The Pharr Press (Pharr, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 29, 1983 Page: 2 of 9
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TO THE EDITOR
Open letter to Lt. Co. Fidencio
R Barrera, Mayor:
Dear Col. Barrera:
I wish to congratulate you on
your position regarding the
speech of Mr. Freeman. You
are entirely correct, and I
believe your views are shared
by the great majority of our
citizens.
It is easy to understand why
so many of our young people
are confused in their attitude
toward duty to country, when
they are sujected to a con-
tinuous flow of propaganda
from teachers (and preachers)
whose very loyalties are
sub'ject to question.
It is too bad that we cannot
keep such educators from
teaching in our schools.
More power to you and your
Junior Reserve Officers
Training Corps!
Lula Germane,
815 Walnut
McAllen. Texas
To the Editors:
It may be the first time in
History that the Attorney
General of the state has been
indicted but it is also the first
time in the state’s history,
maybe in the country that a
politician has stood up and
called “a spade a spade.” It’s
no wonder that Mobil and
their big-shot lawyers are
trying to discredit him and
push him out of office... He’s
working for us.
Wilford Nathan
8 Wellington Lane
Sugarland, Texas
(h) 713-491-1526 evenings
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Dear Mr. President,
I applaud you strong words
about the latest Soviet
atrocity, the murder of 269
civilians aboard Korean
Airlines Flight 007, including
a member of Congress, not
since Pearl Harbor have so
many american civilians Deen
murdered by hostile fire and
never before has a member of
Congress been killed by
Soviet Communists.
but we should not be sur-
prised, for this massacre is
typical of a gegime that has
murdered 40 million of its
own people since 1917, an
average of 1600 a day for 66
years. This is not the first
atrocity or massacre that the
Soviets have perpetrated not,
unless an appropriate
response is given, will it be
the last.
TEXAS LOREhy
FORMER RACING-JOCKEY, GAMBLER, SALOONBRAWLER-TURNEP-
METHODIST MINISTER ANDREW JACKSON POTTER JOINED THE
32nd TEXAS CAVALRY as CHAPLAIN during the civil war.
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Texas Lore is now available as a book for $3.25 postpaid.
Make check or money order payable to The Red Rose Studio & mail to
The Red Rose Studio, 76 Flintlock Drive, Willow Street, PA 17584.
203 Cage Blvd.
P.O. Box 710
Pharr. Texas 78577
Phone:(512) 787-2291
The Pharr Press
Serving The Pharr Area Since 1935
Juan Carlos Morales
Publisher
Jerry Lozano
Editor/Office Manager
Ana Morales
Business Manager
Juan Garcia
Production Manager
Layout/Design Editor
Patty Sandoval
Carlos Gonzalez
Sales Representative
THE PHARR PRESS
Dedicates itself to reporting the
items of interest to the Pharr-San
Juan-Alamo areas as well as the
surrounding communities of Las
Milpas, Hidalgo and portions of
McAllen and Edinburg. Our main goal
is to make our reporting acurate in
the spirit of fairness and truth. We
are dedicated to a well rounded
newspaper including Editorial com-
ments, news of interest to men and
women, the old and the young, Spor-
ts, History, Community, School Even-
ts and entertainment.
The Pharr Press is published each
Thursday morning in Pharr, Hidalgo,
Texas in the Lower Rio Grande
Valley.
All items must be turned in by
Tuesday at noon.
Single copy rate: 25c
Mail subscti,' ••-• 's:
1 Year at $7.50
2 v> a-s at $13.00
$11"' Annually out-of-County
Seen* round the town
Lloyd Glover
Editor Emeritus
Texas Longhorn
baseball kings of the
diamond
The University of Texas has
dominated the national
collegiate baseball world for
more than a half a century.
The Longhorns have an all
time won and lost record of
1914-612. No other college
team in the country is
anywhere close in total vic-
tories. They have participated
in 28 national collegiate play-
offs, have been to Omaha,
site of the College World
Series, 20 times, and have
won the national title four
times, the most recent being
this year.
In the 67 years that South-
west Conference titles have
been awarded, the Longhorns
have won or shared the title
55 times. An unbelievable
statistic!
All the history of the
Longhorns in baseball is
documented very completely
in a new book just published
entitled “Texas Longhorn
Baseball-Kings of the
Diamond”. In the 490 pages is
the history of all the seasons,
starting in 1897 and thru the
1982 year, with a list of all the
letterman, the season recor-
ds, and many historic pic-
tures of the teams, with the
first being 1897.
The book is of special in-
terest to this writer because
we have known two of the
stars on the Longhorn teams
of more than 60 years ago for
many years. They are George
W. McCullough of Pharr and
D.C. “Bobby” Cannon, long
time coach at Edinburg, now
living in Kerrville.
McCullough lettered on the
Longhorn team three years,
1918, 1919, and 1920. His pic-
ture is included in the team of
1917 but did not letter that
year. In 1919, George was the
captain of the team and they
were undefeated in South-
west Conference play with a
12-0 record and were 22-3 for
the season. In 1918, the team
had a 8-1 Southwest Con-
ference record and a 12-3
record over all. The season
that year was curtailed
because of the war. In 1920,
Bobby Cannon was the cap-
tain and the team had a
Southwest Conference record
of 9-2 and a season record of
18-7.
Bobby Cannon lettered four
years, 1916, 1917, 1919, and
1920.
Cannon played several
positions on the teams, star-
ting in the outfield, but the
year he was captain, played
third base. He was a power
hitter, socking many home
runs.
McCullough was the second
baseman all three years that
he lettered. Cannon said of
McCullough: “He was the
best hit-and-run batter I’ve
ever seen.” McCullough was
the best on the squeeze play
and on the sacrifice.
At a recent re-union in
Austin of all the former
University of Texas baseball
players and coaches and
families, there were nine let-
termen present over 80 and
included in this group were
McCullough of Pharr and
Cannon of Kerrville. Four of
the nine oldest were captains
of their teams.
The U. of T. has had four
long time baseball coaches,
with the longest record going
to the venerable William J.
Disch of 30 years, then Bibb
Falk, the one time major
leaguer, for 24 years, and now
Cliff Gustafson for 15 years.
All former U.T. players and
lettermen will love this book
as a family keepsake.
The authors are Wilbur
Evans and Bill Little, long
time sports and newspaper
writers for decades.
George McCullough’s book
is autographed by five of the
stars of his team, and by five
of the relatives of the Billy
Disch family.
We are sure the book will be
available at the Pharr
Memorial Library soon.
The oldest men’s civic club in
Pharr has installed new of-
ficers. They are Dwight
Robertson, president; Alanzo
Beltran, first vice president;
Bert Jaime, second vice
president; William J. Wilson,
secretary; Silverio Valencia,
treasurer. Directors are
Daniel C. Boone, Ernesto
Ayala, Domingo Gonzales,
Rev. Tom Kelton, Joe Mejia,
tom Sims.
Gordon Jenkins is the
outgoing president.
The officers were installed
at a ladies night banquet at
the Kiwanis Building with the
Lieutenant-Governor of
Division 26, Charles Ligon of
Weslaco, the installing of-
ficer.
The Pharr club was char-
tered in March of 1927, so the
club is begining its 57th year.
CONGRATULATIONS to the
Kiwanis Club officers for
1983-84.
Day by Day
Power tends to Corrupt
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JERRY LOZANO
News Editor
“Power tends to corrupt but
absolute power corrupts ab-
solutly” (Lord Acton: Essays
on Power and Freedom).
I believe that is what the
writers of our constitution
had in mind when they the
power to govern was divided
among the Executive,
Judicial and Legislative bran-
ches of Government.
All the talk about “merit
pay” along with the political
upheavels recently experien-
ced in some area
municipalities have
stimulated some thoughts on
4he subject of power, par-
ticularly political power.
This is not an expose
to put elected officials
in a bad light, nor is this a
characterization of any in-
dividual or group of in-
dividuals who happen to be
^elected to office. Rather, it is
a concern that f have both as
a citizen and as an observer
of the political process.
A system of checks and
balances to restrict the con-
centration of power on any
one person or handful of in-
dividuals serves in much the
same way as a padlock on a
door; It keeps the honest
honest.
I firmly believe there is a real
danger when the few have the
power to exert influence,
authority and control over the
many. It is a human frailty
that needs to be recognized
and needs to be controlled.
I have studied Political
Science and have worked for
elected officials. Thus, I have
the theory as well as the work
experience to know the pit-
falls of concentrating to
much control in a single per-
son or a small group of
people.
In the case of municipalities,
I am of the opinion that the
strong City Manager form of
government helps to limit the
power of elected officials. He
or she (City Manager), serves
as a check on the city gover-
nment and they in turn keep a
check on the manager. It is
not a perfect system, but I
have seen it work.
Any attempts to weaken the
system of checks and
balances by either the elect-
ed official or the paid ad-
ministratior can be
devastating and goes against
the grain of our American
system.
Very often, elected officials
see themselves as cham-
pions of the people and may
be tempted to use this to cir-
cumvent established laws or
guidelines.
Having worked in the p rivate
sector, I am also aware that
developers and potential in-
vestors will take a look at the
communitie’s political scene
before deciding where to in-
vest.
The ultimate loser in any
power struggle is always the
people they are supposed to
be serving.
As for the merit pay system,
my big concern is who will
decide on who will get a merit
increase, who will not and
what role will the elected of-
ficial play in the decision
making process.
I am not saying that the
merit pay system is wrong
and that schools will
automatically use it as a
political tool. However, it has
the potential of becoming a
real problem.
I think the public needs to be
aware of how power works
and how it can be misused so
that they can become a
greater part of the system of
checks and balances. Af-
ter all, it is the voting public
who can ultimatly control the
amount of power the elected
official will have.
Baseball Problems
By Don Adkins
This guy had a great talent
for baseball, and would have
become famous except for a
few minor problems. Just like
me, Id’a got plum famous
‘cept fer a hole buncha
problems such as my righting
hereunder. No rime, no
rithum, no nuthin. Well this
poem’s about 7 teen verces,
that’s wat it’s about. Oh!, it’s
about a base ball player 2, but
he ran off.
As a babe he played with
sticks
And swung one going all the
time
Setting up or laying down
At age one he hit his sis
To both of their surprise
From ten feet this accident
Got her between the eyes
They got him a ball and bat
And at it he would swing
He hardly ever hit the ball
Just beat up everything
At age 4 a playing ball
He killed the neighbor’s cat
All the way across the streex
With a slipped out flying bat
In grammar school at ball
time
He had the darndest luck
That bat slipped from his
hand
And they all had to duck
In high school when he came
up
Homerun is what he said
He missed the ball but that
bat
Hit the second baseman’s
head
In college they won’t let him
Throw his bat at every one
So they tied it to his arm
And let him have his fun
He played pro a little while
Until he caused a bump
He swung so hard he fell back
And hit the head of the ump
Coach said you just ain’t got
it
At batting you’ll never get
richer
You’re real good at throwing
bats
Let’s try you out as a pitcher
The first game he ever pit-
ched
Turned out to be a rout
His team scored ten and beat
’em
Because he struck ’em all
out
he was the very best pitcher
His batting it was a shame
He only played one inning
’Cause he got kicked form the
game
His bat throwing deal was
bad
They had to figure it out
If he could stay in they’d win
And that’s what baseball’s
about
One day at bat he stood there
The ump said 3 strikes you’re
out
He said thanks, I needed that
That’s the end of my getting
kicked out
He told the coach his secret
Tho it would be a shame
If I let them fan him out
I could stay in every game
From that time on he never
swung
One single time at the ball
He stayed in and pitched only
One perfect game that’s all
The reason he never
famous
He simply was scared of
dark
When the lights went out c
time
He ran right out of the park
No one know’s where he’?
now
From sight he just dropi
out
But now and then he’ll tak
bet
He can fan just anyone out
Way to go Fernando
Novalepa Batiar
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