The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 29, 1974 Page: 10 of 10
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War films will be shown at Last Man’s
GOVERNORS TO MEET —
Governors of the southern
states, Puerto Rico and the
Virgin Islands will meet near
here September 8-11 to dis-
cuss a wide range of prob-
lems, including economy and
energy.
Governor Briscoe is host to
the Southern Governors Con-
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to seek an advanced degree.
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SHORT SNORTS
A Houston federal court
decision held unconstitu-
tional a requirement that
campaign literature contain
both the name of the person
paying for it and identifica-
tion of the printer or pub-
lisher who prepared it. The
state will appeal.
Texas Republicans gener-
ally expressed disappoint-
ment that National GOP
Chairman George Bush of
Houston did not get the vice
presidential nomination, al-
Joe Bill Watkins is resign-
ing as executive assistant to
Attorney General Hill, and
will be succeeded by David
Kendell. Watkins will return
to law practice in Houston.
Governor Briscoe has
asked Armstrong County be
added to the list of counties
designated as disaster areas
due to prolonged drought in
Central and West Texas.
State Banking Department
received an application for a
Twin City State Bank at Tex-
arkana.
at the Rodeway Inn, Mercedes.
The meeting was called to
discuss plans for the November
11 annual meeting of the club.
Myron Ward of La Feria,
presided.
Club meet
location of the November 11
meeting will be announced
according to Wheaton.
/Mrs. Snyder
hosts club
AUSTIN, Tex. — Battle lines
are drawn for the State
Democratic Convention here
September 17.
Liberal delegates, al-
though apparently outnum-
bered, asserted their inten-
tions at a recent meeting in
San Antonio to claim their
full share of convention
plums.
-8 a.m., Desayuno Mexicano after each
mass and continuing to 11 a.m., Sacred Heart
Catholic Church.
--IO a.m., Mercedes Bible Class, Queen
City Retreat Lobby Number 2. The class is open
to both men and women and all are welcome to
join in the worship. Coffee is served before and
after class. Informal and non-denominational.
-Noon, Catholic Young Adults, Holy
Family Hall.
-Noon, Whitewing Season Opens. Shoot-
ing will continue to sunset.
-1 p.m., Mercedes Community Helpers,
corner of North Virginia and Expressway 83.
SCHOOL AID APPROVED
— Seven Texas school dis-
tricts and four regional edu-
cation service centers will re-
ceive a total of $191,091 in
federal funds to develop mod-
ern planning, budgeting and
program evaluation techni-
ques in 1974-75.
The grants will go to El
Paso, Galveston, Birdville,
Waxahachie, Irving, New
Caney and Lockhart and to
ESC regions in Edinburg,
Corpus Christi, San Angleo
and El Paso. A second round
of grants totalling $79,599
will be awarded later this
fall.
Wednesday, September 4th
—Noon, Mercedes Lions Club, Valencia
Room, Rode way Inn.
-8 p.m., Mercedes Jaycees, McAfee
Agency building.
-8 p.m., Holy Name Society, Holy Family
Hall.
Thursday, September 5th
-Noon, Mercedes Kiwanis Club, Valencia
Room, Rodeway Inn.
-7:30 p.m., Lutheran Layman’s League,
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Shelley Collier of Mercedes the Last Man’s Club of WWI
hosted a committee meeting of veterans Thursday, August 22,
Ward announced that,
through the cooperation of
Congressman Kika de la
Garza, films of WWI soldiers
in action will be shown at the
meeting by the U.S. Army
Recruiting service of this area.
Present at the luncheon-
meeting were U.S. Army
Recruiting Service officers
Captain Wayne of McAllen and
Sergeant Cantu of Mercedes
and Harlingen; club president
Ward, past president Collier,
past president Cedric Wood of
Weslaco; sgt-at-arms D. R.
Whisler of Weslaco, and P. R.
officer Grant Wheaton of La
Feria.
When all plans have been
completed, the hour and
-8 p.m., Dance in conjunction with Fiestas
Patrias, Holy Family Hall.
Monday, September 2nd
-LABOR DAY. The First National Bank
will be closed in observance of the holiday.
/ -8 a.m., Lobby No. 1 of Queen City
Retreat invites the public to drop in during the
morning for coffee and donuts.
• —Noon, Whitewing Season, shooting
continues to sunset.
Tuesday, September 3rd
--8 a.m., Lobby No. 1 of Queen City
Retreat invites the public to drop in during the
morning for coffee and donuts.
-Noon, Mercedes Rotary Club, Valencia
Room, Rodeway Inn.
-2 p.m., Games Party for Senior Citizens,
Queen City Retreat Lobby Number 2.
-3 p.m., Women of the Church, First
Presbyterian Church fellowship hall.
-7 p.m., Rainbow Girls, Masonic Hall.
-7:30 p.m., Catholic War Veterans,
Woodmen of the World Hall.
-7:30 p.m., Sunday School Teachers,
Immanuel Lutheran Church lellowship hall.
“The leading bank in the Mid-Valley.
MEMBER F. D. I. C.
Members of the Elsie
George Circle of the Presbyte-
rian Church of Elsa met with
Mrs. R. E. Snyder at her home
August 14.
Mrs. C. G. Neidhart,
president, opened the meeting
and read a scripture. Reports
were given during the short
business period. It was
reported that two young people
of the church attend a Youth
Conference in Montreat, N.C.
along with other Valley youths.
preparations for expressing
their views on the party plat- INSURANCE JARGON HIT
form, resolutions and rules. — The State Board of Insur-
— Finally, they indicated ance is declaring war on "the
they may challenge Gov. fine print, double talk and
Dolph Briscoe’s choice for gobbledy-gook" in insurance
SDEC chairman and other policies, according to Board
top committee officers. Chairman Joe Christie.
Choices of incumbent gover- Christie said the average
nors for these posts tradition- policy holder cannot under-
ally have gone unchallenged stand policy jargon, and re-
where they have majority cent tests show Einstein’s
control of conventions. theory of relativity is more
The "open party” Democ- readable than an average
rats at the San Antonio ses- hospital insurance plan,
sion adopted a platform Christie said efforts will be
committing themselves to a made in the next session of
state party organization that the legislature to improve
will support Democratic can- "the readability factor” of in-
didates and principles at all surance policies. He recom-
levels rather than "promot- mended that other state
ing the policies of incumbent agencies give some attention
governors.” to similar readability prob-
lems involving documents
Members of the committee
include all statewide Democ-
ratic nominees, Guadalupe
County Democratic Chair-
, . _ man Lem Allen, Travis
Bob Bullock of Austin, lems involving documents County Chairman Ken Wen-
Democratic nominee for com- over which they have juris- dler, Midland County
ptroller, is being urged to op- diction. Chairman Vann Culp, Tar-
pose incumbent SDEC No-fault auto insurance rant County Chairman Estil
Chairman Calvin Guest of will be another subject for Vance, Swisher County
Bryan, Governor Briscoe’s legislative consideration in Chairman R. T. O’Daniel,
choice for a second term. 1975, Christie told Texas Also Democratic Congres-
Meanwhile, the national Bankers Association at a con- sional Candidates Bob
Democratic charter commis- ference here. He said a recent Krueger of New Braunfels,
sion broke up in anger when study on the subject by the Jack Hightower of Vernon
party regulars and reformers Lyndon Baines Johnson and Mike McKool of Dallas
clashed over reform meas- School of Public Affairs will and seven members of the
ures in the proposed Democ- be of major help to lawmak- State Democratic Executive
ratic constitution. ers. Committee.
OF MERCEDES
A valley-wide non-political
organization, all honorably
discharged veterans of WWI
are eligible for membership.
The club meets each November
11, Armistice Day, commemor-
ating the end of WWI
hostilities. The last man to
survive will inherit the bottle of
champagne on display during
each meeting.
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AG OPINIONS — The Uni-
versity of Texas must give a
legislator access to files on
UT land leases, but may keep
confidential land appraisals
and sealed bid contents, Atty.
Gen. John Hill held.
In other recent opinions,
Hill concluded:
• Records of a city’s exercise
of licensing authority over
electrical installations is
public information and
should be disclosed.
• Police supplementary re-
ports of accidents, including
witnesses’ statements and
photographs, although in-
volving possible litigation
against a city, are part of the
official record and are not ex-
cepted from disclosure.
• A faculty member who
fails to exercise the option to
participate in the optional
teacher retirement system
does not have the right to a
second opportunity to exer-
cise that option on returning
to teaching in Texas after
Immanuel Lutheran Church fellowship hall.
-8 p.m., Woodmen of the World Camp,g
No. 3155, Woodmen of the World Hall.
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Mercedes, Texas
This is a cruel world in which we live, and probably
some of the crudest of all are those who make a
needless uproar when fire has to be fought with fire.
Three desperados were on the loose in Texas, killing,
maiming, and raping. But you can be sure that there
will be some who will insist that the lawmen ought to
have gone in with some sort of a bird net and thrown it
over them in the face of a barrage of bullets that could
have been fired by the desperados when cornered. And
a prison reform group thinks Carrasco was roughed up
too much in being shot while he was shooting his
hostages. The brave Catholic Priest, Rev. Joseph
O’Brien, who began a fight here four years ago against
certain revolutionaries, put it right when he said just the
other day, “The time for surrender was over. It was no
time for the Marquis of Queensbury rules. You had
people shot and it was time for the Rangers to shoot.”
After all, he was almost murdered by the convicts while
a helpless hostage.
We are still in the jungle’s edge and the Kingdom of
God has not yet arrived to all men, for some don’t want
it. We all possess some degree of depravity, and in
using extreme measures on others we must but admit
that such must be used on us, if we become as they.
Until we are willing to face up to that we will have
lawlessness grow and grow. Facing up to this is courage
indeed.
Thursday, August 29th
--8 a.m., Lobby No. 1 of Queen City
Retreat invites the public to drop in during the
morning for coffee and donuts.
-Noon, Mercedes Kiwanis Club, Rodeway
Inn.
--8 p.m., Woodmen of the World Camp
No. 3155, Woodmen of the World Hall.
registered engineer may not
display or use membership in
or certification by an associa-
tion using the term "en-
gineer” in its name in his pro-
fessional or business ac-
tivities.
COMMITTEES NAMED —
State Democratic Chairman
Calvin Guest named an elec-
tion advisory committee to
plan statewide rallies and ex-
tensive voter registration
and get-out-the-vote cam-
paigns to help Democratic
nominees.
A pre-election statewide
telecast is also under consid-
eration for the party’s
nominees.
Friday, August 30th
-8 a.m., Lobby No. 1 of Queen City
Retreat invites the public to drop in during the
morning for coffee and donuts.
-8 a.m., Garage Sale in conjunction with
Fiestas Patrias, Holy Family Hall.
--9:14 a.m., Mission Calls, Immanuel
Lutheran Church fellowship hall.
-6 p.m., Scrimmage game between
Mercedes Tigers and Crystal City, Zapata
football field.
-6:30 p.m., Games Party for Senior
Citizens, Queen City Retreat Lobby Number 2.
Saturday, August 31st
—NO LISTINGS.
they as moedprolpar. te&wassc
tional representation on the west of the Capital City.
State Democractic Executive . About 300 reporters will
Committee, the party’s join the,19 governors and
policy-making and house- their staffs for the three-day
keeping body in Texas. business meeting, and the so-
— Second, they are de- " ... . ..
manding their share of the 76 saiing and parties.
delegates to the national Goy. Melvin Evans, gover-
Democratic mid-term mini- nor of the Islands, is
convention in Kansas City chairman of the Southern
next December. Governors Conference for
— The liberals also made -9rt4-
S/TATE CAPITAL
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The 50th anniversary of tne
First Baptist Church of
Edcouch was observed with a
special celebration Sunday.
Two of the 13 charter members
were present, Mrs. R. O.
Wade and Victor Leggett.
Former pastors present and
participating in the celebration
were the Rev. Richard Sparks
of Bloomington and the Rev.
Monty Richards of Weslaco. A
covered dish meal was served
during the noon hour in the
Fellowship Hall. Some 165
members and guests attended
from Edinburg, McAllen,
Weslaco, Donna, Mercedes
and La Feria and the Delta
Area. From out of the Valley
were Rev. Sparks and daugh-
ters, Sherry and Terry from
Bloomington; Rev. and Mrs. J.
C. Turner, Llano; Mr. and
Mrs. Darrell White, San
Marcos, Claude Guinn, Hous-
ton; Mrs. Fairy Lee Mitchelle,
Corpus; Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Ridge, Premont; Mr. and Mrs.
Reed Kennedy and Laura,
Kennedy, Texas; Mrs. Fay
Wood, Dallas; Misses Patti
Deer and Kathy Jones,
Denton; John and Charles
Betts, Beeville, and Mrs. C. C.
Wiley, Agua Dulce.
Mrs. Roy Thomason served
as chairman of the celebration.
Rev. John Wilder is church
pastor.
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