The Cotulla Record (Cotulla, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, January 6, 1978 Page: 4 of 6
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PAGE 4
Year. . .
(Continued from page 1)
parents at an initiation service
Oct 10 in Tilden
The Cotulla Gun Shop burned
Saturday at noon, while owner
Melton Murff hurriedly warned
everyone in houses next door to
keep their children inside
because live ammunition was in
the shop and could go in any
direction Murff barely missed
getting a bullet in his side when
one hit his key holder and was
diverted
The Cotulla Cowboy football
team suffered its first loss of the
season, losing to the Medina
Valley Panthers by a score of 27
to 9
Miss Brenda Henrickson was
chosen Cowboy Band
Sweetheart at the Homecoming
activities
The Cotulla ISI) announced
that Lost Wax jewelry
classes for adults and seniors
will be held again this year The
instructors are Will Nelson and
Miss Carolyn Foreman
Kay M Keck. Jr . president ol
Stockmen's National Bank in
Cotulla, was elected a director
of the Independent Bankers
Association of Texas
Ihe Cotulla Cowboys
regained a share of the District
28 AA lead by defeating the
Hondo ()w Is in Hondo by a score
ot 22 to 19
The Cotulla FFA has set a
new reocrd for the chapter
They have won both district and
area competitions
The City Council met in
regular session, with a full
agenda GA Cox asked for a
gargage contract for Village
North The contract was sent to
Morris Reese, Jr . attorney of
Laredo to examine, but in the
mean time the garbage will he
picked up
NOV EMBER
Sixty people of the
community and county
registered to give blood for the
South Texas Regional Blood
Bank in San Antonio, and 20
were deferred
The Cotulla Cowboys lost
more than a football game to
the Somerset Bulldogs last
Friday night The Somerset
victory virtually eliminated
Cotulla from any hope or
winning or sharing the District
28 A A title
At the City Council meeting, it
was decided a traffic survey is
needed to form a safer traffic
pattern in the city
Cotulla and LaSalle County
Chamber of Commerce annual
banquet will be held at George
Hopkins Cafeteria Guest
speaker will be Reagan V
Brown, commissioner of the
Texas Department of
Agriculture
1'he first annual Halloween
Parade was filled with more
than 100 ghosts and goblins as
they shewed the numerous
spectators their Halloween
getups The judges were
Maureen Bell, Diane
Richardson. and Tristan
Ramirez
The Freshman game at the
Halloween Carnival was a huge
success and earned over $500.
Callan Oltmann. vice
president and credit analyst of
the local Winter Gai den
Production Credit Asociation.
w ill speak to Los Jefes Chapter
of the National Honor Society
Nov 21 His talk w ill be on agri
business and the many related
careers
Monty Vesper and Jackie
Hunter traveled to L'valde to
receive the 1977 Gold Star
award lor their outstanding
work in 4-11
The Cotulla School District is
applying for a Title VII
Bilingual grant for 1978-79
1’heCotulla High School Boys'
Cross Country Team won their
second championship in three
meets by capturing the Division
11 title of the Kingsville
Invitational Country Meet
ihe Tax Assessor-Collector's
office is in the process of
mailing new voter registration
certificates to all persons who
were on the list of registered
voters as of Oct 31. 1977
On Monday. Nov 14. the
Cotulla FFA Chapter again
went into district competition
and won first place in the
Chapter Farmer Conducting
Division
The city has been plagued
with water well problems for
the past two months Well No 2
at the swimming pool was
reconditioned costing the city
almost $10,000 In addition.
Well No 3 located at Buckley
and Boutwell Streets is
requiring the same treatment
The Mortgage Bankers
Association of America has
awarded the professional
designation of Certified
Mortgage Banker <CMBi to
Ames L Gill. Sr . board
chairman for Medina Savings
and Gill Companies
At the city council meeting
G A Cox presented a request
tor'rezomng of part of Village
North Subdivision to include a
mobile home village
FRIDAY, JANUARY C, 1978
Tin' < omriKsmnei < null of
LaSalle < aunty m< t .aid motion
was made by Arcemo A Garcia
ami sc< or.ded by Carlos B
Gonzalez mat Rosalinda
Rodrigue? be ap|xnnted election
pidge lot Precinct 3. and
Viitomo Benavidez., alternate
lodge Motion carried
Mrs Ben Alexander died
Monday morning November 21
in Dilley Hospital
lean Petrash announced her
candfdacy tor county judge,
subject to the Democratic
primary May 6. 1978
Senioi - ' 'll attend I allege
.n il ' .neei I 'ay at Martin High
>. hool in Laredo on January
julh Mrs 1'redna Wood,
counselor will accompany the
group
DEt EMBER
Ihe Cotulla Chapter ol the
Future Homemakers ot
America extended an invitation
io attend its annual Art and
I oimI Cialis Show entitled the
Cookies! Christmas Ever "
Al l.vons placed first in the
, hess tourney with nine points
I he Chamber ol Commerce
was planning a live Christmas
tree sale but the supplier
defaulted
I he Cotulla PTA met in the
school cafeteria Monday Dec
3 The meeting was called to
order by Mrs Margaret
A FRIO-NUECES LTD. PUBLICATION
DeKoch ‘‘nd the minutes were
read and approved The
membership drive brought 165
new members
The * otulla Quarter Back
Club l ootball Banquet honoring
the v u sity tootball team vv ill be
held Friday Dec 9 at 7:30 p.m
in the school cafeteria. Speaker
lor the e- emng will be Mike
Morrow Vinenea's Happiest
Speakei
LaSalle County received
more than $2 million ot the
state s yti million travel receipts
m 1976. a national study
commissioned by the Texas
tourist Development Agency
has shown
Ihe Cotulla and LaSalle
County Chamber ol Commerce
is sponsoring a Home and
Business Decorating and
Lighting Contest
A traditional Christmas
candlelighting service will be
THE COTULLA RECORD COTULLA, TEXAS
held at 7 30 p in. Dec 21 at the
First United Methodist Church
Sandra Brown and Carolyn
Hott, seniors, were selected by
members of Los Jefes Chapter
ot MIS to apply for a National
Honor Society scholarship
The Cotulla Court Jesters
have contracted with the Alpha
i Onega Players to present Mark
Twain's The Diary of Adam
and Eve" at the CHS
auditorium on January 6, at
7.30 p m
Many awards were presented
bv the Quarter Back Club at the
banquet Among those winning
awards were Bobbie Casey
(Outstanding Linesman); Clay
Bell (Most Valuable Player);
and Ramiro Garza (Defensive
Player of the Year). _
(Continued on page 5)
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Reddell, Lewis A., II & White, Mrs. Freddie. The Cotulla Record (Cotulla, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, January 6, 1978, newspaper, January 6, 1978; Cotulla, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1175341/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Alexander Memorial Library.