The Cotulla Record (Cotulla, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, September 3, 1971 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME LXXVII ★ 10c PER COPY ★ PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Cotulla Boy Wins National Title ew State Law On School
Buses Effective August 30th
From Your
Cowboys Lose Scrimmage 6-0
to
Obituaries
By Jesus Elizondo
SW Bell Records
$718 Million
eom-
Maria,
nez all of Cotulla.
Students OffjTo College
on
Sacred Heart Festival Oct. 24
early stage
higher pro-
those har-
the
new
Sacred
held a
to o’is-
their
Wayne
Alan
Ralph
1,740
and
state
$103
The committee will apprec
iate any and all donations for
prizes and a calf to be given
away. For any donations please
contact Father Marquias, Beto
Ruiz or Ray Sobrevilla.
age
1909
Austin. — A new State law
effective August 30 will no
longer permit Texas motorists
to stop and then pass a school
bus which is loading or un-
loading children.
olonel Wilson E. bpeir, direc-
tor of the Texas Department of
Public Safety said the new law,
amount of
from the
limber and
flatten out
drivers license field office
or after September 1, execute
a special application form, pre-
sent a birth certificate or other
documentary evidence of ident-
ity and date of birth, be finger-
printed and pay a statutory fee
of $5.00. The special cards,
which will be mailed from DPS
Headquarters in Austin, will
be dated to expire four years
from the applicant’s next birth
date.
ATTEND THE CHURCH
OF YOUR CHOICE
Those large, uninsured losses
suffered from recent floods in
Texas, may be at least partly
recoverable as tax deductions.
So says the local manager of
H & H Block, America’s Largest
Tax Service.
Uninsured casualty losses
over $100 are deductible on
your 1971 Federal tax return.
The deduction may even in-
clude damage to trees and
shrubs if it can be established
that such damage (accreased
the value of the property. To
claim a casualty loss, you must
have the following information:
1. Nature of the loss and
when it occurred.
2. Proof of ow nership of the
damaged property.
3. If depreciation has ever
been claimed, how much and
on what basis?
4. The cost of the property
(purchase contracts, checks, re-
ceipts, etc.) Don’t forget to in-
clude improvements.
5. Value of properly immed-
iately before, and after the
casualty. This is best supported
by appraisals and photographs.
Your estimates on a scrap of
paper arent’ enough.
6. The amount of insurance
or other compensation receiv-
ed. No deduction can be made
if the losses were fully cover-
ed.
It shouiu aiso oe pointed out,
according to Block, that any
disaster relief received does
not have to be reported as in-
come on your 1971 tax return.
But if furniture, clothing and
the like were received, their
fair market value should be de-
ducted from the total amount
of the casualty lose. Expenses
which are incidental to tihe
casualty, such as moving, ren-
tal of temporary quarters, etc.
are not deductible.
Normally, casualty losses are
written off the year they occur.
But if your loss exceeds your
annual income, you can charge
it against your income as far
back as 3 years and receive
refund of taxes paid for those
years. If the loss exceeds your
total income for those 3 years,
you may carry the balance for-
ward in the same manner, up
to a maximum of 5 years, tihus
releving your future tax bur-
den.
More than 450 youth com
peted in the six day National
High School Rodeo held in
Twin Falls, Idaho. Prices worth
$20,000 were awarded the top
applies only in rural areas, dri-
vers must stop for a stopped
school bus, but may then pro-
ceed around it at a speed or
not more than 10 miles per
hour if stafe to do so.
The new law will not require
those vehicles on another road-
way of a divided highway to
stop, and stops are not requir-
ed if the bus has stopped in a
loading zone of a controlled
access highway where pedes-
tlrians are not permitted to
cross.
Speir noted that provisions
of the new law will be strictly
enforced to afford maximum
protection to the school child-
ren of Texas.
Problems Of
Veterans To Be
On Television
four contestants in ea h event.
Wyoming won the tea n title.
The Texas contests its were
not allowed to take their
horses because of VEE. The
Idaho people were most gener-
ous in securing horses for these
contestants. The boys und girls
who made it to the finals from
Texas were: C. B. Woodward,
Uvalde; Billy Van Winkle,
Splendora; Don Gay, Mesquite
and Dan Kinsel III Cotulla
Dan was the only Texan to
win a National title. He placed
first in Bulldogging. A beauti-
ful hand tooled saddle and a
pair of boots were awarded
him.
passed by the 62nd Legislature,
applies in both cities and rural
areas and requires motorists
moving both directions on the
same roadway with a school
bus to stop and remain stopped
as long as tihe flashing lights
on the bus are in operation.
Under current law, which
Jenkins.
University:
Diane Brown,
Mark Brown,
Cotulla students going away
to college include:
Southwest Texas University:
Debbie Sanchez, Corina .Jim-
enez, Rene Ramirez, Gilbert
Jaimez, Carlos Jaimez Jr., Ser-
jio Jaimez, Mario Gonzalez,
Pedro Saldivar. Jr., Phyllis
Hearn, Jerry Cox, Ann Cox,
Mary Cox, Laura Leifeste, Pat
ricea Kelly, Joy Casey, Donna
Kuenstler.
Texas University: Pablo Gon-
zalez, Roland Carpenter, Nina
Hearn, David Keck, Mrs. Mary
Jane Keck.
A&I University, Kingsville:
Rene Luis Garcia, Annabel Gar
cia ,Tony Ortiz, Florencia Sob-
ervilla, Gracie Garcia, Oscar
The Cotulla Cowboys, Var-
sity and Second Team of
Head Coach Jimmy Turnbow
lost a 6-0 pre-season high
school scrimmage to Martin
Junior Varsrty at Shirley Field
to Laredo August the 27th.
Both Cowboy teams had equal
time in action.
Martin’s score came when
QB Jose Lopez hit End Jose
Morales with a short sideline
pass that caught the Cowboy
Second Team secondary off
guard. Morales caught the ball
on the run at mid-field and
outran the secondary for a 68
yard TD.
Leading the Cowboy ground
attack was Senior Fullback
Juan Gonzalez who rushed for
a total of 75 yards on 15 car-
ries. Sophomore Halfback Rene
Benavidez rushed for 13 yards
on 4 carries; and QB Ruben
Lopez completed 2 passes for
a total of 36 yards.
Lupe Vela, Jose Martinez,
Also effective September 1,
certain persons having mili-
tary service connected disabil-
ities will be exempted from
drivers license fees.
Speir said those individuals
with a 60 percent or more ser-
vice connected disability will
be entitled to the free drivers
license provided they meet
other requirements which ap-
ply to all applicants. At the
time of application for a new or
renewal license, the disabled
veteran must present the DPS
drivers license office an official
communication from the Vet-
erans Administration Regional
Office showing that he is cur-
rently receiving compensation
fro mthe Federal Government
in connection with a 60 percent
or more service connected dis-
ability.
which alone
from
towns
the
activities, including a monthly
dance and the annual awards
program. All interesited are
urged to attend.
4-H Club officers should also
be present.
The members of the
Heart Catholic Church
meeting Monday night
cuss preparations for
Annual Fall Festival that will
be held Sunday, October 24th.
Gregorio Martinez
Gregorio V. Martinez,
62, was born on March 12,
in Laredo and passed away on
August 28, 1971 at the la Salle
Hospital in Cotulla.
Rosary was recited on Sun-
day, August 29th at 7 30 p.m.
in the chapel af Hearn Funeral
Home. Requiem Mass was cele-
brated at 3:30 p.m on Monday
at Sacred Heart Church with
Fr. Fructuoso Morquillas. C M.
officiating. Buprial in Cristo
Rey Cemetery, Cotulla under
direction of Hearn Funeral
Home.
Survivors are liis wife, Mrs
Eudelia R. Martinez, Cotulla,
three sons, Sebastian. Juan and
Gregorio, Jr. all of Co’ulla;
seven daughters, Mrs Elena
Martinez of Corpus y
Mrs. Irene Martinez t>.- ^Laredo
and Raquel,
plane the girls were presneted
Junior hostess wings, and tihe
Captain announced to all pass-
engers that the Texas Gems
were on their way to America’s
Youth on Parade to compete in
the National team champion-
ships wishing them the best of
luck.
Sixteen excited girls entered
O‘Hare Airport. After finding
every piece of luggage, they
boarded a chartered bus for
South Bend Indiana.
Upon arrival at the Notre
Dame campus the girls could
see that many had arrived be-
fore them and were already
busy practicing. After checking
into their rooms in Grace Hall,
they too found a place to prac-
tice. Almost immediately
girls started making
friends.
The .following morning
petitions began. Members of
the Texas Gems competed in
the National Strutting Champ-
ionships and then rushed to
the National Twirl Team
Championships competing with
37 large teams and 72 small
teams. The Senior Texas Gems
Twirl Team placed 5th.
The next morning the girls
returned to the large athletic
and convocation center for the
National dance twirl team and
world solo championships. Af-
ter competing with 63 other
dance twirl teams from all over
the United States and Canada
the Texas Gems were announc-
ed as the National Dance-twirl
team Champions.
The following day some of
the girls competed in the flag,
hoop, duet, drum majorette
and two baton championships
Each girl in the Senior team
had a “Little Sister” from the
juvenille team w’hich she was
responsible for to see she was
at practices, competitions, and
shows, and that she was up
and dressed and on time. This
brought the two teams closer
(Continued on page 3)
Austin. — Colonel Wilson E.
Speir, director of the Texas
Department of Public Safety,
said today that effective Sept-
ember 1, Texans will be able
to obtain a special personal
identification card.
The card, which was author-
ized by the 62nd Texas Legis-
lature, is laminated and con-
tains a color photograph of the
holder. It is the same size as a
Texas drivers license.
nfbrmation appearing on the
card will include the holder’s
date of birth, height, sex, and
eye color. Each card will have
a special identification number
issued by the DPS.
Sipeir said the cards should
be of value to those persons
who do not hold a Texas driv-
ers license, but who need some
sort of official card to help es-
tablish their identity.
n order to obtain a personal
identification card, the appli-
cant must appear at a DPS
Storm & Flood
Victims May
Get Relief
Garcia, Jimmy Wan Cleave,
Jack Van Cleave, Jerry Pogue,
John Macomber.
Laredo Junior College: Luis
Perez Jr., Johnnie Cervantes,
Jr.
Uvalde Junior College: Guad-
alupe Rodriquez. Linda Davis,
Robert
A&M
Ehlert,
Brown,
Boeker, Randy Fu.ate, Luann
Pott'.jast, Frank Jones, Robert
Macomber, Jay Watson.
Texas Tech University, Lub-
bock: Dan Kinsel HI, Linda
Roy Martin, and Neto Rodri-
guez, front four for Cotulla,
kept the Lardeo running game
in check. Juan Gonzalez, Hec-
tor Garcia, and Dally Cox did
yoeman work in backing up
the line.
Ruben Lopez, Rene Benavi-
dez, Nelson Lancaster, and
Fred Kruger, the defensive
secondary, intercepted 3 Mar-
tin passes and igained 23 yards.
Coach Turnbow commended,
“The defense wais good, but
the offense had wrinkles which
have to be straightened out in
order to be a championship
team.”
best
are
mis-
con-
“When Johnny Comes Mar-
ching Home”, a one hour tele-
vision news special examining
the unemployment problems
facing Vietnam War veterans
returning to the United States,
will be aired Wednesday, Sept-
ember 1 from 8:30 pjn. to 9:30
p.m. (CST) over ABC stations.
Readjustment to civilian life
has been a problem in every
war, but a combination of fac-
tors has made the transition
frustrating and bitter for Am-
erica’s Vietnam vets. V
Vietnam veterans are the
youngest ever to have fought
in a foreign war. Few of them
ever held full-time jobs before
military service. In a depressed
economy, with high inflation
and rising unemployment, re-
turning fighting men get little
of the fanfare and special con-
siderations given veterans of
earlier wars.
The special explores steps
being taken by the public em-
ployment services such as
Texas Employment Commiss-
ion to curb unemployment a-
mong these veterans and pro-
vide useful occupations. It will
profile several ex-GI’s who have
found a place for themselves in
the job market, sometimes de-
spite severe service - connect-
ed (Liabilities.
The Pearsall office of the
Texas Employment Commiss-
ion, at 422 South Elm Street
offers a full range of sendees
to the returning veteran job-
seeker, with preference to the
veteran and priority to the dis-
abled veteran.
To Texas Economy
In spite of a generally dull
performance of the economy
during 1970, four Bell System
companies pasted a record $718
million contribution to the
economy of Texas.
Leading contributor among
tihe ifiour companies operating
in the state was Southwestern
Bell Telephone Company with
expenditures of more than
$491 million. The company
serves about 80 per cent of (he
state’s telephones. Other as-
sociated companies operating
in Texas are Western Electric,
manufacturing and supply unit
of the Bell System; Mountain
Bell Telephone Company, pro-
viding telephone service in
four El Paso exchanges; and
AT&T Long Lines Department
which maintains much of the
system’s long distance net-
work.
Payroll for the four com-
panies accounted for the larg-
est single expenditure — near-
ly $323 million of the $718
million total, according to H.
D. Schodde, vice president of
Southwestern Bell’s Texas op-
erations. The four companies
employ more than 40,700 Tex-
ans.
Commenting on the increas-
ing amount of construction
being undertaken by tihe Bell
System, Schodde said that con-
struction expenditures in Tex-
as for buildings and outside
plant hit a record $157 million.
He (pointed out that this re-
presented six per cent of the
total non-residential construc-
tion in the state.
Schodde also noted that the
Bell System’s Texas payroll
and construction program,
when coupled with a state and
local tax bill of more than $75
million, had substantial im-
pact on nearly every commun-
ity served by the System. This
local impact was typified by
Western Electric
made purchase*
suppliers in 112
cities throughout
amounting to more than
million.
At year’s end, Bell System
telephones in Texas totaled
more than 5,243,000.
There will be a meeting
held Monday September 6, at
the County Agents office for
all interested parents and
'leaders at 7:30 p.m.
Plans will be made for fall
September, 3
Texans May Now Obtain Special
Personal Indentification Cards
School's Open - Drive Carefully
School has started and motorists must again be on guard
for children on their way to and from school, warns the Amer-
ican Automobile Association.
The AAA points out that during the summer months dri-
vers tend to relax their “child-centered” defensive driving.
Motorists are lulled into complacency as children vanish from
school zones and school buses leave the streets and highways.
Drivers should keep in mind and many children know next
to nothing about pedestrian safety. This is particularly true for
tots who are on their own for the first time.
Last year in Texas there were 118 school aged children who
were killed in pedestrian - auto accidents. In addition, 2,890
school aged children wer einjured in such mishaps.
AAA reminds drivers of four school’s-open, safe driving
factors:
1. Watch for school zones and reduce speed accordingly.
Many Texas cities and towns will use radar to enforce reduced
speeds in these zones.
2. Outside city limits all vehicles must stop when school
buses are loading or unloading, except where the bus has pull-
ed into a loading zone where pedestrians are not allowed to
cross the roadway. After stopping, the driver may then proceed
with caution at a speed of not over 10 m.p.h.
3. Be on the lookout for children stepping between packed
cars.
4. Parents should help their children map out the safest
walking route to school, and, if possible, should refrain from
driving children to and from school as this only increases traffic
hazards.
County Agent
Using your hay conditioner
on large stemmed hay plants
at the time of cutting or as
soon afterward as possible its a
practice that can help to insure
harvesting high quality hay.
When the plant is cut, its
stem is full of water and the
slightest pressure will cause
the stem to crack. It will wilt
and become limp if it remains
in the swath for more than 30
minutes after cutting.
After a small
water evaporates
stem, lit becomes
ipliable and will
under roll pressure rather than
crack open. Thus, the walls
will not be cracked open for
better drying and most of the
moisture will stay in the stem.
The conditioner works
whe ndrying conditions
tgood. So don’t make the
take of thinking that the
ditioner isn’t needed when dry-
ing conditions are good.
Immediately after each cut-
ting, the (hay crop should re-
ceive a top-dressing of fertili-
zer for better quality in the
regrowth, higher protein, and
more palatability. Tests show
that well fertilized hay crops
are more drouth tolerant and
will produce 30 percent more
on the same rainfall than un-1 Guadalupe and Yolanda Marti
fertilized crops.
1971 Number 27
Texas Gems Have Exciting
Trip To Nationals In Indiana
Hearn.
Texas Christian University.
Fort Worth: Joan Booth.
Abilene Christian College,
Abilene: Carl Huddleston.
Lon Morris Jr. College, Jack-
sonville. Texas: Bryan Ehlert.
Baylor University, Waco:
Debbie Ludemann.
Sul Rc-'S, Alpine: Mark Mar-
tin.
Schciner, Kerrville: Stewart
Martin.
If we have left anyone out.
and if you will give us your
name we will be glad to add it
to our list.
Be Sure To
Cut Hay Early
Hays cut at an
of (growth (gave a
tein Content than
vested at a mature stage; so
when making hay, don’t for-
sake quality for quantity.
The stage of .growth and the
time af year greatly influence
quality. Harvest your hay
young and expect slightly low-
er yields per cutting. In many
caoes, the total yields per year
will be just as high as if the
crop had been allowed to grow
all.
Coastal bermudagrass should
be cut when it reaches a height
of 12 to 14 inches. Songhum
sudan hybrids, johnsongrass,
and native grass hays should
be cut in the boot stage, just
before blooming.
Once the crop is cut and
baled, it gets no better. It is
never any better than the day
it was cut.
Parents And Leaders Of
4-H To Meet Sept. 6
Early on the morning of
August 3rd the Texas Gems
were met at International Air-
port in San Antonio by a re-
presentlative from the San
Antonio Chamber of Commer-
ce, newspaper reporters and
television newsmen. The “Texas
Gems” were oganized two
years ago. At the present time
they are the “Texas State Cham-
pions” in drance twirl teams
and twirling teams, and the
1970-71 National Dance-Twirl
team champions.
After receiving a scroll (cer-
tificate) acknowledging them
good will ambassadors, talking
to reporters, and being filmed
for that days newscast the girls
boarded American Airlines for
Chicago. Several mothers ac
companied these girls.
For some it was their first
Christi I flight. The airline hostesses
‘Laredo j were very inquisitive and com-
Sotero. J plimentary about their identi-
cla travel suits and hanging
i travel bags. Before leaving the
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Shulze, Esma. The Cotulla Record (Cotulla, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, September 3, 1971, newspaper, September 3, 1971; Cotulla, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1179111/m1/1/?rotate=90: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Alexander Memorial Library.