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Delegates To Toronto
Championship Rifle
Match To Be Fired
Here This Sunday
Congressional Pocketbook Opens After 4 Years
Five Valley delegates invaded Toronto in true Texas fashionto attend the
40th International Christian Endeavor convention. Shown above they are
from left to right: Charles Rydal, Wes Donahue, Mary Rydal of San Juan,
and Jack Graf and Bobby Benbow of the Mercedes First Christian Church.
■ - —Photo courtesy Toronto Telegram
Beach Club of Corpus
To Play
Sa
say
The Beach Club, top softball team in the Corpus Christi area, comes
to the Valley Saturday night for a double-header with Watson’s in one of
the last appearances for either Club before the State ASA and TAAF -title
fights later this month. '
The Championship of the Rio
Grande Rifle League Association
and the annual Baum Trophy Match
is scheduled to go on the block for
the second time in two weeks Sun-
day after being rained-out and post-
poned at the Mercedes Range July
24, according to an announcement
made by John Warburton, League
secretary.
Shooters from as far away as
Kingsville and Corpus Christi are
expected as well as shooters from
the three Valley Rifle Clubs. Some
from south of the border may also
attend.
In the summer league team shoot-
ing the Mercedes Rifle Club stands
in the lead by a slim one-point mar-
gin. In second place is the Pharr
Club, and trailing the League is
Brownsville.
: Defending champion of the Baum
Trophy is J. B. Ashcraft of Harlin-
gen. So far this year he has not
entered competition.
Course of fire for the match will
be forty shots at 100 yards with any
sights. Medals will be awarded to
the top three shooters along with
the .Baum Trophy to the winner
Other awards will be open to com-
petitors throughout the shooting
ranks.
Match time is scheduled for 1:30
p.m., Sunday at the Mercedes Rifle
Range.
Another post-war project for
which the Mercedes Chamber of
Commerce worked out the details
four years ago and made the proper
application with the Federal Public
Housing Authority may soon be-
come a reality—a 200-unit lbw cost
housing project which was approved
by the regional office of the Fed-
eral Public Housing Administration
in April 1945 subject to an appro-
priation by Congress for low cost
housing, construction in post-war
years.
In checking the status of the
project with Federal Public Hous-
ing officials and Congressman Lloyd
Bentsen, Mercedes C. of C. officials
were advised that as soon as infor-
mation ph this application can be
brought up to date for the past four
years \ since the application was
filed, it. will be submitted for par-
ticipation in the present appropria-
tion.
This project had its beginning in
January 1945 when a committee of.
the Mercedes C. of C., consisting of
L. G. McDonald, chairman, Clyde
Hollon, Floyd Langford and Shelley
Collier, investigated the low cost
housing project at Brownsville and
Board Drafts Final Plans
For Country Store Fiesta
Piggly-Wiggly Store
Changes Ownership
Knapp Edgar, veteran grocery
and market retailer from Sinton,
Texas, took over the ' Mercedes in-
dependently owned Piggly Wiggly
store here this week, according to
an announcement made by Johnny
Snow, past owner.
Knapp has been connected with
At the present time the Beach
. Club is finishing out a five game
' series with their closest competitors,
the Safety Glass team, in the fight
for the Corpus Christi city champ
ionship. The Beach Clubbers have
also beaten the Humble Oilers, the
team that twice held Watson's to
a slim 1-0 win.
: Pitching for the Corpus Christi
team will be Bob Lovelace, who
tossed against Watson's last year
Tat the helm of the CorpusChristi
Safety Glass team. Lynn Brown, an-
other topnotch hurler,. will also be
on hand-
Backing up the Beach club will
be some of the talent from the
Safety Glass team. A probable on
this list will be Grayford Rogers.
Manager-Catcher Walter Carnevaro
will work behind the plate for the
Beach Club.
Grand stand and reserve seat tick-
ets are now on sale at the Mercedes
First National Bank and at Reeders
confectionary in Harlingen.
Van Berg To Head
Community Chest
KNAPP EDGAR
WHEELER RESIGNS POST
George Wheeler has resigned his
position with the City Water De-
partment, according to an an-
nouncement received from there on
Tuesday.
0. E. Van Berg- was elected as
chairman of the Board of Directors
of the Mercedes Community Chest
at a meeting held Monday night at
the Mercedes Library. Other officers
elected were Luther McDonald as
vice-chairman; Charlie Jones as
secretary and Mrs. Myrtle Lee was
again named treasurer.
Van Berg named Wendell Schwarz
a member of the Board of Directors
to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Mrs. Dewey Acker.
Other board members are Mrs.
Henry Lauderdale, Mrs. C. B. Ray,
Hector Dominguez and Charlie
Hupp.
Van Berg also said that a budget
meeting has been called for Monday
night, August 15, at which time all
participating agencies should submit'
their budgets for the coming year
and that these budgets would be
considered that night. Indications
at the Monday meeting point to-
wards an early Chest budget drive.
SHOP IN MERCEDES
Final plans were completed on
Tuesday night: at a meeting of the
board of directors of the Mercedes
Federated Clubs for the second
annual Country Store celebration
which is scheduled to be held at the
Show Grounds September 20-
With Gene O’Shea in charge of
the meeting, Mrs. T. J. Rippert,
Country Store chairman, announced
the various group and chairmen ap-
pointments to take charge of the
various phases of the event. Assist-
ing Mrs. Rippert is Mrs. H. H.
Somnitz.
The Business and Professional
Women’s Club, along with the local
Kiwanians, will be in charge of the
Country Store in the celebration.
The five square dance clubs, Queen
City Ramblers, Texas Square Dance
Club, Heel and Toe Club, Do-Si-Do
Club and the Hook and Whirl Club,
will be in charge of the celebrations
big square dance.
Other chairmen and group ap-
pointments include Gene O’Shea, in
charge of booths; Carl Blasig, pub-
licity; Lamar Park, lighting; the
Women’s Study; Club, Aleathean
Club, Los Ebanos Study Club and
Needlecraft Club were- named in
charge of the needle, work depart-
ment.
The Music Club, pie and cake auc-
tion; Junior Music Club, the ice
cream bar; Legion Auxiliary and
Rebekah Lodge, hot dogs, hambur-
gers and cold drinks; Beta Sigma
Phi, bingo prize purchases; Welfare
League and the Bundles Club, the
White Elephant, booth; Mrs. , Alden
Wade, popcorn stand; Boy Scouts
and Sea Scouts, drinks; Rotary Clun,
Farm Bureau and Garden r Club,
country produce. Other committee
chairmen and groups will be named
at a later date-
According to the board officials
proceeds from the Country .Store
celebration will be used in main-
tenance of the Federated Clubs
building.
Also announced at the meeting
was the installation of a drinking
High School Band
Summer Session
Starts Augcst 8
The summer session for the Mer-
cedes High School Band will, get
underway Monday, August 8 at 9:00
a.m. with all students in the begin-
ner, junior and senior band groups
scheduled to meet at this time to
organize chair and section leader
positions, according to an announce-
ment made by Arnold Holmes, band
director.
The course will include a mini-
mum of marching and will work in
preparation of a concert at the open-
ing. of school. Holmes stated that
this concentrated band session will
be the equivalent of one half year’s
work during school.
Also at the close- of the session
chair positions for the school term
will be chosen. All students who
possibly can are urged to attend.
Students wishing to get into the
band for the first time are asked to
get in touch with Holmes prior to
the organizational meeting, August
8. New beginners are especially
urged to take advantage of this
summer band session.
The schedule as will be used dur-
ing the first week is as follows:. All
fifth and sixth grade band member
rehearsal under the direction of
Arnold Holmes from 9:00 to 10:00
a.m.; first band -sectional rehearsal
under the direction of the section
leaders from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m.;
and all band students in full re-
hearsal from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m.
conferred with the management of •
the Brownsville project. At the
January 18, 1945 directors, meeting .
this committee recommended to the
directors that such a housing proj- ।
ect would be beneficial to Mercedes
as a post-war project since it would
provide better housing conditions
for our workers and would also .
eliminate contagious diseases. It ■
Was decided to make application for
a 200-housing unit and to ask the
mayor of that year, Dr. D. L. Hei-
drick, to appoint a Housing Author- •
ity of five men, required under the
set-up, to handle the construction
and operation of this project when-
ever funds will become available..
The application was prepared by
the", committee and the mayor ap- :
pointed a housing authority of five
men with Floyd Langford as chair-
man, Abe Baum, Leon Graham
Father M. F. Munive and Chas. Sal-
adino. This authority was properly
sworn in before Federal Public
Housing Administration representa-
tives and stands ready to function
as soon as the funds become avail-
able.
In the directors meeting of May
5, 1945 it was announced that word
has been received of the approval
of the Mercedes housing application
in the regional FPHA office. Since
then the project has marked time
pending the appropriation of low
cost housing funds by Congress.
This appropriation was made sev-
eral weeks ago. - ,
“This project will be a distinct
improvement for Mercedes," Chair-
man Floyd Langford of the local
Housing Authority states. Since
these houses must be occupied - by
people in the low income brackets
at rentals which they can afford to
pay, this project should provide this
community with a more satisfied
class of working people and it will
also help to prevent the spread of.
contagious diseases through better
living facilities as well as. develop-
ing a present unsightly area into a
place of beauty. . ....
This project is designed to be self
liquidating through rentals over a
period of 40 or 60 years. The appro-
priation by Congress is in the form
of a loan rather-than a gift. Opera-
tion of these low cost housing proj-
ects in other cities throughout the
United States has proven satisfac-
tory and a builder of better citi-
zenship morale.
"We may not get funds for the
construction of all of the 200 houses
requested, due to the limited appro-
priation by Congress, but we are
hopeful of receiving sufficient funds
th build’ the first section of this
project,” Langford says.
Mercedes Child Hurt
In Accident Sunday
Florina Garcia, 6, daughter
Cotton Production
of
Up to 7000 Bales
the grocery, and market business for
29 years and has worked both as a
wholesaler and retailer. He has been
a resident of Sinton for 11 years in
both these capacities.
He stated that he will make
permanent- residence here for him-
self, his wife and two children as
Bargain Days!
Bargain Days are here again with the
biggest reductions ever on every-
thing from food to clothes. Clothes
for the working man, fine fabrics for
the ladies, and back to school items
for the children are all at new low
prices. Shop in Mercedes and save!
fountain in the clubs building
the Bundles Club-
NAMED RECEIVER
Truett Hubbard was named
by
re-
ceiver for the disincorporat'd city
of La Villa. Judge W. R. Blabock
made the appointment last week
before adjourning his 93rd District
Court June term on petition of the
Mercedes First National Bank- The
Mercedes bank holds warrant issued
by that city which last month voted
to abandon its municipal existance.
Mr. and Mrs. Arnulfo Garcia, 200
North Georgia avenue, suffered a
broken leg Sunday afternoon when
she was struck by a car driven by
Eugenio Escamillio, 24, also of Mer-
cedes.
The Garcia, child was, hit as she
attempted, to cross Hidalgo street
between Georgia and Washington
avenue. She was admitted to the
Mercedes General Hospital for treat-
ment.
Escamillia was held blameless in-
the accident, according to word from
the Mercedes police department.
Watson’s Lose Only 7 in 50 Starts
In 50 games so far this season, [runs in 20 games, seven of which game is 14.3- He has allowed 19
were earned runs. Dow Chemical Clay (3-0), and Spencer Motors
handed Faull his first defeat of the (0-0) kept him out of the win col-
year. Lackland (1-0), (2-1); Nixon- umn during the season. In the Nix-
Watson’s have collected 42 wins, 7
defeats and one tie against the best
teams in the Valley, in Texas and
JOHNEY SNOW
soon as a house can be made avail-
able. .
Johnny Snow, who opened the
Piggly Wiggly store here in Decem-
ber, 1947, did not make known his
plans for the future at this time.
He has been active in the Chamber
of Commerce, American Legion,
church work, and in various other
civic organizations.
in Mexico.
Checking through the pitching
record for the season, Jack Neel is
the holder of the better record. In
30 games he has pitched 21 shut-
outs, nine of which were no-hit, no-
run games. - ,
His strike-out average per game
stands at 15.7. In the hit depart-
ment he has allowed an average of
two hits per game. Only 11. runs
were scored against him all season.
His earned run average is consid-
erably less than one-third of a run
per seven innings.
Neel’s three game loss record lists
a 2-0 defeat by Dow Chemical, a
1-0 loss to Spencer Motors in 11
innings, and a 1-0 loss to Nixon-
Clay in 16 innings. In the last game
he lost five hits and struck out 26
of the Austinites.
. Gene Faull on the mound in 20
games pitched 11 shut outs, two of
which were no hit, no run games.
His average strike-out record' per
Pitcher’s Record — All Games Including July 29th
Jack Neel -____
Gene Faull____
AB
____731
____476
IP R ER H BB
230-1 11 4 59 24
147-1 19 7 46 36
SO HPB W
472 3 27
287 12 15
L
3
4
Averages — Including July 29th, 1949
Name
Jack Bloomfield____
Mitch Bloomfield -___
Jack Neel___--______
Tom Cryer ---------
Charlie Haas________
Jerry Stephens______
Ray Stewart
Willie Wilson_______
Marty Knell________
Ray Nicholas______-
Jack Grant_______
Red Rucker ________
Gene Faull________
A. J. Wilson_______
Games AB R H
- 35 99 30 33
_ 50 172 29 45
- 33 88 11 23
__ 45 135 19 34
__ 5 20 1 5
- 44 123 22 29
„ 19 37 6 ‘ 8
____42 118
- 45 115
.___39 103
39 126
____22
___34
___33
5f
82
96
19
24
10
22
6
22
12
25
PO
56
56
9
A E AVG.
13 4 333
20 - 5 -.262
13
8 1
2 .261
1: 251
4 0 0250
16 17
8 13
9
24 150
20 552
24 24
10 234
14 5
16 21
2
12
28
17
17
16
32
6 .235
0 216
1
5
4
1
5
3
6
.212
.209
.194
.190
.185
.171
.166
Team batting average______.226
♦Averages do not include ‘base on balls” in games at Mexico City, Bastrop
on-Clay tilt at Bastrop, . Johnny
Marsden and Edgar Beavers of
Spencer Motors, and Homer Durden
of Buvinghausen strengthened the
Austin club line-up.
Some odd facts brought out in
the tabulation of the season aver-
ages for the Watson club are as
follows: Jack and ’Mitch Bloomfield
lead in stolen bases with , nine each.
Jack Grant followed closely with
eight.
Mitch Bloomfield and Grant have
each, drawn 13 walks, while Neel
and Stephans have 10 each. Nicholas
leads in the sacrifice column with
10, and Stephans and Grant follow
with, eight and seven.
„ Tommy Cryer is number one on
the line-up for extra base hits, hav-
ing 10 doubles, eight triples, and
five home runs. Jack Bloomfield has
eight doubles, and two triples. Mitch
Bloomfield has seven doubles, two
triples and a homer. Jerry Stephans
has seven doubles, one triple and one
homer, while Willie Wilson and A.
J. Wilson each have six doubles,
one triple and one homer-
Wednesday cotton production in
the Mercedes area pushed the 7000'
bale mark to top last year’s record
operations at this time by more than
700 bales, according to information
received from the two local gin man-
agers. .
With the biggest cotton crop in
the Valley’s history waiting to be
ginned, the Mercedes Co-operative
Gin and the Watson-Ross Gin set
new records for this area in produc-
tion. Since last Wednesday both
gins have totaled a week’s work at
2359 bales at a rate of 3371 bales
every 24 hours, walk . , a
Up to Wednesday noon the Wat-
son-Ross Gin posted a total of. 3495
bales, while the Co-operative listed
3395. Both reported no loss of time
because of the diminishing cotton
picking crews lost for the present
under the new treaty withMexico.
With the coming of the federal
parity on cotton seed, new price ad-
vances were made, bringing cotton
seed to $41 per ton. No changes
were listed in cotton prices with
middling grade cotton standing at
30.25 cents, per pound.
ANDWOTED BY KIWANIANS
The Rew. HaroldGoodenough was
formally inducted as a member into
the Kiwanis Club of Mercedes at the
club’s regular luncheon meeting last
Thursday. The program was in
charge of Dr. M. R. Lawler who
called attention to the many types
of fellowship which one enjoys by
being a member of aservice club.
Sec. 562, P.L&R.
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