Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 27, 1979 Page: 3 of 8
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Inheritance May-
Spark Family Conflict
THE RIO GRANDE HERALD THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27,1979 PAGE 3
If Aunt Sarah dies "with-
out a word" about her will,
'she risks sparking a family
^conflict.
j Even death can't free us
v from misunderstandings,
unless we take early steps to
• avoid them, research says.
Do two things: keep an
1 updated will and explain it to
your family, says Dr. Betty
Jo Smith, a family life
education specialist.
Dr. Smith is with the
Texas Agricultural Ex-
tension Service, The Texas
A&M University System.
Of course, the two steps
don't guarantee total suc-
cess, but they'll help, the
specialist insists.
We all know that a "no
will" situation can almost
assure conflict, but research
reports that one of every
seven cases with a will
produces it, too, Dr. Smith
says.
Here's a brief look at the
^"why's," based on what
surveyed families said were
the key factors:
Most conflict arises
through different views
among family members on
what is equal and what is
fair.
Also, remember that some
of the very principles used to
decide inheritance are the
ones that come under the fire
of differing views.
These principles include
the idea that some right to
inherit stems from long
residence in a house-and the
idea that "last-name
identity" gives a person
some rights to the
deceased's property.
Other principles include
the idea that blood
relationship and frequent
contact with the deceased
give a person some rights
and that kinship closeness
and congenial relationships
increase rights, while hostile
relationships decrease
rights.
What About
Soil Tests?
If you are considering
using fertilizer and
limestone for crop or pasture
^ Tland, then soil tests can be a
valuable source of in-
formation and a profitable
investment, contends David
Sandefer, county agent with
the Texas Agricultural
Extension Service, Texas
A&M University Sytem.
A soil test is a chemical
laboratory analysis designed
to provide an index of the
available nutrients in a soil.
^Soil tests for PH (acidity),
calcium and magnesium are
needed as a basis for liming.
The soil test report also
includes levels of nitrogen,
phosphorus and potassium.
In addition, suitable
methods have been
developed for determining
levels of the micronutrients
I Legal Notice
NOTICE
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF Starr NO.
25*
..NOTICE is hereby
given that a hearing will
be held on the 4th day of
January, 1980 at 10 00
a.m. in the County Court
t at the County Courthouse
of the above named
County in Rio Grande
City, Texas on the ap-
plication of the
hereinafter named owner
for a license to sell beer
at retail at a location not
heretofore licensed. The
— substance of said ap-
V plication is as follows :
. .1. Type of license or
permit Beer Retailers Off
Premises License
..2. Exact location of
business 526 Lincoln Rio
Grande City, Texas.
..3. Name of owner or
owners Felipa G .Salinas
_ ..4. Assumed or trade
vname Fela's Grocery.
..Any person shall be
permitted to contest the
facts stated in said ap-
plication and the ap-
plicant's right to secure
said license or permit
upon giving security for
costs as provided by law.
- WITNESS MY HAND
this the 20 day of
December, 1979.
Jose S. Hinojosa
County Clerk Starr
County, Texas
By Estela G Garza
Deputy
Legal Notice
# NOTICE
OF INTENTION TO
INCORPORATE
Notice is hereby given that
Rosita Gravel, Trasferor,
heretofore a sole
proprietorship owned by
Francisco Guerra, Jr., doing
business at La Rosita, Starr
County, Texas, will be
dissolved, and that after
A January 31,1980 the business
will be conducted without
change of firm name by
Rosita Gravel, Inc.,Trans-
ferree, a Texas Corporation
at La Rosita, Starr County,
Texas. This notice is given
pursuant to Article 13022.2
of the Texas Miscellaneous
Corporation Law Act,
Section 6.103 (7) of the Texas
Business and Commerce
£ Code and Section 35 of Ar-
ticle 6132b of the Texas Civil
8UtUCI.
No Change In 1980
Social Security Tax Rate
1
1
The Social Security tax
rate will stay at 6.13 percent
for 1980 but there will be an
increase in the earnings
base, Jose J. Trevino, Social
Security District Manager in
ICc Allen said recently.
The earnings base is the
maximum amount of annual
earnings subject to the
Social Security tax, Mr.
Trevino said. The base will
be $25,900 in 1980, compared
to $22,900 for 1979. Workers
who earn less than $22,900
will pay no more tax in 1980
than they did in 1979. Those
who have earnings of $25,900
or more in 1980 will pay an
additional $183.90 in Social
Security taxes.
1
CHRISTMAS DEFINED BY CHIIJWEN- First
grade students of Mrs. Resendez at the Immaculate
Conception School defined Christmas during the school
program held at the auditorium. Spelling out the word
"Christmas" are, 1-r, Dana Cummings, Susan Huff,
Carlos Margo, Rene Munoz IV, Clarissa Recio, Roy
Ixipez, Laura Lopez, Marissa Galindo, and Anginette
Gonzalez.
Recogn izing Hidden
Stress ('an Save Lives
zinc, iron and manganese.
Even though soil tests can
be made for other nutrients
results have limited value
where deficiencies have not
been detected in research
studies, notes Sandefer.
He lists two important
requirements for getting
valid information from soil
tests. First, laboratory
methods must be correlated
with field response data.
Second, a good soil sample is
needed.
There are many
procedures for testing soils
and obtaining numerical
values, such as pounds per
acre or parts per million.
However, unless crop
removal and response data
are collected to establish
whether or not the soil is
medium and high in
nutrients, expected response
results are essentially
meaningless. Therefore, a
producer should make sure
that the laboratory doing his
work uses procedures
suitable for his soils.
In addition to reliable
testing procedures, the soil
sample sent to the
laboratory must be carefully
collected and must be
representative of the field on
which information is
desired.
Sandefer emphasizes two
aspects of sampling. First,
divide fields into uniform
sampling units. Each unit
should be uniform with
respect to color and texture
of soil as well as past
cropping, fertilization and
liming practices. If samples
represent large acreages,
results will show only
general information. As
fertilization becomes a
regular practice, more
attention must be given to
obtaining specific in-
formation for each field or
subdivision and developing
fertilization practices ac-
cordingly, notes Sandefer.
The second point of em-
phasis regarding sampling is
the number of spots at which
soil is obtained. Collect soil
from at least 10 to 15 spots in
each field. Soils vary con-
siderably ui nutrient content
even though they look
uniform. Take a slice or core
from the plowlayer at each
location, put in a clean
bucket, mix thoroughly and
send about a pint to the
laboratory.
Soil tests can provde
valuable information for
profitable fertilization and
liming practices. More in-
formation about soil testing
is available from the county
Extension office, adds
Sandefer.
THEH NOW
The new world—our West-
ern hemisphere- has become
a haven for refugees from
the old world.
After staying up late for
weeks writing aricles about
stress-related problems, an
author realized he was
describing himself. A job
change altered his lifestyle
and probably saved him
from physical damage.
An air traffic controller
retired years early when his
ulcers and high blood
pressure forced him to leave
his high-stress job.
A busy executive constant-
ly fought off fatigue until
one day he collapsed at his
desk. In what he considered
a heroic effort, he was back
at work the next day.
Despite the strain, he con-
tinued to work long, hard
hours even though he
collapsed twice since then.
All these true-life
examples show various
ways some people cope,
often unsuccessfully, with
stress. Since some stress is
unavoidable in daily life,
coping with it is a skill as
essential as knowing how to
read or make change.
Recongnizing when stress
is excessive is one of the
keys to coping. If physical
signs or other factors do not
alert people to excess stress,
they may follow the
executive's example and
then ultimately permanently
collapse, according to the
Texas Medical Association.
TMA has complied a check-
list for physicians to help
them avoid that possibility.
These questions, which also
apply to the general
population, are designed to
help spot a stress problem
before it gets out of control:
Do you experience
problems coping with people
or with the normal stress of
daily work; Do you become
easily depressed or easily
annoyed; Do you drink more
than a moderate amount; Do
you over-use rnood-altering
drugs; Do you find yourself
slowing down, over-tired, or
constantly placing work
ahead of personal needs,
family, recreation, or self-
interest pursuits.
Other stress clues may
include rapid heart beat,
high blood pressure,
fingernail biting and
sleeplessness. Irritability
and lack of concentration
can be two of several
possible mental indicators.
Becuase the practice of
medicine often produces a
high stress level, TMA has a
special telephone number
doctors can call for help. But
the general public may not
know where to turn. For-
tunately many communities
have private or govern-
mental groups who can offer
constructive suggestions for
handling stress. Human
development centers,
telephone counselling ser-
vices, and churches may be
able to offer professional
counselling for specific
situations.
But no amount of help can
eliminate stress totally. In
fact, a stress-free world
would be dull, said Hans
Selye, M.D., president of the
International Institute of
Stress in Montreal. Speaking
to Texas psychiatrists in
Austin recently, Dr. Selye
defined stress as the body's
response to any type of
demand on it. A pleasant
event such as Christmas can
be stressful and can produce
the same effects on the body
as sitting in a dentist's chair.
Dr. Selye said each person
has an individual stress
level. But even "racehorse"
types who can handle great
amounts of stress have
limits and should be wary of
excess stress.
Dr. Selye has written
about 1,600 articles and 30
books on stress but some of
his basic recommendations
on handling and eliminating
stress include: Discover
your own comfortable stress
level and live at that level;
Choose your own goals and
follow them, not other
people' ideas about what you
should do; and Try to make
yourself useful and
necessary to others.
Area Resident Named District
Chairman For Connally Campaign
The John Connally for
President Committee has
named Robert Barnes of
Hidalgo as District Chair-
man for the Fifteenth
Congressional District.
The appointment was
announced by State
Organization Director Jim
Campbell of Pampa.
"We arp extremely
pleased that Bob Barnes has
agreed to accept the chair-
manship for the Fifteenth
Congressional District. We
are going to rely heavily on
him to carry this district for
John Connally in the May
presidential primary,"
Campbell said. "The first
task will be to organize the
counties within the district
and conduct a petition drive
to secure the number of
names necessary to place
the Governor on the ballot in Fifteenth District are Bee,
Texas."
Barnes, former mayor of
McAllen, has long been
associated with state
Republican affairs.
Brooks, Cameron, Duval,
Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim
Wells, Karnes, Kenedy,
Kleberg, Live Oak, Mc-
Mullen, Starr, Willacy and
Counties included in the Zapata.
AG Briefs
ACCIDENT CONTROL-
The accident-free driver has
certain driving skills
because he anticipates
danger, points out the Texas
Agricultural Extension
Service, Texas A&M
University System. He
adjusts driving to the
weather, to road conditions,
and, most importantly, to
other drivers' un-
predictabilities. There is a
term for this kind of car
handling — it's called
"defensive driving."
When storing gasoline,
keep the container where
only an adult can reach it,
advises Claudia Kerbel, a
consumer information
specialist with the Texas
Agricultural Extension
Service, the Texas A&M
University Sytem.
The smell of gasoline
often intrigues children, she
cautions.
Don't let their curiosity
cause them or anyone else
harm, Ms. Kerbel urges.
Photographers may take
as many as 200 shots of one
scene to obtain one picture
for a magazine ad, reports
Beverly Rhoades, a clothing
specialist with the Texas
Agricultural Extension
Service, the Texas A&M
University System.
Couples involved in
remarriage often have older
in-laws for whom they may
be responsible, says Dorthy
Taylor, a family life
education specialist with the
Texas Agricultural Ex-
tension Service, the Texas
A&M University Sytem.
This may become a
stressful situation for some
but enjoyable for others, she
points out.
Climbing gasoline prices
will increase the cost of
moving household goods as
the moving industry passes
on its costs of doing business I
to consumers, reports a
family resource
management specialist,
Nancy Granovsky, with the
Texas Agricultural Ex-
tension Service, the Texas
A&M University System.
Cranberries were
originally named "crane
berries" by the Pilgrims
because thtir white blossom
and stem resembled the
head and neck of a crane,
reports a foods and nutrition
specialist with the Texas
Agricultural Extension
Service, the Texas A&M
University System.
However, cranberric-.s
were probably not on the
table of a Christmas feast for
the early Pilgrims since
cane sugar was not available
to sweeten the tart fruit, and
maple sugar was reserved
for the less tart foods, Dr.
Rose Tindall explains.
Since the late 1950's, the
rate of divorce for couples
with children is greater than
for childless couples, reports
Patricia I^amson, family life
education specialist with the
Texas Agricultural Ex-
tension Service, The Texas
A&M University System.
Hie maximum 1980
Security tax will be )1
for workers with t
earnings of $25,900 or ;
The maximum tax for 1
$1,403.77.
The tax .ate for
employed people will sta
8.10 percent for 1980,
Trevino said, but the hifc
earnings base will mear
bigger tax bill for those w
earnings of more thi
$22,900.
Workers should chec
their 1979 W-2 form,
carefully when they receivt
them. A copy of this form is
used to enter a person's
covered earnings in Social
Security records. Any dif-
ference between the
worker's own records and
the information on the W-2
form shoula be reconciled.
Workers should check
their social security records
every 3 years or so, Mr.
Trevino said. This is
especially important for
those who change jobs often.
People can get a free
postcard form for this
purpose at the McAllen
Social Security office.
The McAllen office is
located at 320 N. Main and
the telephone number is 686-
3757.
Happy
New
Year
A
We've just enough time to wish you all
a joyful and prosperous 1979! To all
our friends and neighbors... "thanks!"
Jose M. Viliarrea!
Agent
109 North Britton
Bio Grande City, Texas 78582
Bus. 487-3606
Auto • Fire • Life • Truck •
Commercial
bllOUP
Some Drugs Mean
Trouble For Drinkers
Recovered alcoholics may
start having problems with
drinking again if they begin
using tranquilizers. Two
doctors who treat drug
addicts and alcoholics said
they see a growing number
of alcoholics who have been
sober at least five years
suddenly begin drinking
again after starting Valium
The Texas Medical
Association (TMA) said this
example is just one reason
why doctors and patients
should communicate fully
with each other about all
drugs.
Another example arises if
a doctor does not know a
patient already is taking a
drug, including alcohol. The
physicians might recom-
mend a drug that could in-
teract badly with substances
the patient already is using.
Valium is not the only drug
that can cause problems for
people who drink. But it and
several other drugs seem to
be used a lot by alcoholics.
About 90 percent of the
alcholic patients they treat
use the drugs, said Robert
Franken, M.D., and F. E.
Seale, M.D. Writing in the
December issue of Texas
Medicine, the TMA's
monthly journal, the doctors
said the tranquilizer
chlordiazepoxide hydro-
chloride (Librium is
one brand), and mood
elevator amitriptyline
hydrochloride (Elavil is a
brand) also show up
frequently.
The doctors, who work in a
treatment center at Center
Point, said that alcoholic
patients who take these
drugs have to stop using both
alcohol and mind-altering
and mood-altering drugs if
they want to recover fully.
St. John Methodist Church
Welcomes Everyone to Services on Sunday
Opening Service g;3o
Sunday School g - 45
Church Services 10.45
Nursery Available
Classes for Children, grades 1-12
Auult Classes
500 E. Main
THEN: In 1886 the
Statue of Liberty went up
in New York. Three years
later, at the other end of
our hemisphere, where they
have winter when we have
summer, 884 Jews flee-
ing from persecution in
Russia were welcomed in
Argentina.
• * *
NOW: Scores of millions
of Americans have come
from abroad, nearly half a
million Jews live in Argen-
tina, and both countries are
examples to the whole hem-
isphere of how working
people—children and grand-
children of immigrants-can
move upward in standard of
living under the free enter-
prise system while resisting
th* forces of communism.
TO ALL REGISTERED VOTERS OF STARR COUNTY:
Please Be Informed That Voter Registration
Certificates For The Period Beginning March 1,
1 980 Have Been Mailed. If For Any Reason You
Did Not Receive Your Certificate And You Had One
For The Year 1 979, Be Sure To Contact This Office
So That You Can Receive The New Certificate.
CRISOFORO MUNOl
Tax Assessor - Collector
Starr County
I
Announcing the ar-
rival of the 80s!
May this coming de-
cade hold lots of
good things in store
for you and yours
Our thanks to all!
TRIPLE L
FURNITURE APPLIANCE
DOWNTOWN
306 EAST MAIN 487-3300
RIO GRANDE CITY
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Silva, Marcelo. Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 27, 1979, newspaper, December 27, 1979; Rio Grande City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth194747/m1/3/: accessed May 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.