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Newspaper
Cuero Record
Location
Cuero, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1970
Page
1
The column critiques negative thinking and complacency, urging individuals to resist mediocrity and avoid passivity. It questions the value of average attitudes and calls readers to active positive thinking and personal responsibility in a community context.
Cuero's 100 mile hiking Boy Scouts reached San Antonio and Mission La Espada on time and spent the night at the mission after an evening program. Scoutmaster John C. Hamilton led 11 Scouts with Troop Committee members Marvin Schumacher and Elmer Krueger.
Funeral services for Mrs Feity B Sunday 83 of Cuero will be held tomorrow at 2 p m at First Presbyterian Church with Rev C Rogers McLane officiating Burial will be in Hillside Cemetery under Freund Funeral Home supervision The body will lay in state from 1 to 2 p m at the church She died yesterday at 512 W Lavaca St She was born August 19 1886 in Lavaca County Survivors include husband Cr W Sunday Cuero two sons Dr Rodney Sunday Houston and C W Sunday Jr Lafayette La and two grandchildren
DeWitt County undertakes Brucellosis testing in Precinct 2 south of Yoakum Cuern Highway with 7927 cattle tested and 189 reactors as of July 11. Lab technicians report very low infection rates while praising cooperative cattle owners and the need for adequate help to manage cattle during tester arrivals.
The descendants of Lee Green and Lucretia Middleton plan a family reunion Saturday at Cuero Country Club and park grounds from 10 30 a m to 4 p m An estimated 60 relatives from Texas and other states are expected Miss Sally Green of Galveston visiting for the reunion cites attendees including Chief Justice Howard P Green and family from Corpus Christi Houston Austin Springfield PA Cyers and Cybers area with several Green relatives noted.
The Shiner Invitational Youth Baseball Tournament hosted by the Shiner Little League Association will begin Monday, August 4, correcting an earlier report that listed August 1 as the start date.
Ex Cuero resident Bubba Williams a former Marine in Seal Beach California mailed a 35 dollar money order to the Jerry Hess Fund for his mother Mrs BD O Williams. He says the donation came from friends at a party he and twirl partner Bonnie hosted at her home in Seal Beach. They placed an article from The Record on a box to collect contributions.
Grand Knight Charles L Bodden of Cuero Council Knights of Columbus announces the 1970 71 officers. Chaplains are Rev Peter Higgins and Rev Francis Kunz with Hartey W Phillips Elo Leck and Albert Puente as lecturers program refreshments and building. The council to install officers at Cuero Municipal Park at 7 30 pm with a hot meal to follow Richard Polasek Yoakum district deputy to preside.
City Manager Wil Cockrell announced a about 15 minute power shutdown this evening starting at 6 00 p m in downtown Cuero and parts of South Cuero to repair lightning damage and other essential electrical system repairs.
Governor Preston Smith and the Texas Safety Association designate July 19 25 as Texas Farm and Ranch Safety Week urging farm and ranch families to increase safety awareness. The proclamation notes rising rural accidents despite fewer rural residents and advances in technology and calls for use of modern safety measures.
The Cuero Rawhide Riders plan a cross country ride Saturday starting 9 30 a m from Troop 242 Boy Scout Hut on Stratton Road. The route ends at Roy Lapp Ranch on Yoakum Highway after traversing a 1500 acre ranch. A fried chicken dinner will be available at a small charge after the trip around 20 prin.
Lions Club hears report from President Gene Grate after convention in Atlantic City. Outgoing leader Mike Weber receives plaque. golf fundraiser July 19 benefits the Jerry Hess Kidney Fund. DeWitt County Commissioner Gilbert Koopmann of Yorktown attends as guest.
Kenneth Towery his wife Louise and daughter Alice visit Cuero to see his mother Leona Towery while sisters R L Wood and E A Perry join from Robstown and Houston. Towery, Pulitzer winner 1955, heads the press and publications division of the U S Information Service in Washington D C.
A public hearing at 7:30 p.m. in the Cuero Independent School District administration office will consider a 1970 71 budget with salary increases and funds for a new building program. A proposed tax rate of 1.65 and a higher assessment ratio aim to raise about 173000 locally, offset by 2.4 million in loss due to gas oil and mineral depletion.
Benny J. Hancock files a 16500 damage suit in 24th District Court against Paul L. McChesney Jr. and Francis B. Ashby of Cuero alleging McChesney drove a car owned by Ashby in a March 7 collision three miles north of Cuero. Hancock owned a truck tractor and trailer which overturned and was demolished after the car veered into his lane.
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