Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 27, 1972 Page: 7 of 16
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SCHOOL NURSES DAY — Governor Preston Smith declared Wednesday as Texas
School Nurses Day. The day was celebrated locally by school nurses Mrs, Arturo Garza,
RN, school head nurse, Mrs. Irma Hockaday, RN, immunization supervisor and Mrs.
Amaro Salinas, LVN in charge of migrant program. The proclamation signed by the gov-
ernor calls on all citizens "to be cognizant of the concern exhibited by these school
nurses for the health, comfort and welfare of our school children." Also working for the
school nurses are Mrs. Dalia Brown, LVN and Beatrice Garza, LVN. (Herald photos)
THURSDAY. JANUARY 27, 1972 THE RIO GRANDE HERALD PAGE 7
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with an unlimited amount of time.
"This is the latest in answering service from General Telephone
and we hope it will serve the newspaper and the many callers to
the local newspaper when the editor is out of the office," J. Pilmer
General Telephone Company manager said.
The new code-a-phone center will assure the caller that his call
is answered and a quick reply placed.
$500 Million in Valley
Bank Deposits Soar Past
THE
INFORMED
CONSUMER
By Crawford C. Martin
Attorney General of Texas
Referral selling is a sales
scheme whereby purchases are
induced on the representation
that the cost to the buyer will
be reduced by commissions he
will earn by referring the sell-
er to other prospects. In short,
it is a method generally used
to induce the reluctant consum-
er to enter into a contract which
legally obligates him to pay for
the merchandise or service.
A prospective customer may
be contacted through newspaper
advertising, telephone solici-
tation, or by a door-to-door
salesman. The products typic-
ally are home fire alarm sys-
tems, aluminum siding, some
household appliances such as
vacuum cleaners, and promo-
tional land sales. The initial
approach may consist of an
invitation to participate in a
money-making opportunity or a
chance to receive the product
or service at no cost.
The consumer who encount-
ers one of these referral sales
schemes would be well-advised
to note the following:
First, a product or service
which is probably over-priced
must be purchased before par-
ticipation in the scheme is al-
lowed.
Second, it is common for the
salesman to make exaggerated
representations of potential
earnings to be made by refer-
ring other persons to the com-
pany who will agree to listen to
the sales presentation.
Third, the salesman may at-
tempt to convince the consumer
that he is getting the merchan-
dise free because the referral
commissions will pay for the
product.
Finally, the market for the
product will become saturated
in a relatively short period of
time if all participants continue
to refer their friends to the
salesman, and the company may
move on to another city and
leave the consumer paying for
the merchandise or service to
a finance company without any
offsetting commissions from
referral sales.
In summary, the gist of the
referral sales swindle is that
customers are led to believe
that by referring the names of
acquaintances as prospective
customers, they will have to
pay nothing for a piece of mer-
chandise and very often will
make money. For each friend
who agrees to participate in
the "advertising campaign," as
it is invariably called, the vic-
tim is promised a commission.
MINORITY DKI'OSIT
WASHINGTON. DC
The American Baptist Home
Mission Societies decided to de-
posit $(>00,000 in banks run by
blacks and other minorities
WESLACO--Year-end bank
deposits in the Valley soared
past the $500 million mark for
the first time, plus close to
$150 million in savings and
loan investments for an all-
time high, according to the
monthly Business Barometer
published by the Valley Cham-
ber of Commerce.
The total came to $655,365,
282, with $505,561,911 in banks
and $149,803,371 in savings and
loan associations.
This reflects an increase o-
ver November of $28.5 million
and tops the December 1970fig-
ure by $108.6 million.
The end-of-year figures for
1970 showed a total of $546,
749,103, with $425,445,482 in
banks and $121,303,621 in sav-
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Trejo, Raul. Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 27, 1972, newspaper, January 27, 1972; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth194340/m1/7/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.