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Newspaper
Cuero Record
Location
Cuero, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1971
Page
1
A playful column notes Thursday night meals and readers’ comments. Mentions Chas Garbe sending ammunition and Dewey coffee, Os car Adickes blocking it, Roy Hamilton’s hospital return, and locals like Frank Hada mek and Werner Kautz. Ends with aphorisms on luck and gender.
Two representatives from the Mate Health Department met Cuero leaders at City Hall to discuss emergency medical procedures. They found good cooperation among Cuero and DeWitt County facilities but noted radio communication gaps between ambulances and the hospital.
At Cuero VFW Post 3972 meeting three new members were voted in William C Childress J T Homer Pick and Donald M Stiles bring 1972 membership to 228. The Ladies Auxiliary added Mrs Wilfred Peters as new member and a five year bar awards ceremony recognized sixteen members.
Dr Eloise Sims superintendent of the Aero Independent School District told the Board of Education that they are closely monitoring the drug problem to protect students. Among 2100 campus students only a few suspected users exist and staff will attend a Texas Education Agency workshop in Victoria to aid school drug programs.
Letters from children request gifts for Christmas including an electric football game a watch a tricycle a Barbie doll a toy truck and a barking dog plus a dump truck crane four U haul trucks and a dog. Names ages and addresses appear with family references and affectionate closing.
Jim Gilmour offered a free Dial-A-Santa service for disabled children using his private phone. The Post Office spokesman said the scheme drew over 1000 calls daily, congesting the exchange and delaying emergency calls. The service was stopped and callers were directed to a different number.
A living nativity scene will be presented December 22 to 24 from 7 to 9 p.m. on the church lawn. The event is sponsored by the Sunday School youth department with Pat Bell and Mrs Bruce Card as chairmen. Church members play the characters, with live animals and music. An hourly changing cast, costumes organized by Mrs Earl Dodds, and music chaired by Rev Calvin Petersen and Dr John Davis.
The Cuero Brother Lodge of the Sons of Hermann elected new officers. Bennie B. Prause Jr. will be president with Caesar Adickes as vice president and Gilbert Wieland as immediate past president. Ken Adams is secretary. Trustees are Herman Ochlke Jake Cohn and Jimmy Crain.
Officials from state and local levels met at Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation to plan a new training and evaluation center at Warm Springs Rehabilitation Center. The facility aims to serve severely handi capped youth with academic and vocational programs, naming the center in honor of the Jaycees for their essential support.
Severe showers soaked North Central Texas with more than five inches causing rivers and creeks to rise. A family near Dallas was evacuated by helicopter after a bridge failed in floodwaters, while a 12 year old cardiac patient prompted the rescue. The storm followed sleet and snow across the Panhandle and South Plains.
Mrs E T Summers Jr named temporary chair of a survey panel to study library site options and alternatives to using the Crescent Valley Creamery Building. City Council may drop conversion due to high costs. funds will also expand the Cuero library from 4 000 to about 10 000 volumes.
Frederico Cuellar 37 of S Gonzales St is in DeWitt County Jail on pending charges of being drunk in a public place. He was picked up Thursday at 10 14 p m by the Cuero Police Department.
A devotional note cites Galatians 5 1 urging believers to stand fast in the liberty Christ gave not license but joyful faith expressed in love for God and Christ.
Congress sent the three year plan to cut corporate and personal taxes to President Nixon, four months after he proposed it to spur the economy. The bill eliminates a controversial provision to fund the 1972 elections with tax dollars and offers targeted relief, including a 7 percent investment credit and various deductions for workers and parents.
Candy Barr 36, former Dallas and New Orleans stripper and ex prisoner, releases a poetry collection titled A Gentle Mind Confused. She wrote the verses in prison and describes them as free verse about the events in her life including marriages and time with Mickey Cohen.
Texas Ranger Charlie Miller who roamed the Rio Grande for decades with a Colt .45 and a stern stare died in a San Angelo hospital. He joined the Rangers in 1908 and served in Mason Lacock Paducah Luling and border towns earning a legendary reputation for toughness and dedication. He will be buried Saturday at the State Cemetery in Austin alongside fellow Rangers.
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