The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 24, 1961 Page: 4 of 8
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THE BCERNE STAB
DESCRIBES TRIP
Mr. Gammon Davis
Boeme Star
Boerne, Texas
Dear Gammon:
My family and I recently re-
turned from a trip in the South
and one of the most interesting
spots we visited was the site of
the Battle of Mannasis which
was the Battle of Bull Run. In
visiting this and in reflecting up
on many of these landmarks at
this time of the Centennial I
thought it might be interesting
to some of our people to have
my observations. If you feel like
doing so you might mention my
article here in your paper or if
not it will be alright too.
“The country visited by us
was rich in natural great-
ness both in landscape, history
and tradition. In our travels we
could not help but think of the
great character and integrity
and far reaching vision that has
influenced our nation through
the ages. Our family visited the
site of the Battle of Bull Run,
Look Out Mountain in Tennes-
see, country sites of Mississippi,
Louisiana, Kentucky and West
Virginia, and here again was
brought to light the pages of
history of the Battle of Bull
Run. It was reinacted on July
the 22nd of this year and could
be witnessed by the public—
here was vividly brought to
mind a little more understand-
ing of the tragedy of the battle.
Emphasis was placed in the re-
minder that because of our her-
itage our people have always
been willing to die for their be-
liefs and for their principles.
There was a curious thing about
the men who came against each
other here 100 years ago, wheth-
er they wore blue or gray they
were all deeply in love with the-
ir country, and the country they
loved was Amerigca, though
they saw America in segments
then. Now it is wonderful to
know that out of the misery of
their differences came the mag-
ic miracle of union, union which
was accepted and cherished.
When the smoke cleared away
and the passion withered in the
heat of war the America they
loved spread out before them
and before us, their children, as
one wide majestic land of infi-
nite opportunity for all.
It is a fitting time to heed the
counsel of General Lee when he
said, “The Truth is this: The
march of providence is so slow
and our desires so impatient;
the work of progress is so im-
mense and our means of aiding
it so feeble; the life of human-
ity is so long, that of the indi-
vidual so brief, that we often
see only the ebb of the advanc-
ing wave and are thus discour-
aged. It is history that teaches
us to hope.”
These words are ageless and
as we approach the future not
knowing what is ahead for
America in our Cold War, it is
my opinion that we should re-
flect back upon our heritage as
Americans forgetting race, creed
or color line and remembering
in this Centennial Year of the
great conflict between the stat-
es that come what may we are
Americans first and foremost
and that it is our privilege to
live in this land of ours, made
free not by us but by those that
have gone before.”
I felt that the citizens of
Boeme and Kendall County
might enjoy sharing with me
these thoughts with reference to
our visit throughout the battle
grounds of the Civil War.
(signed) Harry Davis
HELOTES DEFEATS
STANLEY
Helotes scored 9 runs, collec-
ted 7 hits and 10 bases on balls.
This was enough to win the
game, while stored score 4 runs
collecting 6 hits and 7 bases on
balls. Stanley made 2 errors
while Helotes made 2 errors. D.
Coryell pitching for Stanley,
gave up 2 hits in the 1st inning
with 4 bases on balls Helotes
scored 3 runs. Then scored 2
more runs in the 4th on 2 hits,
1 base on balls and 1 error and
scored again 1 run in the 8th
and 3 in the 9th on 4 bases on
balls, 2 hits and 1 error. Stanley
did not score until the 5th, 3
runs on 2 bases on balls, 1 error
hit batter and 1 base hit. l run
in the 8th making the score He-
lotes 9, Stanly 4. This was Stan-
ley’s final home game this
season. Stanley goes to Pats the
3rd of September to play off the
16 inning time game before the
playoff stars for the Hill Coun-
try championship with the make
up games to be made up we are
unable to tell who will play who
in the playoff. Watch for the
Thursday, August 24, 1961
ATTENDS WARM SPRINGS
REUNION
Beverly Torrence, Boerne at-
tended a reunion Sunday, Aug.
13, which was held for former
patients of the Texas Rehabili-
tation Center of Gonzales Warm
Springs Foundation.
Miss Torrence was among the
more than 375 former patients
who attended the fifth annual
reunion of the TRC Former Pa-
tients Association.
The reunion, held annually at
TRC, is a unique event. Former
patients—some in wheelchairs,
some on crutches, all having
shared a common experience—
travel hundreds of miles to visit
once again with their friends
and to share with them the
things they have learned since
leaving Gonzales, Warm Springs
Foundation.
This year people traveled
from as far as Monterrey, Mex-
ica and Amarillo—more than
500 miles for some—to attend
the unique event.
Beverly is the daughter of
Major and Mrs. Henry Torrence
of Boerne.
Your parade pictures in color
this year by
3tc Hillmann’s
MRS. JAMES GUTHRIE
Funeral services were held in
Corpus Christi on Monday, Aug.
21 and Tuesday August 22, at
Akers Chapel, San Antonio, for
Mrs. Georgene Gail Guthrie, nee
Stahl, age 18.
Georgene passed away in
Corpus on Saturday, August 19.
Survivors are her husband,
James Guthrie, her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. L. H. Stahl, one broth-
er, Donald Stahl, all of Corpus
Christi. Grandmothers Mrs. Del-
lie Woods and Mrs. Bertha Stahl
both of San Antonio.
Interment was in Smith Cem-
etery, Bergheim, Texas, under
the direction of Roy Akers, San
Antonio.
Get a Fair catalogue and plan
your entries now for the coming
Kendall County Fair.
The 100 Better Business Bu-
reaus in the United States pro-
cessed 366,000 complaints in
1958.
poster they will give full details.
Helotes
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C. Nell, 3b
4
1
1
K. Boyce, 2b, p
4
1
1
C. Potter, If
3
2
1
M. Strohmeyer, cf
3
1
0
B. Braun, lb
3
1
1
S. Molnar, ss
3
0
0
J. Davenport, rf
4
1
2
F. Kempf, c
2
1
0
G. Nickle, p
2
1
1
Bones, 2b
2
0
0
Totals
30
9
7
Camp Stanley:
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D. Whiting, 3b
4
0
1
B. Duennenberg, cf
5
0
3
C. Taylor, s s
4
0
0
R. Minor, Jr. lb
3
0
1
J. Pechacek, If
5
1
0
D. Minor, rf
3
0
0
J. Taylor, 2b
2
2
1
D. Coryell, p
3
1
0
R. Minor, Sr. c
3
0
0
B. Pfeiffer
0
0
0
Totals
32
4
6
Plan to attend the Lutheran
Church Barbecue, Sunday, Sept.
17th.
New stock of ammunition, all
gauges, reasonably priced at
“Buddy’s.” 2tc
Your parade pictures in color
this year by
3tc Hillmann’s
Bumper cards and placards
advertising the Kendall County
Fair are obtainable at Bigs. Fair
catalogs are at the Star office,
Epperson Motors and other lo-
cal merchants.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Merchant
and sons have returned from a
visit with Mr. Merchant’s fath-
er in Pensacola, Fla. Mrs. Mer-
chant and children returned two
weeks ago from a summer vaca-
tion spent in Washington.
P. T. A. NEWS
The last regular meeting of
the P. T. A. Executive Board
was held the first part of July
with Mrs. John Mayes presid-
ing. This was a special called
meeting for the purpose of dis-
cussing the purchase of a group
of fans since the first plans did
not materialize. Also to advise
the board that Mr. Johnny Mer-
chant had volunteered to install
the fans at a very low cost. The
Board discussed the fans and
decided to purchase them and
let Mr. Merchant do the install-
ing ing. These fans have now
been installed in all of the north
rooms of all three school build-
ings.
At this time we would like to
extend Mr. Merchant a sincere
thank you for his time, effort
and fine work he did in install-
ing them.
These fans have been in great
need for many years and feel
they will give both the students
and teachers added comfort in
the coming years. The fans
were purchased out of the car-
nival fund.
This was this years p. T. A.
project and we feel this years
project was very worth while.
Mrs. Mayes made several
trips and phone calls concerning
these fans and gave the project
much of her time and to her al-
so a big—THANK YOU.
Base Ball Sunday, August 27,
at Bower Field, Boerne vs.
Pats This is a make up game.
All girls between the ages 9-
14 can have a lot of fun by com-
ing to GA’s every Tuesday at
First Baptist Church of Boerne
at 4 P. M.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. McCowley
and sons, Andy and Albert of
Wichita Falls were recent visi-
tors here and attended Mrs.
MeCowley’s High School Class
reunion on Sunday. Mrs. Mc-
Cowley is the former Eda Beth
Nelson.
TREATED FOR SNAKE BITE
A local man is undergoing
treatment by a Doctor for a
poisonous snake bite which he
suffered on Monday afternoon.
While working under the house
being constructed for Jake Bab-
bitt on the Johns Road, Johnnie
Merchant was bitten on the arm
by something which was diag-
nsed as a poisonous snake bite.
He was given treatment and at
present is recovering nicely.
The snake, however was not
killed.
Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Deeg, Jr.
are the happy parents of a baby
girl, Sarah Ann, born Monday,
August 14th.
RECEIVING DEGREES
AT STSC
Among the 275 candidates for
degrees on August 25 at South-
west Texas State College, San
Marcos, are Vera Holcomb,
Master of Education, daughter
of Mrs. E. L. Holcomb.
Johnny E. Taylor, B. S. de-
gree in Education, son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. A. Taylor, Boerne.
Fred Neily Bergmann, Bache-
lor of Business Adm. Degree.
Husband of Lucy Ann Schwarz
Bergmann.
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Kendall County Fair Grounds
Sept. 13 — 9 to 1
Sponsored by Boerne C of C
Adm. $3.00 per person, plus tax
For table reservations call 15
or 40W.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Bedgood have
had their grandchildren spend-
ing the weekend with them.
They are Vicki Ann, Arthur, III,
Nancy Ann and Michael. On
Monday evening, their son and
daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Bedgood of San Antonio
visited them.
SPECIAL MEETING
A special meeting for the pur-
pose of initiation will be held by
the Boerne Chapter No. 200, 0.
E. S. on Tuesday, Aug. 29th at
8 p. m.
Members and visiting mem-
bers are urged to attend.
REGISTRATION
AWARDS
McQuinn Building Materials,
Inc., announced the winners of
the attendance prizes awarded
from the registration at the
opening of their new store.
There were nine prizes awarded
as follows: Mrs. John T. Dodson
Boerne, the beautiful medicine
cabinet with two sliding plate
glass mirror doors; J. E. Witt-
man, Sr. five gallons Negley In-
terial Latex paint; John H. Ed-
wards, Boerne, a four-slice elec-
trict toaster; John L. Bowman,
Boeme, a Bernz-O-Matic torch
kit; Mrs. Alvin Herbst, Boeme,
an ornamental aluminum screen
door grille; R. J. Wendt, Boer-
ne, an electric lawn edger; John
F. Zinsmeister, Boeme, a Rain-
King sprinkler; Mrs. Lois Soell,
Boeme, a 16-piece set of heat-
proof glass dishes; and P. J.
Laas, Welfare, a Green Thumb
bulb planter.
We will make your parade
pictures in color this year.
3tc Hillmann’s
COKE PARTY
Mrs. Floyd Leeder honored
Mrs. Marvin Seewald with a
“Coke” party at her home on
Saturday, August 19th.
Mrs. Seewald was the former
Fay Ann Scharmann Keith.
Guests included Mrs. Charles
Thomson, Mrs. Mike Nobles,
Mrs. Donald Schwope and Miss
Alice Seewald.
BENEFICIAL RAINS
Spotty showers in and near
Boeme have brought the rain
precipitation for August to .92
inches. This is the official read-
ing according to Miss Dora
Wollschlaeger, however several
residents have reported 1 inch
of rain which fell early Sunday
morning-, previous to that we
have had two small showers.
Rain for this year averages
17.49. Normally Boeme’s rain
average is 21.08, which puts it
up almost to normal.
The rains have had a cooling
effect on the night temperature
which was 70 degrees early
Monday.
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Davis, Jack R. The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 24, 1961, newspaper, August 24, 1961; Boerne, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth866940/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Patrick Heath Public Library.