Personal Notices Highlight Local Visits and Military News
Jeanie Blalock former Cuero Record writer visits family while studying at Sam Houston State University. Mike and Mrs Frers of San Marcos spend weekend with Lester Frers family. Lt Sherman C Jones III stationed Camp Lejeune serves in Marine Corps. Noster son of Yorktown takes part in air defense drill at McGregor Missile Range. Milestone birthdays noted for Mrs Buie and Mrs Franke. Episcopal Women sale planned November 16 58. Bob Lee a Goodwill executive visits Cuero. local residents extend greetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanie Blalock
Cuero Record
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville
James H Noster
Henry O. Noster
Yorktown
Army Air Defense Command
McGregor Missile Range
N. M
Sherman C. Jones
ITI
W. P. Morgan
Esplanade, Cuero
Marine Corps Base
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Old Friend Jack Howerton Remembered With Mercy
The column honors Jack Howerton for years carrying on his father’s Cross the Kansas Christmas tree work and his generous care for children. It recalls a German legend on mercy, praising Howerton as a man of mercy and a devoted husband, brother, and friend who has died, with prayers for his soul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Jack Howerton
Angels
Angel of Justice
Angel of Truth
Angel of Mercy
Mercy
God
Polliwogs and Yuletide News from Meyersville Club Night
Stella Ruddock relays Barbara Long of Yoakum will show a film Choose Life on November 15 at 8 p m in Meyersville Community Center, hosted by Meyersville 4 H Club. The item includes local notices on Avis Marie Cochran, T O Buchel, birthday wishes, wedding anniversary, and a spinach recipe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bart Buenger
Rt. 2
Cuero
Barbara Long
Yoakum
Texas
Meyersville
4- H Club
Barbara
County Lease Approved for 62420 Acres of County Roads
DeWitt County commissioners court met in a special session to approve a five year lease of 62 420 acres of county road land in Precinct 3 for 3120 10 to Dallas E Gordon Jr of Houston as leaser. The terms include two dollars per acre a per acre bonus and one eighth royalty to the county on any oil production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt County Commissioners Court
Dallas E. Gordon, Jr
Houston
Cuero ISD Board to Meet Thursday Evening
The Cuero Independent School District Board of Education will hold its regular meeting on Thursday November 11 at 7 30 p m in the administration building. The agenda includes auditor and superintendent reports plus his recommendations for approval. Finance chief Rudy Fuchs will report on October finances and building program progress with updates from the builder and architect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Cuero Independent School District
E. E. Sims
Rudy Fuchs
Shortcourse Slated In Soil Fertility
DeWitt County Agent Orval Wright announces a three day Soil Fertility Shortcourse at the DeWitt Electric Co op Building Cuero November 9 10 and 11 Sessions begin 730 p m Each session covers fertilizer economics forage production soil water relations soil management and nutrient functions with talks by Alan Reichert John Box and Charles Welch Texas Agricultural Extension Service Time for questions and planning given to enhance on farm fertilizer programs
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orval Wright
DeWitt County
DeWitt Electric Coop
Cuero
Alan Reichert
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Weslaco
John Box
Charles Welch
Youth Unhurt In Accident Near Cuero
Billie Joe Bridges a 16 year old of 308 West Broadway escaped injury in a Friday night crash 1.5 miles west of Cuero on U S 87. Patrolman Jimmy Fitzpatrick said the car sustained moderate damage after a right rear tire blew out causing the vehicle to cross the road strike the bridge railing and slide along the bridge before stopping on the roadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billie Joe Bridges
W. Broadway
Cuero
U.S. 87
Texas
Jimmy Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick
Bridges
Cuero Future Farmers Send Three Teams to District Contest
The Cuero Chapter of the Future Farmers of America sent three teams to the La Rabia District contest at Victoria College in Victoria. The Senior Chapter Conducting Team included Paul Wauson and William Finney among others. The Greenhand Chapter Conducting Team featured Bruce Jank and Dennis John. The Greenhand Quiz Team listed Pat Cusack and Kenny Barber among its members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuero
Future Farmers of America
la Rabia
Victoria College
Victoria
Paul Wauson
William Finney
Donald Hardt
Dickie Goebel
Dutton Lane
Daniel Egg
Kerry Kahlich
Fimo Lockett
Bruce Jank
Dennis John
Alan Whitehead
Jimmy Niehow
Calvin Waller
Charles Koenig
Buddy Hall
Pat Cusack
Kenneth Sihumacher
Kenny Barber
DAR Good Citizen Award At Texas State Conference
The Texas Society DAR awarded a Good Citizen honor on opening night of the 1972 State Conference in Houston. The recipient will receive a $100 U S savings bond and a State DAR Good Citizen Pin with ribbon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Texas Society Dar
Houston
U.S
NAACP Cuero Branches Plan Midweek Meeting
Adult and youth Cuero NAACP branches meet at Mt. Herman Baptist Church Wednesday at 7 39 p m to reschedule a barbecue postponed when president Rev R D Odom was hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuero Naacp
Mt. Herman Baptist Church
R. D. Odom
Cuero Hospital Admits and Discharges Noted
Cuero Community Hospital records admissions including Hallie King Nancy Jean Stefka Julia Brown Dorothy Schley and Frances Lietch. Dismissals listed include Melba Wanjura Marie Hart Truman Wharton Leroy Koenig Sandra Hoff Ernest Spence Matte Potts Fred DeDear Gloria Burkett and Ella Hermes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuero Community Hospital
Hallie King
Nancy Jean Stefka
Julia Brown
Dorothy Schley
Frances Lietch
Melba Wanjura
Marie Hart
Truman Wharton
Leroy Koenig
Sandra Hoff
Ernest Spence
Matte Potts
Fred DeDear
Gloria Burkett
Ella Hermes
Memorial note from Charles and Linda for Jack
Charles and Linda send regrets for missing Jack’s tribute and praise the good he did. They reference a prophecy and say Jack’s memory will endure though incomplete compared to what he might have said.
Doctor Carpenter Is Upstairs Memorial Tale
A small Arkansas town once helped a young man become a doctor who built a stairway office above a drug store. He stayed when towns sought him, but faded financially and was found dead in his office. The village considered a memorial but chose to place a grave marker instead of a monument. Sylvester Jendry returns home from the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Pecan Show Set With Multiple Categories At DeWitt County
The DeWitt County Pecan Show invites entries from this year crop with one entry per improved variety and as many native entries as trees allow. Ribbons are provided by DeWitt County Electric Cooperative and plaques jointly by the county growers association and Texas Pecan Growers Association. John Chilek notes it is a top state show. last year had 138 entries. Champion Native last year went to John Braden Sr. of Hochheim. Champion Shell Mohawk to Fred Stockbauer of Victoria. Champion Shelling Shawnee also noted. Show judged November 18 with Blueford Hancock of Texas A&M in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt County Electric Cooperative
County Growers Association
Texas Pecan Growers Association
DeWitt County
John Chilek
Chilek
John Braden Sr
Hochheim
Fred Stockbauer
Victoria
Blueford Hancock
Texas A&m
Notice of damage claim at Cuero Masonic Temple
Mrs. Robert J. Shelton reports damage to her son's car on November 1 at Cuero Masonic Temple and requests contact at Route 4 Box 87 A Cuero Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will
Cuero Masonic Temple
Robert J. Shelton
Route 4
Box
A. Cuero
Tex
United Fund Donations Rise From Cuero Community
The Cuero United Fund lists multiple donors including Callie and H N Henneke $10, Adickes Building Supply $24, Myron Bass $25, Phylma Bush $12, Billie Culpepper $10, Bill and Fern Hartman $24, Alfred Johnson $10, Ralph Beg and spouse $25, James Peyton $25, Mrs. Louis Schorre $10, Friend No 10 $25, Dewey Henderson $20, Ethel D Hensley $6, Friend No 12 $20, Friend No 13 $5, Theo Reuss $25, and Friends 14 and 16 $10 and $20 respectively, detailing a season of continued community support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Callie
H. N. Henneke
Mr. Henneke
American Legion Auxiliary
DeWitt Historical Survey Society
Cuero Art Guild
Adickes Building Supply Co
Cuero
Caesar Adickes
Myron Bass
Myron
Cuero Federal Savings & Loan Association
First United Methodist Church
Phylma Bush
Miss Bush
Cuero Record
Billie Culpepper
V.F.W
Bill Hartman
Bill
Fern
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
East Morgan
Oak View
Alfred Johnson
Pop
James
Peyton
Hunt
Louis Schorre
Texas Eastern
Thelma
Ethel D. Hensley
Friend No
Theo Reuss
Theo
Reuss Drug Store
East Main Street
East Reuss Boulevard
Friend
Wealth gaps expose segregated spending in education
Dr. Roe L. Johns, who led a study on district funding, says rich districts spend far more on education than poor ones. He asserts racial and wealth segregation persists, and despite lip service to equality, schools fail to give every child a share in the American dream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roe L. Johns
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mike Frers
San Marcos
Lester Frers
Howard I. Green
Mrs. Green
Lester Frers Jewelers
Milton Buie
Mrs
Charles Franke
Episcopal Women Country Store
Bob Lee
Goodwill Industries
San Antonio
American Cancer Society
Rial
Vincent Price
Doctor Phibes
U.S. Army Reserve
Paradise
W. Reuss Blvd
Electric Motors
Tel-A-Win CO
N. Esplanade
R.C. Koempel
Audiotician
WN Maza
Luby’s
Pewnpys
Polliwogs
Polly Bowerton
Stella Ruddock
Ruth Goddard
Austin
Texas Star
San Antonio Express
Avis Marie Cochran
Shreveport
T. O. Buchel
Corpus Christi
Fain McDougal
Carolyn Ferguson
Dora Koenig
Cathy Coppedge Voelkel
Phil Coppedge
James Hadley Edgar
Amarillo
Willie Aschenbeck
Idell Kelech
Myrtle Parker
C. A. Gay
F. W. Winklers
Westhoff
DuPont
Elliott
Moore
Adickes
Prairie
Cuero United Fund
American Red Cross Salvation Army
United Service Organization
Gonzales
Boy Scouts of America
Girl Scouts of America
Campfire Girls
Dr. Sims
NAACP
Hospital News
Mark Anthony
Jack
Much Love
Charles & Linda
Pat Sez
Guest Columist
M. P
Mattie Herring
United Fund
Buddy Coney
Henry Luddecke Jr
Sylvester Jendry
Wer
CANDY
Reuss
Ryan
N. Gonzales
Freund
Surface Burial Vault Co
South
E. Broadway
Esplanade
Hampton’s Hearing Aid Service
Red River
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