The Hondo Anvil Herald. (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, June 25, 1943 Page: 5 of 6
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Hartford Security Seal
Insist on a . .
HARTFORD
Insurance Policy
0. H. MILLER
EXCLUSIVE AGENCY
MtiaUiN Special Office with
Friendly Service
Hondo Since 1907
vh<> must be some youni weman j
member of the field’* personnel
The Friday night dance will be a
memorable event for the \NAA<V on
the po»t. They will be permitted to i
wear formal*. alio*. at th« dance 1
And it is planned to male one of
the four Friday niirht dam os each j
month r formai affair.
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•TEA’’ DANCES STARTED
LIBERATORS BOMB JAP-HELD NAURU
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mia, Blackleg. Anthrax, Hog Choi-
. Serum; a large supply at WIN-
0\V DRUG STORE.
See me for your needs In custom
ding and mixing. I buy your
oats, hegari, maize; pay top
EARL WATSON.
Patronize the NEW FAVORITE
FK. We serve regular meals,
.rt orders and cold drinks. You’ll
t our food and service. tf
WE buy all kinds of
A IN. LET US QUOTE PRICES
FORE YOU SELL. CHAPMAN
ILL AND GRAIN CO., HONDO.
XAS.
NEWS NOTES FROM
THE NAVIGATION
SCHOOL
Sunday afternoon dancing wa.<
started at the Service club Ust Sun-
day and will be continued for the
| benefit of enlisted men ami cadets
whose wives and girl frn nd- visit
’ them on Sundays at the post.
Late popular dancing tune- are
played during the afternoon and
evening on a public addre-s system
turntable.
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SHOW FEATURING FAMOUS
MAGICIAN COMING
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fuel requirements of war nduatriew
cities and military centers thraagh
out the Gulf South. Its i il prodwc
■ t ion is going to meet military re-
quirement* in thi» country ami at
| distant battlefronts.
The advertisement empha-ues the
leed for greater sacrifice “if sn
baek up th'<se men at the front whe
are giving up their lives for aa." It
j enumerates some of tlie many ways
every civilian can identify iuawdf
j with the war by voluntarily iakag
certain job-, working in spare time,
investing idle funds and part af
earnings in war bonds, and raaper-
ating in the numerous wartime ac-
tivities now being conducted.
Continued Fi„. P.«e
average "ill be performed for military per-
Hondo j sonnel ut Hondo Army Air Field
Monday night by Blackstone, world
famous magician.
Assisted by his company of attrac-
tive girls, he will present new sensa-
tional illusions and mysteries Heai-
line comedy and musical acts aiso are
in the show, brought here by USO-
L’amp Shows, Inc.
Two performances will be given,
WE BUY EGGS. CHAPHAB
MILL AND GRAIN CO.,
Shapiro made the highest
score ever recorded at t;
navigation school.
In the athlitic competition among
the three groups of the navigation
cadet detachment. Group II won top
honors for the third consecutive
time, entitling that group to perma-
nent possession of a traveling trophy
awarded every three weeks. Group
I finished second and Group II was
third.
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LINE CHIEF HONORED BY
GRADUATING CLASS
IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC — Official Seventh Air Force Photo — A four-
motored U S. Liberator bomber hover* over the smoking Japanese island
of Nauru after a force of the American planes had made the longest aerial
task force mission of the war to strike at enemy installations, which in-
clude a phosphate works and an air field at the outer defenses of the big
enemy base of Truk.
T'Sgt. Herndon Aderhold, Jr, a
line chief, received the distinction of
CAR STICKERS REQUIRED
After July 1, automobiles without
the first at 6 p. m. and the mxt at ‘current federal auto use stickers
K p. m. j wjj| not j,e permitted to enter this
The entire troupe consists of 23 I post, it was announced this week,
persons, including 12 pretty girls and i The windshield stamps may be
several big-time acts from Broadway I purchased at the postoffice for $5.
Training. 7—4; Photo Laboratory,
6—5; Print Shop, 5—4.
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CCMETS BEAT KELLY
IK A
offering comedy, music ami sing.
After this tnt next USO-Camp
honorary membership in this week’s i l0*TP,0^,Ul'i0,l: P|aV i l Hondo •
-y ■ - > -*-• • I-if The Passing Parade", scredul-d : •
Tr July 30. and "Funzafire”, sched- • .
navigation cadet graduating class.
"For outstanding service in help-
ing to keep ’em flying”, reads the
parchment certificate awarded Sgt.
Aderhold. He was selected as the
enlisted man of the 830th N’aviga
tion Training squadron to receive
this signal honor.
The certificate was presented at
. _____ i ne ceriuicate was presented at
Please remember, « * J graduation exercises Thursday by
R *“•
io” HOKGER AZFd&u* aEJS***#
Mrs. George Hedge and son, Mar- ground crews maintaing a number of
1. of San Antonio, Justine Ann training planes, hails from Anniston,
ugla-. of Bastrop, and Mrs. Rob Ala Stationed at Hondo for th-
de .Monte! of Castroville visited past year, Herndon was promoted to
ilge and Mrs. IL E. Haass Wednes- the rank of T/Sgt. last January and
__ was made a line chief June 1. Prior
tiled for Aug. 14.
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CHILEAN AIR DELEGATION VIS-
ITS HONDO FIELD
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COMETS
SPOT
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SPORTSCOPE
LOSE SECOND-PLACE
AS RAMBLERS WIN
Three Chilean Army Air Forces
officers were extended greetings b-.
officials of the U. S. Army Air
Force*’ larges' navigation school
here a- they arrived this week at
Hondo Army Air Field.
They were making a tour of Gulf
Coa.«t Training Center AAF install i-
tions.
Holding firmly to a spot in the
upper bracket of the Service Men’*
league, the Hondo Comets were beat-
en down the ladder a notch Sunday
by the Randolph Field Ramblers who
scored a 3-to-0 victory in a battle cn
San Antonio’s Tech field .
Prior to Sunday’s play, Hondo was
tied with Stinson for the runner-up
Hondo's big Clint Hartung hurled
I the Comets to a 2-to-0 triumph over
j the Kelly Post nine Tuesday after-
• noon.
The Comets were outhit, 7 to 6,
{i.ut Hartung bested Jim Underwood
in a pitchers’ duel and drove in the
first run with a lomr triple in the
second frame. Frank Madura doubled
in ti.e fifth to score Stickney.
At the same time Brook- shaded
| the Kelly War Workers, 10 t 9, and
Randolph defeated Kormoyle, 2 to 0.
PORTIS
Straw
position in the loop’s standing, but
•» U. ct rT'-wl;
Senior officer of the Chilean dele P°.a,t,on. in.tne 10°P s " " nit T
gation was Col. R. (j. Bisuuert. Oth- §tins.°M over Kelly and the
Mrs. B. A. Stuart and son B. A.,
, of Houston, are visiting Mr. and
is. Junes R. Duncan and son, Inn-
ie The guests are mother and
other, respectively, of Mrs. Dun-
John Zuberbueler, the Dunlay
oek man, was a caller at this shoj
turday. Mr. Zuberbueler is mu(h
rased with the present condition of
a range, cattle are in prime eondi-
n.
Frank Huegele, one of our
Hanis readers, wa- a business rail
at this office Friday. Mr. Hueg le
feeling cheerful over the im-
oved crop prospects following the
cent rains.
Jacob Schweers and son, Harry,
re business callers at this office
to that he served as plane inspector
and crew chief. He has 1,300 hours
in the air as a flying mechanic.
He is a graduate of Edinburg
tTexas* Junior College, and attend-
ed University of Texas, Austin for
one year before enlisting in th ■
Army Air Forces.
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AWARDING OF DFC TO BE CELE-
BRATION HIGHLIGHT
and I.t. Col. F. J. l.atorre. Maj. W.
I*. Jones of the U. S. A. A. F. served
as guide during the tour. The Hon-
do welcoming group included Lt.
Col. Cecil H. Uhildre,
to a tie with Brooks for third place.
Randolph’s Walt N’othe and Hon-
do’s Sinclear engaged in a real piteh-
ei’t battle, with ‘he Hondo hinder
gi'-’ng up only three hits to four nl-
A highlight of station activities
when Hondo Army Air Field, Hondo,
Texas, observes its first anniversary
on July 3 will be a special ceremony
during which 1st I.t. Robert O. Ber-
ger, Chicago, 111., will be awarded
the Distinguished Flying Cross in
school director of training'‘Tap" bX Not.*. The Ramblers step-
Phillip G. Cobb of the training staff f d \ut !n ,roi.lwiih. *T‘ ri'"' 'A
anti Cant \fulpr.im v v first inning The third was added
and ( apt. Malcolm E. Norton, sta- in the eighth. Nothe gave up\is first
tion air inspector.
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INCREASING FOLLOWING FOR
MUSICALES
oid crops despirte the unfavorablt
ring and a consequent poor stand
most crops.
Mrs. L. W. Burrell and daught(r-
•law, Mrs. Robert Burrell, and Miss
ry Galvan, motored over from
.stroville Tuesday and while in
ondo were pleasant callers at the
vil Herald office.
Irving Fohn, oil-field worker from
erton, paid us his annual visit
turday. Mr. Fohn is enjoying his
nual vacation and with his family
here on a three weeks’ visit to
mefolks and friends.
Mrs. F. A. Burrell, one of our
-time readers at Castroville, was
caller at this office Monday. We
A full, well-balanced menu of mu-
sic, ranging from the latest dance
tunes to the light and heavy classics,
mark d this week at the po-t.
Hereafter, too, there will be two
"Fops’’ recorded concerts each week
instead of one in the post ibrary.
In addition to the regular Wednes-
Sunt.ay night
concert will he given. Time for
both is 8 o'clock.
i Headline music events t1 is week
instructors’ | w,erf. the niusicale on Tuesday night
school at the Army Air Forces’ larg- i f. . - ervice club by ( pi Leon
est navigation school. At the conclu- »°ldstein, violinist. Cpl. Jot , Glas-
blows in the first three innings hut
pitched airtight ball tne rest of the
way.
Madura got two hiw and Phillips
and Williams one etch for Hondo.
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SOFTBALL STANDING
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SAN MARCOS THINC'.ADS
DEFEAT HONDO
A cadet team representing the San
Marcos navigation school defeated
the Hondo navigation chool thinclads
in a meet Tuesday afternion at Hon-
do. The vi-itors outpointed Hondo.
23 to 13.
Hondo’s K. L. Biro placed first in
the shot-put even* with a distance
of 44 feet, Hiid Hondo copped first
place in the 100-yard dash when L.
I). Hine ran it in 11 seconds.
L. S. Orr vame in first for San
Marcos in the 220-yard dash, his
time being 23 seconds, and another
San Marcos man won the inly other
event. L. S. Orr chalked up a 6.2
seconds for the 50-yard dash to win.
WASHAtlf
AM-MfSH
$0*
SPEEDING VICTORY
recognition for 204 hours of combat
rc ousiuess cHiicrs m mis ojirn- jn Hawaiian Midw uv- I
onday. Mr. Schweers is hopeful of Solomons Hrea 0[ the Southwest ! ,lu-v ni*ht ‘’ "cert, a
Pacific.
Lt. Berger returned to the United
States in March of this year, and is
now enrolled in the '
i
est navigation school. At the conclu-
sion of this training he will be given
the task of instructing cadet naviga-
tors in order that they might receive
tho benefit of his combat experi-
ences.
The 26-year-old navigator was a
certified public accountant with a
Chicago firm before entering the
Army Air Forces in June, 1941. He
was commissioned a second lieuten-
ant after completing navigation
training at Mather Field, Calif., in
per, pianist, and Sgt. Nut White,
flutist, and the swing concert bv the
main dance orchestra unit of the
-24th AAF hand on Thursday night
at the Service dub.
Musical programs every Sunday,
Leaders in the fields’ softball
leagues after last week’s play were
the 842nd and 86th, 917th, 837th,
Group I Officers, and Finance de-
tachment.
Standings are as follows (first
figure wins and second figures loss-
es) :
Red division; 842nd, 6—2; 86th,
6—2; 839th, 4—3; 854th, 3—7;
991st, 0—6.
White division: 917th, 9—1;
846th, 8—3; Medics, 6—4; 87th, 5—
4; 838th, 1—9; 840th, 1—8.
Blue division—837th, 10—1;
847th, 7--2; 8list, 6—6; 369th,
4—6; X8th, 2—8; 358th, 1—9.
Officer and Civilian league;
re sorry to learn that Mrs. Rur- I APr'|> joined a Pacific unit
U’s eyesight is failing, and hope of th* llth Bombardment Grnun.
may soon find relief.
For information about Burial As-
iation Insurance for the entire
of the llth Bombardment Group,
with which he flew a total of 58
bombing, reconnaissance and patrol
missions as the navigator of a B-17.
Lt. Berger’s father, Robert 0.
i y see Bailey Rogers at the fu- , Bpr^pr> |im ftt 306 Kenilworth.
1 home. For a small monthly The Army Air Forcps offjcer and Mn --------------
yment ready money when needed wifPi Dorothy> currently make their corded concert: “Symphony No. 6’’
lio fnr ritrnfu miimnnr nf « .... * (T1* _a • i >
Wednesday and Thursday nights now f'«Up 1 ofHcers. 11—0; Group III
are regular post entertainment fea- °ff',cers-0 Lw~student Officers.
-■ 6—1; Sub-Depot Supply, 3—5;
Group II Officers, 2—7; Sub-Depot
Engineers, 1—7; Post Engineers,
1—8.
B league: Finance detachment.
Ordnance, 7—6; Synthetic
lures. The weekly entertainment
calendar al-o call.® for a dance every
Friday night.
Program for Sunday's recorded
concert: “Siegfried Idyll" (Wagner), „ .
Toscanini and New York Philharmon-
ic orchestra; "Violin Concerto in D” |
(Prokofiev), J. Szigeti, Sir Thomas.
Beecham and London Philharmonic; ;
"Bolero (Ravel), Koussevitzky and i
Boston Symphony.
Program for next Wednesday’s re-
The second of a series of adver-
tisements designed to bring about a
greater understanding and apprecia-
tion of America’s part in total war,
is being published this month in the
Hondo Anvil Herald and morf than
300 other daily and weekly newspa-
pers in the Gulf South by United Gas
Pipe Line Company and associated
companies.
Illustrated by a photograph slew-
ing a family scene typical in homes
of thousands of war workers in the
G .11 South, the advertisement points
out a few- of the many things sol-
diers of the home front can do to
back up our men at the battlefronts
and speed Victory.
The sponsoring organization is
engaged in production and transpor-
tation of natural gas to meet the
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HONDO, TEXAS
CHIROPRACTIC . . OSTEOPATHIC
-Treatments-
Dr. F. H. Burleson
lot DOOR EAST BAKERY
Hondo, Ictsi
be provided for every member of hom; at 6W ’gtevee, San Antonio,
Tt xas.
Lt. Berger received his B. S. de-
tf.
Sprenger of
family.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H _ __________
Antonio were Hondo visitors 1 gree from Yale University in 1939,
esdBv. They were hupny over the and his C. P. A. from Loyola Univer-
t of some beautiful g'adioli sent sity, Chicago, in 1940. At Yale he
played football and golf. He is a
graduate of Lawrenceville High
School, Lawrenceville, N. J.
cm on the wedding anniversary this
ek fron their son, Pvt. Albert
r< nger, wt > is stationed in India.
Charlie Ba ',en of Hondo sold a ...... -----------»—
oup of stock r and slaughter calves and his fellow bomber crewmen re-
rough Oefinger; averaging 340 to ; coided many highly successful tacti-
(Tsehaikowsky), Rodzinski’ and the
Cleveland Symphony; “Leonore
Overture No. 3” (Beethoven), Men-
gelberg and the Amsterdam Concert-
gebouw Orchestra.
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BATTLE OF BRITAIN FILM
SHOWS NAZI DEFEAT
The records show that Lt. Berger
______, _____ _______ cal missions in the Pacific battle
d f 16. Wesley Heyen of Hondo ;:on*’s. hut the officers' own estimate
lit several calves and cows through ('®" Hie situation is singularly modest.
*’ >d 340 j' *r the l°ng run,” he told represen-
Texas ! Uitives of the Hondo Army Air Field
I camp newspaper, “we did an average
fighting job.”
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BARN DANCE FOLLOWED BY
FORMAL DANCE
5 pounds, they sold for $11.50
finger; four calves averaged 340
uiuls and sold for $15.50.-
ails.
A card from Mrs. Freddie Gruhe
Sun Antonio tells us to change the
<lre«s on his papier for her hus-
nd, S/Sgt. Freddie R. Grub«# fron.
cat Falls, Montana, to an address
care of the Postmaster, 8an Fran-
o, Calif., indirated that Sgt
be is now stationed overseas. He
the son of Mr. and Mrs>. F. R
ube of Hando.
John Henry Jennings, with the
S. Ordnance at Aberdeen, Muvy-
H writes his parents, Mr. nnd Mrs.
}■ Jennings that he is completiup
•iO-day sperial detachment in New
Jck City. He ha* been sight-seeing
"•'n "ff duty and has enjoyed visi<
'he Yankee Stadium, Waldorf-
“r*»«. and other famous spots in
metropolis. He expects to re-
r,‘ <(’ Aberdeen next week.
and Mr- n. R Taylcr and
11 • Rlaiiton, wet. hosts of a bar-
''ue .Sunday, June 20, ..t their
"Rancho Chico". Guards were
llohert de Montel arid so;
1,1 d,< Monte) t < *i,oV"!' M
a Waters, Mrs, Lu y Sklierrei
Horenee Dom, and Miss Mary
|,vl* l»Hvi« of Ran Ani u-’o, Mi>
“r' Lucille Tayle. of KetTVille
umI Mi II K Mm- ... M
Mi. Metche" D.ivj him) Mo
■ Davis of H ,,
A barn dance will be staged at the
Service club tonight (F'riday night),
sponsored jointly by the Women in
Navigation club and the Special Ser-
vices department.
Recorded popular music and inter-
mittent jam r.essiops by a group of
dance orchestra musicians on the
field will provide music for the danc-
ing
The young women will wear ging-
ham ureases, but the AAF' soldier
must sill ere to uniform regulations.
Tlu WIN’S ore in charge of ni en
t. rtr.inment feature in connection
with thi field’* celebration of it«
first ei i.iversary July 2 and 3. A
formal dance will he held in the
Service club on Friday night, July 2.
An attraction of the evening will b
the -tugiiiv e.f ii beauty contest Finch
squadron will sponsor an entrant,
Charles C. Tondre
Hondo Phono 173 D’Hanit Phone P
l.et U$ Do Your Hauling
Operating wader R. R. Permit
Fourth of a series of v/ai films,
distributed to army posts by the war
department through the Special Ser-
vices division, was shown at the post
theater this week for all personnel at
the field.
The Bat'le of Britain was pictur-
edA Defeat of the German plan for
invasion and conquest of Britain
was shown, along w ith scenes of the
destruction heaped upon London,
Coventry and other British cities
Spectacular aerial dogfights were
pictured.
The Royal Air Force’s effective-
ness and dogged ceterminrtion of
the British people, as shown in the
film, defeated the Luftwaffe and
forced Hitler to postpone or aban-
don British invasion plans.
ARMY PERSONNEL
CORDIALLY INVITED
DINNER
.DANCING
ITF.LY
Onl?
M Hliirb*
Yrnm
Tawa
SAN ANTONIO, TF X AS
THE OLD JUDGE SAYS.*.
“Just dropped by to tel! you, Frank, 1 had a
fine letter from your son, Joe, this morning.
Mighty nice of him to take the time to writo
me... I know how busy they keep the boys.
That's a fine camp he’s been transferred to
up in New England,"
“Yes, Catherine and I had a letter this
morning, too. Said he was writing you...
he’s very fond of you, Judge. Catherine i9
r r*: n!y proud of J >r and proud of the great
Army lie’s a |tart of."
“She has good reason to be, Frank.
Joe is one fine fellow and the Army he’s
in is the best disciplined, best behaved in
our history. Just last night 1 was readmit
an article that quoted a report signed by
five chaplains in the vetv camp where Joe
is now training. 1 remejrnljgr their exact
words which were "there i*s no liquor protv
lcm at this Post." And 1 understand that’s
true in camp after camp all over the
country. ^ i if Cat hot v. dd li’m
see that report, I'll diop it off at the
house tomorrow."
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