The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 14, 1961 Page: 3 of 8
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SOCIETY PAGE
TWENTY FIVE
YEARS AGO
On September 25, 1936,
twenty five years ago, this
appeared in the paper on the
society page.
A number of Mercedes
women attended the Hidalgo
County Zone meeting of
Methodist Women's Auxi-
liaries held in the Weslaco
First Methodist Church Fri-
day of last week. Mrs. T.J.
Rippert of this city, zone
chairman, presided at the
meeting and other local
women on the program in-
cluded Mrs. Dewey Acker
who had charge of the “Quiet
Hour,” Mrs. H. E. Hager
who gave a vocal solo and
Mrs. E. G. Reid who ac-
companied Mrs. Hager at the
piano.
Dr. and Mrs. Marion Law-
ler and son, John, were ex-
pected to arrive in Mercedes
Thursday night after a visit
in Paris, Dallas and Fort
Worth, Texas.
Mrs. Shelly H. Collier
spent last week-end in San
Antonio visiting relatives
and friends.
Dan W. Taylor of Corpus
Christi is a guest here in the
home of his daughter, Mrs.
Clark Atteberry and also in
the home of his son, Don
T ay lor.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. George
and Marion of North Palm
Gardens spent Sunday as
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clay
Mills in Harlingen.
Personalized napkins made
by The Mercedes Enter-
prise.
$8.25 per 1,000
nu m,Ln jut s, ju.„
&ta Sifma Phi
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
held a morning coffee Satur-
day, Sept. 9 at the home of
Mrs. Milton Hild.
Guests were received at
the door by Mrs. Hild, Mrs.
Band Boosters Club
Elects Officers
The Band Boosters Club
met for an organizational
meeting Monday, Sept. 11.
Officers were elected and
include Geo. A. Wheeler,
president; Mrs. Victor
Brown, vice president; Mrs.
John Bowe, secretary; Mrs.
Philip Atteberry, treasurer.
The plans for the Hallo-
ween carnival were dis-
cussed and Mr. Wheeler ap-
pointed the retiring presi-
dent, Mrs. W. O. Bunton, as
general chairman for this
year's carnival.
Mrs. Bunton will announce
her committees in the near
future.
-tip Upper ifeon-
Read Luke 18:1-8
I say unto you, Ask, and it
shall be given you; seek, and
ye shall find; knock, and it
shall be opened unto you.
(Luke 11:9.)
The man who is satisfied
with his life and the world
about him rarely prays. But
when adversity overtakes
him, in his extremity he
turns to the Lord, who is
standing at the door of every
heart. He will hear the cry
of this penitent soul. When
the door is opened the life
of the penitent man will be
flooded with light.
Prayer takes man’s fear
WELCOME NEW TESTAMENT CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Geo A. Wheeler, Pastor
Bible School _v..................9:45 a.m,
Morning Worship ____ 11:00 a.m-
Christian Endeavor ___________ 6:30 p.m.
Evening Service ____________________ 7:30 p.m.
NOT Affiliated with the World Council of Churches—The National
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R. P. Edgemon, president.
Others assisting with the
hostess duties were Mrs.
Walker Sanders, Mrs. John
Bowe and Mrs. A. H. Down-
ing.
The serving table was
covered with a soft blue and
white, full skirted cloth and
milk appointments were
used. The table was centered
with an arrangement of
yellow mums. Coffee was
served witn miniature do-
nuts, cinnamon coffee bars,
miniature strawberry tart-
lettes, miniature pecantart-
lettes and fruit rolls.
Those attending included
Mesdames Floyd Langford,
Elmo Wade, Kenneth Barth,
E. A. Twenhafel, Avie Telt-
schik, Lucile Parrish,
George Irby, P. N. Bazar,
Bill Basinger, J. Brewer.
Guests attending included
Mrs. Robert Bray^ Michael
Murray, Pat Kidd, Bill Kop-
ping and Vondale Arnold.
Also attending was Doris
Evans.
and replaces it with confi-
dence. Fuller life thus
comes, for by prayer we can
re-establish a lost com-
munion with God.
From a missionary,
threatened by death in
China, prayer removed a
terrible fear and helpless-
ness. Despair was replaced
by a calm peacefulness. He
said afterwards: “My own
will had failed in the most
critical moment of my life.
But knowledge that I could
depend on a power greater
than my own sustained me
in a wonderful way.’’
He rapidly outdistanced
his fears and gained his
former sense of hope.
PRAYER: O God, we are
conscious of our own inade-
quacy, especially in the face
of trouble. We pray that at
such times Thy presence
may be very real in our
lives. Shine the light of truth
into our darkened lives so
that we may have complete
assurance; through Christ
our Lord. Amen.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Our lives are incomplete
unless we are in constant
communion with God.
The Mercedes Enterprise — Page 3
Mercedes, Texas, Thursday, September 14, 1961
Baptist W. M. U.
The W. M. U. of the First
Baptist Church have held
meetings every morning this
week with the exception of
Wednesday. There will be
one more meeting held Fri-
day at 9:30 a.m. The program
of State Mission for the Mary
Hill Davis offering has car-
ried the theme of “What is
That in. Thine Hand**.
Those in charge of the
programs for each day in-
clude Mrs. George Peacock,
Monday; Mrs. Pete Melton,
Tuesday; Rev. Ramirez,
from South Side Baptist Mis-
sion, spoke Wednesday eve-
ning at the prayer service
at the church. On Thursday
Mrs. George Avant was in
charge of the morning meet-
ing and the meeting Friday
will be lead by Mrs. W. H.
Dr awe, Sr.
All the women of the
church are invited to attend.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
The nature of God as
Spirit, not matter, will be
brought out Sunday at Chris-
tian Science church
services.
Opening the Biblical
selections in the Lesson-
Sermon entitled “Matter”
are these verses from
Exodus (20): “And God spake
all these words saying, . . .
Thou shalt have no other
gods before me. ... Ye shall
not make with me gods of
silver, neither shall ye make
unto you gods of gold.”
This citation will be read
from “Science and Health
with Key to the Scriptures”
by Mary Baker Eddy (pp.
199,200): “WhenHomersang
of the Grecian gods, Olympus
was dark, but through his
verse the gods became alive
in a nation’s belief, Pagan
worship began with
muscularity, but the law of
Sinai lifted thought into the
song of David. Moses ad-
vanced a nation to the wor-
ship of God in Spirit instead
of matter, and illustrated the
grand human capacities of
being bestowed by immortal
Mind.”
THE ENGAGEMENT of
Miss Lieura Lynee
Schwarz to David Edward
Jones has been anounced
by her father, William
Schwarz of Mercedes. Mr.
Jones is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Roger Jones of
Mercedes.
MISS PEMELTON
FETED AT PARTY
Miss Paula Kay Pemelton
was honored on her 14th
birthday with a party given
at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Pemelton’
Mercedes.
The party was a “Tacky”
affair and moving pictures
were taken of the guests in
their tacky clothes. Party
games were played and the
gifts were opened by the
honoree.
Refreshments of assorted
cookies and party punch were
served to those attending.
- Guests attending included
Gheryl Adams, Jean Riley,
Mike McQueen, Dennis Lugg,
Gus Harp, Linda Adams,
Marcella Cox, Gary Cox,
Juanell Cox, Joan Jones,
Diane Schwarz, Allen Hegg-
en, Mike Pemelton, Terry
Cox, Adonna Peacock, Linda
Anderson, and David Powell.
Mrs. Harvey Cox and Miss
Mildred Pemelton assisted
with hostess duties.
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Harvey, J. Edwin. The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 14, 1961, newspaper, September 14, 1961; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1090149/m1/3/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.