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THE PHARR PRESS, PHARR (HIDALGO COUNTY), TEXAS
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1970
THE PHARR PRESS
Established February 20, 1933
Second Class Postage Paid at
Pharr, Texas
Lloyd H. Glover-Editor-Publisher
Office: 203 S. Cage, Pharr, Texas
Phone STerling 7-2291
Published each Thursday after-
noon at Pharr, Hidalgo County,
in the Lower Rio Grande Valley
10 — 20 — 30
YEARS AGO
From the Files of
The Pharr Press
10 Years Ago—February 16, 1960
Mrs. Carrie Phillips and Miss
Rose Fitch are leaving Monday
for San Antonio to attend
three-day conference of the
Methodist Church. They will re-
turn home Friday.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Buck were
among the Humble employees
from Corpus Christi, who attend-
ed the new humble station open-
ing in McAllen Saturday.
’K * *
Mrs. J. Connally Kelly of Pharr
has been named Chairman of
District 15 for the woman’s di-
vision of “Johnson for President”
Club of Texas. The state chair-
man is Mrs. Bill Griffis of San
Angelo and the vice chairman is
Mrs. Silas Grant of Hillsboro.
■* * *
Charles Curtis Jr. and Felton
Josey, stars on the 1960 PSJA
District cage champions, were
unanimous choices for the All
District Cage team when coaches
met this week to name their
choices.
* * *
Congratulations to Janne Ben-
son, who was one of the finalists
in the Tourista Queen Contest in
Harlingen.
* * *
Three delegates to the state-
wide Distributive Education con-
vention in San Antonio, Feb. 26-
27 have been named by the PSJA
•distributive education class.
James W. Davis, coordinator, an-
nounces. They are: Paul Polk,
•das president; Phil Havens, vice-
president, and Richard Olivarez,
jnember. Mr. Davis will accom-
pany the group.
■j * * *
H. H. Gauding, registrar of Pan
American College has released
the following names of students
who carried at least 12 semes-
ter hours and made no grade
less than B for the first semes-
ter, 1959-60: Pharr — Joan Chris-
toffel, Maria Inez Flores, Mary
June Freeman, Arinda A. Gomez,
Romeo R. Robles, Priscilla Roe-
lofs, Carl Lee Shinpaugh, Maria
B. Sanchez, Allene Seitz and
Billie Smith.
® • •
30 Years Ago—February 16, 1940
Harry Britten, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. H. N. Britten, has re-
ceived a civil service position in
Washington, D. C., according to
word received by his parents this
week. He has been employed in
Oklahoma City since graduation
from the University there.
* * *
A Scout program with local
boys giving a part was featured
at the Kiwanis Club meeting
Thursday. A. J. Flowers, scout-
master of troop 24, reviewed
some of the activities of his
troop the past year and stated it
was one of the best in the troop’s
history. He introduced his patrol
leaders, Paul A. Flowers, Edwin
Allen, Bob Maurer and Billie
Mountz who gave a first aid
demonstration.
* * *
C. B. Vinsant, local CP&L man-
ager, was in Corpus Christi Fri-
day and Saturday attending the
annual local manager’s meeting
of his company.
* * 5*C
Mrs. Lucille Dowell of Corpus
Chirsti was a week-end guest in
the H. L. Murphey home.
* * *
Roy Hamilton of Ensign, Kan-
sas, was visiting here -over the
week-end with his aunt and
uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Burt Coate.
* * *
Misses Emily Broughton, Chris-
tine Crawford, Linden Anderson,
Martha McCurdy, Doris Jean Ew-
ing, and Mrs. S. P. Nycum at-
tended the T.S.C.W. (C.I.A.) Ex-
Students’ banquet Thursday eve-
ning at the Cactus Room of the
Casa de Palmas Hotel.
* * *
20 Years Ago—February 17, 1950
Ten from Pharr are among the
46 students from Hidalgo County
who are enrolled at Southwest
Texas State Teachers College,
San Marcos. Most of them will
enter the nation’s most critical
occupation — that of teaching in
the public schools. They are
Jeanne Andrews, George James
Brown, Geraldine Gordon, Dar-
rell Hortness, Victor Kruse, La-
vonne Lackey, Leroy Marburger,
Jr., Marjorie Martin, Saila Rod-
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give all of our
customers.
A large total of deposits is
gratifying. But when some are
small, it just means that our
list of friends is longer.
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14 Original
Paintings To Be
Shown in McAllen
Fourteen original paintings by
some of the world’s greatest art-
ists will be in McAllen for a spe-
cial showing Thursday, February
19, thru Wednesday, March 4.
The South Texas Artmobile will
be parked at the McAllen Inter-
national Museum, 2500 Quince. It
will be open to the public, free of
charge from 3 to 5 p.m. on the
following dates: (Thursday, Feb.
19;) Monday, Feb. 23 thru Thurs-
day, Feb. 26; and Monday and
Tuesday, March 2 and 3. It will
be closed on Friday, Saturday,
and Sunday to the general public
during its stay in McAllen.
School groups from Pharr-San
Juan-Alamo, Donna, Edcouch-
Elsa, McAllen, Mission and Edin-
burg will visit the Artmobile in
specially schedued groups from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. -each day. Ar-
rangements are being made
through Mrs. Rebecca Terry, Dis-
semination Associate of the Re-
gion One Education Service in
Edinburg.
Clubs or groups wanting to
make reservations for group
tours from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. should
call Mrs. J. R. McClure in Mc-
Allen, MU6-6415.
The paintings comprise the
first exhibit this season by the
South Texas Artmobile with
funds provided by the Dougher-
ty Carr Arts Foundation.
Renior and Utrillo are among
the artists represented in the
show, called “The Changing
Image in Art,” which shows part
of the transition in art from the
15th century to the present. Oth-
er artists are Fra Angelico, Guar-
di, Fragonard, Fantin - Latour,
Sisley, Redon, Bonnard, Dufy,
Gris, Chagall, Vlaminck, and
Franz Kline. Twelve of the paint-
ings are owned by Mrs. Dougher-
ty Carr of Corpus Christi. The
exhibition is narrated by a fif-
teen minute taped recording.
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riguez and Alton Slayton.
* * *
Scott Crow, Pharr fire marshal;
Roy Wyland, La Feria, chief of
the Valley Fireman’s and Fire
Marshal’s Ass’n., and Elbert San-
ders, fire chief of Edinburg, went
to Brady Tuesday to attend the
Hill Country Firemen’s and Fire
Marshal’s Ass’n. meeting. Crow
was on the program, speaking on
the value of a town inspection.
* * *
Victor Clark, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. O. Clark of Pharr, re-
ceived his bachelor of arts de-
gree with major in physical edu-
cation at Texas Western College,
El Paso, in January. He is con-
tinuing in college and will work
on his Master’s degree in admin-
istrative education.
* * *
Walter J. Hurst, the only full
time manager the Pharr Cham-
ber of Commerce has ever had,
resigned this week, effective
March 1st, in order to accept a
position with the PSJA School
District as visiting teacher and
personnel director.
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Glover, Lloyd H. The Pharr Press (Pharr, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 19, 1970, newspaper, February 19, 1970; Pharr, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth715023/m1/2/?rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Pharr Memorial Library.