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New Braunfoto WadntKtoy, March 23, 1963 Oratorians These Canyon Middle School students did some fast talking at the New Braunfels Optimists' Oratorical Contest on March 14. Maurisa Young, at center, placed first and will go on to zone competition at the Windcrest Golf Course on April 13. Kitty Van Horn, right, was named first runner-up, and Heather Way won second place. Valiant fight Christopher Erben needs help to battle blood disease Christopher Erben, age 10, would like to lead a normal life. But a complicated- sounding disease with a mile-long name is making it difficult.

Erben, a student at Seele School, suffers from idopathic thrombocytopenic pur- pura, or ITP. That's a mouthful, but what it means is he could bleed to death from a cut or a nosebleed. Fighting this disease has been an expensive proposition, as his mother, Lanette, faces over $10,000 in medical bills. And since Christopher has been making weekly visits to Santa Rosa Children's Hospital to receive treatments of an experimental drug, that total can only go higher. To help defray the costs, a trust fund has been established at First Federal Savings and Loan in the name of Christopher, Lanette, and the boy's aunt, Joni Parker.

Bascally, Erben's problem is that he doesn't have enough platelets in his blood, and his doctors don't know why. Platelets are the blood's clotting agents, and a healthy person usually has a platelet count of 300,000 or more. Erben's count has dropped to as low as 1,000. Removing the spleen often helps restore that and Erben's spleen was removed in January. This measure has not helped as much as expected, and there's still another problem.

In addition to the three treatments, Erben has also been on a steroid, which has a side effect it makes the recipient appear swollen. Despite all his medical woes, Erben's morale is still high, Parker said. In addition to medical problems, there are money problems. Mrs. Erben's husband, Steve, has been laid off his job, and the couple has two younger boys, ages seven and six, to take care of in addition to Christopher.

Persons wishing to make a contribution to the Christopher Erben Fund may do so through any of the tellers at First Federal Savings and Loan. Deaths Pedro Garcia Services were held Wednesday morning at Holy Family Catholic Church for Mr. Pedro Garcia, 78, of 442 Hidalgo St. He died Sunday, March 20, at Jarvis Heights Nursing Home. The Rev.

Don Murray conducted Wednesday's service, and Mr. Garcia was buried in the Sts. Peter Paul Cemetery. The rosary was recited at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Morales Funeral Home chapel.

Mr. Garcia was born Oct. 8, 1905 in Mexico, but he was a lifetime resident of New Braunfels. He retired from Servtex Material Company, and was a member of Holy Family Church. On Nov.

2,1956, he married Santos Villarreal, who survives as his widow. He is also survived by three daughters, -Ophelia Reyes of Fort Worth, Nancy Strader of Lancaster and Beatrice, Caballero of Sagiriow; 16 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildre Pallbearers were Dale Strader, Louis Garcia, Severl Vallejo, Joe Caballero, Abel Garcia and Leonard Delgado Jr. Leona Kita The Rev. Jim Hinkhouse will conduct services for Mrs. Leona Kita of Seguin at 10 a.m.

Thursday in the Zoeller Funeral Home chapel in New Braunfels. Burial will follow in the Comal Cemetery. Mrs. Kita, 80, died Tuesday, March 22, at the Guadalupe Valley Memorial Hospital. She was a native of New Braunfels, born Nov.

7, 1902 to Harry Jahns and Theresia (Weiss) Jahns. She lived most of her life in San Antonio, and had spent the last eight years in Seguin. She was a homemaker and a member of the Lutheran Church, and the widow of Adam Kita, who passed away in 1950. She is survived by a son, Walter C. Evans; a sister, Ella Mae Oliphant, both of Seguin; one grandchild and two great- grandchildren.

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