The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 11, 1960 Page: 2 of 10
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S — The Mercedes Enterprise
Mercedes, Texas, Thursday, August
11. 1960
Birth Certificates Necessary
For Entrance To Schools;
Time Draws Short For Obtaining
Attention parents: It's later than
you think.
This comes from W. D. Carroll,
state registrar, whose vital statis-
tics staff at the Texas State De-
partment of Health is responsible
for handling the flood of requests
for birth certificates for^children
entering school for the first time
this September.
Carroll's problem is this: There
is a tendency among parents to
put off requesting copies of their
youngsters' birth records until the
last moment. When too many
parents delay in this manner, the
results are obvious: a work over-
load.
The condition does not result from
any lack of effort on the part of
Carroll's staff. "Our limited Vital
Statistics Division staff- despite
long hours of night and week-end
work— can process just so many
requests before school begins, "he
explains.
More than 252, 000 children are
expected to enter elementary
schools of Texas far the first time
this falL The estimate is based on
calculations made by the Texas
Education Agency.
A good many parents--some of
whom may have waited too long
in past years—have already request-
ed and received birth records on
this year's new scholars, but tens of
thousands of additional records will'
have to be processed between now
and the time that first school bell
rings in September.
More than one youngster has
been forced to postpone his first
days at school simply because his
parents couldn't produce proof of
his age when it came time to reg-
ister him.
Carroll's advice to parents: "Send
in your request today to the local
registrar, comity clerk, or the
State Department of Health. "
All you have to do is give the
child's name, date and place of
birth, the mother's maiden name,
and the name of the father. This
information, with the legal fee
of one dollar, should be addressed
toyour local registrar, the county
clerk, or to the State Department
of Health, Section on Records and
Statistics, 401 East 5th Street,
Austin, Texas.
Something else: Be prepared to
show school officials a record of
"shots" your youngster has had.
Depending on local school board
regulations, proof of immuniza-
tions against smallpox, whooping
couch, diptheria, and other dis-
eases may be required. (A weekly
feature of the Health Education
Division, Texas State Department
of Health.)
PLAYGROUND SUPERVISOR
NEW ROLE FOR PARENTS
Parent — or playground super-
visor?
Most of us are both these days.
Lots of moms and dads, confronted
with inadequate playground area
in new suburban developments
and in crowded sections of the city,
have set up their own play-
grounds — in the backyard.
Few of these well-intentioned
parents know anything about super-
vising a playground — yet, that's
just what the task entails.
"Many well-meaning parents, "
J. O. Musick, general manager
of the Texas Safety Association
said, "are happily assembling their
own backyard playgrounds, and
then obliviously turning their chil-
dren loose to survive by trial and
error. "
Inevitably, some children get
hurt.' The injuries range from
small cuts to broken bones, with,
an occasional fatality.
Here are some TSA suggestions
on how to make your backyard
playground safer — and give you
more peace of mind:
1. Allow ample space in the
yard for each playground device.
Crowding can cause accidents.
2. Keep debris such as broken
glass and nails out of the play
area. This may require a daily
inspection.
3. Explain rules for safe use of
the playground equipment to your
Mercedes Soldier
At Religious Retreat
SEOUL--Pvt. Ramon G. Tre-
vino, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gumer-
cindo G. Trevino* 609 N. Ver-
mont, Mercedes, recently at-
tended a five-day religious re-
treat at the Army's Far East re-
treat site near Seoul.
Protestant, Catholic and Jewish
chaplains alternate planning the
program of lectures, conferences
and services.
A gunner in Troop C of the 1st
Division's 9th Cavalry, Trevino
entered the Army in November
1959, completed basic training
at Fort Riley, Kan., and arrived
overseas last June.
The 23-year-old soldier attend-
ed Mercedes High School.
youngsters -- and then enforce the
rules.
4. Buy swing seats of leather
belting, rubber or rubberized can-
V21S*
It's hard for a child to stand on
them, and, consequently, fewer
kids will fall from them. And if
such a seat strikes a child, it
can't injure him severely.
"Most important, " Musick said,
"check your backyard playground
equipment frequently. Sliver- pro-
ducing edges on the sandbox can
be made smooth, for example.
"The time to stop backyard
accidents is before they happen."
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—Enterprise Staff Photo
AIR CONDITIONING recently installed in Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church here was made possible
by the Knights of Columbus. Shown inspecting me installation are, left to right, Rigoberto Salinas,
Oscar Torrez, Father Edward Kennedy, and Dolson Jackson.
sun FAIR VISITORS TO SEE
ARTHUR GODFREY AND GOLDIE
LEGAL NOTICE
Television and radio star Arthur
Godfrey will make personal ap-
pearances on the first three days
of the 1960 State Fair of Texas
Horse Show, Dallas.
"The Old Redhead" will appear
with his famous Palomino* "Gol-
die, "at the night performances of
the Horse Show Oct. 7 and 8 and
at the matinee performance Oct.
9 in the State Fair Livestock Col-
iseum.
The Horse Show gets under way
on the Friday evening before the
State Fair officially opens Satur-
day, Oct. 8.
Godfrey has been a horse lover
for more than 25 years. At his
farm, Beacon Hill in Loudoun
County, Va., he keeps horses of
several different breeds. The
most famous is his Palomino stal-
lion, Catoctin Gold, known as
CARROT MARKETING ORDER PROPOSED
FOR SOUTH TEXAS AREA BY USDA
A proposed marketing agreement
and order program for carrots
in South Texas has been recom-
mended by the U. S. Department
of Agriculture.
The recommended program is
based on the record of a hearing
held in the Hidalgo County Court
House in Edinburg on May 31-June
1.
The proposed program would be
administered by a committee—
The South Texas Carrot Commit-
tee--composed of 10 local carrct
growers and five handlers.
The production area, covering
51 South Texas counties, would
be divided into three districts,
with committee members selected
from each district on the basis of
the proportionate number of grow-
ers or handlers and volume of
production.
Major responsibilities of the com-
mittee would be recommenda-
tions—when appropriate- -of grade,
Ejyp, quality, pack or container
regulations for carrot shipments.
Special consideration could be
given to shipments for certain
purposes'such as relief or charity,
export, experimental purposes,
and livestock feed.
Inspection would be required on
shipments when they are regula-
ted. Small shipments below a
specified minimum quantity could
move free of inspection, assess-
ments, and other regulations.
Authority for shipping holidays
was discussed at the hearing, but
the evidence presented was deem-
ed inadequate to support such a
provision.
Interested parties will have un-
til Aug. 22 to file exceptions to
the recommended program. Any
exceptions filed with USDA will
be considered in the final decision
by the Secretary of Agriculture.
If the Secretary's decision favors
issuance of the program, a refer-
endum will be held among carrot
producers in the 51 South Texas
counties.
The marketing order t must be
favored by at least two-thirds of
the voters before it can be made
effective, and the marketing
agreement must be signed by
handlers representing at least 50
percent of the carrot volume cov-
ered by the marketing agreement.
The production area covered by
the program would include these
counties:
Pecos, Terrell, Reeves, Val
Verde, Kinney, Uvalde, Medina,
Bexar, Wilson, Karnes, Goliad,
Victoria, Calhoun, Maverick,
Zavala, Frio, Atascosa, Dimmit,
La Salle, McMullen, Live Oak,
Bee, Refugio* Webb, Duval, Jim
Wells, San Patricio, Nueces, Za-
pata, Jim Hogg, Brooks, Kenedy,
Kleberg, Starr, Comal, Hays,
Bastrop, Aransas, Caldwell, Gua-
dalupe, Gonzales, Fayette, Col-
orado, Lavaca, DeWltt, Jackson,
Wharton, Matagorda, Hidalgo,
Willacy, and Cameron.
"Goldie" to the millions who have
seen him on the Godfrey TV shows
or in personal appearances he has
made from coast to coast.
Godfrey and "Goldie" will ap-
pear at the State Fair Horse Show
in an exhibition of "dressage" rid-
ing, in which the horse is sent
through intricate maneuvers with-
out discernible instruction from
the rider.
Godfrey has appeared with "Gol-
die" at a number of major horse
shows in recent years, including
the National Horse Show in New
York and the International Hone
Show in Chicago.
The State Fair's Series I Horse
Show which opens Friday night,
Oct. 7, will present five and three-
gaited saddle horses, fine harness
and walking horses, roadster and
parade horses and hunters and
jumpers. The Series I Show runs
through Oct. 11*
The opening series will be fol-
lowed by cutting horses and quarter
horses competing in Series II,
Oct. 12-16, and by the final ser-
ies, Oct. 18-23, which will fea-
ture Shetland ponies, Palominos
and Arabian horses.
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that pur-
suant to the order of the City
Commission of the City of Mer-
cedes, Texas, Aug. 8, I960, a
public hearing on the adoption
of the budget ordinance for the
City of Mercedes, Texas, for the
fiscal year be ginning Oct, 1, 1960'
and ending Sept. 30, 1961 will
be held at the City Hall at 9
a. m, Monday, Aug. 22, 1960.
J. O. Clark
City Secretary
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Christian Science
The meaning of God's supremacy
and all-power will be explained
at Christian Science services this
Sunday.
Scriptural selections in the Les-
son-Sermon entitled "Soul" will
include the following from Levit-
icus (26:3, 4, 11): "If ye walk in
my statute^, and keep my com-
mandments, and do them; Then
I will give you rain in due season,
and the land shall yield her in-
crease, and the trees of the field
shall yield their fruit.... And I
will set my tabernacle among you
and my soul shall not abhor you."
God's power is also brought out
in readings from "Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures"
by Mary Baker Eddy which include
this statement (330:11-12): "God
is infinite, the only Life, sub-
stance, Spirit, or Soul, the only
intelligence of the universe, in-
cluding man. "
PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that the
Board of Trustees of the Mercedes
Independent School District will
meet at the business office of
the Mercedes independent
School District on the 18th day
of August, 1960, at 7:30 p.m.
for the purpose of adopting a bud-
get for fiie ensuing fiscal year.
Any taxpayer of said District may
be present and participate in the
hearing. The proposed budget is
now on file with the Secretary of
the board of Trustees at the busi-
ness office of the Mercedes Inde-
pendent School District.
J. R. Wade, President of the
Board of Trustees of the Mercedes
Independent School District, Bud-
get Officer.
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 11
Read Luke 10:1-6
Look on the fields; for they are
white already to harvest. (John
4:35. )
In early autumn we see the gol-
den rice fields stretching from the
sea to the purple mountains. When
the rice is ripe for harvesting, the
son has scarcely risen before the
workers enter the fields. They
carry sickles and bend low to
cut clusters of rice stalks. They
continue their work until the glory
of the sunset fades away.
The patient work of the laborers
in the rice fields reminds us of
the millions ©(persons in all parts
of the world who need to be reach-
ed for Christ. No mass evangelism
can reach all of them; they must
be won individually.
Workers on the mission fields
today are depending upon us to
furnish the sickles of prayer and
liberal giving. Thus, many sin-
enslaved persons may learn of the
everlasting inheritance Jesus has
provided for them.
The challenging question that
Joshua asked the hosts of ancient
Israel, we must answer today:
"How long are ye slack go to
possess the land, which the Lord
God of our fathers hath given
you?"
PRAYER: O Father, may our
hearts bum within us for the
world's lost millions. Deliver us
from the sin of neglect. Awaken
us to the need and opportunities
to bring .others to Christ. Use us
Thou wilt. In the name of Jesus.
Amen. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
God calls us to labor for Him in
the field white unto harvest.
Mrs. C. K. Dozier (Japan)
World-Wide Bible Reading -
Mark 10:1-16.
Mercedes Student
Makes Dean’s List
At Lutheran College
Mary Linda Hix, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Omer Lee Hix, Mer-
cedes, was on the Dean's honor
list for the spring semester at Tex-
as Lutheran College, Seguin, it
was revealed by college officials
this week.
Miss Hix was a freshman mathe-
matics major at TLC this past
year and a graduate of Mercedes
High SchooL
The Mercedes student had a 3. 63
grade average which means she i
made more A's than B's for the
spring semester in her college
w ork.___
Each* year, 400-500 bike riders
are killed in traffic accidents,
says the National Safety Council.
More than 25,000 children suffer
disabling injuries from these acci-
dents. In more than three out of
five fatalities, the bicycle rider
is violating a law. Bicyclists too
often forget traffic laws aren't
just for drivers.
Make Cereal Exciting!
NOTICE TO THE CREDITORS
OF THE ESTATE OF EDITH GRAF,
DECEASED
Notice is hereby given that or-
iginal letters testamentary upon
the Estate of Edith Graf, deceas-
ed, were granted to me, the un-
dersigned, on the 11th day of July,
1960, by the County Court of Hi-
dalgo County, Texas. All persons
having claims against said Estate
are required to present the same
to me within the time prescribed
by law. My postoffice and res-
"OFFICIAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC
HEARING ON PAN AMERICAN
REGIONAL COLLEGE DISTRICT
BUDGET
A budget has been prepared for
Pan American College for the
fiscal year beginning September
1, 1960 and ending August 31,
1961. Copies of the budget may
ibe examined by any interested
person in the office of the Treas-
urer or the President, Pan Ameri-
can College, Edinburg, Texas.
The Board of Regentswill take
final action on the budget after
a public hearing beginning about
8:30 p.m., Tuesday, August 16,
1960, at the New Orleans Room,
Cortez Hotel, Weslaco* Texas. "
31- 2tc
idence address is Mercedes, Tex-
SIS
Robert K. Graf
Independent Executor of the Es-
tate of Edith Graf, deceased
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Brighten up breakfast with “something new” in cereals!
This recipe is not only delicious, but it’s a novel time-saver,
too. Prepare enough of the cereal for two mornings—serve
half of it hot with cream and maple-blended syrup the first
morning .. . then on the second morning, follow this recipe
for Fruited Squares. For a party “brunch” add cris& bacon
strips or savory little pork sausages.
FRUITED COCONUT-RICE CEREAL SQUARES
25/j cups water % cup Angel Flake Coconut
1/2 teaspoon salt< Cooked pitted prunes
I/2 cup quick-cooking Additional flaked coconut
rice cereal
Bring water to a boil in a saucepan. Add salt and sprinkle
in rice cereal. Cook for 30 seconds, stirring constantly. Re-
move from heat. Cover and let stand 3 minutes. Add % cup
coconut and mix well. Serve with cream and maple-blended
syrup. Or press mixture into a shallow greased dish and
cool. Cut into squares and saute in butter or margarine.
Serve with cooked prunes and a fluff of flaked coconut.
Makes 4 servings.
Proposed CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
NUMBER FOUR ON THE BALLOT_
Accounting for almost one out of
nine automobiles in the United
States, California tops all other
states in gasoline consumption.
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT TO BE VOTED
ON AT AN ELECTION TO BE
HELD ON NOVEMBER 8, I860.
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO.
6 proposing: an Amendment to Sec-
tion 11, Article XVI of the Constitu-
tion of the State of Texas, so as to
give the Legislature authority to classi-
fy loans and lenders, license and regu-
late lenders, define interest, fix maxi-
mum rates of interest, and provide for
n maximum rate of interest of ten
per centum (10%) per annum in the
absence of legislation setting maximum
rates of interest: providing that the
rate of interest shall not exceed six
per cent (6%) per annum in contracts
where no interest rate is agreed upon;
providing for the right of appeal and
trial de nevo in the event any regula-
tory agency cancels or refuses to grant
any permit; providing for the neces-
sary election and the form of the
ballots; and providing for the neces-
sary proclamation and publication.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEG-
ISLATURE OP THE STATE OF
TEXAS:
Section 1. That Section 11, Article
XVI of the Constitution of the State
of Texas be amended so as to here-
after read as follows:
“Section 11. The Legislature shall
have authority to classify loans and
lenders, license and regulate lenders,
define interest and fix maximum rates
of interest; provided, however, in the
absence of legislation fixing maximum
rates of interest all contracts for a
greater rate of interest than ten per
centum (10%) per annum shall be
deemed usurious; provided, further,
that in contracts where no rate of in-
terest is agreed upon, the rate shall
not exceed six per centum (6%) per
annum. Should any regulatory agency,
acting under the provisions of this
Section, cancel or refuse to grant any
permit under any law passed by the
Legislature; then such applicant or
holder shall have the right of appeal
to the courts and granted a trial de
novo as that term is used in appealing
from the justice of peace court to the
county court.”
Sec. 2. The foregoing Constitutional
Amendment shall be submitted to a
vote of the qualified electors of this
State at an election to be held on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday
in November, 1960, at which election
all ballots shall have printed thereon
the following:
“FOR the Constitutional Amendment
giving the Legislature authority to
classify loans and lenders, license and
regulate lenders, define interest and
fix maximum rates of interest; and
providing for a maximum rate of in-
terest of ten per centum (10%) per
annum in the absence of legislation
fixing maximum rates of interest."
“AGAINST the Constitutional A-
mendment giving the Legislature au-
thority to classify loans and lenders,
license and regulate lenders, define in-
terest and fix maximum rates of in-
terest; and providing for a maximum
rate of interest of ten per centum
(10%) per'annum in the absence of
legislation fixing maximum rates of
interest.”
Sec. 3. The Governor shall issue the
necessary proclamation for the said
election and have the same published
as required by the Constitution and
laws of this State.___
Children need as much protein
during the summer vacation
months as during school days, the
Texas Beef Council reminds mo-
thers. Active bodies grow EVERY
day, and beef i§ one of our best
sources of essential protein.
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Harvey, J. Edwin. The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 11, 1960, newspaper, August 11, 1960; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1090090/m1/2/: 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.