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Mercedes, Texas, Thursday, September 11, 1958
Page 4 — The Mercedes Enterprise
Underdog Yellowjackets Clobber mb comas
Hebbronville Team Friday, 24-0
’ Edcouch - Elsa Yellowjackets,
considered the underdog in the
Friday night football starter
against Hebbronville, came out of
the game with a score of 24-0, a
complete upset.
The Hebbronville team was not
only the Friday night favorite,
City of Edcouch
Urban Renewal
Vote Tuesday
Edcouch voters will go to the
polls this Tuesday, Sept. 16, to
vote on a proposed adoption of
certan Urban Renewal proposals.
Ballot for the election reads in
part:
For Adoption by the City Coun-
cil of a resolution substantially
as follows: “Resolution making
certain findings, determinations,
and elections under and pursuant
to the Urban Renewal Law of Tex-
,as be it resolved by the City
Council of the City of Edcouch,
Texas as follows:
Section 1 It is hereby found
and determined that one or more
slum or blighted areas exists in
the City of Edcouch.
Section 2 It is hereby further
found and determined that the
rehabilitation, conservation, or
"Slum clearance and redevelop-
ment, or a combination thereof,
of such slum1 or blighted area or
areas, is necessary in the interest
•of public health, safety, moral's
or welfare of the residents of the
City.
Section 3 It is hereby further
found and determined that the City
of Edcouch shall exercise the powd-
ers granted to the City by the Ur-
ban Renewal Law of the State of
Texas, except the Urban Renewal
Project Powers as defined in said
Urban Renewal Law.
Section 4 It is hereby further
determined to be necessary and
in the public interest that the City
of Edcouch elect, and, accord-
ingly, the City hereby elects to
have said Urban Renewal Project
Powers exercised by the Urban
Renewal Agency of the City of
Edcouch, which Agency is creat-
ed by said Urban Renewal Law.
Section 5 The findings, deter-
minations, and elections herein
made are made in accordance
with and the various terms used
are used in the same sense as
used or defined in said Urban Re-
newal Law.
There follows the negative
statement of the above informa-
tion with the instruction: Mark
out the proposition you oppose.
The exact voting place was not
known on Tuesday, but E. A. Car-
reon, city secretary, said it would
be some downtown location in the
City of Edcouch.
but had been considered the pre-
season favorite to win the District
32-AA title. Edcouch-Elsa lost ev-
ery offensive starter from its 1957
team.
A muddy and rain filled field
saw the Yellowjackets make 11
first downs to Hebbronville’®
eight. On the opening kickoff,
freshman halfback Julio Reyes
took the ball on the 20 and ran 80
yards up the sidelines for a touch-
down. The effort to make the ex-
tra point failed as it did on three
later attempts.
The Yellowjackets scored three
more touchdowns in the second
quarter to end the evening’s scor-
ing. Castillo and Lopez were cred-
ited with the scores. A third per-
iod touchdown was called back on
a penalty, but the Yellowjackets
managed to hold the Hebbronville
team scoreless till the end of the
game.
Friday, Sept. 19, the Yellowjac-
kets play Mission on the Edcouch-
Elsa field for the first home game
of the season.
Edcouch-Elsa 1958
Football Schedule
Remaining games on the Ed-
couch-Elsa Yellowjacket schedule
include:
Sept. 19, Mission —Here
Sept. 26, Rio Grande City —Here
Oct. 3, La Feria —Here
Oct. 10, Weslaco —Here
Oct. 17, Lyford —Here
Oct. 24, Donna —There
Oct. 31, Raymondville —There
Coaches are Lum Wright, J. C.
Wood, Marvin Francis, George
Gainley and Andy White.
DELTA STUDENTS
Officers were elected at the;
FFA meeting on Sept. 2 with Dav-
id Medrano being named as pres-
ident; Albert Garza, secretary;
Norman Konzem, Vice president;
Herbert Willich, treasurer; Bill
Dudley, reporter; Ventura Herr-
era, sentinel. Vocational agricul-
ture instructors are James Hart-
graves and Jesse Dickey.
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DELTA AREA
Personals
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Mr. and Mrs. Prior H. Clark of
Hillsboro spent Labor Day week-
end with their daughter, Mrs.
Louise Stites and daughters of El-
sa. Mrs. Stites is homemaking in-
structor at Edcouch-Elsa.
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Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Doshier of
Edcouch left Saturday for a two
week vacation visiting his sister,
Mr. and Mrs. T. V. Russell, Tah-
lequah, Okla., and a cousin, Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Duren, Yellville,
Ark.
Women Of Church
Study Fellowship
The Presbyterian Women of the
‘Church of Elsa met at the church
on Sept. 3 at 9:30 a.m. with the
president, Mrs. L. R. Moddle, pre-
siding and giving the devotion on
'“Love One Another,’’ followed by
prayer.
The president announced that
Presbyterial would meet at El
Campo Oct. 13 and 14. Mrs. Mod-
dle also gave the lesson, “The
Church — A Teaching Fellow-
ship.”
New addition to the high school
Science department at Edcouch-
Elsa is a mechanical globe, the
gift of Port Chemical Company,
which shows a moving “Explorer
I” as part of the equipment. It is
possible to see the orbit of this
satellite, and how it changes over
the globe’s area in its path of
movement.
The Delta Study Club met with
their president, Mrs. Byron Carl-
son for a coffee recently for their
first meeting of the year. Year-
books were passed out and the ten
members discussed plans for the
year.
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Mrs. Walter Moore of Rio
Grande City is having her Ed-
couch property remodeled. She
and her late husband formerly
lived in Edcouch. Mrs. Moore
plans to move back to Edcouch as
soon as the house is finished. Her
mother, Mrs. W. W. Wilson, also
lives in Edcouch.
Colleges and Universities claim-
ing Delta Area students this fall
include the following:
University of Texas: Aaron Pe-
na, Janis Henson, John Pinkston.
A and I College: Sheri Lynn
Poignee, Jean McKim, Kathey
Peay, Penny Potter, Vivian Barth,
W. R Jones, A1 Hyatt, Nancy
Howell, Joe Howell,, Henry Barth,
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Williams.
A and M College: Jimmy Hoyt,
Donald Spier, Don Goss, Larry
Dubuisson.
Rice Institute: Frank Smith, Jr.
University of Houston: Charles
Foerster.
Baylor School of Medicine in
Houston: Julian Hill.
University of Corpus Christi;
Mr. and Mrs. James Lively, Jo-
seph Kirk.
University of Oklahoma: Bill
Keas, George McDaniel.
Oklahoma City University: Lar-
ry Becker.
Howard Payne College at
Brownwood: Johnny Baskin.
Baytown Jr. College: Wil-
liam Foerster.
Northrop Aeronautical Institute,
Los Angeles, Calif.: James Shull.
Technology Institute of Califor-
nia: Robert Shull.
North Texas State College, Den-
ton: Sam Tayloe, Jr.
Southwest Texas State College,
San Marcos: Bobby Henson.
Pan American: Sammy Turber-
ville, William Turberville, Elwyn
Brown, Bobbie Jean Clark, Lorna
Jean Lewis, Arlan Lewis, Margie
Thompson, Dwight Robertson,
Rodney Weaver, John Rae Bear-
den, Jean Mullere, Judy Stokes,
Faye Weyel, Freda Schroeder,
Warren Malone, Dougla's Jones,
A. J. Barber, Mary Alice Gonza-
lez, Rosa Trevino, Lupe Carranza,
Dora Gutierrez, Antanacio Hino-
josa, Robert Castillo, Mike Smith,
Richard Zamora, Eddie Zamora,
Felix Cowan, Sonia Carreon, Her-
ald Pena, Herverto Vela.
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Approximately 775 children per
day are being served this year at
the Central Cafeteria at Edcouch-
Elsa. On Thursday of this week, a
total of 804 were served. Mrs.
Irene Jarrett is in charge of this
service. She says this year’s fig-
ures show that about 125 more
children are eating in the cafeteria
each day than were doing so last
year. | .
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Work is to begin soon on a three
room addition to the Elsa Elemen-
tary School to take care of ex-
pected increases in enrollment
there. Final plans are being com-
pleted by C. Lyman Ellis,, Jr.,
Harlingen architect. The building
will be similar to the construction
now in use at that school and will
adjoin the present building, School
officials report.
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Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Simo, Jr.,
Edcouch, had as their guests re-
cently Mr. and Mrs. John Simo of
Rio Hondo and Carol Ann Carving
of Toronto, Canada. Miss Carving
is Mrs. John Simo’s niece.
Tea Shower Honors Bride-Elect
Miss Nancy Nielsen Saturday
Miss Nancy Nielsen, of Ed-
couch, bride-elect of Virg Sullivan
Rabb TV, of Austin, Teas, was
complimented with a tea-shower
Saturday afternoon at the Cactus
Tea Room, Mission.
Hostesses for the occasion were
Mesdames A. E. Branch, R. B
Carter, W. H. Hughes, D. J. Me-
Alexander, W. T. Mustaine, George
S. Potts, Horace Smith, and E. G.
Thompson.
In the receiving line were Mrs.
Hughes, the honoree, her mother,
Mrs. S. E. Nielsen, and the moth-
er of the groom-to-be, Mr’s. Virg
Rabb HI. Mrs. Mustaine invited
the guests to the silver punch
service attended by Mrs. McAlex-
ander.
The Misses Minta Clark of Wes-
laco and Shelia Allen of Edinburg
were in charge of the guest book
which was on a small table with
an epergne arrangement of pom-
pom mums and pink leather leaf.
The refreshment table was cov-
ered with a floor-length white or-
gandy cloth over pink, centered
with an Italian candelabra eper-
gne arrangement of pink fugii
chrysanthemums with pink leath-
er leaf, better times ribbon, and
pink candles. Mrs. Branch pre-
sided over the silver coffee serv-
ice while Mrs. Carter served the
frosty white cake surrounded with
pink tulle.
In the gift room were Mes-
dames Smith, Thompson, and
Potts. A gift of silver and a cor-
sage of pink carnations and roses
with red tulle were presented to
the honoree by the hostesses.
Mrs. Nielsen’s and Mrs. Rabb’S
corsages were of pink carnations
while the house party wore asters.
Other members of the house party
were Misses Jean McKim, Sheri
Lynn Poignee, and Mrs. Jack
Terry of Houston.
Approximately 125 guests from
Valley towns called between 4:00
and 5:30 p.m.
Rev. Hunnicult
To Leave Church
Rev. and Mrs. Jack Hunnicutt
will be moving to McAllen the first
of October where he will become
assistant pastor at the First Pres-
byterian Church.
Affirmative action was taken by
the Elsa Presbyterian Church at a
congregational meeting held Sept.
7 on a request from the pastor for
dissolving of the pastoral relation-
ship between the church and Rev.
Hunnicutt.
Rev. Hunnicutt has served the
Elsa church as pastor since June
four years ago. He will preach
his farewell sermon on Sept. 28
after he and his wife return from
a vacation at Channing where they
will visit his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Chris Hunnicutt, and at Cle-
bourne, where they will visit her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T.
George.
A pulpit committee was elected
headed by Warren Turberville.
Other members are Melvin Giese,
Jr., Ernest Carruth, Mrs. Joe
Keepers, Mrs. H. N. Klunkert,
Mrs. G. E. McCannon, Mrs. E. B.
Dubuisson, Miss Carole Dubuis-
son.
Roger Barker and his friend,
Robert Lang, Burlington, Iowa,
both of whom are in the Marines
stationed at 29 Palms, Calif., are
spending their leave with Mr.
Barker’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.
B. Barker, Edcouch. They will al-
so visit the former’s sisters and
families, Mr. and Mrs. Neal Bent-
son, and Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Gil-
ley, Dallas, formerly of Edcouch.
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Mrs. Joe Brown, postmistress
at La Blanca for the past fifteen
years, resigned from her position
effective Aug. 31. Her daughter,
Mrs. Alva S. Cannon, is the new
acting postmistress.
Mr. and Mrs. P E Goss honor-
ed Miss Nancy Nielsen and their
son, David, on their graduation
from Texas University with a bar-
becue supper in the yard of their
home on Sept. 1. Guests were
the honoree's, Mr. and Mrs. S. E.
Nielsen, Miss Janis Henson, Miss
Jean McKim, David Brannon, Guy
Samborough of Raymondville, Don
Goss and Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Howell, Corpus Christi.
Recent visitors in the Orvis Ray
home were Mr. Ray’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Ray, two brothers,
Gary and Allen and his sister and
brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Dick
Messenan, all from Riviera. Also
visiting were Mrs. Ray’s brother
and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Leroy Goericke and two children,
Tola and Lee, Bishop, Texas. They
all spent Saturday night and all
day Sunday in the Ray home.
Mrs. Frank Matera and son
and Mrs. J. L Van Houton and
children,, all of San Antonio, twin
daughters of Mrs. O. E. Carlson,
Edcouch, spent several days with
their mother and other relatives
recently.
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Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bledsoe of
Elsa are parents of a daughter
weighing 5 lbs. and 10 oz. The
baby arrived at Grandview Hos-
pital in Edinburg on Aug. 29. Pa-
ternal grandmother is Mrs.
Rachael Bledsoe, Mission, former-
ly of Elsa.
Capt. and Mrs. Johnny Dunn
and family, Harlingen Air Force
Base, moved to Biloxi, Miss., last
week where Capt. Dunn is station
ed at the Air Base. The Dunn fam-
ily are former residents of Elsa.
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A recent visitor in the Delta
Area was Mrs. Florence Adkins.
She recently completed summer
school session at the University of
Arizona and has now returned to
Bowling Green, Ohio, where She
will teach in one of the elemen-
tary schools.
Morris Welding and Boiler Service
Mercedes and LaVilla
ANNOUNCES
THE PURCHASE OF HURDEN'S MACHINE SHOP
In Elsa
We specialize in Machine Work
Welding and Boiler Service
Open six days a week
7 AM to 5:30 PM
Come in and give us Your Business.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmar Sikes are
visiting in Lubbock.
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Larry Dubuisson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. E. B. Dubuisson, of Elsa,
and Jeff Powell of Hammond, La
returned to Elsa last week from
Philmont Boy Scout Ranch in New
Mexico where they were rangers
for Scouts the past summer. Trig-
ger Whitaker, Don Cammeron and
Charles Powell, all of Hammond,
La., went to Philmont and brought
the boys to Elsa where they were
houseguest at the Dubuisson home.
Classroom Teachers
Hold Breakfast
For Faculty, Board
The Classroom Teachers Associ-
ation honored all the members of
the Edcouch-Elsa faculty, admin-
istration members, and members
of the Board of Education and
their wives with a breakfast at
the Central School Cafetorium on
Sept. 1 at 7:30 a.m.
Mrs. Delia Barron, president of
the organization, welcomed the
members and guests present and
high school principal Oscar Smith
gave the invocation.
The guests were seated at ta-
bles representing the month of
their birthday with eac?h table
being decortated according to the
month of the year.
Mrs. Stella Nelson, program
chairman, introduced Lee Lewis,
who played a musical selection on
the piano. Supt. A. L. Peay gave
a colorful and interesting report
on the National Education Associa-
tion meeting which he attended at
Columbus, Ohio, this summer. He
also told of the extended trip
which he had taken with his fam-
ily through twenty-two states and
two provinces of Canada. Carl
Ramsey was elected treasurer of
the CTA as Mrs. M. C. Cowan
has resigned and is teaching at
Monte Alto.
Following the breakfast,, the fac-
ulty met in the high school audi-
torium for a brief general fac-
ulty meeting dividing into two
sectional groups before closing
the meeting.
Miss Nancy Nielsen
Honored At Party
Miss Nancy Nielsen, bride-elect
of Virg Rabb IV of Austin, Was
honored at a splash party at the
Aqua Pool in Elsa by Mrs. Hoke
McKim and daughter, Jean, and
Mrs. Neal Galloway, on Sept. 3 at
6 p.m After swimming the guests
went to the McKim home for a
Lasagne supper.
The color's of pink and red were
used throughout the house. The
serving table was centerd with a
large arrangement of pink and
red carnations with lighted hurri-
cane lamps to each side. At each
quartette table where the guests
were seated were tall pink can-
dles surrounded by pink and red
flowers. White flowered cards
marked the places of individual
guests.
The hostesses presented the hon-
oree with a gift of silver in her
chosen pattern. The guest list in-
cluded the honoree and her moth-
er, Mrs. S. E. Nielsen, Janis Hen-
son, Kathey Peay, Penny Potter,
Sherri Poignee, Nancy Howell;
Margaret Howell of Kingsville,
Lou Anne Langford, Mercedes;
Sheila Allen, Edinburg; Minta
Clark of Weslaco.
Baptist Circles
Meet For Study
The circles of the WMS of the
First Baptist Church of Edcouch
met for Bible study with the Marv
Morgan circle meeting with Mrs.
'Clyde DeBerry on Sept. 2 at 9:30
a.m. Mrs. Guy McCormac led the
study on Ananias, God’s Call and
His Response.”
The Julia Luper and Opal Walk-
er circles met together on Sept. 3,
9:30 a.m. at the home of Mrs.
Harry Haeffner in Elsa with Mrs.
Carl Leeper as Bible leader. Sev-
en members were served re-
freshments.
Edcouch-Elsa School Enrollment
Shows Increase Of 252 This Year
Enrollment opening day at the
Edcouch-Elsa Schools was up
some 252 over last year, Supt.
A. L. Peay has announced.
Enrollment for the various
schools was:
Elsa Elementary, 301.
Edcouch Elementary, 197.
Central Elementary, 538.
Jr. Hi Annex, 110.
Jr. Sr. High School, 498.
Total for opening day this year
was 1,644 as against 1,392 for
1957.
To take care of the unexpected
increase in enrollment, two addi-
tional teachers have been em-
ployed. They are Mrs. Doris
Smart who will work at the Elsa
Elementary School and Mrs. Ted
Cressner who will help with the
high school homemaking depart-
ment.
Other new teachers employed
this summer include the follow-
ing:
Elsa Elementary School: Mrs.
Yvonne Armstrong.
Edcouch Elementary School:
Arturo Elizalde, principal.
Central Elementary School,
Mrs. Martha Harris, Second
grade; Mrs. Peggy Crawley, fifth
TERRYS RETURN
Rev. and Mrs. Paul Terry and
children returned last week from
several weeks vacation during
which they attended a Terry fam-
ily reunion at Midland, Texas,
and visited an aunt and uncle of
Mrs. Terry at Broken Bow, Neb.
They also visited in Sioux City,
Iowa, and Chicago. They spent
four days in Atlanta, Ga., with
Mrs. Terry’s parents, Rev. and
Mrs. Harry Armstrong, and on
their return trip visited at Tyler
and at Bryan with Mr. and Mrs.
Guy Wood, former Edcouch res-
idents.
Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Archer of
Edcouch returned last week from
Craig, Colo., where they spent the
summer. They also visited with
relatives in Colorado while away.
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Pvt. Efren Escobar has spent a
two weeks leave with his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Enrique Es-
cobar, Edcouch. He will report to
his new assignment at Ft. Knox,
Ky.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Fort of
Harlingen are parents of a son
Leonard Eugene, Jr., weighing 6
lbs. and 14 oz. Aug. 26 at the Val-
ley Baptist Hospital. Mrs. Fort is
the former Miss Shirley Norris of
Elsa. Her mother, Mrs. E. O.
Norris, Dimmitt, is caring for the
new grandson, who is first grand-
son of five grandchildren. The
Forts have a three year old daugh-
ter, Terri.
Mrs. Joffery Dowell of Tyler is
visiting her sister and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Denham, Edcouch.
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Sam Tayloe, Jr., Denton, has
been visiting his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Tayloe, Monte Alto.
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High School Principal O. H.
Smith attended a meeting of rep-
resentatives of Southern Associa-
tion Schools in Corpus Christi Fri-
day, August 22. Some information
was received on new rulings, and
other changes in the provisions
schools need to observe in qualify-
ing for this association.
Among the 4-H Club members
from Rio Farms attending Coun-
ty 4-H Camp at Valley Christian
at San Benito were Kenneth Bar-
nes, Danny Castaneda,, Owen Fu-
qua, Octavio Garcia, Jr., Hector
Garza, Curtis Harris, David Quin-
tanilla, Tommy Riley, William Ri-
ley, Allen Stephenson, Joan Bar-
nes, Nancy Bowery, Elizabeth
Cortines, Gloria Garcia, Olga
Garcia, Betty Jean Kuehn, Lauryn
Gayle Longwell and Becky Ann
Stephenson. They were accom-
panied by their adult leader, Eu-
gene Polzer.
Mrs. C. T. Willis’ sister-in-law,
Mrs. Delbert Hudson, and three
children from Oklahoma City were
here recently visiting her.
Business
Directory
City Property — Farm Land
Rentals
J. E. KIRK
Real Estate
Phone AM 2-1871 Elsa
Border Butane, Inc.
Tanks - Appliances - L. P. Gas
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Weslaco, Texas
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Atheneum Club
Begins Fall Season
Mrs. Charles Guest, president of
the Atheneum Club entertained the
club members at her home on
Sept. 4 at 8 p.m. Members voted
in social science with a bachelor’s
to sell snowcones at the Hallo-
we’en Carnival in Elsa. They also
decided to work on a project for
each month at the TB hospital in
Harlingen and the Hidalgo County
Clinic at Edcouch.
Mrs. Bill Hood was elected vice
president to take the place of
Catherine Baird who has moved
to Raymondville.
The annual president’s luncheon
will be held on Oct. 18 at the
home of Mrs. Clyde Colvin in Har-
lingen at 1 p.m.
Refreshments were served to
the ten members present.
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Greg Pinkston is in the army at
Fort Carson, Colo. He was grad-
uated with a bachelor’s degree in
science with a major in agricul-
ture from the University of Ar-
kansas at Fayetteville last May.
His brother, David,, was graduated
social Science with a bachelor’s
degree from Pan American last
May, and is now employed in Ed-
inburg. They are the sons of Mr.
and Mrs. E. G. Pinkston who live
near Monte Alto. The couple’s
third son is a senior at the Uni-
versity of Texas, Austin, this year.
grade; Mike White, sixth grade;
Ricardo Garcia, physical educa-
tion.
High School: Mrs. Sammye
Rakestraw, girls physical educa-
tion; Andy White, assistant junior
coach; J. C. Wood, assistant
coach; Mrs. Mildred Meeker, Jr.
High English; Mrs. Louise Stites,
homemaking; Charles Tucker,
math and physics.
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MORRIS WELDING
BUYS MURDEN SHOP
The Morris Welding and Boiler
Service of Mercedes and La Villa
has purchased the Murden Ma-
chine Shop.
Vess Whittle will manage the
Elsa Shop. The building where the
business is located is owned by
Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Turberville
of Weslaco.
Mr. and Mrs. Whittle and their
three children, Larry, Freddie
and Jacklyn live in Edcouch and
are members of the First Baptist ,
Church of Edcouch. Mrs. Whittle |
is the former Miss Corrine Burk I
and a graduate of Edcouch-Elsa jj
High School. Mr. Whittle is a grad- I
uate of Edinburg. He has worked J
for the Morris shop for several
years and understands the farm-
ers’ problems in the shops field
of service.
Finis Morris, owner of the three
shops, lives in Mercedes and man-
ages the Mercedes business. Mr.
and Mrs. Morris have one daugh-
ter, seven years old. He has own-
ed the shop since coming to Mer- (
cedes from Gilmer, Texas, about
fourteen years ago.
The shop in La Villa was pur-
chased in 1950 and is managed
by A1 Morris, a brother of the
owner. He has worked • for the
firm about eight years. He and
his wife live in Mercedes.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Murden
and two sons, Richard and Ger-
ald, will continue to live in their
home in the Fry addition as Mr.
Murden has accepted the position ;
of machinist at the Texas Plas-
tics, Inc., plant in Elsa.
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Supt. And Mrs. Peay
Entertain Faculty
Supt. and Mrs. A. L. Peay held
open house on Sept. 1, 7 to p.m.
at their home in Elsa honoring
all faculty members, thejr wives-*
and husbands, members of the
Board of Education and* their
wives.
The house was decorated with
red bougainvillea. Mrs. EJ A. Car-
reon and Mrs. Alton Archer assist-
ed in serving the guests.
SCHOOL is OPEN
DRIVE CAREFULLY
Nobody wants to hurt a child . . . but every day,
children are hurt by careless people who won’t take
time to obey the traffic rules and drive carefully in
school zones. Next time you drive past a school, slow
down and remember that you, too, are the guardian
of our nation’s most precious asset . . . the future
citizens of America. Drive carefully today and you’ll
have no regrets tomorrow.
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Harvey, J. Edwin. The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 11, 1958, newspaper, September 11, 1958; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth723972/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.