The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 34, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 22, 1984 Page: 2 of 10
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Page 2 — The Mercedes Enterprise
Mercedes, Texas 78570 Wednesday, August 22, 1984
Mer
Pillsbury Biscuits
Coco Co/c
6-Pack/1-Liter
Returnables
Diet Coke, Tab,
Dr. Pepper, Sprite
/& Fanta Flavors
$1.89
• REFRESHMENTS •
DAIRY o Budweiser Beer
PART V Light & Regular
Tri-Better Grade“A” Coors Beer
6-Pack/ +7
12-oz. Cans 02.07
6-Pack/12-oz. Cans $2.69
Large
ggs 7 Q $ Lone Star Beer
Doz. / 2 Miller
8-oz. 4/79° Lite Beer
Light & Regular Black Label
Carling’s Beer 6-Pack/12-oz. Cans $ 1.49
6-Pack/12-oz. Cans $2.29
12-Pack 000
12-oz. Cans O T. 2 7
Kraft’s Singles ===
American Cheese 12-oz. Pkg. $ 1.69 • MEAT DEPARTMENT •
Borden’s
Drinks
Bluebonnet
M argarine 16-0z./Sticks
Asst./Gal. 99*
Lb. 69
Hi-C Orange
Drink ... 59
Borden’s Santa Maria 4 .
Milk aa. $1.89
• GROCERY •
Mead Filler 200-Ct.
Notebook Paper
Jumbo Size
Rib Steak u.s. Good
U.S. Good
Chuck Steak
U.S. Good
Shoulder Round Steak
U.S. Good
Beef Tongue
Armour’s
Chicken-Fried Steak
U.S. Good
Tripas
Lb. $2.09
Lb. $1.59
Lb. $1.69
Lb. $1.29
Lb. $1.69
Lb. 69
Bounty Towels
White Wing
Flour
99’
Steakhouse 10-Lb. Bag
Charcoal Briquets $1.99
Jewel
Shortening 42-oz. Can $1.59
Giant Size $1.77 •
Cheer
Leadway
Flour
Tru-Gold
Sugar
5-Lb. Bag
got U.S. Good ,
6% Round Steak u.$2. 19
79 Fryers u. 59°
Ground Beef 4.,
ue L. $1.89
“Best-in-Town”
SELF-SERVICE MEATS •
wo 0 Beef
25-Lb. Bag 03.47 Short Ribs U.S. Good
5-Lb. Bag $1.59
BeautySoap Bath Size
Borden's
Mellorine
Hunt’s
Tomato Sauce
V2 Gal./Asst.
3/89°
99’
Boneless
Stew Meat U.S. Good
Wilson
Bacon
Wilson
Franks
Wilson
Smoked Sausage
Lb. $1.39
Lb. $2. 19
12-oz. Pkg. $1.35
12-oz. Pkg. 98
Lb. $2. 19
Folger’s CoffeeI-Lb. Can $2.49
1 00€ Family Pack . _
8-oz. Can 4F.r99 Pork Chops C1 70
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• PRODUCE •
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LEADING THE LEGION AUXILIARY -- New officers
for Mercedes* American Legion Auxiliary were
installed Monday night and they are, above from left,
Mrs. Esther Gorena, chaplain; Mrs. Senovia
Castaneda, color bearer; Mrs. Victoriana Castaneda,
second vice-president; Mrs. Nell Clark, 15th District
Commander and installing officer; Mrs. Tommie
Brown, first vice-president; Mrs. Bertha Brown,
president; and Mrs. Itha Acker, sescretary/treasurer.
[Mercedes Enterprise Photo.]
Schools
get air conditioning
Armour’s Tfeet
Kraft’s
Barbecue Sauce
Happy Hound Chunk
Dog Food
12-oz. Can
18-oz. Bottle
25-Lb. Bag $3.99
$1.29 Texas New Crop
Russet Potatoes
89* California Rich& Creamy Hass
Avocados
8-Lb. Bag $1.79
3For89
Pinto Beans
Lbs. 3Fo.89‘
Charmin Tissue 4-Pack/Asst. $1.29
Vlasic Dill Chips
Kellogg’s Sugar
32-oz./Qt. 99*
Frosted
Flakes 20.oz.Box $ 1.99
Luv's /
Diapers
Birdseye Large Size
Cool Whip
$8.29
" 32‘s,48‘s 2
f & 64‘slow
12-oz. Ct. $ 1.27
Lynden Farms French-Fried
Potatoes
Banquet
Cooking Bags
Fox Deluxe
2-Lb. Bag 99
5-oz. Pkg. 49
Pizza
Asst. Flavors
Kool Aid
Fabric Softener
Downy
10-oz. Pkg.
California
Plums
California Red
Tomatoes
Carolina
Peaches
California
Strawberries
Texas
Cabbage
Mexico
Cilantro
Texas
Yellow Onions
Golden Ripe
Asst. Lb. 49%
Lb. 59
4, 99
Q74
Pint O/
Lb. 15°
Bunch 49’
Lb. 23%
Central American
Bananas
2 1s OO€
V For X 7
California Seedless
(White Cooulgs
/9 GrapesL.
33.02. Can $2.59 • HEALTH & BEAUTY AIDS
Rainbow Golden Bake White
C 7 00 PeptoBismol
64-oz. D 1.7 7
4-oz. Bottle $1.29
Bread
1%lb. Loaf
59’
White Alcohol
A Ranch Style
Beans
RAT
WAS
15-oz. Can
9
SALINAS
SUPER
MARKET
Crest Toothpaste
Pint Size 49*
6.4-oz./Reg. « J
& MintI./7
Ivory Shampoo or
Conditioner
A 15-oz. Bottle
1.59
219 N. Texas Avenue
1 Mercedes
565-2191
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
7:45 a.m. - 9 p.m.
OPEN SUNDAY
ALL DAY
[Continued from Page 1.]
That partial listing of expenses
shows some of the “big ticket”
items for which officials must
provide on a regular basis. Special
items this coming year include an
effort to see air conditioning
I installed on all campuses that still
lack such systems. A consultant has
been hired to conduct a feasibility
and cost study on the project, which
will see Kennedy, Travis, Taylor
and Graham Elementaries, as well
as the junior high school, receive
air conditioning. Price tag is
estimated at $328,766.
Tied to that effort is one to see
replacement of all windows on
Kennedy Elementary campus, one
in a series of projects that over the
past couple of years has seen
windows on all other district
campuses replaced with tinted
plastic (and with, in some cases,
awnings) that provide better
insulation and improved energy
efficiency. The project has been
allocated $30,000.
Another “major undertaking”
on the same campus will be the
additions of six or seven classrooms
5 with restroom facilities, carrying an
estimated cost of $250,000.
Under a separate budget for
transportation, which totals
$264,000, the district plans to buy
two new school buses to upgrade its
fleet of some two dozen, some of
which are pressed into service only
Chapter has
guests for
social meet
as back-ups.
Cafeteria budget figures are
basically the same, he says, though
a 10 percent increase has been
granted across-the-board to em-
ployees both of the cafeteria and
the maintenance departments.
The cafeteria runs on a
“surprising” $1.2 million budget
that includes only about $150,000
from local sources. Paid lunches
and breakfasts are figured to bring
in $75,000, the snack bar will earn
$59,000 and interest paid invest-
ments will amount to some $20,000.
The remainder of the budget comes
from federal free and reduced-price
food programs, commodity infusion
and from a summer program under
the Texas Department of Human
Resources.
Another separate budget, show-
ing the interest and. sinking fund,
reveals that $141,000 on the
district’s bonded indebtness will be
paid this year, leaving a total of
$683,000 that should be retired by
the 1990-91 school year. “We have
benefited from the education bill,”
boost” in funding for state-manda-
ted compensatory education, aimed
at the “educationally deprived,”
who Mr, Gracia explains are
students operating below their
grade level. Those students, he
says, will be served through three
programs that will benefit from
almost $1 million in funding (where
before the figure amounted to
$200,000).
Renewed emphasis will be
placed on the transfer program (to
allow children to "transfer" their
learning from the Spanish language
to English), a tutorial program (that
will provide students in grades one
through 12 with after-school
tutoring sessions) and summer
school (to be provided to any
students “district wide” who fail a
class).
Admitting that criticism has
come loud and long from all corners
of the state, Mr. Gracia asserts that
the bill should also be considered in
a positive light. “In finding fault --
and I’ll agree that some parts of the
bill may need revision -- we need to
see the good things, as well.”
Mr. Gracia says.-“There will be ‘‘The intent of the legislature,” :
considerably more money available he continues, I was good. In view of |
to the Mercedes district for
providing benefits we have not been
able to in the past, things such as
the air conditioning of classrooms.
But most important are the
improvements aimed at improving
education.”
One such change is the “big
the amount of time they had to iron
out the legislation, it may be that
things were left out, or included
when they would have better been
re-thought. I’m confident, though,
that when the lawmakers meet
again in January, things will get'
worked out.”
Forthepriceof
a cotton shirt
Mrs. Maxie Moore, newly
elected president of Xi Iota Sigma,
entertained members with a
morning coffee, Saturday, August
18. Members of the Alpha Chi
Upsilon chapter of Beta Sigma Phi
were guests.
The dining table, centered with
a yellow rose, held an array of fresh
fruits and various pastries. Lunch
and coffee were also served, and
the 1983-84 scrapbook was on
display, it is told.
Those attending the affair were
Mrs. Virginia Bazar, Mrs. Gene-
vieve Bowe, Mrs. Monte Churchill,
Mrs. Ed Cooper, Mrs. R.P.
Edgemon, Mrs. Robert Eilers, Mrs.
Colleen Ferguson and Mrs. Bill
Green.
Also present were Mrs. Gordon
Leonard, Mrs. Guy McClendon,
Mrs. Jimmy Pinkerton, Mrs. Bill
Polfus, Mrs. Wendell Schwarz and
Mrs. Raymond Shotwell.
, Guests included Mrs. Charles
Bertholf, Mrs. Ken Eilers, Mrs.
Chris Stewart and Mrs. Don Vogel,
all- of Mercedes, and Mrs. Glen
Gatlin of Garland, daughter of Mrs.
Robert Eilers.
* Pre-K sign-up
is scheduled
Applications will be taken
through September 2 for children
who will attend Hidalgo County
Head Start Programs in Mercedes.
Participants must be three or
four years of age on or before
September 1.
Parents, who register their
‘children at the Mercedes center at
430 N. Vermont, must show the
children’s birth or baptismal
certificate, immunization records
and proof of income.
an electric iron
will run 385 hours.
It sometimes seems to take that long to iron
one. Sure, electricity costs more than it did. And
because we’re using twice as much as we did in
1965, it hurts! But the cost of nearly everything
else has risen at a far faster rate than coopera-
tive electricity. So consider the convenience
and use electricity wisely.
Your member-owned electric cooperative as
it always has, will continue to provide power at
its lowest possible price.
MAGIC VALLEY
ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
Mercedes, Texas
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The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 34, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 22, 1984, newspaper, August 22, 1984; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1632070/m1/2/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.