Polliwogs Enjoying Painting Trip Plans to Central America
Polly Howerton writes from San Antonio about a painting trip to El Salvador and Guatemala with friends including Thurman Hewitt and George Post. They travel via Houston and San Salvador, stay at the Intercontinental Hotel, and note colleagues and local departures. Maude Stanfield Day’s daughter Elsie Windel heads to Burlington after her mother’s death.
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Houston
San Antonio
el Salvador
Guatemala
Central America
Alice Naylor
Panam
San Salvador
Intercontinental Hotel
Thurman Hewitt
San Francisco
E. M. ‘Buck’ Schiwetz
Oaxaca
Mexico
Millard Sheets
California
San Miguel de Allende
Doug Kingman
New York
Mexico City
Lake Tetesquitango
Rex Brandt
San Miguel
George Post
Stanford University
San Jose State College
San Diego
Elsie Windel
Burlington
North Carolina
Maude Stanfield
20 Youths Honored By Library
The Cuero Public Library ended its summer reading program with an awards party. Participants read 12 books to qualify for certificates, with 20 youths named including Dee Ann Albrecht and Mary Cook. Friends of the Library donated leather book markers as gifts to the group.
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Cuero Public Library
Texas Reading Club
Texas State Library
Joe Boothe
Dee Ann Albrecht
Mary Cook
Wanda Kohutek
Karlene Kruger
Carol Pinn
Christy Pinn
Laurie Pinn
Lydia Rackley
Tammi Rackley
Jackie Rogers
Justin Roby
Michele Buschhaupt
Karla Ware
Vivian Ware
Kim Blackwell
Jay Kleinecke
Sandy Wagner
Susan Olson
Lillian Peterson
Michael Leck
Friends of the
Cuero ISD Approves One-Way Traffic Plan Near Schools
The Cuero Board of Education and district administration, after consulting with the City and State Highway Department, decide on an efficient traffic pattern for the Junior and Senior High area. Vehicles entering Junior High Drive by the bus barn will move in one direction toward the Junior High and then exit onto Highway 87, with no inbound access from the highway.
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Board of Education
Cuero Independent School District
City of
Cuero
State Highway Department
FHA Committee To Attend School On Lending Policies
DeWitt County Farmers Home Administration committee men join others in District 22 for a training session in Gonzales on August 22 at 9 30 a m in Room 131 of the Federal Building. Training updates cover lending policies and credit limits for farm and home loans and loan approvals.
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FHA
DeWitt County
Farmer's Home Administration
Gonzales
Federal
Harold M. Smith
Farmers Home Administration
Farmer's
Cuero ISD Outlines Campus Grade Assignments
Cuero Independent School District will run programs on four main campuses. John C. French Campus houses 1st and 2nd grades, Hunt Campus houses Kindergarten and grades 3 through 5, Junior High hosts grades 6 through 8, and the High School serves grades 9 through 12. Administration believes this layout ensures efficient facility use and economy.
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Cuero Independent School District
John C. French
Hunt
Board of Education
Vocational Happening Planned for August 17 at Hunt Elementary
A vocational event named CAREER EDUCATION is scheduled for August 17 at 7 30 p m in the Hunt Elementary cafetorium. Mrs Rosemary Cheatham the vocational counselor invites all involved or concerned with vocational education including students parents staff and local employers to attend.
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Hunt Elementary
Rosemary Cheatham
Man Charged With Attempt To Assassinate The President
Andrew B. Topping a 27 year old New York investment financier and army veteran was charged in federal court with paying 1000 dollars to an undercover Secret Service agent to assassinate President Nixon He is held on 500000 bail after arraignment Police linked his wife Abigail Tops death by her own action on July 6 to his radical statements and pro war stance He is described as an extreme rightist and pro war by authorities See Suspect Page 3.
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New York
UPI
Secret Service
Nixon Andrew B. Topping
Topping
Abigail
Centennial Museum Plans Announced for Cuero
Mrs. A W Schaffner announced a Cuero Centennial and Turkey Trot Museum in the old Reuss Pharmacy building on Main Street. The museum will operate only during Cuero Centennial weekend as the regular historical museum closes then. She urged DeWitt County residents to loan relics from closets and attics for display.
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A W. Schaffner
DeWitt County Historical Survey Committee
Reuss’ Pharmacy
Main Street
Turkey
Historical Survey Committee
In Love With Life A Teen Driver Remembers a Fatal Crash
A posthumous monologue from a 17 year old who died in a car crash reflects on youth, freedom, and grief. The piece addresses parents and classmates, detailing the sudden shift from speeding to death and the wish for one more chance to live responsibly.
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Mom
City and Chamber Lead Cuero Crash Clean Up Drive
Cuero with the Chamber of Commerce sponsors a city wide crash clean up on August 19 and 20. Army Reserve units provide about 20 trucks with drivers. volunteers and organizations including Boy Scouts are asked to assist. City crews supply a front end loader and staff for truck operation. Cleanup runs 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. to noon Sunday.
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Cuero
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Coot Coppedge
Army Reserve
352Nd Engineering Co
U.S. Army Reserve
Cuero Community Hospital
Boy Scouts
Larry Smith
Coppedge
Smith
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Cuero Nursing Home
Emma_ Leck
Lorene Tate
Nora Jones
Evelyn Pleasants
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Corene Green
Patsy Goebel
Tate
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