Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, July 31, 1964 Page: 1 of 12
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SPARKS
By Bill Berger
“Forge thy tongue on an anvil of truth, and what
dies up, though it be but a spark, shall have weight.”
—Pindar
agea
f’mtl e--tn’i' in Medina County has been'revalue !
'Ibis is |>r«itial»ly long overdue, amt may result in
nmre ‘teyeraVv .'air taxation
Ih.mever in the entire sent to taxpayer, there
«a; this paragraph If in your opinion thi new
value i e.ot in uniformity with values on other simi-
lar properties in tty tfVmntg’ you should report to the
Court’(at ‘a certain time' at • whu h
sioffm will give due consideration to
you roav tare to furnish concerning
CommC imv-r’s
time t?- . fVnpti
a;i> information
the valuation **
Mis rig > a
have an opinion
learn thi *. hi y
study the
property
Mam
least one
Vishinf in
1! ,f
the enh thing you need in order to
(ho value on similar property To
hi would have to come to the court hoys.',
x roll; and determine who had simitar
at'
rr
l!
ae > this problem was solved in at
tatc by, the simple process of pub-
n in the lor a’ paper for all to read, a brief des-
t of the taxable real estate belonging to each
idual in the county, along with thb valuation
T!
remar I
for an
cofnpa
a; cur a
I ■ r
able
done, once
simplicity
ea in. a place
ms It would
.ablation
every four years, and has the
T putting down the valuation,
•‘ here all can make their own
mem liketv to result in a fair!v
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ever !!
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with iiietr
of *»5
-st! \ thi
ng u>
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a! Im!
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n-d !!
hat i
Coldu
ater
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mar
would
bf -
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If
Mr
might
vi pal
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Mr I!
ha,
Mini
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par:
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what
'•'i an nor th-• Democrats have
■ saints gathered under their
have a few loud ("Supporter-
grie ttm other side The f -rth-
I campaign will t>c a real test for
' of \merican voters as they fry-
:*•> issue* and cast their hath:* 'a
is best for the nation
T had something to ?av that
Mv confidence in my couht'rvmen y
m»- itl >ut much fear for. the future
be ' r;e of public opinion canm t be r
:" d ?:<■ • h- t.c ■ xpr* ' •
pie are .veil informed thev can be tre-D
wn (iov< rnment
d
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tuy |i(- pie in the t nftc- l Stan*.' have had
■■ t ' > :• ■ a’to:.* hr-.ehehev but few h.iv<
He is undoubtedly imar
ny fmliiinan he attacks in ihe
to be helped at election time
Know mar i
*es i going
is what, makes his recent blast at Barry
; ' <--*!*■ ■ If * (■ I’D (' Mr K . • ■-■!.! O'!
rt < • • ig* t« know this the next question
• by i« he so interested in giving Senator
a (■ t sth fbe American voter*"
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K though! that the electron of Goldwatcr
m o the I S or shake the confidence of
r* ' * 11ft i), an explanation (If i our*'- if
mellowed to the extent that he hone tlv
opine hi is valued in the United state
1 t i -»•< a new head nan in If- •
(*r • I f»rr> on Calvin K Craig of A'Crpo b"o t f
the (.« tgia K i !.: t ! in bM ime tlm first Klan foad
n to jiablii Iv ( no mee bn support for presidential
1 1 m»T It it fd.ldw.itcr last week
I ■1 runs and tho old enough fo rememt«, he
horded night riders when they grew to tie a national
me 11 year* ago are all aware of the way in which
the Kd m leaders piled ur> personal fortunes by ex
plod in 1 thrm foil' ever* They preached hatred of the
J w i .«* • - c! Vs rot .» blaming, them for u.,
thin*:
If th • • "> ent day Klan .men still believe this rot
■' d the* ‘-hould have changed their name if the y
d n't this'raises several Interesting questions For
(>■" tiling vhat will the ftrand Dragon have to say
about the Republican vice-presidential candidate, who
happen ui lx* Cafhtlic?
One paragraph of the Republican platform adopt-
ed in San Francisco pledged “dedication to freedom
(T express on for all news media to the right of access
hy m h n ed j to public proceedings, and to .he inde-
pendence of radio television and other news ga'hernj
med.a from mcesstve government control'’
The writers and new a commentators w ho were
loudly booed after beings criticized by speakers at .he
same convention should take comfort from the plat-
form and it probably was of interest to the TV news-
man who was forced out of the convention hall while
network cameras spread the news over the nation.
★ ★
News item: “The topless swimsuit was formally
banned Thursday night in France by the Minister of
the Interior Roger Frey "
Don't they have a Minister of the Exterior?
Hondo Anvil Herald
78th Year No. 31
SINCE 1,886 ALL THE NEWS OF MEDINA COUNTY
Il'Qcb Wd’na County, TexcFriday-, July 21, 1964
Published Every W^ek By The Hondo Anvil Herald t o 1 Hr
Second elate postage paid at Hondo, Texas—TOW1 1 J 1
Airfield
mployment Up
Over Million Dollars
In Work Contracts
G9CE71NG 'hr first C‘4 a rp-nno -;*■-' .
c / 'r!oul are r of the Hayes tot.-To-'.-'t
t.vcs, from left to fight H G Ciifh'-r., cf
ag f Don Winn, contract manage
aircraft'
nc ■
Who Can Locate
Lamochina Hills?
M'-rc -i problem for Medina
• <mty ti‘lf>run< The Anvil
low.Id hns received a letter
f . ' liam-cv of Austin.
tieirptinc in dear up a
“iat happened in IR54
■L ,
H i • w m<;*-nng where the
!, im-hina Hill." are located
Me • i County, ami ft*- inn
'•> •» i .nnected with them wa*
Jr.diraid On the »ri of
Or | S5t H William- wa-
1: 'led hi Indians, and otic of
rh»l trer. wav taken a way a-
ripsne The mn*her persusd
r the India-i* to leave two .mol
let eWRdrert wrth her. and she
!i ' her way trying to go to the
r »rt:»her’» place arriving t h a
■ - st rromm*
If ihrrr is anyone who .know s
anything ah,wit where these hills
re tiwated please write or call
vjs at ri-e Anvil Herald office
! O Box 2IS Hondo We will
f rward the inforjnnle’n to Mr
RifOxey
Av/ards Listed
In 4-H
Dress Revue
Award, made in the I II Dress
were
<e- m. It 'd Award Merrilyn
Pehi'e K trolrn Faves pornthv
iv V . r ’ M .deU-n S ta t h of f.
K(.■!!■ M rrmann
r.d'f! \w ml, Patsy Botirquin
I indu E jhn'er. lean,a H i X h-
•• t'h Ann Ififftnitn Jo Ann
iw*s«Los Snranoe Melon and
( ..nil • 'sin' iair
Juniors Ca«ir ville R e 1
Award Janet Koenig and John-
r. Sue Id', • Ids, Sharon War?
I,jrh
R' ■ Awn; •! D'.rts Wurebneh
t> v ip. Red Award Reherea
IV ' I ■-it-irah F.hlinger iT’en-
v-ilvn k.h’ngeij. Janet la*«siig
Blue Award Barbara Ciavar
r 1 1A nil i i Ehhnger Ann ette
iiui ell Be»h Lessing, Susan
: t,m ell, Jejinne St. Leger
ll'l.nri R'd Award Karen
1 urell. Dorithy Floerke, Susan
;; hr r. rnadette 7.rrr
1*1*1-* Award- Sandra Carle,
fr.ndra '’.rave1!, Ret«v Herr-
r nn. Man Ann Nehr, Cemlyn
Weyjtand, Dolores Wevn. nd
thi (day. Red Award D i a n c
Oefimjer. Yvonne Sanlhoff
Blue Award, Dancy M e n k.
Mare Saathoff
Hondo, Red Award: Mary Zu-
herbtlel* r
Award. Priscilla
Elaine Sant le-
Award,
Armke,
C. 1 o r ia
Pamela
LaCoete, Red
C oorh
Blue Award:
ten
Ns nlfa. Red
Armke, t.aren
Lsmm
B’ue Award Brenda Moore.
St Louis. Wed Award Marian
Beck, Gwendolyn Bippert, B ar-
Harbara I) e b n e r, Mary D e'
cock, Chris Ducos. Janet Du cos,
Gayle Haby, Diane Schneider,
Peggy Tschirhart
Blue Award: Charmine B i p-
1 ert. Donna Boehnie, Linda Bur-
clt, Kathleen Decotk, Brenda
Haby. Diane Haby, Elizabeth
Hoffman, Frances 111 is, Ann
Jungman, Sylvia Jungman, San-
dra Mechler, Sharon Schneider,
Clara Hose Wuntbacb.
CONS’T
ON HO
v
By Mar> P, /■ rr
Ondriidi >-• in . ,
on a new 11 >i > r . h-
D’Hanls to r e p i .i c V * •
church that v. , -
fur )a«d mnimcr
In lx* complete tiv C’-r 1
The new- ehur:
more model . mt o *•
■ rn. hilt \*i!l !-■ ' -
tinna! than tN- ' * '
house of w c .hi* 1 i
ti:rr. of ibe cerdury
it wiU f( nt ties r 0Hi souar
and will -i-it V*.i ’ ••*
p.'city j. the old ch-.r-'
or wilt inclu !<■ ,t n
two Mile altar .hr.: ■
-on choir lift, m >'• -
room, two eoife-
.acri'iy, work . r-r ’
rtcchanieaJ roottys to h»
round air condmunir***
rvent a 25 x :*! fee* o r'
lobby an usher'- r >■ in a ’
trv and a 50 fa-' hitl : :
t-ipp«’d hy a -r. : 1
Or nv.
■P'** tltS JRh (*,m- * r :
tract w a. let to t h i*- ••
den Co of San '.-* *i
t.-et j. F R’.:.--
Antonio a nati* i f 1
v ho fame In thi4 c uT’r
years ago
rile new churetl .V. :*•- *
, nd 115 feet i.mi
Mmeted of brick an i a!.*
BEGINS
CHURCH
. B
I
liny: tana*!
[f hay e -1
ilf he u.ed
. t f e a ! t? r ■ >* f t h e
. VS. r will Iv ! h e
* Ari-M'erl R* :,**, h: 3
>;,vl the old church
• eh-;h*«*d from the fir.-.
•!,-.i prominently iwe
n ’i. r The e< pi*, hmd
d fr-.ri th • fir
rx (n . tins: M a ry
the de j d body of
■ ;/‘>Ttun*i! i t t h i*
f ! church which
y host and had no
. ?h<* new church
• of air cnjndi
goi _ Natural 1
!
Lroc>
ft v i'i bo pre^erv-
T*f, Inn raping
maintc 'anco; and D S.
■ from );i3 Birmingliam '
-•AH Photo
Boot Growers
To Meot Thursday
„ By f. B. Ga.tnn
A m *e*ina will be held at ihe
MediiB A'alVv Hr:h School, next
Thursday night, July 3) -t S:00
p in U. preent 'he p-, ibilitv of
pri.win'? mi": r bee*, in this area
under ‘rriga'ion
have b!***n : - *vn in tpvt
San Antnr.io this year
.ve produce-1 g -oT t o n-
Tscetin..* the ruMuirements'
;.ar content and purity.
Yr.n de Wiitle, who has
bum growing the sugar bee ts,
i.., cha!nnsn of the temporary as-
: * Pi *d . rever--. He will be
pretCi! to live th* :n :;p his ex-
penmcis and iof'-rmatirm on
beet growing in this area.
Tie mee'in" is open to t h e
public |
The first of 20 0 54 airplanes
:.-rived in Hondo Sunday, and
r pair work on this group of air
era ft will help boost employment
at the Hondo airfield, according
to H. G. Clifton, division man-
tiger of the Hayes In'emational
Corporation.-He said Monday
that ion men were working now,
and that they were recalling oth-
ers, on’ the basis of seniority,
with the total expected to reach
200 by November.
With previously announced
contracts, work to be done o n
ground support equipment and
the C 140 (Jet Star) the total
amount of work to be performed
here should reach $1,250,000 dur-
ing Ihe next year,. Clifton said.
Contracts this time are for
three years, Clifton said, and
are subject to review and r e-
n<*wal each year If the work
is performed satisfactorily, h c
believes that there will be auto-
J
malic renewal, each fis- d year.
Four hangar, are in use, and
they have nho leased from Ihe
City of Hondo several other
bidiciirg. which are b<-in: or.-u-
pted
The C 140 is a modem' .-.mall
jet transport, and they will re
eeive two of those airplanes this
year
The c 54 is a much te ed plane,
end the Mititarv Air Transport
. Scrvi-e has jm •' > of- them in
operation. 1
HOl'FINC.
Housing for employees who
are being brought in ha. boon
hard to find, according In Clif
Ion He was unable to find -pace
in either the hotel - r motel on
at leastBhe i ,,n
pincers and ' m.-inage i*'"nt per-
sonnel from Birmingham arriv-
ed
There are almost no vacancies
available in Hondo, -aid one real
estate agent Monday
Hondoans Endorse Plan
To Hire CofC Manager
Brets
plots in
end 'he
Hen
About 75 local business and
civic leaders met in the audi-
torium of the Medina Electric
Cooperative Monday night to
discuss plans for Hondo’s f u-
ture development.
Called by the Industrial Com-
mittee representing the C h am-
l*er of Commerce, merchants,
and the City of Hondo, the meet-
ing was monitored by Chairman
Harry E Filleman Additional
speakers were Ralph Jones,
Recreotson Program Sets,
Family f'.'oght Thursday
: ’ irsi.ii, July 3'I at 7-3') in
the I.iC.v gym i. the date ’set
fnr tKi- Summer Recreation Pro-
4.ram-, annual' "Family Night”.
Trophies will i*e awarded To
the thre*. boy- and three girl.
i
timpani- in the summer tourna-
ment.. Samples > f the. items
made by the Art. and C t a f t s
class group will be on display
for the public to see.
Director Richard Adams says,
"It means a lot to the kids-
who will receive trophies, and
those who have items on d i s-
play, to hive their parents and
friends attend Everyone is cor-
dially invited Refreshment, will
l:e served.”
Tom Kuykendall, and E. J. Wil-
liams.
Fiilergan gave a re.time oFTh"
project initiated by the C of C
last Nouember. Sparked by
Industrial W'-rt -m ■■ directed In-
the College of Engineering, Tex
as AA-M University, Industrial
Economics Research D i *
i<ion This led to the industrial
survey for Hondo, financed b f
pnhtie eontriHRioes and (antis
supplied largely by the Chamber
of Commerce with additional
help from the City to complete
the total cost of $4,250.
RECOMMENDATION*.
A compilation at Weal public
opinion, made,during the throe
months physical survey result-
ed in a frank analysis of Hon-
do’s needs
These need-, and recommen-
dations by ihe experts, vv ere
printed in a book titled An In-
dustrial Development P 1 an for
Hondo, Texas.
The basic tacts included a
,cise definite need the reorcani
See IIONDOANS. Page 2A
THE WINNERS! HERS THEY ARE, BE-R1DDONED AND
ALL SMILES. Claiming honors in th a recent Medina
County 4-H Club Dress Revue are, Seniors, L R: Doro-
thy Bied.cpr, LaCosfe third alternate,* AAerrilyn Echtle,
LaCoste, AVcdmo County. winner; Modelyn Saathoff,
Dunlay; Jo Ann Lessing, Devine; Linda Ehlinger, De-
vine; CaroLne StiKair, Dunlay; Suzanne Melton, St.
Louis; Ann Hoffman, Si. Louis; E'aine Herrmann, Yan-
4
cey; Karolyn Eaves, Natalia, first alternate and cot-
ton winner. (Patsy Bourquin and Leona Highsmith
were not present when this picture was made.)
Twelve senior girls and 68 junior girls entered the
revue, according to Mrs. Estella R. Strayhorn, County
HD Agent,
-Anvil Herald Photo
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Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, July 31, 1964, newspaper, July 31, 1964; Hondo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth810998/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hondo Public Library.