Regents Award $6.42 Million in Texas A&M Contracts
The Texas A&M University Board of Regents awarded 6.42 million dollars in building contracts, including 5 million for a new science facility to BFN Construction Co. of Temple, with approvals required from the Coordinating Board of the Texas College and University System. The State Savings and Loan Department set a 9:30 a.m. October 15 hearing for Coastal Bend Savings and Loan Association of Port Lavaca seeking a branch at 1904 N Navarro Victoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas A&m University Board of Regents
BFN Construction Co
Temple
Coordinating Board of the
Texas College and University System
State Savings and Loan Department
Coastal Bend Savings and Loan Association of
Port Lavaca
N. Navarro
Victoria
District DC residents fear to go out at night study says
A study by the DC Criminal Justice Coordinating Board finds more than one third of District residents fear leaving home after dark. The report highlights safety concerns across the capital city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District of Columbia
D.C
Three Month Zoom Boosts Dollar Overseas Value
A three month surge lifted the U S dollar overseas value by over ten percent, easing European currencies and gold briefly. The rise came as industrialized nations urged restraint and oil exporters met in Vienna to push crude prices higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Europe
Vienna
Cuero Turkeyfest and Ruby Begonia Ill Hit Texas News
Cuero’s 1975 Turkeyfest and celebrity Ruby Begonia Ill are making headlines as October 4 and 5 events approach. Texas media including South Texas, Texas Monthly, and Saludos! publish Turkeyfest write ups, secured by publicity chair Mrs. Phil Ernster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuero
Ruby Begonia
Texas
Phil Ernster
Crisp-Hammond Home Highlighted On 1975 Turkeyfest Tour
The restored Crisp-Hammond house at 309 E French Street will anchor the October 4 5 Turkeyfest Historic Homes Tour. A. S. Crisp built it in the 1890s and helped create Cuero Independent School District. The current owner Mrs A K Hammond and her brother Lott Taylor revived the property turning it into a showcase of European and American antiques.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crisp Hammond
E. French Street
A. S. Crisp
Cuero Star
Crisp
Cuero
Cuero Independent
Elizabeth Belle Marshall
Johanna Marshall
Indianola
Main Street
D. Weldon
S. C. Lackey
Lackey
Louis Schor
A. K. Hammond
Texas
Weldon-Lackey
North Cuero
Hammond
Donna Lee
DeWitt County Historical Survey Committee
DeWitt County Historical Projects
Davidson-Kokernot
Terrell Street
Stevens-Cale
Prairie St
Pilcher-Bohman
Crisp-Hammond
French Street
Dewitt County Museum
Berthold Schinery
Broadway
Buchel Bank
Esplanade
Officers elected for Concert and Modern Choirs
Seventeen students took office in the Concert and Modern Choirs after last week’s elections. Corlis Buckner was reappointed president of the Concert Choir, with Carolyn Lackey and Julie Simpson as secretaries and others filling roles as treasurer chaplain reporter librarians and section librarians. Modern Choir officers include Denise Jones as president Lillian Pickens as vice president Deborah Pleasants as secretary treasurer Mary Taylor as head librarian and Cheryl Henderson as reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corlis Buckner
Carolyn Lackey
Julie Simpson
Constance Sheppard
Mary Means
Michael Sheppard
Serena Jackson
Sandra Mendez
Rhonda Carbonara
A. J. Henderson
Calvin Green
Vicki Bomba
Denise Jones
Lillian Pickens
Deborah Pleasants
Mary Taylor
Cheryl Henderson
Methodist week to mark Christian Education Sunday
The United Methodist Church will celebrate Christian Education Week this Sunday at 11 a.m. led by Mrs. C. E. Grossman. The morning service will include teacher recognition and dedication and the reception of the confirmation class. A family supper for Sunday School teachers follows, with a program on education and a banner making activity to close the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Methodist Church
C. E. Grossman
Commission On Education
Lions Club speaker discusses big changes in transportation
Russell Cummings, director of public transportation planning for the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation, spoke at the Cuero Lions Club luncheon marking Highway and Transportation Week. He warned that goals are unclear and inflation and energy concerns complicate planning while urging integration of transit, park and ride, and bus ramps to ease urban congestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CUERO
Russell Cummings
State Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Cummings
Cuero Lions Club
Texas
David Wills Street Dance Adv Tickets Sell Fast
Advance tickets for the David Wills street dance sell briskly per dance chairman Jack Calk. The event runs 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Saturday Oct 4 near Gonzales and Main. Tickets are 250 dollars per person at outlets Keeslers Anders Auto Supply Stubbs Texaco and Conrad Tarkington Insurance. Tickets at the gate are 3 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Wills
Jack Calk
Gonzales
Main St
Keeslers
Anders Auto Supply
Stubbs Texaco
Conrad-Tarkington Insurance Agency
Parade Committee
United Methodist Church
Macedonia Baptist Church
Little Zion Baptist Church
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
Ruschhaupt Plumbing
Esplanade
Cuero Plans West Heaton Home Surveys For Curb and Gutter
Cuero City Council in special session agreed to house to house surveys on West Heaton Street to measure curb and gutter support tied to a Texas Highway Department paving project. Costs may reach 200 to 300 per home. funds would improve property values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuero
West Heaton Street
Texas Highway Department
Heaton Street
Frank Sheppard
Jim Pratt
Department of Housing and Urban Development
DeWitt County Commissioners Court
Cheapside Road
Youthful trio nabbed after Frito burglary
Three young men from Meyersville were arrested in Cuero after breaking into a Frito Lay delivery truck. The suspects Terry Haun 18 Timothy Rangnow 17 and Robert Moore 18 fled along city streets and Farm Road 236 before being captured near Arneckeville following a high speed chase. Rangnow faced additional charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuero
Terry Ray Haun
Timothy Blaine Rangnow
Robert Edwin Moore
Meyersville
Tony Allen
Terry Morrow
Arneckeville
Nordheim man dies from personal safety gunshot note found
Monroe Nuetzler, 74, of Nordheim died after a head gunshot in his home. A .32 caliber pistol was found nearby with a suicide note and pallbearer list. He had diabetes and was to see a San Antonio doctor Wednesday. deputy Glenn Boldt led the case with help from Hubert Voelkel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Nuetzler
Nordheim
Cuero Community Hospital
Neutzler
Glenn Boldt
Boldt
San Antonio
Hubert Voelkel
DeWitt County
N. G. “Cutter
Dietze
Turkey Race Events Highlight Sunday Schedule
A Sunday program lists times for stage events including Turkey Races at 2:00 P M, Exe Throwing Contest at 2:30, Great Gobbler Gallop at 3:00, Bubble Gum Blowing at 4:00, and Three Legged Race at 4:30 along with a Free Dance featuring Kathy Dell and the Country Kings. Stage 1 and Stage 2 hosts run from 4:15 P M to 6:00 P M with finals at 2:00 P M Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathy Dell
The
Country Kings
Turkey
the Country Kings
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lamar Hunt
Lubbock
Bunker
Herbert Hunt
Kansas City Chiefs
Austin
Corpus Christi
O. P. Carrillo
Duval County
Ramiro Carrillo
Texas Employment Commission
Dolph Briscoe
Small Business Administration
Hidalgo, Cameron
Willacy Counties
University OF Texas At Austin
Lorene Rogers
Congress
General Accounting Office
HOUSE
Ways and Means
GOP
CIA
Richard Nixon
Florida
Panhandle
Eloise
California
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Reagan
Poland
Soviet Union
Washington
State Department
Saigon
Hanoi
Vietnam
Tokyo
Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Buenos Aires
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Politika Ekspres
Sixth Fleet
Gaeta
Naples
Sgt
James Remillard
Peru
Lima
Ruby
South Texas
E. French
Phil Einster
Ktbc-Tv
Nancy Rice
Ernsters
Klrn-Tv
Channel 9
Public Broadcasting System
Channel 10
KZTV
Bob Sheppard
Gary Verner
B. J. Drehr
Marilyn Cheatham
Dale Hengley
Capitol Area
Lions Club
West Heaton
Frito
Main
Gonzales Streets
Shorty
Vort Aransas Philharmonic
Alex
Yorktown Gunshiines
Maniach
Artis & Crafts
Adeline
Harbershop Quartetie
Nat's Hand
Alewir
Spittung
Mariach
Arma Wrestling
Cuero Vocal Group
Betsey Zener
Jimi Jones
Jo Lea Wallace
Purkeyfest
Rodeo Arena
City Park
Nashville Band
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!