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RIO GRANDE
"The Largest Paid
Circulation Going
In Starr County"
VOL XXXV
No. 3
Thursday, November 4,1976
Ten Cents
Where Is The
Missing $9,000?
The Starr County Water Control and Improvement
District No. 2 has $9,299.05 unaccounted for, according to an
audit obtained by the Rio Grande Herald through Water
District Board of Trustees President R. C. Salinas.
According to Salinas, the Starr County grand jury and the
district Attorney's Office is already investigating the
whereabouts of the money.
Salinas added that the water district is also involved in an
inside investigation.
The money which is apparently missing is cash that has
been received on account at the Water district's office and
has not yet been deposited.
The Board of Directors of the water district met Thur-
sday, Oct. 28 to discuss the accounts and other items of
business pertaining to the water district.
During the course of the meeting the board of trustees
authorized Water District Business Director Efrain Duran
to check on the financial cost and bonding of a new cash
register for the water district office.
All the board of Directors and the water district's at-
torney were present at the meeting. Members of the water
district board are R. C. Salinas, President, Saul Hinojosa;
Vice-President, Jesus GonzalesjR. P. Bayne.
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Carter Carries Starr County
By 7 To I Margin
Jimmy Carter
Starr County voters over-
whelmingly carried President
Elect Jimmy Carter over
President Ford by over a
margin of 7 to 1.
Totals for the two candidates
were Carter 4646 and Ford 664.
All 9 Starr County precincts
carried the Carter-Mondale
Democratic Ticket.
Precinct 1 carried Carter
over Ford 349 votes to 67;
Precinct 2 - 361 votes for Carter
and 45 votes for Ford; Precinct
3 gave the most votes to Carter
with 1071 votes to Ford's 166;
Precinct 4 - 392 votes to 73
votes; Precinct 5 - 76 votes to 2
votes; Precinct 6 - 792 votes to
182 votes; Precinct 7 - 236 votes
to 47 votes; Precinct 8 - 617
votes to 24 votes; Precinct 9 -
686 votes to 16.
In absentee voting Carter also
received more votes 6b to 42.
Jimmy Carter alsj carried
Texas to give him 26 lectoral
votes that were very crucial to
both candidates.
Senator Lloyd Bentsen also
carried Starr County over his
opponents to the Senatorial seat
which Bentsen holds and held
on to it with a wide margin of
4630 votes to his opponents 492
votes.
U.S. Representative Rika de
la Garza had his largest support
in Starr County with a margin
of 4786 votes to I>endy Mc-
Donald's 342.
Kika de la Garza like Carter
also carried all nine precincts
over his opponent. This will
mark thfc 7th term de la Garza
will serve in the U.S. House of
Representatives.
In the local races Com-
missioner Jose Maria Alvarez
received 1204 from precincts
three and five, Hector Lozano
precinct 3 commissioner,
received 1197 votes from
precinct three and five, Sheriff
Raymundo Alvarez received
4532 votes, Starr County At-
torney Alex Gabbert 4550,
votes.
In the uncontested Constable
races the returns are as
follows: Precinct 1 Adolfo
Ramirez received 1205 votes;
Precinct 2 Cirilo Orta received
1021 votes; Precinct 4 Aido
Medina received 730 votes;
Precinct 5 Cervando Gonzalez
received 3S1 votes.
In the Justice of the Peace
race John W. Fisher Precinct 5
received 397 votes Crisoforo
Munoz Tax Assessor Collector
received 4554 votes.
Flu Immunization Program
Continues In Starr County
Mrs. U.K. Guerra, Sr. Elected
Director General Of Alliance
Mrs. R.R. Guerra Sr. of
Rom; was elected Director
General of the Alliance of Pan
American Round Tables during
a convention held in lima, Peru
on October 30.
Mrs. Guerra, who has served
two terms as Associate Director
General of the Alliance, has
twenty years service in the
local table. Offices held locally
include Director, Associate
Director, Recording and
Corresponding Secretary, and
Parliamentarian, each for two
year terms.
In addition to these offices,
Mrs. Guerra has served as
Chairman of three very im-
portant committees, a six year
term on the Revolving
Memorial Scholarship Com-
mittee which receives funds
and selects recipients of the
annual scholarship; Custodian
of the Table's valuable
collection of Pan American
flags; and is presently serving
as Historian and Archivist.
Mrs. Guerra's state ap-
pointments include being co-
chairman of the Pan American
Round Table Convention of
Texas in McAllen in 1969. She
was also appointed a member of
the state board's Friendship
Committee.
Her Alliance experience
includes serving as Chairman
of the Resolutions Committee in
Mexico City in 1970, a member
of the Revisions Committee in
San Antonio in 1966, and serving
twice as Associate Director
General.
Conventions she has attended
are Texas Pan American Round
Tables Conventions in McAllen
in 1969 and Ft. Worth in 1970;
Mexico National Pan American
Round Table Conventions in
Monterrey in 1966, San Luis
Potosi in 1969, and Jalapa, Vera
Cruz in 1970; and Alliance
Conventions in San Antonio in
1966 and Mexico City in 1970.
Mrs. Guerra is also a member
of the Rio Grande City Woman's
Club and Roma Thimble Club
and has served as President of
the Rio Grande City and Roma
Garden Clubs, President of the
Ramirez Hospital Auxiliary in
The Rattler Homecoming
Dance will be held this Friday
night, November 5, at the
Multipurpose Center from 10 to
12 p.m. immediately following
the game.
The Rio Grande City High
School Junior Class, which ia
sponsoring the dance, urges all
students and alumni to attend
the dance.
Music for dancing will be
furnished by Ixjs Artistas, and
adn^ssion will be $1.75 per
person or $3.25 per couple.
Mrs. R.R. Guerra, Sr.
Roma, Treasurer of the Roma
Historical Museum Association,
and Secretary of the Starr
County Historical Society.
A native of Dallas, Maxine, as
she is better known, was
married in 1934 to Rueben R.
Guerra, prominent
businessman of Roma. They
have a daughter, Teresa
Massey, a college graduate who
is currently teaching in the
Texas State School for the
Mentally Retarded in Austin,
and two sons, R.R. Guerra, Jr.
and William Thomas, both
University graduates who are
associated with their father in
various business enterprises
including ranching, lumber and
construction, oil, and in-
surance. They have five
grandchildren.
Well known as a gracious and
hospitable hostess, Mrs.
Guerra's home has been the
scene for numerous Pan
American Round Table social
affairs attended by Table
members from both sides of the
border. She has also hosted
state Alliance officers on their
ESAA
Inservice
The Center for the
Management of Innovation in
Multicultural Education from
San Antonio provided IDRA,
Intercultural Development
Research Association, Con-
sultants for Inservice in Rio
Grande City training on Oc-
tober 27.
Workshop participants in-
cluded the ESAA Bilingual
Program student tutors and
teacher aides from Ringgold
Intermediate, La Union
Elementary, and La Grulla
schools. Others participating
were high school community
aide, and advisory committee
members.
Major topics covered were
tutoring, roles, reading
strategies and activities, role of
the teacher aide, individualized
instruction, and grouping.
This Inservice training is a
series of three with the
remaining two sessions to be
conducted during this school
year. The next scheduled staff
development session is
scheduled for Wednesday,
December 8, 1976.
visits to tables in the Rio
Grande Valley.
Travelling with Mrs Guerra
are Mrs. Esteban Garcia, Mrs.
Gilberto Garza, and Mrs.
Edwin LaGrange of the Rio
Grande City-Roma Table. Their
itinerary included visits in
Bogota, Colombia; Quito,
Ecuador; Lima, Peru; Buenos
Aires, Argentina; Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil; and Caracas,
Venezuela.
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Due to the reevaluation of
the deer herd population
Doe permits will be issued
in Starr County.
The permits will be sold
Nov. 10 at the Starr County
Sheriff's Department.
Deer season opens Nov.
13 and will continue till
January 2, 1977.
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Cecilia Gutierrez, R.N.,
Nurse Coordinator and
Training Coordinator for the
Starr County Influenza Im-
munization Program, an-
nounced this week that the local
swine flu immunization drive
will continue throughout
November and possibly through
December.
Clinics have already been
scheduled for Thursday,
November 4, from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m. and for Tuesday,
November 9, from 1:30 to 4 p.m.
The vaccine is being ad-
ministered only to those eeri
eighteen and above.
In an Official Memorandum
from Texas Governor Dolph
Briscoe, October, November,
and December, 1976, were
designated as Influenza Im-
munization Months in Texas,
and all Texans were urged to
avail themselves of the free
protection from the flu.
Public health authorities
have stated that the potentially
lethal "swine" influenza virus
could strike the American
population this winter
The members of Congress
have declared that a potential
public health emergency
exists; and taxpayers' monies
have been appropriated for the
development and distribution of
an effective vaccine against
"swine" influenza.
The Texas Department of
Health Resources and the First
Lady's Volunteer Program,
Office of the Governor, have
joined in a cooperative effort to
deliver effectively the "swine"
flu vaccine to every Texan
desiring protection.
Jaycees Attend
Valley Congress
j ~
The Rio Grande City Jaycees
attended the monthly Valley
Congress meeting held at San
Benito on Wednesday, October
27.
Main speaker for the meeting
was Dock Hanks, Texas Jaycee
President, who spoke on
"Project Brotherhood," a
major drive for extended
membership into the great
young men's organization.
The Rio Grande City Jaycees
were awarded for the second
time in a row the "Paisano"
Award. Attending from the Rio
Grande City Jaycee Chapter
were Richard Recio, President;
Sabas Ozuna, Cesario Barrera,
Rolando Flores, Jose Herrera,
and Isaac Longoria.
The next scheduled meeting
of the Valley Congress is for
November in Mercedes.
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CARTER RALLY-10,000 people attended the campaign rally for President Elect Jimmy
Carter of those some local citizens were on hand to support Carter Shown here (L to R)
Romeo Gutierrez, Ricardo Gutierrez and A1 Martinez the young man is not identified. The
rally was one of the last campaign stops made by Carter before he won the presidency
Rattler's Homecoming Against Raymondville
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Solis, Tony. Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 4, 1976, newspaper, November 4, 1976; Rio Grande City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth194583/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.