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Newspaper
Cuero Record
Location
Cuero, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1971
Page
1
Town Talk jokes about turning 40 and middle age. The piece notes life begins anew at forty with wisdom and wit. It lists benefits like less urgency for etiquette and the art of retreat, and jokes about bifocals and freedom from perfection.
The Altar Society of St Michael's Catholic Church elected new officers at a Thursday meeting. Officers named are Mrs Gus Leck president Mrs Philip Ernster vice president Mrs Errol John Dietze secretary and Mrs Alvin Noack treasurer. The group also assigned chairs for 21 committees and discussed Easter basket sales. The meeting was hosted by Mrs Le Galley with co-hostesses Mrs Mert Koening and Mrs Harvey Krejci.
Cuero Texas Captain Frank F. Henderson of 209 Lackey St is attending the Army Integrated Material System Management program at the Army Logistics Management Center in Fort Lee Virginia. He will depart for Vietnam in March to serve as Logistics Staff. Henderson is married to Penny Lee Mood of Cuero and she has returned to Cuero to reside at 209 Lackey Street during his schooling and Vietnam service.
In Austin lawmakers debate deficit spending versus an emergency tax bill to avert welfare cuts. Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes and Gov. Preston Smith weigh options as Speaker Gus Mutscher remains open to considering deficit spending if recommended. A four fifths vote is required, and results hinge on Smith's upcoming address.
A Texas Senate bill would amend the state constitution to remove the current eight million dollar annual welfare ceiling. If approved by lawmakers and voters, welfare checks for children the elderly blind and disabled could be cut unless the cap is raised. The measure comes as welfare rolls swell and the ceiling last rose in 1969 from sixty to eighty million.
Hunt Elementary held a flag ceremony to add a green safety pennant symbolizing 30 days of attendance without accidents donated by General Motors via Duckett Motor Co. Third graders led songs and the Pledge of Allegiance as Michael Thamm and Brian Barker were named flag raisers under principal Mrs. Bess Jernigan and music teacher Ruth Koehler.
Texas Railroad Commission cuts February oil production allowable to 82.1 percent for state crude, limiting daily output to 3,751,821 barrels with estimated actual 3,411,000. Chair Byron Tunnell notes high stocks at 108.7 million barrels on Jan 8, despite requests from many purchasers to keep limits. Mobil Oil urged a 15,000 barrel cut.
The Green-DeWitt Arneckeville Golly Farm Bureau will meet Monday night January 18 at 7 30 p.m. at the Green DeWitt Community Center. Members are urged to attend.
Five Cuero youths faced $100 fines for breaking windows at the Doll House and H E B Food Store and in several cars with a pellet gun. Names of those over 17 withheld, juveniles unnamed, court aims to rehab without records. About 70 hours of labor each to work off fines.
DeWitt County ASC approves out of county transfers for upland cotton in 1971 marking a second consecutive year. Notices on yields allotments and preliminary payment rates will be mailed. Sign up runs March 1 to April 9 1971.
DeWitt County names Earl Buenger of Cuero as Conservation Farmer for 1970 and Glynn Carter of Cuero as Comeback Farmer. Regional winners will be honored at a May banquet in Hallettsville as the two county winners were chosen during a SWCD tour.
Cuere youths are reminded the Cuere Youth Social Club hosts a dance on Saturday night from 8 to 2 at Municipal Park Clubhouse. Music by the Sebastians of Victoria. Admission 50 cents for members and 1 dollar for non members.
American Legion Post Dinter 3 sponsors a public dance at the Legion Civic Center from 1 p.m. to 1 a.m. Kathy Dell and the Country Kings provide the music. Admission is 1.50 per person.
Dr E E Sims contract extended by one year to June 30 1974 after executive session. Cuero ISD plans bid readiness in two weeks with architect Lynn Evans reviewing plans for the new junior high and CHS additions funded by a 1.4 million bond approved in 1969. Evans warns of rising costs and possible program reductions while bids may begin for 16 millimeter project equipment.
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