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VOL. XXXII, No. 39
MERCEDES, TEXAS, FRIDAY, SEPT. 28, 1945
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For the benefit of our readers
living out of the Valley, Mercedes
and surrounding territory had a nice
rain Saturday afternoon. Fall to-
mato crops look mighty fine now.
The entire United States is waiting
anxiously to see what President Tru-
man does about the strikes all over
the nation. Reconversion has been
halted by demands for 52 hours pay
for 40 hours work. We can see no
reason why anyone ©hould expect 12
hours free pay a week. We just can’t
get that through our head. But it
looks like they will get it and that
we will pay the bill.
Now we are in favor of high wages
and always have been. We think
that is the key to prosperity in this
country, but we have always thought
that workmen should do a little
something to earn that pay. Only if
management gets something for the
high wages they pay, can things be
balanced up—the workmen will have
money to spend and management
will have something to sell that the
workmen can buy. But when they
actually ©tart asking for something
for nothing, then we think it high
time for the President or Congress
or somebody to step in and take a
firm hand in the proceedings.
The advocates of one central head
for all divisions of our armed forces
have lost the first battle—the bill
has been shelved in Congress—and
that, in our estimation is too bad.
The bill was ©helved because the
Navy didn’t like it. Well, there are
a lot of things about the Navy that
the people of this country don’t like,
especially since so many of our boys
have been in it and we know just how
unfairly and autocratically the Navy
is run. It is the most undemocratic
organization in a democratic country
and we would like to see it put un-
der the same management and au-
thority as the rest of the armed
forces. The Nary l^as announced
the scrapping of the old, outmoded
uniforms, but more important to
million© of men would be an an-
nouncement that they are scrapping
the caste system, and that enlisted
men had a chance for advancement
if they show fitness and aptitude.
Hardly a day goes by that some-
one doesn’t stop at the Enterprise
office inquiring where they can find
a building for a new business. At
least twelve new busines©es would be
operating in Mercedes now if suita-
ble buildings were available. We
can’t grow unless somebody builds.
Every business house in town is, be-
ing used at the present time and un-
less we can promote ©ome building
activity in the business district, no
appreciable growth can be made.
Here is a project for some of our
civic clubs to work on.
Bill O’Hair has announced a kick
off breakfast for next Monday morn-
ing at the Aztec Club, for the start
of the National War Fund. This
fund is needed this year more than
ever before, and we hope that ev-
eryone feels as we do, that we have
so much to be thankful for now that
the war is over, that they will kick
in generously for this worthy and
necessary philanthropy on the part of
the organizations benefitting from
the fund.
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De Molay Organized
In Mercedes
Saturday night at the High School
Gym the local Chapter of the Order
of De Molay was formally organized
and officers installed. This organiza-
tion will meet each week on Wednes-
day nights at the Masonic Lodge
Hall at eight o’clock. Rev Ivan
O. Donaldson, the Methodist pastor
of this city is the Chapter “Dad”
and will work with these young men
in this work.
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Ceiling Prices Set
On Gift Grapefruit
Office of Price Administration
ceilings will cover shipments of gift
citrus fruit in fancy baskets this
season if as many as five baskets
are sent to one party.
If more than five baskets are ship-
ped to any one address, the ceiling
price must be observed, Dismuke©
said. Full details may be obtained
at the OPA office.
Mr. O’Shea is opening a furniture
store in Mercedes and will be
temporarily in the building the
Variety Store.
Chamber of Comerce
To Elect Directors
The election of six new directors
on the Board of the Mercedes j
Chamber of Commere will take j
place this week, according to Cham- (
ber of Commerce Manager Carl
Blasig. Ballots are being maield j
out to all Chamber of Commerce
members by the election committee j
composed of Floyd Langford, chair-
man, A.. G. Garcia and J. C. Deyo. j
The ballots that are being mailed
out include 18 names which were
nominated by a nominating com- j
mittee, with the six highe©t being
elected. Outgoing directors, whose j
terms expire at the end of the pre- i
sent .fiscal year, September 30, are
Eldon B. Smith, D. R. Givens, Dan j
Logan, L. G. McDonald, J. C. Deyo
and Jim Wade.
With the' exception of Wade, who
served an unexpired term of a few
month© for a former director, none
of the outgoing directors will be
eligible for re-election for a period
of one year.
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Hidalgo County Tax
Valuations Increased
EDINBURG An increase of
$193,560,45 over 1944 has been ad-
ded to the tax roll for 1945 by the
Hidalgo County Tax Assessor’s of-
fice, the county commissioners wrere
told at their regular meeting Tues-
day. The tax roll totals $1,194,-
230.10.
The valuations have increased for
1945 to $38,186,013. This is an in-
crease of $1,423,994 over the 1944
figure df $36,720,093. The increase
in the tax roll was, in the main, at-
tributed to the property improve-
ments and building during the last
year.
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Presbyterians Will
Elect Deacons Sunday
A congregational meeting has
been called for Sunday morning ai
the close of morning worship for the
purpose of electing two additional
deacons to fill the vacancies created
by removal, of two former members
who held the offices, to other cities
in recent months.
Present deacons are Herman Sugg,
Dr.E. H. Kasey Ernest Meredith,
and Wm. DeCell.
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American Legion
Has Good Meeting
At a meeting of the Mercedes J. A.
Garcia American Legion Post Monday
night, Commander H. L. Schmalzried
stated that when Mercedes’ Marine
Sgt. Billy Harrell goes to Washing-
ton, D. C., to receive the Congres-
sional Medal of Honor, to be bestow-
ed on him by the President of the
United State©, Harry S. Truman, he
will “pal around” with a Congress-
man, who is no other than Congress-
man Milton West, for many years a
resident of Mercedes, and a friend
of the Harrell family.
This phase of Billy’s activities in
Washington was brought out at the
Mondaynight meeting of the Mer-
cedes J. A. Garcia American Legion
Post by Po©t Commander H. L.
Schmalried, who read a letter form
Congressman West, stating that he
would personnaly take Sgt. Harrell
under his wing and be on the job
at all times. Commander Schmalzri-
ed had written Congressman West,
asking him to make Sgt. Harrell at
home in Washington on this moment-
ous occasion.
Fifty-three Legion members and
guests were present at Monday’s
night social session of the Mercedes
Legion. At this time Sgt. Harrell
was presented a life membership in
the local post.
Mr. and' Mrs. Bob Sledge re-
presented the Mercedes Post at the
Legion Convention held in San An-
tonio on September 16.
The membership contest in the
organization has taken on new life
and it is expected that many new
member© will be added to the present
list.
An entertainment feature on the
program were songs by the high
school ninette, under the direction
of Bandmaster, Arnold Holmes.
Refreshments were served.
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Constitution Week
Observed By Kiwanians
Mercedes High School Principal
Sterling Prince was the featured
speaker at the Kiwanis Club on
Thursday, when the. program was in
observance of National Constitution
week.
The speaker ©poke on Constitution
Week and gave the historical back-
round of the Constitution of the
United States.
Represented Mercedes J. A. Garcia Post No. 172
At Legion District Conv ention At San Antonio
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Sledge, who repre ©ented the Mercedes American Legion
at the recent District Convention held in San Antonio. Mr. Sledge will
make his report at. the next -meeting of the Legion,
Tigers Will Play
San Benito Friday
The Mercedes Tigers will open
their home ©eason on Friday night
of this week when the San Benito
Greyhounds come here for a non
conference game. Coach Crawford
is still badly handicapped by the
loss of Robert Schwarz. Ronnie
Acker, and Elmo Wade, three letter-
men who had been expected to play
regularly during the season.
The back field of Eldridge, Drawe,
Bobby Steer, and Deraid Hentrich
which started the game last week at
Harlinger shows promise of develop-
ing as the season progresses, but still
needs more experience. Bobby Steer,
freshman back, looks like a coming
passer as soon as he gets a little
more accuracy on his throws. The
line played well against Harlingen
most of the time though Ronnie
Acker wa© missed as defensive line
backer and should give a fair ac-
count of itself against Class A op-
position.
San Benito has already defeated
Raymondville and La Feria by de-
cisive score and will send: a heavy
line plus an experienced quartet of
backs in against the locals. Carl
Otsuki, formr Mercedes junior high
player, is a member of the regular
backfield.
Adult tickets will be on sale at the
Queen City Pharmacy and Mercedes
residents are urged to buy theirs in
advance to avoid the rush at game
time.
The probable lineup for Mercedes
will be Taylor and R. Garza, ends;
Clarke and-Garihay, tackles; Caldeira
and I. Gonzales, guards; A. Gon-
zales, center; Eldridge, Drawe,
Hentrich, and Steer, backs.
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Mercedes Chamber
of Commerce
Annual Banquet To
Be Held
The Annual Banquet of the Mer-
cedes Chamber of Commerce is to be
held sometime in October, according
to Manager Carl Blasig. The date
will be set soon by the committee in
charge of banquet arrangements.
The program committee for the
event includes Eldon B. Smith,
chairman, Gilson Knapp and Fred
Johnston. Ticket arrangements are
in charge of a committee composed
of Tom McAfee, chairman, ' Abe
Baum, Victor Morales, Lamar Park
and Abel Garcia.
The annual banquet has always
drawn a record crowd anid: it is ex-
pected that this year’s event will
draw a larger crowd than ever.
Proclamation By The
Governor Of The State
Of Texas
To all to whom these presents
shall come:
Whereas, the most destructive
war in the history of mankind has
been successfully concluded and the
promise of peace on earth and good-
will to men has become manifest
once again; and
Whereas, the next six months will
settle for the liberated victims of
war the grim question of sheer sur-
vival, and also will largely shape the
kind of peace and the kind of world
with which we shall have to live;
and
Wherea©, the National War Fund
has exemplified the patriotism and
conscience of America in financing
humanitarian service to these victims
and to our armed forces; and
Whereas, there still remains the
obligation of the National War Fund
to complete its task until every
victim shall have become rehabil-
itated and every member of the
armed forces returned to his home;
and
Whereas, Texans, through the
United War Chest of Texa© and af-
filiated organizations, have been
among the. leaders of the nation in
generously sharing in this patriotic
enterprise; and
Whereas, Texans are as strong in
peace as they are in war;
Now, therefore, I, Coke Stevenson,
Governor of Texas, do herby pro-
claim the period October 1-30,
1945 as
National War Fund Month
in Texas, and urge all patriotic
citizens of Texas to join in the ob-
servance of this occasion by giving
generously in the third and final
National War Fund campaign to the
end that Texas may again demon-
strate its leadership among the
states of the nation. .
In Testimony Whereof I have
hereto signed my name officially and
caused the Seal of State to be af-
fixed hereto at Austin, this the 24th
day of September, A. D., 1945.
By The Governor:
Claude Isbell, Secretary of State.
Coke .Stevenson,Governor of Texas.
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Mr. and Mrs. L. S. McMickin had
for guests at the week-end, Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Wessendorf and Capt. J.
C. Wessendorf, of Richmond, Texas,
While here J. A. Wessendorf and
Capt. J. C. Wessendorf, of Richmond,
Texas, While here they enjoyed
whitewing hunting.
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Mr. and Mrs. Dan Logan are leav-
ing thi© week-end for Dallas and
San Antonio.
C. of C. To Meet
With City Officials
A joint meeting has been arranged
between the Board of Directors of
the Mercedes Chamber of Commerce
and the City Commission for Friday
night, 8 p. m., October 2, at the city
hall.
This meeting was arranged
through an invitation of the Chamber
of Commerce to discuss with city
commissioners a number of impor-
tant postwar projects and to secure
cooperation of the city for the post-
war program.
Another purpose of the meeting
is to properly coordinate construc-
tion of various projects which are
planned by the Chamber of Com-
merce and the city and other public
agencies.
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Valley Teachers To Hold
Meet Here October 2nd
Lt. Colonel Jay Dykhouse, Infan-
try, Chief of the Pre-Induction
Training . Division, Headquarters,
Eight Service Command, Dallas, Tex.
will be the principal speaker at the
First Annual meeting of the Rio
Grande Valley Teachers Association
which is to he held at Mercedes
Tuesday evening, October 2.
Col. Jay Dykhouse was called into
the service in 1941 as a Reserve Of-
ficer and. assigned to the Armored
Forces at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Pri-
or to entering the Army he wa© Su-
perintendent of Schools in Charlotte,
Michigan. He is a graduate of the
University of Michigan and State
College of Michigan. He has spoken
to numerous luncheon clubs, teach
er’s conventions, high school assem-
blies and to other groups throughout
the Eight Service Command.
Col. Jay Dykhouse will be in the
Rio Grande Valley on October 2, 3,
and 4, and is scheduled to make a
number of addresses to luncheon
clubs and high school assemblies
during his stay.
More than 200 administrators and
teachers of the Rio Grande Valley
are expected to attend the Banquet
given in honor of Col. Dykhouse on
Tuesday evening, October 2, at the
Mercedes high school cafeteria. Joe
Wilson, Superintendent of schools of
Weslaco, is President of the Rio
Grande Valley Teachers Association;
D. C. Buckner, Superintendent of
Schools of Pharr-San Juan-Alamo, is
Vice-President and Chairman of the
Program Committee.
Cal Gully Reopens
Electric Business
Saturday, Sept. 2 9th
Cal Gully, who closed out his
electrical business in Mercedes three
years ago to enter essential industry
has returned to Mercedes to stay
and will reopen his business in the
Building occupied until recently by
the Crystal Gift Shop.
Mr. Gulley taught Radio for the
N Y A program, was then trans-
ferred to the Harlingen Gunnery
School as Senior Radio Mechanic
and was later advanced to Radio
shop foreman, which position he held
until he was separated from the
Service on Sept. 8th of this year.
During this time he had the op-
portunity to ©ervice the very latest
in Radio and radar electronic de-
vices.
Mr.Gulley expects to contract
electrical wiring, make radio and
appliance repairs and when available
will have appliances, fixtures and
in fact everything in the electric
line for sale. ,
He has been in the radio business
for twelve years and in the electrical
business for 20 years.
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FOR SALE—Two five room houses
one to move—also other prop-
erties—Mrs. John L. Bruce.
Congressional Medal
Award For SGT. Harrell
Oct. 5th
ADMIRAL NIMXTZ TO RECEIVE
AWARD SAME DAY
Word has beenv received from
Washington, D. C. that Oct. 5th is
the date ©et by the War Department
on which Marine Sgt. Billy Harrell
of this city will bepresented with the
Congressional Medal of Honor.
Somthing that will probably not
happen again within the next
hundred years has made this date
particularly significant to practical-
ly all of Texas.. Chester N. Nimitz,
Admiral of the Pacific Fleet, and
also a native Texan, who was born
and reared at Fredericksburg, Texas,
will receive the Congressional Medal
of Honor on the same date.
No place el©e on this earth could
such a thing transpire except in free
America.
3rd War Chest Drive
Opens With Kickoff
Breakfast At Aztec
Committees From Legion
Rotary and Kiwanis Will
Start Work Immediately
Plans have been laid to open the
third annual War Chest drive with
a kick off breakfast at the Aztec
cafe next Monday morning at 8 a. m.
which will be attended by committee
members from the Kiwanis, Rotary
members and Mepibers of the J. A.
Garcia American Legion Post No.
172.
The drive to collect funds will
start immediately following the
breakfast with the expectation of
calling on every man woman and
child for donations.
Wm. O’Hair is chairman of the
drive for Mercedes and will preside
at the Monday breakfast. At this
time all committee member© will bfc
assigned the names of people upon
whom they are to call for special
gift©, and committees from different
civic organizations will organize
later for a house-to-house and; per-
' son-to-person canvass.
It is expected to clear up this
drive in short order, according to an
announcement made by the steering
committee, which has worked out
plans for the drive. . ,
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Holidays Are
Set For Mercedes
Merchants overwhelming voted to
observe all the holidays listed in
the ballot conducted among Mer-
cedes business establishments by the
Mercedes Chamber of Commerce.
There was not a dissenting vote of
New Year’s, Thanksgiving and
Christima© being named holidays.
There was a total of 50 votes
cast, the list being sent out to 93
business establishments. Oth ers
holidays to be observed are
Memorial Day, July Fourth, Labor
Day, Armistic Day and YE and YJ
Days.
The committee recommend© that
every Mercedes business establish-
ment cooperate 100% in the pa-
triotic observance of these holidays
by closing their stores for the en-
tire day, and not open up for several
hours, as some have done ini the
past.
The committee further recomends'
that on Labor Day, which comes d#
Monday, grocery stores shall be al-
lowed to stay open until noon, in
order to receive meats and other
pershable products which are usual-
ly shipped on that day. This ex-
ception applies to grocery stores only.
Any objection to this exception
should be submitted in writing to>
the Chamber of Commerce.
U. Of T. Man
Addresses Rotarians
W. R. Marrs, from the Division of
the Extention Department of the
University of Texas, was a guest
speaker Tuesday at the Rotary Club
luncheon meeting.
The speaker took for his subject,
“Vocational Training for the Return-
ing Service Man”. The ©peaker
stressed if the majority of returning
soldiers get advantage of educational
rights offered them in the G. I. Bill
of Rights, a local program must be
set up. He emphasized that there
was plenty money available for
such a program; that the program
would bring at least a quarter of
a million dollars each year to the
Mercedes community, provided that
this training program is offered by
the local school system.
Mr. Marrs has been in Browns-
ville, where the Brownsville School
System has obtained a building at
the Fort Brown location and will
start a vocational school there soon.
They will provide transportation for
soldiers in Mercedes, who would
not, or could not get training here.
Visiting Rotarians were Lest"~
Skaggs and Bert Neijber of Weslaco;
Roger prior of Harlingen; W, L.
Pearson of Chicago. Morris Allen
had for guests, H. B. Groseth of
Chicago, and Van Combs of Hous-
ton. Lloyde Heggen was welcomed
as a new member of the club.
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Being a list of new and renewal
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Tilton, S. E. The Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, September 28, 1945, newspaper, September 28, 1945; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1073277/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.