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Show INTERVIEW: Martinez Page 15 a year that I know, that sort of thing. No more than that. Also, the other one that I remember is the Knights of Columbus. Xhat, too, had Mexican-American repres·entation. They were active. The church activities, fund raisers, parties, that sort of thing. Those two groups are the two that I remember from that time, plus what was called the Eagle Assoeiatio~ which is the boosters of the high school teams, that sort of thing. There in a small town like Eagle Pass they take alot of pride in their high school. There i~ a significant community support of the school and their teams because there is nothing else to do. What the hell, you can't go and watch a professional football game. You go to the high school football game and that is the big thing. So a lot of the influencial people would be around the booster club, you know, the American Legion, the KC, .plus at that .time there was the Country Club. It has a different name. I don't remember the name. But at that time there were .no Mexican-Americans or there were one or two. That is probably· where you saw more of the discrimination. There were almost no Mexicans, very few Mexicans, there were some. They were not looked, well, for them, the local country club, it is located in. Fort Duncan, what is the name? I don't know what. I just went back and my friends have joined, some of them have joined the country club. The country club sponsers the Association. They have the golf club too. When. I went there, when I was there |
