The Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 20, 1969 Page: 1 of 10
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"Forge thy tongue on an anvil of troth, and what flies up,
though it be but a spark, dull have weight. " —Pindar
ME DINA (^COUNTY* S LEADING NEWSPAPER SINCE *886
Debbie Weynand
Donna Coffey
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Rita Muennink
Phyllis Santleben
Debbie Neuman
Stella Mumme
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By John D. Seater
Sometimes politicians are hard to figure.
Some are retired or semi-retired, but most are
businessmen. Even though their business suffers
while they serve on governing bodies, the lure of
the political arena is too strong for them toresist.
Then along comes Gabriel Tafolla of Uvalde.
Tafolla says - in one breath - jhat he's a school
teacher and then - in another breath - that Since
I have no other occupational or business interests,
I plan to devote my entire time and efforts to this
office."
How's that again?
Meanwhile he's been making speeches in the
district, and appeared at a dance in Hondo last
Friday. Here he told his audience that he couldn't
remember the name of his opponent, but that he
was "... some gringo from Hondo."
Perhaps the remark was meant to be funny. It
wasn't. It was no more amusing than if Taffola
has been referred to as a "wetback" or a "greaser.
Efforts are being made at all levels of govern-
ment to bring racial group; closer together. It is
inconceivable tome tMat anyone seeking public
office would try to dri^e a wedge between two ra-
ces, religions or nationctk,origins in an effort to be
elected.
In my opinion, any candidate who does p e r -
forms a disservice to his own people and certainly
should not be elected to public office.
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Did you ever stop to think - As soon as a man
gets a job where he's paid for time off, his common
colds develop into sinus trouble.
'Bum' water meters
rob Hondo of funds
Published each Thurs. at KOI Avt. K, Hondo. 86 par year m county, 86 out of state; 2nd class postage pd at Hondo, Tex. 78861
82nd Year—No. 8
Some 200 defective va-
tu meters are costing Hondo
money.
Albert Rowlett, water
and sewer department super-
intendent, told counctlmen
last week the city can only
bill users with defective me-
ters at the minimum rate,
regardless of total usage.
With the season of heavy
demand just ahead, Rowlett
recommended that the de-
fective meters be replaced.
He said that most of the i n -
operative meters had been
in use "about 20 years. To
repair them would be send-
ing good money after bad.”
Included in the stooped
meters are several commer-
cial installations, on which
the city charges the same
minimum of $3 as for the
residential.
Prices of new residential
meters are $33 to $35 each,
with the old meter as trade -
ins. Rowlett did not rec-
ommend replacement of all
defective meters. "Many of
these are installations where
Hondo, Medino County, Texas 78861, Thursday. February 20. 1969
10 Pages—10c
the usage would probably
not reach the $3 minimum."
Rowlett said that new me-
ters were available at a sav-
ing if purchased in lots of
100.
Councilmen will seelqbids
on 25 new meters.
Rowlett said meters pur-
chased in this quantity would
extend replacement time to
about eight months, if the
200 were installed. He add-
ed that any new meters would
be a big help and noted that
several defective meters
were reported monthly.
Old meters have five
clock-type dials to be read,
occasionally posing problems
for meter readers. New me-
ters come equipped with
speedometer-type dials, in-
suring accuracy of billing.
In the case of commercial
users, a defective meter
means a greater loss of rev-
enue to the city, Rowlett
pointed out.
Hondo PTA
meets Tuesday
Hondo Parent Teachers As-
sociation will meet Tuesday,
Feb. 25, at 7;30 p.m. in
the high school cafeteria.
Election of officers will
be held.
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Hondo’s beautiful Lacy Lake
Playground activities at Lacy School were washed
out by last Thursday's heavy downpour that flooded
the entire area. Not only was water standing on
the playground, but a "Lacy Creek" was created,
too, when water ran from the southeast corner ,
Industrial plans hit obstacle
Hondo cannot sell any
portion of its air base proper-
ty, even to a local, non-
profit industrial foundation.
That’s what Mayor Jerome
Decker was told by Federal
Aviation Agency officials in
Houston recently. Decker
was accompanied to Houston
by Fritz Leinweber, Hondo
director of public works, and
Robert McGarity, Hondo Na-
tionsl Bank president.
A group of local business-
men are forming a non-prof-
it industrial foundation which
hopes to acquire title to
some air base land. The land
will be used as industrial
sites, and will secure foun-
dation loans.
The borrowed money will
be used to erect buildings as
desired by industries agree-
ing to move to Hondo or to
establish branch plants here.
Facilities will be leased to
industries with the income
used to retire foundation in-
debtedness.
However, the FAA's po-
sition in prohibiting sale of
any of the property by the ci-
ty stymies foundation plans
for the preaent.
In order to offer new i n -
dustry suitable sites here, the
foundation must own land.
While the city can lease prop-
erty to the foundation,neces-
sary loans cannot be ‘ ob-
tained on leased land.
Although Houston FAA of-
ficials said they could not re-
lease any part of the base for
sale, they suggested that a
legal description be drawn
of the property being consi-
dered for the foundation. Up-
on receipt of the description,
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and a formal request from the
city seeking a transfer to the
industrial foundation, Hous-
ton officials said they would
Trapper nets
76 predators
Seventy-two coyotes and
four bobcats were trapped in
Medina County last year,ac-
cording to the Hondo Canyon
Wolf Club. The club's busi-
ness office is maintained here
as a service of the Hondo
Chamber of Commerce.
Harry Fllleman, chamber
manager, said the figures
came from reports filed by
the Texas Cooperative Trap-
ping Asan. with the Medina
County Treasurer.
Runoff election
is set Thursday
spreading out about 15 feet from the Barry Field
fence. Motorists found widespread flooding at in-
tersections and low spots in city streets. With vir-
tually no storm drainage system, runoff was pa i n-
fully slow.
give the matter further con-
sideration. »■
However, Decker was not
optimistic. The mayor said
he felt Hondo would have to
seek help from other sources
in its efforts to open the way
for industrial development of
the air base property.
Meanwhile, plans are go-
ing ahead to form the indus-
trial foundation. Articles of
incorporation have already
been filed witlr the state, but
have not ySt been acknow-
ledged.
When acknowledgement is
received, permanent founda-
tion directors and officers
will be' elected. A tempora-
ry board was named earlier to
fulfill incorporation require-
ments.
Voters in five counties
will go to the polls next
Thursday to elect a successor
to Slate Rep. Dave Howard.
John H. Poemer of Hondo
and Gabriel Tafolla of Uval-
de survived last week's spe-
cial election in which 10 can-
didates vied for the post. Ta-
folla gained the top spot on
Thursday's ballot in a draw
ing Monday morning.
Tafolla, a school teacher
in Uvalde, led the ticket last
week with 2056 of the 7994
votes tallied. Poemer had
1424 votes. With almost
8000 votes cast, no candidate
Water plan
hearing set
One day after receipt of the
complete Texas Water Plan,
the Texas Water Rights Com-
mission held a special meet-
ing and ordered a public
hearing for April 10 The
complete Plan was delivered
to the Commission by the
Texas Water Development
Board on Keb. 12.
Article 8280-9. Revised Civil
Statutes of T c x a s, requires
that the Commission hold a
public hearing on said Plan to
determine whether or not said
Plan gives adequate consider-
ation to the protection of ex-
isting w-ater rights in this
state and to determine wheth-
er not said Plan takes into
account modes and proce
(lures lor the equitable adjust-
ment of water rights affected
by said Plan."
Commissioner William E
Berger o! Hondo moved to
schedule t h e hearing for
Thursday, April 10, I9fi9 at to
a m in the hearing room of
the Texas. Highway Depart-
ment at lltli and Brazos
Streets, Austin Judge Othn K.
Der.t -of Littlefield seconded
the motion, and Chairman Joe
I). Carter of Sherman signed
the order, calling for day to
day continuance if necessary
Any person who feels t h <•
Plan does not protect existing
water rights should (ilea
written statement at least
five days before the hearing.
Oral statements will also be
permitted, p'rovided that they
are confined to the subject
matter of the hearing. }
Copies of the Texas Water
Plan may be obtained from
the Texas Water Development
Board, Austin.
la Cosle
incorporates
By a vote of 89 to 26, La-
Coste voted for incorporation
in the election held there
Feb. 15.
Later, an election will be
called so name a mayor and
five councilmen.
Twelve young women will compete in Medino County Form Bureau Contest
Vickie Saathoff
Twelve area lovelies a re
entered in the Medina Coun-
ty Farm Bureau's contest.
Listed alphabetically, they
are Misses Donna Coffey; Ca-
rol Highsmith; Beth*?e»i^g;
Beverly Muennink; Karen
Muennink; Rita Muennink;
Stella Mumme; Debbie Neu-
man; Connie Saathoff; Vickie
Saathoff; Phyllis Santleben;
and Debbie Weynand.
Their respective parents
are Mr. and Mrs. Bill Cof-
fey, Hondo; Leo Highsmith,
Hondo; Walter Lessing, Na-
talia; Jay E. Muennink, Hon-
do; Franklin Muennink, Hon-
do; Marion Muennink, Hondo;
Stanley Mumme, Hondo;
Floyd Neuman, Devine; Rolf
Saathoff, Hondo; Victor
Saathoff, Hondo; Floyd San-
tleben, LJCoste; and Law-
rence Weynand, D’Hanis.
, All contestants will ap-
pear for final judging at the
beauty pageant to be pre-
sented the evening of Feb.
28 at the high school.
received a majority making
next week's runoff necessary.
In fact, Poemer and Tafolla
together did not poll a majo-
rity of the vote.
Medina County voters will
eftf their ballots in the same
polling places used in last
week's election when the usik-
al 17 precincts were consoli-
dated into 7.
Castroville voters will bak
lot In Precinct 6; D'Hanls in
7; Natalia in 9; Yancey in 12;
LaCoste in 15; Hondo in 16;
and Devine in 19.
Voters will use 1968 reg-
istration certificates since
the 1969 documents are not
effective until March 1.
Polls will be open from 8
a.m. to 7 p.m.
to -
to
Absentee voters have
day (Thursday) and Friday
cast their ballots.
Counties making up the
district are Medina. Frio, Za-
vala, Uvalde and Dimmirt.
CofC
drive
lags
Hondo's chamber of com-
merce membership drive was
lagging this week with only
$7371 pledged of a $10,000
annual operating budget. The
drive gofes into its seventh
week Monday,
Although the chamber's
planned program for 1969
calls for $10,000 of expendi-
tures in behalf of Hondo, the
minimum operating budget is
$9000, according to a cham-
ber official. If at least that
much is not raised, then the
chamber will not be able to
operate for the full year, he
said.
As of Monday, 203 mem-
bers had been signed by the
chamber including 32 new af-
filiation!.
Carol Highsmith
Connie Saathoff
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McDade, Edna. The Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 20, 1969, newspaper, February 20, 1969; Hondo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth819529/m1/1/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hondo Public Library.