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Ladies V. F. W. Auxiliary
Announces Annual Contest
The Ladies Auxiliary to
the Veterans of Foreign
Wars announced today the
opening of its 28th annual
National High School Writ-
ing Contest. The topic will
be “What I Can Do For My
Country.*’
The writing contest, first
started in 1935, is intended
to put before the student
some problems of patrio-
tism, citizenship or similar
topic about which he must
study and learn in order
to write the essay.
During the last school year
some 40,000 students wrote
on the contest topic, “Am-
erica the Beautiful - How
Cotton Quiz
'fflHOMAPE THE
SHEEREST MUSLINS
?
1
PA CCA
MUSLINS
IN 4,000
B.C. WERE
SO SHEER
A DOZEN
LAYERS
\WERE Of Ten
WORN.
Second class postage paid
at Mercedes, Texas.
J. EDWIN HARVEY - Editor
and Publisher
____Telephone-L05-2425
TEXAS frPPCQSs
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.
Subscription Rates:$3.00per
year in the Valley. $4.00
Outside.
Fill Cracks And
Holes Better
Handles like putty. Hardens like wood.
PLASTIC WOOD
The Genuine - Accept No Substitute.
Long Without Clean Water?*’
The U. S. Department of
Health, Education and Wel-
fare supplied students with
free kits of background read-
ings on water and the import-
ance of pollution control,
and awarded to each state
winner a special certificate.
Dr. Albert E. Burke, Ches-
hire, Conn., an authority on
conservation and world af-
fairs, served as chairman
of the national judges.
Students in all public, pri-
vate and parochial high
schools are eligible to enter
the contest. National prizes
are: First, $1,000 cash; sec-
ond, $500; third, $250;
fourth, $ 100 and gold medals,
and 20 other cash awards
for honorable mention. State
and local contest winners re-
ceive additional Auxiliary
awards
Israel Garza Serves
In NATO Exercise
Israel D. Garza, interior
communications electrician
third class, USN, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jose V. Garza of
946 Fourth St. Mercedes,
Tex., is serving aboard the
attack aircraft carrier USS
Forrestal, a unit of the Se-
cond Fleet and the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO) striking force which
participated in a special ex-
ercise“Riptide III, 'Aug. 17-
20, in the Eastern Atlan-
tic.
The unit joined more than
40 other ships, together with
aircraft from four NATO na-
tions for the four-day exer-
cise in the Eastern Atlantic.
Vice Adm. J ohn McN. Tay-
lor, Commander Striking
Fleet Atlantic, conducted the
exercise. Other forces part-
icipating consisted of ships
and aircraft from France,
the United Kingdom and air-
craft from Portugal.
Simulated nuclear and con-
ventional strikes by carrier-
based aircraft were conduct-
ed as well as numerous other
exercises.
The purpose of the spe-
cial exercise was to test
and develop the readiness of
the participating naval for-
ces operating as a coordinat-
ed force.
ALL PURPOSE
3-IN'0NE®0IL
Oils Everything
Prevents Rust
REGULAR-OIL SPRAY-ELECTRIC MOTOR
FOR SALE
No. 1 44 acres: 3Vi acres Redblush grapefruit',
4 acres coastal bermuda, double walled brick home
and implement' shed, balance open farm land,
$21,000.
NO. 2 5 acres, four room house, red blush,
small african star grass pasture, $3,500.
N0.3 40 acres, 11 acres Valencia, navel oranges,
red blush grapefruit, dairy barn, balance open
farmland—$15,000.
NO. 4. 17 acres star and angleton grass pas-
ture 4-room house—$5,000.
NO. 5 Cotton picker, 120 A — $3,200
Diesel Tractor, new rings, valves and head $2,200
Engler Dirt Buggy ......................................... 800
Riversible Int'l plow ...................................... 425
CARL V. SNYDER
Phone AM2-1978 Elsa, Texas
143/4 North Mi 6 West
MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC
DEATH CALENDAR
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FATAL ACCIDENTS
DATE
FATALITIES
DATE
DEATHLESS DAYS
DEATH CALENDAR—Shows only four days in 1961 free of deaths in traffic on Texas
highways, the days marked by stars. “Deathless Days" in Texas traffic are rare, only
about four yearly on the average. 1950 was worst year since World War II, with not
a single day free of traffic deaths. Best year was 1960, with nine "Deathless Days."
(Official 1961 Texas Traffic Death Calendar Compiled by Statistical Services, Texas
Department of Public Safety, and Reproduced by Governor’s Highway Safety Commission,
“My wife must think she’s
Teddy Roosevelt,” the hus-
band complained. “She runs
from store to store yelling
‘Charge!’”
REAL ESTATE
Sales And Rentals
City and Farm Property
H.C, Settles
Logan 5-1175
Does Change-of-Life Make You
Feel Older Than You Are?
In doctor's tests, special medicine relieved
those hot flashes, weakness, nervousness for woman
after woman ... then they could enjoy a happier middle-age!
sided. That awful nervousness was
calmed. Then most women found
Does change of life leave you so
weak, irritable you feel older than
you really are?' Suffocated by hot
flashes, constantly tense, so you
can’t be the affectionate wife of old?
Don’t despair! Lydia Pinkham’s
Compound can relieve that physi-
cal distress and tension both ...
in doctor’s tests using Pinkham’s
Compound, woman after woman
got glorious relief without costly
shots! Hot flashes quickly sub-
they could go “smiling through”
the trying years of change-of-life-
without that dreadful misery!
If change-of-life is making you
feel older than you are, ask for
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable
Compound at drug stores. Do it to-
day. See how fast this special med-
icine for women helps you feel like
your happy, active self again.
SLEEP 8 HOURS-WAKE UP TIRED? When due to simple iron - deficiency
anemia, take Pinkham Tablets. Rich in iron, they start to strengthen
your blood within one day! Thus help restore your vitality.
LAND BARGAIN: 40 acres located one mile south
of Elsa, in Hidalgo Co. Farm tracts No. 467 and
468 on miles 15Vi N. and 5!4 west, cotton gathers
and land ready for winter, not rented now, if you
buy now you get possession Sept. 1 st 196z, act
NOW.
R. J. THOMAS, Owner, Mercedes, Texas
BAZAR'S
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 fir LUBRICATION
WE NEVER CLOSE PHONE L05-1121
COPIES OF
ENTERPRISE STAFF
PHOTOS
MAY BE
ORDERED AT
NOMINAL
PRICES
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
Farmers
Ut us send a capable man to talk to you
about your INSECTICIDES and
FERTILIZER neods.
DENNISON'S
A DEPENDABLE SOURCE OF SUPPLY
Since 1925
Weslaco, Texas
Telephones: Weslaco WO 8-2135 — Pharr ST 7-1559
SpGGC^/tU
maqic
lust lift the cap and write on
anything.
k. Dries
WATERPROOF
SPILLPROOF
LEAKPROOF
Patterns, packages,
toys, tools, laundry,
preserve ars and
cans, food freezer
wraps, storage
packs and boxes.
Instantly.
tory, signs, tags,
pricing, road map
route plan, posters,
parts, labels, furni-
tur
At .iihihlc in these
X llrilliuut Colors
re and fixtures.
AT PLAY
Garden markers,
golf, tennis, athletic
equipment, photo
film prints, arts,
crafts and sciences.
Refills 391 each
MERCEDES ENTERPRISE
P. O. Box 637
Merced**, Texas
TO MY FRIENDS:
Due to conditions beyond
my control, I have been forc-
ed to close my Gulf Station.
Thanks for the past patron-
age.
Walter G. Bailey
Short and
Sweet
r'0£y
How’s your memory?
Remember when everyone
wore hats? — and English
bulldogs wore turtleneck
sweaters? . . . Why did Ma
dress us boys in those hats
that looked like they belonged
to sailors—but had long rib-
bons? Weren’t those the days
when anybody who bought
on the installment plan was
a suspicious character? . . .
Is the depot still there—
where the Hartford train
stopped once a day? . . .
Where’s Mike, the butcher
who always threw in a free
hunk of liver? . . . /s Con-
stable Callahan, who didn’t
arrest anybody for three
years, still on the job? . . .
Remember when the tax
on a $4,000 income was a
penny? . . . When the clock
on the courthouse told differ-
ent time on three sides, and
didn’t work on the other?
. Dad had congress shoes?
. Remember the lazy days
when the butter was soft all
summer and Grandma boiled
the milk before anyone could
drink it? . . .
Household hint: To keep
cake from getting stale, put
it in a paper box in the
children’s room.
PHOTO-STATS
IIOI K SERVILE
AW KIND
ANY SIZE
A\-< copy Discharge Papers - Legal
Documents - Anything Printed -
Written or Drawn. /
Your Complete Satisfaction
Guaranteed
THE MERCEDES
ENTERPRISE
Helps Heal And Clear
hchy Skin Rash!
Zemo—liquid or ointment—a doc-
tor’s antiseptic, promptly relieves
itching, stops scratching and so
aelps heal and clear surface «Htt
rashes. Buy Extra_
CLASSIFIED RATES: Three cents per word first Insertion, minimum charge
75P: Two cents per word succeeding insertion, 50d minimum charge.
FOR 'RENT
FOR RENT: Attractively
furnished air - conditioned
apartments. Call Mrs. H. J.
Menton, L05-1161.
FOR RENT: Furnished
house. Mi 2 1/2 East of
Mercedes and l/4MileNorth
of Highway 83. Ph. LOS-
2887.
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 SALE
FOR SALE: 2 Bedroom brick
home, nice location close
to schools. Call L05-1174.
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.
Queen City Annex. LO5-1405
34-3-tp_
FOR RENT - NICELY
FURNISHED APARTMENTS
SPECIAL RATES TO
PERMANENT TENANTS
COLEMAN COURTS
PHONE LO 5-1322
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 RENT: Two Bedroom un-
furnished House. Mile 2V2 East
of Mercedes. L05-2887.
FOR RENT OR FOR SALE: Two
bedroom brick home near
schools. City facilities, nice
neighborhood. Lot 100 x 135
L05-1174, 35-tfc
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: 3 newly decorated
Apts. _A11 bills paid. First
residence So. of Post Office. 014
Texas, LO5-1505. Mr. & Mrs.
J, O. McManus. 35-2tp
Wa 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
aching
After You See Your Doctor, -
Brinv; Your Prc»cription To Us.
OUEEN CITY
PHARMACY
WANTED
WANTED: School teacherfof
third grade at Santa Maria
School. Call L05-1030 for
appointment. 29-tfnc.
Anyone knowing the ad-
dress of Carl Ermel notify
L. E. Whitner, 1308Rencher
St., Clovis, N. M.
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
FOR SALE
Several lots and homes in-
cluding: 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.
LOST: Light Brown, Collie dog.
Lost on Baseline area. Last
seen on Baseline Mi. 9 Road at
home, Aug. 11, Reward offered.
Call L05-2936
Portraits, Weddings, Groups
Color Black & White
STERLING PRINCE
PHOTOGRAPHY
Call SW7-6231 La Feria
INGROWN NAIL
hurting you?
Immediate
Relief!
A .lev drops of OUTGRO® brin* blessed
nail, allows the nail to be cut and thus pro-
FULL OR PART TIME
24 hrs. weekly, evenings and
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ing public preferred but not
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$80 per wk guaranteed to ser-
vice 2500 customers on estab-
lished route for world’s larg-
est and best liked corporation.
Call or write The Fuller Brush
Co., 522 Natl Bank of Com-
merce Bldg., San Antonio.
FOR SALE
1959 Ford Custom
Six Cylinder- 2 Door
White Sidewall Tires
Must Sell Immediately
*900
Call LO 5-1519
ACHING MUSCLES
Relieve pains of tired, sore, aching
muscles with STANBACK, tablets
or powders. STANBACK acts fast
to bring comforting relief .. . .
because the STANBACK formula
combines several prescription type
ingredients for fast relief of pain.
9 Unit Motel in Mercedes, VOGUE MOTEL at a
bargain on Terms.
2 Unit in La, Feria extra nice and a bargain, take
good Home as down payment.
Four Unit apartment on South Mo. 900 block.
Bargain best terms all rented, buy a home with
income. ,
Bargain in 2 bed room home, first class condition,
ready for SCHOOL TEACHER, cheap on best of
terms and long terms.
Cotton is out and wei have made a good crop and
got fat price, so now invest in a home in town on
a farm with home.
R. J. THOMAS* Realtor
YOU CAN GET
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from pains of headache, neuralgia,
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rheumatism. Because STANBACK
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Hidalgo County
NOTARY SEALS
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ENTERPRISE
230 S. Texas
ATTENTION FARMERS!
Lei Us
STEAM CLEAN
Your Farm Equipment
r
* For more efficient operation
* Longer Life
* Better Appearance
TRACTORS
TRUCKS
COTTON PICKERS
MERCEDES OIL CO.
240 N, Ohio Mercedes
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Harvey, J. Edwin. The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 30, 1962, newspaper, August 30, 1962; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1091812/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.