The Pharr Press (Pharr, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 14, 1970 Page: 3 of 6
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THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1970
THE PHARR KRESS, PHARR (HIDALQJ COUNTY). TEXAS
PAGE 3
Boys’ Club Is
Proposed Here
A meeting was held at the Val-
ley Community Center last week
to discuss the need for a Boys’
Club for Pharr. The discussion
centered mostly on the problems
of young people or teenagers. The
group came to the conclusion that
Pharr does need a Boys’ Club so
that these teenagers would have
a place to go after school hours.
It was also made clear that the
Boys’ Club would not be a baby
sitting agency, but a club with a
variety of interests, like sports,
library, arts and crafts and coun-
seling.
Those attending the meeting
were Dan Ramirez, Jimmy Davis,
Robert Canales, Boys’ Club repre-
sentative; Gabriel Avendano, Je-
sus Sandoval, Rubio Salinas and
Ruben Rosalez.
For more information, call Ga-
briel Avandano, 787-9555, or Dan
Ramirez, 787-2230.
Julio Ayala Named
Ass t. Coach at PSJA
Julio Ayala, former All District
and All State star of the PSJA
Bears, is returning to his Alma
Mater as an assistant coach. He
will be the secondary defensive
coach, Coach Charlie Williams
announced this week.
Ayala starred on the PSJA
1962-63 3-A finalist teams as a
safety. He was one of the small-
est players to ever make All State,
as he weighed only 142 pounds
and was 5 feet, 6.
Ayala comes to PSJA from
Donna where he has been assist-
ant coach.
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ROUND-UP
BASEBALL FANS ALL OVER
THE COUNTRY will select the
All Star teams this year. This was
the way it was originally, but it
was changed several years ago
when the fans in Cincinnati and
vicinity stacked the “ballot box”
and named some six or seven
players from the Cincinnati team
on the All Star team. After that
unusual episode, it was “taken
away” from the fans by the
baseball commissioner and put in
the hands of the players them-
selves. Each player on each team
got to vote on the players hut
could not vote for a player on his
own team.
That has worked out very well
through the years with the play-
ers with the greatest ability, or
record at that time, usually get-
ting named to the squad.
Now it goes back to the fans,
so it will be interesting to see
what happens this year. The
players themselves have nomi-
nated the candidates whom they
consider to be All Star material
and from this group, the fans
will vote.
Already, a problem has de-
veloped and the first vote has
not been cast. Rico Carty, the
star outfielder for the Atlanta
Braves, has been left off the list.
He is the leading hitter in the
National League at this time and
has hit in something like 30 con-
secutive games.
* * *
THE INTERSCHOLASTIC
LEAGUE TRANSFER rule for
seniors has been changed to per-
mit a student in this category to
participate in football at his new
school. Under the old rule, a
student could not participate un-
til he had been at the new
school one year and a senior stu-
dent couldn’t play at all.
Several “safeguards” to prevent
any monkey business has been
included in the new rule, how-
ever. For instance, the principal
and the coach from the school
the student attended previously,
must sign a statement saying
that the transfer was not recruit-
ed, etc. Then a District commit-
tee must also approve the trans-
fer to be sure that there isn’t any-
thing unusual about it.
Some fans not too familiar
with the situation will wonder
why this hard rule that has been
in effect so long was necessary, j
Well, back many years ago, cer- j
tain “BIG SCHOOLS” up in
North Texas and West Texas es-
pecially seemed to have the
“best” football material all the
time and some of them were se- i
curing the material by giving I
jobs to the parents of these out-
standing prospects, or an oil
company, or corporation, would
transfer an employee to a certain
school district and that family i
would just happen to have a big
200 pound, 6 foot 2; football play-
er in the family. This sort of
thing happened in enough in-
stances to cause the rest of the
schools i:i Texas to rise up in
righteous indignation and pro-
hibited a student in his senior
year from playing at all.
Now it is being relaxed for the
first time. It should have been
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VAlltY srOKTSMiN Cltl
By HARRY FOEHNKR
Many of the indigenous birds
that were considered common or
abundant only 10 years ago in
the Valley are today considered
rare. Resident Manager Wayne
Shifflett of the Santa Ana Wild-
life Refuge wrote in the Valley
Audubon bulletin.
Old records show that birds
such as the Hooded Orioles, Red-
billed Pigeons, Olive-crested War-
blers, and White-collared seed-
eaters used to breed commonly
but today are only rarely seen.
The Hooded Orioles were one
of the most common nesting
birds in the past but have be-
come uncommon in the last 10
years. This year, only five birds
have been seen. Last year, a few
sight records were made of the
Red-billed Pigeon and a few prob-
ably nested. This year, the birds
have been seen on two occasions.
The pigeons have not been call-
ing so it is assumed that no
breeding birds are at the refuge.
The seedeater could be found
around most weedy and brushy
areas just five years ago. In the
past two years, it has been seen
only one time. The Olive-backed
Warbler decline has been similar
to that of the Hooded Oriole. This
bird was considered a common
resident but has been seen only
one time in the last two years.
Other unusual birds such as
the Jacana and Masked Duck
showed up fairly regularly in the
past but neither bird has been
seen on the refuge for four years.
done long ago. There are enough
safeguards in the rule as it was
changed to prevent abuse, like
under the old system.
* * »
ODDS & ENDS PICKED UP
here and there in the world of
sports — New head football
coach at Trinity Univ. is GENE
OFFIELD, who was ass’t. at Har-
din-Simmons and New Mexico
State. His head coach at both of
those places is now his athletic
director, Warren Woodson. . . .
Sports note —Upper Valley
Sportsmen’s Club will meet May
20th, 8 pm. at the McAllen State
Bank building. . . .
There are several reasons for
the decline of these interesting
birds but none has been more
damaging than the loss of breed-
ing habitat. Brush and weed
patches, timberlands and marshy
areas have all but disappeared
to make way for modern agricul-
tural practices.
• • •
Manager John T. Mason, Jr.,
the new superintendent of the
Bentsen-Rio Grande State Park,
will make a talk at the May 20
meeting of the Upper Valley
Sportsmen Club in the McAllen
State Bank. He will describe the
improvements that have been
made there and also the wildlife
in the park. Facilities of all kinds
at the park have been greatly
expanded. This meeting at 8 p.m.
will offer an opportunity for Val-
ley people to meet the new mana-
ger. ^
Jim Reeves, former manager
of the park, has accepted the job
of caretaker of the 4,000-acre
Wheatley Ranch just purchased
near Johnson City by the Texas
Parks and Wildlife Department.
This is a handy arrangement
since Reeves plans to retire near-
by within a few years.
* • *
Here is a minor scoop: Chet
Huntley of television news fame,
is leaving the NBC network to
manage a large Montana hunting,
fishing and conservation ranch.
• * *
Fred B. Woolsey, Brownsville
camera repair man, says that
when he was with the Marines
out west a puma used to come
out of the woods to watch a bull-
dozer clearing brush. He said the
puma would come out at a high
point at about the same time
every day, watch the clearing
operations for a while and then
depart. It got so the clearing
crews began to watch for him. v
ip * *
A. A. Aldrich and Victor Clos-
ner of Edinburg were fishing off
Port Isabel when a redfish took
Aldrich’s hook, vent the pole al-
most double atore away.
The heavy junker and hook
came flying back. The lead struck
Closner in the head and the hook
Bears Win Last
Game of Season
The PSJA Bears closed out the
1969 baseball season like cham-
pions, shellacking the San Benito
'Hounds by the score of 12-0 in an
abbreviated 4-inning contest.
When one team is ahead by
more than 10 runs after 4 in-
nings, the game may be called at
that point.
Tommy Moseley pitched the
best game of the season giving up
only one scratch hit to left field.
He struck out three and walked
two.
Meanwhile, the Bears were
pounding out 10 hits. The
'Hounds made six errors, which
contributed to some of the PSJA
scores.
Bears getting hits were Deaton
two, one a triple; Ramon Bazan
two, one a double; Zamarippa one
double; Mario Garza, Elias Bazan
and Alvarado, one each, and Fred
Villarreal, two.
PSJA ended the season with a
6-8 record, winning one from San
Benito, Kingsville, Brownsville,
Edinburg, and two from Harlin-
gen.
The score by innings:
R H E
PSJA ...... 12 10 2
San Benito ............0 1 6
Winning pitcher: Tommy Mose-
ley.
Eagles Win Plaque
For Member Quota
The Pharr Eagles Aerie No.
3109 has surpassed the state quo-
ta for new members for this cur-
rent year, according to a news
release from Harry Gene Dietz,
state membership director.
For the last year, under the
leadership of Tommy Walker,
president, and E. A. Worster, sec-
retary, a total of 44 new Eagle
members were added.
For exceeding their assigned
quota, the Aerie will be presented
a wall plaque.
Monogrammed stationery is an
ideal gift for a graduate. Come
early while all initials in stock
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hours before they could get him
to a doctor.
This makes a good point for in-
surance and tetanus shots.
Randy Foster Gets
Scholarship To
U. of T., E. P.
Randy Foster, big All District
tackle on the PSJA Bears football
team last year, has signed a four
year athletic scholarship at the
University of Texas at El Paso.
Bob Lee of the El Paso Uni-
versity was here last week to
sign the fine prospect.
Foster is 6 foot 3, weighs 190
pounds and played offensive
tackle and offensive tight end
and lettered for two years. He
also was an above average bas-
ketball player and lettered in this
sport for two years and was an
All District second team selec-
tion.
Coach Lee said they would
play him as a tight end.
Head Coach Charlie Williams
said Randy was outstanding and
his unselfish attitude and team
effort contributed greatly to the
success of the team.
Randy is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lyle Foster of San Juan.
He is the first Bear football
player from the 1969 team to se-
cure a scholarship to a major
college.
Rentsen Park Will Be
Sportsman's Topic
John T. Mason, Jr., Supt. of
Bentsen State Park west of Mis-
sion will be the speaker at the
May meeting of the Upper Val-
ley Sportsmen’s Club, which will
be May 20th (Wednesday), at 8
p.m., in the McAllen State Bank.
Entrance is on the north side.
Recent new construction at the
park will be described by the
Supt. and the wildlife to be found
there.
The public is cordially invited.
Time will be at 8 p.m.
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Glover, Lloyd H. The Pharr Press (Pharr, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 14, 1970, newspaper, May 14, 1970; Pharr, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth715095/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Pharr Memorial Library.