The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 9, 1982 Page: 1 of 22
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BOERNE, KENDALL COUNTY, TEXAS 78006' THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9,1982
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VOLUME 78, NUMBER 50 .
USPS 0-59-740
Reward Offered
Santa Claus Comes To Boerne
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information
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“get his money back.” One
good way to stop this prac-
tice is to demand a sales
invited to attend this annual
free concert, Blatchford said.
O’Day) and Marie Seiter, $50 (Smith Jewelers). Parade
winners were Bijou Pizza first, $50; Kendall County Fair
Court, second, $25 and Rittimann Plumbing, third, $10.
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Crime Stopper program, the
reward will be handled in
such a way that the person or
tions winners this year were Nancy Klatt, $50 gift cer-
tificate and Arthur Vadnais, $25 gift certificate. First
place “Inside Decorations” plaque was awarded to The
Accent Shop, with The Lord’s Acre winning honorable
mention.
Diane Backer and Jerry Rittimann, as Mr. and Mrs.
Santa Claus, enter Boerne on Thursday evening in style in
a white convertible as Rudolph was a little shy due to hun-
ting season. The convertible climaxed the Hill Country
Christmas parade which terminated on the Town Plaza.
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present its annual Christmas keep down forgeries and
Coupon books were awarded Saturday to Debbie D’Spain, Concert today, December 9, bogus checks which pick up
$100 (Ebners); Nancy Shaw, $50 gift certificate (Mode at the High School Gym. The in numbers during this time
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And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a
decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should
be taxed. And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius
was governor of Syria. And all went to be taxed, every
one into his own city. And Joseph also went up from
Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth into Judaea, unto the
city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he
was of the house and lineage of David:) To be taxed with
Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
(St. Luke 2:1-5)
It’s Christmastime,
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TELL SANTA—Jerry Rittimann listened sym-
pathetically Thursday night to many children and a few
moms who appreciated being able to visit with Rudolph s
Keeper, in person, on the Town Plaza. Christmas Days
Coordinator Linda Smith said the holiday festivities have
grown to such an extent that Hill Country Christmas per-
sonnel will be appointed as soon as new Chamber officers
are elected in the spring. The appointees will be responsi-
ble for different phases of the December activities. Ms.
Smith expressed appreciation for everyone who helped to
make the weekend a time to remember.
Julie Williams, Miss Boerne, served as the symbolic
“tree lighter” for the festivities Thursday night on the
Plaza. The two growing pine trees on the Plaza are strung
with lights each year and their lighting officially opens the
holiday season in the Key to the Hills city. Home decora-
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years ago on December 7. destroyer McClanahan
Now a resident of Town and during WW H.
A reward is being offered
for information leading to the
arrest and Grand Jury indict-
ment of the person or
persons involved in last
week’s shooting spree in
which more than three dozen
automobile windows and
windshields were damaged.
Boerne Police Chief Don
Wood said some local resi-
dents have put together a
reward fund to aid in the
capture of suspects in the
shooting. Wood declined to
say how much money is
involved because, he said,
for full restitution
prosecution,” he said.
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at 7:30 p.m., Director Joe There also is the old
Blatchford said. “exchange” ploy, which
The Greyhound Band and already has been tried, with-
Choir will perform such out success, in one Boerne
seasonal favorites as “Sleigh business establishment. This
the bills. The trick has been
the pasting of the ends of
larger denomination bills
over the ends of one-dollar
bills.
Merchants are asked to get
a description of the person
pulling off such a caper, and
getting the person’s vehicle
license number, and deter-
mine the direction he is
headed, if possible.
Caution also should be
exercised, according to
police, in cashing large
out-of-town checks without
verifying them. Identifica-
tion should be sought from
the check writer in order to
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Wonderland,” and a medley someone goes into a store
of German Christmas songs and removes a piece of
entitled "Froehliche merchandise from a shelf,
Weihnachten”. walks around a bit, then goes
The public is cordially to the exchange counter to
game violations,
driving while
suspended, one;
offenses, four;
Merchants and their
cashiers were especially
cautioned to scrutinize the
larger bills of currency
before dropping them in the
cash register. One scam
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Jolly... and wary. been pulled off in the area.
Boerne Police this week Cashiers should check the
issued an alert aimed toward numbers in the corners of
4 businesses in the area, bills in the denomination of
warning of various scams and ten dollars or more and make
swindles that crop up during certain they correspond with
the Christmas season. the numbers in the center of
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'during the Christmas season.
-This is the plan whereby
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walks around looking at
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I_ and Christmas usually brings
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45 Prisoners
Housed in Jail
During November
Forty-five prisoners were
housed in the Kendall County
Jail during November,
Sheriff Lee D’Spain reported
this week.
D’Spain said the arrests
and incarceration of the
prisoners was due to the
combined efforts of all
agencies of Kendall County
law enforcement.
The 45 prisoners were
lodged for a total of 66 days
on a total of 58 charges,
D’Spain reported. A break-
down by category is as
follows:
Homicide, two; motions to
revoke probation, two;
felony warrants, two; mis-
demeanor warrant, one;
unlawful carrying of
weapons, three; theft, one;
assault, one; criminal
mischief, four; criminal tres-
pass, one; disorderly
conduct, four; resisting
arrest, one; intoxication, 13;
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Persons having knowledge
about the shootings may
contact either Wood or Myer
at the Police Station and
their names will be
protected, Myer said. If
suspects are arrested and
indicted, the persons making
the report will receive the
reward.
Wood described the
shooting siege as “the worst
case of vandalism since I
came to Boerne” in
September, 1982.
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there probably will be more officers, said one objective of
donations to the reward the Police Department is to
fund. assure full restitution to the
Police, meanwhile, victims when the persons
continued to check out leads involved are arrested.
in the shootings, and were Police reported one more
still receiving estimates of car damaged by gunshots
damage to the vehicles and over the weekend, but could
the Boerne State Bank’s 24- not determine whether the
hour Teller which also was incident involved the same
damaged. persons who went on a spree
Wood said the total Monday night, November 29.
probably would exceed “We are being besieged by
$8,000 when all the damage is victims wanting to know the
totaled. Lt. Walt Myer, who progress we are making, and
has been working on the case whether there will be restitu-
along with Wood and other tuion for the damage,” Myer
Arizona also helped get the 1941, he had already passed Francisco.
West Virginia blazing, the ripe old age of 20. Not too long after the
Seven torpedoes hit the I d been a deck hand, on Armistice, he entered a small
Virginia and it was sunk ‘all the electrical gang, watch restaurant in Tokyo. “There
the way’. There was a 200 stander, fighting, eventually was a lot of hate for the
foot long gash along one side doing a little bit of every- Japanese people then, but
and it was all caved in. Of thing. the Japanese couldn’t help it.
course, the Arizona had so Although the Tennessee One of our servicemen was
many men still in t ir bunks went on, after repairs, De La giving the working girls
and every place else. They Guerra believes, to the Coral there a lot of static. They
caught it.” Sea battle, he was were almost crying. I said
For three days, De La transferred to a destroyer Don't let a d.. fool like that
Guerra was considered after the Tennessee docked upset you. You couldn’t help
missing in action. The launch, in California. His ship, the this war any more than I
unable to reach the USS McClanahan did escort could/I was in uniform at the
Tennessee, had placed the duty with a 30 ship convoy in time and was a lieutenant.”
sailor aboard a repair ship for the Atlantic. - The Navy officer served in
destroyers, where he served “We were involved with the Korean war and was in
as an assistant to the gyro- submarines and surface the service until 1953, when
compass man for three days, ships. I liked the duty better he was mustered out at a
Finally getting back to the for there were many more Naval Ordinance Plant in
Tennessee, De La Guerra types of work to do. My Louisville, Kentucky.
found that it had suffered rating at this time was De La Guerra is married to
two blows, one on top of the Electrician Mate, First Class, the former Margarita Wood
turret, with one man killed We did have a few fracases, and lives in Town and
inside. The other bomb hit One German sub surfaced Country Manor. Blood clots
the center gun Number 1 after our depth charge caused amputation of one leg
turret, close to the breech. damaged it, and their men several years ago. Mrs. De
Neither one did much and our men started La Guerra lives in Pipe
damage,” he said. The 35,000 throwing potatoes and any- Creek.
ton ship was able to sail back thing else they could find, at History states that at 7:55
to California for repairs, each other. The ships were a.m. Japanese aircraft,
Approximately 2,000 men side by side. But the sub estimated at 150-200 planes,
served on her in peacetime, wasn’t damaged too bad and fighters, bombers and
De La Guerra said. did get away.” torpedo planes were
De La Guerra said he De La Guerra also served launched from three to four
enlisted in the Navv in on an attack transport (APA) carriers to make their sur-
Georgia where he lied about in the Pacific and was sent to prise attack on the morning
his age, listing 17 years. By a receiving station in San of December 7,1941. In Pearl
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BY ANN McNAIR
It was 7:55 a.m. in Pearl
Harbor, Hawaii that Sunday,
December 7, 1941.
Carlos De La Guerra was
preparing to go back to his
battleship, the USS
Tennessee. When the bombs
started falling, De La Guerra
and other service personnel
hailed a taxi which ran
carload after carload of men
down to the beach.
“Only a d... fool wouldn’t
have been afraid then,” the
Boerne resident said this
week remembering the
massive destruction.
When he crossed the sandy
beach and got into a 50 foot
motor launch with 20 other
men, he was unable to return
to his ship. “It was the
Japenese last flurry of
attack, and I was more afraid
there in the bay of getting hit
by our own ships’ anit-air-
craft shrapnel while they
were firing at the Japenese
planes than any of the bombs
being dropped.”
On December 6, the battle-
ship USS West Virginia had
tied up next to the
Tennessee, “She’s the baby
that got it. She really got it
that morning. The fire from
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