The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 4, 1969 Page: 3 of 10
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Mercedes Enterprise, Thursday, December 4, 1969
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Bring the children! We’ve free balloons
for them to play with while you shop. This is
another service Beall’s is offering for your shopping
convenience. Have a night out with the family and do
your Christmas Shopping!
Ladies
Double Knit
Polyester
Dresses
SIZE 8 TO 18
REGULAR 15.00 VALUE
NOW
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GIRLS’ COATS
ASSORTED STYLES
&
COLORS
°0 OFF
LADIES’ BLOUSES
5.88 & 6.88
REG. PRICED
NOW
ONE GROUP
LADIES’ SWEATERS
99
WHILE THEY LAST
LADIES’ SLEEPWEAR
GOWNS
REGULAR
4.oo
NOW Mm
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LADIES’ HALF SLIPS
WHILE THEY LAST
BED PILLOWS
REG. 1.19
NOW
ASSORTED COLORS
THERMAL BLANKETS
EULL SIZE AAA
REG. 3. 99 M U U
NOW
BATH TOWELS
REG. 69£
2po" $1
NOW
MEN’S
SLACKS
CASUAL STYLE
NAME BRAND
VALUES TO 7.50
NOW
MEN’S
SPORT SHIRTS
REG. 4.00
.99
NOW
Men s
All Weather Coats
SOLID COLORS
ASSORTED COLORS
SLIMS & REGULARS
BOYS’ JEANS
REGULAR 2.99
NOW
MEN’S
LOAFERS
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REGULAR 9.00
88
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READY FOR HOSPITAL BAZAAR — These Mer-
cedes Candy Stripers, Judy Solis, Vicki Ilohner and
Nora Stewart, plus Frances Dalton, who missed the
picture-taking by Roy Stewart, are arranging a
booth to sell baked goods and handicrafts in the
annual Knapp Memorial Methodist Hospital Decem-
ber 5 and 6. Bazaar booth’s will be open all day
Saturday and Sunday afternoon.
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Government
At Graham
Plans Set
For the first time in the
history of Leon Graham
School, seventh graders
have formed a type of gov-
ernment for their home-
room. “This way we can
better organize our meet-
ings, and prepare for our
future years in high
school,*’ said officers.
On Monday, November 17,
they elected their officers.
Rosa Jilpas was elected
president; Joel Espinoza,
vice president; Sylvia Con-
treras, secretary; Yolanda
Cansino, treasurer, and
Hilda Contreras, parliamen-
tarian. Since there is also
going to be a school news-
paper this year at Graham,
two class representatives
were elected to be oh the
newspaper staff. One of the
representatives, Domingo
Rivas, was later elected as
the editor of the newspaper.
The other representative is
Janie Hernandez.
The
MHS
Story
by Betti Sisk
Mark VanBerg and Jimmy
Greenwood, seniors, have
been selected by the MHS
National Honor Society as
nominees for scholarships
in a program sponsored by
the nation-wide NHS. The
awards amount to $1,000,
or, if the scholarship reci-
pient does not want the fi-
nancial aid, the scholarship
can be an honorary one.
Mark and Jimmy were
chosen for outstanding
scholarship, character, ser-
vice, and leadership.
* * * *
BESIDES the fact that
one’s senior year is quite
expensive, it is also very
demanding.
Five in Wool
Competition
Linda Roman,, Mary Lou
Salinas, Sylvia Martinez,
Susan Wade and Rosie de
los Santos, Mercedes high
school homemaking stu-
dents, participated in the
“Make It Yourself With
Wool*’ contest in San An-
tonio, Saturday,. November
22.
The contest for District
10 was on the Our Lady of
the Lake College campus.
Judging was based on coor-
dination of design, fashion,
workmanship and appear-
ance. Rules of the contest
state that selection and con-
struction of the garment
must be done by the girl and
the fabric must be 100%
American made wool.
Susan was awarded tenth
place in the Senior Division.
Vegetable
Show Adds
New Feature
Favorite Vegetable Dish-
es is a new feature of the
Winter Vegetable Show in
Pharr on Saturday, Decem-
ber 6, according to show
manager F. T. Boecker, Al-
a mo.
The contest is open to any
youth up to age 19 as of
September 1, 1969. Divi-
sions of the contest include
vegetable relish tray, veg-
etable salad, cooked vege-
tables, casseroles and com-
bination vegetables dishes.
Awards will be made to the
top three winners in each
division and a champion dish
will be selected.
Entries can be made at
the National Guard Armory
in Pharr from 7:30 to 8:45
a.m. on Saturday, Decem-
ber 6. THe public is invited
to the “tasting session*’ at
10 a.m. Rules are available
from the County Agent’s of-
fice and the Pharr Chamber
of Commerce.
Last week all seniors
were given an aptitude test
by the Armed Forces. For
the most part, the test was
devoted to shop informa-
tion about automobiles, tools
and the like (the senior girls
still don’t believe it!).
Speaking of senior girls,
the Betty Crocker Home-
maker test was given early
in the week. The girl who
scores the highest locally
will have the chance to try
for one of two statewide
awards ($500 or $1,500).
Catholic Young
Adults Elect
Members of Catholic
Young Adults of Our Lady
of Mercy Catholic Church
met Sunday, November 23,
at Holv FamUy Hall to elect
officers.
Officers elected are pres-
ident, Richard Rodriguez;
vice president, Diana Ti-
jerina; secretary, Aurora
Duran; treasurer, Pete
Martinez; historians, Hila-
ria Valdez, Armando Lopez,
Gilbert Lopez and Bertha
Vargas; sergeant-at-arms,
David Duran; parliamen-
tarian, Gilbert Anzaldua,
and reporter, Ester Yanez.
ART COWDEN, offensive
tackle, and Jack Lyons, de-
fensive safety, were named
to the 16-AAA All-District
first team.
Other Tigers named scor-
ed second team were Joe
Cano (end), Jim Greenwood
(center), both on offensive;
Tirso Garza (tackle) and Ta-
te Tanguma (linebacker), de-
fensive.
Honorable mention went
to Jack Lyons, quarterback
(offensive), Amadeo Cadena,
tackle (offensive); Bobby
Martell (tackle), and Juan
Garcia (safety), both defen-
sive.
* * * *
SCIENCE CLUB members
(Beta Gamma Phi) are plan-
ning a December 20 down-
-town exhibit of live and pre-
served wildlife specimens
to raise money for other
projects. The exhibits will
be taken from class speci-
mens and individual “pets”,
* * * *
FIR AND SCOTCH pine
Christmas trees are now on
sale. Band students and
band boosters are handling
the project at the former
Western Auto building down-
town. Selling hours will be
3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on week-
days, 9 a.m, to 9 p.m. on
Saturdays,
DeJongs Continue Musical
Accomplishments at
Conrad DeJong, son of
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. DeJong
of Mercedes, and Mrs. De-
Jong, Carolyn, spent the
summer in Holland study-
ing with faculty members of
the Amsterdam Conserva-
tory of Music and are now
busy with various facets of
their educational and pro-
fessional music careers at
Wisconsin State, University,
River Falls.
Mrs, DeJong, pianist, pre-
sented a faculty Diano reci-
Cafeteria Menu
December 8-12
MONDAY: Hamburger
steak; Mashed potatoes; Let-
tuce and tomato salad; Whole
wheat rolls; Milk; Apple-
sauce cake.
TUESDAY: Pizza pie;
French fried potatoes; Fruit
Jello; Green beans; Milk;
Chocolate brownies.
WF.DNFSDAY: Chili and
beans; Spanish rice; Carrot
and cabbage salad; Crack-
ers; Milk; Spice cake.
THURSDAY: Spaghetti and
meat sauce; Buttered June
peas; Chilled fruit sections;
Hot rolls; Milk; Peanut but-
ter cookies.
FRIDAY; Country fried
steak; Snowflake potatoes;
Waldorf salad; Hot biscuits;
Milk; Carrot cake.
tal recently at the univer-
sity and has been elected
artist member of the Twin
City Thursday Musical. Last
summer, she studied pri-
vately with Mrs. Else Kri-
jsman of the Amsterdam
Conservatory.
Mr, DeJong, an Associate
Professor of Music at WSU,
has been elected to mem-
bership in the American
Society of Composers. Au-
thors and Publishers
(ASCAP). He has 13 ori-
ginal conmositions and tran-
scriptions published or un-
der contract for publication
and has received a commis-
sion from Tennessee Tech-
nological University for a
work to be premiered there
this year.
Mr, Delong recently won
a first prize in the Wiscon-
sin Composers Contest and
his ‘string trio’ won the
string ensembles award in
competition sponsored by
the Wisconsin Federation of
Music Clubs and the Wis-
consin State Fair. He has
signed a contract for pub-
lication of his ‘Peace on
Earth’ for unison chorus and
organ, and has been named
Wisconsin Stare Chairman
of the National Association
of College Wind and Per-
cussion Instructors.
At the Amsterdam Con-
servatory, Mr. DeJong had
private studies with faculty
member Ton de Leeuw.
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The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 4, 1969, newspaper, December 4, 1969; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1105830/m1/3/: 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.