Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, April 23, 1920 Page: 2 of 8
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MERCEDES TRIBUNE
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Social News of the City
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RIO GRANDE VALLEY FEDER-
ATION OF WOMEN’S CLUBS
An interesting event of the near fu-
ture will be the meet of the Feder-
ated clubs of the Rio Grande Valley
at Harlingen, May 4. There are
twenty-one federated clubs in the
Valley, Mercedes having three clubs
which are federated and which will
send three delegates each. These
are the Council of Women, the Wo-
man’s Study club, and the Mercedes
Music club. All of the delegates
have not yet been appointed. There
will be quite a number to go from
Mercedes, .
The federation officers are com-
posed of the following: President,
Mrs. Eltweed Pomeroy of Donna;
vice-president, Mrs. J. J. Gaines of
San Mu an; second vice-president,
Mrs. E. T. Card of Mission; third vice
president, Mrs. J. J. Closner of Edin-
burg; secretary and treasurer, Mrs.
G. C. Fittz, of Mercedes; correspond-
ing secretary, Mrs. E. L. Traube of
Donna
The program committee is com-
posed of Mrs E. B. Witmer of Mer-
cedes, chairman; Mrs. C. F. Eppright,
of Mission; Mrs. J. K. Bull of Browns .
ville- Mrs. J. H. Chailes of Harlin- office is filled by a woman with the
gen;’ Mrs. J J Closner of Edinburg, { exception of city marshall, and to
Following is the program for the add insult to injury women de±eated
(jay< ' their husbands in the race for of-
Invocation—Rev. .McDermott, Har- fices.
lingen Mrs. Wm. Lmgenbnnk gave a re-
Piano solo—Mrs. Place, Harlingen. Port from the program committee in
of Welcome1—Rev. Stack regard to the line of study toi the
following year. The program will
“ ders of the said generals appeare
the laughing eyes of great celebr|
ties such as Theda Bara, Nazimoj
Mary Pickford Moore Fairbanks,
others of delightful appearance.
There was mirth and merrimel
and just as the last Liberty Lo|
faded from view the host announc
that tea would be served around
great fire place where there wasj
make-believe fire, and as the de
cious breezes played back and foil
the host poured the tea and sen|
cakes and candy to the delight
those present. As the hour wan
late the visitors bade their host gel
night, declaring that this was son!
thing new under the sun, after all!
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Thursday Afternoon Bridge
Mrs. E. E. Evans was hostess,
the Thursday Afternoon Bridge cl
at her delightful home ThursdJ
Auction bridge was the ■ diversior
which Mrs. H. E. Hager wo^
club prize, a lovely silver fei
and Mrs. Elliott the guest pb
box of correspondence cards.
Ice cream and cake supplemei
with delicious punch was servedl
numbers on the piano which were
greatly enjoyed.
Mrs. L. U. Spellmann will be host-
ess at the next meeting.
The guest list included Mesdames
J. H. Christner; Margaret King, Wit-
mer, Caruthers, H. E. Bennett, Grib-
ble, Finley and Hearing.
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Music Club.
The Music club will meet in regu-
lar session Monday, April 26, at the
Community House, when the follow-
ing program will be rendered:
Current events, Mrs. Alden Wade;
vocal solo, Miss Mable Warren; pa-
per, Mrs. G. C. Fittz; piano solo,
Mrs. C. H. Bagg; reading, Miss Lucy
Vining; vocal solo, Mrs. W. H.
Carlisle; piano solo, Mrs. Vigness.
. Piano duet by Mrs. Bagg and Mrs.
Taylor.
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Woman’s Study Club
The Womans Study club met in j niavers which numbered Mesda
regular session Monday at the hj*h | ^ wln£ Hadden R.' R . J
school building, the president occn- JacobsoIli Elllott, Hoyt. Pe
pying the chair. Roll call was an- ,nv; ,
swered with current events.
“What Women Are Doing” was
forcefully brought out in these cur-
rent events, one of them being, that
in the city of Jewett, Texas, every
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An Address to the Channel
Fund Subscribers of the Valley
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Gentlemen:—We submit this state-
ment of facts regarding the Chan-
aetl Fund of $125,000.00 subscribed
by you last August because we feel
it is your due and that it is “past
due.”
We have delayed making this state-
ment because we have had reason
to hope all along that the promises
made vou at that time would be ful-
filled.
We told you that Mr. Dave O’Brien
was ready to comply with the govern-
ment’s requirement to standardize the
Rio Grande railroad from Point Isa-
bel to Brownsville before the gov-
ernment would start dredging the
channel. We told you that as soon
as the bonus of $125,000.00 was in the
bank the work would start. We all,
including Mr. O’Brien, believed this
Well'Armed!
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When company comes
there is no time to
waste—no chances to
be taken—so mother
sees that there is al-
ways a can of
CALUMET
BAKING POWDER
-on hand. Cakes, pies,
doughnuts, muffins and
f all good things to eat
, must be dressed up in
f their best taste and
„ looks.
^-Then, too, her reputa-
tion as a ' cook must
be upheld — and she
“stakes” it on Calumet
every time. She'&»owsit
will not disappoint her.
Order a can and have the
“company” kind of bakings
every day.
Calumet contains only such
Ingredients as have' been
approved officially by the
U. S. Food Authorities.
Too tare when you buy it.
Too tore when yon ute it.
to be true. But when the money
was subscribed, the finances prom-
ised to Mr. O’Brien to standardize
the Rio Grande railroad failed and
Mr. O’Brien has been unable so far
to obtain it from other sources. It
was promised this finance on an
agreement that the road and its stock
and bonds would be so tied up in an
| ironclad contract as to prevent the
control of the road ever getting into
the hands of the B. & M. railroad or
any other hands than the people of
the Valley. He has not been able to
finance it with these restrictions.
As we promised you, the money
has been deposited in a bank in
each town where it was subscribed,
and is still in said banks subject to
the check of the committee placing
it there or subject to the demand
of the government. Only $5,000.00
has ever been forwarded to Wash-
j ington, a hundred or two from each
town, and we are informed by Col.
Crosby, district engineer at Galves-
ton, that it will be held intact until
such time as the work starts on the
channel, or until it is decided to re-
turn all monies to the subscribers,
which we promise to do if not used
for the channel.
Mr. O’Brien fully appreciates the
patience the subscribers to this fund
have had, and he regrets more than
anyone that his ideal 'has not been
realized in full. It should be financ-
ed by people not interested in the
B. & M. railroad. It has always
been his idea th^t this Rio Grande
railroad should ultimately be con-
nected to op extended to “The Heart
of the Sunset’’ by an independent
road up through, and out of the Val -
ley. It looks now as if his ideals
may be realized, by the co-operation
of the people of San Antonio, the
Valley, and the intermediate territo-
ry.
We respectfully request and urge
upon you that you continue your
patience in the matter. Let us not
“spill the beans” at this critical
point.
We have to report that there is
an enthusiastic campaign on now to
the end that a new and independent
railroad will be constructed between
San Antonio and Point Isabel.
A short time ago the San Antonio
Chamber of Commerce sent a com-
mittee to the Valley to look into
this subject of connecting San An-
tonio to the Valley by railroad. A
delegation representing the Valley
and the various counties and com-
munities between Rio Grande City
and San Antonio went to San Anto-
nio last week. They nfet with the
Chamber of, Commerce and present-
ed the Valley’s case, with results
herewith explaied. The Valley com-
mittee discussed .the deep waterway
at Point Isabel and a “San Antonio
to Point Isabel railroad,” with at
least two thousand representatives
men of San Antonio’s Rotary club,
the Iviwanis club, the San antonio
Salesmanship club, and the Cham-
ber of Commerce. Everywhere the
utmost enthusiasm was shown over
the proposition, with no opposition
whatever.
The meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce lasted all day, and re-
sulted in a resolution endorsing the
project unanimously. They appoint-
ed a committee known as the “San
Antonio-Point Isabel Railroad Com-
mittee,” and the Chamber ' of Com-
merce is sending to the Valley on
May 3rd their committee and a train
load of men representing every big
business insitution in the city, and
every business club, or organization
in the city, who will tour the Val
ley May 4, 5 and 6, for the express
purpose of getting action on this
proposed road. The railroad commit-
tee so appointed will remain ove:
in the Valley on the 7th of May to
confer with the railroad committee
representing each community in the
Valley and the intervening territory
between Rio Grande City and San
Antonio to effect a permanent or-
i ganization.
It is essential that the people of
the Valley be aroused to the inl-
nortance of the occasion. San An-
tonio recognizes, as does the Valley,
the inestimable value of deep water
!at Point Isabel and the carrying out
of the governments stipulation that
the existing Rio Grande Railroad
shall be standardized.
We trust, in view of the new possi
bjlities, that you will be as patient
as you have been in the past, and
leave your money up, and not only
leave your money up, but get be-
hind the big idea and help emac
cipate the agricultural and com-
mercial interests of this section of
the country.
Yours for a greater Magic Valley,
ALBA HEYWOOD,
C. L. JESSUP,
JAMES C. BOWIE.
The foregoing statement has my ap-
proval:
D. A. O’BRIEN
Mow a Good Tire is Built.
“Life is net all talcum to the tour-
ist tube that cushions all shocks
when the car spins along a road
with wheels turning several times
a second,’ declares Harry Oliver,
local Goodyear Distributor. “More
than talc is needed to smooth the
rough and stony life road of tubes
that stand heat and cold, neglect and
abuse.
“No motorist can imagine the care
with which tubes are made. Lami-
nated tubes such as the heavy tour-
ist are made from thin sheet rubber
by rolling over a mandrel of proper
size until required number of layers
have been built up to the desired
thickftiess. Special care is taken in
placing the reinforcing patch around
the valve. This valve base is built
into the tube, which is then com-
pleted by buffing, cementing and
vulcanizing while every operation is
watched by keen-eyed inspectors.
“Proper inflation is essential if
tubes and casings are to give max-
imum service. Abuse by bumping
curbs, driving at a high rate of
speed over sharp rocks or ruts tend
to shorten the life of both tube and
casing. Care must be used in plac-
ing tubes in casings to see that the-
tubes are not pinched and that not
too much or too little talc is used.”
In the interest of having tubes
and casings deliver maximum mile-
age. The Goodyear Tire &. Rubber
Company has issued a series of con-
servation bulletins that can be ob-
tained on request at their local dis-
tributors.
W. G. Stuart, Mc-
Buck,
Address
of Harlingen.
Response—Mrs
Allen.
Address—Miss Nannie Mer
Mercedes.
Violin solo—Mr. Place, Harlingen.
Ten Minutes Recess
11:30.—Business meeting.
Report of officers.
Reports of committees.
Unfinished business.
New business.
Reports of delegates.
One o’clock, adjournment.
Afternoon Session—3 O’clock.
Vocal solo—-Mrs. W. H. Carlisle.
Mercedes.
Address.—Miss Katherine Gray,
Austin.
Duet—Mrs. Place, Piano, Miss
Putegnat, Brownsville.
Reading.—Mrs. Summers, Hariingen
Business meeting .
5 o’clock—adjournment.
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Needle-Craft Club.
Members of the Needle-Craft club
enjoyed a pleasant afternoon Friday
at the delightfully cool home of Mrs.
H. T. Stotler, who was hostess for
the occasion.
be made up from two standpoints;
Americanization and American Liter-
ature. A most interesting outline of
study was placed before the club
which covered the period of 1870 tq
the twentieth century, and was com-
posed of authors from every section
in the United States.
The program committee consisted
of Mrs. William Lingenbrink, chair-
man, Mrs. G. K. Wattson and Miss
Daisy Weed .
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A Delightful Tea Party
That “something new” under the
sun, which can’t be found, was dis-
covered Friday evening when Mr.
D. H. Kennett was host at an infor-
mal tea at his home on South Tex-
as avenue, which included Misses
Pearl Hearing, Vera Newman, Ida
Reisterer, Elaine Barton, Luella
Bales, Vera Borchelt, with Mr. Wal-
ter McNeil as chaperone.
The evening was full of surprises
in the way of entertainment, the
main feature being a visit to Mr.
Kennett’s “private art gallery,” and
suffice it to say, the collection took
in a wide scope. Delightful scenes
greeted the visitor’s eve, in which
. The afternoon was passed in sew-1 there were shady nooks and cooling
ing and other handwork, after which | streams by the side of which grazed
a salad course hh vbgkq vbgkiqj5 peaceful cows. There were gorgeous
lovely refreshments consisting of I sunsets and pictures of a “storm at
a salad course with cake and ice i sea.” Fierce generals from the
cream were served. 1 world’s recent war looMed down re-
Mrs. Stotler gave several excellent provingly, and just over the shoul-
son, Hager, Ragland, Bennett,
Mable Warren.
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Friday Evening Bridge
Mrs. Rita Ferguson was hoj
to the Friday Evening Bf
at the home of her mother, Mi
T. Hoyt. Dainty score cards vl
passed for the players to find tj
places at the tables which were |
ranged on the veranda wi
caught the evening breeze and nj
playing most pleasant.
Mr. William Lingenbrink and
Frank Hadden were the chanit
players, the former winning the
tleman’s prize, a silver pencil,
latter securing the ladle’s prize]
delicious bottle of toilet water.
As the hot weather approaches]
club will meet on alternate Fric
instead of once a week.
Delicious and cooling refresmj
were served to Messrs and
dames Wm. Lingenbrink; Frank
den, L. T. Hoyt, N. P. Barton,
Hager, E. E. Evans, Mrs. Fred
ren.
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Methodist Auxiliary
The Ladies auxiliary of the IVi
odist church met Tuesday after^f
at the church, Rev. Spellmann
ducting the lesson. The chapte]
Japan was completed and the
lesson will be on Corea.
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Baptist Anxiliary.
Mrs. Stafford was hostess to]
ladies auxiliary of the Baptist chi
at her home Tuesday afternoon!
most interesting Bible lesson waf
by Mrs. W. R. Mason.
At this meeting the W. M. U.
uel was completed and the auxi|
is ready for their examination
which a diploma will be won.
There were ten members pr|
and a delicious cold drink was
ed during the social hour.
The next meeting will be
monthly missionary meeting anc
meet, with Mrs. J .C .Boyd.
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Miss Andree Farman, daughter of
Maurice Farman, the noted airplane
builder of France, is probably the
youngest airwoman in the world. She
is not yet 15 years of age, but is
considered one of the most skilled
pilots in France.
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The government fair price com-
mittee fixed the price of potatoes in
Detroit, Mich., at $3.50 per bushel
for the retail trade.
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Securing the best to serve you with is not
a matter as simple as going out and buy-
ing the highest priced merchandise. A
* careful study of the market and the con-
tinous warning of the food value of the
products we sell has shown us that they
are the best and in consequence we are
offering them to you.
GOOD THINGS TO EAT
MERCEDES CASH GROCERY
CLEANLINESS AND LOW
PRICES- OUR HOBBY
WELL KNOWN
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Mr. Farmer. Let Us Have Your Eggs.
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Hoyt, L. T. Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, April 23, 1920, newspaper, April 23, 1920; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1017469/m1/2/: accessed June 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.