The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 14, 1958 Page: 3 of 10
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Lawler Clinic
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sledge
are parents of a son bom July 29.
Mrs. Maria Cuestas, Mercedes,
was admitted July 29 for surgery.
S. H., Collier, Mercedes, entered
July 31 as a medical patient.
Mrs. E. W. Archer, Mercedes,
was admitted August 2 as a med-
ical patient.
Mrs. Dennis Wells, Weslaco, en-
tered August 5 as a medical pa-
tient.
Susan Gail Rippert, McAllen,
was admitted August 6 as a med-
ical patient.
Mrs. Harold W. Balay, Merce-
des, was admitted August 6 for
surgery.
Clayton Malone, Progreso, en-
tered August 7 as a medical pa-
tient.
Mrs. Elton Ray, Raymondville,
was admitted August 8 as a med-
ical patient.
Mrs. William Dudley,, Elsa, en-
tered August 8 for surgery..
THE MERCEDES ENTERPRISE
Entered as second class mail matter at the Mercedes Postoffice
under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.
J. Edwin Harvey — Editor and Publisher
Telephones — LO 5-2425
ASSOCIATION
JBBBS
7958
Any erroneous reflection upon the character or standing of
any person or firm or any misstatement of facts will be gladly
corrected when brought to the attention of the publisher._
Published each Thursday at Mercedes, Hidalgo County,
Queen City of the Middle Rio Grande Valley and gateway to
the new International Bridge. Office of Publication: 230 S.
Texas.
Subscription Rates: $3.00 per year in the Valley. $4.00 Outside.
IT’S THE LAW
A public service feature
of the ITtate Bar of Texas
Division of Estates Explained
The death of an intestate per-
son (one who has made no will)
may give rise to many problems
regarding distribution of his sep-
arate estate. In the preceding
column We investigated the man-
ner of dividing the community
estate upon the death of a hus-
band or wife. Now we shall see
involved, a completely different
set of rules applies in determining
heirship and apportioning the
estate among the rightful claim-
ants.
It may be well to recall that the
separate estate of a husband or
v/ife includes property owned b>
either before marriage, and that
which is acquired after marriage
by gift or inheritance. Any other
property acquired after marriage
is presumed by law to be com-
munity property until the contr-
ary is clearly proved.
Now, here is a general idea as to
how ycur separate property will
be divided if you do not make a
will with contrary provisions prior
to your death.
If your husband or wife survives
and if, in addition, there are sur-
viving children or descendants of
previously deceased children, the
children and their descendants
immediately obtain a full (f e e)
title in two-thirds of the real estate
involved. The surviving spouse re-
ceives a life interest in the remain-
ing one-third of the real property,
which passes on to the children
and their descendants upon the
death of the spouse.
The rule for distributing per-
sonal property — cash, stocks,
bonds, furniture, or £tiy other
items not constituting real estate
—is different. Here the surviving
spouse gets full ownership of one-
third, and the children and their
descendants inherit the balance.
Now suppose your husband or
wife survives, but there are no
surviving children or their des-
cendants. In thise case the sur-
viving spouse inherits all of the
personal property involved.
With regard to real estate, the
survivor obtains full title to one-
half, and the other half is divid-
ed between your mother and fa-
ther, if both survive you. If only
one of them survives, he or she
receives only half of this portion,
and the other half (or one-fourth of
the entire real estate) will be
divided among your brothers and
sisters (and their descendants)
who survive. If there are no sur-
viving brothers and sisters and
their descendants, then the one
surviving parent inherits the full
one-half.
Where no parent survives, but
there are brothers and sisters and
descendants, the full one-half is
divided among these survivors.
And, if there are no parents, or
brothers and sisters (and their
descendants) surviving, then the
surviving husband or wife inherits
all of the real estate.
(This column based on Texas
law, is written to inform not to
advise. No person should ever ap-
ply or interpret any law without
the aid of an attorney who is fully
advised concerning the facts in-
volved, because a slight variance
in facts may change the applica-
tion of the law.)
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The Council’s recently published
statistical yearbook, “Accident
Facts,” reports that more than 8
out of 10 fatal auto accidents oc-
cur when the weather is good.
Johnston Clinic
Mr. and Mrs. Elias Perez, Mer-
cedes, are parents of a son born
Aug. 5.
Mr. and Mrs. Medardo Sanchez,
Edcouch, are parents of a son
born Aug. 5.
Mr. and Mrs. Santos Rodriguez,
Progreso, are parents of twin boys
born Aug. _6.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymundo Gon-
zales, Mercedes, are parents of a
son born Aug. 6.
Mr., and Mrs. Mario Ramirez,
Mercedes, are parents of a son
born Aug. 8.
Mr. and Mrs. Armando Martin-
ez, Mercedes, are parents of a
daughter born Aug. 8.
Mr. and Mrs. Lazaro Solis,. Jr.,
San Antonio, are parents of a
daughter born Aug. 9.
Infant Garza, Mercedes, is a
medical patient.
Atilano Aguilera, Mercedes, was
admitted as a medical patient
Aug. 5.
Martin Vera Zamarripa, Merce-
des, Was admitted as a medical
patient Aug. 9.
Antonio Solis Escareno, Merce-
des, was admitted as a medical
patient Aug.. 10.
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The Mercedes Enterprise — Page 5
j People, Spots In The News)
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!‘COOLIE HATS’ actually are
^ metal roofs of granaries showing
above floodwaters of Grand river
j near Triplett in north central
3......................~WWi Missouri.
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ENTERPRISE WANT ADS PAY
PARIS models use a
real potato sack im-
ported from U.S.,
printed with few sim-
ple “cut here” dotted
lines, to get sack effect.
GROCERIES
GRAHAM'S
MELLOW
Vi GALLON
49c
SPECIALS FOR THURSDAY,
FRIDAY, SATURDAY -
AUGUST 14-15-16,1958
2
LARGE BOXES
Shortening 75c
HAWAIIAN
PUNCH
Qt. Can
m
QUARANTBEP MEATS
HUNT'S
TOMATO SAUCE
GOLD CHAIN
3
FLOUR
Cans
PANTRY MAIDi
OLEOMARGARINE
Pound
DOZEN
EGGS
In Carton
m
PET — EVAPORATED
MILK..............2 Tall or 4 Small Cans 29f!
OSCAR MAYER
PURE LARD
Pound Carton
CAMAY — REG. SIZE
SOAP
VALLEY BEAUTY
VERMICELLI
STEAK
SIRLOIN......,..........
STEAK
ROUND ................
RUMP or PIKE PEAK
ROAST
CENTER CUT
PORK CHOPS Lb. 69?
ttj lBI IF CHOPS......69?
M BUDGET. SLICED
i istf i BACON ................ Pound 4S£
J For APACHE CHIEF
FRAMES...............
8-Oz. Pkg.
MAZOLA COOKING
OIL ..........:..........
Pint
QUAKER MOTHER'S, Cup & Saucer
0AI3 ...................
Pound
FRESH PRODUCE
AVOCADOS 1F.. 25t
RED
| GRAPES......................lit
STRAWBERRY, CRYSTAL BRAND
PRESERVES 12 Oz. Jar
*
BUD, WAFFLE
SYRUP
CALIFORNIA, No. 1
25( ITATC I ;s 10 Lb 55?
CALIFORNIA
12-Ox. Bottle IM B LETTUCE................ 2 For 2J^
DEL MONTE
FRUIT COCKTAIL
. 21/2 Can 38(£
SUNSHINE
CRACKERS.....................
..... Pound 25^
NORTHERN WAXTEX
WAXED PAPER
......... Box 1%
NORTHERN TISSUE
TOILET PAPER
.. 3 Rolls 25f!
Kounty Ksst, Whole Kernel,
Vacuum Packets
CORN................................
... 2 Cans 2lff
J-J, Short Cut
GREEN BEANS 12.
SUGAR .........................
5 Lb. Bag 51$
KGUNTY KIST, 303 CAN
PEAS ............................
T1
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WILDROOT, CREAM
HAIR Oil....................
Small Size 29$
10 LBS.
PRINTS 25 LBS.
1.83
KRAFT
ORANGE
DRINK
GERBER'S, FRUIT AND VEGETABLE
BABY FOOD ..............3 c_ 1U
QT.CAN
28$
lb,’ .gaCTfrTi
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FOOD
STORE
SKBBBKHKKHM
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ANOTHER FLOOD, this one of
grain, starts journey to Europe from
giant Cargill elevator near St. Louis.
Full-time loadings prevent “plugging
full” of elevators. |
POLAR PLUNGE looks like ideal hot-weather pastime, and
these bears in Cologne, West Germany zoo are just the ones
that can do it with aplomb and abandon.
6lc
89c
Florida Due to Give Valley
Grapefruit Growers Good Race
A definite preference for Tex-
as red fortified grapefruit juice, a
new product not on the market,
was shown in a test conducted by
the Department of Agricultural
Economics and Sociology of Tex-
as A. and M. College. Florida
white juice came in third, behind
Texas white juice.
The test was a cooperative ven-
ture of the Valley Chamber of
Commerce, Texas Canners Asso-
ciations, U. S. Department of Ag-
ricultural ond Texas A. and M. Col-
lege.
Robert e. Branson, chairman of
the Consumer Economics Section
at A and M wrote the Valley
Chamber:
“You will be interested to know
the results show a definite pre-
ference for the Texas red fortified
juice. Out Of 32 testers, 26 indi-
cated a preference for Texas red
four for Texas white and only two
for Florida w7hite. This is statisti-
cally a highly significant result.
The Texas white juice was select-
ed as the second preference (also
statistically significant. The third
choice was the Florida white juice
“This now puts us in a position
of being able to proceed with tak-
ing cans of juice directly to the
household consumer panel. We
are now pre-testing the procedure
for placing the canned juice in the
homes. This will take only a short
time.”
Fortified red juice is a new pro-
duct just out of the experimental
stage and not on the market. It
contains more than the usual
amount of solids, which impart a
red color to the juice.
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Mercedes General
Hospital
Norberto C. Zumano, Weslaco,
entered as a medical patient Au-
gust 8.
Mr. and Mrs. David Cavazos,
Donna, are the parents of a son
bom August 5.
Gonzalez, Weslaco,
as a medical pa-
Apolinar M.
was admitted
tient August 5.
Mrs. S. W.
McCollum, Donna,
entered as a medical patient Au-
gust 7.
Little Mis's Patricia Ann Ryan,
Mercedes, was admitted as a sur-
gical patient August 7.
Antonio Z. Ramirez, Weslaco, en-
tered as a medical patient August
7.
Ismael H. Garcia, Weslaco, was
admitted as a medicol patient Au-
gust 10.
Little Miss Irma Martinez, Mer-
cedes, entered as a surgical pa-
tient August 11.
Daniel Longoria, Mercedes, was
admitted as a surgical patient Au-
gust 12.
Edwin Smith, Elsa, entered as
a medical patient August 12.
LEGAL NOTICE
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO BE VOTED ON
AT THE GENERAL ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 4, 1958.
HJR #36—Number Eight on the Ballot.
PHONE LO 5-2191
203 N. TEXAS AYE.
AIR-CONDITIONED
FREE DELIVERY
anarai
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO.
36 proposing an smrp.dment to Section
61a of Article HI of the Constitution
of the State of by adding a new
Subsection to be known as 51a-l; giv-
the Legislature the power to pro-
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bt,
to Dependent Children as provided in
Section 51a of Article III and for
persons eligible for Aid to the Per-
manently and Totally Disabled as pro-
vided in Article III, Section 51-b of
the Constitution of the State of Tex-
as ; providing for direct or vendor
payments for medical care on behalf
of such recipients: providing for the
acceptance of financial aid from the
Government of the United States for
such payments; providing that the pay-
ments for such medical care shall be
in addition to the direct assistance to
such recipients: providing that the
amounts paid out of State funds shall
never exceed the payments out of
Federal funds for such purposes; pro-
viding for the necessary election, form
‘ ballot, proclamation, and publics*
tide
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BE " IT RESOLVED BY THE LEG-
ISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
TEXAS:
Section 1. That Section 61a of Ar-
cle III of the Constitution of the
State of Texas be amended by adding
thereto a new Subsection to be known
as Subsection 51a-l, which shall read
68 “Subsection 51a-l. The Legislature
6hall have the power to provide by
General Laws and to make payment
for same, under such limitations and
restrictions as may be deemed by the
Legislature expedient, for direct or ven-
dor payments for medical care on be-
half of needy recipients of Old Age
Assistance, Aid to the Blind, or Aid
to Dependent Children as provided for
in Section 61a of Article III and on
behalf of needy recipients of Aid to
the Permanently and Totally Disabled
as provided for in Section 61-b of
Article III of the Constitution of the
State of Texas. The payments for such
medical care on behalf of such recip-
ients shall be in addition to the direct
assistance to such recipients, and shall
be in such amounts as provided by the
Legislature; provided, however, that
the amounts paid out of State funds
for such purposes shall never exceed
the amounts paid out of Federal funds
for such purposes.
“The Legislature shall have the au-
thority to accept from the Federal
Government of the United States, such
financial aid on behalf of the need*
aged, needy blind, needy children, and
needy permanently and totally disabled
persons as such Government may offer
not inconsistent with restrictions here-
in set forth.” ...
Sec. 2. The foregoing Constitutional
Amendment shall be submitted to a
vote of the qualified voters of this
State at an election to be held on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday
in November, 1958, at which election
all ballots shall have printed thereon
the following:
“FOR the amendment to the Con-
stitution giving the Legislature the
power to authorize vendor payments
for medical care in addition to _ the
amount paid in the form of direct
public assistance to and on behalf of
needy recipients of Old Age Assistance,
Aid to the Blind, Aid to Dependent
Children or Aid to the Permanently
and Totally Disabled; providing for the
acceptance of funds from the Federal
Government for the purpose of paying
such assistance; and providing that the
expenditure out of State Funds for
such purposes shall never exceed the
amounts so expended out of Federal
funds’
and
‘AGAINST the amendment to the
Constitution giving the Legislature the
power to authorize vendor payments
for medical care in addition to the
amount paid in the form of direct pub-
lic assistance to and on behalf of
needy recipients of Old Age Assistance,
Aid to the Blind, Aid to Dependent
Children or Aid to the Permanently
and Totally Disabled; providing for the
acceptance of funds from the Federal
Government for the purpose of paying
such assistance; and providing that the
expenditure out of State funds for such
purposes shall never exceed the
amounts so expended out of Federal
funds-” . ^ ^ „
Sec. 3. The Governor of the State
of Texas is hereby directed to issue
the necessary proclamation for said
election and have the same published
and held as required by the Consti-
tution end the Laws of the State of
Texas.
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Harvey, J. Edwin. The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 14, 1958, newspaper, August 14, 1958; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth724014/m1/3/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.