The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 15, 1971 Page: 5 of 10
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Mercedes, Texas, Thursday, July 15, 1971
Vahlsing Building New Potato Freezing Plant at Monte Alto Site
A two million dollar plant
is under construction for
freezing precooked potatoes
for Vahlsing, Inc., at Monte
Alto. The plant is 380 x 120
and 32 feet high at the eaves.
It is being built near a pro-
cessing plant acquired by
Vahlsing several years ago
at Monte Alto. Operations
of the old plant will continue.
The new plant is expected
to be completed by Octo-
ber 1 when it will begin
processing potatoes brought
from La Mesa and Seminole
and from Hobbs, N.M.
The Valley potatoe season
will be utilized next spring
with contracts with farmers
in the area for supplying
the plant. This will sup-
plement the supply available
from the Vahlsing Farms in
the Valley and Mathis. The
firm has about 8,000 acres
The new plant will give
employment to 450 to 500
people.
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The Mercedes Enterprise — Page 5
B. Klein Rites on July 9
ELSA GINS
IN BUSINESS
The Elsa Cooperative Gin,
ginned its first bale of cot-
ton July 6 owned by Alberto
Moreno of La Blanca. The
bale weighed 526 pounds and
the owner received $50 bon-
us. The cotton was hand
picked. Mr. Moreno had
two more ginned July 7.
The Frisby Bell Gin ginn-
ed its first bale of cotton
July 6 owned by Saul Bernal
of Elsa. The bale weighed
508 pounds and the owner re-
ceived free ginning.
Son Is Born
To Don Bells
Mr. and Mrs. Don Bell of
Elsa are the parents of a
boy, Jason Glenn, born May
31. Mrs. Bell is the former
Janetta Norris of Edcouch.
Grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. Wally Bell of Weslaco
and Sonny Bell of Concordia,
Kan., great-grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. Mathis
Norris of Edcouch and Mrs.
L.F. Bell of Weslaco.
Relatives Attend
Doshier Rites
Relatives attending the
Leland B. Doshier funeral
in Elsa from out of the Val-
ley included Mrs. Patricia
McAlexander and daughter
Lynn of Grafton, Va., Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Hinds of Tah-
lequah, Okla., Dr. David
Russell of Pittsburg, Kan.,
Mrs. Robert Baker, Kiowa,
Kan., Bobby Elliot of Hous-
ton and Rev. Tommy Elliot
of Dallas.
Bruce Klein, 26, of Ed-
couch, was electrocuted
accidently while working on
a car with an electric drill
J uly 6.
He was discovered about
3:45 p.m., but was believed
to have died about 1 p.m, at
the family home on Mile 2
West and 17 1/2 North. Jus-
tice of the Peace A. Gutier-
rez conducted the inquest.
A native of Oklahoma City,
he moved to Edcouch with
his parents as a baby. He
was a graduate of Edcouch-
Elsa and attended Pan Am-
erican University.
He was married to Miss
Elizabeth Morgan of Mer-
cedes in June of 1968. She
survives him, as do his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Klein of Edcouch.
Memorial services were
July 9 at 11 a.m. for the
family at the Immanuel Lu-
theran Church in Mercedes.
The funeral services were
at 3 p.m. in the same ch-
urch with the Rev. Roy Stoll
Visiting Parents
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Sch-
neider and daughter Lori of
Alaska are visiting his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Schneider of La Villa and
his brother and sister-in-
law, Mr. and Mrs. Randolph
Schneider of Elsa. The vi-
sitors came by plane through
Holdenville, Okla., where
they visited Mrs. Schneid-
er’s mother, Mrs. Pearl
Bingham. Their two sons,
Paul and Stephen, stopped
enroute in Dallas to visit
their aunt, Mrs. Paul Veale,
and family.
conducting both services.
Burial was in the Lutheran
Cemetery. McCaleb Fun-
eral Home of Weslaco was
in charge of arrangements.
Relatives from out of the
Valley attending the funeral
included Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Maphet of Wichita, Kan., Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Maphet of
Norman, Okla., Mr. and Mrs.
Ben We del, Meno, Okla.,
Mrs. S.L. Mann, Hemet,
Cal., Mrs. Norman Aycock,
Alice, Tex., Roy Klein,
Houston, and Mrs. John
Sweeney of Venezuela, South
America.
CellumsM ove
Capt. and Mrs. Jon Cel-
lum moved from Fort Ruck-
er, Ala., to Fort Sill, Okla.,
Air Base. Mrs. Cellum and
baby daughter visited her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Klopek of Monte Alto, and
his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Merle Cellum of Edcouch,
while Capt. Cellum manag-
ed the moving.
Reunion
Mrs. Paul Jones is enjoy-
ing the visit of her two dau-
ghters, Mrs. Roy Bright and
two daughters are visiting
enroute to their new home in
Hawaii as her husband Lt.
Col. Ray Bright of the Mar-
ines will be stationed for
two or three years. Mrs.
Harvey Milligan and chil-
dren of Dallas are also
here. They are also visiting
their brother, Mr. and Mrs.
W.R. Jones of Edcouch. They
are having a family reunion.
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The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 15, 1971, newspaper, July 15, 1971; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1110798/m1/5/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.