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Newspaper
Cuero Record
Location
Cuero, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1970
Page
1
Citizens invited to a Cuero public hearing in the City Council Chamber at 5 45 p m tomorrow to discuss water and sewer rate increases. City Manager Wil Cockrell says action is needed to fund capital improvements and a new billing system. Proposed sewer rate set at 1 50 per month per unit with minimal impact on small homes.
Our daughter Mrs Hugh Albert Turner leaves for Houston to meet her husband returning from Air Force duty at Clark Air Base Philippines. He will report to Forbes AFB Kansas after leave. Our 16 year old son Arthur has a summer job keeping him out until 10 30 each night. Two small dogs add noise.
The Cuere Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture launched a membership drive with a barbecue at the Blackwel ranch. Fritz Koehler chairs with Howard Kilenecke as co chair, team captains Jim Conrad and ERT Summers Jr. Members list include Dave Kaufman and many others. Bob Bistelman of Victoria Chamber praised growth. Prizes will reward teams for new members and investment. drive ends Friday at 5 pm.
The Cuero Jaycees wrap up plans to feed 150 youths traveling to a Salvation Army camp. They will stop in Cuero Municipal Park for meals at 11 a.m. on June 14 and 2:30 p.m. on June 21 on the way home. Hugo Geck named state director to succeed Elton Ivicic. Local golf tournament will send two players to the State Jaycee Tournament with R. D. Kizer as local chairman. A drugs program by Buddy Means is set for June 4, and a member wife program by Southwestern Bell is planned for June 2 with site to be announced.
The Cuero All America City publicity tour departs Houston for Amsterdam with 21 travelers led by Polly Howerton. The Junket visits England France Greece Italy and Switzerland over three weeks, carrying 90 All America luggage stickers on bags.
Census figures released Tuesday show Austin and Travis County grew 32.4 percent since 1960 to 246 799, with Travis County at 239 490. San Marcos rose to 18 556, while Fort Worth's Tarrant County increased 32.1 percent. Final counts may adjust slightly but are unlikely to change the overall trend.
Mr and Mrs Guy McElroy of Aransas Pass take over City Cafe and will run hours from 6 am to 8 pm, Monday through Saturday. The McElroys have lived in Avansas Pass for 18 years and raise five children on Stratton Route.
Yoakum hosts the annual Tom Tom celebration with a Bathing Beauty Revue at 6 30 p.m. and a dance at Turner Hall led by The Moods. Cuero Rawhide Riders plan a noon stop, parade at 3 30 p.m., with a queen contest Thursday and rodeo performances Thursday through Saturday.
Due to a conflict of activities the DeWitt Commissioners Court will not meet Monday June 8. The next meeting will be held on June 10 at 9 a.m.
San Marcos report: Ernest Vargas, 17, of Cuero, was among 172 Gary Job Corps trainees who received certificates of completion at formal graduation ceremonies. Vargas completed the Service Station Attendant course while at Gary.
The Norwegian poet Henrik Ibsen compares a community to a ship, urging that everyone should be prepared to take the helm to steer collective progress.
About 150 District 10 4 H youth and adult leaders will train at Texas Lutheran College Seguin. Leota White and Joe Glover of Gonzales oversee arrangements for 22 South Texas counties. Each county sends four youths. 25 adult leaders and eight District 10 officers accompany them. A banquet Tuesday night June 9 in Riebe Dining Hall features Robert Casker, assistant superintendent of Aximo Heights School District.
Cuero merchants promote Summer bargains as Cuero Bonus Days this Thursday Friday and Saturday feature prizes of 25 15 and 10 dollars. Drawings occur at 1131 in front of The Record building with winners required to be present.
The Cuero Gun Club met at the DeWitt County Electric Co op Building to plan a Fun Shoot on Sunday August 23 at the club range on Stratton Road. President Jack Butter presided as events include Country Doubles Skeet and a barbecue.
Cuero Homemaking classes have enrollment in a summer program awarding half a credit for 96 hours of work. Activities include sewing cooking flower making painting and furniture refinishing with field trips to New Braunfels Textan Cuero furniture mill and Victoria. A nursery school will be held in week three and FHA President Jacqueline Morgan announced new programs for the coming year after a June 2 executive meeting.
Tex Tan Cuero plans a three day work week this week followed by a two week vacation shutdown as a partial inventory buildup from a strike prompts reductions. Superintendent Clinton Williams denies rumors of a plant shutdown or relocation and says hires may resume after vacations. The Cuero plant now employs 42 workers, down from 75 last fall, with inventory adjustments driving the cutbacks.
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