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130 E. Caffery
Pharr, Texas
— The Weather
Continued cool through Friday,
with warming trend on Saturday.
Cool nights will continue. No rain
forecast for next few days.
PHARR PRESS
VOL. XXXVIII—NO. 44 PHARR, (HIDALGO COUNTY), TEXAS 78577 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1970
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VOTE
TUESDAY.
NOVEMBER 3
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HOMECOMING QUEEN CANDIDATES AT PSJA HIGH SCHOOL for 1970 are shown. The Queen will be
selected by majority vote of the student body and will be crowned at an Assembly in the H. S. Auditorium
at 1 P.M., Friday, Oct. 30th. Left to right, standing, are Lydia Zamora, Angie Guajardo, Olga Leal,
Anita Lee, Ljorothy Ramoz, Marie Young and Brenda Testa. Seated are Sylvia Sandoval and Hilda Ysa-
anctld'ate not shown is Belia Ureste. (Photo from The Bear’s Tale.)
quirre. A candidate not shown is Belia Ureste.
Bears Host Eagles At
Homecoming Game Fri
The No. 1 PSJA Bears will be try-
ing for victory No. 7 and District
win No. 5 Friday night at Bear
Stadium against the newcomer to
4-A competition, the Mission Eagles,
who have yet to win a District game
this season.
It will be the annual Homecoming
at PSJA for all ex-students and it
is the LAST GAME of the regular
home schedule. The last two games
of the District schedule are away
from home.
BEARS FAVORED
PSJA is heavily favored to whip
WEATHER REPORT
High Low Rain
October
23 .......
...89
68
..
October
24 ......
64
..
October
25 .......
...98
76
..
October
26 ......
.. 92
74
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October
27 .......
.. 91
73
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October
28 .......
.. 93
57
.26
October
29 ......
...7-
46
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Readings taken
from
the
Carl
S. 281 Highway.
Bar-B-Q Honoring
'Kika' Is Nov. 1
An ‘‘Aprpeciation Barbecue” in
honor of U. S. Rep. Eligio de la
Garza is scheduled to be held at
7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, at Whalen
Park in McAllen.
Tickets at $3 each were circu-
lated throughout the county for sale
■during the weekend.
FROM THE
EDITOR’S CHAIR
PRESTON SMITH FOR
GOVERNOR
Preston Smith deserves another
terms as Governor of this great
state. He has demonstrated his
knowledge of state-wide problems
many times. He has proven himself
in all the capacities he has served
the State of Texas. An experienced
Governor is necessary in this next
session of the Legislature, which
may be even more tumultuous than
the last one. With a newcomer in
the state house, the Legislature
would not have a strong arm to
check it, as the Governor has been
during his tenure.
Preston Smith has been “avail-
able” to every one, sometimes to
his own detriment. This is the first
time since the days of Jim Fer-
guson or “Ma” Ferguson that John
Doe could walk into the front door
of the state capitol and get to see
the Governor without an appoint-
ment.
He has done more in the field of
education and expansion of vocation-
al-technical opportunities than any
one. He has recognized this need and
has used the influence of his office
in this area continuously.
We admire him for his tenacity,
or durability, in all situations. He
came from very humble beginnings
to become the No. 1 Citizen of Tex-
as.
W e wholeheartedly recommend
and urge your vote for Preston
Smith for a second term.
the Eagles and remain No. 1, but the
Bears will not win by an overwhelm-
ing margin. Mission lost to Harlin-
gen 31 to 6 and Edinburg 35 to 8 but
scored 32 points in losing to Mc-
Allen 45 to 32. After winning their
first two games of the season, the
Eagles have been in a tailspin, los-
ing five in a row. They have scored
102 points while giving up 132.
The Bears have scored an even
100 in six games and have allowed
a meager 34, the best defensive club
in the District by far. The Bears
have averaged a little more than
16 points per game and allowed a
little less than six.
NO MAJOR INJURIES
Coach Charlie Williams said the
Bears came through the rugged Har-
lingen game in good shape physi-
cally. Rolando Gomez, who played
all of the game, after missing one
game, came through alright. Juan
Garza, who had been laid up with
a bad charley horse, seems to be
fully recovered.
The Misison Eagles have a small
squad in numbers, with some seven
lost in the last three weeks and list
only 29 on the roster. Thirteen of
these, however, are seniors. They
show five on the squad in the 200
pound category or slightly more,
with two tackles at 210 and 205.
Coach Williams will be starting
virtually the same team on offense
and defense that has started since
the first game this season.
Here are the comparative scores
of the two clubs:
PSJA 16, Rio Grande City 0
PSJA 16, Edcouch-Elsa 7
PSJA 10, Edinburg 7.
PSJA 26, McAllen 6.
PSJA 18, San Benito 6.
PSJA 14, Harlingen 8
Mission 18, Rio Grande City 0
Mission 20, Robstown 6
Mission 0, Mercedes 6
Mission 18, San Benito 19
Mission 6, Harlingen 31
Mission 8, Edinburg 35
Mission 32, McAllen 45
re-
the
Fire Dept. Thanked
By Diocese
The following telegram was
ceived from the Chancellor of
Diocese of Brownsville by Mayor
R. S. Bowe thanking the Pharr Fire
Dept, for their extraordinary service
in fighting the fire at the Shrine of
San Juan:
“The Catholics of the Diocese of
Brownsville would like to express to
you and to the members of your fire
department their sincerest thanks
for a job well done ir. fighting the
fire that destroyed the Shrine of San
Juan. Through the efforts of these
fine men much property was saved,
and the damage was k >pt at a mini-
mum, but above all because of their
devotion to duty no lives were lost.
They will be remembered in our
prayers and may the good Lord pro-
tect them from any harm as they
give their stewardship to tneir fel-
lowman.”
Very Rev. E. A. Ballard, O.M.I.,
Chancellor,
Diocese of Brownsville.
fkmeceminci At
PSJA High
School Friday
It will be Homecoming at PSJA
High School this week, Friday, for
all ex-students of the school.
Principal events for the annual
Homecoming will be the selection of
the 1971 Homecoming Queen from
among ten nominees, a Homecoming
tea at the High School Cafeteria,
a pep rally, and then the final event,
the football game between the No. 1
Bears of 4-A and the Mission Eagles
at Bear Stadium Friday night.
The Homecoming Queen will be
revealed at an assembly in the High
School Auditorium at 1p.m. and she
will "be crowned at that time and
will then be presented at the foot-
ball game that night. The theme for
the assembly will be the “Carnival
of Beauties.”
The Homecoming Queen candi-
dates are: Brenda Testa, Olga Leal,
Lydia Zamora, Anita Lee, Marie
Young, Angie Guajardo, Dorothy
Ramos, Sylvia Sandoval, Belia Ures-
te and Hilda Ysaguirre.
The Senior students nominate can-
didates for Homecoming Queen and
the ten receiving the highest votes
are then voted upon by the entire
student body, with the one receiving
the highest number of votes named
the Queen.
The various committees for Home-
coming are:
Decoration — Zelma Garcia, Miss
Esther Ventura.
Program — Mauricio Alvarado,
Mrs. Jo Ann Doffing.
Mums — Johnny Landa, Mrs.
Dora Dicus and Mrs. Eetty Jo
Davis.
Tea — Cvnthia Ramirez and Miss
Rosalinda Franco.
Voting and election — Luis Carlos
Gomez. Miss Victoria Martinez and
Mrs. Graciela Garcia.
Award For Bec!
Homecoming Yard
The best decorated home for the
PSJA Homecoming game with the
Mission Eagles will receive a steak
dinner for two at the Chung-Mei
Kitchen, according to an announce-
ment by the Quarterback Club at
its regular meeting Tuesday e’-o-
ning. A committee was named to
judge the entries. Anyone desiring
to enter their home for the prize j
should contact Sherwood Stuart at i
787-1867 or Adalberto Jaime at 787- !
1415 or they may call the athletic |
office at the stadium and give them
the address of the house. Anyone de-
siring to enter their home should call
before 3 p.m. Friday in order to
have it judged.
Fire Destroys
Used Clothing
Warehouse
A used clothing warehouse on
West State along the railroad right-
of-way was completely destroyed
by fire in the early hch*ra of Friday,
October 23rd. Loss was estimated at
$50,000 or more.
The warehouse in the first block
west of Cage BlvcL, a frame and tin
building of about 40 x 120 feet and
all the contents were completely de-
stroyed.
Former Lone Star Hdq.
The building will be remembered
by many as the former headquarters
and offices of the Lone Star Beer
Dist. Co. of Hidalgo County until
they constructed a new building on
the Expressway.
The owner of the business was
C. R. Cude of Pharr, who purchased
the building from Irvin Cameron of
Waco and opened the business here
about a year ago. Used clothing was
brought in by the truck load from
all over Texas, sorted and mended
and then trucked to retail outlets all
over South Texas.
Although the Pharr Fire Dept, ar-
rived on the scene within minutes
after the alarm was turned in by a
passing Pharr police car, they were
unable to control the fire in any
way, as it had too big a start. The
police turned the alarm in at about
12:08 a.m.
Several firemen were still at the
fire station, since there had been
practice that night and they reached
the scene immediately.
NEAR BY BLDGS. SAVED
The fire in the main building was
not brought under control until 3
a.m., according to Harry Blazer.
Firemen concentrated on saving the
warehouse to the west and the Fam-
ily Shoe Store building and Saeta
building on the north. Firemen went
to the roofs of these buildings to
keep water on them.
A 250 gallon or more diesel fuel
tank was on the ; esi side of the
building and thik- kV^y-puUed away
by the firemen ikte&diately 'upon
arrival.
The fire seemed to originate in
the southwest corner. There was a
definite explosion in this part of the
building after the fire had gained
headway.
PARTIAL INSURANCE
COVERAGE
The owner had some coverage on
the contents but how much was not
established, as he could not be
reached up to press time this week.
Trucks that were parked around
the building were moved away.
There was a second, story part of
the building and a couple was living
there but were not in the building at
the time of the fire, according to
firemen.
Fire trucks came from Edinburg,
35,000 Voters Predicted For
General Election Nov. 3
election, as there are very few local
contested races. Most of the inter-
est in the election is for the state
offices, including Governor, Lt.-Gov,,
and U. S. Senator, the latter of
which is a six year term.
The only local race is., that for
County Commissioner of. Precinct
No. 2, with incumbent Charles. E,
Curtis of Pharr, the Democratic
nominee, opposed by Alejandro Mo-
reno, also of Pharr, who is on the
ballot as the nominee of. the Raza
Unida Party. This is their only en-
try on the ballot.
Next Tuesday, November 3rd, is
general election day for Hidalgo
County, for Texas and for the Na-
tion, when the voters: will elect ma-
jor office holders for two to four
years, from the precinct level up to
Governor of Texas and U. S. Sena-
tor for Texas.
There are more than 62,000 regis-
tered and qualified voters in this
county but less than one-half of
these are expected to vote in this
WHERE TO VOTE
IN PHARR
GENERAL ELECTION
TUESDAY, NOV. 3
Here are the four voting boxes
in Pharr for the General Election
Tuesday, Nov. 3rd, with the election
judges:
PRCT. 35, N. W. PHARR — Par-
ish Hall, West Hawk; Frank Tagle,
presiding judge; Mrs. Celerino Cas-
tillo, Jr., assistant; Rev. Amandus
Lohmeyer, clerk.
PRCT. 36, N. E. PHARR — Buell
School Aud., East Hawk. Leo Pala-
cios, Jr., presiding judge; Jose G.
Flores, assistant.
PRCT. 6, S. W. PHARR — City
Hall Bldg., West Park. Kenneth Wal-
ters, presiding judge; Jim More-
head, assistant; Lloyd Stearns, clerk.
PRCT. 25, S. E. PHARR — Cham-
ber of Commerce office, Texan Hotel
Bldg., South Cage. E. A. Tippitt, pre-
siding judge; Jack Christoff el, as-
sistant; Mrs. Glenn C. Koch, clerk.
VOTING INFORMATION
Voting machines will be used.
Hours of voting — 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Only those who have a valid regis- He was a mepLtjer ana a ae
tration certificate (for 1970 are eligi-, of the First BapSist Church and
ble to vote.
Prospective voters must vote in
the voting box in which they live.
Bring your registration certificate
with you and present to the election
judge.
Girl Scout Finance
Drive Is Set For
Nov. 9-14
A Girl Scout finance drive in
Pharr, the first in many years, has
been set for the week of Nov. 9-14.
Registered adult sccuters in the
city and parents of registered Scouts
are being asked to assist in the so-
McAllen and San Juan to assist in | Hcitatipn,
fighting the big blaze. j The kick-off will be a morning cof-
Pharr firemen stayed on duty with ; fee Nov. 9th, 9:30 a.m., in the Citrus
a skeleton crew until 10 a.m. that j Room of the Texan Hotel. The vol-
morning or 10 hours after the ah m. j .'.'Geers will meet at that time and
___— - J select their prospect cards,
Bob Compere and Lloyd Glove!
are co-chairmen of the drive. They
ere calling on interested adults, men
and women, to volunteer to assist in
this drive.
Pharr has more Girl Scouts reg-
istered in the Scout program than it
has ever had.
David Pei kins of the . Security
State Bank has consented to be the
Mrs, Sarabia Rites
Held Oct, 23
Funeral services for Mrs. Lorenza
Sarabia were held Friday, Oct. 23rd,
at 4 p.m. in St. Margaret’s Catholic
Church with burial in St. Joseph’s
Cemetery in Alamo. She died Oct.
22nd at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Dominga D. vda de Salinas.
She was 89.
Other survivors are five sons,
Cristobal Sarabia of Brownsville,
Quintin Sarabia of Alamo, Pedro Sa-
rabia, Reynosa, Ramiro Sarabia,
McAllen, and Americo Sarabia, Los
Angeles, Calif., and a sister, Mrs.
Braulia R. Garcia, Mission.
Henry Haag, 63,
Dies After Car
Accident
R. Henry Haag, a resident of
Pharr for 25 years, was killed in a
two car auto accident near Palacios,
Texas, on Friday evening, Oct. 23rd.
He was en route home to spend the
week-end when the accident occur-
red about 10 miles west of Palacios.
He died ir. the Wagner General Hos-
pital in Palacios at about 7:30 p.m.
He was 63.
An electrician by trade, he had
been working in the Houston area
for some time, coming home every
two weeks. He lived at 602 East Kel-
ly*
A Memorial service was held Mon-
day, Oct. 26th, 10 a.m., in the Skin-
ner Funeral Home Chapel with j
Jerry Schuller, chaplain of the Hi-
dalgo County Voiture of the 40 & 8,
and Roger Palmquist in charge.
The body was sent to San Antonio
for cremation.
He was a veteran of World War j
II, a member of the American Le-!
gion and the 40 & 8, honor organiza-
tion of the Legion.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Hazel Haag of Pharr; one brother,
Alvin S. Haag of Beledere. Calif.;
an uncle, Edward S. Nagel of Gene-
va, N. Y.; an aunt, Mrs. C. H. Clise,
Royal Oak, Mich.; two nephews,
three great nephews, and a num-
ber of cousins.
The driver of the other car in-
volved in the fatal accident was
charged with negligent homicide.
Elton Clank, Long
Time Resident,
Dies at Age 63
Elton Earl; Clark,, tong time Pharr
resident and: well known business-
man in this area for many years,
died at his residence, 409 E. Chero-
kee, October 22nd after a lengthy
illness. He was 63. He had been hos-
pitalized: for several months during
his illness.
Funeral services were held Satur-
day, October 24, at 10 a.m., from the
First Baptist Church with the Rev.
W. N. Clark, pastor, officiating,
assisted by Rev. John Wilder of
McAllen, and Rev. Ricardo B. Al-
varez, pastor of Villegas St. Baptist
Mission, Harlingen.
Burial was in Valley Memorial Gar-
dens.
He came to Pharr on Jan. 1st, 1929
and had lived here since. He oper-
ated the Humble Service Station in
Pharr at the corner of Cage and
Highway 83 from 1932 to 1945 and
then opened a business in San Juan
under the name of E. E. Clark Oil
Co. and operated it until ill health
forced him to retire in 1965.
He was a member and a deacon
h and was
Chairman of the Board of Doaoonc
for several years. He had been a di-
rector of the San Juan State Bank
from the date it was organized in
1949 until his death. When he was
in business in Pharr, he was an ac-
tive member of the Pharr Kiwanis
Club, and a member of the Pharr
Volunteer Fire Dept, until his health
forced him to retire.
He is survived by his wife,‘Mrs.
Willette Clark of Pharr; two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Roy Marion and Mrs.
Pepper de Roulac, both of San Juan;
one son, Tom Clark of Austin; four
brothers, Don and O. R. Clark of
San Juan, O. S. Clark of Oklahoma
City and G. W. Clark of Perry,
Okla.; four sisters, Mrs. W. >L. Cle-
ment, Roswell, N.M., Mrs, 0. P,
Nswcombe, Visalia, Colo., Mrs. Doii
Flake, Farmington, N.M., and Mrs.
John Bannister, Artesia, N.M.; and
eight grandchildren.
Pallbearers were A. B. Fields,
Merle Kelley, Homer Stohler, L, R.
Sims, J. R. Shinpaugh, Don Talbert.
Honorary pallbearers were: E. C.
Shoemake, J. F. Gross, R. D. Keys,
Duwain Fagala, J. W. Moore. Mar-
vin Marsh, Sidney Ford. Floyd Bag-
well, Arthur Hale. Ted Andersoii,
Merle Bechthold, Chas. Young, W.
B. Borftiann. Tommy Lovett, J. F.
Hetrick, Larry Lyles, John Moore/
George Bennett, Earl Hinkle.
Skinner Funeral Home was in
A total of 37,000 voters voted two
years ago in.the general election in.,
this county. . This;: was: the presiden-
tial election , year, however, and that
large a turn-out is not anticipated
by any of. the- political forecasters
for this “off-year” election.
In 1964, six years ago, when there,
were only 50,000 plus eligible voters,
a total of 36,663 voted in the general,
election, which, was also a presi-
dential election! year.
Two, years; ago,. Hidalgo County
gave Preston Smith 21,374 votes ta
12,634 for Paul Eggers. The same
two are opposing each other this
year on the Democratic and Repub-
lican tickets..
In. Pham two years ago, the total
votes in the four boxes was 2,876,
exclusive of the absentee votes. To-
tal votes in 1964 were 2,661; in 1966
2,913. (The last figure included ab-
sentee votes.) j
Voting machines will be used In
all the voting boxes in the county.
OCT. 30 LAST DAY TO
VOTE ABSENTEE
Friday, Oet. 30th, is the last day
to vote absentee for the General
Election Nov. 3rd. All absentee vot-
ing is in the Courthouse, Edinburg.
SEEN ’ROUND
THE TOWN
THE \ IRGEN DE SAN JUAN SHRINE was a mass of ruins after a
fire caused by a plane crash on the roof completely gutted the all
stone, brick building last Friday, Oct. 23rd. Loss was estimated at
$1.5 million. (Photo by Morales from The Bear’s Tale)
Is someone trying to “burn up”
Pharr? That question has been heard
a number of times recently and it
is pertinent, as THREE big ones
along STATE STREET (RR. right-
of-way) in just six months or so,
with losses of $200,000 or so (give or
take a little). These include the
PHARR EQUITY EXCHANGE, then
the PEARSON INSULATION CO.
warehouse anJ ,
CLOTHING warehouse. Firemen
strongly suspect an attempt was
made to light the Pharr Veg. <3a.
shed but proof is not conclusive. And
a wife of one of the firemen phones
in to say that the news media faSs
to give adequate credit to the fire-
men who fight these fires, at the,
risk of their health and sometimes,
their very lives! And we agree. This,
newspaper has always TRIED to
praise the firemen and point out
their value. Especially was this true
of the Pharr Equity and the Cude
Warehouse fires, They were mean,
to fight. After fighting the Cude fire
at Pharr from midnight to daylight,
the firemen then were called to San
Juan the same day and fought the
fire at the San Juan Shrine for an-
other fqqr to five hours. The Dio-
cese of Brownsville recognized toe
value of the firemen and sent them
a telegram of appreciation for their
valiant efforts at the San Juan
church. , , , Welcome back to the
Winter Visitors! More are arriving
each week now and after the elec-
tion Nov. 3rd, the influx will be
heavy. . . . Congratulations to Prin-
cipal J. L. FARMER of PSJA High
School who has received the badge
Of approval from m Student §d%
which is quite i5ai*g ih the§§ tumul-
tuous school days. The Bear’s Tate>
student newspaper, in its issue this
week carries a cartoon with Mr.
Farmer’s pix inside saying “We
Love You.” (Reason — A relaxation
of the dress code at the H. S.). . . .
This newspaper has not publicly en-
dorsed Congressman KIKA DE LA
GARZA for re-election, but we do
that here and now. (Not that he
needs it, because we think he will
win by a landslide.). But Congress-
man Kika has served this District
well, he is conscientious and he votes
the issues each time — not the
straight party line. . . . VOTE
j TUESDAY, NOV. 3. . . . MRS. ROB-
ERT HARTNESS is doing art work
for TV commercials on Channel 4.
All those posters, signs, pictures, et
cetra, she made at the Pharr Meth-
odist Church for 15 years are finally
paying off. . . . Several people have
inquired about “how to vote on the
constitutional amendments.” We are
not giving any “for” or “against”
recommendation this time. These
amendments are not too complicat-
ed and by reading a little about
them, we think nearly everyone
can make up their minds. A resume
of all SEVEN is printed elsewhere.
The most controversial are No. 2
(Liquor) and No. 7 (Consolidation of
government units). Those who still
want to read more about them,
this newspaper has some detailed
pamphlets that will be given to those
interested. . . . VOTE TUESDAY!
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