The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 5, 1957 Page: 1 of 6
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ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY IN THE LAND OF SUNSHINE, MILK AND HONEY
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CORONATION
CEREMONY
Pomp and pageantry marked
the crowning on Saturday even-
ing of Queen Jonnie Jo of the
House of Reynolds. The event
was staged in the Fair Grounds
Dance Hall amid a large respon-
sive group.
The stage was decorated with
a large pink fan which was
used against a pale green back-
ground. Clusters of red roses,
fastened to four shaped dark
green fern and tied with huge
pink bows were effectively used
—A profusion of fern was used
across the front "of the stage
and at the sides of the steps
leading to the stage.
Judge C. G. Newton, in behalf
of the Kendall County Fair As-
sociation welcomed visitors to
the 52nd annual Fair and Coro-
nation. Louis Reams Orchestra
furnished appropriate music for
the occasion. Miss Patricia
Schmidt, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Eddie Schmidt, Queen of
1956 was first to enter the
stage. She took her place to the
left of the throne. Kenneth
Herbst was her escort. Master
Harry Davis, III, acted as crown
bearer. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Davis, Jr.
Little Miss Cheryl Hill and
Miss Nancy Jo Reitz, cousins of
the Queen were flower girls.
They are the daughters of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Hill and Capt.
and Mrs. J. D. Reitz of San An-
tonio.
Next to ascend the stage was
Her Gracious Majesty, Queen of
Kendall County Fair, Miss Jon-
nie Joe Reynolds. She is the
daughter of Mrs. Ab. Brown of
Refugio, wearing a white floor
length gown, the fitted strap-
less bodice was of lace over taf-
feta, the bouffant skirt was in
tiers of gathered net joined by
wide bands of inset lace, finish-
ed in back with taffeta bows
and rhinestone clips, to com-
plete her ensemble the Queen
wore short white gloves, a
rhinestone bracelet and ear
rings, she took her place on the
throne.
Miss Frances Lee Helm, chos-
en Princess of the Kendall Coun-
ty Fair entered next, her waltz
length gown was of palest pink
tulle, embroidered in silver
thread, the snug bodice was held
in place by tiny self straps. She
wore a rhinestone bracelet and
carried blue mums, her shoes
were of satin in a matching
color.
She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. F. H. Helm, Jr. She
was seated to the right of the
Queen.
Miss Irene Fisher of Kerrville
Queen of South Texas Fairs and
Stock Show Assn, was next in-
troduced. Her escort was Bill
Womack.
Out of town court members
honored were Queen of Gillespie
County Fair, Miss Helen Schu-
mann, escorted by Keith Keller.
Queen of Brady Jubilee, Miss
Dee Annfe Smith, her escort was
Gene Bratton.
In-town Duchesses were Miss
Mary Green, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Green. Her es-
cort was Billy Canavan. Duch-
ess Arlene Langbein, escorted
by Ralph Meckel. Her parents
are Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Lang-
bein of Sisterdale. Comfort
Duchess Miss Barbara Henning
was escorted by Olan Dean
Scheele. . * ,
In-town Duchess Miss Carolyn
Joe Harz is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs; Udo Harz.
Kendalia Duchess Miss Doris
Krause is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. E. C. Krause, Kenda-
lia. Escarting her was Jim
Hausman. Duchess Lydia Gross-
er is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Fritz Grosser. Her escort
was Louis J. Schaefer.
Duchess of Comfort, Miss
Carold Jean Zimmermann was
escorted by Milton Dietert. She
—Photo by Hillmann
fs the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Zimmermann of Com-
fort.
In-town Duchess Miss Mary
Katherine Vogt was escorted by
Charlie Huff. She is the daugh-
ter of Mrs. Otto Vogt.
Out of town Duchess Arlene
Allerkamp, chose Glenn Fowler
for her escort. She is the daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Aller-
kamp of Comfort.
When the Queen and her
Court had reached the stage, an
entertaining program was pre-
sented by the Comfort Little
Theatre Group under the direc-
tion of Mrs. E. K. Fla-ch.
Patricia Schmidt, Queen of
1957, placed the crown on Jon-
nie Jo’s head; thereby proclaim-
ing her Queen to rule during the
1957 Fair.
The newly crowned Queen
was then presentd with a beau-
tiful bouquet of white mums,
sprayed with glitter.
As the procession left the
stage, the Queen escortedMo the
steps by Judge Newton, was
met there by her escort,, Max
Zoeller of Comfort.
Princess Frances Lee was met
by Jim Smiser and Patricia’s
escort was Kenneth Herbst.
After the Coronation, dancing
to Louis Ream’s Orchestra .was
enjoyed by all. > N
—Photo*by Hillmann
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Thp Balcones Grange booth was awarded first place at the
Fair. The Comfort Grange won second and the Boerne Grange
third place.
FAIR VISITORS
Among the out of town visi-
tors at the Fair were Mr. and
Mrs. Tommy Reynolds and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Powers, and Mr. Blake McCree-
les of San Antonio.
Mr. McCreeles filmed many of
the interesting events of the
Fair, including the parade, the
Midway and the cattle barns.
Parts of the parade were shown
on KONO-TV Saturday night on
the newscast.
Monday afternoon during the
Tommy Reynolds Show pictures
of the Fair were shown, with
commentary by Mr. McCreeles
and Fair President Archie Ger-
fers who were in the Gerfers
home giving the description ov-
er the telephone to the many
listeners of the Reynolds show.
Our thanks go to these fine
people for. the publicity given
the Fair.
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Mr. and Mrs.: Garfield Schlath
er and three children of Dallas
spent the weekend here, divid-
ing their time between Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Esser and Mrs.
Louise Haag at Kendalia.
HOMEMAKIN GIRLS
DISPLAY SUMMER
WORK AT FAIR
A number of Boerne ^ high
school girls earned one-half
credit in homemaking this -sum
mer by participating in group
projects and doing individual
work in their homes.
Many of the things made
were exhibited in a booth at the
fair. These included aluminum
and wooden trays and other
items made in group work, cloth
ing articles, canned foods, bak-
ed products, pictures painted,
photo finishing, and items paint
ed with “Tri Chem” paints.
The walls of the laboratory at
the homemaking cottage were
painted green for some group
work.
Girls receiving one-half credit
for summer hoinemaking work
were: Doris Clark, Phyliss
Hazen, Patsy Klein, Anita Leal,
Joyce McDaniel,,- Janice Moss,
Sandra Olson, Rosemary Schu-
etz, Ray Janice Schwarz, Ver-
nell Seewald, Mary Stewart,
Peggy Uecker, Martha Weber.
One of the largest crowds to
visit the Kendall County Fair
since the large Centennial cele-
bration was on hand to help
the 52nd annual Fair of
1957 a record Fair. The receipts
were sufficient to take care of
all the obligations and a bal-
ance will be carried over.
A large number of neighbors'
and members of civic bodies in
other communities were pres-
ent.
There were many fine race
horses present the races were
outstanding. In the fourth race
of the second <jay two jockeys
were thrown from their mounts
and one horse was injured.
The Kendall County Derby
was dedicated to Mr. Alf. McD.
Gilliat, who was a director and
secretary of the Fair until he
passed away earlier this year.
This feature race for a mile
and seventy yards was won by
Brown Q, Go Girl second and
Purse Lu third. Brown Q was
ridden by C. Woodley. Mr. G. M
Chaney, owner of the winner
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Saun-
ders of San Antonio enjoyed the
Fair festivities here during the
weekend.
was presented a fine blanket.
Miss Jonnie Jo Reynolds, Queen
place the robe on the winner.
Three interesting ball games
were carried on during the races
qach day. The Boerne. White
Sox won all three of them.
The first day Fredericksburg
Giants played Boerne. The score
was 5 to 2 in favor of Boerne.
Sunday Boerne defeated He-
lotes 6 to 2 and Monday Boerne
defeated New Braunfels 11 to
10.
The livestock and agriculture
exhibits were the best in years
and we will try to print some of
the prize winners next week.
Monday night a rain of about
one and one-half inches fell on
the grounds closing the carnival
and halting much of the activi-
ties.
We take this opportunity to
join all the citizens in offering
congratulations to the president
directors, committeemen, exhib-
itors, workers and supporters
for producing such an outstand-
ing exhibition and entertain-
ment.
TWO-CAR CRASH
NEAR BOERNE
An ambulance and two wreck-
ers responded to a wreck early
Saturday morning near Po Po,
in which two cars were involved.
One driven by Alvin Sueltenfuss
of Welfare and the other by Jim
McNeeley of California.
In the car with Sueltenfuss
were his wife and only daugh-
ter Theda Ann, age 12, his moth
er. Mrs. Emma Sueltenfuss,. all
of Welfare and Mrs. Joe Phillip
of Boerne. The group was en-
route to Boerne at the time of
the accident. The collission oc-
cured after the Sueltenfuss car
had entered highway 87. Mrs.
Phillip and Mrs. Sueltenftfss Jr.
both suffered crushed vertebra.
Mrs. Sueltenfuss, Sr. has'a frac-
tured arm and broken pelvis;
Theda Ann also has a cracked
pelvis bone. All received cuts
and bruises. They were rushed
to Peterson Hospital, Kerrville
where the three women and
child are hospitalized. Only Suel-
tenfuss who was thrown from
the wrecked car was not ser-
iously injured. Both Mr. and
Mrs. McNeely suffered cuts and
Mrs. McNeely has a broken
ankle.
HILL COUNTRY LEAGUE
STARTS PLAYOFF NEXT
SUNDAY, SEPT 8th.
At a meeting of the Hill
County League last Tuesday
night it was decided to start the
play off immediately. The
Fredericksburg Giants drew
lots to determine which of the
three teams in the first place
tie they would play. They drew
Helotes and 'therefore will play
them next Sunday, while the
other two top teams, Boerne
and Stanley will starte the bat-
tle at Boerne will be for two
wins for either team, which
may necessitate three games,
winners of the first round will
play in the same arrangement
for the final round.
In other words it’s best two
out of three in two rounds, with
Stanley playing at Boerne and
the Giants playing at Helotes
for the opening game next Sun-
day. -
We hope to see some good
games and lots of fans out.
FIRE MEETING
The annual meeting of the
Boerne Rural Fire Association
will be held at 8 o’clock Monday
night at the fire house. Election
of directors and officers will be
held. All contributors to the
rural fire fund are invited, Land
owners interested in becoming a
part of the BRFA are welcome.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Max
Vogt were Mr. and Mrs. Dick
Grona of Austin.
The Lions Boar
Lion Newton was appointed
temporary Tailtwister last Tues-
day night, amid the groans of
all members present. We can’t
understand why the boys should
object to such a quiet and un-
assuming tailtwister, or isn’t
that the way you heard it ?
Newt fined Lion Prexy Saxon
right quick for inviting the
Army in as guest speaker while
the Navy was Tailtwisting. Lt.
Bill Noll did a nice job of bring-
ing us up to date on the Army
Reserve Unit which recently
moved here and established an
armory. Lion Hawkins was late,
as usual and Lion D’Spain for-
got to,come at all, again as us-
ual. Le^, we are going to issue
a warrant and have the Sheriff
pick you up and bring you in
for the next meeting. It will be
a lot of fun to see the Sheriff
D’Spain bring in Lion D’Spain.
for a change. Lion Becker won
the attendance prize again, boys
so be sure to nail him for the
coffee this week. There is no
reason why Foster should make
any profit out of the deal. Lion
Knight got fined for winning a
first prize at the Fair with his
plumber’s job of building a gun
collection and. Lion Ranzau was
fined for not being able to get
his limit of doves the first day
of season. Newt said he was
shooting -..with Bruno and he
could swear that Bruno did not
get a single limit. Our decorated
car won third prize in the pa-
rade. What’s the matter with
us? Last year we won a second
place and before that we won a
first place. The boys sure are
slipping. And as the football
season opens Friday night at the
High School Stadium, let’s all
go out and listen to Lion Fish
and his usual line of chatter.
Just remember, Alec, .which
side is up.
Returning on Saturday from
New York were Mr. and Mrs.
Fritz Toepperwein and son
Kenny. While in the East they
visited Nova Scotia, Washing-
ton and many other points of
interest.
Visitors in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Charlie Rust over the
Labor Day; weekend were Mr.
Gene Morris of Seymour, Tex-
as, Mrs. Minnie Scarborough of
Long Beach, Calif., Mr. and Mrs.
W. S. Hall of Dripping Springs,
Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Rust of Del
Rio, Mr. and Mrs. A L Moffett
of Longview, and Mr and Mrs.
T. P. Scarborough of Corpus
Christi, Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Uecker are
vacationing in Virginia, Georgia
and points of interestin the
Southeastern States. They are
attending the Tennessee Jubilee.
VOL. 52
Boerne, Kendall County, Texas, Thursday, September 5, 1957
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