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THE PHARR PRESS, PHARR (HIDALGO COUNTY), TEXAS
THURSDAY OCTOBER 30, 1969
THE PHARR PRESS
Established February 20. 1933
Second Class Postage Paid at
Ph^rr Texas
Lloyd H. Glover-Editor-Publisher
Office: 203 S. Cage, Pharr, Texas
Phone STerling, 7-2291
•Published each Thursday after-
noon at Pharr, Hidalgo County,
in the Lower Rio Grande Valiev
10 — 20 — 30
YEARS AGO
From the Files of
The Pharr Press
10 Years Ago—October 29, 1959
B. R. Bentley, executive vice
president of the Security State
Bank, was elected president of
the Pharr Kiwanis Club for the
next year by the Riwanians at
the regular meeting Thursday
noon. He succeeds Jack Barnes
and will take office January 1st.
* * •
Lt. and Mrs. Charles Weaver
of Blue Ridge Summit, Pa., are
announcing the arrival of a 8
pound, 15 ounce daughter, Terry
Linn, born October 25. Mrs.
Weaver is the former Miss Doro-
thy Stoop of McAllen, and
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Har-
mon Stoop of Kingsville, and
granddaughter of Mrs. Henry
Derr of Pharr.
* * *
Miss Nancy Dayharsh, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Day-
harsh, has been elected cheer-
leader for the Alpian social j
society at Cotty College, Nevada,
Mo., where she is a first year
student.
* *
Jack Smith, student at San
Marcos College, spent the week-
end here with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Jumbo Smith.
• « •
Bob Cartwright, will known
local oil jobber and marketer,
attended a three-day training
course in Austin sponsored by
the Texas Oil Jobber’s Manage-
ment Institute, which was con-
ducted by the Extension Dept,
of the University of Texas. Mrs.
Cartwright accompaned him and
they attended the Rice-Texas
football game in Memorial Sta-
dium Saturday afternoon.
* * *
Members of the PSJA Student
Council took an active part in a
recent meeting of the South
Texas District Ass’n. of student
Councils, held in Brownsville.
Ruffin Cooper of Pharr is Dis-
trict vice president of the Coun-
cil. Others who took part in the
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discussions were Roel Trevino
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and Maureen McBride, correspon-
ding secretary.
« * *
20 Years Ago—October 28, 1949
Thousand of people from all
over the Valley jamed the new
H. E. Butt Grocery Go. super
market in Pharr Monday after-
noon and night for the open
house celebration. It was one of
the most successful “open house”
ever held by the Butt organiz-
ation.
• * %
Hunting was not as good in
southwestern Colorado this year
as last, six Hidalgo County hun-
ters said this week upon their
return from a week’s hunt near
Del Norte. They bagged one bull
elk and two black tail deer in
seven days of hunting. A year
ago, the same number of hunters
got three elk and four deer.
Frank Wright of Elsa bagged
the elk, and M. L. Richardson
of Monte Alto and Roy Barnes
of Pharr got the deer. Others
in the party were T. E. Mont-
gomery, Earl O. Clark, Harry
Lucas and LeVere Dreibelbis, all
of Pharr.
The PSJA Bears hit the win
column for the second time this
.season by trouncing the Rio
Grande City Rattlers 27 to 7
last Friday night at Rio Grande.
« * *.
Jimmy Davis, former PSJA
star back and sophomore on the
Texas Western football team at
El Paso this year, is making a
name for himself this year as
an extra point specialist, which
he excelled in as a star at PSJA.
* * •*
The Cecil Dowdy home at 402
prize will be awarded the
Pharr Garden Club prize as the
“garden of the month” for Octo-
ber. An anonymous judge made
the selection this week and a
prize will be awarded the
Dowdys.
* * *
At the regular meeting of the
Lions Club Tuesday noon, Rev.
Lester Haines gave the Lions
charge and presented pins to L.
J. Polk, Jr., Ernest Wofford and
Jimmy Ray Brock.
* * ♦
Citrus prices continued high
this week with no serious break
in the price structure, hut ship-
ments were beginning to increase
in volume and after the first
of the month, will start rolling
even heavier.
* * *
30 Years Ago— October 27, 1939
Bob Bailey, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. O. Bailey, has secured a
much coveted position with the
Standard Oil Co. and will be
located in San Antonio, where
he has been for several months.
Club Directory
Lodges —
* * *
MASONIC LODGE
No. 1227 A.F.&A.M.
Meets every second and fourth
Monday, 8:00 P. M. at Lodge Hall,
Guy Killian, WM
Shelby Crosby, SW
Donald Noona:?., JW
A. B. Fields, Sec.
Visiting Brethren Cordially In-
vited.
KIWANIS CLUB
Meets every Thursday, 12:09
P. M. at Kiwanis Hall
E. W. STRAIT
President
KEN CALLAWAY
Secretary
PHARR ROTARY CLUB
Meets every Tuesday, 12:05
P. M., Texan Hotel
J. W. MOORE
President
H. L. LAMBE
Secretary
NO. 3109
FRATERNAL
CITRUS AERIE
ORDER
OF
EAGLES
Meets every Thursday
8:00 P. M.—208 S. Cage
Tommy Walker, President
E. A. Worster, Sec.
AMERICAN LEGION
Post No. 101
Meets 1st, 3rd 1
Leg. Bldg., 417 S.
Bing Pellum
Commander
Roger Palmquist
Adjutant
He has also been elected presi-
dent of the YMCA-YWCA coun-
cil in charge of social relations
between the two organizations
for next year.
>* * *
Five members of the Pharr
Chapter of the Order of the
Eastern Star were in San
Antonio this week attending the
Grand Chapter of the O.E.S.
which opened there Sunday and
closed yesterday, Thursday.
Judge E. C. Couch, who has been
associate grand patron for the
State of Texas, the highest of-
fice of the O.E.S. The sessions
were held in the municipal audi-
torium and some 5,000 were in ;
attendance. Those attending
from Pharr were Mr. and Mrs. j
Couch, Mrs. H. L. Murphey, who j
is district deputy of this dis- j
trict Mrs. A. Van Dresar, and
Mrs. J. J. Maurer, worthy mat-
ron of the Pharr chapter.
* * *
Congratulations to Mr. and
Mrs. Pat Denive Jr. on the birth
of a son Tuesday afternoon at
the McAllen Municipal Hospital.
Editor'
Oct. 24, 1969
Dear Editor:
After seeing the cartoon on
the front of the Pharr Press, I
would like to pass on this in-
formation.
We just finished writing an
insurance policy on an auto-
mobile which was written last
year in Louisiana. Last year the
premium was $180.00, and we
renewed the policy with Texas
rates for the same coverages for
a premium of $116.00 and the
man was thrilled with the re-
asonable rates.
Texas has one of the fairest
and most equitable rating sys-
tems of all the 50 states. The
careless drivers are charged ac-
cording to their own experience.
Sincerely,
COMPERE INSURANCE
AGENCY
Pharr citizens had a big sur-
prise on Monday of this week
when the good news broke that
the deep oil test hanging fire
for several months has actually
gotten under way in this area.
This 7,000 foot well is being
drilled on block 226 of the J. C.
Kelly Estate by the Mid Valley
Oil Company and is situated one
mile and a half south of Pharr
in what is better known as the
Pharr-San Juan drilling block.
« * *
Rev. Lawrence K. Brown, who
has been pastor of the Pharr
Methodist Church for four years,
has been returned for another
year. The annual conference was
held in San Antonio the past
week and the appointments were
announced Sunday. The Browns-
ville district has several new
pastors. The board of stewards
voted for Rev. Brown’s return.
Mrs. E. E. Draeger was church
delegate to the conference.
The Apollo 11 astronauts’ flight
to the moon began by rocket,
but ended on a Texas highway
as the environmental (quaran-
tine) capsule was returned to
NASA from Ellington Air Force
Base, Houston.
R. R. Compere
'Dogs Hand PSJA Jr.
Varsity First Loss
The PSJA Junior Varisty lost
their first game of the season
to the McAllen Junior Varsity
last Saturday night. The score
was 22-6, which was nearly
identical to the senior game on
Friday night, won by PSJA.
With the victory, McAllen takes
over the district lead with a
record of 5-0 while PSJA is 5-1.
McAllen scored first and were
never behind.
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS
PSJA 21, McAllen 6.
Brownsville 31, Alice 22.
Harlingen 40, San Benito 0.
WTeslaco 20, Mercedes 0.
Donna 19, Falfurrias 13.
Kingsville 18, Edinburg 7.
La Joya 13, Rio Hondo 12.
Lyford 59, Port Isabel 26.
Raymondville 28, R. G. C. 0.
Mission 38, Edcouch Elsa 0.
Los Fresnos 21, La Feria 20.
Santa Rosa 33, Sharyland 18.
For complete local news, read
I THE PHARR PRESS.
QUAIL SEASON TO
OPEN SAT., NOV. 1
The quail season opens this
next Saturday, Nov. 1st, in Hida-
lgo Co. and other game regul-
atory counties and will continue
for three months.
Bag limit is the same as last
year, 12, of either blue quail or
bob whites or a combination of
both.
The quail are in good supply,
but possibly not as plentiful as
a year ago.
Hey you television sitters, how
about passing up one of your
favorite soap box operas? Grab a
I grocery sack and take a good
j healthy walk and pick up some
! litter as you go. You know If
| you want to get rid of some of
that middle, you will have t«
bend down, sister!
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The same thing
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when it’s
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the convenience
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Glover, Lloyd H. The Pharr Press (Pharr, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 30, 1969, newspaper, October 30, 1969; Pharr, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth715068/m1/2/: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Pharr Memorial Library.