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Newspaper
Cuero Record
Location
Cuero, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1971
Page
1
A writer recalls visiting kin in Aransas Pass, including cousins who survived Hurricane Celia and are rebuilding a home. The gathering highlights how aging changes perceptions among relatives and shifts who is considered the older generation.
Leske Motor Co plans a large 1972 automobile and truck showing at 607 South Esplanade on Tuesday September 28. Bill Leske invites the public to view new models with coffee and donuts on display, featuring Dodge Polara Custom 8, Dodge Charger, Coronet Custom, two Dodge pickups, Newport Custom Chrysler, Chrysler Royal, Plymouth Fury IIIs, and Plymouth Valiant Dusters, plus ten 1971 models offered at discounts.
The Gonzales Lions Clubs host the fourth annual Come and Take It Festival on Saturday October 2 at Lions Arena Independence Park. Activities include bareback riding bull riding steer roping calf roping barrel racing and a junior barrel race for county youths. Miss Nicki Stallman Texas Watermelon Queen will appear. Bo Bland roaster clown and his bull fighting sidekick also perform.
Guenther Friar 71 a Cuero rancher died today at 9 10 a m in a local hospital. He lived at 1104 Hunt St with his wife Myrtle Friar and is survived by one brother Oscar W Friar and many nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 4 pm at Freund Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Calvin Peterson officiating. Burial will follow in Hillside Cemetery.
A daily devotional notes Proverbs warnings against the wicked and urges living in harmony with God. It presents Jesus life and teachings as a pattern for world peace and moral conduct.
DeWitt County schedules a public hearing on the 1972 budget for Wednesday October 1 in the county courtroom. Auditor Lawrence Henneke estimates a 5 percent increase over the 1971 budget of 975 240 and mentions a 5.8 percent raise for most county employees with a 25 percent adjustment noted.
Jerry Gartman 31, former radio announcer, surrendered to DeWitt County Jail on charges of theft over $0, failure to appear, and for feiture of a 2000 bond. He listed Guthrie Oklahoma address and turned himself in Saturday at 1 39 pm. He had been sought in multiple states while law enforcement pursued him.
Marjorie Ann Dickinson 19 of New Braunfels was badly hurt when her car overturned three times on Garfield Road 9.2 miles northwest of Yorktown. She was treated for lacerations and transferred to Willford Hall Hospital after initial care at Yorktown Memorial Hospital. Her brother Fred K Dickinson Jr. sustained only minor injuries. A second driver, Henry Villarreal, escaped injury when his vehicle left the road and burned. the Villarreal vehicle was owned by Nick Villarreal Jr of Cuero.
Dan M. Krausse announces Gillett Sheppard Cuero native Longview attorney to join the Ex-Students Association Executive Council. He serves a two year term as Gregg County Texas Exes president and has long been active in UT affairs.
Cuero Community Hospital hosts a teleconference seminar with Texas medical school experts on thyroid disorders. The session explains nodules and cancer questions, featuring a two way link to The University of Texas Medical School in San Antonio for South Texas doctors.
Former Texas state auditor Charles Hubert Cavness, who served 28 years the longest tenure in the office, died Sunday night in an Austin hospital at age 70. He retired from the post in 1968.
Indictments last week target Speaker Gus Mutscher and associates for bribery charges amid a broad fraud scandal. Rep. Tommy Shannon Dort Worth and aide B. Rush McGinty face conspiracy charges, while John Osorio is charged with filing a false report. The cases threaten Mutscher’s career and the hold of Rep. William Heatly on the Appropriations panel.
Cuero Post Office will discontinue Saturday window service effective Oct 16 1971 under the Area Mail Processing Plan. Outgoing mail from Cuero will go to Victoria SCF for processing with local delivery canceled at the Cuero office.
From noon to sunset the dove hunter’s schedule is published with specific sunset times. The notice lists dates in September and October including September 2 and September 29 with evening times and an October 2 Saturday sunset.
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