Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 25, 1971 Page: 1 of 16
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Mayor salutes FFA boys
Future Farmers hold a strong place in
the heartsand minds of Medina Coun-
tians and the FFA Chapter at Hondo
High School has been a ^ader in
the field for many many years. This
week members are joining some 50,-
000 other Texas students in observing
National FFA Week. Hondo Mayor
George Brucks kicks off the festivi-
ties by signing a proclamation des-
ignating this FFA Week in Hondo.
He Ipi ng His Honor wi th the chore are
Kim Turner, FFA president; and Peg-
gy Wilson, FFA Sweetheart.
Four file lor city election
Two candidates have filed
to run for mayor of Hondo,
and two for the city council.
Mayor George Brucks has
filed for re-election and one
of the i andidates w ho opposed
him in the recent special e-
lection, Sarge Ney, !r. , has
also filed for mayor.
Ney ran second behind
Brucks in a three man race to
fill t!ie vacancy created by
the resignation ofTfayor Je -
rome l?eckcr last summer.
Brucks is a local insurance
agent, and Ney is a building
contractor.
Filing for Place 2 - on the
council ballot were Jesse Rod-
riguez and Gip Chapman.
Rodriguez is employed at
Kelly Field in S an Antonio,
and Chapman is a ssoc i ated
with Chapman Grain, Inc.
Chapman is a former council-
man who was defeated two
years ago before candidates
were assigned places.
Albert Vance is theincu: -
bent councilman assigned
Place .2. The other ini' im-
ber.t councilman is Andrew
Museum auctioneering for items
Merchants salute FFA - see page 12
Hondo Anvil Herald
MEDINA COUNTY'S LEADING NEWSPAPER SINCE I
886
Published each Thurs at Ave K. Hondo. 15 ner year in county, $€ out of stite Tnd c j rAt i** : * it Hondo. 7*8* •
84th Year—No. 8
Hondo, Medina County, Texas 78861, Thursday, February 25, 1971 16 Pages in Two Sections— 10c
$15,500 'hog’ suit filed
Pa tie rson w ho has Place 1.
Neither has filed for re-elec-
tion.
Individuals interested in
running for election either as
mayor, to the council, or to
the Hondo IndependentSchool
District board of trustees
have until-March 3 to file for
sp8ts on die ballot.
Council and mayor candi-
dates must file at the city
hall, and school board candi-
dates should file at the super-
intendent’s office.
Both elections u ill be lie id
Saturday, April 3.
Two Hondo residents and have been sued for $15,500
a Texas highway patrolman and costs in the 36th Judicial
who formerly resided here District Court in Hondo,
SPARKS
("Porl* *y tongue on an anvil of truth, and what file* up/
though it be but a ipark, tall have weight." —Pindar *
By Burnis K. Lawrence
Publisher
HANG UP THE PHONE
- f - -
In recent weeks several women in town
have told us about telephone callers who
said they were making a survey for the An-
vil Herald. Then they would ask what the
listener thought about the nudist colony in
Medina County. At one point one of the
callers used vile language to the woman lis-
teners before she could hang up.
Needless to say we did not ma ke the
calls, but we are sorry someone who stoops
so low would use our name along with their
muck.
However, we promise the public that be-
fore we make any kind of survey we will
print it in the Anvil Herald ahead of time .
So, any of you women who receive su c h
p ca 11 ——just hang up the phone. It will not
be legi ti mate .
HELP US, PLEASE
A letter from a subscriber who would not
sign their name brought home to us a prob-
Please turn to page -
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Answer sought to houseboat pollution at lake
Officials fror three coun-
ite! are seekin,' a solution ti-
the Medina Lake p o 11 u t i on
proble m.
Medina County Judge- Je-
rome Decker, together w i th
County Commissioner Hilmer
Mangold, met with their
counterparts from Bandera and
Bexar counties last week Wed-
nesday. Joining the grmipwus
an area coordinator for the,
Alamo Area Council of Gov-
ernments.
Although the grout) also
disc issed the economic ciever
lopment of Lie Medina Lake
area, their interests centered
on solving the pollution prob-
lem, Decker said.
Chief source of lake pollu-
tion is houseboats which dis-
charge raw sewerage into the
water. In addition, Decker
said, there are some septic
tanks in the area which leak
into the lake.
"We don’t want to, but we
.may have to outlaw house-'
boats on the lake, " De eke r
said.
The Medina County judge
said AACOG is investigating
to see if federal funds are a-
■vailable to study the problem
and recommend a solution to
it.
One source said the Texas
Water Quality Board can re-
quire holding tanks for sewer-
age on all houseboats.' How-
ever. it was pointed out that
enforcement may be difficult
since the holding tank i't s elf
could be dumped into tlie
lake.
AACOG also recommends
economic development of the
lake, with an early step to be
construction of a road ringing
the water body.
However, Decker said he
felt the problem of obtaining
right of way for such a road
would be Virtually insurmount-.
able.
Named as defendants in Lie
suit are Roland Blackwell, a
former city, policeman who
still resides here, Donald Muen-
nink of Hondo, and Harold E.
Baecker, a highway patrol-
man formerly stationed In
Hondo but now assigned to
Victoria. Muennink was once
a candidate for Medina Coun-
ty Sheriff, and later ran un-u;
successfully for the city cour, - .
cil. Blackwell was discharged
from Lie city police depart-
ment in 1969.
Bid opening
set Friday
Medina County Commis-
sioners Court will convene at
10 a. m. tomorrow, Friday,
Feb. 26, at the courthouse in
Hondo.
Commissioners are sched-
uled to open bids from Medi-
na. County banks or, banking
corporations wishing t6 act
as depository of Medina Coun-
ty funds.
Also, county commission-
ers and the county judge will
meet with representatives of
the auditing firm which au-
dit! the county books.
- The suit involved the kill-
ing of two hogs belonging to
Mr. and Mrs. Francisco Arias.
It was filed by attorneys for
the Mexican-American Legal
Defense and Educational fund
last week Wednesday.
It claims the three men
destroyed two hogs belonging
to the Arias couple June L6,
19613 without authority:.
— ■'The suit alleges tliat Lie
trio "wiLiout a search warrant
or court order, armed w ith
weapons, drinking alcoholic
beverages and being in a state
of intoxication’’ entered the
Arias home. It further alleg-
es that Mrs. Arias, who was
two months"pregnant at the
time, was told the three had
"Ofders from Lie boss" to kill
or •dispose of two hogs on her
property.
They refused to show ,Vrs.
Arias a w arrant or court order
for Lieir actions, the suit al-
leges. because they said they
did not need one.
The suit claims Mrs. Arias
ahd other bystanders were ask-
ed to shoot the animals, and
wiien they refused, the defen-
dants killed one hog.
Besides the property loss,
the suit contends Mrs. Arias
went into a "state of shock"
and suffered complications
during her pregnancy.
Plaintiffs seek $500 for two
hogs, damages of $5000, and
exemplary damages of $10,-
000 4n addition to costs.
Early morning blaze
levels small home
• Flames of undetermined or-
igin completely destroyed tlie
home of Mrs. Fritz Balzen
early Saturday morning, ac-
cording to the Hondo Volun-
teer Fire Department. T he
home was located at 12th and
Avenue P.
A department spokesman
said tlie home was uninsured,
and said tlie re was no dollar
value estimate of the loss.
The alarm was turned ina-
bout 2 a. m. Saturday, the
spokesman said, and the sky
was aglow before firemen ar-
rived at the fire station.
Flames levelled the small
frame structure.
Sheriff installs foster teletype
Improved teletype communications wi th
record keeping centers will be initiated at
midnight March 15 by the Medina County
Sheriffs' office.
The new machine will give Sheriff C. J.
Hitzfelder’s office direct communication with
the Texas Motor Vehicle Department to ctieck
license and ownership information.
1 Ihformation will also be available directly
from the Investigation and Criminal record di-
vision of the Texas Department ,of Public Safe-
ty in Austin, as well as from the National
Crime Information Center In Washington, DC.
Later with the Texas C r 1 m e Information
Center is established in Austin, the new tele-
type will offer local enforcement officers di -
rect communication there, too.
Unlike the present machine upon which an
operator types out a message, the new unit u-
tiiizes a typewriter keyboard which punches a
tape.
An address code is entered in the machine
and the tape fed into it. When Lie line is o-
pen to the addressee, the macliine automatic-
ally begins sending the message, reading off
the punched tape.
The machine will also spot errors and stop
Lie tape.
Hitzfelder said Lie current teletype ma-
chine costs the county $100 monthly. Cost of
Lie new machine will be $1S0 monthly. How-
ever, the Alamo Area Council of Governments
will pay 60 per cent of Lie cost. Lie county
paying 40 per cent.
The sheriff said the new machine will pro-,
vide faster and cheaper communication than
the old teletype, which was installed about
1965. ' ,
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New Hondo Junior High School nears completion
Construction is nearing completion on the $1,200,-
000 Hondo Junior High School behind Meyer^ Ele-
mentary School. Ground was broken in January,
1970 with completion scheduled this monHyyTbe
A... , \
new educational facility contains an administration
building (I) dividing t w o classroom wings, and a
gymnasium-field house containing a cafeteria, as-
sembly area and athletic dressing rooms. The 55,^
200 square foot facili ty will contain 24 classrooms,
two laboratories, a vocational shop and a home-
makihg department. Plans for the junior high
,school were announced by the school board in
June, 1969, and voters approved a bond issqe lat-
er that month. Bonds were soid in October. One
group of lockers along wi th rest room facilities is
nestled underneath the administrative building (r)
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Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 25, 1971, newspaper, February 25, 1971; Hondo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth818719/m1/1/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hondo Public Library.