Thanksgiving Visitors and Local Notices Highlight Cuero Scene
The Cuero area family gatherings include Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnson and children from Corpus Christi visiting relatives, plus numerous regional relatives from Houston Seguin Shreveport and Beaumont staying with or visiting the Benbow and Wagner families. A Cuero Country Club Christmas show luncheon was rescheduled to December 4 with limited reservations. Surgical patient at St. Luke's Houston reports favorable progress per daughter-in-law. The Whalens relocated to Shakespeare as drilling manager for Teledyne Movable OU-Shore Drilling Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Hoffman
Cuero
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital
Houston
Jerry Hoffman
Berrier
R. H. Weyman
James Weyman
Robert
Carol
Shreveport
W. W. Campbell
Seguin
F. A. Benbow
Odessa
Bill M. Taff
Beaumont
Nolte Starcke
John L. Starcke
Rk. B. Benbow
Joe Polito
Monroe
J. Bailey Benbow
Lance Benbow
San Marcos
Leon Benbow
D. H. Benbow
Yoakum
R. B. Benbow Sr
James Massey
H. E. Whaten
New Iberia
Ed Massey
Famiy
Eorge
Id Storms
Beeville
J Une Thompson
Ies. Ray Boxas
Steve Thompson
Austin
David Thompson i
Cuero Lions Club to Meet Monday at 6 PM
President Mill Nami announced the Cuero Lions Club board will hold its monthly meeting Monday at 6 pm at the Doll House Mestayrace. He urged all former members and new members to attend due to Thanksgiving shifting the date from Thursday.
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Mill Nami
Cuero Lions Club
Nami
J C Penney Cuero Store Opens Doors For Open House
Paul Gathings, store manager, announced an open house for Cuero and nearby trade area on Tuesday November 30 from 1 30 to 4 29 PM to introduce staff and show the interior remodeling refreshments will be served and the store invites all local residents to attend.
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Paul Gathings
J. C. Penney
Cuero
Penney’s
Cuero High School Class of 1956 Reunion Report
Cuero High School 1956 graduates held a reunion on Saturday from 3 to 9 p.m. at Cuero Municipal Park, with about 20 attendees representing around 20 percent of the class. Two teachers joined the event: Langdon Smith and Ed Harberson. Co chairs were Mabel Winkler Merilyn Weber and Ken Adams.
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Cuero High School
Cuero Municipal Park
Langdon Smith
Ed Harberson
Mabel Winkler
Merilyn Weber
Ken Adams
Eight Die On Texas Roads And Fires Reported
California led with 30 traffic deaths while Indiana, Mississippi, and Texas each logged 20. On U S 84 near Center three men died and a fourth was hospitalized with back injuries. A pair of house fires killed two, and a hunting accident claimed another. Reb Cole editor of the McKinney Courier-Gazette died in a home fire near McKinney. Javier Mayorga of Brownsville died from burns after his pajamas ignited.
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California
Indiana
Mississippi
Texas
Bernadus C. van Beek
Sugarland
James Billy Hawkins
Longview
Boyce Raymond
Orange
U.S
Center
Reb Cole
McKinney Courier-Gazette
McKinney
Javier Mayorga
Brownsville
Church Plans Mid Week Rite
St Mark's Lutheran Church will start mid week services next Wednesday at 7 30 pm designed for those who cannot attend Sunday worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
Hym Festival On Schedule At St Mark's Lutheran Church
St Mark's Lutheran Church will usher in the Advent season with an Advent Hymn Festival Sunday at 7 30 p m Co sponsored by the Music Lovers Club and St Mark's details indicate a community musical event in a local church setting.
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St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
Wil
Music Lovers’ Club
St. Mark's
Traffic Citations Filed in Corporation Court
Several traffic citations are on file in Corporation Court at City Hall. Louis Espinoza Barbee Kitchenette No. 7 received a ticket for disobeying a stop sign. James W. Bates 11148 Bottom Victoria is charged with no operator's license. Robert Lee Terrell Box 595 received a citation for failure to yield right of way. Rufus James Ridgolph 406 Fenner is charged with making an improper start from a parked position.
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Corporation Court
City Hall
Louis Espinoza
Barbee Kitchenette No
James W. Bates
Bottom
Victoria
Robert Lee Terrell
Rufus James Ridgolph
Fenner
Polliwogs by Polly Howerton
Flise Phillips returns home from Houston after Thanksgiving with son John Phillips and family. Cuero visitors include Sue Phillips taking Anne Kuehl and Victoria family home. others joined in Houston. Several Cuero natives and relatives spend Thanksgiving there and plan weekend visits. Holiday note and home crafts tip precede Christmas packaging advice.
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Flise Phillips
John Phillips
Houston
Sue Phillips
Cuero
Anne Kuehl
Victoria
Anne
Treasure Hunt Tale Ends With Appraisal Check
Treasure findings at Padre Island include gold worth 600000 dollars, silver coins and bars, cross bows, cannons, astrolabes, cannon balls, and other artifacts. The tale notes pirates with salvage submarines and that Salvage rights profits went to Texas public schools. expert appraisal is scheduled Monday.
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Sadler
Texas
Bob Armstrong
Padre Island
Brownsville
DWI Suspect Freed on Bond in Cuero Case
Lamar Gillett Benbow, 21, of Stratton Route Cuero, was released Saturday at 8 40 a m from DeWitt County Jail on a 300 cash bond. He was held on pending DWI charges after being picked up Saturday at 12 45 a m by the Texas Highway Patrol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamar Gillett Benbow
Stratton
Cuero
DeWitt County
Texas Highway Patrol
Bridal Shower Held For Miss Judy Fuchs At Westhoff
Miss Judy Fuchs bride elect was honored with a miscellaneous shower Sunday November 21 at the Westhoff American Legion Hall. About 90 guests attended as hostesses and gifts were exchanged amid bronze and gold chrysanthemum décor and burning red candles.
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Judy Fuchs
Donald Otto
Westhoff American Legion Hall
Westhoff
Henry Baros
Gus Baros
Sonny Gottschall
Jim Kohutek
Arnold Lchroeder
B. H. Lord
August van Bevern
Pete Olenick
Leon Respondek
Leo Wendel
Henry Nolte
Weldon Buchhorn
Hattie Parua
Edwin Nessel
F. L
J. A. Fuchs
Key Fuchs
Delores Respondek
Jo Weston
Laurie
Carolyn Buchhorn
Jean van Bevern
Wildlife habitat plans grow as landowners seek more SCS help
DeWitt and Cuero area landowners increasingly request Soil Conservation Service guidance to improve wildlife habitat. SCS technicians assist in evaluating resources and creating conservation plans, advising brush management or retention for deer habitat. Call 275-3842 or write Box 647 Cuero Texas for aid.
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Soil Conservation Service
SCS
Cuero
Texas
For Sale Four New Patterns by Community Stainless Steel
Too late to classify for sale four new patterns offered by Community Stainless Steel at special Christmas prices. Callenders 30.
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Callanders
School counselors plan aid and curriculum overhaul
The report outlines counseling with parents to secure clothing eyeglasses hearing aids and free lunch information. It calls for collaboration with community groups to support Mexican American students and reduce instruction load while expanding instructional media and individualized instruction. Six teachers will be hired for six weeks to revise curriculum to meet accreditation standards. The budget totals 56000 covering salaries equipment travel supplies and audits through August 31 1972.
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Commacvnity
Treasure hunter uncovers body as killer threat looms
A man using a metal detector found Miss Gonzalez s body near a reservoir while investigators search for Colette Wilson. A corded device and a four inch plank neck restraint are described. Skull fragments and a scattered tooth suggest a gruesome homicide ongoing.
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Miss Gonzalez
Tragic double homicide linked to missing Galveston girl case
Detective Kern tied the Galveston girls death to the Colette disappearance near a Texas City bayou. Debbie Ackerman and Marie Johnson, both 15, were found nude below the waist with hands and feet bound and shot in the head. Police report no leads.
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Galveston
Kern
Texas City
West Houston
Colette
Debbie Ackerman
Marie Johnson
Buck Schiwetz Texas Artist Stylist of the Hill Country
Buck Schiwetz, a Texas artist born in 1921 with Germanic bearing, built a career from a Texas state tour by box car and Pullman to cofounding a Houston ad agency. He later returned to painting Texas life, producing bold works that define his comprehensive Institute of Texas Culture show.
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Texas A&m
Ruby Lee Sanders
New York
Schiwetz
Art Students League
New York University
Houston
Buck
Schinetzes
Hunt
Texas
Institute of Texan Cultures
God Is Alive Thanksgiving Thanks And Small Tales
Guest columnist 8 M. P. notes thanks for Thanksgiving dinner provided by Mrs Jo Brown and Mrs John Diebel. The column shares light anecdotes including Seth Bell waking with a sock on his foot and Kim Lnake giving squeezes around the columnist’s neck. The writer mentions wanting to hear Sandy Boone say hello.
Hospital Admissions and Dismissals List
Admissions include Mrs Elon Wilk ins Ursula Warzecha Nettie Myers Leroy Campos and Flora Janssen. Dismissals: Bertha Rusling Alvin Escholz Ethel White John Rivera Rosie Ebrom.
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Cuera Community Hospital
Elon Wilkins
Ursula Warzecha
Nettie Myers
Leroy Campos
Flona Janssen
Bertha Rusling
Alvin Escholz
Ethel White
John Rivera
Rosie Ebrom
Chili Supper Slated by Junior Luther League
The Junior Luther League announces a chili supper Sunday December 5 from 5 30 to 7 pm at Fellowship Hall. Proceeds support league activities and community outreach.
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Junior Luther League of
Two Newborns Reported in Palacios and Houston
Mr and Mrs Robert King of Palacios welcomed Kevin Wayne born Nov 18 at 1245 am weighing eight pounds two ounces. Grandparents Tommie Dove Fred King and Albert Pahmyier Cuero are named. Carlton Willie Hopkins and his wife welcomed Demetrius Jermaine born at Jefferson Davis Hospital Houston weighing five pounds four ounces. Grandparents Marion Beasley Alberta DuBose Cuero listed.
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Robert King
Palacios
Kevin Wayne
Tommie Dove
Fred King
Albert Pahmiyer
Cuero
Carlton Willie Hopkins
Demetrius Jermaine
Jefferson Davis Hospital
Houston
Marion Beasley
Alberta DuBose
Gift Shop Tea Aids Hospitalized Veteran Family
The Annual Gift Shop Tea in Cuero on October 21 at Col. and Mrs. F. R. Feeney’s home raised about 300 dollars. Proceeds and gifts went to the Temple Gift Shop to be offered to veterans for selection.
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Cuero
F. R. Feeney
Temple
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Bob
Karen
Corpus — Christi
Nother
Gus Walter
Carroll Wagner
Missy and
Renee
Harry Holster
R. L. Wagner
Cuero Country Club
Ions’ Board
Post
N. A. Bidg City Park
Wilfred Leist
Cuero V
Wilfred Peters
Carl Culpepper
Treas
Pilot Club
Corinne Cariton
Cuero Lodge
Jack Edgar
WM H. E. Weatherly
Sec’y
Hym Festival
Polliwogs
Polly Howerton
Jack
Eloise Poenisch
Mary Gayle
Evalyn Gregg
Terry Poenisch
New Orleans
Tommy Thomas
R. D. McFarlands
Marion Aronstein
Robert Aronstein
Sara
Maurice Aronstein
Marion
Werner Hanses
Lewis Edward
Mike
Edna Hans
Lamar Fly
Kishwaukee College
Malta
Illinois
Candy Hall Davidson
Sharon Mueller
Mecky Putman
el Paso
DWI
Gonzalez
Pat Sez
Guest Columist
M. P
God
John Diebel
Meyersville
Seth Bell
Cliff Mauer
Chas. Alexander
American Legion
Phylma
Satsuma
Oscar Adickes
Roy Hamilton
Kim
Pat
Pat Lnake
Jeannie Blalock
Sandy
Boone
Ryan
N. Gonzales
Freund Funeral Home
W. Reuss Blvd
Yul Brenner
Gulf
Gulf Stations
Electric Motors
Tel-A-Win CO
N. Esplanade
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