Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, January 7, 1966 Page: 1 of 14
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VETERANS
A. F. McGuffin, commander
of VFW Post No. 3881, checking
in to ask us to remind all vet-
erans and Widows who receive
VA pensions , that they must re-
r'*iHUIA'AS*,
by Jan. 31.
questionnaires
Mpf
Speaking Ofa rT.
line, that is the final date i
all aliens to register at their
cal post offices.'
Even aliens who are in this
country illegally must register.
TAX OFFICE
The Hondo Independent School
District tax office has moved
from the courthouse to the Lein-
weber Building formerly occu-
pied by the Hondo City HalL Al-
so located in the building is the
school’s Federal Projects Of-
fice. ) • v
lira. Walter Nester is the tax
assessor-collector for the School
district. ;
School Supt. J. ‘G.'.BartV ex-
pressed appreciation to County
f;ijfi". Assessor-Collector 'JL J.
Kobrbach for the fiSfe; Jjfc the
county tax office "
er the year* in
collecting the school
tuxes.
fice. Growth cf the district and Y
changes in the law made the
change necessary, he explained.
Persons paying their school
taxes in person should do so at
the Leinweber Building, Mrs.
NeMfW J#
AROUND HONDO
being taken from
tjhat Was thrown
plate glass window
ted. Gas Corp. office
the know” expect-
^ industrial new
released soon. May
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SECOND CLASS POSTAO
SINCE 1886—ALL THE
Hcjhcb, Medina County, Texas
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.m- . ■
Imost one
and touch of
area oh Mon-
£ Db7,Q. B.
the Taylor-Chapman
Ung team for the An-
supplied these fig*
ho Chico, 1.15 inches; H.,
1.10; one inch each for
Saathaff, R. Steigler, and
Hartman.
do had .90 of an inch as
lunlay, toe ^y. Stingier
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««d
a few new jobs
here. " '*'• v'i
The new criminal code being ft
the big topic at district court v
here Monday. Some people think . ;-j
that it may not be as bad as
had been feared.
Candidates for public office
eyeing the early February filing
altgr Sa
er.
deadline.
Hondo Bank
Reelects
AH Officials
\
sJys
tool district’
sss .sistikt;;
size to set up its own taxhtg of-
At their annual meeting on
January 4, the board of direct-
ors of the Hondo National Bank
reelected all officers and direct-
ors, according, to James Tag- £
gart, senior executive officer. v
Taggart said-, ffie directors ex.-,
VVn&Atomaeive?Jtf 'fe.ln'g*
weU pleased-With the bank’s rec-
ord for 1965 and have high hopes will be
that the new year will be even ^ injunctio
better for- the area’s economy. & CHbBohl
AND JURY
itURNS 28
DICTMENTS
ty-eight indictments were
by the grand jury, Moo-
and Tuesday. No cases were
so names are withheld
ig arraignment before the
d r a bl e Judge Ross E.
ity, on January Ip.,
uded in the indictments
nine of forgery and pass-
seven, burglary; three
; three escape from 'jell;
theft pf eattle and receiving
concealing staleal propery
or over; one driwM wkSe
;Vf«■
«*?%£**
est In the-former Horger Funer-
al Home. rij,
^ ^iRailey Rogeirs
.. Who are both
ral directors will
local staff. ■
company, toci
vertising and
mmmt
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M/to* jpouj
mr
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j pounds,
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ction, District
said.
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1965, A Good Ym*1 tor
News highlights at the year
just dosed Are reviewed here to
inspire this new year to try to
top them. For Hondo and its
sister cities in Medina County,
general increased business acti-
vity, the erection of new public
buildings, school expansions,
sufficient rainfall to insure the
success of the area’s agricultur-
al and livestock economy, im-
proved banking facilities and
city beautification * projects all
contributed to a good year for
the entire area. ,
JANUARY
Swtal service in Hondo’s long-
awaited $90,000 new post office
began at 8 oclock on the morn-
ing of Jan. 4, 1965; County a
d op ted improved system of
bookkeeping, using an all-pur-
pose form called Official .Depos-
it f.- W,airrant; Hondo National
Bank added new board ; mem-
bers; Medina among 67 counties
in southwest Texas to receive
share of 1,600,000 fish distribut-
ed by Uvalde Fish Hatchery;
Commissioners Court named Dr.
W. S. Duty as county health of-
ficer; weekly reports of County
Health Unit publicized; Hondo
Garden dub planted tree on lo-
cal school grounds in Observance
of Arbor Day; Owl band mem-
bers Carol Smith (clarinet) and
Carol Jean Shelton (flute) nam-
ed to All-Region Band; D’Hanis ^
dedicated new Holy Cross
Church to replace original de-
stroyed by fire May 25, 1963;
Governor Gonnally appointed W.
E. Beroer to Texas Water Com-
mission, oath of office adminis-
tered Jan. 11, 1965; Owl Guard
Jack Hartung, a senior, named
to das® AA All-State Football
Team; Medina County contribut-
ed $800 to funds of South Tex-
as Sugar Beet Growers project;
Fane Burt of Carrizo Springs
succeeded Bill Berger as pub-
lisher of Hondo Anvil Herald.
FEBRUARY
Hondo post office dedicated
Feb. 6, 1965; Hondo Garden dub
landscaped grounds as civic pro-
ject; Grand Champ calf brings
$691.50 for Joey Jungman, Rio
Medina 4-H, at County Jr, Fat
Stock Show; Hondo’s Civil De-
fense Emergency Hospital read-
ied for service; County report-
ed total of 394 babies born in
1964; Hondo’s Co. C, Texas Na-
tional Guard, begins series of
new bacfcto-drillS; DwvhW^girtB1
basketball tofcm 'Wraps"up: Dis-
trict WAA" title; Jake'
opened remodeled ' Fat^"B16«ti;
Joe FOhh • opened «eW '-Fabric
Center; Anvil Herald "iftaffied
certificate by U.SI- Air’^FWie
Recriiittog 5 e r v F6'e’ for'' aS^
distance toward advancement of
peace through air po#er‘; Rev^
Jtones C, Neffendorf assumed
duties as new pastor
Paul's Lutheran C h u T'e -h)- 'Je-
rome Decker filed tor 0Jty, may:
or post; themomotmr hit 19: de-
grees on Feb. 24 for coldest
uay; Hondo Garden Club Won
beautification and
classification; Landmark I h n
CastrovHfc, designated as Texas
historical landmark.
■MARUIk..^-.- .
Bobby Bnehle, Hondo, FFA,
show s
WiM
.♦'Issue
~ by
mtom
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEMBERSHIP
DRIVlB are familiar routine to Chairman
Tom Kuykendall (an ex-president of the
Honda C of C) who is comparing statis-
tical information with manager Tom
King. Early registration was encourag-
ing and the committee members pledged
rte
an all-out effprt;.to make this drive the
most successful^) local history. "It will
take the cooperation of everybody con-
cerned," said Kuykendall "and we must
all share that concern."
' .f* -Anvil Herald Photo
LaCoste Rains
Heavy in 1965
Adolph Zinsmeyer who lives
four miles north of LaCoste has
supplied the following reports of
rainfall by months during 1965:
January — .85 inches; Feb-
ruary — 7.65; March, 3.47; A-
pril, 2.11; May, 6.90; June, 2.37;
July, no rain; August, l.|); Sep-
tember 3.51;
vender, .45;
lo. Total for
Mr. Zinsmeyer say* his rec-
ords indicate a ten-year average
of 28.52 for that area.
t> :
October, 2.121; No-
*nd 'ftopeiuber, 4.
year 3t.l2 Inches.
The Medina County Council of
Camp Fire Girls is busy prepar-
ing for their annual dinner
meeting which will be held on
Monday evening, January 17.
This annual affair is attended
by parents, grandpar-
ents, friends, and anyone vtoo is
interested in the Camp Fire or-
ganization. It is not a money-
making venture. It is to pro-
vide a pleasant way for the a-
dults to get together, h a'v e a
good meal, review 'what the
girls have been doing, learn
what plans are brewing for the
coming year,, see examples of
handcraft, and keep up with
what our girls do at lit those
weekly meetings.
All the Camp Fire and Blue
Bird girls received tickets this
week, so if you would
go, contact one oS, thea
and if they don’t kSVs an extra
ticket on hand, they’ll know
where to get one. . " < '
We plan to show a short film
strip of our locgl girls some
songs by Mrs. Charles Tondrc’s
Camp Fire group and( Mrs.
Kothe Martin’s Blue Bird group.
Mrs. Eldon Seymoqu who was
Camp Director at Damp Mary
Medina County
Camp Fire and BJue Bird
groups observed 55th birthday of
CAMP FIRE DINNER
MEETING JANUARY 17
Louise this past summer,
he guest speaker.
New officers of the Council
elected at thjs meeting.
’ 1 to
to
K Open
for dinner
love to
you about
HCW UU1LC13 Ul Wv VUUH
t:£Sf35r
Stat«;
(Dave) -I
nounced ...
election to the Texas legisla-
ture, subject to the Democratic
primary May 7, 1968.
He will be » candidate to rep-
resent the newly-created 60th
Representative District, which is
composed Of Medina, Uvalde,
Zavala and Dimmit, the four
counties in the present 67th Dis-
trict, pigs Frio County.
Howard is now serving his
first tern) in Uto Houle, where
he is a member of five com-
mittees: Highways
livestocks and Oatl
Rf
-Reporter
Howards a I
‘sjffittl rainfall for 1965 in the
D’Hanis,. area is reported by
Herman J. Ney whose records
are kept af his ranch, 10 miles
horth of rfi’Stok.,; »• •• ,•*
January, cue inch; Febfunty,
5.60: March. 2.15: April a *-"h-
es; May, 5.10; Jim^ 2A5; Jidf|
none; August :TO; September,
2.90; October, 4.75; November,
one inch; December, 4.40; mak-
ing total lor the year, 32.65 in-
ches.
tones in
____his announcement,
Ho Want said: ■ ,...
“I have appreciated the con-
fiddnee the people cf this dis-
trict have shown In me by al-
represent them in
The, co-
the citizens
to many ways has
»SgJiL?ari s
isk that each ii the citizens ol
fids district veto to allow me to
them for a second
tehn Id the Texas Legislature”
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McDade, Edna. Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, January 7, 1966, newspaper, January 7, 1966; Hondo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth811053/m1/1/: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hondo Public Library.