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Newspaper
Cuero Record
Location
Cuero, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1970
Page
1
A Bake Show at the DeWitt County Pecan Show sold all items with proceeds to support the County 4 H Council activities. Mrs. Mildred Martin noted top winning recipes, including an extra, and the writer warned of possible typographical errors in printed recipes.
CHS Principal Bill Cooper warns that student tickets for Friday's Gobbler game in Victoria do not grant access to regular adult reserved seats. Students may use only Section kh in Victoria stadium with reserved seating required for Sections I and I and ushers to control seating.
Walter E. Heller & Co. plans a Monday Houston auction to sell Lone Star Textiles assets including raw inventory and machinery to revive operations. The lien is paid, Cuero Electric bills remain due, and at least one textile firm reportedly seeks control of the property. Auction set for 10 a.m. at Hutcheson Taliaferro Grunty in the Tenneco Building.
Cuero Lions Club outlines possible outcomes for the Gregory Portand game and its Ladies Nite. The plan adjusts based on win or loss, with potential date changes and noon meetings. Guests Bob Woods Art Bowers Clinton Wright reinstated. members urged to bring a $1.50 gift. Film highlights of Gatesville Cuero game shown.
Boy Scout Troop 243 met with 28 members and six committeemen to study edible wild plants in DeWitt County led by Jeff Ray. New patrols Flaming Arrow and Bobcat formed. leaders named Mike Mixon and A G Webster. Scouts from Troops 243 and 244 joined a Texas A M football game in Austin as ushers and met Lyndon Johnson.
A Ford Mustang owned by Bill Buchel of Cuero was stolen from his Cheapside Route residence between 11 p.m. and 2 a.m. Wednesday and set on fire. Fire crews arrived around 2:40 a.m. Thursday. the car was gutted and a total loss. Patrolman Tony Allen of City Police says the vehicle was taken from in front of the Buchel home, blocked traffic, and was set alight. The case remains under investigation.
Cuero United Fund nears its $11 000 goal as E I DuPont de Nemours employees pledge 493 toward the campaign total of 10 560 with payroll deductions. Campaign chair Jack Howerton urges local firms to meet the remaining 440 before the December 10 closing date. Other donors include J T Newman Floyd Doehrman and Clarence Bradshaw.
Cuero City Council will confirm Clinton Wright as police chief at 5:45 p m. in City Hall. The agenda includes Lone Star Textiles debt discussion and an asset auction in Houston. Wright, formerly parks director, was announced as chief at a Nov. 23 press conference.
A local United Fund campaign lists numerous businesses and individuals donating across Cuero. The running total shows 10 647 dollars raised to date with many clubs stores and families contributing varied amounts.
A poll to locate Cuero Public Library volunteers was mailed to Friends of the Library members. Evelyn Cates reports ballots list projects and urges interested people to call the library or contact members. New programs may start in January. The Cuero Young Homemakers donated a typewriter table. Quarterly meetings are planned for 1971 in January April July and October with dates by mail. The Rev Gerard Thornton summarized progress, including fundraising for subscriptions and a magazine rack. current membership stands at sixty six.
The Cuero Record reports insurance agents in the city selling gimmick life policies under state scrutiny. Witnesses at a Austin hearing describe participating policies sold as investments with high dividends, including D J Leatherman of Millsap who paid 2800 and cannot recover it, and a Houston mechanic who paid 700 annually. Citizens warn misrepresentation of life coverage as investment opportunities.
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