Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 62, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 21, 1978 Page: 1 of 20
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No. 62
December 21,1978
FIFTEEN CEMTS
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Noche Buena
T'was the night before Christmas and all
through the rasa,
Not a creature was stirring. Cararnba!
Que pasa?
lx s ninos were all tucked away in their
camas,
Some in vestidos, and some in pajamas
While Mama worked late in her little
cocina,
El Viejo was down at the corner cantina.
The stockings were hanging con mucho
cuidado,
In hopes that St. Nicholas would feel
obligado
To bring all the children, both buenos and
malos,
A nice batch of dulces and other regalos.
Outside in the yard there arose such a
grito
That 1 jumped to my feet like a frightened
cabrito.
1 ran to the window and looked out afuera,
And who in the world do you think that it
era?
St. Nick in a sleigh and big red sombrero
Came dashing along like a crazy bombero!
And pulli..,; hi3 c! :^h, ■tfari -enadi^
V\eic eight little buncs, approaching
volados.
1 watch as they came, and this quaint little
hombre
Was shouting and whistling and calling by
nombre:
Ay, Pancho! Ay, Pepe! Ay, Cuca! Ay
Beto! Ay, Chato! Ay, Chopo! Vlaruca y Ni-
eto!"
Then standing erect with his hand on his
pecho,
He flew to the top of our very own techo.
With his round littU* jelly like a bowl of
jalea,
He struggled to squeeze down our old
chimenea.
Then, huffihg and puffing, at last in our
sala,
With soot smeared all over his red suit de
gala,
He filled all the stockings with lovely
regalos,
For none of the ninos had been very malos.
The, chuckling aloud, seeming very
contento,
He turned like a flash and was gone like
viento.
And I heard him exclaim-and this is
'.nc- 'h; tmas to all! Feliz Navidad!"
Firing:
dvisors
EniI ( ounly Year
George Boyle Named
Hotarian Of Week
The Starr County Com-
missioners Court Friday
ended the year by voting to
annul any contracts with
engineers, architects, or
financial advisors working
with the county.
The move came during the
Friday's resumption of
Monday's meeting, which
had ended before all items
on the agenda had been
considered.
County Judge Mario E
Ramirez said the court had
felt too much money was
being spent on fees for
engineers, architects,
financial advisors, and at-
torneys. Ramirez said he
was proud the court had
taken such action.
The action to eliminate the
advisors came following a
situation that developed
concerning a $1.5 million
grant and the services of
Alan Y T.«n< nv!.'
Javier "Jake" Margo,
federal programs coor-
dinator for the county, went
before the court and in-
formed them he had
received notification from
the Department of Housing
and Urban Development
l HUD i of approval of
The Rotary Club of Rio
Grande City Friday honored
George Boyle as Rotarian of
the Week.
Boyle, this year's
Christmas Parade Marshall,
operates the Ringgold Hotel
in Rio Grande City.
Born in Dublin, Texas, in
1899, Boyle's family moved
to Oklahoma when he was
still an infant. His father was
one of the first founders of
the first bank in Oklahoma
at Oklahoma City.
In 1910 the family moved
again, this time to San
Benito, where Boyle
graduated from high school
in 1917. He went on to college
and graduated from Har-
vard University in 1922 with
a degree in geology. As a
geologist he found em-
ployment in Oklahoma, San
Antonio, Venezuela, and
finally in the Lower Rio
Grande Valley.
He was responsible for
driliing in in the Sam For-
dyee area. One of the three
oil fields is named after him.
Married in 1927, the Boyles
had two children. They have
lived in Rio Grande City
since 1953.
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$500,000 of the grant
Margo said the money
should have been received
since Sept. 28, but due to
accusations from our neigh
boring community to the
west, which HUD had to
investigate, it was delayed
about 90 days."
He asked the court to
accept the $500,000 "to start
immediately," which the
court accepted.
Margo then proceeded to
inform the court that
Taniguchihad been hired for
that project pending fund-
ing.
"Nobody has been hired."
said Amando Pena, com-
missioner from the Roma
area. Pena said he had been
at every commissioners
court meeting and did not
recall the court hiring
Taniguchi.
Maro said the court might
lose the funding if th< ' led
to act.
"This is being done too
fast." Pena said, adding that
it was not even on the
agenda. "We just paid
$37,000 for nothing. Pena
said, referring the work done
by Joe Galiegos, an architect,
with Consolidated Enmnet >•••
and Architects of Roma, for
work he did for the new
bridge facilities, i Ten per
<-nt was withheld for
supervision).
\t mis time Judge
Ramirez said the mood of
the court was to fire
Gaiiegos, Vinyard i financial
advisor), at which time the
court voted to do so.
The discussion on the
hir ng of Taniguchi con-
tinued. Reynaldo "Moreno"
Alaniz, serving his last day
on the court, said that
because of the time element
it was necessary that the
court take action on the
matter.
At that time, Judge
Ramirez*! lso serving his last
da\ on the active com-
mission, asked Bias Chapa,
the incoming county judge,
to give his opinion on the
matter.
A.aj 'i ■■ id he .'old not
hire anybody because of
legah. es but felt the court
should have sufficient time
to study the contract with
Taniguchi. and not sign the
document on the spot.
The Judge than asked
Arnoldo Gonzalez, incoming
commissioner for Precinct
AJL
Four, what his opinion was.
We cannot let anybody just
come in and place a
document for signature."
Gonzalez said.
The new commissioner
continued saying there are in
the county "mercenary
people working for us whose
loyalty lies elsewhere."
The court unanimously
talbed the matter and it will
come up before the new
court the second Monday of
the new year, 1979.
In other matters, County
Auditor Guadalupe
Villarreal informed the
•ourt he had held back on
paying Galiegos because he
had no record of his work. "I
want to know what the
county is getting for
$33,000," Villarreal.
The court also agreed to
open an account for in-
coming funds on rents being
irered nt a county "•ar'*
at Falcon. Commissioner
P na said he was charging
$35 month rent to tourists to
stay at the county park and
needed an account to put the
money.
(See COMMISSION, Page
17)
Complaint Filed Against Starr County Sheriff
. ''7**
A former employee of the
Starr County Sheriff's
department on Dec. 7, 1978
filed a Title VII complaint
with the San Antonio district
office of the Equal Em-
Opportunity
ployment
Commission.
The complaint, filed by
Hermelinda Garza Doria
against Sheriff Reymundo
Alvarez alleges sexual
discrimination, according to
Ms. Belinda Gomez, an
attorney with the Texas
Rural I .< ■ al Aid Office in
Weslaco.
V i >mez. who said the
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Bids Received '>n
RGC-Roma Nighwav
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:• W- -
Kotarioti Of I he Week (ieorge Boyle
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The State Department of
Highways and Public
Transportation received six
bids today for improvements
to U S. 83 between Rio
Grande City and Roma
The project consists of
widening the existing two-
lane highway to a four-lane
highway with paved
shoulders. Main Street and
2nd Street in Rio Grande
City will also be resurfaced
under this contract
A.M. Vogel, In'
Houston
Engineering Co., ln<
submitted the apparent low-
bid of $2,070,207.99.
tabulation of other bidders is
as follows:
(2) Motheral Contractors,
Inc. 2,317,655.05
(3) Leyendecker Highway
Contractors, Lnc 2,515,616. :8
i 4) Heldenfels Brothers.
Inc. 2,699.156.33.
15) Virgil T. Walkei
* rui fort Co. 2,858,380.30.
South Texas Con-
struction Co. 2,944,626.90
The Highway and Public
1 ransportation Commission
m1! meet soon to review the
l>ids- and t on awarding the
contract.
omplaint alleges sexual
harassment", explained
that the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
will studv the matter, and
within approximately 60
days, issue a right-to-sue
letter.
In the r'ght-to-sue letter
the EEOC may state
whether or not there is
sufficient evidence to
warrant a federal suit, Ms.
Gomez said.
Sheriff Alvarez said the
former radio dispatcher was
nil" performing her duties as
required by her job. "She
was negligent on her job.
Several times I called her
into my office to tell her she
,s neglecting her duties
until 1 had to ask her to
leave," Alvarez said.
Rank To Close
The First National Bank of
Rio Grande City will be
i losed December 25 in ob-
servance of Christmas Day,
announced Roy Cantu.
Roma-Los Saenz S ax Rebate
1
NEW RIO MOTORS-Groundbreakin-1 ceremow -
for the new Rio Motors Building on I. :u Highwa
were held Tuesday, Dec. 12. The Chevrolet dealers!, i
has been in the same location in downtown Rio Gran-
City for 25 years. "We have mam plans for the
year and our new building." said Francisco Uai
owner. Present were iURi County Commissi" v
Heclor Lozano; Froylan Ramirez; Fidel Diaz; h '
Uvarez, Bias Chapa, < ount> judge-elect; Filiberto
Olivare Will Heflev. con trio tor; Garza and his wife,
Mrs. Lydia Garza; their daughter Linda. Father
William Nash, Re Cantu and Manuel Guillen of the
First National ha. * of Rio Grande City; and H P
Guerra 11' <not pictured) of Valley Federal Savings
and Loan
State Comptioller Hob
Bullock Thursday said
Texas cities will end 1978
receiving moo than $424.8
million as then si are during
the last 12 months of the
iocal option one percent
sales tax
Bullock said that is 17 5
percent more than Texas
cities received in 1977.
The totals were included in
Bullock's announcement of
the December allocation of
city sales tax The state will
rebate $74.9 million to some
900 Texas cities as
share of
allocations
their
this month's
The December figures will
boost the yearly ot.ii ah<n t
$63.2 million ahead of
payments made dur • 19'.
Houston's i1 eck this
reporting per' wil :•> >.>
$15.5million, r ;si its mta
for the year to $88 8 million
up 22 percent over 1977
The city f Dallas will
receive $8 9: ilhoi bi . in.
its total for the year to $49.8
million, uj percent ov r
the 1977 tot?
San Antonio will get a
check for $4.2 million,
making its year to date toial
$24 4 million-an increase >f
11 percent over 1977.
Fort Worth's check for the
month totals $3.07 million,
raisinc its total for 1978 to
$17.5 million, a 16 percent
increase wr last year.
Austin w ill net $2.5 million,
for a total of $14.2 million for
the year-an increase of 17
percent over 1977.
Corpus Christi will receive
$1.6 rnilli.raising its total
for the year t.i $8.6 million up
16 percer ' over 1977.
El Paso s check will be
$1 9 million bringing its 1978
allocations to $11.2 million,
an mere se of 14 percent
over the 1977 payments
'"he sales tax is collected
by merchants and other
sales tax permit holders
aloiv w ith the state sales tax
and is rebated monthly to
cities in which it is collected
fn the Comptroller's office.
Roma-I/js Saenz received
$7,51162 net payment this
period compared with
ft-- .163.96 net payment for the
same ueriod last year
The 1978 payments to date
to Roma-Los Saenz total
$52.266 16 compared to
$46,369 57 payments in 1977
to date for a 12 percent
changi to date.
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Silva, Marcelo. Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 62, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 21, 1978, newspaper, December 21, 1978; Rio Grande City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth194693/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.