The Pharr Press (Pharr, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 18, 1979 Page: 1 of 17
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Pharr Memorial Libr'atfy
130 S. Caffary
Pharr, i’exas
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MEMORISE ETBRAB.il
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Newlywed helped
start Mexican Ford
plant in 1925
0 n the route he rides assembly plant in Mexico,
there is no charge and the Allen, whose great grandfather
service has included the oppor- came from Spain to Mexico and
tunity to meet and marry a whose grandfather died as a
fellow passenger with the Colonel in the Mexican army in
ceremny performed quite pro- 1914, was a natural for the
fessionally by his bus driver. assignment.
Allen was married to Petra The extremely alert newly-
Mier, 79, formerly of San wed who at 88 has the
Antonio, at the Amigos Del appearance of a trim Santa,
V alle nutrition and social
center for the elderly at the
civic center here W ednesday
(0 ctober 10).
Jose Saenz, a former as- StOTy paQO 7
sociate of Allen’s at the R io
G rande V alley Bible Insti-
See Amigo contest
tute in Pharr, and driver of the Claus with his ample white
agency’s bus serving the Pharr beard, recounts that Henry
Center, performed the cere- Ford had in mind to replace
mony. Mexico City’s fleet of worn-out
Allen, who was born on St. R enault Taxicabs with his
Patrick’s Day in 1891 in Mexico shiny black model-Ts.
City, probably knows more He says the assembly of
about old cars than anybody. ' Fords began in February, 1927, -
Re built them. but apparently unbeknownst to
He recalls the year 1918 Ford who traditionally insisted
when he learned through that all his cars be painted
friends that Henry Ford had black, under Allen the first 200
invited 125 Mexican young men units came out a much less
to Detroit to train and prepare somber color: maroon,
for opening a Ford assembly Those first units in Mexico,
plant in Mexico. He wrote to he says, were two-doors sedans
Ford asking to be included in worth about $360 in Detroit,
the group, but was told the but considerably more for
quota had already been filled. Allen’s maroon versions south
However, the crusty auto- of the border,
magnate advised him that since Allen’s career with Ford
there were 34 auto plants in the spanned 37 years. Upon his
Motor City, the young man retirement in 1956 he returned
ought to come to Detroit to Mexico as a missionary
anyway and take his chances, under the aegis of the Detroit
Allen followed Ford’s ad- Bible Institute and was instru-
vice, leaving his job with Sears mental in the building of
& R oebuck in Dallas, and chapels. W ith the death of his
arriving in Detroit to go to wife in 1973 he traveled the
work for the Fordson Tractor world for a time before return-
plant March 29,1919. Allen has ing to Pharr where he had been
no hesitation in supplying exact working with the R io
da^es- G rande Bible Institute for
Later he was transferred to sometime earlier,
the machine and repair shops Allen and his bride are
at a Lincoln plant until 1925 among the 125 to 140 senior
when Mr. Ford told him to citizens participating in Ami-
“leave for Mexico City right gos Del V alle programs
away-’ - exclusively for the elderly at
The occasion was the set- the Pharr center managed by
ting up of the first Ford O ralia Saldana.
City supports suspension
ofCP&L rate increases
Innovative housing plan discussed
The Pharr city commission business clients,
told Central Power and Light Based upon the CP&L
representative Larry Huesser report the total added revenue
it will support area cities in to CP&L from Pharr would be
YOUTH AND AGE ARE AS INSEPARABLE
as life and death. This man cares for a young
chfld In front of the Pharr Post Office. [PRESS
photo]
suspending electricity rate
increases for the 120 days
allowed by law.
The city will consider a
resolution at a special called
meeting on October 30 to
suspend the proposed rate
increases until Valley cities
have had time to study the
proposed increases.
Under the proposed plan as
presented to the city by Pharr
CP&l manager Huesser, re-
sidential rates for Pharr would
increase by approximately 12.8
percent.
This would affect 4,323
CP&L customers in Pharr. The
added revenue would be
$185,511.
Huesser said commercial
lighting and power increases in
Pharr would amount to about
$430,000 in added revenues, or
28 percent increase in
study which revealed the need
to plan as far as 12 years in
advance to cope with electrical
usage increases.
see city page 10
$691,147.
Huesser reported that
CP&L had ended an extensive
—- SUMARIQ -
Los comisionados de la ciudad de Pharr se pusieron de
acueredo con ciudades hermanas en suspender el aumento
del costo de electricidad por los 120 dias permitidos abajo de
La ciudad considerara una resolucion para la suspension
de 120 dias en su reunion de 30 de Octubre.
El plan propuesto por Central Power and Light,
presentado a la comision por el director de CP&L en Pharr,
El Senor Larry Huesser, aumentaria el costo de
electricidad por 12.8 porciento para la residencia. En Pharr,
El Senor Huesser dijo que hay 4,323 cuentos de reside ncia y
el aumento incrementara las ganancias de CP&L $185,511.
EL Senor Huesser explico que el aumento de los cuento
de comercio de luz alcanzaria hasta 28 porciento, el cual
proporcionaria $430,000 mas de ganancias a CP?L. Las
ganancias incluyendo todo los cuentos serian un aumento de
$691,147 en Pharr.
El Senor Huesser dijo que segun un estudio de CP&L las
plantas de carbon y las plantas nucleares son los altenativos
de producir mas electricidad en el futuro. El costo de
electrical rates to Pharr V60 City pagina 10
THE
I'HAIN?
46th Year No. 42
Pharr, Texas 78577
787-2291
10 * Per Copy
*5 Per Year
October 18, 1979
Trustee Sotelo continues questioning
Board to study taxes at next meeting
Miss Pharr Pageant
needs sponsers
Mrs. Linda Walters, Chairperson for the
Phar Chamber of Commerce Miss Pharr
Beauty Pageant, announced the Pageant will
be held 8 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 15 at the PSJA
High School Auditorium.
Eighteen entrees were received by the
October 15 deadline.
The reigning queen, Miss Lydia Moran will
relingquish her crown to the new queen. The
new queen will receive a plaque and crown.
She will also have the opportunity to represent
Pharr at various events and parades
throughout the coming year.
Mrs. Walters said that more sponsers for the
pageant are needed. Sponsers will be accepted
through Oct.22.
Call the Pharr Chamber of Commerce before
the sponser deadline and help support the
Queen who will represent Pharr, Mrs. Waiters
urg@d.
The Miss Pharr Beauty Pageant Committee
includes: Linda Walters, chairperson, Bernice
Jeffreys, Gloria Graham, Shirley Davis, Linda
Saldana, Jennie Morehead, Bridget Sandoval,
Zonia Willingham and Fern Griffin.
Trustee Jorge Sotelo con-
tinued his questioning of PSJA
School District’s delinquent
tax collection record^ during
the Board’s review ol Sept-)
ember’s tax report. /
director OanieT Boone
much money had been paid to
the district through delinquent
tax judgements the previous
year.
Boone, explaining the tax
report prepared by Delinquent
tax attorney Oscar Palacios,
said he didnt have that
information at hand.
Sotelo then asked the
amount of taxes collected and
the percentage of taxes not
paid for the 1978-79 tax
collection year. Boone said that
approximately $2,290,000 in
taxes were paid for about an 88
percent collection ratio.
The ending report for the
taxes uncollected.
Boone replied that although
the tjj^e weren’t I
listei
,t#n the number
^ office n
file
Boone said it was down from ^
ree related.*-*—
6
TITrifs from the GarzaPena
Sol area for the second
isecutive meeting that the
The Board informed the
T^eOetaviano Gonzalez ^^"^0'
old Sotelo that he was asking ^ ^ar2a.Pena area. The
the same qnes 10ns Board had reached the decision
^re ° at a special meeting Sat.
been asking the
board meetings about taxes. Qctober 13
At the last regular meeting we rpb busing will include
heard a report from Trustee **?e , g,, ,.,U®
, ‘ ~ , Kindergarten through third
Moya (Enrique) Gonplez for Subdivisions #1 and
reminded sotelo. \ #2 and Junioi..s Drive.In
“You can make a motion to Subdivision.
direct the tax attorney to file Severa, of the ts
on every delinquent case if you attcndi the meeti said
want Mr Sotelo, Trustee they thankfu, £ the
Hector aacios mjec * decision but asked why the
luc —- Board Presiden a , , ' fourth through sixth grades
1978-79 tax year showed ,rez suggested the Board place were„.t included in the busing.
<1*000 fV7£ in fovoc nnt Train fho dicpiicomn OT lMG Q0- ~
tax report lists over $730,000 agenda for the meeting of - --
in taxes yet unpaid to the October the 29.
district. Sotel° re9uested that, the about \,ome 0f their children
Sotelo asked why there had tax attorney Oscar Palacios ^ some J? “ejr
been no delinquent tax suits attend the meeting. children are on the bus
filed in 1978 and 1979 The Board received a group chlklren on the bus-
considering the large sum of
in a lesser degree.” She said
some parents will still worry
i SuMjGus Guerra explained
of ieraribd directed the
buying. If the buses arenra^
capacity, the Board can decide
to include the fourth through
sixth at a later date, Guerra
explained.
There was discussion among
the trustees concerning a
switch in district employee’s
health insurance policies.
The old payment structure
was classified as “three-rate
structure”. The new rate
structure was termed a
“two-rate structure.”
The Board was told that if
the switch to a two-rate
system was made, employees
would save approximately
$12,690 per year.
Trustee Gopzalez said he
couldn’t accept it because
although certain employees
would benefit, others would
have about a $2.00 per month
increase.
“We owe them an opportun-
ity to approve the increase,”
Gonzalez said.
SUMARIO
junior drive'Tnn. Se dara prit
kindergarten hasta tercer grado.
La mesa tambien paso una resolucion nominando al senor
Ignacio Pecina a la mesa de directores del condado Hidalgo
que estaran observando y evaluando las propiedades del
condado.
Bajo negocios nuevos fueron aprobados varias
modificaciones al presupuesto. El programs de verano
recibio 1,500 dolares. \
Se dijo que se necesitaban ltices para el cruce de
estudiantes dentro de la ciudad y que habia que entablar
comunicacion con el senor Reyes Vela) \
El senor Sotelo pregunto cuanto mas costaria el tener
tres rutas mas de autobuses. El senor Alvarado contesto
que se calculaban de unos 3,500 a 4,000 dolares por ano.
El fidecomisario Sotelo continuo interrogando los records
de los impuestos no pagados durante el reporte de los
impuestos que se dio en septiembre. Sotelo pregunto al
director de negocios de PSJA senor Daniel Boone cuanto
dinero se habia cobrado en las demandas por no pagar
impuestos el ano pasado. Boone, dijo que el reporte
preparado por el abogado de impuestos Oscar Palacios no
tenia esa informacion. Sotelo pregunto la cantidad de
dinero que se colecto y el porcentaje de los impuestos no
pagados para los anos 78 - 79. Boone declaro que se
colectaron 2,290,000 de impuestos con un 88 por eiento
pagado. Al final del reporte se dio la cantidad de 322,675 de
impuestos no pagados. Desde 1975 la cantidad de impuestos
see taxes page 6 Vea taxes pagina 6
PSJA school nurses said
to be best in Valley
by Jack King
As I interviewed Mrs.
Betty Carroll in her office at
Austin Jr. High she didn’t stop
working.
Students kept coming in for
immunizations, medications
and attention to other prob-
lems. She tended to their
needs as she answered my
questions.
Mrs. Carroll is now in her
25th year as Supervisor of
Nurses for the PSJA schools.
She supervises 6 nurses, 1
LV N and 6 aides which are
stationed throughout the
school district and are respon-
sible for finding children with
physical defects.
They test vision and hear-
ing, check heart sounds, ex-
amine ears for punctured
eardrums, perform skin tests
for TB, conduct orthopedic
checks for scoliosis, test blood
samples for hemoglobin and
take urine samples for analysis.
In no other school system
do school nurses take on so
much responsiblity. I inter-
viewed other nurses and aides
from other school districts and
found that while most school
districts keep records of stu-
dent immunizations and exert
pressure on students to keep
their shots and vaccinations up
to date, the PSJA school
nurses actually perform the
immunizations.
SUMARIO
Nurses from most other
school districts feel that im-
munizations should be the
parents responsibility and also
voice fears about liability
for possible adverse reactions
to injections they might give.
see nurses page 7
Mientras la senora Betty Carroll era entrevistada en su
oficina esta no cesaba de trabajar.
Los estudiantes vienen para ser vacunados,
medicamentos y para recibir otras atenciones. Ella los
atendio mientras contestaba las preguntas.
La senora Carroll tiene 25 anos de trabajar como
supervisora de las enfermeras en las escuelas de PSJA.
Ella supervisa seis enfermeras, una LVN y seis ayundantes
que estan en el distrito y que son responsables de encontrar
ninos con defectos fisicos. Revisan la vista, el oiao, el
corazon, la piel, la sangre, la orina y otras cosas que puedan
causar un male star fisico.
En ninguna otra escuela las enfermeras hacen tanto como
las de aqui. Ellas mismas son las que dan las vacunas, en
otros distritos no lo hacen. Cuando descubren que los ninos
tienen algun mal, ellas mismas hacen una cita con el doctor,
en otros distritos solo notifican a los padres, a la vez les dan
transportacion para que vayan a la cita y en algunos casos
hasta consiguen el dinero para pagar la consulta, si la familia
no cuenta con los fondos necesarios. En algunas ocasiones la
senora Carroll va y solicita ayuda a los clubs o va y habia
directamente con el doctor.
vea nurses pagina 7
Offbeat: eneigy
A man was overhead elling
a friend about why h was
following energy conseration
plans. He said the fuebump
was out in his car, themmp
was out in his air conditmer,
he didn’t have any hair tase a
dryer on, and that as s<n as
he fixed his car am air
conditioner he would tave
enough money to go anyvere
for a long time. “It real) not
that hard to conserve eirgy
afterall”, the man said.
Weather: State
Date
Sept 10
Sept. 11
Sept. 12
Sept. 16
Sept. 17
High
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THIS WEFK
Comings & Goings
Some downtown merchants
are having a Sidewalk Sale this
Saturday. Come on downtown
and check out the low prices.
See this issue of the PHARR
PRESS for a list of
participating merchants.
Emergency Medical Tecn-
nician training course will be
held at Weslaco Fire Dept, on
500 S. Kansas beginning Oct.
22. The course will be from 7-9
p.m. each Monday, Wednes-
day and Thursday for eight
weeks. There is no charge.
For area residents 60 or older
who are not now involved in
Amigos Del Valle hot noon
meal and social programs, may
make arrangements for tran-
sportation to the nearest
center by calling 383-0611.
The Winter Wonderland
Miss Pageant will be held
Sunday, Nov. 4 at 9 a.m. at the
Raymondville High Auditor-
ium. Rehearsal will be Sunday,
Oct. 21 from 2 to 4 p.m.
The American Legion Post
#37 is having an Oktoberfest at
the McAllen Civic Center
Saturday, Oct. 27 from 8 p.m.
to 1 a.m. Advance tickets are
sold in tables of ten and can be
purchased at Gallagher’s Tra-
vel Agency on North 10th.
The Pharr Memorial Library
will feature a movie matinee
on Sunday Oct. 21 at 1:30. It is
a Peanuts gang animated
movie. The color film will last
about 70 minutes.
St. John’s Parish, San Juan,
will sponser a Country Roland
Band dance November 3
(Saturday) at the McAllen
Civic Center from 9 to 1 a.m.
Donations are $5.00 per person
presale and $6.00 at the door.
United Methodist Woman
Annual Conference will be
held October 19-21,
Mountain Wesley camp,
Kerrville, Texas. The Theme
for 1979 is CONFESSION,
GRACE, HUMANITY.
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Nelson, Charles. The Pharr Press (Pharr, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 18, 1979, newspaper, October 18, 1979; Pharr, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth867253/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Pharr Memorial Library.