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Outstanding
Women Due C.C.
Banquet Honors
The Mercedes Board of City De-
velopment and Chamber of Com-
merce will honor five outstanding
Mercedes women at its annual
banquet to be held Wednesday,
October 12, 1960.
The final selection will be bas-
ed on the qualifications of those
?ho unselfishly have given of
their time and energies to work
for and promote civic, cultural,
and Community bnmanStarHgn
projects in the Mercedes area.
A committee will be set up to
consider the qualifications of each
womau whose name is submitted.
The ladies selected will be rec-
ognized at the annual banquet,
and each will receive a plaque
for their outstanding community
services.
Letters of nomination should
enumerate the qualifications that
make the nominee eligible for the
award. Letters should be submit-
tedtothe Chamber of Commerce,
Box 867, Mercedes, not later than
August 31. Any individual or or-
ganization may submit a letter of
nomination.
N At the group's banquet last year,
five outstanding men who are
leaders in the community were
honored.
LIONS HEAR SAFETY TALK
» Mercedes Lions Club members
Wednesday heard a talk on safety
by Capt. Ray Holub of the Texas
Highway Patrol. He illustrated
his talk with slides. The meeting
was at the El Sombre row
MEETING GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MEXICO In the Republic
of Mexico during their recent goodwill tour is this group of Texas
Farm Bureau members. Left to light are Prof. Paz, president of the
Mexican Small Farmers Federation; next is an agricultural depart-
ment official of Mexico; at rear is Ed Gordon, president of the
South Texas Travel Service which arranged the tour; Gov. Gustavo
Baz; J. H. West, president of the Texas Farm Bureau; Morris Light
of Hermleigh; Arnold Koop of Edna; Hugo Bogelsang, Winters; Ed-
win Harvey, publisher at The Enterprise; Clay Kimbrough, Ralls
and Efrain Trava, a guide and driver of one of the tour cars.
Texans find Mexicans Overflowing
With Hospitality And Friendliness
(Editor's Note: This is one of a
series of articles by Edwin Harvey,
Enterprise publisher, on the Texas
Farm Bureau Goodwill tour of
Mexico,)
Texans on the Texas Farm Bu-
reau tour of Mexico found out fust
hand that their neighbors South of
the border are hospitable and gra-
cious.
This was demonstrated on numer-
ous occassicns, but it was pointed
up particularly at two stops on the
group's itinerary.
First was at the National School
of Agriculture near the small
town of Chapingo some 30 miles
East of Mexico City.
The group had gone there for a
routine tour of the school, largest
of its kind of Mexico. It was ex-
plained that all students go on
scholarships and virtually without
personal expense. Each student
has his own plot of ground to cul-
tivate.
One of the last stops an the
school's grounds was at the fish
hatchery.
After explaining about all the
fish, the farmers in the group
seemed impressed. It was explain-
ed that this special breed of carp
came from Israeli and weighs 4
to 6 pounds at six months. An im-
portant advantage of the breed is
that it can live off the insects and
Tiger Gridders Work Out Daily
Preparing For Class AAA Debut
i
The Tiger football team opened
the 1960 season this week with
two hard workouts per day in pre-
paration for their debut in Class
AAA competition.
Coaches Milton Hild, E. R.
Broughton, and Fernandez have
been "putting the boys through
the paces" without a letup in order\
to have them ready for the season
opener on September 2 with Ed-
couch-Elsa. A scrimmage with La
Feria is scheduled for next week.
*V Sixty- one boys turned out for the
workouts that began Monday.
Coach Hild said be was particular-
ly pleased with the member of
eager freshmen vieing for positions
on the newly formed freshman
team that is required in Class AAA.
Thirty* one Tigers are aspiring
for starting positions on varsity
andBteakns. Returning lettermen
are:
Claudio Castaneda
Grady Herold
» Jaime Hinojosa
Tony Krueger
Mike Odom
Ricky Rivera
Toe Sauce da
Ross Tankerslev
Ronnie Terry
The following boys will be try-
ing for their first letter: Lawrence
Cox, Juan Castaneda, Roy Crooks,
Dwight Deer, Araulfo Flcres,
Ubaldo Garcia, Jesse Garza, Rob-
ert Gracia, Hoyt Hager, Rene
Hinojosa, Marshall Hovers on,
Fred Karle, Wayne Kovar; Tom-
my Leavell, Sherwood Lucas,
Heriberto Martinez, Jaime Mo-
reno, Teddy Robledo^ Andres
Salinas, Lloyd Stotler, Ben Solis,
Juan Vasquez.
The Freshman squad includes:
Robert Adame, Robert Adams,
Alfred Barrera, Mateo Cadena,
Gavito Canoy Lorenzo De la Rosa,
Armando Diaz, Rene Elizondo^
Alberto Echavaixia, Axnoldo
Flares, Polo Flores, David Gon-
zalez, Steve Gaea, Darius Herold,
Carlos Hinojosa, Hector Hernan-
dez, Jim Lyoiu> Andy Martinet
George Maldonado^ Joe Hernan-
dez, Roy Jordan, Feed Johnston,
James Pemeltcn, Brian Schwar^
Larry Tankersley, Mike Taylor,
Jim Trussed Richard Villarreal,
Tom Yanez, Rudy Gonzalez.
The first season game is Sept;
2 here with Edcouch-Elsa.
small plants present in most farm
ponds. This is a major item with
the small Mexican farmer because
he cannot afford to feed the fish.
Officials of the school insisted
on giving a start of the fish to
each member of the tour who had
a lake to stock. The fish will be
flown to Houston and distributed
from there.
The second outstanding example
of their hospitality was at a pri-
vate ranch, El Carmen, near To-
luca.
The owner, a young widow, Mrs.
Gloria Gutierrez, bad invited
the tour members to stop in.
On arrival about 10b 30 one
morning, the group found a pic-
turesque tropical garden setting
in the back yard of the main
ranch house.
On tables the hostess, Mrs.
Gloria Gutierrez, had placed every
imaginable type of fresh tropical
fruit, plus soft drinks, mixed
drinks, and coffee. There were
small sandwiches and a huge cake.
Most of those present ate so much
it ruined their luncheon later in
Toluca.
After the coffee break, the hos-
tess escorted most of the women
(Continued on page 5)
Rain Delaying
Cotton Harvest;
Extension Set
Cotton harvest was slowed con-
siderably the past few days as
rains totalling some six inches
fell through the Valley.
A3-inch rain was recorded here
Friday, 1.37 Saturday, 1 inch
Sunday, . 28 Monday and . 09
Tuesday, according to the rain
guage of the local water district,
In view of the delays, State Ag-
riculture Commissioner John C.
White has granted an extension of
the plowup deadline to Sept. 10.
He was in the Valley last week.
Farmers who have stopped the
entire plant growth including stalk
and bolls as well as leaves, cun or
before August 31st, by the use of
chemicals, will qualify for the
new September 10th deadline.
Farmers who have growing cotton
in the fields on September 1st
will be in violation of the Pink
BoUwcem Law and will be
necessary for our inspectors to take
appropriate measures.
Commissioner White compli-
mented Valley farmers saying,
"Valley farmers have done an
exceptionally good job on insect
control this year and we are happy
to cooperate by extending the
plow-up deadline.
White also said, "The extension
of the plow-up deadline is necesr
sary because of a late cool spring
that delayed planting."
Those meeting with Commis-
sioner John C. White were C. B.
Ray, Tam Cowart, Bill Fletcher,
Earl McIntosh, C. Y. Carter and
J. C. Walling.
School Budget Hearing Thursday,
Superintendent Assigns Teachers
Public hearing on a proposed bud-
get for the next year of the Mer-
cedes Independent School District
will be held at 7:30 p. m. Thurs-
day at the tax office.
The preliminary budget was re-
viewed by the board at its regular
meeting Tuesday night.
The board also adjusted its bud-
get for the present year to more
accurately reflect actual expen-
ditures and needs.
The board also accepted the
resignations of the following
teachers: Lean Smith, Richard
Crain, James Evans, Don Davis,
Margaret Soderquest, Delia Tre-
vino^ Sally Holland, Carmel Rod-
riquez and Mrs. Ler Lee Shef-
field.
Additional teachers were em-
ployed for these vacancies, most
of which are included in a com-
plete teacher assignment list else-
where in this issue. Two new
teachers employed are Mis. An-
drea Bueno, elementary, and
Raymond Tarrant, junior high.
The board awarded a contract
to the Bcrden Co. to supply milk
and ice cream to the school for
the next year. Four bids were re-
ceived.
The board passed a resolution
favoring a joint city* school tax
revaluation program for next year.
City representatives attended
the meeting and participated in
the discussion. However, the.city
commission, officially has ngt
taken action on the proposal. Pur-
pose would be to equalize property
values for city and school tax
purposes.
Teacher assignments as made
by Supt. S. F. Cemosek at mid*
week included:
SPECIAL TEACHERS
H. N. Browning, asst. supt.
Mrs. Margaret Atteberry, nurse
Miss Opal Jo Davison, nurse
Mrs. Frances Rohrbaugh,
counselor
Mrs. Catherine Wilder, counselor
A vie Teltschik, music supervisor
Ms. Mary Fay Rushton,
visiting teacher
Mrs. Jayne Ledbetter, librarian
Mrs. Genevieve Bcwe>
special education
Mrs. Virginia Bazar,
special education
VOCATIONAL TEACHERS
James F. Dollery,
vocational agriculture
Mrs. Leah Hamilton,
vocational homemaking
Mrs. Melba Pruitt,
vocational homemaking
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
N. K. Fitzgerald, principal
Milton E. Hild,
asst, principal & director
of athletics
Emmett Albright
Mrs. Mary Alice Baingo
Mrs. Emma Jean Atteberry
Mrs. Carol Cowden
Mrs. Woody Bee Dillard
Mrs. Mildred Farris
Miss Livia Garcia
Mrs. Goldsby Goza
Ray Hernandez
(Continued on page 5)
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new sewer lines on North Virginia.
EVERYONE BRINGS BACK something from tours abroad, and the Lloyd HeggemS'scn axifnoex-
ceptian. Here they model some of their costumes* At left, Allen wears a genuine Bavarian costume
worn by men and boys alike in the Alps. Mrs. Heggen models a hand-woven jacket from Denmark
and Mr. Heggen displays his Egyptian outfit.
YOUTH horse SHOW Heggens Return From 49-Day Tour
set for Saturday Qf }j0|y Land, Egypt
Cameron County 4-H Council's
Tip O' Texas Youth Horse Show
which had to be cancelled last
Saturday due to inclement weath-
er has been set for 8 P.M. this
soming Saturday at the livestock
Show grounds.
Many of the Valley's outstand-
ing young horsemen have entered
and plenty of excitement will be
in store for the contestants, as
well as the spectators, when the
youngsters compete against one
another in timed events such as
Barrel Racing, Stake Races, Flag
Races, and Pole Bending. Also
included on the program is a
Queen's Contest, Showmanship
Contest for children under 13 years
of age, Western Pleasure Class,
and a Western Working Horse
Class.
Any boy or girl who has not
reached his 19th birthday is eli-
gible to participate. Entries in
fine show will be accepted up to
post time, sponsors have advised.
City Budget
Hearing Monday
Public hearing on a proposed
city budget for the next fiscal
year will be held at 9 a. m. Mon-
day at the City Hall, according
to City Secretary J. O. Clark.
The budget to be recommended
was not complete at press time
this week.
It is at this meeting that various
departments of the city and other
groups who receive tax monies ap-
pear to put in their requests for
funds. City officials have urged
other interested residents to come
hear the budget discussed.
Jim Norris To Report
For Houston Team
Jim Norris of Mercedes will be
one of 63 candidates reporting to
the opening University ctf Houston
football practice, Sept. 1 in Hous-
ton.
Norris 6-3, 235, lettered last
season as a sophomore. The Cou-
gars will open the season Sept.
17 in Houston's 70^ 000-seat Rice
Stadium with the University of
Mississippi, 1960 Sugar Bowl
championship team. Norris plays
left tackle.
(Related Photo on Page 5)
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Heggen and
son Allen have returned to Mer-
cedes after attending the Inter-
national Conference on Large
Electric Systems in Paris, France.
The Heggens left June 16 and
were gone 49 days. After official
close of their convention, they
toured many areas abroad.
For proof of their trip and for
future enjoyment, they took near*
ly 1, 000 color slides of places
visited, and several rolls of movie
film.
They almost were able to see one
of fiie world's most powerful fig-
ures, Kruschev of Russia, who
was in Vienna at the same time
as the Heggens. However, the
Russian leader made no public
appearances, they said.
They flew from New York to
Paris far the convention, and
traveled by various means after
arriving. After touring Paris, they
visited Versaille.
Later they flew to Geneva,
Switzerland, and also visited Lau-
sanne. They visited many famous
spots in that country including
Interlaken and Lucerne where they
went up a mountin by electrified
rack-pinion railway said to be the
steepest in the world. '
After touring Switzerland, they
I960 Bengals Arrive;
Bengal Party Friday
The 1960 Bengals have arrive^
according to editor Cassandra Had-
dox. Miss Haddox has announced
a Bengal party to be held Friday
evening, Aug. 18, at 7:30 in the
high school cafeteria.
Refreshments will be on sale so
that students can spend an enjoy-
able evening signing annuals and
remembering happy, sad and
pleasant memories brought to new
life by the annuals.
"There are a few extra annuals, "
Miss Haddox said. She added that
those who had not bought Bengals,
andwho would like to do so>, were
invitedtocome to the party. The
extra Bengals will be sold to first
comers, she said.
All money owed on annuals
must be paid Friday night, before
claiming of annuals, the adit car
pointed out. For those who miss
the party, the annuals will be
available later at the high school
office, Miss Haddox said.
went via Danube steamer to Me Ik,
Austria, and later to Vienna.
They motored into Germany to
Oberammerg au where they attend-
ed the world famed passion play
(which also is on the itinerary of
the Valley Farm Bureau tour.)
They visited Heidelberg, Frank-
furt, Hamburg, and then proceed-
ed to Copenhagen, Denmark. Af-
ter that they flew to Stockholm
where they visited the King's
summer palace. They later visited
Oslo and then departed fer Lon-
don, England, where all the fa-
mous sights were visited.
After their England visit, they
flew to Rome, Italy, and then
to Athens, Greece. Following
thatv they visited the Holy Land
in Israel and also Egypt.
They made special visits to
large electric installations in
France and Switzerland.
It was' a wonderful trip, but it
was good to get back home, they
reported.
Knolle Jersey Farms
Introduce Milk Here
The story of Knolle All-Jersey
milk is told in a special color ad-
vertisement in this issue of The
Enterprise.
Knolle Jersey Farms recently
introduced their products to Mer-
cedes and other Valley towns.
They have distribution points at
Harlingen and Donna.
Their milk is approved by Na-
tional All-Jersey, Inc. and also
is guaranteed by the Texas Jersey
Cattle Club.
Harlingen Chaplain
Guest Pastor Sunday
Chaplain James L. Jones of the
Harlingen Air Base will be guest
preacher at First Methodist Church,
Mercedes, Sunday.
The church pastor, Rev. Wayne
Smith, is on vacation.
ROTARY MEETS
C. P. Melton, local farmer and
businessman, gave a re view of the
bracero program for the past sev-
eral years at the Rotary Club
meeting Tuesday at The El Som-
brero.
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Harvey, J. Edwin. The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 18, 1960, newspaper, August 18, 1960; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1090628/m1/1/: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.