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10 CENTS
SINCE 1886 — ALL THE NEWS OF MEDINA COUNTY
. NO. 70
HONDO, MEDINA COUNTY,
, TEXAS,
FRIDAY, JUNE 24,1955
NUMBER ONE
SPARKS
By Bill Berger
s a story about "The
;ost of Silence” which I
from E. A. Schirmer, one
top men with Campbell-
Advertising Company of
One of their principal
is seeing that you keep
let in mind when you
automobiles, and they
it that task diligently,
story he told at the Texas
Association meeting in
ton recently may seem
. to most of our readers.
almost anyone who ad-
iat the story makes sense
jtomatically tell his age.
about a man who might
ived in Detroit or Hondo
other city 25 to 35 years
,et’s call our man Mr.
arose one morning and en-
his usual breakfast with
aping bowl full of FORCE,
jumped into (this CHAL-
S car and proceeded to
with the comforting knowl-
that he was safe because
ar was equipped with G&J
. He thought about two good
ds of his — one who drove
ARL and the other a STAR
nd how foolish they were
-t buying those extra heavy
and safe G&J tires.
Mr. Buyer entered his of-
he developed a slight tooth
and as soon as hg reach-
is desk, he picked up his
pencil and made a note
plenish his supply of DENTS
JACHE GUM.
as a busy day for our hero
'iis tension was somewhat
by smoking a few SWEET
RALS — and during the
he stopped in at the
store for his daily MOXIE.
ile in the drug store he was
ded that his wife had ask-
to pick up a few bars of
IN soap and SAPOLIO,
couldn’t resist buying a
und of WILBUR’S CHOCO-
BUDS so attractively dis-
on the counter,
roads were a bit rough in
and going home he was
that his car was equipped
HASSLER shock absorbers,
he entered his home, his
warned him that the floor
s library had just had a
of MURPHY VARNISH and
idn’t want him to mar the
the prints from .his
N COMPOSITION SOLES,
er dinner he enjoyed a cup
licious BARRINGTON HALL
, and some ZU ZU ginger-
, to the strains of a beauti
elody from his newly pur
SONORA phonograph. Up
—out of his TOPKIS under
into bed — and Mr.
's day was ended,
is indeed a strange story
st of you.
point is that every product
by Mr. Buyer was, in his
a national leader. Those
cts were accepted and en-
the good will which was
d for them by a process
g, patient public education,
something happened,
y stopped advertising. They
to keep silent and save
oney! They forgot that
Will and Brand Acceptance
ighly perishable assets.
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stro System
ses
tu relays
Castroville Light and Wa-
stem office will be closed
y Saturday through July
ugust beginning with July
ending with August 27. It
iso be closed all day on
h of July. For the con-
ce of its customers, the
will remain open until
Fourth Anniversary for HAB
.ei°°g resident of Castro-
**%a Mueller Hutz-
. Hutzler, 76,
ied Monday
astroville
ROVILLE—Funeral sepv-
cre held on June 20, 1955
rs. Edmund Hutzler, 76,
■ed in San Antonio at the
f her daughter.
s bom there on Dec. 19,
ttended school there and
member of St. Louis
c Church and St. Ann’s
vors include: Mrs. Wal-
g. a daughter of San An-
ullus Hutzler, a son of Rio
; six grandchildren; five
randchildren and a sis-
rs- Julia Naegelin. One
r preceded her in death.
Eeo Goertz conducted the
services and interment
St. Louis Cemetery,
arers were: Allen Haby,
Haby, Raymond Moe-
Hugo Naegelin, Herbert
and Eddie Naegelin.
Rock Hunter
May Find
Plenty
One of the three men who
broke out of the Bellville jail
last Monday night, Johnny Way-
ne Kain, 18, is wanted in Medina
county on six school house bur-
glary indictments, according to
the sheriff’s department.
Escaping with Kain were j
Hardy Charles Harris, about 20,
and Lewis Andrew Collins, about
30. The three were caught on
a farm near New Braunfels
when they posed as uranium
hunters. Local Highway Patrol-
men W. B. Hedge and A. G.
Dalton took part in the manhunt
which included an airplane
Kain will appear in court on
July 18.
Forgers
What’s in a name? Forgery,
perhaps.
According to Sheriff C. J. Hitz-
felder, the forgers who have hit
Medina county are still around.
One of the men has been des-
cribed as being 27 years of age,
5 feet 10 inches tall, weight 167
pounds and has a tattoo on one
of his arms. The negro, who
cashed checks at Crow’s Clean-
ers in Hondo and Savage Grocery
in Devine, also hit in Castroville
and Sabinal.
James Lewis is the name
given by the above described
negro, but he also has aliases
of John Orange Williams,
William Jones, Donald Jefferson,
and J. T. Hensley. Don’t be fool-
ed by a chummy build-up, is
the advice given by the sheriff’s
department, because anyone who
could think up a conglomeration
of names such as “James Lewis"
has given in his travels, could
think up another one.
The men are traveling in a
black Chevrolet sedan, license
number EM-2120. ,
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Thousand
Register
Saturday
A thousand people poured
through the doors of the new
Farm and Home Store, which
opened in Hondo last week-
end. Registration cards show-
ed names from Bandera, San
Antonio, Poteet, Utopia, Yan-
cey, D'Hanis, Devine, Dunlay,
Castroville, as well as Hondo
and other points.
Winners of prizes were H.
F. King, Zip-Aire cooler, Rob-
ert Hartung, 3-slice toaster.
Getter Crow, Crosley radio,
and Harry Haltman, percola-
tor.
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LT. COL. EARL V. RILEY
Whittington
Appointed
Tax Collector
NATALIA—The Natalia school
board has appointed E. H. Whit-
tington as Tax Assessor Col-
lector for Natalia Independent
School District beginning July 1,
to fill the vacancy left by the
resignation of Murray L. Young
who . has held the office for the
past two years.
The tax office will be located
on the ground floor of the Whit-
tington building, in the space for-
merly occupied by Dr. Landk
Offiqe hours are tentatively set
at 31 to 5 in the afternoons,
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LT. COL. EARL V. RILEY
HONDO’S MILITARY C. O.
When Lt. Col. Earl V. Riley
arrived at Hondo Air Base to
take over the duties of command-
ing officer on December 10, 19'3,
he received a warm welcome
from the military and civilian
personnel at the base. It was his
first command as base com-
mander and it has been a very
stimulating and enriching year
and a half in experience for the
genial, soft-spoken Colonel.
He commands the 3304th Pilot
Training Group (Contract Pri-
mary) comprised of 37 perma-
nent party military men and ap-
proximately 500 students, both
aviation cadets and student of-
ficers. He is also the military
supervisor whose duty it is to see
that the product of the civilian
contract flying school meets Air
Force standards.
St. John's Reedies
For Picnic Sunday
St. John’s Catholic Church Charls-, Tondre, Eugene Moos
holds its annual celebration Sun-
day, June 26, on the church
grounds. The serving of a barbe-
cue dinner will begin-at 11:30,
with adults paying $1 and chil-
dren under 12 paying 50c for the
meal.
There will be amusements on
the grounds throughout the af-
ternoon including an apron booth
Women of the parish are making
the aprons under the chairman-
ship of Mrs. W. A. Leinweber.
General Chairman for the pic-
nic is Adolph Lutz and Mrs.
Walter Breidenbach is chairman
of the dinner.
Others on committees for the
celebration are: Henry Graff,
Edward Ondrej, Arnold Zerr
Don Tichirhart, Hilmar Lutz
Fred Bader, Harry Filleman,
Mickey Lutz, Robert Zuber-
bueler, Henry Hermes, John
Sehueii.ig, Eugene Moos, Hilmer
'.utz, "’aul Bendele, Hubert Her-
mes, Marvin Batot, Ralph Graff,
Erwin Moos, Eugene Moos, Al-
bert laegelin, M. L. Mechler,
Mrs Volney Boon, Mrs. Maria
Richter, Mrs. Frank Graff, Mrs.
Walter Bendele, Mrs. Andrew
Braden, Mrs. Ed Ney, and Mrs.
Eugene Moos.
In addition to these are: A1
Schiffers, James Tschirhart, Al-
(See ST. JOHN'S, Page 4)
102 YEAR OLD
NATALI AN
KILLED BY CAR
NATALIA — One of Natalia’s
oldest inhabitants, Casamcro
Vasquez was killed almost in-
stantly Saturday night, when
struck by an automobile driven
by a Bigfoot man on highway
81 near Ahr’s Garage.
Casamero, as near as can be j
determined, is 102 years old, hav-:
ing been born in Mexico in 1853, j
and soldiered in the Mexican |
army for quite some time. He
also served about 30 years on a
rail road section gang here in
the states according to state-
ments of his friends. He has
been around Natalia for many
years, and was a familiar figure
on the streets, with his home-
made. sandals on his feet, and a
large sombrero on his head at
all tiipes.
Funeral services were sched-
uled for St. John Bosco’s Catho-
lic Church, Tuesday, with inter-
ment in the Catholic cemetery
in Devine.
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Atkins Heads
LaCoste Lions
L/K&fft’fe - Deputy District
Governor Ellis, District 2A Lions
and P. Zotarelli both of San An-
tonio an<3l John Nester of D’Hanis
vere installing officers for the
LaCoste Lions Club when A. C.
Atkins became the new presi-
dent.
Other new officers are Alex E.
Jungman, 1st vice-president; E.
J. Keller, 2nd vice-president; Wil-
liam Keller, 3rd vice-president;
A. P. Parma, secretary-treasur-
>r; A D. Blue, lion tamer; Wes-
ley Hutzler, tail twister; and
directors are R. J. Mangold, D.
R. Duron, and C. A. Stein.
Key awards were made to A.
D. Blue and C. A. Stein for out-
standing servief. Sixteen ladies
were in attendance for the in-
stallation and ladies night sup-
n — v*rved cafeteria style.
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1951 — REBIRTH OF HONDO AIR BASE — On July
10, 1951, H. B. Zachry told the first class of cadets
to arrive at the base that the cutting of the huge
birthday cake symbolized the rebirth of Hondo Air
Base. Performing the honors with the president of
the board of directors of Texas Aviation Industries,
Inc., are Major General Kenneth McNaughton/ de-
puty commander of the Air Training Command
(center) and Captain Beaudro, member of the mili-
tary staff at the base.
JOHN CAPE
John Cape Proud
Of TAI Personnel
The administration of a large
contract flying school with many
more complexities and peculiari-
ties than will be found on a
regular Air Force base isn’t
done with a crystal ball, ac-
cording to John Cape, executive
vice-president of Texas Aviation
Industries, Inc.
The people who work out the
small problems to clear the way
for large overall projects and
the men who train the students
are responsible for the recent
high perfotmaftce rating won by
the contractor, he declared, and
not through the efforts of any
one individual all by.himself.
Team work at Texas Aviation
Industries, Inc. was doubly as-
sured when the incentive plan
was put into operation last year.
Through the plan, the bonus won
by TAI for each training hour
flown will be distributed to each
of the 725 employees.
Broom Corn Crop
Needs More Rain
HIGH RATING
WON IN
FOURTH YEAR
The highest performance rat-
ing over the nine contract flying
schools in the nation may be old
news to a lot of people, but to
those of us in Hondo, a Texas
brag with truth undisputed is one
that will live on forever. To
HAB, it was like a birthday
present won on the anniversary
of their fourth year in operation.
When Hondo Air Base was
reactivated on July 9, 1951, it
was the fifth civilian contract
school to open in the Air Force
expansion program involving
nine such installations.
To the City.of Hondo, at that
time, it meant the opening of
some 600 jobs and an influx of
a thousand people. Today, Texas
Aviation Industries, Inc. holder
of the contract, hires 725 civilians
with an annual payroll of ap-
proximately $3,000,000 and the
number of people who have set-
tled in this area reach well over
the modest figure of 1,000 set up
in 1951.
' If, at first, objection was rais-
ed by some of the citizenry
about the noise of training
planes, the objections were lost
before too long in the tinkle of
the cash registers in the stores,
the hum of refrigerators, home
freezers, the whizzing past of new
cars, the hustle and bustle at-
tendant to servicing cars at the
filling stations, and the sound of
new tractors chuffing away in
fields all over Medina county.
The mission of the airbase at
that time was preflight and basic
training of Air Force pilots.
Hondo Air Base is now classed
as a primary training base.
Training of Air Force pilots by
civilian instructors is not some-
thing new to the training pro-
gram. It was started by the Air
Force in 1938 and has been and
is one of the standard methods
of giving primary training.
The Air Force pays all of the
exfpense^ incurred in operating
the school, plus a fee to the
civilian contractor who hires and
pays' the salaries of the instruc-
tors and civilian personnel. The
only permanent Air Force per-
sonnel on the base are a few key
men in supervisory positions who
see to it that the product turn-
ed out by the civilian contractor
meets Air Force standards. The
actual training is done by
civilians,
Although some farmers around
the Yancey area are pulling
broom com this week, W. L.
Taylor says the Hondo growers
desperately need a rain to make
a decent crop.
Taylor, who has 160 acres of
the com, estimates that about
80 acres of his will be pulled
next week but that it has not
headed out properly. His other
acreage, planted after the late,
hard freeze, will need a couple
of weeks more growing time,
but both plantings would benefit
greatly from a rain.
Not many crops in the area
survived the severe dust storm
and the March freeze, so much
broom com was replanted.
George Koch replanted after the
dust and wind flattened his first
crop, but, like Taylor, says that
it needs moisture to head out
properly.
Robert Faseler’s Yancey crop
is being pulled now and Harri-
son Wilson’s will soon be har-
vested. J. W. Hollaway’s ir-
rigated crop is near maturity
also.
It will be several weeks before
thrashing is complete in the
county and broom com buyers
start making the rounds, so local
farmers have no idea as to what
the price will be this year.
A larger production is expect-
ed in this area than last year,
but that is not saying a great
deal since yields here were far
below average in 1954. Some
early samples have shown a
great deal of large center stems
according to a report in the
“Broom and Broom Corn News.”
FRANK FLATHOUSE,
NATIVE OF GERMANY,
PASSES JUNE 13
CASTROVILLE - Frank Flat-
house, 81, of Rio Medina, died
on June 13, 1955 in-Castroville
Clinic.
Bom in Germany on Oct. 29,
1874, Mr. Flathouse moved to
this country and attended Sacred
Heart School in San Antonio.
Rev. Leo Goertz, pastor of St.
Louis Catholic Church, was in
charge of the funeral for the
deceased, a member of that
church. Services were held at
Tondre Funeral Home on June
15 and burial was in St. Louis
Cemetery.
Surviving Mr. Flathouse are
four nieces and four nephews.
Pallbearers were Henry Stein,
Frank Wurzbach, Alfred Bour-
quin, Gus Neuman, Sr., Ernest
Schuchart, and Clemens Haege-
lin.
Miss Dorothy Flathouse, Cor-
pus Christi, and Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Motes and son of Kingsville
were among those attending the
funeral.
Hondo Holiday
Monday, July 4
Monday, July 4, will be observ-
ed as a holiday in Hondo and
stores will be closed, according
to Mrs. Winnie Braden, secre-
tary of the Chamber of Com-
merce.
The date was selected as a
holiday by members of the retail
merchants association early in
the year.
Celebration
July 4th
At Devine
St. John’s Church, Devine, has
scheduled its annual celebration
for Monday, July 4, at Schott’s
Park.
Barbecue dinners will be serv-
ed from 11 a. m. to 2 p. m. and
there will be entertainment on
the grounds throughout the after-
noon.
John W. Cameron
Receives Harvard
Masters Degree
Lt. Col. John W. Cameron, son
of Mrs. Emmett Cameron of
Hondo, has received a Masters
degree in Business Administra-
tion from the Harvard Graduate
School.
Cameron previously attended
St. Mary’s University, St. Mary’s
Law School, and graduated from
the University of Maryland with
a B. S. Degree.
Discharged from the armed
services in 1946 after six years
of service, Cameron reentered
the U. S. Air Force in 1947. His
tours of duty since that time
have included Turkey and Head-
quarters, U. S. Air Force in
Washington, D. C.
Cameron, his wife and small
son will now be stationed in Man-
ston, England for several years.
MAMA
LIKED
MAMB O
A catastrophe hit tha I. F.
Browns of California whan
they stopped in Hondo to eat
lunch last Wednesday. "Mam-
bo" a big black tom cat whose
lovo affairs are a thing of the
past, either got out of their
car or was snatched by a
catnapper. A two-hour search
for him failed to bring in the
wandering back-fence min-
strel.
They wrote to Police Chief
Orby Swatzell from a nearby
town, later wired that they
would offer a $10 reward, and
then called from California to
say that they had raised the
reward to $25. They also in-
formed Swatzell that they
were moving to Nevada.
Mambo has a small blotch
of white fur on his abdomen
and throat and the rest of
him is black. The Browns
would like to have Mambo
back and told Swatzell .that it
anyone finds a cat answering
the description, that he for-
ward It COD to their new ad-
dress at 1995 East "College
Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada.
An opinion was offered that
perhaps Mambo liked the
friendly feline in Hondo and
decided to stay awhile.
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Don Savage
Heads
Natalia F. D.
NATALIA — Don Savage was
elected president of the newly
organized Natalia Volunteer Fire
Department Friday night.
Lloyd Robins, local post com-
mander, served as temporary
chairman at the meeting held in
American Legion Hall. The group
voted to adopt the constitution
and by-laws for the organization
as recommended by A. & M. Col-
lege, and to set $1 as the annual
membership fee.
Other officers to serve dur-
ing the ensuing year are: vice*
president, Clarence Fabish; sec-
retary, Murray Young; treasur-
er, B. C. McDonald; chaplain,
Rev. Bud Engstrom; fire chief,
Ray Keith; with Pat Ehrhardt
and George Fendley as assistant
chiefs.
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