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VOLUME XXXVII — NO. 15 PHARR, (HIDALGO COUNTY), TEXAS 78577 THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1970 5c PER COPY—$2.50 PER YEAR
Card, Martinez
Elected In PSJA
Trustee Race
Justin Card won re-election to
the PSJA School trustees for a
three year term and Dario L.
Martinez squeezed out a win over
two opponents in the PSJA school
board election last Saturday, in
which 2,565 votes were cast.
Two other trustees were elect-
ed without opposition. They were
Celerino Castillo, Ja\, running for
re-election, Place 1, Pharr, and
Octaviano Gonzalez, Place 4, San
Juan. Castillo will serve a three
year term, his third, and Gon-
zalez was elected for a one year
teem, which is the remainder of
the term of the late A. B. Cantu.
Card carried every voting box
to defeat his opponent, Antonio
Hector Jimenez, by a count of
1,283 to 705.
Martinez received 1,182 votes
to 1,121 for Gilberto Cabrera and
164 for L. P. Leibowitz. Martinez’
margin was 61 votes. He carried
the San Juan box by a sizeable
margin, while Cabrera led in the
Pharr and Alamo boxes.
All the 76 absentee votes were
counted in the Pharr box.
Several write-in votes were
made in the Pharr voting box.
Among those receiving a write-
in for some of the trustee places
were Otto Hofland, Tommy Rei-
chert and J. C. Brown. Paul
Kruse received a write-in vote
for the County Trustee at Large
position on the County School
Board.
Here is a complete tabulation
of the final and official returns
in the election:
Place 1 Pharr SJ. Ala. Tot.
C. Castillo 1,068 363 240 1,671
Place 2
Justin Card
A. H. Jimenez
Place 3
G. Cabrera
D. Martinez
L. P. Leibowitz
Place 4
O. Gonzalez
794 264 225 1,283
524 148 33 705
798 128 195 1,121
665 401 116 1,182
97 54 13 164
990 355 226 1,571
Total Viotes 1,625 600 341 2,565
Ce>. Trustee
At Large
V. C. Thompson 556 262 191 1,009
Rehab. Dist.
M. Talbot
M. Gonzales
349 192 157. 698
412 189 68 669
Card Elected President
Of PSJA School Board
Justin Card of Pharr was elect-
ed the president of the PSJA
school board for the next year at
the annual organization meeting,
following the trustee election.
Card, who lias been vice presi-
dent the last year, was elected
unanimously and without oppo-
sition, as were all the other of-
ficers.
Celerino Castillo, Jr., also of
Pharr, who is the senior member
of the board in years of service,
was elected vice president.
John Doedyns of San Juan,
who is the second man on the
board in seniority, was elected
secretary-treasurer.
Mrs. Yerree Chapin
Killed in Accident
Near Hillsboro
Mrs. Verree Chapin of Pharr
was killed in a traffic accident
six miles south of Hillsboro in
Central Texas at about 7:30 a.m.
Thursday, April 9th.
The driver of the 1967 sedan
was Mrs. Laura Chapin of Mc-
Allen, who was not injured.
Three of her children were in-
jured. They were Beverly Chapin,
10, head injuries; Sherill Chapin,
6, fractured legs; and Bradley
Chapin, 5 months, slight injuries.
The Chapin car collided with a
trailer-truck driven by Clifford
Awvrey of Converse.
Mrs. Verree Chapin was thrown
from the vehicle.
This information was phoned
to the Pharr Press by the Hills-
boro Mirror at 11 a.m. April 9th.
Drug Use Program To
Be Given April 12
At Methodist Church
Your are invited to hear “Day
by Day,” a personal story of drug
use as told by a user who for 13
years was addicted to drugs. This
talk will be held at the Phan-
United Methodist Church Sunday
evening, April 12, at 7:30 p.m.
Parents, youth, and persons in-
terested in learning about the
dangers of drug abuse are cordi-
ally invited to attend.
BENEFIT CARNIVAL COMING
APRIL 18
The American Field Service
chapter of PSJA is sponsoring a
carnival April 18th, at the Na-
tional Guard Armory on East
Sam Houston.
Hours will be from 5.30 to 10
p.m.
There will be concessions for
everyone and a variety of food
at popular prices.
Card was nominated by Cas-
tillo, and seconded by Robert
Martinez. Doedyns nominated
Castillo and Card seconded. Rob-
ert Martinez nominated Doedyns
and it was seconded by Castillo.
The meeting was held Monday
noon at the Texan Hotel with a
luncheon. The election returns
were officially canvassed and the
high men in each of the four
races were certified as the win-
ners. They were then given the
oath of office by Atty. Bill York.
The organization of the board
followed.
Paul Wagner of Alamo, the out-
going chairman, thanked the
members of the board for their
co-operation and support. He said
he wouldn’t take a million dol-
lars for the experience but
wouldn’t do it again.
Romeo Escobar, the retiring
trustee from Pharr far Place 3,
was presented his desk name-
plate as a parting gift for his
service on the board. Outgoing
president Wagner made the pre-
sentation.
Escobar praised the board and
the administration. He said “you
have a sound board. When I went
on, there were only two experi-
enced members. Right now there
are four. You are fortunate in
having a Supt. like Mr. Skiles.
You should go to the Supt. first
with your problems. There is a
bright future for the District.
This board has accomplished a
great many things.”
Members of the board were
high in their praise of Escobar
for his years of service. He serv-
ed one year as president, and
was on the board during all of
the building program. Supt.
Skiles said Trustee Escobar was
a great help during the bond
election and in certain changes
and development of the curricu-
lum
The only other official “act”
of the new board of trustees was
to approve the election expenses
for the election.
Hidalgo Gas News
Tenneco Oil Co. has finaled a
West McAllen Field well in the
city limits of McAllen.
The No. 4 West McAllen Field-
wide Unit was gauged far an
absolute open flow potential of
1,400 Mcf of gas a day from per-
forations at 6,228-37 feet. Gas-
condensate ratio was 110,895-1
and liquid gravity was 79.2 de-
I grees. The tubingless completion
tested on 10-64-inch choke at the
daily rate of 943 Mcf with 1 603
pounds welhead pressure. Shut-
j in pressure was 1,944 pounds.
MAYOR
COMMISSIONER
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Bowe Ticket Is Re-Elected;
Record Vote of 3,606 is Cast
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R. S. BOWE
COMMISSIONER
Ifiiill
H. S. ELLER
COMMISSIONER
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R. S. Bowe and his entire com-
mission ticket won re-election
for another term in the City Elec-
tion Tuesday by margins of 1,000
to 1,500 votes, or better than 2 to
1.
Bowe won by the largest mar-
gin, receiving 2,514 to 1,037 for
his opponent, Manuel Garcia.
Bowe carried every box with the
largest margin being in the ab-
sentee box. Garcia made his best
showing in Prect. 36, as did all
of his ticket.
The total vote received by the
commissioner candidates were:
Raul Vecchio — 2,522.
Rosalio Martinez — 2 325.
H. S. Eller — 2,270.
E. A. Tippitt — 2,322.
Joe Salinas — 1,212.
Lloyd Stearns — 896.
Rodrigo Flores — 1,112. .
Raul Cantu — 1,063.
THIRD TERM
This will be the third term far
the entire Bowe ticket. They were
in 1962, and were re-elected in
1966. Bowe has served 10 years
as mayor but not consecutively.
He served one 2-year term in the
1950s.
Vecchio is the “senior” mem-
ber of the city commission, hav-
ing been on the board since 1960.
He was elected the first time
that year when he ran on the
Boler ticket. He was one of two
on the Boler ticket to win office
in that election.
RECORD VOTE
An all time record vote was
cast in the 1970 election, with a
total of 3,606. The previous rec-
ord was four years ago when 3,-
471 voted. However, there were
far more eligible voters this year.
Total registration in all four
boxes, including the rural, was
5,620, compared to 4,690 in 1966.
Election day went off without
any unusual incidents. No major
problems developed at any of the
elected the first time as a ticket polling boxes, except the usual
FOR MAYOR
Prct. 6Prct. 25Prct. 35Prct. 36 Absentee Total
R. S. Bowe ...............316
Manuel Garcia............ 89
1,001
156
2,514
1,037
FOR COMMISSIONERS
m
RAUL VECCHIO
COMMISSIONER
ROSALIO MARTINEZ
E. A. TIPPITT
City Commission
To Be Sworn In
April 14
The Pharr City Commission
will meet Tuesday, April 14th, 10
a.m. at the City Hall, to canvass
the election returns of April 7th,
certify the winners in the elec-
tion, and then the mayor and
four commissioners will take the
oath of office far another term.
This procedure is in accordance
with the City Charter, which
states that on the second Tues-
day of April, the election returns
are to be canvassed, and the win-
ners are to assume their duties
on that date.
No other business is to be j
transacted.
Citizens of the community in-
terested are cordially invited to
attend this ceremony.
Absentee Voting
Sets Record With
1,179 Ballots
Absentee voting in the Pharr
City election set _y. record with
1,1791,ballots, .....
This exceeds the, previous rec-
ord of 1966 when lloil votes were
cast absentee.
There are more eligible voters
in the city this year than four
years ago, however. The voter
registration lists show 5,620 eli-
gible voters in the four voting
precincts this year, whereas
there were 4,690 four years ago.
This includes those living out-
side the city but inside the vot-
ing precincts.
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif.
— Navy Hospitalman Adan Ale-
man, son of Mr. and Mrs. Aure-
lio Aleman Jr., of 610 E. Jones,
Pharr graduated from the Field
Raul Vecchio .......
......m
309
428
Rosalio Martinez ...
......227
270
395
H. S. Eller .........
......280
290
351
E. A. Tippitt .......
......298
298
348
Joe Salinas .........
......123
127
311
Lloyd Stearns ......
......109
104
209
Rodrigo Flores .....
......102
105
291
Raul Cantu ........
......105
113
253
430 162 1,063
Total ballots cast in each box were the following: Precinct 6 —
408; Precinct 25 — 431; Precinct 35 — 698; Precinct 36 — 890. Absen-
tee.box.—1,179.; Total ballots— 3,606. ) v
errors on the polling lists, with
names omitted. Some citizens
came to the polls to vote without
their registration certificaes and
then found their names were not
on the poll list. Election officials
said there were more names
omitted from the poll lists than
usual.
OUT OF VALLEY WORKERS
Some stir was caused when
several people from out of the
Valley came the day before the
election and made house-to-house
solicitation for the Garcia ticket.
Both tickets had their head-
quarters on West Hawk St. dur-
ing the election. The Bowe ticket
was in the first block and the
Garcia ticket was at the corner
of Hawk and Dahlia. Both head-
quarters were crowded with
friends and well wishers all day.
A very large crowd built up at
the Bowe headquarters after the
polls closed.
Absentee voting set a new res-
ord also with 1,178 recorded.
This was nearly one-third of all
the votes cast. In 1966, there
were 1,011 absentee ballots.
SEEN ’ROUND
THE TOWN
Census Counters Are
aking Contacts New
Felipe V. Ramon, District Mana- j which were delivered prior to
ger, reports that the 1970 Census
of Population and Housing is
nearing completion in the area,
that in about another week the
census takers should have visit-
April 1, and have them filled out
ready for the census taker to
pick up. This will save time far
both the householder and the
census taker and speed up the
ed every residence on their lists. I completion of the census.
Census takers began visiting
households on April 1 and have
been working continuously to
Medical Service School, Marine | cover their territories. The Dis-
Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, j trict Manager asks that house-
Qalif I holders hold their questionnaires,
~NEWLY) ELECTED P-SJ-A trustees
RE-ELECTED
RE-ELECTED
DAWN HOP MAKES
FUND APPEAL!
To Parents and Interested
Citizens in Pharr-San Juan-
Alamo:
Due to rising costs and expen-
ses, we need adidtional contribu-
tions far the annual Dawn Hop.
Last year’s Dawn Hop cost over
S600 and this year’s will be more
expensive. Please help.
Donations may be turned in
to Charles Cain or Joe Belew at
the High School campus. If you
prefer to mail your donation by
check, send to: Foy Easly, 1970
Dawn Hop, Drawer X, Pharr.
JOHN DOEDYNS,
President, 1970 Dawn Hop.
SCHOOL BOARD WILL
MEET APRIL 13
The PSJA School board will
j have their regular monthly meet-
j ing next Monday, April 13th,
7:30 p.m., in the board room of
[ the business office. This will be
I the first meeting since the elec-
i tion and the first meeting far
| two members of the board.
For every fifth household, the
census taker will have a longer
questionnaire which she will fill
out by interviewing a member of
the household. The District Man-
ager asks householders to wel-
come these census takers when
they call and to give them full
cooperation in getting the re-
quired census information.
Most of the census takers are
women. Each wears a red, white,
and blue identification badge
which is her official credential.
It bears her signature and certi-
fies that she is authorized to
perform the duties of a Census
Enumerator, and has sworn to
keep confidential all census in-
formation given her.
WEATHER REPORT
High Low Rain
April 3.....
......75
52
April 4 .....
......SO
55
April 5 .....
......82
56
April 6 .....
......75
46
April 7 .....
......75
51
April 8 .....
......84
56
April 9.....
......84
63
Readings were taken from Carl
Schuster Weather Reporting Sta-
tion.
MRS. EARL THOMAS
DIES IN IOWA
Mrs. E. Earl Thomas, a resi-
dent of Pharr for many years,
died March 18 in a convalescent
home in Washington, Iowa,
friends here will regret to know.
She was 81.
Mr. Thomas was killed several
years ago in a train-car accident
at Sugar Road in Pharr. Soon
after that, she returned to her
I former home in Iowa.
She is survived by three sis-
ters.
DARIO L. MARTINEZ
The 1970 Dawn Hop Committee
of PSJA will meet April 21st,
7:30 p.m., at the Pharr Chamber
I of Commerce office, Texan Hotel.
All parents and interested citi-
OCTAVIANO (Tony) GONZALEZ bens in"te? t0 attend' st»tei
Pres. John Doedyns.
The elections are over, school
and city, and all parties and
sides should forget the charges
made and animosities that may
have been engendered and ALL
work toward a common goal of
the BEST School Dist. and BEST
city in this area, in line with the
ability of the taxpayers to pay
the bill. We have always said
that you give an idiot a million
dollars and he- will do some good,
even.if he throws, it out, from,on ,
airplane, but it takes people with*
ability to spend a million dol-
lars of tax revenues wisely, so
that the greatest number benefit.
... If the Texas poll on the U. S.
Senate race is anywhere near-
close then the incumbent Sena-
tor is in deep trouble. One poll
result released a month ago
showed Yarborough leading by 54-
46. It will be interesting to see
what the next poll will show. If
young LLOYD BENTSEN can
build up that much support in
two short months, he is truly
performing miracles, or it is pos-
sible that many voters are just
tired and fed up with everything
and want a change. . . . Note to
orange grove ownors: The Florida
Citrus Mutual says the present
orange crop in Florida has been
over-estimated by 2 million box-
es. They had a freeze in Florida
and this may be the .reason. . . .
HAPPY MAHAFFAY in town
from McAllen and says he comes
over to Pharr about every day
and he says he has a lot more
fun over here than anywhere.
We don’t know for sure what he
is talking about but we will print
it for what it is worth. . . . Now
that the political fighting is over,
we hope someone will write let-
ters on some other subjects.
There is county politics and
state politics that offer many
possibilities. . . . Many people
ove.r the Valley, including many
influential Catholics, felt the
gods had smiled on them when
Father Pena, the activist priest
from the Brownsville Diocese,
was retired to Mexico City for a
year of study. That was an un-
expected stroke of good fortune
that they didn’t dream could hap-
pen. . . . The wild flower “In-
dian Paint Brush” has made its
finest showing this spring in
many a year. This beautiful
fiery red flower was abundant
this year east of Falfurrias and
south of Riviera on Highway 77.
Also, there were far more Heart’s
Delight wildflower in the Falfur-
rias area than ever before, with
the most apparently on Hwy. 77
south of Sarita. . . . And if you
want to see a beautiful garden
right here at home, go by the
H. S. ELLER res. on S. Cage and
W. Jones. And the DEWITT res.
next door is a fine complement
to the Eller garden. . . . Sec. Op.
33 in to say that he was surprised
that Co. Judge Candidate ED
GOMEZ didn’t resign his TV po-
sition when he announced. After
all, he and his superiors at the
station knew the FCC rules bet-
ter than anyone. . . .
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