The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 17, 1951 Page: 2 of 8
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Thursday, May 17, 1951
THE BOERNE STAR
ENTERTAINS
Mrs. William Storms enter-
tained Tuesday with a lovely
luncheon at the Kendall Inn.
Very attractive arrangements
were used. Guests included Mes-
dames T. H. Crawford, F. H.
Helm, Alex Fish, Harry Davis,
Gordon Hollon, Wilson Ruther-
ford, Alex Vonnegut, Howard
Duckworth, Glen 4.dler, Oliver
Hood, Richard Talbot, L. C.
Lockett, C. W. Johnson and Mrs
Paavo Timo.
For Graduation Gifts
$5.00. See Hillmann’s.
under
SILVER TEA
The Women’s Missionary So-
ciety of St. John’s Lutheran
Church wish to report that the
Silver Tea given on Friday, May
11, 1951, was a grand success.
They also wish to thank every-
one who attended and those who
gave gifts, for in doing so they
made the afternoon the lovely
affair it was.
W S C S of Methodist will
hold a cake sale at Adler's
Store on 19th of May.
TODAY’S LAUGH
“Just fancy that,” exclaimed
the proud mother. They’re pro-
moted our Herbert for hitting
the sergeant. They’ve made
him a court martial.”
A young private on furlough
was traveling to his home on a
bus and found himself seated
next to a civilian who was eating
a large slice of fruit cake.
After awhile his companion
started to groan and double up
and then straighten out with a
jerk. Concerned the soldier ask-
ed what the trouble was.
“That cake I ate,” belched the
sufferer, “it had nuts and I
think my wife forgot to shell
them.” >.
“Golly,” exclaimed the army
boy. “And can you crack them
by just bending?”
“Those sausages you sent me
were meat at one end and corn
meal at the other.”
“Yes ma’am. In these hard
times it’s difficult to make both
ends meat.”
“Flowers for all occasions”
The Flower Shop
Phone 301
DRIVE
INN
Mrs. Margaret Bourgeois is serv-
ing her home cooked lunches at the
Circle M Monday thru Saturday. The
Circle M is open every day from 9 A.
M. to 10 P. M.
We hav
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BOERNE MOTOR CO. INC.
BOERNE STATE BANK
BOERNE, TEXAS
ESTABLISHED 1906
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT POSTAL
SAVINGS DEPOSITORY
OFFICERS
R. SPENCER, President
W. C. AMMANN, Vice-President
W. E. JANENSCH, Active Vice-Pres,
C. M. HOLEKAMP, Cashier
EUGENE C. HENKEL, Assistant Cashier
DIRECTORS
R. SPENCER W. E. JANENSCH
W. C. AMMANN FRITZ SUELTBNFUSS
H. L. DAVIS ED. W. EBENSBERGER
C. M. HOLEKAMP
CAPITAL & SURPLUS
$105,000.00
Your Business is Solicited and Appreciated
DEPOSITORY FOR KENDALL COUNTY
W. S. C. S. MEETS
W. S. C. S. of the Methodist
church held their business and
social hour at the home of Mrs.
J. C. Hume with Mrs. Dwight
T. Smith as co-hostess. There
were 16 members present.
Mrs. Blaize called our atten-
tion to the cake sale this Satur-
day, May 19, at Adler’s Store,
beginning at 9 a. m. There will
be cakes, pies and delicious home
made bread.
Mrs. Fred Hillman had the
devotional and our program lead
er Mrs. Cross spoke on liquor or
alcoholic drinking.
All the ladies of the church
should be interested in the
shower given for the Texas Mis-
sion Home and Training School.
This box will be sent the 23rd,
so try and get your articles at
the Methodist Annex or Mrs.
Frankie Sheppard’s home before
that date, May 23rd. There will
be baby clothing needed, single
and double bed sheets, standard
size pillow slips, small bath tow-
els. This training school depends
upon the ladies of the different
churches for this help.
The hostesses Mrs. J. C.
Hume and Mrs. Dwight T.
Smith served a salad course with
delicious cake and punch.
The meeting closed with
prayer.
Let us show you the advan-
tages of the Youngstown elec-
tric dish washer.
McQuinn Building Materials
Col. Lewis has returned home
from San Antonio after having
undergone an operation there.
W S C S of Methodist will
hold a cake sale at Adler's
Store on 19th of May.
HEARING AID
BATTERIES
FOR ALL MAKES OF HEARING AIDS
Hearing aid users wiil be pleased to
learn that we now carry a complete
line of hearing aid batteries. It is no
longer necessary to obtain batteries from
“hard to reach" sources. Visit our hearing
aid department at your first opportunity*
W© are happy to offer this
complete battery service for the
convenience of hearing aid users.
EBNER’S DRUG STORE
Phone 71 Boeme, Texas
STONE MULCHING
STAGES COMEBACK
Conservative-minded garden-
ers are now throwing stones in-
to their garden plots rather
than carefully screening them
out. The organic gardening
trend has taken us back to a-
nother 1000-year-old practice,
stone mulching.
By spreading stones over the
ground between rows of crops,
the rock gardeners are eliminat-
ing the need of plowing and
gaining a number of other ad-
vantages.
Although Virgil and Pliny, a-
mong others, are said to have
realized the importance of ston-
es as mulches, they have not
been appreciated much since
Roman times. Rediscovery of
rocks for this purpose has turn
ed up some very interesting
facts, however, and it is not un-
reasonable to support that in the
near future rocks will be sold to
farmers and gardners much as
manure, commercial fertilizers
and peat moss are sold today.
Stone mulches preserve soil
moisture, insure against erosion
prevent growth of weeds, regu-
late temperature, provide min-
erals for the soil, protect roots
and soil organisms against in-
jurious light, and allow roots of
vines and trees to grow unham-
pered.
Maybe the stone age is on its
way back.
PLANS TO BEAUTIFY
BOERNE ENLARGED
Plans for a bigger and more
beautiful Boerne for 1951 and
’52 were revealed at the city
council meeting here this week
at the city’s new mayor, Clar-
ence Dietert, and three new com
missioners, held their first full-
length council meeting.
Present included Dr. Ernest
A. Morris, city secretary, com-
missioners Louis H. Willke and
A1 Gray, all newly elected and
commissioners George Ebens-
berger and Arno Harz, re-elect-
ed.
Mrs. John H. Price, president
of the Boerne Garden Guild and
Mrs. Kenneth Stevens, a mem-
ber, appeared before the group
to ask city maintenance of the
parks and plazas the Guild has
planted as projects. Mrs. Stev-
ens said the guild has spent
$1,095.88 in the two years it
has beep beautifying Boerne.
The group intends to contin-
ue such practice. Mrs. Price an-
nounced that on May 30 a mag-
nolia tree would be planted on
the banks of the Cibolo River,
at which time the annual Me-
morial Day barbecue will be
held. Last year the entire town
turned out on Memorial Day to
plant lilies along the rive to
mow the grass and to install
tables and benches. This year
the Boerne Grange also will
plant a number of trees on
Memorial Day, Mrs. Price said.
Mrs. John Kirschke is in
charge of tree planting for the
Garden Guild.
The Rev. R. C. Talbot, Jr., of
St. Helena’s Episcopal church
appeared before the City Coun-
cil to ask that the city provide
housing for an intended pub-
lic library. It was the first time
public announcement of a libra-
ry had been made.
The Rev. and Mrs. Talbot
have had the project at heart
for some time. He announced
that the Glencoe, Texas, library
had started off Boerne’s collec-
tion with eight cartons of books
among them two valuable sets
of encyclopedias.
The Boerne Grange is now
sponsoring the library and is
also collecting books. A letter
from the Grange was head at
the City Council meeting, nam-
ing Mrs. Irene Moss as chair-
man of the Grange library com
mittee.
It was announced that the
women had planned to rotate
their services at the library in
the afternoons, when the li-
brary could find a building.
The building sought by the
group and Rev. Talbot was for-
merly the old school lunch room
and is part of property recently
purchased by the city utilities
as a City Hall.
Rev. Talbot was told that the
utilities intended to move into
the smaller building but when
the move was completed there
might be additional room for a
library. The request was held
until such time.
Meanwhile plans are under-
way to renovate and redecorate
Boerne’s new City Hall, which
will combine all the city offices
now scattered throughout the
city.
LARRY'S RED & WHITE
TRADE AT THE RED & WHITE
QUALITY MEATS
Fresh Dressed Fryers, lb . .
Swifts Premium Bacon b .
Franks, b......
Cheese, 3 lbs .....
Fruits and Vegetables
Potatoes, 10 lbs . . .
Oranges, lb.....
Squash, white or yellow, lb
Cukes, 2 lbs.....
Cabbage, lb.....
SPECIALS OF THE WEEK
Folgers Coffee, lb . . .
Milk, 2 cans.....
Sugar, 5 lbs . . . . .
Margarine, lb.....
Tide or Cheer . . .
Shortening, 3 lbs ....
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Attend the Baseball Game Here Next Sunday
Comfort Broncos vs. Boerne White Sox
TOP QUALITY MEATS
Phone ISA We Deliver
Mr. Jack Kelly has recovered
from a recent illness and is now
at his home in Boerne.
Mr. William Saner of Helotes
was a business visitor in Boerne
Saturday.
We received a nice card from
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kronkosky
Jr. who are spending a few days
in Hot Springs National Park
in Arkansas. They are enjoy-
ing the trip very much.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Black-
burn of Long Beach, Calif, vis-
ited Mr. and Mrs. Louis Gourley
and family last week.
if
Nancy Lynn Davis celebrated v
her seventh birthday Saturday.
About 16 little friends came to
make it a happy occasion.
Miss Dorothy Lou Vogt en-
tertained the pupils of her fifth
grade class with a party Thurs-
day. All the little pupils had a
wonderful time.
Let us give you an estimate
on Venetian blinds installed in
your home.
McQuinn Building Materials
Call Hugo’s Taxi.
For Graduation Gifts
$5.00. See Hillmann’s.
under
HEAR THE
POLKA DOT
RAMBLERS
AT
3-Way Inn
Saturday and Sunday
8 TO 1 SATURDAY P. M.
8 TO 10 SUNDAY P. M.
Admission: 50c per person
Garden Guild News
Mesdames John H. Price and
K. S. Stevens, President and
met with the City Council on
Treasurer of the Garden Guild
Monday and asked city main-
tainance of the parks and plaz-
as the Guild has planted as pro-
jects. In the two years the
Guild has been in existence they
have spent $1095.88 for beauti-
fication purposes. They intend
to continue the following beau-
tification projects.
(a) Contious planting on the
Creek bank.
(b) Installation of picnic ta-
bles and barbecue pit in the pic-
nic area.
(c) Continous planting on
Main Plaza.
(d) Sponsoring yard contest
to foster interest.
(e) To stage 2nd fall flower
show.
The plant sale held on Satur-
day netted the organization
$23.30. The President stated
that the large magnolia tree
given by the Guild has been
planted and the Boerne Grange
will also plant a large tree.
Mr. J. Besen and Major and
Mrs. D. K. Lansing have be-
come members of the Guild bring
ing the membership up to 160.
HENRY SCHRADER
BATH ROOM FIXTURES, PIPES, FITTINGS AND
PLUMBING SUPPLIES
Rust Motor Co. Bldg.
Box 341 Boerne, Texas
BOERNE, TEXAS
Fabra’s Market & Grocery
FRIDAY & SATURDAY SPECIALS
TENDERLOIN STEAK, choice, lb
BRISKET ROAST, choice, lb
GROUND MEAT, choice, lb
PORK CHOPS, choice, lb
PORK ROAST, shoulder, choice, lb
CHILI SAUSAGE, lb
FOLGERS COFFEE, 1 lb can
CARNATION MILK, 2 tall cans
TEXSUN Grapefruit Juice, 2 No. 2 cans for
SUGAR, Imperial Cane, 5 lb bag for
SPUDS, No. 1 Idaho, 5 lbs for
CIGARETTES, carton
97c
60c
_ 67c
63c
48c
- 33c
- 88c
27c
23c
.. 46c
21c
$1.86
DRESSED HENS AND FRYERS
KNOWLTON’S AND GUADALUPE ICE CREAM
Attend the Baseball Game Here Next Sunday
Comfort Broncos vs. Boerne White Sox
WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT ALL ITEMS
Drive in, plenty parking in rear of Store
PHONE 56
WE SPECIALIZE IN CHOICE HOME-DRESSED
MEATS WITHIN OUR OPS QUOTA
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Davis, Jack R. The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 17, 1951, newspaper, May 17, 1951; Boerne, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth852182/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Patrick Heath Public Library.