Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 17, 1977 Page: 1 of 10
ten pages : ill. ; page 22 x 16 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
RIO GRANDE
"The Largest Paid
Circulation Going
In Starr County"
VOL. XXXV
NO. 5
NOVEMBER 17, 1977
Ten Cents
Incorporation
Closer
An election will be held on or before December 10 in
Rio Grande City to determine whether or not that
community is to be incorporated.
A petition signed by more than the required 50
qualified community voters has been presented to
County Judge Mario E. Ramirez who will set the date
for the election.
The petition for incorporation has been promoted by
the Rio Grande City Chamber of Commerce.
Chamber of Commerce President Jose A. Hinojosa
and Vice-president Noe Sanchez, write in their request
for the election, "...in our efforts to promote progress
and economic development in Rio Grande City and
Starr County (the Chamber of Commerce) has found it
difficult to convince new businesses and industry to
come to this area and establish new plants and carry
on trade, primarily, because our county seat, Rio
Grande City is still not incorporated."
Announcement that the petition had been signed and
delivered to the county judge was made at the
Chamber of Commerce luncheon meeting Tuesday at
the House of Ralphel's Restaurant.
In other action, the board made preparations for the
tenth annual Starr County Festival to be held Friday,
December 2 thru Sunday, December 4.
Stella G. Zarate is general chairman for the festival.
According to Ms. Zarate, activities include a Miss
Starr County Beauty Pageant to be held Friday Dec. 2
at the Auditorium. It is sponsored by the Lions Club.
Many more activities are scheduled including the
arrival of the Mexican Santa Claus, a carnival, a grand
parade, a Jamaica, band concerts, tours, and many
more.
'
Cranes Win
4^ ^ Championship
Trucker
By TONI RIVERA LOPEZ
About this time for the last
two seasons, the Grulla
Cranes have been second in
the Hidalgo Upper Valley
League. But that's not the
way it is this season. This
season the Cranes are the
champions.
They are the number one
ranking team in the Hidalgo
Upper Valley League with 7-
0 record and with only one
team scoring against the
Cranes. This season's
schedule is below:
GRULLA CRANES-Sitting left to right are Grulia
Junior High School Crane!; Lazaro de la Cruz, Orlando
Lopez, Rosendo Contreras, Ricardo Garcia, Jose Luis
Cantu, Fabian Solis, Ricardo Montalvo, Ovidio Solis,
Constancio Bazan, Kneeling left to right: Victor Ortiz,
Miguel Bazan, Arthur Olivarez, Domingo Montalvo,
Jorge Garcia, Joel Zarate, Abelino Zarate, Romeo
Solis, Ramiro Cortez, and Coach Hector Rivera;
Standing left to right: Coach Greg Lara/David Gornez,
Adolfo Solis, Ramiro Bazan, Roel Alaniz, Joel Venecia,
Tony Ray Ybarra, Jorge Perez, Javier Cantu, Martin
Cantu, and Coach Constancio Salinas.
O.L.G.
(Mission)
Edinburg South 20
P.S.J.A. Austin
open
Hidalgo
O.L.S.
(McAllen)
Edinburg North
Brewster
We
34
20
18
8
16
16
36
They
6
0
0
Sept. 24
Oct 1
Oct. 8
Oct. 15
Oct. 22
Oct. 29
Nov. 5
Jaycee's 1*1311 Fiesta Parade
The Rio Grande City
Jaycees are again spon-
soring the 10th Annual
Christmas Parade in con-
junction with other
Christmas festivities
TSTA District Convention
Braulio Alonso, director of
international relations of the
1.8 million-member National
Education Association, will
be featured speaker at the
District 1 convention of the
Texas State Teachers
Association November 18-19
in Edinburg.
Alonso replaces NEA
President John Ryon, who
was originally scheduled to
speak at the convention.
Ryor had to cancel his visit
because it conflicted with the
annual meeting of the
National Council of State
Education Associations in
Houston.
Educators from seven
joining NEA staff he was a
teacher of physics and
mathematics and a high
school principal in Florida.
He served a year as
president of the Florida
Education Association from
1957-58, and was president of
his local associaiton three
times.
Alonso has served as
consultant to teacher
organizations in Africa,
Asia, I^atin America, and
has participated in
workshops and seminars
with teacher organizations
throughout the world.
scheduled by the Rio Grande
City Chamber of Commerce
According to Encarnacioi.
Garza Jr., president, the
parade is scheduled for
December 3 starting at 10
a.m. The theme will be
"Christmas In The Future."
Units entering the parade
will be charged an entry fee
of $5. Bands participating
will not be charged the entry
fee, Garza said.
Garza said all
organizations wishing, to
participate should contact a
Jaycee as soon as possible
for entry forms.
"We want this to be the
best parade ever," Garza
said. He added that all
businesses, groups,
organizations, clubs, bands,
societies, should contact a
Jaycee and pledge par-
ticipation.
Garza said he can be
reached at 487-5591, ext. 47;
Kent Parks can be reached
at 487-3297 or 487-5591 ext. 47
Benito Saenz Jr. can be
reached at 487-3416 or 487-
5591, exts. 43 or 45; Ricardo
Recio may be contacted at
487-2045 or 487-5591, ext. 67.
Prizes of $100, $75, and $50
will be awarded to the top
three floats participating in
the parade. Floats will be
judged twice, before and
during the parade.
The judges stand will be
located at the corner of
Washington and Second
Streets.
According to Garza, the
floats should be original,
follow the theme, preferably
have a skirt, and can be on a
trailer or truck bed. The cab
may or may not be covered.
fhis is Grulla's second
year in a district. The first
year the Cranes were
created they did not belong
in any district.
This year the Cranes
showed their athletic
supremacy by winning their
district's championship and
preventing six teams to
score against them.
These young athletes play
the last five consecutive
games out of town. The first
two were home games. They
had to be on the road as early
as 6:00 A.M. at times.
The Cranes j thaj
home or away home
they the best' This
same t^..ejf was held by the
cheerleaders and the Pep-
Squad. They accompanied
the team to every game.
Their explosive en-
thusiasm and spirit was
reflective during every
game. Many citizens of
Grulla also held this belief.
Many community people
followed the Cranes to the
games.
The Hard-working boys
principal power source came
from the dedication and
encouragement of the
coaches, Greg Lara, Con-
stancio Salinas, and Hcctor
Rivera. These men are
responsible for creating a
winning machine—The
Grulla Junior High Cranes.
Next year the Cranes will
join a new district-the
Progreso League. The
following is the tentative
schedule:
Human Resources
At New Location
in service Held Monday
In RGC Schools
The Texas Department of
Human Resources
previously known as the
Texas Department of Public
Welfare announces its new
counties comprising District location to the people of
1 are scheduled to hear
Alonso's address at the
November 19 general session
at 9:30 a.m. in the Field
House at Pan American
University in Edinburg.
District I includes more
than 6,000 TSTA members
from Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim
Hogg, Starr, Webb, Willacy,
and Zapata Counties.
Also scheduled to speak at
the general session is TSTA
President Elect Virginia
Stacey of San Antonio.
Greg Esparza, a principal
in the Browasville ISD and
president of District I, will
preside over the general
session and a session of the
House of Delegates,
governing body of the
district. Delegates are based
on one for each 25 members
in the 27 local associations in
District I.
Alonso served as president
of NEA from 1967-68. Before
Starr County. The new ad-
dress is 510 West Eisenhower
Street, in Rio Grande City.
The local unit supervisor Mr.
Jose A. Mendoza also an-
nounces the creation of a
local Outreach Program.
The purpose of this
program is to locate those
persons with low income and
resources and especially
those over 60 years old who
may qualify for Food
Stamps benefits who are not
currently participating in
the program. To do this the
local Food Stamps office has
requested the cooperation
and assistance of local
organizations such as the
Community Action Council,
the Rio Grande City and
Roma schools through their
Community Aids and others.
These organizations will
refer those people they
encounter who may need
help to the local Food Stamp
Office The Community
Action Council through
their General Services
Section located in the Rio
Grande City and Roma
Nutrition Centers also
distribute and complete
applications for those people
who request it.
Also included and
currently in effect are the
homevisit interviews for
those people over 60 years
old and incapacitated who
are unable to go to the Rio
Grande City Food Stamp
Office. The local Food Stamp
certifying worker will go to
the applicants home for the
interview to avoid these
people any further hard-
ships.
The final phase of the
program is the creation of
the Starr County Food
Stamps Hotline. Those
people who are interested
and need information about
the program may call 487-
5547 and ask for Ernesto
Olivares or Jose H.
Rodriguez, office outreach
workers.
m
m
OPENING SOON-Charles LaGrange owner, and Lino Canales Jr, Starr Plaza,
announce that the new Spudnut is scheduled for a grand opening by December 1
Other owners are Geronimo Guerra, Rio Grande City, and Gilbert Musquiz, Pharr
The new eating place is located in the Starr Plaza shopping center It will serve 52
varieties of donuts including Birthday cakes made to order. Donuts are made from
potato flour, nutritious as well as less fattening than doughnuts made from other
sources, I^iGrange said.
"Self-Improvement for
1977" was the theme an
Inservice Day at the Kio
Grande City Consolidated
Independent School D strict
from 9 to 3:30 p.m.
November 14.
Dr. Richard Santos spoke
on Cultural Awareness to
Title VII Aides, Mvgrant
Bilingual, ESAA Bilingual,
and ESAA Bilingual
resource teachers. This was
held at the Auditorium.
Head Start teachers and
aides and Migrant PK
teachers and aides met for a
talk on Oral Language
Development by Irma In-
fante at the Reading Lab
of Ringgold Junior High
School.
The Plan A Office was the
meeting place for plan A
personnel to meet with Paul
Hylander, Child Find
Project, and Dan I. Bailey, T,
A Coordinator for Region I,
on Innovation and Change.
Federal Program Com-
munity aides heard a talk on
Parental Involvement from
Edna Tamayo, Region I
ESC, at tlie Title VII
Bilingual Office.
The subject of CEP was
discussed with regular
classroom teachers by the
principals at all the schools.
Pincipals are Minerva
Alaniz, Iji Union Elemen-
tary; Ruben Chapa, North
Grammar; Charles
Christesson, Grulla
Primary; Ninfa G.
Escobar, Roque Guerra Jr.
Elementary; Ricardo H.
Gonzalez, Ringgold
Primary; J.M. Longoria,
Jr., Grulla Junior High;
Rene R. I/>pez, assistant,
and R.C. Salinas, principal,
Rigngogold Junior High;
Ruben Saenz, high school
principal, and Joe Sanchez,
assistant.
"Individualized In-
struction and Small Group
Study" was the subject of the
inservice presented by
Arturo Medina of Corpus
Christi State University to
ESAA Basic teacher aides
at the Multipurpose Center
til Hall.
Miss Dora DeLeon spoke
on Self-concepts, values, and
v, «... . \$ Decision-making to three
• -- sessions at the Multi-purpose
Conference Room.
ESAA Student Aides
participated in an Inservice
on Interviewing Techniques
by Tissa Peterson at the
ESAA Office.
Aurelio Montemayor and
Herlinda Cantu, Education
Specialist IDRA, s; ke on
the "The Role of the Student
Tutor" to the FSAA Student
■ diors at the Multipurpose
Center.
Nurses and nurse's aides
heard a talk on heart and
joints by Maria Guzman,
R.N., at the Nursing Station.
Ringgold Junior High was
the setting for a workshop on
Developing Materials
presented by Amadita
Longoria, Reading Con-
sultant, ESC, Region I, to
Reading Resource teachers
and aides, Title I, Migrant,
and SCE
A.E. Garcia, superin-
tendent; Jorge I. Guerra,
assistant superintendent;
and E.H. Garcia, ad-
ministrative assistant,
planned the Inservice Day,
Starr
A little Miss Starr County
Pagent is being planned for
December 1, from 7 until 10
p.m. at the Rio Grande City
High School Auditorium.
Girls ages five through
seven are eligible to enter.
All applicants must be from
Starr Countv.
All entries must have a
photograph of themselves to
present with the application
form. Applications can be
acquired at Rio Grande City
High School or the House of
Raphael.
Each contestant must be
sponsored by a high School
club or organization. This
may be done before, by the
girl herself, or she may wait
and have one assigned to
her.
A registration fee of $5.00
will be required but will be
paid by the sponsoring club.
The girls will model two
outfits, sportswear and
Sunday dress. A written
description of each outfit will
be necessary on the day of
rehearsal. All contestants
mast attend the rehearsal on
November 29 at 7:00 p.m. If
unable to attend, they should
contact the high school to
give their reason.
For further information,
contact the Student Council
or Yvonne Trevino, chair-
man. between 8:30 and 4:00
at the High School, 487-5591;
or after 4:00 Miss Trevino
may be reached at the House
of Raphael. 48 3992.
alont, with Program Coor-
-f:. ors t ert.. Barrera,
Title VII, Bilingual; Alicia
Clarke, Plan A, Arturo O.
Garza, Title I Migrant;
Narciso Guerra, Community
Education; Elma Rose
Gonzalez, Title I; Romeo
Lopez, State Compensatory
Education; Nance E. Munoz
Drug Education and Crime
Prevention; Irma A. Pena,
Head Start; Oscar O. Perez,
Athletics; Billy D. Pope,
Audio Visuals; Edna R.
Ramon, Food Services;
Ricardo Recio, ESAA; Noe
L. Sanchez, Vocational;
Emma Solis, Guidance and
Counseling; and Ernesto
Vela, Elementary Athletics.
At noon, a Tasting Party
for School Food Services was
held at the central kitchen
and dining hall on Fort
Ringgold campus. Edna
Ramon gave the welcome,
and a response followed by
Superintendent a. Food
Food Services personnel
were introduced, and a
buffet meal was served
Hostesses were Lydia S
Munoz, Delia P. Sanchez,
and Rebecca G. Villarreal.
Zapata
La Sara
Progreso
Open
Rio Grande City
Mercedes White
la Villa
Mercedes Orange
Monte Alto
Rio Grande City
7th grade
Grulla Junior High is very
proud of their team and to
show their appreciation, a
benefit basketball game was
Sept. 7
Setp. 13
Sept. 20
Oct. 12
Oct. 4
Oct. 18
Oct. 26
Nov. 1
Nov. 8
There
There
Here
There
Here
Here
There
There
Here
held last week to raise funds
for an honorary banquet to
be held in honor of the Grulla
Cranes.
Local Men Held
On Assault Charges
Domingo V. Alvarez, 47, of
Rio Grande City, was
charged early Monday
morning with aggravated
assault, according to Justice
of the Peace Arturo Clarke.
Alvarez allegedly
assaulted his father, Cruz
Alvarez, with an iron.
Clarke said the elder
Alvarez was listed in fair
condition at McAllen
General Hospital.
In a separate offense,
Alvarez and his brother
I^eonides, 35, were charged
with assaulting their
brother-in-law, Agustin
Lopez Jr.
Both cases are pending
grand jury investigation,
Clarke said. Arresting the
Alvarez brothers were
Department of Public Safety
troopers Robert Mumford
and Abel Perez Jr.
Clarke set a $5,000 bond on
Domingo and a $500 bond on
Leonides.
Law enforcement officers
were busy the weekend of
November 4th, Clarke
reported. Fourteen in-
dividuals were arrested and
charged with Driving While
Intoxicated. They were ail
arrested by Department of
Public Safety troopers and
arraigned before Judge
Clarke who set a $500 bond
on each. They are all pen-
ding before County Court.
Jailed
BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS-
-A 31-year old Rio Grande
City trucker charged with
income tax evasion pled nolo
contendere in U.S. District
Court November 7 and was
sentenced to five years
imprisonment.
Jose Guadalupe Garza,
Jr , who resides on Route 1,
was charged in a July 6
indictment with evading
income tax of $11,151 on an
income $54,473 in 1974.
Federal Judge Reyrtaldo
G. Garza heard the plea and
rendered the sentence.
STDC
Sets
Meetings
The South Texas
Development Council has
scheduled two meetings for
this month.
The Government Ap-
plication Review Committee
will hold its regular meeting
at 10 a.m. Wednesday,
Novemer 23, at the Con-
ference Room. Building S-l,
Laredo international Air-
port.
To be discussed at the
meeting are the Lake Casa
Blanca Improvements
submitted by Juan Vargas,
director of regional plan-
ning, Webb. County; The
Plaza, Southgate II, sub-
mited by Herring-Price
Lumber, Division of H.B.
Zachary Co., Armando
Castillo, Director of
Physical Planning.
Also to be reviewed is a
Regional Comprehensive
Plan for Migrant and
Seasonal Farm workers as
submitted by the Governor's
Office of Migrant Affairs,
Ernesto Garza-Gongora,
Manpower Director.
Another farmworker
service program to be
reviewed is Migrant
Seasonal Farmworkers
Comprehensive Service
Program CETA 303, Title
III, submitted by the
Associated City-County
Economic Development
Corporation of Hidalgo
County, Ernesto Garza-
Gongora.
Water treatment and
storage improvements for
the City of Roma, as sub-
mitted by Juan Vargas, will
also be reviewed.
The other meeting to be
held by the South Texas
Development Council is for
the Committee on Aging.
The meeting will be held at 2
p.m. Thursday, November
17, at the Zapata Community
Center.
The South Texas
Development Council in-
volves projects in Starr Jim
Hogg, Zapata, and Webb
County
' •- '.>• V
Ti*
MS®
A
Award Made-Martin Garza Sr (center) is
presented a plaque by Mac Henderson, Ben
Franklin cooperation manager, in recognition for
43 years of continuous Ben Franklin operation.
With Garza are his granddaughter Aissa i left) and
his daughter Lydia. The presentation was made at
the Ben Franklin Fall Show in Dallas.
Garza and his wife T odora opened a ::tore in
RinGrande City in 1933 I .en Franklin, then '-nown
as Buttler Brothers, arked th-'m to ta'.t on their
franchise the following year 4 s the c r,re grew. it
became Rio Grande Department Store and the
Ben Franklin was keot a., one of the departments
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Silva, Marcelo. Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 17, 1977, newspaper, November 17, 1977; Rio Grande City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth194638/m1/1/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.