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VOL. XXXV
No. 92
July 19,1979
Finn* chits
Chamber
Honors Canos
The Rio Grande City
Chamber of Commer
Tuesday honored Mr. and
Mrs. Manuel Cano and also
made preparations for the
Christmas Festival.
Chamber President
Rodolfo "Hoy" Cantu
president of the First
National Bank of Rio Grande
City) presented the Canos
with an engraved plaque in
behalf of the Chamber of
Commerce. The couple was
very active in civic work
during their stay in Rio
Grande City. He was
manager of the CP&L office
and has been transferred to
Weslaco.
Carlos Salinas,
of this year's
% Rodolfo
chairman
Christmas Festival
{Ringgold Junior High
School Principal), informed
the membership about the
week-long activities being
planned for this year's
celebration, scheduled for
the first week in December.
The Chamber also agreed
to support the activities of
the Soil Conservation office
in the proposed flooding
prevention project for the
Arroyo Los Olmos.
Russell Willis, executive
director of the Valley
Chamber of Commerce, was
the guest speaker at the noon
luncheon meeting at the
Brass Bull. Willis presented
a program which is geared
to attract clean industries to
the Valley.
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Deputies' Demands
Met By Starr Court
The Starr County Com-
missioners Court Friday
agreed to pay one hundred
per cent of the health in-
surance premiums for
Sheriff's Deputies, Con-
stables and Deputy Con-
stables.
The action came following
a two-day walk-out by
Sheriff's Deputies, who
earlier had approached the
Commissioners' Court and
made the demand.
Deputies' spokesman
Hector Perez had told the
commissioners Monday,
July 9, that they would be out
of their jobs if the court did
not agree to their demands.
Starr County Judge Bias
Chapa met with the deputies
on Wednesday and most
deputies returned to work
following that meeting.
The money to pay in-
surance premiums will come
from $8,000 originally
allocated to pay interest on
certificates of obligations,
which the county has not
used. Each county com-
missioner had allocated
$2,000 from their respective
budgets to pay the interest.
Chapa said that any
monies left over from the
$8,000 will be prorated and
returned back to the com-
missioners.
Starr County Sheriff
Reymundo Alvarez said
Tuesday that the only deputy
who had .not reported back to
work is Carlos Vera. The
Sheriff said he has already
hired a replacement for
Vera.
County Judge Seeks To Ration Gas
Watch Out
For Rabies
Public awareness of rabies
prevention is important due
)u the large increase of
confirmed cases in Texas
this year, says David San-
defer, County Extension
Agent.
Rabies cases doubled
during the January-March
period of this year compared
to the same period a year
ago.
Rabies, one of the oldest
^ind most feared diseases, is
"a natural disease of dogs,
cats, bats and wild car-
nivores, points out the
county agent with the Texas
Agricultural Extension
Service, Texas A&M
University System.
All warm-blooded animals
are susceptible since the
disease is transmitted by a
bite which introduces the
^virus-bearing saliva, ex-
plains Sandefer.
The virus may be present
one to three days before the
onset of clinical signs. Since
there are no "typical" cases,
animals exhibit a wide rarnge
of symptoms. Therefore, any
unexplained central nervous
system disorder should be
regarded as possibly being
rabies.
Clinical rabies in man and
most animals is essentially
100 percent fatal. There is no
specific therapy once the
disease's course has begun.
Take proper precautions
when encountering an
animal suspected of being
rabid. An apparently healthy
animal that is not a stray
that bites a person should be
confined and observed by a
veterinarian for 10 days.
Immediately kill a stray that
bites. Since the brain is
needed for diagnosis, don't
kill the animal by injuring its
head.
Immediately clean all
bites and scratches
thoroughly with soap and
water since this is the most
effective rabies preventive.
Then contact your doctor for
further treatment.
Protcct all pets through a
rabies vaccination program.
Livestock should also be
protected in areas where
rabies is prevalent in
wildlife. Also, warn children
to stay away from strays or
other wild animals, cautions
Sandefer.
CONTESTANTS ON ROTARY FLOAT- Contestants in the recent Rattler Band
Mascot contest were featured on a float in the annualFourthof July festivities in Rio
Grande City. The float was sponsored by the Rio Grande City Rotary Club. Outgoing
Band Mascot for 1978, I,aura Lisa Gomez, daughter Mr. and Mrs. Luis A. Gomez, rode
on the float along with 1979 winner Adri Peterson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Peterson; and contestants Noelia Noemi Salmon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Noel
Salmon; Ambarina Barrera, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alberto Barrera; and Adelissa
Gaicia, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alberto Garcia.
C.O.D. Cowgirls
Are Champions
The C.O.D. Cowgirls
women's Softball team
remained undefeated in the
second round of the local
league competition and were
crowned champions for the
1979 season.
The Cowgirls beat the
Valley Mart team 4-3 in the
last game to retain sole
possession of the title.
Valley Mart scored ali
three of their runs in the first
inning, but were stymied the
rest of the way by the
superlative pitching per-
formance of Bernice H.
Warren along with the
brilliant defensive play of
the entire team.
Bernice also helped her
own cause by driving in the
winning run in the eighth
inning.
Ix?ticia Lopez also drove in
two runs with a mighty hit
and Maria Imelda Rodriguez
batted in another tally to
complete the scoring.
In the first annual
Palmview Softball Tour-
nament held in La Joy a in
June, the C.O.D. Cowgirls
won all five of their games to
bring home the first place
trophy. They outscored their
opponents 49 to 6 to com-
pletely u rinate ihe tour-
nament.
The Hospital S.W.A.T.
squad took second place and
Valley Mart was thiird place
in the Valley tournament
Members of the Cowgirls
include: Lichie Gonzalez,
Bernice Warren, Maria
Imelda Rodriguez, Grade
Gonzalez, Noelia Barrera,
Thelma Andrade, Leticia
Lopez, Eliza G Chapa,
Magda M. Molina, Yolanda
T. Alvarez.
RG( Class ()f 1954
Has Reunion
Elizabeth Alvirde, Connie
Alvirde, Olga P. Montalvo,
Estela Ramirez, Debbie
Brown, Diana G. Solis,
Beatrice M. Lund, and
Sylvia Garza.
Much of the Cowgirls'
success can be attributed to
their fine coaches, headed by
Alejandro Gonzalez.
School
Board
Notice is hereby given that
there will be a Special
Meeting of the Board of
Trustees of the Ric Grande
City Consolidated In-
dependent School District on
Friday, July 20, 1979 at 5:30
o'clock P.M. at the Multi-
purpose Center, Fort
Ringgold, Rio Grande City,
Texas, for the presentation
of a Construction Report.
Starr County Judge Bias
Chapa has set a meeting for
2 p.m. Thursday of the Starr
County Commissioners
Court to set a plan for the
rationing of gasoline used by
the county.
Chapa said there appears
to be some laxity in the flow
of gasoline and something
has to be done.
Meanwhile, the Starr
County Sheriff Reymundo
Alvarez is upset because his
gasoline issue might be
curtailed. The Sheriff is also
upset because two of his
patrol cars have been taken
away.
Chapa said the cars were
old and their removal served
(Quarterback
Club
To Meet
The Rio Grande City
Quarterback Club will meet
at 7:30 p.m. Monday, July 23
at the new fieldhouse.
Included in the agenda is
the election of officers and a
presentation by Coach
Walter Watson.
Also, projects for the on-
coming season will be
discussed. The theme for the
1979-80 school year is
"Rattler Mania," according
to Watson.
Watson will also
demonstrate safety
equipment used by the
players.
Coffee will be served.
ESAA-Title VII Advisory
( x>niniittee8 To Meet
The Rio Grande City High
School graduating class of
1954 held a reunion Satur-
Atn\. July 14. to celebrate the
twenty-fifth anniversary of
their graduation. Theme for
the reunion was the class
motto. "Victory with
Honor."
Master of Ceremonies for
the event, held at the Brass
Bull Restaurant, was Cecilio
Rodriguez, who organized
the reunion. He led the in-
vocation. and the group sang
the school Alma Mater and
said the pledge of allegiance.
Following a delicious
dinner, roll call was read by
Mrs. Olive Hinojosa. The roll
call read as follows: Peggy
Bass Albin, present; Estella
Carrera C'anales, present;
Victoria Carrerea, present;
Juanita Pena Chapa,
present; Irma Ramirez
Chapa, present; Jimmy
Clark, present; Brunilda
Pena Cortez; Berta Ixipez
Gaona, Hector Garcia;
Manuel Garcia; Herninia
Gonzalez Garcia; Alicia
Hernandez Garza; Lydia
Garza Garza, present;
Maria del Refugio Guerrera
Garza, present; Narciso
Garza, present; Juan Pablo
Gomez; Julio Gonzalez,
present; Pete
Lucio Guerra,
Gonzalez;
present;
Noemi Lopez Harper;
Eduardo Hinojosa, present;
Nora Saenz Juarez, present;
Hesiquio Lopez; Noe Ix>pez;
Aurelio Saenz Nagel;
Baldemar Nichols, present;
Margarito Pena; Raul
Perez; Rebecca Guerra
Ramirez, present; Augustin
Rodriguez; Cecilio G.
Rodriguez, present; Edna
Pena Rodriguez; Evelyn
Kramer Salinas, present;
Sabina Saenz Santoscoy,
present; Alice Newman
Silva, present; Juan Solis,
present: Irene Garza Stach,
AWARD WINNERS ,iT CLASS REUNION- At the reunion celebrating the twenty-
fifth anniversary of the Rio Grande City High School graduating class of 1954, Juanita
Pena Chapa presented trophies to the follow irig 1-r. Cecilio Rodriguez for organizing
the reunion and for the newsletter he has been putting out; Peggy Bass Albin for
having changed the least: Alice Newman Silva for having the most children, ten; and
for Victoria Carrera for having come the farthest. Tehran. Iran; and not shown, Lucio
Guerra for having changed the most.
present; Ernestina Her-
nandez Trejo, present;
Abundio Trevino; Norma
Vale; present; Leonel
Venecia; Sofia Olivarez
Wade, present; Lester
Williams, present; and
Adelaida Pena Zamarripa,
present.
As the roll was called,
each member presented
their husband or wife and
gave a brief personal
history.
Special guests introduced
were Mr. John and "Mama"
Olive Hinujosa, Miss Emma
Solis. and Mrs. Lalita
Gonzalez.
Juanita Pena Chapa
presented trophies from the
class to Cecilio Rodriguez
for organizing the reunion
and for the newsletter he has
been putting out; to Peggy
Bass Albin for having
changed the least; to Alice
Newman Silva for having the
most children, ten; to Vic-
toria Carrera for having
come the farthest, from
Tehran, Iran; and to Lucio
Guerra for having changed
the most.
Also serving on the
committee to organize the
event were Estella Carrera
C'anales, Juanita Pena
Chapa, Lydia Garza Garza,
and Juan Solis.
The hall was decorated in
the school colors, re''
white, and decorated with
posters showing the class
flower, a red carnation, the
class motto, Victory with
Honor," and the class song,
Vaya Con Dios "
The dinner was preceded
by a mass at 7:00 p.m. at the
Immaculate Conception
Church Father Nash ad-
dressed the group and of-
fered a special prayer.
The Advisory Committees
i Distictwide and Student t of
the Rio Grande City Con-
solidated Independent
School Districts' ESAA
Programs and Title VII
Bilingual Program will hold
their regular monthly
meeting on Monday, July 23,
1979, 5 p.m., at the Title VII
Bilingual Office located at
Fort Ringgold.
Agenda items include
summer program activities,
close-out reports (end-of-
year), new 1979-80 grant
awards, final rports on
program performance and
financial status of activities,
objectives and ac-
complishments, District-
wide and Student Advisory
Committee Final Reports,
and 1979-80 committee
members.
All districtwide and
student advisory committee
members are urged to attend
and the public is invited.
County Court Cases
The following cases are set for either
arraignment, pre-trial or trial July 25, 1979 at
9:30 A.M. in County Court. All Class A and Class B
misdemeanor are tried in County Court with
County Attorney, Alex W. Gabert representing the
State of Texas. County Judge, Bias Chapa
presides in County Court over all criminal cases.
State of Texas v H Ixipez, DWI;
State of Texas v H I>opez, DWI;
State of Texas v E. Collingsworth, DWI:
State of Texas v H.J. Garza, DWI;
State of Texas v J.M. Garza, DWI;
State of Texas v E. Ortega, Jr., DWI;
State of Texas
State of Texas
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State of Texas
State of Texas
State of Texas v J
State of Texas v
State of Texas v
State of Texas v
State of Texas v
State of Texas v
State of Texas v
State of Texas v
State of Texas v
ICR. Alvarez, DWI:
D.V. Rocha, DWI;
G. Garcia, DWI;
R R Alvarez, Assault;
J. Rosa, Jr., DWI;
E. Garza, DWI;
J.B Acevedo, DWI;
N. Montalvo, Jr., DWI;
E. Cantu, DWI;
Rodriguez, DWI;
E Barrera. DWI;
H Ramirez, DWI;
J.J. Hinojosa, DWI;
A Galindo, DWI;
J.V. Gutierrez, DWI;
G. Cantu. DWLS;
J.A. Vela. DWI;
J.L. Gomez, DWI;
State of Texas v J.M Ixipez, Criminal Mischief;
State of Texas v P.M. Izaguirre, DWI;
State of Texas v A.B Garza, DWI;
State of Texas v N.V Molina, DWI
to conserve gasoline and
expeases in repairs.
The Sheriff said the ones
who will suffer are the
taxpayers because his
department will not be able
to provide adequate police
service.
On a motion by Com-
missioner Am an do Pena and
a second by Commissioner
Jose Maria Alvarez the two
old cars 11975 Fords) were
ordered taken immediately
to the county warehouse
behind the courthouse. The
Sheriff was left with only
three new patrol cars.
"I just has those two old
cars fixed. I spent a iot of
money on them," Sheriff
Alvarez said. In case of
emergency I will not have
enough vehicles to respond,"
the Sheriff added.
Alvarez said he had
requested five new cars, but
that when he only got three,
he decided to repair the two
best old ones.
The Sheriff was not
allowed to remove any of the
police equipment on the two
1975 Fords. "I am afraid of
what will happen to those
cars," the Sheriff, said,
indicating that they will
probably be stripped of the
equipment, and like other
squad cars, dumped behind
the courthouse.
Starr County Road
Superintendent Roberto
Pena has been named
receiver of the vehicles
The sheriff, meantime,
has refused to sign the order
to remove the vehicles.
Homer I>. Trev ino
Former Los Saenz Man Named
'Outstanding In America'
Homer D. Trevino of Waco
has been selected an Out-
standing Young Man of
America for 1979.
Trevino has been
Executive Vice President
and General Manager of the
United Way of Waco since
February 1977. He
previously worked with the
United Way of San Antonio
and Our Lady of the Lake
University, also in San
Antonio.
The United Way of Waco is
a private non-profit cor-
poration that raises private
money on an annual basis.
Last year the United Way
raised $1.5 million dollars.
He is a graduate of Roma
High School and St. Mary's
University with a Bachelor
of Arts Degree in Political
Science. He did graduate
work at St. Mary's
University and the
University of Texas at San
Antonio.
In addition to being very
active in his own profession
and serving in various
national committees,
Trevino is a member of
Texas United Community
Services, Texas Association
of Chests. Funds and
Councils, and the Waco
Downtown Rotary Gub. He
was named to Personalities
of the South in 1977 and
selected as an Outstndmg
Young Leader by the San
Antonio Chamber of Com-
merce in 1976
Trevino is married to the
former Yvonne Torralva of
San Antonio, and has one
daughter named Adrianna.
He is the son of Mr. Horacio
Trevino from Los Saenz,
Texas.
IPE To Salute
Rio Grande Gty
The International
Petroleum Exposition will
salute Rio Grande City,
Texas, as one of the leading
oil centers of the United
States at it's 56th an-
niversary event, September
10-13, 1979, in Tulsa,
Oklahoma according to John
M. Houchin, IPE president.
The Tulsa Onshore Oil
Roma Los Saenz Tax
Rebate Up 24 Percent
State Comptroller Bob
Bullock Friday said rebates
to Texas cities of the one-
percent optional city sales
tax during 1979 is running
ab< 't 10 percent ahead of
payments for the same
period last year
Bullock said Texas cities
have received $241.5 million
in rebates during the first
seven months of this year
compared to $216.3 million
through July of 1978.
Bullock said the July
allocations for the more than
900 Texas cities who share in
the rebates will amount to
$23.5 million.
Dallas will get a July
rebate of $2.7 million,
bringing the city's year-to-
date payments to $28.6
million, a 12 percent in-
crease over 1978 payments
through July.
Fort Worth's check w ill be
$929,218, bringing that city's
total for 1979 to $9.6 million.
Houston's rebate for this
month will be $5 million. The
city has received $50.8
million in tax rebates for
1979.
San Antonio will receive a
$1.3 million payment,
bringing the city's 1979 tax
rebates to $13.4 million.
Roma-Los Saenz received
a payment of $3,610.57 for
this period as compared to
$2,508.59 for the same period
in 1978. Total 1979 payments
to date are $34,442.71 for a
twenty-four percent increase
over the $27,641 64 paid at
this time in the previous
year.
City sales taxes are
collected along with state
sales taxes by merchants
and other permit holders and
are rebated monthly by the
Comptroller's office
Show , first held in 1923, will
have 10'z acres of inside
exhibits in an air-
conditioned building large
enough to house seven
regulation football fields,
plus five acres of outside
space for larger, moving
equipment.
Exhibits w ill represent the
exploration, drilling,
production, pipeline and
refinery petrochemical
divisons of the oil industry
A special lounge will be
furnished for Independent oil
men.
Attendance of 40,000 oil
men from 50 states of the
union and over 60 nations are
expected. Houchin said.
New Sofdjall
League To
BeSet Up
A meeting will be held on
Thursday, July 26, at 8 00
p.m. at the San Juan Plaza in
Rio Grande City.
The purpose of the
meeting is to create a new,
independent Rio Grande City
Softball League
All team representatives
or managers are urged to
attend Officers will be
elected and plans for a
softball tournament for the
first week in August will be
finalized
Mrs. Sliuford To Head
R(,( Breath Of Life Camjmign
Mrs. John Shuford has
accepted the Chairmanship
of the Annual Fall Campaign
on behalf of the Cystic
Fibrosis Foundation She
will be recruiting voluntaers
within the Community to
plan a Breath of Life
Campaign" to take place
this Fall in Rio Grande City.
The purpose of this Fall
Campaign will be to provide
the Community with in-
formation about Cystic
F ibrosis and to raise funds to
support research, education
and care programs for
children affected by cystic
fibrosis, and other lung-
damaging diseases like
severe asthma, chronic
bronchitis, and bron-
chiectasis
Cystic Fibrosis is the
number one genetic killer of
children Approximately one
in every twenty Americans
is a symptomless carrier of
the recessive CF gene
Cystic Fibrosis is inherited
when both parents carry the
recessive gene At the
present time, no cure for
Cystic Fibrosis is known
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