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The Hondo Anvil Herald
MEDINA COUNTY'S LEADING NEWSPAPER SINCE 1886
SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT HONDO. TEXAS 78861
82nd Year—No. 15
Hondo, Medina County, Texas 78861, Friday, April 12, 1968
14 Pages—10c
SPARKS
"Forge thy tongue on an anvil of truth, and
what flies up, though it be but a spark, shall
have weight." —Pindar
«««»« Edna G. Me Dade *4
ASK a TEXAS (former) GAM?.WARDEN "What’s in a
name?" and he'll tell you that something new has been add-
ed. Now, the proper designation is game management office*
according to James D, Archer, personnel director for Texas
Parks and Wildlife Department.
If young men between 21 and 40 years of age are interest-
ed, applications are now being accepted by TPWD for game
management officers. Deadline for receipt of application is
May 29. Any regional or district office or game management
officer will supply additional information, or write direct to
TPWD, John H, Reagan Building, Austin, 78701.
TO SEE FOR YOURSELF the progress made at Gary Air-
craft Corporation, one of Hondo's largest industries, plan to
attend their open house scheduled for May 29. More about this
later.
THE RIGHT TO TITLE as the State's largest landscape
gardener is indisputably that of the Texas Highway Depart-
ment. Having begun the beautification efforts more than three
decades ago, THD now maintains 840 thousand acres of right
of way. Although Rudyard Kipling had English gardens in
mind, his poetic observation might 1»ell apply to THD:", . .
and such gardens are not made/By singing: 'Oh, how beau-
tiful!’ and sitting in the shade."
Texas highways are putting on their prettiest show just now
as they lead HemisFair visitors over the many roads leadingto
San Antonio.
TEXAS IS MAKING ITS OWN CONTRIBUTION to make
the world's present gold situation easier on the eyes. Notice
the many huisache trees in bloom about town. They are now
great bowers of golden powderpuffs. Along parts of the Tex -
as-Mexico border the trees were once called "tesoro de oro"
(golden treasure) and, "for those who in the love of Nature
hold communion with her visible farms she speaks a various
language," as William Cullen Bryant reminds us. Spanish in-
cluded.
REMINDER . , . Whatever the latest percentage is, a lot
of the vehicles in the 39-county South Region of the Texas
Dept, of Public Safety have not been inspected, says Major
Kent Odom, eommander. Deadline it Monday, April IS. The
fee for inspection is’$1.75 and it covers a checkup of many i-
tems essential to insure greater safety for motorists.
EASTER SUNRISE SERVICES will be held Sunday at Barry
Field at 6:30 a.m. (In case of rain, at First Baptist Church.)
Local churches sharing in the community service are St. Paul
Lutheran, First Baptist and First Methodist. All denominations
are welcome.
See announcements elsewhere of other special Easter serv-
ices in the area.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR . . . Hondo Public Library
will join in the observation of National Library Week, April
21-27. Open House at the Library Monday, April 22, 7 to 9
COMPETITION IS THE LIFE OF MORE THAN TRADE.
Witness our local turnout of voters last Saturday in the city e-
lections. Contrast last year's pathetic total of 73 votes with
this year's total of 895, Actually 900 voters made it to the
polls on time but five ballots were mutilated and could not be
included in the final count.
MEDINA COUNTY is to have a home demonstration agent
very soon. Her name is Rita Johnson. County Agent Glenn
Bragg will have an announcement in next week's news. This
will classify as Good News.
CUT SUES TU EFFECTIVE OCT. I
CALLED "THE CHERRY PICKER", This is Hondo's
newest piece,of city electric system equipment. The
story of the aerial tower and its uses appears in the
report of the ci^y council meeting. In the "basket"
are A. T. Dale and Larry Smith. Employees took-
turns at the sky-ride. One of the passengers was
Frank Dominguez, former city lineman now retired.
EASTER
MESSAGES
Holy Week, culminating in
the resurrection victory over
sin and death is the most signi-
ficant event in history. Let us
therefore keep this season with
reverence, remembering the
series of events that brought the
gift df salvation. A special
Maundy Thursday Communion
Service will be held at the
Hondo Methodist Church on
Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
Rev, John Berkley, pastor
First Methodist Church
■a-***.
Easter is the assurance given
men of faith that man's sinful
condition has been overcome
by Jesus Christ. It is the hope
that Christ's saving help will be
able to penetrate my selfish-
ness. It is the sign of the soli-
darity of mankind in love.
Rev, Robert Silverman
St. John's Church
Easter greetings from a
hymn:
Christ, the Lord, is risen to-
day; Alleluia!
Christians, haste your vows
to pay; Alleluia!
Offer ye your praises meet.
Alleluia!
At the Paschal Victim's fee*
Alleluia!
We have this reminder from
the Holy Bible, Romans 10:9
"If you confess with your lips
that Jesus is Lord and believe
in your heart that God raised
him from the dead, you will be
saved."
May this Easter season truly
draw us all closer to the risen
Christ.
Rev. A. M, Hannemann
St. Paul Lutheran Church
"Why seek ye the living a-
mong the dead? He is not
here: for he is risen ... go
quickly, and tell . . .”
The angel’s announcement
brought not only an announce-
ment of joy to the followers of
Jesus but also a command to
share the news. The joy of
Easter is realizing that Jesus
came forth triumphant over
the grave. But out joy is
heightened when we share this
news with others and tell them
the real meaning of Easter.
May Easter this year be
meaningful to you as you rea-
lize anew its true meaning and
as your heart is captured by the
excitement of this great event.
James M. Reid
First Baptist Church
***♦
May the Risen Savior, at this
East time, bestow His abun-
dant Blessings upon all the peo-
ple in the D'Hanis and neigh-
boring communities, and upon
all of God’s children in the
world in this period of unrest.
Rev. Victor G. Schmidtzins-
ky, pastor.
Holy Cross Church, D'Hanis
At this Easter season, we find
ourselves once again in a cha-
otic world. It is a world torn
and tortured by tensions, s u s -
picions, ill will, fear, and hate;
Many are so discouraged that
they are surrendering to fatal-
ism and despair.
But not so the Christian be-
liever! He turns to where "the
soul of the universe looks ait
through the eyes of Christ" and
sees undiscouraged hope. The
Risen Christ become once a-
gain the promise of victory.
He is Immanuel, God with us.
The Cross cf shame has now
become the banner of Triumph
L. S. Dub'berly, pasta
New Fountain—Yancey
Methodist Churches
SS REPRESENTATIVE
IN HONDO MONDAY
The social security represen-
tative, David Helmer, will be
at the District Courtroon\ Hon-
do, Monday, April 15, at 9:00
'a.m.
G . E. (Pefe) Pedroza
POERNER
OPPOSES
ROAD BONDS
John H. Poerner of Hondo,
a licensed state land surveya
and registered public surveyo*
submits the following reasons
for his opposition to the road
bond election to be held here
Saturday, April 13;
"Increased costs at all lev-
els, including taxation, prompt
me to voice my complete op-
position to the road bond elec-
tion this coming Saturday.
"The State of Texas has a
gasoline use tax for the purpos-
es of construction and main-
tenance of major highways o-
ver the State and I feel that
the primary highways should be
financed by these funds.
"The ad valorem tax in Me-
dina County should be reserved
for schools, cities, water d i s -
tricts, farm to matket roads
(normally used only by local
land owners) etc.
"The relocation of U.S.
Highway 90 to connect San An-
tonio to Amistad Dam will cer-
tainly benefit the metropolitan
area, much more than it will
the tax payers of this County.
"I suggest that voters re-
view the increased cost of tax-
ation and oppose the issue at
the polls.
Signed,
John H. Poerner
OPEN LETTER
This is an open letter to the
property owners of Medina
County:
Have you ventured in either
direction along U.S. Highway
90 lately? If you have, you
have noticed the greatly in-
creased traffic conditions. Con-
sider, if you will, the effect of
the next ten years. I am sure
you agree with me that the
prospect is frightening.
But we, the property owners
and tax payers of Medina Coun-
ty, can do something next Sat-
urday, April 13, to alleviate
this problem. We can vote in
favor of the 1.4 million dollar
bond election.
In this way we can assure
ourselves and our children of
having the best possible (and
safest) highway system right
here in our home area.
Naturally, a vote of "yes"
for the bond election spells
progress fa this entire area.
But it also means that we care
enough for ourselves, our chil-
dren and all who travel to and
through our area to provide a
safe and adequate netwak of
highways.
Sincerely,
Albert L. Vance
Marvin Schweers
Hilmer Mueller
Jrs. Offer
Car Wash
The junior class of Hondo
High School Is sponsaing a car
wash this Saturday, April<13, 9
a.m.-5 p.m. It will be held at
Hackebeil's Easy Car Wash and
the Geage Muennink Texaco
Station.
The price will be $1 per ca*
pickup and delivery service if
desired. This includes com-
plete clean-up inside and out,
vacuuming included.
^ ^
Sheriff s
Column
By Medina County Sheriff
C . J . Hitzfelder
BURGLARY
Four burglars who were
caught following the A&R Serv-
ice Station burglary in Castro-
ville were tried here in juve-
nile court and released to
Beaumont. The four who were
caught in a stolen car from
Weimar, Texas, broke into the
station and headed toward Hon-
do where they were caught by
officers from the Medina Coun-
ty Sheriff's department and Ci-
ty P oliceman Milton Brown,
Some of the four had prior theft
records.
Last Friday night the office
of the. Hondo Anvil Herald was
entered through a window and
the cash contents of the cash
register were taken. Checks
were na disturbed. The regis-
ter drawer had been pried open-
ed, perhaps by the use of a pair
of new scissors which was miss-
ing from the desk.
The burglars also entered
the business machines office
adjacent to the main office but
nothing was reported missing,
A few weeks ago entry had been
made and several machines
were stolen and recovered la-
ter. Latent fingerprints found
on the cash register are being
checked here and at the San
Antonio police department.
Hondo Lumber Company was
entered and burglarized Wed-
nesday night and two guns and
a pair of binoculars were r e-
ported stolen. Burglars pried
open the back doa which is
inside the yard.
An attempt was made to en-
ter the Western Auto building
during the week. The sher-
iff's office and city police have
questioned a number of sus-
pects. The local burgalries fol-
low a trend of burglaries re-
ported in Castroville, Uvalde,
Bandera, and other surrounding
communities,
STORY HOUR
AT LIBRARY
Beginning Monday, April 22,
a weekly story hour for chi 1-
dren from 4 to 5 years old will
be held each Monday morning
from 9 to 9:45 a.m.
This will be a special pro-
ject of the Future Homemakers
of America, Hondo ch apters,
with Mrs. Judy Schweers as
sponsor.
Parents are requested to reg-
ister their children by p h o n e.
Call Mrs, Maw, librarian, 426-
2015.
In charge of the story hour
will be Misses Lana Grell and
Bonnie Beard, HHS students.
Notice To Voters
Election officials request all
voters to take their registration
certificates to the polls Satur-
day. Many last week failed to
take theirs and this caused un-
necessary delays in processing
the votes. This is Important
and voters are urged to cooper-
ate.
CITY OPPOSES
ROAD BONDS
April 10, 1968
Hondo Anvil Herald:
This letter is for the purpose
of expressing the opposition of
the Mayor and City Council of
the City of Hondo to the pro-
posed road bond issue to be
submitted to the voters of
Medina County on April 13,
1968.
We would most respectfully
submit to the public that it is
not in the best interest of the
people of Medina County to
obligate themselves to expend
mae than one million dollars
for the purpose of providing
right of way for thd new pr o-
posed U.S. Highway 90.
A segment of U.S. 35 was
recently completed in Medina
County. This road, being de-
signed fa the purpose of hand-
ling Interstate traffic, was prop-
erly financed by the State and
Federal governments. It is now
proposed to have a similar U.S,
90, but the people of Medina
County are being asked to as-
sume a tremendous tax burden
in order to improve an inter-
state facility.
We respectfully submit that
the people of Medina County
and particularly the citizens of
Hondo should not be required
to bear this burden, and that
our local tax money should' be
expended primarily in meeting
our local responsibility of pro-
viding lateral and secondary
roads.
We feel most strongly, if the
people of Medina County de-
feat the proposed bond issue,
that U.S, 90 will eventually be
improved by expenditure of
State and Federal funds if it is
of sufficient importance. If
not, it will Injao event ja«4fy
the expenditure by Medina
County of more than one mil-
lion dollars.
Very truly,
s/ Jerome H. Decker, Mayor
G.P.Chapman, Councilman
M. F. Schweers, Councilman
G.E. Pedroza, Councilman
Hilmer Muelle* Councilman
A. D. Patterson, Councilman
LIGHTNING
HITS HAY BARN
Lightning ignited a fire on
the Edgar Stiegler farm on Tay-
lor Road early Tuesday morn-
ing. A workman on the ranch
saw the flash in a nearby tree
and phoned in the alarm.
Several trucks responded
and A, T. Dale said the flames
could be seen for miles. By the
time firemen reached the scen^
the bam was almost totally
destroyed and was allowed to
bum down.
Stiegler said Wednesday
that firemen fought successfully
to protect a larger barn about
100 feet away.
The'smaller bam contained
about 3500 pounds of broom-
corn seed and some 150 bales
of clover hay, Stiegler said.
No estimate of the loss w a s
made.
DEATHS
The controversial 1 % city
sales and use tax was adopted
by the majaity of Hondo vo-
ters in the April 6 election.
The City Council in month-
ly meeting Tuesday night can-
vassed the votes and reported a
total of 768 votes cast. Of
these, 416 were fa and 352 a-
gainst, with 64 votes as the
winning margin.
One hundred and twenty-
seven of the voters who were
included in the total count of
895 failed to vote either way
on the tax.
Mayor Decker announced
that the new tax would not go
into effect until October 1. Ci-
ty Attorney Hugh Meyer ex-
plained that the tax could not
become effective until one full
quarter after passage. Meyer
said all merchants would be no-
tified direct by the state comp-
troller.
Results of the vote to fill
three council seats were G. E.
Pete Pedroza, 522 (reelected);
Marvin Schweers, 402 (reelect-
ed); Hilmer Mueller, 361, to
succeed Claude Schuehle who
was not a candidate for reelec-
tion.
The three elected council-
men were swan in by the city
attorney, Hugh Meyer.
Other votes cast were f or
Charles Beasley, 307; T. A.
Lopez (write-in) 238; Jack
Winkler, 236; Clarence Van
Fleet (write-in) one vote.
SUMMER REC PROGRAM
E. L, Abbott as chairman
of the city's summer recreation
project appeared before the
council to request their approv-
al of the program fa this year.
Council voted unanimously to
continue the annual custom
and agreed to allocate $900
toward it.
Abbott said the money is
used to defray salary and other
expenses. The board has $85.-
89 in the treasury. To be em-
ployed will be a, director at
$400 for eight weeks and t w o
assistants fa $180 each fa the
same period.
The program is scheduled to
run from June 3 through July
26 (Monday-Friday) with one
holiday on July 4.
Other members of the board
serving with Abbott are Mrs,
Reno Stanga, treasurer; Mrs.
James Richter, secretary; Mrs.
Fred Bader and John McAnelly.
STREETS
Repating on the present
condition of city streets, John
Poerner told the council that
20 miles of the city's total of
56 miles of streets were in
such bad condition that imme-
diate attention was needed to
save a much greater expense
later, Poerner estimated t h e
cost of construction at $1500 to
$1600 per mile but said that
some streets could be saved by
top repairs.
Since a storm sewer project
is pending decision, the coun-
cil willVithhold action for the
present. The sewer project
would involve an expenditure
of $559,000 of which 60 <7°
would come from federal funds
and 40^0 from the city,
WATER TOWER
Albert Rowlett, manager of
the water department, present- „>
ed six estimates of costs on ne-
cessary repairs to the city's
main staage tank. From these,
the council voted to accept
that of the Water Tower Serv-
ice Company for $3950. This
would include sandblasting the
interior and applying two coats
of industrial nylon, cleaning
and spot-priming the exteria
and applying one coat of alu-
minum paint. The work is to
be completed in an estimated
eight-day period.
TRAFFIC
Discussion centered on the
need for better control of city
traffic and certain streets, Ave-
nue M, and arteries carrying
heavy school traffic were cited
as danger spots.,
Council admitted that the
city had inadequate police pro-
tection and voted to investigate
having a professional survey
made of the flow of traffic for
recommended action,
POLICE
John Gravell, chief of po-
lice, said the recently added
radar traffic service had "help-
ed the local situation a lot"
but that it was impossible fa
one policeman to be "every-
where at once".
City night watchman Geage
Bendele repated the problem
of "boy bicycle riders who
roam about town until m id-
night a later".
Maya Decker told Bendele
that his duties include the en-
forcement of the city's curfew
law and that he was empowered
to "get the ridera off the
streets" when necessary.
Bendele added that he was
co-operating with all law en-
forcement officers to try to
help solve the current outbreak
of burglaries within the city.
CITY PARK
Mrs. C. E. Hackebeil pre-
sented a suggestion regarding
increased facilities at the city
park. She said there was am-
ple room fa additional sheds
and barbecue pits to make the
park's advantages open to a
greater number of users.
The council promised to
consider the suggestions and
report later on their decision.
ELECTRIC
Newest addition to the c i -
tyjs electric equipment is an
aerial tower. Council had au-
thorized purchase of the unit
months ago and it was deliver-
ed this week. It cost $18,852r
27, to be paid fa from the
electric system's funds.
W, F. Gaudian, department
head, said that the tower is
completely hydraulic, has a
waking height of 50 feet, will
accomodate two persons, and
will provide faster service at
minimum risk to the safety of
See "City Sales" Page 8
J.L. Chambers
J.H, Porter
GOVERNOR JOHN CONNALLY presents the
April "Cancer Control Month" proclamation to the
President of the Texas Division of the American Can-
cer Society, Dr. Robert V. Walker of Dallas. Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Pardee of Bryan, Texas, were also
present for the ceremonies. Jack Pardee, Los Ange-
les Rams all pro linebacker, represents one of the
1,500,000 Americans who have won a battle against
cancer. .
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