Birthday greetings and local notes from Cuero area
This column notes J M McKenzie’s birthday gift of bringing down two bucks and reports retirement joys from E O Hoehne at Arco Service. It lists local birthday wishes, visits to San Antonio for a veterinary association dinner, a chess event featuring Bobby Fischer, and community volunteers tied to the VA Hospital Gift Shop in Temple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Tubbs
Bexar County Veterinary Medical Association
Turtle Creek Country Club
San Antonio
Temple
Texas
Otis Carpenter
American Legion Auxiliary
American Legion
Callie Henneke
Viola Merritt
Cueroites Elected To ASCS Slots In DeWitt County
Three Cuero men were elected to DeWitt County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service posts for three communities. Elected were John Braden Jr Earl Buenger and Jack Booth. Nine farmers will serve across communities A B and C with 866 ballots counted. terms run through 1973.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
John Braden, Jr
Earl Buenger
Jack Booth
DeWitt County
Onfry Migura
Yorktown
Ben Meischen
Alvin Buesing
NAACP Cuero Branch Plans Final Meeting of Year
The Cuero NAACP chapter will hold a 7 30 p.m. meeting at Macedonia Baptist Church. Rev. R D Oden, president, urges all members to attend as this is the final gathering of the year and renewal of membership for the coming year is required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuero
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Macedonia Baptist Church
R. D. Oden
CHS Group To Entertain Three Clubs
Cuero High School's Concert Choir and Gobbler Band have a busy week with three local club appearances and a school assembly. Nat Alewine says the choir performs Wednesday at the Cuero Lions Club noon meeting and Thursday at the Cuero Rotary Club, with an octet singing Christmas selections at a DAR Christmas Tea hosted by Mrs. Ann Cusack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuero High School
Nat Alewine
Cuero Lions Club
Cuero Rotary Club
Daughters of the American Revolution
DAR
Ann Cusack
CHS
A Geologist's Paradise Claims Astronaut Schmitt
Apollo 17 astronauts Cernan and Schmitt explored Taurus-Littrow, driving to a sunlit mountain and studying lunar geology. Evans in orbit noted two possible meteoroid flashes as Challenger landed 272 feet from its targeted point, with the flag raised and a 7 hour 12 minute first lunar excursion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moon
Ronald E. Evans
America
Challenger
Cernan
Schmitt
Taurus-Littrow
Prison warden dines with prisoners this Christmas in Ohio
Warden Harold Card in Columbus invites inmates to his home for holiday meals including thieves and murderers, continuing a Christmas tradition. In other items Nixon freezes pay and seeks controls extension. Peron rumors of candidacy. UMW election ballots counted. coeds used as contraceptive research. Boston area hitchhiker murders. Truman aging and hospitalized prognosis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Cardwell
Columbus
Ohio
Joint Party Planned By Cuero Clubs
Cuero Young Farmers and Cuero Young Homemakers plan a joint Christmas party on December 16 at the Arneckeville Community Center. Event begins 7:30 p.m. Jim Springs, secretary, says setups and beer will be furnished. Attendees bring chips or cookies. Bunco and refreshments provided. prizes awarded for high and low scorers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuero Young Farmers
Cuero Young Homemakers
Arneckeville
Jim Springs
Young Farmers
Wayne Wolf
Thieu Rejects Cease Fire Draft in South Vietnam
Saigon reports President Nguyen Van Thieu rejects the current cease fire draft but says he would accept a modified version. The statement signals ongoing concern over North Vietnamese Army plans and peace prospects amid stalled talks.
DeWitt County Hears Prisoner Fee Increase Request
DeWitt County commissioners voted to charge other counties 3 per prisoner for jail use, up from 1.50. Sheriff Dietze urged the raise at a regular meeting, noting neighboring counties already bill 3 for out of county inmates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt County
N. G ‘Cutter
Dietze
Cuero High School Holiday Concert Tonight
Mrs. Joe Buenning and Nat Alewine announce Cuero High School Christmas program at 7 30 p m in the Junior High Cafetorium. Choir selections include The Holy Child Star of Bethlehem Christ is Born Christmas Child Christ Child It s The Most Wonderful Time of The Year Ave Maria Oh Holy Night Then Shall The Eyes of the Blind Be Opened He Shall Feed His Flock Come Unto Him Hallelujah Chorus from The Messiah. The Gobbler Band performs Do You Hear What I Hear Snow Bells White Christmas Toy Shop and audience singalongs conclude the program with free admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Buenning
Cuero High School
Nat Alewine
Gobbler
Ben Hur
Scoutmaster Hamilton Receives District Merit Award
John C. Hamilton, Scoutmaster of Troop 242 in Cuero, is presented the district Award of Merit at the Live Oak District banquet. The honor, one of three awarded annually, comes from the Capitol Area Council after district recommendation, with praise from Gordon Hardin of Live Oak School. Hamilton also receives an organizer pin for aiding Cub Packs and Scout Troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Live Oak
John C. Hamilton
Scout
Cuero
Hamilton
Boy Scouts of America
Capitol Area Council
Live Oak School
Gordon Hardin
Shiner
Doomsday quake forecast stirs San Francisco alarm
San Francisco residents debate a January 4 1973 quake forecast by Reuben Greenspan with Vicki Settles planning to flee work and others preparing for a potential ground shifting event. Greenspan predicts a 2.2 mile epicenter south of the city and a seven magnitude reading on the Richter scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard M. Harnett
San Francisco
UPI
Vicki Settles
Vicki
Financial District
City Hall
Reuben Greenspan
Arizona
California
Greenspan
New York City
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thieu
J.M. McKenzie
E.O. Hoehne
Arco
White's
Weaver's
Kenneth Buenger
Ken
Arco Service
Tom Kennedy
Victoria
Christine Renee
She
Tommy and
Brenda Kennedy
Agness Schuette
Diane
Glenn
E. Hamilton
Schuette
Kansas
England
Legion Auxiliary
Temple Telegram
New Braunfels
Weimar
Albert Nagel
Carolee Lange
Dionne Landry
William A. Rath
Beeville
Adele Lucas
Gordon Bond
Baytown
Donna Gilbreth
Polliwogs
Cueroites
Naacp Group
CHS Group
Astro
Naut Schmitt
Record News
Washington
Nixon
Congress
Peron
Buenos Aires
Juan Peron
Paraguay
UMW
Labor Department
United Mine Workers
Ralph Nader
Boston
Truman
Kansas City
NVA
S. Vietnam
By Tracy Wood
National Assembly
South Vietnam
Rachmanioff
Adams
Karen High
Rachel Newson
Handel's
L.A
Scentific
Reuss’ Pharmacy
N. Esplanade
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!