LETTERS

To the publisher:

On behalf of the Laredo Community College Alumni Association I would like to thank all the Laredoans who helped our association members make our second annual Bowl of Fun a success. The continued support of alumni and friends has enabled us to raise scholarship funds for our deserving LCC students. Laredo has always rallied on behalf of good causes and the Bowl of Fun this July was no exception.
I would like to thank all those individuals and businesses that organized a team and those who also sponsored lanes. A special thank you also to those local businesses and individuals who donated prizes and came out on that day to support their team and our effort. A special note of thanks to the administration and staff of Laredo Community College for their loyalty to our annual event. To the Velas at Jett Bowl a bouquet of thanks for all their part in the success in this project. A big thank you to Belinda Guerra and FM 98 for sending us Buck Wild as a DJ and for his great expertise in entertaining all who attended.

Hope to see all of you again next year!
Sincerely,
Jaime Martinez
president,
LCC Alumni Association

MEG:
I rather think Henri D. Kahn isn't giving the whole picture about early Laredo. Let us be fair. "The rednecks were totally rebuked by a Laredo establishment that was even better educated than these invaders and far more sophisticated."
"Old families completely rejected these foreigners" (nah, they just married them). Now I remember some Anglos who served well: Willie Brennan, Dave Gallagher, Mr. McComb, Mayor Thaisen . . . in banking, Cogley, Alexander in the grocery business, Lawerence Nelson. We had some Anglo doctors: Lowrys, Willis, John, the old man Willis, Sr., I believe, Halsell, Austin. When I went to school, there were almost no Hispanic teachers except for Aminta and María Gonzalez, who taught Spanish. Our teachers were imported: Bess Lindheim, Clama Tittsworth, Floy Moore, C.E. Wade, principal, J.E. Seyford, naming a few. The Mosers, the Wormsers, Dr. Wilcox, Dr. Mac Grign, the Nyes, G. Keefs, Everett Love (farming).
Most of the Hispanic women stayed at home and raised a family. Many clubs I belonged to were mainly Anglo, and now they are mainly Hispanic, and that is wonderful for people to participate in a wider social life. I love Laredo and feel that we accept everybody . . . lots of love.
Liz Sorrell