The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 22, 1967 Page: 3 of 12
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Mercedes, Texas, Thursday, June 22, 1967
I he Mercedes enterprise — rage 3
Vows Are Read in Weslaco Church
The First Methodist
church of Weslaco was the
setting for the 4 p.m. wed-
ding June 18 when Miss Sus-
an Swedlund of Houston be-
came the bride of Dr. Tho-
mas Michael Smith of Hous-
ton.
Parents are Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence George Swedlund
of Elsa and Mr. and Mrs.
Harry E. Smith of Longview.
The altar and pedestal ar-
rangements were of white
gladiolas, stock and huckle-
berry, flanked on each side
by white candleabra entwined
with gypsophila holding
white lighted tapers. Family
pews were marked with white
satin bows and orchid pom
pom chrysanthemums.
The Rev. Roy Shilling pas-
tor of the First Methodist
church of Weslaco, and the
Rev. Leo Fletcher Rose,
pastor of the First Methodist
of Edcouch, officiated at the
double-ring ceremony. Mrs.
I. W. Thompson organist
played the wedding nuptial
music.
The bride, given in mar-
raige by her father, wore a
formal gown of imported silk
in sculptured style. The
dress was highlighted by a
Chantilly lace overblouse
with bell sleeves of wrist
length. An elbow length cape
of silk completed the cos-
tume. Her train fell from
an empire waist and was ac-
cented by etchings of lace.
A band of interwoven
strans of pearls held her
full French silk illusion veil
in place. In her silk bridal
shoe she wore a sixpence.
She carried a cascading bou-
quet of sterling silver roses,
white satin streamers and
lovers knots.
Miss Swedlund was her
sister’s maid of honor and
the bridemaids were her
cousins, Miss Leigh and
Miss Christine Burlingame
of Corpus Christi.They were
gowned alike in lavender silk
formal gowns styled in an
empire silhouette with back
floating panels.
David Fletcher Smith of
Longview was his brothers
best man. Groomsmen were
Dr. Larry Heilman of Wi-
chita Falls, a roommate of
the bridegroom, and Mark
Smith of Longview, brother
of the bridegroom, George
Underwood of Houston and
James Carlson of Edcouch.
The bride’s mother chose
a soft aqua crepe dress with
lace jacket and matching ac-
cessories. The bride-
groom’s mother wore a
pink silk linen dress trim-
med with matching satin and
floral hat and matching ac-
cessories. Both mothers and
the bride’s grandmother,
Mrs. H. B. Swedlund of Wes-
laco, wore orchid corsages.
The bride’s parents enter-
tained with a reception fol-
lowing the wedding in the
church parlor.
illBie
DICK HARMAN
MRS. THOMAS SMITH
Mrs. Dale Merriman of
Houston presided at the bri-
de’s book in the foyer of the
church and registered the
guests. The book rested on
table laid in a hand-made
cut work cloth, a wedding
gift from Panama. An ar-
rangement of white roses
was also on the table.
Mrs. A. E. Branch of Elsa
played soft back ground mu-
sic during the reception.
The bride’s three-tiered
white cake was decorated in
white sugar spun roses and
topped with white silk wed-
ding bells and was served by
Mrs. George Underwood of
Houston. The punch was
poured by Mrs. Dale C. Mer-
riman of Houston. The bridal
bouquet in a white pedestal
centered the table. Both tab-
les were laid with hand cro-
cheted cloths made by the
bride’s grandmother, Mrs.
H. B. Swedlund of Weslaco.
The bridegroom’s table
was centered with orchid
mums. Mrs. Thomas Fletch-
er of Longview, aunt of the
groom served the groom’s
double ring German choco-
late cake. Mrs. Grey Swed-
lund poured the coffee from
a silver service.
Others in the house party
included bride’s grandmoth-
er Mrs. Swedlund of Wes-
laco, Mrs. Harry Hollon,
Mrs. R. B. Carter, Mrs.
Ernest Thompson, Mrs. E.
C. Thomas, Mrs. Wesley
Dixon and Mrs. Albert Mur-
den.
Mrs. Smith chose for her
wedding trip to Colorado and
Chicago, a biege and lime
crepe dress with a ruffled
jacket and matching acces-
sories and rose corsage
from her bridal bouquet.
The couple will make their
home in the Army Dental
Corps and will be stationed
at Leavenworth, Kan.
The bride is a graduate of
Edcouch-Elsa and Texas
Woman’s University and is
an R.N. Dr. Smith grad-
uated from Longview high
school, University of T exas
and University of Texas Den-
tal Branch of Houston. He is
a member of Delta Sigma
Delta Fraternity.
Out of Valley guests in-
cluded Mr. and Mrs. D. R.
Burlingame and daughter of
Corpus Christi, Michael
Smith of Monaco, Pa„ grand-
father of the bridegroom,
Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Smith
and two sons, David and
Mark, and Mrs. Thomas Fle-
tcher of Longview, Mrs. W.
P. Irons, Monaco, Pa„ and
Mrs. Hal Reed of Beaver,
Pa„ aunts of the bride-
groom, Mr. and Mrs. Per-
ry Thompson, Longview; Dr.
Larry Heilman, Wichita
Falls; Mrs. Dale Merriman,
Mr. and Mrs. George A.
Underwood all of Houston,
Mr. and Mrs. Grey Swedlund
of San Marcos.
Rehearsal dinner was hos-
ted by the bridegroom’s par-
ents Saturday in the chevron
room of the Echo Hotel in
Edinburg.
The bride was feted with a
luncheon on Friday pre-
ceding the wedding by
Mrs. Swedlund of Weslaco
and Mrs. D. R. Burlin-
game of Corpus Christi when
18 guests were present.
May 20 she was honored
with a bridal shower at the
home of Mrs. Harry Hollon
with Mrs. E. C. Thompson,
Mrs. R. B. Carter, Mrs.
W. H. Hughes, Mrs. A. E.
Branch, Mrs. E. Thomas,
Mrs. J. P. Pealor Jr. and
Mrs. W. C. Dixon as co-
hostesses.
Eastern Star Chapter Installs Officers
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Klo-
pek were installed as worthy
patron and matron of the Or-
der of the Eastern Star Chap-
ter of Edcouch June 13 in
the Masonic Hall. Mrs. Carl
Poignee was installing offi-
cer; Mrs, Wesley installing
marshal; Mrs. Ida Pealor
installing chaplain; Mrs.
Charles (Chuck) Dudley in-
stalling organist; Mrs. L. B.
Doshier installing secret-
ary; Mrs. J. F. Galloway,
installing warder; Bill Cot-
ton installing sentinel.
Other officers installed
include Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Levings as associate worthy
patron and associate worthy
matron; Mrs. Stanley Odom
installed as conductress,
Mrs. Bill Cotton as associate
conductress; Mrs. Chan
Bauer, secretary; Mrs.
Woodie Cellum, marshall;
Mrs. Emmett Cooper, chap-
lain; Mrs. A. E. Branch,
organist; Miss Etheline
Hamilton, Ruth; Mrs. Cal
Lewis, Esther; MrS. C. W.
Bowers, Electa; Mrs. James
Mary Circle
Sets Budget
Mrs. Nathan Winters en-
tertained the Mary Circle
June 6 when 14 members
were present. Mrs. Ida Pea-
lor, chairman, appointed
Mrs. H. L. Schmalzried spi-
ritual Life chairman; Mrs.
W. W. Wilson and Mrs. Edith
Nattinger, telephone; Mrs.
O. C. Younger, courtesy.
Mrs. M. H. Van Burkleo
gave the program, Mission-
ary in an Uprooted Society.
The next meeting in July
will be with Mrs. J. F. Gal-
loway.
Report was given from
the WSCS meeting held at
the church parlor with Mrs
Hoke McKim, president, in
charge. The budget for the
year was presented and ac-
cepted.
A/3C Errol Lewis
Returns To Base
A/3C Errol J. Lewis of
Amarillo AFB returned to
his base after attending the
wedding of his twin sister,
Edna Faye Lewis, and John
McMannus of Weslaco June
10 at the First Methodist
Church of Edcouch. He visit-
ed his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Clark Lewis of Edcouch.
Pealor Jr., warder. Four
officers were not present
and will be installed later.
Mrs. Klopek presented the
immediate past worthy ma-
tron, Mrs. Woodie Cellum,
with the past matron jewels.
Mrs. Klopek named her
chairmen, Mrs. Levings,
program; James Pealor, fin-
ance; Mrs. Cooper, refresh-
ments; Mrs. Galloway, cour-
tesy and welfare; Mrs. Cel-
lum, examining; Mrs. Gallo-
way, reporter and historian;
Mrs. W. W. Wilson, tele-
phone; Cal Lewis, audition.
During the social hour
Mrs. Galloway, Mrs. Coy
Williams and Mrs. A. B.
Barker served punch and
cookies. The table was laid
in a white lace cloth and cen-
tered with fresh roses.
»Delfa Briefs
Miss Fonda Lou John-
stone, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Johnstone of
Elsa, received a B.S. de-
gree from Texas Woman’s
University at Denton on June
4, majoring in physical ed-
ucation. She is now employ-
ed as director at Fireside
Park in Dallas. Her parents
attended her graduation.
Fonda Lou is a graduate of
Edcouch-Elsa.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Blair
and family of Elsa recently
returned from a two-week
vacation spent in Clarinda,
Iowa, visiting Mrs. Blair’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. James
Akes, and other relatives.
The First Presbyterian
Church of Elsa closed a
five-day vacation church
school under the direction of
the Rev. Don Correu, edu-
cation director of the church.
The closing was Friday
evening with parents and
friends as guests. The chil-
dren had their exhibits on
display to be viewed by the
guests.
Homemade ice cream,
cookies, cake and punch were
served.
Mrs. Paul Jones of Ed-
couch returned from a six-
week trip to Beaufort, S.C.,
where she visited her daugh-
ter and son-in-law, Major
Ray E. Bright and family.
She also visited her eldest
daughter and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Harvey Willigan
and daughters in Dallas.
Bobby Carr others, eight-
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Bob Carrothers of Midland,
is visiting his grandparents
Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Fuqua
of Monte Alto and his aunt
and uncle Mr. andMrs.Roy-
ce Fuqua and family of Monte
Alto.
The Delta Area Salvation
Army unit, under the spon-
sorship of Mrs. J. F. Gallo-
way, sent four boys this week
to Camp Hoblitzelle, near
Dallas, for one week. They
were selected by Harry
Haeffner, principal of Cen-
tral Elementary, and Ed-
wardo Gonzalez, visiting
teacher at Edcouch-Elsa.
Boys are George Guerra,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Lozano
Guerra, of Edcouch; Noe
Gonzalez, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Gonzalez of Ed-
couch; Cezar Tamez, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Jose Ta-
mez of Elsa, and Rolando
Ramirez, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Pablo Ramirez of El-
sa.
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Bun-
selmeyer of Elsa left for Ri-
vera where Mr. Bunselmey-
er will be employed as night
watchman. Their son Mr.
and Mrs. Robert (Bud) Bun-
selmeyer live in Rivera.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Dalton
enjoyed a family reunion at
their home in Elsa and an
outing at Delta Lake last
week. It was the first time
for the two sister’s Mrs.
Dalton and Mrs. Henry Ferc-
king of Ness City, Kansas
and their daughters to be to-
gether. The daughters and
families of Mrs. Dalton in-
clude Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pen-
ney and children, recently of
Austin, who will leave this
summer for five years in
Brazil as missioniaries;
Mrs. James O’Neal and three
children of Carnation,
Wash.; the sister’s daugh-
ters are Mr. and Mrs. Jerry
Amerine and children of San-
ta Maria Cal., Mrs. George
Kraft and daughter of Ness,
Kan.
MR. AND MRS. DON WOODSON GOSS
Goss—Fitch Rites Are
Held in North Carolina
Mr. and Mrs. Don Wood-
son Goss are at home at
4902 1/2 Western Blvd., Ra-
leigh, N.C. after their wed-
ding June 3 at Garner Me-
thodist Church, Garner,
N.C. The Rev. Kern Ormond,
pastor, officiated at the
ceremony.
The bride is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Emer-
son Fitch of Garner and
the bridegroom is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Percy E.Goss
of Edcouch.
Organist for the nuptial
music was Mrs. Frank
Bryan.
Attendants were Mrs.
Donna Conner, matron of
honor and Dr. Larry Dubuis-
son, Richmond, Va., form-
erly of Elsa, who served as
best man.
Ushers were Bill Smith of
Raleigh and Ronald McDow-
ell of Durham, N.C.
The bride wore a yellow
silk street-length ensemble
with a matching ribbon hat
and veil and carried a bou-
quet of white carantions cen-
tered with a white orchid.
The matron of honor’s dress
was of silk in a lighter
shade than that of the bride
and wore a matching head-
band with brief veil. She
carried a nosegay of white
carnations trimmed in yel-
low ribbons.
The couple will make their
home in Chickasha, Okla.,
after Aug. 1, where the
bridegroom has accepted a
position with the federal gov-
ernment in the field of soil
and water conservation. He
is a graduate of Edcouch-El-
sa high school and has a
BS and MA from Texas Tech,
and will receive his Ph. D.
Degree from North Carolina
State University, Raleigh,
the first of August.
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Miss Henry Weds A/2CAnderson in McAllen
Miss Ruby Henry of Mc-
Allen and A/2C Gil Anderson
of Elsd were united in mar-
riage at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Eugene Kaser in McAl-
len June 15. The couple’s
parents are Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Henry of Califor-
nia and Mr. and Mrs. W, G.
Anderson of Elsa.
The couple pledged their
vows under an archway in the
home. The Rev. A. B. Bell,
pastor of the Church of God
of McAllen, officiated in the
double ring ceremony before
relatives and a friend C. A.
Munsch of McAllen.
The bride was given in
marriage by Eugene Kaser,
wearing a sleeveless pastel
green sheath, street-length
dress. She carried a white
orchid on a white Bible.
Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Rit-
ter of McAllen were their
attendants. Mrs. Ritter was
wearing a sleeveless biege
sheath street-length dress.
Her corsage was white car-
nations.
Mrs. Kaser was wearing a
pink whipped cream dress
and the bridegroom’s moth-
er wore a blue jersey.
A reception was held in
the home following the wed-
ding. The bride’s table was
laid in white lace over satin
and centered with pale pink
roses. The three-tiered cake
was topped in white wedding
bells and served by Miss
Jeannie Anderson of Elsa,
Lufkin Visitors
Mr. and Mrs. Loy Red of
Lufkin, are visiting Mrs.
Red’s daughter and son-in-
law, Mr. and Mrs. R. B.
Brown of Monte Alto.
sister of the bridegroom.
Mrs.Ritter poured the pun-
ch.
The couple will make their
home at Norton AFB in Nor-
ton, Cal., as soon as the
bridegroom’s furlough is
ended. He returned recently
from 13 months overseas
duty. Mr. Anderson had at-
tended Edcouch-Elsa. The
bride is a graduate of Mc-
Allen high school and at-
tended Pan American col-
lege.
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