Cuero United Fund Quota Volunteers Reach $4285 To Date
Local drive lists numerous donors including Cuero records The Cuero Record Ark La Gas Co H E B Food Store Coca Cola Bottling Co and others contributing varied amounts toward a total of 4285 so far in the campaign This item details donor names and their gift sizes with final federal total to date shown as 4285.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchel Bank & Trust
Farmers State Bank
Cuero Federal S&l
Graham Hamilton
LeRoy Hamilton
Weber Motor Co
Stimson Furniture Co
Freund Funeral Home
Nielsen
H.E.B. Food Store
Coppedge Tire Service
Crescent Valley Creamery
Robt. B. Baldwin
Frank B. Sheppard
Koenig's Drive
Coca _ Cola Bottling Co
Cuero Oil Mill
Alfred Friar
J. Carter Thomas
Surface Burial Vault Co
Charles Tubbs
Riders Plan Yorktown Western Days Parade Junket
Cuero Rawhide Riders participate in the Yorktown Western Days Parade on Saturday October 17 riding to Yorktown. They gather at the San Antonio Yorktown highway junction near Cuero at 7 30 a m with Town and Country Trail Riders of Westhoff and La Bahia Trail Riders of Goliad invited. They will lunch at Hermann Sons Hall in Yorktown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuero Rawhide
Yorkown
Yorktown
San Antonio
Cuero
Westhoff
la Bahia
Goliad
Hermann Sons
CHS Students Hold Flag Raising Rites
Cuero High School held flag raising ceremonies for Columbus Day with the CHS band choir and student body. Inda Ley delivered the principal address as Robyn Moran Mary Kay Stimson and Karl Marks raised the U S and Texas flags with the choir singing America and God Bless America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CHS
Cuero High School
Ed Harberson
Future Teachers of America
Linda Henderson
Susan Snodgrass
FTA
Inda Ley
America
Columbus
Miss Ley
Robyn Moran
Mary Kay Stimson
Karl Marks
United States
Texas
Marks
Jo Buenning
One Screwworm Case Confirmed in Luna County
One screwworm case was confirmed in Luna County, Mexico, with 28 non screwworm samples from five Southwestern states processed at the Mission Screwworm Laboratory for the week ending October 9. Texans submitted 22 worm samples for identification at the Mission Lab.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mission
Luna County
Mex
Mission Screwworm Laboratory
Wek
New Mexico
Mission Lab
Spanish Fort Exhibit Set at Old Helena Karnes County
The Karnes County Historical Society hosts a Museum for a Day on October 18 at Old Helena featuring artifacts from the Fuerte de Santa Cruz del Cibolo, an 18th century fort, with pieces from the Krawietz Collection. O. T. Baker of the Institute of Texas Cultures will dedicate the Texas Historic Mulhing Medallion and Interpretive Plate at 3:00 p.m. Visitors are urged to bring lawn chairs for seating and local residents are invited to display historical items from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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Old Helena
Karnes County
Texas
Fuerte de Santa Cruz del Cibolo
Krawietz
Frank
Helena Court House
O. T. Baker
Institute of Texas Cultures At
San Antonio
Baker
Institute
Knights of Columbus Hold 57th Columbus Day Banquet
Cuero Council No. 1682 Knights of Columbus held its 57th Columbus Day Banquet at the America Legion Center. The program featured two Council Achievement Awards the Star Council Award for 1968 69 presented by Joseph Brown and the Star Council Award for 1969 70 presented by Richard Polasek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuero Council
Knights of Columbus
America Legion Center
Star Council
Joseph Brown
Richard Polasek
Hard Rains Soak Cuero and Area
Heavy rains spread across Cuero and surrounding counties as cool air clashed with moist Gulf air. The tornado alert lasted from 4:50 p.m. to 10 p.m. with showers and thunder across DeWitt Lavaca Victoria Jackson and Calhoun. One fatality occurred when a light plane tried to land in rain. Port Arthur Beaumont area saw flood debris and Port Arthur windows were damaged. Disturbances extended to Jefferson County Airport near 7 inches of rain.
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Cuero
DeWitt County
Gulf
San Antonio
Bryan
DeWitt
Lavaca
Victoria
Jackson
Calhoun
Gulf Coast
Mobil
Esplanade
Yoakum
Yorktown
Westhoff
Lindenau
Junction
Beaumont
Port Arthur-Beaumont
Jefferson County
Port Arthur
Texas City
State Worker Group Chooses New Officers
Jerome D. Chapman Jr was elected President of the Texas Public Employees Association by 400 delegates at the 25th annual meeting. Four new board members were also elected: Carol Zeigler T 17 Hearne T E Pendleton Texas Employment Commission Ashford Manning Department of Corrections Huntsville and Joe Milner Department of Public Safety Austin. The 12 person board includes the immediate past president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome D. Chapman, Jr
Department of Public Welfare
Austin
Texas Public Employees Association
TPEA
Carol D. Zeigler
Texas Highway Department
Hearne
T. E. Pendleton
Texas Employment Commission
Ashford P Manning
Department of Corrections
Huntsville
Joe E. Milner
Department of Public Safety
Bush urges society wide pollution duty and standards
Congressman George Bush calls on every level of society to share responsibility for protecting the environment. He backs legislation for federal anti-pollution guidelines and compliance incentives and proposed an amendment to prompt industry action to repair facilities. He supports fines up to 10000 dollars if inaction persists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bush
U. S. Senate
Bush
House
Ways and Means Committee
Nixon
Cong. Bush
Farm Bureau Elects Directors at DeWitt County Meeting
DeWitt County Farm Bureau members will elect directors at the annual meeting at 8 p.m. Monday at the Lindenau Rifle Club Hall. Retiring directors include Fred Diebel Meyersville Charles Parker Cuero Roland Machost Herbert Hahn Yorktown Delegates will be elected to the state convention. Principal speaker is Wayne Little Waco state organization director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt County Farm Bureau
Lindenau Rifle Club
Fred Diebel
Meyersville
Charles Parker
Cuero
Roland Machost
Herbert Hahn
Yorktown
Dedication Ceremony For Westhoff Marker
About 100 people attended the Texas historical marker dedication for Westhoff on Sunday October 11 1970 at 3 pm. Descendants of William Westhoff from Edna Yorktown Cuero and Drexel Missouri joined county officials Scouts and 4 H members in the ceremony with Gus Westhoff unveiling the marker and 14 Boy Scouts as color and honor guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Westhoff
William Westhoff
Calvin Peterson
Cuero
Westhoff United Methodist Church
First United Methodist Church
George W. Trewell
M. J. Cordes
Edna
Yorktown
Drexel
Missouri
Gus Westhoff
Future Existence Theme Chs Council Plans Projects
Cuero High School Student Council adopts Lets Insure Future Existence as the 1970 71 theme with plans for projects on local national and world concerns announced by president Mark Junker. The council also aims to ease the CHS page coordination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CHS Council
Cuero High School
Mark Junker
Page
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Cuero United Fund
San Francisco
UPI
Bank of America
Ben Lee Cook
East Courthouse
Bryce Jordan
University of Texas At Austin
Ex-Students’ Association
DeWitt - Lavaca - Gonzales
Texas Exes Clubs
KC Council
Supreme Office
New Haven
Conn
William Snapp
Charles L. Bodden
James J. Peyton
Snapp
William S. Grunder
Joseph Hoffman
Elmer Weber
K.C. Banquet
Non-Union Association
American Legion Civic Center
Dolly Nielsen
Corinne Carlton
D. L. Prentice
Vietnam
Thailand
Cambodia
China
Peace Conference
South Vietnam
Indochina
Farm Bureau
den Ms Sehlinke
Nordheim
Wille Wayne Little
Waco
Little
Hereau
Westhoff Marker
Hoff Pictures
A. W. Schaffner
DeWitt County Historical Survey Committee
R. F. Blackwell
T. ©. Buchel
T. A. Graves
John C Hamilton
Dave Weber
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