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Newspaper
Cuero Record
Location
Cuero, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1971
Page
1
Local firemen John B. Hudgeons and Erwin Kasper recall a week long sparrow stunt by a Coca Cola truck mirror and share regional superstitions about red birds. They recount past lore from 1925 snowy scenes with robins and dried berries and odd bird behavior.
Austin lawmakers converge on the capitol amid a $56 million emergency tax to sustain welfare payments and a $645.9 million package for the 1972 73 biennium. They also face redistricting voter registration reform and potential tax drives to fund state operations.
Cuero DeWitt County Health Department will start prenatal and baby care classes Tuesday. Public Health Nurse Mrs Bette O Dell says the program, sponsored with social service workers Mrs Frances Nelson and Mrs Judy Blackwell of the State Department of Public Welfare, begins at 10 am in the First Baptist Church education building. Diane Barta will assist with demonstrations as plans include Yoakum and Yorktown.
The Cuero Community Hospital Auxiliary will plant two trees Friday at 10 a.m. on hospital grounds. Presiding is Mrs. Sara Post with Mrs. Sharon Steen and other members on duty. Attending will be Administrator Riley Aldridge and board chairman Clifton Weber.
Governor Preston Smith calls the New Year holiday traffic toll a tragedy and disaster of major proportions noting at least 57 deaths in Texas from December 31 to January 4. He criticizes below natural disaster response while praising media and enforcement efforts and urges legislative action to cut fatalities.
DeWitt County 44H contest moved from January 30 to February 6 due to a conflict of activities. The district 4 H ecouncil will meet January 30 in Cuero. Members approved club exhibits for the Cuero Livestock Show and payment of meal expenses for leaders attending district meetings.
Voters in Cuero Hospital District will elect three members to the Board of Directors tomorrow. Incumbents are unopposed. terms expire for M. Clifton Weber, Dewey Henderson, and Howard Kleinecke. Precinct One votes at DeWitt County Courthouse, Precinct Two at Meyersville Community Center, Precinct Three at Westhoff American Legion Hall.
Cuero's Rawhide Riders announce a 7:30 p.m meeting at the Doll House to organize the 10th annual Old Chisholm Trail Ride to San Antonio. The event runs Feb 7 to Feb 12 with a pre-ride barbecue and dance, membership deadlines Feb 1, and multiple sponsoring clubs involved.
The Rev. Bob Hairston of First Baptist Church travels to Fort Worth for the Texas Baptist Evangelism Conference held at the Tarrant County Convention Center. He attends with area pastors as church representative and will report back on conference activities. Messages are delivered by pastors from New York North Carolina and Dallas under the theme The Spirit of Christ.
The Federal Highway Administration approves a 911,480 grant for Nueces Aransas San Patricio and Jim Wells counties in Texas to rebuild roads damaged by Hurricane Celia. Senator John Tower of Texas announced the funding earmarked for these four counties.
More than thirty eminent agriculturalists from five top institutions Texas A&M University Wisconsin Oklahoma State University Kansas State University and Virginia Polytechnic Institute will judge events at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo February 12 to 21 at Joe Freeman Coliseum. Roy Rodewald and Bob Thedford are acting agreed judges with Cutting Horse Contest judged by Royce Baker and Don Carr.
Rep. R. H. Cory veteran lawmaker and retiring lobbyist predicts no personal income tax will pass in the upcoming Texas Legislature. He expects the $850 million tax increase to come from a sales tax and other measures, and says an extra session will be needed to craft the plan.
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