Polliwogs Gather for Christmas Weekend in Cuero
Polly Howerton and family head to Austin Friday bearing gifts and visiting Ann and Sunshine Howerton. Claire Howerton travels to Palestine with Mary Barton, then Cuero for Christmas. Orval and Magdalene Boyle send greetings from Eastland. John and Sally Green visit from Houston to spend Christmas with relatives in Cuero. Kristy Cusack named athletic director at Lions Club center in Lubbock with resident Elizabeth Edgar. May Edgar flies to Austin for Christmas with the Edgars, then to New York. John Phillips and Martha with three kids due in from Houston for Christmas with A. J. Phillips. Ann Kuehl of Victoria, Janice, Kyle join Christmas Day. Aileen and Vic Olenius fly to Clarinda for holidays. Farmers State Bank hosts an open house featuring a decorated tree and refreshments. Happy birthday to Vicki Keesler Coppedge.
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John
Sally Green
Houston
Marie
Howard Green
Belle Ellzey
Austin
Mary Lee Green Shumaker
Kristy Cusack
Lions Club
Lubbock
Little Elizabeth Edgar
May Edgar
James Hadley Edgars
Elizabeth
May
Edgars
New York
John Phillips
Martha
Donna
Tracy
Larry
A. J Phillips
Ann Kuehl
Victoria
Janice
Kyle
30 Years In Office Frank Thieme Retires As Tax Assessor
Frank Thieme 77 retires after 30 years as DeWitt County Tax Assessor-Collector. He will be replaced by Mrs Jim Bulgerin the first woman in the office. Thieme's career began as deputy in 1916, with WWI service and later roles in county tax offices.
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Frank Thieme
DeWitt County
Jim Bulgerin
Thieme
T. M. Stell
Tyler Commercial College
U.S. Marine Corp
France
Frank W. Kunetka
Fritz Poetter
Cuero
Tire inspection becomes Texas requirement in 1973
Major Kent Odom of the Texas Department of Public Safety announces that starting January 1 1973 tires must pass a yearly vehicle inspection. Tires with tread under 1 6 inch or damaged with fabric breaks bulges or knots will fail. Repaired tires marked not for highway use will fail. Other items to be inspected include brakes lighting horns mirrors windshield wipers belts steering wheels exhaust and emission controls.
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Kent Odom
South Texas
Texas Department of Public Safety
Texas
Santa Reports Sleigh Loaded For Midnight Journey
The Cuero Record reports a telegram from the North Pole stating Santa Claus has completed loading his sleigh and is currently napping in preparation for a midnight journey on December 24. The alert notes the estimated time of arrival is to be determined.
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Cuero Record Office
North Pole
Santa Claus
Cuero
Claus
Evelyn Nordnook
North
Upper
Christmas party for Cuero Hospital staff with gifts
The Cuero Community Hospital held a 2 PM Christmas party in the south wing for all employees. Sister Lucilla oversaw gifts with $10 bonuses for full time staff and $5 for part time workers and student nurses. Santa Claus visited, played by Ben Prause, and holiday music and treats completed the event.
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Cuero Community Hospital
Lucilla
Santa Claus
Ben Prause
Toys For Tots Drive Culminates In Cuero Distribution
The 1972 Lions Club Toys For Tots campaign ends with gifts for 297 children at St Marks Lutheran Fellowship Hall. Project coordinator Jack Hartsell says local donations funded purchases this week, with Cuero High School volunteers helping wrap. 88 families will receive toys. parents pick up today for Christmas morning. The drive was organized by Lions Club Jaycees Cuero Young Homemakers Club and aided by the American Legion Auxiliary and student council.
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Wilson Hill
Jack Hartsell
St. Marks Fellowship Hall
St. Marks Lutheran Fellowship Hall
Lions Club
Wayne Wolf
Cuero High School
Jaycees
Cuero Young Homemakers Club
American Legion Auxiliary
High School
Five Winners Named at Farmers State Christmas Open House
Farmers State Bank and Trust Co hosted a two day Christmas Open House with Ed Mixon stating the event was a huge success. Cash prizes were awarded to five visitors: Rudy Fuchs C B Moore Mrs Wallace Stahl Mrs Wilfred Leist and Mrs Mary Lagleder. Holiday refreshments were served in the board of directors room.
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Farmers State Bank & Trust
Farmers State Bank and Trust Co
Ed Mixon
Rudy Fuchs
C. B. Moore
Wallace Stahl
Wilfred Leist
Mary Lagleder
Bank
Board of Directors
Cuero United Fund crosses three quarters of goal
Nearly 1300 has been added to the 1973 Cuero United Fund bringing the total to 7934 dollars, 72 percent of the 11000 dollar goal. Thirty two donors gave 100 or more and ten gave 50 or more, with Dr and Mrs Hall renewing a 100 dollar pledge and Joe Reuss adding 100 for himself and Mrs Reuss.
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Cuero United Fund
Jack Howerton
United Fund
Shootout in judge’s chamber ends in death during divorce hearing
In Jacksonville a estranged couple engage in a fierce shootout inside a judge’s chamber during a divorce proceeding. The woman is dead and her husband wounded. The chaotic scene marks a violent disruption of legal proceedings.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Lighter Side Of Holiday Cooking by Dick West
A humorous holiday cooking column offers quirky tips and mock tips for festive meals. It jokes about gnashing potatoes with a pruning saw, refilling turkey drumsticks with roast beef, groaning tables sold by furniture stores, mullled wine advice, portable electric organs for fruitcakes, and gyroscopic baking dishes to keep puddings upright.
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Polliwogs
By Polly Howerton
Pete Howerton
Ann
Sunshine Howerton
Sunshine
Claire Howerton
Palestine
Mary Barton
Orval
Magdalene Boyle
Second Street
Eastland
Nita
Garland Packebusch
Erma Pierce
Aileen
Vic Olenius
Clarinda
Iowa
Vicki Keesler Coppedge
Arneckeville
Erna Buesing
Meyersville
William Day
San Antonio
Cuero Record
The
Cuero Publishing
Leslie Talley
League City
Thiemes
Odom
Santa
Rudolph
Mr. S. Claus
Farmers State
Roe
Truman
Kansas City
Harry& Truman
Apollo
Viet
Saigon
U.S. Command
North Vietnam
Hanoi
U.S
Nguyen van Thieu
By Dick West
Washington
UPI
Henry Young- Man
Reuss’ Pharmacy
N. Esplanade
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