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Newspaper
Cuero Record
Location
Cuero, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1971
Page
1
A reflective note urges readers to count blessings on Thanksgiving. It contrasts literacy, food, freedom to gripe, and basic comforts with the many who lack them, inviting gratitude for simple daily privileges and the chance to enjoy television after meals.
Today's Record highlights Cuero Christmas merchandise ads as local merchants urge residents to shop at home to boost Cuero's economy. The theme emphasizes pre Christmas bargains and keeping Cuero dollars in the community.
The Cuero Record staff and management extend Thanksgiving greetings to readers and the Cuero community. They express gratitude for past blessings and optimism for future achievements and continued service.
The Record reports several more gifts totaling 11,988.71 toward the 1972 United Fund Campaign. Donors include Dr. and Mrs. W. R. Towery, A. W. Schaffner, Powis Tarkington, Mrs. Alfred Friar, Mrs. Dorothy Arndt, Emma Cravens, Cleo Wendel, and Sylvia Krasta. Campaign chairman Ed Pat Mixon invites further donations.
The Ameri can Legion Auxiliary hosted an entertainment program for veterans at the Temple VA Hospital on Sunday November 21 Participants included Billy Jo and Wanda Kohutek performing guitar songs such as Rose Garden Is Anybody Going to San Antonio Five Hundred Miles and All That I Am Lillian Green delivered an original composition I The Flag of the United States of America Claudius Green recited My Thoughts and Sunday Church Slackers He also sang An Evening Prayer The clowns Bob Wood as Dum Dum and Roy Binz as Coco staged a piano dialogue skits How to Grow A Tree and The New Dentist plus other acts See Legion Page 24
The Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service will conduct a county election by mail on December 1 to select ASCS County Committee members from six nominees per eight DeWitt County communities. Ballots go to 4,600 eligible voters. counting occurs December 3 in the County Office with public access and may reveal each candidate's vote total.
Yorktown two 1971 graduates Don Merle Fenner 18 and Ricky Neal Boerm 19 enlist in the navy and depart for Orlando for training. Don is son of Mrs Charlotte Fehner of Yorktown and Ricky son of Mr and Mrs RL Boerm of Yorktown.
U.S. Representative Abraham Kazen urged exempting Mexico from the 11 percent import surcharge to help border trade. Texas lawmakers warned the restriction hurts merchants during Christmas season. Treasury and State officials stated Mexico must take the initiative and a repeal is not the first step.
A DeWitt County Extension Service fact sheet highlights key retirement legal matters. It advises selecting a lawyer, tax planning, estate planning, wills, trusts, second marriages, joint ownership, fraud awareness, and keeping a valuables list with a lawyer. Contact the office or Mildred Martin for a copy.
A brief biblical reflection cites Romans 3 23 75 about the wages of sin being death and warns that laboring for such a tragic payoff is foolish.
Santa is set to visit Cuero on Saturday December 18 from 10 am to noon at the downtown City Park. He will arrive via fire engine through Esplanade and Main to the park and hand out goodies to children. The Retail Merchants Association discussed plans for Christmas promotions and fundraising at a City Hall meeting led by Paul Gathings with 31 business people in attendance.
Mrs. Louis Rowland librarian at Victoria College was guest speaker at the Pilot Club of Cuero Tuesday program. A. D. Wood chair presented and introduced her. Other Cuero guests included Mrs. T. O. Bahel and Frica McAlister, Lucy Bard of Austin, and Mrs. Y. D. Grimes of Dallas. Rowland spoke on Personal Growth with focus on knowledge growth and character development.
A brief Thanksgiving service will be held tonight at 7 30 p m at Grace Episcopal Church. Rev Paul Abbott pastor says the service will have no sermon and focus on reflection and gratitude.
Delegates from the Gulf Circle Hospital Division, covering San Antonio to Houston and Corpus Christi, meet at Cuero Community Hospital for a business session and facility tour. Blue Cross Blue Shield official from Dallas will address utilization, with James Sudduth of the American Heart Association speaking briefly.
The Cuero Record will not publish tomorrow so employees can enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday with their families. Most other city businesses will also be closed.
Residents and businessmen report widespread trespassing as people shake pecan trees with poles and ladders. Property damage includes broken limbs leaves and litter while pedestrians risk traffic as they stop in streets to gather fallen pecans. Elderly homeowners warn of dangerous behavior and theft perceived as stealing pecans.
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