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Newspaper
Cuero Record
Location
Cuero, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1971
Page
1
The narrator Reflects on football obsession and the grind of watching hours of high school and pro games with replays and commentary. He imagines players’ grit and shares exhaustion from tackles and clippings while praising the sport’s second effort.
A devotional note proclaims who can separate believers from the love of Christ and asserts that the blessing of Christ’s love is indispensable and never taken away. The line emphasizes faith and divine enduring love as central to daily contemplation.
The Citizens Club of Cuero will meet at 7:00 pm tonight per John C. Hamilton, correcting the earlier Tuesday night notice.
Frank Guittard a senior partner at Guittard Henderson Jones and Lewis in Victoria died this morning of a massive heart attack while jogging. He practiced law after Baylor University Law School graduation and supported Baylor University. he served as past president of the Guadalupe Blanco River Authority board and represented The Cuero Record in court. Survivors include his wife Erin McCord, two sons from a previous marriage, and two grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are pending.
David William Smolik 16 received a slight injury when his car ran off Farm Road 2 near Guadalupe Bridge. Four teen passengers escaped serious harm. Smolik’s late model car owned by William B. Smolik pulled onto the grass shoulder, hit a reflector, and rolled into a ditch, damaging the vehicle. He was treated and released from Cuere Community Hospital.
The Cuero Community Hospital Auxiliary will hold a general meeting Tuesday October 5 at 7 p.m. in the lounge of the hospital south wing to discuss the Christmas Bazaar other projects. Junior Volunteers meet at 6 30 p m the same day and may attend the auxiliary session.
Cuero Lions Club members will gather at the American Legion Civic Center at 5 p.m. to receive assignments for the annual Halloween candy sale. Committee Chairman Howard Bennett reminded this morning. After the sale, members will return for a barbecue supper.
The Pythian Sisters hold a regular meeting at 7 p.m. in the Knights of Pythian Hall. Velma Middleton Grand Chief of State of Texas will visit Cuero at a special meeting Thursday Oct 7 at 7 p.m. Officials will escort her to dinner and refreshments will follow at Mrs C Hathe Johnsons home.
The Cuero NAACP will hold a special meeting Thursday at 7 30 p m at Mt Herman Baptist Church 115 Bridge St Rev RR PD Odom the chairman urged all members to attend.
Heavy rains drenched North Texas, flooding White Rock Creek and closing 27 Dallas streets. The death toll includes three drowning victims in Dallas waters, while power outages and traffic accidents compound the disaster. Georgetown near Austin also reports outages from storm damage.
United Fund totals up to 11 donors contributing 1720 dollars, 12.4 percent of the 11000 quota. Cuero community adds 550 from Conrad Tarkington Insurance Jim Conrad and Murray Tarkington, Carl Wagner and wife, and Cuero Livestock Commission Inc. Finley Blackwell authorized the third gift. Campaign aims to secure 25 gifts of 190 or more to reach one third before opening to smaller donors.
Polly Howerton, a Cue ro artist, won a top prize at the 27th Annual River Art Show in San Antonio. She received a $100 award from La Mansion Motor Hotel at 112 College Street for her acrylic piece Mountain Tops, previously chosen for the Texas Water Color Show in February.
August Conrad Hoffman, 66, was released from DeWitt County Jail Sunday at 9 50 a.m. after overnight detainment on pending drunkenness charges. He was picked up by Cuerm Police Department Sunday at 12 14 a.m.
A list shows Cuero United Fund quota set at $11,000 with donors including Mr and Mrs Graham Hamilton, Farmers State Bank, Buchel Bank, Cuero Federal A L, Weber Motor Co, Freund Funeral Home, ArkeLa Gas Co, Gulf Coast Wood Prod, Conrad & Tarkington, Mr and Mrs Carl R Wagner, Cuero Livestock Com Inc. Total to date tallies $1,720.
DeWitt County qualifies as a redevelopment area under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 as amended. The Commissioners Court on Sept 15 chose not to join the Coastal Bend Economic Development District, citing overlap with Golden Crescent Council of Governments. A special meeting is set for Oct 1 30 pm to open bids for a tractor and rotocycle.
Dr. George Beto, head of the Texas Department of Corrections since 1962, says he will retire at the end of fiscal year August 31, 1972. The 95 year old Lutheran minister plans to return to teaching and will stay in Huntsville with his family. He has led reforms and criticized federal funding practices for prisons while supporting Attica crisis handling and urging prison improvement.
Cuero advances Clean-Up Paint-Up Fix-Up drive as free trash pickup winds down led by City Manager Larry Smith. Crews use extra trucks and a frontend loader while wrecking crews remove abandoned structures and junk cars with owner cooperation and legal questions about registrations. CCA chair Coot Coppedge oversees the effort tied to next year’s centennial observance.
A FS4F jet piloted by Col Cosimo Sapomare exploded during a low-level tauling run near Villafranca Italy killing eight and injuring three. The plane wreckage destroyed an observation tower and started a fire.
In Berkeley the California health department reports a drop in divorce decrees with about 51 900 dissolutions issued versus 63 200 in the prior year. The decline follows similar patterns statewide amid the one year reduction in the legal process timing. Carson City Nevada discusses plans for school transport buses in remote areas to include education television or video tone services for pupils.
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