The Pharr Press (Pharr, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 14, 1974 Page: 4 of 6
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THE PHARR PRESS, PHARR (HIDALGO COUNTY), TEXAS
THURSDAY MARCH 14, 1974
-• M Hjr4AM YAQgaUHt
200 Youth Involved In Service
Projects of Hidalgo Red Cross
Metropolitan National Names Officers
Red Cross good neighbors come
m all ages and sizes, as witnessed
>y the millions of young Americans
who demonstrate each year that
volunteer service is not limited to
adults, said Mrs. George McCul-
lough, chairman of the Hidalgo
County Red Cross Chapter.
Last year, she noted, 6,153,205
students throughout the nation were
involved hr Red Cross Youth Serv-
ice programs in 37,789 elementary
and secondary schools, and young
people served as volunteers in a
wide-range of Red Cross chapter
activities in local communities.
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HANK’S GARAGE
T30 EAST PARK — PHARR
PHONE 787-1143
HANK WOOD — JACK WOOO
Owners - Operators
Cullough explained, there were over
Here in Hidalgo County, Mrs. Me-
200 of young Red Cross volunteers
involved in service projects in their
schools as well as in a variety of
community activities through the
Hidalgo County Red Cross Chapter,
including adopting grandparents in
local nursing homes, raising funds
for the chapter, teaching groovoy
groming for teenagers.
While Red Cross youth activities
varied nation-wide — depending on
the needs of local communities —
typical projects included engaging
in group projects to help physically
handicapped children and the men-
tally retarded on playgrounds, Mrs.
McCullough said.
Other Red Cross youth activities,
she continued, included visits to
nursing homes to cheer elderly pa-
tients.
Last year, she commented, Amer-
ican Red Cross Health and Safety
Service Awards were made for the
first time to schools, educators, and
students for excellence in health
and safety programs that extended
beyond the classroom, and for out-
standing leadership in those pro-
grams.
Mrs. McCullough pointed out that
young volunteers could be found on
the scene of many of last year’s
record disasters — floods, hurri-
canes, tornadoes, fires and other
mishaps — setting up shelters, help-
ing prepare food for disaster vic-
tims, searching for missing per-
sons, cleaning up debris, and assist-
ing adult relief workers with a va-
riety of ether important emergency
GOVERNOR DOLPH BRISCOE AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE TEXAS NATIONAL GUARD
promotes three Guardsmen to Brigadier Generals. Left to right—Col. Delmer Nichols, current-
ly Assistant Division Commander, 49th Armored Division; Col. George Harper, currently De-
puty Commander, Base Units Command; Col, B. J. Flores, presently Assistant Adjutant General
for Air, and Governor Briscoe.
School Collects
83.23% of Taxes
Tax collections of the P S J A
School District for the 1973 taxes
had totaled $1,217,000, or 83.23 per
cent of the roll, as of January 31st,
according to the monthly report
from the tax office. This is nearly
identical to the rate of collection a
year ago, which was 83.28 per cent.
NEVER DRINKS WATER
A fresh water fish never drinks
water because water continually
seeps through its gill membrane.
The ocean fish drinks sea water,
its gills desalting it and making it
drinkable.
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LIBRARY NOTES
FROM
PHARR MEMORIAL
LIBRARY
By
DAVID LIU
LIBRARIAN
We wish to thank Chief R. G.
Reyna for having provided a list of
selected titles on law enforcement
some of which are being ordered for
the library. Other organizations and
individuals are also welcome to of-
fer suggested titles for purchase.
Although we cannot guarantee that
all the recommended titles will be
purchased, but suggestions on books
and other matters will always re-
ceive serious consideration.
m W m
During the month of February
Club Directory
seventy-two new library cards were
issued and 2,802 books and other li-
brary material were circulated at
the Pharr Memorial Library.
* * *
It’s indeed delectable to note that
more enthusiastic children were
brought in by parents for the story
hour. These little smiling faces did
give us much encouragement to re-
double our own efforts. More than
40 pieces of audio-visual software
(e.g. cassettes, filmstrips) are be-
ing ordered to add more sound and
sight to this program.
m m *
Just a reminder: A FREE book-
lending service by mail has been
available to all box-holders on rural
mail routes throughout the Hidalgo
County. Catalogs listing 954 books
in English and Spanish have been
mailed to 8,574 boxholders. Now
every rural family can borrow
books, which are to be shipped to
them and returned by them — all
by mail.
Please note that requests for
these books are to be made DI-
RECTLY to Edinburg, Mission, and
Weslaco Public Libraries.
Audubon Film
Will Be Shown
Sat., March 16
The next film showing of the Val-
ley Audubon Society series will be
the “Twentieth Century Wilder-
ness’’ on Saturday, March 16th, at
the McAllen Civic Center, starting
at 8 p.m. with Thomas A. Sterling
the narrator of the outdor film.
The film includes the rare Greater
Sandhill Crane, the black footed
ferret, and many scenes in the land
of Yellowstone and the Rocky Moun-
tain wilderness with close-ups of the
grizzly, mountain lion, prairie chick-
en, limpkin, golden eagle, moose,
elk, caribou, bighorn sheep and
many others. The film’s climax is
a return to the Greater Sandhill
Crane and its wilderness retreat at
a high mountain ranch in Oregon.
Tickets may be purchased at the
door the night of the showing.
DR. J. S. OCHOA
Dr. J. I. Ochoa has been elected
Chairman of the Board of the Me-
tropolitan National Bank, McAllen.
Dr. Ochoa is one of the organizers
of the bank and practices dentistry
in Edinburg.
Arturo Valdez was elected assist-
ant cashier. Mr. Valdez is the son
of Maria Lilly Valdez. He is pres-
ently attending Pan American Uni-
versity, is a graduate of Donna
High School and attended McAllen
Business College.
ARTURO VALDEZ
The other officers elected are
Jose Noe Gonzalez, Vice Chairman
of the Board; Leonel Garza, Jr.,
President; Manuel Cavazos, Jr.,
Secretary of the Board; James W.
French, Vice President and Cash-
ier; Tony Tijerina, Assistant Vice
President; Janie R. Garza, Assist-
ant Cashier.
Other directors re-elected were
Grady E. Bennett, Raul L. Lon-
goria, Dr. Franqisco I. Pena, Ar-
naldo Ramirez and Ciro Trevino.
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WORLD-WIDE TRAVEL
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Picture Windows # Mirrors
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Phone 682-4802
BETWEEN JACKSON & McCOLL ON HWY. 495
RAY TIMMER, Owner-Manager
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VAtliVtOYS RANCH
HARLINGEN
SPONSORED BY LIONS. UNITED FUNDS, Mi INDIVIDUAL SIFTS.
OPEN TO ALL
PHARR JAYCEES
Meet Every Wednesday at
Pharr Civic Center
at 8 P.M.
Roy Navarro, President
Oscar Hernandez, Secretary
All Young Men Welcome
K1WANIS CLUB
Meets every Thursday 12:09 P.M.
at Kiwanis Hall
ARTHUR HALE
President
A. B. FIELDS
Secretary
AMERICAN LEGION
Post No. 101
Meets 1st, 3rd Mon.
Leg. Bldg., 417 S. Cage
LEONARD
WEATHERWAX
Commander
GLENN G. WHITE, Jr.
Adjutant
NO. 3109
FRATERNAL
CITRUS AERIE
ORDER
OF
EAGLES
Meets every
8:00 P. M. — 208 S.
George W. Lindeman, President
Hershel H. Hanshaw, Secretary
VETERANS OF
WORLD WAR I
McAllen Barracks
No. 1258
Meets Monthly, 2nd Sunday
2 P.M., VFW Post
127 E. Hiway, McAllen, Texas
All WWI Veterans Welcome
PHARR ROTARY CLUB
Meets every Tuesday, 12:05
P. M., Texan Hotel
GLEN ROBIE
President
PAUL RODRIGUEZ
Secretary
MASONIC LODGE
No. 1227 A.M.&.A.M.
Meets Every First and Third
Tuesday. 8:00 P.M., at Lodge Hall
Charles Napps, W. M.
W. C. Womack, S. W.
Van W. Wheat, J. W.
A. B. Fields, Sec.
Visiting brethren are cordially
invited.
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Glover, Lloyd H. The Pharr Press (Pharr, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 14, 1974, newspaper, March 14, 1974; Pharr, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth848478/m1/4/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Pharr Memorial Library.