The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 6, 1956 Page: 3 of 10
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SEPTEMBER 6, 1956
SERVING THE CENTRAL RIO GRANDE VALLEY
THE MERCEDES ENTERPRISE — PAGE THREE
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LIGHT COMPANY
ADDS SERVICE
A complete new “Light for Liv-
ing” program, designed to help
South Texans improve the lighting
in their homes, is now being spon-
sored by Central Power and Light
Company.
According to E. L. Park, Mer-
cedes CPL manager, his company
has added several lighting special-
ists to its staff in this area. These
employees, who recently completed
an intensive course in modern
lighting techniques, will offer help
to homemakers ip selecting proper
lighting arrangements for their
J homes.
I There is no charge for the new
‘ service, the CPL manager said.
I “Many new trends in lighting
i have been developed during the
1 past few years and can help you
beautify your home,” Mr. Park
pointed out.
For example, he said, the right
kind of lighting can make a room
look larger. One type of lighting
gives a cool effect to your rooms
and anther type can create a
warm, cozy feeling.
In many cases, adapters for your
present fixtures can considerably
improve the lighting in your home,
the CPL manager explained. The
proper placement of lamps in a
room is also very improtant in
f creating the vmood” you desire,
f Homemakers who are looking
for new ways to modernize older
rooms or for more dramatic ideas
for general lighting in newly-built
homes are enthusiastically prais-
ing the new lighted valances for
walls and windows.
These decorative, yet highly
practical valances with their fluor-
escent lights concealed inside pro-
vide a pleasing way of supplying
general lighting throughout a
room.
In addition to general or back-
ground lighting which is so impor-
tant to visual comfort, lighted val-
ances create an illusion of space
in small rooms and bring out the
color and beauty of drapery fabrics
and walls.
Other modern lighting trends,
such as spotlighting a picture or
a planter, also add new beauty
to your home.
“Our lighting specialists will be
glad to help you “light condition”
your home and will show you how
to decorate with light. If you’d
like to find out more about our
new lighting service, call or come
by our office,” Park said.
Citrus Meetings
Are Scheduled
For September
Citrus growers and others inter-
ested in that important Texas in-
dustry’s welfare are studying pro-
posed federal marketing agree-
ment in a series of community
meetings begun Sept. 4. Valley
Farm Bureau president Clinton
Smith, Raymondville, in making
the announcement stated that
County Agents and others of the
A & M College Extension Service
would participate in making this
information available to the in-
dustry.
A first draft of the proposed
Marketing Agreement and Order
regulating the handling of grape-
fruit, oranges and tangarines was
prepared by a committee of grow-
ers and handlers appointed at a
Valley-wide meeting in June.
“Several hundred copies have
been distributed and others are
now being mailed on request,”
Smith said. “The drafting com-
mittee gave a lot of time and
study and it is proper that others
effected should consider the pro-
posal and offer suggestions”, he
added.
Smith said that the basic pro-
visions of the Federal Marketing
Agreement act will be explained
at each meeting and that impor-
tant points of the proposed citrus
agreement will be discussed. Time
and' places of the meetings are
as follows:
Sept. 6-10 a.m., Legion Hall,
La Fehia
2 p.m., Willis Implement Co.,
Brownsville
Sept. 7-10 a.m., Court House,
Raymondville.
“If the proposal is received fav-
orably at these meetings”, Smith
CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE SERVICES
Man’s real status as a child of
God—possessing unlimited freedom
and happiness—will be emphasized
at Christian Science services Sun-
day.
Scriptural selections in the Les-
son-Sermon entitled “Man” will
include the following from Gala-
tians (3:26,29): “For ye are all
the children of God by faith in
Christ Jesus.And if ye be Christ’s,
then are ye Abraham’s seed, and
heirs according to the promise.”
Among the passages to be read
from “Science and Health with
Key to the Scriptures” by Mary
Baker Eddy is the following (227:
24-26): “Citizens of the world, ac-
cept the ‘glorious liberty of the
children of God,’ and be free! This
if your divine right.”
The Golden Text is from 1 John
(3:1): “Behold, what manner of
love the Father hath bestowed up-
on us, that we should be called
the sons of God.”
commented,” we anticipate the
commitee, in behalf of the industry
will submit it to the Secretary of
Agriculture and request a public
hearing. We are advised that in
the event . the Secretary brings
the matter of a hearing, members
of the industry will be given time
to prepare testimony to be pre-
sented”.
Proponents will be expected at
the hearing to prove the need for
each point in the proposal”, ad-
vised Smith.” and when this is
done to the satisfaction of the Sec-
retary, only then will he call a
referendum to determine the de-
sires of the industry.”
Smiths conclusion is “if we will
all work at the job and can agree
on most details we can have a
citrus marketing agreement in ef-
fect for the 1957 crop”.
Second Meeting
Family Guidance
Planned Tonight
The second county-wide meeting
of the Hidalgo County Council for
Family Guidance Services will be
held at the Cortez Hotel in Wes-
laco Thursday, Septtember 6, at
7:30 p.m.
A highlight of this general meet-
ing will be the showing of a mo-
tion picture entitled A Family Af-
fair illustrating the various phases
of family guidance activities. Miss
Charlotte F. Bambino of the state
department will lead a discussion
of the objectives of family guidance
services and the type of services
most needed in Hidalgo County.
With this assistance and with the
opinions that have been expressed
by many of the county’s lawyers,
doctors, and clergymen as a
guide, the council will begin the
groundwork for a professional
couseling service in Hidalgo Coun-
ty.
In a brief business session pre-
ceding the showing of the film,
the Education and Interpretation
Committee will report on plans for
a discussion 1 e a d e r s’ training
course. This committee under the
able leadership of Mrs. Stanley
Bohmfalk of Weslaco has met dur-
ing the summer months and will
also present a suggested slate of
permanent officers to the council.
Every person and every interest-
ed organization is invited to attend
this meeting. Mrs. Lynn Flowers,
committee secretary from McAl-
len, will contact those known to
the committee in advance, but
county-wide representation is de-
sired and all interested parties
will be welcome.
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Mr. and Mrs. Lige Dodson and
children left Labor Day to go to
Wilcox, Arizona, for the ginning
season there.
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You can remove white spots on
mahogany furniture with an ordi-
nary ink eraser.
COUNTY BUDGET
HIKED $220,000
OYER LAST YEAR
The Hidalgo County Budget will
be some $220,000 more than for
last year, it was decided at the
commissioners meeting August 28.
This means a 20-cent tax hike
for most property owners.
The new budget figure was set
at $2,455,700.
For a time there appeared to
be a delay in sight for approval
of the new budget as Commission-
er Charley Curtis of Pharr asked
for distribution of the funds by
precinct. This was not stipulated
in the budget, although previous
custom has been to divide - the
funds equally between the four
districts.
Curtis asked for distribution ac-
cording to valuations rather than
equally. He finally consented to
approval of the budget provided
the precinct distribution problem
be taken up later.
There was no public hearing on
the budget.
Commissioners also tabled any
plan to refund county road bonds.
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Pvt. Narvaiz Part
Of Unit In Germany
Darmstadt, Germany - Pvt.
Jose R. Narvaiz, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Isidro Narvaiz, 610 N. Ver-
mont, Mercedes, recently partici-
pated in a Seventh Army Com-
mand Post exercise and the 95th
Engineer Battalion’s bridge con-
struction maneuver in Germany.
Narvaiz received realistic com-
bat training in the exercise and
actual practice in bridging the
Rhine river during the maneuver.
A construction specialist in the
battalion’s Company A. Narvaiz
entered the Army in October 1955
and received basic training at Fort
Ord, Calif. He arrived in Europe
in March of this year.
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Harvey, J. Edwin. The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 6, 1956, newspaper, September 6, 1956; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1063245/m1/3/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.