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Newspaper
Cuero Record
Location
Cuero, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1972
Page
3
Economists affiliated with the Business Council report a broad based recovery underway and expect it to continue into 1973. They caution unemployment may slip only to about 5.5 percent and inflation could rise later, urging tighter fiscal and monetary policy to restrain price gains.
Polliwogs continue from page one with brief notes and schoolyard observations. The fragment hints at ongoing coverage but lacks full context or clear outcomes.
Pete and Claire Howerton visit Mr and Mrs T B Walker to attend the Astro game. Mr and Mrs Nathan Garrett and children Deni and Monica head to Orlando Florida to visit Disney Land. Peggy Stone Kasper and John Terry Barrett celebrate birthdays. Additional community notes follow.
Soviet broadcast host Zorin discussed U S Soviet relations but Nixon was not named. Friday papers likewise did not mention Nixon and focused on the Soviet government statement condemning the American blockade of North Vietnam.
Slaughter cows rise 50 cents with higherUtility bulls 29.80 to 32.50. feeders show mixed gains across weight classes. Hogs up 75 cents for barrows and gilts 200 to 230 pounds, sows higher. sheep feeder lambs up, goats few Spanish stock and slaughter kids priced per head.
Finley Blackwell co owner of Cuero Livestock Commission reports a strong market with all slaughter cattle selling 1.50 higher Friday. A total of 500 cattle 40 hogs and 20 sheep were sold. Cows commanded near 28 per cent with canner and cutter grades 23.50 to 27 heavy weights up to 33.50. Stocker cows mostly steady and feeder calves selling well on limited supply.
St. Michael s Altar Society held a meeting in the school library on Thursday May 11. Hostesses were Mesdamess Errol John Dietze Gideon Dreyer and Phillip Dlugosch. Reports were read and plans for a proposed parish hall were revealed. Father Peter Higgins will vacation in Ireland in July and will purchase Trish linen for new altar linens.
St John s Lutheran Church in Westhoff will be the principal speaker for the graduation. The class song is Born Free Peggy Jones will sing Somebody Bigger Than You or I Clarence Arndt president of the Westhoff School Board will present the diplomas to the students Refreshments will be served in the school cafeteria after the graduation exercises
A Spanish Mission will be held at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, starting Sunday evening May 14 at 7 p m and continuing through Friday evening May 19. Rev Adolfo Gomez CSIR director of the Christian Family Movement of the Archdiocese of San Antonio will conduct and stay all week for conversations with attendees. The missions will be held every evening.
Cuero High School and Junior High bands will perform a Bop Concert on Tuesday May 16 at 7 30 p m in the high school gym under Nat Ale wine and Larry Wolf. Sixth to eighth grade trinds plus the concert and symphonic bands will play three to four light and popular selections including Academy Award themes Burt Bacharach songs Mexican tunes and marches. Proceeds support the bands operating budget.
Poppy Day set for Friday May 19 with five locations staffed by auxiliary members J C Permey Elecka Drug Farmers State Bank HEB Food Store and Stanleys Supermarket. The flower memorializes war dead linked to World War I origins and the 32nd Division homecoming in Milwaukee in 1919 began the American Legion Auxiliary poppy program now in its 53rd year.
Police arrested 36 year old Berkeley man Roy Iwaki after he tossed two handfuls of nails on the Bay Bridge approach. The nails punctured a car's tire and delayed traffic with one lane blocked while cleanup occurred. Iwaki was said to be practicing yoga in his cell.
Sugar stamp validity shifts to June 1 as original July 1 date is adjusted. Royce Wood becomes Cuero Lions Club president. Cuero’s KLFQ police radio on air. Huff announces birth of son Larry Gale. Park plans approve two concrete tennis courts in Municipal Park. Texas Medical Association opposes Kennedy aged care plan. Bade and Mueller elected to Texas Lutheran College offices. Schorre named to Society of Illustrators. Bill Blackwell and Carver Richards visit from Texas University. Fire Department barbecue draws about 550. Glenda Henry named Cuero High drum major for 1967 68. four twirlers named. Lions send mower to Kerrville camp. Nina Luker visiting from Pharr. Lt Don Putman in town for Mother's Day.
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Mayer were held Saturday morning at the Grace Episcopal Church with the Rev Paul Abbott officiating. Burial followed in Hillside Cemetery. Pallbearers were Earl Alkek Edward Alkek Emil Ganem Bob Wilson Bill Nami and W B McClung.
Funeral services for William G. Schorre, 85, were conducted Thursday at Oak Memorial Funeral Home with Rev. H. A. Hanson officiating. Pallbearers included Bonnie Buenger, Earl Buenger, Walter Pieper, Newton Gohmert, James Payton, and Walter J. Richter.
Margaret Seifert age 90 was held Thursday at St. Aloysius Catholic Church Westhoff with Rev Phillip Sosa MSF officiating Burial followed in Westhoff Cemetery Pallbearers were Gilbert Seifert Frankie Seifert John Junker Herman Demmer Bill John and Wilbert Merks
John F Bohman 88 of Shiner died Friday in Trinity Lutheran Home Shiner. Funeral services set for May 14 at Buffington Funeral Home Shiner with Pastor Clifford Grosenbacher officiating. Burial in Shiner Cemetery. Survived by three sons a daughter seven grandchildren seven great grandchildren and several siblings. Donations to American Cancer Society requested in lieu of flowers.
Centennial celebration booth rentals are open on the downtown mall with twenty booths assigned on a first come basis. Rob ert Post reports five reservations so far and invites groups to attend a May 16 meeting at the Turkey Trot Headquarters to review locations sizes and overall mall layout.
George Meurer 52 longtime Cuero resident and brother of Mrs. Curtis Kibby died Tuesday in the Veterans Administration Hospital Houston He lived in Cuero from 1945 to 1960 He is survived by two daughters Mrs Beverly Aronack of Houston and Mrs Deborah Wilson of Daly California and one son George Arthur Meurer of La Grange along with two grandchildren He had three other sisters not named in the notice.
Cuero Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3972 elected delegates to the state VFW convention in Dallas June 22 25. Delegates include District 24 Commander A W Schaffner Dr William Grunder Lloyd Henneke Herbert Freis Gerhard Freis Keyes Carson James Clegg Wilfred Leist and Post Commander Wilfred Peters. Memorial Day services are planned for Monday May 29 at 9 am on the DeWitt County Courthouse lawn to honor area service members. The post also endorsed President Nixon’s Vietnam policy.
Mrs. Errol John Dietze announces a Junior Volunteers meeting at Cuere Community Hospital in the Board Room on Monday May 15 at 4 00 p m All members are urged to attend and any interested students may join the organization
Texas students gain influence in May 6 primary with blocs on campuses affecting who advances. Runoff on June 3 tests student power as absentee voting rises before May 22. Observed impacts include Rep Frances Farenthold’s governor bid and three Austin incumbents forced into runoffs.
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