The Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 24, 1985 Page: 3 of 10
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Starr Memorial Auxiliary Meets
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Mrs. OF. Guffey, president of
the Starr County Memorial Hospi-
tal Auxiliary, opened the regular
meeting Thursday.
After a luncheon served by the
hospital, Mrs. Howard L. Bass read
the Hospital Auxiliary Prayer.
Linda Perez was welcomed as a
new member, and Mrs. Thalia
Munoz, hospital administrator,was
welcomed.
Mrs. Lino Perez, Jr., gave the
treasurers report, including the
year of 1984. Mrs Milton Menking
Reported on the flowers for the
chapel; Mrs. Howard Bass re-
ported that she had made tray
favors for every holiday during the
year, and Mrs. John A. Pope, Jr.,
gave a year report of the hours the
members had worked
Mrs Efrain Duran reported that
decorations had been put up in the
patients area for all holidays and
that the lobby was decorated for
Christmas, and that tray mats and
riapkins had been bought for
patients for each holiday.
Mrs. Frank Anderson, gift shop
chairman, reported that there was
a 12.9 percent increase in sales
during the past year. She thanked
all who have worked at the gift
shop She also reported that $2,000
had been given in L.V.N, scholar-
ships during the past year and that
the club sponsored the capping
ceremony for them and also
sponsored the graduation of the
group at the First Baptist Church;
and sponsored a float for them in
the Chamber of Commerce
Christmas parade.
As T.V. Chairman, Mrs. An-
derson reported that the Auxiliary
has bought seven new colored TV's
and that now all colored ones are in
the patients rooms. The old black
and white ones were sold to
hospital personnel, and one was
donated to the hospital.
Mrs. Munoz asked the gorup if
they could donate toward buying a
used Sonogram machine if the
board votes to buy it. It was voted
to pledge $6,(XX) toward it if the
board so votes.
Mrs. Pope, chairman of the
nominating committee, presented
the following slate of the officers
which was unanimously elected for
1985-87: president,Mrs. Milton
Menking; vice.president, Mrs.
Jerry Gutierrez; secretary,"VIis.
Corina Taylor; treasurer, Mrs.
Lino Perez, Jr.; corresponding
secretary,Mrs. Robert Peterson;
and parliamentarian,Mrs. Guffey.
Clance, Richardson To
Speak At Banquet
The annual Chamber of Com-
merce banquet set for Saturday
will feature prominent speakers
such as yarn company president
Bud Clance and James H Rich-
ardson.
The banquet will begin at 7 p m
at the Robert E. Lee Room of the
Fort Ringgold Motor Inn.
" Clance is president of Western
Yarns Co., a Los Angeles
manufacturing firm that has in-
dicated its desire to build a plant
here that would employ 200 ini
tially. and 400 after several years
• Richardson serves as the highest
ranking Hispanic official in the
government. He was appointed by
President Reagan in February 1984
as the National Director of Minori-
ty Business Development Agency
.He served as an advisor to former
(Republican governor William
Clements
• Richardson was assigned to head
the task force to determine the
impact of the peso devaluation in
Texas border communities. He
served as the executive director of
thi? Office of Regional Dfcvelop-
iflent, which helped draft legisla-
tion designed to help small and/or
minority businesses
Richardson also served as the
executive director of the Gov-
ernor's Regional Development
Agency, helping create fifty devel-
opment corporations. He negotiated
commerce and finance industri-
alization issues between Mexico
and U.S. governors. He also served
as Business Finance Consultant to
the Texas Industrial Commission,
which reviewed all industrial reve-
nue bond applications in the state
Richardson also served as a
Commissioner of Minority Business
Enterprise for five years and made
available $30 million in SBA loans
to small and minority-owned firms.
From 1970-1973 he served as
Deputy Director and Chief of
operations for the Laredo-Webb
County Community Action Agency
He is a native of Laredo and
graduated from St. Mary's Univer-
sity in San Antonio.
Also attending the annual ban-
quet will be Hector De Leon, the
Chief Officer of Public Affairs in
MBDA. DeLeon is a graduate of
Rio Grande City High School
Persons attending the dinner will
be able to purchase tickets at $15
per person, including a dinner and
free drinks at the bar
Anyone wishing to do so can
"reserve a ■complete table by
purchasing six tickets. No seats'
will be reserved for individuals or
groups less than six. They will sit
at tables on a space available
basis. However, all ticket holders
are guaranteed a seat For larger
groups, one or more tables can be
purchased next to each other
Roma Jr. High Students
Read To Win Trip
Did you know that fewer young
people are reading books today
than they were five years ago?
This was the conclusion of the Book
Industry Study Group, a national
reading research group
On Monday, students at Roma
Jr. High joined in a two-week
reading compaign to combat that
trend The program "In Celebra-
tion of Heading," is sponsored by
Reading Is Fundamental (RIF)
and will culminate in the selection
of a National RIF Reader
At the end of the two weeks,
students reading the required
amount (five hours or more) get to
enter their names in a drawing for
Marriages
Marriage certificates were issued
to the following couples in the Starr
County recently.
Juan Jose Villarreal, 20. of Rio
Grande City and Maria Antonia
Villarreal. 22. of Gareiasville.
Benigno Gonzalez, 20. of Roma
and Claudia Dominguez, 17. of
Miguel Aleman, Tamps Mexico
Apolonio M Falcon, 22. of Roma
and Ana Bertha Barrera, 21. of
Roma
Roberto Bazan. 33, of Rio Grande
City and Beatriz L Saenz, 21. of
Rio Grande City
Jose Arnoldo Rivera. 19, of Rio
Grande City and Erin Mendez
Cruz. 20. of Rio Grande City
Fernado Alvarez. 18. of Rio
Grande City and Minerva Villar-
real. 19. of La Grulla
Ruben Martinez. Jr.. 20, of Rio
Grande City and Elida Rodriguez.
16. of Rio Grande City.
Mario Alberto Olivo. 19. of Mier.
Mexico and Maricela Jasso. 18. of
Falcon Heights
Adrian Medelez. 20. of La Grulla
and Sylvia Romero. 18. of La
Grulla
Guillermo Barrios. 25. of McAllen
and Bertha O Pena. 18. of
McAllen
Gumercindo Serna Jr . 24. of
Houston and Silvia Rosa Lope/., 24.
of Guardados de Arriba. Tamps
Mexico
Arnoldo M Gomez. 23. of La
Joya and Francela G Galvan. 20.
of La J ova
the Jr High's RIF Reader. The
Reader will be honored at a Public
Drawing to be held at the Jr High
Library on Feb 4
In addition, the RIF Reader's
name will be entered in a second
drawing at RIF headquarters in
Washington, D C.
The National RIF Reader will
receive a home library and a trip
to Washington, D C for himself, his
parents, and the local RIF
coordinator Additional prizes will
be awarded to the RIF Reader, his
school, and runners-up
"In Celebration of Reading" is
sponsored by Reading Is Fun-
damental Inc. (RIF), a national
nonprofit organization that prom-
toes reading, through a grant from
the National Home Library Foun-
dation.
Local merchants wishing to do-
nate gifts should contact Mrs.
America Garcia at 849 1434 at
Roma Jr. High
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The new slate will be installed in
April.
The Auxiliary voted to again
sponsor the new L.V.N. School
which will be held in cooperation
with Laredo Jr. College. Three
scholarships for the new group
were voted.
Children's
Library
Club Meets
The Children's Library Club
started its new year trying to think
of new ways to help the Starr
County Public Library.
In their most recent meeting, the
youngsters discussed fundraising
ideas, such as a trip to the Pan
Ameican Library. Eddie Lopez
suggested that a drawing be held,
but a bake sale and dance were
rejected by the group. The club has
been hampered in its recent
activities by poor weather.
In new business, Douglas An-
derson reported that jackets for
club members will cost $200 for 10
with the lining and $150 with no
lining. The cost includes a patch
and the name. Santiago Duran will
design the patch and have it ready
for the next meeting on Thursday,
Jan. 23 at which time members will
vote on the design
Meeting times will be Wednesday
and Fridays at Ringgold Jr. High
during the lunch hour. Meetings
will also be held every other
Saturday at the Starr County
Public Library at San Juan Plaza
Douglas Anderson suggested that
every member ask their parents to
volunteer to help keep the library
open for five hours on Saturday
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. A drawing
will be held to raise money for the
jackets Suggestions for the draw-
ing are a big valentine for first
prize and a cake for second.
After the discussion, the meeting
was adjourned by Douglas An-
derson. Members present were
Douglas Anderson, Kelly Evans,
Eddie Lopez, John Davila, Noe
Olivarez. Danny Garcia, Lalo
Martinez, and Santiago Duran The
sponsor of the Children's Library
Club is Mrs. Patricio Hernandez.
Help Available
Anyone in Starr County with a
drinking problem can contact Al-
coholics Anonymous at 487-3397 or
487-4091.
AA meets every Tuesday from 7
to 8 p.m. at San Juan Plaza
Freeze
Damage
Extent
Unknown
A hard freeze hit Starr County
Monday morning, dropping tem-
peratures into the low 20's, but the
extent of damage to the vegetable
crops is unknown at this time.
James Peterson of Starr Produce
Co said, "We're still not sure.
There is some damage, but it will
take direct sunlight hitting the
plants before we know the extent of
damage to lettuce and celery. It' s
thawing slowly, which is a big
help "
The temperature at the E]lder P
Neie residence dropped to 22
degrees at 6 a.m. Monday. Neie
said the temperature first dropped
to the freezing level at 10 p.m
Sunday night and stayed below
freezing for about 12 hours. He said
the temperature at 5 a.m. was 25,
dropped to 22 for around an hour,
and rose back up to 25 by 8 a.m.
Neie said the high Monday rose
to 43 degrees, with the low Tuesday
morning falling to 33 degrees. He
said that this Arctic front which
roared into Starr County before
dawn Sunday was a strong one, but
added, "Last winter was much
worse. We've had spells a lot
worse."
Peterson said, "We did get some
damage to our celery," and added
that any pepners still in the fields
were killed. He said, "We're
optimistic; we hope it won't be as
bad as Christmas 1983."
Soil Conservation Service District
Conservationist Silvestre Gonzalez
said, "It didn't hurt anything that
hadn't been hurt by the earlier
freeze,"(when temperatures
dropped to 27 degrees). He said,
"The vegetables we have in the
ground now are winter hardy and
should be in pretty good shape "
The conservationist said that
forage and grassland had already
sustained serious damage from the
earlier freeze He said that in his
opinion, the freeze had "no de-
vastating effects."
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Air. Lauro L. Lopez the new owner
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Roberts, Kenneth. The Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 24, 1985, newspaper, January 24, 1985; Edinburg, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth194960/m1/3/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.