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Newspaper
Cuero Record
Location
Cuero, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1971
Page
1
Mal Pierce, general manager of KBRN radio in Brighton, says Mountain Bell errors forced an endless recording saying unable, unable, unable. He notes his prior doubts about Ma Bell, now confirmed by the outage.
Cuero High School ICT students attended a Cuero Street Department warehouse program on safety taught by Texas A&M Extension Service instructor Leroy Anderson. The session included a film on National Driving Tests and demonstrations of artificial respiration and heart massage.
A powerful cold front moved through Texas causing tornadoes and storms across Central to East Texas. Elgin to Cameron suffered damaged structures while Dallas and Fort Worth saw heavy rain. Flash flood warnings persisted in several counties as winds turned chilly.
The Guadalupe Valley Water and Sanitation Association will hold its annual election meeting tonight at 7 p.m. at the Cuero Municipal Park Clubhouse. About 150 guests are expected. Hereen Thompson, Cuero director of public works, is president this year with officers BT Shirley, T J Smith, William Wachtendorf, S J Ullman. John Specht of the Guadalupe Blanco River Authority will present a program. a turkey dinner will be catered by Elsie Bongiovi.
Troop 243 discussed a campout this weekend in Shiner with plans to meet at the Scout Hut at 8 a.m. Saturday and return Sunday before noon. The Bob White patrol led a game called broom seeker after the discussion. Troop Scribe is Daryl Bluntzer.
Billy Seiler is held in Cuero DeWitt County Jail on pending charges of drunkenness and carrying a prohibited weapon. He was picked up today at 12 10 am by the Cuero Police Department.
Funeral services for Ed F. DeLeon, prominent ranchman and civic leader, are set for today at 3 p.m. in Freund Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Hubert Hanson officiating. Burial will be in Hillside Cemetery. he died Tuesday at 5:45 p.m. in a local hospital. Survivors include wife Bernice, daughter Leland Windell of Brownsville, son Robert DeLeon, sister Mrs Earl Adcock of Cuero, and eight grandchildren. Pallbearers are listed. honorary pallbearers include Cuero Federal Savings and Loan and Guadalupe- Blanco River Authority directors.
Cuero Community Hospital staff Elizabeth Barganski and Joan Gohmert attended a November lecture at Rice University Hamman Hall where Dr. Margery Shaw spoke on the hereditary aspects of Huntington's disease. A second talk by Dr. Mary Allen of Richmond Virginia covered the same disease at Broadmoor Christian Church in Houston as she described decades of research and a four generation family study.
The Pioneer 4H Club met Tuesday at City Hall with sixteen members and three adult leaders present. President Virginia Ryan led the meeting while Secretary Janyce Lehman read the minutes and Treasurer B J Drehr presented the financial report. Plans for the upcoming Christmas party were discussed but not finalized.
The American Legion hosts a football party at the Civic Center Friday at 7 15 honoring the CuercUvalde game. The event will feature live play by play broadcast from the stadium led by Post Commander Red Carpenter.
Sheriff Clarence Jones fired a jailer for having sexual relations with a female prisoner. Two other guards were suspended for borrowing money from inmates. A week earlier a grand jury praised Jones for running the jail and said it was impressed with the guards' caliber.
A long list shows varied donations totaling many hundreds from local individuals and businesses for the United Fund. Contributors include Cuero areas such as Cuero Nursing Home Cuero Record HEB Grocery Co Jones family and numerous trusts and clubs supporting the community campaign.
The 120 entries in the 11th annual DeWitt County Pecan Show will be judged tonight by Calhoun County Agent Gilbert Heidemann and To Bar Shelter of Camzales. The Pecan Bake Show runs with the pecan show at Coppedge Tire Service Center open Friday 9 to 5 and Saturday 9 to noon. Winning pecan entries earn plaques. the show is sponsored by the DeWitt County Pecan Growers Association with John Chilek as president.
Operations Vice President Robert Post presented credentials to Marvin Rowe at the weekly Lions Club meeting. Howard Bennett spoke on liquor history and distillation. Cuero attendees included Jerome Haas Franklin J. Hl avac and others. Larry Kupalsa of Cuero was a guest. President Bill Nami outlined a tentative Lec. 11 ladies night and a Board of Directors meeting at the Doll House Now on 29. A four zone presidents and vice presidents meeting will be held in Victoria Tuesday night.
Truman G. Holladay of the Texas Securities Commission announced criminal prosecutions against a Nazarene Church official and inventor who claimed a god inspired a so called cassette checkbook. Investigators said 0 investors in five states provided about 1.9 million dollars for the invention and related stock sales. Osborn of Sherman testified but investigators cited luxury cars and a $46 000 company house as signs of profits.
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