Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 6, 1975 Page: 1 of 14
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RENI LEE GILLIAM... N. Hondo
4-H, Grand Champion Crossbred,
sold to Guinn-Horger for $4 per
pound, total $376.
ANGELA BRADEN. S Hondo I
4-H. GrtmdL Champion Fine Mfool,
sold to Nesters Supermarket for $3
per pound, total $306.
JODY COFFEY. S. Hondo I 4-H,
Grand Champion Medium Wool,
sold to Hondo National Bank for $3
per pound, total $309.
DAVID JUNGMAN...
Rio Medina 4-H, Grand
Champion Hog, sold to
Bexar-Medina Imple-
ment Inc. of LaCoste for
$2.33 pound, total
*540.50.
MEDINA
COUNTY’S
LEADING
NEWSPAPER
SINCE 1886
HONDO
ANVIL
HERALD
Published each Thursday at 1601 Ave. K, Hpndo. $6.50 per year
in county, $8 out of state; 2nd class postage paid at Hondo, Texas 78861.
87TH YEAR -- NO 6 14 PAGES IN ONE SECTION - 15c
HONDO, MEDINA COUNTY, TEXAS,THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1975
DIANE BOURQUIN . Rio Medina
4-H, Grand Champion Pen of
Fryers, sold to Pearl-Jax-Exxon
distributors for $165.
BRYAN MCDONALD... Natalia
4-H, showed the -Grand Champion
Capon and sold it to Brown’s Stort
in Natalia for $100.
No discrimination, says
commission in Walker complaint
The City of Hondo did not
discriminate against former City
.Secretary Faye Walker in granting
her a smaller pay increase then
other department heads, the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commis-
sioned has ruled.
District Director Alvaro Garza
made the ruling in a determination
released to the City of Hondo. The
determination reads:
Under the authority vested in me
by Section 1601.19b of the Commis-
sion’s Procedural Rules, 37 Fed.
Reg. 20165 (Sept. 27, 1972), I issue,
on behalf of tne Commission, the
following determination as to the
merits of the subject charge.
Respondent is an employer with-
in the meaning of Title VII and
have the timeliness and all other
jurisdictional requirements have
been met.
The Charging Party alleges that
the Respondent violated Title VII
by paying her less than others
doing about the same work and
forcing her to resign. The evidence
does not support the charge.
The Respondent stated thpt the
Charging Party was in fact given a
pay increase and that Charging
Party resigned her position without
being forced. Evidence by the
Commission shows that the work
done by the other persons of whom
the Charging Party complains is
significantly different and that
equal pay would not be ap-
propriate. Further evidence reveals,
while there are incidental similari-
ties betweeen the Charging Party’s
work and that of others, the
similarities are less significant than
the differences, and the different
pay is justified, regardless of race,
ethnic group or sex. No evidence
was discovered which shows that
theieis a difference in pay based on
race, religion, national origin, or
sex, in the work area in which the
Charging Party is located.
The Commission has many times
held that in situations such as this,
where persons are equally treated
in the establishement of pay levels,.
there is no violation of Title VII.
The Charging Party's mere asser-
tion that there is discrimination
under Title VII is not sufficient for
a finding of illegal employment
practices.
With respect to the forced
resignation, the Respondent stated
that the Charging Party had de-
manded a hearing before the City
Council and it was granted, where-
•m corn pg 2
Good rains fall
Timely and adequate rains fell in
a general pattern over Medina
County this past weekend bringing
smiles of appreciation to faces of
farmers and ranchers alike.
O. B. “Doc" Taylor, whose
prediction some days ago hit the
nail right on the head, said “it was
a grand rain. All creeks were
running, stock tanks were filled and
it proved a great benefit to planted
oats.’’
The average for the three days
rain in the Hondo area was
probably between 6 and 7 inches.
The rains probably mean an early
Spring and provided ample mois-
ture for farmers to plant both com
and maize.
Doc’s rain-gathering service re-
vealed that over the three days the
Hondo area received about 6.50
inches. Some 1.50 to 2 inches fell in
the Devine area. *
Some of the figures show: Hondo
4.50; Rancho Chico 5.00; H. Vogel
5.00; M. Fohn 5.70; David Low
4.50; J. Britsch 5.50; and R. Graff
3.75. (First day totals)
Livestock Show
hurt by economy
Economic conditions took a big
swipe at the Medina County Junior
Livestock Show this year when
animals sold at auction brought a
total of $52,550. This total includes
$4,608.41 in sale of commercial
calves.
This total was far below the
previous two years which set
records for the show. In 1974 sales
totaled $69,149.74 and in 1973 they
reached $61,584. Commercial calves
(eight head in 1974 brought
$3,198.30. to
Paul Aelvoet, S. Honcw H,
showed the Grand Champion Calf
this vear and sold the prize animal
to Chapman Grain ana the Hondo
National Bank for $1.75 per pound.
This sold the 999 pound calf for
a total of $1,748.25. Last year's
grand champion brought $1,625.25.
John Bell, Devine 4-H, showed
the Reserve Champion calf but did
not sell him at auction.
In the Commercial Calf Division
Greg Raymond, Hondo FFA, show-
ed tne Grand Champion and Frank
Sandoval, D'Hanis FFA, showed
the Reserve Champion Steers.
David Jungman, Rio Medina
4-H. exhibited the Grand Champion
Hog and sold it to Bexar-Medina
Implement Co., Inc., of LaCoste for
$2.35 per pound, a total of $540.50.
Terry Beck, Medina Valley FFA,
had the Reserve Champion Hog
and it was purchased by the
Castroville State Bank for a total of
$222.60.
In the lamb division Renie Lee
Gilliam, N. Hondo 4-H, showed the
Grand Champion Crossbred and
sold it to Guinn-Horger Funeral
Home for $4 per pound or a total of
$376.
Walt Elliott, Natalia 4-H, exhib-
ited the Reserve Champion £
d and sold it to Pyron's for $1.65
per pound or a total of $133.65.
Angela IJraden, S. Hondo I 4-H,
showed the Grand Champion Fine
Wool lamb and sold it to Nester’s
Supermarket for $3 per pound or
$306.
Tony Zinsmeyer, D’Hanis FFA,
exhibited the Reserve Champion
Fine Wool lamb and sold it to
WATER RISES... The Friday aad
Saturday rains brought memories
of flooding to Hondo as water
poured through the east side of
town after coming through the
Country M rt for $2.10 pound or
$201 60
Jo Ann Coffey. S. Hondo I 4-H,
exhibited the Grand Champion
Medium Wool lamb and sold it to
the Hondo National Bank for $3 per
pound or a total of $309.
Clinton Elliott, Natalia 4-H,
exhibited the Reserve Champion
Medium Wool lamb and sold it to
Deluxe Supermarket at $1.65 per
pound or a total of $155.
Bryan C. McDonald, Natalia
4-H, showed the Grand Champion
Capon and sold it to Brown’s Store
in Natalia for $100.
T. Clay Byron, E. Devine 4-H,
exhibited the Reserve Champion
Capon and sold it to Tri-County
Farmers Co-op in Devine for $55.
Diane Bourquin, Rio Medina
4-H, showed the Grand Champion
Pen of Fryers and sold it to
Pearl-Jax-Exxon Distributors for
$165.
Jeff Thompson, Devine FFA,
showed the Reserve Champion Pen
of Fryers and sold it to the Hilltop
Cafe at Medina Lake for $57.
Complete listings of all exhibit-
ors' placing and sales, will appear in
nexi week’s Anvil Herald.
Fire Ant meeting
important
An important meetir^ on fire
ants has been called for 7:30 p.m.
February 19 at the Natalia High
School gym, according to Everett
Abbott, local district conservation-
ist of the Soil Conservation Service.
Ned Moritz, entomologist for the
USD A, will be available to speak to
landowners at the meeting.
"All landowners and business-
men and women are invited to
attend this important meeting,”
Abbott said. County Commission-
ers and County Judge Jerome
Decker will be present to help with
questions and answers on tne fire
ant problem which is becoming
critical in Medina County.”
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Avenue B and 16th
backed up from the
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ked up from the railway truth
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SPAMS
"Forge thy tongue on an anvil of truth, and what (
flies up, though it be but a spark, shall have!
weight " , -Pindar |
BY BURNIS K LAWRENCE
PUBLISHER
I DON’T ENVY
. . the position County
Judge Jerome Decker is in right
now over a county jail.
On one side the lawyers and the
criminals are saying we need a
better facility in which to house
those persons who break the law
On the other side he has to be
concerned with the ma y law-
abiding residents of Medina Coun
ty who pay the taxes to operate
the entire county.
The Judge has taken a strong
stand against calling any bond
issue to build a new jail. And on
those grounds 1 am a strong
supporter.
”1 don’t think that the taxpay-
ers of this county should be
burdened with a giant bond issue
to build a new jail," he told me in
an interview the other day. “In
the First place, I don’t think they
would pass the bond issue. And in
the second place, unless I am
forced to do so, I don’t believe
they should even have to stand
the cost of an election. So I have
no intentions of calling one.”
When asked what he would do if
he were presented a petition
signed by enough qualified voters
asking for such a bond issue.
Judge Decker said, “I^et’s cross
that bridge when we get to it."
Now all this doesn't mean the
Judge is not doing something to
alleviate the bad conditions con-
cerning juvenile offenders and
where they are detained.
He is doing something.
First, he has requested a
governmental agency in Dallas
send investigators to come look at
a plan he has for converting the
garage space at the county jail
into a juvenile detention area.
Once they have approved or
disapproved, he'll take it from
there.
Secondly, he is joining in the
loud cry of protest that is arising
all over the state against the
"absurd" portions of the Texas
Family Code passed in the last
session by the Texas I>egislature.
Many cities and counties have
found the Family Code almost
impossible to live with, and they,
like Hondo and Medina County,
do not intend to allow it to give
young hoodlums a position of
"untouchable.”
As for the jail, he has repeated-
ly, and in fact is again in the
process, cleaned, painted and
Fixed up the cell blocks. But each
time he does, prisoners mark up
the wall, tear out anything that
ran be torn out and throw food on
the floor in case they don’t like
what they get. I say if they act
like pigs, let them live like pigs.
I also say more power to you
Judge. If it is anything that the
taxpayers of Medina County do
not need right now is a bond issue
to build a swank hotel for those
persons who consistently and
continuously defy the law, then
cry they're mistreated or have to
live like pigs when they are
arrested.
This is not to say I think our
county jail is a nice hotel. It isn’t
and in time must be renovated out
of human decency. But my advice
to those who decry its accomoda-
tions is: "Obey the laws written
for all of us and you won't have to
see the inside of the jail.”
ON A DIFFERENT SUBJECT
, . . but still talking about or to
Judge Decker.
I am concerned with the
direction AACOG [the Alamo
Area Council of Governments)
and other COGS are headed. They
are being controlled and complete-
ly swallowed up by urban think-
ers. This was a strong contention
of mine some eight years ago, and
each day I see it happening more
and more.
Not too many days ago Bexar
County Judge Blair Reeves of the
AACOG actually suggested that
all cog money be spent in Bexar
County. Now most of it is'already
going in that direction. And we
don't need someone on the board
urging that it concentrate only on
urban problems.
Heaven knows they have prob-
lems in San Antonio. But we
country “cousins” have a few
problems of our own. And since
we all live in the same country, we
deserve the right to have some of
our problems solved.
So. my suggestion to Judge
Decker, who has been on the
board for some time, is that you
county judges, no you rural
county judges, stand up on your
two feet and demand an equal
billing for all the money that is
pouring through AACOG, or you
will go to the Governor and
request a COG for the rural area
only.
During the meantime, why
don’t we have a county coordin-
ator, like some counties have,
whose job is to see that all
possible avenues are investigated
to make sure that the county and
the cities in the county are made
aware of all areas under which
they can make applications for
grants.
I know that right bow the
Judge is that coordinator. But he
is only one man *nd whether
many people believe it or not,
running a county as large as
Medina County in this day and
time is no easy job.
LEON MANGOLD
the new County Tax down the road a little piece he can
put all property on computer
cards. Right now he says he
believes there is a lot of property
that is not being taxed. “It simply
never has been reported,” he
contends.
Another thing Leon is doing is
separating the vehicle portion of
his office from the property
•mm corn pg 2
Assessor-Collector, is already at
work making changes in that
office. And after about an hour's
visit with him, I believe the
changes will be good for the
county.
One thing he is heading toward
is getting every piece of property,
real and/personal, in the county on
the tjix rolls. His hopes are that
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PAUL AELVOET S. Hondo 4-H, Bank for $175 per poand, total
Grand Champion Calf, sold to $1748.25. [All Livestock Show
Chapman Grain-Hondo National Pictures By Father Victor]
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