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SINCE 1886 — ALL THE NEWS OF MEDINA COUNTY
i No. 73
Hondo, Medina County, Texas, Friday, August 7,1959
Number Thirty-Two
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ITS NOW a reality. The new road from Hondo to
Sandera, Farm-to-Market Road 689 was opened to
raffic recently. The new road reduces the distance
tom Hondo to Bandera to 26 miles as shown by this
,ign at the intersection of U.S. 90, Texas 173 and
fie new road east of Hondo. The last section of the
ood was completed July 17. Ruby Co. of San An-
tonio had the contract on the more than 10-mile
stretch from the Bandera County line to a point 7
miles from Hondo which was completed earlier in
1958. The Bandera County portion was completed
almost four years ago.
New U S 90 May Bypass
Hondo. Castro, D’Hanis
OF THE MEDINA COUNTY Commissioner's
Texas Highway Department Resident En-
Charles Hackebeil inspect the walls of the
drgest of the many passes made on the new Hondo
,0 Bandera Farm-to-Market Road 689 which is now
°Pen- C°st of the final stretch of more than 10 miles
was in excess of $600,000.
McAnelly
To Attend
Meeting
John McAnelly, Hondo High
School vocational agriculture
teacher will be among vocational
agriculture teachers of Texas
who will go to Fort Worth on
Aug. 11 for their annual confer-
ence, according to George Hunt,
director of Agricultural Education
for Texas Education Agency.
The four day affair will be held
in the Majestic Theater and in
the Texas, the Hilton and the
Worth Hotels.
H. G. Barber, president of the
Vocational Agriculture Teachers
Assn, of Texas, has announced
events for the teacher organiza-
tion to be held during the same
period.
The first general session, at
8:30 a.m. of the opening day, will
include an address by R. E. Nau-
gher, program specialist in agri-
culture for the U.S. Office of Edu-
cation. In addition, Mayor Tom
A. McCann of Fort Worth will
welcome the teachers, State
Board of Education Member Ce-
cil A. Morgan will bring greet-
ings and State Commissioner of
Education J. W. Edgar will
speak.
Events of the Vocational Agri-
culture Teachers Association will
include a barbecue on Tuesday
evening, an awards breakfast on
Wednesday morning and a gen-
eral session at 10 a.m.. Wednes-|
day.
Damage Slight
In Collision
Slight damage was inflicted in
the collision of two cars near
Eastern Seed and Grain Co. Wed-
nesday morning.
A 1959 Chevrolet, driven by
Dorris Etter Jagge of Rio Me-
dina, and a 1946 Chevrolet, driv-
en by William John Ney Sr. of
Hondo, collided with damage to
both cars being about $25, ac-
cording to Medina County Sher-
iff Charles J. Hitzfelder.
Ney told Sheriff Hitzfelder he
was driving on the wrong side of
the road when the accident oc-
curred.
No charges were filed.
THE WEATHER
H L Rain
July 29 95 70 0.00
July 30 95 68 0.00
July 31 97 67 0.00
August 1 97 67 0.00
August 2 100 68 0.00
Augusts 99 67 0.00
August 4
August 5
Citizens Hear Plans
At Monday Meeting
Hondo, Castroville and D'Hanis
will all be by-passed when and if
the proposed new U.S. Highway
90 is built, according to word giv-
en citizens of Medina County Mon-
day night at the courthouse.
The proposed route will go
south of Hondo and D’Hanis, and
north of Castroville, with a 300-
foot right of way.
Medina County tax payers were
asked to consider the issuance of
$800,000 in bonds for the purpose
of buying right of way and fenc-
ing it. Judge Arthur Rothe, who
presided at the meeting held in
the court house, said the funds
would be used for new right of
way purchases for U.S. 90, and
for additional farm-to-m a r k e t
mileage.
The 1946 bond issue of $800,000
carried an interest rate of 214
A CAR passing through the largest of
many passes on the new Farm-to-
Market Road ,689 shows the size of
the giant cut. More than 125,000
cubic yards of material were removed
from this cut on the road.
Harold L. Stiegler Appointed
To Post on F.H.A. Committee
Harold L. Stiegler of Hondo is and broom corn. In addition to
the new member of the Medina
County committee for the Farm-
ers Home Administration. He suc-
ceeds Lawrence A. Rothe of D'-
Hanis whose three year term ex-
pired on June 30, 1959.
Stiegler is an outstanding farm-
er and rancher in the Hondo area.
He owns and operates a 856-acre
farm and also rents additional
land. His main crops are grain
102 68 0.00
70 0.00
Heifer Has
Two Calves
Two calves were born to one
cow on the Walter Winkler ranch
16 miles northeast of Hondo. This
isn’t the news, though.
The first one was sired by a
Black Angus bull and arrived
June 14. The second was believed
to be from a Hereford bull and
made his appearance Aug. 2.
Both are male calves, both are
doing fine. The cow was a cross-
bred heifer.
So far as Winkler knows, this
is the first time any cow has
had twin calves separated by six
weeks and from different sires.
his farm and ranching interest
he is chairman of the Medina
Valley Soil Conservation District.
P. M. Helms, local county sup-
ervisor for FHA says that Stieg-
ler’s practical experience will
enable him to make a real con-
tribution to the county com-
mittee's actions when they re-
view loan applications.
Serving with Stiegler during
the coming year will be Charles
J. Monkhouse of Hondo and Guy
Mayhew of Natalia. There is a
Farmers’ Home Administration
County Committee serving every
agricultural county in the coun-
try. All loan applications must
be approved by the committee
before funds can be advanced.
The committee also helps the
county supervisor adapt the
agency’s loan policies and serv-
ices to local conditions. The
Farmers Home Administrat i o n
makes loans to farmers to buy
livestock and machinery, to fin-
ance annual operating costs, to
improve buildings and fences,
and to purchase land.
The agency also lends money
to farmers on their non-profit as-
sociations to establish and carry
out approved soil and water con-
servation practices, as well as
for installing and improving ir-
rigation and farmstead water
supply facilities.
Make Room
For Changes
Little things can be very annoy-
ing!
That's the opinion of Hondo In-
dependent School District Super-
intendent J. G. Barry.
Last year new goal posts were
installed in four feet of concrete
at the high school stadium.
The rules were changed to wid-
en the inside width of the goal
from 18.5 to 23.5 feet for the com-
ing season.
So, out came the old posts and
in went the new ones.
Sometimes it doesn't pay to
make improvements.
Maize Value Hits $1.5 Million,
foyers Ship Estimated 650 Cars
^0st 51.500,000 in grain has
in,r,lStcd in Medi"a Coun-
Iv a nr) *larvest opened in
;”%nooutanby650r^rshave
m,Tlon t0 the
PM b>
►^hav/l^VhiSidS
to r„ put 'nt0 storage, accord-
the countT °f grain bUyerS
more than
Pounds that have been
Prices in the county have
ranged from the opening $2 down
to $1.55 paid by some buyers with
the average price being about
$1.60.
In all, approximately 88.7-mil-
lion pounds have been harvested
to date with more grain arriving
at the buyers every day.
Figuring the 88.7-million pounds
at the average $1.60 price, a total
of almost $1.5million is reached
°$f Office Receipts Show
^9ht Increase Over ’58
^ Post Office receipts for
,„!!!,’° da,e “4,637.48 as
w"h $23,577.34 lest
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are d°wn for the first
,4^S 01 I959 compered with
H to^n ye*r' *c"
""'•men.
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fry Pin H 0 n d 0 Posfrmasttr
7 h,|leman
month r,c*ip,s f»r the first
"'"N't w,r. $19,7„.73 „
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The first quarter of this year
was higher than last, however,
as 1959 first quarter receipts
were $10,937.94 while they were
$10,075.57 in 1958.
Second quarter receipts for
1959 war. $8,773.77 as compared
with $10,659.70 for the same per-
iod in 1958.
July receipts were $4,925.75. In
1958 receipts for July were
1958. $2,843.07.
as the value of the grain already
harvested.
Largest single buyer has been
Chapman Grain, Inc., of Hondo.
The firm has bought 38.7-million
pounds through Monday night.
Of that amount, 24.6-million
pounds have been shipped out in
246 cars and the remainder has
either gone into storage or has
been shipped by truck, Russell
Chapman, president of the firm,
- said. He has paid from $2 to $1.58
for the grain with the average
being between $1.60 and $1.70. he
said.
Next largest buyer is the Tn-
County Farmery Coop at Devme
which has boO-g-int 34-miUhin
pounds. The firm has shipped a -
most 300 cars by rail. 2.5mil-
lion pounds by truck and another
1.5-million pounds has gone into
storage.
The coop said it had paid be-
tween $1.55 and $1.75.
LaCoste buyers E. J. Keller
and R. J. Mangold have shipped
more than 100 cars at prices
ranging between $1.60 and $1.58.
Eastern Seed and Grain Co. in
Hondo has purchased 60 cars, all
of which is in storage, accord-
ing to W. W. Watson, the firm's
Football Ducats
Available
August 24
Football tickets to season ticket
holders and persons wanting du-
cats for the Sept. 4 game against
Jourdanton will be available at
the City of Hondo Utilities Office
Aug. 24.
Superintendent of Schools J. G.
Barry made the announcement
Wednesday morning.
^NEGRO MAN
ARRESTED
Robert Abrams, 22-year o 1 d
Negro, was arrested Tuesday
night by the Medina County
Sheriff’s Department on a charge
of theft over $50.
He was charged with stealing
money and several other items
from his employer, Norman G.
Bodet Jr., who lives in the north-
eastern comer of the county.
manager.
He said they have paid between
$1.65 and $1.55.
Students
Register
Aug. 28-29
Students in the Hondo Inde-
pendent School District will regis-
ter Aug. 28-29 and will begin their
first full day of classes Sept. 1,
according to J. G. Barry, school
superintendent.
An all-day general faculty
meeting will be held Aug. 31.
Barry said he was expecting
rbout the same number of stu-
dents as last year, 1,200.
Included in the group is an esti-
mated 250 in high school, 125 in
junior high school and 825 in ele-
mentary school of which an esti-
mated 150 first graders will form
the bulk.
At the present no birth certifi-
cates or inoculations are requir-
ed for entering first graders, but
there may be a change in this
before school opens, Barry said.
The system still needs a high
school English teacher and two
fifth grade teachers, Barry said.
No over-crowding of existing
facilities is expected, he said.
Meyer Named
To Committee
Hugh Meyer has been named
to a three-year term on the Texas
State Bar’s disciplinary commit-
tee for the 15th Congressional
District.
The appointment was announc-
ed by A. J. Folley of Amarillo,
president of the group.
Petry Will Address
Lions Ladies Night
Herb Petry of Carrizo Springs,
chairman of the State Highway
Commission and past presi-
dent of Lions International, will
be the dinner speaker at the Hon
do Lions Club Ladies Night festi-
vities Tuesday, Aug. 11.
The Ladies Night will start at
8 p.m. in the First Methodist
I Church’s Recreation Hall.
First set for Aug. 18, the date
was changed to Aug. 11.
All past presidents, both those
making their home In Hondo and
those who have moved from Hon-
do, are being invited to the af-
fair.
Service pins for 10 and 15 years
service will be awarded.
and 2'h per cent. The total in-
terest paid to date has been
$193,969.60, with the amount of in-
terest to be paid amounting to
another $27,000. When the last
payment has been made on the
1946 issue, sometime in 1965, the
total interest and principal re-
paid will amount to $1,020,179.60.
Since interest rates have risen
since then, it is believed that the
interest rate on the new series
may be around 4 or 5 per cent.
Judge Rothe said that the coun-
ty did not have any funds avail-
able for right of way purchases,
because the continual rise in the
cost of everything has affected
the county. He said that when
they called a mechanic from San
Antonio to come out and repair
equipment, the time at $4.50 an
hour started when be began gath-
ering his tools to make the trip.
The road program might
stretch over six to eight years,
he said, and the bonds, if voted,
would be sold as needed for pur-
chases. Judge Rothe said that of
the 1946 road bond issue, $300,000
was still outstanding. It was also
for $800,000. He said that it had
carried a 50 cents on the $100
valuation in the way of taxes,
and that the $300,000 remaining
would be paid off by 1965. It was
his opinion that some of the new-
bond issue would not bo needed
until this older bond series had
been retired, but he could not
say just how much additional
tuxes would be required for the
proposed bonds. He said another
20 cents might be needed until
1965, leaving the assumption that
the 50 cent figure would be
enough then.
Cost of the highway project to
the state and national govern-
ment was said to be about $18
million. The estimated cost to the
county for the Highway 90 right
of way was $596,250, with the
state matching that figure in addi-
tion.
If the bonds were voted, Judge
Rothe said most of the funds
would be needed for the 90 re-
location, with some of the re-
mainder being spent in each com-
missioner’s precinct for farm-to-
ir.arket right of way. A larger
share of the farm-to-market mon-
ey would go to Precinct 4, in the
south part of the county and
around Devine, since they would
not have the use of Highway 90.
Their main thoroughfare, U.S. 81,
or as it is now called, Interstate
35, is being built with Federal
and State funds, and Medina
County does not have to furnish
right of way. On this one, it is
being paid by Federal and State
funds.
Costs of farm to market right
of way, including fence moving,
and other incidentals, have been
about $3000 a mile recently, ac-
cording to one commissioner.
Judge Rothe said that recent
policy of the highway depart-
ment was not to require tearing
down buildings in laying out wide
roads through small towns, since
that often resulted in ruining the
town, but to bypass the area,
leaving a business route for ac-
cess to the stores.
In closing. Judge Rothe asked
the approximately fifty citizens
present to talk over the idea
among friends, and to advise
their commissioners of their sen-
timents within the next thirty
days.
ONLY, A SMALL portion of the string of trucks load-
ed with grain that were lined up Thursday awaiting
their turn to unload grain is shown here. Russell
Chapman said his firm unloaded 211 loads of grain
that day and shipped out 3,080,000 pounds in 30
car loads. In all 225 loads were weighed Thursday
of which eight were put in home storage.
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