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Newspaper
Cuero Record
Location
Cuero, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1957
Page
7
Gobbler Band holds its first full rehearsal this Thursday at 6 30 p m in the band hall. Students aiming to join next year must attend or contact Mr Holloway with a reason for absence. Six sessions remain before school starts with uniforms issued only for those with valid excuses.
Koenig's Super Market at Main and Gonzales in Cuero will host a free children’s photo contest Friday and Saturday announced by owner Charles Koenig Jr. Grand prize is an oil colored 11 x 14 salon mounted photo. Runner up prizes include 8 x 30 Brownstone portraits for nine winners. Age limit is 1 to 12 years. No entry fee or purchase required. Details to appear in Thursday Cuero Record advertisement.
DeWitt county Red Cross unit faces possible shutdown by January 1 if funds do not arrive from upcoming drive. Mrs. Pattie Manion cites slim finances after 1957 and 1956 drives underperformed, with recent yearly gifts and donations below goals. Continuous decline in public support threatens continuation. a $2000 bequest partially offset earlier shortfalls.
K M Bowers of the Victoria District SSA reminds farmers and ranchers of 1957 wage reporting rules. Covered farm work includes cash wages of 150 dollars or more or any worker with 20 or more days on a time basis, with annual reporting in January to the IRS. A SSA representative will be in Cuero at 9 AM on Tuesday September 30, 1957, in the County Courtroom.
Funeral services for Mrs Nathalie Ditthurth 64 of Yorktown who died there Tuesday were held at 4 p m today at St Paul Lutheran Church Yorktown burial in Westside Cemetery Arrangements by Mollenhauer Funeral Home She was born April 22 1893 in Weesatche daughter of the late John W Ideus and Mary Dornburg Ideus She is survived by a daughter Mrs Oswald H Kirchner Sea Drift two sisters Mrs George Meyer Yorktown and Mrs Henry Meyer Weesatche two brothers Willie Ideus Yorktown Kimil Ideus Weesatche one half brother Berthold F Ideus San Antonio and five grandchildren
Cuero ends three month supervised teen recreation Friday at the Cuero Municipal Park Teenage Center. Supervisor Dick Brooks says the semi formal dance runs from 8 p.m. to 12 midnight with music by records and two local teenage combos and a trampoline. Continued on Page 10.
Alamo Lumber Company of Cuero won a city bid to build the second low rent housing project in Gonzales. About nine firms bid, with the lowest at the award and the next highest bid only slightly higher. The 20-unit project includes curb, gutter, and landscaping, financed by federal Public Housing Administration funds, with construction likely to start Monday.
About 125 people attended a Tuesday night program at Cuero Municipal Park club house featuring 25 youngsters from the Pythian Children’s Home in Weatherford. After a baked ham supper, the guests hosted the visitors, who performed musical numbers and skits before departing Cuero after overnighting with local Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters. Rudolph Evers led singing. Nancy Edwards sang with pianist Darleen Junker. W. F. Hancock welcomed the crowd and Hugo Horstmann spoke on the home’s aims.
The comet, spotted near the Big Dipper over the past week, remains visible until August 28. Observers note it appears three times larger than the Moon and reports describe a tail about 15 million miles long. first discovery is credited to Creel and Mikos, details reflecting a cautious, era-typical report.
Dewi county reports 1 400 bale crop estimate with 400 bales ginned by end of week total ginnings 1 195 bales. Nomlbeiin Yorktown Cuero Hochbein Keimer Liunddeke areas noted 40 percent of crop open and 28 percent harvested as rain slowed work. Unfilled openings 6, one order. 11 referrals and 11 crew placements amid longer 8 to 12 hour days.
Douglass Rolire former Cuere ile will lead religious services August 26 to September 1 at the Church of Christ corner French and Henry Streets. James Wilson, local pastor, said services will be nightly at 8 p.m. The visiting minister, a 1954 Abilene Christian College graduate, preaches at Throckmorton and has been in Meridian and Devine. He will receive an M A in September and begin duties as director of the Church of Christ Bible Chair at West Texas State College in Canyon.
Cuero Cuero Chamber of Commerce annual meeting and barbecue will feature Cayce Moore, famed Hearne philosopher and humorist. The event at Cuero Municipal Park draws a large South Texas audience as Moore, a barber and journalist, discusses his humor and career.
Damage from Sunday night's electrical storm affected DeWitt county REA Southwestern Bell Telephone Co and Cuero electric department with brief service delays. About 100 Cuero telephones were out for a short time due to wet cables and long distance calls to Victoria and San Antonio were delayed about an hour. Final repairs were made Tuesday and REA reported numerous fuses blown and a melted line in the Westhoff area.
A second apparent dog was poisoned in Cuero, reported by Mrs. Pollard of 61S North Hunt Street. The toy terrier died after being outside Monday night and found at 9:45 am Tuesday. An autopsy suggested strychnine poison. another similar case by Murray Carte was reported earlier. Residents are urged to confine pets during the danger period.
Cannes Rotarians back from the international convention note a curious practice in a small English town where the mayor is weighed before taking office and again upon leaving. It is said he has lost weight, a sign supporters claim reflects a successful administration.
DeWitt County farmers and ranchers were invited to a field day on August 2 at Clinton Harbers farm near West Point Community. Harbers, a longtime standout in South Texas, has won multiple awards for farming and conservation. The program includes morning demonstrations and an afternoon session starting at 2, with identical pre-events planned.
Grand Rapids report shows an arrest in mid August as a man attempted to kiss a young girl. He was fined $100 and jailed for 10 days after police intervened.
A biblical verse notes a man urging Paul to cross into Macedonia to aid. The text claims a single man’s invasion of Fue surpassed all Rome campaigns, spreading from Harape to America Australia and oceanic islands, marking the start of a Christian world empire.
Lenette Ruschaupt returned from a five day State 4-H Council session at Stephen F. Austin College in Nacogdoches. Delegates from all 1200 Extension districts attended with workshops on junior leader training record keeping and people to people partnerships. United Gas Co sponsored the annual session and evening demonstrations highlighted improving 4-H club programs.
Otis Smith a local plumber was principal speaker at the Tuesday St Mark's Tamberan Brotherhood meeting. A devotional session led by Mate Lon Bing followed a brief business meeting and a color film on highway accidents shown to illustrate causes. Refreshments were served at the conclusion of the session.
An unowed tetoriat fire broke out at the Manchester Sand and Cravet Co office before volunteers could respond. Firemen arrived to find the interior destroyed, with damages estimated in the thousands.
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