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BOTH WERE WINNERS - Mrs. Adela Ramirez, left, and Mrs. Idalia
Delise, both of Mercedes, were among winners at the Amigos del
Valley Valentine’s Day Sweetheart competition conducted Monday at
Mercedes. Competing with over three dozen others from across the
Valley, Mrs. Ramirez earned the first runner-up honor, while Mrs.
Delise took fourth runner-up. Competition involved the writing of
one’s life history. [Mercedes Enterprise Photo.]
Castillo, Jr., director of special
services.
Others granted extensions were
Ricardo Solis, special education
director; Mrs. Juanita Castillo,
special education supervisor; Lauro
Saldana, Jr., vocational director;
Esequiel Garcia, planner-evaluator;
and Brigido Lopez. Jr., high school
principal.
Also named were high school
assistant principals Mauro Vasquez,
Jr. and Salvador Garcia; Eliezer
Marroquin, junior high principal;
Antonio Lozano, Jr., junior high
assistant principal; and Alejandro
Estrada, Graham School principal.
Other principals given exten-
sions were Alvin Smith, Taylor
School; Jimmy Pinkerton, Travis;
and Mrs. Elvira Gracia, Kennedy;
elementary assistant principals Miss
Elia Pequeno and Mrs. Juanita
Guajardo; and Pete Vela, athletic
School trustees, granted contract
extensions to 23 administrators and
approved a new contract governing
the tax office during their monthly
meeting Tuesday night.
Contract extensions through the
1990-91 school year were granted to
the following administrators: Israel
Garza, assistant superintendent;
E.D. Villanueva, director of federal
programs; Mrs. Imelda Guerra,
curriculum director; Mario Gracia,
business manager; and Miguel
C-C to host
golf tourney
The Annual Queen City Couples
Golf Tournament will take place at
Llano Grande Golf Course in
Mercedes on Monday February 27,
reports A.J. “Andy" Armstrong,
Chamber of Commerce manager.
The nine-hole event using the
best-ball format begins at 9 a.m.
Winning couples will receive
trophies and prizes. Food and
refreshments will be furnished. Top
three couples will win.
The entry fee is $15 per couple
and includes green fee.
Sponsors for the tournament
include: Hidalgo County Bank,
Mercedes National Bank, City of
Mercedes and the Mercedes
Chamber of Commerce.
Those wanting to arrange tee
times can call the golf course pro
shop at 565-3351.
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Officials of the Hidalgo County
Historical Commission will dedicate
an historical marker at Immanuel
Lutheran Cemetery on Sunday,
February 19 at 2:30 p.m.
Immanuel Lutheran Church was
the Valley’s first Lutheran Church
and opened this cemetery 75 years
ago. The plaque recognizes the
tarly Lutheran settlers who came to
the Mid-Valley area.
The dedication program will
have Joe Winston as master of
ceremonies with the invocation by
Rev. Marcus R. Mueller, pastor of
St. John’s Lutheran Church at San
Benito. Miss Fran Isbell, president
of the Hidalgo County Historical
Commission will introduce honor
guests, including Mercedes city and
county officials. Hidalgo County
Historical Commission and Hidalgo
County Historical Society members
are expected to be present.
Mrs. Frances R. Cooper, who
was co-author of the book “In the
Shade of Los Ebanos,” with Mrs.
Colleen D. Ferguson, will speak on
local history. Mrs. Helen T. Vogel
will give the Immanuel Lutheran
Church and cemetery history.
The plaque will be unveiled by
Donald Dietz of Corpus Christi,
grandson of Wilhelm Schumacher,
the first to be buried at the
The victory came February 8 in
a game with Los Fresnos that had
been delayed a day by cold
weather. The 71-63 win was
punctuated by Jaime Gonzales’ 32
points, his best showing of the
season, reports Coach Pete Mar-
tinez. Also scoring in double figures
were Frankie Alvarado at 14 and
Eddie Churchill with 11.
Tigers win their second;
Parents' Night is Friday
Tigers picked up their second
win of the district season in the
past week of basketball play, which
also saw personal best per-
formances by two members of the
team.
M.W. Hoppe gave information
on a Finnish Lutheran settlement
northwest of Mercedes, on Mile 3
west and Mile lOVi to 15 North. He
was the first of the Finnish people
to settle here. Rev. K.G. Rissanen
was pastor of the Finnish group and
is buried at the cemetery, along
with some of his family and others
of Finnish descent.
Immanuel Lutheran Church was
organized October 30, 1910,
meeting at the First Baptist Church
until the first frame church building
was dedicated May 28, 1911. This
church was located on the north
side of Business 83, between
Missouri and Virginia Avenues.
That property was sold to the
railroad and the church building
moved to the present location on
West Third Street in 1920. A new
brick church building was dedicated
in June 1929.
The public is invited to the
dedication ceremony. Immanuel
Lutheran Cemetery can be found by
taking Vermont Street, north from
Business 83 or Expressway 83, past
Retama Housing Center, turning
west on Anaquitas Street for a half
mile.
In case of inclement weather,
the ceremony will take place at
Immanuel Lutheran Church, located
on block south of Business 83, at
Washington and West Third
Streets.
director and head football coach.
A contract extension through
next school year was given Ms.
Olivia Gomez, West principal, and
Mrs. Alvina Smith, cafeteria
director, who say they will retire at
the end of that year. Robert Perez,
junior high assistant principal, was
given a one-year probationary
contract as per board policy.
One administrator who will
retire at the end of this school year
is Robert Fernandez, high school
assistant principal.
Tax Collector Ismael Luna’s
contract runs through June, 1990,
and the new contract with the city
on tax office operations through
April of that year, so discussion of
his contract was deferred until the
tax office re-organization is com-
plete.
The new contract on the tax
office, as previously discussed with
city commissioners, will place the
office under administrative control
of the school district and provides
for an adjustment in the per-
centages of contributions paid by
each entity for operation of the
office.
Other provisions of the docu-
ment include:
- Increases the expense fund for
monthly operations.
- Deletes the tax collector’s
$100-per-month travel allowance.
— Eliminates the non-functional
Board of Equalization.
- Acknowledges the appraisal
functions of the Hidalgo County
Appraisal District.
- Increases office rent paid to
the city from $375 monthly to $475.
In other action at the meeting,
trustees named the officials who
can accept applications for April’s
board member elections. Applica-
tions can be submitted between
February 20 and 5 p.m. on March
22 to School Business Manager
Mario Gracia, Superintendent
Monte Churchill, his secretary,
Mrs. Barbara Halliburton, Board
President Dan Morrison or Board
Secretary Robert Noriega.
Seats five, six and seven will be
up for election, and they are
presently held by Oscar Gonzales,
Robert Noriega and Aida Gonzales,
respectively.
DEDICATED IN 1914
To mark Lutheran Cemetery
Lutheran Cemetery. There are other
Schumacher family members buried
in the cemetery, all of whom were
living in the Mercedes area when
the church was organized on
October 30, 1910.
Other charter members of the
church buried in the cemetery are
Mr. George Borchelt, his wife, Mrs.
Emma D. Borchelt and her sister,
Mrs. Anna D. Rickert, from the
Theodore Donscheskie family. The
second burial at the Immanuel
Lutheran Cemetery was Miss
Sophia W. Schrank of a well-known
Mercedes family—
The cemetery property was
acquired from the American Rio
Grande Land Company in February
1914 and dedicated as “God’s
Acre” by Rev. M.W. Pott, pastor of
German Evangelical Lutheran
Emanuel Church, as it was known
then. The land was first mistakenly
deeded to the Ebenezer Evangelical
Lutheran Church. The Ebenezer
Lutheran Church, also in Mercedes,
was moved to Weslaco and became
faith Lutheran Church.
Those who gave information
concerning the early church and
cemetery history were Miss
Alvenna Hohmier and John Karie,
who moved to Mercedes in 1911.
They recall the cemetery opening
and Mr. Schumacher being moved
from the family farm southeast of
Mercedes.
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Sunday afternoon. Local Lutheran Bobby Eilers
examines one of the oldest tombstones in the
cemetery, dating from 1911. [Mercedes Enterprise
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In a losing effort against Roma
Friday, Alvarado’s 25 points was
his personal best for the season,
but Tigers nevertheless fell by an
88-71 score.
victory.
Tigers outscored their opponents
26-13 in the final quarter for the
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Churchill had 18 points while
Gonzales added 11. Tigers held a
45-42 halftime lead but couldn’t
hold on for the win.
Tuesday’s game was “a real
tough loss” to Laredo Cigarroa,
79-72. Despite double-digit scoring
by four Tigers, opponents out-
performed Tigers in the final two
minutes to take the game.
Gonzales led scoring with 29
points, while Churchill added 17,
Mike Gonzales had 13 and Alvarado
contributed 11.
Jaime Gonzales is ranked second
overall in district scoring, while
Churchill holds the 10th place spot,
the coach adds.
Final game of the season comes
Friday against Raymondville.
Gametime is 7:30 p.m. for the
“Parents Night” contest.
VANDALS DON’T LIKE GLASS -- The post office was one of three
buildings that had windows damaged by vandals in recent days.
Postal employee Adan Flores shows one of the three panes of glass
destroyed Monday night by a projectile of some sort. “We’re not
sure exactly what they’re using,” Acting Police Chief Alan Kamasaki
says, “but police are stepping up patrols and detectives are
Investigating the incidents.” Other establishments hit by the culprits
included Hidalgo County Bank’s ExpressBank and Sav-More
Furniture. [Mercedes Enterprise Photo.]
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administrative offices and related facilities, but a
major portion of the $419,000 project will see paving
of large portions of the Industrial park tract.
Completion of the job is seen by the end of May,
weather permitting.
DAIRY PRODUCTS LOADING DOCK is among the
structures taking shape at the site of a new Regional
Distribution Center for the Borden, Inc. Dairy
Division, located in the Mercedes Industrial Park.
Workmen from Murray Thompson, Jr. Contractors are
also erecting the building that will house
Jaycees plan
to re-organize
Anyone interested in help-
ing with the re-organization of
the Mercedes Jaycees - past
members, as well as new
prospects - is invited to attend
a meeting this Thursday.
Meeting time is 7 p.m. at
the Mercedes National Guard
Armory. Those wanting more
information can contact Alonzo
Calvillo at 565-9131.
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