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THE PHARR PRESS, PHARR (HIDALGO COUNTY), TEXAS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1975
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Pharr, Texas
THESE BATTLIN’ BEARS WILL SEE ACTION Friday night at Bear
Stadium against the undefeated Harlingen Cardinals. Left to
right are Jeff Noland, No. 63, guar.d; Javier Avendano, No.
32, linebacker; Tommy Ramirez, No. 31, halfback and Nino
Benavides, No. 44, linebacker.
Hanna Eagles Bomb Bears With Long
Pass to Win 21 to 13 at Sams Stadium
For the third consecutive week,
the long pass proved the undoing of
the PSJA Bears. Brownsville Hanna
had touchdown passes of 39 and 43
yards to come from behind in the
second half and defeat the scrappy
Bears 21 to 13 in spacious Sams
Stadium in Brownsville Oct. 3rd.
The Hanna Eagles scored first
and last tand that was the differ-
ence. Also, some costly penalties
were the “difference” several times
for the luckless Bears.
Cookie Trevino was the leading
ground gainer for the Bears and
for the game with 97 net yards in
11 carries. He would have exceeded
the 100-mark easily but two runs of
5 and 15 yards each were nullified
by 15-yard penalties.
Brownsville opened the scoring
on their second possession, going 48
yards in 10 plays, with Q.B. John
Gunnoe making most of the yard-
age either on runs or passes. The
final one yard was made by An-
drew Amero -in a dive over the top
of the line. Tony Padilla kicked the
extra point and the Eagles had a
7-0 lead with 4:08 left in the first
quarter.
The rest of the first quarter and
10 minutes of the second quarter
were uneventful, with the Eagles
having favorable field position most
of the time but could not keep a
drive going.
Nelson Ferries intercepted a Gun-
noe pass and returned it to mid-
field. Pet Bazan then threw a strike
to little Roel Carranza near the
sideline good for 37 yards to the 13.
On the very next play, Bazan pass-
ed to Freddy Barrera in the end
zone for a score. Javier Avendano
missed the extra point, however,
and Brownsville held a 7-6 lead at
half time. There was 1:16 minutes
left in the second quarter when the
Bears scored.
Brownsville took the kickoff and
by using sideline passes, maneuver-
ed the ball to the PSJA 15, where
they tried a field goal from the 20
but it was short and wide. There
was only 2 seconds left after the
FG try.
The Bears took the lead early in
the third quarter on a beautiful 54-
yard run by Cookie Trevino, who
broke through a huge hole on the
left side of the line and then just
outran the Hanna secondary to the
goal line. This time, Avendano kick-
ed the extra point and the score
was PSJA 13-7.
with Gunnoe tossing a 39-yarder to
Tony Villarreal, who caught it on'
the -5 and went on in standing up
for the tying TD. Padilla again
kicked the point. There was 3:28
left in the third quarter.
For all practical purposes, that
was the ball game for PSJA. Im-
mediately after the Brownsville
score, Pet Bazan tossed a long
aerial to Carranza but it was just
inches ,too long. Had this been com-
pleted, the Bears would have been
deep in Eagle territory. At still
another time, a long pass was com-
pleted to Carranza which was good
for a first down at midfield but
PSJA was penalized back to their
own 8 - yard line.
Brownsville, made its insurance
TD with 3:45 left in the fourth quar-
ter on a 43-yard pass from Gunnoe
to Villarreal, who made a jumping
catch at the goal line and took the
ball away from two PSJA defend-
ers. Padilla again kicked the point.
The Bears did scare the Eagles
a little by intercepting a pass with
2:24 left and returning to their own
38 but a long pass was intercepted
and Brownsville this time was con-
tent to run out the clock.
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Established February 20, 1933
Second Class Postage Paid at
Pharr. Texas 78577
Lloyd H. Glover. Editor-Publisher
Office: 203 So. Cage, Pharr Texas
Phone 787-2291
Published each Thursday morning
at Pharr, Hidalgo County, in the
Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas.
Subscription Rates:
$4.00 Per Year In County - $4:50
per year outside of Co.
10 — 20 — 30
YEARS AGO
From the Files of
The Pharr Press
10 Years Ago October >14, |1965
Enrollment in PSJA schools is
showing a substantial increase this
year over the same date a year ago,
according to records of the Per-
sonel Office. At the end of the first
six weeks, all the PSJA schools had
a total memership of 6,323, com-
pared to 6,081 a year ago on the
same date, an increase of 242. On
the opening day of school, the dis-
trict had an increase of 120 over
last year. Most of the 242 increase
is in the . high school and junior
high, with a total of 174.
# • *
Mrs. J. Connally Kelly of Pharr,
Mrs. Jack Butler of McAllen, and
Miss Olga Garcia of Edinburg, will
be honored at 3 p.m. Saturday at a
Democratic Woman’s Day tea at the
Fairway Motor Hotel in McAllen.
The three were selected as out-
standing women in their communi-
ties by a committee headed by
Mrs. Leon Henderson. Each com-
munity had been invited to nomi-
nate candidates for outstanding
women. Mrs. Kelly was chosen for
her contribution to beautifying her
community, Mrs. Butler was select-
ed for her dedicated work in Proj-
ect Head Start in the schools, Miss
Garcia was chosen for her leader-
ship potential and for her work in
precinct politics.
* * *
Frank Gross recalls the time he
used to challenge one and some-
times two persons to a banana eat-
ing contest in the Bill Baden- John-
nie Maurer Grocery. His usual bet
was he could eat twice as many
as one person, or as many as two
persons. Quote from the Lions Club
bulletin.
* * * *
/
\ Mr. and Mrs. Gus Davis returned
last week from a five weeks visit
with their children, Mr. and Mrs.
Eddie Rucker, Mr. and Mrs. Bobby
Davis and Mr. and Mrs. John Bap-
tiste and families in California. The
Davises made the trip both ways
by jet.
* * ?.
20 Years Ago t— October |L4, 1955
Tribute and recognition is being
paid this week to the Pharr Volun-
teer Fire Dept, in observance of
National Fire Prevention Week Oct.
9-15. Pharr has the maximum good
fire credit possible — 25% — and
has a key rate of 31 cents. Pharr
has had this maximum credit for
three consecutive years, and this
represents a 40% change since 1949,
when the city had a 15% penalty.
The fire credit is based on a five
year fire loss average.
* • *
Traffic accidents for the month
of September dropped to a record
low of only three, Police Chief Le-
roy Eastin reported this week.
This is the lowest for any month
since a detailed record of all acci-
dents each month has been pub-
licized.
* * *
Harold L. Kendrick, member of
the Pharr unit of the National
Guard, lias been commended for an
“outstanding performance” in basic
combat training at Camp Chaffee,
Arkansas. The commendation came
to the commanding officer of the
112th Armored Cavalry Regiment
from K. L. Berry, major general of
the guard. Kendrick attended an
eight weeks combat course at Camp
Chaffee. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Kari Kendrick. Pvt. Kendrick
was recognized for his performance
at the regular meeting of the Na-
tional Guard this week.
* * *
Miss Sandra Kimbriel, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Kimbriel
of San Juan, will represent the Tri-
City Farm Bureau in the Valley
Farm Bureau queen contest Octo-
ber 18th, Which will be held in the
Mercedes High School auditorium.
The winner will compete for the
title of Texas Farm Bureau queen
at the state convention in Fort
Worth November 7th.
* # •
Mr. and Mrs. Warren (Jimmy)
Linnard are announcing the arrival
of their second son and fourth child,
Steve Alan, born Sunday, Oct. 9th,
at 8:40 p.m., weighing 8 pounds,
9 ounces at the McAllen Hospital.
• • •
30 Years Ago . October 12, 1945
The Lower Rio Grande Valley’s
1945-46 citrus shipping season will
open formally on October 15, but
testing of fruit for sugar content
will probably begin October 8th.
This announcement was made in
Monterrey, Mexico, early this past
week by State Agricultural Com-
missioner J. E. McDonald at the
annual convention of the Texas
Citrus & Vegetable Growers & Ship-
pers.
• • »
Seven officers of the PSJA Fu-
ture Farmer Chapter attended the
district meeting and officers train-
ing school in Edcouch. Present at
the meeting were the major offi-
cers of the six F.F.A. chapters of
the Valley. The group set up the
program of work to be carried on
by the Rio Grande District Future
Farmer Chapter during the 1945-
46 school year. Officers attending
from PSJA were Garland Hortness,
Billy Beddoe, Horace Stiers, Alford
Summy, Glen Reichert, Wesley Ar-
nold, Bill Marinoff, and C. E.
Choate, advisor.
• • •
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Fletcher left
for their home in Hollydale, Cali-
fornia, after a visit with his uncle
and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Gross.
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Mr. and Mrs. Donald Van Dresar
of Corpus Christ! spent the week-
end here with his parents, Mr. and
'Mrs. A. Van Dresar and her pa-
rents, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Young.
* * *
Miss Dorothy Flowers, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Flowers and
W. D. (Andy) Anderson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. N. Anderson of Hous-
ton were married in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Diemer Friday
evening in Corpus Christi.
THE STATISTICS
PSJA
Brownsville
7
First Downs
14
118
Net Yds. Rushing
104
103
Net Yds. Passing
163
16
Passes Attempted
25
8
Passes Completed
12
2
Passes Intercepted
2
6—33
Avg. Yds. Punts
6—31
2
Punt Returns
. 13
50
Yds. K.O. Returns
23
8-73
Penalties
3-25
2
Ball Lost Fumbles
1
Lunch line Lines
She: “Who ya shoving, man?”
He: “I dunno. What’s your
name?”
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Glover, Lloyd H. The Pharr Press (Pharr, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 9, 1975, newspaper, October 9, 1975; Pharr, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth866713/m1/2/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Pharr Memorial Library.