Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, February 14, 1964 Page: 1 of 12
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Hondo Anvil Herald
r. ■. ; .6 /■: i : or Medina county
78th
Hon
: --art. T ’fi do/, February 14, 1964
Published Every W»ek By The Hondo Anvil Herald
Second class pottage oaid at Hondo, Texas—78861
12 Pages 10c
S P ' A, R K 8
By Bill Berger
' ref/-.? fl, ior.gue on an anvil of truth, and wliat
f u;» but a 'park, shall have weight."
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pen-,!.
equally was kiKi.vti t-v 9 of ,he people
■i i' ; - ■ iblc for turn t<« lie elected.....-
oi'!,,'! tie was a tireless campaigner,
lo, ; a rtav and inspired a lot if other
ri Today tire polls indicate that ‘Pt -
e Texas think favorably or him. anil
publicans and Democrats.'.
Council To
Re-Evaluate
Ordinances
Jtfouline bu«in.;ys matters fill-
cl the ajter:')a ot the City Coun-
er s r e a u I a r monthly meet-
it:. Tue-ie,; night
In the continued absence o f
M ay or At S* hitter- , 'Stilt e •
f ■!-■■■ t !l' hi - ^ til'
safi-sfactority, M o.er
,pro t. ei- \j,; -in' .J i:nr-:.rl
Full Generation Served
By Old Medina Hospital
■-to nf
'ft, Fred Oheitn
Large .or small, a h - p i t
non becomes a :> -^i - -,«>,.■> r. -;
part of a community. Its tu t->
♦« also a goodjy par- of t
town's hi-tory is siicccs-
its progress is a roeasun
town’- growth.'
M, !i
only
Dallas Me j
an
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no dun-; p -that hi- <i -
tors
Wilson, w
t* tueni
\ hour
campaign ekix
this
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Mr-
in -charge. Mrs. Bert reaver re
tired about three years ago.
Tht record and case books of
the hospita! disclose much in
:m.: information Bate s.
for instance, . n *-
poa! crop. and the roll call tf
•• ; e Me--: Ifo-piPd
would t>- a Wtie's Who of aft
Veilna fount . Some of the first
babies born here die almost ol I
enmi.:'i_ t- run for U.. S Senator
or e\on for president. Over 5<KJ
i .V*.: >-i ihetn tf they 'are all
abee-'urtrt paid their poll taxi
will He able, to vote in t h i •>
year's elections' -
Th. !ii ' chi1 I. a daughter of
■Mr and Mr- S. Whitehead,
• /y -—i
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tr
■ • 4- ft ■ ‘in- lit i .Him- It |.s ".!>■utattf f.,r !. ,.-nv
to know all about this fine new establishment.
is hard p'( i l;-r .tew-tine- at fast,
■ ; -es f r ,• j-. the east- of a |‘:t -s The
at(-S ! he 1-1 ;.e-, ,, A li, lie- hlhli - \ 1 n
Unto a:«; f- •» patients We hope to fell many
-• ' ' institution is available Inr ihetn.
in j*. t : h;t> d the services of a special
< . j • • to" If- ip this story ii.is name
f »t - >. . f' -nner publisher of the New Braunfels
: and we thfnk you'll enjoy his work in next week's
4 ' espern.' to llu h.e ] !.
:n i-v, the taflLs for the p:. ' r
- • , I | be -AHVl. lb : ,i'-i F..I
attempted to sell special-advertise
it. aiid those who have pur ha.-d
this ef: rt [Mis,tble If you wa it to
: r: in,, t< pi esemattves have riot seen
■„.i • v. >l| -,1< 11 ih.e -ive' -i rt
A-.'t, h ]'i;at administrator has naked
that tl h< U vt T: send Rowers to the tapers
• j t. -• ' . I. I . • a U Culli! llnitteu. to help
b,IJ til i ■ 1 .' IS'.IM ' h d Theie I'. ii-'Ver a
finished" h.; -i .... (tie needs are always changing,
.! ul .-;*’w ih i market to help in the healing
<* B Ha.!»>.> Medina County Agent, had an excellent
i h ,t thi ••.. V lit :,b'sb that future Fat Stock V >w.,
Ic.ve one person designated its recording secretary lit-
. nnaitot, o,;i,i... a:..I sale.- results in -ill three h t
->te ',,!;! !. ■ o.ib.iblc iimn th.. ou -oui.e It ottld
help, all concerned
Hondo To Hold
A PASO Rally?
'ftu- following Is quoted from
a story which appeared tp the
Feb 12 Issue of the San Antonio
Kx-tTress:
Crystal City Mayor Juan Cor
nejo has announced that a poli-
tical rally will be held in Hondo
Wednesday Feb 26 at 8 a m to
present Mrs. Virginia Mexquk,
Crystal Ctty candidate for state
representative, before an audi-
ence from Medina County.
Mrs Musquir, 38,? wilt ta» in
troduced by representatives o f
the PASO Chapter of Hondo.
Mrs. Musquiz hi the PASO-
Teamsters backed candidate i n
the state representative's race,
which also has the incumbent.
H. O Niemeyer of Rnippa, and
Uvalde Pharmacist Dave C.
Howard as candidates
This )w Mrs Mtisquii's first
venture into the political arena
as a candidate. She has been
.to be
irt.-'-'i th 0 J, . k
ct in,charge, had
s to pt^rrfn-
r ih<* fir t phase-
i
*
O!'!>!% Wi I -
' fry • rvct.^Hcrsfi m <** r • ’
V!- ;‘f1!iriifH t ■. of which
I; . v< iht!!i fl ihtrir prurtical .jp-
« ' . ■ i. - u' 1 •
-
. fi'\ ishifi ijidff rf'^nlnliofes now
pp» ■ . i ol r»i *i tn.> •
i • " ' 4
w lot l ':<■■■ f1 to ‘ rvs H'W t h e
tf AMtir g- piunt!? ordLuia^t,
• j.:I • ■ i if) tmic. .mi U>
^ - . . • : ' , : >D'I
fmdife. • lor thi* ('otindii' s ,«of i* n
& future
M »* Vli I M f M s
lidM d Wi lnd> {‘initii Uff 'in
pro* ' * •• i « \pt r. iitur#*
for.! tivt ot pNw* ami fiUmu
ft r waior tfunm, Uiis award vbas
t"'sot (onn< i| On 2 V »
O r 8 ?
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locally
roguiir
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th;i
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an,thing further
c in feci, ra! eccc-
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CAR LICENSE
PLATES HERE
- > M'■ bee :■<•
■ .it .' • -1 iw. ii n g.inday of
a Die i\ collet tor
oftict Tne new plates must
Vex . cut s by Apr.. 1
ta O ut-t.v .. p. svtiger
tii ei'--. - v. :ll run from number,
i;.■ S225 to JV 9WCi and from
it 10 to .!/ 2.V24
3rmk plates will carry num
’. gMi'.sSO to 2M l ifiS Farm
t; -k- AN,‘-175 to SN594S)
Other x.elucie ’classificratior.s
include truck tractors, fa r nt
iruck-tracti-rs. trailers, special
t li-rs, 1 .use trailers, motor
ois, .-m: i.-ni'i trailers;
was bom on June 27, 1931, in
tjie Medina Hospital, and it e n
more babies first saw the iiglit
(:f tiuy there during the remain-
ing six months of 1931
The fir,' few years were De-
iir.-'Siotf Years, it took a little
time for the hospital idea t o
catch on Only 23 babies were
delivered in 1932 18 in 1933, and
13 in 1934.
Then the number of babies de-
livered rose rapidly from year
to year The year 1935 register-
ed 35 births in the hospital, and
that was just a gtaad start. 50
b hies were bom there in 1939,
5? i'ii 1937. <>2 in 1938. and 6C in
1939
The .number dropped to 55 in
1940. but began to rise again
with 71 in 1941. SW in 1942, 132
in 1,3*3. 185 in 1944. and dropped
a bit to 127 in 194.5 A
The figures for the surettyding
years are 1(14 in 194ti, 177 in
1947, 190 in 1948 175 in 1949,
244 in 1950 245 in 1951. 284 in
1952, 339 in 1953, 315^*flSl954.
32t> in 1955.
And 315 in 1956. 345 in 1957,
320 in 1958. 287 in 1959, 273
in 1960. 290 in 1961, 269 in 1962,
and 234 in i%7j;
That is a total of 5844 babies
in 32'_• years.
Tlie first birth in the Medina
Hospital was a normal delivery
cm June 27. 1931 Nine d a y s
lat.-r tile hospital had to care
for it. first premature baby on
July 6, 1931.
"We lined an apple box. laid
the baby in cotton and surround-
ed it with hot water bags.' We
fed the little tyke with an eye
dropper and kept a warm with
the licit water-bags. We were
real proud when the.baby made
it Mrs. Bcrtreaver r c- rn e nt-
bers.
The first tonsil was removed
on the day the hospital opened,
June 3, 1931, but it wasn't unto
July 27, 1931, that, the first ap-
pecdectomy was performed. The
first major operation had been
on June 26.
The first hernia operation in
the new hospital wa- performed
December 21, 1931, the records
show.
.--.... Xi
The next year, 1932, brought
another series ot “firsts,” -Mrs.;
Cook relate-s It was May 24.
1932, when the first blood trails-
extremely active in w b r k { n«
with the I'olitiral Ass-u-i.ition 4)
Spanish • speaking Orgnnbptions
in Zavala County, and often acts
as toast mistress during local
gatherings of PASO and DRIVE
LOCALLY
A. Preciado, secretary of Hon-
do PASO, when asked about the
rally, said he knew nothing at
all about it and he had not
read the item in the San Antonio
paper.
Fidel Sanchez, vice-president
of the local uhit is presently liv-
ing in Taylor. T A. Lopez, presi-
dent, said that be had no staie
ment to make Wednesday H c
indicated, that the Hondo PASO
group would hold a meeting tj
elect new officers later this
week and that he would report
on that electicHi some-time after
the meeting.
Tom Kuykendall
KUYKENDALL
AWARDED
BSA HONOR
Tom Kuykendall of Hondo ha-
been presented the Silver Beav-
er Award, highest honor which
can b«* bestowed upon an adult
Scout worker. ‘
The award was presented dur-
ing the annual Alamo Are a
Scout Council banquet in" San
Antonio's Villita Assembly H.i'l
Februarv 6
|i
The citation accompanying th.
Silver Beaver Award read:
“Tom Kuykendall is Mr
Scouting in Hondo He km. .
how to put the Scouting proer ,
•^tfcro.ss at all level- Ir.g
local unit to a 'Council-vt i C-
drive
"Tom Kuykendall fan d<- t
because he has worked a-tj-e!v
at ail levels in Scouting H e
started in 1953 as a Pack Com-
mittee Chairman, and bei ;.me a
Scoutmaster in 1956
, "He then served S a n d j :
. District Chairman in 1959 It i -
service continued as a Troop
committee member in ltklo Cur
rently he is registered as a
member of the Executive
Board.
"In ,1962 he was mimed <' air-
man pf the Council Area Cam
paign, where he once ,r ain il-
lustrated his iinnuc• v
celtence i.i organizing fitj.vN/’
and training
"Ho hold- the Woodh-. '
beads received in 1957 and the
Trairiing Award,
"He is a past president of the
Chamber of Commerce and is a
very, active member of the First
Methodist Church He owns and
manages the Western Auto St re
in Hondo.
"Mr. Kuykendall has m ;i J e
his exceptional talents -available
to boys at' all times, with ari
unexcplled devotion to the" ideals
of the Scouting program
“With this record, no more
worthy recipient of the treasur-
ed Silver Beaver Award can he
found than Tom Kuykendall —
a Scooter’s Scouter ”
WORK IS N E A RL Y
FINISHED on the new
fiood channel for Seco
Oee1< near D Han:s. The
Lions Club cf that com-
munity is sponsoring the
work as a public service,
trying to keep the next
- big flood from causing
' damage^-? hey have
raised $1500.00 toward
'paying for the huge
amount of earth moving
needed, and hope to get
about $5,000 additional.
The top picture shows
’ t"1 o n s Club President
Raymond Nestor, Bonner
Carl and Jim Myers, all
of Medina Electric @e>op- , ---------------- .............
erative looking over the ' mwtin* of ,hp Mpdina Hospital
Auxiliary on Monday, Teh. 17,
at 6:30 p.m. fat the Medina Co-op
Auditorium
This Is an orientation and busi-
ness meeting .which all. members
and prospective volunteers are
urRed to attend
la anticipation of the hospital
,..,r
‘l* ■
fusion was given. Transfusions
were not used as frequently then
as now. The first gall bladder
operation was recorded on June
7, the first hemorrhoidectomy on
August 7. and the first amputa-
tion of a limb on October 16,
1932.
It was almost four years after
tlfe hospital opened before it had
to treat a patient for a broken
hip on May 20. 1935.
It was Christmas Eve, Decem-
ber 24. 1937, when the hospital
staff faced a serious emergen-
cy A patient lay optically i 11
with, pneumonia. Oxygen was
the only hope left, but the hos-
pital was not equipped to give it.
"Mr. Tschirhart fixed up a
connection with the welding
oxygen tank from the garage
and we gave the oxygen by
nasal tube." Mrs. Cook said.
“The patient made it.”
The hospital had to' Cope wilh
a -number of other “firsts” after
that November 26, 1937, saw the
first lung aspiration on record
A severe burn case is listed for
December 19, 1939, and a ptery-
gium operation on the eye took
place June 3, 1940. A kidney and
bladder drainage was made Jan-
uary 9. 1947
Often specialists from San An-
tonio and elsewhere eame t o
Hondo to treutwheir patients in'1
Medina HospitalNfhe urst brain
surgery here was performed Ju-
ly 7, 1948, By a surgeon from
outside The first local radium
was conducted by a 'visiting
specialist January 2, 1962.
The opening of the new Me-
dina Menutrial Hospital will not
wipe the old hospital from the
map Mrs. Cook has said that
she plans to offer the facility
for sale to somebody or some
n J.hat will convert it
to a nursing or convalescent
home and continue to operate it.
WEAKER Nt\MED
Dr. Robert At a y o Tenery of
Waxahaehie. president of the
T --as Medicaf Association, has
a reed fo deliver the principal
address at the formal opening
of the Medina Memorial Hos-
pita! Sunday afternoon, Feb. 23,
at 3 p.m. Open house will be
c-i!»t uti d fn m two to- five.
L’vss-ock Market
A total of 602 cattle were
sold Monday on a market steady
•'out active Packer cows were
Si 00 higher
STOCKER CALVES
Hereford and Aneus s t e e rs,
S25 to $28; Heavy Hereford and
•4/tgus steers, $22 to S25; Here-
ford and Angus heifers, $22 to
$24. Heavy Heifers, $20 to $22;
Crossbred steers, $20 to $2 3;
. ’ 1 er*. $19 to $21;
Plain -leery, $17, to $20: Plain
heifers. $16 to $19
PACKER CATTLE
Good calves. $20 to $21; Com-
mercial calves, $19 to $20; Utili-
ty calves, $17 to $19; Fat bulls,.
Cutter wows, $13 to $15; Canner
cows, $11 to $13
STOCKER COWS “
- Good pairs. $175 to $200; Me-
dium pairs, $150 to $175; Plain
pairs, $120 to $150: Stocker
cows, $16 to $19. Medium cows,
$14 to $16
SHEEP
Old ewes, $6 to $7.50; Old
bugks. $7 to $8.50; Shorn lambs,
$12 to $14; Unshorn lambs, $14
to $16; Fat ewes, $8 to $8:75.
HOGS
Top," $15 to $15.75; Sows, <13
to $14 25
Hospital Auxiliary
Meets Monday Feb. 17
Announcement is made b y opening on Feb 25 for accep-
ts card members of an imnortant
new waterway. The
other photo is of an
earth - moving machine
about to descend into
the cut, - A H Photos
/
tance -of patients, rule* will he
outlined, manuals distributed, .
and duty hours scheduled. No
other notice will be given and
the committee requeeta that
word be spread to insure a good
attendance.
Present membership include*
88 active and 21 sustaining mem-
bers Mode are needed.
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Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, February 14, 1964, newspaper, February 14, 1964; Hondo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth810704/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hondo Public Library.