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Newspaper
Cuero Record
Location
Cuero, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1971
Page
1
A stream of local snippets notes daily doings at home and nearby venues. Arthur Rauch killed a vial snake at his house while Walter Koenig and Irvin Maxey figure in casual idiosyncratic banter. Dewey Schorre visits for coffee, and remarks drift through hotel lobbies and domino games as townsfolk share quips and small misadventures.
Head Start completed this week with 120 students enrolled. Parents and visitors attended an open house Tuesday from 1 to 10 am. Mrs J D Fannett and Mrs Ruby Lassman led a nutrition program. Children toured Wille Stall Farm and Leonard Barth Delry Farm learning about dairy farming. Elaine Cooper presented a film Life On A Dairy Farm.
Donnell C Thomas a 1969 Cuero High School graduate is named Pilot Club Honor Roll Serviceman of the Week. He serves aboard the USS Canopus FP.O. New York NY with an Auxiliary Machines rating. He is son of Mr and Mrs Lestie Thomas of 200 Evers Cuero.
The DeWitt County Hay Show will be held August 18 at the Electric Cooperative Building in Cuero. Entries must be 4 inches thick, due by 5 p.m. August 2, with a $1.50 fee per sample, and wrapped with name and hay type. The event, sponsored with the Soil Fertility Committee, includes chemical analysis of protein content, usually costing $3.00 but partially paid by the committee.
The week of July 7 was designated National Star Route Mail Carriers Week by President Nixon. The piece notes post‑takeover changes, three Star Routes from Cuero serving Meyersville Cheapside and West, and contractors M A H Mueller William Goebel and Alvin Webb. It recalls Star Route contracts dating to 1845 and honors their 126 years of serving rural America.
A devotional note echoes Jesus saying as the Father sent me so I send you. The brief meditation frames temsil as a privilege to act as a personal representative of the God of the universe.
Dr Charles Tubbs reports a county wide vaccination effort against Ven Tuela Equine Encephalomyelitis in DeWitt County. Veterinarians faced travel and quarantine hurdles to vaccinate horses mules and other animals using a government produced vaccine and local coordination across towns and farms.
The DeWitt County Cooperative Inc will hold a meeting on July 27 at 8 p.m. in Cuero Baseball Stadium to elect four directors for the coming year. Nominees include district representatives and current officers with additional nominations from the floor. The event also features reports on finances operations and governance.
Vacation Church School will run July 25 to 30 at St Mark's Lutheran Church. Programs span age groups from Nursery to Senior High with sessions 8:30 to 2:30 for older youth and 9:30 to 12 for younger children. Theme is Talking With God. closing program Friday followed by family room visits. Ice cream social sponsored by League. Reverend H A Hanson leads. Mrs Ed Clark assists.
A National Airlines jet with 83 aboard bound from Miami to Tampa via Jacksonville was hijacked to Cuba shortly after leaving Miami. It follows a similar incident a day earlier. The other hijack involved a would be hijacker shot at New York LaGuardia Airport while attempting to commandeer a plane. The hijacked aircraft landed safely at Jose Marti Airport in Havana at 10 14 a m local time.
The Mount Zion District Sunday School and Training Union Congress held a four day session here last week raising 1534, with gifts totaling 1504.38 from talent workers including dis. Bits osha 516.00 dir. LM Schuler 000.01 and Fred Meo. Funds will help pay off notes and interest on the Association Auditorium completed in 1968 and other expenses. The annual meeting is set for August 25 through August 2. Dr James Lane of Florida gave the address at the close.
Apollo 15 countdown runs smoothly as preparations wrap up at Kennedy Space Center. Astronauts David R. Scott Alfred M. Ware Might rehearsal James B. Irwin set to blast off in a 12 day lunar expedition. Up to 15 million spectators expected to watch under partly cloudy skies with 83 degree temperatures forecast for launch time.
The 1971 Gobbler yearbook for Dueto High School will be distributed this Wednesday from 1 to 5 30 pm at the school. Subscribers must bring receipts to pick up their copy which features 224 pages with eight color pages. The issue includes a football season section and class sections along with an advertising section.
Public works director Hercet Thompson announced multiple street paving projects and a new water main installation this week. Base work on Melo from Court Honive to Broadway should finish Monday or Tuesday with paving by Friday. Additional blocks on McLeod from Third to Baily are not scheduled soon, while blading will continue on streets in the north part of town. A climate bridge project from Nash to Cuero Livestock Commission will bring a new water main to southwest residents, with plans for further water mains and limited daily water use.
A 1971 72 school year cheerleader showcase at Sam Houston State University in Thornville features senior Rindy Owen and junior diversions Becky sterioh Jamee Marie Carke Shiney Koon and others. The group will learn new rally chants and cheerdancing routines during a week long event hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Harold Welker Dale Murray and Mrs Bor Onterich.
The Second Mile Guidance Center at South Indiana and Weer Nowe will close after 11 years. Remaining items go on sale at 5 to 10 cents, with proceeds donated to Goode Induaries. The executive board voted to close at a Wednesday meeting amid financial strain.
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