Polliwogs and Sultanas recall Turkey Trot memories
Beulah McDougal declines Centennial and Turkey Trot attendance while reflecting on the first Turkey Trot in 1913. The note mentions surviving past sultanas, local residents and visitors, a cast, a winter baseball stint in Sarasota, and a Jim Beam Oldsmobile souvenir bottle.
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Beulah McDougal
Quay Rathbone Hamilton
Galveston
Harry Rathbone
Beryl Rathbone Crain
Turkey
Centennial Tickets On Sale For Cuero Centennial Events
Advance orders for tickets to Cuero s Centennial and Turkey Trot events are being processed October 20 23 at Centennial Headquarters 212 N Gonzales Cuero Texas 77954. Parade seats cost 1 25 and other events list varying prices for Senior Coronation Junior Coronation Coronation Ball and Parade of Homes. Send a self addressed stamped envelope with Ticket Order in the mail.
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Cuero
Office of Centennial Headquarters
Centennial Headquarters
N. Gonzales
Texas
Cuero High School Student Council Plans Year Activities
Cuero High School Student Council discussed Ecology Day campus clean up and safety campaigns, plus flag raisings and invocations at games. A Share box supports the National Honor Society fall district convention. Principal DeWayne Scott praised leaders and urged involvement. Sponsors are Mrs. Gertrude McBride and Douglas Flessner.
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Cuero High School
Sylvia Orozco
DeWayne Scott
Gertrude McBride
Douglas Flessner
Officer Candidates Chosen By Post 242
Prospective officers for Communications Post 242 were named at Cuero High School. Nominees include David Tiffin as president Virginia Ryan as vice president Kathy Denson as secretary treasurer Irma Orozco as reporter Mike Kuecker as transportation chairman and Glynda Carter as program chairman. Voting is set for Saturday September 30 after an ice cream social at 5 pm at an announced location. The nominating committee consisted of Tiffin chair Brenda Johnson Miss Ryan and Miss Denson Wood said the group has about 15 members.
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Communications Post
Cuero High School
David Tiffin
Virginia Ryan
Kathy Denson
Irma Orozco
Mike Kuecker
Transportation
Glynda Carter
Bob Wood
Post
De Witt County Historical Survey Committee Holds Year End Meeting
Fourteen members attended the final meeting of the historical year on Tuesday September 19. The year runs from October 1 to October 1, and the gathering took place in the museum at the Courthouse.
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de Witt County Historical Survey Committee
Scouts Advance In Rank In Troop 242
Three members of Scout Troop 242 advanced to the Second Class Progress award Jerry Machac Craig Buchhorn and Lionel Battles earned the rank Craig received his badge from his parents Earl Ray presented Jerry with his badge Lionel will receive his badge Monday night John C Hamilton Troop Scoutmaster praised the trio as the first Second Class achievers in the troop and noted a Saturday 8 30 a m meeting for troop members.
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Jerry Machac
Craig Buchhorn
Lionel Battles
Craig
Carroll Buchhorn
Earl Ray
Jerry
Lionel
John C. Hamilton
Hamilton
Troop 242
Cub Scouts Pack 244 Restructures for Next School Year
Pack 244, formed last year and reaching 38 scouts, is reorganizing for the upcoming school year, according to Jim Rabe. New dens were formed as part of the changes.
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Jim Rabe
Cub Scouts
DeWitt County lowers 1972 values in Equalization session
The DeWitt County Commissioners Court acting as Board of Equalization cut farm and ranch land values by 50 percent and city property by 30 percent of Southwestern Appraisal Co. figures. The county tax levy remains 74 cents, down from 1.25. Judge George Trowell notes the levy cut while valuations are adjusted per local conditions.
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DeWitt County Commissioners Court
Board of Equalization
Western Appraisal Co
Southwestern Appraisal Co
County Commissioners Court
George Trowell
Commissioners Court
Herbert Ruppert
Gilbert Koopman
DeWitt County
Texas
Southwestern Appraisal Co.,Inc
Legion Auxiliary Names Convention Delegates
Delegates to the 14th District Convention have been named by the Ladies Auxiliary to the American Legion led by Mrs. Otis Red Carpenter. The district meet will be in Yorktown on October 21 and 22 with eight official delegates and three alternates.
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Ladies
American Legion
Otis
Red’’ Carpenter
Yorktown
Jim Peyton
Carpenter
John Steen
L. A. Bauer
Harry Merritt
Merle Marie
H. N. Henneke
Arthur Rauch
Mabel Davis
Marie Toenjes
Bill Barfield
Harold Tiffin
J. W. Herring
Davis
Barfield
Bert Kirk
Gordon Thompson
Henneke
Merritt
Cuero ISD Retains 1972 Tax Rate and 68 Percent Assessment
Cuero Independent School District votes unanimously to keep a 68 percent assessment of true market value and a 1.65 dollar per hundred tax rate for 1972-73. The local maintenance levy is 1.05 and bonded indebtedness 0.60. Board supports tax equalization and reappraisal efforts amid nine month review period. resignation of Agnes Southers and hire of Jeanell Respondek as school nurse approved.
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Cuero Independent School Board
E. E. Sims
Cuero Board of Education
Herbert Frels
Board of Education
Southwestern Appraisal Company
Cuero Isd Board of Equalization
Agnes Southers
Jeanell Respondek
Miss Respondek
Cuero Isd
Nixon Campaign Plots Texas Push In Race
President Nixon resumes active campaigning with a trip to Texas to win its 26 electoral votes while George McGovern headlines in Rochester New York and campaigns in Detroit and New York City.
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Nixon
Texas
George McGovern
Rochester
N.Y
New York City
Detroit
Soviets Endure in Middle East Amid Economic Military Aid
Soviet allies in the Middle East receive new military and economic backing. Iraq's President al Bakr visited Moscow for promises of aid, while Syria expands Soviet weapons and naval facilities at Latakia and Tartus. Ship delays and Palestinian commandos in Syria shape potential Arab terrorism conflicts.
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Middle East
Ahmed Hassan al Bakr
Iraq
Moscow
Syria
Hafez al Assad
al Fatah
Mideast
Latakia
Tartus
Alexandria
Mersa Matru
Katzmark Named To Cuero School Board Vacancy
Ray Katzmark was appointed to an unexpired Cuero ISD Board term after an executive meeting. He fills the vacancy left by Dr John Wheeler with the term ending in April. Katzmark is a Chamber of Commerce member, St. Mark's Lutheran Church attendee, and drugstore owner.
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Ray Katzmark
Cuero Isd
Herbert Frels Katzmark
John Wheeler
Katzmark
Chamber of Commerce and
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
Klecka Drug Store
Center Pharmacy
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