Mercedes News-Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, February 23, 1934 Page: 5 of 10
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23, 1934
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1934
MERCEDES NEWS-TRIBUNE
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of the
Orchard Equipment
To Be Displayed
At Citrus School
‘Little Women” To Open At Capital
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Valley Firms Will Place
Exhibits At Institute
Held March 6th To 8th.
The annual Citrus Institute, to be
held at the Edinburg Junior College
auditorium March 6, 7 and 8 will
have an added attraction this year
in that an outdoor exhibit of the va-
rious lines of orchard care equip-
ment will be held on the vacant lots
just opposite the auditorium during
the three days of the Citrus Insti-
tute.
The various kinds of recognized
and accepted sprays, fertilizers, seed-
lings, budding methods and orchard
machinery will be shown at the ex-
position.
As more than 100 firms in the
Valley handle this type of equip-
ment it is expected that the display
will be very comprehensive and in-
structive for all those interested in
the care of citrus.
PERSONALS
Philip Bowie of McAllen was a
visitor in Mercedes Monday.
D. J. Karst underwent a major
operation at the Mercedes General
Hospital Tuesday morning. He is
reported to be getting along very
well..
Robert Barton, son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. R. Barton, who underwent
an operation at the Mercedes Gen-
„ eral Hospital last week is getting
along well although he is still con-
fined to his bed. He is now at his
a home.
B Mrs. Mary M. Morrow spent sev-
eral days last week with her daugh-
ter Mrs. Rogers Kelly in Edinburg.
Mrs. 0. T. Nichols and daughters/
of South Palm Gardens were callers
at the home of Mrs. G. C. Fittz Sat-
urday afternoon.
Mrs. W. F. Galloway is ill at her
home. She has been confined to
her bed since the first- of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. Norris Longaker
and baby daughter Cecelia Alford,
spent, the past week end in Mercedes
as guests in the home of Mr, and
Mrs. 0. M.' Joyce. They left Mon-
day for Brownsville where they
will make their- home. Mr. Long-
aker is engaged in the insurance
—husiness. They are former resi-
" smts of Mercedes, having left here
theut a year ago for San Antonio
. it ee they have made their home
since.
Miss Ruth Day, Miss Thelma
Couvert, Otto Gessling and Charles
Parnell drove to Laredo Sunday.
. Sheriff Tom Gill of Mission was
a Mercedes visitor Friday.
Joe Mistretta, Humble Oil Com-
pany representative who has been in
Mercedes for the past two months
left last week end for Laredo where
( he will be stationed for several
weeks.
R. H. Miller of Harlingen, repre-
sentative for the proposed Hug-The-
Coast Transportation Company, was
a business visitor in Mercedes Fri-
day morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Elliott were
guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
C. F. Archer Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Prince of
Cooledge, Texas were in the Val-
ley last week end, guests in the
home of' Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Schmidt in San Benito. They also
spent some time in Mercedes visiting
friends here. They are former resi-
dents of this city, Mr. Prince having
been editor of the News-Tribune for
aa number of years.
a Harry L. Stebbins, of Weslaco
was a business visitor in Mercedes
Monday morning.
, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Stansell of
Tipton, Oklahoma arrived Sunday
in Mercedes to be guests of their
aunt, Mrs. Gussie Lauderdale. They
expect to be here for a week or ten
days.,
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Barry and Mr.
and Mrs. Bascom. Robinson of La
Feria spent last week end in Corpus
Christi.
Mrs. W. W. .De Cell, Mrs. L. D.
.Mathews, Mrs. V. C. Thompson and
Mrs. Floyd Langford were among
PE the guests attending a bridge party
given by Mrs. Earl Pike at her
Like a fragrant faded rose out of
an old book comes "Little Women,”
as different from the average run
of screen features as its bewitching
New England setting is from the
rush and turmoil of Broadway.It
will open a two days engagement
Sunday at the Capitol Theatre with
an Owl Show Saturday night.
RKO-Radio Pictures has handled
with benign care the ever-popular
story, a sweet breath of romance in
the setting from which most of the
great screen successes have come—
home.
Its human, lovable characters live
against in the fashion of the day.
The peaceful settings where the four
girls romped have been transferred
to this era by the magic of the
camera and the technical skill of
movieland. Even New England snow
and storms are moved across coun-
try to the RKO-Radio lots.
Customs, costumes and the heart-
warming atmosphere of the Sixties
are a contrast, indeed, to the usual
screen melange of courtroom, ma-
chine gun and sex.
Grandmother and grandpa, moth-
er and dad, little Mary and Johnny
can walk arm in arm past the box-
office of any theatre playing “Little
Women” and well be proud that
they are going to see one of the
most appealing gems of all litera-
ture and one of the mightiest stories
of a humble home, just as it has
lived in fiction through sixty-five
stormy years.
A great cast, too, brings this
echo of a romantic American pe-
riod. Katharine Hepburn is Jo, Jo-
an Bennett is Amy, Frances Dee is
Meg and Jean Parker is Beth. Oth-
bearing the inscription, "Champion
Rio Grande Valley Fishing Rodeo,”
with space for engraving the names
of the winners and the year won.
All other prizes will be .fishing
equipment, special trophies and lov-
ing cups.
No one has offered a prize to be
awarded for the best fish-story in
the “fish-liars contest,” and no one
has ventured a suggestion as to what
would be most appropriate. Such an
important a matter deserves much
thoughtful consideration. No com-
petition in the 26 contests will re-
quire as much real talent (or is it
a gift?) as this particular one —
number 26. The amount of talent
in the Valley alone should produce
some masterpieces. I dare say the
Valley "artists," many of them wast-
ing their ability on the street cor-
ners daily, will have some real com-
petitors among some of our north-
ern visitors.
The organization, committee is
completely “stumped” regarding the
selection of a suitable prize for No.
26. This is an S. 0. S. for sugges-
tions. You may mail your sugges-
tion direct to the chairman or to
the press. Please help relieve us
of this responsibility.
The Organization Committee,
Rio Grande Valley Fishing Rodeo,
Dr. J. A. Hockaday, Chairman.
Championship Game
Protest Is Overruled
Representatives of the Edinburg
School filed a protest Monday with
J. P. DeWald, superintendent of the
Edcouch schools, who is chairman
of the executive committee in charge
of the county basketball schedule,
protesting the recent county basket-
ball tournament, and the game be-
tween Edinburg and Mercedes Sat-
urday night in which Mercedes won
the county championship..
The protest was based on the fact
that the game did not have two of-
ficials-, and second, that the officials
and plans for holding the tourna-
ment and the scheduled games were
not approved by the executive com-
mittee.
Chairman DeWald called a meet-
ing of the executive committee to
pass on the protest, the meeting be-
ing held at Pharr Tuesday night. It
was brought out at this meeting that
the tournament had been held, ac-
cording to regulations, and that the
officials had been approved and se-
lected by the coaches and represen-
tatives of the schools competing, and
passed on by the county director of
athletics. Harry Johnson, athletic
director of the Weslaco schools, and
director of the county basketball
tournament, stated that after the
game Friday night Coach Smith of
Edinburg proposed Mr. Wright of
Raymondville as referee for the
Mercedes-Edinburg game which pro-
posal was accepted by Mr. Bean of
the Mercedes team. He also stated
that at the meeting of the repre-
sentatives of the four schools com-
peting in making arrangements for
the county tournament, it was unani-
mously agreed upon to have only
one official for each game.
Six members of the Executive
Committee were present at the meet-
ing, and on a vote, one member vot-
ed to sustain the protest, and five
voted to disallow the protest.
The man who wins may have been
counted out several times, but he
didn’t hear the referee.
(PAID POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT)
To Mercedes Voters:
ers among 20 well known players as-
sembled by RKO-Radio Pictures are
Paul Lukas, Edna May Oliver, Doug-
lass Montgomery, Henry Stephen-
son, Spring Byington, Samuel Hinds
and Mabel Colcord.
The courtesy was given in honor] George Cukor, the director, shares
of Mrs. Rogers Butler, of Mississip- jn the credit that goes to all
pi, sister of the hostess.
home in Weslaco
last week end.
con-
A Royal Welcome To
The Oil Men
Fred Turner of Weslaco was a
business visitor here Tuesday after-
noon.
Mrs. Jewell Blackman spent the
first of this week in McAllen as a
guest of Miss Alice Kruse.
W. D. Glasscock, was in Mercedes
on business Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Clark have as
their house 'guests Mr. Clark’s pa-
rents from Denison, Texas. They
are planning to return to their home
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Sissell had
as their dinner guests Wednesday
evening Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jones
and Lawrence Koepke.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Blaies, of
Belleville, III., arrived in Mercedes
Thursday last week to visit in the
home of his uncle, E. H. Gauch, and
family. Mr. and Mrs. Blaies are
recent newlyweds. They-will start
back to Belleville Monday where Mr.
Blaies is employed in the U. S. post-
office.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Teasdale
have returned from Wisconsin and
are now at their home on Palm
Heights Drive.
corned for bringing this epic of girl-
hood to American movie audiences.
Suggestion For
Best Fish Liars
Prize Is Wanted
Port Isabel.—-Wanted: A sugges-
tion as to the most appropriate prize
to be offered in the fish-liar’s con-
test for the Rio Grande Fishing
Rodeo next August 8 to 12.
Prizes for the various contests are
rapidly being assembled. When all
of them are finally assigned, March
1, indications are they will have an
aggregate value of from $1,500 to
$2,000. The grand prize alone, which
is being contributed by the Missou-
ri Pacific railroad, will cost in ex-
cess of $400, according to latest re-
ports. It will be a very attractive-
ly designed, solid silver trophy,
standing two feet in height and rep-
resenting a jumping tarpon emerg-
ing from a swirl of water which he
has thrown with his great leap and
mounted upon a square ebony base
encircled by a wide band of silver,
Warm Baths Help
Keep You Fit
After a shopping trip, a round of
golf, or an evening at the theatre-—
That’s when you most enjoy a re-
freshing warm bath. Is your home
so equipped that you may enjoy
yours without delay?
With a gas water heater ready to
give you quick hot water you will
never be tempted to forego the
healthful pleasure of that bath.
You’ll be through in a jiffy, with
skin pores opened—and breathing
—clean, rested, cool. Let us’ show
you how little this ' convenience
costs, with natural gas. -
Rio Grande Valley Gas Co.
"—if it’s done with Heat, you can do it BETTER with Gas”
When Your Friends
Come to the Valley to.
Spend the Winter, Ask
Them to Stay at the
Hospitable
MERCEDES
HOTEL
The hotel has been remodeled and many
improvements have been made.
We have striven to make this Hotel a
distinct asset to the City and to the Valley.
We give the best of service. Nothing is too
good for our, friends and patrons. They, too, are
our best advertisers.
• Make this Hotel, your hotel. We want to
be a part of the community in every respect. •
We also solicit the business of the traveling
- people and of local citizens. You can stay here,
enjoy the best of accommodations,'and at low cost.
Your business greatly appreciated.
MERCEDES HOTEL
Merced
Texas
We invite you to our store and we well
be glad to render you any service of which
we may be capable. .
When you need anything in the drug
line, come here first.
HARREL DRUG
STORE
MERCEDES -
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Ern-Hi in 11.1.1
We, the undersigned members of
the Mercedes independent Volunteer
Fire Department (which served your
city faithfully for many years), heart-
ily endorse the candidacy of Mr. 0. J.
Schaeffer for City Commissioner in
the special election Saturday, Febru-
ary 24th, 1934.
We are certain of Mr. Schaeffer’s
sincerity of purpose, honesty and effi-
I ciency. Your active support and vote
for "Red" Schaeffer is solicited and
will be greatly appreciated.
(SIGNED):
Randall B. Atteberry
Jacob Fossler, Jr,
G. A, King
A, U. Swearingin
W. R, Beauchamp
R. R. Talbert~
Eric D, Green
Irvin W. Gessling
Louis S, Jones
Ted A, Lewis
A, P. Miller
Bob Bowers
L, A, Clark
Bert Johnson
Fred Johnston
Frank Beale
C. D. MacV ean
J. D. McDonald
H. A. Barbee
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I nouncemoni
11 B ° WAl IWIIIwl IV
At the solicitation of a number of the leading citi-
zens, business and professional men of this city, O. J.
Schaeffer has announced as a candidate for City Com- -
missioner to fill out the unexpired term of W. G.
Greenlee, resigned. ELECTION FEB. 24th, 1934.
Mr. Schaeffer stands for law enforcement, and economy in opera-
tion of the City’s affairs. His record as a former Commissioner bears
out these statements. .
At this time it is felt that the City needs men, who are taxpayers, as
their representatives—men who will devote time to the many and vari-
ous problems now confronting us in the refinancing of our outstanding
indebtedness, and equitable expenditure of th.City’s funds. Your vote
and influence is sought on these grounds for the candidacy of Mr. Schaef-
fer.
Standing for the above-named principles, we, the
undersigned, ANNOUNCE FOR OFFICE in the
APRIL ELECTION, and pledge our unqualified
support to the candidacy of O. J. Schaeffer in the
election February 24, 1934.
D. L. HEIDRICK, for Mayor
R. R. TALBERT, for Commissioner
PLACIDO GONZALES, for Commissioner
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