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RIO GRANDE
"The Largest Paid
Circulation Going
In Starr County"
VOL XXXV
No. 9
1 Thursday, December 16,1976
Ten Cents
Starr County
Gets New Bank
A new l^nk in Starr County
will be opening soon according
to Roberto Guitierrez of Rio
Grande City.
Notification was received on
Tuesday December 11 of ap-
proval of a charter for the
Citizen's State Bank of Roma
from the State Banking Com-
mission in Austin.
According to Guitierrez, a
hearing was held Tuesday Dec.
6 in which a charter for the new
bank was porposed for ap-
proval.
The charter was presented to
the State Banking Commission
by James Hackney and Joe
Kilgore attorneys from the firm
Kilgore, McGinnis and
Lockridge Attorneys At Law.
The charter for the Citizens
State Bank is the first state
charter to be issued this year by
the State Banking Commission.
A new building will be built to
house the new bank which will
be insured by the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporatioa
Guitierrez said, "The new
bank in Roma will possibly be in
operation within three mon-
ths." "The new bank will be
owned locally, shares have been
sold to interested parties and no
one will have controlling in-
terest." added Guitierrez.
The board of directors for the
proposed bank will be Elliot
Bottom of Mission; Robert de la
Garza of Edinburg; J.C. Guerra
of Roma; Cesar Salinas of
Roma; Martin Volpe of Roma
and Roberto Guitierrez of Rio
Grande City.
The Citizens State Bank of
Roma will soon compete with
the only other bank in Starr
County--the First National
Bank of Rio Grande City.
Tots, Booze
Don't Mix
Your holiday hangovers may
be nothing compared to what
your tot may experience if he
tipples.
Booze and babes don't mix.
That word comes from the
director of the National Poison
Center Network, Dr. Richard
W. Moriarty, who says,
"Alcohol poisoning is becoming
more and more common among
children under five."
When are kids most likely to
indulge? Moriarty says, "We
call it 'The .-junday-morning
Syndrome' because children
often get up early on Sunday
morning, before their parents
are awake, and discover bottles
and unfinished drinks left over
from a Saturday night party."
A small child drinking on an
empty stomach presents an
especially dangerous situation
since alcohol's potency is based
on the principle - the less you
weigh and the less you have in
your stomach - the stronger the
effect. "When it comes to young
children, you're dealing with a
very small package.
"It doesn't take much alcohol
to kill a child. Even several
ounces can depress the nervous
system or drop the blood-sugar
level low enough for death to
occur. And there is no antidote -
nothing you can do to increase
the metabolism or breakdown
of alcohol in the body. That's
why it's so dangerous," said the
poison expert.
Preventive measures
recommended for after the
party center on emptying all
glasses and placing all liquor
bottles out of the reach of
children before retiring for the
night.
If, despite all precautions,
your child does swallow alcohol
accidentally, telephone your
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poison control center, physician
or hospital emergency room
immediately. Be ready to give
details and follow their in-
structions.
Do not induce vomiting unless
you are told to do so. If the case
is severe, doctors may remove
the alcohol from the blood-
stream by dialysis - a procedure
similar to that of an artificial
kidney machine - to save your
child's life.
This holiday season, and for
every party, keep in mind
liquor is poison to children,
urges the National Safety
Council. There's nothing cute
about a child being dead drunk.
Cities Will
Receive Mixed
Drink Money
AUSTIN, Tex. - State
Comptroller Bob Bullock re-
ported Monday checks totaling
$1.5 million will be sent to 49
cities and 34 counties as a result
of a court ruling upholding
Texas' mixed drinks tax.
An additional $3.8 million will
be deposited in the state treas-
ury from the 10 per cent tax,
Bullock said in a statement.
The "Christmas bonus,"
Bullock said, will only go to
those cities and counties with
mixed drink establishments
that were a party to the lawsuit
challenging the tax.
The cities will get $774,788 and
the counties $805,923, he said.
The regular mixed drink tax
rebates are made quarterly.
AUDITORIUM TO BE COMPLETED-In a special meeting of the School Board of the Rio
Grande City Independent School District this week, bids were accepted for completion of
the auditorium in Fort Ringgold. A bid of $32,687 for roofing the building was accepted from
Western Waterproofing Co., a 3M Company of Houston. According to Superintendent A. E.
Garcia, the company has a great deal of experience with this type of roof. Griggs Company
will equip the building with 1200 cushioned seats in a color to be selected by the board. Pan
Tex Electric of Edinburg submitted a bid of $21,000 to complete the air conditioning system.
Oscar Zuniga of Laredo is to be the engineer for this part of the project, which is to involve
moving the air conditioning equipment down from the ceiling because of the danger and
noise and covering and venting it within the structure. Alan Tanaguchi is the architect
overseeing the auditorium project, which is being 80 per cent funded by EDA, Economic
Development Association. Superintendent Garcia states that the project should be com-
pleted within the budget of $130,000 by March or April, weather permitting. The 1977
graduating class of Rio Grande City High School may look forward to commencement
exercises there.
Title I And Migrant Parents
Hear Talk On Child Abuse
The Title I and Migrant
District-Wide Parental Ad-
visory Committee met on
December 6, 1976 at the Title I
Office at 7:00 p.m.
Chairperson Mrs. Jesusa L.
Garza presided, and Arturo
Garza, Migrant Director, and
Miss Elma Rose Gonzalez, Title
I Director, reported on the
progress of their respective
programs.
Mrs. Garza, introduced the
guest speaker, Johnny Olivarez
of the State Welfare Depart-
ment. Olivarez gave a very
informative and educational
talk on Child Abuse and Child
Neglect, as follows:
CHILD ABUSE IN TEXAS
WHAT IS CHILD ABUSE?
Child abuse is the intentional
abuse of a child by an adult -
usually in the home. It may be
physical, sexual, or emotional
abuse.
In 1975, the Texas Depart-
ment of Public Welfare
received 34,384 reports of child
abuse, of which 10,708 were
confirmed. There were 804
cases of sexual abuse. At least
70 Texas children died as a
result of child abuse in 1975.
But maybe the most
frightening statistic of all is the
one that is unavailable: the
number children
abuse w. .3 NOT reporter All
kinds of children are abused -
rich and poor; infants and
adolescents; black, brown,
white; boys and girls. Child
abusers come from every level
of society. Most were victims of
abuse in their own childhoods.
Some have special worries.
Each has a problem, each is
troubled. If we can find out who
they are, we can try to help.
And by helping them, we'll be
helping the children.
There is a child protection
law in Texas. It says you MUST
report child abuse. It's a
misdemeanor if you do not. This
is not to threaten you - it's to
save children. The law protects
those who report child abuse, if
the report is made in good faith.
You don't even have to give
your name.
Investigation of reports of
child abuse has been made the
responsibility of the Depart-
ment of Public Welfare.
Trained personnel will receive
the information you give and go
into immediate action.
The information you give is
relayed to the nearest welfare
office, from which a worker will
be dispatched to investigate.
The computerized central
registry of child abuse and
neglect cases is also scanned to
see if a prior history exists.
Give as much information as
you can. You are not required to
^give vour name when reporting
Dui if a case goes to court your
testimony could be invaluable
in getting a child to safety.
If after investigation the
worker determines that the
parents need counseling, that is
provided. But if the child's
safety depends on immediate
removal from the home, a court
order may be obtained, by
phonp if necessary. The child is
the . in anoth..
temporarily, it is hoped, but
permanently
situation is
soluable.
Reporting
anything is a
where
obviously
the
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Woman \s Club Hears
Christmas Program
FOIST BUCK ... Candelarlo Perez bagged hit first buck Friday, Dec. 10th. The buck waa a 7
pointer and was shot at a range of 80 yds. Perez got his kill at Las Norias Ranch in Stan-
County . Accompanying Perez on the hunt was his cousin Omar Perez.
Mrs. Edwin I^Grange was
hostess for the December
meeting of the Woman's Club of
Rio Grande City in her home.
The president, Mrs. Gilberto A.
Garza, presided.
Following the business
meeting, Mrs. John Hinojosa
introduced the evening
program, "The Revival of the
Need of Religion," presented by
Mrs. H.L. Bass for Mrs. A.V.
Peterson.
Mrs. Bass stated that in the
1960's many parents failed to
teach their children religion
because they were too busy
trying to give them what they
parents never had. Rioting,
drugs, and communal living
dominated that period, and the
spirit of patriotism dropped to
its lowest.
However, the youth tired of
communal living and rioting
and joined cults. Now hundreds
are turning to the teachings of
Jesus
The Christian religion is the
Attorney General Denied Funds
For Starr County Investigation
AUSTIN, Tex. - At-
torney General John L. Hill
says he will seek a meeting with
Gov. Dolph Briscoe next week
to ask for reconsideration of the
$588,255 grant request which the
governor's Criminal Justice
Council rejected.
"I am shocked and dismayed
that the executive director of
the Criminal Justice Council,
who is supposed to be com-
mitted to fighting organized
crime, would deny this very
modest request," the attorney
general said when he learned of
the council's decision Friday.
"We think it's a blunder."
Hill said by turning down the
grant, which would have
finance a year-long in-
vestigation of lav/ enforcement
breakdown and heavy illegal
narcotics traffic in Starr
County, the council was im-
pairing efforts to stop drug
trafficking and the exchange of
guns for dope across Texas'
border with Mexico.
But the staff of the criminal
justice council - which parcels
out federal crime fighting funds
- questioned Hill's authority to
operate what the council staff
said amounted to an undercover
police squad.
"I'm not trying to run a police
force," Hill said. "We are quite
capable of deciding what our
authorities and mandates are.
We don't need any lectures
about it."
Another reason the grant is
needed is to investigate possible
misconduct by local law en-
forcement officials, Hill said.
"We know that the situation
in Starr County is very serious.
We do have a lot of information
on extensive, widespread
traffic in drugs and total break-
down of law enforcement
there," he said.
Hill said he will not be
deterred by the decision, and
announced he will assign
another attorney and two more
investigators to a two-man
♦earn now assisting the Starr
County Grand Jury.
The grand jury, district
judge, district attorney and two
state senators in September
asked Hill for assistance in
investigating organized drug
trafficking, possible official
corruption and a general break-
down of law enforcement in
Starr County.
In addition to salaries for two
attorneys, three investigators
and a secretary, Hill requested
$300,000 in so-called "flash
money" for undercover agents
to show their ability to pay for
drugs, $25,000 for a self-
contained surveillance vehicle
and $44,725 for body bugging
devices, walkie-talkie, an auto
tracking device, videotape
recording unit, hand-held night
vision systems, and other
electronic surveillance gear.
Extension Agent Is Named
For Starr County
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Elva Yolanda Scrivner has
been appointed Starr County
Extension Agent, home
economics, according to a joint
announcement by Dr. Mario
Ramirez, county judge, and
District Agent Sherry Mullin,
Wei. ico
For tht past two years Mrs.
Scrivner has been headquar-
tered at Hebbronville as agent-
at-large serving Jim Hogg,
Zapata, Duval and McMullen
Counties. She will report to her
new assignment about
February 1, Miss Mullin said.
As Starr County home
economics program leader she
wi" he responsible for
developing and implementing
educational programs in home
economics including family
living activities. She will also
give leadership to the 4-H youth
program working cooperatively
with David Sandefer, County
Extension Agent, Agriculture,
and coordinate the Expanded
Nutrition, with the overall
Extension educational effort in
Starr County.
Mrs. Scrivner, 28 is a native
of Hidalgo county and a
graduate of La Joya High
School, where she was an honor
graduate, class officer and
three-year member of the
basketball team. She received a
bachelor's degree in home
economics from Texas A&I
University in 1973.
Mrs. Scrivner is a widow and
has an eight-year-old daughter,
Melissa Ann. The new agent
anyone for
difficult thing to
do. It requires a judgment, a
decision, and a willingness to
help. It also requires a deep
commitment to your
professional role of one
dedicated to helping children.
YOU can help.
Please, lift a finger. To report
child abuse, dip! toll-free, 1-800-
292-540C.
Fefreshments were served
to 3C persons. Tne next meeting
wiil be at Grulla Jr. High School
on Monday, January 10, 1977.
Roma Student
Council Projects
7
twentieth century religion. The
modern mission movement
places more natives in the
mission fields of their own
countries.
There is a greater demand for
Bibles throughout the world.
The complete Bible is published
in 261 languages; the new
testament in 384, and one book
of the Bible in 1577 languages
and dialects. "Good News for
Modern Man" and the "Living
Bible" are in demand because
they are printed in modern
terms. Tapes and records are
available for the blind, and
there are an increasing number
of television and radio
programs.
Mrs. Bass closed by saying,
"Only God could have thought
of Christmas. It is a gift,
cherish it."
Fourteen members enjoyed
delicious cake and coffee
served by the hostess The next
meeting will be January 20 in
the home of Mrs. Mabel San-
chez. V
The Roma High School
Student Council is actively
preparing for the upcoming
holiday season. The council
members have been busy
decorating the High School
halls this week with various
holiday trappings. The council
and their sponsor, Mrs. Isela
Gonzalez, have also been
planning the concession booth
which they will sponsor at the
C.D.A. Bicentennial Finale
Carnival. The council will be
selling hot dogs both nights of
the festival, which will take
place on the 11th and 12th of this
month.
Forty-two students from the
Roma area attended the Fall
District Student Council Con-
vention in Corpus Christi at
Gregory-Portland High School.
While there the Council
president, Liz Torres, saw to it
that Roma students supported
neighboring Rio High School in
its bid to host the Spring con-
vention in 1977. We here at
Roma High would like to
congratulate Rio on their
victory and wish them luck in
hosting the gathering.
Several of the major projects
which the Roma council plans
to carry out this year are
already on the move. They
include the Post Box Top
project, which by collecting a
high number of cereal box tops
will enable the school to pur-
chase new playground equip-
ment for the Elementary
school. The project has proved
to be quite successful and will
continue until March 31 of next
year. The state project, which is
called S.C.O.R.E., deals with
birth defects and is also being
pursued with great vigor The
council plans to hold a series of
workshops and meetings to
help inform the school
population as well as the
genera] public on these defects
and how it is possible to deal
with them and how to overcome
them and prevent them. We
hope to have a very successful
and fruitful year in the council
undtr the direction of our
sponsor Mrs. Gonzalez, our
president Liz Torres, our two
vice presidents, Saul Vasquez
and Noe Villarreal, our
secretary's Chris Butcher and
Edna Cortez, treasurer Pam
Garcia, Parliamentarian
Leticia M. Gonzalez, and
reporter John F. Guerra, and of
course the council in general. -
We hope to also have the help
and co-operation of the faculty,
administration, and the student
body at Roma High School.
succeeds Mrs. Ida Perez, who
resigned November 1 to become
home economics program
leader in Hidalgo County
Air Drop
Is Planned
The children of Starr County
may think the sky is falling if
they are at the right places at
the right times on Sunday,
December 19, 1976. But really
the sky isn't going to fall, it will
only be bags of candies which
will be dropped from an air-
plane by the Baptist Ranch
Ministry.
Rev. James Gebhart, director
of the Baptist Ranch Ministry,
announced this week that after
dropping "Christmas Love
Bombs" on the ranches of Starr
County for the past seven years,
it will make a change this year
and will not drop on the ranches
as before but this year at five
designated locations.
The locations and times for
the Sunday, December 19, Air
Drop will be as follows: The La
Union School playground at 2
p.m.; the Rio Grande City
Football Field at 2 p.m.; the
open area at the old Junior High
School of la Grulla at 2:30
p.m.; the Roma Softball Field
at 2:30 p.m. and at the San
Isidro Football Field at 3 p.m.
If the weather doesn't permit
the Candy Air Drop on Sunday,
December 19, then the same
times and locations will be tried
the following day.
Rev. Gebhart also states that
the various school boards and
the Baptist Ranch Ministry
would not be responsible for any
injuries.
PET SHOW WINNERS-Miss Starr County Yvonne Rodriguez
and Senor Santa Claus are shown here with the winners of the
annual Children's Pet Show held on Sunday afternoon during the
Starr County Christmas Festival The winners are, left to right,
Diana Maria Villarreal and "Mrs. Rabbit," the Most Unusual
Pet of the Show; Monica Diaz qnd her two month old St. Bernard
"Bruno", Best Girl and Pet, and R.J. Ramirez and white spitz
puppy Sam, Best Boy and Pet. Toys were awarded to the
winners. Co-chairmen for the event were Mr and Mrs Ricardo
Gutierrez j «
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Solis, Tony. Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 16, 1976, newspaper, December 16, 1976; Rio Grande City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth194592/m1/1/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.