country home.
See the Chevy Mystery Show in color Sundays, NBC-TV
THE YEAR’S
BESTSELLER
CHEVROLET
You couldn’t pick a better time to buy your new Chevrolet
(or Corvair) than right now when more people are buying
them than ever before. Chances are good you’re going
to like what Chevy’s got just as much as everybody else.
(Especially the money you’ll save.) Check your dealer
on the details while there’s still a wide choice of models.
LOCAL RESERVIST
IN MOCK WAR
First Lieutenant Davie L.
Richmond, Boerne, Texas, boarc
ed a C-119 “Flying Boxcar” a‘;
Kelly Air Force Base, San An-
tonio, Tuesday, August 16th to
leave for Charleston AFB South
Carolina. Lieutenant Richmond
is ohe of the more than 200 re-
servists from the 433d Troop
Carrier Wing, based at Brooks
AFB and Kelly AFB, who are
taking part in the largest com
bined Air Force Reserve—Army
manuevers since the Korean con-
flict.
LOCALITES RETURN
FROM HAWAII
After spending 15 days with
their daughter, Sue in Honolulu,
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hillmann re-
turned home on Wednesday
morning. Besides visiting Hono-
lulu they flew to two outer is-
lands, Kanai and Big Island Ha-
waii. They saw the town Ka-
poka which was destroyed by
the erupting of a Volcano in
early spring.
They report Honolulu is really
is beautiful as everyone says it
is, the flowers, hibiscus, orchids
night blooming cerus and many
others are indescriable.
The trip from Hawaii to Los
Angeles was made by jet, fly-
ing 6 miles up at a speed of 650
miles per hour, with the tem-
perature 25 degrees below zero.
The trip home was made in 12
lours. They report a most de-
lightful trip.
Just wondering if you have
noticed the changes that have
occurred at Ebner’s Drug Store.
Seems that after the store front
received a fresh coat of paint, it
necessitated changes to occur on
die inside. The store has chang-
ed _ over to semi-self-service
which allows their customers the
opportunity to browse and see
all the merchandise on display.
LEAGUE STANDING
W L
. Boerne 12 5
ats 11 6
Helotes 10 7
Giants 10 7
Stanley 6 10
Kerrville 6 11
All Stars 4 14
August 21 Results
Helotes 2, Kerrville 10.
Pats 15, Stanley 6
Boerne 16, All Stars 3.
Sunday, Aug. 28
Stanley at Kerrville (Rained
out game).
BOERNE SHOOTING CLUB
FRIDAY NIGHT SHOOT
AUGUST 19, 1960
REST:
H. Marquardt
240
245
485
Ed. Whitworth
244
245
489
Jane Lloyd
240
243
483
C. Graves
240
240
480
A. Walthers
240
243
483
Bull
245
244
489
Totals
1449
1460
2909
O. Marquardt
245
248
493
Jess Lloyd
247
249
496
L. Jungmichel
240
241
481
W. Steenken
240
242
482
B. Graves
240
241
481
Judd Hill
243
243
486
Totals
1455
1464
2919
OFF HAND:
Helwig Marquardt
115
Ed. Whitworth
102
Jane Lloyd
95
Carroll Graves
95
Arthur Walthers
97
Total
504
Oscar Marquardt
97
Jess Lloyd
106
Lothar Jungmichel
95
Wehland Steenken
95
Judd Hill
95
Total
488
Looks like the Oscar Mar-
quardt team was too much for
the Helwig Marquardt team.
Oscar winning the first round
by 6 points, and also won the
second round by 4 points. Jess
Lloyd was the high shotter for
the night with a 247 and 249,
for a total of 496. The Helwig
Marquardt team did not give up,
as they came back in the off-
hand shoot and won by 16 points
Helwig himself was high with
a 115. The Sunday medal shoot
wlil be on August 28th instead
of August 21st.
A real treat awaits you at the
(Utheran barbecue, Sept. 25th.
Money for the purchase for
pews to replace the theatre type
seats was raised Sunday at the
Boerne Church of the Nazarene.
Omer J. Gilstrap, pastor reports.
This follows installation of air
cooling in the church and is in
ine with the expansion of the
church facilities under construc-
tion at this time. Rev. Gilstrap
also reports substantial increas-
es in attendance of all church
services.
PATIO SUPPER
Sheriff and Mrs. Lee D’Spain
entertained with a patio supper
on Tuesday evening at their
lome honoring three of their
sons on their birthdays, Ronald
and Donald who were 14 years
old and Rankin who was 13.
Present were Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Fischer, Mrs. Billy Hollo-
well and daughter Barbara of
New Braunfels, Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred Kneupper, son Clifton,
Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Krause,
Bobby and Terry Brussell,
Mrs. Emma Fischer, Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Wengenroth, Ralph
Kneupper and George Schwab
of Kendalia.
Also Miss Alice Spencer and
Phyliss Berry of Comfort, Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Werner and
son Raymond of Blanco, Mrs.
Frank Sultenfuss, Mrs. Eugenia
Smith and children and Tommy
and Susan Pfeiffer, Boerne.
Insect infested lawns can be
cleaned up with the right insec-
ticides, say entomologists of the
~Vxas Agricultural Extension
Service. They suggest a visit
with the local county agent for
complete details on control mea-
sures.
Mrs. W. R. Kreinheder is
spending two weeks in Austin
with the Kreinheder’s daughter
Mrs. Howard Knippa and their
young son, whil Mr. Knippa is
attending Reserve Air Force
School at Brooks Field, San An-
tonio.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Forde went
to Waco_ on Friday to take their
grandchildren home. The child-
ren^ Sharon, Jimmy, Deborah,
Rebecca, Mary and Russell had
spent two weeks visiting their
grandparents, the Forde’s.
The intelligent person does
not have to talk loudly to make
a point, unless he is among nit-
brains, which makes sensible
conversation useless to start
with, so why talk loudly?
This is the sprightly Impair Convertible
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vice president in charge of Styling Staff,
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the experts say it is.
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