Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 16, 1974 Page: 7 of 28

                                
Starr County
Soil Conservation
KEPORT
Silvestre Gonzale;
District
Conservat ionist
THE RIO GRANDE HERALD PAGE 7 THURSDAY, MAY 9,1974
ROTC HONOR-For work done as a member of the Texas A&I
University - Kingsville Army ROTC Donald L. Gebhart of Rio
Grande City receives from Dr. Gerald B. Robins, A&I president,
the Superior Cadet award. With them is Lt. Col. Clarence
Wittman, professor of military science. He is the son of Rev. and
Mrs. . Mrs. James Bebhart.
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Clinic grant approved
Operating a mobile health
clinic is one project financed
through an office of Economic
Opportunity grant that
Governor Dolph Briscoe an-
nounced Friday.
The grant to Community
Action Council of South Texas in
Rio Grande City includes
$12,831 for administration and
$29,377 for General Community
Programming. Funded under
Title II of the Economic Op-
portunity Act, the grant is ef-
fective retroactively from
March 1 through May 31, 1974.
Francisco Zarate, excutive
director of the council, explains
that the mobile health clinic is
financed partly from the
General Community
Programming funds and partly
from another program, Migrant
Health, for which the council
receives funds from the
Department of Health,
Education and Welfare.
Other council activities in-
clude maintaining 10 neigh-
borhood groups, organizing
volunteer activities, seeking
employment for approximately
10") persons, providing sewing
classes both as a recreation and
a vocational education project
for resident low-income women,
and developing a youth
program.
Administration funds are
used for the planning and
general operation of the
council's programs including
those funded from other than
OEO sources such as Family
Planning, Head Start, nutrition
program for senior citizens,
WIC program and other health
programs.
Grant processing for the
state was performed by the
Texas Office of Economic
Opportunity, a division of the
Texas Department of Com-
munity Affairs.
Bi-Centennial is subject
of Women's Club program
A regular meeting of the Rio
Grande City Woman's Club was
hosted by Mrs. J. M Yzaguirre
in her home on Thursday, May
2 The President, Mrs. Felipe V.
Ramon, conducted the business
meeting.
Mrs. Frank L. Anderson
reported on the Valley
Federation Spring Convention,
which she attended as Club
delegate, accompanied by Mrs.
A. V. Peterson, Mrs. John A.
Pope, Jr., and Mrs. Alex
Hinojosa. At the convention,
Mrs. Anderson was honored
with Life Membership to the
Rio Grande Valley Federation
of Women's Clubs. The
Woman's Club received a
second place award for its
yearbook at the convention.
The evening's program was
under the Public Affairs
Department, American
Heritage Division It was en-
titled, New Horizons in the Bi-
Contennial Celebration." Each
member present gave a current
event on the Bi-Centennial.
The information and plans of
the nation, state, and com-
munity spurred new interest
and enthusiasm in the coming
event in 197(1.
Mrs. Yzaguirre served
chicken salad, wafers, cake,
nuts, coffee to Mesdames John
11 Hinojosa, Lino Perez Jr.,
Edwin I-aGrange, A. J. Vale, R.
R. Guerra Sr., Mack F Cum-
mings, Mel Campbell, George
Boyle, Mabel Sanchez, Alfonso
II Perez, Frank L. Anderson,
Felipe V. Ramon, and Alex
Hinojosa.
It was announced that the
final meeting of the Rio Grande
City Woman's Club would be a
dinner meeting at the Methodist
Educational Building on May 1(>
at 7:00 p.m.
You can build a better home
garden if you understand your
soil.
To become better acquainted
with your soil and raise better
vegetables, there's no need for
a home gardener to go to
college. The basic facts and
principles are simple.
Here are some soil principles
for home gardeners in questions
and answer form:
WHAT IS SOIL''
Soil is the weathered surface
of the earth in which plants
grow. It is mostly weathered
surface of the earth in which
plants grow. It is mostly
weathered minerals, but to be a
soil it must contain organic
matter, air, water, and living
things such as bacteria, roots,
and earthworms.
HOW IXJ I TELL IF I HAVE
GOOD SOIL?
We can from the soil survey of
Starr County, or by ob-
servation, tell you your basic
soil type. But many soils around
homes have been scraped off or
filled in, so you need to get
personally acquainted with the
soil in your backyard.
You might think of good soil
as you think of good cake. A
good cake is deep, light, spongy,
and moist. If your soil has a nice
texture, is spongy, crumbles
easily, and aborbs and holds
moisture well, it is probably is
good condition.
Soils that have been eroded or
abused are more like a cake
that has failed. We describe a
cake that has fallen as "heavy,
flat," or "dense." Soil is
described the same way. If your
soil is "heavy," it may have lost
much of its organic matter by
erosion or use. An ideal soil is
crumbly, easy to work, and
holds moisture well. A too-
sandy soil may dry out too
quickly.
DOES EROSION OCCUR IN
SMALL GARDENS'.'
Yes. Erosion takes the best
first, too. Humus is your top-
soil's lightest ingredient. It will
literally float away in big rains
see SOIL page 10
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