Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 8, 1973 Page: 2 of 28
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THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1973 THE RIO GRANDE HERALD PAGE 2
All around
the
town...
with lissa peterson..
Lopez speaks to Woman's Club
"The right angle to approach a problem is the TRYangle." This
is true of our approach to our educational system and how effective
it is in our community. We must try to understand our children
and encourage them to succeed in school. We must try to work
with our local teachers and administrators in any way we can to
help further the educational goals we have set. We must try to be
concerned, interested, and involved in this school system, for the
schools are ours, and only if we all try will our goals for better
education be met.
* * * «
This week is Texas Public Schools Week. All of our schools
will be open this week. The teachers and children 'n each class-
room have been busily preparing to show off their efforts, and we
have the opportunity to visit the school our children attend, and
any other school in the district. Take advantage of this oppor-
tunity, and go see what is going on in our schools.
* * * ♦
Tuesday, March 6, Ringgold Primary School had Open House
from 2-4 p.m. On Wednesday, you may have visited La Union
School, West Grammar, or North Grammar Schools from 2-4 p.m.
Thursday finds Grulla Primary School open from 9-11 a.m.;
Grulla Elementary School open from 1-3 p.m.; and Ringgold Jun-
ior High and Rio Grande City High School will have their Open
House at 7:00 p.m. Ringgold Intermediate School will be open
from 1-3 p.m. on Friday.
* * * *
Public School Week is a good prelude to the weekend that is com-
ing up. Many of our students from throughout the county have been
working to prepare and exhibit their projects in the Starr County
Youth Fair. These projects may be seen following the parade
Saturday morning at 9:30. The parade will begin at the courthouse
and proceed down Second Street to Fort Ringgold. We wish the
best of luck to the students and adult leaders who have worked so
hard in preparing for this Youth fair.
* * * *
DECA — Distributive Education Clubs of America, includes many
of our local studerts. They recently attended an area meeting at
McArthur High School in San Antonio. Those winning honorable
mentions from Rio Grande City High School were Socorro Guerra -
job interviews, Anselmo Cruz - advertising, Hope Gutierrez -
public speaking anc1 Olga Madrigal - display. Chaperones on the
trip were Leonel Pena, sponsor, Yolanda Guerre, and Nydia Rey-
na.
* * ♦ *
Mr. and Mrs. Eladio Bermudez of Rio Grande City have a new
baby girl. Geneva was born on March 2 at 8:46 a.m. in McAllen
General Hospital. The proud grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. San-
tos Carreon and Mr. and Mrs. Rosalio Bermudez.
* ♦ ♦ *
Miss Susan Turner, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Birch,
was recently honored. She has visited in Rio Grande City many
times and has many friends here. She received the Bank of Ame-
rica Award for scholastic achievement and leadership. She was
chosen out of 22,000 students at El Camino College in California.
* *
Mrs. Joe Perez of Roma recently attended the College of Makeup
Artistry in San Antonio. A demonstrator from California was pre-
sent to teach the techniques of inaking-up and the newest In com-
plexion care. Margot plans to incorporate these techniques into
her work at the Merle Norman Studio in Roma. After the conven-
tion, she flew on to Dallas to visit her brother, Leo Rodriguez;
and her husband, Joe, and son Joey met her there. They enjoyed
seeing the gift show in the Dallas market.
♦ * * ♦
Michelle and Carlo Villarreal have a new baby sister to be proud
of. She was born on February 23 at McAllen General Hospital.
Their parents are Mr. and Mrs. Eliseo Villarreal who reside in
Fort Ringgold.
* * ♦ ♦
Leonel J. Lopez of Rio Grande City is attending a key systems
installation and repair school at Texas A&M University's Electri-
cal and Telephone Training Center here. He is employed as an ex-
change repairman by General Telephone In Rio Grande City. The
two-week course is sponsored by the Texas Telephone Associated
and Texas State-wide Telephone Cooperative Association.
* ♦ * *
Marine Sgt. Luis A. Lara, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ramon Lara of
Rio Grande City, has graduated from the Automotive Organization
Maintenance Course at the Marine Corps Base, CampLeJeune,
N.C. He is a former student of Rio Grande City High School.
* * * *
It's not too late to purchase Beef Syndicate tickets to help our 4-H
youth. You may get these memberships from Arturo Trevino Jr.,
Bobby Gutierrez, Narciso (Junior) Cantu, or Lightning Nieder-
john.
* * * *
The Damas Catolicas received much cooperation in making their
chicken barbecue last Sunday a big success. Several members of
the Knights of Columbus and some ladies volunteered to help in
the preparation of the food. Full public support and generosity
also helped to maxe the venture a successful one. They were able
to raise over a thousand dollars which will be used for the beau-
tification of the Grotto , one of our local attractions.
* * * *
Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Juan Galindo on the birth of a
daughter. She was born February 21 at McAllen General Hospital.
The Galindos are from Rio Grande City.
Court Oblates of Mary Immaculate No. 1978, Catholic Daughters
of America, of Roma is sponsoring a Youth's Retreat Sunday March
11 from 1:00 to 6:00 P.M. at the Parish Hall in Roma.
Rev. Father Julian Bueno will tie the retreat master, and he will
be assisted by four laymen who promise the youth of the community
a very interesting and informative afternoon of recollection at the
beginning of the l.ent season.
"FREE—to believe that eve-
ry child has a right to an edu-
cation" was the central idea in
a talk presented to the Rio
Grande City Woman's Club last
Thursday. Romeo Lopez ad-
dressed the club at the meeting
held in the home of Mrs. A.V.
Peterson.
Mrs. Gilberto Garza, pro-
gram chairman, introduced the
speaker, whose program was
from theEducation Department,
Public Education Division. Ben-
jamin Franklin's quote, "An
investment in knowledge al-
ways pays the best interest,"
inspired the program.
The speaker, Romeo Lopez,
was born in Rio Grande City
and obtained a B.S. in chem-
istry and graduated as a dis-
tinguished student from Texas
A&M University. Lopez worked
four years for Dow Chemical
Co. in Freeport as a research
chemist, during which time he
obtained three U.S. patents of
which two were issued in eight
foreign countries.
Lopez has taught chemistry
and physics in our school sys-
tem and presently is employed
as part of the superintendent's
staff. He is coordinator of Drug
Abuse, Crime Prevention, and
Character Education, and also
a consultant in science and
math.
Lopez is married to the for-
mer Lydia Canales who is an
elementary librarian for the
Rio Grande City schools, and
they have four children. This
summer he will receive a mas-
ter's degree in curriculum from
Texas A&M University.
The speaker felt that every
child does indeed have a right
to an education, if not the same
amount of education, at least
the same quality of education,
and an equal opportunity to de-
velop his own abilities.
Lopez brought out that there
are many different theories to-
day on educating. While many
are advocating a four month
school year, others are looking
toward year-round schooling.
There are many different ways
of teaching, and the speaker
gave examples of the methods
which are most effective, and
which appeal most to the stu-
dents.
Financing schools is another
important issue, and Lopezcit-
ed several examples of ways of
handling this. The property tax,
for example, very often is an
inequitable method.Poorer sec-
tions have the poorest quality
schools in many cases when this
method is used.
Lopez is in charge of imple-
menting the Drug Education
program in the Rio Grande
City schools. He showed a large
and complete Identification Kit
containing samples of the var-
ious kinds of drugs used and
paraphernalia used with them.
Since there has been much writ-
ten and said on the subject of
drugs today, many young people
are well-informed on the sub-
ject. Therefore, it takes an in-
spired teacher to teach the sub-
ject in a way that will interest
the students. The local drug
A HERITAGE PRESERVED
DANVERS, Mass.
GTE Sylvania Inc has taken it
upon itself to preserve one of
the nation's little-known histor-
ical treasures with the fencing
in of the Endicott I'ear Tree at
its Lighting Center here
The 342-year-old tree is the
last remaining fruit tree
brought to the New World by
John Endicott in 1630 and plant-
ed as a slip in the first tree
nursery in America on his
farm. Orchard Village, here
Endicott later became first
governor of Massachusetts.
Sylvania protected the tree
from vandals with a sturdy wire
fence and in 1972. for the first
time in many seasons the tree
responded to this care by pro-
ducing edible fruit.
education courses are mainly
being taught in the physical ed-
ucation classes, from the fifth
grade up, although all teachers
are encouraged to integrate the
subject into their other studies.
Mrs. A.V. Peterson, hostess
for the evening, served refresh-
ments to those present following
the meeting.
MISS CHAPA TO COMPETE—Judy Chapa, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Baldemar Chapa of Roma, will be participating in the Miss
Texas Teenager Pageant in July in San Antonio. Fifteen year old
Miss Chapa attends Roma High School. Her honors include being
Hie Junior High Salutatorian and being on the A honor roll. She is
a member of the Roma Civic Theatre, the Literary Clul^and is
secretary of the Student Council. Judy plans for a career in medi-
cine or law. The girls will be judged for their scholastic achieve-
ments, civic contributions, poise, personality, and appearance. All
50 states, plus the District of Columbia, hold official state final
pageants, and it gives recognition to girls in their respective com-
munities.
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| Hobby will speak |
to Rotary Club
Lt. Governor William P. Hobby will be the featured speaker for
the Rio Grande City Rotary Club March 23 at a Rotary-Rotary-Ann
meeting.
Lt. Governor Hobby will speak on governmental reforms, and
will touch on the open-meetings law as well as Newsman Shield Law
now before the state legislature in Austin, according to Raul Trejo,
program chairman for the Friday noon meeting.
"Lt. Governor Hobby was the managing editor for the Houston
Post for many years until he threw his hat into the Lt. Governor's
race and won," Trejo said.
Hobby will arrive at the Starr County Airport at 12:15 p.m. on
March 23, and go directly to the Rattler's Den Restaurant for the
noon dinner-meeting.
Members are urged to attend and invited guests to this meeting.
Members are also urged to call 487-3424 about three days before
the meeting with the number of guests that you will be taking to the
meeting.
"It's not often that the Lt. Governor takestlme off to speak to a
Rotary Club during the busy legislative session and a house full
will make him feel happy," Cesar Leal, president of the local club
said.
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Trejo, Raul. Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 8, 1973, newspaper, March 8, 1973; Rio Grande City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth194397/m1/2/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.