The Medina Valley & County News Bulletin (Castroville, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 5, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 1, 1961 Page: 1 of 10
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CASTROVILLE, TEXAS, MARCH 1, 1961
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Horse Race Bill
participating in the campaign
being staged in the, 15 counties
in the council.
_ Castroville reported a total of
$549, behind Pearsalls $1722:.
Other totals included Dilley,
$523; Hondo, $435; Floresyille,
$362; Poteet, $300: Cotulla, $277;
Boerne, $231; Poth, $225;Runge,
$142; Lytle, $122; Bandera,
$100; Falls Cit, $84; and La 1
Vern ia, $69 Other communities
participating are Natalia, Char-
lotte, Jourdanton, Devine, Com-
fort, Stockdale, andLaCoste.
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VITAL WATER MAIN EXTENSION
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Sunday and nearly caused the .
death of an 11-year-old boy.
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Serious Injury, or even
death, could result, warned
, local utility official s. v
They pointed out a kite String
woven with a tinsel thread came
oin contact with a high-power
electric line in San Antonio last
“With thousands of persons now high-tailing to thi
for water recteation, the need for an around-the-lake
route U dietresning.Fo the timebeing however, leke
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E. “Red” Berry's proposed
constitutional amendment-
allowing voters a chance to
hold local option elections on
pari-mutuel betting—is on the
House floor in Austin.
The House, Constitutional
Amendments Committee agreed
Tuesday night the voters should
have such a chance and then
sent the bill.to the floor. The
proposal was approved by voice
vote by the 21-man committee.
If adopted by the Legislature
and approved by the voters in
November, 1962, the measure /
would permit local option elec-
tions in 9 major counties.
TRAPPIC TOLL RISES .
Traffic deaths so for this year
less than 5 years ago. ,3
In 1948, when the city assumed
ownership of the water util ity,
the level was 60 feet, ,2 years
beforectke start of the long
drouth." . / .
Meanwhile, Medina Lake wa-
ters continue to pour across the
spillway at depths which ranged
as high as inches. /The abun-
dant supply of water has resulted
in a continued rise on the Me-,
dine Rivet. • CPo 6
ora one per cent higher than a
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directed by city council at a
special meeting this past Tues-
day to proceed with the project.,
With good weather, work was
due to be under way this week.
Property owners pay
The action came after city
Secretary Charlotte Lafferty re-
ported 8 property owners had
‘put up their required amount of
money, and that Mrs. Elizabeth
Droitcourt had agreed to pay her
share of the costs.
The significant cost-sharing
plan was adopted by council at
its Jan. 24 meeting upon recom-
mendation of Mayor Pro Tem
Maurice Rihn and upon motion
by Councilmen Sammy Tschir-
hart and David Beck.
The property owners are paying
approximately $1900 for all ma-
terials, including almost 1400
feet of 3 and 6-inch mains, along
with fitting* and fire plugs. ‘ i
CITY PAYS, TOO
The city ia paying all costs
of the 6-inch Water main from the
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A project aimed at paving the rim road from Mi co
northward to Upper Madina Lake is being launched, it
was reported this week.
Doug Merritt, San Antonio Anglers Club president,
is lining up his program fgr on all-out effort to make the
road possible. Some already have sutggitod F. M. Davis,
native of Hondo and formerly the chief highway engineer
for this area, would be the ideal man to head up a com-
mittee to get the road project going.
Area water sportsmen who frequent Upper Medina Lake, J
especially seeking out the white bass, are keeping a close
eye on the plan, since it would mean a good, paved road all
the way.
Medina Valley’s Com. Hilmer Mangold had said late last
year, after the new Toll Road was completed, that the rim
road would be the next project. This road probably would need
to take the form of a Farm-to-Market or Park road, and require
the cooperation of county commissioners of Bandera and Me-
dina Counties.
. . Project backers, who said they’re sure the Texas Hwy.
Commission will listen with attentive ear to such a request,
declared: ... 14 , N . lu i,o, 9
It bad been decided last month
a goal of $7 0,000 in a 2-year
campaign would be launched,
probably in May, to finance the
project.
Members of the advisory com-
mittee have been securing ad-
ditional workers to assist in the
fund drive. Approximately 80 are
Aknactad tn take nsrt-
The pastor and his assistant.
Fathers Leo Goertz and David
Meurer, who are coordinating ef-
forts of the committee, have
pointed out the fund campaign
was pinpointed as the best solu-
tion to the costs, since such a
drive will reduce high interest
levies which would have gone
over $25,000. > ,
PACE PICKLE PACKER
PICKING PRODUCERS
Infevested in putting your
small acreage into cpcumber
pickles?
If so, a representative of the
Pace Pickle Co. will bo at the
Macdona Livestock Auction Co.
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday,
March 4. He will talk with in-
The MEDINA VALLEY & COUNTY
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Kite Flyers
Rib Medina Road to the property
line at Leon's Seed and Fertili-
zer Inc. All electric line costs
to the subdivision are being
paid by the city.
Tentative approval also was
given last Tuesday to the Droit-
court subdivision plat, pending
filing of an official plat under
provisions of Ordinance 50, the
subdivision control ordinance.
Atty. HUgh Meyer, representing
Mrs. Droitcourt, notified council
that certain strips of property in
the subdivision have been dedi-
cated for streets.
WASHATERIA PLANNED
Construction of a washateria
in the subdivision has been de-
layed pending installation of the
water mains.
In addition to Mrs. Droitcourt,
property owners included in the
water main project are Leon
Tschirhart, W. R. Griggs, Charles
L. Suehs, Henry Tschirhart, Mrs.
E. J. Conrad, Joe Ridgway, Mrs.
Louis Schheider,. and Mrs. Her-
bert Wurzbach.
Chancery Office Studies
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ROAD UNDER STUDY
Well level
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deep wall at the city office hast
reached Its highest mark in c ur- '
rant history, according to Urili-
ties Mgr. Pat Lafferty.
Latest check showed the water
level to be only 46 feet from the
surface. This compares With a
level down as far as 135 feet
during the heigh of the drouth
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Utilities Mgr. Pat Lafferty was
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Castroville took an early lead
aS the second highest of 20 com-
munities participating in the w Km *
1961 fund campaign of the Alamo AAA AEAAnA M*
Amaccoune, Boy scour ” At New man
The first total was reported gu ar-b 4 I
this past Tuesday as lock) Boy
Scouts and their adult leaders
launched the driye. An estimated
500 key community leaders in ?
cities outside of San Antonio
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Cautioned
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Too, it was noted, when-kites
), and string become entangled in
- high lines, they can disrupt
service and present hazards to ,
the workmen who must remove
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Kite flyers were cautioned
this week to be extremely
careful around high lines. .
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PAVING LAKE RIM
BEGINS IN CITY
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After long, but fruitful, months of discussion, an ac-
cord between the city and property owners has been
reached on a plan la extent city. Water service into the.
Droitcourt subdivision in east Castroville,
-s Observers described it as an important move-one
which establishes a sound, cost-sharing water main ex-
tension policy and which paves the way for other develop- q
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terested farmers about raising
cucvmbers under contract.
Jomos w, Knight of the ove-
tian company said it will be e
chance for small, 1-t0-10 aero p
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Preliminary Convent Plan
Preliminary plans for the new sisters home at St. Louis
> School in Castroville have been presented to the Archdiocesan
Chancery office in San Antonio for approval, according to
Claude Tondre, chairman of the parish advisory board.
The board discussed the plans for the badly needed convent,
/ along with the proposed remodeling of the present sisters' quarters
into classrooms, at a meeting last week.
After the tentative plans are approved, a special meeting of the
advisory board will be called to take final action on the project' de-
tails. The next step, would be the architect's drawing board.
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Schott, Joe L. & Schott, Bobbie. The Medina Valley & County News Bulletin (Castroville, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 5, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 1, 1961, newspaper, March 1, 1961; Castroville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1585097/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1&rotate=0: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Castroville Public Library.