Polliwogs and Turkey Trot News From Cuero Centennial
Reverend and Mrs A C Peters son of Brenham visited during Cuero Centennial and were called Polliwogs. Local reports note Turkey Trot on Houston TV, pecan crops vary in quality, and Sgt Henry Cervantes in Tucson questions turkeys trotting in the parade. Various birthday wishes, travel notes, and moves announced including White's Auto Store relocation to Gay Implement building after year’s start.
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A. C. Peterson
Brenham
Calvin Petersons
Houston
T.V
Henry Cervantes
Tucson
Arizona
Cuero Record
Gene Brown
White’s Auto
Gay Implement & Motor Co
South Esplanade
Winners Named In DeWitt County Pecan Show Here
The DeWitt County Pecan Show opened in the old Gay Implement Co. building on South Esplanade with 193 entries. Winners include champion native John Chilek Yoakum, reserve by Walter Williams Concrete, and champion in-shell pecans by Williams.
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DeWitt County
Gay Implement Co
South Esplanade
Orval Wright
John Chilek
Yoakum
Walter Williams
Arno Rudolph
Yoakum Williams
Williams
W H. Kleinecke
Cuero
Fred Stockbauer
Victoria
Virginia Williams
Dianna Williams
Felix Depine
Mahan
Chilek
Kleinecke
Schley
W. E. Brzozowski Jr
Earl Adcock
Stockbauer
Bauer
Brake
Delegates Return From Convention by Cuero Delegation
DeWitt County's Texas Farm Bureau delegation returns from Houston. Attendees include Mr and Mrs Vincent Warzecha Mr and Mrs Emil Buchhorn Sr Joe Hoffman and Mr and Mrs Emil Wild all of Cuero. Also present were Mr and Mrs Bob Matthew of Yoakum and Mr and Mrs Louis Dreier of Meyersville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt County
Texas Farm Bureau Convention
Houston
Vincent Warzecha
Emil Buchhorn
Joe Hoffman
Emil Wild
Cuero
Bob Matthew
Yoakum
Louis Dreier
Meyersville
Youth Coffee House To Open Tomorrow
The Coffee House for youth opens tomorrow from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. in the second story of the former Farmers State Bank building at 201 N. Esplanade. All high school age youth are invited to visit the center. The Coffee House, once The Way Station, operated during the Cuero Centennial and Turkey Trot.
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Farmers State Bank
N. Esplanade
Cuero Uvalde gridiron broadcast heats San Antonio center
A play by play of the Cuero versus Uvalde football game will be heard tonight at 8 p m at the American Legion Civic Center in San Antonio. Otis Red Carpenter Legion commander invites all to attend the thriller broadcast.
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Cuero
Uvalde
San Antonio
American Legion Civic Center
Otis
Red’’ Carpenter
the Legion
Kissinger to Fly to Paris for Vietnam Talks
White House said negotiations toward a Vietnam peace settlement will resume in Paris on Monday. Henry Kissinger will depart Sunday for Paris to meet Le Duc Tho, with talks likely to last several days and possible further sessions with North and South Vietnam.
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Washington
UPI
Vietnam
Paris
White House
le Duc Tho
Kissinger
Nixon
Camp David
Ronald L. Ziegler
North
South Vietnam
Ziegler
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Local Teachers Attend Meet In Victoria
Cuero Independent School District closes schools to allow CISD staff and others to attend the District III Texas State Teachers Association convention in Victoria. DeWitt County unit delegates include Susan Snodgrass J A McMichen and Elizabeth Murphree. District II president Thelma Mullins presides. Principal speaker is Lee.
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Cuero Independent
Texas State Teachers Association
Victoria
CISD
Susan Snodgrass
J. A. McMichen
Elizabeth Murphree
DeWitt County
TSTA
Clyde Dobbs
Murphree
Mary Schroeder
Yoakum
Guy Wilson
Yorktown
Thelma Mullins
Thomas Jefferson Junior High
Beeville
Lee
Troop 243 Attends Live Oak District Campout
Troop 243 attended the Live Oak District advancement campout with Senior Patrol Leader Jackson Penley and members Carl Krueger David Noack Duane Noack Chris Fetters Frank Fetters Harold Penley and Daryl Cordes. Chris Fetters and Daryl Cordes earned First Aid awards. Life Scouts helped in a conservation program and learned to cook without utensils using substitutes like orange.
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Live Oak
Jackson Penley
Carl Krueger
David
Duane Noack
Chris
Frank Fetters
Harold Penley
Daryl Cordes
Chris Fetters
Water Association Elects New Officers
Jim Arnst of Seguin was elected president of the Guadalupe Valley Water and Sanitation Association meeting in Cuero at the Cuero Municipal Park clubhouse. Willard Kleinecke was re elected secretary treasurer with Dudley Staton and others as officers. outgoing president C R Kerr becomes program chairman.
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Jim Arnst
Seguin
Guadalupe Valley Water and Sanitation Association
Cuero
Cuero Municipal Park
Willard Kleinecke
Dudley Staton
Warm Springs
Kleinecke
Bill Wachtendorf
Moulton
T. R. Montgomery
Luling
Hercel Thompson
Cuero Public Works
Larry Beauregard
Victoria
Guadalupe- Blanco River Authority
GBRA
Jack Edgar
Jimmy Reiffert
Dick Coppedge
Larry Smith
Frank Sheppard
Errol John Dietze
District Association
DeWitt County Taxpayers League approves by laws and constitution
The board of directors approved the DeWitt County Taxpayers League by laws and constitution. Names and terms of the first directors were set by lot, with annual meetings to be announced in Cuero Yorktown and Yoakum newspapers. The league aims to unite ad valorem taxpayers and requires active dues for membership.
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DeWitt County
Board of Directors
John Braden
Coot Coppedge
Grover Weikel
Clifton Long
Raetzsch Wagener
Henry Matthew
O. J. Janssen, Jr
R. J. Roeder, Jr
J. O. Frisbie
Claud Arnold
Bob Wagner
Ralph Egg
DeWitt County Taxpayers League
Board of
Cuero
Yorktown
Yoakum
League
Professor Teaches Computers New Tricks At Tech
Dr. Herman Platt Jr a 32 year old new Texas Tech electrical engineering professor is building a three dimensional display to view heart activity in stereo. He seeks funding to finish a model and notes biomedical uses for VCG observation and diagnostic training. partnerships with NASA and Alabama Medical Center are mentioned.
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Lubbock, Tex
UPI
Texas Tech University
Herman Platt Jr
Texas Tech
Platt
Opelika
Ala
Auburn University
NASA
University of Alabama Medical Center
Plott
Texas
Lubbock
Knights of Columbus Hold December Meeting Plan Mass
Knights of Columbus Council No. 1682 held its monthly meeting at Lady of Guadalupe hall with Grand Knight Ken Adams presiding. A turkey sausage supper and refreshments were served and the group planned a December 3 mass and Holy Communion to honor deceased members at Lady of Guadalupe Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Columbus Council No. 1682
Lady of Guadalupe Hall
Ken Adams
Lady of Guadalupe Church
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Albert Ermis
Jack Poenitsch
H. B. Caddell
Cecil West
Atlanta
Georgia
Ray Leggett
Dean Wagner
Clay Jenkins
Britt Jenkins
Ray Katzmark
Randy Katzmark
Frank Thompson
Anthony Fuchs
Randy Stratton
Helen Richards
Tietz
Maggie Edgar
Garlan Weber
Larry Keesler
First Baptist Church
High School Training Union
Housing Authority of
City of
Henry A Kissinger
Water Association
County Taxpayers League
By Michael O. Wester
New Medical School
Lubbock University
Mentary
Auburn
Reuss’ Pharmacy
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