The Pharr Press (Pharr, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 9, 1981 Page: 4 of 10
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Page 4, The Phar r Press,July 9 ,1981
As I see it
Pharr Parks and recreation Dept. keeping city active
Still another Pharr
citizen spoke to the
PRESS this past week
concerning the small bit of
informatin about the city.
Mrs. Josephine Langely
called the PRESS to ask
the year that the National
Theatre in Pharr was
active. The Photo of the
National Theatre, which
was from the files of Lloyd
Glover, was owned ad
operated by W. E. Cage
of Pharr in 1909.
In our discussion about
the theatre, Mrs. Langley
told the PRESS that she
recalls a large park and
pavillion in the same-
general area that the
National Theatre stood.
This was about the year
1914. She said that in
this park, many people of
the city enjoyed walking
among the wild rose
bushes that used to grow.
This was even the center
area in the city for
entertainment, because
when carnivals or musical
groups came to the city to
perform, they would arrive
at the park for the public
to come and enjoy them.
“It was quite a place,”
said Langley.
Langley also
Chris E. Flores
Editor
remembers when Hwy 83,
and Hwy, 281 were not
paved but instead were
dirt streets. “I remember
walking to McAllen with a
friend of mine, there used
to be big rocks all
throughout the road,” she
says.
Langley has lived in the
city of Pharr for 62 years.
Another note which
needs to be taken is the
great way the Pharr Parks
Funeral Services for
Mrs. Martha Lauretta
Newcombe, 78 who died
June 26 in Twinbrooke
South Nursing Home in
McAllen, were conducted
Saturday June 27 in the
First Baptist Church of
San Juan by interim
pastor Rev. Don Talbet.
Burial was at the Valley
Memorial Gardens, with
graveside services under
auspices of the San Juan
Order of the Eastern Star.
Mrs. Newcombe,
formerly of San Juan and
the mother of Pharr Mayor
Quentin Newcombe Jr.,
had resided in Twinbrooke
Nursing Home for the past
five years.
She moved to the
Valley in 1948 from
Wichita, Kansas, and was
a member of the First
Baptist Church. She had
been a Sunday School
teacher for 50 years, 25 in
Kansas, and 25 in San
Juan.
Mrs. Newcombe was a
past matron of the San
Juan Order of the Eastern
Star. She was preceded
in death by her husban
Quentin Newcombe Sr., in
1957.
Survivors in addition to
her son include two
daughters, Mrs. Carl V.
(Marynelle) Gatti of
Corpus Christi, and Mrs.
Charles R. (Martha Lou)
Atkinson of Abilene,
Kansas; two sisters, Mrs.
Anna Gaede of Newton,
Kansas, and Mrs. Carrie
Galkins of Cincinnati,
Ohio; one brother, Richard
Reiss of Newton Kansas;
and seven grand children.
Pallbearers were past
patrons of the Order of the
Eastern Star, Don Clark,
Jim Brown, John
Thompkins, Jack
Trammell, Dr. Louis
Knight, and Arnold
Doedyns.
Juan R. Rojas
Funeral Services were
held Saturday, July 4 at
ST. Margaret’s Catholic
Church in Pharr for Juan
R. Rojas Jr. who died July
1 at the McAllen Methodist
Hospital of an apparent
heart attack.
Burial services followed
at the Palm Valley
Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Rojas was a veteran
of World War II, and
military services were
conducted by the
American Legion Post 101
of Pharr.
Mr. Rojas owned and
operated Rojas and Smith
Cleanrs of San Juan for
Many years. He had lived
in Pharr all his life and
was a lifetime member of
the National Guard.
Survivors include his
wife Josefina Rojas of
Pharr; two daughters,
America M. Salinas of
Gary Indianna; and
Adrianna Garza of
McAllen; a son Jose Mr.
Pena, Jr., of Texas City;
two sisters Elia and
Hortencia Rojs of Pharr; a
brother Ramiro Rojas of
Pharr; eight granchildren,
and several nieces and
nephews.
W.T. (TED) MOSELEY
Funeral Services were
held Friday July 3 for W.T.
(Ted) Moseley, of Pharr in
the Kriedlr Funeral Home
Chapel. Moseley who was
77 died Wednesday, July
1 at the McAllen Methodist
Hospital as a result of
injuries received in a car
accident which happend
on June 26.
The Rev. George
Slayton of the Calvary
Baptist Church of McAllen
officiated the services.
Burial follod at the V^lfey
Memorial Gardens.
Moseley was a native of
Hereford, and lived in the
Valley for 42 years. He
first lived in San Juan, and
later moved to Pharr. He
was the retired ownr of
Moseley Egg & Farm.
He is survived by three
daughters, Mrs. Grover
Risinr of Pharr, Mrs.
William K. Solether of
Weslaco, and Teddie Jean
Moseley of McAllen; one
son, T.C. Moseley of
Donna; Three sister,
Annie Boyd of Denver
Colo, and Oleta Williams
and Doris Hatfield, both of
Flour Bluff; 11
grandchilren, and seven
great granchilren.
Pallbearers for the
services were David
Gruber, Paul Littlefield,
Rodney Robie, Kirk
Garfield, Lance and Barry
Risinger.
and Recreation
Department has added to
their activities for the
youth. This summer
alone, the department has
activities for tennis
players, swimmers, track
and field athletes, and for
volleyball enthusiast. I
don’t recall there ever
being so many things for a
person to do during the
summer with one
organization.
The parks and
department has really
done their part in trying to
keep youths off of the
streets and in trouble.
I’m not sure about the
rest of the readers of
Pharr, but has anyone
else noticed the Pharr
Police lately?
Aside from the fact that
their motor cyle patrol is
back on the street after
months of training officers,
they have also been
strickly enforcing traffic,
safety laws in the city.
The other day as I
drove down Cage Blvd., I
noticed that in different
parts of the long stretch of
there was a total of three
police units who were in
the act of stopping a car,
or already writing out a
citation to the driver of the
car.
If this is the case, that
the Phar Police
Department is beginning
to crack down on the
, number of traffic driving
violators, then the city’s
reputation of being the
most secure city of its size
in the state of Texas
should soon change to the
safest city it’s size in the
state of Texas.
I’d like to say a few
words about the city
commision of Pharr.
Unlike other cities,
whose decision makers
are politically inclined
before they make a
decision, the Pharr
Commissioners lead by
Maor Quentine
Newcombe, Jr. are about
the most honest and
caring people around.
They have given this
writer he view that they
care alot less about their
policitcal positions and
care alot more about the
well being of the city and
of it’s people.
They are not the kind of
people that make a
decision based on the
area that they come from;
or base on their beliefs of
whether or not such a
decision will get them
elected to another term in
the Pharr office; no, they
are the kind of people who
take their job as serious
as it needs to be taken.
The good thing about
this is that it is now that
the city really needs
The Colt League is
comprised of boys in their
sophomore, and junior
levies at the PSJA school
district.
These same boys will
probably play for the
BEAR team during the*
baseball season. Practice
during the summer
months can only be
accomplished by playing
in a league. The Colt
League is the only league
there is.
Support this League
through contributions from
yourself, or from an
organization that you
belong to.
Any amount of help will
be greatly appreciated,
for more information about
the league, contact
Dorothy Bagwell at 787-
1434.
dependable people who ___
and for the people. Now
before the city grows too ^
quickly to stop it, is when J
it needs honesty in it's**
office. Right now the right £
people are in office. ffr
The Colt League in theffr
City of Pharr is in trouble,
financially. Dorothy
Bagwell, a columnist for fe
the PHARR PRESS, andl*
a primary person on the SI
baseball field speaks jT
earnestly when she tell?
tells this writer that the 2
league is in desperate 2
need of funds. *
The reason for this is
because the league is not
taking monies from the
little league funding as
had been done in previous
years.
*
t
Let ter to the editor
every two weeks
TEXAS THEATRE
Dear Editor:
The Villegas family
wishes to express its
gratitude to the Pharr
Press for the story writ-
ten about our late father.
Antonio Villegas,
however, we wish to
make some corrections.
Our father first came to'
the Valley in 1902. as an
apprentice to his uncle.
Don Enrique Trevino of
Brownsville. In 1904 he
came to the San Juan
Plantation. About 1910
he came to Pharr to work
for a lumber yard. (Years
ago he was interviewed
in Spanish and he said
he worked for a banco
which stands for either a
lumber yard or a bank.
The interviewer assumed
it was a bank.) In 1911 he
Pharr Mercan.He which* Qne ^ on|y f
went to work for the1*
was owned by the
Farias in
Pharr.
Phar r contractor receives bid
for hospital parking lot
Cris Equipment
Company of Pharr
submitted the low bid of $
58,539.71 for the
construction of a new
parking area and drive
’0^00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. £
former Cells LongoriaS
— - 1919 here mg. We'|| gjve free T_Shjrts
5 and Caps for the v
* Lucky Ticket Holder 5
NEXT SHOW $
g Saturday $
way with some resurfacing^ vUlfCvOlf ^
for the Knapp Memorial * 4^
Hospital of Weslaco.
Mrs. Leo Palacios Jr.
117 E. Emil
Pharr, TX 78577
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Stay alert and stay clear—
AVOID POWER LINES
Putting up the antenna for your TV
set or for the base station of your
CB radio can be dangerous unless
you take certain precautions.
Plan the project carefully if you in-
stall the antenna yourself. First,
know where all the power lines
are—then stay well away from
them. Any contact between a
power line and you or your antenna
can be serious.
Make sure you locate your antenna
(including the supporting mast and
guy wires) at least one and a half
times its total height from all power
lines. For example, an antenna 30
feet high should be 45 feet away
from power lines in all directions.
Don’t use a ladder near power
lines—during an antenna installa-
tion or while performing any other
task. The danger from using a
metal ladder is obvious. But a
wooden ladder can conduct elec-
tricity, too, if it’s damp or if it has
dirt or paint on it.
Electricity brings a more comfor-
- table life to all of us, but it must be
treated cautiously. Stay alert—and
stay clear of power lines!
CENTRAL POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
A Member of the Central and South West System
Public Notice Aviso Publico
Southwestern Bell, in accordance with
the rules of the Public Utility Commission of
Texas, hereby gives notice of the com-
pany’s intent to implement a new schedule
of telephone rates in Texas effective July 21,
1981, unless otherwise determined by the
Commission.
It is expected that the requested rate
schedule will furnish a 15.8 percent
increase in the company’s intrastate
revenues.
A complete copy of the new rate sched-
ule is on file with the Public Utility Commis-
sion at Austin, Texas, and with each
affected municipality served by Southwest-
ern Bell, and is available for inspection in
each of the company's public business
offices in Texas.
Notice to Customers of
Other Telephone Companies
The filing includes, but is not limited
to, proposals to increase rates for in-
terexchange private line and foreign
exchange (FX) service. Changes in
such rates would also affect customers
of other telephone companies be-
cause such companies provide in-
terexchange private line and foreign
exchange service in accordance
with rates specified in Southwestern
Bell’s tariffs.
Southwestern Bell, en conformidad a las
reglas del Public Utility Commission (Comi-
sion de Servicios Publicos) de Texas, por la
presente hace saber su intencion de estab-
lecer un nuevo arancel para servicio de
telefono en Texas con vigencia a partir del
21 de Julio de 1981, a menos que la Comi-
sion haga otra determination.
Se espera que el nuevo arancel que se
ha solicitado rendira un aumento de 15.8
por ciento en los ingresos intraestatales de
la companfa.
Una copia completa del nuevo arancel se
ha archivado en lasoficinas del Public Utility
Commission en Austin, Texas, al igual que
en cada municipalidad afectada y servida
por Southwestern Bell, y cada una de las
oficinas de la companfa para negocios con
el publico en Texas tiene una copia para
lectura publica.
Aviso a los Cl rentes de
Otras Companies de Telefono
El registro incluye, pero no se limita
a, propuestas para aumentar las tari-
fas para servicio de Ifnea privada entre
centrales telefonicas (interexchange
private line) y servicio de central tele-
fbnica extranjera (foreign exchange
FX). Cambios en dichas tarifas de
servicio tambien afectarfan a clien-
tes de otras companfas de telefono
porque dichas companfas proveen
los servicios ya mencionados en
conformidad a tarifas especificadas
por Southwestern Bell.
(S) Southwestern Bell
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Flores, Chris E. The Pharr Press (Pharr, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 9, 1981, newspaper, July 9, 1981; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth867049/m1/4/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Pharr Memorial Library.