The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 13, 1964 Page: 2 of 8
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—Photo by Julian N. Mendoza
SYLVIA YVONNE PALACIOS, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Silvestre D. Palacios of Mercedes, placed third in the queen
contest Saturday at the Tip-o-Texas Youth Horse Show.
Jo Ann Jones, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. K. N. Jones, was
fifth runner up.
GOLDEN AGERS
HOLD MEETING
The Golden Age Club met
Thursday at the Retama
Place Community Room with
Mesdames H. G. George,
Stella Herndon and Dewey
Acker as hostesses.
Mrs. Martha Pemelton,
president, opened the meet-
ing with the traditional song
and prayer, after which there
was the usual roll call, the
reciting of favorite scrip-
tures or poems.
The group's next meeting
which will be the last to
be held at the Retama, will
be next Thursday. After that
date meetings will be held at
the new Queen City Retreat
where it is believed that
members will rotate hostess
duties.
Refreshments were ser-
ved to those present, the
Mesdames Pemelton,
George, Herndon, Acker,
Mollie Faulk, Ruby Temple,
Ina Reid, Nora Seals, Mau-
die Rouse, Jim Bazar, Mar-
tha Law and Carrie Schultz;
and Miss Janie Bazar.
Any person interested in
the Golden Age Club will be
welcomed as a visitor or
a member, according to Mrs.
Dewey Acker. There are no
formal dues, but a Love Of-
fering is taken each week
to defray expenses of the
club.
MISS BREWER FETED
AT AFTERNOON TEA
IN MARCHANT HOME
Miss Patricia Ann Brew-
er, bride-elect of Charles
Wayne Schroeder, was hon-
ored Sunday afternoon at a
tea given in the home of Mrs.
Ernest Marchant by Mrs.l
Marchant, Mrs. Randall At-
teberry, Mrs. Steve Galla-
way and Mrs. Wilma Powell.
Receiving the guests were
the hostesses, Miss Brew-
er, her mother, Mrs. J. L,
Brewer, and Mrs. C. A. Sch-j
roeder, mother of the groom.
The table was laid with a
cutwork cloth with decora-
tions of silver candelabra
draped in blossoms of white
stephenotis.
The colors, white and yel-
low, were carried out in the
decorations in the corsage
of the members of the house-
party, and in the cake, which
was iced in pale yellow and
decorated with white rose
buds.
The bride was presented
with a gift of a place setting
of sterling silver by the hos-
tesses.
Mrs. L. G. Brewer, of
Weslaco, grandmother of the
bride-to-be, and Mrs. J. P.
Triplett of Donna, aunt of
of the bride-elect, served,
with Mrs. Jim Kidd and Mrs.
Knapp Auxiliary Holds Monthly
Meeting In Hospital Cafeteria
Attendants Named
For Schroeder
Brewer Wedding
Attendants for the August
22 wedding of Miss Patricia
Ann Brewer and Charles
Wayne Schroeder, both of
San Antonio, have been an-
nounced.
Maid of honor will be Miss
Eileen Marchant of Merce-
des. Mrs. Jack Johnson of
Kingsville will be matron of
honor. Miss Shirley Schroe-
der of San Antonio will be
bridesmaid.
R. H. Fischer of San An-
tonio will served the groom
best man. Groomsmen
will be John Mettke and Arno
Penshorn, also of San An-
tonio. Ushers will be Roger
Van Burkleo of Weslaco and
Clarence Byrum of Browns-
ville.
Pastor B. J. Ryan will
perform the ceremony. Neil
Chandler of Weslaco will
be vocalist.
Following the ceremony a
reception will be held at the
Mercedes Civic Center.
The bridegroom-elect's
parents will host a rehearsal
dinner at the Bronco Restau-
rant in Weslaco.
Parents of the couple are
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Brewer
of Mercedes and Mr. and
Mrs. C. A. Schroeder of San
Antonio.
Martinez, Sloss Wedding Vows
Exchanged In Double Ring Rites
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—Badger Studio
MRS. ARMANDO SLOSS
August 4th the quarterly
meeting of the Knapp Mem-i
orial Methodist Hospital
Auxiliary was held at 8:00
p.m. in the hospital cafe-|
teria. In the absence of the
president, Mrs. J. Murrayj
Hooke, the first vice-pres-i
ident, Mrs. Floyd Langford,
presided.
Following the business
John and Pam Powers,
children of Mr. and Mrs.
L. C. Powers, accompanied]
by their maternal grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Lester, are spending a week
on their family’s ranch out-
side Tilden, Tex. Sally
Twenhafel, Gilsey Knapp,
and Steve Hollon are also in
T ilden as guests of the Pow-
ers children.
H. A, Brewer, another aunt,
serving the punch. Miss
Eileen Marchant presided at!
the bride’s book.
Others in the houseparty
included the Mesdames Jack
Drawe, George Irby, James
Pemelton, Ronnie St.John of
Weslaco, and Jack Johnson,
of Kingsville. Miss Ernes-
tine Marchant was also in
the houseparty.
portion of the meeting, a
program was presented
which was in the form of a
panel discussion, with re-
ports and questions on the
Texas Association of Hos-
pital Auxiliaries Conven-
tion, held in May in Austin,
Texas. Those on the panel
who attended the convention
and gave reports were Mes-
dames J. P. LeNoir, T. E.
Bottom and Raymond Mills.
The theme of this year’s
convention was “Are We
Growing Up or Growing In?
and the reports that were
given were based on this
theme. It was noted by the
speaker at the Convention
that caution must be exer-
cised by all Auxiliary mem-
bers when a change of com-
mand is experienced.
At the conclusion of the
meeting, prior to the so
cial hour, a gift certificate
was presented to Rupert
Cann by Mrs. Hampton Ma-
bry, as an expression of app-
preciation from the Auxi-
liary. Mr. Cann is leaving
Knapp Memorial Methodist
Hospital to associate him-
self with a new facility in
Irving, Texas.
GEORGE'S RETURN
FROM TRIP WEST
Mr. and Mrs. Garner
George returned recently
from an 18 day trip through
the western United States.
Mrs. George’s niece, Geri
Giese, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Giese, of Elsa,
and her friend, Carolyn
Foerster, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. C. O. Foerster,
also of Elsa, accompanied
the Georges.
The group visited Carls-
bad Cavern, the Grand Can-
yon, Las Vegas, Disneyland,
and Knotts Berry Farm.
Back in Texas they visited
Six Flags over Texas.
In Sherman the group
visited Mr. George's par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
George, and his sister and
her family, Mr. and Mrs,
C. C. Horton.
In Waco, the group visited
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wilkins,
RECORD PARTY
FETES TEENAGER
Amanda McBroom was
honored Monday on her 17
birthday with a surprise re-
cord party in the home of
her aunt, Miss Frances Sory.
Guests brought their
favorite records and spent
the afternoon listening to
them. Refreshments of pink
lemonade, cake and ice
cream were served to
Misses Cindy Jones, Claire
Adam, Nancy Hoffman,
Layne Atteberry, Kay Jones,
Janie Farris, Nan Hix, Lil-
lian Billings, Cynthia Hover-
son, Joan Wilt, Elizabeth
Brammer, Jane Wallace,
Sylvia Basinger, Elizabeth
Morgan and the honoree.
a niece of Mrs. George and
her husband. They also visit-
ed Carolyn’s brother, Gor-
don Foerster, a student at
Baylor University. While in
Waco they visited Miss Pri-
scilla Lentz, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Fleet S. Lentz of
Mercedes.
Methodist Women
Hold Meeting
In Langford Home
The Women’s Society of
Christian Service of the
Methodist Church held its
regular general meeting
Tuesday, August 4, in the
home of Mrs. Floyd Lang-
ford, with Mrs. H, D, Lau-
derdale, vice president, pre-
siding.
Ms. Marion Lawler pre-
sented the program, entitled,
“A More Excellent Way.”
A social hour followed the
business meeting and the
presentation of the pro-
gram.
The 12 members present
were the Mesdames Lauder-
dale, , Lawler, Langford,
R. C. Jones, Herbert Ger-
-man, J. C. Deyo, W. W.
Holmes, John Urquhart, Vir-
ginia Shotwell, Edythe John-
ston, C. O. Dale and W. C.
Seals.__
Mrs. D. Childress and
Mrs. Beth Traylor, both of
Bailey, are in Mercedes
visiting Mrs. Gladys Tray-
lor.
Esther Martinez became
the bride of Armando Sloss
Friday night in the Church
of Our Lady of Mercy, Rev.
Edward Kennedy, O.M.I.,
presiding.
The bride is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Pedro C.
Martinez of Mercedes. The
groom’s parents are Mr.
and Mrs. Manuel Sloss of San
Juan.
Baskets of gladioli deco-
rated the main altar. White
satin stremers marked the
family pews.
Miss Aurora Reyna pro-
vided the traditional music,
singing and accompanying
herself in the “Ave Maria*’
and the “Panis Angelicus’’.
The bride, given in mar-
riage by her father, wore a
full length gown of French
Chantilly lace featuring a
tiered skirt, a scalloped
square neckline and long
sleeves. The detachable
train flowed into a chapel
length in back. The neckline
and train were highlighted
with seed pearls and crys-
tals. Her elbow length veil
of illusion fell from a crys-
tal crown.
Regina Martinez, who ser-
ved her sister as maid-of-
honor, wore a- white bro-
cade satin dress with Nile
green gloves and headdress.
She carried a bouquet of
long stemmed white carna-
tions sprayed in Nile green
with matching streamers.
The bridesmaids were the
Misses Olga Garcia, Yolan-
da Sloss, sister of the groom,
Maria Mata, and Norma
Sierra. They wore dresses
and accessories identical to
the maid-of-honor only en-
tirely in Nile green with
dyed-to-match shoes.
Cynthia Martinez, sis-
ter of the bride, was flower
girl. She wore a gown of
Nile green silk organza with
a matching headdress and
carried a basket of rose
petals.
The bride’s nephew, Joe
Diaz, Jr., served as ring
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Manuel Sloss served his
brother as best man.
Other attendants were Mr.
and Mrs. Creoencio Lozan,
padrinos de cake; Elma Sil-
va, madrina de arras; Ro-
meo Sloss and Teresa Bar-
rera, padrinos de cojines;
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Rosales,
padrinos de lazo; Miss Rosie
Cisneros, madrina de bou-
quet; Mr. and Mrs. Lupe
Cantu, padrinos de libro; and
Mr. and Mrs. Liborio Hino-
josa, padrinos de rosario.
Madrinas wore two-piece
Nile green brocade dresses
with quarter length sleeves.
Their headdresses were id-
entical to those of the brides-
maids. They wore white ac-
cessories.
Mrs. Martinez chose an
aqua silk and cotton dress
for her daughter’s wedding.
Her corsage was of white
carnations.
The groom’s mother wore
a navy blue crepe dress with
black accessories. Her cor-
sage of wite carnations was
sprayed blue.
A reception followed the
ceremony at the Community
Building in Mercedes. The
table was laid with a white
linen cloth and decorated
with the bride’s bouquet and
greenery.
For her wedding trip to
Corpus Christi the bride
wore a pink crepe shift with
white accessories and the
corsage from her bridal bou-
quet.
Out of the Valley guests
included Mrs. Eleazar
Brooks and family of San
Diego, California and Eri-
berto and Carlos Martinez
from Morgan Hill, Califor-
nia.
The bride is a graduate
of the Mercedes school and
the groom graduated from
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo High
School.
The couple will reside in
San Juan.
Pre - nuptial courtesies
extended the bride were two
miscellaneous showers giv-
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JUANITA MARIN, grand-
daughter of Candelario
Marin, Sr., of Mercedes,
graduated this summer from
Warren Township High
School in Waukegan, 111.
Miss Marin, who was born
in Mercedes is the daugh-
ter of Mr, and Mrs. Martin
Marin of 1617 Belle Plaine,
Waukegan. She plans to at-
tend Milton College in Mil-
ton, Wise., in the fall.
MRS. PEMELTON
HOSTS DINNER
Mrs. Martha Lee Pemel-
ton entertained her children,
grandchildren and great-
grandchildren with dinner at
her home Sat., Aug. 1 in
honor of her son, Paul’s
birthday.
Present were Paul and
Frances Pemelton and their
daughter, Paula Kay; and an-
other son, Ernest and Mil-
dred Pemelton and their son,
Mike. Also present were her
grandsons and their wives
and children, Carl Dean and
Mary and daughter Patia Lin;
Billy Gene and Charolette
and son, Bill; and James
and Sharon and baby, James
Kelly.
en by friends and relatives,
one in San Juan and the oth-
er in Mercedes. Approxi-
mately fifty people attended
each of the showers.
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Harvey, J. Edwin. The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 13, 1964, newspaper, August 13, 1964; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1091761/m1/2/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.