Town Talk and a Court Case with a Thrasher
A columnist laments trash in Municipal Park and notes the park is the town’s front yard. In Warren Ohio a jury acquitted Bernard Nemecsky of holding a wild brown thrasher as a pet after nursing it back to health. In Florida an 81 year old woman who bought Christmas toys for four black children faces harassment from white townspeople.
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Ohio
Common Pleas Court
Warren
Bernard Nemecsky
Nemecsky
Florida
Cuero Schools Implement New Free Lunch Policy
Cuero Public Schools began offering free and reduced price lunches January 1 as required under Public Law 91-248. The Cuero School Board approved the policy in line with federal rules, with USDA officials reporting many states already in compliance and others nearing completion.
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Cuero Public Schools
E. E. Sims
Cuero School Board
Sims
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Cuero Federal reports 1970 earnings and assets
Cuero Federal Savings and Loan Association posted 1970 interest earnings of 1,101,035.42 with total assets of 25,968,054.78 as of December 31 1970. The firm plans a possible 50th anniversary celebration and lists its directors and officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuero Federal Savings and Tian Association
Cuero Federal
Kleinecke
Federal Home Loan Bank
U.S
Induction List Set For January Selective Service Round
Seven area men are ordered to report for induction January 13 by Selective Service local board No. M4. Fourteen men will undergo pre induction physicals. Induction targets include Ernesto Ramirez Ruiz Cuero Richard P Egg Meyersville Leslie W Charleston Terry G Wyatt Yoakum Ernest A Stirl Nordheim James Noster Yorktown and Jeffery Le Roy Tolbert Kenedy. Pre induction physicals include Timothy V Dromgoole Sylvester E Henderson Ronald A Ross Rodger D Edgar David Louis Aleman and Robert D Heyer Cuero Antonio Vela Yorktown Anthony Franklin Westhoff Claude Thomas Meador Nordheim John M Thiele Henry M Johnson Larry L Taylor Yoakum Johnny R Turley Goliad.
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Armed Forces
Selective Service Local Board No
Sylvester E. Henderson
Ronald A. Ross
Rodger D. Edgar
David Louis Aleman
Robert D. Heyer - Cuero
Keith I. Haun
Antonio Vela
Yorktown
Anthony Franklin - Westhoff
Claude Thomas Meador - Nordheim
John M. Thiele
Henry M. Johnson
Larry L. Taylor Yoakum
Johnny R. Turley
Goliad
Cuero School Building Bids to Be Set This Thursday
Cuero's 1.4 million school building program bids are to be set at Thursday's board of education meeting. Supt. E E Sims says plans will be studied this week with possible changes before final approval. Architect Lynn Evans of Corpus Christi will attend and has discussed costs and bidding options with the board.
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Cuero
Board of Education
E. E. Sims
Lynn Evans
Corpus Christi
Evans
John C. French
Hunt Elementary
Cuero High School
Smith appoints two businessmen to Texas A&M board
Governor Preston Smith names H. C. Bell of Austin and Bill Lewie Jr. of Waco to the Texas A&M University board and reappoints Amarillo publisher S. B. Whitteburg to a new six year term.
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Austin
Tex
UPI
Preston Smith
H. C. Bell
Bill Lewie Jr
Waco
Texas A&m University
Amarillo
S. B. Whitteburg
Cuero High Plans Gobbler Clean Up For 1971
Mark Junker of the Student Council announced a Gobbler Clean Up at Cuero High School aligned with the L.L.F.E. theme for 1970-71. A campus sign was built by Building Trades and Art classes, and each club will host two weeks of campus clean up efforts. A school wide Gobbler Clean Up Day is set for the Saturday after Dead Week, January 11 to 15. Citizens of Cuero are invited to participate and support a cleaner town.
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Cuero High School
Mark Junker
Junker
Building Trades
Albert Hahn
Dorothy Adcock
CHS
Cuero pilot club honors serviceman of the week
Michael A. Bartosh of Cuero, U S Navy, selected as Cuero Record and Pilot Club Serviceman of the Week. A Victoria High School graduate, he trained at boot camp in Orlando and Bainbridge typing school, now librarian aboard the USS Detroit, a Sacramento class fast combat support ship. He is serving a four year enlistment and is the son of Marie McAdoo and Allan Bartosh.
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Michael A. Bartosh
U.S. Navy
Cuero Record
Cuero
Victoria High School
Victoria College
Navy
Orlando
Fla
Co. 013
Bainbridge
Bartosh
Detroit
Bremerton, Wash
Cape Horn
Bremerton
R. L
Marie McAdoo
Bastrop
Allan Bartosh
Conservation Essay Contest Deadline Near
The DeWitt County Soil and Water Conservation District sponsors a Texas Conservation Awards essay contest. Entries must be postmarked by February 1. Prizes: Division I grades nine to twelve, Division II grades one to eight, with top prizes of 15 and 10 dollars respectively, plus other awards. The overall winner advances to state and regional competition with a 200 dollar prize and trophy.
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Texas Conservation Awards
Heinie Bade
DeWitt County Soil and Water Conservation District Board
P. O
Cuero
Texas
Bade
Fort Worth
Cuero Housing Authority project slips schedule
Executive Director Howard Bennett said the Cuero Housing Authority elderly and low income housing project will miss the January 30 deadline and likely finish in late February, about a month late. The Dallas contractor Robert W. Payne Co. faces a $220 daily penalty. Dedication is delayed to June as Bennett seeks a main speaker. speaker identity withheld pending final confirmation.
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Cuero Housing Authority
Howard Bennett
Bennett
Robert W. Payne Co
Dallas
Church and Terrell
Cuero Survives Cold Water Main Breaks Lightly
Public Works Director Hercel Thompson said Cuero escaped major damage during the cold snap with only a six inch main on West Main Street and a two inch main near Hunt and First Streets breaking. Victoria faced widespread earth-induced breaks during the same spell.
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Cuero
Hercel Thompson
Thompson
West Main Street
Hunt and
First Streets
Victoria
Explorer Post 210 Holds Regular Meeting
Cuero Explorer Post 210 met at the Richard Hogue residence for its weekly gathering. Discussion focused on the February Sell-O-Rama event, with six members present and Grady Penley serving as post reporter.
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Cuero Explorer Post 210
Richard Hogue
Grady Penley
Pecan and Fruit Shortcourse Second Session Set
De Witt County hosts the second session of the Pecan and Fruit Production Shortcourse on Tuesday Jan 12 at 7 30 p m in the DeWitt County Electric Cooperative Building Cuere Texas A M horticulturists Bluefford Hancock and Arlie Powell lead the Jan 12 session on orchard establishment cultural practices and varieties for pecans peaches plums and other fruits.
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DeWitt County
Cuere
Bluefford Hancock
Arlie Powell
Texas A&m University
Jerral Johnson
Hancock
Powell
Farmers Reminded Of Filing Deadline For 1970 Taxes
Farmers ranchers and fishermen are reminded that January 15 is the last day to file estimated federal income tax for 1970 unless they choose to file a final return by March 1 1971 and pay any balance by that date. Those who file estimated tax on January 15 and pay due taxes have until April 15 to file the final return. The notice explains eligibility those earning two thirds or more of income from farming ranching or fishing. Forms are mailed to those who filed last year and blank forms available at IRS offices post offices or banks.
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Shives C Hannel
Internal Revenue Service
Victoria
Texas
Internal Revenue Office
Ermen
IRS
Emmy
Commissioners Appoint District Officials Monday
DeWitt County Commissioners will appoint drainage district commissioners Monday at 1 30 p m during regular court session. The court will name veteran service officers and discuss the Texas Association of Counties and Depository Pledge pact.
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Drainage District
DeWitt County
Texas Association of Counties and
Depository Pledge Compact
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D. L. Prentice Record
Municipal Park
Peggy Williams
Ringling Bros
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Venice
Madison, Wis
USDA
Food and Nutrition Service
FNS
Secretary of Agriculture
Cuero Schools
M. Clifton Weber
Ed F. DeLeon
Howard Kleinecke
E. T. Summers Jr
J. Carter Thomas
F. Myron Bass Sr
W. L. Ferguson Jr
Weber
DeLeon
Eugene Grafe
Kenneth W. Adams
Olene Prasek
Medical Corps
Smith
Gobbler
The
Stu
Pilot Club
SR. A. Bartosh
Alvin
Dianna Spinks of
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