Knocke 50th Anniversary Celebrated At American Legion Hall
Wayne McKethan helps cover the registration table as Linda Koopmann oversees the books. Henry and Linda Knocke marked 50 years of marriage with open house at the American Legion Hall on November 29 1970. Their simple ceremony followed a 1920 Cuero wedding by Judge Bohls. Over 150 guests from 16 localities attended in a reception line featuring family members and Borgfeld relatives.
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Henry Knocke
American Legion Hall
Knocke
Bohls
Cuero
Edwin Borgfeld
Wedding Party Celebration with Gold Accents and Mums
A house party featured feathered floral arrangements with mums and fern, gold numeral 50, and gold birds on the cake. Guests included Mrs. Gordom Reynolds and Mrs. F. L. Newman, while Mr. and Mrs. Knocke had long farm ties and later retirement in Yorktown. They have two sons H. A. and family in Kingsville and Franklin, plus another son in Kenedy, and five grandchildren Ronald Ray Harold Dean Joan Marie Cynthia Ann Pama La Sue.
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Gordom Reynolds
F. L. Newman
Knocke
Cp&l
Yorktown
Knocke's
H. A
Kingsville
Franklin
Kenedy
Ronald Ray
Harold Dean
Joan Marie
Cynthia Ann
Pamala Sue
Cuero Public School Menu Week of December 14 1970
School lunch plan lists meals for December 14 to December 22 1970 with daily mains sides and desserts. Items include Enchiladas Fried Steak Hamburger Casserole Hamburgers Fried Chicken and Christmas Dinner featuring pork beans corn dressing green peas and cakes.
Albino buck recovery and notable wildlife finds reported
December 13 1960 records note Norman Haley 22 of Pittsburg displayed a three point albino buck shot, with albino odds about one in 16000. Other items include a six foot rattlesnake killed at the Richard Gonzales ranch and AFL-CIO president Meany seeking talks with Kennedy on labor secretary selection. Also dated 1950 Cuero singing program and Korea war cease fire discussions report.
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Norman Haley
Pittsburgh
Donald Coker
Jimmy Gonzales
Michael Poentizsch
Richard Gonzales
Afl-Cio
George Meany
John F. Kennedy
Jane Brown
Bennie Prause Jr
Cuero
Southwest
Texas State Teachers College
San Marcos
Russia
Korea
Cuero High School
United Nations
Hungnam Harbor
U.S. to End Contract Over Hiring Practices
The United States plans to terminate a contract citing hiring practices concerns. Officials said the move reflects a shift toward stricter compliance and competitive bidding principles affecting the involved agency.
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U.S
December 13 in History and Births
Almanac notes mark December 13 as the 347th day of 1970 with astrological signs Sagittarius. It recalls Abel Tasman discovering New Zealand in 1642 and events in 1918 near the Rhine and 1941 Hong Kong air campaign beginnings.
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United Press International
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Marc Connelly
New Zealand
Abel Tasman
U. S
3Rd Army
Cablena
Germany
Hong Kong
Japan
Raiders stage protest at four Riverside stations
Police reported that four service stations in Riverside tied up fuel hoses and posted hand-lettered signs reading close down black smog in a plutive action.
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Riverside
Calif
UPI Wandels
Christmas Relevance and Moral Decay in Modern Times
A bishop urges making Christmas meaningful amid rising crime and vice. He cites alcohol abuse pornography vulgar language and promiscuity noting Christ entered a world where life was cheap and Herod killed many children. He calls for deep questions and renewed decency this season.
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Christ
Herod
Are you willing to belong to this dedicated Christian minority
The passage argues that Christ called forgiven people to a renewed life, living in the world but not of it. It recalls Sir Kenneth Clark's view that small devout Christian cells kept civilization alive after Rome. Christmas asks if we will join that minority to preserve Christian standards in a potential new dark age.
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Christ
God
Kenneth Clarke
Rome
Christmas
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Orktown Society
Wayne McKethan
Waco
Linda Koopmann
W.S. Crisp
Bill Davis
Warren Schorlemer
Lloyd Smith
Italy
Damon
Coyle
N. Gonzales
W. Santa Rosa
Victoria
Cuero Record
The
Mollie Parnis
Lee
Frigidaire
N. Esplanade
Cuero Public School Menu
Santa’s Cuero
Reuss Drug
E. Main
the Almanac
Ecology Raiders
Bishop
Everett
H. Jones
Baldwin, Kohler & Campbell and Currier
Baldwin
Rose Piano Company
Packard-Bell
E. North
Edward x. Darmen
Florenting
Wiliam K. Benning
Roy Edward Coughton
Mer and Wes
Arthur R. Broderick
Cuero’s
ANS Buchel Bank
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