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Mercedes, Texas 78570 Wednesday, November 3, 2004
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Dear Mercedes,
Letters from F.S. Lentz,
Dear Mercedes, NFO in. There was no badge or de- know whether our driver for whatever
When you look at a Naval Flight vice to say that this man flew F 18’s, day it was, or whatever mission it was,
Officer’s wings and a Naval Aviator’s this one A-6’s, this man took photo- could do it and get us back.
wings, there is a difference. The NA’s, graphs in an RF4, this one jammed Because of that, many of us be-
or pilot’s, have one anchor standing radars in EA-6's. came, or began becoming, fairly ad-
vertically behind the federal shield. After the Navy, and hence the equate judges of ability. We had to.
The NFO’s, backseater’s have two set Marine Corps, had become used to it, Our lives, insofar as we flew high per-
diagonally. or maybe at the outset, NFO’s were formance airplanes, were not in our
I never gave it much thought, al- determined to be able to hold com- own hands.
though I coveted the NFO insignia and mand. We were unrestricted officers One old timer, thirty two years of
depended on men wearing the other, of the line. We could command infan- age, a three cruise and several hun-
Then thirty-three years, and a war, and try organizations of equivalent rank dred combat mission veteran, summed
a spotted, all over the map career later, and size, but grunts couldn’t com- it up thusly: Gents, you will learn to
I began wondering about it. mand aviation squadrons. live by quick wits. The only control
Why two for us NFO’s and one Yet the difference in the number you will have over a mach two air-
for NA’s. They both look well of anchors was only one. There was plane will be your powers of persua-
enough, are golden, compact, serious a separate mindset between the two sion that come from your steel-trap
in their official way. Deadly serious at groups. ‘Fallen angels,’ student pi- minds. You will have that, and the ejec-
times. lots that had washed out of flight tion seat handles.
They say much to any eye that school were discouraged from at- That is how it started. I had taken
knows what it is looking at. And, not tempting to gain NFO wings. Corpo- two rides in airplanes previous to
to make overmuch of it, the Navy had rate wisdom seemed to suggest that flight school. I was deficient in Alge-
to come up with something that befit those individuals would detract from bra and Physics and so spent the req-
the young designation. the esprit that the Navy and Marine uisite time in Bone Head school com-
In the expected communal peck- Corps wanted the NFO’s to have. ing up to speed. I had passed the
ing to establish order, most times
friendly, when we were new at it, new
in a relatively new field, we had a
ready answer. We had two because it
was twice as hard, we were twice as
good, and so on.
The imbuing of the difference Aviation Qualification Test based
started at the first training squadron.
Salty Vietnam returnee instructors,
mostly ship-borne NFO’s gave only
left-handed compliments to aviators,
referring to them as cab drivers,
There was federally sponsored busmen, or chauffeurs. They were
advertising near that time that had a
tag line that ran roughly approximate
to this: A pilot is a pilot...an NFO is
something else....’
I do not know when the distinct
designation for Naval Flight Officers
began. The first men to fly the
backseats of the Phantom were not
commissioned officers. I believe they
were Warrant Officers. Then after a
time, the government decided be-
cause of the security clearance re-
quired to operate the fire control sys-
tem, especially the radar, that it was
easier if commissioned officers, who
had a security clearance to begin with,
filled the seats. They, had to have
something to denote what they were,
were trained to do.
Even though it is a generic desig-
nator, the same untrained eye would
have to ask which aircraft one was an
determined that the fledglings under-
stand that the job was distinct from
operating the airplane.
only on many hours of model build-
ing and flying the wire anchored, gas
powered little planes around and
around in circles. I knew what they
looked like, knew how they flew, knew
they went up and down and could
land. I knew about propellers in an
age of jets.
I had been around a few old fighter
The approach was different. We pilots and no back seaters. I had no
had to learn an element that pilots did idea how much I did not know,
not. We had to have enough instinc- ^Que te vaya bien?
tual psychology in hand to be able to Fleet
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PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE OF FILING APPLICATION
FOR
BANK HOLDING COMPANY
MNB Ventures, Inc., 201 South Texas, Mercedes, Texas 78570 intends to
apply to the Federal Reserve Board for permission to acquire direct control of
100% of the outstanding voting common stock of Mercedes Bancorp, Inc., 201
South Texas, Mercedes, Texas 78570, acquire indirect control of 100% of the
issued and outstanding stock of Mercedes Delaware Financial Corporation, 30
Old Rudnick Lane, Dover, Delaware 19901 and acquire indirect control of 100% of
the issued and outstanding stock of Mercedes National Bank, 201 South Texas,
Mercedes, Texas 78570. The Federal Reserve considers a number of factors in
deciding whether to approve the application, including the record of performance
of the bank we own in helping to meet local credit needs.
Pastor: Hector Reynoso
Services: Sun. School - 9:45 a.m. - Sun. Worship - 11 a.m.
Sunday and Wednesday Evening Services - 6:30 p.m.
Men’s Meetings - 2nd & 4th Sat of the month at 8:30 a.m.
Women’s Meetings - 2nd & 4th Thurs. of the month at 6 p.m.
Youth Meeting - Every Sunday at 5 p.m.
RAY’S Air Conditioning
& Refrigeration Service
565-1722
Rt. 2 Box 29-A
OWNER: RAY MARTINEZ Mercedes, Texas 78570
Iglesia Bautista Filadelfia
410 Dawson Road • Mercedes
Schedule of Services:
Sunday School -’9:20 a.m.
Sunday Worship - 10:30 a.m.
Sunday Evening Service - 5 p.m.
Wednesday Prayer Service - 7 p.m.
Tony’s
Picture Frames
& Mexican Imports
Owners: 3 Mi. E. Bus. Hwy 83
Concepcion De La Garza Mercedes, TX 78570
Antonio De La Garza, Ph. (956) 565-4232
You are invited to submit comments, in writing, on this application to the
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Banking Supervision Department, P.O. Box
655906, Dallas, Texas 75265-5906. The comment period will not end before
December 3, 2004, and may be somewhat longer. The Federal Reserve Board’s
Policy Statement regarding notice of applications may be found at 12 C.F.R. Part
262.25. To obtain a copy of the Federal Reserve Board’s procedures, or if you
need more information about how to submit your comments on the application,
contact the Director-Applications at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Rob
Jolley at (214) 922-6071. The Federal Reserve System will consider your
comments and any request for a hearing on the application if they are received by
the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas on or before the last date of the comment
period.
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$2.00 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FEE
During the September 30, 2004 City Commission meeting, the City Commission voted
for and approved Ordinance No. 2004-23. This ordinance authorizes a $2.00 Capital
Improvement Fee to be charged to all water/sewer users.
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Drive
Thru
A ATT C Appliance
MAI I O Repair
The capital improvement fee will be used to partially fund the relocation of water and
sewer lines along Expressway 83. This work is necessary to keep the City's utility
system running as construction takes place on the Expressway 83 Expansion Project.
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700 N. FM 491 Baseline Openi M-Th: 7 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Mercedes, TX 78570 Fri-Sati 7 a.m.- 12 a.m.
(956) 514-0848 Sunday: 12 p.m. - 12 a.m.
• Ranges • Washer and Dryers
• Window Units • Refrigerators
1306 South Missouri 565-4555
This fee is scheduled to be on the utility bills for approximately 18 months, until the
amount of $125,000.00 is collected.
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