Local Grandmothers and Repairs Stir Small-Town News
A letter to Ren Ene Smith of Boulder Cole arrives from a 62 year old reader who will become a great grandmother soon. The Texas Rehabilitation Hospital of Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation has a renovation contract for a closed building damaged by fire. Vocational training will resume and capacity rise by 25 to 50. the Texas Jaycees and federal support fund the project with $40,000 raised and a similar pledge, plus a $120,100 federal grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Rehabilitation Hospital of
Gonzales
Warm Springs Foundation
Texas Jaycees
Th Jaycees
Letters to the Editor: Proud Mother Defends Red White And Blue
A reader, Mrs. Jake Parker, defends wearing red, white and blue clothing and flying the American flag against a Houston district attorney’s remarks. She emphasizes her two sons in service and asserts parental pride in displaying national colors despite potential opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. L. Prentice
D. A. of
Houston
U. S
Mr. Houston
D. A
Vietnam
U.S
Jake Parker
Apollo 14 backs moon orbit and Pictures from lunar site
Apollo 14 astronauts in a 10 1/2 mile lunar orbit photographed the rugged Descartes region as commander Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell prepared for a moonwalk. Stuart Roosa reported strange noises from the film magazine while capturing 415 black and white shots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar D. Mitchell
Shepard
Stuart A Roosa
Avolic 16
Roosa
Crater
Descartes
Cuero Lions hear trail boss honor San Antonio drive
Mayor Jack Edgar was named honorary Trail Boss of the 1971 Chisholm Trail drive by John Hamilton as Cuero Lions Club members learned about the historic ride. The club also welcomed Dr Homer Judge and Gordon Thompson as new members and sponsored a Crippled Children's Camp entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Edgar
Chisholm Trail
John C. Hamilton
D. L. Prentice
John Hamilton
Cuero
Glynn McWhorter
Homer Judge
Gordon Thompson
Grafe
Club
Kerrville
Legislators Push One Year Budget in Texas
In Austin the Texas Legislature weighs an emergency 484 million spending bill and a one-year budget plan to cut tax needs. Rep. Dewitt Hale expects to reconsider the 112 to 37 vote to bypass by four-fifths and avoid an emergency tax bill. Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes surveys Senate support for interim financing and a possible one tax bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
UPI
Texas
House
Dewitt Hale
Corpus Christi
Hale
Ben Barnes
Barnes
Senate
Preston Smith
Smith
Hard Winter Blast Sweeps Into Texas
A severe winter storm plowed through Texas bringing ice and snow from the Panhandle to the South Plains with travel warnings. Thunderstorms moved east from Abilene and Wichita Falls while high winds gusted to 70 mph at Guadalupe Pass and a tornado watch covered 11 Northeast Texas counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Texas
Panhandle
Guadalupe
Lubbock
South Plains
Dalhart
Bowie
Camp
Cass
Franklin
Harrison
Hopkins
Marion
Morris
Red River
Tutus
Upshur
National Weather Service
Upper Panhandle
Abilene
Wichita Falls
Citizens Club Elects Officers for 1971 72 Term
Elmer Krueger was re elected president of the Citizens Club of Cuero Inc Officers for 1971 72 include Marvin Schumacher vice president Mrs Earl Ray secretary treasurer Mrs N G Dietze reporter J W Bridges institutional representative Trustees named Krueger Bridges Mrs Filmer Krueger John C Hamilton Alvin Noack Scoutmaster Hamilton reported on the January 22 24 Boy Scout retreat for 110 Cuero area Scouts Plans for Troop 243 February include a trip to Galveston for Sea Rama on Feb 19 and building window Gis uniforms for church on Feb 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Krueger
Marvin Schumacher
Earl Ray
N. G. Dietze
J. W. Bridges
Krueger
Bridges
Filmer Krueger
John C. Hamilton
Alvin Noack
Hamilton
Cuero
Boy Scout of America
Galveston
Steelworkers donate to Jerry Hess Kidney Fund drive boosts donations
United Steelworkers Local 4 70 of Point Comfort report the drive added 1575 to the Jerry Hess Kidney Fund, with 126 donations from a blood mobile at 12.50 each. The fund total rises to 5496 as Jerry, son of Vernon Hess, awaits a matching kidney transplant and ongoing kidney treatments in San Antonio. A garage sale by Lolita women raised 397 and a Point Comfort man donated a car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Steelworkers Local
Point Comfort
Jerry Hess
Alcoa
Ted Dunn
Cueroile
Jerry
Vernon Hess
Stratton Route
San Antonio
Dunn
United Steelworkers
Corpus Christi
Cuero
Retail Group Approves 1971 Holiday List
The Retail Merchants held a March meeting at the Chamber of Commerce and approved the 1971 holiday schedule. The list includes Good Friday April 9 from noon to 3, Memorial Day May 31, Independence Day July 5, Labor Day September 6, Veterans Day October 25, Thanksgiving Day November 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Chitsunus
Retail Group
Rural Drive Plan Sessions Start Here
DeWitt County official Don Chesser announces county planning sessions on using the Rural Environmental Assistance Program to improve and protect the environment. The REAP program is highlighted by Secretary Clifford M. Hardin as a new USDA environmental effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Chesser
DeWitt County
ASCS
The
Farm Program Agency
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Reap
Cuero Approves 1972 Centennial Committee Setup
The Cuero Fair and Turkey Trot Association directors approved a 1972 centennial celebration with an entertainment committee led by Errol John Dietze. John C Hamilton, R D Kizer Jr. and Ken Adams will secure top country and western acts. A date coordination panel includes Howard Bennett, Robert Pickens, Phil Einster and Claudius Green. Dr. Charles Tubbs urged a large annual event starting 1972 and continuing thereafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuero Fair and
Errol John Dietze
John C. Hamilton
R. D. Kizer Jr
Ken Adams
Howard Bennett
Robert Pickens
Phil Einster
Claudius Green
Charles Tubbs
Turkey
Dietze
Lester Frers
Kizer
Tubbs
Cuero Students Honored as Distinguished at Texas A&M
Five Cuero area students earned Distinguished Student ranking at Texas A&M University. Recipients Michael L. Boothe Richard Paul Egg Robert C. Ege Fritz Koehler and Roger D. Leick met GPA of 3.25 or higher, enrolled in at least 12 hours, and had no grade below C. The honor limits to the top 10 percent of undergraduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Cuero Area
Texas A&m University
Michael L. Boothe
Richard Paul Egg
Robert C. Ege
Fritz Koehler
Roger D. Leick
Texas A&m
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D. L. Prentice Record
Watcher
Ren
Ene Smith
Boulder
Cole
Caria
Apollo
Jacqueline Sayers
Brighton
Lions Club
Louisiana
Guadalupe Pass
el Paso
Citizens Club
Citizens Club of Cuero, Inc
Stratton Road
Hardin
Gus Cage
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