Birthday greetings and local visits echo through Cuero area
Mrs. Robert T. Schorre celebrates birthday while Mrs. Frieda Buehrig breaks hip and schedules surgery at Cuero Community Hospital. Corpus Christi visitors Shirley and Charles Garrett with daughter Kimberly Anne share weekend with Rudolph Demmer's family. Navy recruit Stephen T. Boyd of Cuero graduates at San Diego base with ties back to Punahou and Puget Sound. Funeral attenders include P. Fielding Breeden Sr. kin from Austin Hawaii Corpus Christi. Houston weekend visitor Hermine Clagett, health officials Burgess Davis and Victoria sanitarian head to Ft. Worth convention through Thursday. TexSA&M student Roger Leick home for weekend with Leick family. Corpus Christi relatives visit Nordheim. Lillian Stolleis of Westhoff stops at Cuero business.
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Shirley
Charles Garrett
Kimberly Anne
Corpus Christi
Rudolph Demmer
Apollo 14 Astronaut Mitchell Returns From Quarantine
Edgar D. Mitchell praises being back in the world after 20 days in quarantine. Griswold defends not announcing wiretap evidence unless challenged in court. Willie Johnson describes a devastating tornado in Eutaw Alabama with homes toppled and power out. Sheila Spring a sixth grader from Topeka sends $1 to aid Los Angeles earthquake victims.
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Los Angeles
Sheila Spring
Randolph School
Topeka
Kan
Easter Seal Campaign Supports 21000 Disabled Seekers
The Easter Seal Society provides treatment and services to over 21 000 children and adults need rehabilitation. Services are available to any disabled person who can benefit from help. The Easter Seal Campaign runs through Easter Sunday April 11.
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Seal Society
Easter Seal Society
Schorre
City Sprouts Prove Marijuana Gift In Sausalito Planters
In Sausalito California city planter boxes unsuspecting sprouts are identified as marijuana by a passerby who says he planted them as a gift to anyone who would recognize them.
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Sausalito
Calif
UPI
Obituary of Mrs Frankie R Taylor 91 of Westhoff
Mrs Frankie R Taylor 91 of Westhoff died in Cuero Community Hospital on February 24. Funeral services set for March 1 at 1 p.m. at St Thomas Baptist Church Westhoff with interment in Taylor Cemetery Blackjack Community. Jamison Funeral Home Cuero handles arrangements. Survived by seven of nine children Aggines Branch Culverson Co Taylor Charlie B Taylor Bookie T Taylor Lola E Perryman Alonia M Jones Lulu B Taylor. twenty one grandchildren thirty eight great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren.
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Frankie R. Taylor
Westhoff
Cuero Community Hospital
St. Thomas Baptist Church
Taylor Cemetery
Blackjack
J. J. Gardley
Jamison Funeral Home
Cuero
Aggines Branch
Chicago
Culverson Co. Taylor
Victoria
Hartmann Funeral Services Set for Shiner Resident
Funeral services for Alfred Hartmann age 60 of Shiner will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday from United Dr Martin Luther Church. Burial will be in Shiner City Cemetery with the body lying in state at Buffington Funeral Homes until 1 p.m. prior to services. Hartmann died Friday at his Shiner residence. Survived by brother August Hartmann of Shiner sister Edna Fall of Yoakum and cousins Bill and Arthur Schodde of Cuero.
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Alfred Hartmann
Shiner
United Dr. Martin Luther Church
Shiner City
Buffington Funeral Homes
Hartmann
August Hartmann
James
Edna) Fall
Yoakum
Bill and
Arthur Schodde
Cuero
Funeral services set for Miss Mary Boehl Cuero
Funeral services for Miss Mary Boehl 75 of Cuero are planned Monday at 3 p.m. at St. Mark's Lutheran Church with Rev. H A Hanson officiating. Burial will be at Hillside Cemetery under Freund Funeral Home directions. A prayer service will be held Sunday at Freund Chapel at 7:30 p.m. She died Saturday at 10 a.m. in a local hospital after a Cuero birth April 7 1895. She worked 40 years as a book keeper for a dry goods firm in Edna. Survivors include three sisters and nieces and nephews. Walter B Smith 88 former Westhoff resident died Saturday in a Dallas hospital. He was born April 20 1882 in Cheapside. He married Florence C Smith in Victoria Nov 19 1924. she died in 1947. Survivors include a son and three grandchildren. Funeral services for him are pending at Freund Funeral Home.
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Mary Boehl
Cuero
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
H. A. Hanson
Hillside Cemetery
Freund Funeral Home
Freund Chapel
Miss Boehl
East
John A
Martha Thieme Boehl
Edna
Lena Koenig
Martha Boehl
Johanna Michon
Walter B. Smith
Westhoff
Dallas
Cheapside
Florence C. Smith
Victoria
Leroy Smith
Leicester union elects 50 year old grandfather as president
Wilf Dillon, a 50 year old grandfather and two year politics student at Leicester University, was chosen by the student body to lead the union citing his maturity for decision making. The announcement notes Dillon’s long involvement with campus life and his approach as president.
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Leicester
England
Leicester University
Wilf Dillon
Maternity and Baby Care Class Set at Health Dept
Maternity and baby care classes will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the Cuero DeWitt County Health Department announced by public health nurse Mrs. Bette Odell. Attendees are welcome with assistance from Mrs. Lee Barta. In other news, Mrs. Dorothy Brown has resigned as a volunteer and will join the Expanded Nutrition Program of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service.
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Cuero DeWitt County Health Department
Bette O'Dell
Fiblic Health
Odell
Lee Barta
Health Department
O Dell
Dorothy Brown
Brown
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Open houses invite tours during Public Schools Week
Residents and organizations are urged to visit area schools during Public Schools Week to see free public education in action. Hunt Elementary Principal Mrs. Bess Jernigan invites the public for open lunchtime visits with grade times 11:30, 12:00, and 12:30. Dinner at the High School Cafeteria Tuesday March 2 runs 6 to 7 pm with tickets 1.65 for adults 1.25 for children. reservations and details via local calls and journalism classes.
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Turkey Talk
Cafteria
Virginia Lewis
Janice Flessner
Bess Jernigan
Hunt Elementary
Jernigan
Budget Board misses SWCD funds revived in House
Rep. Von Dohlen pushes to reinstate the SWCD appropriation in tentative city spending plans. Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen proposes a federal bumpers bill to curb minor collision damage, targeting cars built after January 1, 1973 to endure crashes up to ten miles per hour.
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SWCD
Rep
von Dohlen
Texas
New Democratic
Lloyd Bentsen
Congress
United Press International
Hospital Admissions and Dismissals Summary
Four admissions Erselena Darden Frieda Buehrig Joe Trevino and Alma Schober. Dismissals include Agatha Responddek Jimmie Allison Arthur Day Clementine Jackson Huldu Heyer Linda Kubala and baby Lillian Heerssen Billie Liesman.
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Erselena Darden
Frieda Buehrig
Joe Trevino
Alma Schober
Agatha Respondek
Jimmie Allison
Arthur Day
Clementine Jackson Huldu Heyer
Linda Kubala
Baby Lillian Heerssen
Billie Liesman
Death of Fielding Breed en Friday shocks local readers
Friends and family mourn the death of Fielding Breed en Friday after a period of improving health. The column notes social absences and visits, including Be be Breeden Benson arriving from Honolulu for a midnight meeting, and various local happenings such as pie making, street work, and library interest.
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Fielding Breeden
Woman recovers after surgery at Cuero hospital
A patient who underwent surgery last week at Cuero Community Hospital is recuperating nicely. The item also notes birthdays for Mrs. E. V. Mahony and Beverly Henneke daughter of Mrs. Lucille Hen nake. In health news, cancer deaths from the uterus have fallen about 50 percent in a generation due to Pap tests and early treatment, per the American Cancer Society.
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Cuero Community Hospital
E. V. Mahony
Beverly Henneke
Lucille Henneke
American Cancer Society
Odessa Chamber pushes three-city single congressman plan
Odessa Chamber of Commerce president Jack Tidewell urges uniting Lubbock Odessa and Midland under one congressman. The proposal would redraw George Mahon district by dropping Floyd and Motley counties for Ector County Odessa, raising population to 467 189 the largest in Texas. About two dozen witnesses testified at a Houston Civil Courthouse hearing.
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Lubbock
Odessa
Midland
Odessa Chamber of Commerce
Jack Tidewell
Panhandle
Floyd and Motley
U. S
George Mahon
Ector County
Mahon
Houston
Civil Courts
William J
Bill’’ Blythe Jr
Redistricting Plans Target Texas Counties and Dallas Layout
Lawmakers debate congressional maps as Blythe questions district reach while Port Arthur’s Wikoff suggests including Hardin and Chambers in Jefferson County to preserve four seats. Jones proposes splitting Dallas County into multiple districts and shuffling Southeast Texas to reach required population figures.
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Blythe
George Wikoff
Port Arthur
Hardin
Chambers
Jefferson County
Jefferson
Jones
Dallas County
Texas
Texarkana
Wichita Falls
Paris
Houston
Harris County
Redistricting plans extend Southeast Texas district reach
A proposed map splits voter areas across East Texas districts. One plan keeps Harris County and adds Grimes Waller Washington Austin Lee Burleson Milam to a Southeast Texas district. The alternate skirts Harris County and includes the listed counties in a broader Southeast Texas district.
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Texas
Houston
Trinity
Angelina
Jasper
Newton
Tyler
Polk
Walker
San Jacinto
Montgomery
Liberty
Hardin
Orange
Harris County
Grimes
Waller
Washington
Austin, Lee
Burleson
Milam
Gasoline Buildup Triggers Car Explodes in London
A 52 year old man reported to police a gasoline buildup in a car carburetor that exploded, wrecking his brand new vehicle. The man identified himself as Eugene Bangs.
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London PD
Eugene Bangs
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