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Newspaper
Cuero Record
Location
Cuero, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1971
Page
1
The note mentions residents and visitors in Cuero, listing W. J. Williams Carl Miner and ex Cuerciles Steve and Andy Hebert. It notes Mr James Kohutek’s adoptive family and his passing, a call to parental responsibility and youth training, and quotes Murphy and Riley about moral judgment.
Cuero Junior High School Choir presents the operetta Lom Sawyer in two performances on Thursday May 20 at the Cuero Junior High School Auditorium. Matinee at 3 30 p m and evening show at 7 30 p m. Tickets for high school students and adults are 35 cents. preschool children enter free with a parent.
The Texas Senate unanimously approved a bill to repeal a 2 cent gasoline tax hike, aiming to appease Gov. Preston Smith. Senators criticized corporate lobby influence as harming the people, while the governor’s veto concerns linger on the broader tax bill awaiting his signature.
PFC Leon Hernandez son of Linda Hernandez of Cuero is named Cuero Record and Pilot Club Honor Roll Serviceman of the Week. 1969 Cuero High School graduate won Distributive Education awards. He volunteered for the Army on Feb 25 1970 and trained at Ft. Lewis. He worked as a stock control specialist and will next serve in Korea.
National Guardsmen from Cuero unit 1 41st Infantry will sponsor and be aided by Cuero boy scouts in a statewide operation called Clean and Green II on May 16. The 180 member company joins 20 000 Texas army and air national guardsmen and scouts to tidy highway entrances along about two miles of road, during the first hour of May drills.
Governor Preston Smith commends Cuero Boy Scout Troop 243 after receiving the Freedom Foundations Award in the Community Programs category from Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge. Court of Honor honors Scott Penner Jeff Ray and Steve Barlow as Semitmaster John C. Hamilton starts the ceremony with a candle for scouting spirit.
In obedience to an order of the Board of Equalization the board will convene at 9 00 a m on Monday May 24 and Tuesday May 25 1971 at the School Tax Office in the Administration Building Cuero Texas to determine fix and equalize the value of all taxable property in the Cuero Independent School District Gonzales and DeWitt Counties for 1971. Persons with business are notified to be present per acting secretary RK M Fuchs Jr.
Alt presstime reports 63 votes cast in Meyersville School District election. The issue decided was raising the Meyersville school tax to 2.50 with school officials stating no plan to reach the 3.50 limit, only to the amount actually needed.
Postmaster Henry Sheppard said rate hikes will start Sunday May 16 as the Postal Service seeks self sufficiency under the Postal Reorganization Act. First class letters rise from 6 to 8 cents per ounce and airmail letters from 10 to 11 cents. Postcards go 5 to 6 cents and airmail postcards increase accordingly.
Mel Williams and Earl Miner former Brayton Field maintenance workers flew into Cuero Thursday morning. employed by TWA in Kansas City they planned to return to Cuero after 27 years to check on old friends. They visited Ben Farmer Rollie Brantley Fritz Koehler Louis Wishert Dave Weber and Mrs J W Herring before departing.
Cuero realtor J T Newman announced the purchase of the F. E. Teller residence in Westhoff. The two story, four bedroom, no bath house will be remodeled for resale as a business investment. The Tellers plan to move to Irving Texas.
W. J. Hobdy, longtime Cuero Kenedy mail route operator, received notice the contract will not be renewed after June 30 1971. Starting July 1 the Kenedy route will be discontinued with deliveries rerouted through Victoria and San Antonio taking up to three days. Local leaders urge protests to postal authorities and provide protest letter addresses in The Record.
A rubella vaccination clinic will be sponsored by Cuero Independent School District on Tuesday May 25 at John C French School. Children aged 1 to 10 in the district may receive the free vaccine after school from 3 to 6 pm with parent consent. Some medical exclusions apply and first time participants should consult a physician if under care.
Cuero High School principal Bill Cooper received a Bulova cordless digital desk alarm clock from the student body during awards day Friday as he prepares to leave CHS. Student Council President Mark Junker presented the gift. The Cuero FRA chapter and American Legion Auxiliary contributed further honors and a $250 scholarship went to Gladys Sager presented by Selina Carpenter.
The Cuero High School Girls Choir will perform The Electric Church this Sunday at 4 p m at Our Lady of Guadalupe Fellowship Hall. Senior members include Dorothy Barnett Ora Lee Bryant Lupe Gomez Lillian Green Vickie Morris Sharon Rangnow and Barbara Williams. Junior members Angelia Barfield Jimmie Green Madeline Harris Erma Littles Glodeane Mitchell Deborah Mueller Angie Buchanan. Sophomores Martha Ruiz Ruth Jackson Carol Ross. Freshmen Carolyn Alex Pesay Berger.
A roster of polling locations for the May 18 election includes Junior High Gym Proctor Hall Cuero Fire Station Thomaston Arneckeville Meyersville West Yorktown Nordheim Lindenau Hochheim Concrete Hochheim Prairie West Yoakum Westhoff Legion Hall East Yorktown East Yoakum Gruenau Lutheran Parish Hall Bear Creek Club House Legion Hall Cuero and times 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
DeWitt County voters will use four updated polling places for the May 18 election on four constitutional amendments and liquor by the drink. Wet precincts vote liquor while dry precincts do not. Proposals include creation of a State Ethics Commission and related reforms.
The Texas Senate approved a constitutional amendment to provide tax breaks for owners of farm, ranch, and timber lands aiming to curb forced open space conversion. Opponents warn corporations may benefit from lower assessments. The body also moved to require lawyers for children in custody disputes, approved a San Antonio school for the mentally retarded, and allowed discount stores to continue liquor sales with screening.
Nat Alewine announces a Tuesday Pop Concert at the high school gym. Sixth graders perform Grandfather's Clock March Aurie Lee and Liz a Jane. Seventh graders present Dad's Day March Folk Song Blues Tropical Twilight. Eighth graders play La Mascara da The Last City and The Big Beat. High School band numbers include Bombaste March American Folk Rhapsody Theme and Rock Out Theme From Love Story and Joy to the World. Larry Wolf directs the junior high band.
A coalition of magazine and newspaper publishers asked the Supreme Court to block new postal rate increases set to take effect at midnight Saturday. They seek emergency relief from Chief Justice Burger to stall rates until lower court hearings occur.
Judge Eorre Trowell lends support to Cuero All-America Rubella Drive urging full community cooperation. The event on May 8 offers free vaccine to school children after forms are signed, with after school and after hours clinics for various age groups amid memories of the 1969 epidemic and its costly impact.
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