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Volume XL5X —
NO 46
Second Class Postage Paid At Mercedes, Texas
Tigers Defeat Falfurrias, Get Set
For Friday Trek To Raymondville
The Tigers football team fright
goes to Raymondville Fri-
day night for an 8 o’clock
kickoff against the Bear-
kats.
The Raymondville boys
have run a close contest
with the Robstown Cotton-
pickers for the title of Most
Improved Team of 16AAA.
Robstown beat the Bearkats
last week, but the ‘Kats
still are even in district
play with three wins and
three loses. The Tigers have
a two and four record in
district play. Next week
Mercedes will play the final
game of the season against
the Donna Redskins.
Last week the Tigers beat
the Falfurrias Jerseys
20-12 in a . nip-and-tuck
battle that never saw the
tigers behind but saw the
winless Jerseys playing as
though the championship
were at stake.
The partisan crowd,
swelled by Homecoming, got
a taste of what It came for
early in the game. The Jer-
seys were forced to punt on
fourth down; Gilbert Anzal-
dua gathered it in, set up
his blocking, and sprinted
75 yards down the right side-
line to light up the score-
board only moments after
the opening kick-off. Jesse
Villarreal split the uprights
for a one-pointer. Key blocks
by Raul Galvan, Gene Riley,
David Duran, Cecil Mar-
chant, Tommy Anderson,
Rafael Lorenzano, and Steve
Hager cleared the way for
Anzaldua s run. First quar-
ter score was 7-0.
The Tigers penetrated on
the first play of the first
part of the second quarter
after starting a drive from
their own 38, But the stub-
born Jerseys held and the
Tigers ran out of downs on
the Falfurrias 15. From that
point the visitors rolled up
five first downs and Sonny
Garza ripped over from the
3 for the score. A fake-kick
that resulted in a pass and
run play was foiled by Tig-
er as he caught Guile Vela
behind the line of scrim-
mage.
The Tigers used three
downs and punted to the Fal-
furrias 34, Time was short
but the Jersey, attempting
to come from behind, began
their aerieal circus that
their aerial circus that
gave the first half an exci-
ting finish. Don Reed lofted
the football high in the air
for 26 and 15 yard pass
completions. The final two
were incomplete and the first
half ended.
In the second half, Jimmy
Swain pounced on a Jersey
fumble on the Jersey 21.
Riley and Villareal shared
the quarterbacking and ball-
carrying to the one. Villa-
rreal slipped over from the 1
for the score, then kicked for
the extra point.
The JdYseys were held
for no run-back on the kick-
off, and started their drive
on the 11; they bogged down
on the 39 and punted, but the
Tigers fumbled to give them
possession on the Tiger 32.
They penetrated to the 17
but drew a penalty on the
next play. Reed, with first
down and 25, three long but
Riley was in the end zone
to gather in the “skyscra-
per” for a Tiger intercep-
tion.
In the fourth quarter, Fal-
furrias drive In seven plays
to the Tiger 21. Then Reed
hit John Mooring for the
touchdown. The same fake-
kick and pas's failed to tie
the score.
The Tigers stopped a
second fourth quarter attack
by the Jerseys as they held
with a fourth and two situa-
tion on their own 23.
Late in the forth quarter,
Alonzo Gracia covered
a Jersey fumble on the 14
and Riley scored on the first
play from scrimmage as he
saw “the gate open” and
elected to go through the
side of the line for
the score. The extra point
try failed and the final score
was 20-12.
STATISTICS
T
1st downs
Penetrations
Yds Rushing
Yds Pass.
Total Net Yds.
Passes Att
Passes Cmpl
Passes Inter
Punts & Av.
Fumbles & L
Penalties
9
5
164
25
189
4
1
1
3- 25
4- 2
5- 25
F
17
4
191
131
322
19
10
2
3-12
3-3
5-55
Church Calls
Dallas Man
As Minister
The congregation of the
First Christian Church has
called Frank E. Mace of
Dallas to be their minister,
according to E. V. Lyons,
chairman of the Church
Board, and Glenn Jones,
chairman of the pulpit com-
mittee.
The official action of the
congregation was taken at
the regular church services
this past Sunday morning
and Mr. Mace accepted the
call by telephone Sunday
evening.
Mr. Lyons stated that Mr.
Mace would arrive in Mer-
cedes the latter part of this
month and would fill the
pulpit for the first time on
Sunday morning, Nov. 29.
Mr. Mace is married, and
he and his wife, Shirley, have
two children, Mark, age 4,
and Melody, age 2. They will
occupy the parsonage of the
First Christian Church at
1305 S. Illinois. The Maces
were guests of the church in
Mercedes recently when he
brought the sermon at the
morning services and, they
were honored with an infor-
mal coffee immedately fol-
lowing the services in the
Fellowship Hall.
The Church has been with-
out a regular pastor since
Conrad Kitchell resigned
early in the spring due to
his health and the ministers
of the other Christian
churches in the Valley have
been served the Mercedes
Church in the Interim.
Other members of the pul-
pit committee who assisted
in securing the services of
Rev. Mace included Mrs.
Glenn Jones, Gene Cox, Mr.
and Mrs. Duane Miller, Jr.,
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dress-
ier, Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Glyn Howell, and Mr. and
Mrs. Luther McDonald.
Mercedes, Texas, 78570; Thursday, November 12, 1964
Price
—Harman Photo
BAND SWEETHEART named at the Homecoming Game
Friday night is Miss, Claire Adam, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Adam. She is shown above with the vice-
president of the band, Joan Wilt, left, and Glenn Gulley,
president, right. Miss Adam is a senior in Mercedes
High School and is drum majorette for the Tiger Band.
She plays first chair clarinet and has been a member
of the marching band since the eighth grade. She began
playing the bass clarinet in elementary school.
CIVIL DEFENSE
COURSES OFFERED
GIRL SCOUT DRIVE
Harvey Broyles will head
the Mercedes Girl Scout fund
campaign this year, it was
announced Wednesday. He
will be assisted by Marvin
Schwarz. Final drive plans
will be made at a luncheon
at the El Sombrero Monday
noon.
Is it possible to survive
radioactive fallout?
Would we get any warning
if an enemy attack came...
or a tornado threatened?
What should the average
citizen do in such emer-
gencies?
“These are some of the
questions that will be an-
swered in a civil defense
course to be offered by the
Mercedes Independent
School District.
The 13-hour course is
open without charge to any
adult in the community.
First class session will
be held Monday, Nov. 30, at
6:30 p.m. Subsequent classes
will be held Tuesday, Wed-
nesday, and Thursday, Dec.
1, 2, and 3. The classes
meet from 6:30 to 9:30 for
each night.
Classes will be taught by
teachers who have taken in-
tensive civil defense train-
ing. All have received spe-
cial certificates for this
purpose from the Texas
Education Agency which is
sponsoring civil defense
adult education in Texas.
Adults interested in taking
the course should contact
the Superintendent’s office
at 206 6th St., or Call LOS-
2427.
Bowden Heads
March Of Dimes
C. E. Bowden has been
named chairman of the 1965
March of Dimes in Merce-
des, it was announced this
week.
Mr. Bowden will attend a
Six-County Area meeting at
the Edinburg Courthouse
Nov. 15 where preliminary
plans for the drive will be
made.
Dr. I. A. Ratner, San An-
tonio pediatric surgeon, will
be guest speaker on the topic
“Remedial Congenital Birth
Defects.”
LOCAL SEA SCOUTS
WIN TOP HONOR
Mercedes Sea Scout Ship
#59 took top honors at the
sixth annual regata held Sat-
urday and Sunday at Camp
Perry. The Mercedes group
competed in various contests
against Weslaco, Port Isa-
bel, Brownsville and Ray-
mondville.
Among the competitive
classes were boat handling,
drill, signaling, boat iden-
tification, sea history, navi-
gation, piloting, rules of the
road, and ground tackle.
The Mercedes Sea Scouts
brought the plaque, which
accompanies first place rat-
ings home for the second
time in the history of the
regata. The first year of
the annual affair, Mercedes
also won the honor.
Representing the Merce-
des ship were Skipper W. C.
Harp, Mate Louis Powell
Boatswain Rex Downing,
Steve Hager, Steve Hollonj
Terry Fossler, Ralph Cin-
tron, John Powers, John
Smither. Vice-commadore
Ralph Jones also accom-
panied the group to Camp
Perry.
Local Man Assigned
To Army In Vietnam
Army Specialist Five
Maximino Balderas, 27,
whose wife, Aida, lives at
Bo Playa,. Salinas, Puerto
Rico, was assigned to the
U. S. Army Support Com-
mand, Vietnam, recently.
Specialist Balderas, a
radio operator in the com-
mand In Vietnam, entered the
Army in March 1958. He was
last assigned at Fort Bragg,
N. C.
He is a 1957 graduate of
Holland (Mo.) High School.
Specialist Balderas Is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Lucio
C. Balderas, Mercedes.
BAND SET TO ENTER
PIGSKIN JUBILEE
SATURDAY NIGHT
The 1963 Award-Winning
Mercedes Tiger Band will
perform in the Annual Pig-
skin Jubilee at Weslaco Sat-
urday night.
Time scheduled for the
band is 8:10 p.m.
The band was awarded a
Division I rating in march-
ing at the Jubilee and also
in its concert work at
Brownsville later in the
year. Division I means a
superior performance. Each
band must perform basic
marching movements In
addition to an original rou-
tine of their own. They must
consume five minutes but not
over eight minutes time.
The event will begin at 6
p.m. at Barbee Field and is
sponsored by the Region IX
Music Committee, Universi-
ty Interscholastic League.
Judges have been selected
by the Region IX chairman
of the Valley Band Directors,
Pat McNallen. The judges
are: Fred Junkin, director
of bands from Victoria, Tex-
as; Weldon Covington, Su-
pervisor of Music, Austin
Public Schools; and Joe Ro-
gers, director for bands,
Kingsville, Texas.
Larry Jones, chairman of
the Jubilee Committee, has
announced that 23 bands with
2200 band students will per-
form from 6:00 P.M. to 10:00
P.M. in what can be called
“the largest half-time in
the United States.
Pete Cisneros, chairman
of the massed bands in the
finale, has extended a spe-
cial invitation to the early
winter visitors to visit the
Pigskin Jubilee. Every year
winter visitors have re-
marked on the high quality
of the bands in the Valley.
Perry Suggs, chairman of
the stadium facilities, has
assured the public that ade-
quate seating arrangements
have been arranged for this
year’s Jubilee. Tickets are
sold only at the gate at
$ LOO for Adults and 500
for students.
A special invitation has
also been extended to all of
the Band Directors in the
State who every year travel
to the Valley to observe the
finest marching bands in the
State. This year the Valley
will feature the two honor
bands of the State, La Feria
and Brownsville, and^thetwo
bands directed by the State
Band Chairman, L. M.
Snavely from McAllen and
Ralph Burford, President of
the Texas Bandmasters As-
sociatin, who is currently
the band director at Edinburg
High School.
East Hidalgo
Farm Census
Leaders Named
Enumerators have been
named In Eastern Hidalgo
County for the 1964 Census of
Agriculture, Crew .Leader
Lawrence Terveen said to-
day.
Enumerators in Hidalgo
county belong to "a force of
23,000 throughout the nation
employed temporily by the
U. S. Bureau of the Census
for this year’s Census of
Agriculture.
Enumerators are key
workers in an agricultural
census. It is the enumera-
tor’s responsibility to locate
every farm within an enu-
meration district assigned
to him (or her), determine
if the operator of the farm
has answered all questions
on a questionnaire that will
be mailed to the farmer by
the Census Bureau, help the
farmer complete any un-
answered questions on the
form, check answers for ac-
curacy, and deliver the form
to the Census Bureau.
A Census of Agriculture
is taken every five years in
the years ending in “4” and
“9” to gather needed, up-to-
date information on the
nation’s agricultural re-
sources and production. Such
information is vital in mak-
ing decisions affecting many
segments of the U. S.
economy. Data gathered in-
clude the number and size
of farms, acreage and har-
vest of crops, livestock in-
ventory, information on farm
equipment and improve-
ments, farm products sold,
and on some production ex-
penditures. Information also
will be collected on use of
fertilizers, insecticides, and
herbicides.
The enumerators will be
trained in a special 4-day
home study course designed
to prepare them for the farm
census, their crew leader
said.
The following persons
have been appointed:
Mrs. Bereice Nittler, Ed-
couch.
Sam Rohr, Edouch.
Mrs. Irene A. Henry, Wes-
laco.
Mrs. Irene Nittler, Ed-
couch.
Mrs. Clarice Covington,
San Carlos.
Mrs. Katheryn Verser,
Weslaco.
Mrs. Grace Dalton, Elsa..
Ernesto Flores, Mer-
cedes.
Jack Magness, Edinburg.
Richard Marroquin, Mer-
cedes.
Mrs. Gerania Valdez,
Weslaco.
Sam Gonzalez, Edinburg.
Oscar Gonzalez, Elsa.
Patriotism Continually Stressed
Officials Deny Disrespect Of Flag
Report, Welcome Legion Head
TOP RATING was received by the twirlers from the
Mercedes Tiger Band as they competed with more than
100 entrants in the University Interscholastic League
twirling contest last Saturday in Weslaco. The MHS
twirlers received a First Division (excellent) rating
in quartet competition. Kneeling are Rosa Mae Wheeler,
head twirler; Jo Ann Jones; standing areEstella Marroquin
and Nelda Mondragon.
Local Girl Makes Regional Choir
The Mercedes high school
choir placed one member in
the All-Region choir select-
ed Saturday during competi-
tion at Edinburg.
She is Amanda McBroom,
second soprano.
Another local student,
Claire Adam, received hon-
orable mention.
About 150 students from 11
valley high schools competed
for the 32 positions in the all-
Regional choir.
The members are eligible
to try out in McAllen Jan.
16 for the All-State Choir
at McAllen.
The All-Region choir will
present a concert Jan. 31 in
Harlingen, with rehearsals
earlier in the month.
Selection is based on over-
all musical performance by
the student as judged by choir
directors and voice teachers
from colleges and high
WEATHER REPORT
Rain
Trace
Nov.
H
L
4
82
66
5
78
61
6
83
64
7
86
53
8
87
53
9
86
56
10
87
59
schools from Corpus Christ!
and Kingsville.
Each student was required
to sing a solo unaccompanied
and was to be prepared to
perform any portion of five
choral selections previously
listed by their own directors.
AFS ASSEMBLY
GIVEN AT SCHOOL
The Mercedes American
Field Service Committee
presented an assembly for
Mercedes High School stu-
dents last week in the au-
ditorium.
Principal speaker was
John W. Holtermann, chair-
man of the Brownsville AFS
committee. Mr. Holtermann
and his family have been
hosts for two exchange
students in the Brownsville
schools. In his talk, he point-
ed out the values of the AFS
program and related various
stories he has experienced
with the students.
Mercedes families de-
siring to host an exchange
student are asked to con-
tact Mike Murray, chairman
of the local committee, or
Mrs. N. P. Barton, Jr.
The state American Le-
gion Commander will visit
Mercedes and address an as-
sembly program as part of
the regular emphasis on
Americanism and patrio-
tism, „ school officials said
Wednesday.
Dept, of Texas Command-
er Lewis Emerich, who will
be in the Valley on other
business, will address the
high school assembly at
10:30 a.m. Nov. 23. That
night, he will be guest of
honor along with Dist. Com-
mander Irvin G. Sheppard
of Brownsville at a barbecue
and meeting of the J. A.
Garcia Post, American Le-
gion, at the Civic Center.
Both Supt. N. K. Fitzgerald
and High School Principal
Harvey Broyles emphasized
that Commander Emerich’s
visit is part of a program
begun locally several years
ago to stress Americanism
in local school classes and
assemblies.
No one observed students
or adults being disrespect-
ful of the flag-raising or
playing of the national -an-
them at football games, the
school officials declared.
People of Mercedes are
as patriotic as in any other
town and are no more neg-
ligent in observing the for-
malities customary during
playing of the national an-
them or posting of the colors
than the average.
Both Supt. Fitzgerald and
Principal Broyles emphati-
cally denied a report in a
Valley daily newspaper
which said that the Legion
commander’s visit was a
result of “misbehavior of
fans at a football game flag
raising ceremony” and of
“disrespect to the flag.”
Some time ago the Texas
Education Agency and the
State Board of Education
studied the situation and re-
commended on a statewide
basis that local schools
stress Americanism and pa-
triotic observance customs
somewhere in the regular
curriculum.
At least two years ago
the Mercedes schools began
adapting these recommenda-
tions to the local campuses
in specific ways. The high
school handbook, the first
published recently, this year
spells out ways to properly
observe playing of the
national anthem by facing
the band and/or facing the
flag and standing at atten-
tion during posting of the
colors.
Faculty meetings have
been held and teachers re-
ceived suggestions how they
could work some of the pro-
gram into their regular
classwork.
This Is not the first “pa-
triotic rally” at Mercedes
*
high, but the third for the
1964-65 year, and the year
is not even past the second
six-week period yet.
“In assemblies, in the
handbook, in the classroom,
considerable emphasis al-
ready has been given to the
proper courtesies to be ob-
served during playing of the
national anthem and posting
of the colors,” Supt. Fitz-
gerald said.
“I have never observed
students or adults showing
any disrespect for the flag
or the anthem at our athle-
tic events, nor has any of
our teaching staff so far as
I can determine, “contrary
to a report Wednesday morn-
ing in a daily paper,” he
declared.
In any large gathering,
while the majority of the
BULLETIN
High School Principal
Harvey Broyles was so
concerned over an er-
roneaous report of
“disrespect for the
flag” at Mercedes foot-
ball games he com-
mented on the report at
the weekly assembly
Wednesday afternoon.
He told the students
there was no foundation
for the report in a morn-
ing daily newspaper of
“misbehavior of fans”
at a football game here
and commended the
student body as a whole
for properly observing
the usual courtesies
during flag-raising and
playing of the national
anthem.
fans are standing at atten-
tion, there may be an usher,
a visiting official or even an
occasional fan who will find
it necessary to move about
to some extent to complete
his duties—but no more so
at Mercedes athletic events
than anywhere else in any
other city, they declared.
“As part of the continuing
program for stressing
Americanism and patriotic
loyalty, we welcomed the
opportunity of rescheduling
our assembly the week of
Nov. 23 to fit into Com-
mander Emerich’s Valley
itinerary,” the local school
officials said.
The Legion commander
volunteered to visit Merce-
des after receiving a letter
originated by Sue Ann Allen.
A student of Miss Livia Gar-
cia, physical education in-
structor, Sue Ann had re-
ceived an assignment to ob-
tain material about flag-
raising ceremonies. She de-
cided to write direct to Gov.
John Connolly, who referred
the letter to Commander
Emerich, Instead of sending
form literature, since he
was coming to the Valley
anyway, he wrote Sue Ann of
his visit and offered to meet
her and address the school
assembly to present the in-
formation in person. He con-
gratulated both her and the
school system for placing
special emphasis on proper
observance during such oc-
casions.
Sue Ann and her teacher
were guests of the Mercedes
Legion Post annual Veterans
Day breakfast Wednesday
morning.
HOMECOMING QUEEN CROWNING — Miss Cindy Jones,
daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Glenn Jones, was crowned home-
coming queen in pre-game ceremonies Friday night. She
is shown at extreme left with her escort, Chip Sparrow.
, --Enterprise Staff Photo
Others, left to right, are Robert Roach escorting another
queen candidate, iNancy Hottman, ana jann "vniaocK,
last year’s queen who made this year’s presentation.
Miss Jones was also named Football Sweetheart.
Tax Collections
Increase Slight
Mercedes city and school
tax collections have shown
a slight increase over those
of last year it was reported
Wednesday.
Percentage wise, this
year’s taxes are 63.5% col-
lected for the city and
65.3% collected for the
school. In actual dollars this
is about $ 128,800 for the city
and $137,700 for the school.
According to Adan Cantu,
tax collector for the school
and city, this is a little bet-
ter than what was shown
at this time last year.
Some delinquent tax cases
have been turned over to the
attorney for the tax office,
J. D. Vollmer, for collec-
tion. Part of the delinquent
tax money was collected be-
fore the cases were refer-
red to Mr. Vollmer,
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