Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 26, 1978 Page: 1 of 8

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RIO GRANDE
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VOL XXXV
NO. 15
JANUARY 26,1978
FIFTEEN CENTS
KRGV All-Valley
Scholastic Football Team
WESLACO... Thirty-six Rio Grande Valley high
school football players from seventeen high schools
have been i named to the fourteenth annual KRGV All
Valley Scholastic Football Team, according to Earl
Noel, general manager of KRGV AM/TV.
McAllen led the way by placing five boys on the
honorary All Valley Team. St. Joseph Academy placed
the high man, Frank Maldonado, with a 94.61 grade
average.
To be eligible for the Scholastic Football Team, a boy
must be a Senior, earn a letter in varsity football and
have a three year grade average of 88.00 or better in
academic courses. This unique team was created to
honor the Valley high school football players who excel
in both athletics and scholastic achievement.
Ten of the boys received honorable mention or were
named to their All-District teams. Several made All-
District more than one year. In addition to lettering in
football and maintaining good grades, the thirty-six
boys on the All Valley Scholastic Football Team have
taken part and have been honored in many ex-
tracurricular activities...including Who's Who Among
American High School Students, Boy's State, Key
Club, National Honor Society, Choir, Band, Drama
Club and many others.
In addition to football, many of the students have
lettered in baseball, basketball, track, tennis and golf.
The members of the 1978 All Valley Scholastic
Football Team will be presented on a special thirty
minute television program Saturday, Jan. 21 at 1:30
p.m. on KRGV-TV, Channel 5.
The boys, their schools and averages are:
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Frank Maldonado
Burt Reiff
Joseph D. Hardee
Aaron Montemayor
Brad Dorff
Ernest A Matacotta
Benny Alvarado
Boyd Baker
Michael Shomin
Richardo Salaiz
Charles Thomas
Alvie Britton
David Calvillo
Alfredo Andres Vela
Rene Estrada
Carlos Perez
Alberto Barrera, Jr.
David Da vila
Javier Granado
Art Rodriguez
Billy Edwards
Bobby Ramon
Jimmy SagneSj
Mike Gusler
Victor Benavidtz
David Hobbs
Randy Rios
Jose Luis Garcia
Walter Graham
Noel Loera
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St. Joseph Academy
Rio Hondo High School
Marine Military Academy
Rio Grande City High School
McAllen High School
Marine Military Academy
San Isidro High School
Weslaco High School
I>a Feria High School
Edinburg High School
Edinburg High School
Sharyland High Scholol
Weslaco High School
Rio Grande City High School
Edinburg High School
McAllen High School
Rio Grande City High School
Porter High School
Edinburg High School
La Feria High School
McAllen High School
Weslaco High School
Port Isabel High School
Rio Hondo High School
Edcouch-Elsa High School
McAllen High School
McAllen High School
Homer Hanna High School
St. Joseph Academy
San Isidro High School
Travis Duane Perkins Lyford High School
Ernest Davila St. Joseph Academy
Richard Grooms Ports Isabel High School
Greg Harbour Port Isabel
Herman Massad Pace High School
David Salazar Mercedes High School
94.61
94.53
94.08
93.93
93.57
93.11
93.08
92.90
92.41
91.24
91.04
90.60
90.46
90.26
90.09
90.05
89.86
89.80
89.66
89.66
89.51
89.42
89.40
89.2C
89.17
88.95
88.69
88.56
83.38
88.35
88.29
88.26
88.22
88.19
88.00
88.00
Montemayor
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Starr County Man To Serve On Panel
# A knowledgeable panel of agreed to participate in the
speakers representing Ixiwer South Texas Beef
several segments of the Cattle Symposium in
livestock industry has Edinburg or on January 31.
GONZALEZ FILES- Justice of the Peace Amoldo
Gonzalez Jr. filed Tuesday for re-election to the J. P
post he now holds. He is married to Ma. Theresa Saenz
of I-a Grulla. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Benito Saenz. Gonzalez is the son of Arnoldo Gonzalez
and the late Juanita Corona. The Gonzalez couple have
three children; Melissa, 6, Arnoldo III, 5, and Edward,
2. Gonzalez was a migrant until he completed high
school. He worked seven years in the bookkeeping
department of the Rio Grande City Consolidated In-
dependent School District; he is a member of the J. P.
Association; former Bass Sportsman Club member;
former member of the Quarterback Club; former
member of TSTA: member of the Beef Syndicate; and
former president and treasurer of the Concerned
Citizens Club. Gonzalez is a high school graduate;
has a certificate from the University of Texas in
Consumer Credit Procedure; and has taken
correspondence courses in the New York Business and
Bookkeeping School. He has 100 hours of J.P. courses.
Gonzalez was selected as an Outstanding Young Man
of America for 1977 in recognition of outstanding
professional achievement, superior leadership ability
and exceptional service to the community.
CAC Meets
Two Individuals Retained
The area war on poverty
agency board of directors
met Friday in San Isidro and
heard about an alien
problem.
The Community Action
Council of South Texas
(CACST) Executive
Director Francisco G.
Zarate informed the board
members present of a
Community Services Ad-
ministration directive to the
agency to serve all of the
poor in the community in-
cluding aliens.
The directive states that
the Agency must allow "free
participation in the program
by persons who are
currently living in the
community, whether or not
they qualify as legal or
permanent residents."
The Board agreed to abide
by the directive.
The Board heard about
funding for a Greater STEP,
a Jim Hogg County program
which needs a grantee
agency because its present
grantee, The Associated City
County Economic
Development Corporation of
Hidalgo County (ACCEDC)
can no longer serve as its
grantee.
The STEP Program,
according to Jose A.
Guerrero, CACST Planner, -
packages loans for
businesses. The Board
agreed to go ahead and serve
as grantee for the program.
The Board also heard a
report from Zarate on salary
raises for 1978. Zarate
reported that all employees
were given a raise although
not all received the same
percentage increase in
salary.
Zarate explained that as a
result of recent minimum
wage and social security
regulation changes, he had
to work the raises to fall
within the budget, and not all
employees of the Agency
could receive the same raise
percentage.
The CACST Board,
chaired by Reynaldo
(Moreno) Alaniz of San
Isidro, went into executive
session to discuss personnel.
After about one hour the
Board returned to public
session and voted to retain
two employees at their posts.
The names of the in-
dividuals were not men-
tioned.
The subject of a
memorandum attached to
the agenda is "Employment
of Persons with criminal
Records." The memoran-
dum is from the Office of
Economic Opportunity in
Washington, D. C.
It outlines the provisions
and policies for the hiring of
persons with criminal
records. It states,
"However, nationr! policy
for the employment in
grantee and a delegate
agencies of persons with
criminal records must allow
considerable local agency
discretion."
In further states, "In
recognition of the fact that
employment opportunities
are essential to the
rehabilitative process, every
opportunity should be
provided to employ persons
with criminal records after
the principal respresen-
tative board or its designee
has conducted a review of
the applicant's case, and to
offer (or to insure that other
agencies offer) supportive
services to help in the
rehabilitation of such em-
ployees."
In the case of individuals
in sensitive positions, the
OEO instructions state that
"a written statement
recounting the rationale for
the decision shall be entered
l&P
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Keyed to maximizing
profits for the area's
beleaguered ranchers, the
program will be held in the
Edinburg Livestock Auction
on north Highway 281.
Speakers will represent
ranching and agribusiness
interests and include Texas
Agricultural Extension
Service specialists as well as
animal science resear-
chers, announced Alfonso
Medina, Hidalgo County
cattleman and program
coordinator.
Highlighting the morning
program will be two talks
dealing with marketing, both
present and future.
The future will be first in
this case-shortly after 9
a.m.-and will will be han-
dled by Dr. Edward Uvacek,
Jr , Extension livestock
marketing specialist,
College Station, and R.L.
Bliss, vice-president of the
Texas Cattle Feeders Assn.,
Tulia. Their joint subject
will be "The Supply and
Marketing Outlook "
"Current market needs"
will be graphically
;illustrated by a processor,
feeder and buyer working
with a typical run of com-
mercial cattle. Commenting
on what they do and don't
like about each will be I>ebo
Hinojosa, H&H Meat
Products Co., Inc., Mer-
cedes; Jack Scoggins, Starr
Feed Yard Inc., R:io Grande
City, and Hugh Terry,
Terry Cattle Co., Harlingen.
Moderating this panel of
pros will be Dr. O.D. Butler,
head of the Texas A&M
animal science department.
Follwing lunch Lon
Cartwright, Twin Oaks
Ranch, Live Oak County,
will present his hard-earned
thoughts on "Maximizing
Profits in a Cow-Calf
Operation."
The emcees will be Jack
Garrett, Harlingen, for the
morning sessions and D.V.
Guerra, Jr., Linn, in the
afternoon.
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LUCKY RIFLE WINNER—Little Miss Valerie Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Brown of Rio Grande City, was the lucky winner of the .251 243 Winchester
rifle raffled by the History Co Club of Ringgold Junior High School on Monday,
January 23, announced Juan Martinez, club sponsor. The first grader is being
congratulated by club officers Frank Doyno, I>eticia Trevino, Gina Lopez, Francine
Barrera, Gracie Carrera, and Ana Garcia, and Roxa.
Local Arrests
Antonio J. Zavala of
Zapata was charged with
murder before Justice of the
Peace Arnoldo Gonzalez Jr.
Zavala is accused of
causing the death of another
man in a bar at Falcon
Heights. Zavala and another
individual are charged with
beating the bartender to
death in an incident Dec. 26.
The other suspect is
already in custody, ac-
cording to Gonzalez. Starr
County Deputy Sheriff Jorge
Luis Gonzalez has been
investigating the case. The
Deputy made the arrest.
Judge Gonzalez set bond at
$50,000, which Zavala im-
mediately posted and was
released.
Guadalupe H. Garcia of
Houston was charged with
possession of marijuana
before J. P. Gonzalez.
Garcia was arrested by
Texas Department of Public
Safety Task Force officers.
Gonzalez set bond at $20,000
which Garcia was unable to
post.
Celedonio Cantu and
Manuel L. Salinas of Gar-
ciasville were charged with
burglarizing a residence
Santo Domingo Ranch.
M R Clopton, owner of the
residence, filed the com-
plaint against the two men.
Working the case were
Sheriff Deputies Jorge Luis
Gonzalez and Hector F.
Perez. Judge Gonzalez set
bond at $1,000 for each
defendant.
Eden Martinez of Rio
Grande City was taken
before J.P. Gonzalez and
charged with engaging in
organized criminal activity.
The arrest was made by
David Beasley, according to
Gonzalez.
Gonzalez set Martinez'
bond at $15,000 which he was
unable to post and was
subsequently taken to Jim
Hogg County Jail in Heb-
bronville.
Title I Program
Meet
s
Wide Committee for Title I
and Title I Migrant
Programs attended a lun-
cheon given for them by the
two respective programs at
the High School Cafeteria on
January 16, at 12:30 p.m.
Also in attendance were
A.E. Garcia, Superintendent
of Schools, Efrairi Garcia
Asst. Superintendent for
Curriculum., Roberto Juan
Garza, Assistant Business
Manager, Nance Munoz,
Rene Gonzalez and Mrs
Mary Ann Cummings,
representatives for the
r~**\ Program, and Romeo
L,upez, SC.E Program
Director Also in attendance
were the Parental Com-
munity Aides from both
program
Mrs. Zenaida Labar,
Chairperson presided at the
meeting. A.E. Garcia,
Superintendent welcomed
the parents and spoke at
length of their importance to
the programs. Arturo Garza,
Title I Migrant Director
gave an up to date report on
the Migrant Program. Miss
Elma Rose Gonzalez, Title I
Administrator, gave a
progress report on the Title I
Program.
Romeo Lopez explained the
goals and indicators in the
Student Development Goals
assessment and the parents
answered a questionaire
giving a scale of importance
to each respective indicator
under each goal
Efram Garcia sp"ke to the
parents and than- od them
for their cooperation on the
project.
in the individual's personnel
records."
The OEO instructions iden-
tify a sensitive position as
one which requires an
especially high degree of
trust and integrity.
When the Board agreed to
keep the two individuals,
Jaime Gonzalez of Zapata
stated that the letter to the
two individuals should state
"That we don't condone such
acts."
Before adjournment the
members agreed to retain
the same officers for 1978,
Alaniz remaining as
president.
Others Present at the
meeting were Jaime Gomez,
county commissioner,
Hebbronville; Jake Rath-
mell, county judge, Zapata;
Juan Sembrano, Heb-
bronville; Rodolfo Almaraz,
Hebbronville; Jaime
Gonzalez, Zapata; Frank R.
Nye, Rio Grande City;
Gilberto S. Trevino,
Hebbronville; and Elsa G.
Ramos, Falcon.
Little
League
Org
anizes
Miguel F. Garcia
Miguel F. Garcia
Dies At Age 76
The Rio Grande City Little
League held its first regular
meeting on Monday. The
new officiers for the 1978
season are: President-Jose
A. Garcia; Vice-President-
Leonel Lopez; Secretary-
Hector Gonzalez; Treasurer-
Narciso Garcia; Reporter-
Cesar Leal; Player Agent-
Simon Garza, Jr.;
The league has undertaken
a number of projects to help
alliviate operational ex-
penses for the 1978 season.
The first project will be a
public dance on March 10,
1978 with music by Los
Formales at the K.C. Hall.
Admission for the dance will
be $3.50 per person advance
sale and $4.00 per person at
the door.
Also the RGC Little
League will sponsor an af-
ternoon Jackpot Bingo on
April 2,1978 at the K.C. Hall.
The dates for this years
tryouts for any new hopefuls,
boys or girls, will be on Feb.
27, Feb. 28, and March 1,
1978.
The new officiers would
like to express their sincere
thanks to all out-going of-
ficiers for all of their efforts
and interests in helping the
youngters of this com-
munity.
The league has scheduled
its weekly meetings every
Thursday beginning on Feb.
2. 1978 at 7:00 P.M. at the
Community Council
Building, formerly the old
C.R. Anthony.
The officiers would like to
invite any person interested
in helping with the operation
of the organization which
has as its main interst the
developing of the youth of
our community.
Fire Occurs
At Grulla
School
Prompt action last
Wednesday prevented what
might have been a
disastrous fire at \ja Grulla
Primary School.
Jesus Alaniz, security
guard, spotted smoke
coming from one of the
classrooms at about 7 30
p.m. and promptly notified
the Rio Grande City
Volunteer Fire Department
and the Superintendent of
schools, A.E. Garcia
Garcia said the smoke was
coming from an electrical
shortage. There were no
flames. He said the firemen
did a "tremendous" job of
just putting water on the ho
wires, preventing water
damage to other areas.
Tne Superintendent said
there was verv little damage
due to the smoke or to the
water. "I want to commend
the fire department for their
excellent work," he said.
Miguel F. Garcia, 76, a
prominent Valley rancher, -
banker and businessman,
died at his home in Rio
Grande City about noon on
Saturday, January 21.
The son of Isabel Yturria -
Garcia and Migeul Garcia,
both members of pioneer
South Texas families, he was
active in church and civic
affairs. He was a Knight of
the Order of St. Sylvester, an
honor bestowed by Pope
John in December, 1953.
Garcia was national granr.
vizer of the Order of the
Alhambra, was past gran d
commander of El Cid
Caravan 106. Rio Grande
City, was district, deputy of
the Texas Knights of
Colubmus, was a fourth
degree knight of Rio Grande
City Coundil No. 2597 and
was a member of the Im-
maculate Conception
Catholic Church parish
council.
He was a apst director of
the First State Bank and
Trust Co. and First National
Bank of Rio Grande City and
was past president of the
Dine and Dance Club and
VCivic Dlub.
Survivors are his wife,
Mrs. Lillie M. Garcia; four
daughters, Mrs. Stella G.
Zarate, Mrs. Lillie G.
Tijerina, Mrs. Nelda G.
Montalvo and Mrs Virginia
G. Heath; one brother, J A.
Garcia; one sister, Mrs.
Maria G Thomas; 19
grandchildren and seven
great-grandchildren.
Rosary was recitdd
Sunday night at the Sanchez
Funeral Home. Mass was to
be held at 4 p.m. today at
Immaculate Conception
Catholic Church here.
Cruz Tijerina, Isauro
Zarate, Raul Montalvo,
Richard Gutierrez, Mike
Zarate and Tommy Tijerina
were to be pallbearers.
Slimnasties
Course Set
Sliinnastico will be offered
as a part of the Community
Education Program with
classes at North Grammar
and the Community
Education Building if
enough people sign up, ac-
cording to Narciso A
Guerra. Program Coor-
dinator.
Registration deadline for
the course is this week, with
a fee of $13.00 to be charged
for the eight week period.
Other classes being of-
fered by the Community
Education Program of the
Rio Grande City Con-
solidated Independent
School District include
Bookkeeping, new and
extension, Mondays from 7
to 9 p.m. for ten weeks with
Rau! Hinojosa; Typing, new
and extension, Wednesdays
from 7 to 9 at the high school
in room 403 as is
Bookkeeping.
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PENA FILES-Pablo Pena Jr . 38, a life-lone resident
of Rio Grande City, has filed for the position of Starr
County Surveyor. Pena is a graduate of Rio Grande
City High School. He attended Pan American
University and Texas A&M University where he
graduated with a degree in Civil Engineering He is a
member of Chi Epsilon, a national honor society for
Civil Engineers He served in the U S Army Corps of
Engineers for three year, and has worked five years in
the bridge design department of the !• \.i Highway
Department. He is now in private pr;i lice in Rio
Grande City. He is married to the former Mandy
Gutierrez and they have a 15-year-old son