The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 2, 1964 Page: 2 of 10
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Mercedes. Texas. Thursday. April 2; 1964
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MR. AND MRS. ROY LOMBARD
Helen Billings, Roy Lombard Take
Vows At Church Ceremony
Miss Helen Billings and bride’s sister was matron
Roy Lombard exchanged
wedding vows in a double
ring ceremony at 7 p.m.
Friday March 27, at the
First Baptist Church of Mer-
cedes with the Rev. Oliver
W. Sumerlin officiating.
The bride is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Bil-
lings of Mercedes and the
bridegroom is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth G.
Lombard of Roma, Texas,
formerly of Weslaco.
The church was decorated
with two white cathedral bas-
kets holding white gladioli
and white roses flanked by
two white sarin bows center-
ed with white roses.
Given in marriage by her
father, the bride wore a
princess style street-length
white lace dress over taffeta
with three quarter length
sleeves and a V-neckline,
The bride also chose a double
strand of pearls and white
gloves and shoes. The veil
of illusion was held by
a crown of seed pearls. The
bridal bouquet was in a cas-
cade design of white roses
and white feathered carna-
tions with white satin
streamers tied in lover's
knots,
Mrs. Velma Dirks, the
Bible Convention
Plans Completed
The Mercedes Spanish
congregation of Jehovah’s
Witnesses announced that
plans have been finalized
for a Large Bible Conven-
tion in Brownsville’s Civic
Center April 10-12.
G. Briones, local pre-
siding minister, said on
.making the announcement
that this convention will fea-
ture a free two-hour tech-
nicolor travelogue film in
addition to the regular con-
vention highlights.
He said, “This film is
now being shown to audiences
world-wide to demonstrate
in a pictorial and factual
manner the serious climax
our civilization is facing and,
at the same time to demon-
strate the unity that can
exist among people of all
nations when their interest is
centered primarily in the
worship of God.’’
The narration of the film
in Spanish will be by Blosco
Muscariello, traveling min-
istry supervisor of the
Watchtower Society from
New York.
Muscariello will also de-
liver the main public dis-
course Sunday afternoon
April 12 at 3:00 p,m, en-
titled “Enfrentandonos a la
urgencia de nuestros tiern-
pos.’’
He added, “the public is
invited to the showing of the
film and all the sessions of
the Three-Day meet will be
of Interest to Spanish speak-
ing Bible students.
of honor. She wore an em-
pire peacock blue brocade
sheath with matching shoes
and white pillbox hat and
gloves. She carried a nose-
gay arrangement with
chenille hearts and pink ro-
setta roses and pink satin
streamers also tied in
lover’s knots.
Gordon Lombard served
his brother as bestman.
The bride’s mother chose
a gray taffeta dress with
black accessories. The
groom's mother wore a pale
blue jersey dress with blue
and beige accessories. Both
mothers wore corsages of
pink garnet roses.
A reception following the
ceremony was held at the
Mercedes Federated Build-
ing. The serving table was
Cherub eterque holding pink
tiffany roses and these were
flanked by Cherub candle
holders with pink candles.
On the skirt of the net table
cloth were three nosegays
of pink garnet roses with
chenille hearts and pink sa-
tin streamers. The regis-
ter table held an arrange-
ment of pink chiffon roses.
The two tiered wedding
cake was decorated with pink
roses and silver leaves and
the traditional bridal couple
was on the top tier.
Assisting at the reception
were Miss Anne Langford,
Miss Sharon Lombard, aunt
and cousin of the groom.
Also assisting were Miss
Rosie Billings and Mrs. John
Billings, sister and sister-
in-law of the bride. Each
wore a corsage of pink car-
nation and roses.
For the wedding trip to
Corpus Christi the bride
wore a navy blue shantung
dress with black accessor-
ies and her corsage was from
the bridal bouquet.
The newly weds are mak-
ing their home in Weslaco
where Mr. Lombard is em-
ployed at KRGV TV Station.
Guests this week in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Lauderdale are Mrs. Lau-
derdale’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. R. H. Owens, and a
nephew, all from Amarillo.
Mr. and Mrs. John C.
Morris had weekend visitors
from Dallas. They were a
son, John Norris and Mrs.
Morris* aunt and nephew,
Mrs. Leone Yeary and J.C,
Miss Priscella Lentz,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Fleet Lentz was home over
the Easter holidays. She is
attending Baylor University.
Harold Halcom, son of
Mrs. Mildred Halcom was
home over the Easter holi-
days.
Mr. and Mrs. H. G, George
and their niece, Geri Giese,
along with her friend,
Carloyn Foerster, spent the
weekend in San Antonio.
Miss Mary Alice Baingo,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J, F. Baingo was home for
the Easter holidays.
According to one scientist,
the human brain coull store
about 50 times more inform-
ation than is contained in the
9,000 volumes of the Library
of Congress.
Miss Fran Borden, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. E. M.
Borden was home for the
Easter holidays. She is at-
tending Lubbock Christian
College.
Purchase of a
aPpliance d
Betlye McElyea, Steve Brower
Wed In City Rites
Miss Bettie Ann McElyea,
Oklahoma City, and Stephen
Magill Brower, Denton, Tex-
as, were married March 28.
The wedding took place in
the bride’s home in Okla-
homa City.
Parents of the bride are
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Hender-
son, formerly of Mercedes.
Parents of the groom are
Mr, and Mrs, A. J. Brower
of Mercedes.
Mr. Paul Johnston offici-
ated at the double ring cere-
mony. The wedding service
was performed in front of
the picture window banked by
two white candelabra entwin-
ed with fern and white bows.
The bride was given in
marriage by her father. She
Mrs. Ricke Hosts
Ebanos Study Club
The Los Ebanos Study Club
met' at the home of Mrs. C.
W, Ricke on March 16.
The speaker, Mario Shi-
rah, representative for the
Central Power and Light Co.,
was introduced byMrs.H.D.
Lauderdale. He showed a 20
minute color flim depicting
the industry and public ser-
vices offered to South Texas
by the CP&L,
Twenty members were
present for the meeting. The
next meeting will be held
April 6 in the home of Mrs.
J. W. Chambers.
Ernestine Marchant, Uni-
versity of Texas, and
her sisterEileen, South West
Texas, were both home for
the long weekend. They are
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
E. E. Marchant. Eileen ar-
rived Saturday night after
spending three days in Lake
Jackson with her friend and
roommate Miss Jane Sna-
vely. Miss Snavely spent the
remainder of the vacation
here.
Miss Judy Sparrow, a stu-
dent at Trinity University in
San Antonio, was at home for
the holidays. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Howard bparroW.
Mrs. Martin Roe and
children, Marilyn, David,
Douglas, and Danny, of Cor-
pus Christi and Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond Shotwell and
family, Larry, Kay Ann and
Billy" Paul of Brownsville
were guests of their mother,
Mrs. Paul Shotwell over the
Easter holidays.
Suzanne Ostrowski,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Teddy Ostrowski, was home
for the weekend. She is at-
tending McMurry College in
Abilene. With her for the
visit was her fiance, Richard
E. Blake, and his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie L.
Blake of Grand Prairie, .
Mr. and Mrs. Isavel Gal-
van of Mercedes announce
the marriage of their son,
Ernesto Galvan to Miss
Lucia Duran of El Paso. The
wedding took place on Feb-
ruary 19 in El Paso. Galvan
is employed by the Texas
Liquor Control Board at El
Paso and the couple will
make their home there.
Miss Pat Brewer, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Brewer was home for the
Easter holidays.
SCHOOL MENU
The cafeteria menus for
le Mercedes public schools
3 as follows:
MONDAY - Tasty meat
Daf; mashed potatoes; giant
une peas; carrot & raisin
alad; hot biscuits; milk,
pice cake,
TUESDAY - Hot enchila-
as; spicy pinto beans;
olorful Spanish rice; chilled
abbage slaw; salty crack-
rs; milk; fruit cobbler.
WEDNESDAY - Meatballs
spaghetti; whole kernal
orn; green beans; lettuce
'edges; hot cornbread; milk;
atmeal cookies.
THURSDAY - Fried
hicken & gravy; buttered
ice; baked beans; carrot
: cabbage salad; hot rolls;
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wore a white wool two-piece
suit with self scarf which
formed the collar. Her ac-
cessories were yellow and
her hat was made of single
yellow rose with a yellow
net veil. The bridal bouquet
was white Glamelia with
lillies of the V alley, tied with
yellow ribbon streamers
knotted around yellow net.
Miss Mary Louise Mc-
Elyea, Oklahoma City, was
maid of honor. She carried
bouquet of white pom-pom
Chrysanthemums with pale
green ribbon streamers in
the same style as the brides.
Her two piece suit was apri-
cot and she wore beige ac-
cessories.
The bride’s motherworea
beige embroidered Serrano
with yellow accessories. The
groom’s mother wore aqua
silk shantung with black ac-
cessories.
Mrs. W. H. Henderson
played “Always’’ and “The
Wedding March” and A. C.
Roberts lit the candles of
the candelabra.
The reception was in the
brides home. The table hold-
ing the bride’s cake was
decorated with an arrange-
ment of yellow Iris and Jon-
quils and yellow tapers. The
two tiered wedding cake was
decorated with pale yellow
scrolls and white sugar spun
wedding bells, topped with a
bride and groom.
Assisting at the reception
were Mrs. A. C. LaDuke,
Mrs. Golda Roberts, Mrs.
W. H. Henderson, and Mrs.
Leslie Brooking. In charge
of the bride’s book was Mary
Brower, sister of the groom.
The couple will make their
home at 918 Oakland, Denton,
Texas.
MRS. NOBEL CHAMBERS,
JR.
.Local Woman’s
Kin Wins Honor
Mrs. Alice (M. L.) Bennett
is the grandmother of
Mrs. Noble Chambers, Jr.
who was named Mrs. Louis-
ian of 1964 in the state
finals conducted in Lafayette
to choose the top homemaker
of Louisiana.
Mrs. Chambers is the for-
mer Barbara Barbour, and
is the mother of three chil-
dren. She is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Price Barbour
who are presently stationed
in Lagos, Nigeria, with an
oil company.
Barbara was entered in
the homemaking contest by
the Solitic Club of Crowley
of which she is a member.
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Study Club Meets
In Perry Home
The Alethean Study Club
met Monday evening March
23 in the home of Mrs. Wm.
E. Perry.
Mrs. J. L. Long, presi-
dent, called the meeting to
order. Mrs. Woody Tullis
led the members in reciting
the “Club Collect.”
Holy Land at Easter was
the theme of the two part
program given by Mrs. J.
V. Adams and Mrs. Lloyd
Heggen. Mrs. Adams gave
a talk on the geography and
history of the Holy Land and
Mrs. Heggn showed color
slides of the "Easter pagent
held in Germany. Slides were
also shown of Jerusalem, and
Northern Palestine.
The hostess served cake
and coffee to Mesdames:
Adams, Bertha Brown, J. O.
Clark, F. R. George, Heg-
gen, R. C. Jones, E. L. Park,
Tullis, Long, and Norma
Smith.
The digger wasp lays its
eggs on trantulas, which
serve as food for the young
wasp.
IS YOUR CHILD PHOTOGENIC!
WIN AN 11x14 OIL COLORED
PORTRAIT OF YOUR CHILD.
MR. AND MRS, JOE ZAVALA
Couple Honored At Dinner
On 25th Anniversary Here
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Zavala ments
Miss Donnie Vollmer,
daugher of Mr. and Mrs. J.D.
Vollmer, was at home for the
Easter vacation. Miss Voll-
mer is living in Dallas and
is employed as a Speech
and Hearing Therapist in the
public school system of
Grand Prairie.
Sr., who were married here
25 years ago on March 22,
celebrated with a din-
ner served in their home at
854 S. Virginia. Both Mr. and
Mrs. Zavala were born here
and attended the Mercedes
schools. She is the former
Miss Adelaida Dominguez.
They are the parents of
three children and have four
grandchildren, who were all
here to help with the cele-
bration.
A three tiered cake,
frosted in white and
topped by a silver 25,
centered the serving table.
The table was covered with
a white lace cloth and high
lighted with silver orna-
Here from Oklahoma City,
was their son, Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Zavala, Jr., and their
three children Joyce, Joe
III and Jerry. Also another
son, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Zavala and daughter Diana
from Harlingen were pre-
sent. Mary, daughter of the
couple, is a student in the
Mercedes Junior High
School.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Zavala,
Jr., were here for a weeks
visit with his parents before
returning to Oklahoma City
where he is employed as an
aircraft machinist. Joe was
graduated from Mercedes
High School in 1959 and ser-
ved four years in the Air
Force.
Prizes offered for the most Photogenic child.
Contest starts now and ends May 9th. Contest
open to all children under four years of age.
Weekly winners will receive an 8x10 Oil Colored
Portrait. All weekly winners automatically entered
in contest for grand prize winner.
Special discount of 40% on all pictures taken in
our Tiny Tot Toyland Studio and entered in this con-
test.
6 to 8 poses of each contestant mounted in an
accordion folder, suitable for framing individually
or as a whole.
You will have a choice of having these photos
taken in Black & White or in Natural Color.
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FRIDAY - Fried fish
sticks or hamburger steak;
French fried potatoes;
blackeyed peas; fruit jello;
hot cornbread; milk, sugar
cookies.
The largest white diamond
the Cullianan (3,106 carats),
was found in South Africa.
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Harvey, J. Edwin. The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 2, 1964, newspaper, April 2, 1964; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1091853/m1/2/: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.