Hess Fund Payment Confirmed for Jerry Hess Transplant
A $4,189.75 payment from the Jerry Hess Fund was issued to San Antonio for Jerry Hess’s kidney transplant. The 13 year old, son of Vernon and Mrs. Hess of Stratton Route, is improving with regular check ups at Bexar County Hospital, amid careful medical monitoring to prevent rejection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Hess
San Antonio
Jerry
Vernon Hess
Stratton
Kenneth Buenger
Medical Service R&d
Floyd Carl
Texas
Hess Fund
Cuero Rotary to Honor Coppedge for Business Leadership
The Cuero Rotary Club will honor Coot Coppedge as an outstanding businessman who meets the Four Way Test. Lott Taylor, awards committee chairman, notes the recognition during a Thursday meeting. Rev. Paul Abbott leads the Cuero Rotary as president.
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Cuero Rotary Club
Coot Coppedge
Rotary International
Lott Taylor
Cuero Rotary Awards Committee
Paul Abbott
Grace Episcopal Church
Cuero Rotary
Cuero City Council Agenda Includes Cable Franchise Talk
The Cuero City Council meets Thursday at 4 pm to tackle a heavy workload. Items include a possible television cable franchise, highway intersection work, park green fees, golf cart rules, speed zone adjustments, and a five year lease with Cuero Country Club.
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Usta! 545
U.S
Cuero Country Club
Dedication Sunday For Yoakum Marker
An official Texas Historical Marker for Yoakum will be dedicated on October 17 at 2 20 pm. The marker on Highway 77 A sits at the DeWitt Lavaca County line and is sponsored by Lavaca and DeWitt County Historical Survey Committees and the City of Yoakum.
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Texas
Yoakum
Donald Minear
Hallettsville
Lavaca County
Highway 77-A
DeWitt- Lavaca Co
Pilot Club to Honor Sounders in Cuero during Founders Day Week
Public relations chair Mrs. Charles Goodenough announced Cuero Pilot Club plans a Founders Day Week celebration this October. Mayor Jack Edgar may sign a proclamation, with meeting led by Mrs. Corrine Carlton and invocation by Mrs. Joe Keesler.
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Pilot Club of
Cuero
Charles Goodenough
Doll House
Jack Edgar
Corrine Carlton
Joe Keesler
Harold Tiffin
W. E. Poth
A. J. Bohman
O. &. Hall Jr
Cuero Community Hospital
Pilot Club
A Bible Thought for Today on Recompense
A brief verse reflection citing Romans 12 17 urges not to repay evil with evil and praises God’s method of responding with good in return for harm. The item presents a devotional line typical of a daily religious column.
VFW Post Plans Stew Dinner and Seasonal Events
VFW Post 3672 schedules a Thursday night meeting with a 7 p.m. stew supper and a 7:30 p.m. session about building and other committee reports. A turkey shoot is set for Saturday October 16 at 1 p.m. on post property off Yoakum highway.
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VFW
Yoakum Highway
Post
Auxiliary
Goliad
American Legion
VFW and
TPA
Troop 243 Barbecue Supports Local Scout Effort
About 500 people attended the Citizens Club of Cuero barbecue for Boy Scout Troop 243. Club president Elmer Krueger called the event a huge success. Local business sponsors included Frances Blakeslee, Duero Federal Savings and Loan, Finley Blackwell, Bachel Bank and Trust, Van Sanders, Billy Lyman, Fred Fisher, Cowey Bros, T. G. Hamilton, LeRoy Hamilton, Mrs. Ann Cusack, John Hamilton, Arkin Gas, Anders Auto, Farmers State Bank, HEB, B&B Auto, 7 1 p Bottling Co, J C Penney Co, Elecka Drug, Perry Bros, The Fair, Bills Dollar Store, Mobil Oil, Sanez Texaco, Gonzales Enco, Morgenroth Texaco, Bob's Drive In, Dromegole Enco, Ampres Conoco, Means Furniture, Dixie Cream Do-Nut, Coppedge Texaco, Reiffert's Phillips 66, Koenig's Drier-In, Lacuna Meat Market of Yoakum.
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Citizens Club of
Cuero
Elmer Krueger
Frances Blakeslee
Duero Federal Savings and Loan Assn
Finley Blackwell
Bachel Bank and Trust Co
van Sanders
Billy Lyman
Fred Fisher
Co Wey Bros
T. G. Hamilton
Leroy Hamilton
Ann Cusack
John Hamilton
Texaco
Reiffert
Phillips 66
Koenig
Editorial on Deteriorating U S Postal Service Sunday Cuts Mail
The piece argues Sunday mail delivery ends for small towns on Oct 17, moving mail to Victoria and San Antonio for cancellation. It warns of job cuts at small post offices, calls for Congress to repeal the 1970 postal statute and return control to Congress, urging readers to contact lawmakers.
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U.S
Cuero
Yorktown
Yoakum
Nordheim
Westhoff
Victoria
Postal Service Administration
Postal Union
Nixon
Postal Department
Congress
U.S. Postal Service
Funeral services set for Mrs Elva Brown in Cuero
Funeral services for Mrs Elva Brown, Cuero native, were scheduled for today from Freund Funeral Home with Rev Hubert Hanson officiating. Burial in Hillside Cemetery followed. She died Tuesday afternoon at 68 N. Valley Street. Born September 29 1904 in Cuero she was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Brown. She married Henry Brown in 1923. he died in 1940. Survived by daughter Mrs Carroll Cook two sisters Mrs Bert Maurer and Mrs Elizabeth Balock Cuero two brothers Robert Brown Edwin Brown of Cuero Royal Brown of Yorktown and one grandchild.
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Elva Brown
Cuero
Freund
Hubert Hanson
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
Hillside Cemetery
Brown
N. Valley
Robert Brown
Henry Brown
Carroll Cook
Bert Maurer
Elizabeth Balock
Edwin Brown
Royal Brown
Yorktown
Two More Donors Aid Cuero United Fund Drive
Cuero's 1972 United Fund campaign advances slowly with two new gifts totaling 175 dollars. Dr Riebehr aeger returns to Kiecka Drug after a heart attack to donate 100 dollars for Klecka Drug Center Pharmacy, and Paul Gathings of J C Penney volunteers 75 dollars renewing a prior gift. JC Penney becomes a standard donor on the 50 to 75 dollar tier as the second phase continues. The 20 member quota for this tier remains.
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Cuero
United Fund
Dr. Riebeehraeger
Kiecka Drug Company
Klecka Drug and Center Pharmacy
Paul Gathings
J.C. Penney Company
ULF
Penney Company
DeWitt County Adopts 1972 Budget At $1 086 Million
DeWitt County Commissioners Court formally adopts the 1972 budget of 1 086 million with a 5.8 percent raise for most employees and 3.5 percent for several officials. A jail back-dirt hole due to heavy rains prompts plans to fill it with sand gravel and cement. An American Legion request for special deputies is noted but deemed outside the court’s remit.
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DeWitt County
Lawrence Henneke
Henneke
George W. Trowell
Culf Bend Fcenormic Dev Resort
Phe DeWitt County
American Legion Post
Westhoff
Commissioners Court
Chisholm
Cuero United Fund Serves Civic Drive Total to Date
Public appeal lists donations from multiple local donors and businesses toward a relief effort with reported total to date of 4 378. Funds from Cuero area entities include Farmers State Bank Weber Motor Co Freund Funeral Home LeRoy Hamilton Regency Furniture Co and Cuero Nursing Home among others.
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Rotary
Denise Arndt
Cuero High School
Ed Harberson
Future Teachers of America
Corpus
Communication Services Inc
Texas Highway Department
Heaton Explanade
Texas State Historical Survey Committee
Sounders
the Post
Kathy Doell
The
Country Kings
NYA
Troop 243
U. S. Postal Service
Klecka Drug Center
Cuero United Fund
Graham Hamilton
Farmers State Bank
Buchel Bank
Cuero Federal
Weber Motor Co
Freund Funeral Home
Ark
Charles Tubbs
Lester Frers Jewelers
Cuero Nursing Home
Ben Franklin
Erna B. Koehler
Oak Memorial Fund'l. Home
Riess Lagi
Jake Cohn
Kiecka & Center Pharmacy
J.C. Penney Co
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