The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 9, 1960 Page: 1 of 8
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Highway Hearing in Austin
RUNOFF VOTE LIGHT
Kendall County Democrats
voted light in the June 4th run-
off primary, where only one
, T ....... state wide office was to be de-
Judge M. A. Shumard, Jr. precisely is to be done with their dded The contest was between
presented the following argu- property. They may learn the judge Lloyd Davidson of Travis
ments before the Texas High- same thing at a public hearing Gounty and District. Judge W
way Commission in Austin on but have no voice whatsoever m rp McDonald of Bryan.
way vjuimiusoiun m T. McDonald of Bryan.
June 1 in behalf of the citizens the decisions of which they aie Davidson received 7 votes and
of Kendall County regarding advised; and therefore see no jy[cDonald 13, in Boerne, there
the access roads to the proposed useful purpose m further hear- having been only 20 votes cast
Highway 10. ings on frontage roads. We wish Rere jn Comfort Davidson re-
__ „ ‘ e t0 add here that we rec^lze ceived 9 votes and McDonald
The Hon. Texas Highway the rebuttal statement which no 5 votes, only 14 votes were cast
Commission doubt occurs to you on this ques there. This made a total in the
Austin, lexas tion of loss of faith in public county of 16 for Davidson and
Gentlemen; ^ +lnp works. We are sure you would 18 for McDonald.
This discussion concerns the tell us what our legislature has Under a new law Primary run
objection of the people 01 K - authorized you to proceed as you 0ffs are now held in June in-
dull County, Texas, to so much dQ and th/people of the United ^“/of hot August.
of the proposed construction of gja^es ]iave authorized the Con- _
u- s- Highway Inte^®tate as gress to act as it does and that MRS. FRIEDA M. PHILLIP
refuses the construction of co - aR gucb authorization have been .
tinuous frontage roads around considered by the majority and Funeral services for Mrs.
the two principal towns ot t le ur purpose is to carry
County. These towns aie Boeine ^hose edicts of '
Vol. 55
Issued Every Thursday in the Land of Sunshine Milk, and Honey
Boerne, Kendall County, Texas, Thursday, June 9, 1960
No. 26
Route OK’d
Accept Teaching Positions
The state highway
sion Thursday approved the
and Funeral services ior ivir». ® ,■ p TTfr in in Kendall
_ ----------- vour purpose is to carry out Frieda M. Phillip, nee Ungbein, joutog for IIH 10 in Kei^
County. These towns are Boerne fhose edicts of the people to the were held at Ubensberger Fu- ty * int two miles north
and Comfort and the frontage begt of your ability> Again we neral Home on Wednesday, June Boevnel
roads m question would extend ind we do not raise any 1st at 3P.M. with the Rev. . followed a public
Of interest locally is the news
of two Boerne girls, graduates
of old Boerne High, who have
accepted teaching positions in
commis- far-away places.
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,ads in question would extern remind you we do not raise any ist at a r. m. wim a. action foUowed a public
a few miles around each town. aues«on as to vour purposes. Chris H. Kehl of St. Geoiges • . B yan 00
We thank you for this opportun- g;mply; we argue strenuously Episcopal Church, San Antonio, TheScommiSsion did no
ity to meet with you today toi por a cbange in highway
a discussion of the matter.
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con- officiating.
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discussion of the matter. struction procedures. ' ^raillip oniy recently mov
\ou have in youi filesatians vmi th?^ Qvo n- ^d ^ Land 0 Hills Nuismg v.irfVi-trToxr nrimmiaamn
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cript of a public hearing on this We ff^ave^nroblems^a?- Home to make her home here -,
and other plans connected with ^are Satf and Nation today after living in San Antonio with June L
the construction of Interstate 10 in£ 0U1 btate lw daughter. Mrs. Emily Hamp-
fore the highway commission
ne 1.
Howvever, the commission said
the construction of Interstate W ^ our he? daughter, Mrs. Emily Hamp a
ia Kendall County, ® ter of frontage roads is very ^n. She passed away aft a tion to objections to the routing
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judge’s comment before reach-
At that hearing, m addition w nol- Born in Sisterdale on Septem- ^ fi l dpdqi-ori
what I will summarize here, oth- ^fi^fffxedhv Federal ber 19, 1884 she had reached
er arguments for construction of Authori^^d therefore this the age of 75 years. She received
frontage roads were presented 7 t onlv in the hope ker education in the Sisterdale
to your engineer representatives. School. In 1905 she and Mr.
On this matter I advise you against the ^dolph Phillip were umt-
that the disappomtme d when the nolicv regarding in
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Miss Mollie Moss who for the
past four years has been a teach
er in the Runnels Junior High
School at Big Spring is making
final plans to leave in August
....................................... for Tripoli, N. Africa where she
Miss Sue Hillmann is leaving has an assignment with the Air
igy » *
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The commission order declar-
ed that from the standpoint of
economics, traffic service and
were unit overa11 public interest the plan
that the disappointment of the ed in marriage. Ha Preceded SSS,“« %^totSSh English -and so-
peopie is very keen Both the fr(ytage roadg may be changed her in death m.1947. To this by-ythe bureau of public roads she has accepted a two cial studies for one year-
City of Boerne and the Kendall Kendall County, along with couple three children were born, yp ents “the logical and prop y contract to teach High For the Past S1X weeks Mollie
KeeSS“ yout gtJe i^a'slmilarpoStLn'beaf- ^ _ E£ a^alt “and SffSSXSft
fnd^^hdLwMbTeftiorto “erthtehefpay f^n taxi ^““e^ed^O8 y^rT O. E. S. INSTALLATION School and 6th.grade Science
the construction plan referred ands d^ entitled7 as individuals One daughter, Mrs. E. W. (Em- Masonic Hall was beautifully dai^ng the ieg f 1 ward foreign people.
to. The City of Boerne has tak- tQ parucipate ’ in State and hy) Hampton of San Airtomo, decorated in pink roses for the t ■n , Qrbool is a nrivatelv Her route wid take her to
en action. I believe, to abide by ^a^onaj pr0gress_ and ^he youngest son, Harry order of Eastern Stars Installa- ^ /qpnnm1;national Charleston, S. C. by Commercial
its resolution which was pre- i which fohows philhp of Boerne. Five grand- tion held on Saturday evening. en1do^ed’.n?2?u“ddbvTarlv mis Air Lines’ from there by M. A.
sented at the public hearing re- ^ the argument which fo o children and 3 great grandchild- The message to the incoming 8^00! established by early mis- T tQ wheelig A> F B in ^
ferred to. The commissioners we wish you to consider that ren mourn her passmg Also sur- officers waS; -Let your light so sionaries for^ their childien The ^ While in N_ Africa Mollie
Court of Kendall County here- Ke.ada^ £ , and vivin£ are sisters, Mrs. W. C. shine before men that they may sch°o1 w situated on ^ acJfa^e hopes to travel in the Mediteran
with presents its opinion to you, opi J Anfhoritv with (Ber^ha) Scheel of Lockhart, see your works and glorify your suirounded by g > ean area and go to Germany to
through me. to, ^ Federal Authority with Mrg M> w (Emaie) Schultz, father which is in Heaven. Matt. a uoctural flower visit a friend teaching there.
The remarks which follow are what is termed in a Court of New Braunfeis> and Mrs. Alvina 5.16 Accompanying Sue will be her Mollie received her B. A. De-
not directed as personal cnti- Equity clean hands> . Kendali Pape 0f San Antonio. One broth- installing officers were Nellie roommate, Miss klary A ce gree in English at S. W. T. S. T.
cism of individuals connected County has m the Paitici- er> Herman Langbein of Sister- Burg| Marguerite Bowman, Carr who will teach m the Pub- g^ gan Marcog and is the daugh-
with these highway decisions, pated m , . rv dale. Marshall, Ruth Klabunde, Chap- he School. ■ ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Moss.
Particularly we are advised that ture of Public funds m every Sbe was tenderly laid to rest 1 in Rutb Holekamp, Organist, Sue is a graduate of South- -—
it is the United State Bureau of State and National highway pro- in the family plot in the Boerne Alic’e Gerfers, Secretary Pro- western University, Georgetown LI0NS R0AR
Public Roads which will not al- ject recommended for its aiea, cemetery under the direction of f where she received her B. S. De- Tbe RnprTlp
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that policy and that you are ab- standing from the 1930 s. (These of the deceased, Eugene, Ervm gay and Idrs_ Ruth C. Hole- Houston School. Mr and Mrs. day June _ and aR present en_
solutely unable at this time to bonds, we an you, e and Arno Meckel, Herbert Lang- ^amp piayed a piano selection. Fred Hillmann aie ue P joyed seeing a very educational
secure any change of it whatso- rently ^being ^ paid off^by the bein> otto phillip> Jr< and Chas. Ka^hyy MatrPon> 0livia Bed- ents. J-A - -y - ■
3£L S fron&oaTsTan bonds for the construction of __good. Jr McQUINN BUILDING
be built if necessary.) We do Highway 87 approximately 25 MRg> PAULINE ECKHARDT K mSi-ot, Frances Parker MATERIALS, INC.
not criticize the policy referred years ago which highway will ^ , Ass0- Matlon- - ^ «nNORET)
not criticize the policy relerreci y«u*» {Xa+oto To
Funeral services were held on
Tuesday, June 7, 1960 at 2 P. M^
policy is destructive*oi tne goais ^ for Mrs. Pauline (nee Zedler)
of an adequate highway system tei state use, wriiuiiiu •_ Urkhardt
in the State of Texas and the da?ke^ a^ ^ ^ wRb your de. Mrs. Eckhardt passed away —
Kendall County Area, and, re- ^trTent toPthe^greatest extent at the home of her son-in-law Laas.
gretably, will eventually result P^ment to the^ greatest ext^ j ^ daughter; Co, and Mrs. M. chaplain, Julia Aue
in loss of faith by thepeop e i efforts to secure for H. Hawkins on June 5, where Marshal, Edna Rackley
the highway program. This fee - construction of Farm she had made her home and had Organist, Mary Easley
lnUureSuXinmregarf to S to Market roads the width which been a bed patient for many Adah, Evelyn Davenport
be held f-—rdD»S yeBorninLuling,TexasonAug.
in Interstate 10 Highway con- I heheve your Department le had reached the
zgz’Asm “£ srsy- ew- s^,80 w 10 “a
general concensus of opinion makes a^fthroaiJ ^bi^ of 3 Rev. Joe Sheldon conduc-
xmssrt«s sawi
film on Diamonds, from the mine
to the jeweler’s shop. This film
was obtained for us by our own
Lion Fred Hillmann and we all
appreciated his effort at getting
came us a good program for the even-
the ing.
And “HEAR THIS” at our
Asso. Patron, W .E. Ziegler
Secretary, Ruth Cole An outstanding honor
Treasurer, Estelle Miller Boerne this week when
Conductress, Dorothy Beer American Home Magazine hon- Ana njCiArt inis at our
Asso. Conductress, Adeline ored tbe McQuinn Building Ma- next meeting, Wednesday, June
terials, Inc., with national recog- 15, 7:30 P. M. at Ranch House
nition as a certified Home Im- Restaurant, we will have anoth-
provement Center. er film on the highlights of
Less than two percent of the 1958 World Series between the
Nation’s Building Materials Yankees and the Braves. We are
dealers qualify for this award, getting this film again through
It is quite an honor that Boerne the courtesy of the San Antonio
has one of these honored few. Mission Baseball Club and we
We join the citizens in con- are truly grateful to this fine
gratulating the McQuinn Mater- ball club for their kindness in
ials, Inc. letting us have this film.
Following is a copy of the Apparently all professional
Ruth, Marguerite Bowman
Esther, Vera Merchant
Martha, Roselyn Daley
Electa, Jessie Wittman
Warder, Mary Carter
Sentinel, Robbie Rackley
Following the program,
that individuals may go w uie « fnnr* narrow ted the services which were held Following the program, re- Following is a copy ot me Apparently an proiessionai
office of the resident engineer some saving hy a ^ie at Ebensberger Funeral Home, freshments consisting of cake telegram they received announ- baseball clubs have these films
to learn in courteous detail what rig^ox-.way1we nave £ Interment was in the Boerne and punch were served. cing the honor. to show to their own players to
BOERNE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE
Calendar of Coming Events
Friday, June 10:
Masonic Lodge
Saturday, June 11:
Rainbow Girls, 2:00 p.
m.
Sunday, June 12:
Attend services in the
Church of your choice.
Monday, June 13:
Commissioners Court
Tuesday, June 14:
Fair Directors Meeting
Wednesday, June 15:
Buffalo Patrol 6:30
Boy Scouts 7:30
at Methodist Church
W.S.C.S. Methodist Church
Thursday, June 16:
Boerne C. of C., 7:30
occasion bought the right-of- Interment was in _
med by1*you^anTat the wfdth you Survivors are daughters, Mrs. UECKER REUNION
cing the honor. to show to their own players to
To McQuinn Building Mater- show them the really fine points
ials, Inc. of this our truly great Ameri-
L E. McQuinn can sporting event, and that is
Congratulations why your Boerne Lions Club are
You have been selected by so interested in getting the Lit-
annual American Home Magazine as a tie Leaguers all assembled, with
certified home improvement their coaches we hope, to see
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have recommended. Of recent Iris Hawkins, Boerne Mrs. Eighty descendants of Her-
date, in the 50-50 project on Louise McGehee, ban Benito, man and Caroline Uecker gather
Highway 87 North of the town sons, William F. Eckhardt oi ed at Raymond Russell Park,
and^ai?expending1^! thi? date”, AusttafAlso^ine grandchildren fa^iyUreunion! theU an”Ua certified home improvement mem coacnee we nope, to see
thousands of dollars to pay our and five great grandchildren, Tbe youngest descendant pres center. Less than two percent of this film on the following Thurs-
nart of the program Where our Sisters, Mrs. Jane Bunde, Gregg ent wag four-month old Linda nation’s building materials deal- day or Friday night. And we be-
people have needed improve- ton, Mrs. Louise Gips and Miss Lou Voigt, 0f San Antonio The ers qualify for this national rec- heve ^u^lf about
ment£; on Fann to Market roads Ranees Luling. Sclim^dT^SaiTMamos ^ °gYo|iT'leadership in providing this picture to attend the show
and. the construction of bridges b ptalbea^erg were Fred Grem_ Sc^od^ Jtfndil£ from Boerne customers with complete and re- with their own future big leag-
against high water,^andjhe e Robbie Rackley, John Kir- were Mr and Mrs Alton Ueck- liable home improvement ser- uers. More information about
rUndaJrtake such projects, we =chke and E. W. Ebensberger. andfamily, Mr. midairs. Ar- vkesjs the major factor m our
ntS W SOCIAL SECURITY S £-dWer, Mr.^nd J™, Editor,^ halloame^ ^ -t
way. I do not, at this date, know How much is social security Mrs. Ottmai H , • • _. The Boerne Lions again invite
of any project you have recom- worth to you and your family. Hilmai bchee > • NAMES ADDED TO all interested persons to attend
mended for this County which There is no one answer, because Mrs. Edgar Bernstein. JN AMEo auunu iv
we have refused. With that the amounts depend on several
STREET SIGN PROJECT this show on Wednesday night,
Three names have been added either by attending our dinner
to the street signs for Boerne (cost $1.25) or come in later,, a-
^"thrS^rffC! “nnfd Ztrim hyZrmwS tat'gTlip. m.'^Bo see this
frontage roadsfs j^peff orKen Xo ben- following schedule of stops for merce^
dall County and that the State efits, can receive less than $33.- the Texas State Library Book- B. Eb^aberiger
of Texas alone has paid for and 00 a month. No one person can mobile for June. pPTntPv Mr and Mrs Gilman Hall
is paying for such roads for receive more than $120.00 a Pipe Creek Community^Center Mr iand Mrs• ima^ ^ ^
evey locality in the State which month. No one family can re- 2 to signs having been donated. Ap-
needsthem. ceive more than $254.00 a 9.^o to lO A’ M on Thursday, proximately 144 signs are need-
On the frontage road issue month. , T.'mUlfi ed. Donations in any amount
consider the factor of safety, For further information see June 16.
tend the dinner, please call Lion
Milt Hawkins telephone 410, be-
fore noon Tuesday, June 14, so
that he can make the necessary
reservations with our Chef.
NOTICE
un me xxuiii/ctgc xuau icouv ,«wuv... ... . „ ,. 0 t-t-j-i n ed. uonations m cuij8 I have sold my building to Di.
consider the factor of safety, For further information see June lb. ., 10.05 wiii be received by the Chamber Wiley J. Williams of San Anto-
one of the largest matters be- your social security representa- Lindendale Com y • ^ Commerce. Mail check to nio who will practice dentistry
fore any state today. An inter- ^t^nPWBidUing 1 Stonewall Weinheimer’s Store Alex Fish or Mrs. I. A. Kutzer. in Comfort, Texas, soon. He wiU
state highway is essentially a “a* 1:1°^^Albert Maenius One debar or more wdl help the appreemte your pat^nage^^
(Continued to back page) M. Store 2:30 to 3:10. fund grow.
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