The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 6, 1969 Page: 1 of 8
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The Merce
Mercedes, Texas, 78570, Thursday, March 6, 1969
MERCEDES PUBLIC LIBRARY
536 3RD STREET
CITY
nterprise
Vol. 53 No. 10
Price 10c
Mercedes Residents, Friends Sweep Past Library Fund Goal
Still Records To Keep
. . . but, for the collectors and the keepers of
records, the campaign is not quite over.
During the next 12 months approximately $40,
000 will be paid on pledges directly or through bank
draft arrangements to the Mercedes Memorial Li-
brary Building Fund.
The fund topped $65,000 Friday night. Of that
total, $25,000 was already in hand, from donation
cash paid and land value assets. That leaves about
$40,000 to be collected.
Mrs. H. G. George, a member of the library
board of directors and Building Fund campaign
treasurer last month, has volunteered to be respon-
sible for accepting payments, channeling the money
into the Building Fund and keeping appropriate rec-
ords.
All cash due the Building Fund, not being hand-
led by bank draft, is to be mailed, when due, to Li-
brary Building Fund, Post Office Box 114, Merce-
des. (Contributors who have authorized banks to
withhold set amounts from their accounts need not
be concerned.)
“And,** says Mrs. George, “Please send your
pledged money as soon as possible, without waiting
for a bill ... we want to save the cost of stamps
and other billing expenses**.
R.D. BENDALL
R.D. Bendall
, New Pastor
The Rev. R. Douglas Ben-
dall is new priest-in-charge
of the Episcopal Church of
the Redeemer, Mercedes,
and Epiphany Church, Ray-
mondville. He has begun a
schedule of worship ser-
vices at 9 a.m. in Merce-
des and at 11 a.m. in Ray-
mond vi lie.
The new pastor, his wife,
Sherry, and their children,
■. Lisa Maria, 4, and David
Douglas, 2, will make their
v home in Raymondville.
A native of Baltimore,
Md., Mr. Bendall earned a
Bachelor of Arts degree at
St. John's College, Anna-
polis; served as a medical
lab technician in the Army
for four years; was grad-
uated from the Episcopal
Theological Seminary of the
Southwest at Austin in 1968,
and was ordained to the
priesthood on January 26,
M969, at St. Paul’s Episco-
pal Church in San Antonio.
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Quota Exceeded
In Single Month
Bands Play
On Thursday
A high school and junior
high band concert Thurs-
day night, and open houses
at MHS, junior high and the
Migrant school Thursday
will end most local obser-
vance plans for Public
Schools Week in Texas,
March 3 to 7.
Program for the concert
begins at 8 p.m. in the
school auditorium on Ohio
Street.
The junior high band, di-
rected by Ramon Aguilar
III, will play “Thunder West
March**, “Trumpet Vol-
untary**, “Step to the Rear”,
and “Hymn of Freedom”.
The MHS band, directed
by A vie Teltschik, will play
“The Mad Major”, “Fes-
tive Overture”, “Begin the
Beguine”, “Love Is Blue”,
“The Umbrellas of Cher-
bourg”, “Days of Wine and
Roses” and “The Purple
Carnival”.
Preceding the Thursday
concert, public open houses
are scheduled at Mercedes
high school, 6:30 to 7:30
p.m.; at the junior high dur-
ing the same period, and at
the Migrant school (soon to
be dedicated as Leon R.
Graham School), until 7:30.
Travis, Taylor, West and
Kennedy elementary schools
had their open houses ear-
lier in the week.
Science Fair exhibits, ar-
ranged for the first time at
the Civic Center, were
judged Wednesday and will
be open to inspection from
8 a.m. to 7:45 p.m. Thurs-
day and from 8 until noon on
Friday. All must be remov»
ed by 5 p.m. Friday.
Winners of ‘Sweepstakes*
awards will be awarded pins
at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
Availability of approxi-
mately $115,000 to build a
new Mercedes Memorial Li-
brary was assured last week
when local campaigners pas-
sed their $50,000 goal on
Monday and added $15,000
more by Friday night.
That first $50,000 will be
matched by a federal Li-
brary Services Act grant,
administered through the
Texas State Library. To
earn that $50,000, Mercedes
had to raise its matching
amount before March 1.
When that deadline was
announced, a campaign or-
ganization was formed and
and a four-week February
drive was launched. Pre-
vious campaigning and
matchable assets, which in-
cluded $3,000 in land as site
for the new building, had
placed the Building Fund
total as $16,173.64. At the
start of the fourth February
campaign week, the Fund had
shot past the $50,000 figure.
By the end of that week, the
local total had reached $65
000.
Hundreds of donations and
pledges-to-pay from Mer-
cedes residents and friends
had won the matching-funds
battle and had added extra
money to meet rising con-
struction costs.
In month-long campaigning
during February, approxi-
mately 40 workers met for
lunch each noon at El Som-
brero, reporting on the pre-
ceding day’s progress.
Those luncheon meetings
produced totals of $9,300
the first week, $10,200 the
second week, $15,000 the
third week and $10,000
through Thursday of the
fourth week.
At a ‘Victory Banquet*
Friday night, the total hit an
even $65,000. Central Pow-
er and Light Company doub-
led its previous commitment
of $2,500, Mr. and Mrs.
H. E. Butt added $1,500 to
their previous $1,000 pledge
and Mr. and Mrs. S. H.
Collier Sr. added $1,000 to
the Fund in the names of
their children. (Campaign
expenses had been deduct-
ed from the Fund total ear-
ly in the drive.)
S. H. Collier Jr. and
W. B. Lauder Jr., cam-
paign co-chairmen, issued
plaques honoring outstand-
ing service to the success of
the drive to Kenneth Barth,
Mrs. Verna Wilson, Bill Sa«
varino, Fleet Lentz, Salva-
dor Barron, L. W. Clifford,
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Eilers,
Mr. and Mrs. Rex Franklin
and Mrs. H.. G. George.
Those attending the dinner
then voted plaques for Mr.
Collier and Mr. Lauder and
for Jack Graf, campaign mu-
sician and luncheon enter-
tainer.
Mr. Collier and Mr. Lau-
der presented a plaque to
Mrs. E. E. Marchant honor-
ing her and her late husband.
Mr. Marchant had served as
library board building com-
mittee chairman and co-
chairman of the initial Fund
campaign. Mrs. Marchant
had contributed $1,000 to the
Fund early in the drive and it
was her additional $4,000 on
Monday of last week that
pushed the Fund past its ori-
ginal $50,000 goal.
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fASTER SEAL VOLUNTEERS INCLUDE MERCEDES LEADERSHIP — Community chairmen for the
c^Liebcr, Ri°Grande City; standing, Mrs. Daren Benoit, Rio Grande City; Oscar Gonzalez, Edcouch
sa, Mrs. JohnGmsbach, Alamo; Joe B. Winston Jr., Mercedes, county chairman; Mrs. A. F. Sher-
er Jr., San Juan; Warren Suter, Mission, president of the Hidalgo County Easter Seal Society Mrs.
Aubin Creel, Alamo; and Guadalupe Garza, Rio Grande City. Mrs. Sidney McClendon, co-chairman
xor Mercedes, was not present for the picture.
World Prayer
Day March 7
‘World Day of Prayer*
will be conducted here at
9:30 a.m. Friday, March 7,
at the First United Method-
ist Church.
The women of the First
Presbyterian Church will
direct the program with
Mrs. Paul C. Schrank in
charge.
Members of all churches
are invited to attend.
WEATHER
Mercedes Influence Strong
In Easter Seal Campaign
Rain
.02
T race
T race
Total Rainfall: 2.82
Junior, Senior Bandsman Earn 74 UIL Division I Medals
Mercedes junior and sen-
ior high school bandsmen
collected 74 Division I me-
dals in solo and ensemble
contests Saturday in Har-
lingen. Judges of the Uni-
versity Interscholastic Lea-
gue competition were Ralph
Balls of Harlingen, A. Re-
posh of Edinburg and Ron-
ald Smith of McAllen.
The Division I winners:
SENIOR HIGH
Flute trio—Linda Sch-
warz, Beth Herndon, Ruth
Ann Crenshaw; Sandra Mar-
roquin, Diana Martinez, Ste-
phanie Dollery; Ann Lauder,
Bobbi Kaye Jones, Colma
Lentz.
Flute quartet — Sandra
Marroquin, Diana Martin-
ez, Stephanie Dollery, Ester
Sanchez; Bobbi Kaye Jones,
Colma Lentz, Beth Hern-
don, Barbara Harris.
Clarinet quartet—Denis
Gonzalez, San Juanita Gon-
zalez, Rebecca Diaz, Belle
Moreno.
W oodwind choir — Betti
Sisk, Jaime Closner, Karen
Brewer, Barbara Anderson,
Robert Sisk, Nora Stewart,
Eddie Ervin, Marcella Er-
vin, Peggy Ervin, Dalia San-
chez, Brenda Brothers.
Cornet trio —Dickie Hi-
nojosa, Robert Miller, Os-
car Garcia.
Trombone quartet—Lar-
ry Schwarz, Teresa Hover-
son, Kandyce Lugg, Jimmy
Greenwood.
Brass choir—Robert Mil-
ler, Glenn Stewart, Oscar
Garcia, Rudy Mora, Mari-
lyn Basinger, Jimmy Down-
ing, Betty Pruitt, Larry
Schwarz, Teresa Hoverson,
Kandyce Lugg, Gary Al-
bright, Kenneth Jones, Ric-
ky Givens, Ernesto Garcia,
Henry Hinojosa.
JUNIOR HIGH
Flute solo—Susan Mur-
ray.
Flute trio—Debbie Free-
man, Susan Murray, Valerie
Edgemon; Carolyn Cren-
shaw, Diane Roman, Hanna
Hovda.
Woodwind trio—Debbie
Freeman, Beverly Brewer,
Frances Dalton.
Clarinet trio—Lillie Do-
minguez, Janet Wood, Ruth
Herrera.
Saxophone quartet—Sally
Lauder, Nancy Kelly, Bar-
bara Schwarz, Gary Diehl.
Cornet trio—Gary Gulley,
Brewer.
Miss Elvira Hinojosa and
Mrs. Sidney McClendon are
co-chairmen of the 1969
Easter Seal Campaign in
Mercedes.
Joe B. Winston Jr., also
of Mercedes and county
chairman of the annual fund
appeal staged by the Hidalgo
County Easter Seal Society
for Crippled Children and
Adults, said Miss Hinojosa
and Mrs. McClendon will
lead Mercedes volunteers in
a community-wide drive for
funds to help provide treat-
ment and rehabilitation of
Cornet quartet—Sidney ment and rehabilitation of
Gonzalez, Jacinto Gonza- disabled children and adults,
lez, Juan Pablo Gallaga
Leslie Barnes.
JUNIOR HIGH
French quartet — Rudy
Mora, Marilyn Basinger,
Jimmy Downing, Betty
Pruitt.
Trombone quartet —Bar-
bara Lugg, Duane Cotter,
David Harris, Hans Hovda.
French horn quartet—
Keith Hartnell, Johnny
Downing, Marisela Lopez,
Barry Jones.
Last year, 476 handicap-
ped persons received help
from the Hidalgo County
Seal Treatment Center.
Twenty-three of the patients
were from Mercedes.
The needs of the handicap-
ped and costs of providing
professional help are rising,
and more money than ever
before is needed to serve
crippled children and adults
during 1969, Mr. Winston
said. The caseload at the
Treatment Center is in-
creasing steadily.
The Mercedes community
appeal will include the tra-
ditional Easter Seal mail ap-
peal, as well as a door-to-
door Easter Seal Parade
the co-chairmen said.
Martita Benavidez of
Mercedes is Hidalgo coun-
ty poster girl for the 1969
campaign.
Commission Ballot Set
Rudy Sepulveda, Mario l'^ ^
bert Gonzalez, Magdalena
Salazar, Robert Garza.
Four contestants for two
City Commission seats and
one day left for opposition
to form against two candid-
ates for two School Board
positions was the local elec-
tion situation Wednesday
morning.
Campaigners, running as
‘tickets’ for two City Com-
mission positions are Mrs.
Absentee balloting for the
city election will extend
from March 13 through
March 27 at City Hall.
School Board president
Robert Villanueva and As-
cencion Peynado were still
the only candidates early
Wednesday for two vacan-
cies on the School Board.
School business manager Ig-
of Division II
zano.
Winners
awards:
SENIOR HIGH
Clarinet trio — Robert
Sisk, Nora Stewart, Karen
Dewey Acker and EliasGon- nacio Romeros was to keep
A junior high baritone
trio, Billy Drawe, Rolando
Moreno and Billy Brewer,
won a Division III award*
zalez and Liborio Hinojosa
and Ignacio Garcia.
In drawing for positions
on the April 1 ballot, the
order of listing was defined
as Hinojosa, Garcia, Gon-
zalez, Acker.
filing applications available
through the day.
Absentee voting in the
School Board race will open
on March 16 and close on
April 1 at the school bus-
iness office on Sixth Street.
First Queen City
Relays Run Here
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AT QUEEN CITY RELAYS. . .Gary Schwarz in early pole vault competition
Mercedes track and field
competitors won team
championship trophies in
seventh, eighth and ninth
grade divisions and placed
second in high school var-
sity action in the first an-
nual Queen City Relays here
Saturday.
Team totals:
High school varsity—Don-
na 172; Mercedes, 149; Ray-
mondville, 96; Edcouch-El-
sa, 79.
Ninth grade—Mercedes
231; Donna, 105; E-E, 96,'
Raymondville, 8.
Eighth grade—Mercedes,
236; Donna, 188 1/2; E-E,
45 1/2. (No Raymondville
team entered.)
Seventh grade—Merce-
des, 293 1/2; Donna, 183
1/2; E-E, 11. (No Ray-
mondville team entered.)
Here are the first three
finishers in each event, in
order of finish (1, 2, 3);
initials identify the school;
winning times and distances
noted:
SHOT PUT — Varsity,
Terveen D, Garza E-E,
Hovda M, 46’, Balli D,
Saldana M, Flores M, 35*
8”. 8th Casares D, Islas
M, De Leon D, 40* 4 1/2”.
7th Gomez M, Lopez M,
Tamez D, 30*. 10 1/2”. ’
DISCUS — Varsity, Garza
E-E, Terveen D, Cowden M,
120* 6”. 9th, Saldana M,
Hahn D, Rodriguez E-E, 100*
5 1/2”. 8th, De Leon D,
Perez M, Arriaga D, 114*
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AND SHOT PUTTER DAVID HOVDA.
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