Polliwogs Visit and Local Happenings in Cuero
Cuero community notes include Polliwogs W. M. Pridgen visiting from San Antonio noting his Thomaston roots, and Means brothers decorating shop windows in Centennial style with clocks Victrola and other items. California’s Captain E. L. Pierce and family to visit Cuero. former locals Nancy Ladd Inez Sawyer and Laila Wallace Jones plan to attend the Turkey Trot parade.
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Means
John
Arthur
E. L. Pierce
California
Cuero
W. L. Ferguson, Jr
Elizabeth Cook
Nancy Ladd
Inez Sawyer
Laila Wallace Jones
Cueroites
San Antonio
Cueroites to Appear on TV Show
A Cuero group led by C L Duckett Faye Duckett Murray Tarkington Kaye Tarkington Jim Conrad and Margaret Conrad will appear on the Mary Denman TV Show in San Antonio on Tuesday October 17 at 12 15 PM to promote the Cuero Centennial and Turkey Trot celebrations.
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C. L
Faye Duckett
Murray
Kaye Tarkington
Jim
Margaret Conrad
Mary Denman
San Antonio
Turkey Trot 500 Tricycle Race Entries Open in Cuero
Entry blanks for the 1972 Turkey Trot 500 tricycle race at Cuero Centennial Turkey Trot HQ. The race on Saturday Oct 21 will be heats along Main Gonzales and Railroad Gonzales with clock time. no age divisions. six year olds and younger eligible for a plaque if they win overall. Ed Muhoney leads. Dr Glenn Towery Mike Wheat Ray Kelley timekeepers. Entries accepted until 6:00 PM race day. Tom B Kelley first to sign up.
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Tom_ B. Kelley
Howard Bennett
Cuero Centennial
Main
Gonzales
Railroad
Ed Muhoney
Glenn Towery
Mike Wheat
Ray Kelley
Tom B. Kelley
Huge Grass Harvest From Gohlke Place Near Cuero
Glenn Carter reports 1642 bales of Gordo Blue Stem Grass harvested from 23 acres at the A O Gohlke place near Cuero. The fields now house grazing, with 45 acres planted in Gordo Blue Stem Grass using one and a half pounds of pure live seed per acre mixed with peanut hulls.
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Gordo
A. O. Gohlke
Cuero
Glenn Carter
Carter
James W Pete Schulte dies after illness at 52
James W Pete Schulte a lifelong Cuero cattle rancher died Friday night at 8 20 after a brief illness. Born August 4 1920 in Hallettsville he married Peggy Winslett in 1948. Funeral set Sunday at 2 pm Freund Funeral Home Chapel Calvary Baptist officiating burial Bellview Cheapside. Survived by wife daughter Linda son James K Schulte mother Oscar Schulte two brothers Allan Royce and sister Mrs E J Pollock.
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James W
Pete’’ Schulte
Methodist
San Antonio
Schulte
Hallettsville
Oscar Schulte
Peggy E. Winslett
Cheapside
Freund Funeral Home
B. J. Hall
Calvary Baptist Church
Bellview
Linda Schulte
Cuero
James K. Schulte
Dallas
Allan Schulte
Aqua Dulce
Royce Schulte
E. J. Pollock
Texas City
Second Soviet Air Disaster In 12 Days Kills 156
An Aeroflot IL62 on a non scheduled Paris to Leningrad route crashed near Sheremetyevo airport killing all aboard about 160 people. Tass and Western sources called it one of the worst civil air disasters and the second in 12 days.
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Moscow
API
Paris
Leningrad
Sheremetyevo
Tass
Aeroflot
DeWitt County Banks Show Large Deposit Increase
Oct call reveals big rise in deposits across DeWitt County banks from Sept 30 1971 figures. Yoakum area led with 1972 totals of 28 808 421, Cuero and Yorktown also report strong gains. Separate note: Tass reports a Soviet airliner crash near Sheremetyevo Airport with all aboard lost. An investigation by a government commission follows.
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DeWitt County
Yoakum
Yoakum National Bank
First State Bank
CUERO
Texas Pecan Check-Off Referendum Scheduled
County Agent Orval Wright urges pecan growers to vote by Oct 23 on the Texas Pecan Check-Off referendum. Eligible voters include owners tenants sharecroppers and home owners with 300 pounds of pecans in the last three years. Ballots may be picked up at the County Extension office and must be postmarked by Oct 23.
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Texas
Orval Wright
Wright
Cuero ISD Visits Earn Federal Accreditation Praise
Civil rights and accreditation teams from the Texas Education Agency spent two days in Cuero Independent School District and praised facilities programs staff records and student body. They advised maintaining a minimum of eleven Negro teachers in future years.
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Texas Education Agency
Cuero Independent School District
E. E. Sims
Dr. Sims
Weather outlook for Cuero and Yoakum areas
Partly cloudy and mild with light variable winds under 1 mph. Expect highs in the upper 80s and lows in the mid 60s for Cuero and Yoakum.
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Cuero
Yoakum
Yorktown
Suffering as raw material of happiness in Williams book
British scholar Dr. H A Williams argues in True Resurrection that suffering cannot be fully explained by theology. He says accepting suffering opens dormant powers, leading to a transformed self, with only faint glimmers of hope guiding a beginning rather than an end.
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Louis Cassels
United Press International
H. A. Williams
Trinity College
Cambridge University
England
Holt, Rinehart & Winston
Williams
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Polliwogs
W. M. Pridgen
Thomaston
Rosemary Kokernot
Victoria
Boon
Sheila Richards
Cuero High
John W. Jones
Commerce
Dallas Morning News
Frank X. Tolbert
Josie Ward
Broken Bow
Oklahoma
Gerard Gonzales
Carmen and
Alfonso Gonzales
Texas State Technical Institute
Waco
Tom Kennedy
Roy Appleton
Brady
John Sorrel
Jennifer Appleton
Jessie Dodds
Alvin Wagner
Roy Boggus
Tom
Stanley
Turkey
Hugo Bachle
Nordheim
A. O. Gohike
Gohlke Place
Pete Schulte
S.A
Banks
DeWitt
Buchel Bank and Trust Co
Farmers State Bank and Trust Co
Farmers State Bank and Trust Company
Acti
Kells’ Pharmacy
Esplanade
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