The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 20, 1964 Page: 3 of 8
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Zontians Hold Annual Picnic,
Hear International Meet Report
The home of Mrs. C. D.
MacVean on East Liberty
Drive was the scene for
East Hidalgo County Zonta
Club's annual buffet picnic
supper on Thursday evening.
Mrs. Wesley Gould was co-
hostess. Individual tables
were centered with lighted
hurricane lamps in the flood-
lighted garden area.
Members and guests at-
tending included Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Blackwell, Frank
Swain, Mrs. Ramon Chapa,
Miss Amelia Adame, Mr. and
Mrs. E. A. DeJong, Mrs. E.
E. Johnson, Mrs. H. J. Men-
ton, Mr. and Mrs. C. L.
Wilson, Wesley Gould, Mrs.
J. Edwin Harvey and Miss
Peggy Rodebaugh, all of
Mercedes; Mrs. Tonie Mo-
lina and Mrs. Joe Carde-
nas of Weslaco; Mr. and Mrs.
E. C. Thompson and Mrs.E.
C.. Thomas of Elsa; Mrs.
.Conrad De Jong and small
daughters of River Falls,
8ARNUM FAMILY
RETURNS FROM TRIP
TO CALIFORNIA
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Bar-
num and Linda returned re-
cently from a trip to Southern
California.
On the way to California
the family visited the Petri-
fied Forest National Park
and the museum at Rainbow
Forest. At the Grand Canyon
National Park the Barnums
attended a lecture and saw
slides of the mile deep, ten
mile wide and 200 mile long
Canyon.
Hoover Dam was the next
point of interest visited by
the group. The dam, on the
Colorado River, is half in
Nevada and half in Arizona.
Its 726 foot height makes
it one of the highest in the
world.
In Adelanto, California the
Barnums visited Mr. Bar-
num's cousin and her family,
Mr. and Mrs. John Gasper,
before going on to Pasadena,
California to visit another of
Mr. Barnum’s cousins, Mr.
and Mrs. Ken Wiley and
Terri.
While in California the
Barnums visited Disneyland,
the Hollywood Wax Museum,
Knotts’ Berry Farm and
Marineland of the Pacific.
After visiting Santa Moni-
ca the group traveled through
San Joaquin Valley to the
Sequoia National Park where
they saw the General Sher-
man Tree whose 267 foot
height and 107 foot circum-
ference is estimated to be
3500 years old.
The Barnums traveled on
to Yosemite National Park
and to the Gunnison National
Monument at the Black Can-
yon.
The Royal Gorge of the
Arkansas River was the last
point of interest on the trip.
The family crossed the gorge
on the world’s highest sus-
pension bridge, 1070 feet
high, while watching a train
going through the bottom of
the canyon below.
Wisconsin.
Highlight of the meeting
was the report of Mrs.)
Blackwell, president of the
local club, on her: attendance
at the Zonta International
Convention held recently in
San Francisco. She told of
the careful planning of the
hostess clubs for the more
than 1,000 Zontians attend-
ing the five-day convention,
headquartered at the Fair-
mont Hotel. There are now
473 Zonta Clubs in 23 coun-
tries, represented by almost
18,000 members. Within the
past two years 35 clubs have
been chartered, adding 5 new
countries to Zonta Inter-
national. Zonta is a service
club composed of business
and professional women on
a classification basis simi-
lar to Rotary, International.
Major projects include
“Ramallah”, a home in Jor-
dan for training refugee girls
to become self-supporting;
Amelia Earhart scholar-
ships to assist young ladies
in furthering their aero-
nautic training, while each
Club undertakes its own
local services. East Hidalgo
Zonta Club has established
classrooms for retarded
children and maintained
a deaf girl in training school
for several years. All Zonta
Clubs participate in civic
enterprises and assist in
charitable drives for their
communities. Zonta also
sponsors ”Z Clubs” for
young college and high school
girls, comparable to Kiwanis
'Key Clubs.” Mrs. Ruth
Knight of Atlanta, Georgia
was elected President for
the ensuing biennium, Mrs.
■Blackwell reported, and In-
ternational Secretary is
Mrs. Noreen Nichol of Dal-
las - from District X, this
area. There are 14 Districts
of Zonta International and
Mrs. Myrl Zimmerman of
McAllen has served as Gov-
ernor of District X. In com-
pany with several members
of the West Hidalgo Zonta
Club, Mrs. Blackwell assis-
ted with some of the District
X meetings at the Conven-
tion. The next biennial In-
ternational Convention will
be held in Miami in 1966.
Mrs. Blackwell urged local
members to start making
plans to attend. The 1968
meeting is scheduled for
Minneapolis and the 1970
“Golden Anniversary Con-
vention” will be in Boston,
where Zonta’s first club was
chartered.
MRS. RODEBAUGH
HOSTS LUTHERAN
CHURCH WOMEN
Mrs. Helen Rodebaugh was
hostess for the First Ladies’
Aid of Immanuel Lutheran
Church last week. The meet-
ing opened, with a hymn, a
scripture reading and a
prayer. Mrs. John Karle
presided.
During the business meet-
ing the group agreed to give
$5.00 to the Lutheran School
for the Deaf in Detroit, Mi-
chigan. There was also a dis-
cussion of plans for the
Lutheran Women’s Mission
League Rally and the exe-
cutive board meeting, both
to be held soon in Harlingen.
During the social hour
which followed refreshments
were served to Mesdames
Martha Law, A, J. Keith,
E. Ziebarth, Rosina Er-
chinger, Emma Mottmiller,
Arnold Krause, John Karle,
and one guest, Mrs. John
Herzog.
Lutheran Women
Give Subscription
To Home For Aged
The Dorcas Aid Society
of Immanuel Lutheran
Church held its regular
monthly meeting Thursday
afternoon with Mrs. Merlyn
Hempy and Mrs. A. Peyna-
do acting as co-hostesses.
Singing of “How Precious
is the Book Divine” opened
the meeting, followed by a
prayer led by Mrs. Merlyn
Hempy. Mrs. A. R. Dillon
led the Bible Study, “Discip-
les Sense of Values.”
Mrs. Donley Westfall pre-
sided over the business ses-
sion which followed. Various
committee reports were
heard and a years’subscrip-
tion of “This Day” maga-
zine was donated to the new
“Queen City Retreat.”
Refreshments were serv-
ed to those present, Mes-
dames M. J. Cockburn, Em-
ma Mottmiller, Walter
Klein, A. E. Krouse, Pau-
line Borchelt, M. W. Hoppe,
Hy J. Rickert, John L. Her-
zog, A. G. Vogel, Omer Hix,
Ray Stern, Lawrence Hen-
sley, Ella Borchelt, H. E.
Vogel and E. F. Neuhaus.
Mrs. W, H. Dunbar re-
turned Sunday morning from
Beaumont where she attend-
ed the wedding of her niece,
Miss Susan Wilson, to James
Cawley of Silsbee. Wedding
vows were exchanged in a
candlelight ceremony Fri-
day. Mr. Cawley is an an-
esthetist interning at John
Sealy Hospital in Galveston.!
Music Group Plans
Activities For Next
Year At Meeting
The Junior Chansonnettes
met Monday afternoon in the
home of Mrs. Billy Drawe,
one of the adult leaders of
the group.
The program for next year
was discussed and the new
yearbooks were distributed
to those attending. New
members voted into the
group are Lois Herzog, Linda
Adams and Anne Lawler.
Following the business
session there was a party
for Dennis Romig who is
moving soon to Nebraska.
Dennis told of his ex-
periences last year as an
exchange student in Ger-
many.
Approximately 17 mem-
bers were present, along
with the two leaders, Mrs.
Drawe and Mrs. J. F. Baingo,
and Ronnie Phelps from
Oklahoma, a guest of Dennis
Romig.
DEMO WOMEN
SET COUNTY MEET
The regular monthly
meeting of the Democratic
Women of Hidalgo County
will be held Thursday even-
ing, August 27, at 6:30 p.m.
It will be a covered dish
supper at the home of Mrs.
E. A. McDaniel, 11/4 mi. S.
Shary Road, Mission. Supper
will be followed by a busi-
ness meeting.
The highlight of the even-
ing will be the television
viewing of that days’ events
at the Democratic National
Convention, which include a
tribute to the late President
John F. Kennedy and the ac-
ceptance speeches of pre-
sidential and vice-presiden-
tial candidates.
All members and visitors
are cordially invited.
MRS. EDWARDS
FETED BY TRIO
Mrs. Clyde Hollon and her
mother, Mrs. Ellen Daven-
port, and Mrs. J. D. Voll-
mer honored Mrs. Vollmer’s
mother, Mrs. Dona Edwards,
with a coffee in the Hollon
home last week.
Miss Donnie Vollmer
poured and Mrs. J. A. Hatha-
way served cake to 25 friends
of Mrs. Edwards who called.
Mrs. Bill Savarino and
children returned recently
from two weeks of visiting
relatives in Houston.
KITCHEN SHOWER
FETES MISS BREWER
Mrs. Jack Drawe and Mrs.
Jim Kidd honored Miss Pa-
tricia Ann Brewer, bride-
elect of Charles Wayne Sch-
roeder of San Antonio, last
Thursday with a kitchen gad-
get shower in the Drawe
home.
The honoree’s corsage
was a sponge bottle wash-
er decorated with flowers
in yellow, her chosen
color.
Gifts were presented to
the honoree in a pink waste-
basket and a yellow laundry
basket. The hostess present-
ed Miss Brewer with a
bronze ice bucket and the
laundry basket.
Luncheon, which was ser-
ved at card tables decorated
with bud vases of oleander,
was chicken salad, finger
sandwiches, spiced peaches,
garden peas, relishes,
banana cream cheese pie and
iced tea.
Present were the honoree,
her mother, Mrs. J. L.
Brewer, the hostesses, Mrs.
Bob Hensley of McAllen, and
the Mesdames John Bowe,
Guy McClendon Ernest
Marchant, Arc Brewer,
Steve Gallaway, A. D.
Adams, George Irby, and
Miss Ernestine Marchant.
Mrs. J. Edwin Harvey
visited over the weekend with
her mother, Mrs. W. J.
Boydston, in the homes of
relatives in West Columbia.
She was accompanied from
Mercedes by Mrs. Herbert
German who visited with
relatives in Port Lavaca.
The women returned to Mer-
cedes Sunday evening.
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Harvey, J. Edwin. The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 20, 1964, newspaper, August 20, 1964; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1091738/m1/3/?rotate=90: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.