Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 8, 1928 Page: 3 of 8
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CORRESPONDENCE
Elsa News
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1928
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More than a thousand buddies,
from all the Legion Posts in the Val-
ley, and from points in the twenty
or more other counties in the 15th
district, will add life to and swell at-
tendance at the opening day of the
1928 Valley Mid-Winter Fair, No-
vember 27. For on that day the 15th
District of the American Legion in
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Mrs. Norman Sikes spent Thursday
with Mrs. Art Bruggeman.
Jess Dudley was a business caller
in Edcouch Thursday night.
Melvin Giese was a business caller
at the J. C. Clauder home Friday.
Mr. Giese is manager of the F. H.
Vahlsing vegetable firm of Elsa. The
The Vahlsing firm has several hun-
dred acres of vegetable land leased in
this vicinity.
Mr. and' Mrs. J. C. Clauder and
son Kerg were callers in Edcouch
Friday evening.
Emmett Cooper, hardware dealer
of La Villa was a business caller in
this vicinity Friday.
Mrs. Art Bruggeman and children
spent Tuesday at the H. F. Brugge-
man home in Edcouch.
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Legion Day at
Mid-Winter Fair
Set for Nov. 27th
WITH
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CHARIIS (BUDDY)ROGER§
RICHARD ARLEN
GARY COOPER
Exultant, he swooped down on the
wrecked enemy plane. Boastfully
he stooped to snatch its tattered
insignia from the wing. And then
he recoiled in terror. He had shot
down his best friend. A stirring
story of love and friendship. An
epic picture of the American war
“Ace” in France.
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“Postage Due”
Nearly ninety million “postage
due” stamps were issued to postmas-
ters last year, according to a report
from the Toledo Scale Company. This
was due almost entirely to faulty
weighing of letters and packages be-
Mrs. A. C. Newman and children,
and Mr. and Mrs. O. R. Gafner and
children of Edcouch were dinner
fore they were stamped and mailed.
The careless weighing practice has
become so prevalent that the United
States government has imposed a
penalty upon the offenders. If the
letter has postage due of more than
two cents, the regular postage plus a
penalty of one cent for each ounce is
added.
guests at the Art Bruggeman home
Sunday.
H. T. Bruggeman and Norman
Sikes were business callers in Edin-
burg Friday.
Owen Tucker has been ill for the
past week and missed several days
of school.
Mrs. Nathan Toupe and children
have been ill for the past few days.
Mrs. James Clauder who has been
visiting relatives at Gatesville came
home last week.
Sybil Dixon spent Sunday in La
Feria with her brother, R. A. Dixon.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Winningham,
Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Winnigham and
daughter Betty Lou, Mr. and Mrs.
Norman Sykes of Harlingen, and Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Overheu and daugh-
ter Ruth were dinner guests at the
H. F. Bruggeman home Sunday.
Mrs. James of Muskogee, Okla-
homa, arrived in the Valley this
week. She will make her home with
A number was given each one, also
pencil and a booklet containing the
evening’s program. Byron Carlson
won the “Who’s Who" guessing con-
test and was awarded a Clever prize
No. 2. Bert Manley and No. 13 Wm.
George were probably the best dis-
guised of all. In the ghostly scrawl
contest where each had to get thir-
teen left handed signatures Mrs. Por-
ter Davis won the prize, a little doll
dressed as a witch. In the lucky
bean contest, A. P. Miller received
the prize and in the lucky spot march
Doris and Byron Carlson were award-
ed the prizes. In the lucky hand-
shake, the lucky one received a rab-
bit’s foot, a four-leaf clover and a
horseshoe, which signified that they
were to be luck. The hard luck sing
where thirteen old songs were sung
was greatly enjoyed. The guests were
told that if they did not sing it
would be their hard luck to have to
sing a solo.
Delicious refreshments of pumpkin
pie, doughnuts and coffe were served
to about thirty-five guests.
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Miss Velma Runnels and Selma
Newmann attended the B. Y. P. U.
party at the Fleet Lentz home Friday
evening.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Zane and son
Robert of Sioux City, Iowa, and Mr.
and Mrs. W. B. McLeran spent the
week-end at Point Isabel.
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Moyer, son
James and daughter Grace of Eldara,
Ill. are spending the winter in the
home of their daughter, Mrs. J. M.
Hughes.
M. J. Willits attended the Elbert
Lockhart funeral at Brownsville Fri-
day, he being an honor pall bearer.
Joe Wood of Elm Creek, Canada,
with his two friends left for home
Tuesday morning after spending sev-
eral days in the Valley attending to
gbusiness and renewing acquaintan-
ces.
J. M. Hughes and family with M.
L. Moyer and family spent the week-
end at Point Isabel last week.
Mr. and Mrs. R. Schoff arrived at
the P. F. Lange home last Tuesday
from Vermont. They will visit her
parents for a time but expect to re-
main in the Valley.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Lindley
were Harlingen visitors Wednesday.
Miss Geneva Moyer of Chicago, Ill.
after spending two weeks in the
home of her sister, Mrs. J. M. Hughes
left for her home Tuesday evening.
W. F. Leeper and son Walter spent
Sunday afternoon in the home of J.
C. Willits.
Miss Francis Newton nad cousin
Leta called on the Misses Velma and
Thelma Runnels Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. J. P. Dawson remains very
poorly.
Mrs. J. E. Meredith and children
spent Thursday in the home of her
parents, A. J. Wright in North Palm
Gardens it being her father’s birth-
day.
Mrs. W. P. Runnels called on Mrs.
C. N. Johnson Sunday afternoon.
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were greatly enjoyed. Refreshments
were served to Misses Mary Carter,
Gertrude Self. Mary Katherine
Bowe, Ruby Leggett, Ruth Hoyt, Nel-
lie Harper, Messrs. Carl Schlemmer,
Owen Tucker, Pete Odem, Loran
Pemelton, Noah Fry, Ted Tankers-
ley and Horace Henderson, Mr. and
Mrs. Ora Lindamood and Mrs. Edria
Massey.
The membership of the Elsa Civic
and Study Club entertained their
families at a Hallowe’en party Wed-
nesday night at the A. C. Carlson
home. The home was cleverly dec-
orated with witches, cats, Jack o’ lan-
tenrs and various things. The house
was dimly lighted and as guests ar-
rived they were met by a ghost,
escorted to the back door where a
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Mrs. B. O. Harpster of Santa Mafia
spent the week with Mrs. R. Hop-
kins.
Mrs. G. H. Davis was in McAllen
and Edinburg Wednesday.
Mrs. W H. Moore and Mrs. Byron
Kelley were shoppers in McAllen
Monday afternoon.
Rev. and Mrs. J. E. Lovett of
Ville visited their daughter, Mrs. A.
P. Miller Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Turner and Earline were vis-
itors in McAllen on Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. O. V. Gingrass at-
tended the show in Edcouch Wednes-
day evening.
Marie Carlson spent the week end
with Mildred Unzicker.
Mrs. Wm. George returned on Sun-
day from a visit in New York with
her son and his wife, Mr. and Mrs.
Aleck George.
Miss Alida Jenson and sister, Mrs.
Fox of Raymondville, visited in Elsa
Friday with Mrs. R. Hopkins.
Mrs. Mary G. Knox attended a Hal-
lowe’en party at the Norquest home
in Edinburg Saturday and won a box
of candy for being the best masked
lady present.
O. F. Smalley of Claude, Texas, was
in Elsa the past week.
Mrs. Wm. George is chairman of
the Red Cross in tht Elsa District.
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Adamson and
son and Mr. and Mrs, D. M. Graham
drove to Red Fish Bay Sunday af-
ternoon.
Mrs. J. R. Hopkins of Mercedes
was a visitor of Mrs. R. Hopkins Fri-
day.
Mrs. O. E. Carlson spent Monday
with Mrs. J. W. Carlson in Edcouch.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Meyers and chil-
dren were dinner guests Sunday of
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Goodspeed.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Lambard and
family and Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Horton
and family visited Sunday afternoon
with Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Edmonds.
Mr. and Mrs. Haws and children
of Mercedes visited Sunday after-
noon with Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bizzell.
D. G. Bartlett of Harlingen was in
Elsa community Sunday.
Mrs. C. A. Liljestrand and Mrs. I
M. Wright of Edinburg called Wed-
nesday afternoon at J. A. .Lil je-
strand’s.
Mrs. Ross Raleigh visited Mrs. O.
E. Carlson Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wright of Ed-
inburg were supper guests Sunday
evening of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Carl-
son.
C. A. Holman of Tuletta, Texas
visited Friday afternoon with Mr.
and Mrs. M. C. Unzicker.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Liljestrang en-
tertained Rev. J. R. Woods, Mr. and
Mrs. O. E. Carlson and family and
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Galolway to Sun-
day dinner. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Lil-
jestrand were afternoon cdlers.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Goodspeed have
purchased some town prperty in
Elsa, fronting on Edinburg Avenue
and will have their future home in
Elsa.
Mrs. Iva Thompson returned Satur-
day from a week’s stay in Weslaco.
The Elsa Parent-Teacher Associa-
tio met Friday evening, November 2
at the Elsa Presbyterian Church for
their third regular meeting of the
year. Meeting was opened with song
and prayer. After the business meet-
ing the following program was given:
Books in the Home, Mrs. J. A. Lilje-
strand; Books for the Child, Mrs.
A. P. Miller; eRading, Mrs. Bruce
Buckelew; Roll Call, Which Book I
Like Best and Why. Following the
program refreshments were served by
Mesdames R. Hopkins, A. C. Carlson,
C. W. Bowers and B. Buckelew. The
next meeting which will be the first
Friday in November promises to be
very interesting and parents are
urged to attend.
Misses Jennie and Irene Harper
were hostesses Friday evening at the
Hallowe’en party given to a num-
ber of friends at their home on miles
171 and 4 3-4. Various games were
played and refreshments were served
at a late hour.
Miss Grace Turberville entertained
Wednesday evening with a mask
Hallowe’en party. The house was
decorated in Hallowe en colors. A :
great many games were played which •
Texas will hold its annual gathering,
and the occasion will be set aside as
Legion Day at the Fair. The program
for the Fair on November 27th has
been arranged especially to care for
these Legion visitors, as well as the
thousands of others who will be pres-
ent, manager John T. Floore, an-
nounced. The program for the Le-
gion visitors will open at 9:00 a. m.
with a band concert. The Browns-
ville Drum and Bugle Corps will be
on hand, and several other bands
which will play during the Valley
Fair will be available for the first
day, manager Floore said.
At 10:00 a. m. Governor Dan
Moody, in whose honor the first day
is to be designated as Governor’s
Day, also will make a talk at the
grandstand of the Fair. Governor
Moody has been an annual visitor at
the Fair, and his visit this year will
have more significance as he will be
here on Legion Day, when he can
meet ■with his Buddies of service. At
11 o'clock Rufus Scott, newly elected!
state commander of the American
Legion, will talk, at the Grandstand J
and at 11:45 a business session of
the Legion men will be held in the
Auditorium at the Fair grounds. The
gigantic barbecue, for which prepar-
ations are being made now, will be
served to all American Legion mem-
bers in attendance on that day at
1:00 p. m. and at 2:00 p. m. in the
afternoon of the first day the visitors
will gather at the grandstand for the
first day of horse racing at the fair.
An additional feature at the grand- ।
stand will be the hog calling contest. ,
At night a mammoth fireworks !
demonstration is to be staged, rep- J
resenting the Battle of Argonne i
Forest, with about 150 Legion men (
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Weimer, Charles B. Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 8, 1928, newspaper, November 8, 1928; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1454108/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.