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Newspaper
Cuero Record
Location
Cuero, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1972
Page
3
The Retail Merchants Association of Cuero Chamber of Commerce hosts a Lucky Number bumper sticker contest from July 3 to July 8. Participating stores post random numbers for the week and registrants must verify their number in each store to claim awards. Winners will be published in The Record after the deadline.
Duchess Susan Breeden and her escort Charles Stone will attend court during the Queen's Coronation at the Luling Watermelon Thump. The Cuero float appears Saturday at 10 a.m. with Deb bie Grafe Susan Grafe and Duchess Breeden riding, driven by Gene Grafe and Ken Adams in a City of Cuero car.
Eleven scouts of Troop 243 received Merit Badges at the last meeting with 18 scouters and one visitor present. Badges were awarded to Stephen Mazurek David Noack Michael Buschhaupt Danny Ty for Dairy Ing Reading Space Exploration First Aid Meteorology Astronomy Citizenship in the Community Gardening Swimming and other listed badges. The Order of the Arrow held a tap out for Jackson Penley. A canoe trip is planned for July 15 and 16 from Gonzales to Cuero. A Green Bar meeting will be held at the Scout Hut Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Members and guests of the Cuero Pilot Club heard Sister Lucilla review the Cuero Community Hospital’s history and services. By May 1972 the facility had 2,782 patients with 27 percent births, 3,451 outpatients, 148 intensive care cases, and 585 surgeries, plus a two year accreditation achieved June 2 1972. The club funded a landscape gift, a newborn hearing test machine, and pledged 1,200 dollars for a surgery monitor.
UPI reports consumer prices averaged 4.3 percent higher in 1971 than in 970 according to the National Consumer Finance Association.
Troop 241 tapped Allen Leist Greg Barfield Charles Davis Travis Fromme and Carl Peterson for the Order of the Arrow at summer camp near Bastroop. Rev Calvin Peterson as adult escort. The troop earned eight merit badges and had eight honor campers with Allen Leist named honor camper of the week. Carl Thompson and Thomas Johnson earned notable campsite honors. The camp received three blue pine cones and two green pine cones for rating. Parents and scouters attended Parents Night and praised Otha Eaves for leadership during the week.
Defense Ministry sources say Israel will strike guerrillas in Lebanese territory before they strike Israeli soil. Dayan remarks spark debate as Israel weighs Security Council resolution and calls on Lebanon to curb guerrilla groups. Foreign Minister Eban blasts the council for bias and failing to shield Israeli victims.
The TADA president Joan N Cleveland Gallagher and Angelo express confidence that Mike Weber will continue to serve with distinction in the continued statewide association leadership.
Jose M Trevino 85 retired farmer died in Cuero nursing home after long career born Oct 12 1886 in Starr County. Funeral at Pentecostal Church Cuero burial Guadalupe Cemetery survived by wife four sons six daughters numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Annie Murphree 88 Cuero native died after long illness in royal nursing home funeral Thursday Freund Chapel pastor presiding burial Hillside Cemetery survived by one son four grandchildren memorials to First United Methodist Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Laake are parents of a baby girl named Rebecca Lynn born Wednesday at 6 22 a m in Cucro Community Hospital. At birth she weighed 5 pounds 13 ounces. Paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs W A Laake and maternal grand R Schneider of Yorktown.
The Senate backed a 200 million increase to the federal disaster relief fund by voice vote amid concerns over misuses. House actions aimed to cut federal disaster loan rates faced House objections for lack of bill printing. The Agriculture Department announced free food stamps for flood victims in 81 counties in PA, MD, and VA, worth 108 dollars monthly for a family of four. Governor Shapp urged Nixon to release 12 billion for East Coast flood relief after multiple failed attempts to contact him. California was declared a major disaster area due to a Sacramento County levee breach.
Charles Kilpatrick announces the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3972 will hold a Businessman Barbecue supper at 6 p.m. on June 30 at its new Yoakum Highway home. The barbecue is open to the public and tickets are available.
The Head Start group took a bus trip to a Yoakum park with games and a picnic lunch. Teachers were assisted by aides and volunteers during the outing.
The Texas House of Representatives commends Cuero residents for sustaining the Turkey Trot as a historic Texas event. The resolution celebrates Cuero’s centennial and directs official copies be prepared for Cuero and its 1972 Turkey Trot officials.
Iota Francis Ashby of Houston died early Wednesday in a local hospital at age 71. He was the husband of Ruby Ashby and father of Francis Ashby of Cuero. Funeral arrangements are pending at Oak Memorial Funeral Home.
At the last meeting delegates were named for the state convention July 14 16 in Houston. They are Carpenter E C Buchhorn Jr Harry Krejci Ed Ward Jr and Nami. The Legion slated installation at the next July meeting per Emil Buchhorn.
Funeral services for Lloyd F. Johnson 69 of Cuero were held at Freund Funeral Home Chapel Wednesday at 10 a.m. Rev B J Hall officiated Burial in Hillside Cemetery. Johnson died Monday evening when his pickup truck crashed into a tree on the Old Yorktown Highway about three miles west of Cuero. He is survived by his mother Mrs Lola Johnson of Wichita Falls.
In Lafayette Indiana UPI reports Purdue University will graduate a new breed of engineer trained for hospital and medical instrumentation careers. The program blends engineering with medical advances to improve patient care reduce costs and enhance safety.
Americans logged 1.125 trillion miles in their cars in 1970, 54 billion more than 1969, per the Automobile Manufacturers Association. The group also said 89 percent of intercity travel is by motor vehicle.
Reiko Hayakawa daughter of Sessue Hayakawa will portray Zero Mostel's Number One wife in the film Marco which also stars Desi Arnaz Jr. The casting highlights a family legacy in Hollywood cinema.
Looking Back notes from June 28 1962 mention a parade in Seguin on July 4 listing Linda Pennington Janice Will and Annette Arbelger as likely float riders. other items note vacationing Holster children in Colorado and Kansas the John Mull home sale to J D Bramlette Jr several Cuero residents moving or visiting relatives and military personnel on leave including Airman Jimmy Reiffert Jr and Cadet Dennis Feuge with families in Cuero and Westhoff.
The Senate saw a long filibuster as lawmakers debated an amendment championed by McKool for mental health funding. Barnes urged a vote while McKool refreshed in a Senate restroom, and a late Dallas vote favored the amendment while opposing the broader budget. The session remained at a standstill since noon Monday.
Miss Dodson, a social worker at The South Texas Children’s Home in Beeville, explains her Africa service. A Hardin-Simmons University graduate in psychology with sociology minor, she spent two years in Nairobi at Nairobi Baptist Centre teaching at the centre’s commercial school. Born August 1947 in Phoenix, Arizona, she has moved frequently due to her Air Force family background and will present slides about her work in Africa.
Descendants of Pastor Adam Saver will gather at the Meyersville Community Center on Tuesday July 4 for an all day reunion with a family style dinner and an afternoon program. All descendants are urged to attend.
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