The Pharr Press (Pharr, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 11, 1971 Page: 3 of 6
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THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1971
THE PHARR KRESS, PHARR (HIDAuOJ COUNI«}. TEXAS
PAGE 3
Highway Dept. Has
Films Available
The Texas Highway Dept, now
has several motion picture films and
one set of slides available for use
by service clubs, churches, schools
and civic organizations.
The slides entitled “Wild Flowers
of Texas” include 60 35mm frames
of the most popular and colorful
wild flowers of Texas. They are ac-
companied by a taped narration tell-
ing a little bit about each flower
and where it is most abundant. Due
to heavy demand during the spring,
requests for these slides should be
made at least two weeks in advance.
The five films are: “Texas Builds
a Highway” which depicts in broad
terms how Texas highways are
planned, financed and built, “Mon-
ey to Burn,” an anti-litter film por-
traying the waste and unsightliness
of litter, especially along Texas
highways, and three travelogues en-
titled “Texas—'Land of Contrast,”
“Law West of the Pecos” and
“Texas—America’s Fun-tier.”
These films may be scheduled for
use by written request to Bette Ar-
nold, c/o Texas Highway Depart-
ment, P. O. Drawer EE, Pharr,
Texas, specifying the date wanted
with one or two alternates in case
the film is scheduled for the date
selected.
Running time of these sound and
color films is approximately 28 min-
utes.
MOST COMMON ANIMAL
Although a young cottontail rabbit
as only - one chance in twenty of
caching its first birthday, it is one
t our most common animals.
GMO's Obtain 1,743
Convictions in Ian.
Game management officers for the
Texas Parks and Wildlife Depart-
ment Obtained 1,743 convictions for
hunting, sport fishing, commercial
fishing, pollution and water safety
violations in January.
Hunting violations led the list with
1,278 convictions followed by sport
fishing violations with 249 convic-
tions.
There were also 22 commercial
fishing convictions, one pollution
conviction and 193 water safety con-
victions.
Total revenue accrued to the state
treasury amounted to $68,205.29.
Baseball Sign Up
Is Saturday, Mar. 13
It is registration time for Pharr’s
summer baseball program and all
boys who want to try out for this
program should go to Vic’s Auto
Rebuilders, 230 West Park, Pharr,
Saturday, March 13, between the
hours of 1 and 4 p.m. and register.
Boys may be between 8 and 14
and they will play, according to
age, in Pee Wee, Bronco or Pony
Leagues.
Boys must be accompanied by a
parent, either the father or the
mother.
All the coaches and managers for
these teams are to be present also
for the registration, states Dan Grif-
fin, president of the Baseball Com-
mission.
The Baseball Commission has
spent several thousands of dollars
remodeling and improving and re-
novating the ball parks on East Sam
Houston and Ironwood Streets.
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WELL, HOW DID YOU LIKE
THE FIGHT? The Joe 'Frazier fans
(and there seemed to be more of
them) can now say with conviction
that the mighty big-mouthed Cassius
has “feet of clay.” He didn’t per-
form like he said he would and the
sixth round, when he was “sup-
posed” to knock out Frazier, was a
very ordinary performance and in
fact, was won by Frazier.
From about the 5th round on, it
appeared that Clay knew he was. in
for a fight, but he still seemed to
fight like he was going to land one
good punch some time and take Fra-
zier out, but every time that Clay
got anything going, Frazier would
hit him with a left hook.
Frazier “should have” knocked
him out in the 11th round. In fact,
that round was the best for Frazier,
in our opinion. He did knock Clay
down in the 15th, but Clay was far
nearer to being out of the fight in
the 11th than in the 15th. After the
knock down in the 15th, Frazier
couldn’t seem to catch up with Clay
to give another solid punch that
would put him down for the count.
It was somewhat ironic that Clay
talked so much prior to the fight
but when the fight was over, he
couldn’t talk at all — he had a
swollen jaw that prevented him
1 from speaking. (That was the first
report anyway.)
Sports Round Upper enjoyed the
fight tremendously and have to say
it was one of the best championship
fights he has seen in a long, long
time. Sports Round Upper scored
the fight 10-3 and 2 ties, which was
very near to the A.P. score of 9-5
and 1 tied.
One prominent sportswriter wrote
before the fight that there was only
thing sure that he could predict and
that was there would be a re-match.
It looks like that prediction was
right — if Clay’s jaw heals so he
can talk again! How could they have
another fight if Clay couldn’t talk?
* • •
A FEW YEARS AGO, the $100,000
salary was a rarity in baseball. That
was baseball’s mountaintop of pres-
tige. You could name all of them on
one hand in that category. This in-
cluded Stan Musial, Mickey Mantle
and Willie Mays and maybe a cou-
ple more. Today, they seem to be
everywhere and some are up in the
stratospheric figures of $160,000, and
players are talking about $500,000
contracts, and one, Carl Yastrezem-
ski, has received one for a three
year period.
Some of the others in the 6-figure
category today include Willie Mays
at $160,000; Bob Gibson $150,000;
Frank Howard, $140,000; Frank Rob-
inson $130,000; Pete Rose $105,000.
Others in the $100,000, or near it
are Harmon Killebrew, Billy Wil-
liams, Hank Aaron, Rick Allen, Ro-
berto Clemente, Juan Marichal,
Brooks Robinson, Boog Powell and
maybe a few more we have over-
looked.
Years ago, Babe Ruth’s salary of
$80,000 was the status symbol of the
ultimate in baseball pay. It was re-
ported that when Ruth went to the
owner, Jake Ruppert, about his sal-
ary, he asked Ruppert what was the
salary of the President of the Unit-
| ed States and when he replied $75,-
000, Ruth said he wanted $80,000, as
he wanted to make more than the
President. As everyone knows, he
got the salary and he was under-
paid at that.
And did you know that the New
York Yankees, once the symbol of
the highest in salaries, do not have
a single player in that category, or
anyone very close at this time?
ODDS AND ENDS PICKED UP
here and there in the world of sports
— The Parks & Wildlife Dept, is not
apt to be split up this year at least,
as the majority of the present Parks
& Wildlife Comm, want to keep it
like it is. Several hills have been in-
troduced in the legislature to change
it but they are not expected to get
very far now. . . . The Parks &
Wildlife public relations office puts
out a news story that “spike bucks
are inferior” and should be harvest-
ed, but sportsmen here in South
Texas don’t agree at all. That is
true in the Hill Country and other
parts of Texas, where an 18-months-
old buck will grow 4, 6 or 8 points,
but it is simply, not true in the thick
brush country ol S. T. For instance,
during the 1969 hunting season, more
spike bucks were bagged in the
brush country than usual, but it
wasn’t because they were inferior.
They had the best browsing situa-
tion that year they had ever had.
. . . PAN AMERICAN COLLEGE
may have its best baseball team
they have ever had. They defeated
the U. of T. three out of four last
week, and anyone that can do that
is above average. Is LUPE SALI-
NAS, the Bronc pitcher, the former
PSJA star? . . . The A. P. makes
some monumental goofs from time
to time. On the Frazier-Clay fight,
they ran for about two days that
300 million people would view the
fight. A little simple arithmetic
would show that was impossible.
There were 20,000 present in New
York about 350 closed circuit out-
lets. There was some viewing in
foreign countries like Mexico and
along the border. Valley viewers
via cable had excellent reception
and in beautiful living color. . .
Airman Completes
Basic Training
Future Nurses of America Select
Mary Rodriguez as Sweetheart
Airman Steven H. Winchester, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert H. Win-
chester of 822 S. Iowa, San Juan,
Tex., has completed basic training
at Lackland AFB, Tex. He has been
assigned to Chanute AFB, 111., for
training as a fire protection special-
ist. Airman Winchester, a 1969 grad-
uate of Pharr-San Juan-Alamo High
School, attended Pan American Col-
lege at Edinburg.
Spring Turkey Hunt
Plans Are Completed
The Texas Parks and Wildlife De-
partment is accepting applications
for the public spring turkey hunt to
be held April 24 through May 2 on
the Kerr Wildlife Management Area.
Eighty permits will be issued, the
same as last year, and applications
blanks may be obtained by writing
the Texas Parks and Wildlife De-
partment, John H. Reagan Building,
Austin, Texas. The deadline for ap-
plications is 5 p.m. April 5, and a
public drawing will be held April 8,
to determine who gets permits.
(Re-Printed From The Bear’s Tale)
Future Nurses of America have
chosen Mary L. Rodriguez as their
sweetheart for 1970. Mary was chos-
en from a field of all the senior
girls in the club.
Mary is a two-year member of
F.N.A. In her junior year she
was a member of Tri-City Top
Teens and F.H.A. I.
Hopes Future Occupation
To Be a Medical Secretary
Mary’s future plans are to go to
college and become a medical sec-
retary. That is quite natural for
long dresses to school, no make-up,
pigtails, and red lipstick and nail
polish. They were also required to
give the Albert Alligator sign, do
whatever old members asked of
them, and were not allowed to talk
to boys.
Initiation March 1
Formal initiation will be March 1
in the cafeteria. The Most 'Coopera-
tive pledge will be named at this
time. Mothers of new members are
also invited.
Champion Tree Part
Of Nature Trail
In Garner Park
A newly-named national champion
ashe juniper tree will be part of
two nature trails being developed at
Garner State Park in Northern
Uvalde County k
The tree has f)een certified by the
Texas Forest Service as the largest
of its spcies in the nation. It is 96
inches in circumference at four and
a half feet, and is 34 feet in height.
The U. S. Department of Agricul-
ture’s Soil Conservation Service has*
completed an inventory of woody
plants at the park, according to of-
ficials of the Texas Parks and Wild-
life Department’s Park Services. A
total of 58 plants will be marked on
the two proposed trails, they said.
T.C.T.T. Inducts
15 New Members
Reprinted From The Bear’s Tale
The Tri-City Top Teens recently
announced their new members.
They are Darice Angel, Jean Tan-
ner, Nancy Penman, Sandra Sali-
nas, Blanca Morin, and Lupita Cas-
tilleja.
Others are Brenda Salinas, Anna
Carranza, Jane Peery, Martha Cun-
ningham, Minerva Sandoval, Debbie
Compton, Linda Melendez, Anna
Jaime, and Veronica Smith.
Talking to Boys Not Allowed
Pledges were required to wear
Rosa Maldonado
Y.I.C.A. Sweetie
(Re-Printed From The Bear’s Tale)
Rosa Maldonado, a senior, was
recently selected V.I.C.A. Sweet-
heart. She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Luis Maldonado of Pharr.
Rosa, recently came to PSJA from
Santa Anna, Calif. She is currently
participating in the I.C.T. program
and is interested in becoming a
nurse. She plans to attend Pan Am-
erican College and study nursing.
her since she states, “I like the
field of medicine and secretarial
work.”
F.N.A. has been quite fulfill-
ing for Mary. She says, “I enjoy
a great deal going to the nursing
home to cheer up and help the old
people.” She does favors for them
such as comb the women’s hair,
give them water, and “just keep
them company.”
Members Take
Refreshments To Homes
F.N.A. members take cookies and
flowers to the nursing homes to
enlighten the lives of the elderly.
Mary states that she got a re-
warding feeling knowing she has
helped someone and brought happi-
ness to their day.
SUSAN MORRIS WINS
SINGLES TILE IN
McALLEN TOURNEY
Susan Morris of PSJA won her
third consecutive girls s i n g 1 s
championship this year at the Mc-
Allen Quarterback tennis tourna-
ment. She is a high school sopho-
more.
PSJA finished in a tie for second
place in overall points.
COTTONTAIL WEIGHT
The average cottontail rabbit
weighs from two to three pounds,
measures about 13 inches in length,
and has ears about three inches
long.
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better than, brand new brakes.
For service you can depend on,
bring your car to our Star Brake
Service Center, todayl
HANK’S GARAGE
130 EAST PARK — PHARR
PHONE 787-1143
HANK WOOD — JACK WOOD
Owners - Operators
WARNING TAIL
Like the beaver, a diving musk-
rat slaps the water with its tail to
warn neighbors. It can stay down
several minutes. Dense underfur
keeps dry, holds body heat in cold-
est weather.
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Glover, Lloyd H. The Pharr Press (Pharr, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 11, 1971, newspaper, March 11, 1971; Pharr, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth715091/m1/3/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Pharr Memorial Library.