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Page 4 — The Mercedes Enterprise
Mercedes, Texas, Thursday, August 31, 1961
Vacation Bible
School Closes
The Presbyterian Vaca-
tion Bible School closed Aug.
24 after an eight day session.
Parents and friends of the
children were invited on the
closing evening to see the
work from the three classes
on display. The school, which
was held in the evenings from
6:30 to 9 p.m. was directed
by Mrs. E. B. Dubuisson.
Carole Dubuisson was se-
cretary and refreshment
chairman. Teachers in the
school were Pat Cassidy,
Mrs. Carl Snyder, Mrs. L.R.
Moddle, Mrs. L. J. Moddle,
Mrs. Clive Roe, Misses Faye
Weyel, Debbie Cassidy and
Saundra Keepers. The Rev.
Grantland Groves, pastor of
the church, was present
during the evening classes.
FHA Holds
Style Show
The FHA of Edcouch-Elsa
held a style show in the sew-
ing lab Aug. 22 at 8 p.m.
Twenty-six girls modeled
dresses they had made under
the supervision of their in-
structor, Mrs. Neal Gallo-
way. Four small girls
modeled children’s dresses
some of the girls had sewn.
Miss Lois Roberts gave
the welcoming address and
introduced the guests. Marie
Haeffner and Lynda Jones
were narrators for the show.
Beth Pealor, president, gave
a report on the trip this sum-
mer to the National FHA
convention in St. Louis, Mo.
Pauline Thompson and
Sherry Roberts gave a re-
sume of the summer pro-
jects. Articles of clothing
made by the qlass, scrap
books and record books were
on display.
Special guests were Mrs.
Brice Fuqua of Hermleigh,
Texas, a former FHA teach-
er at Edcouch-Elsa; honory
members, Mrs. S. E. Neil-
sen and Mr. and Mrs. Hoke
McKim; hgih school princi-
pal, Mr. and Mrs. King Moss
and a new teacher for 1961-
62, Mrs. Travis Massey. Re-
freshments made by the girls
were served to the guests.
AMERICAN LEGION
AUXILIARY MEETS
The Legion Auxiliary held
its meeting Aug. 21, 8 p.m.
at the home of Mrs. Gus
Bunselmeyer of Elsa. High-
lighting the meeting was a
memorial candlelight
service for Mrs. George
Divers, who passed away
June 25 in Wise. The service
was directed by Mrs. Hubert
Rabe, Mrs. Allen Case and
Mrs. Sadie Stice. Recorded
music was played.
Mrs. Allen Case, presi-
dent, presided at the
business meeting and named
her chairmen for the forth-
coming year. Chairmen ap-
pointed include Mmes. G. O.
Cellum, Americanism and
music; Raymond Montalvo
and C. E. Rich, child welfare
and civil defense; Sadie
Stice, courtesy; C. 0.
Foerster, education,
scholarship and Girl State;
Bunselmeyer, Christmas
gift and poppy; Rich, Gold
Star mother; Emory Beasley
Jr. activities; M. C. Cowan,
legislation; Beasley and Paul
Hobbs, membership; Hubert
Rabe, Pan American; A. Gu-
tierrez, polio; Walter Rabe,
program; C. O. Foerster and
R. E. Snyder, publicity; and
Mrs. Stice, telephone.
Mrs. Case presented Mrs.
Foerster with a meritorious
service citation from the
immediate past district
president, Mrs. Stenson
Terry of Raymondville. The
citation was from the 15 dis-
tricts for her service as
historian. The group voted
to give $50 from the poppy
fund to purchase gifts for the
Veterans in the WacoHospi-
tal.
Cake, tea and coffee were
served to the eleven mem-
bers present by the
hostesses.
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FUQUA COMPLETES
COURSE AT PAN AM
Mr. and Mrs. Brice Fuqua
and son, Brett, returned to
their home at Hermleigh
after Mr. Fuqua finished his
six week course at Pan
American College. Mrs.
Fuqua and Brett arrived here
three weeks ago. The family
has been house guests of
Mrs. Martha Thompson of
Monte Alto.
Mr. and Mrs. Fuqua both
teach at Ira near their home.
Mrs. Fuqua teaches home-
making and Mr. Fuqua
teaches the sixth grade. Mrs.
Fuqua formerly taught
homemaking at Edcouch-
Elsa and Mr. Fuqua taught
at Monte Alto. Mrs. Fuqua
was also a former assistant
Home Demonstration agent
for Hidalgo County.
La Villa Schools
Now Open
Students from the Delta
area, who received degrees
in the graduating class of
Aug. 27, were Richard R.
Zamora, Arturo Vela, Her-
bert Vela, Juan Cisneros
and Mrs. William Foerster.
Mrs. Stanley Odom,
worthy matron of the Ed-
couch chapter of the Order of
the Eastern Star, presided at
the meeting in the Masonic
Hall Aug. 22 at 8 p.m. In the
absence of Frank Klopek,
worthy patron, Mrs. J. F.
Galloway, gave a short bio-
graphical sketch on the life
of the founder of the order,
Robert Morris.
W. M. U. HOLDS
REGULAR MEET
Mrs. Guy McCormac, as-
sisted by Mesdames Allen
Case, Faye Odom, Edwin
Garrett, Steve Hood, Jim
Brown and Gene Garrett,
gave the missionary pro-
gram for the WMS at the
meeting at the First Baptist
Church of Edcouch Aug. 23
at 2:30 p.m. The subject was
“Focus on the Sun Beam
Band”.
Mrs. Sam Bingham pre-
sided in the absence of the
president, Mrs. J. E. Kirk,
and opened the meeting with
group singing. Mrs. Carrie
Netz read the missionary
names on the prayer calen-
dar and led a prayer. Closing
prayer was given by Mrs.
Edwin Garrett.
The Ola Culpepper circle
served refreshments to
fourteen members, seven
sunbeams and four nursery
workers.
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Chap-
man and three children of
San Antonio visited Mrs.
Chapman’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. V. Shull of Monte
Alto last week.
Mrs. Lottie Hoyt of Elsa
returned to her home after
a visit with relatives at
Boyce and Alexandria, La.
Mrs. Hoyt accompanied her
daughter, Mrs. E. C. Mc-
Murtray and two children of
McAllen on the trip.
LABOR DAY WEEKEND AHEAD
TIME TO PAINT AND SAVE WITH SEIDLITZ
The LaVilla School open-
ed Aug. 28 with W. W. Keas
as superintendent. A coffee
and faculty meeting was held
in the lounge preceding the
school opening at 8 a.m. New
teachers are Mrs. Elizabeth
Hatfield of Calif, and Daniel
Hernand of Raymondville.
Dave Robinson of Elsa, a
former teacher of Edcouch-
Elsa will serve as the first
counselor for LaVilla. He
will also serve, under the
supervision of R. M. Smith,
county Supt., as counselor
for Relampago, Run, Palm
Gardens and. Valley View.
Other teachers for LaVilla
are Leslie Whitlock, Edward
Garza, Juan Cisneros,
Daniel Hernandez, Misses
Hilda Garza, Sylvia Garza
and Emma Garza, Mmes.
John Fluth, T. C. Bowers,
W. W. Keas, Vess Whittle,
Dee Roberts, Tony Krueger,
Lola Hughes, Nellie Jones
and Mrs. Ruth Jones.
Mrs. James Norris of
Weslaco, formerly of Ed-
couch, underwent two major
surgical operations recently
at the McAllen Municipal
Hospital. Her children, Jan,
Debbie and Laura are stay-
ing with their grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Mathis Norris
of Edcouch. Her son, Mike is
visiting his aunt, Mr. and
Mrs. R. E. Johnson of Fort
Worth.
Mr, and Mrs. James An-
drew Beverly of Austin are
the parents of a baby boy,
James Andrew, Jr., born
Aug. 8. Mr. Beverly is a
student at the Presbyterian
Seminary in the University
at Austin. He has filled the
pulpit at the First Presby-
terian Church of Elsa
several times. The Beverlys
also have a small daughter.
CIVIL DEFENSE
SCHOOL PLANNED
Tentative plans are being
made to conduct a civil de-
fense school for the City of
Edcouch according to City
officials.
Arrangement has been
made to have A. P. Solis
teach the school in Edcouch.
Things to be taught include
the following:
1. The importance of
family planning; 2. Duties of
Federal, State, County, and
Municipal government in
time of war - caused dis-
aster; 3. How to build a
shelter; 4. Why you need
stock of food for 14 days
or more; 5. Our Nations,
State, County and local or-
ganizations origination for
warning and communica-
tions; 6. How to decontamin-
ate yourself and your family
from radio activity dust
(fallout); and 7. What you
must do for yourself in case
of an emergency.
The local civil defense
class provides a manual and
other related material which
the student may keep for
future reference.
As to the school proper,
in addition to teaching from
the manual and other materi-
al there will be a showing
of film and slide strips.
There will be a discussion,
question and answer method
in teaching the school.
Certificates will be
awarded to all those com-
pleting the 12 hours of
school.
All interested persons in
Edcouch or the Delta area
may register at the Edcouch
City office, or contact V.E.
Leggett, Fire Chief, A. Gu-
tierrez Jr.jFire Marshal, or
Civil Defense Director A.
Cadena, as soon as a good
number of persons register
a meeting will be held, to set
the starting date.
We urge all that can take
the advantage of this free
school to do so.
Civil Defense
Film Shown
Ray Stark, former school
supt. at Monte Alto, showed
colored movies to the Monte
Alto Lions Aug. 21 at the
school cafeteria. The movie,
entitled “Seconds for Sur-
vival” was a timely subject
on civil defense. It showed
our defense command
“Norad” at Colorado
Springs, Colo, as it worked
with Canada and the Atlantic
and Pacific Coastline radar
and telephone lines. Most of
the lines, in order to quickly
alert all of the United States,
bypass all the major cities1..
WSCS Meets To
Make Plans
Mrs. M. C. Bentsen, as-
sited by Mrs. J. R. Cook, was
in charge of the pro-
gram on “World Council of
Churches” at the meeting of
the WSCS of the First Metho-
dist Church of Edcouch Aug.
23 at 3 p.m.
Mrs. Bentsen, president,
presided as the group made
plans to entertain the new
teachers of the Delta area
with a covered dish supper.
It was announced that the
Seminar will be held Sept. 8
at 10 a.m. at Santa Rosa.
Plans were made to serve
luncheon for the Valley Fed-
eration when they meet Oct.
24 at the First Baptist
Church in Edcouch. Mr. J.F.
Galloway is chairman for the
luncheon.
The group voted to honor
the Junior choir after Sunday
evening services.
Mrs. Sandmeyer reported
on a letter she had received
from a missionary friend in
of
Amon Dacus, program
chairman, secured the film Korea on the progress
for the club. church work there.
Preceding the showing of
the film, the club held their
dinner meeting at Mague’s
Cafe with the president, W.O.
McCarn, presiding. Mr.
Stark resigned as secretary
and treasurer. He is moving
with his family to Grand
Prairie where he will teach
mathematics this year.
Drew Hopper of Cooper,
Texas is the supt. of schools
at Monte Alto. He has a
master’s degree and has
twenty-seven years of ex-
perience. Mr. Hopper has
planned a faculty meeting
Aug. 30 and says school will
open Aug. 31.
Mrs. Charley Rumfield,
daughter, Starla Jean, and
Mr. Rumfield’s mother,
Mrs. Rumfield of Alfreda,
Ariz. are visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Arby Evans and Mr. and
Mrs. Nolan Womble of Ed-
couch. They will also visit
the Misses Willie and Ann
Rumfield of Mercedes.
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Relatives and friends at-
i tending the Poignee-Stokley
' wedding Aug. 19 included the
bridegroom’s grandmother,
Mrs. J. C. Clepper of Waller,
Misses Bonnie Schmitz and
Mary Lee Stockton of Kings-
ville, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy
Clepper of League City, Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Dryer of Bay-
town, Mr. and Mrs. L. C.
Martin of Brenham, Mr. and
Mrs. J. D. Weaver, Mr. and
Mrs. Ludy Benjamin, Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Currier and
Maurice Bonner, all of Cor-
pus Christi, Mrs. Broughton
Morgan of Richardson and
Mrs. Cleo Steckelberg and
daughters, Maxine and Wan-
da, and Mrs. Maudie Martin
De Ridder, all of Lake
Charles, La.
Mrs. Grantland Groves led
the afternoon circle of the
First Presbyterian Church
Aug. 16 at the home of Mrs.
R. E. Snyder in the study
“Living in Christ—I Have
Learned the Secret”, taken
from the fourth chapter of
Phillipians. Mrs. Joe Keep-
ers, chairman, presided, and
Mrs. G. E. McCannon gave
the topic on evangelism.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Howell
are parents of a girl, Diana
Elizabeth, born Aug. 20 at the
Santa Rosa Hospital in San
Antonio. The maternal
grandmother is Mrs. Mar-
vin Nattinger of Elsa, and the
paternal grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Howell
of Elsa.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Tayloe
and son, Johnny, of Monte
Alto vistied last week with
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Tayloe Jr.
of Dallas. Johnny made ar-
rangements to enroll at South
Texas State College at Dent-
on, They also visited Mrs.
Tayloe’s father> Mr. Frank
Tver, at Bogota.
An electric typewriter for
the price of a manual at
The Mercedes Enterprise.
Miss Marilyn McFadin of
Little Rock, Ark. was a guest
of Miss Tommy Sue Hollon
of Elsa last week. Lee Mc-
Fadin, who will report soon
for the Navy, has been visit-
ing Johnny Tayloe of Monte
Alto. The two young people
came to the Valley with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. T.
McFadin, who are visiting
Mrs. McFadin’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. G. C. McGown
of Weslaco.
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Mr. and Mrs. FranK
Hughes have purchased the
Dairy Kream across from
the Central Elementary
School. The Dairy Kream
was previously owned and
operated by Mr. and Mrs.
Ben Deason.
Mr. and Mrs. King Moss
and sons have purchased the
former J. D. Bourland home
at 600, Commercial St. in
Edcouch. Mr. Moss is the
High School principal at Ed-
couch-Elsa.
W. H. Bourland and son,
Kenneth, of B r o w n s b o r o,
Texas visited several days
with his brother, Mr. and
Mrs. J. D. Bourland in their
new home on Highland Ave.
in Edcouch.
Ray Stark, Supt. of Monte
Alto Schools, resigned last
week after four years
serving in the office. He will
teach math in the Grande
Prairie Schools beginning
Sept. 5.
Teacher List
Announced
Teachers resigning from
the Edcouch-Elsa school
system include: Mrs. Eva
Garza, Mrs. Alma Forse,
Mr. Mike White and Mrs.
Anita Marroquin.
New teachers on the facul-
ty are Miss Irma Vento and
Miss Amelia de Leon in the
High School; Miss Maria
Aleman, Miss Mildred Fer-
nandez and Mrs. Corina Lo-
zano at Elsa Elementary;
Mr. Neftali Serna in the
Annex; Mrs. Gwen Potter,
Central Elementary; Mrs.
Idolina Garza, Edcouch Ele-
mentary; and Mr. Juan
Gorostiza as visiting
teacher.
The following teachers
have been transferred: Mr.
Don Renfroe and Mr. Martin
Pena from Edcouch Ele-
mentary to the Jr. High; Mr.
Bill Thompson from the Ed-
couch Annex to Jr. High and
Mrs. Ruth Massey from Elsa
Elementary to Homemaking.
THOMAS FAMILY
HONORED
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Thomas
and. children, Lorena Ann and
Michael, were honored
Thursday, Aug. 17, by a
covered dish supper given by
the Edcouch Church of Christ
in the Rio Farms auditorium.
Dr. Julian Hill, psychiatrist
at the Veteran’s Hospital in
Houston, entertained with
accordian music.
Mr. Thomas, Livestock
Specialist for Rio Farms for
the past 4 years, will become
Swine Specialist for Texas
Educational Agency with
headquarters at A. & M. Col-
lege Sept. 1. His new job will
require him to travel about
4 days each week, but he will
be able to spend the weekends
with his family.
The Thomas family are
active in the Edcouch Church
of Christ where Mr. Thomas
leads the song service and
Mrs. Thomas works in the
nursery department. The
church presented the family
with a farewell gift.
The Rio Farms 4-H Club
honored Mr. Thomas with a
party Tuesday evening, Aug.
15 in the auditorium. After
the business meeting, the
party began with games di-
rected by Nancy Bowery and
Mary Lou Loe. After the
game session, the club pre-
sented Mr. Thomas with a
gift. Refreshments were
served to the honored guest,
his daughter, Lorena Ann,
Miss Sharon Swint, assistant
home demonstration agent,
33 members, the new 4-H
leader, Garland Kelley, and
members* mothers, Mmes.
C. C. Bowery, Joe Loe, H.J.
Herzog, Manuel Cortines, R.
Quintainia, R. F. Casey, and
Viola Krug.
Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Austin
and family spent the weekend
recently visiting Mrs. Aus-
tin’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
R. R. Hill of Edcouch.
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Rob-
erts and son of Ada, Okla.
were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Snyder at a barbeque
supper last week. The Rob-
erts formerly lived in the
Delta area.
Miss Sonia Carreon,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
A. E. Carreon of Edcouch, is
employed as a science
teacher in the Jr. High School
in Edinburg. She is a gradu-
ate of Edcouch-Elsa. and
graduated from Pan Ameri-
can College in Edinburg with
a bachelor of arts degree,
majoring in biology.
The Pealor Gin was dam-
aged by fire in the seed house
at 3 a.m. Aug. 25. Edcouch-
Elsa firemen answered the
alarm turned in by Mrs.
Pealor, Sr. of LaVilla. An
unidentified man on a switch
engine first noticed the fire.
The damage amounted to
several thousand dollars ac-
cording to Mr. Pealor, gin
manager._
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Ullrich
and family have moved to
Edcouch from Raymondville.
Mr. and Mrs. Ullrich own
and operate Pat’s Five and
Ten Store in Elsa.
Mrs. Walker Barnes, who
recently moved to Corpus
Christi, visited her cousin,
Mrs. Arby Evans, of Edcouch
recently. This was the first
meeting in eighteen years for
the two women.
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Mil-
ligan left on their vacation
trip to Las Vegas, Nevada
recently. Enroute they stop-
ped at Dallas to visit their
son, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
Milligan and family.
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Hardly a man is now alive who isn’t
very familiar with the risk-of trying
to paint something around the house
in good clothes. Usually about as
much paint or enamel gets on the
clothes as on the object painted . . .
or so it seems. Most of us have our “painting clothes” for this i
purpose. They’re covered with paint spots of various colors
acquired over the years, but there’s no harm done.
We only wish that women would take the same precaution
when applying nail polish! Unfortunately it’s not always pos-
sible. Often a woman will get around to doing her nails while
she’s in some stage of dressing before going out. If any polish
get’s on clothing, it’s as bad as any paint lacquer.
If a little extra nail polish gets on a nail it can be removed
with nail polish remover. But if any spills or spots a garment,
nail polish remover is the last thing to reach for. It only spreads
the stain. In the case of many newer synthetic fabrics, the
combination of polish and remover will forever RUIN THE GAR-
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For these or any other stains, the safest way is to bring it
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