Personal notices from Cuero and area weekend visits
Mr and Mrs Vic Brier and Mr and Mrs Chubby Newman went to Houston to see sons Bubba Brier and Joe Newman. H C Cox celebrated a birthday September 19. Edward James Kurtz arrived safely in Cam Ranh Bay Vietnam after serving in Gulf of Tonkin aboard USS Coral Sea. Mrs Eugene Kach of Dallas visits Cuero friends. Allan Schroller Robert Maxey Barbara Cox visited Bryan. Benny Krause family reunion in Gonzales. Betty Ferguson of Houston visits her parents in Cuero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vic Brier
Chubby Newman
Houston
Bubba Brier
Joe Newman
University of Houston- Syracuse
Astrodome
PNSN
Edward James Kurtz
Edward F. Kurtz
Cam Ranh Bay
Vietnam
SN Kurtz
Gulf of Tonkin
Coral Sea
U.S.N
FPO
San Francisco
Calif
Allan Schroller
Robert Maxey
Barbara Cox
Bryan
David Bade
Betty Ferguson
Bill Ferguson
Admissions and dismissals noted for staff and colonistHenry
The record lists admissions for Alvin Roggen kamp Adam Shows and Mrs Pat Ann Jacobs along with dismissals for Hilton Landhoff T A Reuss and Mrs Vernell Spears. It also notes James Cook an English naval officer took possession of Australia for Britain in 1769.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Roggenkamp
Adam Shows
Pat Ann Jacobs
Hilton Landhoff
T. A. Reuss
Vernell Spears
James Cook
Australia
Britain
MacGahan the Reporter Who Shaped 19th Century News
The piece highlights Aloysius MacGahan born 1844 near New Lexington Ohio as a pioneering American European correspondent. It notes his rise with the New York Herald, coverage of Franco Prussian War and Paris siege, Russia and Central Asia reports, and Turkish abuses in Bulgaria credited with influencing the Bulgarian uprising. He died of typhus while aiding another correspondent. Bulgars remember him as their liberator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Januarius Aloysius MacGahan
Dr. Livingstone
Henry Morton Stanley
MacGahan
Europe
France
Paris
New Lexington
Ohio
Indiana
St. Louis
New York Herald
James Gordon Bennett
Bennett
Stanley
Africa
David Livingstone
Republic
Herald
Russia
Central Asia
Spain
Arctic
Daily News of London
U.S
Bulgaria
Turkey
Bulgars
J.A. MacGahan
Nicholaina Elagin
Livestock Auction At Cuero Sees Strong Demand From Major Buyers
Eighteen hundred cattle sixty hogs and twenty five sheep were offered at the Cuero Livestock Commission Company ring. Fifteen of the largest order buying companies in South Texas attended along with major and independent packers, drawing 206 buyer statements. Prices ranged with light calves high and bulls up to 31.50 per head for top bulls while dirty cattle testing concerns were discussed with a call for testing to avoid future issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuero Livestock Commission Company
Finley Blackwell
South
Texas
Lutheran banquet initiates parish confirmation classes
Rev Kern announces a parish banquet for youth with optional guest invitations and a free will offering to defray costs. The event marks the initiation for the last two confirmation classes and invites youths to bring eating utensils. Also on September 27 Yorktown hosts an All Lutheran Best Choice 18-Hole Golf Tournament with 1 p.m. registration, 2 p.m. tee time, a $3 greens fee and sausage barbecue afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorktown
Parley Conference on Aging Seeks Senior Voices
Parley following nage 1 notes Parley has reached his 65th birthday. Mrs. H N Henneke of Cuero coordinates De Witt County aging conference inviting all seniors to attend and speak on needs. Meeting aims to adjourn by 4 00 pm with refreshments. A Yorktown session follows on Tuesday Sept 22 at 2 30 pm at St Paul Lutheran Fellowship Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. N. Henneke
Cuero
de Witt
Yorktown
St. Paul
Firemen’s convention planned in Columbus October 18
Fire Chief Albert Stolleis reported on the firemen’s convention to be held in Columbus Oct. 18 and Fire Prevention Week set for Oct. 5-11. Hostesses for the event included Mrs. Nearlie Smith, Mrs. Volga Thigpen, and Mrs. Arthur Thamm with Betty Tomanec winning the attendance prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlene Fromme
Vera Noah
Columbus
Albert Stolleis
Nearlie Smith
Volga Thigpen
Arthur Thamm
Betty Tomanec
Frisbie Rites Held For 89 Year Old Cuero Resident
Mrs Ella Bowen Frisbie 89 died in Cuero Community Hospital. She was active in the Women’s Society of Christian Service and a member of First United Methodist Church. Funeral at 5:30 p.m. from Oak Memorial Home Chapel with Rev Calvin Peterson officiating. Burial Hillside Cemetery. Survivors: son Mayor J Frisbie of Yorktown, daughter Mrs Bruce Card of Cuero, six grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren, one great great grandchild, and siblings Claude Bowen Harwood Cleve Bowen Westhoff Liza Frisbie San Antonio Katie Dubose Pearl Kennedy Jessie Fullilove Gonzales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Bowen Frisbie
Cuero Community Hospital
First United Methodist Church
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Oak Memorial Funear
Calvin Peterson
Hillside Cemetery
J. O. Frisbie
Yorktown
Bruce Card
Cuero
Claude Bowen
Harwood
Cleveland Bowen
Westhoff
Liza Frisbie
San Antonio
Katie Dubose
Pearl Kennedy
Jessie Fullilove
Gonzales
Masonic Lodge to Honor Two Fifty Year Members
Cuero Lodge No. 409 AF & AM will hold a called communication at 7 30 p m on Monday Sept 21 to present two fifty year membership awards to LeRoy Hamilton and Fielding Breeden Refreshments start at 6 15 p m Hamilton became a Master Mason in Cuero Lodge No 409 on Aug 27 1920 Breeden joined Alamo Lodge No 44 in San Antonio on June 15 1920 and affiliated with Cuero Lodge No 409 on Sept 26 1925
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuero Lodge
LeRoy Hamilton
Fielding Breeden
Hamilton
Cuero
Texas
Breeden
San Antonio
Mrs Martin Discusses Fall and Winter Wardrobe Style
DeWitt County agent Mrs Mildred Martin spoke at the Buchel Home Demonstration Club on wardrobe choices for fall and winter. Achievement Day is set for Oct 2 at the Yorktown American Legion Hall with 9:45 a.m. registration and a covered dish dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Martin
DeWitt County
Buchel Home Demonstration Club
American Legion Hall
Yorktown
Edmund Tieken
Carroll Blank
Local Club Meeting Recap with Reports and Hosts
Mrs. Herman Ocilke presided as vice-president and led the meeting. Mrs. A. L. Means presented the treasurer’s report. Hostesses for the event were Mrs. Edmund Tieken and Mrs. Marie Toenjes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Ocilke
A. L. Means
Edmund Tieken
Marie Toenjes
Mt Wilson Observatory Built on 5710-Foot California Peak
The Mt Wilson Observatory was established on the 5,710-foot peak in California in 1904.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Wilson Observatory
California
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H. C. Cox
Eugene Kach
Dallas
Benny Krause
Kathaleen
Krause
Ryan
N. Gonzales
Ee Esst — Daybook of
America
Foca Kwai
Clark Kinnaird
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Blackwell
W. Reuss Blvd
Rialto
Ma Barker
Ames H. Nicholson
Sh I Winters
Samuel Z. Arkoff
Pat Hingle
Don Stroud
Diane Varsi
American International
Ican International Pictures, Inc
Acci
Rrad
Tarkington Ins
Conrad
Detarta
Couere
Rev. Kern
Masonic Lodge
Mrs. Martin
Bachel HD
Freund
Bank OF Friendly Service
F.B.J.C
Kleinecke Nursery
Esplanade
N. Esplanade
Specus
Winchester
Western Auto
E. Main
Remington Model
U.S. Army
Alabama
Kentucky
Sunny Point
N.C
Atlantic
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