The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 16, 1964 Page: 2 of 8
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Page 2 — The Mercedes Enterprise
Mercedes, Texas, Thursday, July 16, 1964
MRS. m HONORS
Miss McBroom Returns From DramaG^ND£A^xH!S
Workshop At University Of Texas
Amanda McBroom return-
ed recently from Austin
where she attended the
three - week High-School
Drama Workshop sponsored
by the Drama Department
of the University of Texas.
The 40 students came from
all parts of the state, many
of them having been state
winners in U.I.L. contests
this past school year.
The mornings were spent
in classes and attending lec-
tures. In the acting classes,
the students learned and
demonstrated the different
facets of pantomime, impro-
visation and duet acting. In
the make-up classes, along
with regular stage make-up,
they learned the application
of extreme old-age and
Character make-up.
The lectures were on such
subjects as : scene design
(Mr. Lyle Heidricks) direct-
ing (Prof, Mangum) costum-
ing, aspects of technical di-
rection; as well as special
lectures by Mrs. Kathryn
Crosby and Dr. B. Lyden
Payne, who is considered
the world's foremost
authority on Shakespeare.
Afternoons were spent in
rehearsal and crew (build-
ing of sets and lighting).
Amanda played the role of
the Mother Superior in
scenes from “Cyrano de
Bergerac,” one of the
Demonstration Lab produc-
tions. These scenes were
directed by high-school
drama teachers who are
attending the regular sum-
mer session at the Universi-
ty. They selected their casts
from the workshop students.
The workshop presented
two one-act plays for the
public on July 1 and 2. They
were “The Long Christmas
Dinner” by Thornton Wilder
and “The Last of the Papier-
Mache Cupids” by Cleve
Haubold, in which Amanda
played the leading role of
Laura Sue Siddon. This play
was directed by Dr. Roy
Brown, director of the drama
workshop.
“The experience is one I
shall never forget. I learned
so much about the theater
that I had never known even
existed. It was the most
enjoyable three weeks of
my life, surrounded by forty
of the most wonderful
high school students, and a
faculty of the finest drama
instructors in the state,”
Miss McBroom added.
Jim Rileys Host
Family Reunion
A family dinner was held
in the home of Mr. and Mrs
Jim Riley recently.
Attending were Dr. and
Mrs. John Kee and family
of San Antonio, Mr. and Mrs.
Arnold Buzbee of Weslaco.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Rig-
ney of Pharr and EunisFord
of Weslaco. Also present
were Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Lugg and family, Mr. and
i Mrs. J. E. Riley and family,
Mr. and Mrs. PaulPemelton
and Paula Kay, Mr.and Mrs.
James Pemelton and Kelly,
Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Ryan
and family, Mrs. Etta Tar-
vin, Mrs, Alta Jones, Mrs.
Martha Pemelton and Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Jones and
Glenn Clyde Kelly, all of
Mercedes.
Mr. and Mrs. Curgus
Garrison of Asher, Okla.
and their daughter, Mrs.
Maureen Barber of Corpus
Christi, visited over the
week end With Mr. Garri-
son’s cousins, Mrs. Alta
Jones and Mrs. Etta Tarvin.
Bridge Party Honors
Mrs. Don Hamilton
Mrs. W. W. Holmes and
Mrs. N. P. Barton, Jr., hon-
ored Mrs. Don Hamilton re-
cently with a farewell bridge
party in the Barton home.
Present were the Mes-
dames J. Walden Haynes,
Frank Markham, Sr., Paul
Shotwell, Milton Hild, and
Goldsby Goza.
Mrs. Hamilton is leaving
soon on an extended vaca-
tion and will not return to
Mercedes until October.
Mrs. Bob Frix honored
her granddaughter, Leslie,
who is visiting in Mercedes
with her mother, Mrs. W.E.
Lokey of Mexico City, with
a birthday party recently.
Present were Megan
Puckett and her mother,
Mrs. Lee Ross Puckett, Jr.;
Clay and Steven Schwarz and
mother, Mrs. Lloyd Sch-
warz; Mark, Melanie and
Margaret Murray and their
mother, Mrs. Mike Murray
and Mary Katherine and Beba
Kirksey and their mother,
Mrs. Annie Kirksey.
The children were served
birthday cake, ice cream and
punch and given party favors.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Gai-
ser of Albuquerque, N. M.,
and children, Tina, Tom,
Ted and Terry; Mr. and Mrs.
Bob Free and children, Mary
Ann and Fleming, of
Savannah, Ga.; and Mr. and
Mrs. Gene W, Riley of Hous-
ton all visited in the homes
of J. R. and Howard Wade
of Mercedes and Mrs. J.R.
Wade Sr., of La Villa re-
cently. Mrs. Gaiser and Mrs.
Free are sisters of J. R.
and Howard Wade and Mr.
Riley is a cousin.
Mrs. Jesus Rodriguez was
hospitalized recently in St.
Joseph Hospital in Houston.
Mrs. Rodriguez and her hus-
band were visiting in the
homes of their daughters
and families, Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Miestrod of Pearland,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lira
and Mr. and Mrs. Efrain
Garza of Houston. All are
former residents of Mer-
cedes.
Local Women Return
From Extensive Trip
n Deep South
Mrs. Howard Puckett and
her mother, Mrs. Mary At-
kinson, have recently re-
turned from a vacation of
extensive traveling in Texas,
Louisiana and Mississippi.
Mrs. Puckett and Mrs. Le-
roy Summers of Jackson,
Mississippi, who had been
visiting in the Puckett home,
met Mrs. Atkinson in Hous-
ton, where she had been
visiting two of her sons, and
their families, H. C. Atkin-
son and E. A, Westbrook.,
Mrs. Atkinson also visited in
Longview with her brother,
C. T. Cleveland, and grand-
son, C. 0. Westbrook, and
families.
After leaving Houston, the
women visited in Louisiana
with Mrs. Atkinson’s bro-
ther, E. V. Cleveland in
Opelousas, and then went
to Mrs. Summers’ home in
Jackson for a brief visit.
In Hattisburg, Miss., Mrs.
Atkinson and Mrs. Puckett
visited the former’s brother
and family, Cl B. Cleveland
Sr., and then went to Laurel,
where they visited another
daughter, Miss Mildred At-
kinson. Traveling on to
Meridian, the home town of
both women, they visited with
relatives and friends.
On the return trip, the
group took the Mississippi
River route. They visited
Confederate Avenue and
other points of interest in
Vicksburg and along the
river.
Candy Stripers
Volunteer Many
Hours At KMMH
“Candy Stripers”, high
school age volunteers spon-
sored by the Knapp Memorial
Methodist Hospital auxili-
ary, have a total of 3,427
hours of service at the hos-
pital.
The girls make patients
beds, prepare ice water, run
errands, do central service
work, give wing service and
work at the information desk.
Many of the girls do this
work to see if they want to
become nurses later, others
do it for the experience.
After a girl has completed
36 hours of class room work
and 50 hours of ward ser-
vice she receives a teenage
pin; after 150 hours she re-
ceives a Junior Volunteer
patch; after 200 hours, a gold
bar.
The program began under
the sponsorship of Mrs. J.
Murray Hooke. Mrs. W. R,
McEachron is mother advi-
sor to the girls.
Mercedes “Candy Strip-
ers” include Terry Cox,
daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
Lawrence Cox, Katy and Sus-
an Salmon, daughters of Mr.
.and Mrs. Donald H. Salmon
and Carlene Gordon, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. G. L.
Gordon.
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Mr. and Mrs. Joe Galvan
and daughter, Gigi, of Austin
visited Mrs. Galvan’s par-
ents, Dr. and Mrs. R. H.
Johnston over the weekend.
The group spent Saturday
night at Padre Island.
Mrs. Barr Ewing and son,
James, visited Kern Ewing
in Houston over the weekend.
* Gi-txcty’
“Why, I’d love to have you
drop over, Don—I want to
show you my new dress!”
Miss Eileen Marchant left
Wednesday for San Marcos
where she will attend the
second summer session at
Southwest Texas State
Teachers’ College.
—Enterprise Staff Photo
TWO OF THE MERCEDES GIRLS who are “Candy Stripers”
are shown above. They are the Misses Susan and Katy
Salmon. These two high school students and two others,
the Misses Terry Cox and Carlene Gordon, both of whom
were out of town when this picture was taken, can be
seen at various times during the summer assisting
the staff of Knapp Memorial Methodist Hospital. The
“Candy Stripers” wear pink and white pinafores over white
blouses.
Bridge Party Held
In Parks Home
Mrs. Norma H. Smith was
hostess recently at a bridge
party in the E. L. Parks Lawlers Host Bridge
Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Vogel
'and children, Sandra and
Larry, of Chester, Illinois
visited in the home of Mr.
Vogel’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. G. Vogel recently.
They also visited other rela-
tives and friends in the Val-
ley.
home.
Present were the Mes-
dames O. J. Schaffer, Dennie
Denman, R. A. Murdoch and
E. L, Parks. Also present
were guests, the Mesdames
C. O. Dale, H. L. Erie, W.
W. Holmes and H. L Sch-
malzried of Elsa.
Mrs. Holmes won the prize
for highest score and Mrs.
Dale won the cut prize.
Dr. and Mrs. Crysup Sory
and son, Crys, of Corpus
Christi, were weekend visit-
ors in the home of the Misses
Frances Sory and Amanda
McBroom.
Club Monday Night
Dr. and Mrs. Marion Law-
ler entertained their bridge
club with dinner and cards
Monday night.
Present were Mr. and
Mrs. Tony Rippert, Mr. and
Mrs. F. R. George, Dr. and
Mrs. R. H. Johnston and
the Lawlers.
Mr. George won the high
prize and Mr. Rippert won
the deuce prize.
Mrs. James Lauderdale is
visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Rhea Owens, in
Amarillo.
resbyterian Youth
Attending Workshop
At Church Camp
Several Mercedes High
School students who are
members of the First Pres-
byterian Church will leave
this morning, Thursday, for
a senior high workshop camp
at Mo-Ranch near Hunt, Tex-
as.
The young people will con-
centrate their studies on
Christian home and family
life.
Planning to attend from
Mercedes are Mike Ewing,
Rex Downing, Scott Down-
ing, Kenneth Brewer, Cyn-
thia Hoverson, Benny Cren-
shaw, Cheryl Adams, Larry
Hero Id, John Smithers.
Advisors accompanying
the group are Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey Broyles and the Rev.
Mike Murray, minister of
the local Presbyterian
Church.
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Camren Avila in Edinburg.
Co-hostesses were Mrs.
Willie Ruth Foerster and
Mrs. Myrtle Case, both of
Elsa.
Le Petit Chapeau, Mrs.
Muril Hagen, presided dur-
ing the regular business
meeting after which the new
officiers were elected.
Elected were: Mrs.
Lorene Tullis of Mercedes,
Le Petit Chapeau; Mrs. Ada
Holmes of Mercedes, Le
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mier; Mrs. Grace Youkin
of Alamo, Le Demi Petit
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Mrs. Lorriane Allen of Don-
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Bonnie Salmon of Mercedes
and Mrs. Muril Hagen of
Pharr.
The new officers will be
installed on September 9,
1964 at Harold’s Country
Kitchen in Donna.
A fellowship period fol-
lowed the business meeting
with games and refresh-
ments.
Those present were the
Mesdames Itha Acker,
Holmes, Shotwell, Salmon
and Dale of Mercedes; Tess
Bluhm of San Juan; Brown of
McAUfen; Willie Ruth Foers-
ter and Myrtle Case of El-
sa; Allen of Donna; Avila
of Edinburg; Grace Younkin
of Alamo; Willeda Murphy
and Hagen of Pharr.
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Mrs. Donley Westfall pre-
sided at the monthly meet-
ing of the Dorcas Aid Society
of Immanuel Lutheran
Church Thursday.
Singing of the hymn, “Oh
That the Lord Would Guide
My Ways” opened the meet-
ing, followed by the presen-
tation of the topic, “Wave
the .Flag” by Mrs. Westfall.
A donation was made to the
Spanish Lutheran Hour and
it was decided to collect
stamps for missions.
Mrs. Walter Klein and
Mrs. M. W. Hoppe served
refreshments to those pres-
ent, the Mesdames M. J.
Cockburn, Lloyd Heggen,
Lawrence Hensley, Dave
Metzger, Pauline Borchelt,
Merlyn Hempy, Ray Stern
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Hy Rickert, A. E. Krause,
A. R. Dillon, Omer Hix,
George King, E. F.Neuhaus,
and the Misses Emma Mott-
miller and Ella Borchelt.
One guest, Mrs. N. Neumann,
was also present.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Gil-
more of Corpus Christi are
the parents of a son, Zach-
ary Clyde, born July 7,
weighing 8 lbs. and 13 1/2
oz. Mrs. Gilmore is the
former Miss Clydell Hollon,
Mrs. Clyde Hollon, mother
of Mrs. Gilmore, who was
visiting in Corpus at the
time of the baby’s birth re-
turned home Tuesday to
report that baby and mother
are at home and doing well.
EILERS RETURN
FROM VACATION
Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Ellers and children, Kenneth
and Connie, returned re-
cently from a three week
vacation in which they visit-
ed relatives and friends.
The family first traveled
to Chester, Illinois to visit
Mrs. Ellers’ brother and his
family, Mr. ^nd Mrs. M. W.
Vogel. From/there they went
to Sweetspring, Mo. to visit
former Valley residents,
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dohr-
man, with whom they visited
the Lake of the Ozarks.
In Kansas City the Ellers
visited Mrs. Eilers’ broth-
er and his family, Mr. and
Mrs. Eddie Vogel, and her
nephew and his wife, Mr.
and Mrs. Vernon Vogel.
The family also visited
Mrs. Eilers’nieces and their
husbands, Mr. and Mrs.
James Quade of Joplin, Mo.
and Mr. and Mrs. Ray David
of Dennison, Tex.
In Clarksville, Tex., the
Eilers visited Mr. Eilers*
mother, Mrs. MaymeEilers,
and other relatives and
friends there and in Texar-
kana.
Mr. and Mrs. Burns Dea-
vours of Arlington, Va., are
visitng in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Wendell Schwarz.
Mrs. Schwarz also received
a visit from her sister, Mrs.
R. R. Thompson, of Houston
recently. The two sisters
then went to a family reunion
in Thornton on the Fourth
of July weekend.
Mrs. E. O. Kramer ac-
companied her sisters, Mrs.
F. P. Looney, and her hus-
band, of Springtown, and
Mrs. Irene Baldridge, of San
Angelo to Colorado Springs
where they went sight seeing
and through the Royal Gorge
near Canyon City, Colo.
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Clark
visited in the home of their
son, Kenneth and his wife,
the former Nancy Edgar and
their children, Zane and Tod,
in Houston over the week
end.
Nan Hix, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. O. L. Hix, left
Monday for Lubbock where
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Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Adams,
their daughter, Linda, and
Mrs. Floy Stimson, sister
of Mr. Adams, returned re-
cently from an extensive va-
cation to Colorado Springs,
Colo.
The group went through
the Big Bend National Park
on the trip up and visited
Fort David and the Mc-
Donald Observatory on Mt.
Locke in the Davis Moun-
tains.
While in Colorado Springs,
where they stayed with Mr.
Adams and Mrs. Stimson’s
sister, they visited the Air
Force Academy and Glen
Eyrie, the castle-type man-
sion home of General Pal-
mer, one of the founders
of Colorado Springs.
On the way home the group
stayed in Garner Park out-
side Uvalde. In Uvalde they
visited the museum-home of
former Vice-President un-
der Franklin Roosevelt, John
Nance Garner, and visited
with Mr. Garner for 30
minutes.
Mrs. C. O. Dale returned
recently from a vacation in
Virginia, Washington, D. C.
and the Smokey Mountains.
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