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MERCEDES PUBLIC LIBRARY
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The Merce
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Volume XLIX — No. 33
Second Class Postage Paid At Mercedes, Texas
Mercedes, Texas, 78570; Thursday, Aug. 13,1964
Hearing Set Sept. 17
On Second UR Project
Hearing of the Urban Re-
newal Plan for Tex. R-57,
Queen City No. 2, has been
set by the City Commission
AVKRY SHARP
SCHOOL NAMES
MUSIC TEACHER
One of the new teachers
in Mercedes Public Schools
this year is Avery Sharp
who will be the choir and
music instructor in the
junior and senior high
school,
Mr. Sharp is a graduate
of Southwest Texas State
College.
He has invited all senior
high students registered for
the choir to a pre-school
"get-to-gether" on Tues-
day, Aug, 18, at 9 a.m.
at the school. Plans for the
coming year will be dis-
cussed at that time.
Junior high students in-
terested in music are to
meet with the new instruc-
tor at 9 a.m. on Friday,
Aug, 21, in the junior high
school library.
for Sept. 14 at 7:00 p.m.
in the City Commission
Meeting room at the City
Hall.
A legal description of the
area is found in a Legal
Notice published in this
issue. The project will be
combination conservation,
rehabilitation and clearance.
The Urban Renewal Agency
will acquire property, demo-
lish or sell structures, sell
land and install site im-
provements and utilities
necessary to carry out the
Redevelopment Plan.
A Park Area is planned
for the area south of the
Expressway ' bordered by
the Main Irrigation Canal
on the East and 100 feet
north of present Cameron
Street on the South and Tex-
as Avenue on the West. This
park will be developed with
urban renewal funds.
The plan calls for three
parking lots and enlarging
an existing one. Every street
and alley in the area will be
paved and additional side-
walks will be installed.
There will be no assess-
ment of property owners for
paving, curb and gutter on
Project Tex. R-57. The
downtown area will have a
new drainage system which
will drain the entire down-
town area at the rate of
two inches per hour. It is
reported that this will be
the best drainage system,
for a downtown area, in the
Rio Grande Valley. Where
land is acquired and old
structures demolished, the
land will be for sale for
redevelopment with new
modern structures by pri-
vate enterprise.
LIONS SPONSOR
JOINT PROGRAM
FOR THREE CLUBS
A special program will be
sponsored Wednesday, Aug.
19, at noon at El Sombrero
by the Mercedes Lions Club.
"Man on the Moon", a
National Space Administra-
tion program and demon-
stration will be presented
to the Lions, Mercedes Ro-
tarians and Mercedes Ki-
wanians. Weslaco Lions are
also expected at the joint
meeting.
The program will cover
such subjects as the history
of rocketry, propulsion,
biological aspects of space
flight, orbits, electrical re-
quirements and man’s res-
ponsibility in the Space Age.
Space models of rockets
and satellites and mechani-
cal and electrical equipment
are used in the demonstra-
tion. Communication and
weather, scientific explora-
tion and manned and un-
manned space flight will also
be discussed.
Props for the program are
carried in a Spacemobile.
A panel truck of convention-
al size, the Spacemobile has
been on the road since spring
of 1961. There are some 20
Spacemobiles in the United
States, and each is manned
by a lecturer who speaks
to some 400,000 people per
month. Such programs as the
one given in the United States
are also taken abroad.
Lecturer for the Space-
mobile which will be in Mer-
cedes is Robert Helton, a
native of Kansas. He holds
a BA degree from Fort Hays
State College and' MS degree
from Miami University of
Ohio.
Prior to joining the NASA
Spacemobiles Programs,
Helton taught high school
science and aeronautics in
the Kansas school systems.
He has also been on the staff
of the Aeronautics Depart-
ment at Miami University of
Ohio.
Regular meetings of the
Mercedes Rotary, Lions and
Kiwanis clubs are scheduled
to be held at noon on Aug.
19 in order that all members
can see the NASA program.
Local Youth
Wins Honors
At Horse Show
The Sixth Annual Tip O’
Texas Youth Horse Show
broke all records this year
when 205 young people en-
tered the show held Satur-
day night at the Rio Grande
Valley Livestock Show-
grounds.
A Mercedes rider, Kenny
Reger, was named "best-
all-around boy" and two Mc-
Allen girls, Helen Jordan
and Debbie Ann Keir, tied
for the title of "best-all-
around girl."
In the Queen contest, Miss
Keir riding her horse, Dyna-
mo Kay, was the top winner.
Sylvia Palacios of Mercedes
was third place winner and
Jo Ann Jones of Mercedes
placed fifth.
Other Mercedes winners
in other events were:
Senior stake race, Jimmy
Reger, 1, Lois Herzog, 2;
junior stake race, Ricky
Harbison, 2; children’s
showmanship, Kenny Reger,
1, Kenneth Jones, Jr., 5;
senior pole bending, Jimmy
Reger, 1, Lois Herzog, 4;
junior pole bending, Stephen
Dollery, 1, Kenny Reger, 2;
western working horse
class, Johnny Harbison, 2;
junior cloverleaf barrel
race, Stephen Dollery, 1,
Ricky Harbison, 3, Kenny
Reger, 4; senior cloverleaf
barrel race, Jimmy Reger,
3; wester pleasure, Kenny
Regei, 1; Johnny Harbison,
2.
Judge for the horse show
was Carl Conklin of Ozona,
Tex. He is assistant super-
intendent of the San Antonio
Livestock Exposition.
Alamo City Choir
Visits Harmony Hill
The Junior Choir of the
Lamar Heights Methodist
Church of San Antonio will
spend a week’s retreat at
Harmony Hill north of Mer-
cedes.
Under the direction of
Henry Holloway, the some
35 members will arrive
Monday, Aug. 17.
Harmony Hill is the for-
mer country club and pri-
vate estate which was given
to the McAllen District of
the Methodist Church re-
cently.
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MERCEDES AQUATIC CLUB president, Alex Moreno,
presented the winning team trophy to Mrs. Kitty Morris
of the Morris Swim Club of Pasadena Saturday night.
The Morris club made a total of 545 points to win the
meet. Mis. Morris was thrown in the water by members
of her club just before this picture was taken. MAC
members waited until, the photographer snapped the
shuttter before throwing their president into the pool.
Moreno expressed his appreciation to the people of Mer-
cedes who volunteered their time and help to making
the second annual Magic Valley Age Group AAU Swimming
ivlcci SUCC6SS1U1.
MAC Places Fifth in Swim Meet
Practices for Three More
Members of the Mercedes
Aquatic Club made a strong
showing this past weekend
at the Second Annual Magic
Valley Age Group AAU
Swimming and Diving Meet
held at the Civic Center
and began practice imme-
diately Monday morning for
meets to be held in the next
three weeks. This weekend
50 MAC members will par-
ticipate in a Harlingen swim
meet, the following weekend
in Brownsville and the last
weekend of August in Pharr.
The Mercedes Club was
one of three Valley teams
placing in top berths in Fri-
day and Saturdays meet. The
West Palm Club of Pharr
placed fourth nosing out
Mercedes, which earned
enough points to put them
in the fifth place berth. The
Morris Swim Club of Pasa-
dena captured first place
honors. Sharing second place
were the UCCAC and Har-
lingen Elks Club. West Uni-
versity Place of Houston won
third. Nine other teams par-
ticipated in the meet; there
were over 550 swimmers.
MAC swimmers winning
recognition on Friday were:
Diving: midget boys, Noel
Ricke, 3; junior boys,
Tommy Tyack, 3, J. Siever,
4, Greg Panzer, 6, Kevin
Panzer, 7; intermediate
boys, Bert Lutz, 2, Harold
Seiver, 3. 25 yard free style:
pee wee boys, Bruce King,
4, Noel Ricke, 2, Doug Wells,
5. 50 yard freestyle: Junior
girls, Susan Wade, 6.
25 yard breast stroke: pee
wee boys, Noel Ricke, 3,
Bryce Panzer, 5. 50 yard
breast stroke: junior boys,
Tommy Tyack, 7. 100 yard
breast stroke: intermediate
boys, Harold Seiver, 4, Bert
Lutz, 8; senior girls, Mary
Sue Morgan, 8. 100 yard
individual medley: pee wee
boys, Bryce Panzer, 4, Noel
Ricke, 2. 200 yard indivi-
dual medley: intermediate
girls, Betty Clark, 8.
100 yard free relay: pee
wee girls team composed
of B. Seiver, S. Dawson,
J. Benzenhoefer, C. Cren-
shaw, 3. 200 yard free re-
lay: midget girls team of
N. Stewart, L. King, A. Bel-
cher, D. Roper, 6. 200 yard
free relay: junior girls team
of G. Perez, B. Moreno, S.
Wade, R, Crenshaw, 4; jun-
ior boys team of J. Ricke,
T. Tyack, D. Belcher, J.
Seiver, 5. 200 yard free
relay: intermediate girls
team of M. Ricke, V, Wade,
B. Clark, G. Moreno^ 4;
intermediate boys team of H.
Seiver, B. Lutz, D. Belcher,
G. Stewart, 3.
Saturday winners were:
50 yard free style: pee
wee girls, Judy Benzenhoe-
fer, 8; pee wee boys, Noel
Ricke, 1, Bruce King, 5,
Bryce Panzer, 6, Doug
Wells, 4. 100 yard free style:
midget- girls, Laurel King,
8; junior girls, Susie Wade,
7,
25 yard back stroke; pee
wee boys, Noel Ricke, 4,
Bruce King, 3, Bryce Pan-
zer, 8. 50 yard backstroke:
midget boys, Calvin Calvert,
7; junior girls, R\ Cren-
shaw, 7. 100 yard back
stroke: intermediate girls,
Vickie Wade, 8; interme-
diate boys, D, Belcher, 6.
25 yard butterfly: pee wee
boys, B. King, 7, Noel
Ricke, 5, Bryce Panzer, 6.
50 yard butterfly: midget
boys, C. Calvert, 8, G. Ricke,
5. 100 yard butterfly: in-
termediate girls, V. Wade,
6, B. Clark, 8. 100 yard
butterfly: senior girls, Mary
Sue Morgan, 8.
100 yard medley relay:
pee tree girls team of B.
Seiver, S. Dawson, C. Cren-
shaw, J. Benzenhoefer, 4;
pee wee boys team of B.
Dawson, N. Ricke, B. King,
D. Wells, 2. 200 yard mel-
dey relay: midget girls team
of N. Stewart, L. King, A.
Belcher, D. Roper, 5; mid-
get boys of C. Dawson, G.
Ricke, C. Calvert, E. Ben-
zenhoefer, 5; junior girls
team of G. Perez, B. More-
no, S. Wade, R. Crenshaw,
6; junior boys team of J.
Ricke, T. Tyack, D. Bel-
cher, B. Belcher, 5. 200
yard medley relay: inter-
mediate girls team of Susan
Wade, V. Wade, B. Clark,
Grace Moreno, second place
tie with Harlingen Elks team:
intermeidate boys team of
B. Seiver, B. Lutz, B. Bel-
cher, G. Stewart, 3.
Individual high point
awards went to members of
the Houston Dolphins, Mor-
ris Swim Club, Brownsville
Swim Club, Harlingen Elks
Club, SAC team, and Uni-
versity of Corpus Christi
Aquatic Club.
one of the^k^r aS the meet judge flreS his gun. This was the beginning of
dav and lm L ^ th e^ntS PhotoSraphed Saturday at the AAU swim meet held Fri-
gun was hea^d and rhl .w 6rC ^ Center* Every five minutes* the sound of the
for* their club to wfn the nTee” ^ ^ ^ beSt t0 ea™ points
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ROMIG TO SPEAK
Dennis Roming, foreign
exchange student to Germany
last year, will speak at the
Kiwanis Club meeting today.
Dennis will tell the group of
his experiences and of his
impressions of Germany and
the German people.
A _ —Enterprise Staff Photo
AS SWIMMERS REACH THE MID-WAY point in each lane, they swim a little harder
and faster trying to be the first one to reach the finish line. This was still another
backstroke event for a different age group which was photographed Saturday morning.
The stands were filled and people were standing on the sidelines watching some 550
youngsters as they went into the water.
Distributive Education
Starts Here Next Week
Mercedes High School
boasts a* new phase in the
field--of-education this year
as the Distributive Educa-
ROTARY HEARS
EXCHANGE STUDENT
Dennis Romig, Mercedes
High School exchange student
the past year in Germany,
told Rotarians Tuesday noon
about his study abroad.
Romig stayed in a small
German town with a doctor’s
family and attended school.
While in Germany he spoke
only the German language.
During week-ends he
visited a number of key cities
of Germany, including Ber-
lin where he saw the famous
communist wall and met
Conrad Adenauer.
FOOTBALL TICKETS
TO GO ON SALE
Football tickets will go
on sale to the general pub-
lic Monday, Aug. 24, at 8
a.m. at the superintendent’s
office, according to N. K.
Fitzgerald, superintendent.
Season tickets will sell for
$6.25 each and will admit
the holders to the following
home games:
Sept. 18 - Brownsville
Oct%^ 2 - Mission
Oct. 23 - Weslaco
Nov. 6 - Falfurrias
Nov. 20 - Donna.
Season ticket holders of
the prior football season may
reserve their same seats
by notifying the superin-
tendent’s office any time
prior to the date all season
seats are placed on sale to
the general public.
tion program is added.
Distributive education is
a training program designed
for boys and girls who de-
sire to be prepared for ca-
reers in the field of distri-
bution. The program is well
named for it serves people
employed in distribution—
the retail, wholesale and
service occupations.
Coordinator for the com-
ing year will be Mrs. Fern
Simmons. She holds a Bache-
lors of Science degree from
Sul Ross College in Alpine
and has taught senior Eng-
lish, speech and drama. She
has fifteen years experience
in selling and training per-
sonnel.
Mrs. Simmons has been
calling on businessmen dur-
ing the past week and will
continue to do so. She point-
ed out that it is the business-
man who makes possible the
real life training jobs which
are of untold value to the
students.
The program, since it
teaches students the "whys
and hows" of the business-
world, is of definite value to
the businessmen because it
produces employees which
are more efficient, the coor-
dinator affirmed.
Students interested in re-
gistering for the distributive
education program should
contact Mrs. Simmons in the
prinicipal’s office Thursday
and Friday of this week and
any day next week from 8
a.m. to 1 p.m.
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WEATHER REPORT
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MRS, FERN
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POLICE REPORT
Police cleared five cases
this week: one theft under
$50, one aggravated assault,
one lost and found, one auto-
mobile theft, and one driv-
ing without the consent of
the owner.
There were three acci-
dents during the week and
four juveniles were referred
to Edinburg. Of the five court
cases two were for intoxi-
cation, two were affraies
and one was a violation of
the nuisance ordinance.
There were also 32 traffic
summons.
The department investi-
gated two abandoned vehicles
and one case of theft from
an automobile.
Police also investigated
one violation of the nuisance
ordinance, two disturbances
of the peace, five prowlers,
one domestic affair, one
civil affair, one case of pety
theft, one suspicious per-
son, two cases of malicious
mischief, and two cases of
windows and doors found
open.
They received three dog
calls and seven miscella-
neous calls. The department
also checked on fifteen re-
sidences.
Local School Registration
To Begin Next Tuesday
School registration begins
next week and will continue
for two weeks.
In order to complete re-
gistration, high students
should take the following
steps:
1. Report to the health
desk at the main entrance
by the trophy case where the
school nurse will check im-
munization records to deter-
mine if they are in order.
Students must have up-to-
date records relative to polio
shots, smallpox vaccina-
tions and diptheria shots.
2. Students will proceed
to the music room to pick
up class schedules and
should inspect them to in-
sure that he has no ques-
tions to ask either the prin-
cipal or counselor. Identi-
fication cards will be picked
UP.
3. Students report to the
main office for principal or
counselor approval of sche-
dules. Locker assignments
and locks will be distributed
by Mrs. Tankersley. A 500
deposit is required, half of
which will be refunded at
the end of the school year
if the lock is returned.
Subject fees will be paid and
if not, subject books will not
be issued until fees are paid
and a receipt is presented
to the book room teacher.
Fees are driver’s educa-
tion, $6.00; mechanical
drawing, $2.50 per semes-
ter; typing, $2.25 for the
year
4. Students report to Room
3 to fill out registration
cards, which must be signed
by parents and returned Aug.
28, No admission to classes
will be permitted without the
card.
5. Textbooks will be dis-
tributed at the bookroomand
then covered in room 4. No
student may leave the school
until books are covered.
During registration, stu-
dent handbooks will be sold,
the price is 500. Topics
include conduct, dress,
graduation requirements,
descriptions of course of-
ferings, etc. The Bengal staff
will also be selling subscrip-
tions to the 1964-65 year-
book.
Hours and dates of regis-
tration follow:
Seniors - Wed., Aug. 19,
8 to 10 a.m., A through L;
10 to 12 noon, M through Z.
Juniors - Wed. Aug. 19,
1 to . 3 p.m., A through L;
3 to 5 p.m., M through Z.
Sophomores - Thurs,,
Aug. 20, 8 to 10 a.m., A
through L; 10 to 12 noon,
M through Z.
Juniors - Thurs., Aug.
20, 1 to 5 p.m., A through
L; and Fri., Aug. 21, 8
to 12 noon, M through Z.
Freshmen, sophomores,
juniors and seniors who are
new to Mercedes will regis-
?.t Friday Aug. 21, between
the hours of 1 and 5 p.m.
The schedule for junior
high school students is as
follows:
7th graders - Tues., Aug.
18, 9 to 12 noon, A through
F; 1:30 to 4 p.m., last names
beginning with G.; Wed., Aug.
19, 9 to 12 p.m., H through
R.; 1:30 to 4 p.m., last names
beginning with G.; Fri., Aug.
21, 9 to 12 p.m., H through
R; 13:30 to 4 p.m., S through
All junior high school
students who have not filled
in registration blanks will
report Tuesday, Aug. 25,
between the hour;- of 9 a.m!
and 12 p.m. This applies
to students who were not here
in May, 1964.
Junior high students must
cover books before leaving
school; lockers v. 01 be for
rent; and cafeteria dues, li-
brary fines and lost books
not paid for last year must
be paid before beginning re-
gistration.
Actual class instruction
begins, Friday Aug. 28. The
schedule will run all day for
both junior and senior high
school from 8 a.m. to 3:45
p.m. High school students
will report to the auditorium
on that day for further in-
structions before attending
class. Junior high students
will report to their first
period classes. Buses will
run at the usual time in the
morning and in the afternoon.
In the elementary schools,
all beginning and transfer
students will register Tues-
day, Aug. 25, from 8 a.m.
to 4 p.m. at the elementary
campus which the student
will attend.
MIDWIFE DELIVERS
TWINS AT CLINIC
Mrs. Petra Gonzales,
midwife, was unexpectedly
called in Friday night for a
birth delivery. But when the
time came, it turned out to
be a multiple birth and Mrs.
Gonzales delivered twin
girls early Saturday morning
at 12:11 and 12:27.
The twins are daughters
of Mr. and Mrs. Domingo
Garza of San Benito.
Mrs. Gonzales made the
delivery in Dr. de la Torre’s
clinc. The doctor is on
vacation.
The babies were given the
names of Helena and Magda-
lena and they weighed 5 lbs.,
8 oz. and 6 lbs,, 4 oz.
Both babies and the mother
are doing fine according to
Mrs. Gonzales.
This was the midwife’s
first delivery of twins in
five years. At that time she
delivered twin sons at a
farm in the area. However
during the weekend, Mrs.
Gonzales was again called in
for a single birth.
Military Rites Held for Former
Mercedes War Hero in Alamo City
Military funeral services
were held at Fort Sam Hous-
ton in San Antonio Tuesday
for a former Mercedes
Marine hero who lost both
hands during heroic action in
the Pacific in World War II.
William Harrell, 42, who
grew up and attended school
in Mercedes, was found along
with two friends at the
Harrell home in San Antonio
Sunday, all fatally shot. Al-
though they still are investi-
gating, police said it appear-
ed as if he had shot his for-
mer Marine buddy and the
latter’s wife, and then killed
himself. The congressional
medal of honor holder had
hooks for hands he lost in
action in the Pacific.
The other victims were
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Zum-
walt. The three deaths were
discovered by Harrell’s wife
and two children when they
returned to theHarrellhome
after visiting the World’s
Fair in New York. Harrell
worked for the Veterans Ad-
ministration.
Zumwalt himself had an
artificial left leg and a brace
on the right leg. Police said
their were no witnesses and
that no motive have been de-
termined.
Five persons who saw
Harrell and the Zumwalts
together Saturday night were
questioned by police.
Harrell was discharged
from the Marines in Feb-
ruary, 1946, after which he
returned to his home in Mer-
cedes, The Mercedes Ki-
wanis Club sponsored a drive
and raised $15,000 for him
to buy a ranch. He purchased
a small acreage near here
and later a ranch near
Boerne. He later moved to
San Antonio. He was chief
of the prosthetic appliance
group of the VA and ad-
dressed numerous civic
groups to encourage employ-
ment of the handicapped.
Several Mercedes rela-
tives attended the funeral.
These included his mother,
Mrs. Hazel Harrell; a broth-
er, Arnold Harrell; a neice,
Roetta Harrell; another bro-
ther, Richard Harrell and
wife and two sons, Richard
Jr., and John, who were in
Fort Worth visiting at the
time of the shootings; a sis-
ter, Virginia Lee Jordan.
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