Cuero Textile Closure Slides Yet Local Economy Stays Sound
Cuero officials report Lone Star Textiles may pause operations briefly, affecting 200 to 250 workers. Despite temporary layoffs, broader Cuero employment remains steady with firms like Gulf Coast Wood Products Regency Furniture Tex Tan Welhausen and Allied Mills expanding. Bottling plants and other manufacturers add staff while a federal housing project and road work sustain demand. The overall economy is described as sound and healthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuero
Lone Star Textiles
Gulf Coast Wood Products
Regency Furniture Company
Tex-Tan Welhausen
Williams
Ramon Ray
Cuero Oi
Allied Mills Inc
Glenn Coffey
Keseling Metal Works
John T. Wofford II
Cuero Community Hospital to Open With Modern Imaging
The Cuero Community Hospital will open soon on a 200 acre Yoakum highway site. It features a $6000 image intensifier in radiology, two radiologist teams Dr Russ Norman and Associates and Dr Max Faukus and Associates, a 92 bed facility with centralized ground floor operations, and a medical staff library in the board room.
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Russ Norman
Yoakum
Board of Directors
New Hospital
Jerry Hess Fund Receives 160 Dollar Boost From Community
The Jerry Hess Fund grew by 160 dollars from Friday and Saturday contributions. Donors include an anonymous giver from Cheapside with 25 dollars, Arneckeville Lutheran Brotherhood treasurer Armin Wolf with 25, Bills Dollar Store manager Violet Hanks with 16, H A Nagel with 30, First United Methodist Church's Women’s Bible Class with 5, Mrs. C. B. Moore with 5, a patron sending 25, and Herbert Frels of Cuero Humble Oil with 35. Swede Buehrig’s Enco station added 3 cents per gallon. Total contributions exceed 37,700. bank deposits were unavailable due to weekend closures. Funds support 12-year-old Jerry Hess’s kidney transplant operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Hess
Cheapside
Arneckeville Lutheran Brotherhood
Armin Wolf
Bills
Violet Hanks
H. A. Nagel
A&m
C. B. Moore
Womens Bible
First United Methodist Church
Arnold Goldman
Per
Goldman
Herbert Frels
Cuero Humble OU Co. Consignee
Buehrigs Enco
North Esplanade
Cuero
Vernon Heas
Stratton Rtc
Burns Scholarship Fund Received Notable Donation Boost
The Burns Memorial Medical Scholarship Trust Fund gained a $500 donation presented by Sister Lucilla of the Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament. The gift, described as boosting the fund to support Burns Hospital services and medical research, was accompanied by several other memorials and gifts from individuals and groups across the community.
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Burns Memorial Medical Scholarship Trust
Lucilla
Burns Hospital
Sisters of Incarnate Word & Blessed Sacrament
Inettro
Tailors Acarnate Word
Grace Church to Hear Lay Chaplain James Devries
Grace Episcopal Church hosts 10:30 a.m. service featuring James Devries acting institutional chaplain of the Diocese of West Texas. Devries promotes the "Ministry of the Laity" and ministers across San Antonio and the diocese. He trains in pastoral psychology and geriatric psychiatry and serves in hospitals and nursing homes.
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Grace Episcopal Church
James Devries
Diocese of West Texas
San Antonio
Brotherhood of St. Andrew
Devries
Department of Christian Social Relations
Jones
Episcopal Church Ean
Hospital Date Still in Doubt
Cuero Community Hospital District Board Chairman Clifton Weber said the new hospital likely will not open within thirty days. He expects acceptance to follow soon after final details are resolved. The building is 99 percent complete, with Page Sutherland and Page guiding final acceptance. Equipment is in place and the facility will face surveys by the Texas State Department of Health Blue Cross and Medicare before becoming a member hospital.
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Cuero Community Hospital District Board
Clifton Weber
Weber
Hospital District Board
Page
Ously
Texas State Department of Health
Blue Cross
Medicare
Lone Star Textiles Bankruptcy Hearing Set in Houston
A hearing in federal bankruptcy court in Houston is set for Monday at 9 30 a m on Lone Star Textiles petition under Chapter XI seeking an arrangement with unsecured creditors The Cuero Record will be present The Cuero mill has been closed pending court action Dr Otto E Goedecke of Hallettsville says the plant can reopen if the court rules for him
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuero Record
Federal Bankruptcy Court
Houston
Lone Star Textiles
Lone Star Textiles, Inc
United States
Rusk Avenue
Cuero
Otto E. Goedecke
Hallettsville
Pilot Club Honor Roll Featured Soldier Leo Trevino
Specialist Fourth Class Leo R. Trevino earns Pilot Club and Cuero Record Honor Roll recognition. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Leo Trevino Sr of Route 1 Cuero Texas and attended Cuero schools and Texas Barber College in Houston. Trevino trained at Fort Bliss and serves in Cu Chi Vietnam as a supply clerk and barber.
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Leo R. Trevino
Pilot Club
Cuero
Leo Trevino Sr
Route 1
Box 57
Trevino
Texas Barber College
Houston
Fort Bliss
Cu Chi
Vietnam
Mercury Poison Tests Hit Lavaca Bay Life
Lavaca Bay marine life is tested for mercury by state and federal agencies as Alcoa is ordered by the Texas Water Quality Board to curb discharges. Shrimp oysters crabs flounder redfish and trout are tested. Alcoa says it stopped all mercury discharges and supports the board’s limit to .005 parts per million.
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Lavaca Bay
Alcoa
Texas Water Quality Board
Ray Childress
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
E. L. Waliston
Point Comfort
Water Quality Board
Scout Mothers Meet Monday
The Mothers Auxiliary of Boy Scout Troop 241 will meet Monday at 7:30 PM at First United Methodist Church. Business includes the final bake sale and the porch sale planned for September, per president Mrs. Don Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First United Methodist Church
Don Smith
Local Bonus Bucks drawing yields prizes and a young drawer
In Saturday's Bonus Bucks, Mrs. Leick, a two time winner, earned £15 for second place after registering at Bohne Boot. Rodger Weiss of Cuero failed to claim the $10 third prize though he registered at White's Auto Store. A three and a half year old named Shawn Wilke drew the names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bohne Boot
Rodger Weiss
Cuero
White's
Shawn Wilke
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Cuero Livestock Commission Inc
Surface Burial Vault Co
F. & H. Bit Co
Barfield Meat Co
Tel-A-Win
Cuero Turkey Hatchery
Cage Turkey Hatchery
Cuero Gin
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Blessed Sacrament
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Kansas City
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Riebschlaeger
Kent Garden
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John Rath
Lawrence Dietze
A. L. Semmier
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