The Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, September 26, 1947 Page: 3 of 10
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THE MERCEDES ENTERPRISE Friday, September 26, 1947
Future Homemakers
Informal Initiation
Informal initiation ceremonies for
new members of the Mercedes Chap-
ture of the Future Homemakers of
America of which Mrs. Leah Hamil-
ton is sponsor, were held Saturday
night at the home of Pat Brown. A
program of interest was held and a
refreshment course was served later.
New members include Patsy Fitz-
gerald, Jerrie Lea Hogan, Johnnie
Ruth Bravenec, Eileen Miller, Sara
Jane Onderdonk, Mary Starcke, Dia-
mentina Garza, Doris Miller, Nora
Siera, Mary Nell Moody, Ruth
Hoppe, Patsy Moore, Dora Gonzales,
Doris Jean Campbell, Nancy Atte-
berry, Betty Deyo, Amparo Martinez,
Beverly Drawe and Dolores Gon-
zales.
DANCE
Sat. Nite Sept., 27
8:30 til 1 a.m.
COPACABANA
CLUB
With the Music of the
Valley Play Boys
Couples - - - $1.25
Y" i eens Hold
Week-End Conference
Twenty - four Y - Teen presidents,
program chairmen and advisors from
nine Valley town,si gathered at the
Y.W.C.A. Camp at Rio Hondo on
Saturday and Sunday, September 20-
21, to make plans for the year’s
work.
Camp activities iiicluded group
singing, swimming, folk dances,
stunts, a campfire ceremonial and a
worship service.
The highlight of the program was
the very interesting reports from
the State Y-Teen Conference held
last June at Glenrose, Texas. Valley
girls attending this conference were
Barbara Ewing, president of the
Valley Y-Teen, and president of the
Mercedes Y-Teen Club; Laura Jane
Carter, vice president of the local
club, Peggy Schwarz, worship chair-
man, and Shirley Bazar, all of Mer-
cedes, and Virgie Ruth Lytle of Har-
lingen. Also attending from Mer-
cedes were Miss Louise Lane, direc-
tor of the \ .W.C.A. in the Lower Rio
Grande Valley District, headquarters
in Mercedes, and Miss Mozelle
Powell, advisor.
Following the reports, Miss Lane
explained about the work of the
Y.W.C.A. and the Y-Teen through-
out the United States and in the
Valley and urged the girls to learn
more about the organization and its
work in their local communities.
During free periods the girls and
advisors had an opportunity to get
acquainted and to discuss informal-
ly their own club problems.
At the Inter-Club Council meet-
ing extensive plans were made for
publicity to inform the public that
the Y-Teen Club is the same organ-
ization as the Girl Reserves. The
name was changed by the National
Staff in New York, but the Y-Teens
are ©till the junior members of the
Y.W.C.A.
Barbara Ewing and Pe^ gy
Schwarz, Mercedes, were among the
girls attending the Glenrose confer-
ence.
The Fifteenth Lutheran
Hour — On The Air
Sunday, September 28, Dr. Walter
A. Maier will formally inaugurate
the Fifteenth Lutheran Hour sea-
son to the glory of God and to the
preaching of His Gospel.' By God’s
almighty grace, this radio.. mission
for Jesus Christ will be heard over
the staggering total of 1000 stations
located in the United States, Can-
ada, and thirty-six territories and
foreign countries.
As in previous seasons, so during
this Centennial year of the Lutheran
Church (Missouri Synod) the Luth-
eran Hour is dedicated to the preach-
ing of the crucified, resurrected and
coming Christ. For almost a decade
and a half this radio testimony to
the Redeemer Jesus Christ haa pro-
claimed the saving Gospel of salva-
tion by grace through faith. Week
after week Dr. Maier delivers a
Scripture - founded, Christ - exalting
Gospel appeal to an audience esti-
mated at twenty million. Only eter-
nity will reveal how many souls have
been won for heaven through the
Lutheran Hour.
The Lutheran Ho u r, Bringing
Christ to the Nations broadcast, can
be heard here in the Valley every
Sunday over KBGS at 12:30 noon
and every Sunday over KRIO at 1:30
afternoon.
SEES
DUPLEX FOR SALE
One of the Coleman Court group,
partly furnished.
Priced to sell.
CHAS. M. COLEMAN
39-tfc
HEY KIDS!
The BURR STORE Has the
New Bub-o-Loon
Sensational Discovery
Blow Your Own Real Balloons
Mr. Bill Smith of Oakland, Cali-
fornia, was a guest here *“ek-
end in the home of Mr, and Mrs.
Claude Fulfer.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Snyder of
Houston were week-end guests here
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. John
Herndon. The women are sisters.
SOUTHWESTERN
BELL
installs
E X A S
p|l0tl£
LARGE SIZE TUBE,
with Plastic Blower______
49c
JOIN THE FUN
Formerly Federated
Day or
Night
WRECKER
SERVICE
SOUTHWESTERN BELL’S millionth tele-
phone in Texas was installed late in August
m the home of a Houston architect, his Lux-
embourg war bride, and their l4-month-old
son.
Mr. and Mrs. Gunter W. Koetter had been
waiting for a telephone for many months.
And, like many another Texas family, the
Koetter’s new telephone is on a four-party line
until telephone factories and installation crews
can catch up with Texas’ post-war needs for
telephone service.
When the millionth Texas telephone was in-
stalled, no one was happier than Mrs. Koetter.
Said she: "I can hardly believe I’m going to
have a telephone of my own. Back in my native
Luxembourg, only the very rich can afford
telephone service.”
Less than 10 years ago—in 1938—Texas had
only half a million telephones!
On V-J Day—just two years ago—Texas
had 750,000 telephones!
Thus, Texas has added as many telephones
in less than 10 years as were installed in the
previous 60 years! And despite postwar short-
ages, we’ve gained more telephones in Texas
in the two years since V-J Day than were
added in the 10 years preceding the war!
Yet—despite this record, 137,000 Texas
families and business concerns are now on the
waiting list for telephones. Although we’re
installing service several times faster than ever
before, it has been impossible to connect tele-
phones as fast as Texans are applying for them.
I
w,
installation of the millionth telephone is
a historic milestone and a far cry from Texas’
first telephone, installed in 1878, connecting
Col. A. H. Belo’s office at the Galveston News
with his nearby home!
SOUTHWESTERN BELL
’ V Ure proud to be growing with Texas.
And. we’re hard at work on the biggest tele-
phone expansion and improvement program
in the history of the state. We shall continue
to do everything within our power to bring
telephone service, as early as possible, to
everyone in Texas who wants it.
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The Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, September 26, 1947, newspaper, September 26, 1947; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1105526/m1/3/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.