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[ED OUT IN NEW WHITE AND BLUE costumes,
Ho's band majorettes include five Owl Band
fbers. The girls were selected last year by a trio
of out-of-town judges. Left to right are Joylene Til-
ley, Connie Schweers, Head Majorette Mary Lu
Moos, Roxine Schweers and Frances Zerr.
(Staff Photo)
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MR4 GWEN CARVER’S FIRST GRADE CLASS, one of
five) Hondo Elementary first grades, is being hous-
ed |n the Northside Elementary building this year
to alleviate overcrowed conditions. Teaching her
second year in Hondo, Mrs. Carver has taught first
graders for ten years.
Her pupils this year include back row, left to right:
HeWn Ann Saathoff, Carolyn Faye Schulte, Barbara
Jani Been, Dianna Wolff, Mrs. Carver, Cheryl Faye
Grell, Sharon Lyn Hilsher, Barbara Ann Saathoff,
Susan Holmgreen.
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'Center Row: Glenda Gail Rucker, Linda Lee Per-
kins, Linda Johnson, Nancy Ann Field, Martha Sue
Use, Karyn Kuykendall, Kathy Jean Britsch, Beth
Taylor, Melissa Ann Schweers, Judy Mangum.
Front Row: Larry Winkler, Don Leinweber, Russell
Wilson, Randy Dodds, Duane W*emers, Charles
Hardy, Henry De Wayne Buss, Dalon Lively, Ricky
Richter, and Charles Raye Mumme. Bobby Hartung
was absent when the picture was made.
Watch for more Hondo first grade pictures next
week.
(Staff Photo)
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HONDO, MEDINA COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 73, 1955
4th Annual Homecominig Plans
Revealed By Alumni President
NUMBER FOURTEEN
By Dr. John H. Jennings
[his week we are introducing a newsg^luriyiist
Vil Herald readers.
orts will be the topic, and Dr. John H. Jennings
i writing it. -Bill-Berger w— • -
Plans for the 4th Hondo High
School Homecoming are under-
way and committee chairmen
have been announced, according
to Dr. 0. B. Taylor, general
chairman and president of the
Alumni Association.
To Be Oct. 21-22
DEL RIO HOLDS HONDO
TO TIE SEASON OPENER
The Hondo-Del Rio
deadlock the
first
6-6.
was a moral victory for the Hondo
Owls Friday night as the Hondo
„ . ....... , . players held the double A school
Registration will begin on Fn- j to a 6-6 tie
. fans. One play later the
half ended with the count
lontersation has always
I sort of triangle of vision,
end women . . and not
kily in the order mention-
II Berger has asked that
Tss two of the three sub-
ice a week, and discuss
this column. My job
I be that of a sports edi-
Imore of an effort to keep
Irmcd of Hondo sports. I
1 can give you information
interesting,
wls Open Staton
■eve everyone who saw
fnd Del Rio play to a 6-6
well satisfied with the
I of the Owls, I know the
(were. I was particular-
with a tie, in that, if
serves me correct, the
fly had possession of the
(three series of downs the
and you can’t win
|cs when you do not have
The Owls did a fine
jolding Del Rio scoreless
half.
|uld have been happy to
Owl scoring, but you
I consider first, that the
fc up against a good ball
their season . , . and
Icouple of games are not
fh as they will be later
Ison, Del Rio had played
(before. Then too, Hondo
fith seven boys starting
a game , . . most of these
led ball before, but not
ITS.
Mer was the only boy
I Played in the backfield
l1(T . and Pistol Pete
aself a whale of a game,
jgive the fans numerous
flies to stand and cheer
|n. He is a mighty good
lest boy, and a good
flvin Hartman was mak-
Ibiit as a “T" formation
Ick. Hartman will do
I His hand-offs were
pen under pressure of
fharging Del Rio line.
had expected to see
fling by Hartman ... we
I will come as the season
the Owls themselves
i man to pass because
I confidence in him . . .
Jbammv Baugh needed
■Protection to pass. We
r'vs in Hie forward wall
Per and provide Alvin
FMeetion a passer needs
f,eir confidence in their
T* wi|l show itself on
f?Kartj • . for the boy
i e ball and knows how
Is receivers.
r1 looked and ran hard
. Part of the game,
jnng but weighs 171 lbs.
"ce, t0 Play a lot of
re Owls. We hope he
I 'antage of every min-
is ■ w®y But«h
; ' Woolls drove Into
I on ""u wUh Plenty of
Ihe t raake you
of hltl hard • • ■ and
. M a hard tackle like
r* T wrk. Football
say^he "likes it good.”
Schulte, 184 lb. end,
played himself a fine game. He
tackles with authority and dis-
courages any traffic around his
end. Watch this boy! Jerry
Muennink backs up the line be-
hind Schulte, and Alvin Hartman
plays the tackle . . . and between
the three of them they pop a lot
of leather. The opposite side of
the defensive line composed of
Windrow, Gary Schweers, and line
backer Woolls, less experienced
but they like the game and we
look for improvement here each
week. The middle- of the line
with such boys as Norwood, Keel,
and Tom Koch, made it difficult
for the Wildcats to move in that
direction most of the evening.
Billy Neuman did the punting
and his nice punts put the Wild-
cats in the hole on two or three
occasions.
The Owls, as did Del Rio, had
numerous penalties that hurt.
Most of the Hondo miscues were
for backfield in motion. The boys
were a bit eager and high strung.
It cost them one TD, but they
came back minutes later to get
the score that tied the ball game.
These penalties were all obvious
ones, and hurt the Owls offense
almost as much as the Wildcat
line.
Angermiller burst through the
Wildcat line in the fourth quart-
er for a long gain and was very
near on his way. Coach Carver
thinks Pete may have gone the
distance had he been able to rest
his fleet-footed half back, but as
of now replacements are hard to
find. The Owls used two sub-
stitutes last Friday - Tilley at
guard, and Donnie (4H) Neuman
in the backfield. The coaches
worked the “B” squad very hard
Monday ... for it is here re-
placemehts are grown. The “B”
team has a hard job with no glory,
but their day will come. The "B”
team has the biggest say as to
how far the Owls will go.
Sabinal Next
This Friday the Owls go to Sa-
binal and to what we hope will
be an opportunity for the boys
to break loose and find them-
selves. We have not talked to
anyone who has seen the Yellow-
jackets, but they have broken
even in two games. Sabinal de-
feated Del Rio “B” 32-6 and then
lost last week to Class A Ban-
dera 27-12. It has been many a
vear since Sabinal defeated the
Owls and they would like nothing
better than to pull '»rh a sur-
prise Last year Hondo defeat-
ed Sabinal 34-7. Pete An-’ermil-
ler took chargp of the scoring
as he ran for TD’s of 13 and 30
yds., once again on an intercepted
pass and again on a pass recep-
tion good for 23 yds. He carried
10 times for 135 yds. ,
A large turn out of Hondo fans
is expected to see the game . . .
as the Owls only have four home
games this year and Sabinal is
almost in walking distance.
Around Tho District
Did you notice that Carrizo
Springs (coached by Arthur Daw-
(Soo JENNINGS, Pago 12)
day, Oct. 21 at 1:30 p.m. to be
fbllowed by an open house at
2:00 p.m. and a geqeral assem-
bly at 3:30.
At 7:15, football lettermen will
be recognized and the Hondo High
Owls will clash with the Crystal
City Javelinas in a conference
game.on Barry Field beginning
at 8:00. At half-time, the foot-
ball and Homecoming Queen will
be presented.
The following day, a band con-
cert will get underway at 10:00
a.m. and class reunions will be
held from noon until 8:00 p.m.
At 6:30 the 1927 football team
will hold a reunion. A dance
from 8:30 til midnight will wind
up the homecoming festivities.
Food concessions on Friday and
Saturday will be under the aus-
pices of the Parent-Teacher As-
sociation.
Officers Listed
Other officers and chairmen for
this year’s celebration include:
Vice-President, Mrs. Margaret
Rothe; Finance, Harry Filleipan;
Secretary, Anne Davis; Publicity,
Thelma Lynch; Assembly Pro-
gram, Martin Noonan; Registra-
tion, Mrs. G. O. Braden; Home-
coming Queen Chairman, Mrs.
Bob Kollman; Band Concert, Bob
Lewis; Open House, J. G. Barry;
Dance Chairman, J. H. Meyer;
Recognition Former HHS Foot-
ball Letterman, Jake Schuehle;
Classes 1904-1912 inclusive, Hugo
Schweers; Classes 1913-1922 inclu-
sive, W. T. Crow; Classes 1923-
1933, MiRon Mechler; Classes
1933-1942, Mrs. Frances Hartung;
Classes 1943-1952, Tommy Ney;
Classes 1953-1954 inclusive, Fay-
nelle Neuman Bohmfalk; and
Classes 1954-1955, Barbara Bra-
den.
MISS MOOS
NAMED
SWEETHEART
Pretty, vivacious, Mary Lu
Moos was chosen as F.F.A. sweet-
heart. The seventeen year old
senior is also the Owl Band s
drum major this year. She likes
dancing, swimming, football
games, and tall boys.
She is president of St. John’s
Sodality, secretary of the senior
class, and third vice president
of the F.H.A.
When asked what the future
held for her, Miss Moos said, she
is considering the possibilities of
becoming an airline hostess.
Buddy Elledge of Del Rio blast-
ed through to give the Wildcats
the lead, but Freddy Yancey’s
point after touchdown was wide
of its mark. Fleet Pete Anger-
miller, powerful Owl halfback, re-
taliated with a three-yard burst
for the Hondo marker, but the
attempt for conversion was smo-
thered.
At the outset the Wildcats play-
ed in the shadow of their own
goal when a Hondo punt was
downed on the Cat five-yard line.
A fumble and a recovery set up
the punting feats of Tommy Tay-
lor, sent in to relieve the momen-
tarily sidelined Freddy Yancey.
Taylor, kicking from his own four-
yard line, got 33 yards with his
foot. After a quick exchange of
plays the Owls fumbled when Yan-
cey and Charlie Hutchinson bore
into Angermiller and Jerry Gobe)
recovered on the Owl 19 yard
line.
Sanders sent Kercheville for
six and directed JSlledge for five
and a first down on the’ Hondo
eight-yard line. Kercheville got
four and Sanders kept to the one
vard line Elledge plowed through
to score. Yancey’s attempt for
the extra point was high enough
but to the left of the uprights.
Cat* Threaten
Once again the Cat’s were in
the immediate shadow of their
owm goal post as Hondo punted
after failing to materialize a first
down. The punt went out of
bounds on the Del Rio 16 and a
holding penalty on the next play
found the Cats on their own one
yard stripe. Del Rio got three
and nine but a clipping penalty
again placed Del Rio back to the
one yard line. The Wildcats
picked up five as the quarter
ended. After the exchange of
directions Taylor punted from be-
hind his own goal to the Del Rio
37-yard line. Yancey, back in the
ball game burst through the Owl
line to nail Woolls for a yard loss.
Angermiller, Larry Keel and
Butch Woolls took turns and po-
wered their way to the Wildcat
two-yard line. Keel went over
but the touchdown wias nullified
on an offside penalty. Hondo had
an end run for no gain and Wood-
ward halted Angermiller on the
three-yard line to give Del Rio
possession.
Again Taylor punted from be-
hind his o<vn goal and kicked Out
to the Cats’ 32-yard line. Hondo’s
Hartman fired a twenty-yard aer-
iel to Richard Schulte, setting the
Owls on the Cat’s 16-vard line.
Cauthorn stopped Woolls for no
second half play demon-
great defensive work by
ibs and uncovered the Cat
paMUg threat with Taylor on the
receiving end. Aerials covering
29, 19,14, tnd 8 were hauled down
by the lanky Taylor and a "just
did miss’ on two more. The
Cats, working full blast drove
to the Owl ,26 before being forced
to give over after fumbling and
recovering.
By the same token the Owls
were thwarted at every turn and
forced to punt. Midway in the
fourth quarter the Cats drove to
the Owl 19 where a fourth-down
Sanders to Taylor end zone pass
was inches high and Hondo took
over. It was no go for the Owls
as the determined Del Rio line
held fast and a Hondo punt died
on the Cats twenty-four-yard line.
Del Rio ............. 6 0 0 0-6
Hondo . 0 6 0 0—6
First downs: Wildcats 8, Owls
7 Yards rushing: Wildcats 102,
Owls 132. Passes: Wildcats 5 of
12 for 88 yards, Owls 2 of 6 for
20 yards. Interceptions by: Wild-
cats 0, OWls 1. Fumbles lost;
Wildcats 0, Owls 2. Punts: Wild-
cats 5 for 38 yds. avg. Owls 5
for 42 yds. avg. Penalties: Wild-
cats 3 for 45 yds. Owls 5 for 25
yds.
Hot Check
Passer
Intelrceoted
James Lewis is in'resldence at
Medina County jail after having
pushed his luck too far in cashing
forged checks.
He was caught by Sheriff John-
nie Sheedy of Bracketville after
Lewis had cashed a check at
Quemado. A road block was set
up in that general area and he
was caught.
Lewis cashed checks in Hondo
the early part of June and warn-
ings were sent out to be on the
lookout for him.
As we go to press, Lewis is
being tried on three indictments
for forgery and passing as true,
forged instruments.
42 Members
In New
Castro Band
CASTROVILLE — Fortv-two
students have joined the Castro-
gain but Angermiller kept on the | ville Public School Band. Their
fourth down and made it to th'
Wildcat five for a first down noal
to go .situation Goble stopped
Alvin Hartman after two yards
before Angermiller squirted over
right tackle for the Hondo score.
The pass from center set the
stage for Woodward’s clobbering
of Woolls who was back in kick-
ing position.
After reception the Cats couldn’t
gain against the Owls and Taylor
punted from his own 32-yard line.
He got lots of left foot in his kick
and spiraled the ball 51 yards,
much to the surprise ol the Hondo
receivers and to the delight of
first meeting was h-H this week
with Bill Fojtik, band director.
An expected 50 students will have
joined after football season.
The school has a total enroll-
ment of 223 pupils in both ele-
mentary and high school.
Defeat Reck Spring*
The CastrovUle Wildcats defeat-
ed Rock Springs in their second
game of the season by a score of
32-18.
Junior Team Started
A Junior football team has also
been organized with 15 students
participating, with Homer Bond,
as coach.
BARRY SPEECH
TO CONCERN
NEW BUILDING
J. G. Barry will be headline
speaker at the opening meeting
of the Hondo Elementary School
Parent-Teacher Association Tues-
day night, Sept. 27, when he dis-
cusses the proposed new elemen-
tary school building. The super-
intendent of schools will be first
on the program, which begins at
7:30 p. m. in the elementary
school gym, and-says that he will
explain the building program and
the bond issue involved.
A large turn-out of interested
parents and citizens is predicted
to attend the meeting, according
to Mrs. Paul Bybee, president of
the association.
Following the superintendent’s
speech, the elementary school
principal, R. W. Nations, will in-
troduce the faculty of the school,
and a “Get Acquainted” recep-
tion honoring the teachers will be
held.
County Listed
As Drouth
Disaster Area
Harold J. Baker, office mana-
ger of the Medina County ASC
office, received official notief
Wednesday; Sept. 21, that this
county has been declared a di-
saster drouth area.
The text of the notice states;
Secretary Benson reinstated your
county Sept. 20 as disaster area
and eligible for assistance under
the drought emergency feed pro-
gram. Applications may be re-
ceived at the ASC office through
Oct. 21, 1955, for a supply of
feed grain sufficient to carry eli-
gible livestock until Nov. 15, 1955.
Rules and ’ regulations for 1954
program still in effect.
Baker stated that the same feed
program terminated several
months ago is effective immedi-
ately, and that as he receives
more news concerning the pro-
gram, he will make it available.
Hartley Howard /
Heads South
Texas Group
Dp VINE — Hartley E. Howard,
rancher from the Black Creek
Coimmunity, was recently elected
President of the South Texas
Polled Hereford Association. A
relatively new Association, its
purpose is to advance the inter-
ests of breeders of Polled Here-
ford Cattle.
Elected along with Howard were
vice-president, John P. Classen,
San Antonio and secretary-trea-
surer, Gilbert Falbo, also of San
Antonio. The organization has
9 directors and 43 members. Any
reliable person, firm or corpora-
tion owning registered Polled
Hereford females, residing in the
state of Texas and paying annual
dues is eligible for regular mem-
bership. Associate members con-
sist of any reliable person, firm
or corporation not owning regis-
tered female Polled Hereford cat-
tle but paying annual dues. The
organization holds its business
meetings ’and elects Hs officers
annually.
Howard has long been in the
cattle business and is known for
his interest in the County Stock
Show and -also in the San Antonio
Livestock Show,
Citizens Okay Open
Season On Doe Deer
Hondo Lions
To Premiere
Shew**i8th
The" Hondo Lions Club will see
a premiere at the television pro-
gram made last summer of An-
vil Herald activities at their meet-
ing on Wednesday, Sept. 28, at
noon. This announcement is made
by C. C. Bradshaw, district man-
ager of Southwestern Bell Tele-
phone Company, who secured
a copy of this film for the early
showing.
Entitled "Texas Editor”, the
program concerns the activities
going on around a weekly news-
paper office each week in getting
out an issue of the paper. It was
made for, and will be sponsored
on television by, the Southwestern
Bell Telephone Company, on their
program “Spotlight On Texas.”
Telephone officials state that the
program will be shown on Hou-
ston, Galveston, Austin, Fort
Worth, Dallas, Harlingen and
other TV stations during
National Newspaper Week which
begins Oct. 2, but San Antonio
viewers might have to wait until
a later date to see the show as
there have been programming
conflicts. As soon as a definite
date is known, the Anvil Herald
will publish it.
The Weather
H
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Rain
September 16
97
72
0.00
September 17
96
73
0.43
September 18
93
73
0.11
September 19
94
70
0.00
September 20
95
72
0.00
September 21
95
75
0.02
September 22
95
77
0.05
Reported by R. A. Carter.
Medina county may have an
open season on female deer this
year, following approval by a
citizen’s meeting in the courthouse
Tuesday night.
Voting was unanimous among
those present to permit “antler-
less deer” shooting under strict
supervision. The idea is to re-
duce the excess number of does,
in order that the remaining ani-
mals can have better feed and
living conditions, and it is be-
lieved by some biologists that
this will actually work to improve
the quality of the deer popula-
tion.
Bob Ramsey of Kerrville, pro-
ject leader for the Edwards Pla-
teau game management survey,
read the proposed regulations and
answered many of the questions.
Also present were Jim Teer,
Llano, and Frank Rogers, Kerr-
ville, members of the survey
team. Game wardens from sur-
rounding counties attended, as did
L. D. Nuckles and August Tim-
merman, local wardens.
Ramsey stated that according
to law, there had to be a public
hearing at which proposed spe-
cial game and fish laws for the
coming year are brought before
the gathering for approval or dis-
approval. The required notice
having been run in both county
papers, the meeting was held ac-
cording to schedule.
With the approval of this group,
the proposed laws will go before
the Texas Game Commission.
They are expected to approve
them, and they are then sent to
the Medina County Commission-
ers court, where they are finally
approved or rejected.
After the local court acts, the
laws will be in effect, and it is
expected that this will go through
in time for the deer season.
A more complete summary of
the new law will be published
when it is finally approved.
Beer Sales To Minor
Brings Fine, Penalty
Four Latin American boys were
involved in a brawl Saturday
night, Sept. 10, and one was ser-
iously injured with a rock. On
questioning them, Sheriff C. J.
Hitzfelder learned that one of
the quartet, all minors, had pur-
chased beer at Gallardo Grocery.
As a result, Juanita Gallardo
was fined $100 and costs for sell-
ing beer to minors. Judge Arthur
H. Rothe stated that the Liquor
Board had also revoked her li-
cense to sell beer and had closed
the premises for a period of 12
months.
Right Of Way
In other county news, purchase
of right of way on Highway Farm
to Market Road No. 689, a con-
tinuation of FM No. 173 north
from U. S. Highway No. 9<i, was
ordered by the Commissioners
Court in their meeting on Monday,
Sept. 12.
Purchase prices are not to ex-
ceed $50 per acre for ranch or
pasture land and not to exceed
$100 per acre for land in cultiva-
tion. The questions of damages
will be considered in each indivi-
dual case apart from the purchase
Of the right of way.
Intercom System
An intercommunication system
for the Devine deputy’s car was
requested by the Sheriff’s Depart-
ment of Medin| County in that
they consgler the purchase of a
generator or aRemator to be in-
stalled in the car to facilitate in-
tercommunication with the Coun-
ty Sheriff’s Department.
The Court voted the purchase
of the intercom and installation.
The County, however, will retain
title to the machine.
Civil Defense Meeting
County Civil Defense Coordina-
tor Daniel M. O’Connell and Shef-
iff C. J. Hitzfelder attended a
meeting of civil defense District
No. 9 on Tuesday.
The all day meeting in the San
Pedro Playhouse in San Antonke
was called by Captain N. R.
Smith, Texas Highway Patrol and
District Coordinator of Civil De-
fense and Disaster Relief.
Heard at the meeting were Wil-
liam L. McGill, State Coordinator
of Civil Defense and Disaster Re-
lief, Colonel Homer Garrison, Di-
rector of Texas Department Of
Public Safety and Police Coordi-
nator for the State of* Texas, and
others.
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