Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 57, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 13, 1975 Page: 10 of 16
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HE RIO GRANDE HERALD PAGE 10 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 131975
Adult Welding Course Set At Rio High
A farm arc welding short
course for adult farmers will be
held Nov. 17-20 under the
sponsorship of the Rio Grande
City High School Vocational
Agriculture Department, ac-
cording to Mr. Garcia,
Superintendent, and Ruperto
Escobar, teacher of vocational
agriculture.
Joel R. Barton, Jr., welding
specialist with the Vocational
Agriculture Division of the
Texas Education Agency, and
the department of Agricultural
Engineering at Texas Univer-
sity, will do the instructing in
the course. He is headquartered
at Texas A&M University.
Barton is a native of
Glasscock County, Texas, and
was reared on a West Texas
ranch. He attended grade
school in San Angelo and
graduated from high school at
Joel R. Barton Jr.
Big Lake, Texas. He holds a
B.S. degree in Animal Science
from Texas A&M. After five
years as a pilot in the U.S. Air
Force, Mr. Barton served as an
agricultural specialist in Texas
State hospitals and special
schools. In addition to regular
classes, he set up farm shops
and gave instruction in farm
welding and general farm
repair.
Barton joined the
Agricultural Education Adult
Specialist Program as Arc
Welding Specialist in October,
1959. He has attended Hobart's
Welding School for instructors
in Troy, Ohio, and a special
school on hard-facing con-
ducted by Industry personnel
from Whittier, California.
"Many welding short courses
in various parts of the state
have been taught by Mr. Barton
and all have met with out-
standing success," according to
Kirk Pettit, area supervisor of
vocational agriculture, Corpus
Christi, Texas. Arrangements
for the adult education short
course in welding and in other
fields are made through Pettit's
office.
The short course at Rio
Grande City High School is
scheduled to begin Nov. 17 at
7:30 in the vocational
agriculture building. Other
meetings in the series of four
will be held at the same time.
During the dates the short
course is in progress, Barton
will be available to assist
farmers with individual
problems and to provide on-the-
farm instruction, according to
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Farmers interested in at-
tending the short course should
write or call the superintendent
of schools, Mr. Garcia, or the
teacher of vocational
agriculture, Escobar. An entry
fee of $10 will be charged. Farm
Welding Short Course cer-
tificates will be presented to
each enrollee who attends all
the training sessions.
Barton states that the short
course will be adjusted to
wishes and interests of farmers
enrolled but that he expects to
cover such subjects as safety in
welding, factors controlled by
the operation in running a
bead and striking an arc, types
of electrodes, preparation of
joints, distortion, cutting, hard-
surfacing, and pipe welding.
"Short courses in welding, as
well as in other areas, are now
available to farmers throughout
the state under a cooperative
program between the Texas
Education Agency and Texas
A&M University," stated Bob
Jaska, associate professor,
Department of Agricultural
Education at Texas A&M
University, who coordinates the
program for Texas A&M.
"This cooperative program,"
states Jaska, "is designed
to make the services of
specialists available to conduct
short courses under the
supervision of public schools.
Such a program will enable
teachers of vocational
agriculture to provide im-
proved educational services to
farm people."
Specialists are available in
the fields of beef cattle, farm
wiring and safety, farm electric
motors, farm arc welding,
swine production, tractor
maintenance, oxy-acetylene
welding, and pasture.
TRIPLE 'L' GROUNDBREAKING-Groundbreaking for the new
Triple 'L' Furniture and Appliance Store was Monday with
proprietor Lauro L. Lopez and Apolonio Villarreal, general con-
tractor for Rosita Gravel And Construction Co., turning over the
first spade of dirt. The building is scheduled to be completed within
90 days and it will cover approximately 10 thousand square feet. It
is located across the street from the present store edifice.
AAUW Meets
The Rio Grande City-Roma
Branch of AAUW met at the
home of Miss Mona Trigo with
Mesdames Rodolfo Resendez,
Isidro Hinojosa and Ruben
Saenz as co-hostesses, Tuesday
evening, Oct. 28.
The president, Miss
Margarita Trevino presided
during the business meeting.
Reverend William Park,
Baptist Minister in Roma was
the guest speaker. The topic for
the evening was, "World
Pluralism: The Human En-
counter." Rev. Park stated,
"World Pluralism is a fact. The
Human Encounter is a
frustrated fantasy if there is not
a basis from which to move.
There has to be a basis of
authority or belief, a basis of
peace and a basis of action.
Involvement is not doing what
others expect of you." Rev.
Park emphasized that
Christianity and sincere
Brotherly love is the true an-
swer to The Real Human En-
counter.
After the program, refresh-
ments were served and a social
hour was enjoyed.
If Branches Are Raining
Down, Suspect Beetles
WESLACO - Been noticing
any twigs falling out of your
favorite shade trees lately? If
so you may be afflicted with
twig girdles, a species of beetle
which commonly attacks
hickory, pecan, persimmon,
elm, apple, mesquite and royal
poinciana among others this
time of the year, according to a
pair of Texas Agricultural
Extension Service specialists.
An accumulation of small
twigs up to 34 inch in diameter
lodged in the lower branches or
scattered around under the tree
is usually the first sign they are
present, says Dr. Calvin Lyons,
citrus specialist, and John
Norman, entomologist.
If the severed end is convex
like the end of a thimble and has
been neatly clipped you can be
pretty sure you're harboring
"longhorned" beetles, the pair
says.
Termed longhorned because
of a notable antenna which is
sometimes longer than its body,
the pest is cylindrical, hard-
shelled and is armed with a
powerful set of mandibles. The
latter are employed to girdle
branches and provide a nesting
spot for its eggs.
Nearly cut through, the twigs
and branches finally fall as the
developing larvae feed on the
remaining few strands of
heartwood, leaving the mess
you finally spot on the ground.
Twigs and branches should be
gathered and burned, not
placed in the trash, the Ex-
tension Service duo em-
phasizes, in order to kill any
eggs and larvae remaining in
them. If not destroyed the
larvae could pupate and
eventually invade trees in the
area where trash is dumped,
they warn.
In the final analysis diligent
yard care is the best protection
against this pest, he says.
Scoui Corner
Scout members of BSA
Troop 93 attended a
Camporee at Anzalduas
Park near Mission on the
weekend of November 7. 8
and 9. The Scouts
participated in Patrol
competition with other
scouts from throughout the
local District. A total of 260
scouts were present at the
event. Attending from
Troop 93 were Roel
Guerra, Ociel Guerra,
Rodolfo Gonzalez, Hector
Garza, and Roberto Reyna,
accompanied by scout-
master Frank Cummings.
The troop wishes to thank
Ramon Sanchez, Ramon
Sanchez Jr., and Ramiro
Guerra for providing
transportation to the
camporee. Also thanks to
the local Lions Club for
supporting the Troop in her
activities.
DECA Elects Officers
The Rio Grande City High
School Distributive Education
Club I DECA) held their regular
meeting in September, for the
purpose of electing new officers
for the coming school year.
Officers elected were; Maria
Barba, President; Eli Duran,
Vice-President; Dora Linda
Alaniz, Secretary; Irene Klein,
Treasurer; Dilia Garza,
Reporter; and Rogelio Moralez
Jr., Sgt-at-arms. Elsa Zavala
was chosen D. E. Sweetheart.
Distributive Education is a
vocational training program
offered in our public High
School to Juniors and Seniors,
16 years or older, interested in
the careers of marketing,
distribution, and management.
Students are involved in club
activities, social activities,
competitive events, and have on
-the-job training in an approved
training station downtown.
Local chapter coordinator is
Mr. Leonel Pena.
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Rodriguez, Rene. Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 57, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 13, 1975, newspaper, November 13, 1975; Rio Grande City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth194535/m1/10/: accessed May 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.