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Newspaper
Cuero Record
Location
Cuero, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1970
Page
1
In a Sunday Record column an old Texas reader recalls Navy baked beans served on ships and naval stations. He seeks a genuine Navy recipe, notes sugar corn bread, and laments sailor slang not appearing in life society pages.
First Baptist Church elected officers for the 1970 71 year: John Coppedge Sunday school director. J C Scott outreach director. Ronnie Ledbetter extension director. T L Edmondson church training director. Committee on committees includes D A Hayes and several named members. Nominating committee chair Glenn Portis with Harold Tiffin Wayne Stimson and others.
Cuero's Bonus Days, promoted by the Retail Merchants' Association, will run Thursday Friday and Saturday with a final drawing Friday at 4 p.m. in front of The Record building. Prizes of 25 15 and 20 dollars will be awarded until depleted as names are drawn. A special color page highlights sale bargains in today's issue.
Rainfall spread from DeWitt County to the coast as tropical moisture drenched farms and streets. Victoria County reports 4.75 inches with forecasts of more. cotton fields face lower grades as defoliated bolls soak. Estimates range from two to five inches across surrounding communities.
Cuero CISD reports total enrollment rising from 1 980 on opening day to 2 057 as of yesterday with kindergarten added for 29 pupils. Each school shows gains over last week with Cuero High 697 and Junior High 509.
Rotary International District 584 Governor Fred J. Silvey will be the guest speaker at the Rotary Club meeting. Members will gather at El Patio Restaurant at noon Thursday for the event.
Five persons faced charges in DeWitt County Court Monday with two additional defendants facing counts. Bennie Gomez pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and received a $200 fine plus costs and six months in jail probated for one year. John William Hartson admitted unlawfully carrying a prohibited weapon and paid a $100 fine plus costs. Michael T. Fric pled guilty to driving while license suspended and received 72 hours in jail with license suspension for one year. Ernest Rosalez and Rodger Dale Edgar pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated and received fines of $100 plus costs and three days in jail, probated for one year, while Edgar also faced a three-day sentence suspended for one year. Additional charges included Noah Ralph Daves for DWI and Alfred Sierra for DWLS.
Cuero Texas council will hold public hearings at 5 45 p m on the 1970 71 city budget and a proposed Southwestern Bell Telephone Co rate increase. The panel aims for second reading after the hearing with three readings required. The meeting covers cemetery report bids for vehicles and equipment and other routine items.
DeWitt County residents use trucks more than the state average, with 3,323 trucks registered and 559 per 1,000 households. The state average is 377 per 1,000. Cuero area shows higher per household food spending and June 10 1970 retail sales total 29 771 000 for food and 8 063 000 for automotive in a 30 057 population.
Three DeWitt County Texas National Guard members depart Friday for Germany in an exchange program with the German Army. 2nd Lt. Larry Keesler Cuero Sp Joe W Meuret Jr and Pfc Lambert Jendrzey Yorktown fly from San Antonio to Dallas and then to Rhein Main Air Base as part of Creek Party Operations. 30 Guardsmen will train in Germany this summer with a reciprocal German contingent. A 1971 program is planned.
Mrs. Dorothey Matejek presides as president appointing new members to the DeWitt County 4-H Adult Leaders Association. Finance committee includes Edwin and Ellen Nagel Fred and Ruth Debel Weldon Buchhorn. Recreation committee features A W Schaffner Walter Sager Arlen Mueller Matejek and Robert Egg. Special events committee lists Bill Drehr Louis Dreier Earl Bunger and J T Pick. An August meeting discussed the Oct 5 achievement program at St Mark’s Lutheran Fellowship Hall.
St Michael's Parent-Teacher Club will convene at 7 30 p m Thursday in the school library for its regular session. Officers will serve refreshments after the meeting.
The Cuero Gun Club named officers for the year at a meeting in the DeWitt County Electric Co-Op Building. Elected were Gary Hudgeons president Sarge Giddeon vice president Tim Kirkland secretary B L McClung treasurer Al Gonzales purchasing agent and publicity officer. The executive committee comprises Bill Hartman Bill Drehr and Roy Hoefling. Hartman reported the Aug 23 Fall Shoot was a big success despite rain. Jack Butler presided. monthly meetings are on the first Tuesday at the Electric Co-Op Building.
The 1970 census preliminary count places Texas as the fourth most populous state with a 10 968 293 tally. Houston grows to 1 212 967 and Dallas to 836 093 as California overtakes New York for the top spot.
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