The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 44, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 29, 1980 Page: 12 of 12
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Page 12 -- The Mercedes Enterprise
Mercedes, Texas 78570 Wednesday, October 29, 1980
FANS’ FEARLESS FOOTBALL FORECASTS I "pp^
To add Interest to the
football season, The Enterprise
has asked local fans to predict the
outcome of ten games each week. Readers
are encouraged to match their football picking
skills against those of the Enterprise's 'Fearless Forecasters/
MERCEDES at DONNA
MISSION at PSJA
HANNA at WESLACO
SAN BENITO at HARLINGEN
UNITED at PACE
FALFURRIAS at RIO GRANDE CITY
ZAPATA at PREMONT
McAllen at porter
DALLAS at ST. LOUIS
HOUSTON at DENVER
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R.G. ‘TINY’ PEREZ
Justice of the Peace
Season Percentage: .743
MERCEDES + 19
PSJA + 17
WESLACO + 14
HARLINGEN + 18
PACE + 21
FALFURRIAS + 13
ZAPATA + 17
McAllen + 14
DALLAS + 17
HOUSTON + 10
MAURO vasquez
Athletic Director, Mercedes
Season Percentage: .800
MERCEDES + 12
PSJA -I- 7
WESLACO + 14
HARLINGEN + 20
PACE + 18
FALFURRIAS + 10
ZAPATA + 14
McALLEN + 20
DALLAS + 7
HOUSTON + 3
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BOBBY ADAME
Businessman
Season Percentage: .686
SIL VERIO HINOJOSA
Retired
Season Percentage: .729
SOPHIE PEREZ
Housewife
Season Percentage: .700
MERCEDES + 14
MERCEDES + 7
MERCEDES + 26
MISSION + 7
PSJA + 6
MISSION + 3
WESLACO + 14
WESLACO + 14
WESLACO + 14
HARLINGEN + 7
HARLINGEN + 19
HARLINGEN + 36
UNITED + 3
PACE + 20
PACE + 14
FALFURRIAS + 7
FALFURRIAS + 12
FALFURRIAS + 7
ZAPATA + 7
PREMONT + 6
PREMONT + 3
McALLEN + 14
McALLEN + 14
McALLEN + 7
DALLAS + 20
DALLAS + 9
DALLAS + 7
DENVER + 7
HOUSTON + 10
DENVER + 3
Games listed are for the weekend of October 31 - November 2
School Menu
Mercedes Public Schools
CAFETERIA MENUS
November 3-7, 1980
LUNCH
Can register
Registration is underway
for exercise classes during the
month of November to be
conducted by the Mercedes
Parks and Recreation Depart-
ment.
The classes meet on
Tuesday and Thursday from 7
p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the
Mercedes Civic Center.
MONDAY — Spaghetti &
Meat Balls, Green Beans &
Tomatoes, Pear Halves W/
Cheese Stick, Hot Rolls,
Chocolate Milk.
TUESDAY - Carne Con
Papas, Pinto Beans, Pineapple
Rings, Cornbread, Milk.
WEDNESDAY - Oven
Fried Chicken, Whipped Pota-
toes, Cheese Wedge, Peach
Halves, Hot Rolls.
THURSDAY - Pizza,
French Fries - Catsup,
Chilled Fruit & Bananas,
Oatmeal Cookies, Milk.
FRIDAY -- Fried Fish -
Catsup, Macaroni & Cheese,
Buttered Corn, Jello W/Sliced
Apple & Pineapple, Hot Rolls,
Milk.
BREAKFAST
MONDAY — Apple Juice,
Assorted Cereal, Buttered
Toast & Jelly, Milk.
TUESDAY -- Tomato
Juice, Scrambled Eggs, Pota-
to, Sausage, Flour Tortilla,
Milk.
WEDNESDAY -- Orange
Juice, French Toast, Syrup, &
Sausage, Milk.
THURSDAY -- Orange/
Grapefruit Juice, Biscuit,
Jelly, & Bacon, Milk.
FRIDAY — Apple/Orange
Juice, Frosted Cereal, Donut
Milk.
WWI vets celebrate Armistice Day
A eroun of Wnrlrl W/or I hnlfJc itc annual mnntinr, .
A group of World War I
Veterans, inspired by the late
Cedric F. Wood of Donna,
began meeting on Armistice
Day 13 years ago and decided
yearly meetings should con-
tinue on Armistice Day.
The Last Man’s current
president, Ross Qualkinbush,
announced that on Tuesday,
November 11, the Elk’s
Club at 201 South Border
Avenue, Weslaco, will be the
site of this year’s Armistice
Day Celebration when the
lower Rio Grande Valley WWI
Veterans Last Man’s Club
holds its annual meeting.
Qualkinbush urges all honor-
ably discharged WWI Veter-
ans who reside in, or are
sojourning in the Lower Rio
Grande Valley, on either side
of the river, to attend.
Rules for the WWI Last
Man’s Club require that the
Veteran register at 10 a.m. at
the Elk’s Club and pay the
annual membership fee of $4
to cover the cost of meal and
program. “Taps” will be
sounded at 11 a.m. to
commemorate the ending of
WWI hostilities between the
Allied and Central Powers on
the 11th Hour of the 11th Day
of the 11th Month of 1918, 62
years ago.
For Mess Call at noon, the
Elk’s Club Catering Service,
in their specialized manner,
will serve to all Veterans of
WWI attending, a fried
chicken dinner with all the
trimmings. Prominently dis-
played at the Club’s first
meeting will be a bottle of
champagne, which will go to
the ‘last man’ in the Club to
survive, for him to uncork and
drink to the memory of past
glories and his Buddies in
‘The War to End All Wars.’
A short memorial service
will be held in the Afternoon
for the departed Buddies who
have answered the last Roll
Call and are now resting in
Barracks Everlasting. Also,
Club Officers will be elected
for the following year.
’Letters
TO THE EDITOR
You might notice a
different sort of classified
advertisement in this week’s >
Enterprise. Some strange
things have been reported
lost, and some stranger things
sold through the Enterprise’s
“Bargain Advertising” col-
lumn, but this is a first,
‘‘WILL EXCHANGE my
eight room frame home...” is
the way it starts. And it’s a
serious offer. f
Enterprise subscriber
Richard H. Roe of Chicago
Heights, Illinois, has planned
for four years to move to
Mercedes upon his retirement
- which occurred in June. But
he can’t sell his home. “With
potential buyers having to pay
from 12 percent to 14 percent
interest on loans the market
has all but dried up,” he(
writes.
His part of the bargain,
however, is providing a home
to someone in Mercedes who
is “desirous of moving to this
area because of the employ-
ment opportunities here. The
giant Ford Stamping Plant, for
example, is located only about
three miles from my home.” (
So if you have a local
residence and you think you’d
like to make some money in
Chicago Heights, reply to his
ad. (You can soon check color
pictures of his home, too, by
coming to the Enterprise
office.)
Another out-of-the-ordi-
nary letter received at the
Enterprise this week comes/
from a writer in Ingram,
Texas, who seeks information
on supernatural phenomena in
Texas, and asks if any local
people can help. He wonders
in particular about “the
lechuza.”
Let us know at 565-2425.
We’ll pass along your story.
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Lady golfers to have meeting
Farming
and livestock are
big and basic
businesses
Editor,
The Enterprise:
Mercedes was in the
middle of my forty years’
teaching experience. Being
now semi-retired, I plan to
return for Homecoming, Nov-
ember 7, 1980.
I am looking forward to
seeing former students and
fellow teachers, as well as
relatives and neighbors.
You may write, come by or
call.
Yours sincerely,
Rev. Malcolm H. Brown
P.O. Box 1544
Brownsville, 78520
542-7896
Enterprise readers are
invited to express their
opinions under this head-
ing. Letters must be
signed.
Members of the Llano
Grande Ladies Golf Associ-
ation will meet November 4,
with golfing to follow the
meet.
The meeting, to be at the
Llano Grande Golf Course
Club House, will begin at 9
a.m. All interested in joining
the organization are invited to
attend.
More information is avail-
able from Mrs. Frances
Freitag at 565-3351.
Program is on the 'Passion Play1
Our ability and readiness to
help people in this business
area is demonstrated by the
success of so many farmers
and stockmen who regularly
use our facilities in their
operations.
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FRIENDLY
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BFNATIONAL BANKl
MERCEDES
“The leading bank in the Mid-Valley.”
Member F.D.I.C.
Members of Xi Iota Sigma
chapter of Beta Sigma Phi met
October 27 to see a program
on trips to see the “Passion
Play” in Oberammergau,
Germany.
Mrs. Bill Green introduced
the guests presenting the
program, including Mrs. Pau-
line Downing, who showed
pictures of the trip, and Mrs.
Mary Alice Baingo, who made
a slide presentation.
Plans were made for the
next meeting of the group, to
be a chili supper at the home
of Mrs. Maxie Moore, with
husbands of group members
to particpate.
Mrs. Erwin Twenhafel was
recognized for perfect atten-
dance during 1979.
The hostess served re-
freshments to the two guests
and members Mrs. Virginia
Bazar, Mrs. Genevieve Bowe,
Mrs. Shelton Brookshire, Mrs.
Wally Bunton, Mrs. R.P.
Edgemon, Mrs. Eilers, Mrs.
Colleen Ferguson, Mrs. Ven-
nie Lauderdale, Mrs. Gordon
Leonard, Mrs. Maxie Moore,
Mrs. W.F. Polfus, Mrs.
Rites are said
Former Mercedes resident
Mrs. Sarah M. Alejandro died
October 15 at the age of 78 in;
Sanger, California.
Survivors include sons
Alex, of Fresno, California,
Frank, Greg, and Richard of
Washington state, and Benja-
min of Riverside, California;
and daughters, Maria Ale-
jandro, Amparo Gutierrez,
Isabel Murillo, all of Sanger,
California, Jessie Marin, Cata-
lina Parker and Sarah San-
chez, all of Fresno; and
brothers Basilio Munos of
Texas, and Francisco Munos
of Mexico; 36 grandchildren
and 14 great-grandchildren.
Wendell Schwarz, Mrs. Ray-
mond Shotwell, Mrs. Ned
Swarner and Mrs. Twenhafel.
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Each Mum given special care
for that Special Person
WeVe been making Beautiful Flowers
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