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ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY IN THE LAND OF SUNSHINE, MILK AND HONEY
VOL. 46
Boeme, Kendall County, Texas, Thursday, January 4, 1951
No. 4
Kendall Soil
Conservation
District News
Cooperators with the Kendall
Soil Conservation District have
found the weather unfavorable
in many areas for the fall plant-
ing of legumes. Many coopera-
tors are waiting until the middle
of February of 1st of March be-
fore seedinf or overseeding their
clovers. To these conservation
farmers, the soil means more
than just space in which to
plant and remove crops. They
realize the soil is a mass of small
rock particles; countless billions
of microorganisma, bacteria,
fungi, algae and protozoa; and
offers food and shelter for earth-
worms, insects, etc. One gram
of loam from the surface soil
may contain 14,000,000 to 58,-
000,000 bacteria. Many of this
vast number of bacteria are re-
sponsible for the amount of ni-
trogen in the soil. Certain bac-
teria make their home in the
roots of legumes. One season’s
growth of clovers have been
found to add 40 to over 250 lbs.
of nitrogen per acre. This ex-
plains why the practice of
growing legumes have such an
important effect upon the suc-
ceeding crops in addition to its
soil conditioning ability.
Men to be Inducted
on Jan. 11,1951
Howard Rayford Wiggins,
Boerne.
Johhny Lee Jennings, John-
son City. ‘
Welmuth R o s s e 11 Uecker,
Johnson City.
Herbert Hoover Cosper, Har-
per.
Donald Kuykendall, Freder-
icksburg.
Clinton Harry Usener, Fred-
ericksburg.
Myron Chester Moritz, Fred-
ericksburg.
James Floyd Rhoades, Llano.
Robert Louis Menges, Moun-
' tain Home.
Leroy Frank Birk, Lone
Grove.
Edmund Belton Tatsch, Jr.,
Harper.
Wilburn Gene Kuhn, Llano.
Howard Cleo Lewis, Comfort.
Harvey Calvin Roundtree,
Johnson City.
Verner Durst, Fredericks-
burg.
Clyde Qudell Hill, Kerrville.
Gilbert G. Briseno, Freder-
icksburg.
Robert Lee Oehler, Freder-
icksburg.
Clinton Earl Henry, Llano.
Jack Evans Chesnut, Lano.
William Laurence Hartmann,
Fredericksburg.
William Hensley Loesberg,
Legion.
Emil William Esensee, Fred-
ericksburg.
Adler's Changes
Ownership
Adler’s Grocery has been sold
by Mr. and Mrs. “Dusty” Helm
to Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Adler,
who are now in charge. Mr.
and Mrs. Helm retained owner-
ship of Adler’s Dry Goods and
will spend their time operating
:it.
Mr. Adler was born and rear-
ed in Boerne and is the young-
est son of our beloved towns-
man, Mr. H. O. Adler, who
founded the store and devoted
his entire time to its operation
before he retired a few years
ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Adler
have made their home in Cor-
pus Christi for a few years.
We join the citizens in wel-
coming them back to Boerne
and wish them much success in
the management of this popular
store.
Open Letters
Veterans Administration
Hospital
Legion Branch, Kerrville, Texas
December 27, 1950.
Mrs. Mabel Dunn
Boerne, Texas.
Dear Mrs. Dunn:
We wish to thank you for
your wonderful contribution of
time and effort in furnishing
the decorations for our patient
dining room. The little plastic
trees with their decorations were
the most attractive we have ev-
er had and the angels and San-
ta Claus were lovely too. As in
years past, all of this was great-
ly appreciated by the boys.
Sincerely,
Helen B. Hayes
Chief Dietitian.
* * *
The American Red Cross
Brooke Medical Center
Fort Sam Houston, Texas
December 24, 1950.
Mrs. Mabel Dunn
Kendall County Chapter
American Red Cross
Boerne, Texas.
Dear Mrs. Dunn:
As the Christmas festivities
are ending for the patients at
Brooke Army Hospital, we are
grateful to you and the people
of Kendall County for your as-
sistance in helping to make
these days more pleasant for
those that needed to be hospi-
talized and were not able to be
in their own homes.
Before Christmas, the wrap-
ping centers and carts were
popular with the men and, with
the assistance of the Gray Lad-
ies, they were able to send all
of their gifts home attractively
wrapped.
The Ward decorating contest
created a great deal of interest
and the supplies furnished by
the Council, helped the men in
trying to win the first prize.
The baskets of fruit were thor-
oughly enjoyed by the first
place winners. Santa visited all
of the wards on Christmas eve
with candy and gifts for the.
patients and on Christmas
morning coffee and cookies
were served on all wards. There
were splendid parties on the chil-
dren’s wards, they were delight-
ed with their gifts and stock-
ings. We only wish you could
have been here for some of these
events to know how pleased and
happy the patients were to
know that Red Cross was tak-
ing care of them on these holi-
days.
We should like to particular-
ly express our appreciation for
the records, record player and
radio set sent to the children’s
ward by Mr. Bratton. We are
writing him a letter to acknow-
ledge the gift and also to tell
him how much the children are
enjoying his contribution.
May we extend sincere wishes
to you and the people in Kendall
County for happiness in the
New Year, and we are looking
forward to your continued sup-
port and co-operation in the
year to come.
Sincerely
(Miss) Leona A. Rau
Field Dnrector.
Mrs. Marigold Stringer
Recreational Supervisor.
Livestock Show
Entries Reach 100
Approximately 100 head of
livestock and poultry will be en-
tered in the ' Kendall Junior
Livestock Show at the Fair
Groundh near here Jan. 12 and
13, C. E. (Swede) Nelson, coun-
ty agricultural agent, announced
Tuesday,
Entries will be judged on the
first day of the show and an
auction sale will be held on the
afternoon of the second day. Ex-
hibitors will include members of
the county’s 4-H Clubs and the
Boerne and Comfort FFA Chap-
ters.
Entries will include about 25
fat calves, around 65 lambs and
several headof barrows and ca-
pons. Breeding classes of cat-
tle, sheep and goats also will be
shown.
Ray Shaver, Comal County
agricultural agent, will serve as
judge of the show.
Earl Brewton of Kerrville
will conduct the auction sale at
which about 10 calves, 45
lambs and only a few head of
fat barrows and capons will be
offered.
Remainder of the animals will
be entered in the district Hill
Country Show at Kerrville and
in the San Antonio Livestock
Exposition Feb. 16-25.
1950 Weather Report
Precipitation
Inches
Janunary
.70
February
2.49
March
.34
April
3.73
May
3.08
June
2.02
July
4.14
August
3.88
September
3.29
October
.55
November
.72
December
0
Total
24.94
Mrs. Otto Flach
Mrs. Otto Flach (nee Jennie
Faltin) passed away in Comfort
December 30, 1950 at 2:00 a. m.
Mrs. Flach was 89 years, 8
months and 4 days of age at
the time of her death.
Mrs. Flach was born April 26,
1861 in Comfort, Texas. Her
parents were August and Clara
Below Faltin.
She was married October 31,
1880 in Comfort, Texas, to Otto
Flach. To this union nine chil-
dren were born, seven of whom
are living. Mr. Flach passed
away August 4, 1926.
Mrs. Flach was a true Chris-
tian woman and spent her en-
tire life in Kendall County, a
true pioneer that saw Kendall
County grow from infancy.
Mrs. Flach is survived by the
following children, Hedwig, Mrs.
Paul Holekamp of Boerne; Kal-
ter; Clara, Mrs. Theo. Stroheek-
er; Otto, Jr.; Rudolph, Paul and
Jennie, Mrs. Peter Ingenhuett.
One daughter, Helen, died in in-
fancy, and Wolfgang died at the
age of 19 years. She is also
survived by 13 grandchildren
and 17 great-grandchildren.
All of Mrs. Flach’s brothers
and sisters preceded her in
death. They were: Richardt
Faltin, August S. Faltin, Helen,
Mrs. Dan Holekamp; Elise, Mrs.
Ernst Flach; Emilia, Mrs. Hugo
Morgenstern.
Funeral services were held
Sunday, December 31, 1950 at
3:00 p. m. at the Schaetter-Lind-
ner Funeral Home in Comfort.
Services were held by Rev.
Dannhaus and R. C. Herbst.
The Mixed Choir sang one song
at the funeral home and one
song at the cemetery. Inter-
ment was in the Comfort City
Cemtery.
Pallbearers were Leroy Flach,
Marvin Flach, Elvin Flach, Clar-
ence Holekamp, Jimmie Krauter
and Warren Ingenhuett.
Honorary pallbearers were
members of the Maria Martha
Verein.
We join the many friends in
extending our deepest sympa-
thy to the bereaved family.
Average rainfall, 32.60 inches.
Departure, 7.66 inches.
Lowest temperature, 11 de-
grees on Dec. 7. Highest tem-
perature, 98 degress on Aug. 4.
Miss Maria Mooers, who
spent the holidays at Kenmore
Farm with her parents, the
Clifford Mooers, left on Mon-
day for the west coast. She
was accompanied to California
by her mother, and Maria re-
turns to Seattle, where she will
resume her studies at the Uni-
versity of Washington.
Program Mapped For Lieut. Wilkins Killed
Hill Soils Meeting
The program has been map-
ped for the Jan. 29 meeting of
the Association of Hill Country
Soil Conservation District Su-
pervisors, to be held in the Ag-
ricultural Building here on Mon-
day, January 29.
Hiram Phillips, editor of the
in Action in Korea
Lieut. Bertram D. Wilkins
was killed in action in Korea
December 29, according to a
War Department telegram re-
ceived by his mother, Mrs. Ka-
therine Mumme of Castroville.
Wilkins was a Boerne boy and
a graduate of the Boerne High
Texas Sheep and Goat Raiser,! School. He is Boerne’s first cas-
will be the main speaker at the ualty of the Korean war.
meeting to discuss the proposal
that the association sponsor a
form to be used as a canserva-
tion lease agreement on range-
land.
W. R. Nesbit of San Angelo
will exhibit a new type of grass
seed harvesting machine at the
meeting.
Plans for the meeting were
drawn at a meeting of the pro-
gram committee here on Mon-
day, December 10. H. O.
Schultze of the Mason Soil Con-
servation District, is committee
chairman. Richard T. Laurence
of the Gillespie Soil Conserva-
tion District and W. R. Crider
of the Pedernales Soil Conser-
vation District, are members. I.
R. Heffernan, president of the
Hill Country Association and a
member of the Kerr Soil Con-
servation District, also attended
the meeting.
The membership of the As-
sociation of Hill Country Soil
Conservation District Supervis-
ors is composed of supervisors
from the Kendall, Kerr, Gilles-
pie, Pedernales, Upper Llano,
San Saba-Brady, Edwards Plat-
eau, Hill Country and Mason
Soil Conservation Districts.
The Association was formed
about a year ago for the express
purpose of furthering conserva-
tion on rangeland. The Asso-
ciation is privately financed by
members of the Association with
no public drive for funds being
made. — Fredericksburg Stand-
ard.
School Officials
Complimented
Supt. Ralph Rice and Coach
L. N. Dyer were complimented
on the progress they are mak-
ing with the basketball squad-
ron this year in a special well
written story by Fred McGahey,
Express sport staff, in the Wed-
nesday issue of the San Antonio
Express.
The team has 12 boys out for
play, as follows:
Lyndal Cole, six foot, 155; M.
J. Lehmann, freshman, 5-6, 120;
Jack Edwards, 140, 5-7, sopho-
more; Donald (Big Foot) Gour-
ley, 5-10, 160, frehman; Charles
Isbell, six footer, 165, sopoh-
more, and Leroy Katzer, 5-8,
140, senior.
The others are J. W. Moore,
5- 7, 150, sophomore; Roger Nor-
ris, 5-11, 150, junior; John Sells,
6- 1, 170, junior; Charles Tay-
lor, 5-4, 95, freshman; Irvin
Kutzer, 5-10, 150, senior, and
Clifton Nobles, 5-8, 140, sopho-
more.
Boerne meets Bander at Com-
fort Friday night.
Deputy Grand Matron
Visits Chapter
The Order of the Eastern
Star held its regular meeting on
Tuesday evening at the Masonic
Hall. The meeting opened in
regular form. After the busi-
ness session, Mrs. Mellesh Rugh
of Bandera, Deputy Grand
Matron of this district was for-
merly introduced, as she was
making her official visit to
Boerne Chapter at this time.
After Mrs. Rugh had completed
her very interesting and inspi-
rational instructions, refresh-
ments of hot chocolate, sand-
wiches and cookies were served.
Additional guests included Mrs.
Edna Risinger, Mr. and Mrs. O.
H. Wellborn of Bandera.
He is survived by two sisters
and two brothers, all of Castro-
ville.
Lewises Entertain
Colonel and Mrs. Eugene W.
Lewis and their son, Eugene W.
Lewis, home for the holidays
from the University of Wiscon-
sin, were at home at their Ran-
cho Manana on the Upper Bal-
cones on Wednesday, Dec. 27.
Guests included Mr. and Mrs.
George Strou, St. Louis; Capt.
and Mrs. Francis Franz and
Capt. and Mrs. Hawes, from
Randolph Field; Capt. and Mrs.
Tbm Bonnell from Oklahoma
City and Col. Daniel F. Healy
from Indianapolis. San Antonio
guests were Col. and Mrs. Pat-
rick Kelly, Col. and Mrs. Harvey
Kernan, Mrs. Fannie Howard,
Mr. Grover Lewis, Mrs. Dolly
Collier, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Lewis,
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Ruhnke and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ruhn-
ke, Mr. and Mrs. DePriest, Mr.
John Lewis, Mrs. Meta Easton,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mayfield,
Mr. and Mrs. James Martin, Mrs.
A. F. Lewis, Mrs. Annie Lewis,
Col. and Mrs. A. W. Gower, Col.
and Mrs. Matthew Jones, Miss
Pat Jones, Miss Addie Elfring-
ham, Mrs. Nellie Wicks, Mr.
John M. Lewis, Jr., Miss Mar-
garet Theum, Mr. and Mrs. A.
A. Walker, Mr. Otto Krezdom
and Mr. William A. Suden.
Boerne guests included Mrs.
Molly Anstiss and Bill, Mr. and
Mrs. Hilmar Bergmann, Mr. and
Mrs. William Hugman and fam-
ily, Reerend. and Mrs. Richard
C. Talbot and Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Roberts.
Returns From
Grange Conference
A. F. Leesch has just return-
ed after motoring to Kansa City,
Mo.,, accompanied by the State
Grange Lecturer and State
Home Economics Chairman.
They attended the Midwest
Grange Leaders Conference
there on the 28th and 29th of
December.
This conference is attended by
leaders from over twelve of the
Grange States in the central
belt running from Ohio and Min/
nesota south to Texas. Nation-
al Grange leaders attend and
conduct these conferences.
Leesch reports very dry con-
dition existing throughout Ok-
lahoma and Kanst with wheat
fields rapirly deteriating.
SAYINGS
Hunting Season
Closes
The 1950 hunting season is
over. Camps are being vacated,
hunters from all directions are
going home, bag and baggage,
regret written over their faces
that such an enjoyable season
must end. But as all good things
must end, so too does hunting
season. Many were lucky in
bagging their limit, yet others
have nothing to show for their
hunting efforts, but there’s al-
ways next year to look forward
to. So here’s “Better luck next
year” to the unfortunate ones.
The deer and turkey are prob-
ably the only ones who are real-
ly happy that the season has
closed.
By Joachim Besen
When one says something it
comes back to him, because the
world is round and so must be
a community.
* * *
There was a man in a town,
His name was A. Realist;
For minding his own business
They called him isolationist.
Betrothal of Popular
Pair Told
Streamers from old fashioned
nosegays, embossed with the
names of Joan Otto and Gordon
Lennard Lewis, Jr., revealed the
betrothal of the pair to the
guests at Mrs_. Dricoll Arthur
Otto’s morning coffee Friday.
The popular bride-elect is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Otto,
San Antonio and Houston, and
Mr. Lewis is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Gordon L. Lewis, Corpus
Christi.
Members of the house party
at the coffee were Mesdames
Gentry Rowsey, Boeme; Max
Theis, Boerne; Gordon West,
Houston and George Wray. The
bridegroom-elect’s mother re-
ceived with Mrs. Otto, Also as-
sisting were Mesdames Rodney
Bowman, Houston; I). A. Otto,
Jr., Houston, and Rodney Camp,
daughters of the hostess.
The coffee tables were laid
with damask cloths embossed
with spring flowers and center-
ed with Dresden epergnes hold-
ing the old fashioned nosegays.
Tapers burned in Dresden can-
dleholders. About 100 guests
were invited.
Miss Otto attended Knox
School, Cooperstown, N. Y., and
graduated from St. Mary's Hall.
She presently is attending Cor-
nell U. (Kappa Kappa Gamma.)
Her fiance attended New Mex-
ico Military Institute (polo
team) and is a senior at Cornell
(Kappa Sigma).—San Antonio
Light.
Starting of
New Year
Keep your mouth closed when
breathing—also when angry.
Once again we are entereing
a new year, the paths of which
are unknown to us. Often we
feel we would like to leave
things as they are, rather than
cope with the new and unex-
pected which is sure to come,
but change is an integral part
of life, as is growth. Even if
we at first resist change, we
can be depended upon to meet
the challenge of new demanrs.
So we again enter the new year
with a feeling of thankfulness
for all the good that has gone
before and an anticipation for
the twelve months that lie
ahead. Though human lives
and affairs may be changed, our
steps are taking us forward in-
to the future with the sure
knowlewge that all things our
hand is in His, that He will not
fail us nor forsake us. So with
courage and faith, may we all
look for a good year ahead, one
with “Peace for all the world.”
Christmas Party
On Dec. 28th the VFW Aux-
iliary and the Post had an en-
joyable Christmas party at the
home of Pres. Margret Schwarz
with a good attendance. Many
thaiks to Comrade Besen for
the violin selections. Gifs were
exchanged. We enjoyed having
a number of guests.
Delicious refreshments were
served by the Ladies Auxiliary.
The next regular meeting will
be held Jan. 25th at the home
of Margret Schwarz.
Misses Edith and Elizabeth
Gray of T. U. and “Red” Gray
of North Texas College, visited
Mr. and Mrs. A1 Gray over the
holidays,
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