The Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 6, 1953 Page: 3 of 8
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 195*
SERVING THE CENTRAL RlO GRANDE VALLEY
THE MERCEDES ENTERPRISE
LLOYD M. BEgREgft
WASHINGTON — The Congress
has marked thirty on another ses-
sion and has gone home t<5“ t&ti
the "people about it.
Congressional membership was
not intact as another session slip-
ped into history. Death had mark-
ed several earlier, some in the clos-
i t ing days of the fully-packed, last-
minute adournment rush that took
» its own toll and sent several to the
hospital for recovery from over-
work.
The session had been fraught
with crises, nationally, interna-
tionally. As it had been in the past
so it was in the present, the bur-
dens lay heavy. The annual con->
gressional casualty list showed the
job was not play.
SESSION’S TALLY
To narrow this session’s scope
to our district the balance sheets
showed many benefits. Final ap-
propriations for \ Falcon Dam.
Drought disaster funds and feed
for cattle. Research funds for cit-
rus diseases. Additional funds for
Laredo and. Harlingen Air Force
bases and the continuance of Hondo
while other contract schools were
being closed. Assurane^ of funds
for Moore Field reactivation de-
spite Air. Force budget cuts,
railroad bridge across the Rio
Grande with the expansion of in-
ternational part facilities. Harbor
developments. Federal hospital
funds for several of our cities.
Greater international airport facili-
ties. Highway post office service.
Farm credit reorganization. Plus a
multitude of individual requests.
KOREAN SHADOW
But the Korean war overshadow-
ed all these personal features. At
last we have seen the truce signed.
It is a truce that stilled the can-
nons and stopped he chugging of
machine guns — but didn’t bring
peace to the world.
The truce marks a new concept
in America. For the first time in
our history we have sat across the
table from a hated enemy. We bar-
gained. We didn’t dictate the armis-
tice. This is a far departure from
the uneondtiional surrender terms
of World Wdr I and II.
ours ?
Only time has the answer to that
one.
KOREAN LEDGER
The journal of the Korean War
shows its own accounting.
Its liabilities — 35,000 UN soldi-
:s who suffered death or mutila-
tion — more than 2b,000 American
men dead, more than 100,000 wound-
ed — more than 184,000 South Ko^
reans killed or wounded. More th/in
$15 billion spent.
Its assets: the original announc-
ed aim of the UN met, to stop ag-
gression in Korea. The aggressors
now occupy slightly less territory
than before they attacked.
Its unknown quantity — has our
resistance to aggression by a lim-
ited war really changed the Krem-
lin’s plans for world conquest?
Until we know that one we had
better keep our powder dry.
Its challenge — a strong Am-
erica will mean a safe America.
It’s better to have it and not need
it than to need it and not have it.
A second-best Army, Navy and Air
Force has exactly the same value
as a second-best poker hand.
DISTRICT PROBLEMS
There have been varied complex
district problems this session. Many
A have worked out. Some haven’t. I
have given them my beat. Where
the efforts were blessed with suc-
cess, you have been most kind in
your praise. Where they have fail-
ed,. you have been charitable. A
fellow couldn't work for nicer
folks.
I am coming home now and I’ll
have an office between Mission
and McAllen where everyone is
welcome to come by for a visit.
Port of the time I’ll be traveling,
visiting in the district, looking for-
ward to seeing you as I speak on
issues at various group meetings.
My office in Washington will also
be open during the adjournment.
VISITORS
Among visitors from home who
stopped by the office for a visit
were E. H. Corrigan Jr., of Laredo,
en route from a trip abroad, Wil-
liam Reed of McAllen, the F. W.
Hughes family of Brownsville, Mr.
and Mrs. H. C. Card and their
daughters, Lola Maye and Winnie,
all of Weslaco.
Adios.
It poses the grimmest sixty four
dollar question we’ve ever faced.
Does this mean we will be able to Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Fossler
live in peace with, a, .powerful. na- and children, Drewr and Emily, of
tion and its satellites whose con- Houston, were here last week visit-
eept of -the individual and govern-ing Mr. Fossler’s parents; Mr. and
ment is diametrically opposed to Mrs. Jacob Fossler, Sr.
Final Article In
Series On School
Program Problems
(This is the third and last in a
series of articles explaniing the
minimum foundation, or Gilmer-
Aikin, school program. Mr. Stilwell,
superintendent of Texarkana
schools and chairman of the Texas
State Teacher Association’s legis-
lative committee, was a member’
of the original Gilmer-Aikin com-
mittee.)
By H. W. STILLWELL
Details of financing the mini-
mum foundation school program,
which is the educational envy of
many other states, are rather com-
plicated but the principles are easy
to understand. „
In effect, here’s what happens:
The state law grants funds to
local school districts for hiring a
certain number of teachers, pro-
portionate to schol attendance, and
to pay them no less than minimum
salaries set by law, ba,sed on their
training and experience. That
means a school district must obtain
a certain amount of money.
Now, a big part of that money
comes from the available school
fund, established by the constitu-
tion and into which goes one-fourth
of certain taxes. The money in this
fund is distributed on a per-capita
basis — the average daily attend-
ance is divided into the amount of
money in the fund each year to
determine the amount to be paid
each schoo Idistrict per student.
In addition, the local school dis-
trict must pay a certain amount of
the money required to keep it above
minimum standards. The ceiling on
this local fund assignment, on a
state-wide basis, is $45,000,000. In
other words, local districts, in ad-
dition to paying the entire cost of
buildings and many other items,
also pay $45,000,000 into the mini-
mum foundation program.
Each school district’s individual
share of this amount is determined
through the use of an economic
index formula, written into the
law. This formula, designed to de-
termine a district’s taxpaying abil-
ity, is based upon the assessed
valuation of the county, its schol-
astic population and its total in-
come.
The local fund assignment for
each school is added to the amount
needed to maintain minimum
standards laid down in the Gilmer-
Aikin laws, the difference comes
from the minimum foundation
fund. I nthat way, every child in
the staate is guaranteed a mini-
mum standard of education.
The local funds, of course, come
from ad valorem taxes on local
property, since that is the only
tax source local school districts
have. Each school board is respon-
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BAFFLES
By Mahoney
MY GOSH-JUST
FIVE MINflTES
TO GET TO ,
THE OFFICE, -
FOR SALE
FOR SALE OR TRADE: 6 room
modern frame hou^e, convenient-
ly located, good terms. Phone
500. 16-tfc
FOR SALE: Half way between La
Feria and Mercedes right off
highway, 7 acres, 3 bedroom ma-
sonry house, lots of papaya trees,
3 irrigation wells, % cotton goes,
all for $7,500. Phone 1387 Mission,
Texas. 22-tfc
FOR SALE or trade, 3 room house
and garage, on 3 lots. Would con-
sider good open farm land in
trade. W. G. Gunderson, 621
Texas Avenue, Mercedes.
30-4tp
FOR SALE:Financial protection in
case of fire, theft, storm., polio,
etc. See us for full insurance pro-
tection. Menton and Condon,
Agency, Phone 20, Mercedes.
32-4tc
FOR SALE: Ford tractor and all
equipment. $1000.00. Also 1952
Ford Tractor. 550 Hr. $1200.00.
Phone 5498-J, Mercedes. 32-3tc
SAND-POINTS: WE MANUFAC-
TURE SAND-POINTS, any size
or length for water wells. Prices
reasonable. Large stock on hand
at all times. We also repair, re-
condition used sand-points. P. D.
Skilbeck, 135 West Primrose St.,
La Feria. 32-tf
DRILLING WELLS. Deep or shal-
low. Group wells for irrigation.
Sand points. All kinds of electric
pumps. Otto Walk, 4 blocks South
on Main Street., on corner. La
Feria, Texas. Phone 153-W. li-tfc
FOR RENT
FOR RENT: 2 room apartment,
reasonable rates, all bills paid.
Call 567-R, 837 South Missouri.
nc
ROOM FOR RENT: Nice cool
southeast sleeping room, men,
only. 1% blocks west of postoffice.
Call 109, Mrs. G. C. Fittz. 18-tfo
WHAT’S YOUR number? If your
license number adds to 17, this
is what you’ve won. A big road
Atlas free. H. Louie Hansen,
State Farm Insurance Co’s. 526
Mo., Weslaco. Also see our ads
in Colliers and Saturday Bon-
ing Post.
sible for spending that part of its
local tax revenue whic his not re-
quired for the minimum foundation
program. School boards must meet
that obligation first; they are then
free to spend the remainder of
their local revenue for such things
as new calssrooms, equipment and
the many other items needed in
modern schools.
Has Texas solved the problem
then, that the 18-member Gilmer-
Aikin Committee tackled back in
1947? Not entirely, but it certainly
has come a long way and now has
the foundation on which to build
the kind of school system states-
men dating back to Mirabeau La-
mar and Sam Houston have advo-
cated.
Attendance has greatly improv-
ed and so has the standard of
teachers — in fact, 98 per cent of
Texas teachers hold degrees. All of
our schools have classes now for '
nine months a year. The average
daily attendance has increased ap-
proximately 10 per cent since the
Values to 98c Yard
A marvelous assortment of lovely new
fall colors that are ideal for ever-so-many
uses. Easy to work with, makes up beau-
tifully. Fine quality rayon gabardine.
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BACK TO X/A.
(grandest Selections
av
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Gabardine
Values to $1.29 Yard
Cotton Suitings
Novelty patterns In,two ply combed yarns.
Fall colors that are washable. Sanforized.
Looks so much like wool. For dresses,
skirts, suits. 36 inches wide.
77
Yard
NEW FOR FALL COTTONS
c
One of the most remarkable fabric buys you will find this fall. . . .
Values up to 98c yard. Lovely patterns and color combinations
that are out of this world. Just imagine, first quality combed
cottons, and new, too, at this low price. Hurry now for your share.
• Evergiazed Tweeds
• .Woven Sharkskin
• French Flannel
• Heather Plaids
• Sanforized Prints
• Evergiazed Prints
• Plaid Taffetas
• Excello Suitings
• Combed Chambray
• Combed Broadcloth
One of the greatest selections of new fall .'colors we have ever
presented . . . high quality, fine pinwale corduroy that is ideal for
many, many uses. Ordinarily sells for $1.29 per yard. 36 inches
wide. Buy now . . . start sewing far Back Ta School ,
save at Anthony's.
you'll
GiGlmer-Aikin laws went into ef-
fect in 1949.
We still face a critical shortage
of teachers, however, for we have
not yet made the teaching profes-
sion attractive enough to young
college graduates. We still face a
growing and serious need for new
classrooms; local schol districts
are straining at their bank a
counts now to provide these.
But, despite these problems which
beg for solutions, Texans can well
be proud of the minimum founda-
tion program established by the
Gilmer-Aikin laws.
FOR BEST RESULTS -
CALL 405 TO PLACE YOUR
CLASSIFIED ADS
ARTHRITIS?
I have been wonderfully blessed
in being restored to active life
after being crippled in nearly
every joint in my body and • with
muscular soreness from head to
foot. I had Rheumatoid Arthritis
and other forms of Rheumatism,
hands deformed and my ankles
were set.
Limited space prohibits telling
you more here but if you will
write me I will reply at once and
tell you how I received this won-
derful relief.
Mrs. lela S. Wier
2805 Arbor Hills Drive
P. O. Box 2695
Jackson 7, Mississippi
51 VITAMINS ARE
than the established daily require-
ments of all Vitamins with known
minimums. Rexall’s 5X Multi-Vitamins
give you five times the daily require-
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In addition you get Niacinamide and
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AIR CONDITIONED
BRAVES’ ACE
Ed Math-
ews, 22, Milwaukee Braves’ third
baseman is one potent reason for
success of his team this year.
He’s hitting 300, including 20
home runs and 58 runs batted in.
LOST: Eastern Star Pin. Lost be-
tween Masonic Hall and Vogue,
July 27. If found call Mrs. Hens-
ley, 5026-J, Mercedes. This has
sentirpental value. Reward will
be given. 32-ltc
FOR RENT: 4 room furnished
apartment. Southeast exposure.
Stuart-Rouse Apartments. 825
Missouri Ave., Mercedes. 22-tfc.
FOR RliINT: Four-room furnished
apartment. All bills paid. Two
bedrooms. Phone 431, Mercedes.
29-tfe
FOR RENT: Residence at 1341
South Ohio in Mercedes. Sterl-
ing Prince, La Feria. - 30-tfc
FOR RENT: Furnished duplex. 2
large rooms. Private bath. Screen-
ed in porch. 850 Palm Heights.
Phone 182-M, Mercedes. 31-3tc
NEEDED distributor for Luzier’s.
Fine cosmetic service. Free train-
ing. Write Mrs. W. A. Lowke,
1210 East Monroe, Phone 3151.
Harlingen, Texas. 32-3tc
VALLEY
OFFICE SERVICE
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Letter Mailing and Addressing
Public Office Work
306 HIDALGO BANK BLDG.
MERCEDES
PHO. 718
GYPSUM
Applied just before plowing out,
cotton stalks is the most eco-
nomical way of leaching harm-
ful sodium out of the soil.
Specify Falfurrias gypsum and
order early. At your dealer or
Valley Gypsum Co*
Telephone Harlingen 685
Send Your Magazine and
Enterprise Subscriptions To
J. I* FIRES
Your Wheelchair
Subscription Man
Oil Leases
Real Estate
See or Call 415
L. S. Blunt
Opposite Postoffice, Mercedes
FARM & RANCH
LOANS
Connecticut Mutual Life
Ins. Co.
5% Interest — 16 Years
(No brokerage or commitment
fee)
CARRELL & BAILEY
Henson Bldg. Phone 88
Weslaco 28-tfc
FOR RENT: Furnished apartment.
3 large rooms. Air conditioned.
Garage. Storage. Phone 346-R,
934 Palm Heights. . 32-tfc
FOR RENT: One of the coolest 3
bedroom cottages. Mile east of
Mercedes. Party furnished. A
bargain for Long Time Renter.
Phone 427. R. J. Thomas, Merce-
des. ' 30-ltc
Love cannot be a mere abstrac- .
tion, or goodness with activity and
power.
—Mary Baker Eddy
Roofing
& Sheet Metal
Free Estimates —- Phone 57
Work of All Kinds
Leo Clark, Owner
Mercedes
Sheet Metal Works
“23 Years In Mercedes”
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AZTEC CAFE
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$19.95
BAZAR’S
PHILLIPS 66
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Phone 83
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Integrity
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Plumbing
628 Fourth
Mercedes
% K R R Y
INSECTICIDES
Now is The Time
To Watch Out For
Cut Worms
Leaf Miner
Army Worms.
Seed Treatment For
Cotton Seed.
COMPLETE SUPPLIES OF ALL
FERTILIZERS.
Call Us For Free Entomological Service
BARRY CHEMICAL CO., INC.
Mercedes -133
310 Illinois Ave
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Ragsdale, Paul. The Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 6, 1953, newspaper, August 6, 1953; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1060750/m1/3/: 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.