Poiliwogs: Cuero visit, theater, gifts, and hunting note
The column recalls a pleasant Sunday trip to Cuero Texas with friends, a crowded theater show, Christmas preparations, and gifts sent to Maryland and Oregon. It also notes hunting success by Dr W R Towery’s party near Rock Springs and a 12 point buck processed at Cole Provision Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.R. Towery
Ann
Glenn
Mary Ann
Sheri
John
Joyce Zimmerman
Jan
Joy
Eagle Ranch
Rock Springs
Great Western Corporation
W. R
Cuero
Cole Provision Co
Book Fair Keeps Going At Cuero Library
Cuero Public Library hosts a week long book fair through Wednesday with 10 am to 12 noon hours. Children’s books are offered as gifts. a book will be given away each of the three days to Cuero residents who register at the library. Proceeds support library projects.
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Robert Pickens
Cuero
Cuero United Fund Hits Halfway Mark With 6602
Cuero Independent School District employees contributed 1390.50 bringing the 1973 United Fund total to 6602, over half the goal. Campaign chairman Ed Pat Mixon notes plans to extend beyond Christmas and aims to wrap by January 1, with continued gifts from local businesses and individuals like Conrad & Tarkington Inc and Mrs Estella J Schorre.
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Cuero
United Fund
E. E. Sims
Cuero Independent
Jack Howerton
Ed Pat Mixon
Conrad & Tarkington, Inc
North Esplanade
Troop 242 To Hold Holiday Meet Tonight
Cuero Scout Troop 242 hosts its first Christmas party from 7 to 9 pm at the NYA building. Parents friends and local boys curious about scouting invited to attend tonight or any future meetings.
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Troop 242
Cuero
NYA
Winners Named In City Holiday Light Contest
Cuero Garden Club judges named Hunt Elementary School best decorated commercial dwelling in the annual contest sponsored by the Cuero Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture and the City of Cuero Electric Department. The school earns a 4000 watt heater for wall and window displays. Oak Memorial Funeral Home received honorable mention in the commercial category. Charles Thamm won outdoor scene, Otward Brown Jr. second, Eugene Heidaker third.
Cub Pack 244 Plans Christmas Party Tomorrow
Cubmaster Jim Rabe announces Pack 244 will hold a Christmas party at the NYA Building tomorrow night with activities starting at 7 p.m. Boys should bring a gift for exchange under twenty five cents. refreshments and games will be provided and several scouting awards will be presented.
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Jim Rabe
Pack 244
NYA
Rabe
Haiphong Harbor Mined and Bombs Hit 20th Parallel
UPI reports U S resumed bombing Hanoi Haiphong area as air strikes above the 20th Parallel restart after Nixon halted attacks last October 23. Hanoi Radio broadcast the report.
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Haiphong Harbor
Arthur Higbee
Saigon
UPI
U.S. Command
United States
Hanoi-Haiphong
North Vietnam
Nixon
Hanoi
U.S
Haiphong
Washington
Defense
Melvin RR. Laird
VFW District Meet Set Jan 7 in District 24
District 24 VFW will hold a council meeting January 7 1973 at Victoria Post 4146 home starting 2 p m. Winners of the Voice of America contest will be announced with posts and ladies auxiliaries urged to attend. District 24 spans multiple Texas towns and projects will be discussed along with the Mid-Winter Round-Up in Dallas January 19 20 and 21 at the Hilton Inn.
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The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Victoria Post
Voice of America
Kenedy
Refugio
Lolita
Yorktown
Runge
District
F. Leroy Sportsman
A. W. Schaffner
Department of Texas
Dallas
Hilton Inn
Kleinecke and Weber Seek Re election to Hospital Board
Howard Kleinecke and M. Clifton Weber announce bids to return to the Community Hospital board of directors. Elections set for January 9 with December 19 registration. Weber chairs the board. Kleinecke a current member. Dewey Henderson may seek another term. The board meets tomorrow at 5 p.m. to review candidates.
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Howard Kleinecke
M. Clifton Weber
Community Hospital Board of Directors
Weber
Kleinecke
Dewey Henderson
Bill Leske
Record News In Brief
United States and North Vietnam trade blame over peace prospects as Nixon dispatches top emissary to explain Washingtons position to Indochinese leaders. Pope Paul VI regrets no Christmas Vietnam peace gift. Truman specialists fear his heart may not withstand kidney dialysis. Belfast gun violence continues with eight wounded in weekend shootings. Saigon reports heavy clashes and 307 enemy killed with seven of its own men lost. Apollo 17 nears return as Evans comments on a space walk. Benson North Carolina police search for hippie-type group in a slaying. Mullens West Virginia inspectors probe ventilation after a coal mine explosion and five deaths.
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United States
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Nixon
Washington
Yes Virginia There Is A Santa Claus Classic Letter
In 1897 Virginia O'Hanlon asked the Baltimore Sun if Santa exists. The famed reply by Francis P. Church declares Santa lives in love generosity and devotion. The editorial tone defends childlike faith against skepticism and extols wonder and belief.
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Virginia
Santa Claus
Philip F. O'Hanlon
Baltimore Sun
Francis P. Church
Papa
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Polliwogs
By Polly Howerton
Plaza Dinner Theatre
L.A
Ethel Bowden
Silver Springs
Maryland
Cuero Record
Velma
Bill Grunder
Bertha Hildebrandt
San Antonio
Roseburg
Oregon
Sidney
H. Ronald Poole
Mark
Daphne
Ronnie Bryant
Chris
Bob Bishop
Lias Steen
Buck
First United Methodist Church
Bailey Wichman
Pat Bell
Salvation Army
August C. Schorresen
Estella J. Schorre
Farmers State Bank & Trust Co
Powis Tarkington
Port O'Connor
Cub Pack
Vatican City
Paul VI
Truman
Kansas
Harry S. Truman
Ulster
Belfast
Apollo
Space Center
Houston
Earth
Ronald Evans
Benson
N.C
Mullens
W.va
Virginia O'Hanlon
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Reuss’ Pharmacy
N. Esplanade
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