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Vol. 57
No. 21
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Graduation Nears for 171 Mercedes Seniors
ENTERPRISE PHOTO
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT COUNCIL LEADERS. .. for
1972-73 picked by the students are Julie Wade, vice president
and Rolando Badillo, president. Julie is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. R. Wade Jr. and Rolando is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Badillo.
Public Concern Is Asked
The Mercedes Civic Center swim-
ming pool, equipped with a newly
installed filtering system, opened for
business Sunday and will remain open
until late September ... if pool users
will only take reasonable care of the
public facility.
City Commissioner Howard Spar-
row, whose responsiblity area in-
cludes the swimming pool, has stated
that more public concern for facilities
will have to be shown this year, ‘or
we just won’t be able to offer a swim -
ming program in Mercedes’. Sparrow
cites high repair costs and a tight
city budget as reasons for the public
to exercise better than usual care this
year.
Daily fee for pool use is 350.
Special student rate is 250 and sea-
son family pass is available for $20.
Pool is now open from 3 p.m. until
8 p.m. Monday through Friday and
from 9 a.m. until 8 p.m. on weekends.
Graduation week activities for 171
members of the class of ‘72 at Mer-
cedes high school will begin Sunday,
May 28 with Baccalaureate services
and will end with Commencement
Thursday, June 1. Both services will
be at Tiger Stadium and both will be-
gin at 8 p.m.
The traditional Baccalaureate
sermon will be delivered this year
by Rev. Robert E. Horne, Jr. of the
First Presbyterian Church. Invoca-
tion will be given by Rev. Albert
Stanley of the First Christian Church
and Rev. Harold Atkins of the Assem-
bly of God Church will give the bene-
diction.
Processional will be played by
Mrs. Beatrice Broyles. Special music
will be provided by the high school
choir accompanied by Diana Salinas,
member of the senior class. Miss
Salinas will also play the recession-
al.
Seniors have chosen Spruce Green
and Gold class colors, the Gold Mari-
gold as class flower and “Some see
things as they are and ask why? We
dream things that never were and ask
why not?” as their class motto.
Commencement exercises will
feature addresses by Valedictorian
Hilda Ybarra, Salutatorian Nelda A.
Garcia and High Ranking Boy Tracy
Edgemon. For the first time this year
speakers will be allowed to present
a part of their address in the Spanish
language if they wish to do so.
The complete Commencement
program is as follows:
Processional, “The Sinfonians”,
high school band.
Invocation, Rebecca de Leon.
“Promenade In Springtime”, high
school band.
Welcome, Ramon Perez Jr., Sen-
ior Class President.
Address, Tracy Edgemon, Highest
Ranking Boy.
Address, Nelda A. Garcia, Salu-
tatorian.
Address, Hilda Ybarra, Valedic-
torian.
Presentation of Class, Lauro
Guerra, Superintendent, Mercedes
Public Schools.
Presentation of Diplomas, Hector
Garza, President, Board of Trustees.
“The Impossible Dream”, Senior
Class accompanied by Diana Sa-
linas.
Lauro Guerra, Superintendent of
Schools, will present the following
awards: G. C. Parrish Memorial
Scholarship Award, Joe Foley Mem-
orial Award, Future Teachers of
America Award, Thespian Scholar-
ship Award, Zeta Eta Sigma Scho-
larship Award, National Honor Society
Scholarship Award.
J. D. Volmer, President of the
Kiwanis Club will present the Kiwanis
Award.
BY DICK HARMAN
CANDIDATE IN MERCEDES -- Dolph Briscoe, candidate for Texas Governor, stumped the
Valley last week, and one of the stops was Mercedes where a enthusiastic crowd of more than
250 persons greeted him. Here, Briscoe, center foreground, meets local citizens at the Ci-
vic Center. Mr. Briscoe carried Mercedes in the Primary Election, winning all four boxes.
Javier de los Santos, President
of Rotary Club will present the Rotary
Club Award.
Steve Hollon, President of the
Lions Club will present the Lions
Club Award.
Martin Quintanilla, National Re-
presentative, Woodman of the World,
Woodman of the World Award.
Robert Noriega of Knights of Co-
lumbus Council #4554, the Richard
Torres Memorial Award.
Mercedes Jaycees Award by Jay-
cee President.
Insurance Workers Union Local
250, Enrique Hernandez.
Mercedes Community Helpers,
Raul Garcia,
Honor Awards, Martin Pena, Prin-
cipal of Mercedes High School.
Benediction, Dora de los Santos,
Senior Class Recording Secretary.
Recessional — ttPomp and
Circumstance”, high school band.
Will Elect Officers
Quarterback Club members are
asked to meet Thursday, May 25,
7:30 p.m. at El Sombrero restaurant.
Purpose of the meeting is to elect
officers and begin organization for the
1972-73 year.
Present club President R. G.
‘Tiny’ Perez has indicated that all
officers are resigning Thursday and
that all posts will be up for election.
“We’ve served our term and we
feel that now is the time for a new
slate to take over,” said Mr. Perez.
Present officers serving with Mr.
Perez are Joe Marshall and Roger
Terry, vice presidents and Sidney
McClendon, secretary-treasurer.
Teen Center to Have
Open House Friday
An open house for the public at
the recently organized ‘Teen Cen-
ter’ of the Mercedes CommunityHel-
pers has been scheduled for Friday,
May 27 at the center located on the
third floor of the Mid-Valley Flo-
rist building, 336 South Texas Avenue.
Doors of the center will open at 6 p.m.
Members of the Mercedes Com-
munity Helpers will serve refresh-
ments to visitors and show their fa-
cilities.
Group President Raul Garcia ex-
tends a ‘warm welcome’ to interest-
ed persons in Mercedes and states
that club members Took forward’ to
seeing visitors.
(The complete text of a letter to
the Mercedes Community from Raul
Garcia appears on page four of this
week’s Enterprise.)
ENTERPRISE PHOTO
FIRST WITH A POPPY -- Mayor Liborio Hinojosa received
the first 1972 poppy from Mrs. Woody Tullis, chairman of the
American Legion Auxiliary Poppy Day Committee. The red
flower remembrances will be sold May 26 in Mercedes with
American veterans benefitting from the proceeds. (An official
resolution from the City of Mercedes proclaiming Poppy Day
appears elsewhere in this paper.)
Cooperation Is Called Key to Solutions
“We’ve got our share of com-
munity problems, but solutions are
available ... if the people of Merce-
des will only show interest and work
together,” is the theme being prea-
ched these days by Mercedes Mayor
Liborio Hinojosa,
The Mayor has spent much time
in the past week meeting with people
in the community to explain city
needs, explore possible answers and
to seek opinions on priorities.
First gathering was the initial
meeting of the ‘Mayor’s Advisory
Council’ last week. The group con-
sists of presidents and/or club and
civic group leaders from most or-
ganizations in the city. “We asked for
them to meet with us,” said the
mayor, “so that we could get a cross
section of help and opinion concerning
our present city situation.”
Cited by Mr. Hinojosa as problems
and needs of the city were a new
fire truck and garage for that truck
(“an expense, but one that will bene-
fit all the community by lowering
our insurance key rate”), a new city
hall (”we need one ... badly”), new
Post Office Will
Close on Monday
Memorial Day, May 29, will bring
a revised postal schedule for Merce-
des residents, according to Postmas-
ter Roger Terry.
The Post Office will be closed that
day, but mail will be placed in boxes.
Only special delivery mail will be
delivered.
Outgoing mail will be picked up
from the street drop boxes in front
of the Post Office at 3 p.m. said
Postmaster Terry.
water well and water storage tank
(“usage is way up, now almost two
million gallons a day”), impro-
vements to the sewer treatment plant
(“we’ve got to reach State stand-
ards”), extended water and sewer
lines (“how else are we to grow if
we don’t provide services?”) and
street paving on the North side of
town, (“an area too long denied im-
provements.”)
“What we need to know as mem-
bers of the City Commission is how
the people feel about these needs. What
order do they want the Commission
to proceed in? What financial routes
do they think we should pursue? We
are looking for the community to get
involved in the comm unity problem s, ”
said the Mayor.
Members of the Commission also
met last week with the Mercedes
School Board in a meeting to discuss
joint school and city problems.
Friday, the Commission met with
members of the Board of Directors
of the Mercedes Chamber of Commer-
ce and with Jesus Martinez of Lare-
do and Eddie Cano of Harlingen. Both
Mr. Martinez and Mr. Cano are with
economic development agencies of the
Federal government and were on hand
to explain available government pro-
grams and application proceedures.
“This is only a start, a beginning.
We are going to go all the way in the
search of answers to our problems,”
said Mayor Hinojosa. “Outside help is
only one part of the solution... the
total solution will come after we
have the concern and the involvement
of our own people.
TIGERS WIN FIRST IN BI-DISTRICT PLAY
Mercedes Tigers took the
first game of a best of three
series in bi-district baseball
against Flour Bluff in a Tues-
day evening effort at Pan Ameri-
can field in Edinburg. Final score
was 7 to 6 over the Corpus
Christi area 3-A champs.
The Tigers had seven hits,
scored seven runs and committed
four errors. Flour Bluff had se-
ven hits, six runs and one error.
Mercedes scored twice in the
first inning, four times in the
third and once in the fifth for
their seven runs. Flour Bluff
scored twice in the first, three
times in the third and once in
the fifth for their total of six
runs.
Winning pitcher was Ramon
Perez Jr., who relieved starter
Joe Mora in the fifth inning
with the score tied at 6 to 6,
men on first and second base
and no outs. Perez pitched three
full innings and gave up one hit
in his winning relief effort.
Next game in the series will
be played Friday, May 26 at 5
p.m. at Cabiness Field in Corpus
Christi. Cabiness Field can be
most easily reached by enter-
ing Corpus Christi on the Chap-
man Ranch Road and is located
next to the airport. A third ga-
me, if necessary will be played
Saturday, 5 p.m., at the Cabiness
Field site.
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The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 25, 1972, newspaper, May 25, 1972; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1110795/m1/1/: 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.