Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 30, 1972 Page: 6 of 20
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THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1972 THE RIO GRANDE HERALD PAGE 6
Local happenings..
i
Friendship Day was a special
observance at the regular meet-
ing of the Woman's Club of Rio
Grande City.
Mrs. Edwin La Grange, when
introducing the program, said
it was Impossible to hear from
every organization in Rio Gran-
de City working for the better-
ment of the area, so they had
invited representatives of six
very active organizations.
Mrs. Frank L. Anderson in-
troduced Richard Ceballos,
president of the Chamber of
Commerce that is working to
bring in industry. Mrs. Rosa La
Grange president-elect of the
Florence J. Scott Club told of
the club's activities in health
and other projects of a cultural
nature. A member of her club
is junior clubs chairman for the
South Texas District of the Tex-
as Federation.
Arturo Montemayor Jr. rep-
resented the Lions Club. He
said the Lions had done a great
deal of work in the area working
with the blind and was now tak-
ing applications for the
Crippled Children's Camp.
Mrs. Arturo Clarke told of
the beautification projects of the
Rio Grande City Garden Club,
of which she is president.
Rudy W. Nordmeyer repre-
sented the Rotary Club in the
absence of the president, Ray
Rochester. He told how Rotary
Club through its members and
following the ideals of Rotary
was helping to build the com-
munity.
Samuel Ramos, in represent-
ing the Jaycees, told of their
work with the Little League,
conducting a shooting course
for young boys and have just
completed the track on the high
school grounds with members
working on it from 5 p.m. to 1
p.m.
Hostesses serving with Mrs.
Howard Bass, in whose home
the meeting was held, were
Mrs. Humberto N. Cavazos and
Mrs. Cesar Salinas. Served
from a tea table on the porch
were green frosted punch and
a decorated white cake carrying
out the St. Patrick's Day decor.
Rio Grande City participated
in the Regional Science Fair
this past week and brought home
most of the marbles.
The students under the di-
rection of Romeo Lopez and
Javier D. Margo participating
in the regional competition
were: Names of Rio Grande City
High School Students that parti-
cipated: Mario A. Lopez, Mary
Elizabeth Edgerton, Pedro A.
Morln, Veronica Smith, Donald
Gebhart, Luisa Garcia, David
Lee Dannhaus, Minerva Carre-
ra, Yolanda Molina, Otila Marie
Henderson, Araceli Perez,
Marissa Gonzalez and Clarissa
Gonzalez.
Those taking awards were
Mary Elizabeth Ederton, first
division and one out of three
finalist for the state compe-
tition.
Yolanda Molina took third
place In the Senior Biological
division and David Lee Dan-
nhaus winning the navy award.
Ringgold Primary School re-
leased it's honor roll for their
third nine weeks those making
the roll were;
First Grade
A Honor Roll, Velma Lee
Chavez, Ella Gaytan, Leticla
Garcia, Thelma Ann Serna, Pat-
ti Sue Slayton.
A & B Honor Roll, Teresa
Garcia, Gloria Ann Sepulveda,
Zulema Moralez, Flavio Ta-
mez, Humberto Sandoval, Roge-
lio Bazan, Marlcela Garcia,
Ela> Garza, Thelma Lopez,
B Honor Roll, Dora Guerra,
Leticla Leal,
Second Grade
A & B Honor Roll, Marlene
Villegas, Melissa Alvarez,
Rebecca Saenz, Virginia Lopez,
Fernando Pena, BaudiliaTrejo,
Andrew Slayton,
Third Grade,
A Honor Roll, Mary Berna-
dette Brown Maria Guadalupe
Fernandez, Ninfa Garcia, Cla-
rissa Garza, Dina Gonzalez,
Gloria Guerrero, Maria Isabel
Pena,
Third Grade,
A & B Honor Roll^John Cum-
mings, Gerardo Garcia, Jaime
Trevino, Reynaldo Valadez,
Donna ^Alaniz, Leonor Corona,
Maricela de la Cruz, Rome-
lia Garcia, Norma Montalvo,
Ana Lisa Pena, Graciela Ro-
cha, Jo Ann Yarbrough.
Gerald Hughes, Blanca Pena,
Fourth Grade
A Honor Roll, Giaciela Gon-
zalez, Jane Nordmeyer, Yolan-
da Pena, Esther Perez, Celind-
da Sepulveda, Israel Leal,
A & B Honor Roll, Lesbia
Cantu, Crlselda Garcia, Neli-
da Gonzalez, Melisss1 Gonza-
lez, Glenda Lockwood, Sibylle
Sal^B^iidiui Serna, Rebecca
Travin^R Frankie Canales,
Fidencio Garcia, Jose D.
Gomez, John Richmond, Curry
Walschak, Paul Pena in, Luis
R. Garcia , Rene Garcia, Roman
Bazan, Oscar Gonzalez, Victor
Salinas,
The R.G.C. Jaycees will host
their 7th Annual Jr. High Re-
lays today at San Isidro. Pre-
lims in the field events are
scheduled for 11:30 a.m. with
the finals there after. Prelims
in the running events will get
under way at 1:30 p.m. with the
finals starting at 7:00 p.m.
Schools accepting the invita-
McAllen; San Diego, Travis,
McAllen; Edinburg North; Aus-
tion are as follows: Lincoln
McAllen, San Diego, Travis Mc-
Allen, Edinburg North, Austin
Pharr, Jefferson Pharr, Ray-
mondville, Vernon Harlingen,
Memorial Kingsville, Merce-
des, McAllen Central, Edin-
burg South, Falfurrias, San Is-
idro, R.G.C., San Perlita, Ro-
ma, La Gloria, Benavides, Mis-
sion, United, Christen Laredo,
St. Joe Laredo, Premont, Santa
Rosa, Los Fresnos, Hebbron-
ville, Lamar McAllen, andWil-
liam Adams in Alice.
Houston Cactus and Succulent
Society to visit Starr County.
On April 21, 22 and 23
about 40 members of the Hous-
ton cactus and succulent society
will have a field trip to
Starr County. It will be their
fourth field trip to this county
during the last five years. The
members of this society really
know all about cacti and suc-
culents and it is rather fas-
cinating to listen to them
discuss the plants. They will
be joined by five or six me-
mbers from the Corpus Christi
Society.
The members have been as-
ked to select species of all
the Cacti and Succulents found
in Starr County and present
them to the landscaping com-
mittee of the new garden to be
planted on Britton Avenue.
The committee has requested
that they mark all of the speci-
mens with both their scienti-
fic and common names. The
landscaping committee expects
to plant a beautiful cactus gar-
den In the shape of a starr
on the Britton Avenue park-
way.
If the members of the so-
ciety wish to collet plants on
your land please aid them In
any way you can.
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AUSTIN—Texans have just a
few days more—until April 5—
to register to vote in the May 6
primary elections.
Major state candidates, in-
cluding Gov. Preston Smith,
viewed with alarm registration
totals so far. They noted that
less than 3.8 million had regis-
tered as of last weekend, al-
though there were nearly 7.7
million qualified voters in the
state.
Present registrations are
trailing the corresponding pe-
riod in 1968 by 294,000 and the
1970 figure by more than 370,
000.
In 1968, observed guberna-
torial candidate Frances Far-
enthold, 64 per cent of quali-
fied voters were registered be-
fore the primaries. This year,
only 48 per cent of the poten-
tially-eligible are registered.
Former U.S. Sen. Ralph Yar-
borough pointed out that 63.4
per cent of those qualified reg-
istered in 1970, and the 1972
dropoff is reflected in many
"working class" neighbor-
hoods.
Nearly one million more
should register by April 5 if
previous patterns are followed,
Smith said.
Under the state's new voter
registration system, which can-
didates Farenthold and Yar-
borough lauded as one of the na-
tion's best, citizens have until
30 days before any election to*
register and become eligible to
vote.
The U.S. Supreme Court
threw some confusion over the
registration system with a rul-
ing that 12 months' state and six
months' local residency re-
quirements for voter eligibility
(like those of Texas) are un-
constitutional.
The High Court said 30 days'
residency is sufficient for any
state. Secretary of State Bob
Bullock took the case under
study. Special legislative atten-
tion may be necessary.
Editors and publishers were
polled at the annual meeting of
the North and East Texas Press
Association in Palestine last
week.
First question was — "Who
will carry your county in the
primary?" In the Democratic
Governor's race, the newsmen
voted: Barnes, 25; Briscoe, 20;
Smith, 8 and Farenthold, 3. Re-
publican gubernatorial candid-
ates rated were: Fay, 12; Gro-
ver and Reagan, 9 each.
In the Lieutenant Governor's
race it was: Hall, 27, Connally,
14, and Hobby, 12.
The editors selected Sanders
28 to 19 over Yarborough in the
U.S. Senate primary.
See NEWS, Page 14
May Its Glory
Fill All With Peace
Christ has risen. Come let us
rejoice together. Through the
miracle of His rebirth grows hope
for inner peace. Finding
peace within ourselves helps
create the atmosphere for the
flowering of peace and brotherhood
throughout the world. Let's
put our hearts together in love.
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Trejo, Raul. Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 30, 1972, newspaper, March 30, 1972; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth194348/m1/6/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.