The Cotulla Record (Cotulla, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, May 12, 1978 Page: 1 of 5
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Cotulla
FRIDAY MAY 12, 1978
Record
VOLUME 79
NUMBER 7
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Election results listed
NEW OFFICERS: These new officers for the 1978 - 79 school year
for Los Jefes Chapter of the National Honor Society were recently
installed in a very impressive candlelighting ceremony Monday,
May 8th. Left to right Becky Sanchez, historian, Ralph Hoff,
President, Ann Kinsel, secretary, Clay Bell, Vice president,
Carol Hill, student council representative, Bobby Casey,
treasurer and Monty Vesper, parliamentarian.
Meetings are set for
conservation programs
Public meetings will be held
next week at Stephenville and
San Antonio to let interested
persons give their views on
present soil and water con-
servation programs and to
propose needed changes or
additions to present ap-
proaches
The Stephenville meeting will
be held May 16 in the
Humanities and Business
Building on the campus of
Tarleton State University. The
San Antonio meeting will be in
the Fiesta Room of the Con-
vention Center on May 18 Both
meetings will start at 9.00 a m
with registration starting at
8 30 a m
George C. Marks, state
conservationist for the SSDA
' Mrs. Maude T. Gilliland got a
very good write up in The
Dallas Morning News on April
16, 1978 for her book Wilson
County Texas Rangers 1837-
Junior High
students at
region tryouts
On April 29 at 7:45 a m . 33
Junior high band students
traveled to Pearsall to the
Junior High Region Band
tryouts
Those who made the Junior
High Region band include:
Flute-Edith Kelly, 5th and
Cathy Sluder 11th; Clarinet
Elizabeth Ortiz 6th. and Anne
Fiedler 17th; Tenor Saxaphone-
Sandra Jaimes 1st; Baritone
Jaime Martinez, 3rd; Bass
Clarinet-Sandy Luna 5th;
Cornet-Mark Plocek, 14th;
Tuba-Eric Meyer 6th and
Orlando Ortiz 12th
Out of 13 bands that were
there. Cotulla ranked 5th in the
total number of students who
made it The 10 students
received patches for placing in
the Junior High Region band
Lunch was eaten at the Pizza
Hut and they arrived back in
Cotulla around 3:30 that af-
ternoon
Soil Conservation Service and
Carl Spencer, exectuive
director of the Texas State Soil
and Water Conservation Board
will co-chair the metings
"The meetings are being held
as a result of the Resources
Conservation Act of 1977, which
was signed into law by
President Carter last
November.” Marks said. “The
act recognizes the need for
public participation to insure
that conservation program are
effective and responsive to
public needs.”
"Soil and water conservation
programs--from their begin-
ning-have sought public par-
ticipation, and the RCA Act
further insures that con-
servation grograms continue
1977 It goes like this.
"IN AS MUCH as Maude T.
Gilliland's previous two books,
Rincon and Horsebackers of the
Brush Country, became sellouts
virtually overnight, Texans
collections need only be advised
that WILSON COUNTY TEXAS
RANGERS 1837-1977 is now
available The sketches of the 44
Rangers from this south central
Texas county again reflect the
fine attention to detail and
feeling for her subject that have
made Mrs Gilliland's books
such important works on life on
the border
Check, for example, her
version of the San Benito am-
bush in 1910, or her brief
glimpse of the Webb brothers A
real bonus are the many
previously unpublished
photographs, maps and
documents "
Mrs. Gilliland and her
husband Don moved back to
Cotulla several months ago
We tend to take for granted
our neighbors which of course
makes us miss a lot of things in
life If you get a chance to read
Mrs Gilliland's book it cer-
tainly will enlighten you on Law
Enformement of the early
settlers up to modern day.
Mrs Gilliland has a lovely
studio up at her house which is
very interesting although it is
not open to the public
to be responsive to public
needs,” Spencer said. The act
re-affirms the need for public
leadership and we hope to
receive public input so that a
meaningful appraisal of grass
roots conservation programs
will provide the means for their
improvement.
"Hopwever, the right to
private ownership and
management of land is one of
the most cherished privileges of
American citizenship." Spencer
stresses "As the general public
becomes more involved with the
growing shortage of soil and
water resources we see more
proposals in legislative form
concerning what landowners
ought to do in the way of
erosion control, flood preven-
tion, protection of wildlife
habitat and providing public
access to private property.
“Any approach to soil and
water conservation problems or
issues must first consider that a
high percentage of farm and
(See Soil, page 5)
Golden Age
Club honors
Jose Villa
The Golden Age Club elected
Jose Villa as the Senior Man for
his volunterring work he does
each day He opens doors, carry
out trash, putting up chairs and
heldping sweep the center
He was born in San Antonio,
Texas, September 1909 came to
Cotulla and made his home He
went to Chicago to work in 1952
There he married Francis
Elizald, in 1969 she died They
had 2 girls and 1 boy living in
Chicago He spends his winter
in Cotulla and summers in
Chicago
April 30. Grace Ortiz took 20
ladies to San Antonio to visit the
San Jose Mission They
reported having a good time
There is an average of 50
people eating at the center.
If you are 60 years of age you
are eligible to eat there free
Also transportation if needed
If you need to go to the doctor
out of town ther is tran-
sportation for this too Call
Judges office, 879-2225 and let
them know as soon as possible
Bernice Herrin
Local author’s book
gets good reviews
Hail - rain fall
in local
area
Girls Team
finishes 7th
be
Results
of Criminal
San houston
Vollers, 269
of Criminal
all-around
to Monty
all-around
went to
in
ac
moisture is concerned, but rain
would still be welcome in most
those areas. Where moisture
has fallen, hay and cattle
prospects have improved
In the Wintergarden, yellow
onions are being plowed out for
lack of a market. White onions
continue to move fairly well and
the carrot harvest is continuing
in full swing
A WINNER: Ann Kinsel recently received
a third place at the NOEA Leadership
Conference held in Detroit, Michigan.
third out In the third inning Pat
Naives took to the pitchers
mound for the Cubs and had 10
strike outs in 4 innings too hold
the Cards and enable the Cubs
to come back for the tie In the
second game of the night the
Astros beat the Yanks by a
score of 10-2 The Astros had
complete control of the game
from the very beginning with
Jimmie Campos on the mound
The Astros scored 5 in the 1st. 1
in the 2nd and 4 in the 6th The
Yanks scored its 2 runs in the
4th and 5th innings with the first
one coming off of the bat of
Fernando Gonzales bat for a
hole run his 3rd of the season
The winning pitcher was Jimmy-
Campos.
In joining the program David
Moore, Administrator of the
Leisure Lodge in Pearsall
announced an Open House on
Mother’s Day Sunday. May 14
Theme of the week is “Be a
good neightbor visit a Nursing
Home ”
"We want everyone to know
what our nursing home is really
like, and about the total care
we administer to our residents
A visit during Open House will
be a big step in that direction.”
Diana is a 1977 Cotulla High
School graduate and has
maintained a 3 3 grade average
her Freshman year Miss De)
Toro is majoring in bilingual
education
In the little league basoall
this past week on Monday rght
the Cards downed the Tiger by
a score of 12-7 The wining
pitcher was Shannon Floors
In the second game of the rght
Primary day '78 is now
history and unofficial returns
indicate LaSalle County citizens
cast their votes in the following
manner:
US Senator: Robert 'Bob
Krueger, 668 votes; Joe Christie.
347
US Representative 23rd
District: Abraham (Chick)
Kazen, Jr., 938 votes; Martin
Ross, 174,
Governor: Donald Beagle, 14
votes; Dolph Briscoe, 704 Ray
In the high school band the
John Phillip Sousa Award went
to Brenda Hennchson; the
Arian Award went to Andrea
Rodriguez The best
Junior award went
Vesper; the best
Sophomore award
Annette Meyer ; with the best all
around Freshman award going
to Velma Gonzalez The most
improved went to Rosie Flores
and the best woodwind player
the 8th grade went to Lisa Ortiz
The Cotulla Cowboy band
members also recognized Mr
Homar Yzaguirre with yellow
rose boutonniere and a gift
Miss Judy Ellison also
received a gift and a yellow rose
corsage We would like to thank
these two people who have
devoted so much of their time to
helping us and thank them for
everything they have done
The Cotulla Cowboy Band
ended the concert playing
Concert Variations They
received a standing ovation
This weeks Boy Scout
meeting included a session in
foil cooking Instead of using
actual food, the Scouts used
food models in leanning how to
prepare a foil supper Each
"supper' involved one third lb
of hamburger. '2 onion, one
potato and one carrot The
vegetables are sliced and half of
them are placed on a piece of
heavy duty aluminum foil that
is about 15 inches square Then
the hamburger is placed on top
of the first half of vegetables
and then the second half is laid
on top the hamburger The foil
is folded in such a way as to
prevent loss of steam or juices
cooked from the meat The
folded foil package is then
placed on top of hot coals to
cook for 10 minutes, turned over
cooked for another 10 minutes.
The package is removed from
the coals carefully opened, and
supper is ready
The scouts will each be
required to bring his own foil
supper to the next troop
campout for the first night’s
supper Desert will be foil-
baked apples or bananas
Summer camp tor the troop at
Bear Creek Scout Reservation
west of Kerrville is only a
month and six days away In
order to take advantage of the
Alamo Area Council’s discount
for early camp fee payment,
each scouts camp fee must
(See Scouts, page 5)
On Thursday, May 4. at 7 30
p m at the George Hopkins
Cafeteria, the Cotulla bands
presented their annual Spring
Concert to a standing room only
crowd
The 5th grade band opened
the concert with Away We Go,
and the 6th. 7th and High School
Bands followed
The main purpose of the
concert was to present awards
to certain members of each
band that had done outstanding
work during the year
5th grade awards were Best
Woodwind Player-Theresa
Lansford, Best Brass player-
David Taylor. The 6th graders
receiving awards w-ere Best
woodwind player-Lolly Ayala,
Best brass player-David
Jenkins and Most Improved
went to Bobby Meyer The best
woodwind player of 7th grade
was Anne Fiedler. Best Brass
player-Travis Schulze and the
most improved went to Connie
Cowan
Sanderson. 148
Commissioner General Land
Office: Bob Armstrong. 779
Commissioner of
Agriculture Don G Sewell, 115
votes; Reagan V. Brown. 646,
Joe A. Hubenak, 144
Railroad Commissioner:
Mack Wallace, 519 votes: John
Thomas Henderson, 299
Railroad Commissioner
(Unexpiredt (: Jerry Sadler,
440; John H , Poemer. 263; Jake
Johnson. 85; Ray Lemmon, 75
Chief Justice Supreme
Court: Joe R Greenhill, 740
votes
the Cubs beat the Tigers 5-4
The Braves had the leac 4-3
going into the 5th and thei the
Cubs broke the game wide pen
by scoring 12 runs in the ,th
The winning pitcher was Pat
Niaves
On Friday night the Cubsind
Cards battled to a tie ball g^e
The Cards lead the gam< 5-3
going into the 6th The ubs
scored 2 and had the wiriinS
run on third when *W°
Maldonado flyed out for t**
Ann Kinsel, daughter of Ms
Pat Kinsel and a Junior at
Cotulla high school won third
place honors m prepared verbal
communications during the
April 29-May 2 National Office
Education Association
Leadership Conference held in
Detroit, Michigan
Approximately 5,000 business
occupation students from
across the nation attended the
conference During the four day
participate in activities on the
local and state level in addition
to national involvement
Frank Wheeler, Voe Cor
dinator at Cotulla High School
who accompanied Ann to
Detroit commented that this is a
great honor for Ann and Cotulla,
having won on the area & state
levels Ann competed against 56
students at the national level
and 1 am very proud of her
accomplishments
Court, Place 3: Charles W
Barrow , 774 votes
Associate Justice Supreme
Court Place 4: T.C Chadick, 320
votes, Robert M Campbell, 439
Judge. Court of Criminal
Appeals; Place 1: Wendell A
Odom, 732 votes
Judge. Court
Appeals Place 2.
Clinton, 511, Jim
Judge, Court
Appeals. Place 3; Marvin O.
Teague, 404, W.C 'Bill) Davis,
387
State Senator. 21st District.
John Traeger, 818
State Representative 47th
District: Tom Martin, 812
Member. State Board of
Eduction. 23rd District: Byran
Crouch, 746
Chief Justice Court of Civil
Appeals, 4th District: Carlos
Cadena. 772
Associate Justice Court Civil
Appeals 4th district: Robert
Murray. 751
(See Elections, page 5)
is slated
Residents of local nursing
homes will be honored during
Nursing Home week, beginning
Sunday, May 14 The annual
observance is sponsored by
Texas Nursing Home
Association Celebrity Hosts
this year are Roy Rogers and
Dale Evans. America s favorite
"Mr. and Mrs
Scouts plan
for camp
this summer
conference students par-
ticipated in a number of ac-
tivities including workshops,
competitive events, national
officer elections and tours of
Detroit and Canada attractions
The office education
association is a national
vocational student organization
serving students enrolled in
vocational business and office
education Through a variety of
activities, students gain con-
fidence in themselves and their
work Over 64.000 members
UVALDE-Some areas of
Southwest Texas last week
received welcome moisture
while other areas got an un-
welcome dose of hail to damage
and destroy some crops.
Southernmost areas of the 19-
county region received rain up
to two inches, and moisture fell
in parts of drought-ravaged
LaSalle and Maverick Counties
Neighboring Dimmit county,
however, continues to report no
precipitation
Parts of Vai Verde and
northern Uvalde counties ex-
perienced a late afternoon hail
storm early in th week More
than 2,000 acres of com, cotton
wheat, sorghum, pickles and
onions were damaged by the
hail.
Hill country counties are
the best shape as far
Taxpayers
Bands have concert;
awards are presented
Allen Mayo. 3; Preston Smith,
34: John Hill, 515.
Lt Governor: Troy Skates, 35
votes; Bill Hobby, 689, John Hill
Westbrook 125; James L (Jim)
McNees, Jr 86,,
Xttorney General: Price
Daniel. Jr, 457 votes; Mark
White 558
Comptroller of Public Ac-
counts Bob Bullock. 809
State Treasurer: Harry
Ledbetter. 337; Warren G
Harding. 395; CR Charlie
at state
The Cotulla Cowgirl track
team scored twenty one points
at the State Track meet in
Austin last Saturday to finish
seventh in team standings
The girls who represented
CHS at the meet were Cathi
Caddell in the shot put, Denise
Armstrong in the high jump and
Sandra Brown in the triple
jump, long jump and the 880
meter dash
Denise set a new school
record of 5' 5" in finishing third
Sandra placed sixth in the triple
jump with a jump of 36’ 6’
fourth in the long jump with a
leap of 18 ft. and she won the 800
meters in 2:14 1.
Ann Kinsel gets 3rd
at national conference
Mother’s Day
busiest for
phone company
Many women will be ex-
pecting on May 14 this year, but
most will be expecting
telephone calls
That's why Southwestern Bell
is gearing up to handle calling
on Mother's Day, the busiest
single day of the year, and of-
fering these tips
"The heaviest calling periods
on Mother’s Day are between 9
and 11 a m and 7 and 11 p m ,"
Jo Nell Tarvin, Southwestern
(See Calls, page 5)
Nursing
Home Week
Diana Del Toro
Diana Del Toro
gets scholarship
to St Edwards
Diana Del Toro, daughter of
Mr and Mrs Fidel Del Toro, Sr
received an academic
scholorship for 1978-79 at St.
Edwards University in Austin
help here
AUSTIN-State Comptroller
Bob Bullock announced he is
sending a representative from
his South San Antonio office to
Pearsall on May 18. 1978 to
assist local taxpayers and
answer questions about state
taxes
Bullock said Enforcement
officer, Crosby Harwood will
meet with local taxpayers at the
Frio County Courthouse from
9:30 a m to 3:30 p m
‘‘If Frio or LaSalle-area
merchants, or anyone else for
that matter, have any questions
about state taxes or need help in
preparing tax forms. Nr
Harwood will be there to assist
them," Bullock said
"We’re trying to cut the red
tape in this office and *e
believe these face-to-face
sessions with taxpayers helpdo
just that,” Bullock added
Bullock reminded thse
taxpayers who are unable to
meet with his representativeon
May 18, 1978 that they can sill
(See Taxes, page 2)
Associate
Justice
Supreme
Court. Place 1:
Franklin
Spears, 747
votes.
O’Neal
Bacon, 132
Associate
Justice
Supreme
Court. Place
2: Sam
D John-
son, 756 votes.
Associate
Justice
Supreme
DATE
may 3
HIGH
82
LOW
55
May 4
94
56
May 5
95
72
May 6
91
75
May 7
93
74
May 8
95
73
May 9
99
69
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Reddell, Lewis A., II & White, Mrs. Freddie. The Cotulla Record (Cotulla, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, May 12, 1978, newspaper, May 12, 1978; Cotulla, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1175854/m1/1/?rotate=270: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Alexander Memorial Library.