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DECEMBER 29, 2021 www.wintertexantimes.com 8 WINTER TEXAN TIMES We Love Our Winter Texans! Thank you for making us your home away from home • Nightly, Weekly, and Monthly Rates Available • Fully Equipped Kitchens • Free Wi-Fi • Outdoor Pool • Small Pet Welcome (with fee) • Guest Laundry Service Walking Distance to the La PlazaMall and several restaurants. For Reservations 956-668-7829 www.mcallen-studio6.com 700 Savannah Ave. McAllen, TX Lock In Your Rates For This Winter - Now! $1000.00 * * Minimum stay of 31 days mo. Winter Texan Weekly Specials (W/Tax) $275.31 Queen Bed • $315.58 2 Full Size Beds PLEASE MENTION AD FOR SPECIAL! SAVE 10% OFF Your Entire Purchase When You Bring In This Ad *Conditions apply, see store for details. Offer expires March 31, 2022. 2911 N. Cesar Chavez Rd. San Juan, TX 78589 956-787-2847 petecotransport@gmail.com Speer to host book discussion By William Renner, Reference Librarian Join us at Speer Memorial Library in Mission on Tuesday, January 25, 2022, for a discussion of the book The Woman’s Hour, to take place in the library’s Community Room at 6:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend and discuss the book. In July of 1920, Carrie Catt travels by train from New York City to Nashville. A tireless crusader for women’s suffrage, she comes to town to take charge of the fight for ratification, by the Tennessee legislature, of the proposed Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing women the right to vote. Over the years, several states have extended the vote to women, but many more have not. Now, under the proposed amendment, women’s suffrage will extend nationwide—but first it must be ratified by three-fourths (36) of the 48 states. Thirty-five states have ratified, but momentum has stalled. Eight have rejected it, three refuse to consider it, and North Carolina will almost certainly reject it also. That leaves only Tennessee, where the prospects look grim. Written by ElaineWeiss, and first published in 2018, The Woman’s Hour is the story of the dramatic conclusion to the 72-year struggle for women’s right to vote. It also tells of the insults and threats— and objects—hurled at suffragettes over the years as they spoke out for a woman to be able to fully participate in her country’s political affairs—in fact, some of the most vehement opposition came from women themselves. We are reminded that the right to vote didn’t “just happen”. We will have some copies of the book available for check out to those who sign up for the book discussion, or you can stop by our Reference Desk, or call at (956) 580-8754, and we will try to obtain a copy for you via Interlibrary Loan. This title is also available in English as an e-book at https://ebook. yourcloudlibrary.com/library/ HidalgoCountyLS. For more information, or to sign up for the book discussion, please call our Reference Desk at (956) 580-8754, or send an email to reference@missiontexas.us (please include your name and telephone number). Speer Memorial Library is located at 12th and Kika De La Garza in Mission. The library is open (except for Holidays) Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. until 9 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., and Sunday from 12 p.m. until 5 p.m. The Library’s homepage can be accessed for information via the Internet by entering www.mission.lib.tx.us. Stay up to date with the latest events going on at our neighborhood library by joining our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/speermemoriallibrary.

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