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Newspaper
Cuero Record
Location
Cuero, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1971
Page
1
Ray Reener hosted six grandchildren and two guests at his home on a sunny Sunday. Wilmot Schoff in Pennsylvania sends greetings to Curr friends and likes the column. The Cuero Arts and Crafts Shop earns a nod for its worthwhile effort.
Fort Worth official Horn of the Texas Animal Health Commission says depopulation of hogs will begin in the Lower Rio Grande Valley by today to stop the spread of hog cholera. He ranks 800 hogs to be killed and notes mortality above 90 percent as the virus spreads, with efforts shifting next to Victoria and Karnes City.
The First Baptist Church plans a All-Church Christmas Worship Service and party on Wednesday at 7:00 pm. Dr. Raymond Reese will lead congregational singing with special music by the Adult Choir. The Cherub Choir directed by Miss Camille Whitten will sing praises to Jesus. Mrs. T. K. Chaddock will sing Sweet Little Jesus Boy. The Crown Choir ages 6? and 8 yrs. also participate.
United Press International notes Christmas carries varied meanings from freedom for an escapee in Baltimore to holiday liberty for two Americans freed from spying charges in China. It highlights a widowed teacher in Illinois facing the season with resolve and others receiving small gifts or large fortunes, all shaped by this holiday.
The Cuero Hospital District board approves bonuses of 25 dollars per year of service for 106 employees with pro rata awards for those under one year. Six directors vote. one against and one abstains citing precedent concerns. A pension plan proposal from Boon-Chapman Insurance, affiliated to Blue Cross, is reviewed but described as a non insurance pension plan without death benefits.
Regency Furniture Manufacturing Co. will host a noon Christmas dinner for employees on Thursday. December 1 at the plant. The menu features turkey, baked ham, barbecued sausage, salad and desserts, with each worker receiving a frozen turkey. The firm closes Friday for the holidays and reopens Monday January 3.
Former Texas Attorney General Waggoner Carr files a civil suit in district court seeking 25 million in actual damages and 75 million in punitive damages from Houston financier Frank Sharp. Carr alleges deceit and manipulation related to the Sharpstown stock scandal and related bank dealings.
City and county offices will shut Friday for Christmas with state offices also closed on Thursday. Drivers License, State Highway, Welfare, Parks and Wildlife, and Texas Liquor Control Board offices close. Banks close Friday. retail merchants stay open. Cuero Independent School District and St. Michael's Catholic School dismissals noted for holiday.
Publication note outlining a Friday Sunday combination issue with a Friday December 24 deadline for advertising copy and a Thursday December 23 submission cut off.
A first grade girl Dawn Green writes to Santa Claus asking for gifts this year. She hopes he will visit and requests a Crissy doll a Barbie and a house. She signs her name at the end of the handwritten note.
Mrs Helen Bulgertn announces candidacy for DeWitt County Tax Assessor-Collector in the Democratic primary. She cites ten years in the tax office and knowledge of all tax departments as qualifications while Frank Thieme declines re election.
The meditation cites Galatians 6 26 and emphasizes living in the Spirit as guiding both destiny and daily conduct for Christians. It notes the inner life shaping travel on the way and the heavenly hope tied to godly living.
R. J. Kizer announced the Cuero Chip House will be closed Saturday Christmas Day. The course will be open with no green fees as the city offers a Christmas present to everyday golfers. R. D. extends Merry Christmas to all.
Jerry Hess, 13, son of Vernon and family from Stratton Route, received a kidney transplant at Bexar County Hospital on August 3 after months of awaiting a compatible donor. He returned to the hospital last week with high blood pressure and a malfunctioning artery. Surgeons attempted repair Monday night but the effort failed. that night a donor pair of kidneys was prepared and matched to Jerry’s tissue.
HEB employees held a Christmas dinner party on Dec. 19 at Lindenau Ha with staff and families. A noon barbecue centerpiece and trimmings fed guests while gifts went to manager Mr. William Bill Koester. Children received stockings as door prizes went to Fernands Fernandez and others.
Fire Marshal Walter Hingst and Police Chief Clinton Wright urge Cuero residents to obey a city ordinance banning all fireworks. A stiff fine applies. Fireworks cause fires and neighbor annoyance and have prompted complaints by phone. Hingst and Wright warn that no fireworks are allowed and serious fires have occurred in past years.
The shrimper Mr. Tucker arrived in port in heavy fog escorted by a Coast Guard cutter and FBI agents carrying the bodies of two hijackers killed by crewmen. The men were identified as Royce Lee Bowling Joe Dillman and Rhode Schulz. Their children were Linda Bowlin Michael Schulz and Billy Bowling. Three hijackers accomplices were in immigration custody.
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