The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 32, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 7, 1985 Page: 6 of 18
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Page 6 -- The Mercedes Enterprise
Mercedes, Texas 78570 Wednesday, August 7, 1985
Senate desk bears history's marks
Teachers to prepare for tests •
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- present birth certificates and immunization record at time of
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In order to qualify for the pre-kinder classes, the child must meet the
following requirements:
Golden Indian
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H-E-B
1^-LB. LOAF .
Refresho Bars
FROZEN, 12-PACK.......
El Distrito Escolar Independiente de Mercedes ofrecera cuatro clases
de medio dia de instruccion para los ninos/ninas de cuatro anos de
edad o sea de Pre-Kinder durante el ano escolar de 1985-86.
1/2-GAL
CARTON
FRZN.
32-OZ...
Shop H. E.B.‘s Back To
School Tabloid And Save!
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HONEYDEW MELONS
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SWEET CANTALOUPES
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Formula 409
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Glazed Donuts
MARY ELLEN, REG. 1.49, 1-DOZ. PKG
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Inservice training that will help
public school teachers prepare for
competency testing will be offered
during a Saturday session in
September, reports Israel Garza,
Mercedes assistant superintendent.
Patio
Rurmilne FROZEN
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THE SEARCH FOR SAM
HOUSTON’S DESK
On the floor of the U.S. Senate,
it isn’t what’s in a name, but what
name’s in your desk.
For instance, Mississippi Demo-
crat John Stennis’ desk has the
name of Jefferson Davis etched
inside it. Daniel Webster’s name is
in the desk used currently by New
Hampshire Republican Gordon
Humphrey.
Now Senator Phil Gramm wants
the desk that belonged to Texas
- be 4 years old on or before September 1, 1985;
- qualify for free or reduced lunch; and/or
- be Spanish-dominant or speak a language other than English.
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The district’s administrative staff is recommending that those children
living south of Highway 83 attend West Elementary and those living
north of Highway 83 attend Kennedy Elementary.
Two half-day classes will be held at West Elementary and two half-day
classes will be held at Kennedy Elementary.
Es requerido que los padres presenten papeles de verificacion de
sueldos recibidos anualmente o de los siguientes:
Habra un grupo de ninos que asistira por la manana y otro grupo
diferente que asistira por la tarde. El grupo de la manana asistira
desde las 8:15 a.m. hasta las 11:15 a.m. y el otro grupo asistira desde
las 12:30 del medio dia hasta las 3:30 p.m.
Pink Honeydew
Melons U.S. #1, SWEET TASTY
Registration will be held at West Elementary on August 22, 1985 from
8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Child must accompany parent at time of
registration as a language assessment test must be administered to
the child.
ANUNCIO A LOS PADRES
DISTRITO ESCOLAR INDEPENDIENTE DE MERCEDES
West Elementary
1985-86
Matriculacion de Estudiantes de Pre-Kinder
100% Cotton La
CANNON
3 Pc. Ecstacy Towel Ensemble
• 25"X46" BATH TOWEL g
• 16"X26" HAND TOWEL M
• 13"X13" WASHCLOTH K
BEIGE BLUE ROSE OR YELLOW
Kool-Aid
ASSORTED
RUUIGTS FLAVORS, 3-PK. PKG.
La matriculacion se llevara acabo en la escuela elementaria de West el
dia 22 de agosto de 1985 entre medio de la 8:00 a.m. y las 4:00 p.m.
El nino[a] tendra que acompanar a sus padres al tiempo de
matriculacion puesto que se les administrara una prueba de lenguage
a los ninos.
LIBRARY
This Week’s Feature
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Parents must also bring verification papers of income status such as
food stamp card, income tax return form or a recent check stub.
En orden de calificar para este programa de Pre-Kinder, los ninos[as]
tendran que satisfacer los siguientes requisites:
- tendran que presentar el certificado de nacimiento y la tarjeta de
inmunizacion el dia de matriculacion;
-tendran que tener cuatro anos cumplidos encima de o antes del
dia primero de septiembre de 1985;
- tendran que calificar para alimientos gratuitos o de precio
reducido; y
- tendran que hablar el idioma espanol or otra idioma que no sea
el ingles
Parents or. a responsible person must be present to pick up their
children at the school nearest to their home at the end of the school
session.
confidence.5;
To offer the workshop are
personnel from the University of
Texas School of Continuing Edu-
cation. The district will pay all fees
involved.
The session will run from 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m., September 14, in the
high school cafeteria. The test
itself, Mr. Garza says, will be
administered to all public school
professionals, “including the com-
missioner of education,” the first
week of March.
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Habra dos clases de medio dia en la escuela elementaria de West y
dos clases de medio dia en la escuela elementaria de Kennedy- Se
sugiere que los ninos que viven al sur de la carretera 83 asistan a la
escuela elementaria de West y los que viven al norte de la carretera 83
asistan a la escuela elementaria de Kennedy.
“But there have been two
Houstons, both of whom have held
my seat,” Gramm said. “One is
obviously Sam Houston. The other
is Andrew Jackson Houston, who
was Sam’s youngest son.”
Andrew Jackson Houston, then
87, was appointed to fill the seat
when Morris Sheppard died.
Houston died 24 days later - June
26, 1941.
“The question is did he write
his name in the desk, or did Sam?”
Gramm says.
But Gramm’s office notes the
Los padres de los ninos o la persona responsable por ellos tendran que
estar presente en la escuela mas cerca de su hogar para levantar a los
ninos cada dia despues de clases.
“We want to encourage all
teachers to attend this inservice
meeting,” Mr.Garza says. “We’re
certain it will be helpful in giving
those taking the Texas Examination
of Current Administrators and
Teachers a greater degree of
Gramm has found a desk with
“Houston’’ carved inside it.
Vermont Republican Robert Stafford
has agreed to give the desk to
Gramm if it indeed was Sam
Houston’s.
son could very well have been
expected to use the desk that
belonged to his father and might
have made an unrecorded effort to
do so. Besides, it has been argued
that the 87-year-old Andrew
Jackson Houston, within weeks of
death, would have been unlikely to
carve his name in the desk, while
Sam was known as a whittler.
Another complication in the
detective work is the fact that the
Capitol was used as a hospital for
Union soliders after the Civ
War. Some of the soldiers broke up
furniture that belonged to the
Southern members.
The desk that belonged to
Jefferson Davis still bears a mark
said by legend to be from a
Juan Canary AQc
Melons U.S.. #1, SWEET TASTY LB. u
[EDITOR’S NOTE - Texas
facts often match Texas folklore
in interest, and an example of
this is the following story,
reprinted from the “National
Dispatch,” the newspaper of
the Texas 1986 Sesqui-
centennial Commission. The
publication credits the As-
sociated Press and reporter
Candy Baker for the report.]
hero Sam Houston, the first to hold
the Senate seat Gramm won last
year.
“It’s no big deal. I’m not
spending any real time on it,”
Gramm said. “It’s just it would be
nice, I think, as a Sesquicentennial
thing, on the 150th anniversary of
Texas’ Independence if we could
identify the desk, if I got the desk
as the guy holding his seat, and
maybe set it up so the people who
took my seat in the future would
always have that desk."
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FSARK60 TUMORAL CREAM
ANORA-
LETTER TO PARENTS
MERCEDES INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
West Elementary
1985-86
Pre-Kinder Registration
The Mercedes Independent School District will offer four classes of
pre-kinder on a half-day basis. One group of children will attend from
8:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. and another group will attend from 12:30 p.m.
to 3:30 p.m.
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So the Confederate desks were %
supposedly removed or moved
around so the soldiers would not
know whose was whose.
“After the war, a guy went
through and from his recollections
wrote the names of the people that
used the desks,” Gramm said.
“Now we think that’s probably his
handwriting and not Houston’s.
Without any positive identifica- 0
tion of the desk, Gramm will,
probably have to simply declare it
Sam Houston’s, Haugerud said.
“That’s been done. That’s what
was done with the Webster desk,”
he said.
And who is to say the desk was
not Sam Houston’s?
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Melons U.S. #1, SWEET TASTY
Casaba
Melons U.S. #1, SWEET TASTY
Doval Mair LARGE OR
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Cottage Cheese
Orange Juice
CITRUS HILL
SELECT, 64-0Z. CTN............
H-E-B Flour
5-LB. BAG....................
Golden Pothos
Hanging Basket
Golden Pothos
POTHOS SPECTACULAR, 4-INCH ....
Golden Pothos
■ POTHOS SPECTACULAR, 6-INCH ....
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HEB HAS NEW MANAGER - Richard Castillo, a native of
Edinburg, has assumed duties as the new store director of the
Mercedes HEB Foodstore. A graduate of Edinburg High School with
a business administration degree from Pan American University, the
manager has three years of service with HEB, including stints as
service director in Weslaco and McAllen stores and as grocery
manager in Pharr. He was also assistant store director while at Pharr.
Married to the former Miss Marian Herrera of Edinburg, he makes
his home in McAllen. [Mercedes Enterprise Photo.]
Breast Patties
TYSON, FROZEN 12-0Z..............
Ore-Ida
Tater Tots FRZN. 32-OZ......
Welch’s
Grape Juice FRZN. 12-02 .
Village Park
Waffles FRZN. 10-0Z.........
Whip Topping
VILLAGE PARK, FRZN. 12-OZ.........
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WITH EACH *15 PURCHASE 2
2"X34" -
BATH MAT 429
WITH EACH ‘5 PURCHASE .
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The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 32, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 7, 1985, newspaper, August 7, 1985; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1614026/m1/6/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.