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Page ^ — The Mercedes Enterprise
Mercedes, Texas, Thursday, August 23, 1962
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
All things are possible to
God, divine Mind. This is a
theme of the Lesson-Sermon
entitled “Mind”to be heard
in Christian Science church
Sunday.
Luke’s account of the heal-
ing of the palsied man bj
Christ Jesus will be present-
ed in the readings from the
Bible. Included is this ver-
se (Luke 5): “And immedi-
ately he rose up before them
and took up that whereon ne
lay, and departed to his own
house, glorifying God.”
From “Science and Health
with Key to the Scriptures”
by Mary Baker Eddy this ci-
tation will be read: “When
man i£s governed by God, the
ever-present Mind who un-
derstands all things, man
knows that with God all things
are possible. The only way
to this living Truth, which
heals the sick, is found in the
Science of divine Mind as
taught and demonstrated by
Christ Jesus” (p. 180).
NO. 1 See these and get yourself ready for school.
Two bedroom home on 801 Kansas Ave., this is ready
for (you to move in and will make special price this
week, so come and see me.
NO. 2 Have 10 Unit Motel in La Feria at a bar-
gain price and will take good home in Mercedes,
Weslaco or Harlingen as down payment.
NO. 3 Hav^ 4 Unit Apt. bldg, in south Mo. and am
instructed to make special price this week, and give
terms to suit buyer.
NO. 4. Wanted for Cash 40 acres near Mercedes
something for pasture to be set out.
NO. 5 Want 40 acres on paved road not over 5
miles from Mercedes.
NO. 6 Have 40 acres south Elsa on \5Vz north and
5]A west at bargain and good terms, this is a real farm
and bargain on terms.
R. J. THOMAS, REALTOR
MERCEDES, TEXAS PHONE L05-1251
Jehovah Witnesses
Going To Parley
Manuel P. Gonzales of N.
Missouri, 75 yrs. of age,
member of the local congre-
gation of Jehovah's Wit-
nesses, will be leaving this
week for the “Courage-
ous Ministers” Spanish Dis-
trict Assembly to be held in
San Antonio, Texas August 24
through 26.
Mr; Gonzales is the oldest
member in the local congre-
gation and will be traveling to
the assembly by car.
According to Guadalupe
Briones, presiding minister
of the local congregation,
most of the regular meetings
of the congregation will be
suspended for the week ex-
cept the weekly study of the
Watchtower magazine on
Sunday. Those of the congre-
gation not attending the San
Antonio assembly will gather
for the meeting.
Mr. Briones said, “The
local delegates attending the
district assembly will bene-
fit greatly nqt only from the
rich spiritual provisions but
also from association with
Witnesses from other states
and Mexico. The convention
will further the understand-
ing regarding the relation-
ship of Chirstians of the “Su-
perior Authorities” es-
pecially at this critical per-
iod of time.”
The assembly program will
start Friday at 2p. m. and
will consist of nine dis-
courses including the wel-
come address by the conven-
tion chairman, R. Cavazos,
at 2:30 p. m. Saturday’s pro-
gram will feature twelve dis-
courses and the Baptismal
Ceremony byE.V. Ruiz. Sun-
day’s outstanding feature will
be the public address “Take
Courage-the KingsomofGod
has Drawn Near” by B. Mus-
cariello, of New York.
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Poit 'n tell
After You See Your Doctor,
Bring Your Prescription To Us.
0IIEEN CITY
PHARMACY
GOOD TYPIST WANTED
Steady employment for fast, acurate typist.
Must have person of responsibility and desire for
work. Considerable amount of direct copying of
material. Experience on electric machines help-
ful.
For appointment, Phone Mr. Harvey L05-2425.
WORLD UNITED AGAINST MALARIA
111!!
m
Here are some of the postage stamps from more than 80
countries and the United Nations calling attention to the ma-
laria eradication program of the World Health Organization.
Stamps will be issued by the various countries throughout
the year, but most of them are ----------------------------
already available
The U.S. stamp (4 cents, light
blue) is now on sale at post
offices.
Malaria is primarily a disease
of warm climates and its incid-
ence in the United States is
slight. Nevertheless, this coun-
try has developed the most ef-
fective weapons against it.
Since prevention is the best
method of control, American
DDT and other insecticides,
used to kill the malaria-carry-
ing mosquitos, lead the attack.
For treating the disease it-
self the most widely used drug
is chloroquine, developed by an
American pharmaceutical com-
pany in 1941, Several other
drugs are available and needed,
since the organism which causes
malaria is sometimes resistant
to one drug or another.
The history of malaria drugs
reflects the great progress which
has been made by the drug
industry in the last twenty
years. For three centuries quin-
ine, from the bark of the cin-
chona tree, was the only medi-
cine available for malaria.
During World War II,- the bet-
ter synthetic drugs were de-
veloped with the result that
quinine has now been almost
completely replaced through-
out the world.
newspaperman s
love affair
by Walf»r R. Humphrey
•diter. Fort Worth Proii
I want to talk to you about a career. A way <
A profession. I want to talk to you about the
paper . . . about my love affair with my job
j of life.
. -----ihe news-
Jt my love affair with my job.
'iSy^w* 880 1 W'm 10 th' Universit>’ of Colorado
was the proudest guy on the campus
1 forgot about the law. I was a ne
1 newspaperman.
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’ this profi
That's the story of crime.
Have you ever had a close look at the spirit and the
courage that have saved our nation and our way of
life on the battlefields of the world?
As a newspaperman, I have, many times . . . and it
men mG °eep*y proud my country and my country-
You should have been along. This was during the
height of the great war and I had the honor, as the only
newspaperman present, to meet the planeloads and
trainloads of battle casualties flown from the front lines
o McCloskey General Hospital at Temple, Te;
But a newspaperman’s life Isn’t all a bowl of happy
experiences.;
I've been assaulted with a pop bottle for an editorial
I had written.
My life has been threatened by a man with a tommy
gun.
Yet I've been in on more happy moments of other
people’s lives than almost anybody.
The depression almost closed my paper.
Other papers have tried to drive mine out of business,
tut when the roll was called, we were always there.
People have written nasty letters to the editor. But
lostly, people have said kind, encouraging things.
JuLblin!aSym.C?S^nbCr'nr?h™r^.=ln th'm*elV“
What a responsibility that is.
JS?*! th® this Profession of mine captures
young men and women. H
rSSsaasirs
Nothing compares to it.
■lew'wh’en sucked iTpVgXT'" roU“"‘ ,"d C°'°r-
j Thai's why I’m In it.
, Two and three weeks from the battle, they were tell- •
ing their stories for the first time . . , exclusive stories
for me . . . stories that brought the war home with
smashing impact... to my readers, through my words.
experience’ new!paperman ctmld 1 have had this rich
j That's why..........
The newspaper has more than glamor in it.
The newspaper has life to it... life in all its degn
and colors, covering the whole spectrum of human i
The lives of many people are tied to the new
Like a man I met a dozen years ago. He wan
talk to me while he could .
spap
nted
I to
die
ure and rewards come only to those who truly love it’
fo'r the la°zySUCCeS5 ^ happiness; Work-lt is no place
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Why do I love the newspaper so much?
Because of the spirited and dedicated people who
IK. iA* ^Jecaiisea0f th® P®opl® wh0 buy it and adver-
tise in it and read it . . . but most of all because of the
people of ev®ry kind and class and character it must tell
talk to me while he could . . , for soon he
of cancer.
He had a dream, a wonderful sort of a dream, I think
that was to see the highway between the old rivals,
Fort Worth and Dallas, lined with bluebonnets.
imoted the purchase of several
ied, and one Sunday we scat-
....---------0 ...3 highway f
Newspaper people are all the time
ental things like that.
of seve
iday <
im.
doing nice, send-
WWW
Don't you envy me? I have been permitted to write
a daily column for 32 years.
To say anything I wanted to say.
To talk with thousands of readers as friend talks
to friend.
I have told them the Interesting human things about
thousands of little people who never make the head-
lines.
I have been able to say kind words about people
who have contributed something important to their
times.
I have been able to criticize and praise and interpret
... to congratulate and console ... to point out a com-
mon ground of understanding ... to discuss the prob-
lems of peace one day and the problems of rearing a
Or they just come with their ideas. They want to be
except* the n*' ^ey don^.know any pl*c« else to go
Does that make me proud? You bet it does!
v® citi.zen looks to the newspaper. He depends on
it 7huer* ,s reaHy no other place he can go and feel
that he can get something done.
How generi
My words i
. write ... write. What
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A newspaperman Is everywhere.
office’of ‘an
Almojt everybody will talk with me , am hon'r.
kn°W h°W SSk qUestions f°r
make the world go round.
SSffiS
I wish you could
with me 17 years
could neither see .... .
markable woman, Helen newer.
Slowly, I asked her questions. She put her fingers
to my lips and rtad what I asked. Her answers were a
wq«U"llk.°VbeUrsfod gbry8’y' ’XCited eXpreSSi°nS thit
It was like being in the presence of God. Yet*'this
Was just a routine activity of a newspaperman.
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pair of men who had killed and
But we would have been alert
back to the prison early, to se
when his life is spared an hoi
been taken. You would have
young man faint dead away
saved him.
Years later. I walked the same palh again. There was
zTber his iast
.wC.°“!?.t.h";e a ?real?r opportunity than to be
given the task of weaving the dramatic moments of life
doubUtr °Wn angUage at the keys of a typewriter? 1
Words are my tools and human experiences of all
fortunate 7 am?* * W“h WhiCh 1 WOrk every day' How
I have sat in on the press conferences of four Presi-
dents. I have shaken their hands, heard their plans and
of’America functiontry’ 'XeCutive machinery
merchant’orPaPscientist A d0Cl°r °' *
£.di.htSrm’M
crop 8 thS r00t rbt Wh Ch litara,ly ate up the cotton
« T*
goiden’graln SHT* °f Wildfl0Wers a"d
road’yardsl’whUe msxt’to’me was°thedar of’he world
axsaassesawB
You have missed something not being with «-
lan® W°Uld haVC fl°Wn around a continent i
We
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But • newspaperman doesn’t Just write. He serves in
a thousand ways.
His community is dependent on him ... for ideas,
for encouragement, for help, for protection, for light. ..
How fortunate I am that I have chosen a profession
where 1 can serve my fellow
it ★ ★
jerous my times have been to me.
- --Is are in the blueprints of libraries and
scums and boys and girls camps ... in highways
schools and dams ... in the public improvem
that have built my city and my state.
From the beginnings of modi
papermen have
Yes, ypu ougl
Not that I'm smart
person on this earth.
But because I’m a newspaperman.
Because I am in the center of things.
Because that vital commodity called
about me as if It had to come to me.
man in so man,
a prof
my wa
* * ▼ *
If you had been with me, you could have seen how
evil and corruption creep into government, how weak
men have sold their community and their state down
the river.
I was there to protect the public’s interest, for the
taxpayer insists on honesty from those who spend his
money. And I represent them.
1 was there to record the events which led to the dis-
honoring of this trust . . . and to present the example
where all could see, that others might profit. . . and he
reminded that you can't steal or cheat and prosper by it.
★ ★ ★
A city couldn't be built without the newspaper,
without its advertising men, its reporters, its editor.
They are the salesmen of progress.
What a great satisfaction it has been to me to see
master plans unfold and find community dreams come
true ... and to know, down in my heart, that they
couldn't have happened without me . . or rather,
paper.
The people depend on me . . . for light and guldai
As best I can I lead them down the path of peace
keep them alerted to the dangers along the course,
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others ® P*0ple 0n,y haVe words t0 read’ th® wordg °*
I have words to work with and create with. Words to
write, words to be published.
Every day I work with them and create with them.
It 8 like working in a beautiful garden.
I feel sorry for people who buy and sell, who work at
a lathe or an oven, who manage or manufacture . . .
even those who teach and preach and plead and heal.
They don't get to create with words *arh dnu on<i
see their creation in the bla
I get to my customers
With different materials . . . always in a different
m°?d • • • with something new to tell.
There is no limit at all to what I
with words.
every day.
always i
■CAN say and do
hey
my
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I have fun! The sky's the limit for me. There’s nothin*
I can t achieve, for nobody has the vehicle for doing and
serving that I have.
Life is to live, to use well.
Life is to work, to work at tasks with a purpose.
Life is to serve, to create happiness for others.
In my Job, I can live, really live, and do all thesa
It would be wonderful to be young again, so that
I might have more years to do what I’m doing.
I envy some for the years they have left at their com-
mand.
Other than that, I am the happiest man In the world
and,the most fortunate .. . because I am a newspaper-
Walter R. Humphrey'i remark, about hi. career a. a new.paperman appeared in The
OuiN, publication of Sigma Delta Chi, Profenlonal Journalise Society. Humphrey ha. btan
nationally recognized, both a. editor of the Temple (Tax.) Daily Telegram and the Fort Worth.
(Tex.) Preu.
Hidalgo County
NOTARY SEALS
In Stock
For Immediate
Delivery
MERCEDES
ENTERPRISE
230 S. Texas
FOR RENT
FOR RENT: Furnished
house. Mi 2 1/2 East of
Mercedes and 1/4 Mile North
of Highway 83. Ph. LOS-
2887.
FOR RENT: Attractively
furnished air - conditioned
apartments. Call Mrs. H. J.
Menton, L05-1161.
We need all types of listings:
Residential, Commercial,
Rentals, Farms, Groves, GI
List with us for prompt
action.
Guerra Realty Co.
Cortez Hotel Building
WO 8-3311
Weslaco, Texas
FOR RENT: Furnished air-
conditioned bedroom. Tele-
phone, kitchen and dinning
area privileges; laundry
facilities. Mature couple or
single person. $10.00 per
week. F. W. Duncan LOS-
1747, 841 Palm Heights. 28-
tfn.
FOR RENT: Country home
one bedroom, bath and all
modern facilities, air con-
ditioning available. Fenced
yard, paved road. Call R.C.
Jones, LO5-1035. 33-tfnc.
FOR SALE
FOR SALE: ONE Living Room
Suite, 1 portable 17” T. V.,
dinette (table wth 4 chairs) 1
bedroom set, 1 bunk bed set.
See at 337 S. Washington Apt. 2.
__ 33-ltp
FOR SALE: 2 Bedroom brick
dome, nice location close
to schools. Call L05-1174
7or sale
Several lots and homes
eluding: One two bedroom
home on six lots, near schools.
One duplex, one bedroom to
each . unit. 5 acres with
home. 15 acres no buildings.
One home on 3 acres. East
Merecedes. One 3 bedroom
with U/2 baths.
One 4 bedroom home for rent.
One bedroom with kitchen
priviledges.
Call L05-2122 evenings.
FOR SALE: Bargain, modern
home, well improved, is now
furnished if desired, screened
porches, enclosed garage,
fenced patio, fruit Trees. Must
be seen to be appreciated.
WANTED
PROTECTED
FRANCHISE
One of the world’s largest and
best liked corporations has
opening for Anglo family man
with car to service 2500 es-
tablished customers. If you
have a good credit rating
and a good job history. No
investment necessary. .$40 a
week part-time; $80 per wk.
full time. Call or write the
Fuller Brush Co., 522 Nat’l.
Bank of Commerce, San An-
tonio.
| WANTED; School teacher for
j third grade at Santa Maria
| School. Call L05-1030 for
j appointment. 29-tfnc.
; The First Methodist Church
announces the opening of the
Kindergarten. Also taking
children age 4 for 3 days
■ a week. Contact Mrs. Walter
Bazar, L05-1566 or Church
Office LO5-1301. 33-3tc
WEDDINGS
In Natural Color
STERLING PRINCE
PHOTOGRAPHY
Portraits Groups
Call SW7-6231 La Feria
Let Dewey Acker do your i ,jv- ctiatt
cotton defoliation with a High ! ^ueen City Annex. LO5-1405
Boy sprayer. Call L05-1167 1
or L05-1822. 32-2tc
Anyone knowing the ad-
dress of Carl Ermel notify
L. E. Whitner, 1308Rencher
34-3-tp I St., Clovis, N. M.
Deep & Shallow Wells
Trade-In On Pumps
WALK
DRILLING CO.
FOR RENT: 2 bedroom home
with 1 air-conditioner. See at
805 Kansas or call LO5-1053.
34-tfc
FOR RENT: One 3-bedroom
farm house, partly furnished.
One 2-bedroom house, fur-
nished. Call L05-1618. 33-tfc
FOR RENT: One.3 bedroom
farm house, partly furnished.
One-2 bedroom house, furnish-
ed. Call L05-1618.
33-ltd
La Feria
SW7-5000
COPIES OF
ENTERPRISE STAFF
PHOTOS
MAY BE
ORDERED AT
NOMINAL
PRICES
FOR RENT: Four room house
east of Mercedes. All modren.
Partly furnished. Adults only.
L05-2993. 34-3tc
FOR SALE: Kenmore automatic
washer, good condition - $40.
Also 3 ladies coats, sizes 16
and 18, like new. Mrs. A. L.
Webb, 441 So. Missouri. L05-
1382. 34-2tc
FOR SALE
1959 Ford Custom
Six Cylinder- 2 Door
White Sidewall Tires
Must Sell Immediately
*900
Call LO 5-1519
FOR RENT - NICELY
FURNISHED APARTMENTS]
SPECIAL RATES TO
PERMANENT TENANTS
COLEMAN COURTS
PHONE LO 5-1322
Second class postage paid
at Mercedes, Texas.
The symbol of the 19 6 4
World’s Fair in New York’s
Flushing Meadow is to be a
huge open-work globe of stain-
less steel, called a Unisphere.
J. EDWIN HARVEY - Editor;
and Publisher
Telephone-LQ5-2425
.TEXAS frpPF<T
Published each Thursday
at Mercedes,Hidalgo County,
Queen City of the Middle
Rio Grande Valley and gate-
way to the New International
Bridge.Office of Publication:
230 S. Texas.
PHOTOSTATS
Tl - Horn SERVICE
ANY KIND — ANY SJZE
W< copy Discharge Papers - Legal
Documents - Anything Printed -
,Written or Drawn.
Your Complete Satisfaction
Guaranteed
THE MERCEDE8
ENTERPRISE
MOVING?
If someone
you know
is moving...
A^ friendly call by the
Welcome Wagon Hostess
will help them feel at
home.
Join in carrying on our
community’s traditional
spirit of hospitality. Tell
Welcome Wagon the
name and address of
families you know who
are moving.
L05-2829
a
*74U Oft
y
Subscription Rates:$3.00per
year in the Valley. $4.00
Outside.
"bazar™""™™"""1
PHILLIPS 66
CALL FOR & DELIVER
TIRE REPAIR
ROAD SERVICE
TIRES ON EASY TERMS
BRAKE SERVICE
BATTERY SERVICE
MUFFLERS & TAILPIPES
SPARK PLUG CLEANING
CAR POLISHING
WHEEL BALANCING
WASH & LUBRICATION
WE NEVER CLOSE PHONE L05-1121
When our pharmacist places the label
on your prescription, those are your
doctor's orders. Read that label and follow
it. Never take an overdose without direct
permission of your doctor. Never "try" some-
one else's prescription because you think you
have "the same thing" Your doctor doesn't
guess; your pharmacist doesn't guess — don't
you!
DEPEND ON OUR
PRESCRIPTION SERVICE
Mercedes
DRUG CO.
»0U'»E ALWAYS WELCOME IF YOUR
^AGENCY DRUG STORE
Two Registered Pharmacists On Duty
NOW OPEN
BARBECUE HOUSE
Rudy Garza, well known in cafe circles,
announces opening of Barbecue House.
Pastries Coffee
Plate Lunches Shop
SUNDAY SPECIAL' Turkey Dinner
with trimmmisgs .... 69c
Barbecue Plate Daily:. .$1.00
1402 WEST HIGHWAY MERCEDES
(AIR-CONDITIONED
Farmers
Ut us send a capable man to talk to you
about your INSECTICIDES and
FERTILIZER needs.
DENNISON'S
L7
A DEPENDABLE SOURCE OF SUPPLY
Sine* 1928
WmUco, Tens
Telephones: Weeleco WO 8-2135 — PWr ST 7-1559
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Harvey, J. Edwin. The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 23, 1962, newspaper, August 23, 1962; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1091733/m1/4/: 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.