The Pharr Press (Pharr, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 29, 1970 Page: 2 of 8
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THE PHARR PRESS, PHARR (HIDALGO COUNTY). TEXAS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1970
THE PHARR PRESS
Established February 20, 1933
Office: 203 South Caga Phone: STerling 7-2291
Second Class Postage Paid at Pharr, Texas
Published each Thursday afternoon at Pharr, Hidalgo County, in
the. Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas
LLOYD H. GLOVER ................ Editor and Publisher
irr Press is a politically independent newspaper, locally
edited, placing general welfare above the interest of
Tlw Pharr
owned and . _ _
any individual or pressure group. Truth and decency are its guiding
•principles, and it is determined to print all the news that is fit to
frint, without fear or favor.
In Hidalgo Co.
— Subscription Rates —
$3.50 Per Year :: Outside County — $4.00 Pei Year
10 — 20 — 30
YEARS AGO
From the Files of
The Pharr Press
10 Years Ago — November 3, 1960
FFA member of the month at
PSJA is David Graham. He has been
a member of the FFA for three
years and is now the president of
the club.
* * *
PSJA’s representative to the Fal-
furrias homecoming coronation this
year will be Carole Sing. She, with
Jimmy Henderson as her escort,
will travel to Falfurrias the evening
of the PSJA-Falfurrias game to be
presented at their coronation ball.
CSrole, a senior was selected by the
Student Council.
* * %
In observance of Navy Day, Chief
HoHimaii of the Navy Recruiting
■Service showed an interesting film,
“Summer Incident," °t the regular
Klwanis Club meeting Oct. 27th. The
film related to the incident in Leba-
non, in which the Navy landed the
Marines at the request of the Leba-
non government. Billy Walters, an
Pharr Insurance
Agency
205 West Park
Phone ST-7-3285
COMPLETE INSURANCE
SERVICE
old Marine, was the program chair-
man.
* * *
Rev. and Mrs. W. N. Clark and
Rev. Tom Curbo left Sunday after-
noon for Lubbock where they at-
tended the 75th anniversary meet-
ing of the Baptist General Conven-
tion of Texas held Oct. 31-Nov. 2.
About 7,500 persons from the state’s
3,887 Baptist churches attended the
convention.
* * •
Mrs. V. J. Schweer and children,
Mark and Lynn, returned to their
home in San Antonio Saturday after
a week’s visit here with her sister,
Mrs. B. R. Bentley and family. Mr.
and Mrs. Bentley accompanied her
home and spent the week-end.
* * *
Morris Kelso returned last week
from a two-day pheasant hunting
trip to Clark, South Dakota. He flew
to South Dakota by airplane from
Houston with his brother-in-law,
Ray Wilson and party. The pheas-
ants were plentiful and all in the
party had their limit of four each
in an hour the first day of the hunt.
* # *
20 Years Ago — November 3, 1950
Sale of The Sun Deck Apartments
on South Cage by H. V. Reeves, Jr.,
to Irving Seaman, formerly of Chi-
cago, was completed this week and
announced Wednesday morning. The
Sun Deck Apts, are some of the best
in Pharr and the entire Valley and
have been a favorite of tourists ever
since they were opened in November
1947.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. John Wessling are
YOUR FULL SERVICE BANK
Y
Be sure you get
the best total deal
on your next new car
by getting our figures
on the financing
Many car buyers save we'l up intn three
figulers by financing with a Be-;i National
Auto Loan
AUTO LOANS
You can buy your new car at the lowest cash price and
save still more on financing charges when you see us
about our low-interest rate auto loan plan.
SECURITY STATE BANK
CAPITAL and SURPLUS — $500,000
Now Paying Maximum Allowed on Certificates of Deposit
PHARR, TEXAS
MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
.WfMBlR FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
announcing the arrival of a son, j
John Dee, born Monday, October 1
30th, 1950, at the McAllen Hospital,
weighing 7 pounds, 3 ounces.
* * *
Miss Lois Hopkins, Worthy Ma-
tron of the Pharr chapter of the
Eastern Star, returned Sunday from !
Galveston where she attended the j
state convention of the Eastern Star,
representing the Pharr chapter. En
route home, she visited her sister,
Mrs. R. W. Briggs in San Antonio.
». * «
Representing the Pharr Music
Study Club at the 15th annual con-
vention of the Eighth District of the
Texas Federation of Music Clubs
held in Weslaco November 2, were
the Rio Trio composed of Mary Do-
neis, violinist, Mrs. Charles Wilson,
cellist, and Mrs. Jimmie Jones, pi-
anist. \
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Harris, Jr.,
are announcing the arrival of a son,
Willie E., Ill, horn Thursday, Octo-
ber 26th, 6:30 p.m., at the McAllen
Hospital, weighing five pounds, 12
ounces. Maternal grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Conquest.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Harry K. Miller of
Altadena, Calif., and Mrs. Mert Con-
lee of Clyde, and Mrs. Edaw Huff of
of Aransas Pass, spent the week-end
here visiting their nieces Mrs. Mary
Warren and Mrs. Lloyd Glover and
their sister, Mrs. Mary McQueen of
McAllen.
30 Years Ago — November 1, 1940
Robert Evans has been elected
the 1940-41 president of the Pharr-
San Juan-Alamo High School student
body. Other officers are: Marian
Cramer, secretary; Jayne Rhine-
hart, treasurer; Paul Flowers, re-
porter. The vice president will be
appointed by the council.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin McCullough
of Wichita Falls, Mr. and Mrs. Wal-
ter Dossett of Waco returned to
their homes, after visiting here for
several years and being here for the
McCullough-Fickling wedding.
* * * .
The vegetable season officially
opened in Pharr last week with the
Coate-Fox-Price firm having the
honor of shipping the first solid car-
lot of the new crop from Pharr and
also from the Upper Valley. It was
the first carload shipped on the Mis-
souri Pacific Lines as well. The car-
lot contained eggplant and pepper.
Coate-Fox-Price shipped the first
Club Directory
Lodges —
Hews Letter From Your Congressman
I WASHINGTON, D.C. — As I visit
j with South Texans during this con-
! gressional recess and listen to what
I they are saying, I find a deep —
I and completely justified — concern
| about the wave of terroristic bomb-
I ings launched by small groups
j against the democratic institutions
' of America.
Look at what has happened in re-
cent days. There were three major
bombings on the Pacific Coast and
one in Chicago. A bomb was explod-
ed in a New York City Courthouse.
, During one day, dynamite was used
I to blast a Federal office building, a
I county office building, two churches
! and a home in Rochester, N.Y. A
library building at Harvard Univer-
sity was demolished by a bomb.
And in Canada, at the other end of
the U.S. border from South Texas,
a terroristic group with a small
membership committed acts that
forced the government to suspend
civil liberties.
Fortunately, our own area has
been spared. But of course we can-
not be unconcerned. This is our na-
tion as well as our South Texas.
All Americans must heed the warn-
ing of a high FBI official that “an-
archist groups” are plotting guer-
rilla warfare aimed at overthrowing
the government. Unless we restore
and maintain law and order, while
safe guarding the constitutional
rights of our citizens, the 200th birth-
day of the United States of America
just six years from now could turn
out to be a sorry celebration.
LIBRARY NOTES
FROM
PHARR MEMORIAL
LIBRARY
By
Mrs. Ruby Fleming
Dress Code Amended By Committee;
Coulottes Acceptable Attire at PSJA
Reprinted From The Bear’s Tale
By CHERIE GOSSETT
[ Midis, minis, maxis, regular
I dresses and skirts, coulottes, and
pant dresses are now the accepted
attire at PSJA.
A new dress code was drawn up
by the Dress Code Committee to
meet with today’s changing times
and student tastes. Just about every-
thing is acceptable campus attire
except jump suits, mini pant
dresses, scooter skirts, slacks, jeans,
and micro-minis.
Slacks Acceptable for Sock-hop
No longer are girls restricted to
the conventional skirts and dresses
at sock-hops, for the committee was
carlot last year from Pharr, and it
was also one of the first in the Val-
ley.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. C. Edwin Briggs and
children left Tuesday for Corpus
Christi where they will make their
home indefinitely. He will be em-
ployed with the Continental Oil Co.
* * *
Marjorie Cramer of Houston vis-
ited here over the weekend with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Cramer.
* * *
Mrs. A. Van Dresar returned Sun-
day from a week’s visit in San An-
tonio and Corpus Christi.
* + +
i Mrs. T._j|fcSmg returned Tuesday
| frgm SteplrjpR:, Texas, where she
j visited relatives and friends.
even able to drastically alter the
strict dress code. Pant suits and
nice slacks are acceptable, but not
jeans.
Faculty members on the Dress
Code Committee are Mrs. Katherine
Fairchild, Mrs. Gloria Potter, Miss
Esther Ventura, Miss Victoria Mar-
tinez, Mrs. Ruby Jenks, Mrs. Shir-
ley Saulsburg, Mrs. Jo Ann Doff-
ing, and Miss Diamantina Herrera.
Rita Anderson, Josephine Cano,
Delia Cantu, Nancy Kuhn, Belinda
Montalvo and Connie Piper were
the students on the committee.
All-Girl Assembly Held
The committee held an all-girl
assembly, Oct. 19. The dress code
rules were discussed and several
fashion styles were modeled. Both
the acceptable and the “no-no’s”
of school attire were shown. The
proper way to sit and act in a
mini were also demonstrated. All
fashions shown were from the Polka
Dot in Pharr.
Mr. J. L. Farmer, principal, ap-
proved the present code but men-
tioned that it can be revoked at
any time if the girls abuse the priv-
ileges.
The dress code rules were distri-
buted to girls in the high school
and junior high schools.
The new edition of the famous
Teaxs Almanac now on sale. All
the facts about Texas between
two covers. Only $1.95 at THE
PHARR PRESS, 203 S. Cage.
THE KINGDOM WITHIN by John
A. Sanford is a study of the inner
meaning of Jesus’ sayings. In order
for the “whole self” to be realized,
Mr. Sanford teaches that the ego
must come into creative relationship
with the subconscious inner life. The
book is illustrated with case histor-
ies drawn from the author’s work as
pastoral counselor.
* * *
GOD IS AN ENGLISHMAN is Mr.
Delderfield’s most ambitious and in-
teresting novel to date. Propelled by
a central story of strength, love and
warmth, the plot takes the reader
from the dusty plains and bloody
battles of. India to the slums of Lon-
don, to the English countryside of
the 19th century England. Mr. Del-
derfield is well known for his novels
of pastoral England and this new
one will be welcomed.
* * *
Weldon Hill’s new book LONE-
SOME TRAVELER depicts the trials
of a young boy who travels from
Oklahoma to New Mexico, in a small
cart drawn by his pet burro, to be
with his mother who is in a sana-
torium in New Mexico. The people
whom he meets on the way, their
experiences together give warmth,
excitement and humor to this un-
usual story. The book is a story of
courage, of family bonds and the
immeasurable strength of love.
•>= * *
Leather work is a delightful and
practical art either as a hobby or
as a money making craft. Joseph
Leeming’s book FUN WITH LEATH-
ER gives complete directions for
making many articles as belts, pock-
et books, bookcovers, etc. Included
also are instructions given for cut-
ting, lacing, tooling, dyeing, apply-
ing gold leaf and other forms of dec-
orations.
NOTICE. LAND OWNERS —
Post your property. Keep out un-
authorized personnel. Signs of
all kinds — Posted, No Hunting,
No Trespassing, No Entre, Keep
Out Leased For Hunting, etc.,,
for sale at THE PHARR PRESS',.
203 S. Cage.
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FOR TEXASI
Political advertisement paid for by
Committee to Re-Elect Lt. Governor Ben Barnes, Ralph Wayne, Chairman.
PHARR ROTARY CLUB
Meets every Tuesday, 12:05
P. M., Texan Hotel
PAUL G. RODRIGUEZ
President
H. L. LAMBE
Secretary
NO. 3109
FRATERNAL
CITRUS AERIE
ORDER
OF
EAGLES
Meets every Thursday
8:00 P. M.—208 S. Cage
Kenneth Harvey, President
E. A. Worster, Sec.
KIWANIS CLUB
Meets every Thursday, 12:09
P. M. at Kiwanis Hall
LARRY LUSBY
President
SHELBY CROSBY
Secretary
AMERICAN LEGION
Post No. 101
Meets 1st, 3rd Mon.
Leg. Bldg., 417 S. Cage'
FRANK TAGLE
Commander
JAMES E. SULLIVAN
r "utant
M A S O N IC L O D G E
No. 1227 A.F.&A.M.
Meets every first and third
Tuesday, 8:00 P.M. at Lodge Hall.
Shelby Crosby, W.M.
Donald Noonan, S.W.
Richard Light, J.W.
A. B. Fields, Sec.
Visiting brethren are cordially
invited.
YOUR VOTE WILL RE-ELECT
CHARLES E. CURTIS
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Precinct No. 2, Hidalgo Co.
November 3
PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR SUPPORT
THANK YOU!
(Political Adv. Paid for by Friends of the Candidate)
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Sale on Alamo Road and Expressway frontage of deluxe
Mobile Court Lots, 40 x 110 feet. Some Expressway front-
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location. Water, sewer and utilities. Plat approved by
city. Many fine residential lots are also available.
Each and every lot will carry a GUARANTEE TITLE POL-
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with the BANK OF YOUR CHOICE until dosed and guar-
antee title policy is issued.
MOBILE AND COMMERCIAL LOTS FOR SALE OR LEASE
CABANA SOUTH
506 ALAMO ROAD - PHONE 787-5947 - ALAMO, TEXAS
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