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AREA DEATHS
Page 4A |){| HONDO ANVIL HERALD Honda, Yfcxbs, Friday,/ December 25,1964
Commissioners Consider
Ten-Acre Picnic Area
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In their November mceUrfg, the
commissioners of Medina County
voted the purchase of a loader
for Precinct 3. The purchase
was made from the Jess McNeel
Machine Corporation for $16,250
Other items on the agenda
were the purchase of a floor buf-
fer for the court house, payment
Of a constable bond for George
Use, and the consideration of a
Owls Win
Third in
tourney
f ,V 'vi - * t l I .
The Hondo Owls tdbk third
place trophy in the Devine Bas-
ketball Tournament held in that
city on 'December 17-1819.
Larry Williams scored 56
points in the tourney and was an
all-tournament selection. .He was
also Oh the Medina Valley All-
Tburnament team .
Scores and points are listed be-
low:
Hondo 77. Cotulla 67
Williams 25, Meyer 19, Me
Anelley 12, Mooney 8, Abbott 7^
Fusselman 6.
Deylne 51, Hondo 47
Williams 18, Abbott 10. Mc-
Anelley 6, Mooney 5, Meyer 4,
Fusselman 4
Hondo 56, Dilley 48
Mooney .14, Williams 13, Me- *
Anelley 10, Meyer 10, Abbott 8,
Herrera 1.
Aliens Must
Report
Addresses
J W tfoflanrt of the tmmia>»-.
tion and Naturalization Service
stated that aliens in the United
States will be required to report
their addresses to the Attorney
General within the near future.
All aliens, with few exceptions,
who are in the United States on
January 1 each year mqst re-
port their addresses by the end
of that month. Only the following
classes of aliens are excused
from this requirement: 11 > Ac-
credited Diplomats; (2) Persons
accredited to certain internation-
al organizations: and (3> Those
admitted temporarily as agricul-
tural laborers.
Forms with which to make the
report can be obtained from any
Post Office or Immigration Of-
fice during the month of .Janu-
ary.
- Holland said that the law pro-
vides severe penalties for fail-
ure to comply with the report-
ing requirement.
operation "DEATHWATCH”
DEC. 24 tUu JAN. 3 ESTIMATE 105 M0T0RCIDES
picnic area in the New Foun-
tain community.
Floyd Saathoff, chairman of
the county program building
committee, submitted a propos-
ed plan to clear a 10-acre area
of county land near New Foun-
tain to be used for a picnic area.
The Court suggested that Saath-
off contact the adjoining land
owners and report his findings
before action will be taken.
DECEMBER MEETING
During the December meeting,
a delegation of citizens from the
Medina Lake area met with the
commissioners concerning a
road from the Lake, north, to
meet the road to Bandera The
Court advised them to present
the project to the State Highway-
Department in Austip
The commissioners approv-
ed the pruning of pecan trees a-
round the court house and a Mr.
Aldridge was given the job at
$6 per tree.
An application submitted by
Sheriff Charles Hitzfelder for
Deputy Ralph Chancy to attend
the Texas Department of Public
Safety training school in April,
1965, was approved by the com-
missioners.
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS
Judge Janies R, Duncan said
,that officials and employees will
(take off at noon Thursday, Dec-
ember 24, and the Court House
will re-open on Monday, Decem-
ber 28.
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The figures above ^present the estimated toll of 105 lives expected to he lost in Texas traffic
accidents during the 11-day holiday period from December 24 through January 3. During this
period, the Texas Department of Public Safely wilt tabulate these tragedies as the) occur and
make periodic releases in an effort to focus public attention on the added dangers of holiday travel.
A special appeal has been issued to Texans to do their part in proving the estimate is too high.
Bowling News
Tuesday nitc December 8. the
five top lady bowlers were
Tbelka Wengenroth 191 499; Fay
McCartney 164-454; Virginia Jen-
kins 174 4-44; Evelyn Winkler 154-
441; Johnnie Carter 163 439.
Splits picked up were: Thelka
Wengenroth, 3-6-7-10; Ethel
Meeks 5-6; Monie Koch 5-6; A1
leen Koch 5-7; Gloria Gallardo
5 7; Etma Brieiten 3-10; Modine
Meyer 3-10; Rosey McHah 3-6-7-
10.’
The top lady bowlers Tuesday
December 15, were Virginia Jen-
kins 160-469: Thalka Wengenroth
179-459; Georgia Schweers 167
454; Nina Rodriguez 169 443: Mo
dine Meyer 170 432; Carmen San-
doval 170-432
Splits picked up were; Edna
Hales 2-7; Monie Koch 3-10; Eth-
el Meeks 56-10; Georgia Sch
wrers 6-7 10; Carmen Sandoval
5-10; Thalka Wengenroth 4-5 and
3-10. ’
To Perpetuate The
Memory of
Your Loved Ones
F ...» ‘ T
FISCHER
MEMORIAL WORKS
7723 Mission Road
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
For additional information
Call WA 2-1971
If no answer, call -
LE 3-8667
Open Sundays
by appointment
VM HERE!
Mr and Mrs B. M Estes are
announcing the arrival of their
13th grandchild, Margaret Ann,
horn Tuesday night, December
15 1964, in the Santa Rasa Hos-
pital She weighed 6‘i pounds
Her parents are Mr and Mrs
David Estes of San Antonio. Her
maternal grand parents are Mr.
and Mrs. Oscar Batot of Hondo
AKISYA Camp Fire
Group Hosts AOWAKIA
The AOWAKIA group of Camp
Fire Girls from Hondo were
guests of AKISYA group from
D’Hani. at their Irftemational
Friendship Tea. They were ac
eonupanied by Mrs. Myles Wey
natid and Mrs. Georgia Mae
Chapman. F.arh person was giv-
en a lei as a favor The AKJfTYA
group entertained by showing
and telling about things from
other countries. They were ser-
ved refreshments afterwards
Debbie Kile
Sec. Scribe
EMCE A. BRADSII \W
Mr. Enice A. BrAdshaw, 54.
of Bluffton South Carolina pass
ed away at Orlando, Fla ,-■Dor-
ember 11, 1964 after a linger-
ing illness with cancer. Mr.
Bradshaw was born December
5, 1910 at Winters, Tex., and he
was married to the former Miss
Beatrice.Cox of Roxford, Fla.
He was the son of the late Mrs
E H. Whittington and the late
C. T Bradshaw He is survived
by his wife who is teaching
school at Plont City, Fla , two
daughters, Mr- Sarah Ann Cape-
land. Spartenburg, S Carolina
and Mrs Carol Hnmlett, Jr.,
Patrick A F B Fla ; one son,
Robbv Bradshaw- Cambridge. S
Carolina His mo'her and -'cp
father, Mr. and Mrs. E H Whit
tington of Natalia. Texas four
brothers. Arthur Bradshaw. Bal
linger; James Bradshaw, Miami.
Fla.. H L. Brad-haw, Weslaco;
L. E. Whittington, Natalia and
two sisters. Mrs. Thelma Shir-
ley, ImmdkeUer. Fla., and Mrs
Ira Stuart Burnett, and one
grand child, a son, Eniee A ,
Jr., preceded him in death in
1963.
Mr Bradshaw attended school
at Mt, Verde. Fla He had lived
in Texas, Panama, .Venezuela,
South America, Argentina and
Florida >
He was a member of the Bap-
tist Church at Bluffton, South
Carolina and he was a veteran
of World War II His business
affiliations and occupations in
eluded working for the Ford
Foundation in Venezuela South
America and the United Fruit
Company in Panama and ranch-
ing interests and show cattle in
South Carolina
The funeral was held Sunday,
December 13, 1964 at 2 pm, at
Mt. Dora, Fla with interment
in a local cemetery.
SHERRILLE BONATART
LITTLETON
Mr Sherrille Bonatart Little
_jk>n. 54 of 639 W Summit Ave .
San Antonio died in the Baptist
Merriurial Hospital, Monday,
December 7, 1964, after a finger
jug illness.
Mr Littleton was born Aug
ust 31, 1910 in the Shookvitle
community near Devine and he
married the former Miss Zelda
Whittaker in 1938.
He was the son of Mrs. Cora
B. Littleton and the late Mr
Edgar Littleton who preceded
him in death in 1940
He is survived by his wife
and two daughters, Mrs Carol
Ann Rheinharri and Pat-> Ruih
Littleton, one -on, Richard Lit
tleton, all of San \ntonio; also,
his mother and one brother,
MarshalJe Littleton of Devine
two sisters, Mrs .1 B Spivey
also of Devine and Mrs. W E.
Sjpivey of San Antonio; and
nieces and nephews
He attended grammar' school
in the Shook\ ills? community and
attended high school in Devine.
He was a member of the Fiat
Baptist Church in San Arttomo
and the Alpine Masonic I/m
He had lived in Alpine, Dfl
and Laredo, where he was
ager of a furniture company.
Prior to moving to San Antonio
a year ago where he was man
ager of another furniture com
panv
The funeral was held Wednes
Hay, December 9, 1964 at 2 00
p m in the Roy Akers Funeral
t’hapel, with inter men) in the
North Burial Mission Park San
Antonio Dr Charles Bowles of
ficiated
Pallbearers for Sherrille Bon
atari Littleton were Edwin Con
rad Stuart Tierre, Earl Evans,
Morris Miller, Eugene Williams,
A M Barchers, all of San An
tonio
lUOU'i
/wise
i ttja
min'
Natalia & Chacon News
by Mr* • W Thomoxon
We can
make a
whale of a
difference
around
your house
If you have too much family, too
many things, too little HOUSE
...talk to'us about "remodel-
lng.>Wa make all kinds of
additions.. . bathrooms, bedrooms, family
<i*w, garages, carports, patios.
And we help make it easy on your budget
arrange long-term financing that keeps
monthly payments
to a minimum. Call
us ter a FREE art-
mate... or drop by
for a talk,
M&M B M Fries went
Corpus ChHsti Saturday morning
the w-eekend to visit their
daughter and familv MAM R»h
) Golden, Sheri and Laurie.
who is a patient in the
It view hospital had surgery
.skin grafting Monday morn
in2 Shi- will "be confined to the
hospital for months. Her ad-
dress is Sheri Arnold. Room No.
306. Parkview hospital, Corpus
Christi. She wa- seriously injur-
ed from a pow-er lawn mower
accident at her home some time
hack.
H. V. NEEDLE CLUB
Mrs. Leonard Bippert
was
Young Farmers
To Attend
Jan. 8 Meeting
At the first annual "Christmas
party for the Young Farmers
and Youiq>'Homepiakers, recent
fy, two Youiifc Homemaker dele-
gates were elected to attend the
January 8-9 2nd Annual Conven-
tion to b# herd in Dallas. They
were Mrs. william Moos, presi-
dent. and Mrs. John Batoi, re-
porter and historian Also attend
ing will be Mrs. Richard
Schweers, advisor.
John Batot will represent the
Young Farmers at the conven-
tion uU Richard Schweers will
attend a* alternate to the llth
Annual Convention of Young
Farmers.
» ‘‘If it Mins,'’ said Mrs. Batot,
“many otheg young farmers and
homemakers plan to attend die
convention, which is the first for
the Hondo organization.’’
to hostess to the Happy Valley
Needle Club Christmas party
Wednesday afternoon. Decem-
ber 16 'Dm was the 16fh An-
nual Christmas party in Mrs
Bippert's home
A special hour was enjoyed. A
beautiful tree graced the living
room and gifts were exchanged
Mrs A W Bongers, assisted
by Mrs I,eonard Bippert and
Mrs. F E. Langford, handed
out the gifts
An assortment of cakes, rook-
ies. candies, potato chips, par-
ty mix. coffee and cocoa were
served to the 16 members and
the four guests Mrs Roy I-ee
Bippert and son, Troy I am of
LaCostc, Gregory McMillan and
John Mark of Natalia.
Post Office
Dedication
In Janary
The new post Office building
will be open for public use some
time in January, according to
Postmaster Harry E. Filieman.
"The building will have to be
approved before we can move
in,” Filieman stated, “and we
were notified that the inspectors
will not get ,to Hondo until Jan-
uary ” ■*''
Filieman said that when the
buiding is approved, the dedica-
tion^ date will be announced in
the Anvil Herald,
Here In Hondo
Mr and Mrs N -C Johnson
have as their holiday guest*. Mr.
and Mrs. James L. Smith and
Timmy of Corpus Christi,
and Mr. and Mrs James
L. Smith, Jr., of San Antonio.
MILLER INSURANCE
and REAL ESTATE
MR. and MRS. H. 8RU MILLER
1705 Ave. At HA 4-2143
HONDO, TEXAS
DR M. S. DERANKOU
OPTOMETRIST
LEINWEBER BUILDING
For Appts. Call HA 6-2541
THURS FRI-SAT.
DR. J. H. JENNINGS
OPTOMETRIST
Phone HA 6 2634
Leas Waiting By Appointment
Closed Mondays
Hours 9:30 to 12 1:30 to I
SAT., 9 to 12 noon
DR- EVERETT B. VINCENT
CHffiOPKAfTOR
9 Jo 12 2 to 5;30
Thursday A Saturday 9 to 12
1611 Avenue K, Honde
Office Phone HA 6 2541
Residence Phone, liA 6-2672
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SALES
TO
TOP '63
Cbri-tmas hoppers havi
en advantage of the barg iins. of-
fered by Hvndo merchants and
have , kept the cash register-
ringing steadily to assure that
December 1964 will top the 196.;
sales.
A cross section of busines-
firms represented in Hondy,
questione 1 is to whether Hondo
jV'Tch: nt- had matched last
’Star's sales, agreed that they be-
ll ved safes this month would be
little better than lari year.
" fine merchant -aid that Nov-
ember had been slew and he wa-
"ifding dojwri in the mouth” a
tout *hi- month until he com
STOCKER CAIAE-S
Hereford and Angus steers, $19
to $20. Heavy Hereford and An
gus steer.-, $17 to $19; Hereford
and Angus heifers, $16 to i!7.
Heavy Heifers. $15 to $16, (to.--
bred steers, $16 to $18 50; Cr:>s-
. bred heifers $15 to $17 Plain
steers.'$U to $17, Plain heifer-.
$12 to $16
PURER C'ATTt.E
Good calves. $18 to $19 50
Commercial calveswSlfi v> to $18 ^
Fat bull-. $16 to $17, Fat cow-
$12 50 to $13 75; Cutter cows $11
to $12 50, Canner cow- £1 to
$11 .
STOCKER COWS
Good pairs, $150 to $1 To ,-M -i
Noonan-Pearson
a of MAM I/'slia
T chirhart was baptized in Cats
. . die Situ i> Sponsor- were
tern- .st; in and Carolyn Tschir-
> < n w n . mi d Mark Alan.
Ton; Oturi > visited Lytle and
Devise Satu rday.
MSM I/■-lie Tsehirhart and
-.ns, MAM -I Fohn and son.
and r rob T'-chirhart visited
mam tt< T • hirh.irt Sunday
t .ired hi- f-nlos
records and
found thul ‘hf w.t
- ahead "So
Vki can't go .by u
bat vi m feel,”
he commented.
1
A repre-i nt itiv
" of a k>-
t al ready lo w-car
s;,id be felt
-ale- h.-i l b>: o -■
imewhat -.low
for this tim<* of-yc
-r but he w*s
-urc (hut the tour
day.- left tor
shopping would ni
.fctj Ur fnr l!
Rev. R. Pfennig
Leaves
Hondo, Dec. 28
The R"v Robert It Pfennig,
pastor of- St Paul's Lutheran
Church will deliver hi- farewell
-ermon to the eohgregation this
Sunda; December 27. at the
10:00 a m service He has bn n
the pastor of St Paul's for the
past six and a half year- The
sermon theme will he V.'h, n the
New Pastor Come
Tlie Pfennigs wit! ' >
Frenham next Monday, when he
will begin a i» * Lutheran
Church Tlie Board <4 American
Missions of The American I.uth
ergn church is sponsoring this
new congregation Construction
of a church i- to, begin shortly
after tin fir-t of the year,
MCAEC Pupils
Present
Xmas Program
The Medina County Association
for Exceptional Children met in
the Child Development Center
Monday night
The program/ was presented by-
children enrolled in the classes
of Mrs Betty/Jordan, teacher of
the MCAEC/unit for children of
varying exceptionalities, and
Mrs Gwen 7j rr, teacher of the
Hondo Public School Trainable
Mentally Retarded unit Arthur
Rothe welcomed the visitors
Group presentations ineluderl
rhythm hand numbers, mar chins;
and folk darning Individual
number- were- given by Robert
Reyes Ronald McGuffin, and
John h'ilhorn
Following the program was the
installation of officers for 1965
Taking offices are A F McGuf-
fin as president, Mrs FJiriibeth
McAnnelly, vice president: Mrs
Lucille Heirman. secretary and
Mrs Isabelle McGuffin. ifea-ur
cr Board member elected to
serve a two-year term are Alex
Grant. Sr,, Pete Alrozer, Ferd
hot he and M< -dames Bernie
Murte, H Z Windrow, and R‘»g
ello Carmona
Professional
Directory
Another merchant remark
ed that "last miiu4*. shoppers
haven't let us down vet, and we
feel sure we’ll letter our -ales
this year '
Young Farmers
Plan
Tax Meeting
INSURANCE
ALL TYPES WRITTEN
PROMPT SERVICE ON CLAIMS
N. P. (PAUL) POPE AGENCY
MRS N P. POPE Licensed Agent
202 Monde N tticna Bank Bldg
phorws: HA 6-2252
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Formers
hu-iness
The ‘ Hundo You:
met Tuesday night’ !•
meeting and ,oi i.d
'Hie Young Farmers discussed
the sale of drer - kin - -c- a fund
raising campaign to finance
chapter activities Elsewhere in
the paper appear- a notice of
deer hid,- donstiori* f--r the Hon
d- Y iu\ :r I nt -r 1 d-'-r
fn-ident Glenn Sch.weers is re-
ceiving the dimated fddc
Plans were made for the Jan
uary buxines- ses-ion t.< be held
in January on filing income tax
report.- tor farmers Anyone in
tere-ted in attending this meet-
ing is invited
Plan- tor the Beef Cattle short
Course schedules) for-January 1*
?l wi re dt-sus-ed Kffi i< nev of
beef production is m-s-t imp->r
tant now that jirbduc'iofl post-
arc all higher
Following the bo-ines.x -essi-m
the group erjoyed a gape- par
iy with the voting homemaker'
Christmas
Greetings
on this day of peace
and good wishes
among the people
of the world
D. C. Howard
Your State Representative
For Your Surveying Needs Call
HILMAR J. KOCH
Medina County Surveyor
Bonded c
State Licensed
Registered No. 2»
P. O. Vox 244
Wauls, Texas
Phone D'Hanis fO 3 7331
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