Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, January 23, 1953 Page: 1 of 16
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ANVIL HERALD
VOc
SINCE 1886-ALL THE NEWS OF MEDINA COUNTY
HONDO, MEDINA COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, lfS3
NUMBER THIRTY-ONE
astroville To Hold Show
.TALIA SCHOOL
2E STOPPED
to the call and
were helpful in keeping the fire
under control. The public is* in- j
deed grateful to these two de- '
★
fjre caused by de
TAU - m reilms damaged partments for their help
^" 1 building in Most of the records were lock-
HiP scnw . ed in i steel filing case and can
float of around *>. ‘ ^ salvaged, some minor records
.. preliminary estimates were destroyed, but most of those
W tfhooi authorities and required by the state department
* -■> according to of educaUon will be salvaged.
e**®*1' * Int r»f Most of the damage was to the
TffltY. Supenntendent of ^ a|M| ^Uing of ,nrf
. the opportunity room and the
W darted after school first gj-gde room used by Mrs.
dismissed Friday after* ■ gVi p^w^...... : -
j is a result of this, School will be closed Monday
fu injured This be'"* >n(j for adjustments and
•it coldest days of the rearrangements, and will be back
on regular schedule Wednesday,
the 21st.
The damage Is entirely covered
by insurance
ad iS a
iinirptj x *i*3 ^
w____ the
IVdifncUnce was low and
' fi5 dismissed a little
If You Don't Pay Your
POLL TAX
BEFORE JANUARY 31
YOU CANT
VOTE FOR
Farm Bureau'Entry Deadline Set By
Session en Stock Show Officials
The Medina County Farm Bu
reau will hold a community wide
meeting at D’Hanis Monday night
January 26, at the parish hall.
Starting at 8 P. M. it will feat-
ure entertainment and refresh
ments, as well as information
concerning plans of the Farm
Bureau for the coming vear.
All members are urged to at-
tend, and anyone interested is
likewise invited, along with their
families. They are .vitally con7
cerned with new legislation, pro-
posed changes in the gasoline tax
setup, and rural roads plans.
Medina County’s Twelfth An-
nual Junior Fat Stock Show, to
the hands of the show secretary,
February 1. The rules of the
show require that these animals
must have been bred by Medina
be held at the Castroville High ^oun^y farmers and ranchers.
S hoo! campus on February 12j .The 1953 show is sponsored by
and 13, will feature an estimated civic organizations of the City of
110 animals fed out by 4-H Club Castroville, and is under the su-
boys and girls and FFA boys in pervision of the following o<-
Medina County. The Medina Coun ficers: Ralph L. Tschirhart, pres-
youths have entered 30 head i ident; Joe Hoog, secretary-treas-*
fat calves, 40 hogs and 40 urer; Dr. Woodrow Sharp, flnan-
sheep. These figures, according j tc ChJll/hUfi, Carl jtichter, buETd-
to show officials, may show
slight increase however, by
time entries will officially be
£
t- *aj discovered by
t Findley, elementary
l wbo happened to be
m his office after close
r*ork on the p.irt of the
iPtff Departmen? U I red
[idi saving the balance of
dag from beint' destroy
Hoaio Fire Department
•NHOEFER
HELD
FRIDAY
MRS. DAVIDSON
SERVICES HELD
Funeral services were held on
January 19, 1953. for Mrs. Min-
nie DiVldson, 67 of Bigfoot, who
died suddenly at her home on
Or Against
ANYBODY OR ANYTHING
IN 1953 £
LACOSTE VOTES FOR
NEW WATER SYSTEM
★
Poll Tax Buyers
Lag, Says Duncan j
Many people in Medina county
January, 16.
She was bom Miss Minnie Car-
roll, and was married to To be iseem to think that there is no
Davidson. She was a member of ! further need for voting, now that
the Baptist Church Surviving are Eisenhower is president, judging
„ , .. , , , . children, T Sgt Max Davidson, from the small number who have
CwTNietenhoe.er Waco, Marvin Davidson, Bigfoot; i paid their poll taxes this year.
14 1953. at M , \frs Howard Gillen. Devine; Mrs | Tax chief J. R Duncan says
Tom Southern. Poteet, and Mrs. that up to Jan. 20. only 1700 have
Johnnie Bobeneaux, Houston > bought poll taxes, about a third
She also leaves seven brothers' of the
jpiications set ;n follow
\ Wq illness He had not
ipv well in aimo-t 20
isd when he contracted
ilast week it «as t -• rrcich
to overcome
i Stpetr.her ' 189? * ■ *» a <
4 siooths and 9 days
|Bt was LG ’ V r and
Adoiph Sietenhoeft r. his
hung the form* r Miss
Oefmger He wj- the
of seven bothers and
rt m that family
(w baptiiH Jar 8 ' nor,
is Lutheran.h m
ais by Rev C, Crer
was confirmed March
I at Qaihi by Rev A Fai
and three sisters.
Services were conduehrd by
Rev I>on Rose of the Devine
Baptist Church Burial was in the
Sandbranch Cemetery, and pall-
bearers were all nephews of Mrs.
Davidson.
normal number.
He urges all who care about
the selection of school boards,
city councils, and other govern-,
ms bodies to be sure or their:
right to vote Deadline is Jan.
31, which leaves just about one
week.
ing chairman; G. R. Hans, sale*
chairman* and Roy J~, Tsehir-
hart, in charge of breeding cat-
tle. Committees have been ap-
pointed to assist these officer*
in carrying out the many chore*
of putting on the show.
All animals will be in their
pens and ready for showing on
Thursday morning, February 12.
. . * -j, tThe animals will be received on
waterworks system as follows: Wednesday afternoon, February
estimated construction cost $36, n, and any undesireable animal*
LACOSTE—Taxpayers voted 87 500, estimated cost of leasing will be sifted and rejected from
to 1 for the $45,000 bond issue land, existing water well and showing that spme afternoon,
and elected a board of five diree-1 storage tank $3,000; estimated wi]feJur?7n8 mo^S£
tors in the election held in Me- cost of engineering $3,000; inter- at 9:30 A. M. and will be car-
dina County Water Control and est on bonds during period of ried out in the following order:
Improvement District No. 1 last construction $1,125; legal and lst-calves; 2nd-lambs; 3rd-hogs.
Tuesday, January 13. other costs $1,375; or a total es-! Awairding of prize money and
The Water Board Directors timated cost of $45,000. nbbons will take place immed-
elected were A. P, Parma, John Now that the bond issue has iately as winners are named.
C. Biedig^r, Sr., and Donicio Du- been approved, planned improve- Judging the animals at the ’53
ron for two year terms and Eu-1 ments will get under way. No showing will be H. A. Fitzhugh,
gene J. Keller, Sr., and Paul F. definite date has been set for the manager of the Straus-Medina
Christilles, Sr., for one-year e%ch. actual beginning of the improve- Ranch of San Antonio. The youths
This election was held in the ments but residents of the dis- will compete for premiums ia
VFW Hall, LaCoste, with Rudolph trict, are eagerly awaiting an
Bippert, presiding judge; Aelred amP‘e supply of water.
Tondre, associate judge; Fran-!'
KNOWLES, KILE
Mother’s March On Polio
The Commendation Ribbon for
meritorious service is presented
Cpl. Aristeo Lot* of Natalia. Tex
, a*, by Coloqnf 8*'- i A Watt,
deputy ’chief of stqff, of the Ko
lOlga Saithoff be. .irr.e his .
!ha 31 1917 a- St Paul s paralysis as
i» Hondo and thev *rre. January 29th
i*» *>f three chi.dn n Suf o'clock P.. M
[ur M:» NVtenh'Mpfrr his
Eton mil Mr- I*-. • Msien
i Mr? Erhne Hickev of
Caioradfi There are five
Plonnod-For Next Week _ ______
The Mother* March on Polio paign and in particular during A(lvijsorv _Liroup^
has been officially set by the Na the Mothers March on Polio They vuth the KMAG perswinel °sec-
tional. Foundation for Infantile will again stage their March on tion, arrived .in Korea in Novem
a national event Polio this year.
cis Biediger and Alvis Lagleder,
clerks.
—The Medina County Water Con
trol and Improvement District
No 1 w as set up in LaCoste last
summer for the purpose of con-
structing a waterworks system
in and for the District. In Octo-'
bor, 1952, the Board, of Directors
of the district approved an en-
gineer’s report on the cost of the
plant and improvements
IN NEW UVALDE
BUSINESS FIRM
Announcement was made Fri-
day of the forming of a new
corporation in Uvalde, with J. A
Hope Jr., Paul G. Morrison and
Pete Knowles, incorporating the
the amount of $573 00.
The auction sale will begin at
10:00 A. M. the morning of Fri-
day; February 13 and will be con-
ducted by J. C. “Cliff” Harper
of San. Antonio, ------------------------- —
J.E. Murphy Laid
To Rest Saturday
In D'Hanis Rites
between 7 and 8
TWO CARS HIT
DURING GUARD
brother^ Lnu
Hr- »nd iv
b viimve iv,
1 Ida Bohien of U
*1V oldest bp-th.
Lisi m dejt
|*i . •*
n: cf -
entire county
will observe this event and date.,
as officially set by the National!
Foundation Any deviation should
be locally advertised, according . . ___ * _ _
to C F' Schweers (Tiairman of 8AFFT TUESDAY
the Medina County Chapter ’ TT . . ,
The Mothers of Medina County Two ears parked in front of the
did a wonderful service during National (.uard Armory on the air
base were damaged Tuesday
ber 1951 has recently left for the
United States
Corporal Loza is on the left.
Hi
WEATHER
HONDO
H I,
i last year's March of Dimes Cam
JUSTICE COURT
i -Tru'd by Judge Kimmcy in the
'Justice Court this wet k were
* r Manuel Reyes drunk in put)
\r liy place , , _
Juan M Soliz, drunk in pub
"V, P'*ice
V. Ir. w ( Mejinrtmk
Francis Njorriss no
1 -(I’u rapir - license
Alfonso Guzman, no regiHtra
turn paper*.
Joimnie Middleton, seeding
Jaik l-ce Tuld sp<*c<iing
Ham Martin I>eIx*on. running. a re«l
0 03 light
'' 1 r '< •’ M..rtin DcI>i*on. drive on left
.Pedro J ilsmo. drunk
”'1 P- 'ru 1 Rodriguez, drunk
(l WjUiam r Ducke, drunk
h M.iria Guana, drunk
night about 7:30 when they w:ere
struck by a delivery truck.
It wa** meeting night for the
Guard, and the truck was a Coca-
Cola v* hide That had made deliv
erics t.i the base. No one was
ti irr hut h<uh ear', were Kaneed
Four Funerals
Of Interest To
Medina County
MRS. CHRISTINA KIEFFER
Of interest to Castroville and being driven
local re'sidertfs i' the passing of
Mrs Christina Kieffer, 82. who
died Dec 25, 1952. in San An
tonio. Surviving- are her daugh
t»TMrs Mattie Carow and Mrs
Vincent R Campbell; sons, Ar
.thur G Kdw m J and Russell J
Kieffer. hrnthei i heotlOre Wipft
three grandchildren and eight
w tfc.i_ . ^ *l * “ . Funeral services for James E.
of tbe i pan American Distributors, Inc. Murphy, veteran railroad tele-
, j on January 14. Morrison is presi-! grapher were held at 8 PM Fri-
hAr\\llr%n X/nri dent of thenew business. Hope iSf day Jan. 9 in the Hyde Park
ITlUVIllH , Vice president and Knowles is; Funeral Home chapel
e J secretary-treasurer Mf Murphy who hved at 2m
C 5eaan I 1?1e "ew cpnwrauon will buy Driscoll St., would have been 86
When an inter state fnoving
van hits a light sedan and does
only $150 damages to both ve-
hicles, it is news these days. It
happened in Hondo Monday even
the
is^kri'ding was h< in
(oninicr- driguez.
up One belonging to Warrant Of
ficer Neal Hermann and the other great grandchildren
driven by Raoul Ro Interment was in St. Joseph’s
• Society Cemetery. in San Anto-
The new corporation will _ _______
and sell produce and vegetables 0n Jan. 17. He died Thursday
now being grown in the Uvalde morning. Jan. 8. 1953.
area, as well as feed, grains Born in Marion, Ind., he came
ranch and farm producsts and p, Texas 55 years ago to enlist
war surplus materials Offices jn Company K, First Texas Vol-
________________ _____ will be located on the Southern unteer Cavalry, to serve in the
ing at 6 45 when Mrs Iillie Mae Pacific Lines righboLway just Spanish American War. The unit
McKean of Staples, Texas, driv thp Lvalde Livestock received federal recognition *
ing a 1947 Chevrolet, turned into bales Com ny in North Uvalde week after Mr. Murphy joined
Ave. E from highway 90. and , y, K|J n u
got in the way of. a moving van Hondo hi *h sch«>o., will b^
by Rollin L. Wil manager
crout of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Morrison s -rv-d as seoretary-
Neither driver was injured in treasur i oi tlie St. Anthony Ho-
the wreck Mrs. McKean was b-1 Corporauon b n Antonio for
charged with making a wide *b ■ past 10 yt*:ir>
right turn, according to Chief J !ll-> In! u‘ :n c .. n .
l, -nicker who said she crossed vala em Joyed by the Southern* Paci-
A. and M. Di. trib.utnrs In; 'Hop fie Lines for nine years before
pany, and has o >cr t ; the Hope He was . a member of Alfreo
Truck Linos -*n.‘ ’9i0 He h:w W. Drew Camp Number 18.
ranching interests ,n Zavala and United Spanish - American. War
in North Uvalde week
former principal of p when he was mustered out of
service, he was chief trumnet-
or and bandmaster at Fort Sam
Houston .
A> a railroad telegrapher, he
work'd for 25 years for the Mis-
souri Kansas Texas Lines, and
w is retired in 1932. He had been
He Iris run h
T v i d • >n I Za-
the path of the oncoming van
Hot Check Burns
Natalia Merchant
HONDO TO BE FEATURED IN
EXPRESS MAGAZINE SECTION
SAN ANTONIO — An article
about the city of Hondo will ap
pear in Sunday’s (Jan. 25) issue
of the San Antonio Express Mag-
azine.
One of the Texas town series,
the article will be illustrated with
flio Mr** Kieffer had many rcla
lives in Castroville and San An
tonio.
GUSTAV J SIMON
NATALI A—A bogus cheek ar
tist is operating in these parts
and succeeded in passing one to
a local merchant.' The plan he
uses is to go into the place of
Services for Gustav J. Simon business and make a purchase in
were held Tuesdav, January 13. the amount of approximately one
at 3:00 IV M at the Grace Luth third of the value of the check
eran ( hurih in San Antonio. And thereby get most of the check
Pallbearers were W. A Isaacs, in cash He drives a nice_car< earlv ,n teDru;i
llsrrv 7pnncr M irvin Steinhrinc but usually parks away from the cari> 1,1 r Dr i'
harry /. nner Marvin Meinnnng . . .. building for the
Maverick Coun’i
Knowles, a former L'Valdean.
has been a partner in the Bry>on-
k'nowlcs Buick Company. Hondo,
for the past four years. Prior to
that time he operate d a war sur-
plus bu irn’ss here for two and
one half ‘ years. He i^ owner of
the Sinclair bulk agency in Hon-
do.
aises Approved For County
icials And Employees By
Wina Commissioner's Court
seven photographs, including an
Mr Simon was w-ell known in
the Castroville community in the
early days.
about 50 to 55 years of age, and
is of Latin American retraction.
The checks are drawn on The
First National Bank of Chicago.
Ill , by Stevenson Pipe & Steel
Co., 1178 Maryland St., and are
Kile plans to move to Uvalde grandchildren,
early in February and the office grandchildren
‘ “ new firm is now
under construction,
said in announcing
of the new business.
-Uvalde Leader News.
veterans.
Survivors include his widow;
two sons, Michael Murphy of
Houston and Capt James T Mur-
phy of Ellington Air Force Base;
five daughters. Mrs. Thomas F.
Brown, Mr>. F. W Bartlett.
Miss I L. Pawelek and M,rs Carl
Skoog all of Houston and Mrs.
Monroe Pue of Bandera; twelve
and two great-
After the Friday night services
the owners Ibc body was sent to Hondo for
the opening services and burial Saturday.
Funeral services were held at
2:00 P. M. from the Horger Fun-
eral Home in Hondo and grave-
side services in the D’Hanis cem-
etery were by Rev Hug Pall-
bearers were nephews of the de-
tmii _ _ _j_ ceased as follows: Tom J. Rey-
“ u"h“Jr JoTU/?;.rtr^meWcol?ne lAjt ?h«. Blood, Done? program ShMo J°« Sh.n^Mojl.r D^vid
for different scheduled to start early ln^ reb- Qussett, M-Sgt. Norman Ernst.
Blood Program
MISS LENA FEST
Dates Changed
court S \ r‘\ rnm Tax Assessor-Collector are to re
1 M ' A tv ccive 44600 “ regular salaries
iSefcJ.. ^Hitzfelder County Treasurer was raised
daughter of a Castroville colon
ist dnd well known.
She is survived
er, John Fest, Jr.; two sisters,
Mrs. Herman Herweck and Mrs.
The County Treasurer’s deputy Warren
Constables salaries
. L. Shaw. Services were held Wed
vary, in nesday at |q o’clock at the Por-
r^nt r ............. ...... .... >r-*v~, --------- --—----. he will ter Loring Chapel.
"titt ' KIew and be raised 10 per cent above their County Treasurer, and $75 car! EAGLE PASS — Funeral ser
•.*» nieftinir salaries in 1952 with allowances allowance. In precinct 8, LaCoste vices were held Sunday for Theo-
. Medina ini. grouP tor car expenses. he gets $25 per month plus
* Provide 0i„!,c!nc Uo- Justices of Peace in the county equivalent of fees, and in ]_
are to receive $1 plus the equiva-, cinct 5, Devine, he gets $50 plus
lent of all fees earned by them an equivalent amount of fees.
other names, and
amounts, but are all passed by ! ruary has been postponed due to
by one broth- the same individual, who claims j the large number of people suf-
be Fernando del Rio. < fering with flu, according to Mrs. j
Warren Knight; , nephew, John £S2*Zl jS^ber^mmer^ JSt i
Hemeck and a niece Mrs RoM. and if any informatk» worth keeping a list of people interested
while develops, notify the local |,n giving blood,
authorities or the FBI. The When it does start, the program
checks are usually of substantial will operate at the Hondo Air
hospital, and definite sched
— W' Metric wire
, » aomJ*' City's mi-
P^cinct No.
month
a? r«l!e2Vfd from
The
11 at the next
■ss&VriU:
and turned into the county each
month.
The sheriff is to receive $4000
and car operating expenses. A
chief deputy is to receive not
more than $3150 and a regular
deputy not more than $2850.
Chief deputy in the tax assess-
ors office is fc receive into per
y«*r, a regular deputy $2400. and
one clerk $165 per month Two
pert time clerks may be hired
as heeded la that office at $5 M
to receive net to won of HM9.
Attorney and Tax
*n dore Wipff, 91, pioneer rancher
P?* of Eagle Pass
Wipff died in a local hospital
Friday after several months ill-
ness. Rosary was said for him
I checks art
am mints
Guevara Lands In Jail
After Natalia Fighting
NATALIA—Gregorio Gi
ales will be announced.
Mr. Murphy came to D’Hanis
as a telegraph operator for the
Southern Pacific railroad after
being discharged from the Span-
ish American War in 1900.
On June 6, 1900 he was mar-
ried to Miss Aggie Rudinger at
D’Hanis. Frienas and relatives
from Houston, San Antonio, Fall
City RnHy S»hin«l Bandera
and D'Hanis attended the funeral.
The Coun
Assessor Collector are allowed Friday^night and‘Vim early’on
The Court vote<J to increase | W»Pjf *as born Oct 3,1861 th
°*c*r RoU,e by wTp« to bwii. Hi.
$15 per month
Road improvements approved
included a strip northwest of D’
Hants to Uvalde County line, a
distance of • miles, and a strip,
J.
parents
were one of the two first fam-
ilies to settle this town.
Survivors are two daughters:
Cook. Cbowchilla
north at
tor 1.3 miles. California, and Mrs. Annie Kows-
Tbe State Highway engineer was ler of Ragle Paas; three sons,
directed to proceed
con-' John Michael. W
all of Baglt I
of children and »
dreo alae snrvh
t.. and R. C.
aaa. Tan grand-
gseilii a njf rKil-
r>Sa.
was convicted of
oevara
burglary and
given 4 years on probation. Not
104
ong after being released from
he got into a fight and
ked out 4 teeth for Pablo
Cruxe. and was rearrested by Of-
ficer Kempf and landed back in
the Hondo jail.
County Court
Tried by ledge Arihn
in County voun Urn wee
Esteban DeLeon and Ju
IntoriciUd,
ANVIL HERALD NEWS WRITERS
PLAY IMPORTANT PART IN
GATHERING COUNTY WIDE NEWS
Correspondents for The Anvil house, police and some other
Herald are being given a little
extra prominence this week, with
moist of the principal stories on
page 1 and the society pages be-
ing written by them, in addition
to their regular weekly summary
of “comings and goings” in their
communities
We think they have been doing
an outstanding job for quite a
long time now, and we give them
full credit for their pan in mak-
ing The Anvil Herald a truly
county-wide . asw^aper. Court
types of news are always cov-
ered by regular staff members-
but it is amazing how much et
every week’s paper originates
with our loyal, capable corres-
pondents.
On the front page and society
pages to designate aom« stories
this week which were written by
correspondents, we are placing a
star, files thia one shown
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