Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-05-01
IN OUR
VALLEY

ene slate-say from Corpus
christi north-there is a general
neilef that there is more cJfnmunity CO.
operation, less pulling apart, in the
Lower Rio Grande Valley than in any
part of the state.
Ihis belief became even more wide
spread following that visit few weeks
ago OF the entire state legislature and
all the pages to the Valley. coming
mere to decide whether the state would
help Cameron county in its flood CON
trol efforts.
But down here-just among our
seiVes-we have "a feeling, sometimes.
that there is not quite as much of this
prii-together spirit as there should be.
Along this line, The Herald has an
interesting communication from George
A. Toolan. secretary of the Harlinpen
chamber of Commerce. reading as fol
lows:
ne time is appropriate, it seems to
the writer, now that the Valley ha.
passed the pioneer and experimental
stage and has entered period of in
tensIve development, that spirit not
so much in evidence now as once pre-
vailed but still apparent here and there
of petty larceny town or community
jealousy be relegated to the ranks of
past history and obliterated from the
minds of every person in the Valley.
regardless of whether they reside at
Mission or Brownsville or points be-
tween.
contend that it should be valley
proposition. not just this town or that.
The interests of every community in the
Valley are identical with every other
one. the length and breadth Of the
Valley; what is good for one town is
certainly good for the others and SEN
timent should be directed to that end.
Individual town spirit is good, OF
course, and hope it will continue, but
not at the expense of other towns. Ro-
tary and Kiwanis clubs in the Valley
have done much to correct what, in the
past, has been rather sharp criticism
Of neighboring towns. The members OF
those organizations have come to real
ize there is much good in every town
ard likewise in the citizen ship of those
towns and that it is poor policy to at
tempt to build up their home town at
section like the Valley the towns OF
which are SO closely allied, both in
distanct and interests.
"TOwn criticism, to a stranger, con-
fuses him and if he has it forced on
him by different towns he naturally
gets the impression there must be some
thing wrong with all of them. See the
point?
Delegates from Valley towns. when
out of the Valley, always present
solid Valley front, so why cannot it be
done st home? | see no reason why
not, and by all means a united Valley
in all things should be the slogan and
prt behind US forever the small town
self centered idea that our town is the
only town worth while in the Valley"
Two hundred Rotarians from the
eight Rotary clubs of the Valley gath
cred at Weslaco last night to witness
the presentation of charter to the
newly organized Weslaco Rotary club,
4he Youngest town in the world to have
Rotary club.
1t was typical Valley representa-
tion. with men from every town hav
ing Rotary club in attendance.
Weslaco is the ninth Rotary club in
tne Valley and the 1973rd in the
world
\. District Governor Harry Rogers of
c&p Antonio was present. so was the
now inee to succeed him. Sid Hardin OF
The denomination of Mr.. Hardin to be
,,oyernort of this the forty-seventh dis
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