Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 11, 1976 Page: 1 of 16
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TPA Award Winning Newspaper
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THE LARGEST PAID CIRCULATION GOING IN STARR COUNTY
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Vol. XXXIV
No. 21
Thursday, March 11,1976
Ten Cents
Rio Grande City, Texas
SPELLING WHIZ KID AND COACH - Noel Orlando Garza, 14
year-old eighth grader at San Isidro, captured the Siarr County
Spelling Bee, Monday, at the Starr County Courthouse. Noel, shown
here with his coach, Mrs, Alma Alvarado, will be making his third
trip to Corpus Christi to compete in the Corpus Christi Caller-Times
spelling contest. The winner at Corpus will advance to national
competition in Washington D.C. "Last year it was close, but this
year I'll be going to Washington D.C.," said the spelling champ
from Starr County. Noel is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Noe G. Garza, of
Santa Elena.
SPELLING CONTESTANTS-Finalist in the Starr County Spelling Bee gathered Monday
morning at the Starr County Courthouse to decide the county's representative at the
regional level at Corpus Christi. In the back row, left to right, are Noel Garza of San Isidro
Junior High; Judith Serna, Ringgold Junior High; Thelma Garcia, Grulla Junior High;
Trina Bazan, alternate from La Union; and in the front row are Jorge Chapa, La Union;
Thelma Venecia, Grulla; Esther Guzman, alternate from Roma; and Velma Guerra of
Roma.
H.E.B. To Open
New Store Here
H.E.B. Food Stores will open
a big, colorful, modern
supermarket in Rio Grande
City in late 1976. The store will
be located at the corner of
Bridge Avenue and U.S. High-
way 83. Exact construction
dates will be announced soon.
When the store opens, it will
provide jobs for about 30 local
people.
H.E.B. operates super-
markets in south and central
Texas. The company had its
initial early growth in the Rio
Grande Valley in the 1920's and
1930's. Mr. H.E. Butt, founder
and Chairman of the Board of
H.E.B., commented that,
"H.E.B. is happy to be a part of
Bio Grande City and Starr
County. The years when I lived
in the Valley and started ex-
panding the company were
among the most memorable of
my life. We are looking forward
to being a part of the local
community. We hope to provide
the kind of store that will appeal
to people on both sides of the
Rio Grande."
H.E.B. offers one-stop
shopping with a wide variety of
merchandise and valuable
Texas Gold Stamps. H.E.B.
stores feature a pleasant
shopping atmosphere, excellent
quality and quick, courteous
service. Wide aisles, colorful
interior decor, modern fixtures
and bright lighting help make
shopping fun.
Especially important to
H.E.B. is the finest quality and
freshest possible perishables -
meat, produce, dairy products,
frozen foods, breads and
pastries, seasonal flowers and
plants. A large section of the
new store will be devoted to
general merchandise items -
housewares, hardware, health
and beauty aids.
Mr Joel Guerrero is the
realtor who arranged the
transaction. It is being financed
by Tropical Savings and Loan
Association in Harlingen
County Youth Win Awards
At Eleventh Annual Fair
Several hundred Starr County
young people won awards in the
various divisions of the eleventh
annual Starr County Youth Fair
held in Rio Grande City March
1-7. A Queen's Contest. Grand
Parade, Charriada, and Rodeo
were highlights of the youth-
oriented week in Starr County.
Arts & Crafts
Rodolfo Vera - Blue; Janet
Elender Red; Michelle Mar-
tinez, Bosa Cristina Gonzalez -
Blue; Gerardo de la Garza,
Kenneth Delano, Belinda
Gonzalez - Red: Veronica
Gonzalez - Blue; Rory Kieffe -
(See Awards, P. 2)
Commissioners Fail To Explain
Use Of County Equipment
On Private Property
Mrs. Cesar Leal, whose water
meter was buried under piles of
dirt and debris by county
equipment working on private
property, failed to receive any
explanation whatsoever from
the county politicos and
Commissioner Hector Lozano
at the Starr County Com-
missioners Court on Monday.
"I'd rather not comment at
this time," said I>ozano in a soft
voice after Mrs. I^eal had asked
for an explanation for the
second time. It was in precinct
three, Lozano's precinct, in
which the illegal use of county
equipment occurred.
Mrs. Leal, whose item was
third on the agenda, addressed
the court and began by pointing
out that she had asked that a
public road adjacent to her
property be maintained not that
her property be cleared as
printed in The Herald of two
weeks ago.
She added that after being
denied that service, a water line
had been laid near there on
private property and that
county equipment had been
used. She wanted to know why a
private water line could be
worked on by county equipment
and a public road could not. She
said that the road had been
fixed after the water line had
been laid.
She also mentioned that she
had called Lozano later to
remove a dead calf which
someone liad dumped on her
property. She said she again
was told that the county could
not go into private property. In
addition, she said she knew of a
lot where the county had
dumped truckloads of dirt and
that the county equipment was
even being used to level the
mounds.
Two weeks ago, when The
Herald was looking into the
allegations, Norberto Montalvo
said the county was doing it as a
favor for the Water Union
Supply of Refugio, a non-profit
organization in Starr County.
In other county business,
Billy Pope asked that a cer-
tificate be prepared whereby
the county officials agreed to
maintain roads in the Pope
subdivision. It was agreed that
the county attorney, Alex
Gavert, should look into the
matter and prepare the cer-
tificate.
Plats for a subdivision by
Boone LaGrange were also
approved by the county com-
missioners.
Presiding over the court was
Precinct Four Commissioner
Reynaldo Alaniz in the absence
of County Judge Mario
Ramirez.
The court was recessed until
Friday at 1 p.m.
Dog Clinic Set
For Wednesday
A rabies clinic for all dogs in
the Grulla and Garciasville
area will be held on March 17
from 6 to 8 p.m., according to
Raul Rodriguez, sanitary in-
spector.
"Due to the recent incident in
which a bat was found at La
Grulla school and which was
found to be afflicted with
rabies, we will be at Grulla, in
front of the Holy Family
Catholic School, from 6 to 7 p.m.
on Wednesday and in Gar-
ciasville, in front of La Union
School, from 7 to 8 p.m. with the
rabies clinic," said Rodriguez.
"We welcome anyone having
a dog and all dogs in Grulla
near the place where the bat
was found should be vac-
cinated," he cautioned
Kodriguez said that
Veterinarian Bobby Margo
would apply the innoculations.
For further information,
Rodriguez or Ramiro Villarreal
may be reached at 487-2585,
extension 56. The clinic is being
sponsored by the Migrant
Health Program.
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Rodriguez, Rene. Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 11, 1976, newspaper, March 11, 1976; Rio Grande City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth194550/m1/1/: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.