Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 3, 1977 Page: 1 of 9
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"The Largest Paid
Circulation Going
In Starr County "
VOL. XXXV
NO. 3
NOVEMBER 3, 1977
Ten Cents
f
Starr
Trek
BY MARCELO SILVA
EDITOR
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I can see it coming. Or are you, Starr County,
going to disillusion me!
I see a new hotel in Rio Grande City which will
house the countless tourists and conventioneers
coming to view and enjoy what only this area has.
Another hotel, rich in lore and history, comes to
me renovated, its old charm preserved, its
courtyard a rich adventure in the past for
generations to come.
I see people employed in new industries and
businesses. I see a giant clay processing plant
making use of this rare elsewhere Starr County
raw material. 1 see people working at creating
expensive pottery from this plant.
Countless tourists stay the whole winter at
modern recreational vehicle facilities. I see a well
organized Chamber of Commerce providing tours
of the area to Falcon Lake, Marte R. Gomez Lake,
Camargo, and of course, to every other old
building in Rio Grande City, each "a historical
treasure in itself. I see the young returning to the
county educated to run the many businesses,
industries, and municipal offices. I see celebrities
at the unique golf course that will spring up, like
magic, to become a giant magnet for tourists,
professionals, and local talent.
Rio Grande City and every other community in
the county come to me with paved streets, all
utilities, and all the people in their homes year-
round.
All this and much more. The seed for progress is
definitely taking root. I have seen the enthusiasm
of local leaders in endeavoring to bring this
progress to come about.
The first major improvement that I foresee is
the incorporation of Rio Grande City, an obvious
first step. With this stone in place, firmly set, all
other pieces will be firmly and logically placed.
With the County Seat organized and leading, the
balance will undoubtedly follow.
Or, I repeat, are you going to disappoint me?
Lettuce Committee
Represented In County
Queen Crowning Highlights Rio Homecoming
Diamantina Barrera, Rio
Grande City High School
senior, was named
Homecoming Queen for 1977
at halftime ceremonies of
the Rio Grande City-
Edcouch Elsa game here
Friday night. Miss Barrera
was escorted by Hugo
Villarreal.
First Runner-up for the
coveted title was Alma
Rivera, escorted by Danny
Carrera; and second runner-
up was Araceli Alaniz,
escorted by Miguel Ruelas.
Narrator for the halftime
program, entitled "Odyssies
of Man's Imagination," was
Robert Ramirez, who began
by dedicating the program
with its futuristic theme to
the seniors of 1978,1979,1980,
and 1981, and all seniors of
the future.
He continued, "In a
galaxie far from ours, there
lived six interplanetary
beauties. The galaxie was
paradise for them, except
for the one planet on which
Randinion lived. Randinion
was the son of the King of
Terror who constantly
frightened the people of the
peaceful planets But
Randinion's father had been
killed by the fathers of these
six beauties, and he was
determined to destroy the
girls and their families.
When the girls found out
about Randinion's plan of
destruction, they decided to
flee to the planet Zula which
was the planet of Peace and
friendship. And so, the six
galactic beauties fled their
planets one by one. From the
planet Clono came the queen
Dilia, represented by Senior
Representative Arcelia
Alaniz, escorted by Miguel
Ruelas.
From the planet Svenster
came the queen Rina,
represented by Senior
Representative Diamantina
Bazan, escorted by Hugo
Villarreal.
From the planet Moya fled
the queen Nida represented
by senior, Alma Rivera
escorted by Danny Carrera.
From the planet Bruna,
came the princens Myra
represented by Junior
Duchess Melissa Venecia,
escorted by Javier Her-
nandez.
From the planet Anoy,
fled the princess Lana,
represented by Sophomore
Duchess Rosalinda Reyna,
escorted by Pedro Flores.
From the planet Genza,
came the princess Sima,
represented by Freshman
Duchess Martha Ramos,
escorted by Roman
Villarreal.
They arrived to their
destination and just as they
did, Randinion's spaceship
landed also. But something
miraculous happened to
him, for in the land of peace
and friendship, all who
entered would become good,
even the evil Randinion.
And so the queens and
princesses, along with
Randinion, lived in this
paradise of goodness for the
rest of their lives."
As a climax to the
ceremony, the Homecoming
Queen was crowned by
Student Council President
Michael Saenz. The bouquet
was presented by Student
Council Representative, Ray
Alvarez. Rosie Villarreal
was chairman for the the
special event.
The queen and her court
rode in cars around the track
at the football field to greet
the large crowd who at-
tended the Homecoming
game.
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La Casita Farms, Inc. and
Starr Produce Co,, Inc., both
of Rio Grande City, are
among six valley companies
who have registered as
handlers of lettuce grown in
the Lower Rio Grande
Valley of South Texas
covered by Marketing Order
no. 971.
Any other person or
company who wishes to be
registered may make ap-
plication at the South Texas
Lettuce Committee Office at
Mercedes.
Others who have
f jgistered are T.E. Bottom
Co., Inc. of Donna; Griffin &
Brand of McAllen, Inc.;
Marvin Schwarz Produce of
Mercedes; and Severini
Produce Co. of Pharr.
The South Texas Lettuce
Committee helps regulate
and inform producers and
handlers of policies and
developments which would
effect their business.
South Texas Lettuce
Committee members and
alternates for 1977 78 in-
clude Ray Rochester of
McAllen and John A.
Shuford of Rio Grande City,
alternate; Ralph W. Ross of
McAllen and W. C. Ross, III,
alternate; Wayne Showers of
McAllen and R. A. Peterson
of Rio Grande City, alter-
nate; and Humberto Garcia
of Rio Grande City and
Charles LaGrange of
McAllen, alternate, among
others.
Of the criminal cases
handled at the district court
in Starr County last week,
three were dismissed, two
were found guilty, one not
guilty and 13 were moved to
a later date, according to
information released by the
district attorney's office.
The case against Samuel
Garza, who had been
charged with possession of
marijuana, was dismissed.
He was represented by
Arnulfo Guerra.
Evelio S. Rodriguez was
also cleared on the charge of
delivery of marijuana. His
case was dismissed. He was
represented by Richard
Garcia.
Also dismissed was the
charge against Martin
Garcia Lopez. He had been
accused of delivery of
marijuana. He VLs
represented by Matias
Morin Jr.
Cirilo Orta Jr. was found
not guilty of possession of
marijuana. He was
represented by Robert
Vzaguirre.
Pedro Quintero plead
guilty to delivery of
marijuana and was sen-
tenced to serve three years
in the state penitentiary.
Porfirio Garcia was found
guilty of burglary and was
sentenced to three years in
the penitentiary to run
concurrent with a similar
sentenced imposed by the
139th District Court of
Hidalgo County. He was
represented by David
Guerrero.
Cases moved to November
21 are those of Juan Antonio
Ramirez, charged with
burglary; and Santiago
Gonzalez Jr., theft by check.
The following cases were
moved to December 12:
Richard B. Lund, charged
WARNING
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TO IlliOAl ALIENS AND OFFICIALS OF THE
U.S. GOVERNMENT
THIS BORDER SUBJECT TO RANDOM PATROtS BY THE
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Criminal Cases
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with possession of
marijuana; Pablo Perez
Valles, aggravated assault;
Raul Ruben Cruz, possession
of marijuana; Lauro Garcia,
possession of marijuana;
Jorge Martinez, burglary;
Celestino Quintero,
charged with delivery of
marijuana; Amado Molina,
delivery of marijuana;
Cirilo Orta Jr., criminal
mischief; Juan Everardo
Rodriguez, possession of
marijuana; Francisco
Chapa III, charged with
aggravated assault; and
Juan Solis Gomez, charged
with delivery of marimuana.
Other criminal cases
coming to trial or pre-trial
on November 21 are: Elias
Aguirre, charged with
aggravated assault; Hector
Avila Cruz, possession of
marijuana; Anselmo
Gonzalez, unauthorized
use of a motor vehicle;
Ricardo Saldana,
unauthorized use of a
motor vehicle.
Ricardo Saldana, at-
tempted burglary; M.O.
Dolan, theft by check;
Erasmo Ozuna, possession
of marijuana; George Luis
Salinas, possession of
marijuana; Gilberto Chapa,
possession of marijuana;
Rufino Clarke, possession
of marijuana;
Francisco Adame Mendez,
revocation of probation;
Rogelio Cabrera Sanchez,
possession of marijuana;
Pedro Solis Trillayes,
murder; Roberto Ray
Rosales, criminal mischief;
and Ruby Ruiz, on two
charges of aggravated
assault.
McEathron And E*pinoza
Starr Migrants Eligible For Aid
A contract implementing
the Higher Education
Migrant Program (HEMP)
*~;~s beer' ri'r
thr
Governor's Office of Migi ant
Affairs (GOMA) and
Texas A&I IUniversity.
The $135,000 contract will
enable 50 freshmen students
to participate in the three
components of HEMP: to
avail themselves of financial
assistance, tutorial services
and counseling services, rhe
program will start with the
spring semester.
Eligible for HEMP are
United SteW citizens or
legal aliens with high school
diplomas or General
Education Development
(GED) certification, with
residency in one of these
counties: Jim Hogg, Starr,
Zapata, Aransas, Calhoun,
DeWitt, Goliad, Gonzales,
Jackson, Lavaca, Victoria,
Dimmit, Edwards, Kinney,
La Salic, Maverick, Real,
Starr County Qualifies
For SB A Economic Aid
Rep. de la Garza an-
nounced this week that the
Small Business Ad-
ministration has just
designated nine Texas
counties to receive SBA loan
assistance for economic
dislocation caused by the
peso devaluation. Six of
these counties are in the 15th
congressional district.
Those six counties are:
Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo,
Jim Wells, Starr and
Willacy.
Other Texas counties
designated include
Maverick, Val Verde and
Webb.
The designation was
made under the SBA'
Ecomonic Injury Disaster
Program authorized by the
Congress to help South
Texas small businesses who
suffered economic hardship
as a result of the peso
devaluation last year, Rep.
de la Garza said.
According to de la Garza,
the Texas counties were
among the first designated
since the Governor's cer-
tification of the affected
areas had been before the
Small Business Ad-
ministration since mid-
August.
Under this designation, no
SBA loan can exceed
$100,000 including the
participants share, de la
Garza explained.
According to information
de la Garza received from
the SBA, the direct loan
interest rate is the same
formula rate charged for
other compliance or
economic impact loans
currently at 6-5b7„. The SBA
told the South Texan that the
maturity of these loans may
not exceed 30 years but they
must be amortized in a
shorter period of time when
the small business has the
repayment ability,
The SBA told de la Garza
the use of proceeds from the
loan will generally be for
working capital. He said
SBA advised that funds can
be used to refinance existing
indebtedness to commercial
lenders, either short term or
long term, only when there
is no reduction in the com-
mercial lenders exposure.
Rep. de la Garza said this
action was taken as a result
of legislation passed by the
Congress and signed into law
by the President on August 4,
1977. Since that time, the
South Texan has been urging
the agency to act promptly
to alleviate economic
situations in his area caused
by the peso devaluation.
Uvalde, Valverde and
Zavala.
Also, the student must be a
migrant farmworker, and 50
per cent of the entire family
income for the preceding 12
months should be from
agriculture related work.
A proposal for the Migrant
Attrition Prevention
Program (MAPP) under
GOMA is being negotiated.
"We hope to have about 100
10th grade students at Texas
A&I University this summer
as part of this program," R.
S. Garza, director for
Governor's Office
programs at A&I .
Applications forms may be
obtained from Higher
Education Migrant
Program, Campus Box 143,
Texas A&I University,
Kingsville, Tex. 78363.
Highway Patrolmen
Move To County
Starr County highways are
now being scrutinized more
closely, for those bent on
violating traffic laws.
Manuel F. Espinoza, 28,
and David McEathron, 25,
the most recent additions to
traffic law enforcement on
the county, are settling down
in Rio Grande City to
become effective law en-
forcement members of the
community, as Department
of Public Saftey troopers.
"We are available 24 hours
a day to answer any
questions or help with any
problems that may arise,"
Espinoza said. "We can be
reached at home or through
the office of the County
Sheriff," he said.
"It is sometimes very hard
for a law officer to do his job
without his community
backing," Espinoza com-
mented, adding, "We are
getting good backing right
now and we appreciate it."
Espinoza has been in the
county four months.
McEathron, with only two
weeks in Rio Grande City,
said, "My family and I
appreciate the warmth and
hospitality shown by the
people of Rio Grande City in
our efforts to move here."
He said his wife Jackie and
Gustavo Yaladez
Honored By PAU
Teenager Found
Hung Near Home
KU KLUX KLAN-This notice was found early Monday morning tacked to a post by
the driveway of the home of Efrain Garcia of Los Garcias. Garcia said he did not
know how, or when the message was posted during the night.
Raul Vela, 13 was found at
6 45 p.m. Tuesday hanging
from a tree a few yards from
his home at El Tanke Ranch.
Justice of the Peace Ar-
turo Clarke pronounced the
boy dead at the scene.
The hoy was the son of Mr
anci Mrs. Ismae! Vela of El
Tarwe R^nch, located five
miles northeast of Rio
Grande Cltv on Farm Road
755.
The Sheriff's department
is conducting an in-
vestigation headed by
Romeo Alvarez and Carlos
Guerra
Judge Clarke said he will
rule on the cause of death
after an autopsy is per-
formed in McAllen He said
the time of death has not
been deterrmined yet.
Three mass com-
municators who have made
outstanding contributions to
the field of journalism with
special understanding of
inter-Americanism and
interracial communication
were honored at Pan
American University's
fourth annual International
Media Conference starting
Thursday, October 27.
The honorees, who were
presented plaques at the
conference's final banquet
Saturday at 7 p.m. are Frank
L. Trejo, staff writer of the
San Antonio Light; Gustavo
Valadez Jr., manager of
channel 11 televeision in Rio
Grande City; and Nolene
Hodges, head of the Weslaco
bureau, ' Freedom
Newspapers.
One of Trejo's major goals
has been to enter as many
Spanish speaking young
people into college as
possible and he has been on
personal assistance to a
number of them. Treio
studied journalism at San
Antonio College. He served
in the U.S. Army before and
during World War II and has
been a civil service employe
of the United States
government.
Highpoints of his career in
mass communications have
included an interview with
General Douglas MacAr-
thur; the surrender of a
murderer ~^to him; and as
one of 25 reporters from
ethnic minority groups, he
covered a White House
reception for President
Richard Nixon.
Rio Grande City native
Valadez studied broad-
casting through the
Columbia School of
Broadcasting. He has
worked extensively as an
advertising representative
and also as a radio and
television announcer and
copywriter. He has been
employed by XEHI radio in
Mexico; KIRT radio,
Mission; KGBT radio,
Harlingen; and KRGV radio,
Weslaco ■
Welcome on both sides of
the Rio Grande River,
Valadez has a reputation of
sound ethics and fair
dealing. Friends point out
the principal reasons for his
success in advertising:
dependability and ready
service which he provides
for his clients.
Hodges has been covering
Rio Grande Valley news
since 1945. She came to the
Valley from Oklahoma,,
where she studied at East
Central State College and the
University of Oklahoma. Her
First job in the Valley was
an editor of the Edinburg
Daily Review Then she
headed the Weslaco bureau
for The Monitor of McAllen.
For three years, beginning
in 1960, Hodges served as
UPI bureau manager in
Edinburg At the time it
•was the only bureau bet-
ween Austin and Mexico City
and Hodges was among the
first women to head a
national wire service. For
two years she was news
director for KRGV radio and
television.
Outstanding events during
her career include honor by
the League of United Latin
American Citizens for her
news work; and coverage of
narcotics stories, hurri-
canes, agriculture and the
water supply crises before
the construction o f F a 1 c o n
Dam. She was once jailed by
mistake while covering a
murder story and spent four
hours behind bars in Corpus
Christi.
Featured speaker at the
banquet was Giles Padel,
of the Harte-Hanks
newspaper chain. Padel
resides in San Antonio
their son Andrew will be
coming down from San
Antonio in a fe * days.
Espinoza, his wife
Beatrice, and their three
children, Rene, Manuel and
Kenneth David, are already
settled down to Starr County
life. Beatrice works at the
County Hospital.
Born in San Antonio,
Espinoza was raised and
educated in the Crystal City
public schools, graduating
from high school in 1968.
Espinoza then went on to
South West Texas Junior
College in Uvalde and
completed his studies there
in 1971 He then went on to
Texas A&I University in
Kingsville, graduating in
1973awith a B.A. in Political
Science and Sociology.
He is presently taking
graduate courses in Coun-
seling at Sul Ross State
University in Alpine
Espinoza is a graduate of
the Department of Public
Safety's Academy in Austin
He ihad been stationed in
Hebbronville for over one
year before coming to Starr
County.
McEathron is From San
Antonio He has a B.A.
degree in Criminal Justice
from Southwest Texas State
University in San Marcos.
He had two years experience
in law enforcement before
joining the Texas Highway
Patrol
He is a recent graduate of
the State's police academy
and Starr County is his first
assignment under the
Department
Safetv.
of Public
A&I President
Plans Radio. TV Talks
Dr. Duane M Leach,
Texas A&I University
president, will be in-
terviewed on area radio and
television stations during
early November
Judy Wenger, with the
Coastal Bend Council of
"State of the Region "
radio interviews with Mrs.
Wenger are scheduled as
follows: Nov 5--KAML,
Kenedy-Karnes City , 3.05
p.m.;Nov.6 —KIOU, Corpus
Christi, 6 am ; KIKN,
Sinton, 7:15 a.m.; KEYS,
Corpus Christi, 8 15 a.m.;
KOUL, Sinton-Portland, 8 45 Governments, will interview
a.m.; KIBL, Beeville, noon; him on KRIS-TV, Corpus
KROB, Robstown, noon; Christi (Channel 6), at noon
KOPY, Alice, 130 p.m.; and Saturday (Nov 5) and at
Nov. 10-KINE, Kingsville, 6 30. a.m. 'Sunday (Nov
9:35 a.m. 8).
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Silva, Marcelo. Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 3, 1977, newspaper, November 3, 1977; Rio Grande City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth194635/m1/1/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.