The Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 17, 1952 Page: 3 of 10
This newspaper is part of the collection entitled: Mercedes Area Newspapers and was provided to The Portal to Texas History by the Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.
- Highlighting
- Highlighting On/Off
- Color:
- Adjust Image
- Rotate Left
- Rotate Right
- Brightness, Contrast, etc. (Experimental)
- Cropping Tool
- Download Sizes
- Preview all sizes/dimensions or...
- Download Thumbnail
- Download Small
- Download Medium
- Download Large
- High Resolution Files
- IIIF Image JSON
- IIIF Image URL
- Accessibility
- View Extracted Text
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
SERVING THE CENTRAL RIO GRANDE VALLEY
$
C
1
«2«E
ideas from other editors
*
g
a
F
-
PHONE (Y) BIRD . . . Mike, the problem parrot, is the talk of
Everytime the phone rings
“BUNCO SQUAD”
of
•4
THE BEST NEWS
I
IN YEARS
or
an
1
47c
“PIRATE” Ready-To-Eat
OmS
And Tenderized
$,
nomination, and the wide-
ONLY . .
@
Do@eOoGSer0@c@o@o@e
[
Cof
85c
MARYLAND
ee
FRYERS - HENS
LB. 50c
Giant
Fresh Dressed
Tender Leaf — % Lb. Box
79c
Tea . .
... 29c
' .1
/
. . Lb. 35c
Large
28c
Lb. 35c
A
Pineapple — Libby’s 46 Oz. Cans
.. . Lb. 35c
28c
Meat Balls . . . .31c Juice . . .
2,
Imperial Pure Cane—5 Lb. Bag
. . . Lb. 53c
Armour — 16 Oz. Can
. . 48c
Chili With Bean . 35c Sugar . .
• •
।
Lb. 39c
Lb. 59c
SWIFT’S BROOKFIELD IN 2 LB. PLASTIC TRAYS
33c
CHEESE
$1.19
Del Monte — Early Garden
19c
5c
Pudding
For
23c
Specials for Thurs., Fri., Sat., April 17, 18 & 19
€D
FRUITS & VEGETABLES
&
. . . .3 For 25c
AVOCADOS . .
I
... Lge. Stalks 12c
CELERY . .
3 Bunches 10c
CARROTS
CABBAGE . . .
CHEESE
1
1
4
! .
-
s-
g
w
#
7
wwwwwwwwwwwawwwwwwWMMwW awMwwVwwMWWMAw- MMMWw,
GROCERY & MARKET
■. .eT 7 -e- ta
FREE DELIVERY
PHONE 170
1 ays II
Of Decision For Texas Citizens
COTTAGE CHEESE
on the table—it
Giant
79c
Large
28c
spectively, during the Easter holi-
days. On Sunday, a dinner in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Haas includ-
many
other
RATH’S RA CORN — SLICED
BACON ..........
I
[
[
No. 303 Can
Peas
Spaghetti & — Armour’s
16 Oz. Can
b
B
0
B
0
0
0
0
Chicago’s anti-cruelty society shelter,
he’s just too gabby.
the principles they believe in,
give up?
Circumstances have created
I
PIRATE — CELLO
FRANKS .. .
2621
SIZES
2 - 8
CLUB, VAC.
POUND
Protein Boomer
Budget Saver
Borden’s
COTTAGE
SELECT CENTER CUTS ONLY
PORK CHOPS . . . .
GRAF’S SUGAR CURED
SLAB BACON ...
APACHE PRIZE — SUGAR CURED
PICNICS ...........
HORMEL'S — CELLO ROLLS
PURE PORK SAUSAGE
K \
I
. . . . 28c
2161
SIZES
12-46
16 Count
Tea Bags......18c
6 ‘
Ma2
\. ,94
Del Monte — No. 2 Can, 2 For Pacific Gold — No. 2% Can
Spinach.......25c Peaches.......25c
Gaines — 5 Lb. Box
Dog Meal.....69c
Tapioca — 6 O’clock — 2 Pkgs.
i
.u
ee9
-“E
3
I
Bath Size
2
/
I Delicious, nourishing
i dinner with dessert
for about 39^ per person
I
opportunity for us to restore Texas
to some measure of influence in
the national party. These circum-
stances include the wide-open
nature of the battle for the presi-
f Robert Taylor & Denise Darcel i
I Saturday j
f “THE TANKS ARE COMING” !
| Steve Cochran & Philip Carey =
j Also f
| “BUNCO SQUAD”
Put a bowl of
"Borden's
.,e
t #: #
V
N
- ■ 1
1/
.4
ttt"
% .. - -
I
[
B
B
n
B
B
0
B
B
0
0
0
0
0
B
B
B
B
B
0
0
E
B
D
B
D
0
6
Personal Size
5c
good Democrat should be to Demo-
cratic principles rather than to
FL
II
fl
0
n
Abilene, students at Abiline Chris-
tian College, were visiting with
their parents, Mr. and Ms. J. D.
131
I®
the Mercedes Volunteer Firemen
held their regular business session
at the city hall on Wednesday
night, April 9.
The meeting was preceded by a
ravioli( Italian) supper, in which
the firemen participated.
Mrs. Mike Byrn, president report-
ed on the Fifth Distict Conven-
tion held recently at Port Isabel.
A gift to the auxiliary, made by
Mrs. Alfred Hay, was auctioned off
by Mrs. Tom Brammer. Approxi-
mately 30 were in attendance.
ges
ap,,,
38 *3
.8 93§ h
m-Jo
39a l
l
A NEW LOW PRICE P)
uzemnumssseermmmemssmameyesmanemanmssazannssuzmamensmznamumuzamaa.
A a
wnws
" l
l
R
Democrats, in Texas and
LOSS t
Mr. and Mrs. Theo Haas
Ladies Surprise
Lions Club Meet
MERCEDES — Members of the
Lions Club encountered a surprise
upon arrival at the El Sombrero
for their luncheon meeting Wed-
nesday, when they found that their
wives and several others were
present, guests of Mr. O. J. Gunn.
The group was entertained for a
half-hour period by Hawaiian
players from the Texan Hotel at
Pharr.
Jim Lyons presided at the busi-
ness session for a brief period.
This has rightfully been called
a year of decision for Texas Demo-
erats.। The basic dicision to be
made is:
Shall Texas Democrats fight for
MORRELL’S PRIDE
PICNICS
FREE PARKING
provides the protein
nourishment of meat
at 14 the cost.
Save on food and keep every-
body happy and well-nourished.
Let a bowl of Borden’s Cottage
Cheese on the table be your good
-mealtime habit. Season with
chives or pineapple if you like.
It delights appetites and sup-
plies protein at 1 the cost of
meat. It’s a great idea. Try it!
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Haak of San
Antonio, Mr. and Mrs. Callens
Clayton, of El Paso, and Mr. and.
Mrs. Hillis Perkins of Aransas
Pass, were recent guests here in
the home "of Mr. and Mrs. Perry
Perkins.
> this week'sf\<
>/ patterns.^ <
MASAUSNZr
a
e3
—
Mr. and Mrs. Otis Johnson of
Santa Ana, California, formerly of
Mercedes, are here visiting in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Ry-
chener. Mrs. Rychener is the
"daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Johnson.
Armour’s — 16 Oz. Can
Beef Stew.....45c De Monte No: 2% Can,-
r ruit Cocktail . . 35c
dissatisfaction of
F7p
political bosses.
I think, and have said many
times, that our best bet is to send
a delegation to the national con-
vention UNINSTRUCTED—except
in the sense that it will have our
implied orders to look for the best
platform that can be found—and I
mean BEST FOR TEXIAS.
If there is a better plan to ac-
complish the desired end, I will be
for that. But I will not be for any
plan, or for any planners, seeking
to make the Democratic Party of
Texas a mere appendage to the na-
tional party, without voice, without
courage, without character and | ed the above mentioned.
Fred R. Jones of Mercedes, re-
a
■■il
a
■
©
CAMAY
ta‘Sa.qy-Bad-g“
" —
......“a'
ggg8: ■ X- 3 8 83988882
------
\#."e - " •• (3
kEE--/
4 A U)AE A
1 .1 nl I A
“) / > ■ Q "A E M
_______
dential
. 'spread
h
-e
-1
D 0T--
38888885388859
Mt W
h-
eshsrb I i
FRESH
III. Me
around and asked, 'Do you have
a government?’ Told they did, he
said, 'Well, I am agin it.’ ”
* * *
Politics Again
Grassroots-editors are still Com-
menting on the Minnesota primary.
J. W. Kayser, editor of The Chick-
asha Star, Chickasha, Okla., had
this to say:
“Not in a half century has there'
been a political upheaval like that
which swept the grass roots of Min-
nesota . . . When over a hundred
thousand folks take the time to
write the name of a candidate on
a ballot the politicians better take
heed. The prairies are on fire . . .
"Nothing now can stop the
Eisenhower hand wagon. It has
started to roll, manned by the
common folks, and when a band
■ wagon is identified with a cer-
tainty the politicians trample over
themselves to get on board. The
next ninety days will see the
greatest political scramble since
the turn of the century.”
$ * ♦
It's Our Money
From the Shamokin Citizen,
Shamokin, Pa.:
“The trouble is that when most
people, especially the average man,
hears anything about the national
debt and taxes, it is usually in a
financial stratosphere, so to speak.
Not one of us can think logically in
terms of tens of billions and hun-
dreds of billions.
n. . . But when we learn that
the public debt lays a $7,000
burden on every family in the
nation, then we have something
to think about. It’s something we
can understand. . . . It’s our
money.”
Cottage Cheese with pineapple S
Green Beans with salt pork 8
Tomato wedges H
Whole Wheat Muffins Butter N
Raisin Pie E
Borden’s Rich Milk W
an0,,
Hepaegqagzmwggumerggamg(* Guaranteed by ‘
Housekeeping )
60 PtlSIO
—agge
888eUN_-w_L-
EEL=
---
MERCEDES — Mrs. H. H. Som-
nitz was a guest entertainer at the
individual guest day meeting of
the Woman’s Study Club Monday
afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Perry Perkins. Mrs. Somnitz re-
viewed the book, “Time for Tapi-
oca,” by Charlotte Stricker, and it
was a story of a family who went
to the jungles to raise tapioca and
of the results of the venture. Mrs.
Connor Rushton was co-hostess. ।
Mrs. C. O. Dale presided at the
business session, after which, re-
freshments were served at a tea.
table, laid with an Irish linen lace
cloth and centered with colorful
flowers. Mrs. Dale was at the
coffee service and Mrs. J. C. Deyo
served cake.
Guests for the meeting were
Mrs. Virginia Shotwell, Mrs. Alden
Wade, Mrs. C. B. Ray, Mrs. Fred
Gillette, Mrs. H. D. Stuart, Mrs. A.
G. Sanders, Mrs. J. E. Haynes,
Mrs. Joe Council, Mrs. Randall
Atteberry, Mrs. Charles Jones,
Mrs. George Graf, J., Mrs. Floyd
Langfod and Mrs. W. V. Sproles.
Other members attending were
Mrs. Gordon Leonard, Mrs. Oscar
Roman, Mrs. R. S. Bettis, Mrs. D.
A. Blackwell, Mrs. John Bruce,
Mrs. S. H. Collier, Mrs. Garner
George, Mrs. John Rouse, Mrs. G.
K. Wattson, Mrs. Joe Winston,
Mrs. F. R. George and Mrs. Ted
Martin.
S | Royal Gelatin 2 pkg 15c
—(M ?
K1)
i
t
states, with some of the things our
party stands for—and has stood
for.
Let’s take a look at Texas, as a
Democratic state, and at the typi-
cal Texas Democrat.
Texas is one of the Big Six in
the Democratic Convention. We
rank sixth in voting strength with
our 52 votes, following New York's
94, Pennsylvania’s 70, California’s
68, Illinois’ 60 and Ohio’s 54. The
seventh state, Massachusetts, is
far down with 40. Thus Texas has
5 per cent of the convention vote,
while the average per state is 2
per cent.
Obviously, our votes will not be
much of a factor unless we can
put them with other votes to form
a sizeable bloc. Always the first
thought in that direction is of the
“Solid South.”
That is a natural and traditional
possibility, although not the only
possibility. The “Solid South” by
its faithfulness to the Democratic
cause down through the years has
placed itself in the paradoxical
position of being ignored by the
Democratic Party. It’s like the old
shaggy dog story, where the dog
was TOO shaggy. The South has
been too solid to rmain, in itself,
a real power in the party. It is
clear that the northern and eastern
Democrats recognize this fact, be-
cause you really see them and
their Texas and Southern spokes-
men stirring around when there is
any talk of a “Southern rebellion.”
Texas is actually not a full-
fledged Southern state, geographic-
ally, economically or politically.
Truthfully, Texas is more or less a
section in itself. Here in Texas we
have a rural state where more
people live in the city than in the
country. We are farmers and
ranchers watching huge factories
being built in our fields and pas-
tures. Our problems, once mainly
confined to finding a market for
our farm and ranch products, now
run the gamut of industrial rela-
tionships.
The bustle and confusion of a
growing state and a growing
economy naturally produce violent
contrasts in our social and politi-
cal structures, and we inevitably
find Texans who cling resolutely
to the old ways and the old ideas
clashing with Texans who like the
new ways.
Most Texans are willing to ad-
mit that times have changed, and
not all of them are willing to ad-
mit that the change has been for
the better.
The Texan is not a Southern, or
a Midwesterner, or a Westerner;
nated by big-city bosses, powerful
politico-labor leaders, long-haired
intellectuals, and self-serving pro-
fessional “liberals.”
He finds that the national Demo-
cratic Party is on record for many
things he is against, and his na-
tional party leaders frankly and
even arrogantly opposed to seme
things he is for.
These things cause him to stop
and think.
Added together, they do not
necessarily make him a Republican
or a Dixiecrat or anything else,
other than a somewhat confused
and often irritated Democrat. He
does not necessarily want to see
the Democratic administration re-
placed with a Republican adminis-
tration, and he has shown con-
clusively on two recent occasions
that he doesn’t want to go off with
a third party.
What can he do about it?
There are those who want him
to do anything that has any chance
of changing the status quo. They
don’t want him to choose any
course that has a chance of suc-
ceeding. These are the self-desig-
nated “LOYAL DEMOCRATS”
who say:
“First, let’s surrender uncondi-
tionally. Them we will negotiate
for the best terms possible.”
In my reading of history, I find
no indication that unconditional
surrender was ever the father of
victory.
Thus the Democrats in Texas,
long as the issues are made clear
like the Republicans in Texas, are
having a little internal war. There
It was at Appomattox Co. ®
house in. Virginia that the Con-
federate Army, under Gen. Rober
E. Lee, surrendered to General
Grant, on April 9, 1865. , -
_316
r (.9
: \EISC
RIGNALL JONES, editor of The
Warren Record, Warrenton,
N.C., in a recent editorial typed
the people of his community in
relation to how they stand on com-
munity improvement and progress.
Editor Jones’ editorial was remark-
able in that his classifications can
be applied to so many home towns.
Here is what he had to say:
“There are people living in War-
renton who love the neighborlines
and the friendliness of the small
town and are reluctant to see any
changes that might destroy the at-
mosphere of a delightful place in
which to live. These people actual-
ly do not want to see the town
grow. They like it as it is. While
we can not say that we sympathize
with these people, we do have an
appreciative understanding of their
point of view.
“There are other people here
who would like to see the town
grow provided it does not cost them
anything.' Their first reaction to
anything that tends to develop the
town is to consider the immediate
effect on their pocketbook . . .
“There is still another group
here, a growing group, that has
pride in the town and realizes that
it cannot stand still, that it will
either go forward or backward.
Among this group are citizens who
have a pride in their businesses,
who want to see them grow, and
realize that they can only grow
through the growth of their town...
"And finally, there is another
group, a very small one, which is
like the shipwrecked Irishman
who was w at bed up in an uncon-
scious condition on the shore of
an island. Regaining conscious-
ness, he peered into the faces of
the natives who had gathered
'Mercedes Pioneer Independent Grocery"
THE MERCEDES ENTERPRISE
——e-s—. —a C
6 d
No. ,2161 is cut in sizes 12 to 20; 36 to
46. Size 18 costume, 3% yds. 35-in.
No. 2621 is cut in sizes 2, 4, 6, 8.
Size 4, 2% yds. 35-in.
send 30c for EACH pattern with
name, address, style number and size
to AUDREY LANE BUREAU, Box 369,
Madison Square Station, New York 10,
N.Y.
The new Spring-Summer Fashion
Book shows 125 other styles, 25c extra.
is nothing wrong with that, as
so the people can intelligently de-
cide for themselves.
The real issue, in my opinion, is:
Shall we, as Texas Democrats,
take full advantage of the present
favorable conditions to make our
weight felt in the national party—
or shall we just write a post card
and say: “Dear Harry—Count on
us, as usual.” ‘
My own ideas have been fre-
quently expressed. I think we
ought to fight, with all the re-
sources at our command, for candi-
dates and platforms that we, as
Texas Democrats, can conscienti-
ously support.
I believe that the loyalty of a
(e
E£esN.
“,23*
. . . 2 Lbs. 5c
. 1
* II
’Mi
. n
FRESH STRING BEANS . . 2 Lbs. 15c
Campbell’s Chicken Rice, or
Cream of Chicken, 2 Cans
Soup.........35c
Grayson’s — Lb.
Margarine.....19c
VOLUNTEER FIREMEN MEET
MERCEDES — The members of
)
/Al
u4E
—A-T
Parkay — Lb.
Margarine ...
Dairy Fresh — Kraft’s
Lb. Cello Bags
Caramels ....
n
l
l.
s
A
fl
fl
n
Rath’s Sunvale — 3 Lb. Carton
27c Shortening . . . . 60c
Pet or Carnation — Tall Can
Milk .........14c
•mW mwwwwwwwmwwwowwvowwawwwwwowwowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwAwwwwwwwwwwwwommvwwwwwo
THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1952
Woman's Study Club
Hears Book Review
© O
he is not exactly even a South-
westerner, but q man of Texas
with a tradition and viewpoint all
his own. He is essentially con-
servative, but alert to the changing
scene about him. He is practical
and cautiously progressive, a man
who likes to study his course and
make his own decisions.
He believes, instinctively and by
training, in individual freedom, lo-
cal' self-government and states’1]
rights. That makes him, ideologi- I
cally as well as by birth and tradi- |
tion, a Jeffersonian Democrat. He I
recognizes the proper role and the
importance of the central govern-
ment and supports it strongly in
time of emergency. But he does
not approve of an over-abundance
of government anywhere — in
Washington, in Austin, in the
county courthouse or the city hall.
He finds a basic conflict between
some of the things SOME Demo-
crats stand for, and what he as a
good Texas Democrat stands for.
He finds himself thrown in with
a strange and motley crowd, domi-
WES-MER I
-»
Drive - In Theatre +
Main Highway Between |
Weslaco & Mercedes ... |
Mercedes, Texas •
__1
I i
t Thursday - Friday t
j “WESTWARD THE WOMEN”
—
I Sunday - Monday f
Haas of Weslaco, and Mr. and Mrs.- 4 “THE LAS VEGAS STORY” |
• (This is a BIG First Run) j
| Jane Russell - Victor Mature 1-
i_________________________________________ I
■B
I
H
, -
’ A
Eg.
-
79c 1
A .
. A
1
ga
0
" i
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
The Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 17, 1952, newspaper, April 17, 1952; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1571703/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.