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THE PHARR PRESS, PHARR (HIDALGO COUNTY), TEXAS
THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1978
THE PHARR PRESS
Established February 20, 1933
Second Class Postage Paid at
Pharr. Texas 78577
Lloyd H. Glover, Editor-Publisher
Office: 203 So. Cage, Pharr Texas
Phone 787-2291
Published each Thursday morning
at Pharr,' Hidalgo County, in the
Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas.
Subscription Rates:
$4.00 Per Year In County - $4:50
per year outside of Co.
10-20 — 30 — 50
YEARS AGO
From the Files of
The Pharr Press
and
Rio Grande Valley Sun
10 Years Ago—January 25, 1968
Mr. and Mrs. June T. Martin,
long time Pharr residents, have
moved to George West, her former
home, where they will live in 're-
tirement. Mr. Martin has been
employed at .the Highway Dept,
for 35 years and she was employed
At the PSJA tax office for 15
years.
* * *
A three car wreck at 281 and 83
intersection put seven in the hospi-
tal and did property damage of
$1,500 to the vehicles.
* * *
Thomas H. (Tommy) Flowers,
died January 20th in San Antonio
after suffering a heart attack. He'
was 47. Pallbearers were Bill Wal-
ters,' Granville Smith, Mutt
Wicker, Ralph Hinkle and Dee
Hobbs, all of Pharr, and Mike
Randall, San Antonio.
* * »
Mike Gaechter, safety m a n on
the Dallas Cowboys, football team,
will be speaker 'at the PSJA Q.
B. Club banquet at the eH. S. cafe-
teria, This is the annual banquet
honoring all the varsity football
players and the entire coaching
staff.
* * »
Ij’our PSJA Bear football players
made the All Valley Scholastic
team. They were Jimmy Brown,
Jack Fraim, David Patton and
Bobby Parks.
* * *
Three Pharr students drew winn-
ing design projects for an engine-
ering graphics course at Texas A
&M. Theye are Arieel H. Guerra,
Gonzalo Sandoval and Abel' Losoya.
* * *
Robert A. Kargen is the new' re-
fuge manager at Santa Ana south
and east of Pharr, succeeding Mr.
Fleetwood, who has gone to a new
refuge near Brazoria.
9 9 •
Sylvia Rios has been selcted as
the basketball sweetheart at PSJA
for the 1967-68 year. Rogelio Mata,
team captain, crowned the new
queen at the annual cheerleaders
dance.
Seaman 3/C Jerry Lee Willett,
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Willett,
has received discharge from the
Navy after four years of service.
His last year was on a boat patrol
in Viet Nam.
9 9 9
20 Years Ago—January 31, 1958
The Fraternal Order of Eagles
3109 will celebrate their first
appiversary in their new building
on South Cage this week end with
a barbecue dinner with the state
president, Walter P. Schulze of San
Antonio as the guest and speaker.
• . • *
Fred Duncan McGehee.Jr.. will
be ordained full gospel_ minster
in the First Baptist Church in a
special service Feb. 2nd, 2:30 p.m.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
McGehee, Sr., and is a graduate
of PSJA High School, Baylor Uni-
virsity and Southwestern Seminary.
* * •
The PSJA and McAllen School
Districts reached a five point com-
promise agreement on the transfer
of 615 acres on the west side of
the district to the McAllen Dis-
trict. The. agreement related to
students, collection of taxes, share
of bonded debt, and payment on
bonded debt for proportionate
share.
9 9 v *
A new Boy Scout troop and Cub
Pack has been organized with the
Napper School P-TA the sponsor.
Scout master is Heron Ramirez
with Gilbert Cavazos and R o e 1
Trigo assistants. Cubmaster is
Augusto Guerra with Adoni Gutier-
rez ass’t.
• * *
The West Hidaglo Co. Zonta Club
has made plans for its annual
Homes With A Heart Pilgrimage
in Feb. Mrs.^L. B: Phillips is the
president of the Club.
* * 5!
Miss Joy Sims, a sophomore at
Texas women’s University, Denton,
received her m u r s e s cap at a
special ceremony at the Park
Cities Baptist Church in Dallas.
She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
L. R. Sims, Who were present for
the ceremony.
• • 9 '
Jack Smith, who has been
stationed in Frankfort, Germany,
with the U. S. Air Firce for 18
months, is home for a visit with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jumbo
Smith.
• * •
Hatter Drug, owned and operated
for the construction of P. S. Dev-
ine’s new home, which is to be a
two story colonial home on West
Caffery on 'Lots 14, 16. F, E.
Wing & Sons of Pharr were award-
ed the contract to build the home.
* ♦ *
The story has circulated again
that A. Y. Baker will not be a
Candidate for sheriff again. A
campaign without him at the helm-
Aawf would be very much like a derby
race without horses.—From Edi-
tor’s Column “Main Street”.
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THE PHARR JAYCEES ARE SPONSORING a chicken barbecue
this Sunday, January 29th, at the corner of South Cage and
Highway 83 (old Valley Mart store). Plates available from
11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jaycees shown above advertising the
event are, 1. to r.( Arnoldo Willingham, Roy Navarro and
Ruben Tijerina.
DEEP IN THE
HEART OF
There are 80 member-
owned rural electric distri-
bution cooperatives in Tex-
as. Their contribution to the
progress and development
of rural Texas are limitless.
Delivering dependable
power to nearly three mil-
lion Texans, they also
provide electricity for com-
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users for agriculture and
for rural recreation.
Efficient service at a value
price has earned these
electric utilities a warm
spot deep in the heart of
Texans.
MAGIC VALLEY ELECTRIC
COOPERATIVE
SERVING THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY
FROM MERCEDES, TEXAS
by Bill Hatter, opened for business
at 131 East Park last week.
* * G
30 Years Ago — January 23, 1948
A. L. Price, Pharr member of the
PSJA school district board of
trustees for over five years, re-
signed last week because he could
not devote the time to the work.
His resignation was accpted with
regrets by Leland McCullough, pre-
sident of the board. Price was ap-
pointed to the board in 1942 to re-
place H. :L. Murphey, who resigned
when he entered the service..
* 9 *
Seventeen Kiwanians 1 e ft Jan-
uary 22nd for Brownsville to attend
a divisional training school at con-
ference directed by new tL. Gov.
Tom L. Hartley. New members in-
ducted at the last meeting were
Robert Hartness, Baldemar Garza,
Ray A. Nibert, J. H. Witten, Dave
Madsen.
9 9 9
Official opening of the Pharr
Health Center will be January 25,
from 4 to 6 p.m., at the Center,,
corner of South Canna and West
Park. The Pharr Service League
and the Latin-American Ass’n. will
be hosts for the opening.
* *
Funeral services for C onard-
Eugene Self, popular Pharr produce
shipper for 15 years, were January
17, with Rev. Lester Haines, pastor
of thee Pharr Methodist Church of-
ficiating, assisted by Rev. C. E.
Wheat. He was 38. He was co-part-
ner in the firm of Self—Janeik.
* * ■*
The Earl Ilouts, who live two
miles north of Moore Field, had
a lion cornered one day near their
home but the dogs failed to ar-
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rive and he got away. Mrs. Houts
says she was glad to see the deer
season end. Traffic in front of her
house was more than on Pharr’s
Cage St. on a Sunday afternoon.
* * 9
Archie Carlson is the time
checker on the new Baptist Church
sanctuary, now under construction
on East Caffery.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. R. Raymond Mun-
zennaier have purchased the San
Juan Washateria and are now op-
erting the business. He has been
cashier at the Security State Bank
for three years.
• * *
Mr. and Mrs. Shelby Crosby and
Mr. and Mrs. John McCraw were
hosts for a covered dish supper
for members of the Los Amigos
SS class and their families.
® * 9
50 Years Ago—January 24, 1928
From Files of Rio Grande Valley
Sun
Virginia Frasier, 10 year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe
Frazier, died January 23 at the
family home after an illness of
less than a week.
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Glover, Lloyd H. The Pharr Press (Pharr, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 26, 1978, newspaper, January 26, 1978; Pharr, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth866438/m1/2/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Pharr Memorial Library.