The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 21, 1957 Page: 1 of 8
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ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY IN THE LAND OF SUNSHINE. MILE AND HONEY
VOL. 52
Miss Johnnie Jo Reynolds Selected
1957 Kendall County Fair'Queen
Boeme, Kendall County. Texas. Thursday. February 21. 1957
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Johnnie Jo, her escort, Floyd Leeder and Miss Carolyn Jo Harz. Members of the Fair Asso-
ciation, Janies Grate, Allen Haag and Fritz Sultenfuss on stage. Seated at the judges table were
Kyle Rote, Mrs. Dickson and Mr. Dickson (not shown.)
VALENTINE DANCE
v A tradition which has been ob
served by the Kendall County
Fair Association since Boerne’s
Centennial year in 1949, has be-
come an annual event which took
place on Saturday evening at
Herff Park, when twelve lovelies
of this area were paraded and
ft interviewed for the sought-af-
ter title of “Kendall County
Queen.”
Each contestant upon enter-
ing the hall was given a red
heart which was numbered, this
. was pinned to the girls dresses
/ for the judges to see. They were
seated with their escorts at
tables in the hall’s center. These
were adorned with arrangements
of white flowers and red light-
ed tapers.
Narrating the event was Mr.
Archie Gerfers, President of the
Kendall County Fair Association
who introduced the three judg-
es, Kyle Rote, Mary David who
played in the “Vagabond King”
on Broadway, who now is Mrs.
A. Dickson and Mr. Dickson. The
'3 judges then took their seats on
the stage, which also carried out
the Valentine motif. A big red
heart in a silver frame was used
as a background with garlands
of red roses.
Mr. Dickson is “Art” Old Sage
on TV. Also Director of Shrine
Chanters.
Louis Reams Orchestra play-
ed “Let Me Call You Sweet-
heart,” which was the theme for
the evening.
Injected into the colorful pro-
gram was a bit of charm of for-
mer belles of the old South as
the lovely girls in their swiping
bouffant dresses promenaded.
Applause from the audieftce indi
cated their approval and admir-
ation.
The couples, known to the
judges only by number were in-
vited to dance, then the couples
beginning with number one thru
twelve were interviewed briefly
by the judges who were keeping
individual scores, rating the girls
by point system.
The judges decision was then
sealed in an envelope and given
to a committee composed of
James Grate, Allen Haag, and
Fritz Sueltenfuss, who announ-
ced the winner to be number
twelve, Miss Johnnie Jo Rey-
nolds.
As a new innovation, the run-
ner-up was chosen to be Prin-
cess, the choice fell to Miss
Frances Lee Helm, who was num
ber six. Miss Patricia Schmidt,
Queen of last year, presented
the crown to Johnnie Jo. Mr.
Gerfers then presented the new-
ly selected Queen with a bouquet
of red roses. Frances Lee re-
ceived a bouquet of pink carna-
tions.
Johnnie Jo is the daughter of
Mrs. Ab Brown of Refugio and
Frances Lee is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Helm, Jr.
Other entries were, Mary K.
Vogt, Mary Green, Carolyn Jo
Harz, Lydia Grosser, Doris
Krause of Kendalia, Barbara
Hennings of Waring, Arlene
Langbein of Sisterdale, Carol
Jean Zimmermann, Arlene Aller
kamp and Janice Kay .Linde-
mann of Comfort.
Choosing two girls to be queen
and princess was a difficult task
indeed for the judges as all
twelve contestants were beau-
ties.
Dancing followed the presen-
tation.
The Greyhounds wrapped up
their fourth straight district-
crown last Friday night with a
convincing 77-51 victory over
Schertz-Cibolo. This ran the
Greyhounds string to 30 consec-
utive wins in district play over
the past 3 years. This earned the
Greyhounds the right to meet
Cotulla, winner of 28-A, in the
first round of the regional play-
off. The game will be played in
the Alamo Heights High School
Gym at 8 P. M. on Tuesday
night, February 26. Cotulla has
a fine ball club and will be a real
test for the Greyhounds as they
attempt to go all the way.
Since the inaguration of a gym
in Boerne the Greyhounds have
amassed a very impressive rec-
ord. The Greyhounds had a 15-13
season record in 1952-53 which
included 11 wins and 5 losses in
district play. In the 1953-54 year
the Greyhounds had a very im-
impressive record with 20 wins
and 6 losses over the season
which included 10 wins and 2
losses in district play. The Grey-
hounds won the district title that
year and met a good Vanderbilt
team and won a squeaking 40-
39 victory. Then they advanced
to the region tourney and lost in
the first round play to a fine
Benavides team 56-33.
In 1954-55 the Greyhounds
had a very fine season record
losing only to AAA Temple in
regular season play as they
wound up with a 24-1 record
which included a district record
of 12-0. They advanced to Bi-
district and were beaten that
year by Vanderbilt 51-40.
In 1955-56 the Greyhounds
had a lot of rebuilding to do and
-got off to a slow start but end-
ed fast to post a fine season
record of 15 wins and 9 losses
which included a district record
of 10 wins and no losses. They
advanced again to the bi-district
level and'this time were beaten
by Ganada 58-53. - ,
The 1956-57 edition of the
Greyhounds has improved stead-
ily with each game to become
one of the best teams Boerne
has produced as they posted a
17-7 season record which includ-
ed an 8-0 district record.
In the past five years the
Greyhounds have posted 92 vic-
tories and have lost only 39
times. This record includes a 51-
7 record in district play and a
1-3 record in post season play.
So you see you can truly be
proud of your Greyhounds as
each year they work hard and
have played most of their non-
district games against much lar
ger schools. These boys have a
winning spirit now and with the
support of everyone could go a
ong way this year and every
year. You can also be proud of
the fine sportsmanship display-
ed by these boys each year.
Let’s all get on the Greyhound
bandwagon and see them all the
way. Win or lose express your
appreciation to these boys as
they have worked long hours to
be where they are.
Open House
Bar Association Banquet
_ The Hill Country Bar Associa-
tion met for a Dinner Meeting on
Saturday evening at Ye Kendall
Inn, with Gordon Hollon, Malnor
Shumard and M. J. Lehmann,
members of the Kendall County
Bar Association as hosts. Mr.
E. H. Swain of Eden, presided.
Dr. Richard D. Mudd of Sagi-
naw, Mich., was guest speaker.
Dr. Mudd is an author and stu-
dent of Civil War days. His
physician-grandfather, served a
prison term for administering
to John Wilkes Booth after Pres-
ident Lincoln was assanited. Dr.
Mudd’s talk centered around
Lincoln.
The head table flower arrange
ment was of pink stock and blue
iris.
The one hundred guests repre-
sented Bandera, Fredericksburg,
Junction, Austin, San Angelo,
Menard, San Antonio, Llano,
Eden, Marble Falls and Brady.
World Day Of Prayer Driver's Seat
World Day of Prayer will be
observed on March 8 at 10 A. M.
with the Boerne Methodist
Church and the Leon Springs
Presbyterian Church participat-
ing in the service.
The purpose is to unite all
Christians in a bond of prayer,
to give individuals an opportun-
ity to share in a fellowship of
prayer with others around the
world and to witness to their be-
lief that prayer has the power
to bring the hearts of men into
conformity with God’s will.
Join in this special service of
Prayer and Worship.
Comfort In
Mrs. Emma Berger, mother of
Mrs. Harry Schweppe was tak-
en to Peterson Memorial Hos-
pital on Saturday for medical
treatment.
. Comfort, Feb. 16. — The Com-
fort Bobcats copped the District
82-B championship without a
defeat when the Bobcats routed
the Center Point Pirates, 63-25.
B. Rosenbach meshed 21 points
to spark the Bobcats to the win.
The Bobcats will play the
Kyle Panthers, probably District
81- B winners, in the first round
of the region playoffs.
Comfort, Feb. 16. —- The Com-
fort Deer, sparked by Arlene Al-
lerkamp with 43 points, routed
the Center Point Piratettes, 58-
14, to cinch a tie with Harper
and forcing a playoff for District
82- B honrs.
The playoffs begin at Harper
Monday, the second game at
Comfort on Wednesday night
and if a third is necessary, it will
be played at Fredericksburg.
Seventy-five members and
fourteen guests enjoyed the
“Open House” meeting of the
Boerne Grange on Friday night.
Special Day notables and
Grange members who have Feb-
ruary birthdays were presented.
The script for this narration
was written by our beloved mem
ber Mrs. A. J. Theis and narrat-
ed by Mrs. J. W. McCreight.
Representing special day nota-
ables were Jim McCreight, Chas.
Rust, Harry Grosser, Sheridan
Newman, Clarence Dietert, Hy.
Moss, W. H. Weiss, Nancy
Schulze, Mrs. W. H. Moss and
Dennis Norris.
Mrs. Bill Tomlinson gave a
humorous reading, Harry Gross-
er gave a brief summary of
Grange policies and projects.
Judge Newton entertained
with several vocal numbers in
his usual jolly manner.
A. F. Leesch spoke briefly on
rural population trends.
The Hostesses were: Mes-
dames Max Theis, A. J. Theis,
Henry Weiss, Harry Grosser,
John Kutzer, L. E. McQuinn,
Harry Phillip, Herbert Seewald,
Foster Becker, Albert Schwope
and Misses Helen and Emma
Theis.
Stock Show
Award Winners
Following are some of the
judging awards of Santa Ger-
trudis cattle at the San Antonio
Livestock Exposition. In this
class, red, blue and white rib-
bons are awarded.
Two year old bulls B. L. A.
Nordan of Boerne.
Junior bull calves R. L. A.
Nordan.
Champion Bull, L. A. Nordan.
Two year Nold cows, B. L. A.
Nordan.
Junior Heifer calves R. L. A.
Nordan.
Champion Female, L. A. Nor-
dan.
Pairs of calves, R. L. A. Nor-
dan.
Mr. Ray Stanley of Dallas was
a recent visitor of Mrs. Stanley
and their three children, who
are temporarily staying with Mr
and Mrs. Henry Fabra.
Balcones Grange
News
Balcones Grange met for reg-
ular business meeting on Febru-
ary 14th with Master Maurice
Theis, presiding.
A letter from State Lecturer
Helen Franklin was read on the
meeting and luncheon for Ceres'
and Lecturers to be held at the
Gunter Hotel, on Friday, 22nd.
Vaccination of dogs was de-
cided on and the Youth Group
was to take charge of this pro-
ject. Anyone wanting dogs vac-
cinated can contact any Balcones
Grange Member.
A doation of $5.00 was to be
sent to the March of Dimes. A
letter was read from David Croc
kett Grange on the Lecturers Ex
change program and they will
have their program at our June
13th meeting.
Our Grange is to take their pro
gram to Poteet for our exchange
program on April 4th and a pro-
gram committee was appointed.
A guest speaker is to give a
talk on “Safety” at our Social
meeting on Feb. 28th. This is an
open meeting and the public is
invited.
A new supply of Pival Rat
Bait is on order and will be a-
vailable next week.
The Zoeller family has all been
on the sick list.
The Lecturer’s program was
very interesting with Valentine
and other holidays as topics.
Quizes with prizes were very in-
teresting.
Happy birthday was sung to
Helen Wade and Joe Davis.
Bank box was drawn for Gret-
chen Toepperwein, she not be-
ing present, next drawing will
be for $3.00.
Delicious refreshments were
served by Alfred Moreau’s.
The Lions Roar
Lion Tomlinson was appoint-
ed Tailtwister for this week’s
meeting and Bill did a pretty
good job, for a while. He fined
Lion Hawkins for being late, as
usual and of all things, he
caught Lion Knight without a
Lions Button and Jack has three
that we know of, past presi-
dent’, 100% attendance and reg-
ular. How come, Jack? And then
Bill just quit and sat down to
eat. He didn’t do a thing until it
suddenly dawned on him that
our guests had not been intro-
duced and Boy Howdy! Presi-
dent Saxon was fined and when
the guests still had not been in-
troduced, Bill fined all of those
members who had brought them.
Gerald still didn’t seem to get
the word, so old TT Tomlinson
nearly broke up the meeting
with his whistle and fined Gerald
again,and that time you better
believe that the guests were fin-
ally introduced. We welcome Dr.
Victor Kothmann as a new mem
Der and we enjoyed having C. S.
Crecelius and H. B. Sherman
with us. And guess what! Ladies
night will be held at noon time
on March 5th. The Lions will all
meet and visit school and will
have lunch at the school cafe-
teria. Lets all get out and help
make Public Schools Week a suc-
cess. Lion Shepard won the
“kitty” again, for the fourth
time. That puts him one ahead
of Lion Newton, but Newt only
wins the big ones so you better
watch out, Burt. Lion McQuinn
furnished a good film called
“The Sound of America.” And
do you know what the sound
was ? A couple of boys, with a
“do it yourself” program of build
ing a club house, and the pound-
ing of hammers was the theme
song throughout the movie! It
was an interesting film covering
the production of southern pine
from the trees to the finished
boards the boys were using. Mac
allows as how you can buy that
sort of lumber at McQuinn’s
Building Material Company, and
brother, that commercial is go-
ing to cost him plenty! We shall
be expecting all of you, and our
ladies, at school, Tuesday, March
5th.
Rainfall In Boerne
Heavy rainfall throughout the
state has been on the calendar
for February, with as much as 5
inches in some areas.
The official reading on Tues-
day was 69 point on Monday and
26 for Tuesday. Skies however
are still cloudy and the predic-
tion is that this area will receive
more moisture within the next
few days. The total for Boerne
and area is 1.02 inches.
County Court
Active
According to County Judge C.
G. Newton Kendall County had
a mild crime wave in January,
with twelve cases being tried in
County Court.
Two DWI cases heard by
Judge Newton this week were
Henry Louis Krenemek, Jourdan
ton, Texas, who plead guilty and
was assessed a fine of $150.00
and three days in jail, plus court
costs. Also Carl Alton Winters,
Comfort, Texas, who plead guil-
ty to DWI was assessed $150.00
fine, court costs and 3 days in
jail.
A hot-check case tried on Tues
day by Judge Newton, with
County Attorney Gordon Hollon
in attendance was James E.
Schott, the check for $15.00 was
drawn on a Fort Worth Bank.
Schott was on a two year pro-
bation misdemeanor from Waco.
The prisoner brought in by
Sheriff Lee D’Spain plead guilty
to the offense and was assessed
30 days in the county jail.
B&PWChb
The February meeting of the
Boerne B & P W Club will be
held Tuesday night, February
26th, at the Elite Cafe at 7
o’clock. Marguerite Neurendorf,
parliamentarian of the Hill
County B P W Club will speak
to the members on the subject
“The American Flag”. Members
are requested to make dinner
reservations by Saturday after-
noon, Feb. 23rd by phoning Mrs.
Roberts at 395.
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Davis, Jack R. The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 21, 1957, newspaper, February 21, 1957; Boerne, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth866826/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Patrick Heath Public Library.