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Page 4 -- The Mercedes Enterprise
Higher production may lower cotton prices
Mercedes, Texas 78570 Wednesday, January 4, 1984
■KIKA DE LA GARZA, 15TH DISTRICT, TEXAS————— -
American cotton growers
currently face a good market
due to reduced production and
increased consumption, but
it’s not all “peaches and
cream” down the road, says
an economist in cotton
marketing.
“Part of the problem is
that higher market prices this
season will encourage in-
creased production next year,
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ORDER AND
NOTICE OF ELECTION
Viola G. Rodriguez and Alice Magee ____.
are hereby appointed clerk and deputy clerk respectively for absentee
voting, which shall be held between the hours of 8:00 o'clock A.M. and
5:00 o'clock P.M. execpt on Saturdays, Sundays and State Holidays
beginning on the 20th day before and continuing through the fourth day
preceding the day of election, such absentee voting to be held at the
office of the District at 301 East Second Street in Mercedes, in the
outer boundaries of said District, which address shall also be the
absentee voting clerk’s mailing address to which ballot applications
and ballots voted by mail may be sent.
All candidates for the Board of Directors of said District at
said election shall file with the President of the District at the
District office in Mercedes, Texas, their application to become
candidates on or before 30 days prior to said election day as so
fixed, using form therefore available at said District office.
This notice is given by order of the Board of Directors of
Hidalgo and Cameron Counties Water Control and Improvement District
No.9, this the 2nd day of December, 1983.
Ralph Pow
EL ESTADO DE TEXAS
CONDADOS DE HIDALGO
Y CMERON
PARA LOS VOTANTES CALIFICADOS QUE SON RESIDENTES ADENTRO DEL DISTRITO
DE AGUA NUMERO NUEVE (9) DE LOS CONDADOS DE HIDALGO Y
CAMERON:
Es aqui ordenado, y noticia presentada de uno eleccion que se
verificara el tercer Sabado de Enero, 1984, siendo el 21 de Enero, 1984
para el proposito de eligir dos miembros a la mesa Directiva del
Districto de Agua Numero 9 de los Condados de Hidalgo y Cameron, por un
periodo de dos anos o hasta que sus secessores son legalmente elegidos
y calificados.
Dicha eleccion, se verificara en dos casillos o lugar de votacion,
como lo siguiente:
Precincto Numero 1 en la estacion de Experimentacion del Estado
por la Milla 3 Poniente y la carretera de Negocio U.S. 83, dicho
precinto cubriendo el territorio del Distrito al Sur de la Milla 12 Norte
en el Condado de Hidalgo y todo el territorio eleccion para el Precincto
Numero 1 seran los siguientes:
,THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTIES OF HIDALGO I
AND CAMERON X
TO THE RESIDENT QUALIFIED VOTERS OF HIDALGO AND CAMERON COUNTIES
WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER NINE.
It is hereby ordered, and notice hereby given that an election
will be held on the third Saturday in January, 1984, the same being
January 21, 1984 for the purpose of electing two members of the
Board of Directors of Hidalgo and Cameron Counties Water Control and
Improvement District No. 9, for a term of two years or until their
successors are duly elected and qualified.
Said election shall be held at two voting places, as follows:
Precinct No. 1, at the State Experimental Farm at Mile 3 West
and U. S. Highway 83, said precinct covering all of the territory
in the District lying South of Mile 12 North in Hidalgo County and
all of the territory of the District lying in Cameron County. The
officers of said election for Precinct 1 are as follows:
Presiding. Judge - L. L. Frerking
Assistant Judge - Byron Gilmore
Clerk - Eufracio Cavazos
Clerk - Floyd Pemelton
Precinct No. 2, at Domingo Sanchez Center (Cafeteria) located
on Highway 107 and Mile 4% West, said precinct covering all territory
of the District lying North of Mile 12 North. The officers of said
election for Precinct 2 are as follows:
Presiding Judge - W. R. Jones
Assistant Judge - Manuel Escobar
Clerk - Stacy Malone
Clerk - Earl Barnes
HIDALGO AND CAMERON COUNTIES WATER
CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO.9
resident
ORDEN Y
NOTICIA DE ELECCION
I
I
I
Juez
Assistente al Juez
Secretario
Secretario
- L.L. Frerking
- Byron Gilmore
- Eufracio Cavazos
- Floyd Pemelton
Precincto Numero 2, en el edificio Domingo Sanchez Center
(Cafeteria) localizado Highway 107 y Milla 4% Poniente, dicho precincto
cubriendo el territorio del Distrito al Norte de la Milla 12 Norte. Los
oficiales para dicha eleccion del Precincto Numero 2 seran los
siguientes:
Juez
Assistente al Juez
Secretario
Secretario
Viola G. Rodriguez ________and Alice Magee_________________
por la presente seran designados clerigo y agente clerigo respectivamente
para las votaciones ausente, que seran durante las 8:00 de la manana asta
las 5:00 de la tarde con exclusion de los Sabados, Domingos, y dias de
fiesta de el estado, principio 20 dias antes de la elecion y seran
durable hasta el cuarto dia antes de la elecion. Las votaciones ausente
se llevara acabo en la oficina de el Districto en 302 E. Second Street,
Mercedes, Texas, dentro de la frontera exterior de el districto. La
destinacion de el Districto tambien sera la destinacion de el clerigo de
las votaciones ausente y a esta destinacion pueden mandar sus applica-
clones de balotas y balotas por correo.
Todos los candidatos para la Mesa Directiva del Districto de Agua
Numero 9 de los Condados de Hidalgo y Cameron de dicha eleccion tendran
que presentar, con el presidente del Distrito en la oficina del Distrito
en Mercedes, Texas, su aplicacion para ser candidatos antes de treinta
dias de la fecha de dicha eleccion ya fijada, cuando las formas propias
para aplicar, cuales estan en dicha oficina del Distrito.
Esta noticia es hecha por orden de la Mesa Directiva del Distrito
de Agua Numero 9 de los Condados de Hidalgo y Cameron, este segundo dia
de Diciembre, 1984.
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driving market prices down to
perhaps just above the loan
level for 1984,” points out Dr.
Carl Anderson with the Texas
Agricultural Extension Serv-
ice, Texas A&M University
System.
“The other factor dimming
the long-term outlook for U.S.
cotton farmers is that, while
they have worked to reduce
production, China and Russia
have increased production,”
notes the economist.
The U.S. supply is much
less than was anticipated
earlier in the season, Ander-
son says. Total cotton supply
in the nation is around 15.5
million bales - about three
million less than in 1982 and
the smallest crop in 16 years.
Texas cotton production is
forecast at 2.25 million bales,
the smallest upland crops
since 1946. Harvested acres
are 19 percent below last
year’s weather reduced har-
vest.
However, foreign pro-
duction is estimated at 59
million bales - 3.5 million
more than last year. This
means that essentially all of
this season’s world stock
reduction will originate in the
U.S., notes Anderson.
With some recovery in the
world economy, consumption
is expected to be up this year,
but U.S. textile trade is in a
big deficit. Textile imports are
up and exports have fallen,
dampening the use of U.S.
cotton despite the moderate
recovery in total cotton
consumption, Anderson says.
Also, cotton has once
again lost its price advantage
over synthetics. “It is
essential for cotton to not only,
maintain its diminished share
of total fiber consumption, but
to also regain some lost
ground,” Anderson says.
“The future for cotton
depends to a great extent
upon the industry’s desire and
willingness to seek new
technological developments in
the production and processing
of cotton fiber.”
Increased prices and con-
sumption will encourage U.S.
farmers to increase planted
acreage in 1984, Anderson
predicts, and foreign pro-
ducers are unlikely to cut back
from their increased pro-
duction this year.
“Assuming
favorable
weather, conditions clearly
point to a bearish cotton
market in the second half of
1984,” the economist says.
“Therefore, producers should
consider pricing a large part • cultural Research Laboratory
on our way to Moore Field. It
of next year’s crop early,
probably well before plant-
ing.” Only adverse weather in
this country, China or Russia
is likely to reduce 1984 global
production below consump-
tion, contends Anderson.
He suggests that farmers
market this year’s crop early
rather than holding out for a
higher price next year because
it likely won’t come. Cotton
prices will probably peak
sometime early this fall, says
Anderson. Plus holding cotton
accumulates monthly storage
and interest costs of some $4
to $4.50 per bale.
- W.R. Jones
- Manuel Escobar
- Stacy Malon
- Earl Barnes
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CITRUS DAMAGE
THROWS EMPLOYMENT
PROSPECTS OUT OF GEAR.
The very recent winter
devastation on our Valley
citrus fields has taken all the
joy out of the Texas
Employment Commission’s re-
cent report that unemploy-
ment has dropped in the
Valley and South Texas.
Nature has intervened, and
the once optimistic forecast on
employment in our area has
gone by the wayside.
The TEC told me that
unemployment peaked in our
area during the first half of
1983. Hidalgo County had
21% unemployment, Starr
County had 52.2% unemploy-
ment, La Salle County had
16.4% unemployment, Jim
Wells County stood at 11%2,
and so on. The TEC’s
October, 1983, report showed
great improvement, with Hi-
dalgo dropping to 19.7%, La
Salle down to 10.3%, Jim
Wells down to 8.9%, and a
heartening 37.3% in Starr. In
fact, all of our Valley and
South Texas counties regis-
tered a drop in the
unemployment figures as of
October, 1983. Starr County
still had the highest rate, and
McMullen County had the
lowest rate at 2%.
Although Congress has
passed important job training
legislation and approved fund-
ing for important community
development programs last
year-with the ultimate intent
of Congress being permanent,
or at least long term jobs-the
weather has foiled our best
laid designs. In all proba-
bility, the unemployment rate
will double-up in the months
ahead, and may well be even
higher than previous levels.
With the loss of citrus and
vegetable crops goes the loss
of jobs, and now is the time
we all pull together to help
one another through the days
ahead. Nature’s ways have
prevailed for the moment, but
the future still belongs to
us-and still promises bounti-
ful citrus and vegetable crops
in the seasons ahead.
FUTURE OUTLOOK FOR
WESLACO RESEARCH STA-
TION. Last October, when T.
B. Kinney, Administrator of
USDA’s Agricultural Research
Service, joined me for the
grand dedication of the cattle
fever tick laboratory at the
Moore Field National Bio-
logical Control Center, we also
took a driving tour through
Weslaco’s Subtropical Agri-
gave the Administrator and
me time to talk about the
Weslaco facilities and USDA’s
future intentions. The Admini-
strator knows of my keen
interest in the vitality of the
Weslaco operation.
When I returned to
Washington, I wrote my good
friend Dr. Kinney and
restated some of the matters
we had discussed. I empha-
sized the need to upgrade the
physical plant, especially
regarding space requirements.
I emphasized the need to
upgrade the physical plant,
especially regarding space
requirements. With the quali-
ty of research at Weslaco, it is
important to ensure the
facilities’ continued excel-
lence.
Dr. Kinney wrote me back
and said "...we would be
willing to work with you and
other interested parties in
exploring opportunities for
long-range planning needed
for identifying ways of
improving the operations at
Weslaco.” In these days of
shrinking federal commit-
ments and scarcity of funds,
you’ve got to work hard for
the projects that are important
to your area. Weslaco, and
Moore Field, are my special
projects-and I intend to make
sure the ARS Administrator is
paying close attention to
them. In the year ahead, I
anticipate a good working
relationship with Dr. Kinney.
1983 AGRICULTURE
YEARBOOK ISSUED. Every
year, about this time, the U.S.
Department of Agriculture
publishes its yearly book on
agricultural interests in our
country. This book is unique
. because each year there is a
different subject focus. Last
year, the Agricultural Year-
book examined the concept
and practice of “Food From
Farm To Table.” It was an
excellent overview of farm
techniques and the mechanics
of producing food for the
Nation.
This year’s book focuses
on conservation efforts. It is a
612-page book with many
color photographs, and a
handy index and glossary.
The Agriculture Yearbook
is not a new idea. One of the
first editions was entitled
“Report of the Commissioner
of Patents for the Year 1847;
Agriculture.” There is a
reason for this odd title. Prior
to 1862, there was no
Commissioner for Agriculture
in our country. In 1862, when
a formal agriculture bureauc-
racy existed, the report for the
year was renamed to “Report
of the Commissioner of
Agriculture for the Year
1862.” It has remained that
way ever since.
There are a limited
number of copies of the 1983
Yearbook available for dis-
tribution through my
Washington office, and if you
would like one, you can write
me at my Washington address
to receive one on a first-come,
first-served basis. My address
is the U.S. House of
Representative, 1401 Long-
worth House Office Building,
Washington, D.C. 20515.
You can also write to the
PUBLIC NOTICE
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE is hereby given. COURT, on the 2nd DAY OF
that the Planning and Zoning
Commission of the City of
Mercedes, Texas will hold a
public hearing at their regular
meeting of Wednesday, Janu-
ary 11, 1984 at 5:30 P.M. in
the City Hall located at 400 S.
Ohio. An opportunity to make
comments for or against the
zone change request will be
afforded to any and all
persons at this time. Zone
change request is as follows:
1.] A. 1.91 acre tract out of
Lot 3, Block 67, Capisallo
District Subdivision, Mer-
cedes, Hidalgo County, Texas
from a Class "N" District to a
Class "A" Business District.
[Property is located along Rio
Rico Road]
All interested persons are
invited to attend and express
their views. This notice is
given in accordance with
V.A.T.S., Article 6252-17,
Section 3A.
WITNESS MY HAND AND
SEAL, THIS THE 3rd DAY
OF JANUARY, 1984.
ATTEST:
/s/ Jane Luera, City Secretary
1tc-1
1966 School Bus
To Be Sold on Bids
Public notice is hereby
given that the Mercedes
Independent School District
will sell to the highest and
best bidder, for cash, a 1966
International 60-passenger
bus.
The bus is in good running
condition and it is Number 18.
The bus is located at 206 Sixth
Street, Mercedes, Texas.
Interested persons may
come and inspect the bus on
weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m.
Interested bidders shall
have their bids in Mr. Miguel
Castillo, Jr.’s office not later
than 5:00 p.m., Tuesday,
January 10, 1984, address:
206 Sixth Street, Mercedes,
Texas 78570. The envelope
must be marked Sealed Bid.
The bids will be opened at
a regular school board
meeting [meeting starts at
7:30 p.m.] on Tuesday,
January 10, 1984.
The Mercedes Independent
School District Board reserves
the right to accept or reject HIDALGO COUNTY, Texas,
any or all bids and to waive
any or all formalities.
Miguel Castillo, Jr.
Special Services Director
Mercedes Independent
School District
1tc-1
Superintendent of Documents,
Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C. 20402, and
buy a copy for $7 each. That’s
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INVITATION FOR BIDS
The Housing Authority of
the City of Mercedes, Texas is
accepting bids for the follow-
ing beauty shop equipment:
1 Black vinyl-gold speck
hair dryer with chair
Rayette-Model Mark III
Serial #M-26050
1 Black vinyl-gold speck
hair dryer with chair
Rayette-Model Mark III
Serial #M-28215
1 Black vinyl Barber Chair
36” x 48” Mirror
1 Beauty Shop Hair
Shampoo Sink
Interested bidders should
inspect the beauty shop
equipment at 501 S. Texas,
Mercedes, Texas from 9:00
A.M. to 11:00 A.M. and 2:00
THE STATE OF TEXAS
TO: THE UNKNOWN
SHAREHOLDERS OF CRUZ
BROTHERS, INC., Defend-
ants, Greeting:
YOU [AND EACH OF YOU]
ARE HEREBY COMMAND-
ED to appear before the 92nd
District Court of Hidalgo
County at the Courthouse
thereof, in Edinburg, Texas,
by filing a written answer at
or before 10 o’clock a.m. of
the first Monday next after
the expiration of 42 days
from the date of the issuance
of this citation, same being
the 16th day of JANUARY
A.D. 1983, TO PLAINTIFF’S
PETITION FILED IN SAID
DECEMBER A.D. 1983, in
this cause, numbered C-3061-
83-A on the docket of said
court and styled TIDE
PRODUCTS, INC., Plaintiff,
vs. CRUZ BROTHERS, INC.,
GUILLERMO CRUZ, JR.
A/K/A WILLIE CRUZ &
SANTIAGO CRUZ AND THE
UNKNOWN SHAREHOLD-
ERS OF CRUZ BROTHERS,
INC., Defendants.
A brief statement of the
nature of this suit is as
follows, to-wit:
PLAINTIFF PRAYS TO
THE COURT THAT DE-
FENDANTS BE CITED TO
CHILDREN, AND IN THE
AND ANSWER INTEREST OF OLGA GE-
APPEAR
HEREIN ACCORDING TO
LAW AND THAT UPON
HEARING HEREOF, THAT
PLAINTIFF HAVE JUDGE-
MENT AGAINST DEFEND-
ANTS FOR THE DEBT IN
THE AMOUNT OF THIRTY-
FOUR THOUSAND ONE
HUNDRED FOURTEEN AND
29/100THS DOLLARS
[$34,114.29] TOGETHER
WITH ATTORNEY’S FEES IN
THE AMOUNT OF ELEVEN
THOUSAND THREE
HUNDRED SEVENTY-ONE
AND 43/100THS DOLLARS
[$11,371.43] AND FOR POST
JUDGMENT INTEREST AT
THE MAXIMUM LEGAL
RATE PER ANNUM UPON
THE SUM OF THE DEBT
AND ATTORNEY’S FEES
UNTIL PAID IN FULL, FOR
COSTS OF SUIT, AND FOR
SUCH OTHER AND
FURTHER RELIEF, BOTH
GENERAL AND SPECIAL,
AT LAW OR IN EQUITY, TO
WHICH THE PLAINTIFF
MAY SHOW ITSELF JUSTLY
ENTITLED TO RECEIVE.
If this citation is not
served within ninety days
after the date of its issuance,
it shall be returned unserved.
The officer executing this
writ shall promptly serve the
same according to require-
■ ments of law and the
mandates hereof, and make
due return as the law directs.
Witness, PAULINE G.
GONZALEZ, Clerk of ALL
DISTRICT COURTS of
HIDALGO County, Texas.
Issued and given under my
hand and the seal of said
court at EDINBURG,
this the 5th day of De-
cember, A.D., 1983.
PAULINE G. GONZALEZ,
Clerk of All District Courts
of Hidalgo County, Texas
By Lorenzo Moralez,
Deputy.
not only a good price for a
612-page hardback book, but
it’s always a professionally
written publication.
P.M. to 4:00 P.M., Monday
through Friday.
Bids will be accepted
through 4:00 P.M. and will be
opened on January 10, 1983 at
the Mercedes Housing Au-
thority, 430 N. Vermont Ave.,
Mercedes, Texas.
Deliver or mail bids to
Arturo Flores, Executive Di-
rector, Mercedes Housing
Authority, 430 N. Vermont
Ave., P.O. Box 985, Mer-
cedes, Texas 78570.
We reserve the right to
reject any or all bids and to
waive any or all formalities.
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THE STATE OF TEXAS
TO: John Papamiltiadis also
known as Yannis Papamiltia-
dis
AND TO ALL WHOM IT
MAY CONCERN,
RESPONDENT, GREETINGS:
“YOU ARE HEREBY
COMMANDED TO APPEAR
AND ANSWER BEFORE THE
HONORABLE DISTRICT
COURT, 92ND JUDICIAL
DISTRICT, HIDALGO
COUNTY, TEXAS, AT THE
COURTHOUSE OF SAID
COUNTY IN EDINBURG,
TEXAS, AT OR BEFORE 10
O’CLOCK A.M. OF THE
MONDAY NEXT AFTER THE
EXPIRATION OF 20 DAYS
FROM THE DATE OF
SERVICE OF THIS CITA-
TION, THEN AND THERE
TO ANSWER THE PETITION
“ORIGINAL PETITION TO
TERMINATE PARENT-
CHILD RELATIONSHIP”
PETITIONER, FILED IN SAID
COURT ON THE 17TH DAY
OF MAY, 1983, AGAINST
JOHN PAPAMILTIADIS AL-
SO KNOWN AS YANNIS
PAPAMILTIADIS, RESPON-
DENT, AND SAID SUIT
BEING NUMBER: C-2861-80-
A ON THE DOCKET OF
SAID COURT, AND EN-
TITLED, IN THE INTEREST
OF MARIA GENEVE PA-
PAMILTIADIS, ANASTACIA
IOANNA PAPAMILTIADIS,
AND MINERVA ALEX-
ANDRA PAPAMILTIADIS,
NEVE PAPAMILTIADIS AND
JOHN PAPAMILTIADIS, AL-
SO KNOWN AS YANNIS
PAPAMILTIADIS. THE NAT-
URE OF ' WHICH SUIT IS A
REQUEST TO TERMINATE
PARENT-CHILD RELATION-
SHIP. SAID CHILDREN
WERE BORN AS FOLLOWS:
MARIA GENEVE PAPAMIL-
TIADIS, A FEMALE CHILD
BORN ON NOVEMBER 15,
1976, IN N. MIAMI BEACH,
DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA;
ANASTACIA IOANNA PAPA-
MILTIADIS, A FEMALE
CHILD BORN ON MARCH
17, 1978, IN N. MIAMI
BEACH,DADE COUNTY,
FLORIDA; MINERVA ALEX-
ANDRA PAPAMILTIADIS, A
FEMALE CHILD BORN ON
AUGUST 5, 1979, IN EDIN-
BURG, HIDALGO COUNTY,
TEXAS.
THE COURT HAS ATT.
THORITY IN THIS SUIT TO
ENTER ANY JUDGMENT OR
DECREE IN THE CHILD’S
INTEREST WHICH WILL BE
BINDING UPON YOU, IN-
CLUDING THE TERMIN-
ATION OF THE PARENT-
CHILD RELATIONSHIP, THE
DETERMINATION OF
PATERNITY AND THE AP-
POINTMENT OF A CON-
SERVATOR WITH AU-
THORITY TO CONSENT TO
THE CHILD’S ADOPTION.
ISSUED AND GIVEN
UNDER MY HAND AND
SEAL OF SAID COURT AT
EDINBURG, TEXAS THIS
THE 9TH DAY QF DEC-
EMBER, 1983.
PAULINE G. GONZALEZ
DISTRICT CLERK
HIDALGO COUNTY, TEXAS
BY Lorenzo Morales,
Depty Cleric
A True Copy I Certify
Brig Marmolejo
Sheriff, Hidalgo County
By SP Salinas
Deputy
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