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Monday, January 16
^ovTDdTpFi BrlSc6©?»o speak ai Banquet
A famous South Texas neighbor
will visit with Hondo area friends
Monday night when Gov. Dolph
Biscoe speaks pt the annual Hondo
Chamber of Commerce Awards
Banquet in the McDowell School
Cafeteria.
The Governor, who was born in
Uvalde April 2.3,' 1923. is to be the
guest o| honor and principal
"speaker at the banquet which' will
also honor the outstanding citizen
for the year a£ well . as the
outstanding farmer rancher of the
year. He will be accompanied by his
wife Janey..
15ckela for-the 7:3U .p.m. event
of the year in Hondo” are $5. per
person and Chamber official's yre
expecting approximately 400 per
sonsTo attend:
Govi Briscoe's parents were,
originally from Fort Bend Cotintv
and his father. Dolph Briscoe, Sr.,.-
migrated to Uvalde in 1019 where
he became a wool 'anil mohair
merchant, banker and-rancher The
Goxtrnor's paternal grandfather,
l^e,AdolphusBriscoe. was ;
settler in the Brazos Colony of
Moses and Stephen F. ‘Austin
Members of the Briscoe family still
live on the family's original home
plpce in.Hichmond Captain
Andrew Briscoe signed the Texas
Declaration of Independence and
fought at Sa n Jacinto. James
Briscoe built the first railroad in
Texas from Houston to Richmond-,
A \ ahslicto.ri.in at Uvalde High
Briscoe: received a
niversit.y of
School in 1939
BA degree from tin
■ Texas at Austin in 19 Id He entered
the Army as a private and was
honorably discharged as a com-
missioned officer.
TVrhaps Gov. Briscoe's greatest
achievements over the years lies in '
the field of agriculture', farming,
and ranching. He organized and
- headed.the Southwest Animal
11 eaIt h Hescarch Faim dat ion,
which conducted the successful
"screw worm eradication program,
lie also has been active in many
other organizations. As a State
Representative ho headed the drive'’
(or Farm-to Market roads in Texas'.
The Governor has been, honored
for endeavors in many fields, but_
his work jn Boy Scouting has
earned him his most coveted
awards
He has served the State as a
Representative and as Governor
and has taken a lead in keeping the ‘
state in 'theblack” but at the same
time pushing for ' no new taxes
In the past. several years. Gov.
Briscoe has fought nationally for
far treatment 'from the Federal
government for 'Texas and other oil
producing states. He believes that
other states that have refused to *■*
allow drilling on their land should
be forced.to do so.
Maintaining a sound business
cLimalc in. the state has been a
strong belief of the Governor.
‘ During t he five years he has sved,.
' per capita income h.as.onerca^i'~f>2
pir cent, third highest in the U S
and . greater than am' ot her major_
«t a te l ex as has at t ract ed 1,191
new industries and gained 230.900
new |ohs with a total economic
impict exceed ing $ 11 billion.
Governor Briscoe believes that
"living in'Texas at this time is the
greatest thing that could happen to
anyone. He says that "our state is
built on a great foundation, but it is
dest ined to liccomc even better and
.greater thereby offering
individual the -opportunity
every
he dc-
Anolher h igblighl of the Monday
night affair will he the installation
ol new officers, including president
Henry Meyer- Jim Tomev is the
new vice president and the new
directors include Tom Bruton. Bob
Redon, Ramon Rachel, Stella
Rot he.
W
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MEDINA COUNTY'S LEADING NEWSPAPER &NCE 1886
HONDO
ANVIL
HERALD
Published enrh Thursday at 1601 Ave. K, Hondo.
S7 per year in county, in state, $10-out of state.
2nd ( lass Postage paid at Hondo, Texas 78861.
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HONDO, MFD IN A COUNTY, TEXAS'
WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 11.1978 -
12 PAGES IN ONE SECTION
NO. 2
GOV. DOLPH BRISCOE
*■*★***★★★★★*★★*★★*★*★★**★**★*★★★★*★*★★**•#
SPARKS
Turge IIn tongue mi an tutsihof truth,
■nd what flies up though it lx- but a
•park shall have weight " Bindar
BY Bl HN Is |. AAA REN( E
Puhlisher
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Group threatens suit over precinct lines
\ threatened court suit which
could possibly prevent the primary
elections from Hong held in Medina
('••tintv this \ear is posing a
, p:'. Jclitii.....tin liu Medi na ( m int y
( omtnissioners ( ourt
Vtorrie\ s tor the Mexican Amer-
ican D eal Dctensc league ’have
told the fount y that the organiza
Salamander story
tion "might sue" on the grounds
'that the four commissioners pre-
cinct's- an- ethnically Imbalanced.
VtAfJ)F contends that popula-
tion in the present .precinct align-,
ment dex's not meet the require
merits laved down bv the "one man.
. one v <He” rule passed several years
ago l»y Congress
If such a suit were filed and
carried through successfully, It
could possibly, result in the courts
erijoiping’the political parties from
holding primaries, in May, an
attorney for the County told
members of the Commissioners
Court
Emerson Banack Jr, San Anton-
Area residents attend hearing
\S OPEN IN\ I I A I l<>\
is ext.tidal to the general
public lo attend ntp'ndax night's
Awards Banquel sponsored by '
the Hondo! handier uf Commerce
This annual affair is open to
evervone sm s President/Hcnr^,
Mev.T \nu dim I -.have to be .a
iiHTiV f» r of the( hum her to attend
Ml oiu na il is s', {nr .(-he tieket
and a desir. to tie there
Aiwa \S after the twin quel
simrflle i- heard to remark (ITT
I didill go tie..ms. I m not a
membir
Hi is \ ea r w e re t el ling ex er vone
before hand that being a member
is not necessary So. now that von
rati t use that as an excuse, dig
down into.your porket and find
(hot v i and comi hear tin
(loxernor of the Stale ojijox a
giwot meal meel some fine propli
and have \oqr self a bill liv.
joining olhits in tiring a part of
the ronununit v
( (>M \1 IsslOM Its < ni It |
About fittv D Hitius and Hondo-
afva residents boa rdeti a'chartered'
Hus luesdav mornihg to attend the
\ustui hearing that will decide the
. fat.- ot the. A. ddina- Finns recharge
and flood .nritrj'l project on the
S. - - (’'lock
'! fo-a ni.;' was betore t he )e\aA
\\,i!i.' Commission, which,fev^lews
ion tor -i rue!
ui-es' to divert water trom State
■'om“. a'nd jrsftfft.• tways Tile area
0--iih u'l' anfl land-owners wen! to
An 'wi in demons! rake their sup-
p"’;! for the dam
The \ a1dina protect has gained
vv'o(.‘spread tame as environmental
ist groups have lined Up against its
construction on Ik* ha If of a species
of blind salamander that inhabits a
cava, near the dam site.,
When flood waters reach ,a
ivrtain lev el. a channel would divert
water into a sinkhole that opens
into the cave. Sierra Uluhspokes-
NEWS FLASH
Joe l-Yfhn. who was in Austin
Tuesday with some 40 other
persons trom 1 >’Hanis and Hondo
area. call.tl Tuesday afternoon to
,-ay . the. hearing apparently Avill
.conjinue,ffvrmigh \\ ixfnesday and
possibly through 'Thursday "It vvijl
die liotlv contested, he- said.
find,- itself m a pi< kl. vnt over
the question of r. dist nrl.ing the
eiirnmissiih(irs (mints
Die ( ihintv insl might hay. a
law suit due to what• the \l. xici.Ht
American Legal Defense langur
Calls, an •rthn at imballamr
If anu get right down to the
itire,'of the problem. the present
Court rap t he sh mil (bred w it h all
the blame for the predicament
Pirhups filame noiId la' placed
■ Ni the tn.*n who InstDlYevv the
precinct lines l»'i. k in 1VI6 but it
would In foolish to. assume that
tlirv had a' racial bias in doing
tfiiit joti It is more lik.-lv to f»
trio that they were con. ■(•rued
with how main miles of road each
Ip nil mission er had to maintain
Ibex certainly cool (big foresee j
how the eoiintx wiiOld grow and
how tin population would shift
throughout the years
But tin question and potential
problem has laved dormant for
si me ,-x (tirs now since Congress
passed the "one man one vote
ruling • , r\
And although the various
( bmmissioners ( ourt s.have gi x en
>«((Jie thong hi III t he (|ll rsf ion t hey
hax.Ti l tackled the problem ser
iousix Perhaps they thought in
the hack of th.ir minds if they
would ignore t he problem it Would
go away (>r again they might
have been .wishing the feds or
state officials Mould magically
issue a formula that would solve
the problem and take the monkey '
off their backs
"Tain'l so, however, and right
now. they face n full fferlged
problem and tough or not it looks
as though they are going to have
SOMETIME
, or February' the C.S .Senate
will (fehate S 1883 and if they pass
it labor unions ox .r th*xcountry will
have the final stranglehold on
employers The bill, already passed
in the House under 11118413, is a
so-called "labor reform" piece of
legislation, but in essence it j<ives
unions the power to organize
.'.X
lo Mime up vvilh some kind of-
silm ion
lost v oir tJi t*x began a lent a
live effort on the [irobltin by
instructing County Surveyor
Mil mar Koph to survey the
precinct lines , Hi is had not been
done in years, mavis exm -gs far
f)i« k as when they were drawn in
1 s<»,
ll is almul to come to a focus,
bcotiis MA LI M has said that
(lislrii ling in several eounties,
Medina included, const il ut e
gerrv mandiring and as such
negates or waters dovyrr the
Mexican .American vote
Sn what do they propose to do?
U h v . a In i h g irr v man dering in
rev iTse. so il will bcnrfil I hem
Ibex firmly fieliexe in the old
ad Mg e ' vv hat is good for (he goose,
is gi*id for the g ail dir
They contend and justifiably
sn. that with a high present age of
the population Mexican American
in Medina County should he
represen ted on t h e ( dm miss iotiers'
Wourt y
* I have no (|iuirrcl with that
(Tintonlion In fact, I agree with it
Hi ex do diserx e Jo hax e represen
la tion
But the matter of how lo
achieve l.hut rcpivscn I at ion is the
problem 11 can hissioie quite a
hpsslc and-more than cost lx to all.
Counly taxpayers "
I hope it can Re solx ol without
nil the hassle." but during ,the
meantinte I certitinly don't envy
the Commissioners (ourt its
position Hut one.thing for sure,
they had better like pk kies for it is
going tii be along time before tin y
git out of the vat on this one
IN JANUARY
without any recourse from an
employ it of a business.'
It’s just another step toward
throt tling the, business and indus-
try segments of pur nation. Per-
haps a letter to Senators John
Tower Hnd IJoydDcntsen migiil do
some giNid.
Public invited to reception
for Governor
Jean Marty
District Clerk
candidate
Jc.ifl Marty )ias authorized the*
Jlundo. Anvil Herald to announce
hi t candidiii’x tor 'the’office of
Drstrict Clerk for Medina.County
subject 0i the Ilenjacrjfljy Primary
I am the- (Ti let/Deputy, in the '
District Clerk's Office and have
held this |)iisrt-rrm-sTtTi»‘ 1969 This
experfeiii i I .leel fully i(paldies me"
to cotuli'iei,ihe man.v varied duties
nl this office , ' " . *••
Mrs I Jx era Balzen and the late
Melvin Balzen y! the (Juihi Cam-
.mupity are my parents
"In 1902 I-graduated from
I hnidu II ig h School.
My husband VVavne, 12 year old
datighc'r Slurry and I art- lifetime
ri'siderit.s of Medina County and are
living in the (Juihi. ('(immunity-for
II years and.own our home then1
» siu'iv' 1972. Sherry is a sluijent in
the Hondo School System
It is*- mx desire to have the
op|Kirtunfty to serve vcm in the—
sa me capacity that has beefi tin*
policy of tins office for many years.
"S our vote and suport for me will
■ be- fully appreciated in the up-
((lining primary and election."
life general public is 'inx itixl to'a
public . reception to honor. Gov-'
errjor and Mrs Dolph Briscoe from
7 to 7.-30 p m Monday . January at
the;, McDowell .Middle School gvm
nil si 11m
"Hvervoric in Medina County, and
cither areas also, whether or not
*thex -plan to attend the banquet.
Come and meet the Governor and •
•J-U> Itri.w-oe." said County Judge
Jemme Decker, who Is one of the
hi *s| s'
Refreshments and cookies will be
sei veil at the' affair which will
immediately ptveede the Annual
Awards Banquet ot the Hondo
( bamber ot Commerce This ex ent '
bee mV at 7 30 p m in t he Mel tow-
"ell Cafeteria
Hosts lor the pblflie reception
include Hondo M i and Mrs
Ifalph I) eM on tel. M r. and Mrs' ;
Hugh Meyer, and Air and Airs 1.
I Gross. Judge and Mrs Jerome
I hiker and Railroad Commissioner
and’Nirs. John PoenuT ■
Devine- Mr and Mrs. Joe Bris-
i (H and Mr and Mrs Pete Morales.
Castrox ille Mr and Mrs Charl-
es Suclus .Mr and Mrs. Sammy
Tschirfi'im and Mr and Mrs. lziuis ,
Hart Jr
D'llani-s—Mr and Mrs" Bonnard
Rot In-
George Brucks has
25.20 inches of rain
Rain-fa 11‘.north of Hondo in IJ77
measured 23.20 inches, according to
George J Brucks, who has lx>en
bringing this information to the
Anvil'Herald since 1938. •
Brucks rtn'ords t h** rainfall
monthly on his ranch nine and
one-half miles north of Hondo
His monthly nvords show:
January iLQfi—EoLruary 1.30,
March -.80. April 3.90, Mav 4.00
•June 3.-70,' July o.oo, August 1.40,
September 1.00, October 1.20.
November 4.30, and Dii-emlx'r .60.
In 1976 Brucks recorded- 51
ini hes of rainfall on his ranch.
men have tried to block construct-
ion on the* grounds that the sala-
manders might be harmed by the
in: coming floodwater -
Witnesses-called before the com-
mission by both sides were expect--
t*d to cause it to last possibly three
days *
If HUWD and the dam’s oppon-
ents can not agree on proced-
ures. either side may request a
continuance until a later date.
But should the hearing "Ro their
way . the F.UWD.might come away
from Austin with a-State permit to
•begin construction
Not the Last Word
But State approval is not
enough Another permit must be
granted by the U. S. Army Corps of
Engineers before1 the dam can be
built That approval will be sought
later, pending the outcome of khe
Austin proceedings.
Recent latvs have placed control of
all waters in the 'country--where
dnilging and filling are required for
a project-ih the hands of the federal
government, which i's represented
by the,Corps. *
' Meeting at D’Hanis
A sort of dress rehearsal for the
-EUWD presentation yeas held at
D' Ha his Wednesday January* 4.
There. EUWD representative
■Bob Matthews presented a group of
experts to about sixty D'Hanis pesi-
dents: Those experts testified,
sometimes with slides and movies,
on the environmental behefits of
thg. dam and of its flood-control
-value to D'Hanis. They'included
1 >r (I Ion n 1 zi ngley . I )ick- Reeves of
U S Geological Survey, and Dam
designer Glenn Galbraith.
Dr. Glenn Lqngley of San
Marco'S,'a consulting biologist and
recognized expert on aquatic life in
the Edwards, aquifer, presented
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io attorney hired by the Court
several months ago, is handling the
legal problems and questions posed
by the threatened suit. He met with
Commissioners Monday, and fol-
lowing that meeting held an
interview w-ith A,nvil Herald Pub-
lisher BumLs Lawrence.
. "We hax-e been," he said, "at-
tempting to find out from MALDF
attorneys vyhat the Court can do
that will satisfy their objections
and they tell us that they have no
definite solution to offer us.” -
Banack went on to explain that
present precinct lines were last
draw n back in 1896 and he doubted
that any "ethnical reasons entered
. into the action.”
> He explained:,7'At that time the
number of milek of roads a
,'immissioner had to maintain was
the overriding factor in drawing
precinct lines. However, through
the.years growth of various areas in
'the county and the settling of
communities have tended to put a
different aspect to the situation,
and the concept of precinct lines
has changed. .
Preparing to tackle the actual job
of re-drawing* lines can be both
tough and costly to the County.
Banack says: "First there.has to
he a complete census taken. The.
County could possibly perform an
in-house census, but for it to hold,
up in court it would have to agree to
by thi^ suing party, which is
doubtful. Then there is a special
census by the U S. Census Bureau.
Thex have told us this will cost*
$22,000.
Once, the true population is
determined the tough task faces the
Court. How and where do you draw
t ho lines ti* reach t he proper balance
of population? Do you count men,
women and children in the process
or, do you count only eligible
registered voters.? Do you probe
1 fingers or pocket s int d areas of
certain precincts? Or is there a way
to block it out easier?
Commissioners Court has hired
another expert to provide them
with idgas or alternate plans
designed To accomplish the desired
goals. 'Tucker Givson. Ph.D from
Trinity University, is experienced
in t’hispmcess since he designed the
present alignment for the City of
San Antonio
W (- Would hope,” said County
Judge Jerome Decker, "that we can
come to a suitable arrangement
without going to court. However,
we have to prepare for that
eventuality and will just wait to see
what our attorney can work out
with the league."
HEI,PLIBRARY...Mwnb«rs of the
Hondo Junior Service I^a
sent
McDowell, chairman of the board of
the Hondo Public Library The
league earned (he. money through
(heir Annual Bazaar and (he
Oiristmas Home tour. Mrs. Mr-
Dowifl expressed nppreeintion for
the work and enthuiasm which
rlo Junior Service League p/wluceri this amount of money fb»
a eheek for SI 500 To Mrs. M. L. the library. Mrs. Brure f aathoff,
right is the current Sirviee League
president. Mrs. Steve Hackebeil,
left, is treasurer and presents the
cheek lo Mrs. McDowell. |Photo by
Tony Medoza)
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