Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 21, 1976 Page: 1 of 10
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GRANDE
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Tho Largest Paid
Circulation Going
In Starr County"
VOL XXXV
No. 1
IlwrMlay, October 21,1S76
Tea tarts
Bad Publicity Texas Correctional Farm
Topics At C Of C Meeting
Bad publicity, bad publicity,
bad publicity, was echoed
throughout the regular meeting
of the Rio Grande City Chamber
of Commerce held Tuesday at
Zeke's.
The bad publicity is at-
tributed to local news media
who have capitalized on the
investigation by the Starr
Grand Jury into alleged illegal
narcotic traffic in Starr County.
Several chamber members
stated that whenever Stan-
County has something good to
report the news media
overlooks it completely.
Chamber member, Connie
Nye stated, "4-H news, and
small news stories are not
newsworthy, but anything bad
in Starr County does make for
good news."
The Chamber of Commerce
feels that all this bad publicity
should stop and more publicity
should be stressed in Starr
County.
The proposed Texas
Correctional Farms was
another topic discussed at the
Chamber of Commerce. The
Chamber of Commerce had
already voted to do anything it
can to the Rio Grande Valley
and possibly to Starr County.
Several questions have been
asked about that issue and the
most common question has
been: What kind of prisoners
will this type of institution
house9 Clu-rnber of Commerce
President, Lauro L. Lopez
stated that, "The type of
prisoners are those who can be
trusted and not hard core
criminal."
The payroll this type of in-
stitution will bring to Stan-
County is the main reason that
the chamber of commerce has
beat trying to bring thris farm to
Stan County.
The Valley Chamber of
Commerce has scheduled a
meeting on November 3 to hear
a presentation by Mr. James
Estelle Jr., Director, Texas
Board of Conections.
Estelle has scheduled a
meeting ori November 2, with
Rolando Flores, Executive
Director of the Stan County
Industrial Foundation.
The proposed correctional
farm will be self supporting and
will not compete with local
businesses.
Iauro L. Lopez also turned in
a report from the incorporating
committee to the chamber.
Lopez stated that the com-
mittee also fee!? that the bad
publicity, and the school tax
hike has hurt Rio Grande City.
During this discussion the
chamber voted to give the In-
Autopsy Report On August
Murder Victims Arrives
Mr*. Ida Per<>7.
Starr County Age tit Resigns
To Accept Hidalgo Position
Mrs. Ida Perez of Rio Grande
City has been appointed
Hidalgo County Extension
Agent, home economics, ef-
fective Nov. 1, according to a
joint announcement by County
Judge Ramiro Guerra and
District Extension Agent
Sherry Mullin. She succeeds
Mrs. Barbara Fowler who
resigned September 1 after 4'*2
years to become Smith County
agent in Northeast Texas.
A veteran Texas Agricultural
Extension Service professional
with six years service in Starr
County. Mrs. Perez will be
trainer agent in addition to her
duties as Hidalgo County home
economics program leader.
This means she will be
responsible for training inex-
perienced new agents for all
eleven counties in District 12,
Miss Mullin added
Mrs. Perez leaves Starr
County six years to the day
after arriving in 1970 from a
trainee position in Willacy
County. During her years in
Starr County the 4-H program
expanded from two clubs with
80 students to nearly 400 in five
clubs today. In the same period
the corps of adult leaders
quadrupled to some 54 who now
regularly volunteer their time
in behalf of the county's youth.
Four 4-H'ers have competed
in State Dress Revue, and two
teams have won state
demonstration contests in this
period. Ironically 4-H activities
will occupy almost none of her
time in her new assignment.
Maria Elena Rodriguez of Rio
Grande City, one of Mrs.
Perez's former 4-H'ers in Stan
County, is presently employed
as Extension Agent in the
Expanded Nutrition Program,
Youth Phase, in Hidalgo
County, and the two will be
working together.
With her Starr County
associate. Extension Agent
David Sandefer, Mrs. Perez had
a major role in forming a strong
Program Building Committee
to coordinate extension
programs in the county and set
up a Nutrition Program for the
Elderly (NEP) which has 600-
800 enrollees and recently at-
tracted an attendance of 1,000
for a Senior Citizen Day
program
The new Hidalgo County
agent is a native of Nueces
County and a graduate of Texas
A&I University. She's manied
to Juan Lino Perez, a native of
Starr County. He will join her
here at a later date.
Autopsy reports on three late
August murders were received
by Justice of the Peace Jim
Wilson today.
Reports indicate that three
arr County men, Humbert©
Vela, Miguel Angel Alvarez and
F'.ene Pena, all died from
gunshot wounds.
Vela's body was found August
25 along W. Monte Christo Rd.
stuffed in the trunk of a late
model automobile.
The report indicates he was
shot twice in the head and once
in the back - possibly by a 9 mm
handgun.
The bodies of Alvarez and
Pena were found the following
day in about the same location.
They were both stuffed into the
trunk of another car.
Alvarez had been shot once in
the head at close range with a
shotgun. Pena had been
shotgunned in the head and in
the back at close range.
The report indicates that the
weapon may have been a 12-
gauge sliotgun because of a
plastic wadding found.
Texas Rangers are aiding the
sheriffs department in the
investigation. The murders
were believed to have been drug
related.
corporattng Committee a
deadline to turn in its report to
the Chamber of Commerce. The
deadline is January of 1977.
In other action the chamber
of commerce appointed Estella
Zarate as chairman of the
Christmas Festival.
Other board members which
attended the meeting were
Manuel Cano, Samuel Ramos,
Arturo Trevino, Esperanza
Rangel, Mr. and Mrs. Johnny
Dreumont, Noe Sanchez,
Basilio Villarreal, Lalo
Carrera, Rolando Flores,
Ricardo Gutierrez, Mr. and
Mrs. Pablo Pena Jr. and
George Boyle.
School
Opening
Postponed
Due to conflicts, the Opening
Ceremonies at the La Grulla
School have been postponed
probably for several weeks,
according to A.E. Garcia,
superintendent of the Rio
Grande City Independent
School District.
Garcia also asked that
anyone interested in Day Care
for four year olds to contact Ms
office at 487-5591, Extension 12,
in order to help complete a
survey. This tally will help
assess the public's need and
desire for such a program
locally. The Day Care Center
would correspond with the
school day and the school
calendar and would be
available for those who do not
qualify through the Migrant or
low income programs for such a
service. Projected coat per
month would probably range
from thirty to thirty five dollars
and would make a Day Care
facilities available to those
families above the poverty line.
1
INOCULA1 ix^WS RESUME — The Swine Flu Immunization Program resumed in Stan-
County and throughout Texas this Monday. A Stan County resident here receives im-
munization at the Monday clinic from Sister Pamela Best, F.M.M. Assisting are Cecilia
Gutierrez. R.N., Nurse Coordinator and Training Coordinator for the Stan County In-
fluenza Immunization Program; Leticia Trevino, LVN; and Linda Lopez, Immunization
Aide. Mrs. Mrs. Gutierrez announced that immunization clinics are scheduled for this
Friday, October 22, from 9 a jn. to 4 p.m.; Monday, October 25, from 9 to 4; and Tuesday,
October 26, from 1:30 to 4 p.m. at the Starr County Health Department Outpatient Clinic.
Receiving the immunizations will be healthy persons aged 18 and older. The chronically ill
must go to their private physician.
ICA Discourages Beef Importation
Gutierrez Urges Carter Support
Migrant Parents Meet
At Roque Guerra Elem.
Mrs. Marta Gonzalez and
Mrs. Benilde Villarreal,
migrant pre-kinder and
migrant kindergarten teachers,
conducted their first joint
parental involvement meeting
on September 28 at Roque
Guena Jr. Elementary School.
After a warm welcome to the
twenty-four parents, principal,
administrators, and community
aides, Mr. Garza, Migrant
(Coordinator, explained the
function of the Migrant
Program Mrs. Escobar.
Principal, stressed the im-
portance of children attending
school regularly
After a short business session
and explanation of daily ac-
tivities, delicious refreshment®
were served to the children ana
parents
The following parents showed
th jir interest and concern for
their child's education by at-
tending: Rosaura M. Gonzalez,
Higinia V. Marquez, San
Juanita Ruiz, Maria del Car-
men Rodriguez, Bernarda L.
Rios, Estela Gutienez, Her-
melinda Eyes, Elia L. Ramon,
Juanita R. Orta, Ofelia
Hinojosa, Domingo Arredondo,
^"esita Bar rem Nora Garza,
Marta R Sepulveda, Hipolito
Sepulveda. Sara Villarreal,
Amparo Cantu, Elizabeth
Garcia Idalia Villarreal,
Martina V Garza, Maria de la
Cruz /ela, Ramona Gutienez,
lorerua O. Trevino, and Alicia
Villarreal.
Starr Countians who are
concerned about the ever-
increasing tax burden placed on
lower- and middle-income
families should cast their votes
for Jimmy Carter on November
2, Ricardo Gutierrez, Carter
Mondale campaign co-
coordinator for Stan County,
said this week.
Gutienez said that Carter is
committed to a drastic sim-
plification of the tax system to
Educators
Attend
Conference
The Texas Education Agency
Migrant Education Program
sponsored the Fourteenth
Annual Migrant Conference
which was held Oct. 14-16 at
Texas A&I University at Corpus
Christi.
Rio Grande City ad-
ministrators teachers and
teacher's aides attended the
conference which was featuring
the theme of "Migrant
Education: Toward New
Horizons." The local educators
that attended were: Mr. A.E.
Garcia, Mr. E.H. Garcia, Ar-
turo Garza, Romeo Lopez, Mrs.
Ma. Nela Sanchez, Simon
Garza, Renato Chavez, Israel
Ybarra, Mrs. Irma Lozano,
Miss Ma. Azucena Garcia, Miss
Imelda Rodriguez, Mrs. Petra
Vera, Mrs. Oralia Garza, and
Mrs. Ofelia Garza.
Keynote speaker for the event
was Dr. Gonzalo Garza, Deputy
Superintendent at Houston Ind.
School District. Topics featured
at the workshop sessions were:
Identifying the Gifted and
Talented, Oral Language
Assessment, Learning Con-
cepts, Communication Skills,
Drug Education, Develop-
mental Reading, and other
interesting topics. Dr. Severo
Gomez chose "Coordinating
Services for Special
Populations" as his presen-
tation.
lower the taxes for middle-and
lower-income groups.
"The Republicans have
deliberately tried to distort
Carter's position on the tax
issue," Gutienez said, "but the
record is clear: Carter has
consistently come out for a
lowering of taxes for the
middle- and lower-income
people and for shifting the tax
burden to the large cor-
porations who have been get-
ting away with paying little or
no taxes for so long.
"Our local governments are
caught in the middle,"
Gutienez charged, "trying to
cope with increased costs of
services caused by the
Republican inflation." He
added that under a Carter
administration, taxpayers will
not only see a drop in federal
taxes but also an easing of the
property tax burden because of
Carter's commitment to bring
inflation down.
Austin-In a county chair-
men's meeting October 9, W6,
of the Independent Cattlemen's
Association, an organization of
100,000 members, T.A. Cun-
ningham, President, r pressed
his gratification of President
Ford's actions taken in enacting
the quotas oil imported meats
provided for in the 1964 Meat
Importation Act. Cunningham
stated "Beef imports are en-
tering this country at an
alarming rate as we have
received a 98 per cent increase
in the first 6 months of this year.
If additional beef imports are
allowed into this country, the
excess will further the
depression the beef producers
are already facing today."
The Meat Import Act of 1964
allows the President to prohibit
the importation of meat im-
ports, after they have reached
an annually computed
limitation. The quotas are
based on the production of beef
over the previous five-year
period.
President Cunningham
further expressed concern over
the present condition of the
livestock industry by stating,
"If beet imports aie not iwon
curtailed, the beef producers of
this country will be out of
business and every consumer in
America will be at the mercy of
foreign counties dictating
Lydie L. Rowe
Dies In
San Antonio
Wher and higher for
lower and lower quality beef.'
The Independent Cattlemen's
Association has actively sup-
ported proposed legislation that
would significantly reduce the
amounts of imported beef
allowed to enter this country.
The ICA has also been in-
strumental in actions being
taken to eliminate the cir-
cumvention of meat import
quotas at the Free Trade Zone
in Mayaquez, Puerto Rico.
4-H Plans
Rodeo For
Mrs. Lydie L. Rowe, formerly
of Rio Grande City, died on
October 16 in San Antonio at the
age of 73.
Rosary was said on Monday, rpi • o 1
October 18 A Prayer Service | fllS ^UnCiay
• W or* -TiiaoHov *
A Rodeo is being planned by
the Stan County 4-H Clubs for
J'j#"*£ '"**■
.Jfjg fx
was held at 3:30 on Tuesday,
October 19, at Sunset Funeral
Home followed by interment at
Sunset Memorial Park.
Mrs. Rowe is survived by
three daughters, Mrs. Alice R.
De la Garza of Rio Grande City,
Ms. Lillian R. Dargie of San
Antonio, and Ms. Florence
Mohs of San Antonio; a son,
Laurence C. Rowe Jr. of El
Paso; two brothers, Luis
Martinez and Andres Martinez,
both of San Antonio; five
grandchildren and one great-
grandchild.
this Sunday, October 24, at 1 00
p.m. The Rodeo will be held at
la Sagunada Ranch located
nine miles north of Rio Grande
City on FM 755 and one mile
west.
A special exhibition by the
Valley Charro Association will
highlight the Sunday afternoon
4-H Rodeo
Stock contractors will be
Morales and Acevedo. Ad-
mission fee will be $1.00 for
children and $2 00 for adults
ESAA Basic Program
Forms Student
Committee
The Student Advisory
Committee for the ESAA,
Emergency School Aid Act,
Basic Program has been for-
med by the Student Council of
the Rio Grande City High
School.
Members of the student
advisory committee are Monica
Decker. Alexandra Hellmund.
Wesley Rollins, Rene G.
Villaneal, Ruben Saenz. Jr.,
and Baldemar Baran Alter-
nates are Andy Clarke and
Norma J. Gomez
The main duty of the student
advisory committee is to
discuss with L.E.A., school
leadership, all matters relevant
to the program, project, or
activities. Students from the
high school who are members of
the ESAA District-wide com-
mittee are Cindy Dreumont ami
Bobby Villaneal
BBGun Safety Clinic
To Conclude On Oct. 30
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT - Mrs Nlnfa Escobar, principal of Roque Guerra Jr
Elementary School, and fourth grade teacher Mrs. Antonio Gonzalez proudly display the
Certificate of Merit awarded the fourth grade class for a recent beautiflcation project.
Signed by Gerald R. Ford, the certificate reads, "The President of the United States
presents this Certificate of Merit to the fourth grade class at Roque Guena Jr. Elementary
School for Service to the Commwity and the nation through environmental protection
achievement." Coordinated by Mrs. Ofelia Villarreal, the project, conducted by the fourth
grade students of Mrs. Gonzalez, included planting a garden and a tree on the school
grounds. The project was highlighted by a program in which all the students of the school
took part.
Ricardo Recio, president of
the Rio Grande City Jaycees,
announced that the Daisy B-B
gun safety clinic, which began
last Saturday, will continue
with its closing session on
Saturday morning, October 30.
rather than this Saturday
The safety sessions, being
sponsored locally by the
Jayceessnd the Boy Scouts, are
held at the Immaculate Cor
<?eption School Parish Hall
9 00 a.m. Boys and girls ag'
to 14 and their parents
urged to attend Ribbo'
certificates will be awr
the end of the progra
For more inforar
Eddie Lopez at
Pancho Cummin?
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Solis, Tony. Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 21, 1976, newspaper, October 21, 1976; Rio Grande City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth194582/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.