The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 32, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 7, 1985 Page: 3 of 18
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Mercedes, Texas 78570 Wednesday, August 7, 1985
The Mercedes Enterprise — Page 3
Eddie Dean Herchman takes Miss Donna Stotler as bride
George W. Joehnk, pastor
16th and Ohio
The Jordan River
ATTEND CHURCH THIS WEEK
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This Series Made Possible by
These Business Firms and Individuals
Mercedes
Who Support Our Right to Worship Freely.
Rios of Mercedes
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investigations, asset
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alarm monitoring and
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Second class postage
paid at Mercedes, Texas
78570. Published each
Wednesday at Mercedes,
Hidalgo County, Texas.
Office of publication 230 S.
Texas Ave. Subscription
rates $7.50 per year in
Valley, $9.50 per year out
of Valley. Single Copy
price 25 cents.
MEMBER
1985
Keri Herchman, niece of the
bridegroom, was the flower girl.
She wore a long white eyelet dress
and a headpiece of pearls with silk
rose buds and streamers. She
carried a white basket decorated
with tulling and blue and white
ribbon filled with rose petals which
she scattered on the bride’s path
during the processional. She also
wore a set of gold earrings given to
her by the bride.
The ring bearer was Blakely
Stotler, nephew of the bride. He
wore a pale blue suit and carried a
white satin and lace pillow with the
two wedding rings attached to it.
Chesney Wilson and Chantry
Wilson, nieces of the bridegroom,
distributed the rice bags made of
white netting and blue ribbon.
The spiral candelabras on either
side of the altar were lighted at the
beginning of the ceremony by Alan
Shipp and David Schatte.
The mother of the bride wore a
pale peach chiffon shift gown. The
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PART TIME SCHOOL BUS
AIDES/MONITORS NEEDED
The Mercedes Independent School District is hiring part time
School Bus Aides/Monitors. Persons interested in working as school
bus aides/monitors from 6:45 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. and from 3:30 p.m. to
5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday may come by the Mercedes Schools
Business Office on 206 Sixth Street, Mercedes, Texas. Application
deadline is at 5:00 p.m. on Monday, August 12, 1985. Applicants must
reside within the Mercedes Independent School District boundaries.
For more information, please contact Mr. Miguel Castillo, Jr. at the
above address.
The Mercedes Independent School District is an equal opportunity
employer.
Stated Meetings
2nd & 4th Tuesdays
8:00 p.m.
4th St. & Ohio
INTERNATIONAL
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For by Grace ye are saved; it is the gift of
God, not of works, lest you should boast.
Ephesians 2:8,9
THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Church school starts at 9:45 a.m. [classes for
all ages], and church services at 11 a.m.
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ave'cRe HOUR
BAIL BONDS
565-9128
MRS. EDDIE DEAN HERCHMAN
...the former Miss Donna Stotler
Vasquez gets scholarship
Pictures Of Silver
The truly great rivers of the world are few in number. One thinks immediately of the Nile, the
Ganges, the Mississippi, the Yellow River of China and the mighty Amazon. But the most unusual
river in the world and the best known is surely the tiny Jordan.
It is the one sacred river of the Scriptures. It has never been made navigable. It has no ports. It
flows into a sea that has no fleets, nor any ports of commerce. It springs from snow covered
mountains and dashes madly a few brief miles and empties into a dead body of tepid, foul water
far below sea level. It is full of life at its source and dies in the lap of death itself. And its source
is clear, clean and cold and its mouth is a shallow, muddy sewer of filth.
It is a fit symbol of a human life without God. And the Dead Sea into which it empties—which is
never full—is a fit symbol of eternal hell.
It was in this most peculiar of rivers that Jesus chose to be baptized. Not the Brook Kidron nor the
fine Yarmouth-but the Jordan. So God enters the peculiar stream of our lives to redeem us from
the sea of death.
Midway in its journey stands the beautiful Galilee, the sea that Jesus loved. Here He chose to
perform His miracles and from its depths a whole nation has been fed from time immemorial. In the
midst of our lives there can be a Galilee where we are called and learn to follow Him-that one,
wonderful, fruitful spot in our lives where Jesus's own spirit meets with ours to the glory of God.
Mauro Vasquez, III, a 1985
Mercedes High School graduate and
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Mauro
Vasquez, Jr. of Mercedes, has been
awarded a $1250 Houston Endow-
ment Scholarship by the Texas
Interscholastic League Foundation.
The Houston Endowment a-
warded 20 grants to students who
have participated in UIL state
academic meet contests and who
have compiled an outstanding
record of academic and extra-
curricular achievement.
The graduate placed fourth in
the 1985 state meet headline
writing contest and was a member
of the KRGV All-Valley Scholastic
Football team. President of his
student council and his senior class
vice-president, Vasquez was a
member of the National Honor
Society and an American Legion
Boys State delegate.
Playing on the MHS basketball,
baseball and track teams, he was
also a member of the MHS
Masterminds squad, the Junior
Engineering Technical Society, Key
Club and the Pan American Student
Forum.
ivy. Grape leaf ivy adorned the altar
rail with matching floral arrange-
ments of flowers on pedestals on
either side.
Aisle candelabras with garlands
of greenery lined the processional
aisle with white satin bows marking
the family pews.
Guests signed the bride’s book
at the entrance of the church on a
round table skirted in white
organdy, which held a ceramic bell
with two white doves under an ivory
fan. It was attended by Mrs. Gary
M. Stotler of Houston.
The bride, given in marriage by
her brother, Gary Michael Stotler,
chose for her wedding a classic
designer gown of diamond white
silkened organza and re-embroider-
ed Alencon lace. The Empress
bodice featured a high lace collar
above a lace-appliqued yoke,
stemlined sleeves, a high rise
waistline, and was lavish with the
rich lace, appliqued in floral
designs. The skirt fell in soft
fullness to a lace hemline and swept
into the regal court train in the
bridegroom’s mother chose an aqua Herchman.
taffeta gown with a matching
jacket. Both wore cattleya orchid
corsages.
The best man was Kurt
Herchman of Seguin, brother of the
bridegroom. Groomsmen were
David Wilson of San Antonio,
brother-in-law of the bridegroom,
Rodney Schwarzlose of Seguin, and
Billy Huse of Chillicothe.
Ushers were Alan Shipp of San
Marcos and David Schatte of
Chillicothe.
The bridegroom wore a white
tuxedo, white pleated shirt, pale
blue bow tie, and his boutonniere
was a white rose with baby’s
breath.
The attendants wore white
tuxedos, white pleated shirts, pale
blue bow ties, pale blue cummer-
bunds and their boutonnieres were
white roses with baby’s breath.
Following the ceremony, a
reception took place in the
Fellowship Hall of the church. Tiki
torches marked the walk way to the
reception. At the entrance, green
emeroed palms and greenery
banked the entrance. A white eyelet
embroidered skirt covered the
bridal tables, which also held silver
candelabras and silver appoint-
Miss Donna Louise Stotler and
Eddie Dean Herchman were united
in marriage August 3 in the First
United Methodist Church of
Mercedes.
Parents of the bride are Mrs.
Donald Harley Stotler of Mercedes
and the late Donald H. Stotler. The
bridegroom is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur E. Herchman of
Chillicothe.
Rev. George W. Joehnk offici-
ated at the 7 p.m., double-ring
ceremony. Traditional wedding
music was played on the organ by
Stan Kendall. Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Greenwood sang “The Lord’s
Prayer” and “The Wedding Song.”
The benediction was sung to the
tune of “Edelweiss.”
A large fan-shaped arrangement
of white spider mums, white
carnations, white cushion poms and
astromeria with mixed foliage
centered the altar. Two altar
candles were on either side of the
arrangement. Spiral candelabras on
either side of the altar held tall
white tapers with silk grape leaf
back, creating the traditional bridal
silhouette.
A delicate wreath of silk flowers
accented with lace and pearls held
the veil of silk illusion.
The bride carried a cascade
designed bouquet of fresh white
roses in a romantic combination
centered with a large white cattleya
orchid with tiny white ostrich
feather puffs.
For “something old” the bride
carried her mother’s Bible, which
she carried at her own wedding.
The bride’s dress was “something
new” and the bride carried a
six-pence given to her by Mr. and
Mrs. John Dupree. For “something
blue” she wore the traditional blue
garter.
Miss Lori Oxley of Madisonville
was the maid of honor. Bridesmaids
were Miss Suzanne Schwarz of
Mercedes, Miss Marion McClendon
of Mercedes and Miss Bobbie Dicus
of New Braunfels.
The maid of honor and
bridesmaids were gowned in pale
blue taffeta. Their taffeta gowns
were accented with a large
off-the-shoulder ruffle and gathered
on waistline. They carried softly-
rounded colonial bouquets of
designer silk white roses with light
blue ribbon streamers. Each wore a
headpiece of pearls with silk rose
buds and streamers. They wore
gold earrings given to them by the
bride.
A rice bag party and luncheon
was given by Miss Suzanne
Schwarz and Miss Laura Schwarz of
Mercedes.
A shower, given by Mrs. John
Dupree of Mercedes, was in the
Colony Room of Mercedes.
A bridesmaid’s luncheon was
given by Mrs. Darrell Swearengin,
Mrs. John Bowe, and Mrs. Wendell
Schwarz of Mercedes on the day of
the wedding. It took place at the
Palm Aire Best Western.
The rehearsal dinner at Arturo’s
Restaurant in Nuevo Progreso,
Mexico was given by the
bridegroom’s parents Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur E. Herchman of Chillicothe.
For her going away suit, the
bride wore a hot pink double
breasted suit with a cream
sleevesless camisole. On her lapel
she wore a white orchid.
After a wedding trip to South
Padre Island the couple will live in
San Marcos and finish their
education at Southwest Texas State
University.
a tea given by Mrs. Kirk Schwarz,
Mrs. Buddy Ross, Mrs. Charles
Greenwood, Mrs. Jack Schwarz,
Mrs. Ralph Powell, Mrs. Guy
McClendon and Mrs. George
Schwarz of Mercedes at the Palm
Aire Best Western in the “Texas”
room.
A miscellaneous shower was
given by Mrs. Lynette Huse, Mrs.
Belinda Martinez, Mrs. Gloria Tole,
Mrs. Camilla Baird, Mrs. Marcia
Haynes, Mrs. Linda Hoke, Mrs.
Suzette McSpadden, Mrs. Maribeth
Hampton, Mrs. Francine Belcher,
Mrs. Margaret Schatte, Mrs. Lois
Mae Edmundson, Mrs. Lola Pond,
Mrs. Gloria Boone, Mrs. Colleen
Lankford, and Mrs. Dorothy Phillips
of Chillicothe. It was given in the
home of Mrs. Lynette Huse of
Chillicothe.
A couples shower was given
by Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Herchman of
Seguin and Mr. and Mrs. David
Wilson of San Antonio. It took place
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kurt
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ments. A floral arrangement
centered the table, with the bridal'
bouquet placed there.
The three-tiered wedding cake
was decorated with white sugar
spun roses with butter cream
frosting. A miniature ceramic bride
and bridegroom, topped the cake.
The cake was served by Mrs. Kurt
Herchman of Seguin, sister-in-law
of the bridegroom.
The bridegroom’s german choco-
late cake, placed on a table skirted
in blue dotted swiss, was designed
in the shape of an open book with
the words “Donna and Eddie -
Forever Together” inscribed on it.
Blue carnations and flowers
centered the bridegroom’s table.
The cake was served by Mrs. David
Wilson of San Antonio, sister of the
bridegroom.
At the silver coffee service,
coffee was served by Mrs. George
Schwarz of Mercedes. The punch
was served by Mrs. Gary Stotler of
Houston.
Members of the house party
were Mrs. Kurt Herchman, Mrs.
David Wilson, Mrs. Gary Stotler,
Mrs. George Schwarz, Mrs. Guy
McClendon, Mrs. Kirk Schwarz,
Mrs. Ralph Powell, Mrs. Charles
Greenwood, Mrs. Buddy Ross, Mrs.
Darrell Swearengin, Mrs. John
Bowe, and Mrs. Wendell Schwarz.
They all wore corsages of mixed
flowers.
Out-of-Valley wedding guests
included Mrs. Tommy Jones of,
Lakeland, Florida, aunt of the
bride; Mr. and Mrs. Darold Jackson
of Escondido, California, aunt and
uncle of the bride; Mr. and Mrs.
Gary Stotler, Michael Stotler and
Blakely Stotler of Houston; Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur E. Herchman of
Chillicothe; Mr. and Mrs. Kurt
Herchman, Trent Herchman and
Keri Herchman of Seguin; Mr. and
Mrs. David Wilson, Chesney
Wilson, Chantry Wilson, and Cade
Wilson of San Antonio; Mr. and
Mrs. Rodney Schwarzlose, Adam
Schwarzlose, Phillip Schwarzlose,
Sam Schwarzlose, and Rachel
Schwarzlose of Seguin; Billy Huse
of Chillicothe; David Schatte of
Chillicothe; Miss Lori Oxley of
Madisonville; Miss Bobbie Dicus of
New Braunfels; Mr. and Mrs.
Leland Wilson of San Marcos; Mr.
and Mrs. Melvin Magin of Seguin;
Mrs. Lucile Schwarzlose of Seguin;
and Mr. and Mrs. Alan Shipp of
San Marcos.
Prenuptial courtesies honoring
the bride and bridegroom included
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