Polliwogs Page News Roundup From Cuero Area
Weekend visit by Polliwogs Thomas and Debbie Smith of Dallas to Meyersville grandparents leads to birth news of a son to Randall and Sandra Smith on Sunday September 17. Local updates include hospital improvements for Arnold Gohlke, art study by Mary Margaret Heyer, hunting plans for Ray Polzin, back surgery for Dion Silva, and birthdays and DAR luncheon reports in Cuero Victoria area communities.
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Thomas
Debbie Smith
Dallas
F. A. Dreier
Meyversville
Memphis
Tennessee
Randall
Sandra Smith
Kenneth Smith
Nashville
Meyersville
Marjorie Drier
Dion Silva
Methodist Hospital
Bertner
Houston
Texas
Noted National Democrats Attend Floresville Dinner
About 200 prominent Democrats from across the nation joined President Nixon at a Floresville ranch dinner to back his candidacy and praised his push for a new majority. Former Virginia Gov Mills Godwin and former Florida Gov Farris Bryant joined Nixon and his wife at the event, which launched Democrats for Nixon led by John B Connally. Nixon spoke of a strong economic and military base and praised his administration's efforts toward world peace, with future trips to Peking noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Treasury
John B. Connally
Democrats
Nixon
Connally
Virginia
Mills Godwin
Florida
Farris Bryant
Peking
Taxpayers League Actions On County Assessments
DeWitt County Taxpayers League backs the county board of equalization in reducing Southwestern Appraisal Co assessments by 50 percent on rural properties and 30 percent on urban properties. The group says hearings for taxpayers are possible and views the move as a step toward justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwestern
League
Red Lights Fail During Fire Alarms In Town
Police Chief Clinton Wright reports current red light failures during fire alarms. Drivers must yield to emergency vehicles by turning around on Main Street and stopping on Esplanade until the state installs new traffic signal equipment.
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Clinton Wright
State Highway Department
Wright
Main St
Esplanade
Lawrence Tiffin
Expanded Nutrition Aides Dress Centennial Costumes
A DeWitt County program shows nutrition aides in centennial costumes visiting enrolled homemakers. Mrs Mil dred Fagan notes the Friday home visits follow county firm patterns and inspire families to engage, with Glitheria Vernaye Brown pictured in an old fashioned dress from the event.
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DeWitt County
Mildred Fagan
Mazie Pickens
Otward W. Brown, Jr
Glitheria Vernaye
Texas A&m University Agricultural Service
Mildred Martin
Glitheria
Vernaye Brown
Mrs. Otward Brown, Jr
T. L'Overture
Welfare Luncheon Set Oct 2 in DeWitt County
The DeWitt County Public Welfare office sponsors a welfare luncheon on October 2 at noon at the Sands Steak House. A Dutch treat plate will be served and the program titled Toys For Tots will be featured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt County
State Department of Public Welfare
Sands Steak House
County Auditor to Attend Public Property Tax Hearing in San Antonio
Dewitt County Auditor Lawrence Henneke will attend a San Antonio public hearing of the Legislative Property Tax Committee on September 28 at the El Tropicano Motor Hotel. The five member panel, led by Charles D. Kirkham Jr., was created in 1971 to study ad valorem taxation and draft a uniform tax code for Texas taxing units including schools. No formal agenda is planned. officials may raise issues about property taxes.
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Texas
Legislative
San Antonio
el Tropicano Motor Hotel
Lexington Avenue
Dewitt County
Lawrence Henneke
Charles D. Kirkham, Jr
Dallas
Outstanding Cuero Ladies Selected For 1972 Honors
Marilyn W ber Sara Post and Ruth Taylor were named Outstanding Young Women of America for 1972 by the Alpha Gamma Psi Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi. The program honors women aged 21 to 35 for community, professional, and national contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilyn W.ber
Sara Post
Ruth Taylor
Alpha Gamma Psi
Beta Sigma Phi
Cueroiles Elected Gulf Bend Officers
DeWitt County Judge George Trowell was elected vice president and Ed Pat Mixon treasurer of the six county Gulf Bend Center at the annual meeting in Victoria. Mrs James McCord was re elected president and Mrs Robert Ramsey secretary. DeWitt County directors are Mrs Shirley Crain, Mrs Sharon Steen, and Mrs Callie Henneke. Reports were heard from Executive Director Tom Kelliher, Dr Frances Herbst medical director, and Dr Kenneth Owens chairman of the 1973 spring con.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
George Trowell
Ed Pat Mixon
Gulf Bend Center
Victoria
James McCord
Robert Ramsey
Cancer fighting bacteria shows 100 percent animal results
Oak Ridge scientists report a bacterial agent that is 100 percent effective against cancer in animals and will begin human testing soon. The finding comes as regional conflicts and political events unfold across Vietnam Ireland the Philippines and London with international tensions rising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Beginning To Read Write And Listen Plan Debuts
Boston plan by Pleasant T Rowland and Boston Educational Research Inc aims to teach reading through all senses. The program uses 24 letter books with sandpaper letters and scent lined activities to engage kindergarten and first grade students and has reached about 40,000 children last year and almost 500,000 nationwide this fall.
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David Haskell
Boston
UPI
T. Rowland
Miss Rowland
Boston Educational Research Inc
Troop 244 Elects Officers for Six Months
Boy Scout Troop 244 elected officers for the next six months led by senior patrol leader Ray Orozco with Ernest Rivera as assistant. Raul Trevino as scribe Moses Trevino as quartermaster Louis Guajardo as treasurer Bibian Flores as mascot and new Wolf and Eagle Patrols led by Ralph Liendo and Moses Trevino with aides. David Cervantes and Orozco Leandro Jr joined as new scouts as plans form for an upcoming camp out. Scoutmaster Herbert Owen thanked Scoutmaster John C Hamilton of Troop 242 for assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Orozco
Ernest Rivera
Raul Trevino
Moses Trevino
Louis Guajardo
Bibian Flores
Ralph Liendo
Daniel Cervantes
David Cervantes
Orozco Leandro, Jr
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Polliwogs
Arnold Gohlke
Cuero Community Hospital
Bernice Heyer
Mary Margaret
Simon Michael
Rockport
Leon Polzin
Ray
Wayne Hartman
Cuero
Fred Kokernot, Jr
Claude and
Finley Blackwell
Letha Jacobs
Charles Stone
Nell Meynard
Wanda Kuecker
Pastor H. A. Hanson
George W
Butch
Nami
Bess Blanton
Ann Cusack
May Edgar
Mary Wofford
Mabel Claire Bell
Carrie May Buchel
Daughters of the American Revolution
Guadalupe Victoria
St. Francis Parish Hall
Corrinne Crain
Win von Allmen
Mrs
Salvador Gonzales
Emma McDonald
Charles McDonald
Amelia
Green
Cuero Park
David
Preston
Lee Polliwogs
Centennial Belles
Cuero Fire Department
Kay Rath
Betty Tomanec
Alta Reese
Hilda Hingst
Gladys Laake
Floresville
Eugene V. Risher
Floresville, Tex
Taxpayers League
DeWitt County Taxpayers League
Southwestern Appraisal Co
DeWitt County Board of Equalization
Commissioners Court
Charles Lucas
Expanded Nutrition
Cueroiles
Gulf Bend
Saigon
Thach Han River
Quang Tri City
McGovern
Pittsburgh
George McGovern
Pennsylvania
Ohio
New York
Ulster
Belfast
Manila
Philippines
Defense
Juan Ponce Enrile
London
Scotland Yard
Yard
Uganda
Tanzania
Washington
Agriculture Department
Soviet Union
Herbert Owen
John C Hamilton
Yoakum
Yorktown
Reuss’ Pharmacy
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