The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 23, 1971 Page: 3 of 18
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Mercedes, Texas, Thursday, December 23, 1971
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Party, Gifts
Members of the Alethean
Study Club enjoyed the hospi-
tality of Mrs. J. L. Long for
their Christmas meeting
and gift exchange. The pres-
ident, Mrs. Woody Tullis,
presided.
Mrs. Byron Jones had the
program “Emphasis on
Christmas**. She read ‘The
Story Of The Other Wise
Man* by Henry Van Dyke.
The coffee table was cov-
ered with a Venetian lace
cloth and centered with a
Christmas arrangement.
Mrs. F. R. George
of Port Isabel presided ov-
er the silver coffee service.
Those attending were Mrs.
J. V. Adams, Mrs. Victor
Brown, Mrs. Lois Clark,
Mrs. H. L. German, Mrs.
George, Mrs. J. E. Harvey,
Mrs. Byron Jones, Mrs. R..
C. Jones, Mrs. J. L. Long,
Mrs. E. L. Park, Mrs. Clive
Roe, Mrs. Wilbur Morgan,
Mrs. Tullis, Mrs. Bob San-
ders and Mrs. Lloyd Heggen.
Pledges Sorority
Betty Kay Pruitt of Mer-
cedes has been pledged to
Gamma Phi Beta social so-
rority at the University of
Texas. She is on the official
list of the University Panhel-
lenic Council.
The Mercedes Enterprise — Page 3
Textbook Selectors Named
HONORED--Navy
Ensign Ernest N.
Storms, above,
husband of the for-
mer Miss Jacquelyn
Mitchell of La Fer-
is, was named Stu-
dent of the Month
while serving with
Training Squadron
Nine at the Naval
Air Station., Meri -
dian, Miss.
School Textbooks will be
adopted for 13 subject areas
for use starting in September
1972 and the following Mer-
cedes public school instruc-
tors have been selected to
make recommendations:
Basal readers, social stu-
dies, vocal music—Mrs.Es-
tefana Hinojosa, T ravis
'Child Is Born'
“And when they were come
into the house, they saw the
young child with Mary his
mother, and fell down, and
worshipped him: and when
they had opened their trea-
sures, they presented unto
him gifts; gold, and frankin-
cense. and myrrh.**
This passage from the ac-
count in Matthew’s Gospel
about the birth of Christ
Jesus will be read at Chri-
tian Science church services
Sunday.
From Science and Health
with Key to the Scriptures
by Mary Baker Eddy these
words will also be read:
“When a new spiritual idea
is borne to earth, the pro-
phetic Scripture of Isaiah
is renewedly fulfilled: ‘Unto
us a child is born...and his
name shall be called Won-
derful.* ’’
Marine Medal Awarded to Sgt. Easterly
Marine Gunnery Sergeant
Oscar D. Easterly, husband
of Mrs. Olivia Easterly of
Mercedes, was awarded the
good Conduct Medal while
serving with the Second Ma-
rine Aircraft Wing, Beau-
fort, S.C.
The medal is awarded for
faithful and honorable ser-
vice to the Marine Corps
over a three-year period.
He attended the Univer-
sity of South Carolina, Beau-
fort.
school; Mrs. Laura Penn,
T aylor; Pete Guajardo,
West; Mrs. Nancy Solis, Ke-
nnedy; Miss Emma Guzman,
Graham; Miss Agnes Glaze,
Relampago.
Earth science, grade 8
— Don Greenisen, junior
high.
English Composition, III
and IV — A1 smith, high
school.
Related II and Consumer
Math — Mrs. Emma Jean
Atteberry, high school.
Advanced Texas Studies
— Monte Churchill, high
school.
French, German, Spanish
— Mrs. Goldsby Goza, high
school.
Driver Education and Tra-
ffic Safety — Bill Pruitt.
Industrial Arts and Vo-
cational Industrial Educa-
tion — James Dollery, Su-
perintendent Lauro Guerra.
Salas To
Pensacola
Marine Pfc. Vicente J.
Salas Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. Vicente J. Salas of
Mercedes, has reported for
training in communications
at the Naval Communications
Training Center, Pensacola,
Fla.
During the 18 week course,
he will be taught communi-
cations electronics and the
coding and decoding of of-
ficial messages he will send
and receive.
He is a 1971 graduate of
San Antonio Community Col-
lege, San Antonio.
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The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 23, 1971, newspaper, December 23, 1971; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1110833/m1/3/: 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.