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The Hondo Anvil Herald
MEDINA COUNTY'S LEADING NEWSPAPER SINCE 1886
SECOND CUSS POSTAGE PAID AT HONDO. TEXAS 78M1
81st Year—No. 31
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Hondo, Medina County, Texas 78861, Friday, August 4, 1967
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KATHY MOONEY flashes a regal smile acknowledging her introduction as
the Medina County Farm Bureau Queen of 1967. Master of Ceremonies Dr.
John H. Jennings, adds his congratulation. At Queen Kathy's right is lovely
Debbie Weynand of D'Hanis who was runner-up in the contest among seven
contestants for the Farm Bureau crown. _
SPARKS
"Forge thy tongue on an anvil of truth, and
what file* up, though It be but a ipark, shall
have weight."
iwwwmww Edna
G. Me Dade
-Pindar
TALK ABOUT DRY!
This tale about present
drouth conditions stems from
Victoria, via the San Marcos
Record: Commenting on the
Texas Water Safari, one of the
contestants reported that the
Victoria section was so dry, the
catflsli were plagued with seed
ticks.
WHAT'S FOR DINNER?
If the family menus need
perking up a bit, there's a sug-
gestion borrowed from a current
book about Chinese custdms
which includes the following:
"Bird's nest ana shark's fin,
duck's head, fish lips, fresh
turtle and fruit bat, monitor li-
zards, two-month-old 'hundred
year-old' eggs, boiled, fried
steamed or grilled snake, to be
followed by sweet-and-sour
yellow fish, deepfried prawns
with chili sauce, boiled chick-
en with ginger, Szechuan fried
duck with dumplings and black
pepper, and perhaps even that
dainty little dish of dishes,
fresh fried milk: rice and a
light soup to follow all, of
course."
Burping is optional.
SNAKES ALIVE!
In New Jersey, the rattle-
snakes never had it so good.
To discourage the reptiles
from seeking the sun on resi-
dential patios, the Board of
Health in one of the town-
ships spent some $300 to build
concrete patios in the wide
open spaces so the snakes could
sun themselves without in-
fringing on the privacy and
nerves of the local citizens.
A disgruntled Mayor suggested
that perhaps shade and refresh-
ments should be added to in-
sure perfect contentment for
the township's underprivileged
rattlers.
GOOD FOR MCA EC
Mrs. Laura Windrow, finance
chairman for the Medina As-
sociation for Exceptional Child-
ren, reports a good attendance
at the Talent Show last Friday
evening and more than $100
added to the special school
fund. Lots of fun and lots of
talent, she said.
DO TEL US MORE
Not content with hotels,
motels, boatels, and airtels
which offer accomodations to
the traveler, a news dispatch
from France says that the
"horsetel" has been added on
the Riviera far the convenience
of guests who bring their own
horses for rides in that area.
"I'll bet my money on de
bobtail nag - somebody bet on
de bay." With a setup like
that, chances are both of them
would win.
LAUGH WEEK
Comes this month and a
good thing, tob. August weath-
er, for one thing, is seldom a
laughing matter. The daily
headlines are dubious mirth
provokers. Inevitably there are
August bills to pay. For the
school kids the month repre-
sents the last days of freedom
for a while. All sorts of pro-
blems combine to warrant the
need for a week devoted t o
laughter. Max Beerbohm gives
us this assurance: Strange,
when you coine to think' of it,
that of all the countless folk
who have lived before our time
on this planet, not one is known
in history or in legend as hav-
ing died of laughter.
NEWS TO VIETNAM
A letter from one of Hondo's
service men in Viet nam (see
the letter column this week)
prompted this offer from the
Anvil Herald: We will be
pleased to send our weekly
newspaper with our compli-
ments, to any Medina County
service man now on duty in
Vietnam if he or a member of
his family will send us the
name and mailing address. No
"lists", please. But we will wel
come the names of individuals
who, we hope, will welcome
the weekly report from home.
COMES THE FALL
To make way for new fall
goods, says one of those out- /
fits called a boutique (which
means costs-more), a big-city
store is advertising a clearance
of hairpieces which include
"Falls, were $95 to $225, now
half off." Isn’t the idea to
keep hairpieces all on instead
of half off? Probably just hair-
say.
Ed Wernette Is
Starcrop Farmer
Eddie Wernette of Hondo
FFA was selected among the
Star Crop Farmer Award win-
ners from Area VII. This a-
ward was made possible
through the FFA Foundation
Funds that are sponsored by
more than 500 business firms
over the United States. Wer-
nette received a cash award
of $20. Each year in vocation-
al Agriculture classes, Wernette
Eddie Wernette
had milo crops as his main pro-
ductive project. He had 75
acres of milo during his junior
year in high school.
The son of Mr. and Mrs.
Louis J. Wernette of Hondo, Ed-
die was presented the State
Farmer degree during the re-
cent State FFA Convention in
Dallas.
In addition to his productive
projects, Wernette participated
in local FFA and school acti-
vities. He was selected as the
Star Greenhand of the chapter
during his freshman year. He
served on a number of judging
teams, placing as high point
individual in dairy judging
in the district in 1967. He en-
tered sport events in high
school, playing football all
tour years.
For the first six weeks this
summer, Wernette was a stu-
dent at Texas A&M University
Adjunct at Junction. He is to
enroll at Texas A&M Univer-
sity in September.
Kathy Mooney Named
Farm Bureau Queen
Mis* Kathy Mooney of Hon-
do was named Farm Bureau
Queen of 1967 at the annual
meeting held here last Satur-
day night. Runner-up was
Mis* Debbie Weynand ofD'Han-
1*.
Queen Kathy, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. A W, Mooney of
Hondo, will be a senior in Hon-
do High School this fall. She
is presently employed as re-
ceptionist in a local office.
She will enter the district FB
Queen's Contest in New Braun-
fels this month.
An attendance estimated at
350 persons made an enthusi-
astic audience for the infor-
mal program of entertainment
provided by the Medina County
Farm Bureau. A Womanless
Wedding kept the audience in
gay mood as they watched the
performance of the star actors,
most of whom were FB direc-
tors.
In the cast wer e Stanley
Mumme as the blushing bride;
L. J. Boots Wernete as the dim-
inutive bridegroom who was
(See Queen, Page 3)
County Now In Drought Area
EUWD Manager Answers
Water Usage Protest
Col. McD. D. Wienert, en-
gineer and general manager of
Edwards Underground Water Dis-
trict, has replied to the protest
of a lady from Medina Lake re-
garding the proposed use of wa-
ter from Medina Lake, now un-
der study by the City of San
Antonio and the Bexar-Medina-
Atascosa Counties Water Im-
provement District No. 1,
The following excerpts are
from a letter to Paul Thomp-
son, San Antoni o Express-
News columnist, copy of which
Col. Weinert sent to the Anvil
Herald.
"The lady at Medina Lake
would do well to read the ex-
cellent and accurate reporting
of Jerry Lochbaum in the Ex-
press, July 12, 1967. Obviously
she only read the headlines,
which were to say the least,
misleading. And if she owns
proper ty at the lake she should
hope the "interests" she refers
to do manage to make a deal,
satisfactory to all concerned, so
that the irrigators may have
more water all the time at
less cost to them; the lake le-
vel may be kept as close to
constant as possible, and more
water may be put into the Ed-
wards Underground Reservoir.
"Insofar as the Edwards Un-
derground Water District is
concerned,all that has been
done is to express a willingness
to cooperate with all interested
parties, and to make an esti-
mate of cost to see if moving
Former Hondoan
Dies In Crash
Mrs. Virginia L. Anger mil-
ler Margiotta, 36, was fatally
injured when the car she was
driving was struck by a truck
on Thursday, July 27th, 1967 in
New Orleans, La.
The truck, loaded with scrap
metal, was coming down a
ramp from the Pontchartrai n
Expressway when its brakes
failed, causing it to run a stop
light and triggering the fatal
accident. A police brake in-
spector confirmed that the
truck's brakes were faulty.
Funeral ser vices for Mrs,
Margiotta were held at the P.
J. Conegan Funeral Home, New
Orleans on Saturday, July 29,
followed by interment in St.
Patrick Cemetery No. 1, New
Orleans. She was a native of
Hondo and she had resided in
New Orleans the past ten years
Surviving Mrs. Margiotta are
husband, Harry V. Margiotta;
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Em-
mett L. Angermiller and one
brother, Roy L. Anger miller
of Hondo; two sisters, Mrs. June
Tarroadaychik of Sunnyvale,
California, and Mrs, Mary
Howard of Devine.
Mrs. H.V.Margiotta
DEATHS
Mr. John G. Faseler
Mrs. H. V. Margiotta
Mr. C. A. Mumme
Mr. J. A. Tschirhart
water to the Bexar-Medina-
Atascosa Counties Water Im-
provement District No. 1 is
feasible.
"Texas Tech at Lubbock has
already deter mined that pro-
per ly treated sewage will pro-
vide water suitable for most
irrigation.
"We agree heartily that Me-
dina irrigated landowners will
decide by vote whether or not
Medina is sold or traded for
sewage water.
"If it cannot be demonstrat-
ed that Bexar-Medina-Atasco-
sa Counties Water Improvement
District No. 1 landowners can
profit from a firm supply of
more water than they now get;
the property owners and recrea-
tion users on Medina Lake will
have water at a reasonable le-
vel more of the time; and users
from the Edwareds Underground
Reservoir will have more water
to pump, then the Edwards Un-
derground Water District will
be the first to say the idea was
impractical."
Greer Begins
New THC Term
AUSTIN—Hal Woodward of
Coleman today was sworn in as
chairman of the Texas High-
way Commission. Herbert C.
Petty Jr., of Carrizo Springs
took the oath marking the be-
ginning of an unprecedented
third six-year term on the
Commission.
During the ceremonies State
Highway Engineer D. C. Greer
received a 40-year service
award.
The oaths of office were ad-
ministered by Judge Joe R.
Greenhill, associate justice of
the Texas Supreme Court. Also
participating in the ceremonies
was the Rev. Reginald King,
pastor of the Tarrytown Bap-
tist Church in Austin, who de-
livered the invocation.
Greer, top administrative
officer of the Texas Highway
Department for the past 27
years, joined the Department
as an assistant resident engi -
neer in the Tyler District in
1927.
WOODWARD
Woodward, the new chari-
man, is a practicing attorney
in Coleman. He first was ap-
pointed to the Highway Com-
mission in 1959. He was ap-
pointed to a second term in
1965 and was designated chair-
man of the Commission by
Governor Connally on July 18.
Woodward succeeds Petry as
chairman of the three-member
policy making body for the
activities of the Highway De-
partment. Petry first was ap-
pointed to the Commission in
1955. He was named chariman
in 1959. He was reappointed
in 1961 and this year, Governor
Connally reappointed him to a
third term as a member of the
Commission.
J. H. Kultgen of Waco is the
third member of the Commis-
sion. He was appointed in 1963.
Gonzales Wins
Stamp Contest
Domingo G. Gonzales, 1109
Avenue M, was announced as
the winner of 50,000 Top Value
trading stamps, offered by four
local merchants in a recent
contest.
Participating merchants were
Fly Drug Store, Mueller's Enco
Station, Super-Sav Superette
and Western Auto Store.
Each of the four merchants
is awarded 25 sets of 300 stamps
to the names posted in their
store windows.
All the winners are listed
in the Super-Sav full-page ad
in this issue.
Rev. A. M. Hanneman
NEW PASTOR
FOR ST. PAUL’S
The Rev. August M. Hanne-
mann will be installed as pas-
tor of St. Paul Lutheran Church
in Hondo at the 10 a.m, wor-
ship service on Sunday, August
6th. The Rev. James Heineke
from the Zion Lutheran Church
of Castroville will officiate at
the installation.
Pastor Hannemann was born
in Fredericksburg on April 15,
1927, the son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Fred J. Hannemann.
He attended the public schools
in Fredericksburg and graduated
from the high school in 1945.
He then served in the United
States Marine Corps until Au-
gust of 1946.
Continuing his education at
Texas Lutheran College in Se-
guin, he received his Bachelor
of Arts degree in May of 1950.
He then went to Columbus, O-
hlo, to receive his the«loglcal
education at the Cfapital Uni-
versity Seminary from which
he graduated in June, 1954, He
was ordai ned in his home con-
gregation at the Zion Lutheran
Church in Fredericksburg on
June 27, 1954.
PASTORATES
His first congregation was in
Olney. He then served at St.
Paul Lutheran Church in Bay-
town. In January, 1957, he ac-
cepted the call to the Martin
Luther Lutheran Church in Car-
mine, where he served until the
present time.
Pastor Hannemann has served
on various Conference and Dis-
trict committees during the
past years, one being the South-
ern District Evangelism Com-
mittee from 1960 to 1962. Then
he served a two year term as
vice-president for the Lutheran
Church School Association. He
served a two year term as chair-
man of the East Central Con -
ference and was on the South-
ern District social service com-
mittee from 1963 to 1966.
In the Fall of 1966 he went ■
to Minneapolis as a delegate to
the Third General Convention
of The American Lutheran
Church.
Pastor Hannemann was mar-
ried to Miss Pauline Glndorf of
3renham, on June 15, 1952.
They now have four children:
Stephen 11, Joel 8, Valerie 7,
and John 3.
Hondo Schools
Open Sept. 5
Hondo public schools will
open Tuesday, September 5,
says Supt. J. G. Barry.
Teachers will meet for a
faculty meeting the day before,
on Sept. 4 at 9:00 a.m.
In addition to the teachers
returning to their previous
classes, seven new teachers
have been added. They are
Mrs. Deanna Wilson, first grade;
Mrs. Lura Nell Allen, second
grade; Mrs. Barbara Bohls,
third grade; Glenn Schweers,
boys' P. E. at Lacy; Ted Seel,
high school social studies and
assistant coach; Willie Wilson
physical and chemistry and
James Robertson, band director.
Positions yet to be filled in-
clude one first grade and one
Spanish-English teacher for
high school.
Band Practice
Begins Aug. 7
Band director J. O. Rober t-
son has announced a busy Au-
gust schedule for all bands
in the Hondo Independent
School District. Students are
requested to clip this for ref-
erence.
Beginning August 7, the full
Owl Band will practice one and
one-half hours from seven
o'clock to 8:30 p.m.
Various sections have been
assigned the following prac-
tice periods, with full band
(FB) practice following each
period from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m.
Each sectional practice begins
at 6:30 p.m.
August 8, 6:30 p.m., Brass
and Percussion Sectional; Aug.
15, Brass; Aug. 17, Woodwind:
Aug. 21, Percussion,
On August 22, Brass; Aug.
24, Woodwind.
Full band practice resumes
at 7:30 each evening of Au-
gust 28, 29, and 31.
BEGINNER BAND
Each evening on the dates
of August 7, 8, 9, 10, and Au-
gust 14, 15, 16, 17, and August
21, 22, 23, and 24, the band
will be divided in three prac-
tice sessions. At 8:30 a.m..
Percussion (drums); 9:30 a.m,,
Brasses; 10:30 a.m.. Woodwinds,
On August 28, 29, and 30,
all sections will meet at 9:00
a.m.
B-BAND
The B Band will meet one
time before school starts, on
August 31 from 9:00 to 10 a.m.,
no instruments.
ON TIME
All students are expected to
be at the band hall at the times
shown on this schedule. Con-
tact the band director if this
is not possible.
Band Director Robertson
urges, "Plan now to have a
good year in your school band."
Game Tickets
Go On Sale
Orders for season football
tickets are being accepted
now. Season ticket holders
last year will be assigned the
same seats this year.
Persons wishing to change
to other or more desirable lo-
cations are requested to notify
the superintendent's office.
Tickets may not be picked
up before Monday, August 28,
according to Supt. J. G. Barry.
Medina County is one of ten
drought-affected Texas coun-
ties included in the Department
of Agriculture's action tohelp
prevent emergency liquidation
of livestock herds.
First announcement came
Thursday, July 27, in a tele-
gram to the Anvil Herald from
U. S. Senator Ralph W. Yar-
borough.
Certat n haying and grazing
privileges wer e offered on re-
serve cropland taken out of pro-
duction under conservation ad-
justment programs.
LOCAL APPLICATION
The following news release
from Floyd M. Smith, County
office manager for the Agricul-
tural Stabilization and Conser-
vation County Committee, ex-
plains in more detail the situ-
ation as it applies to land own-
ers and farm operators in Me-
dina County:
The Secretary of Agricul-
ture has authorized grazing and
harvesting forage for a limited
time (through Sept. 30th) on
Soil Bank, Cropland Adjust-
ment, Wheat, Cotton and Feed
Grain Diverted Acres program
lands. This authorization is
subject "to approval by the A SC
County Committee.
Regardless of reports to the
contrary, grazing or harvesting
this acreage without prior ap-
proval of the ASC county com-
mittee is a violation of pro-
gram regulations. If prior ap-
proval is not obtained, the re-
gular program penalties apply.
Request for permission to
graze or harvest forage on this
land must be submitted to the
ASC County Committee. If
permission is granted, a charge
for the value of the grazing or
forage harvested will be col-
lected or deducted from pro-
gram payments.
The rate for grazing shall
be a minimum of $1.00 per
acre per month, and the min-
imum charge for haying shall
be $3.00 per acre.
MEETING WEDNESDAY
Smith sai d that the local
ASC Committee was scheduled
to meet Wednesday afternoon
of this week (after press dead-
line) to consider the present
situation. They were to handle
requests filed to date and to set
maximum rates for grazing and
haying privileges.
Smith said he could not es-
timate how many farm opera-
tors would apply but that 582
letters had been mailed within
the county this week advising
landowners of the action.
Mrs. C. W. Hairrell, Medina Valley Woman's
Club, holds fhe citation presented to her "in re-
cognition of distinguished service to the commun-
ity and the State of Texas in the State-wide Cul-
tural Services Resource Survey." Mrs. Hairrell
modestly disclaims full credit. "This would not
have been possible without the generous coopera-
tion of many individuals in Medina County who
conducted the research necessary for presentation
to the Texas Fine Arts Commission who have so
graciously honored us, " said Mrs. Hairrell.
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