Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 30, 1972 Page: 13 of 20
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THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1972 THE RIO GRANDE HERALD PAGE 13
FoIKS
&
Facts
CLOVIS, N.M. Sergeant Ro-
man Ybarra Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. Roman Ybarra of Rt.
1, Rio Grande City, has gradu-
ated from the U.S. Air Force
Noncommissioned Officer
Leadership School at Cannon
AFB, N.M.
Sergeant Ybarra, who was
trained in military management
and supervision, is a material
facilities specialist at Cannon.
He serves with a unit of the
Tactical Air Command which
provides combat units for air
support of U.S. ground forces.
The sergeant is a 1967 gradu-
ate of Rio Grande City High
School . His wife, Maria, is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Manuel Lopez of Rt. 1, Rio
Grande City.
Austin, Sen. John Tower to-
day announced the appointment
of Mrs. Cornelius Olcott, Jr.
chairman of a nine county re-
gion in the Rio Grande Valley
area in Tower's re-election
campign to the U.S. Senate.
Mr. Olcott, wife of a Harlin-
gen surgeon, Dr. Cornelius
"Pete" Olcott, will coordinate
Tower campaign activity in
Hidalgo, Cameron, Starr,
Willacy, Duval, Brooks, Jim
Hogg, Zapata and Kenedy
counties.
Mrs. Olcoit has been active
for a number of years in such
groups as the Republican
Women's Club of Harlingen and
the Texas Federation of Re-
publican Women, and has been
a delegate to the state Repu-
blican convention several
times.
Friday, April 7 is the time
and the House of Ralphel is
the place for the coming Men-
tal Health/ Mental Retardation
Presentation Banquet. On this
occasion all the local Volunte-
ers will be presented with their
badges and certificates and
those with 100 or more hours
of volunteer service will also
receive a pin.
The guest speaker for the
evening will be Dr. Victor Hino-
josa, M.D., originally from this
city who at present holds the
position of Superintendent of the
Travis Mental Retardation
School of Austin, Texas.
Rio Grande State Center of-
ficials from Laredo and Harlin-
gen will also be present, as
well as numerous distinguished
guests from this community.
The public is invited to attend
the Banquet but please, call
the Center for reservations
early enough so that satisfac-
tory arrangements can be made.
This should prove a very in-
teresting and enlightening even-
ing for all, especially for those
interested in what is being done
in this community for the mental
welfare of the people of Starr
County.
The number to call for your
reservation is 487-3748, the
local MH/MR Center, and Mrs.
Anita Guzman will supply any
further information you may re-
quire.
The Catholic Daughters of
America Court Our Lady of
Mercy No. 1968 held its re-
gular meeting March 27, 1972,
at the K of C Hall, with Re-
gent Mrs. Grlffing Taylor pre-
siding.
The new members were in-
troduced as follows: Sister
Mary Amata, Messers. Felipe
Barrera, Jlmmle Gonzalez, Jr.,
Ignacio Gutierrez, George
Ramirez, Aurello Sanchez, Jose
Saenz, Misses Julieta Lopez.
and Mary Guerrero and
new members not present were:
Mrs. Bertha Castaneda, Mrs.
Eliseo Smith, Jr., and Miss
Imelda Saenz.
Mrs. Leonel Villarreal, gave
a report on the duties of the
Hospitality Committee and Mrs.
Israel Gonzalez and Mrs. Julio
Salazar spoke on the eligibi-
lity of Catholic women to be-
come members of C. D. A.
Miss Emma Soils and Mrs.
Celestina Garza reported on
items which will be taken up
in the state convention which
will be held in Laredo on Ap-
ril 13 through the 16th.
The meeting was closed with
recommendations to attend the
adoration night hours on Holy
Thursday and Church Visi-
tations on Good Friday.
The thirty six members pre-
sent enjoyed refreshments ser-
ved by the Hospitality
and Membership Committees.
The first through the fourth
grade students at West Gram-
mar Elementary School heard
Jose D.Villerreal, Starr County
Fire Chief talk on fire preven-
tion. The group had a chance to
see the different fire extinguish-
ers and how they operate as
well as tips on what to do in
case of fire.
Six Rio Grande City Knights
of Columbus received the honors
of the Fourth Degree, Sunday,
March 26, at Corpus Christi.
Receiving the highest degree of
the order were Lt„ Col. Fran-
cis Connelly, HumbertoGarcia,
Dr. Ramiro Narro, Fernando
Guzman, Juan Torres and Ra-
phael Trevino, Jr. They were
accompanied to Corpus Christi
by State Deputy Lino Perez, Jr.
and Faithful Navigator Rodolfo
Carlos Salinas, Jr.
Some 42 Knights of Columbus
from Brownsville, Laredo, Al-
ice, Kingsville and Corpus
Christi received the degree. The
class was dedicated to His Ex-
cellency, Thomas J. Drury,
Bishop of Corpus Christi. A ban-
quet was served by the host as-
semblies at the Corpus Christi
K.C. Hall.
CATTLEMEN From Page 9
veterinarians listed as "large
animal only" veterinarians.
"The field of feedlots In this
area Is still wide open—we are
nowhere near the saturation
point. But if the industry is
to continue to grow, we must
have some medical help. We
already feel the shortage, and
if our industry continues to
grow it will become even
worse."
McCarty said it would be ex-
tremely helpful if there were
a veterinarian school located
somewhere near the industry
so it would be constantly aware
of the need during the training
stage.
Such a school has been pro-
posed in the school of veteri-
nary and zoological medicine
to be developed within the Texas
Tech University
The main school would be
located in Lubbock, with a
branch on the west Texas State
University campus in Canyon,
Plans for the school were
announced last year, with en-
rollment hopefully to begin in
the fall of 1973.
A major portion of clinical
training will be centered around
the prevention, diagnosis and
treatment of diseases of ani-
mals in feedlots and proper
management of food producing
animals such as cattle and
swine.
"I hear plenty of talk about
the proposed school when the
feedlot managers get together,"
McCarty said. "We all favor
it —and hope it gets started
soon. It may be that most of
the larger feedlots eventually
keep a veterlanrian on its pay-
roll fulltime . But there are
too few vets to meet the need
at this time."
At the end of last year there
were more than 1.3 million head
of cattle being finished for
market on the Texas high plains
feedlots. Cattle worth almost
$1 billion are fattened annually
in a 39-county area surround-
ing Lubbock.
Cattlemen estimate that death
losses to the feedlot operators
run almost $10 million annually,
and that losses from disease
which result in lack of weight
gain equal that amount.
"We have a definite need,"
McCarty said. 'In this small
area around Hereford there are
about two dozen feedlots now.
"Yet, Hereford has only three
vets, you can see our need."
Subject to funding by the
Texas legislature, the Texas
Tech Veterinary School calls
for a $6.7 million construction
program including $4 million
for a veterinary medicine faci-
lity as an addition to the school
of medicine's main building.
A separate $1.7 million large
animal facility .
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Trejo, Raul. Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 30, 1972, newspaper, March 30, 1972; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth194348/m1/13/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.