The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 21, 1975 Page: 3 of 10
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The Mercedes Enterprise -- Page 3
Mercedes, Texas, Thursday, August 21, 1975
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MONDAY THRU FRIDAY
by KIKA de la GARZA
9 A.M. TO 6 P.M.
565-1101
SATURDAY
9 A.M. TO 7 P.M.
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Acrylic and orlon combination in assorted solid colors.
One size fits-all.
21% Dividend to Qualified Non-smokers
Age 21 and Over on Auto Insurance
Auto, Lift
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Hoaeowns rs
Burial was in the Ebony
Grove Cemetry with Stotler
Mortuary directing.
Ph. Of f. 565-351 1
Res. 565-4507
Workaam Coap.
Nob I Is Hobos Ins.
A very nice assortment of girls [3 to 6X] and [7 to 14] tops ideal for back-to-school
wearing. Fresh prints and multi solid colors in short sleeves for our warm weather.
114 N. TEXAS
Mercedes, Texas 78570
Of 100% cotton, heavyweight cotton denim,
with zipper and straight legs. Regular value
to $11.25.
NOW
Is named
Alma Chavez, 1975 gradu-
ate of Mercedes high school,
has been named to Who’s Who
Among American high school
students of 1974-75.
She is the daughter of Mrs.
Lupita Chavez.
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Just received two groups of men’s leisure suits in a
variety of solid colors all with contrasting stitching.
Sizes S, M, L and XL.
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Army Private Ramiro Cha-
vez, son of Mrs. Guadalupe
Chavez, Mercedes, is assigned
as a TOW missile crewman
with the 3rd Infantry Division
at Schweinfurt, Germany.
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Funeral services for Mrs.
Mildred Naomi Branch, 73 of
Elsa were held Thursday
morning at the First United
Methodist Church of Edcouch,
with the Rev. Bill Henderson,
pastor officiating.
Mrs. Branch died at the
Knapp Methodist Hospital
following an illness of about
three weeks.
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Mrs. Florine Perry, a son, Col.
W. E. Perry, Jr., of Tuscon,
Arizona, a daughter, Mrs. H.
W. Frerking of Sunnydale,
California, a stepson, Donald
Johnson of Harlingen and
seven grandchildren.
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Rotary Club who honored her
as First Lady 1975; was
member and past president of
the Elsa Civic and Study Club,
member of' the Rio Grande
Valley Federation of Music
Clubs; member and past
matron of the Order of Eastern
Star of Edcouch and of La
Feria.
The McCaleb Funeral
Home of Weslaco was in
charge of arrangements. Pall-
bearers were members of the
Elsa Rotary Club. Interment
was in Restlawn Memorial
Park, La Feria.
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CREATURES OF CON-
GRESS, all kinds of depart-
ments, agencies and boards
exist to carry on the day-to-day
business of the Federal
Government. They constitute
the bureaucracy. Much of what
they do is important and
necessary. But some of them
have come to follow a practice
of going off pretty much on
their own and doing their own
thing, as the saying goes.
Some do good and some do
bad. But all somehow seem
indifferent to Congress.
This is wrong. Members of
the House of Representatives
are the ones who get voted on
by the people every two years.
We have the responsibility of
riding hard on the bureaucracy
to protect the public interest.
The most effective way I know
of doing this is to go to the
pursestrings. For that reason I
have been consistently offering
amendments to legislation to
stipulate that the departments,
agencies and boards must
come to Congress every year to
justify their proposed expendi-
tures and tell how they will use
the money.
The people’s money is
involved and so is the kind of
service the bureaucracy ren-
ders to the people. So I will
keep on offering my amend-
ments. Control of the Federal
pursestrings by elected repre-
sentatives is essential to the
proper functioning of our
Government.
REGULATORY AGENCIES
in many cases go far beyond
the power Congress intended
them to exercise. As a result,
Americans increasingly find
their lives largely ruled by
decrees laid down by bureau-
crats who were never elected
to anything by popular vote.
Their regulatory power per-
vades both business operations
and personal conduct.
Regulations of all kinds,
proposed, amended and final,
are issued by the hundreds,
even by the thousands, every
year. The Federal Register,
where these documents must
be published, tells the story. In
1973 the Federal Register
needed 35,591 magazine-size
pages filled with small type to
publish all the new decrees.
Last year it required 45,422
pages.
The paperwork load requir-
ed to abide by all these
regulations is appalling. A
recent official count of Federal
forms revealed that 5,146 are
in regular use. A congressional
committee has estimated that
private business spends no less
than $18 billion a year on
paperwork demanded by the
Federal Government. The
General Accounting Office
estimated that in 1973 paper-
work cost the Government
itself some $15 billion.
These are reasons why I
have introduced bills designed
to cut down on the load of
paperwork and to compel the
agencies to submit all regula-
tions to Congress before they
are published in the Federal
Register. Another and more
important reason is that
over-regulation by government
agencies infringes upon the
freedom of the individual,
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hope the House Judiciary
Committee will report on my
resolution favorably and that it
will be approved by the whole
Congress.
ORIGIN OF STATE
NAMES, as traced down by
the Department of the Interior,
is a controversial matter in
some instances. But there
seems to be no disagreement
that in the case of Texas the
generally accepted version is
that the name is an Indian
word “tejas” meaning
“friends” or “allies.” So,
naturally, Texans are friendly
folks.
More surprising is informa-
tion about a State that few
have heard of--the State of
Franklin, named for Benjamin
Franklin. In 1784, the Interior
Department informs me,
Franklin was a part of North
Carolina’s western territory. It
broke away from the original
territory and elected a legisla-
ture and a governor. For about
three years the two factions
were on the verge of war.
Congress was petitioned by the
newly formed state for recogni-
tion, but this was not granted.
Franklin was ceded to the
Federal Government in 1790,
became the State of Tennessee
in 1796, and was admitted to
the Union. And many Tennes-
seeans later settled in Texas.
An active member and
deacon of the First Baptist
Church, he served in the First
World War and belonged to
the American Legion.
Beautiful selection of long sleeved leisure shirts in prints ideal for
school and casual wear.
Rev. Oliver W; Sumerlin
conducted the service, with
Wendell Schwarz, Arthur
Schwarz, Bill Bailey, Don
Hoffman, Clive Roe and E. Q.
Farris serving as pallbearers.
Honorary pallbearers were
George Avant, O. J. Schaeffer,
Dr. R. H. Cintron, George
Schwarz, Bill Kramer and Dr.
Thomas G. Edwards.
War
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hampers free enterprise and
costs consumers billions of
dollars every year. My efforts
to strengthen congressional
control over the Federal
bureaucracy will continue.
PUBLIC PRAYER has been
a freedom that the citizens of
the U.S. enjoyed from the
beginning of our Republic until
12 years ago when the
Supreme Court handed down a
decision forbidding this prac-
tice. Even today our sessions
in Congress still begin with a
prayer. Many public meetings
begin with prayers. My own
feeling is that a sincere
recognition of man’s depen-
dence on the power of prayer
will be a great force in
bringing our Nation through
the many crises we face.
A constitutional amendment
which I proposed in a joint
resolution introduced in the
House states: “Nothing con-
tained in this Constitution shall
abridge the right of persons
lawfully assembled, in any
public building which is
supported to whole or in part
through the expenditure of
public funds, to participate in
nondenominational prayer. ’ ’
This proposed amendment
would give the people a right
to make their own decision on
a matter of fundamental
importance to many of us. I
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Long time resident dies
Edward W. Perry, fifty year
resident of Mercedes, died
August 15 at his home in
Mercedes. He was 83 years of
Services said
for Al. White
Funeral services for Marvin
White, 22 year old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Curtis White of
Edcouch were held Wednesday
afternoon at the First Baptist
Church of Edcouch, with the
Rev. J. C. Turner of Harper,
assisted by the Rev. Mac Pope,
church pastor, officiating. Bu-
rial followed in Raymondville
with Duddleston Funeral Home
in charge of arrangements.
A graduate of the Edcouch-
Elsa high school, and member
of the First Baptist Church of
Edcouch. Marvin lost his life in
a car accident on Sunday
evening near Edcouch.
Survivors other than his
parents was a sister, Mrs.
Carla Turner, Burnet; three
brothers, Darryl White of San
Marcos, Kenneth White of
Liberty; and Terry White of
Edcouch and his paternal
grandmother, Mrs. A. J. Faulk
of San Perlita.
Pallbearers were Michael
Lemmons, Rodney Cham-
pagne, Ronald Champagne,
Johnny Lewis and Jerry Lewis.
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Gets degree
John Galloway, Elsa, re-
cently received a Lone Star
Farmer Degree at an Area X
FFA Banquet at the Student
Union Building at Texas A&I
University, Kingsville, Thurs-
day evening, August 7.
John, a Senior student at
Edcouch-Elsa high school, is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Neal
Galloway of Elsa. He was
accompanied by his chapter
advisor William Roberds.
Other Valley students
ceiving Lone Star Farmer
Degrees were of Mercedes,
Weslaco, Raymondville, Rio
Grande City, Mission, Pharr-
San Juan-Alamo, Sharyland
and Rio Hondo.
included her
E. Branch, a
daughter, Mrs. Yvonne Seibert
of Harlingen; a son, Col.
George Branch, Randolph Air
Force Base, San Antonio; one
sister, Mrs. Paul Larson of La
Feria, seven grandchildren and
four great grandchildren.
A longtime resident of Elsa
Mrs. Branch, was a piano
teacher, member of First
United Methodist Church
where she was organist for 25
years; was pianist for the
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Born in Rockwood, Tennes-
see, he had served in
Mercedes as school principal
for many years. He also
worked with the Boy Scouts
and was a charter member of
the Mercedes Kiwanis Club.
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The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 21, 1975, newspaper, August 21, 1975; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1371513/m1/3/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.