Local photographer notes limits on public portrait requests
A Mount Zion gathering highlights the demand for group and individual portraits, but the Mount Zion Encampment Grounds event shows why a small newspaper like The Record cannot accommodate all requests. The photographer explains extra prints are offered as a cash-only accommodation and rarely profitable due to time and labor costs.
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Mount Zion Missionary Baptist District
Mount Zion
The
Record
Rawhide
Yorktown
Cuero Native Actor John Boyd Dies in New York Home
Cuero born actor John FP Boyd, known on Chicago and New York stage, died this spring at his Forrest Hills New York home. Cousin Pat Peebles, visiting Virginia, learned of his death after contacting relatives Julia Boyd in Loving Virginia and Arsela Boyd in Marshall Texas. The Boyd family lived in Cuero before moving to Virginia in 1910. their Terrell Street home later housed Cuero Housing Authority offices.
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John FP
Boyd
Chicago
New York City
Forrest Hills
New York
Pat Peebles
Loving
Virginia
John Boyd
Peebles
Arsela Boyd
Marshall
Texas
Boyds
Cuero
Terrell Street
Cuero Housing Authority
Mount Zion District Centennial Observance Heads Into Fourth Day
The Mount Zion District Missionary Baptist Association enters the fourth day of its Centennial year meeting at the Meador Encampment Grounds in west Cuero. Activities include Associational Day business and devotional sessions, with an Evangelical Hour and a 7:30 p.m. song service led by the District chorus and an address by Dr. M. L. Price of Houston. Closing day features multiple sessions and a 7:30 p.m. address by Dr. P. B. Wilkerson of San Antonio.
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Mount Zion Missionary Baptist District
West Cacro
A. M. Heard
Pencola Toliver
Mount Ziont
Evangelical Hour
M. L. Price
Missionary Baptist Convention of Texas
National Baptist Convention of America
Wilkerson
American Baptist Convention of Texas
New Light Missionary Baptist Church of
San Antonio
Police to Use Radar Around Cuero School Zones
Cuero authorities will deploy radar in school zones near Cuero High School on Broadway and near the Junior High on Esplanade and Sarah to curb speeding. Chief Wright notes motorists have ignored 20 mph, 40 mph, and 50 mph limits since school started, endangering children.
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Clineton Wright
Cuero
Wright
Radar enforcement at school zones amid speeding concerns
Chief Wright cites widespread speeding in 20 mph school zones and urges radar use to protect children. Drivers must stop for pedestrians in crosswalks. children have right of way once they step in. Many kids still cross outside crosswalks, prompting warnings and page reference.
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Wright
Kadar
A Bible Thought for Today on Tact and Speech
A Bible Thought for Today notes words well chosen resemble gold in silver pictures. It says tact uses exact and fitting words and shows grace and consideration for others. It emphasizes how careful language fosters goodwill and smoother relations at work and with people.
Appraisal Firm Opens Local Office in Cuero
The Southwestern Appraisal Co Inc opened on the third floor of DeWitt County Courthouse to support county wide equalization. Staff will study deed records past real estate sales and local market data with tax roll details from Stock Co of Austin. Three field men Luther Cain Marvin Rowe and Frank Frost will operate from Cuero while Dr Clyde Hamilton Jr visits to organize the office.
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Southwestern Appraisal Co., Inc
DeWitt County
Stock Co. of
Austin
Luther Cain
Marvin Rowe
Frank Frosto
Clyde Hamilton Jr
Cuero
Dallas
Flood Aid From Cuero Delivered to Salvation Army
More than 600 pounds of clothing and cooking utensils collected in Cuero for Texas flood relief were delivered to the Salvation Army Warehouse in San Antonio by County Commissioner Bonnie Buenger. The Cuero Record reports a Salvation Army field worker thanked Cuero residents by phone.
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Cuero
Texas
Bonnie Buenger
Salvation Army
San Antonio
Mattie Herring
DeWitt County
United Press International
Gulf Coast
St. Joseph School
Victoria
Snouted butterflies spotted moving south through Cuero
Ed Harbeson veteran biology teacher reports snouted butterflies moving through Cuero and surrounding areas yesterday. He says they feed on mulberry trees and are not harbingers of army worms. He notes butterflies travel by day while months fly at night.
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Cuero
Ed Harbeson
Harbeson
Teacher Pay Ruling Skips Texas Says Sims
Cuero School Superintendent Dr. Sims says Texas teachers were excluded from a Cost of Living Council pay raise ruling on a technicality. He criticizes the move as insulting to teachers while federal and state actions delay implementation of raises for educators and state workers.
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Cost of Living Council
Cuero
FE. FE. Sims
Texas
Dr. Sims
Richard Nixon
Sims
Preston Smith
Crawford Martin
Robert Calvert
Martin
Calvert
Waste Water Pact Okayed to Protect Lake Dunlap Reach
The Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority approved a waste water reclamation contract with Lone Star Development for the Lake Dunlap subdivision between New Braunfels and Seguin. The plan includes a waste water collection system and a treatment plant with phosphate removal, part of four regional plants proposed for the Guadalupe River reach.
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Lake Dunlap
Guadalupe River
Guadalupe-Blanco River
Lone Star Development Corporation
Seguin
New Braunfels
Texas Water Quality Board
Environmental Protection Agency
Ally
GBRA
Robert H. Vahrenkamp
Canyon Reservoir
New Braunfels-Seguin-Gonzales
U.S. Army Corps of Enineers
Lake Dusiap
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G. M. Lord
D. L. Prentice
Zora Smith
Sadie Williams
Sadie Hillyer
Joyce Lioyd
R. A. Hicks
MT. Zion District
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