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The Hondo Anvil Herald.
VOtt'ME
HONDO, MEDINA COUNTY, TEXAS, JUNE 14, 1946.
NUMBER SO
Services Held GETS AWARD
at D’Hanis
Edward A. Weynand of D’Hani
- Thursday. Jun» 6. at the Medina j
II -lital in Hondo after a long .11 1
luneral services were held Sun
day morning. June 9, at 9:00 o’clock j
m the Holy Cross Church. Rev. J. J.
ue.bermann officiated. Intetmen
uc_do »ill have ,wo toot ball was in the D'Hanis cemetery. Pali
ito follow this next fall instead bearers were Matt M. Koch. F.rn
jM D R Vaughn, last year the Rothe, H. A. Biry, Paul Poerner. i
tun’ coach, will bo the principal Henry L. Wejnand, and Alphonse
*[(,, Hondo grade school and will : Lutz. Members of the St. Josepn’s
tali» junior squad. , Society and the American Legior
Limited in age, and restricted -o [ formed a guard of honor beside the
srth. eighth and ninth grade stu- flag-draped casket.
it», the junior footballers will not j Edward A. Weynand was born
the -sine field with the main Jan. 30, 1894, of Joseph and Theresa
ed games. For instance, when Poerner in their home on Rio Seco
plays here Saturday, the several miles north of D’Hanis. Here
.linger b>>.- will go to Uvalde Fri- he lived until 1917 when he entered
the U. S. Army. After eighteen
months in the army, ten of which he
spent overseas, he returned to
D’Hanis.
i On Jan. 27, 1920, he was married
at Leming, Texas, to Miss Gertrude
Haiduk. After a few years Mr. and
Mrs. Weynand made their home in
San Antonio where he was employed
Tike that classified ad for bulls out as a contractor and brick mason. Be- tw„
the pap-r They’ve all been sold J cause of ill health he returned to hiw litters of hogs and eighteen steers.
9d peopie keep calling up about j old heme where he spent the remain- Hii five ca]ves totalled 4455 pounds!
Great things are expected of the
r program, as it will give the on-
a»mg high school football replace-
ntr the experience they need in
eeting older competition.
Mrs. Gus Benke telephoned us
«n D’Hanis this week, saying
Sixty Thousand Dollars Paid to
Medina County Farmers This Year
Cedar Cutting, Terracing,
Tank Building Pay Off
CALVIN BALZEN
Joe Braden Named
Lone Star Farmer
i
Joe Braden was awarded the
Lone Star farming r-in Wednes-
day morning, according to John
McAnelly, Hondo agriculture
teacher.
Given by the state department
of vocational agriculture, the
pin repre.-ents the highest award
made by the state of Texas and
one pin is granted in each coun-
ty once a year.
Joe met all the requirements,
including those concerning lead-
ership cooperation, good finan-
cial returns on his livestock in-
vestments and total investment
in agricultural enterprise.
the
Calvin Balzen, above, won
Wilson Meat Packing Company’s
awaid for Medina county production
in 1945, it was announced here last
week. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Balzen.
Calvin fed out three calves, two
Nearly sixty thousand dollars has and the farmers pay whatever ia
been earned by Medina County farm- necessary to get the job done. Ter-
ers during the past year in s>il con- racing brings a government check
servation work. Included are such i of $1.50 per hundred feet, and the
projects as tank building, terracing., terracing machine operators usually
cedar elimination, niesquite cutting, get $1.80 per hundred feet Tanks
contour farming, oats for winter for water storage are paid for at the
BIDS ASKED ON
MORE ROADS
Notice is being given contractors
in this week’s issue of The Hondo
rate of 8c per cubic yard for excava-
tion and 10c per yard for dam build-
ing. The tractor owners havs been
doing the work for 18-20e per yard.
Among the Medina County farm-
ers participating are Elmer Lein-
weber, who has a lot of cedar cut;
W. C. Scott, terracing; Rudolph
worth of conservation ' Haby, cedar cutting; Charles Monk-
all this should be com- house, 10.602 feet of terracing; Bill
grating and winter cover crops of
legumes. v
Funds allocated to Medina County
for 1946 conservation practices to-
taled $79,747.00 and the total
amount earned through June 10,
1946, was $59,881.81.
Permits have been granted for
$19,865.19
work, and
pleted bv July 1, according to the Jagge, cedar cutting; E. E. Wilson,
Medina County agricultural com- tanks and wells; and a number of
nuttee. The more work done by the others. Some are building tanks with-
ftfll, that was good news, but not
der of his life as a stock former and "sol'd' for" $ 129fU8. The net "re-! Anvil Herald that bids are wanted
During the past several years Mr turn on the five was $541.10. Fifteen ®n 155 m,le* °| n0" h,*hway cor‘
uprising, because we had just fin- Weynand was in failing health. Hi*
talking to Mrs. J. M. Eich- condition became serious about ten
struction in Medina County.
Last week it was learned
that
it who a- tired of telling folks
her six weeks old pigs had been 1
days ugo, and he was taken to the
hospital in Hondo, where he died at
Id. j 9:10 p. m. on Thursday. June 6.
It seen.- that if you have some- completing a life of 52 years, four
:ng to -ell. a classified ad in the months and six day*.
INYIL HERALD will do the trick. , Survivor- are the widow; four
# : daughters, Bertha. Gertrude, Cath-
Ttn Hondo citizens have called the 1 erine. and Marie Weynand; one son,
Win* County Health Unit to report Edward J. Weynand; his aged mo-
insanitary conditions that need cor- ther;one sister. Mrs. Emma Friend
tion. according to W. T. Mills. I 0f Canyon; two brothers. William A.
hrsday morning he was checking Weynand of D'Hanis and George
<in,e of them and others will be J Weynand of San Antonio j c„ cafe ahout „ p. m. Monday. June
n v*ry soon. There has been some ] He was a member of St. Josephs) ...4 .......... ,„
difficulty in getting garbage picked , society and an honorary member of
p. but steps are being taken to in- the American Legion. A life-long
« that no delays will occur in the Catholic, a kind husband und devoted
t«r». i father, Mr. Weynand has left many
® j relatives and friends to mourn his
This week we received two letters j i0M_
kith interesting news notes, but __::--
there were no signatures on them.1 ,
appreciate all such help given I Red CfOSS ElCCting
hogs from two litters sold for $465
.nd netted Cl.in
$528.95.
Two Jailed
For Knifing
A drunken brawl in front of a lo-
ll), sent two men to the hospital for
treatment of knife wounds and land-
ed two others in the county jail, ac-
cording to Sheriff Jack M. Fussel-
man. Raymond Gonzalez and Alfredo
Gonzales of Reagen Well- were ible
! to leave the hospital the next day
They have been billed in Justice of
i the Peace Court for drunkeness hot
I up to time of going to press their
| hearing had not been held.
Camillo Barron and Jesus Barron,
two Hondo veterans, were lodged n
u, »nd if those who submit stories < _. . ... .
t -ign their names we will be OfflCCTB I 1118 WCCK
*izd to u-e the information.
Sometimes even a simple personal The Hondo chapter of the Ameri-i an(j at 9 a m Thursday their
ar be misconstrued, and we must, can Red Cross wall elect off'**er5: ' triai W8, held in County Court be-
Lo4 who give* us each item. Monday at two p. m. in their third; fore ju)jKe a. H Rothe. The two
# floor room above Nesters grocery men were charged with aggravated
Two Hondo boys played in the All-; store. All paid up members are ell- j assuu|t atu) each drew a penalty of
St»r game at Dallas Saturday night ,jlbie t0 vote. The June 17 election J&() 00 {jne and g0 days in jail.
j* oppo-irig teams. Curtis Braden j wj|| select a chairman, vice-chair-: _.,_
I* iifj on -econd base in the team man, secretary, treasurer, and five c0MMUNITY CENTER REOPENS
('* ‘ ed by Hap Morse of the Phillies | committeemen.
Blanton Taylor played under The chairman then appoints heads
Loyd Warier of Pittsburg, holding, 0f 0ther committees, such as the
the third .-ack. camp and hospital, nutrition, safety,
The M >rsemen won 6-4. and health committees.
Taylor, who was scheduled to work j>au| j. Reily is the chairman at
AFTER TEMPORARY CLOSING
Hondo’s Community Center re-
opened Monday, June 10, with a
regular schedule. During this and the
next week the Methodists are holding
fa?'* i -r t zztr* K
,r*M*1**?-_. 1 jxs’Sr"* jurT 1
[corny AGENT WILL ATTEND Z Windrow and
risen.
SEOflN DISTRICT MEETING
i M. Merritt, County Agent.
‘ Mi Christine Mayberry. Coun-
! li"n;t Demonstration agent will
4‘terul n trict meeting at Seguin
' June 17th and 1 Hth. The meet-
1 ‘ ■ to be a joint session of Coun-
! ’ t- and Home Demonstration
Wtits.
I ivii Service work, Teacher Ke-
' and Group Insurance will
” 1 '■ discussion the first day of
t f nieeti: g. The second day is
! flu1 ,j to cover 111 Club work in
‘'-'iii will apply to both boys
‘ gir • club wo^k, and national and
J’0 c thing contests for the 411
F‘ub gjrL.
district judge here
WEDNESDAY
Monday
As u-ual the cento:
Mrs. Fabian Gar- will be open on Friday and Saturday
evenings from 8 to 12. I’aturdaj
—- afternoons from 12:30 to 6. and Sun-
I day afternoon from 2 until 5.
age in towns and villages. The coun-
ty court has included the distance in
towns and villages now, and with
other roads scheduled for improve-
ment the total distance is more than
half again the earlier estimate.
Thi- program will give Hondo
some improved streets, as well as
improving the roads in all other
countv towns.
The court met at 10 a. m. Monday,
June 10, in the regular session. All
members were present, and mouthly
bills were approved and ordered
paid.
Local Doctor
Receives Honor
Dr Henry J. Meyer. Hondo, and
)r. W. H. smith, formerly of Hondo,
ave been pre.-ented witn selective
ervi/e Meuals tor World War 11
no -•trull-ates of n.eiit for then
eniies as examining puysicans for
. e Medina county dratt boara.
The awaru.: weie given along with
no following citation: “In apprecia-l
,en oi your loyal and laithtut ad- ■
erente to duty given voluntarily J
ad without compensati' r, to the im-|
,ai-.-;l administration ot the -Seiee-
‘j-.e Service System, the government
>; these United State.- expre se* its
latitude in this public recognition
vf your patriotic aervees.”
It was -igr.ed by President Harry
S. Tiuman and General Lewis B.
Mershey.
Both the medals and certificates
were presented by Earl Starnes of
the local boai d.
1st of July, the greater chance of
getting a larger allotment for the
next year.
James M. Ratliff of the county
AAA office told The Anvil Herald
Wednesday that there was $2742.13
available now for work to be done
this year. He urged immediate action
on making applications.
The payment for cutting cedar
ranges from $1 to $3 per acre, de-
pending on the thickness of growth.
Ball Clubs Play
Summer Schedule
Hondo softball league play gets
underway next Tuesday when the
Hondo Army Air Field team meets
the GAM Grocers at the Hondo Army
Air Field. All games will be played
out there until further notice, it was
announced yesterday. The game
start at 6:15 p. m.
out any government aid, including
Toby Taylor who is constructing a
large "fish factory” now.
Former County
Official Passes
Jacob Joseph Droitcourt, who for
many years served Medina County
as Treasurer, passed away Friday.
June 7th in a San Antonio hospital.
Funeral services were held Saturday,
June 8, at 3 p. m. from Charles Han-
van funeral home and at 3:30 p. m
from St. Patrick Catholic Church in
ban Antonio. Monsignor Thomas
Flynn conducted the last rites. In-
terment was made in San Fernando
cemetery.
"Jack” Droitcourt was a native of
(.’astroville. He was elected County-
Treasurer of this county in 1914
taking office on January l, 1916, •!-
whii
will start at 6:15 p. m. Another [ ter which he became deputy for F. G.
match will be on Thursday when the Muennink, then serving as County
Lions Club meets the Southwestern 1 Tax Collector. He served in this ca-
Horseman team.
There will be a game on each
Tuesday and Thursday evening at
6:15, and five clubs have been or-
ganized. The teams are as follows:
1. Hondo Army Air Field.
2. G. A M. Grocers.
3. Lions.
4. Southwestern Horseman.
5. Sinclair Oil.
Schedule for Summer.
District
Hondo
for> a brief
U1,„1V. Court. Only one'
heard, Jacinto Aguilera .-
Hon. K. K. Woodley,
Judge of Sabinal, was in
Wednesday afternoon
session of District
ca-e was
application t,, rem^e Hie debilities
Distrct Attorney R. J-
ed guaniit
litem for the minor and the judg-
ment was entered removing the dis-
?oo‘n.niw.r; ^nted guardian ad
!Ta boys fishing at
Le\ILfc RIVER THIS WEEK
abilities as per decree.
On June la an additional case was
filed on the docket of the District
CT»'n"mi’'1"V,iillo ... Lauretta
five men und 22 boys are on a _--
' “t day fishing trip at Devils River p1rates WHIP COMFORT
,(,r Lei Rio this week. Men who are 1 . resumed
tyervising the Future Farmers of; The ’ #j Sunday
include Elgin Stiegler, Al- their winning **>* “*, Comfort
;•>, Bm-h. Robert Riff, Lawrence w-hen they turned ^
’’"in and John McAnelly. Boys team 9 to . at . - f()r.
fMuled to go included Tommy; Finger turned m a ste g gjratel,
Amhersoii. Joe Braden, Selby Woolls, mance on the mou c . ani) ef.
Gilliam, John Henry Short. as he struck out « <(iviin lljts The
, "iinaill, IH'IIII lit lit J ii - . pvpti
**r, C„l., A. G. *** K
Jfnland, Horace Britsch. Gerald
“nt-ch, Clinton Britsch, James
r1”- Douglas Riff, Kenneth Oofin-
f(r Edison Oefinger, Arlie Brucks,
;®i--er (Joff, Milton Walton, Oscar
• fy. and several others. Some were
Unai.le fonu, at the last minute
'Lf to farm duties which could not
postponed.
Koch car recovered
lN KANSAS
,.Ar- and Mrs. George Koch left
""’lesday by train for Olathe, Kan-
where they will recover their
which was stolen in Hondo sev- .—
' s- week* ago and drive it Back CARRIAGE LICENSES
strikeout route.
housing needed
Subscription List
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or January 1, 1947.
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pacity until 1934, when he moveo
with his family to Twin Sisters, Tex-
as, where he has resided since.
Survivors are nis widow, Mrs.
Adela Droitcourt; daughter, Miss
Madeline Droitcourt of San Antonio;
| one son. J. J. Droitcourt Jr., of San
Antonio; a foster daughter, Mr*.
Henry Denecamp of San Antonio;
two brothers, Fritz Droitcourt c-f
i Castroville and Oscar Droitcourt of
LaCoste; three sisters, Misses Olgi.
Hedwig and Cecilia Droitcourt of La
j Coste, and three grandchildren.
masons name dr. knopp
Ab WORSHIPFUL MASTER j - :: -
The Hondo City lodge number 756. V;- I rnina Srhnnl
AF A AM lodge held its annual elec- Laming JCnOOl
Uion of officers Monday, June n». Credits This Summer
the Masonic Hall.
Tie following were ole ed: Wor-
shipful Master, Dr. T. B. Knop*
Senior Warden, O. P.. lacy; Jui mv
Warden, Bruno Schweers; Secretary,
Robert Burdin; Treasurer, E. J.
I Leinweber; Tiler, R. M. Chapman.
, Tlie installation of the e elective
1 and appointive officers will be on
June 24.
Will Muennink is the past «or-, .
They plan to meet once a week at
< nn u .i> u. | „cboo| building during the month
of June to work on group projects
Niro Hondo High School girl- are
p: : ifipnting in a summer project in
Honiemakii.g. Miss Minnie Appling,
teachi r of homemaking has an-
VFW To Entertain
Hondo Pep Squad
Members of the Hondo High
School pep squad who sold poppies
recently will be the guests of the
Hondo VFW post on June 20 at a
special social.
All members are urged to bring
their wives for this party.
At the last regular meeting, the
local post decided to hold iust one
meeting each month, combining he
business and social functions. The
date wu- -ot ar the last 1 hurstla;.
night of each month.
New members are being added at
practically each meeting. Among
those who joined last w< ek v m
Sydney Bonnet, Hy M. Finger, FI yu
Koch, and Mr. Taylor.
tiuulo Richter presided in the ab-
noumed. These students will assume -ence of the post commander, James
various duties at home during the Amberson.
summer, for which they will obtain --::-
credit toward their high school
graduation.
6-5-46 ! shipful Master.
Humus increases the wa or ot , jm,)rove homemaking depart-
ing capacity of the soil Grow green m,,nt At their last meeting they
I washed and stored all the dishes. This
1 week they planned to meet on Thurs-
day at ,10:00 a. m. and spend several
hours working at other “chores", tak-
1 ing time out at noon to enjoy a pic-
i nic lunch. Before the month ends,
i the girls will have cleaned the home-
manure crops.
Son of Old Subscriber First to Riiew
LIONS WILL INSTALL NEW
OFFICERS NEXT THURSDAY
A feminine note will be added \o
the Lions roar next Thursday night,
when the wives of the Hondo club
members join their husband- to
witness installation of new officers.
The club will omit the usual Wednes-
day meeting next week, making the
installation ceremony serve the pur-
pose.
Tickets for the affair, to be held
in the community center, are on sale
making department, painted the bul- no'v and UP until next Wednesday
letir, board and flower pots, and hope according to Alien \\ ebstar, the Lion
to re-cover the couch and make cur- designated as ducat salesman.
tains for the living room.
——
The new
construction work com
mencing noon
will brmg m w Hondo. The
rieVw,nT'i lom si* to eight
work wUI Hon(|0 Chamber of
montha and th list
%
Girls taking part in these activities BROOMCORN HARVEST
with the name of their home projects! BEGINNING 1H)W N
are as follows: Margaret Ann IN’ DEVINE AREA
rental .... th(, Secretary of |
for .....- ...
and houses. Witn
the Chamber of Commerce.
I . A,
«', The peace officers in Olathe, A.*r44 W. Bsder
And the car where it had been ab- June ,!’• u)'f.,*Mllltm,
"ihmed and through the F. H. I Fiances _. j Schlent
J’otified Sheriff Fusselman. A wire June 7. Le. I
, ' i >neriir mssetman. n ■ ■ ■■ , Reach.
. Bie Sheriff In Olathe brought the Mihh d • V Patterson
*n^er on jun, 10th umt the ' -'u'1* 1
in running condition ami
*i!*r* |#ft gfJoriJy thereafter to
wm it. 1
ear June 8
th' RUjunJT'|lt*lph F. Ward and Betty
Lou Munson.
When Fletcher Davis bought The Castroville Anvil almost half a
century ago, Charles Unity’s father was on the original subscription list.
Mr Halty. a well known farmer from the LaCoste community, was the
first man to renew his subscription on June 1 after William E. Berger
bought The Anvil Herald. The picture above shows the three men as they
were diseussing the strange coincidence. Left to right: Fletcher Davis,
Charles Halty, and William E. Berger.
Schweers, yard work; Carolyn Eck-
hart, summer wardrobe; Grace Ward,
: meal preparation; Zella Mae
| Schweers, school wardrobe; Edren
Bohmlalk, summer wardrobe; Cath-
, erine Bendele, meal preparation;
Dorothye Mayberry, care of home;
Dianne Muennink, care of clothes;
| and Betty Jane Turvey, redecoration
of room.
;
BUS SERVICE STARTED
Bus service connecting Devine
with Bandera vih Hondo ha* re-
cently been initiated. At present,
there is only one round trip daily,
but in the near future there will be
two trips daily.
The first of a large brooincorn
crop is being harvested in the neigh-
borhood around Devine this wee*.
Not many fields are being cut yet,
but the work is getting under way.
Broomcorn look- good ovei most
of the county, and should make a
good yield.
AUTO REGISTRATIONS
June 6, Devine Mill & Elevator
Co.. Devine, 1946 Chevrolet truck.
June 7, Driscoll Lumber Co., De-
vine, 1946 Chevrolet H. L. Cab.
June 8, Carl F Hiltman, San Yn-
tonlo, 1946 Ford Tudor,
Erosion is a costly robber.
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