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New Local
Registrar
Sub-stations for register-
ing and licensing of vehicles
were listed this week by
County Tax Assessor-col-
lector Bob Lyon. The local
people in charge will, for
nominal fees, handle regis-
tration and secure license
plates for local motorists,
saving trips to the tax of-
fice in Edinburg or to a
sub-station at Weslaco.
In Mercedes, that service
will be provided by attor-
ney John Dominguez at his
office at 218 South Texas
Avenue.
Area Vehicle Registration
Stations Open, Fees Listed
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Tuesday evening at 7:45
Bishop Humberto S. Medei-
ros of Brownsville blessed
and placed a memorial pla-
que at Holy Family Chapel
and C. C. D. Youth Center
of Our Lady of Mercy
Church,
The plaque is in memory
of Caroline and Johanna Sch-
neller, in whose name a
$10,000 donation toward the
construction of the hall was
made by W. Edward Schultz.
Arrangements for the do-
nation were made by the
Catholic Church Extension
Society, a Chicago-based or-
ganization which supports
the Catholic Church home
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THEY HAVE STARTED SALE OF 176 CARTONS OF COOKIES— This group of Girl and Brownie Scouts
posed at the heme of the 1968 GS cookie sale chairman, Mrs. W. J. Mize, with the stack of 176 car-
tons of cookies they and other local Scouts plan to sell between now and March 2. They are taking or-
ders in the annual Cookie Sale this week and will begin delivery and direct selling Saturday.
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Gilbert Galvan, first vice
president
Louie Martinez, second
vice president
Pablo Martinez, secretary
Jake Mesa, treasurer
Johnny Dominguez, inter-
club director
Next, according to school
physical education coordina-
tor Robert Fernandez, come
track practice and competi-
tion for boys and girls and
a softball program to end
the school year.
For the volleyball pro-
gram, girls from high school
physical education classes
served as referees, score
$30.30 day.
Survivors are a nephew,
L. D. Prewitt, his daughter,
Mrs. Carol Davis, and his
son L. D. Jr., all of Elgin.
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Linda Kay’s parents are
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard A.
Schwarz.
Her certification as win-
ner of the local spelling bee
was announced by Marcus
Esmerigildo Flores and
Leo Ramirez, directors
Felix Garza Jr., reporter
historian
Greg Fernandez, chaplain
These officers will take
office on March 6. Official
installation is set for March
10 at ceremonies to be con-
ducted at Sunrise Hill Park
at a ladies* night event.
New Jaycees attending last
week’s meeting are Robert
Canales and Ruben Noriega.
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Richmond Rites Thursday
75, who died at his home in
Mercedes Tuesday night.
The Rev. Jon Jervis of the
First Christian Church will
officiate. Burial will be at
Weslaco City Cemetery.
Mr. Richmond, who was
born in Cold Springs, West
Virginia, had lived in Mer-
cedes since 1923, He was a
’ retired mail carrier for the
Mercedes Post Office, a ve-
’ teran of World War I and a
member of the American Le-
. gion.
He is survived by his wife,
Libbie of Mercedes; three
daughters, Mrs. Frances
Mitchell of La Feria; Mrs.
Eloise Cisco of Robstown;
Mrs. Jane Page of Nevada,
Texas; 10 grandchildren; one
sister, Mrs. Lena Critten of
Bronson, Missouri; and a
sister-in-law, Mrs. H. A.
McKinzie of Mission.
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A total of 30 laymen and keepers and line judges. The
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Mercy Church attended the elementary PE instructors'7,
sessions.
Dr. Stout will be in the
Valley in two months
help form a team of
people from each parish to
work on the ‘Every Member
Visition’ program.
Our Lady of Mercy
Church stewardship workers
have already visited 150
homes in a special parish-
wide project.
Gonzales Heads JCs
Sergio Gonzales is new
£ president of Mercedes Jay-
cees. He has been elected
by that civic organization,
along with the following:
More than 160 grade
school boys and girls parti-
cipated in a volleyball tour-
nament Saturday at the Mer-
cedes high school gyms.The
tourney was another in anew
series of athletic events for
local elementary school
youngsters.
Funeral services were
scheduled for 3 p.m. Thurs-
day at Stotler Mortuary for
Forest Garvey Richmond,
Mrs. Lee
Dies at 80
Mrs. Myrtle Lee, a resi-
dent of Mercedes 50 years
and librarian of the Merce-
des Public Library for 26
years, died at an Elgin,
Texas, hospital Wednesday
of last week. Mrs. Lee,
80, was the widow of the
late Robert E. Lee. They
moved to Mercedes in 1918.
When the local public li-
brary was organized in
July 1940 by the Business
and Professional Women’s
Club, Mrs. Lellah Lyle, lo-
cal school teacher, was the
librarian, succeeded in
September 1941 by Mrs. Lee,
who served actively until
late in 1967.
Mrs. Lee was a member
of the Presbyterian Church.
Funeral services were
conducted in Elgin on Fri-
with
as mo-
Panel members
will be prominent people of Hidalgo County Courthouse.
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A QUEEN IS CROWNED—Relampago school’s 10th
annual Valentine Queen Coronation program was
capped Saturday night by presentation of the crown
to the new Queen, Margarita Reyes, above left, by
Gloria Ayala, 1967 Queen. (Photo by Medellin)
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PTL Hears Wally Buntons
The monthly meeting of Mercedes and the Valley.
Parent-Teacher League was In charge of the refresh- I
ments were Mrs. Joe B.
Winston Jr., Mrs. Lloyd
Schwarz and Mrs. Mary
Canty.
Linda Kay
Schwarz Is
Top Speller
Linda Kay Schwarz, 13,
eighth grader at Mercedes |
junior high, will represent
Mercedes in the annual Hi-
dalgo County Spelling Bee,
part of a National Spelling
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28 witlTrhe’program, ‘Spell- Sout.h Texas by the Corpus
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In the division for sub-
junior boys, those 12 and un-
der, West elementary was
the first place winner, Tra-
vis was second and T ay lor
third. Among sub-juniors
girls, Taylor was first, Ken-
nedy second and T ravis
third.
In the junior division, for
players 13 and under, Taylor
finished first, West second
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Frank Smith’s Toyota
Sale Company at 206 East
Third Street is the station
location in E Isa.
In La Villa, registrants
may contact Freddie Garza
at City Hall.
Vehicle registration will
continue through March.
When registering a vehicle
the owner must present a
certificate of title and his
1967 license receipt. He
also must list his current
residence address and ZIP
code number.
During the 1967 session
the Texas Legislature
amended the Texas Regis-
tration Law by changing
passenger car license fees
and establishing a minimum
fee of $5.30 for all vehi-
cles, including boat trail-
ers.
New rates for passenger
cars are $12.30 for those
weighing up to 3,500 pounds,
$22.30 for weights of 3,501
to 4,500 pounds, * ’
for weights from 4,501 to
6,000 pounds and 55 cents
per 100 pounds for pound-
age over 6,000.
Volleyball Sport for 160
and Travis third among the
boys, and Kennedy won first
Taylor second and West
third among the girls.
All will receive blue, red
and white ribbons.
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FOR PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT — Mrs. L. A.
Clark, treasurer of the local American Legion Aux-
iliaryunit, above left, presented a $100 check Tues-
day to Mrs. C. O. Dale, also of Mercedes, presi-
dent of the board of Valley Boys Ranch at Harlin-
gen. It was a gift voted Monday by the Auxiliary to
help buy playground equipment for the Ranch. (More
of the story on Page 6.)
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CITY’S THIRD BASEBALL DIAMOND READY THIS SUMMER — Pony Lea-
guers and men’s slo-pitch softball players will have their own baseball dia-
mond, beginning this summer, at City Park. On a cool and wet Monday after-
noon th is week the boys above practiced watching the action through $2,200 wor-
th of fence that surrounds the Pony League play area.
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States.
Mercedes was one of 80
areas given special notice
and helped by the Extension
Society in 1967. Fifty-
eight little churches and 21
catechetical centers were
constructed in other south-
ern and western dioceses
during the past year.
Since construction of the
C. C. D. Center, the hall
has housed a variety of acti-
vities, including several
slide presentations, ste-
wardship meetings, the
weekly Youth Mass on Sun-
day mornings, and religious
instruction classes.
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Forty down and 700 to go was the bad-weather
assessment of the local dog vaccination situation by
Police Chief R. G. Perez this week.
Last Saturday was intended as the first of two
consecutive vaccination days in an annual anti-ra-
bies, city licensing project. But cool and rainy wea-
ther kept the owners of all but 40 of the city’s dogs
away from the Police Station.
“That means we may have as many as 700
dogs to vaccinate and license this coming Saturday,
February 24,’’ said Chief Perez.
Dogs will be vaccinated and licensed Saturday
between 3 and 7 p.m. at the Station, 100 North Ohio.
Cost per dog is $3.
Down’, by students who will
participate in the April 6
Valley Lutheran Spelling
Bee,
On April 25 PTL will pre-
sent a program, ‘Discipline
in the Home, School and
Community’. It will consist Heldt, contest chairman, and
of a panel discussion with W. J. Mize, school principal.
Shelley Collier Jr., as mo- The County Bee is sche-
derator. Panel members duled for March 23 at the
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Bishop Places Memorial Plaque
in the United Latest in a series of ac-
tivities will be an afternoon
of ‘Spiritual Renewal’ for
teenagers Sunday, February
25, sponsored by the Young
Christians and the Young
Catholic Adults of Mercedes.
Stewardship
Is Discussed
Stewardship program
workers met Monday, Feb-
ruary 19, at the Holy Fa-
mily Hall of Our Lady of
Mercy Church. Oscar Gore-
na presided over the meet-
ing and presented a film
strip, ‘Reason for Being’.
The Rev. James Lyons,
OMI, assistant pastor, re-
ported on a three-day ses-
sion presented on Christian
stewardship by Dr. Gilbert
H. Stout in San Juan on Feb-
ruary 12, 13 and 14. Dr.
Stout, a member of the di-
vision of stewardship and
finance of the Methodist
Church of America of
Evanston, Ill., was speaker
for the sessions. “Dr. Stout
opened new areas of under-
standing and inspired and
even excited many people
to the possibilities of re-
newal of commitment
throughout the Valley,’’ said
|| the Rev. Mr. Lyons.
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Immanuel Lutheran School’s The public is invited.
Parent-Teacher League was
Thursday, February 15, at
the social hall.
In charge of the program
were Mr. and Mrs. Wally
Bunton, former Peace Crops
members for two years in
Camaroon, Africa. Mr. Bun-
ton worked in the agricul-
tural department and Mrs.
Bunton was a teacher in-
structor. They showed
slides and told of their
work.
A discussion followed the
slide presentation.
After the program, a
short business meeting was
conducted. The next month-
ly meeting will be March
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Show’s Press
Banquet Monday
A ‘Press and Apprecia-
tion Banquet’ is set for
Monday, February 26, at
the Mercedes Civic Center
by Rio Grande Valley Live-
stock Show officials. It is
to be a combination event,
introducing members of the
press to pre-show plans and
reports and thanking mem-
bers of key Show commit-
tees for their work, accord-
ing to Mrs. Marjorie John-
son, the Show’s publicity di-
rector.
The dinner program be-
gins at 7:30 p.m.
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