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Newspaper
Cuero Record
Location
Cuero, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1970
Page
1
The writer notes winter reflections and a barometer for status in a prestige minded world. He cites personal inventory ideas and social expectations while alluding to forthcoming remarks on sesquipedalian words and guest contributions.
A child writes to Santa from Cuero requesting a SSP motorcycle drum dune-buggy wheely guitar and a doll baby chair and storybook plus gifts for her older siblings. She signs as Tim Ley Ave and Glitheria Vernaye Brown and asks Santa to deliver Christmas cheer and family presents.
Mrs. Maude Benedict Wallis Traylor 89 a Cuero civic leader landowner and philanthropist died at home in Cuero after a long illness Her gifts to Champ T Traylor Calhoun County Hospital Cuero Community Hospital and United Funds totaled hundreds of thousands She was born July 10 1881 and married Champion Travis Traylor in 1905 Funeral services will be held at First Presbyterian Church Cuero Sunday at 2 p m Burial will be in Port Lavaca Cemetery Contributions may be made to Cuero Community Hospital or the First Presbyterian Church building fund
Austin Nelson Field hosts a Texas AAA semi final clash as the Gobblers face the No 1 or 2 ranked Ennis Lions. Ennis comes in 12-0 with a strong offense led by Chuck Bohall and Sidney Fielder, while Gobblers pursue an upset behind a string of playoff upsets.
Cuero Lions Club hosted Ladies Night with Jerome Nowotny presenting his world class beer bottle collection dating back two centuries. Awards were given including Melvin Jones Membership Growth, and several Cuero Lions members joined the quarter century club as Gene Grafe presided and Bill Nami led the program.
Regency Furniture Manufacturing Co plans to expand its Cuero operations after the new year. plant manager Glenn Fox says a leased warehouse southeast of Hansen's Feed Co. will house additional wood working, increasing the staff from 72 and extending production of upholstered chairs and sofas for a broad retail market. The Cuero Industrial Foundation and local firms helped launch the plant in 1969 with a $40,000 subscriptions drive and a $100,000 loan, securing a West Sarah site and a railroad siding.
President Nixon announced Texas Congressman George Bush will become the next U S ambassador to the United Nations replacing Charles W Yost who has served since January 1969 Bush 46 made oil fortune before politics and discussed other options but accepted the UN post pending Senate confirmation He plans to meet Yost in New York and to visit predecessors as he prepares for the new role with Nixon praising his interest in the United Nations.
The Record received a signed copy of The Apollo Eleven and other poems by James B. North former De Witt County resident published by Carlton Press New York priced at 3 He 76 native of DeWitt County son of the late Jim North pioneer Concrete area resident grew up on his fathers farm attended Yoakum school and Southwestern University before becoming a missionary in Africa many poems focus on Africa and its people Last year Mr North visited See Record Page 12.
The Cuero FFA Chapter held its monthly meeting at Cuero High School with President Allan Hartman presiding. Members discussed films after meetings and voted to sponsor a members only coon hunt, date to be decided by a committee of chapter officers.
Dr. Charles Tubbs, a local veterinarian, reports an outbreak of blackleg and malignant edema in Arneckeville. Several cases have surfaced. he urges cattle owners to vaccinate and avoid feeding cake and pellets on the ground since the organism lies in the soil.
The Sinclair Service Station at 202 East Broadway announces new owners Jimmy Thompson and Virgil Hogan from Victoria. They plan a clean-up with fresh paint, offer a free quart of oil with oil and filter changes, daily Double Texas Gold Stamps, wash and grease, minor tune ups, brake work, and flat tire repair with guaranteed workmanship.
Colonel Wilson Speir of the Texas Department of Public Safety warned that Christmas and New Year travel could claim as many as 87 lives. He projected 385 traffic deaths during the New Year period and described Operation Mordeaux style enforcement to curb accidents and promote Drive Friendly driving. Local agencies join the effort to reduce fatalities.
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