The Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 20, 1953 Page: 6 of 8
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1953.
SERVING THE CENTRAL RIO GRANDE VALLEY
the Mercedes enterprise
SIDELIGHTS
ON
MERCEDES
By Paul B. Ragsdale
One thing you can be sure of,
when we pull a boner it usually
manages to be a good ohe.
The gremlins got us again and
last week we came up with a
typographical error that gave an
exact opposite meaning, that
doesn’t happen often, most times it
just makes a meaningless word but
this time the m in making got
changed to an f and a story about
Conrad DeJong making a B-plus
average in college came out faking
a B-plus average. Yes and Faye
Nell Bravenec was also included in
that story with the same results.
Well, to both of you, we are sor-
ry but we are also sure that your
friends know it was a typographi-
cal error, and that you both earn-
ed your right to a place on the
Dean’s Honor Roll — seems like
you both have a steady spot on
that roll.
In connection with our Who Is
It feature, we received a card this
morning saying:
Who is this-
Dear Sirs:
The only Two-Timers that fit the
description are either Mr. Ohls
or Mr. Charles Newman. Mr. Ohls
lives Southeast of Mercedes on Rio
Rico Road and Mr. Newman lives
just across Canal east of Mercedes,
or rather on Va East. I believe both
Mr. Ohls and Mr. Newman are of
German descent — I hope I’m
right, anyway next week I’ll see
who he was.
Alfredo Hinojosa
You forgot Jake Fossler. Anyway
you know by now that it was Mr.
Fossler, both he and Mrs. Fossler
came from Germany.
* * *
We have had several people com-
plain because we didn’t tell how
many children the one last week
had. Well, dog-gone-it thefe was a
good reason — it was Ferg Wood
and there just ‘ain’t’ any kids.
* * *
We read somewhere—
Next year they are going to make
a car with glass floor boards so
you can see whether or not you
know the pedestrian you have just
run over.
* * *
Mme. Chiang Kai-Shek said “The
fourishing of the wicked is an il-
lusion
all.”
Like keeps books on us
We once heard: The difference
between a sailor and a Seabee is
that while a sailor and his girl
look for a park bench, the Seabee
builds one.
* * *
This being vacation season re-
minds me that all vacations are in
a series of 2:
It consists of 2 weeks, which are
2 short, afterward you are 2 tired
2 return 2 work and 2 broke not 2.
* * =:=
So many weddings lately re-
minds me of an engaged couple
talking about the future: “I hope
we’ll agree after we are married,”
he said.
She, “Maybe you won’t at first
but you’ll soon learn too.”
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Definition of Americanism: Busi-
ness man, praising American free
enterprise, private initiative and
the competitive system and belong-
ing to an association which works
to prevent competition and uphold
prices.
* *
A parting shot: In this modern
world, a lucky man seems to be
considered as one who has a wife
and a cigarette lighter, and they
both work.
IT’S THE LAW
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
SERVICES
“Mind” is the subject of next
week’s Christian Science Sermon-
Lesson. It will be brought out that
our concept of God determines our
holiness, health, and happiness.
The Discoverer and Founder of
Christian Science, Mary Baker
Eddy, in her textbook, “Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures,”
expresses this idea in these words:
“The understanding that the Ego
is Mind, and that there is but one
M|ind or intelligence begins at
once to destroy the errors of mor-
tal sense and to supply the truth
of immortal sense. The understand-
ing makes the body harmonious;
it makes the nerves, bones, brain,
etc., servants, instead of masters.
If man is governed by the law of
divine Mind, his body is in sub-
mission to everlasting Life and
Truth and Love” (p. 216).
Paul said of the Word of God
that it “is quick, and powerful,
and sharper than any two-edged
sword, piercing "even to the divid-
ing asunder of soul and spirit, and
of the jointg and marrow, and is
a discemer of the thoughts and
intents of the heart” (Hebrews
4:12).
FOR BEST RESULTS
CLASSIFIEDS ADS
BANKRUPTCY LAW
EXPLAINED
Always there will be families in
the United States who are having
financial difficulties. At this time,
the number is relatively few. To
those few and to their creditors,
this article should be of particular
interest.
The principal reported causes
which throw families into financial
difficulties are: Inflation and high
taxes, inability to resist “impulse’
buying, combined with easy credit,
illness or other emergencies, or
just plain bad judgment and mis-
management.
Some people in financial difficul-
ty, when threatened with legal pro-
ceedings to collect outstanding
debts, seek relief offered them by
the federal bankruptcy law.
The purpose of bankruptcy laws
is to permit an honest, blit un-
fortunate or weak debtor to sur-
render or account for all his pro-
perty for the benefit of his credi-
tors and in exchange be discharged
of his debts.
Any adult who owes debts may
become a voluntary bankrupt by
having his attorney prepare for
him a bankruptcy petition, togeth-
er with schedules of his assets and
liabilities and then filing the same
in the proper United States district
court.
After he is adjudicated a bank-
rupt, he is required to appear, for
examination as to his assets in the
bankruptcy court and if he fully
accounts for his assets asd has not
violated any of the bankruptcy laws
he will thereafter receive a dis-
charge of his debts.
If he is granted a discharge of
his debts, he has started a new fin-
ancial life as of the date he filed
bankruptcy. All wages and assets
acquired by him thereafter can-
not be reached to satisfy the old
debts, nor will creditors be per-
mitted to sue him on the old debts.
Dishonest debtors may endeavor
to gain advantages for themselves
not allowed by the bankruptcy laws.
In these instances on objections to
discharge by creditors they not
only will be denied a discharge of
their debts, but the courts will be
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SOUTH PADRE PARK WORK STARTS—The dredge Texas, perated by the Atlantic, Gulf, arid
Pacific Company of Houston, starts the first phase phase of work on a long-range, $7,500,000 park
development program on the south end of Padre Iuand. The program, financed by Cameron County
calls for construction of three parks covering more than 9C0 acres, and ties in with the construction
of a $2,250,000 concrete causeway connecting South Padre with the Texas mainland at Port Isabel.
The Causeway and one park are expected to be rea ly for use in February.
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Butter conditioner
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Odds and ends basket . .
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Dew-action fresheners .
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Adjustable shelves
any way you want.
Step-saver door handle . . . opens with the
nudge of your elbow or wrist . . . even with
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prone to deal harshly with the of-
fenders if they have violated the
criminal laws.
The head of a family is entitled
to claim as exempt any property
which is exempt under Texas home-
stead laws, which in the ordinary
case will be his home, household
furniture, wearing apparel, the
famil yautomobile and tools of his
trade or profession. However, if
any of this property is covered by
a mortgage or conditional sales
contract he must pay any balance
due thereon, or the owner of such
mortgage or contract may re-
possess.
Bankruptcy has a lastin geffect
upon a person’s future credit and
in the usual cases causes the
creditors to lose their entile debt.
Many bankruptcies could be
avoided if the “overloaded” debtor
would make a timely effort to sit
down with his creditors and work
out plans for reduced payments
over extended periods.
(This column, based on Federal
law, is written to inform — not
advise. No person should ever ap-
ply or interpret any law without
the aid of an attorney who knows
the facts because the facts may
change the application of the law.)
Fishing And Hunting
License Out Sept. 1
Commission Reports
Fishing and hunting licenses for
the new fiscal year beginning Sep-
tember 1 will be distributed soon,
according to License Clerk for the
Texas Game and Fish Commission.
He said the supplies, totaling
over one million separate licenses,
will be shipped to approximately
1,800 county clerks and licensed
deputies in 254 Texas counties by
August 20.
Both hunting and fishing licenses
must be resewed for the new fis-
cal year which begins at midnight,
August 31. .
First sizeable demand for the
hunting licenses will center around
the north zone mourning dove sea-
son beginning September 1.
The twety-eight different kinds
of licenses cover all phases of hunt-
ing and fishing, ranging in cost
from fifty cents for a duplicate
license to $200 for a wholesale fish
dealer’s license.
The License Clerk, said a new
addition to the hunting licenses,
which is expected to prove popular
in the coastal areas, calls for a $5
five-day, non-resident license to
hunt migratory waterfowl. Hereto-
fore, non-residents desiring to hunt
ducks and geese had to buy a
regular $25.00 non-resident hunting
license.
This new noh-resident hunting
permit is in conformity with the
previously arranged five-day non-
resident fishing licenses for $1.65
or a seasori’s non-resident fishing
license for $5.25. Resident fishing
licenses are $1.65.
The main huliting permit costing
$2.15 is the popular one for resi-
dent Texans because it covers both
big game and small game.
The Licerise Clerk noted that the
paper tags again will be used for
big game since the proposed metal
tags are still being tested as to
their practicability.
BUYING A CAR?
No Such Thing As
Natural Resistance
To Impetigo
Most parents know exactly what
State Health Officer Geo. W. Cox
means when he says “there is no
suchthing as natural resistance to
impetigo.”
They know, perhaps from bitter
experience, that the same child can
suffer repeated attacks of what
Dr. Cox calls an “offensive, annoy-
ing skin infection.”
Impetigo, a purulent, highly in-
fectious ailment can be found in
arty age grorip at any time of the
year. Brit children are unusually
susceptible, and most cases occur
during the summer. It isn’t too
serious, except in new born babies,
but it cah cause days of itching
misery to afflicted youngsters and
adults alike.
It’s carised by a pus-forming bac-
teria called striphyloccoccris — the
same sort of germ fourid in boils
and sores where pus is present.
Usually it forms an unightly crust
over wide areas ofthe ’body, and
the material rinderneath is very in-
fectious if allowed to get on other
body parts.
It can easily be transmitted to
anyone who uses the towel of an
infected person, since towel mois-
ture permits the germ to survive.
Children living in the most hy-
genic homes frequently get impet-
igo, although it probably is more
common in home where personal
sanitation isn’t considered too im-
portant.
The best way to rhinimize the ill
effects of impetigo is to keep the
infection localized by preventing
the serum under crusts from exud-
ing int o“clean skin surfaces.”
The family physician is the in-
fected child’s best friend, since he
will advise mother how best to
combat the disease and how to keep
it from spreading like a grass fire
through the whole family.
Can You Afford
A Fire?
1. Can you afford a fire in your
home?
a. Where would you move should
a fire destroy your home?
b. How much would it cost you
to build a new home?
2. Can you afford a fire in your
business or your industrial plant?
a. Where would you move should
a fire destroy your place of
business ?
3. Can your community afford a
school or church fire?
a. In case of fire where worild
your children go to school?
b. where would you find another
place of worship?
EXPERIENCE TEACHES:
1. Gasolirie is a fuel and not a
cleaning agent.
2. Please keep all inflammable rub-
bish and trash cleaned up around
your home, your business place.
WHAT TO DO WHEN FIRE
OCCURS:
1. Remain calm. Do not get ex-
cited.
2. Call the Fire Department at
once.
3. Clear the home or buildings of
all occupants.
4. Use available fire extinguishers
or other fire fighting appliances
to control fire until local fire
department arrives.
5. Fire prevention is your safe-
guard against death or injury by
fire.
Thririks,
Your Fire Department.
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Automobile Party
Held Saturday Night
James Kirker, Jr., entertained a
group of hig friends and class-*
mates at an automobile party at
the home of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. James E. Kirker Saturday
night.
Guests participated in auto as-
sembly, old car sale, etc. Th4y
were served anti freeze and edible
baloon tires for refreshments.
Those enjoying the event were
Charlene and Gladys Rhea Traylor,
Ann Watson, Elizabeth Marchrint,
Camille Johnston, Joan Knapp,
Josephine Ciritron, Patsy Ray,
Margie Collier, Susie and Mike Mc-
Arthur, Stanley rind Carolyn Cerno-
sek, Mark Clifford, Buster BroWh,
Charles Armstrong, Jr,, Jirri Barry,
Bobby Burns, Robert Farris, Paul
Jones, and Russell Winston.
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All that is worth reckoning, is
what We do, and the best of every-
thing fs not too good, but is econ-
omy and riches.
—Mary Baker Eddy
Economy is the art of making
the most of life. The love of econ-
omy is the root of al lvirtue.
—Shaw
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He will be a slave for ever, be-
cause he does not know how to
use small means.
—Hor rice
THE KEY TO COMFORT & CONVENIENCE
SHIRLEY-SAVOY
Economy is a distributive vir-
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in selection. Parsimony requires
no providence, no sagacity no
powers of combination, no com-
parison, no judgment.
•—Burke
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Ragsdale, Paul. The Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 20, 1953, newspaper, August 20, 1953; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1060184/m1/6/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.