The Pharr Press (Pharr, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 6, 1981 Page: 3 of 12
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The7 Pharr Press, August 6,1981, Page 3
10,20,30,45 years ago
Miss Virginia Polk returns from Europe
45Years Ago - July 31,1336
recently head coach at Devine
High School, has resigned to
accept the principal position at
Rockport High School. Coleman
has been in the coaching
profession for 20 years.
Dr. Tully Mayer gave a
classification talk on the profess-
ion of denistry at the regular
Pharr Kiwanis Club meeting last
Thursday.
AM Meisel and son have
returned from a three weeks visit
with his mother in Saringfield,
New Jersey.
W.P. Patton of the U.S. Dept of
Agriculture has returned from
Wyoming where he has been
assigned for the 1st three months.
Mr. and Mrs. Burdette Strunk
and son Sammy visited this week
with her sister and family in
Kingsville.
Jean Sumrall left this week for
two weeks of classes in band and
twirling at Texas Lutheran
College, Seguin,.
Raymond Self of Donna has been
inducted as Chef de Gare of the
Hidalgo Voiture of the 40 & 8 for
the next year. Charles Bennett of
Weslaco was the installing officer.
1,400 votes. Ewing and Aldrich
will be in a run-eft
Mr. and Mrs. RE, Robie and
sons Bn and Bud, are expected
home this week after a month’s
vacation at his former home in
New London, New Hampshire.
John Wessling, present consta-
ble of Precinct 8, will be in a
runoff with GB. Brady of Hidalgo
for the office of constable.
Wessling received 645 votes,
Rady 555, and third candidate
Lee Hickman 231.
The city of Pharr has raised a
total of $250 for the Centennial
10 Years Ago - Thursday, Aug. 5,
1971
exhibit fund, with the Pharr
Kiwanis Club contributing $125
of this total.
Rogers Blalock and Harry Hall
will be in a run-off for the District
Judge of the 93rd district court.
Blalock led Hall by 108 votes in
the primary last week.
CJi Slate has purchased the
MR 6be home on the west edge of
the city and has moved in.
Mr. and Mrs. W.P. Patton left
Saturday for San Antonio for a
visit with relatives and friends.
Mrs. E.C. White, Mrs. L.M.
Flowers, Mrs. Roscoe Frazier and
M's. C.S. Reynolds left this week
for a two weeks vacation in
Saltillo, Mexico.
Clay Everhard of Pharr won the
office of county treasurer over
Eugene A Elliott in the primary
election last week. The vote was
5839 to 3916.
Thurman Bell of Freer visited
here with his parents, Mr, and
M's. J.G. Bell, this week.
streets and alleys, $53,000.
Richard Lee Buell was elected
president of the Chamber of
Commerce with David Perldns,
vice president, and Dick Obetz,
secretary and E. A. lippitt
treasurer.
A group of 40 businessmen from
Montemorelos, Mexico will visit
Pharr according to A. C. “Tony”
Garda, president of the Inter-
-American Affairs committee.
Mrs. Virginia Earnest will leave
Sunday for Memphis to attend the
Welcome Wagon Hostess School.
Heron Ramirez, vice president of
the Tri-City Jycees announced
plans for the Most Courteous
Employee Contest
Filling in at the Pharr Press while
Ms. Pauline Hobbs was on
vacation was Mss tfdy Haregsin.
M. and Mrs. John Jancik and
daughters Kay and Susie of Pharr
are enjoying a months vacation in
Hawaii
Ms. Ruth S. Bolling returned last
week from a month’s visit with
her daughter in Dallas.
30 Years Ago - Avgust 3,1951
A total of 200,000 bales erf cotton
had been ginned in the Valley last
week when general rains all over
the area stopped the harvest.
Price on cotton lint was 35 cents a
pound with cotton seed at $68 a
ton.
Second Lieut. Robert O. Rising-
er, U.S. Marines, was the only
Milne officer to receive a
decoration during a ceremony at
Fort Sill, Okla., recently. Risinger
received a bronze star medal with
a “V’ for valor for his service with
the 1st Marine Division in Korea.
The 26-year old Marine has been
in the service nine years.
Harry Engstrom, instructor in
vocational agriculture at PSJA
High School for seven years,
tendered his resignation this
week in order to accept the
siniliar positon with the Merce-
des Public schools.
Dave Coleman, former PSJA
High head coach, and more
Congressman Milton H West of
Brownsville was re-elected cong-
ressman of the 15th district. He
defeated his one opponent, Noble
G. Cofer, also of Brownsville, by a
vote of 24,396 to 10,827. Cofer was
backed by the Townsend suppor-
ters.
In the race for county judge of
Hidalgo County, incumbent John
W. Ewing of McAllen led Qlilver
C. Aldrich by only 10 votes Jack
Berry, a third candidate, received
The lunch program in PSA was
big business last year serving
more than a million lunches.
Total rains of 4.5 inches since
August 1 halt a very good cotton
harvest
ifly Building permits top $81,000.
Indude in the permit was a fence
permit for $400 to Alton Moore, i.
(Ask Alton the story behind that
Ed)
Hie Pharr Broncos won their
second consecutive game in the
regional tournament in San
Benito, by beating the home team,
5-2. Pete Bazan hurled a
cne-hitter. Rene Sanchez hit a
home run
A Pharr Defense Fund was
organized for the defense erf nine
persons indicated after the Feh.
6th disturbance. $10,000 are
needed.
A late evening walker is Mss
Geraldine Palmer and an early
morning walker is Floyd Hetrkk.
Coach Charlie Williams and his
1971 team were named to win the
District title. THE Bears will play
the big games at home this
year-McAllen, Harlingen, Brow-
nsville and Weslaco.
Mss Virginia Polk has returned
from a three-week tour of Europe.
She was accompanied her sister
Ms. RP. Miller of San Antonia
HEB advertised sugar at 49 cents
for five pounds, a 12 oz. can of
PEPSI FOR/ ? CENTS* Round
steak for 99 cents and ham for 99
cents.
Ms. E.J. Lappart presented her
piano pupil, Elizabeth Ann Smith,
in a recital in her home one mile
north of Pharr.
16 STORES VALLEY WIDE
MONDAY
THRU SATURDAY SUN0AY
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THRU SATUR0AY SUNDAY
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EFFECTIVE
AUGUST 6th
THRU
AUGUST 12th
MISSION
1028 Conway-585'3551
McALLEN
2300-A N. 10th-686*0971
617 S. Main-686-0941
1425 N. 23rd-682-l624
DONNA
128 S Mam-464-2611
HARLINGEN
Sun Villty Shopping Contw-42:
1514 S Suns!>me-4?3-491?
SAN BENITO
208 N Sam Hou,ton-399-5042
BROWNSVILLE
1313 Palm Siva.-546-6762
1634 Contra! 8lva -546-2839
WESLACO
501 S Taias Bfvd.-568-3453
1004 N Taxas Blvd.-968-1021
9 am-9 pm
9 am-7 pm 10 am-6 pm
9 am-9 pm 10 am-7 pm
9 am-9 pm 10 am-7 pm
9 am-9 pm 10 am- 7 pm
9 am-9 pm 10 am-7 pm
9 iro-9 pm 10 ans-7 pm
EDINBURG
Las Palmas Shopping Canter-383-5522
PHARR
El Contro Mall-787-7391
221 S. Cagt-787-5771
SAN JUAN
600 S Nebraska-787-5365
^Sjnn drug
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9:30 am-9 pm
9 am-9 pm
Closed
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9 am-9 pm 10 j.t>-7 pm
9 am-9 pm 10 am-7 pot
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MID-SUMMER
20 Years Ago August 3,1961
The cotton harvest will peak this
week with 75,000 to 85,000 bales
are expected to be harvested.
Hie city of Pharr proposed a dty
budget of $302,000. The estimated
income was $290,000. A tax levy
cf $1.57 was to levied with the
valuation being increased from 40
to 50 percent. The police
department requested $52,000,
the fire department $24,000
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Dates for the dedication of two
historical markers were set and
progress reported on research for
several more on the 1981 calender
when members of the Hidalgo
County Historical Ccmmission
met Sunday at the McAllen
fiiernational Museum.
Other current objectives on the
agenda were covered in the
reports on marking old ranch
cemeteris, upcoming sessions for
the Archives Alert project to copy
old historic photographs and to
activate Junior Historian chapters
in schools over the county. Dr.
RE. Norton, chairman, directed
the session which opened with a
silent in memory erf the late Leo J.
Lea commission member who
died July 4
Marker didication dates annou-
nced were; September 27 for the
Kiwanis Club building at Pharr
and November 22 at Moore Field.
Hie next commission meeting will
be at Pharr on same date as the
marker program.
Indexing of the old cemetery
listings is underway, reported
Fran Isbell, member of the joint
committee from the ccmmission
and the McAllen Geological
Society working on the county-
wide project Mare than 6,000
listing from the compilation.
A surprise feature on the
program was presented by young
Matt Foerster of McAllen. Iks
study of historic spots on both
sides ofr the Rio Grande from the
Gulf to Mer-Roma-Rb Gande City
was undertaken as a fourth grade
assignment at Milam School and
results were reflected in illustra-
ted by a scrapbook of pi&ures and
souvenirs. He was aided in the
project by his father, Bill
Foerster.
Dr. Ncrton pointed out the value
of such projects as potential
advancement to the Junior
Historian movement.
Pharr will be the setting for the
next Archives Alert session, due
August 22 and 29 at the Kiwanis
Chib building. Named to be in
charge were Lloyd Glover, Ann
Me Kelly, George Gause, David
Sigle and Tom Washington.
Volunteers are needed for the
photographic phase, especially
camera-men and women,. Gause
said Donations are needed to
purchase film, etc., he added The
Security State Bank of Pharr has
offered to match other local
donations for the cause. ?
Historians will be welcomed to
the next meeting of Rio fihnde
Valley Architects’ Society, set for
October 10, announced Ray
Moore. Slides of early Valley
churches from the Eugene (forge
collection will be shown. Histori-
ans will be helpful in identification
and recounting incidents connec-
ted with the pictures, Moore
added
Among possibilities for additio-
nal markers being placed during
the latter part of 1980, are: the
Tower Theater, Weslaco; the
Spider W> Depot, Progreso; Rio
Theater, Mission; Hidalgo State
Bank, Mercedes; Southern Pacific
Depot and Osborn Building,
McAllen. Ruth Davis and Fran
Isbell gave progress reports on
these respective research phases.
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Nelson, Charles. The Pharr Press (Pharr, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 6, 1981, newspaper, August 6, 1981; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth866434/m1/3/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Pharr Memorial Library.