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Page 4 -- The Mercedes Enterprise
Mercedes, Texas 78570 Wednesday, June 16, 1993
Pages from the Past
Serving Mercedes, Edcouch’ Elsa, La Villa, Monte Alto
$2.00 Per Year—5^ Each
VOL. XXXV NO. 27
MERCEDES, TEXAS THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1948
Soil Conservation Board Asks To Halt
New Water Permits On Rio Grande
0
Contract Awarded
Rio Grande Rises
For Second Phase
attend the National Business and
BARGAIN DAY AGAIN
THURSDAY, JULY 1
0 A DA A TAT A.-
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IN THE VALLEY -- One year, $12.50
Two years, $21.
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reflects news and lifestyles from Mercedes' rich past.
Four Local Teams
Entered In TAAF
Tournament
‘ Name
Address
City, State, Zip
Tanguma Dry Goods
Re-Opens For Business
Ninth Inning Rally Brings 1-0 Win
For Watson’s Over Hi-Way Inn
Two years, $17.50
OUT OF THE VALLEY - One year, $15.50
Above Flood Stage:
Enters Floodways
Mrs. Katherine Chadick is leaving
. Thursday of this week for Cleve-
land, Tenn., for a visit with rela-
tives.
Mrs. Jo Young is leaving Thurs-
day of this week for: Fort Worth to
Slight Accident
At Third and Ohio
Another Booster For
Local C of C Sends
Letter To Dillon
Blasig Heads State
C of C Group After
20 Years Civic Work
According to witnesses. Dr. D. L.
Heidrich, driver of the. car; I was.
idling down the strea while ex-
changing a few words with a pedes-
trian. The child walked in front of
the car and fell lengthwise beneath
it. Dr. Heidrich immediately rushed
the child to his office for a check up
of injuries and first aid.
The child looks in good condition
today, according to relatives and
friends.
Qualify As Finalists
For Valley Tourney
In Close Battle
canal system south of Mile 2, North,
on the Baseline, to the second lift
plant for a cost of $13,381.87.
Two Auto Accidents
Reported In Mercedes; 1
Injuries Not Serious .
Mrs. B. C. Crenshaw, of Tenth and
Missouri Avenue, never wanted an-
other door in the side of her house,
but Mrs. M. E. Coakley insisted as
she lost control Of her car and duore
right into the side of the stugao, and
tile brick home, leaving a hole about
the size of a garage door. 2
: About ten feet of the bedroom
wallwas knocked. down in the
crash,Cracks extend ven thee south
^^ of the house due to the bb?*^^’'
impact of the crash. 0
As for the car and, Mrs. Coakley -
the car is demolished and Mrs
Coakley only suffered a gash on her
forehead, cuts and bruises. The
Sec. 562, P.L.&R.
U. S. POSTAGE
PAID
Mercedes, Texas
Permit No. 5
Professional .Women’s Convention
She will act as one of the hostesses.
Tanguma Dry Goods re-opened
Saturday after a seven-month period
of eliminating fire damaged stocks
and remodeling due to the dis-
astrous fire which caused an esti-
mated $20,000 damages last Novem-
ber.
An opening sale was topped off
with refreshments for all and bal-
loons for the children.
The store is now one of the most
modern dry goods stores in the Val-
ley. According to the owner, com-
plete new stocks of the latest style
clothes are in stock.
Of Canal Repair ,
The - Ballenger Construction Co.
of San Benito turned in the lowest
bid for the second time to win the
contract for the second section' of
improvementsto the main canal
system, of the Hidalgo and Cameron
County Control, and Improvement
District 9, according to R. W. Maier-
hofer, general manager and chief
. engineer of the. district. ..
Contract was awarded to the
Ballenger Construction Co. after
their low bid of $22,832.54 was
deemed the lowest. The same com-
pany. was awarded contract for the
previous phase of work done on the
canals. Only two bids were re-
ceived at a regular board meeting in
1 the district office at Mercedes last
Thursday. The other bid was sub-
mitted by Linrf and Combes of Edin-
burg for $25,148.35. :
Maierhofer stated that work would
get underway within the next 30
days. . The work of, rebuilding and
cleaning the main canal from Mile
6. North,, in Mercedes, toMile 9%
North at Lake Campacaus, will be
completed withinthe % next - 100
calendar days. A* J *
He also reported that the re-
mainder of the surveys for the third
and final section of improvement
will be completed soon and bids will
be let within the next 45/days. It
will include work onthecanals from
the lake to the Second Lift Pumping
;-Plant, north of Weslaco.' . ; <
The Ballenger, Construction Co.
has completed work on 12 miles of
RENEWAL
NEW
SUBCRIPTION
Shary Products Co.
. Mercedes, Texas,
May 20, 1948
Mr. C. E. Dillon, Jr., President
Mercedes Chamber of Commerce,
Mercedes, Texas
Local Men Compete
In PGA Golf Tourneyl
Tucker Bowles and Walden Hay-
nes of Mercedes returned recently,
from the PGA Golf Tournament held
last week at El Paso.
In this tournament with Dron
Nelson the winner, neither reported,
very outstanding scores, according
to Mr. Haynes. One Valley profes-
sional did place tenth or eleventh
in the tournament, despite the stiff
competition.
passenger, C. L. Woodsof Donna, ;
was uninjured..
Child Injured/
In a second accident at 6:00 a.m.
the same day, four year old Andresa
• .' Martinez suffered slight scratches
- and bruises and a shaking up When
she was struck down' while attempt-
ing to cross the street at Washington
and Sixth Street.'
Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Chambers left
this week for St. Louis, Mo., and
Chicago, Ill. In Sherrill, “Mo., a
visit will be made with Dr. Cham-
ber's mother, Mrs. W. L. Chambers.
Carl A. Blasig, local manager of
the Chamber of Commerce was hon-
ored last month when picked to head
the Texas Chamber of Commerce
Manager's. Association. This signal
honor came to Carl after 20 years
of civic work which resulted in-his
being So honored. .
Mr. Blasig came to Mercedes in
1940 and has served this community
since that time. During those years
he has been instrumental,along with
other local citizens, in building the
Mercedes Rio Grande Valley Live-
stock Show to the fifth largest live-
stock show in the state.. •
Besides his other duties, he has
aided greatly in the obtaining of
many new businesses and industries.
Membership in he Chamber of Com-
merce has far more than doubled and
the organization is recognized both
locally and throughout the. Valley
'as an aggressive, alert and active,
organization spearheading Mercedes
amazing growth and improvement.
Under his leadership, the Cham-
ber of Commerce' has always co-
operated to the fullest extent with
the city, and other, civic bodies. -
. Mr. Blasig, came to Mercedes from
Brady, Texas, and has served Col-
orado City and New Braanfels, in
his C of C activities./ He was also-in
an administrative capacity with the
federal government for several years,
wth headquarters in. Brownwood,
Texas. ■" 1
His years of experience have fitted
him admirably to achieve the goals
set by the Chamber of Commerce,
and his hard-work and leadership
are best shown in the splendid re-
sults obtained in Mercedes and in
recognition by his fellow Chamber
of Commerce Managers.
Join the crowds who have learned
that Bargain Day in Mercedes means just
Mercedes Merchants again lead the
value parade for the Valley with a wonr-
derful selection of Special Savings for
Shoppers on Thursday, July 1.
Thrifty shoppers will find hundreds
of actual savings in the pages of this issue
of the Enterprise. The WELGOME mat
is out for all of you and we’ll be seeing
you Thursday in Mercedes, where your
pennies do double duty and your welcome
is just a little warmer.
Headed by Watson’s Mercedes has
entered four softball teams in the
T.A.A.F. tournament now in pro-
gress in La Feria. Other local teams
include the Lutherans, who, if they
win the opening game tonight of the
tourney, play Hi-Way Inn, Garcia-
Saladino Lumber Company and the
Firemen.
We hope you enjoy this Enterprise feature, as well as the rest of your
hometown paper. If you would like to subscribe or send a gift subscription,
fill out the form below and return it to The Enterprise, P.O. Box 657,78570.
Check or Money Order enclosed for:
Minor damages were done and no
injuries sustained by the drivers of
two cars which collided Tuesday
morning at the Ohio and Third St.
intersection.
The drivers of the cars were Mrs.
Amelia Abrego, who resides at 1339
Ohio Avenue, and Alfredo Teske,
living at 457 Illinois Avenue.
Chief of Police Truett Jordan in-
vestigated the accident.
With the score standing at 0-0 in
the last of the ninth, with two men
away and one on second, "Red”
Rucker, catcher for the Watson's,
slammed a hard drive into, short
center field, bringing in the winning
run and another chance at the ASA
crown from the Valley for the Wat-
son’s in a hard fought game with
the Hi-Way Inn Monday night, June
28 at Harlingen’s Cardinal Field.
“Junior” Brown, the winning
hurler, cooled off five Hi-Way Inn
scoring drives in the first, second,
third, fifth, and ninth innings. In
the third, two men were on base
. with two outs on the books.. Wilsor,
powerful Hi-Way Inn hitt
tentionally walked by Brown, and ,
the next batter banged put a ground-
er to third and was thrownoub at
first. Brown, finished the ninth )
with a five hit no run game. He
struck out nine batters. ' .
Johnson, replacement' pitcher for
Hi-Way Inn, struck out ten men, al-
lowing only four hits and one run.
Johnson pitched a tight garde Until
he began to weakenafter the fifth,
inning. > In the ninth he let one go
to Rucker for a hit into center field,
catching the fielder put too far to
snag it.-lippme 81
: This win gives Watson’s a chance
at the ASA Championship of the
Valley in Wednesday night’s game.
Silver, star pitcher for the Hi-War
Inn squad is expected to be out of
the line-up due to the loss of a
thumb nail in the Grand.Prize game
Saturday. .--=
Local Soldier Places
SALZBURG, Austria, June IT-
Pfc. Natividad Gonzales, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Consuelo Gonzales, 332 N
Illinois Ave., Mercedes, and now i
rifleman with E Company, 350tl
Infantry Regiment of the 88th Di-
vision stationed here; placed second
in the rifle competition matches
held here this week. He scored 41
out of a possible 50.
Coming into the Army in May of
’44, Gonzales served with the 1st
Division in World War II. He wears
the following decorations: ETO rib-
bon with three battle stars, Bronze
Star, Combat Infantryman’s Badge,
and the Good Conduct, Occupation
and Victory medals. Gonzales began
his tour of duty here in October of
D e ar C. E.:
Upon my return to the Valley,
your letter of May 13, 1948. was
awaiting me.
Certainly, we consider it a privi-
lege to become a member of the Mer-
cedes Chamber of Commerce.
Frankly, I don’t know what we
would have done without the assist-,
ance which you, C. E., and that out-
standing man among men, Carl Bla-
sig have done for us. Honestly, we
appreciate it even more than the
amount of our inclosed check would
indicate. .
It is observed that your minimum
dues for a business firm is $24.00
per year. We are attaching our
check for $100.00. With the check
goes our sincerest wish for con-
tinued success. You and Carl have
done a magnificent job, and -I hope
that the citizens of Mercedes realize
how valuable both of you are to the
community.
Kindest personal regards. ;
Sincerely,
MAURICE.
Vice-President—General Manager
M. W. ACERS
I Kiwanis Scout Troop 155 will,
§ conduct a paper drive Friday,|
I July 2, according to Jimmy Sut-3
I phen, Scout -Master. I
I Housewives are requested to?
Ileave their "neatly" bundled;
I paper'either on the front porch or |
I on the front walk where it will 1
I be easily accessible. |
If your paper is not called for,§
|please notify one of the follow-}
Jing: Jimmy Sutphen, Scout Mas-)
I ter; Roe Davenport, Assistant |
iScout Master; or Jack Hanshaw,|
I Assistant Scout Master. Sincerest
§ appreciation is given for your co-3
§ operation on this drive. $
1 '
“Ratification Asked /
For District Water
Proration Programs
A formal resolution halting fur-
' ther issuance of water permits along
the Rio Grande and its tributaries
Y as been ratified by the directors of
7 he Southmost and Willacy-Hidalgo
Soil Conservation districts at a joint
“meeting held in Harlingen, June 16,
1948.
This plan has been presented to
the state water board of Engineers,
Governor Beauford Jester, the. Val-
ley Farm Bureau, Valley Water Con-
servation Association, and to ' the
newspapers and radio stations of the
Valley in the hopes that some favor-
able action .will be taken on the
plan..
Parallel Program Adopted
. A program: in parallel to the
: above plan was also adopted by the
group and was submitted to the
Valley Water Association for con-
sideration. This second plan will
attempt to minimize the effects of
the next and succeeding periods of
water shortage in the Valley.
Program To Minimize Shortage
. .“This program was formulated to
bring some measure of relief to Val-
M ley water users with the help of the
water districts, provided that they
face the problem squarely,” .pointed
out the Board of Supervisors of the
Soil Conservation districts. / /
*' Plan Now S.
1. They further stated that the time
to lessen the effects of the next low
river is now, and not the time the
7 water shortage is at our door.
Farmers and districts are now
laying their plans- for next year’s
; program. Each district should re-
veal the record of the water short-
y ages for the past ten years to their
district members.If ways have
been found to alleviate the shortages
in the district; the people of that dis-
* trict should be notified immediately;
if not, the /districts’ should frankly
tell them that the shortages in the,
.next five years willgrow more
numerous. The Boards of .each
water district should formulate its
plans now for the proper proration
of water to their users, and so tell,
them, giving them the salient fea-
-utures of the proration program.
' Water Program Outlined
The new program includes Board
notification of each owner as to the
amount of water to be allotted to
.him during the proration period.
Allotments are d etermined on a
. dollar basis according to the acreage
: of land under flat rate and based on
the total acreage of an owner, and
may be used -anywhere on the own-
ers lands.
Allottments shall not be based
upon the operation of the land, and
cannot be transferred by a common
tenant from, the land, of one owner
• to those of another.
J ' Hold Over Allowed
N To avoid hardships on owners of
small tracts of land, an allottment
shall hold over from one allottment
period to the next, but no further.
In any given allottment period,
that period’s allottment must be
used before the carry-over of the
i preceding period is used.
This program will ‘ relieve the
directors of tremendous pressure
-during water shortages, will bring
the first real diversification prac-
ticed in the Valley that has ever
taken place.
. land Improvement To Result
We will also have a soil building
program, that will reduce drainage
problems, repair worn out lands, put
livestock back on Valley farms,
bring orderly and economical irriga-
tion out of the present chaos, and,
because of these things, produce
better and larger crops of all kinds
at a lower cost of production.
THE MERCEDES NEWS-TRIBUNE AND
BITERPT
Olive-Drab Future
Ahead for Youth f
By Leonard Buntrock
Are you one of those young men
(18-25) ,who cringe when they pass
the. local draft board? Do you un-
consciously put on dark glasses and
sell pencils, from your crumpled hat
when the recruiting officer swaggers
by your way?
-Well brothers, the future looks
very olive-drab for you. Don’t be
sad. There may be a way out for
you. '
Looking ahead into the future,
four possible dire fates await you.
Number one is/the draft. Now if
you resent being told to join the
army, have your own way and en-
list. If you insist on a non-associa-
tion policy with the army, either
walk in front of a handy switch-
engine and become a 4-F, or make
friends with all the local blood-
hounds and take them with you as
you head for the hills.
If you have a flair for acting,
walk in front of a fellow who is
spraying his car with brown paint
and then shout -“Viva la Mexico” in
front of the Border Patrol Offices.
With luck and mention of Reynosa
or Matamoros, as your home town,
you will get free passage to Mexico.
It seems we have exhausted all
the possibilities . . . but wait. There
is one more. You know that little
gal that has been nicking your pay
check every now and then .. . I hate
to mention such a thing, but you
could marry her and get out of the
draft - . . for a while. %
Now that . I think of it, it may still
seem like the army. You won’t get
increased pay benefits. You won’t
get reduced, rates on travel. You
won’t get weekend leaves.
What the heck! Join up! ’
What am I saying? iSigei
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Traylor of
Bailey, Texas, are guests here in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Tray-
lor. Returning with the visitors
were Charlene and Gladys Rae Tray-
lor, daughters of the Mercedes
couple, who have been in Bailey for
an extended visit with Mr. and Mrs.
The Rio Grande continued its rise
today with latest reports at 5 p.m.
Tuesday, stating that the river is
now over flood stage and that the
flood waters have entered the flood-
ways.,
To Reach Crest Saturday
The crest was expected to reach
its maximum Saturday at Mercedes
and from there on to show a rapid
drop. Officials were unable to make
an estimate as to how, long the high
waters would last.
. This rise is reported to be one of
the heaviest since 1932.
Much Debris Reported
Riding the crest are acres of
“bamboo cane”, logs, branches,
ho uses' and animal carcases. Several
persons watching the flood waters
at Thayer i reported what they
thought to be a human body floating
in the debris coming down the river.
Pump Operators Ready
Pumps-all along the river are re-
ceiving their first real action in
months. It is a field day for the
operators.
\ Raymond Smith of San Benito
states that the water passing San
Benito is so filled with dirt that it
will both irrigate and fertilize the
fields at the same time.1
0 Warns Boat Owners
Persons owning ’boats along the
Arroyo Colorado' are warned to take
extra precautions with their, boats,
stated Col. Howard M. Yost, man-
ager, Arroyo Colorado Navigation
District. An eight foot rise is, ex-
pected in the Arroyo.
Mercedes Lutherans
Defeat Weslaco 0
Lutherans Team
In a softball game that reminded
the spectators of a Frank Merriwell
finish the Mercedes Lutherans nosed
out the Lutherans of Weslaco in the
last, half of the seventh inning by a
score of 11-10. The lead see-sawed
back and forth, and at one time the
Mercedians were behind 10-4. In
the last two innings the home town
Lutherans put on a drive that netted
victory. ' . /
After Rev. Dundek had fouled out
and Captain Charley Borchelt flied
out Johnnie Yelverton, Nick Bor-
chelt, and Bill Taylor managed to
tie the score. Then with the win-
ning run on third Lloyd Duke drove
home the all-important score and
sent the fans home in cheerful
spirits. I
In the preliminary game Terry-
Farris of Weslaco edged out Ewings
by a score of 8-7.
Lt. Gov. Allen Shivers
Stresses Preparedness
Lt. Gov. Allen Shivers, in an in-
spirational address made at the
meeting of the Mercedes J. A. Garcia
American'’ Legion Post Monday
night, stressed preparedness, and
greater activities in government
affairs. The speaker was introduced
by Charlie Jones., %. ?
Areport of the nominating com-
mitte® was as follows: Charlie Jones,
commander; Ferguson Wood/ first
vice, commander; Bill Wittmann,
second vice commander, with Spence
Copeland nominated from the floor;
Jimmy Smith, adjutant, with Luther
McDonald, nominated fromthe
floor; 0, J. Schaeffer, finance offi-
cer; Homer Settles, service officer;
Ernie Fogel, chaplain; Woody Har-
graves, historian; Manuel de los
Santos, Sgt.-at-arms.
Executive committee, Edwin J.
Snow, Reuben Martinez, Claudio
Castenada and Frank Avant, with C.
B. Ray, Bill Baker and Dr. T. G.
Edyards nominated from the floor..
Election of officers will be held at
the next meeting of the post.
Flys To HI Father
Elmer Squires left Friday to fly
to Missouri to the bedside of his
father who was reported seriously
ill.
Word has been received that the
elder Mr. Squires is improving and
that Elmer Squires will be returning
either this week or next. ,
W. C. Seals Will Run
For Public Weigher
In Mercedes Precinct 1
€ *
) Running for the office of Public
Weigher Precinct -1, W. C. Seals,
life long Democrat, claims to
have lots of experience in public
office.
He was a native of Alabama,
but is now a Texan by choice. He
was educated in Arkansas, and
taught in the Arkansas Public
School System for 24 years.
His first public office was as
County Weigher of Howard County
in 1920. He served as Deputy
Sheriff of Howard County for eight
years, and in 1945 was appointed
Chief of Police, in Mercedes.
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