Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 2, 1978 Page: 1 of 8
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RIO GRANDE
"The Largest Paid
Circulation Going
In Starr County"
VOL. XXXV
NO. 16
FEBRUARY 2,1978
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STAM COUNTY DUMP-The dump yard presently being used by the County to
dump its trash has been declared unfit for further dumping in it, according to Javier
Margo Starr County Federal Programs Director. Margo said a new site is pr esently
being negotiated. It is located at l>a Rosita, he said. At present, a ditch is being dug to
allow more refuse while the next site becomes available. This old dumping ground
will be leveled and planted in Bermuda grass, Margo said.
Weekend Arrests
Baldomero Leon
Rodriguez, 17, of Calle
Guerrero-Marroquin, Ciu-
dad Mier, Tarnaulipas,
Mexico, was charged by
Department of Public Safety
~ Task Force Officers with
* possession of marijuana
over four ounces.
Along with Rodriguez,
Jose Elias Barrera Franco,
also 17, of Ozurv. 207, Ciudad
Mier, was ohai'^ed with the
same offense. Justice of the
% Peace Arturo Clarke,
Precinct Four, set bond at
$25,000 in each case and they
are pending grand jury
investigation.
Three 17 year old Rio
Grande City youths were
charged with possession of
marijuana less than two
ounces by Deputy Sheriff
Hector F. Perez. The young
men were released to their
parents. Judge Clarke set
bond at $500 in each case.
They will go before County
* Court.
Department of Public
Safety troopers David
McEathron and M.F. Espi-
noza made seven
D.W.I, arrests over the
^ weekend. Judge Clarke set
~ bond at $500 in each case and
each is pending County
Court ruling.
Charged with resisting
arrest and D.W.I, was
Rogelio Ramos, 26, of Rio
Grande City. He was
6 charged by a D.P.S. officer,
according to Judge Clarke,
who set bond on Ramos at
$500 on each charge. The
Judge said the case is
pending.
Jimmy Newman, 40 of Rio
Grande City, was charged
with possession of
marijuana less than two
ounces by Isniael C. San-
tiago, Texas Alchoholic
Beverage Commission.
Judge Clarke set bond at
$500 and the case is pending
action at the County Court.
SWCD Meeting
Hel«i 5n Alice
Three Rio Grande City
men and their wives
represented the Starr
County Soil and Water
Conservation District at an
area meeting last week.
Attending were Sylvestre
Gonzalez, District Con-
servationist for the Starr
County SWCD; John A.
Shuford, Chairman of the
Board; and Robert A.
Peterson, board member of
the Starr County SWCD, and
their wives.
State Representative Joe
Hubenak was the principal
speaker at the meeting of the
South Texas Association of
Soil and Water Conservation
Districts, held at Wayne's
Restaurant in Alice, Texas,
Tuesday, January 24th.
Representative Hubenak
spoke on the need for seeking
new domestic and foreign
markets for American
agricultural products the
concept of taxing agriculture
land on its productive as
posed to its market value,
the need for farm credit to
keep agricultural producers
in business, the need for
consumer education on
problems of the farming and
ranching industry and the
need for seeking additional
agricultural research.
Representative Hubenak
has served in the Texas
House of Representatives 10
years. He has served as
chairman of the House
Committee on Agriculture
and livestock durine the last
three sessions.
E. W. Wehman, member
of the Texas State Soil and
Water Conservation Board,
Carl Spencer, executive
director of the State Board
and BillGoldsberry, director
of the Association of Texas
Soil and Water Conservation
Districts presented reports
the activities of each
organization.
Seventeen soil and water
conservation districts are
members of the South Texas
Association of SWCD's. They
include: Atascosa County,
Nueces-Jim Wells-Kleberg,
Southmost, Dimmit County,
Agua Poquita, Dos Rios,
Live Oak, Frio, Winter
Garden, Loma Blanca,
Monte Mucho, Starr County,
Zapata, Webb, Bee, Willacy
and Hidalgo Soil and Water
Conservation Districts.
Officers of the association
are Stanley Schilling,
president, George West;
Johnny Shuford, vice
president, Rio Grande City;
and Wilbur F. Erck,
secretary-treasurer, Alice.
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SALES PITCH-Girl Scouts Veronica Barrera and
Teodora Garza practice their sales approach with
Lauro Lopez of Triple L Furniture. Girl Scouts all over
the Rio Grande Valley will begin their Annual Cookie
Sale Friday, Feb. 3. Tip of Texas Scouts plan to sell
108,000 boxes of cookies. Proceeds from the sale will be
used to further outdoor camping and to assist in
providing international opportunities for Valley Girl
Scouts.
Rio Man Chosen Jaycee Of 1977
Juan de Dios Villarreal,
25, who teaches fifth and
sixth graders at Ringgold
Intermediate School in Rio
Grande City, has been
chosen Jaycee of the Year by
the Rio Grande City
Jaycees.
The action came Friday at
the regular Jaycee meeting.
Villarreal, who was born,
raised, and educated in Rio
Grande City, holds a
Bachelor of Science Degree
in Elementary Education
from the University of
Texas.
He has been involved in
backing the Jaycees in the
events they sponsor, in-
cluding the telethon, the
Christmast Parade, flag
projects, and other events.
"I'm very appreciative of
this honor, in all sincerity.
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Roma
Receives
Check
What I do is in the best in-
terest of the community,"
Villarreal said.
The Jaycee of the Year
also assisted in coaching the
Rebels Pony League, and is
also involved in the
University of Texas Ex-
students Association; the
Texas Association for Bi-
lingual Education; the
Classroom Teachers
Association, and Texas State
Teacher association.
Villarreal is the TSTA
District delegate to the
national convention which
will be held in March in
Dallas. He is also the 'acuity
representative for his
school.
He is the son of the late
Jorje M. Villarreal and Mrs.
Luisa G. Villarreal of Rio
Grande City.
In other action the
Jaycees, with Encarnacion
(Chon) Garza preciding,
scheduled the election of this
year's officers for their next
meeting, which will be at 8
p.m. Friday at the Jaycee
Clubhouse.
Benito Saenz
GRULLA PIONEER DIES-Benito Santana Saenz,
67, of Grulla, diet'. Sunday, January 29, at McAllen
General Hospital after a lengthy illness. Born at Los
Ebanos on July 26, 1910, Saenz lived at Grulla most of
his life and was a civic and political leader there.
Funeral services were held at Holy Family Catholic
ChurchatGrullaatlOa.m. Tuesday, followed by burial
at the family plot at Alto Bonito. He is survived by his
wife, Emilia Diaz Saenz; three daughters, Enelda S.
Lerma of San Antonio, Fabiola S. Lopez of McAllen,
and Teresita S. Gonzalez of Rio Grande City; and two
sons, Gilberto, of Bayton, and Benito Jr. of Grulla; and
13 grandchildien.
State Comptroller Bob
Bullock said Friday his
office has mailed checks
totaling $18.5 million to 894
Texas cities as their January
share of the one percent city
sales tax.
Bullock also reminded the
250,000 Texas retail mer-
chants who remit their sales
tax collections on a quar-
terly basis that January 31 is
the deadline for their next
reports.
"If they haven't done so
already, I'd suggest they put
a big red circle around that
date on their calendars
because late reports can
mean costly and time con-
suming problems for our
merchants," he said.
Bullock said that the latest
batch of rebate checks in-
clude two in excess of $2
million for the cities of
and Houston.
Houston, the states's most
populous city, will get a
check for $4 million and
Dallas will receive $2.2
million.
San Antonio will receive
$984,163, Fort Worth,
$761,375, Austin, $600,346 and
El Paso, $507,051.
The local-option, one-
percent city sales tax is
collected by merchants and
other sales tax permit
holders and remitted
monthly to the cities by the
Comptroller's Office.
Bullock urged merchants
who have questions or
problems with preparing
their sales tax reports to
contact the nearest Comp-
troller's Field Office or call
toll-free 1-800-252-5555 for
assistance.
The city of Roma -Los
Saenz received a net
payment of $2,649.32 for the
period.
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Local Men Indicted
F or Drug Distribution
Local K Of C Supports
Charity Campaign
More than 190 Knights of
Columbus in the Rio Grande
City and Roma area
currently are conducting a
charity campaign in support
of education for hundreds of
children and adults they call
"the forgotten people of
"This Siient Minority,"
said Past State Deputy
lino Perez, Jr. of
Rio Grande City who
originated this state-wide
charity drive "are those
unfortunates who are deaf.
"Eight years ago, tl.c
officers of our 39,000-
member organization
decided to adopt this Texas-
wide project as the
fraternal order's major
charity program."
Subsequently, Perez
continued, the Texas
Knights of Columbus im-
plemented a fund-raising
campaign they are calling
the "Texas State Council,
Knights of Columbus Charity
Fund Drive for the Deaf"
which has been successful
for seven years past.
"This campaign is open to
,jeople of all faiths," said
Perez, "and there are some
very attractive prizes in-
volved, a $10,000 top prize,
$2,500 second prize, $1,500
third prize, $1,000 fourth
prize and $500.00 each for
volunteer award winners of
the winning tickets.
' -or ,;is ' ~ being
requited and the Knights of
Columbus Councils and
other organizations
collecting such donations
can retain 40 per cent of all
the money they collect to be
used for whatever charitable
purposes they wish."
Perez related that many
highly successful summer
workshops with all expenses
paid by the Texas Knights
have been held for scores of
adult deaf persons and that
Rev. Robert Bek, a priest
specially trained to work
with the deaf, retained full
time by the Knights, along
with his fellow workers,
have organized the deaf into
groups throughout Texas.
Charity Fund Donation
tickets may be obtained
from any Knight of
Columbus in the Rio Grande
City and Roma area.
Three area individuals
were taken before U.S.
Magistrate William Mallet
in mid-January on in-
dictments out of Grand
Rapids, Michigan.
The three individually
were allegedly involved in
heroin distribution.
Manuel Ramon Jr., 30, of
Rio Grande City was
arrested Jan. 18 and placed
under $100,000 bond.
Leonor Saldana, 39, also of
Rio Grande City, surren-
dered Jan. 19 and madei
arrangements for release on
$100,000 bond
Erasmo Gonzalez, 38, of
Roma surrendered Jan. 24
and was subsequently
released on a $100,000 bond.
Saldana and Gonzalez
were arraigned in U.S.
District Court in Grand
Rapids Monday. They were
among 20 persons indicted in
an alleged international
heroin smuggling con-
spiracy. They are both free
on bond after pleading not
Certificates Received
Certificates of completion
in an Emergency Care At-
tendance course last week
were Victorina Munoz,
Esmeralda Lopez, Josefa
Rodriguez, Vicenta Ozuna,
Andrea Garza, Maria M.
Lopez, Maria Elva Mon-
talvo, Victorina Bazan,
Emilia Saenz, Mercedes
Villarreal, Lupita Sifuentez,
and Ernestina Montalvo.
Instructor for the course,
offered under the Com-
munity Education Program,
was Elvia Cantu.
Coming from Harlingen to
test the students on their
emergency health care
knowledge and tactics were
Jack King and Roy Mann,
EMS Coordinators from the
Texas State Depa' tment of
Health.
The course was conducted
at La Union School.
guilty to all charges.
Saldana posted $100,000
bond after pleading innocent
to three counts of conspiracy
to distribute heroin and one
count of attempted heroin
delivery.
Gonzalez, who also en-
tered a plea of innocent, was
freed under $50,000 bond on
one count of conspiracy.
Authorities said the two
returned voluntarily to face
charges in Grand Rapids.
The charges carry up to 15
years in prison and a $15,000
fine for first offenders.
The indictments were
issued Jan. 19 after a year-
long probe by federal agents
in the United States and
Mexico plus state and local
police in Michigan. Those
indicted included six of
Michigan. All the others
were residents of Texas or
Mexico.
First National Bank
Announces Dividend
Reduce Hay Feeding Costs
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Directors of First National
Bank of Rio Grande City,
Texas, have declared and
paid a $1.00 per share cash
dividend to stockholders, it
has been announced by
Fredrick Erck, Chairman.
Total deposits as of
December 31, 1977 were
$16,194,114.47, up 23% from
the same period last year.
Total assets are
$18,456,067.09, an increase of
24% for the year. Net ear-
nings were $280,489.66, or
$1.87 per share. The rate of
return on average assets is
1.77% .
Stockmen can reduce hay
feeding losses this winter by
giving more attention to how
they feed hay to their cattle,
notes David Sandefer,
county agent w-th the Texas
Agricultural Extension
Service.
Losses vary by feeding
method, time intervals
between feedings, and
amounts fed. Research
studies have shown losses
ranging from 2 percent with
conservative feeding
methods to more than 60
percent when no attempts
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Forty five years after the
City of Rio Grande was
abolished a second attempt
failed by a wide margin
An election to decide
whether or not Rio Grande
City would be incorporated
resulted in that community
remaining in an un-
incorporated status, as it has
been for the past 45 years.
The election, held
Saturday, Jan. 28, yielded a
total of 775 votes (un-official
count), 632 voted against
incorporation, 143 voted in
favor of incorporation.
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NEW BR IDG E-Construction progresses on the new international brklf* to (Una.
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were made to reduce waste.
Losses of 3 to 6 percent are
common, and acceptable ia
most situations, says San-
defer. However, the lower
figure usually is associated
with daily feeding and high-
labor feeding systems.
He offers these
suggestions to reduce losses
when feeding one of three
types of hay packages:
Large round bales or
stacks-Excessive waste will
result if cattle are given
unrestricted access to the
hay. This can be reduced by
placing some kind of barrier
between the hay and cattle-
an electric wire, gates,
panels, feeding wagons or
feeding racks.
Small round bales-These
usually are fed in the field
where they were dropped by
the baler. To reduce feeding
waste, use a temporary
electric fence to restrict
cattle to a two or three week
supply. Make the cattle
clean up the hay before
moving the fence to a new
area.
Conventional hay bales-
Waste usually isn't much at
a problem when these small
rectangular bales arc fed in
a bunk, manager, rack or
wagon in the barn lot. But if
you move the bales out to the
field for feeding, as many
cattlemen do to avoid
hauling manure, you can
prevent excessive waste by
giving cattle only a one-day
supply at a time.
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J.P. CANDIDATE-John W Fisher, 65. of Santa Ele-
na. has filed for re-election to the Justice of the Peace
post in Precinct 5.' He is serving his second term.
Fisher said he has lived in the La Gloria, San Isidro
community for 26 years He is retired from oil com-
pany service He has 60 hours of Justice of the Peace
Training at South West Texas State University and has
taken specialized courses in human relations at
Southern Methodist University.
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Silva, Marcelo. Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 2, 1978, newspaper, February 2, 1978; Rio Grande City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth194648/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.