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COTULLA, LA SALLE COUNTY TEXAS 780’4
Supper To Benefit
Coronation
Main Street
county queen is
form the public of their In- sleeP To make nwteero worse. 7. 1974.
come Tax Services to the com- "hile you re in this near Que«
111c iiir’ uauaucu c
I ed $10,000 damage
nmicn whirrfV* Vwlnmc
School Board
co-
three-
Young Farmers At Convention
of State Pro-
of Fort Worth
20-hour in-service training school held in
ci 3 van
I election.
r
Wje Sfotalta lleco rd
a let
is the
food donations
defray epeqses
a greater mar-
Tickets will go
to col-
taxes.
town,
eads
1 the
were:
additional information
by applicants or lend-
available at the FHA
office.
will
Mrs.
in
until
p.m.
Pag-
will
for-
of Three Riv-
new State
Mer-
Aliice
Lisa
Lucy
a mo-
Soc-
Par-
offices, and groupings where
more efficient services to far-
mers and rural residents can
be achieved,” the Secretary
said.
“We’ve asked farmers to use
r“w farm programs and go
all-out in food production next
year, so we in Government
have a concurrent responsibil
ity to so all-out to give far-
mers the most efficient and
streamlined service in the
'Continued on Page 31
New. about driving under
55 miles per hour — have
! you tried it? It is great for
i seeing the countryside, but it
sure can make vou drowsy.
; After whizzing along at 60 and
70 mph, it is like standing
Frio- still, almost. There is just
I think I like daylight sav-
ing time, now that 1 have be-
come adjusted to coming to
work in the dark. I still have-
n t figured out how we’re sav-
ing light, but 1 am sure that
someone, somewhere, has, or
we would still be on standard
time. I think the main com-
plaint is not in being on one
time or the other, but chang-
ing back and forth. Most
everyone would like the same
Fire Destroys
Edginton
Councilmen present were
Sr., Fili-
I .and-
EODC Offers
Tax Service
or other private lender. Those
whose applications are ap-
proved will receive loans
from the private lender with
up to 90 percent guaranteed
by FHA. Funds may be used
to start or expand business
enterprises in rural areas and
cities up to 50,000 population
Loan funds may be used to
purchase machinery and equip-
ment, to buy land, buildings
and permanent fixtures, and
for working capital.
Public bodies also are elig-
ible for grants to finance in-
dustrial sites that will result
in development of private
business enterprises.
Any
needed
ers is
county
A number of business items
were discussed at the general
sessions. Highlights included:
1. Election
officers.
2 Approval
gram of Work.
3. Selection
as site of 1975 Convention.
4. National Institute dates
and location.
5.
making bid for
stitute for San
1976.
Erwin Giesler,
ers. was elected
President for the coming year
He was nominated by Area 10
President. John Northcut, of
Cotulla, wtto organized Gelsl-
on Saturday, February 9, 1974
at 7:30 p.m., in the Cotulla
High School Auditorium.
Preceeding the contest, a
reception for the
of Mrs.
of new state
LOCAL JUDGES ATTEND SEMINAR —
Three juctices of the peace from La Salle
and Dimmitt Counties were among the
Local People
Given "Medal
Of Honor"
Preapplications for business
and industrial loans in Frio,
La Salle and Dimmit Counties
may be filed with the Farm-
The Offices of EODC.
La Salle-Dimmit Counties, in- , enough motion to rock you to
The executive committee of
the kid baseball Mother s Club
met in called session for the
purpose 01 puann.nig a project.
Minutes were dispensed with
because oi the Lme element.
It was decided that a Mexican
supper with live entertain-
ment in the Mexican theme
would be held on March 16,
1974 in the school cafeteria.
Mothers and other interested
persons and businesses will be
contacted for
in order to
and allow for
gin of profit.
for $2.50 donation to the club
and it is hoped that a great
many people take advantage
of this opportunity for food
and fun, both of excellent
quality, as well as helping
send the “Bsebll Kids” to the
Astrodome in a chartered bus.
oriented bu st-
and Mrs. Juanita
to receive th s
Honor” for the
have voluntarily
and
San
Receive Business
fice in Pearsall.
This announcement was
1^
25c
win
for
Unanimously approved
National In-
Antonio in
provisions of the Rural De-
velopment Act of 1972 are
now operative in the
county area.
Reese explained that
ter of preapplication
first step in seeking assist-
ance under the new federal
program of financing loca
business development. The
letter should briefly explain
the type of industry or busi
ness, the proposed market for
goods or services, and pro-
vide an estimate of the type
and number of employment
opportunities to be generated
Additional information may be
secured bv contacting the FHA
county office, 411 E. Colorad'
St.. Room 111, Federal Build
ing. Pearsall, Texas, 78061
phone 334-3603.
Washington, D.C. — A nat-1 counties with USDA offices
ionwide program is being in-1 However, he said the degree
itiated to modernize the U.S achieved lacks uniformity and
Department of Agriculture’ , does not achieve maximum
outdated filed office system1 efficiency. He added that
by establishing local U. S USDA has learned through its
Agricultural Service Center experience so far that the ef-
to provide farmers, ranchers fort is a orthwhile one.
“It s time we brought out
“one stop service”. Secretary field delivery system forward
of Agriculture Earl L. But into the 1970’s with concentra-
.announced today.
In an effort to
Queen La Salle II, one will
be chosen by the judges to be
first runner up to the queen
and the candidates will select
“Miss Congeniality” from a-
mong themselves. None of the
winners will be revealed
March 8. 1974. at 7:00
during the Coronation
eant.
Candidates include
cedes Adams. Mary
Aguero, Christy Burk.
Johnson, Mirta Lopez,
Maldonado. Jacqueline Meyer,
Belinda Sanchez and Idalia
Santos.
Co-ordinator for the candi-
dates is Mrs. Mae Kelly.
Each Tuesday
Is Auction Day
from Co-
and Myrta
and Judy
and Ann
and Elizabeth
the
of
ap-
by
passed.
Insurance
National Program To Provide
Farmers One-Stop Service
City Council
The City Council of the City
of Cotulla met on its second
session of the month on Jan*
The Cotulla and La Salle
County Chamber of Commerce
is again sponsoring the Queen
Contest and Coronation Pag-
eant for Queen La Salle. The private
Queen Contest will be held candidates will be held from
5:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m., in
the home
factors.
“We do not anticipate this
program will force separation
51 judges who participated in a regional Place 1, Cotulla; Judge Eva Bowles of Th* featured speaker at the
a. . ♦ *.__•_•__L..-.IJ Zm O Rir'i VA/aIIc anrl li is-Jz-va AAsfmiaI meeting was the Honorable
Jerry Litton. U S. Represent-
I ative from Missouri.
Precinct 2, Big Wells and Judge Manuel ™^tin5.1.was i\hC<
T. Ramirez of Precinct 3, Cotulla.
service station op n .n
when your fuel gauge
empty. — But, things could
be worse!
A new
about to be selected, ending
the year long reign of Miss
Melinda Otte, Queen La Salle
I. We won’t know her name,
though, until March 8, 1974.
M’ss Otte has been the repre-j“
(Tentative for Cotulla and La
Sn’le County at several out
of county events, ti e most
recent being the Pearsall
Christmas Parade Jay Watt Home Encinal
son. Chamber of Commerce
rice president, is .n charge of.
the parade entry for
iqueen.
Calendar of Events
Woman's Club
The Cotulla Woman’s ____
meets on Thursday, February 'a^e save the
COTULLA RECORD, Friday, February I, 1974 NUMBER 49 VOLUME LXXVIi ★ 10c PER COPY ★ PUBLISHED WEEKLY
At 7:30 p.m. tlie January
14 meeting of the Cotulla £ & R Ceramics
Independent School District
Board was opened by Presi- Ooen House
m dent Rogelio Maldonado. .Ab- _ ' _ . _
• ’ oo'|sent were Arthur Hill and Set Feb. 1st
corporations Roiando Carpenter. Visitors
♦ nnr> Knnlr “
noted were John Reese. Mabry
j Chiles, and Delroy York.
Mr. R. C. Garcia made
motion that the minutes
the previous meeting be
proved and was seconded
Mike South. Motion
Bids on school I
were opened and discussed.
The board rejected the bids
and asked the companies to
re-su!bmit bids on a revised
amount of insurance. A binder
are
tion of services in single field
___ ______ „ provide offices at the county level
maximum service at single loc- wherever possible, the elimin-
ations, USDA is initiating de- ation of marginally effective
velopment of local U. S. Agri-
cultural Service Centers to
update the Department’s exist-
ing 15,000 field offices which
now function in many differ-
ent organization structures,
the Secretary explained. A
steering committee chaired
by Under Secretary J Phil
Campbell has been establish
ed to direct the new program
and the Office of Field Opera-
tions has been established
under direction of Edward H.
Hansen to carry out its ob-
jectives, he said.
The program will involve
approximately 7,800 offices at
the local or county level in
similar geographic areas oper-
ated by the Agricultural Sta-
bilization and Conservation uary 24. 1974
Service (ASCS), Farmers Home
Administration (FHA), the Soil George Carpenter
Conservation Service (SCSI, berto Ruz. Raymond
and Federal Crop Insurance rum Jr an<^ Enrique Jimenez
Corporation (FCIC), Secretary Jr
George Carpenter Sr. made
a motion seconded by Fili-
berto Ruiz to relieve Luis
Ayala of his duties as City
Nightwatchman also to adver-
tise in the Cotulla Record for
Applicants. Unanimous.
George Carpenter Sr made
a motion seconded by Ray-
mond Landrum Jr. to renew
Gates Steen contract
of any personnel. Dislocation lect city delinquent
will be minimal,” he emphasiz- Unanimous. _
ed.
Secretary Butz said estab-
lishment of Service Centers
will “carry out the mandate of
Congress spelled out in the
, Rural Development Act of
11972" which calls for location
of all units of the Department
concerned with Rural Develop-
ment in single field offices
and “the interchange of per-
sonnel and facilities in each
such office to the extent neceV
sary or desirable to achieve
the most efficient utilization
of such personnel and facil-
ities and provide the most ef-
fective assistance in the de
velopment of rural areas" I
Cher 1000 Young Farmers
and their wives attended the
State Young Farmers Con-
vention in San Antonio, an-
uary 10-12.
Those attending
tulla were: Charlie
Ann Benson, John
Northcut, Frank
Jones, Bobby
Jones. Terry and Francis Ix>e
and Callan and Linda Olt-
mann.
The group visited numerous
J exhibits in the large Conven-
San Antonio January 15-18. The local tjon center, sponsored by ag-
judges participating were, left to right, riculturaUy
Judge Henry F. Potthast of Precinct 1, nesses throughout the state.
C. & R. Ceramics located at
118 South Oak in Pearsall will
be holding their Grand Open-
ing and Ribbon Cutting Cere-
mony this Friday. February 1st
from 10 a m. to 11:30 a.m.
Mrs. D. L. Nelms and Mrs. Al
Strong, owners, invite every-
one to attend. The opening
and ribbon cutting is sponsor-
ed bv the Pearsall Women's
Civic Club. Refreshments will
be served and door prizes will
be given. Registration will
| continue for the door prizes
: until 4:00 p.m. at which time
i the winner’s name will be
drawn and announced.
! charge of taking the census. | Claire and Rexene have
The audit, charges were dis- many and varied ceramic
cussed and Mr. Halvorson will items for sale. They have Bis-
check into prices charged to que and greenware as well as
other area schools. painted, finished ceramic pie- .
Bus service to city children: ces. Included in their stock “Utz explained.. Administra-
was discussed Since it was j are all supplies need to work tlve committees in each State
lot possible to extend the! with ceramics, such as brushes composed of the State Direc-
ervice to all children it was and paint. Also CAR has a V*rs °* four agencies will
elt that it should not be in- large kiln for firing large or, aes’elop plans which will vary
tituted this year. { small items. C & R is provid- according to geography. trans-
Mr. Landrum made the mo-; ing large work tables for oo^ation network, farm popu-
'ion with Mr South seconding their customers with free jn- a,10n- workload and other
to approve the districts per- ,structions to aid you m be
(Continued on Page 4) (Continued on Page 4)
was put on until bids
opened next month.
A district wide census
be taken this winter.
Lucille Peters win be
go on sale by
their parents soon,
earlier project, the
be making a house
contact with raffle
tickets for a beautiful
pound box of chocolates,
will give you a chance to
this loveliy Valentine gift
someone you love (or eat them
all yourself!) Drawing will be * me Year round.
Wednesday, February 13 at
5:30 p.m. in the City Park.
Filiberto Ruiz made
tion seconded by Raymond
Landrum Jr. to haul 25 loads
of dirt for the Pony Li^gue
Field. Unanimous.
George Carpenter Sr made
a motion seconded bv Rav-
mond Landrum Jr. to dssolve
I the old resolution that was
made on December 13. 1973
for gas rate increases. Also to
make an ordinance giving the
City Secretary authority to
adjust gas rate charges as the
matter will arise from month
to month. Unanimously.
Filiberto Ruiz made a mo-
tion seconded by Geonge
veiopnieni 01 rural areas Carpenter Sr to raise 5 city
The Secretary said the Ser emplovees to $1 90 per hour
vice Center PROGRAM WILL. Raises are as follows: Ram-
ALSO CARRY FORWARD^ A I >o Peralez, Eufragio Garcia.
_____________ _______ USDA effort begun 11 years Guadalupe Gomez. Ricardo
er’s campaign in his bid for ago which achieved some co- Martin''? and Humberto Gon-
The two fire departments an(j ruraj citizens up-to-date
were able to keep the fire
from spreading to a butane
tank and some houses nearby.
Baseball Kids
Tickets will
boy's and
For an
boys will
to house
______ ______________________ Queen La Salle Contest
munities of these counties. hypno? zed state, some wise The Queen La Salle Contest
.Services are only for persons -u-' rocket past vou, ex w-ill be held on Friday, Feb-
that fall under the O.E.O. in- ce*ding the new ®roeed alY ruary 9, at 7:30 pm. in the
come guidebnes. They are free e C°tU1Ia High 8011001 Auditor’
of charge. For further inform- ess- ^atural*y 11 7 ! lum-
ation contact your nearest a^P^SOnJh^ ^J81116 Good Shape
Neighborhood Center. 1 en ga on9 of S’5 at the onlY Despite Watergate, energy)
crisis and several other crisis
the USA is rtill in good shape
Thinking positive.
See y'all next week.
Billie
Wayne
Daughtrey. A panel of out of
county judges will be at the
reception and will interview
each of the candidates individ-
ually.
An Encinal home was level- Later, following the recep-
the ed by fire on Thursday after tion. candidateswill be judged
i futile attempts were made to before an audience on poise.
1 reach the scene by both the personality and talent. One
. Cotulla and Laredo Fire De- of the candidates will be
Club partments. They arrived too chosen bv the judges to be
' ‘ ' **7 home of
| Marlin Edgington on LH 35. in
downtown Encinal.
The fire causued an estimat-
► to the
house, which belongs to Man-
uel Cassiano.
The Edgington family, which
includes Mr. Edgington, a
widower, and his two children.
?a daughter, age 11 and a son.
’ aze 13. lost everything they
! owned in the fire, except the
! clothes they’ were wearing.
Queen Contest
Pageant Set February 9
FHA County Office Ready To
Loan Applications
“If the prospective business
meets eligiblity requirements,
Reese said, the applicant
be requested to submit a
mal application.”
Eligible <
dlviduals, partnerships.
vice Center PROGRAM WILL, Raises
ALSO CARRY FOR WAR!* A L-’o Per-
USDA effort begun 11 years
nmvu aviHvwi pviiir nniun’ ' ami iiumn
| locatio nin 54 percent of the zalez. Unanimously.
Several hundred laymen
women were honored at
Fernando Cathedral on
ember 18. 1)973, during pre-
sentation o" the fourth an-
nual “Archbishop Furey’’ Me-
dals and Certificates. The
medals were pr”sented bv the
Archbis.op to outstand.ng lay | prs jiome Administration of
people renr?c°nting various
parishes of the Archdiocese.
Th.s year the Saered Heart made by FHA County Super operatives, and <
Parish elected Mrs. Manuela vjsor joel R. Reese, who said should work with their bank
T. Ramirez
Quintanilla
“Melai of
years they
worked in favor of their par-
ish.
Mrs. Manuela T. Ramirez is
a member of the Guadalupanas
Society and Mrs. Juanita
Quintanilla is a member of
the Maores Christiana's
iety of the Sacred Heart
ish.
Those attending from
Sacred Heart Parish ’
Father Morquillas. Mr. Erasmo
Quintanilla, Sr., Mrs. Florinda
Gomez. Mrs. Ramona Ramirez
and daughter, Candelaria Be-
cerra and daughter. Maximm a
Martinez, and Miss Elda Nora
Santos. Also present at the
ceremony was Sister Dolores.
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