Drainage Project Wins New Boost From District Funds
DeWitt County Drainage District No 1 adds 3500 to Cuero for 48 inch drain pipe between First Street and Reuss Boulevard. City manager Wil Cockrell said district also previously contributed 15000 for drainage work from Hunt to Valley, funding concrete pipe on Valley Street and First Street segments. Work covers ditch straightening, drop inlets, and an outfall, with final connection to earlier drained sections.
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Valley Street
DeWitt County
Wil Cockrell
First Street
Reuss Boulevard
Valley
Victoria
Cuero
Hunt
Reuss
Valley Streets
First
D. L. Prentice
Christmas Letters to Santa Reach Local Mailbox
Town folks are urged to send Santa letters early as Christmas approaches. The Record notes only one letter received: from Johnny Joe Garcia of Cuero Route 4 Box 89, asking for toys if possible. Deadline pressure increases in the final weeks before the holiday.
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Santa Claus
Santa
Johnny Joe Garcia
Cuero
Increase In Costs Reported
The government reported October living costs rose six tenths of a percent, led by higher prices for cars clothing gasoline and consumer services. This uptick was the largest since April and pushed the consumer price index up 5.9 percent from a year earlier.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Downtown Christmas decorations spark Cuero shopping push
City and Chamber of Commerce join Agriculture in erecting festive decor. Merchants plan big post Thanksgiving sales starting Thursday and Friday with Super Values promos. Participants include Stimson Furniture, Richards Shoes, Frers Jewelry, J Penney, Made ODay, Western Auto, Ben Franklin, Smart Shop, Reuss Drug, and The Pair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Cuero
Stimson Furniture Co
Richard's Shoes
Frers Jewelry
J. ©. Penney
Made O'Day
Western Auto
Ben Franklin Store
Smart Shop
Reuss Drug
the Pair
Quota donors list for Cuero United Fund drive
A long donor roll lists contributors to the Cuero United Fund drive including Buchel Bank & Trust Cuero Federal S&L H E B Food Store Gulf Coast Wood Products and many individuals and small businesses. The tally shows hundreds of dollars in pledges from diverse local firms like The Cuero Record Ark La Gas Co and Coca Cola Bottling Co with totals reaching 1 200 in places.
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H.E.B. Food Store
Coppedge Tire Service
Crescent Valley Creamery
Robt
B. Baldwin I
D. M. Stiles
Cuero Foodcraft Store
Car
Agatha Wagner
Cuero Livestock Com. Co
Gulf Coast Wood Products
Conrad & Tarkington Ins
L. L. Battery Drug Store
Frank B. Sheppard
Koenig's Drive
Coca , Cola Bottling Co
Cuero Oil Mill
Alfred Friar
J. Carter Thomas
Surface Burial Vault Co
Charles Tubbs
Emil Penner
J. Cohn and Family
Reiffert Blackwell
Reuss Drug Store
Lester Frers Jeweler
A. J. Engbrock
George W. Trowell
J. C. Penney Co
Ben Franklin
Leslie Motor Co
Howard Green
John - Lois Wheeler
Howard Kleinecke
Rialto Theatre
Glenn Sigmund
Western Auto Store
Friend No
Dave Weber
Edwin Blackwell
James J. Peyton
Meyersville H.E. Club
Bohne Boot Shop
Jim Stone
George A. Olson
Herman Michaels
Friend No. 3
F. P. Schaefer
Six donors boost Cuero United Fund total to 9517
Six donations totaling 117 increased Cuero United Fund to 9517 as of Monday. Campaign chair Jack Howerton said the drive is 14 percent from its quota with 1487 still needed and unlikely to reach the target by Thanksgiving. He urged gifts by calling The Record or mailing checks to The Record.
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Cuero United Fund
Jack Howerton
United Fund
U.F
W. S. DuBose
Second Street
Heinie Bade
23.4 Per Cent Boost In Auto Rates Urged
Texas auto insurance premiums could rise 23.4 percent on January 1 if the State Board of Insurance adopts the proposed rate schedule. Hearings in Dallas and Houston are planned. the average might drop to 18.6 percent if limits are applied. Critics condemn an 11.7 percent profit guarantee for insurers as help to profits rather than policyholders.
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Ance
Texas
State Board of Insurance
Ned Price
Addi
Dallas
Houston
Joe Allen
D-Baytown
Allen
Insurance Board
Oscar Mauzy
Death Claims Buzzy Dietze
Norman George Buzzy Dietze, 36, died of a heart attack at his Cuero residence 306 Frobese at 9 30 p m Monday. Son of Sheriff N G Dietze and Charlice Spinks Dietze he was born October 13 1934 in Cuero. He married Marilyn Mood January 28 1956 in Cuero. A Cuero High School graduate of 1953 he excelled in football basketball golf and baseball. He studied at Victoria College and the University of Texas and played for the Curvo Trotters semi pro baseball team. He worked at the Alcoa Plant near Victoria and then for Du Pont in Bloomington as a process operator at death. He supported Little League and Youth Rodeo and belonged to First Presbyterian Church. Survivors include his wife and two sons.
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Norman George “Buzzy” Dietze
Frobese
DeWitt County
N. G
Charlice Spinks Dietze
Cuero
Dietze
Marilyn Mood
Cuero High School
Bloomington
First Presbyterian Church
Marilynn Dietze
John Frederick Dietze
Additional Gifts For Hess Fund Increase Total
The Record reports three more donations to the Jerry Hess Kidney Fund. Raymond Lincke sends $10, Wiliam F E Bridges contributes $5, and Miss Junell Lincke adds $2.50. Combined with Cuero banks, the fund surpasses $10,500.
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Jerry Hess
Raymond Lincke
Westhoff
Wiliam FE. Bridges
Cueroite
Alamo Audio Visuals
Broadway
San Antonio
Junell Lincke
Cuero
Reed Charged with Aggravated Assault on Officer
Charles Spermer Reed of Cuero is charged in DeWitt County Court with aggravated assault on Patrolman J R Adams of the city police on September 11. The charge was filed Tuesday.
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Charles Spermer Reed
Cuero
DeWitt
Reed
J. R. Adams
Auto Insurance In Austin Raises For DeWitt County 1 B
DeWitt County drivers in the 1 B class may see a $10 rise in auto insurance if the State Insurance Board approves staff proposed rates. The hike would lift premiums from $47 to $57 for 1 B drivers who commute but do not use the car for business and meet age and gender restrictions. Unmarried men under 25 in category 2 C could face higher increases, from $85 to $161.
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DeWitt County
State Insurance Board
Austin
Copper wire theft probes continue in DeWitt County
DeWitt County Sheriff's deputies press on with the investigation into the weekend theft of 2500 dollars worth of copper wire from the DeWitt County Electric Cooperative. A car and U-Haul trailer were checked near the high school and partial fingerprints are being checked for possible reads.
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DeWitt County Sheriff's Department
DeWitt County Electric Cooperative
Jesse Taylor
Taylor
General Food Corporation
Houston
Bandera
de Witt Coop
Ground-Breaking Set For Bluebonnet Ranch
Ground-breaking ceremonies planned for the Bluebonnet Youth Ranch in Yoakum at 12 15 p m Wednesday November 25 The 40 acre ranch will host 36 000 square foot first unit and cottage style buildings to aid dependent and neglected children aged 6 to 14 from Lavaca DeWitt and Gonzales counties Non denominational project led by W C Bowman and local officers with land donated at $500 per acre
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Bluebonnet Youth Ranch
Yoakum
Lavaca
DeWitt
Gonzales
W. C. Bowman
Bowman
Barre Homestead
George Trowell
Charles Kvinta
Charles Janota
Shiner
Calvin Gilpin
C. Y. Jacobs
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D. L. Prentice Record
P. F. Tarkington
Dewey Henderson
Josie B. Freund
J. W. Howerton
A. E. Hensley Homer Berner
Alfonso Gonzales
Allee Mathis
Thomas Mitchell
Robert Janak
Robert Welfs
Robert Mary Polly Howerton
Jeanie Blalock
Evelyn Putman
LeRoy Angerstein
A. J. Phillips
Robert A. Wieland
Otis Carpenter Barfield Meat Co
Cuero Gin
Albert B. Ley Palace
Legion Auxiliary
the Smart Shop
Burch Ware
Edwina Hartman
Fischer Lary & Cleaners Reiffert’s
Phillips 66
Bucky Sager
Emmett Stone
George McElroy
Lonnie Hausman
Hugo Buehrig
Bohne Meat Market
Rte. 2
Main Street
Buehrig
Fred Bohne
Bohne
W. Main
Phylma Bush
Fee
APT
Auto Insur
Hess Fund
Charles Reed
Bluebonnet Ranch
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