The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 16, 1954 Page: 4 of 8
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THE BOERNE STAR
Thursday, December 16, 1954
KENDALIA NEWS
Ruby Weidner
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Riba vis-
ited Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Bech-
told Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Clark of
Austin spent Sunday, Dec. 5th,
with Mr. and Mrs. Henry El-
ledge, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Alois Mechtold
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Tub-
by Bremm spent Sunday with
the C. J. Bechtold’s.
Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Kunz of
New Braunfels visited Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Wengenroth, Satur-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Edmund
son and boys spent Sunday with
Mrs. Emma Fischer.
Mr. and Mrs. Burney Bisset
of Port Lavaca visited in the
Morris Edmondson home, Mon-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond iMnor
of Boerne visited Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Wengenroth Sunday.
John Gourley is spending
several days in Sandy, Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee D’Spain
and family, Mrs. Alma Edge of
Boerne visited Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred Kneupper, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Williams
of Baton Rouge, La., spent the
past week at the ranch Poco
Loco. On Thursday evening Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Haag'entertained
with a dinner in their honor and
on Saturday evening the Arthur
Esser’s were their hosts for a
dinner.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Haag and
Christy spent the weekend in
Austin with the Arthur See-
wald’s.
Tom Finn of San Antonio
spent the weekend with the Ar-
thur Esser’s.
Allen Haag was one of the
lucky hunters this week when he
killed a 7-point buck.
Have you been locked out of
your house or car lately? Get a
duplicate key made in a minute
for 35c.
McQuinn Building Materials
This paper received a letter
recently from Whittier, Calif.,
from Mrs. A. J. Broussard (nee
Gretchen Phillip) including a
clipping from the Los Angeles
Times, which was by-lined,
“Boy Tames Skunk, First De-
odorized to Be Sold”. Boerne,
Texas. The article written by
Mollie Anstiss, related how her
son Bill tamed young deodorized
skunks for Dr. Ray F. Smart
and also related the habits of
his pet skunk “Flower.” Mrs.
Broussard got quite a thrill out
of the article as Boerne is her
home town. She attended school
here and has many relatives
living in Boerne.
Thursday, December 9, the
following were visitors from
San Antonio accompanied Dr. W.
S. McBirnie, speaker at First
Baptist Church. Mrs. W. S. Mc-
Birnie, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Hinck-
ley, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hughes.
Now is the time to get your
Christmas Greens for your Holi-
day decorations.
The Flower Shop
Friends of Mrs. Rosye Saxon
will regret to learn she had the
misfortune of injuring her knee
in a recent fall.
TOEPPERWEIN'S
Bandera and Leslie Road
GAS — ICE — GROCERIES — DRINKS
SPORTING GOODS
“If we haven't got it we will get it"
PHONE 58317 KELOTES, TEXAS
Advertisement
From where I sit ... 61/ Joe Marsh
Guess lt#s Called
a Safety "Drive"
Whitey Fisher, from the State
Motor Vehicle Department,
dropped by to discuss some of our
local traffic problems.
“Up at Center Junction,” Whitey
says, “they’ve got a new sign that
really slows down the traffic go-
ing through town.”
“The sign says, ‘At 25 miles an
hour, you can drive through Cen-
ter Junction in 2l/2 minutes!’ It
slows people down too—some just
take it easy to check on that 2y2
minutes, I guess. Hasn’t even
been a dented fender since that
sign went up.”
From where I sit, it wasn’t
what the sign said, but the way
it was said. People are usually
pretty understanding if they un-
derstand what you mean. It’s the
same way with differences of
opinion. Perhaps your neighbor
prefers a temperate glass of beer,
and you would choose buttermilk.
What I’d like to see is for all of
us to “slow down,” talk it out,
and be respectful of our neigh-
bor’s rights. . .
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SAN ANTONIANS
TO SEE BAYLOR
PLAY ON ALAMO
Defined by Charles Laughton
as “one of the freshest things in
theatre in America today,” the
Baylor Theatre under the direc-
tion of Paul Baker gave a spe-
cial presentation of “A Cloud of
Witnesses,” written by Ramsey
Yelvington, for a San Antonio
delegation made up of members
of the San Antonio Conserva-
tion Society, the Chamber of
Commerce and the Alamo chap-
ter of the Daughters of the Re-
public of Texas at 2 p. m. Wed-
nesday at Baylor Theatre in
Waco.
“A Cloud of Witnesses” tells
the story of the fall of the Ala-
mo and is being reviewed with
the possibility of presentation
here n San Antonio in the
spring.
The author, Ramsey Yelving-
ton, has attracted the attention
of New York. —ose Quintero,
producer of “The Girl on the Via
Flamingo” and “In the Summer
House,” has taken an option on
Yelvington’s “The Long Gall-
ery,” a story about Smithville,
for productin in New York in
the fall. Quintero made a special
trip to Baylor to see Yelving-
ton’s play which was written
largely for the Baylor Theatre.
Yelvington is a graduate of
Brackenridge High School and
Baylor University and has been
living in Boerne for six years.
After the war he returned home
“to do some ranching and writ-
ing and has been concentrating
on writing for the theatre for
the past ten years. He has been
compared with Christopher Fry,
the great English playwright
and author of “The Lady is Not
for Burning.”
Paul Baker, director of the
Baylor Theatre, has been credit-
ed with doing some of the most
original work in the American
Theatre and has been recoknized
by some of the country’s fnest
actors
He is a graduate of Trinity
and Yale universities and has
studied in Europe and Russia.
He originated the ingenious
idea of having the audience seat
ed on swivel chairs which are
grouped in the center and en-
circled by the stage, all giving
the same flexibility effect as in
a motion picture.
Change of scene might be an-
nounced by a startling noise on
another side of the circle lights
quickly change and the audience
easily turns it chair toward the
action. , .
Baylor Theatre is made up of
the University Theatre and the
Weston Theatre, the latter being
named for the Mr. and Mrs.
Grainger Weston of San Antonio
who sponsored it. The Weston
Theatre is one large square
room with flexible walls and
scats.
Among those who will attend
Wednesday’s presentation of “A
Cloud of Witnesses” are Mes-
dames John Bennett, Jr., Lutch
er Brown, Edgar Tobin, O’Neil
Ford, Ethel Wilson Harris, Ken-
neth Lee, Elizabeth Graham
and Amy Freeman Lee; Misses
Josephine Kincaid, Mary Ann
Noonan and Mary Green; Mr.
and Mrs. Weston; Mr. Sam
Woolford and Mr. Ramsey Yel-
vington.
—San Antonio Express
Western Drifters at Fair
Grounds, Dec. 25th.
Copyright, 1954, United States Brewers Foundation
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WANTED
1. Poultrymen to place chickens for
HATCHING EGG production. Lowest price
paid in three year period was 55c per dozen.
2. People interested in raising TURKEYS
during 1955. If you have the facilities and can
finance your POULTS, it is possible to have
your ENTIRE FEED requirements financed.
For further information and details call,
write, or drop by in person.
KENDALL FEED & PRODUCE CO.
PHONE 26 — BOX 132 BOERNE. TEXAS
The Store with the Checkerboard Sign
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RABIES CONTROL
PROGRAM
Austin, Dec. 13.—A coordi-
nated, state-wide rabies control
program is urgently needed,
Texas State Health Department
researchers declare in a Univer-
sity of Texas publication.
Prevalence of rabies in dogs,
foxes, skunks, cattle and bats
makes constant effort necessary
to keep down human exposure,
the researchers say in the latest
issue of “Texas Reports on Biol-
ogy and Medicine.”
They point out, however, that
the total human mortality from
rabies is very low.
Authors of the report are J. V.
Irons, R. B. Eads, Telma Sulli-
van and J. E. Grimes.
RENT our floor sanding ma-
chines and refinish your own
floors.
McQuinn Building Materials
Your chaice to see “Gone With
The Wind” at Plaza Theatre—
Dec. 29-30-31.
Eggs are valued as a food be-
cause they are rich in proteins,
vitamins and minerals.
Start earlier and drive slow-
er. You’ll feel better and live
longer.
ARROW CAMPING
CLUB
The following members of the
Arrow Camping Club went on a
camping trip last Wednesday.
Each boy cooked his own meal.
Most of the meals consisted of
the following: Meat (various
kinds) bread, eggs, beans
(mostly Campbells), potatoes
cookies, etc.
While on the trip, a short club
meeting was held. At the con-
clusion of the meeting, the fol-
lowing boys received their mem-
bership cards: Benny Barron,
Sidney Carvey, Robert Gabrielli
Clark Goldman, Wayne LeBleu,
Carl Nagel, David Patterson,
Glenn South, Jack Uecker, Mar
shall, Wright, Mr. Harry F.
Gregory, and Coach Dyer, spon-
sor the club.
The club is made of boys from
the Junior High School, with
the exception of Robert Gabriel-
li, and Clark Goldman from the
High School, who are assistants
to Coach. Dyer.
The boys are looking forward
to their next meeting which will
be held in January 1955.
Delicious mexican food to
take home. Chili, tacas, tamales,
chalupas, chili con queso enchi-
ladas.
tfc Elite Cafe
For the convenience of our
patrons the Post Office will re-
main open Saturday afternoons.
Gerald Saxon, P. M.
SPECIAL
All winter hats now reduced
to $2.98, at
Ida’s Fashion Shop
When Maude and I lived up
near the North Pole we didn’t
worry about termites but by
dern you sure had to be careful
of ice worms—they’d bore
through a block of ice quicker
then you could blink your eye.
Now the only thing that stump-
ed ’em were thos rugged Levi’s
and kids Adler jeans—adults
and kids best quality blue jeans
are cheaper at Adler’s Dry
Goods.
WORLD TELEGRAPH
FOR BOERNE
The Flower Shop owned and
operated by A. J. and Freddie
Mae Uecker has received a very
important and surely a deserv-
ing recognition in that their
Flower Shop has been accepted
in the National Organization of
Florist Telegraph Delivery, F. T.
D.
This means their shop has at-
tained a degree of excellence.
This is a great advantage to
Boerne as now flowers can be
wired all over the world. Should
anyone care to do so.
This is a most qualifying rec-
ognition as Freddie Mae has
worked long and tirelessly in or-
der that their Shop would merit
this membership.
This is surely an advantage
to Boerne and we congratulate
the Uecker’s on this achieve-
ment.
Cross only on proper signal.
CARD OF THANKS
To our friends and relatives
we wish to express our grateful
thanks for their kindness, sym-
pathy and beautiful flowers ex-
tended to us at the death of our
mother, Mrs. Camilla Selma
Lucking and especially Rev. and
Mrs. T. Winter, Mrs. Walter G.
Pfeiffer, Col. and Mrs. Haye,
Mrs. Franks and Mrs. Helen
Hausmann.
ltp The Children
KENDALL INN SOLD
In a real estate transaction
which took place this week the
Kendall Inn was sold to Mr.
Dewey Saunders of San Antonio.
Mr. and Mrs. K. A. Stevens
who have operated this famous
old hotel for many years will
move to McNeel Park on Scen-
ic Loop.
HOUSE WARMING
About thirty friends and
neighbors of Col. and Mrs. H. V.
Steel surprised them on Satur-
day evening with a “House
Warming Party” at their new
home which was completed re-
cently. A song fest was enjoyed
after which refreshments were
served.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Vogt
spent several days at their
home in Rockport.
Reduce speed at' sundown so
you’re within range of your
headlights.
COMPLETING BASIC
TRAINING
Lackland Air Force Base,
Texas, Dec. 13. — James Bower,
18, son of Mr. R. A. Bower, Box
233, Boerne is completing his
Air Force basic military train-
ing course at Lackland Air
Force Base, the “Gateway to
the Air Force.”
Lackland, situated near San
Antonio, is the site of Air Force
basic military trainng for men
and women, headquarters of the
Human Resource Research Cen-
ter, and home of the USAF
Officer Military School.
His basic military training is
preparing hm for entrance into
Air Force technical training and
for assignment in specialized
work. The course ncludes a
scientific evaluation of his apti-
tude and inclinaton for following
a particular vocation and career.
For the convenience of our
customers we will be open till
8 p. m. Saturday, Dec. 18th.
Vogt’s Clothing & Variety
Mr. H. A. Sundberg has re-
turned to his home after sever-
al weeks spent in the Houston
Railroad Hospital. He is great-
ly improved.
Bishop Jones will hold the
Communion Services at St. Hel-
ena’s Episcopal Church at
eleven thirty on Christmas Eve.
CHRISTMAS
For Gifts that are sureto please
SEE THE RITTIMANN
JEWELRY CO.
DIAMONDS, for a limited
time only 20% off.
Watches, Elgin and Bulova,
large new stock, no watches
which have been displayed in
window in hot sun. Silverware,
fine glassware, chinaware spec-
ial. Clocks all best makes, elec-
tric and spring wind. Also the
New Eight Day Spring Wind,
half and full hour strike. Finest
all leather bill folds, Sheaffer
Pen and Pencils. Those new
Sheaffer Pens (SNORKEL) can
not be beat, they are the worlds
best.
The Rittimann Jewelry Co.
The House of Quality
Where You Can Deal With
Confidence
Welcome to Toytown!
BUY NOW AND SAVE
Use our Lay-a-way plan for all your Xmas Needs
Seals and Tags........... ..................... Sc and 10c
Tin Tea Sets................ ...............25c to $1.00
Plastic Tea Sets.............................$1.00 to $2.98
Plastic Trucks...........;.....................10c to $1.19
Pistols......................................25c to $1.49
Puzzles ............................... 25c, 39c and 89c
Aluminum Tea Sets..........................$1.00 to $3.49
Rubber Ball.................................... 5c to 79c
Musical Chimes ............................ $1.00 to $1.25
Bow and Arrow Sets.....................25c, 50c and $1.00
Tree Light Sets........................... 98c to $2.98
Xmas Cards....................4 for 5c, 2 for 5c, 5c and 10c
Box Cards.............................25c, 59c and $1.00
Musical Top.............................. 25c, 50c and $1.00
China Tea Sets.............. ..........25c, 50c and $1.98
Tinsels and Snow..................................... 10c
Metal Trucks................................29c to $2.98
ELECTRIC WREATHS
Dolls........................ 59c to $6.95
Angel Hair 10c
Xmas Wrapping Paper....................... 10c, 25c, 39c
Holster Sets....................... 89c to $1.95
Tree Ornaments................................5c and 10c
Foil Roping........... 25c
Boxed Handkerchiefs — Ties — Sox — Ladies Hose — Military
Sets — Comb and Brush Sets — Perfume Sets — Towel Sets
Xmas Boxes, all sizes —■ Xmas Candy.
Many other items too numerous to mention
FRANK’S VARIETY STORE
Boerne, Texas
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Davis, Jack R. The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 16, 1954, newspaper, December 16, 1954; Boerne, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth863915/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Patrick Heath Public Library.