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RIO GRANDE
VOL XXXV
NO. 4
NOVEMBER 10, 1977
"The Largest Paid
Circulation Going
In Starr County"
Ten Cents
Four Local Men
Placed On Probation
Four defendants who had
been indicted in connection
with the seizure of 843
pounds of marijuana in
Zapata County on Sept. 16,
were arraigned Tuesday and
entered pleads of guilty in
Federal Court at I^aredo.
Jose Maria Alvarez Jr.,
25, of Roma, represented by
Atty. Daniel Alfaro of
Corpus Christi, and Fran-
cisco Reyes Jr., 28, of
Zapata, represented by
Laredo Attys. Ricardo
Palacios and Antonio
Alvarado Jr., were placed on
probation for three years by
Judge Robert O'Conor and
imposition of sentence was
suspended.
Jose Espinosa Gualtito,
27, of Rio Grande City,
represented by Laredo Atty.
Jose Luis Ramos, and
Eduardo I. Benavides, 32, of
Zapata, represented by
Palacios and Alvarado, were
given three-year suspended
sentences and placed on
probation.
Gualtito entered a plea of
guilty to possession with
intent to distribute the
marijuana, and the others
pleaded guilty to aiding and
abetting.
Nursing Workshop
Scheduled In RGC
A workshop to increase the
skill with which nurses in
emergency rooms and other
primary health care settings
assess specific patient
problems will be presented
in Rio Grande City on Nov.
17.
The continuing education
program will be taught at
the Rio Grande City High
School on Highway 83 from
9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. It will
cover appropriate methods
of obtaining a brief patient
history and perfoming a
simple but accurate
An Open Letter...
Rio Grande City Herald
311 West Main Street
Rio Grande City, Texas 78582
Dear Sir:
It was my very real pleasure to have had the
recent opportunity of visiting with some of the
history and government classes at Rio Grande
City High School and at Roma High School. I am
sure I will not be telling you anything you don't
already know when I tell you how courteous, alert
and charming are the students at those two Starr
County high schools. Those youngsters certainly
reflect well on the quality of cai'e uiey have
received from their parents and the quality of
instruction they have received from their
teachers. I have taught school for twenty-two
years and I have not met finer young people
anywhere.
You folks who are citizens of the Rio Grande City
School District or of the Roma School District
should be very proud of the students, the teachers
and the administrators of your schools. I certainly
am.
Sincerely,
Ernestine V. Glossbrenner
State Representative
examination of each system
as well as current
emergency treatment
modalities.
Darien Conlee, program
associate for the Area
Health Education Center at
Corpus Christi State
University, will be the
workshop consultant. A
graduate of The University
of Texas School of Nursing at
Galveston and Arizona State
University, Ms. Conlee has
taught workshops on
physical assessment and
management of the patient
in the emergency room in
Texas and other states.
The workshop on "The
Nurse and Emergency
Care: Hospital, School and
Community" is sponsored by
I^aredo Junior College, the
UT School of Nursing at San
Antonio and the Area Health
Education Center (AHEC)
at the UT Medical Branch at
Galveston.
All persons attending the
entire course will be
awarded 0.6 continuing
education units from the
Texas Nurses Association.
Registration forms have
been mailed to South Texas
nurses and health agencies.
Preregistration forms and
fees of $17 should be received
prior tv the workshop hy the
Continuing Education
Services,, TTie University of
Texas Health Science
Center, San Antonio, Texas
78284. The registration fee at
the door is $21.
Further information may
be obtained from AHEC
program associates
Elizabeth Cumberland at
Laredo Junior College,
telephone 512 722-0521 and
Gail Irby at Pan American
University, telephone 512 381-
3491.
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JUDGES ATTEND REGIONAL SEMINAR—five
area justices of the peace were among the 87 who at-
tended an advanced twenty hour Texas Justice of the
Peace Training Center Seminar October 18-21 in
Corpus Christi The seminars are held in compliance
with Article 5972, Section b, of the Texas Revised Civil
Statutes. The JP Training Center is based at Southwest
Texas State University. Among the judges attending
were Judge Amoldo Gonzalez, Jr. of Rio Grande City,
Precinct 1, Starr County; Judge Minerva R. Pena of
Roma, Precinct 2, Place 1, Starr County Judge Jose
Venecia of La Grulla, Precinct 3, Starr County;
Francisco Hinojosa of Roma, Municipal Judge, Starr
County; and Judge John W. Fisher of Santa Elena,
Precinct 5, Place 1, Starr County.
County Businesses
May Seek SBA Aid
Eligible South Texas
businesses hurt by the peso
devaluation have until July
28, 1978 to apply for
assistance under the Small
Business Administration's
economic dislocation
program. This program was
approved by Cori-;rv- in
August and provides ifvns to
small businesses suffering
from economic dislocation
from such disasters as the
peso evaluation or ai y other
similar economic cl nge in
Mexico and Canada
To qualify, a small
businessman must make an
application with SBA
showing that he has suffered
economic dislocation. If his
application is accepted, he
will be eligible for loans now
RGC W oman"s ('Inlt Honors Mrs. Scott
With Flagpole Dedication Ceremony
The flags and flagpole in
front of Starr County
Memorial Hospital were
donated by the Woman's
Club of Rio Grande City in
honor of the club's founder,
Mrs. Florence Johnson
Scott. The dedication
ceremony was held Thur-
sday evening, November 3,
with the club President, Mrs.
lino Perez, Jr., presiding.
The Rev. M.L. Ramirez,
pastor of the First United
Methodist Church, gave the
Invocation. Mrs. Perez,
assisted by Hospital Security
Officers Hector Doria,
Javier G Garcia, and
Roberto Molina made the
presentation of the flags to
the Hospital Board
represented by Frank An-
derson, vice-president.
The meeting followed in
the Hospital cafetria, where
Mrs. Frank Anderson gave
the evening's program
entitled, "You're a Grand 01
Flag." She opened with a
quote from Alexander
Graham Bell. "Don't keep
forever on the public road,
going only where others
have gone. I^eave the beaten
track ocassionaliy drive into
into the woods. You"ll be
certain to find something
you have never seen
before."
The speaker continued, "If
Mrs. Scott had never left the
beaten track,
many of the
MRS. SCOTT HONORED—Mrs Florence J. Scott
was honored with a dedication of the flag and flagpole
at Starr County Memorial Hospital on Thursday,
November 3. Among those attending the ceremony to
honor Mrs. Scott, center, were members of her family,
left to right, son Owen Scott and his daughter, both of
San Antonio, and Mr. and Mrs. Herndon Scott of
Victoria. Mrs. Scott was founder and a charter
member of the Rio Grande City Woman's Club, which
made the dedication in her honor.
I'm sure that
organizations
here in Rio Grande City
would never have been
formed. If she had not left
the beaten track, many lives
would not have been touched
by her wisdom and un-
derstanding. Many of us
would not have been prodded
to do a little more than is
expected for a particular
job, thus gaining knowledge
and understanding for
others." "We of the Rio
Grande City Woman's Club
could not think of a better
wayto honor Mrs. Scott than
with a flag which will fly
every day here in Starr
County wh« re she has been
above so many things.
Certainly she, like the flag,
has courage like the red
stripes, puity like the white,
and justice and truck like the
blue of the flag."
Mrs. Anderson went on to
mention a few of the many
things Mrs. Scott has done
for us here in Starr County.
"Mrs Scott settled in Rio
Grande City in 1919. She was
an educator in Starr County
for over thirty years, serving
on the Rio Grande City
Common School District No.
4 Board of Trustees in
1925-26. From 1927 to 1947,
she was Starr ' County
Superintendent of Schools
with twenty schools in-
cluded, and she was
superintendent of Roma
School District for ten ad-
ditional years. During these
years, Mrs. Scott helped
Improve the educational
system in the valley and
state.
The speaker continued,
"Mrs. Scott is also well
known as an historian and
author. Her writing career
began at the age of seven-
teen when' she edited a
Candy Recipe Book while
attending Junior College.
Her master's thesis
"Historical Heritage of the
Lower Rio Grande" has been
published. She is also the
author of several books.
"Mrs. Scott has been a
very active clubwoman in
many civic, cultural, and
educational groups .locally
and in the valley as well as
on state and national levels.
She is a charter member of
the Rio Grande Valley
Federation of Women's
Clubs, has served on the
General Federation of
Women's Clubs board, and
was president of the Texas
Federation of Women's
Clubs, to name a few.
On the local level , Mrs.
Scott organized the
following: Rio Grande City
Woman's Club, 1934; Pan
American Round Table,
1951; American Association
of University Women 1958
Past President's Club 1959;
Starr County Historical
Society, 1948; and Florence
J. Scott Study Club, 1!*)6.
Mrs. Scott was named First
I-ady of South Texas y the
Rotary Clubs of the entire
valley . These are only a few
of the many honors which
have been bestowed upon
Mrs. Scott, but I believe the
ones she is the proudest of is
being the mother of two fine
sons, Owen and Herndon
Scott and of being a grand-
mother and now great-
grandmother.
Out of town guests were
Mr. and Mrs. Herndon Scott
of Victoria, Owen Scott and
daughter Kim of San An-
tonio, members of Mrs.
Scott's family; Mrs. Pauline
Caywood of San Antonio;
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Harper
of McAllen, and Hospital
Board Members Mr and
Mrs. Beto Perez of Roma
and Mrs. Silvina Hinojosa of
La Grulla.
rated at 65's percent - the
same formula rate charged
for other compliance or
economic impact loans by
SBA.
Nine Texas counties were
designated eligible to
receive the assistance ac-
' nfoTT.ali'tn
received by SBA. Six o;: the
counties are in the 15th
District - a welcome an-
nouncement. Those in our
district include Brooks,
Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim
Wells, Starr and Willacy.
Other Texas counties
qualifying are Maverick, Val
Verde, and Webb.
Texas was right on the ball
as Governor Briscoe made
the necessary certification
these counties soon after the
law was passed by Congress.
His early action meant that
the Texas counties were
among the first to be so
designated.
Besides being 6 5g percent
in interest rate loans, the
amount of each loan can not
exceed $100,000. Also the
SBA said that the maturity
of these loans may not ex-
ceed 30 years. The loans
must be amortized in less
time if the small business
can be shown to have a
faster repayment ability.
The SBA also explained
why they had chosen a nine
months schedule for the
receipt of applications in-
stead of the often used three
months. Since economic
injury is proved by the
record books of affected
businesses, it sometimes
takes a longer time for this
tr i.r- . -.ir TV, ertra
months should give enough
time for any small
businessman to prove in-
jury.
If a small business
qualifies, he generally can
use this money for working
capital. SBA has advised
that funds can be used to
refinance existing in-
debtedness to cornmerical
lenders, either short term or
long term, only when there is
no reduction in the com-
mercial lenders exposure.
This might be good for those
small businessmen who
couldn't wait until the SBA
program was enacted and
obtained cornmerical loans
soon after the peso
devaluation.
While it sometimes takes
time to move necessary
programs through Congress,
the President, and the
executive agencies, it's good
to see this has reached the
finish line. Perhaps now,
many South Texas
businesses will obtain that
relief needed after the
peso devaluation -- and
likewise, help the economy
of South Texas.
Rio Schools Get (/rants
WASHINGTON - Sen.
Lloyd Bentsen was advised
Thursday that the Economic
Development Ad-
ministration has awarded
two grants, total value of
$710,000, to create jobs and
help build public facilities in
Rio Grande City.
One of the grants, in the
amount of $314,180 is to the
Rio Grande City Con-
solidated Independent
School District. The funds
will be used for recon-
struction of two classroom
buildings.
The second grant for
$396,000 is to Starr County
for grading, draining and
paving streets in Rio Grande
City.
The grants are
awarded under the
Works Employment
1977.
being
Public
Act of
Pena Announced 2.3 Million
Aluminum Cans Recycled
More than 2.3 million all-
aluminum cans were
recycled by the Pearl
Dsitributing Company
during the first three
quarters of this year. This
figure represents a 95 per-
cent increase ove rthe 1976
nine month figures, ac-
cording to Pablo F. Pena,
Jr., owner of the
distributorship and
recycling center.
Included in the report,
Pena stated that more than
$16,600 was paid out to area
citizens who participated in
the local Pearl recycling
program this year.
"I feel the enthusiasm
shown by the citizens in this
area is the major reason for
the continued success of the
program" said Pena.
The Pearl Distributing
Company pays collectors 17
per pound for the aluminum
cans. From there, the
aluminum containers are
shipped to San Antonio
where they are processed
through Pearl's newly ex-
panded recycling center,
located adjacent to the
brewery. • -We find it
extremely encouraging that
RGC School Board
Approves Personnel
The Rio Grande City
Board of Trustees of the Rio
Grande City Consolidated
Independent smool District
began at 12:00 a meeting
scheduled for 11:00
November 1 to conduct
regular business.
Board President Javier D.
Margo called the meeting to
order, and the minutes were
read and approved.
The first item on the
agenda which was brought
up and discussed included
approval for the Flag
Football League of adults 18
years old and up to use the
school football field for its
games.
The Rio Grande Valley
School Board Association
Workshop to be held on
November 16 was an-
nounced, and a recom-
mendation to approve Out-
of-district travel expenses
was heard. It was agreed to
follow TEA guidelines for
expenses.
A need for more efficient
outdoor lighting in Fort
Ringgold and at Roque
Guerra Jr. Elementary
was also discussed.
A resolution was
adopted that the Board of
Trustees elects to be exempt
from a recent article per-
taining to a Volunteer
Firefighters Funds.
Administrators Romeo
Lopez and Efrain Garcia
presented for approval
Section C of a booklet of
School Board Policies.
This was approved. The
sections on School Board
members and general school
administration have been
revised, discussed, and
approved at previous
meetings as well.
An adult program of CETA
was approved, which would
implement adult typing
classes, for which $2,749.00
has been funded.
In Executive Session,
professional personnel ap-
proved were Barbara Smith,
teacher of 1977-78; Heralio
Flores, Migrant Tutorial
Program, Grulla; and Rosa
V Garcia, maternity leave.
Paraprofessional per-
sonnel approval included
Oscar Garcia, Manpower,
Security Guard; Maria
Teresa Pena, Manpower,
Teacher Aide; Rolando
Alaniz; and Evangelina M.
Rodriguez.
Present at the meeting
were Board Members
Margo, Bias Chapa, Jesus
Solis, and Abel Gonzalez,
Jr.; Administrators
George Guerra, Efrain
Garcia, A.E. Garcia, and
Romeo Lopez; and Fer-
nando Guzman representing
the Flag Football League.
Mrs. Lorenzo Garibay
Dies In Brownsville
Funeral services >ere
held Saturday, October 29, at
the Immaculate Conception
Church in Brownsville for
Mrs. Lorenzo Garibay.
Mrs. Garibay was sur-
vived by her husband and
daughter Pilar, both of
Brownsville, and a
Lorenzo Jr. of Austin.
son,
Mrs. Garibay is the sister-
in-law of Mrs. Francisco
Margo of Rio Grande City.
She was to have been sixty
years old.
V alley Ranks High
In Tourist Revenue
members of this community
find cause for recycling,
whether it's for monetarv
gain or environmental
reasons," he added.
Hidalgo County ranks 14th
out of the 254 Texas counties
in total tourist revenue
received in 1976 . According
to statistics released by the
United States Travel Data
Center, in 1976, Hidalgo
County received $61,136,000
in tourist revenue, up 8.3
percent over 1975. About 20
percent of that total revenue
or $12,125,000 went into local
payrolls, creating an
estimated 2,291 jobs in the
county. Some $633,000 of the
revenue found its way into
city treasuries in the form of
tax revenue.
Though Cameron County
still leads the four-county
Valley area in total tourist
receipts with $76,258,000 in
1976, its rate of growth at 7.8
percent was lower than
Hidalgo County by one half
on one percent. A total of
$15,494,000 of the tourist
expenditures became part
of Cameron County payrolls
in 1976, employing 2,878
residents. City revenues in
the countv were increased
by $756,000.
Willacy County gained
$2,850,000 in tourist revenue
with $564,000 going into
payrolls for some 108 em-
ployees. The cities received
$24,000 in tax revenue.
Willacy County growth in
tourist revenue was 13.7
percent.
Starr County grossed
$2,588,000 in revenue,
$511,000 of which became
payrolls for 99 employees.
The city taxes brought in
$21,600 and the rate of
growth was K.3 percent over
last year.
Total Valley tourist
revenue for 1976 was
$142,801,100 of which
$28,660,400 went into payrolls
for 5,376 employees. City tax
revenues from tourism in the
Valley totaled $1,435,100.
Additional information on
tourist revenue is available
at the McAllen Chamber of
Commerrce.
Livestock Loose
Arnoldo Gonzalez, justice
of the peace, said today that
his office has received
complaints that livestock
are sometimes left to run
loose on public streets and
roads.
The justice said that the
law will be enforced and
owners should not let their
animals be left unattended
on public property might be
fined according to the law.
He said that according to
Vernon's Texa* Civil
Statutes, "Any person
owning or having respon-
sibility for the control of any
horse, mule, donkey, cow,
bull, steer, sheep, or goat
who knowingly permits
such animal to traverse or
roam at large, unattended,
only on the right-of-way of
any U.S. Highway, or State
Highway in this state but not
including numbered farm-to-
rnarket roads, shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and shall
be fined in any sum not
exceeding Two Hundred
Dollars ($200.00). Each day
that an animal is permitted
ty roam at large in violation
hereof shall constitute a
separate offense."
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LUCKY WINNER-IjiIo Saent, right, was the lucky winner of the 243 deer rifle
raffled by the Florence J Scott Study Club of Rio Grande City The second priie, a
hunting knife, was won by Enrique Lopez, left Third prize winner was Mrs Paula
Gutierrez of Laredo, who won a gun carrying case Jorge of Valley Mart looks on .is
Mrs. Kenneth Anderson, chairman of the event, oongradulates Saenz Proceeds from
the raffle will be used by the club for service projects in the community.
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Silva, Marcelo. Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 10, 1977, newspaper, November 10, 1977; Rio Grande City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth194636/m1/1/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.