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Pharr Memorial Library
130 E. Caffery
Pharr, Texas
The Weather
Cooler on Friday with front
coming into South Texas. Some
shower activity. Warmer by week
end.
THE PHARR PRESS
VOLUME XXXV — NO. 43 PHARR, (HIDALGO COUNTY), TEXAS, 78577. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1968 5c PER COPY—$2.50 PER YEAR
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ALL THE NEWS OF
PHARR
In Your Home Town
Newspaper
Vegetable Show
Names Manager
Charley Rankin, veteran farm
reporter in the Rio Grande Val-
ley for many years, has been
named the general manager for
the 21st All Valley Winter Vege-
table Show that will be held in
Pharr Dec. 6-7.
He was named by the board of
directors at a meeting Wednes-
day night in the CC office in the
Texan Hotel.
Rankin is the farm news editor
for Radio Station KURV, Edin-
burg.
Reports from all the commit-
tees were made at the board
meeting. There is more interest
in the Garden Plot contest this
year than usual with a total of
18. Grand prize in this contest
is $50 cash, with $30 for second
and $20 for third. The winner re-
ceives a beautiful trophy donated
by the Security State Bank,
Pharr. The exhibitor of the Gar-
den Plot must actually grow all
of the vegetables in his own gar-
den.
Tom Longbrake, president, pre-
sided at the meeting.
The finance committee headed n •
by Mike Frost, McAllen, will j |
start a drive for contributions
immediately.
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Daylight Saving
Time Ends
October 27
Sunday, October 27th, will be
red letter day for a lot of peo-
ple. That is the day that the
nation returns to regular time.
The hour that was “lost” last
June will now be gained back
Before going to bed Saturday
night or when you get up Sun-
day morning, turn your clock
back one hour.
Those who do business in Rey-
nosa, Mexico, or other parts of.
Mexico will be pleased to be on
the same time as Mexico.
Daylight saving time has never
been very popular here with
families with small children.
HALF TIME PERFORMERS — This is the Be^. eite Front who lead the PSJA Bearette Drill
Squad in all of the half time performances at football games. Left to right are Karen Johnson,
Dawn Conway, Drum Major, who is also “Miss Pharr” for 1968 69; Connie Garfield, Audrey John-
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son, Evelyn Wiley, ass’t. Drum Major and Carol Sigle
No Narcotics In
Schools Now
The wide-spread publicity about problems with the behavior of a
the use of and prevalence of dan- very small minority in a grow®
gerous drugs and narcotics in the of this size. We sincerely believe
McAllen public schools has that most of our vnnth hsw **
Post 101 Hosts Legion
Convention Nov. 2-3
Pharr Post 101 of the American
egion will host the 15th Dis-
ict Convention on Nov. 2-3.
This is the first time the Dis-
ict convention has been held
. Pharr in several years.
Several hundred Legionnaires
pedal Ship Will
ake Gifts To Men
i Viet Nam
rons of St. Nick’s gifts will be
Lng to members of the Armed
rces in Vietnam by special
ip this year, thanks to a joint
ntagon-Post Office venture.
A fast U. S. Cargo ship will be
si^nated the “1968 SANTA
jAUS SPECIAL,” sailing from
ikland, California next month
Lth Christmas parcels.
To meet the sailing deadline
id assure pre-holiday delivery
gifts sent with surface postage,
a nig should be mailed during
ie October 16 - November 9
miod They should be marked
5ANTA CLAUS SPECIAL” just
dow the stamps.
The “SANTA CLAUS SPE-
IAL” will sail during the latter
alf of November and stop at Da
ang, Qui Nhon, Cam Rahn Bay
nd Saigon, Vietnam. It takes ap-
roximately three weeks for a
rst ship to cross the ocean. _
All gifts should be packed m
trong containers with adequate
ushioning and correctly ad-
dressed, including APO and FPO
lumbers.
No. 9 Gas Well
Completed In
New Sand
Tenneco Oil Co. has re-worked
:he No. 9 Pharr Field Wide gas
unit in a new sand, the Marks.
The well gauged 3.050 million
cubic feet of gas daily from per-
forations at 10,521-35 feet.
Gas-condensate ratio was 18o,-
814-1 and liquid gravity was 54
degrees. Flow pressure on 10-64
inch choke was 3 013 pounds and
shut-in pressure was 4,607 pounds.
The workover was bottomed at
10,800 feet and plugged back to
10,548 feet in John Closner Sub-
division.
The well is located about one
mile southeast of Pharr and one
mile southwest of San Juan.
and Auxiliary members from
Laredo to Brownsville will be
here for this convention.
All program arrangements have
been completed.
General chairman is Comman-
der Ricardo Alvarado for the
Legion with Ina Ross, president
of the Auxiliary and Roger Palm-
quist, 15th District Commander,
as co-chairmen. Palmquist will
preside over the Legion part of
— th^ramr‘s^iT^- ror uie cunvcn-
tion will be Past Dept. Comman-
der Bill Nami of Cuero.
Some of the other speakers
will be R. Steve Smith, Field
Representative of the Legion and
Teal Adkins, national alternate
executive committeeman.
The main sessions will be held
at the PSJA H. S. auditorium.
PSJA CHEERLEADERS WORK HARD at all football games. Left to right, they are: Gilma Lon-
goria, Inalee Garfield, Gladys Garza, Pat Clark, Head Cheerleader; Linda Hanshaw and Lesbia Lon-
goria.
Bears-Bulldogs Renew Long Time Grid
Rivalry at PSJA Stadium Friday Night
Hungry for a clear cut 4 A con- win for the Bears. , ( many games against McAllen.
ference victory, the PSJA Bears
host the strong McAllen Bulldogs
this Friday night at Bear sta-
dium in the feature gridiron at-
traction of the Upper Valley, and
for many PSJA fans, is the most
important game of the year.
A sell out, full capacity, stand-
ing room crown of partisan fans
are expected for this annual
battle.
The game this year is expected
to be a thriller, as so many
others have been through the
years, but it will have to go some
to match last year’s up and down
battle which ended with a 28-27
win for the Bears. , .many games against McAllen.
The McAllen Bulldogs have a Before that, you could count on
better season record with three
wins and three losses, and have
a 2-1 conference record, while
PSJA has a 1-4-1 record, with a
conference record of no wins,
two losses and one tie. On the
season record, the Bulldogs
should be favored but since the
game is at Bear Stadium, PSJA
might be a slight favorite in the
eyes of some experts.
Past performance doesn’t mean
very much in this game and
usually the favorite never wins.
Only in the last ten years has
PSJA been able to win very
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Mountz Given Life
Membership In
Post 101, Legion
The Pharr Post 101 of the
American Legion presented a life
membership to W. J- (Bill) ,
Mountz of Pharr at the last reg-1
ular meeting. This is only the
second time that a life member
ship has ever been granted by
the Post and he is the only one
living. The previous life member-
ship was granted to the late K.
E. Robie. . , !
Mountz is the oldest living past
commander of the Pharr Post. He
served as commander in 1932.
The Pharr post was chartered in
1920. . ,
Mountz served as city commis-.
sioner for a number of terms and
was mayor of the city for sever- ^
al terms. He retired this year af-
ter operating a planing mill for
more than 40 years.
Also at the last meeting, im-!
mediate past commander Lindsey
Rodriguez was presented the
Past Commander Badge.
FATHER OF MRS. FORD
DIES IN PORT LAVACA
The father of Mrs. Sidney F.
Ford of Pharr passed away in
Port Lavaca October 9th. He had
been in failing health for some
time. . ,,
Funeral services were held
October 12th in Kingsville with
burial there.
LIBRARY board to meet
FRIDAY NOON
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Eugene W. Strait, v£jfe. . mov&n
local accountant, has ba*n elect-
ed president of the Pharr Ki-
wanis Club for the next year. He
was elected by the membership
at the last regular meeting. He
has been first vice president for
the last year and was moved up
one hand all the PSJA victories
since the rivalry began in the
late 20s or early 30s.
The Bulldogs have far more
speed, size and experience then
do the Bears and have at least
one break-away runner, Kicky
Labus.
The Bears, on the other hand,
rely on 3, 4, 5 and sometimes
7 or 8 yards at a time. Some-
times, a completed pass will eat
up long yardage. The Bears do
not have a strong goal line punch
when they get inside the 20-
yard line.
The Bulldogs proved they can
Benito 28-20, scoring all oi merry
points in the 2nd half.
The Bears have scored 88'
points this year while giving_ up
103. McAllen has scored 93 points
while g.ving up 101. which makes
the offensive and defensive re-
cords practically identical.
Head Coach Charlie Williams
public schools has
prompted many parents in the
Pharr area to ask, “What is the
situation in the PSJA schools?”
And what, if anything, is being
done to counter-act this under-
ground drug traffic?
The Pharr Press passed this
question on to Supt. of Schools
Dean Skiles. The Supt. said that
in a student body of some 3,500,
there are bound to be a few who
are mixed up in this sort of
thing, but he was quick to add
that if there were any, it was
a very, small number. Just a few
can make a 95 or 99% of the
students look bad.
McAllen has some 1,400 to 1,500
more students involved than
does PSJA.
Since the School District em-
ployed Constable Erasmo Bravo
to patrol the H. S. parking lot,
there have not been any incid-
ents.
Here is a written statement
from the Supt.:
“The PSJA High School and
the two Junior High Schools will
have a combined enrollment of
approximately 3500 students this
year. We would expect some
that most of our youth have _
high standard of moral values
and conduct themselves «xs
mature-thinking individuals.
“You will recall that we faa&
some discussions during last
school year in regard to Mare-
juana. We did find some cigaret-
tes that resembled Marijuana.,
The tests revealed that the plant
material in the cigarettes was
Catnip. As a result of this incident
we employed Mr. Erasmo Brave
to supervise the High School
Parking Lots. We have beest-
highly pleased with this practice
“As far as we know, we have
no problems with drugs as dir-
ectly related to our high school
or junior high school students*
Dean Skiles
Superintendent of Schools
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo
I. S. D.
SEEN ’ROUND
THE TOWN
The 15th DISTRICT AMERI-
CAN LEGION & AUXILIARY
convention coming up Nov. 2-31.
This is the FIRST convention'
Pharr has had in some time. It
is coming to Pharr because RQ&~
ER PALMQUIST is the 15th. Bisfc.
Cmdr. ... A lot of mamas (and
maybe some papas) will be gfer#
to see daylight saving time come
to an end. The official change
over date is Sunday, Oct. 17th. . _
Florida has an estimated crop of
13 M. boxes of Duncan grapefruit.
Most of this fruit must go fog-
juice. The tree is a heavy pros.
Ralph Grasso, Long
Time Resident,
Dies at Age 73
Ralph Grasso, a resident of
Pharr for the last 26 years, pass-
ed away Sunday, October 20th,
at the McAllen General Hospital
after a short illness. He was 73.
Funeral services were held
October 22, 4 p.m., in the Kreid- ______ _ i;5 d Iiectvy
Burial was in^^selawn^Ceme-^ poj^
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to president. David! said the Bears should be ready
Other new officers are oa Kame. We have
Perkins, cashier at the Security
, State Bank, first vice president,
j Shelby Crosby, right-of-way engi-
' nee”, Texag Highway Dept., sec-
ond vice president, and Ken Cal-
laway was re-electecl treasurer.
The hoard of directors are: Ar-
thur Hale W. P. Patton, Homer
Stohler, Ramiro Martinez, J. C.
(Pat) Patrick, Tommy Reichert
! and Lester C. Miles
for a good ball game. We have
no major injuries. We will have
to play a good, strong game all
the way in order to win, he said.
General admission tickets will
be sold at the gate. All reserved
tickets were sold out before game
time.
RECORDS OF TEAMS
McALLEN 0, Galena Park 32.
McALLEN 0, Galveston Ball 20.
McALLEN 45, Monterrey 6.
tery with Masonic rites by the
San Juan Lodge.
A native Texan, having been
born in Fredericksburg, he had
previously lived in San Antonio.
He lived in McAllen 16 years be-
fore moving to Pharr, where he
lived at 323 S. Dogwood at the
time of his death.
He was a retired insurance
agent.
He was a past Master of the
San Juan Lodge and was cur-
id Lester C. Miles. McALLLfM 40, ivioiiieu^ u
The secretary i= an appointive j McALLEN 20, EDINURG 8.
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office and is named by the board
of directors.
New officers will begin their
duties January 1st and will be in-
stalled some t.me in December
on a date to be selected.
Outgoing president is M. R.
(Al) Jennings
McALLEN 0, Brownsville 15
McALLEN 28, SAN BENITO 20.
PSJA 14, DONNA 22.
PSJA 27, R. G. C. 0.
PSJA 0, MISSION 13.
PSJA 14, HARLINGEN 14.
PSJA 13, ALICE 40.
PSJA 10, KINGSVILLE 14.
Pros-Cons on Amendments To Be
Voted on Hov. 5th Are Given
Eagle Shrimp Boil
Is Friday, Oct. 25
The Pharr Eagle’s Lodge is
sponsoring one of its famous
“Srhimp Boils” this Friday, Oct.
25th, at the Lodge dining hail,
210 S. Cage.
Plates are $1.25 each. Serving
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Pharr Memorial Library! hours will be 4 to 8 p.m. and
LEATHER REPORT
High Low Rain
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tober 18........86
tober 19........70
tober 20 .........
tober 21 ........87
tober 22........90
tober 23 ........87
tober 24 ........90
Readings are taken from Carl
buster Weather Reporting Sta-
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board of directors will have then
I regular quarterly meeting Fri
day, Oct. 25th, 12 noon, at the
Texan Hotel.
All members are urged to be
present, reminds Mrs. Catheiine
Stinnett, president.
ABSENTEE VOTING
FOR GENERAL ELECTION
Voters may vote absentee in
plates will be made to go.
Proceeds will go for Eagle
charity projects, states Pres.
Lawrence Pino.
PALMQUIST ELECTED
TO VETERAN’S OFFICE
Roger Palmquist, Hidalgo Co.
Veterans’ Service Officer for
many years, has been elected the
president of the Texas Veteran
Here is a brief analysis of the
first seven of the 14 constitu-
tional amendments that will be
voted on in the general election
Nov. 5th, with some pros and
cons for both sides.
The “for” and “against” argu-
ments are provided by the Tex-
as Legislative Council.
No. 1—Relating to the Em-
ployees Retirement System of
Texas, and revising provisions for
management of the fund.
For—The modern concept of
employment, pensions are an ab-
solutely indispensable comple-
ment of wages.
Against—The employees retire-
ment system of Texas is already
a statutory agency. They already
have broad authority on invest-
ment of funds.
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fo%hrcolho^nEdfnbu”C"gr | 2 atertoee 4? state Un.
by writing tor a ballot. ' meeting of the organization.
No. 2—Increasing the amount
that may be expended in one
year from state funds for public
assistance payments to needy
aged, disabled, blind, etc.
For_This amendment allows
the legislature greater discretion
:n meeting the needs of all four
classes of welfare recipients in
the state.
Against — Would require $15
million in new funds when state
is already pressed to meet rising
costs of new programs. The state
should not encourage dependency
on public welfare.
No. 3—Providing for the in-
vestment of the Permanent Uni-
versity Fund in certain types of
securities.
For—To hedge against infla-
tion, funds should be invested
in corporate stocks so that value
of'the fund can be maintained
or increased.
Against—Fluctuations in the
stock market would affect the
day to day value of the fund. The
50% restriction for investment in
common stocks should be retain-
ed.
No. 4—Authorizing Dallas Co.
to issue certain bonds, with a
majority instead of two thirds
majority.
For—Limited to Dallas Co. and
does not give other counties a
free hand to extend their in-
debtedness.
Against — Two-thirds majority
should remain for bond elections.
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be waiting for a load of oranges;
as that is the only product be-
ing shipped out of the Valley
right now. One morning, these
were 13 of these trucks parked ^
round or near the Texan Hotel
. . . One traffic ticket does NOT
affect your insurance premium^
so states Mayor R. S. BOWE, and
a warning ticket does not count
at all. Two traffic tickets will add
_____ ____^ 15% to your insurance and
rently the secretary, He was a I THREE tickets will add 35%*
past Patron of the Order of the
Eastern Star, San Juan.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Marilee Grasso of Pharr; two
daughters, Mrs. W. A. Stephenson
of McAllen and Miss Louise
Grasso of Pharr; a sister, Mrs.
Gertrude Dunbar of San Antonio;
four grandchildren and two great
grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Dr. Louis
Knight, Joe Melson, Quentin New-
combe, Jr., Don Clark, Paul Het-
rick, MaTvin Kautsch.
Honorary pallbearers were
members of the San Juan Mas-
onic Lodge.
Kreidler Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
St. Jude's To Have
Barbeque Oct. 27
St. Jude's Church at
South Ironwood is having
annual fall festival and barbecue
this Sunday, October 27th, at the
grounds.
Beef and polish sausage will
be served with all the trum-
mings at $1.50 per plate for
adults and 75 cents for children.
Plates will be prepared to go.
Serving hours be from 11 a.m.
to 2 p.m. and from 4:30 to 7:30
p.m.
There will be many games and
booths and the public is cordially
invited.
505
its
Jaycees Will Patrol
Streets on Halloween
The Jaycees of Pharr will pa-
trol the streets of Pharr on Hallo-
ween night (Oct. 31st) and give
assistance, if needed. Sometimes,
it is dangerous for very small
children to be out on the streets.
Volunteers for this patrol should
contact any of the following: He-
ron Ramirez, Gilbert Cabrero,
Reynaldo Zuniga, Jose Munoz or
the Pharr Police Dept,
the Pharr Police Dept. Residents
are asked to turn on parch lights.
Mayor Bowe says warning tick-
ets are issued up to 40 miles per
hour. ... In June, 1968, the Tteer
as Prison System had 12 339 itt-
mates, a decrease of 389 from the
previous year. During the month
380 new inmates were admitted;
225 of them came from the four
most populous counties of the
state—Dallas, Harris, Bexar and
Tarrant. . . Atty. HENRY ROE-
LOFS of McAllen once owned
and edited a weekly newspaper
in Sioux Center, Iowa. Mr. Roe-
lofs, among hi3 other jobs, is
president of the Lower Rio Gran-
de Valley Audubon Society this-
year. . . A tractor-truck seen inr-
town had a Wallace sticker on-
one side and a Nixon sticker on
the other. We suppose one “fo*
J him” and one “for her”. (We
looked hard to see if there was a?
Humphrey sticker somewhere but
didn’t find one). . . The Texas
Highway Dept, announces that
they will build an overpass over
the RR. crossing on the 83 Ex-
pressway north of San Juan—if
the RR. is NOT going to abandon
the line. This is a spur line of
the Missouri Pacific that goes
from San Juan to Edinburg. The -
cast of an overpass here is esti-
mated at $1 Million. When the/
Highway was constructed, the*
RR. said at that time they in-
tended to abandon the line in-
the near future. An overpass was
constructed over a RR. on 83 east
of Weslaso. . . A farm editor for
the S. A. Express says that a
BEET allotment for South Texas^
growers will never be granted as
long as three members of the
agricultural committee stay in
power. In a recent article, he at-
tacks there three Congressmen
for stopping any beet industry
for this area. . . Halloween is
coming up soon. As far as we
know, Carnahan PTA will have-
its annual carnival and party,,
but have not received an an-
nouncement. . .
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