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THE WEATHER
CUERO, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 28,1947
SIX PAGES TODAY
VOL. 53.—yo. 79.
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i will climax the
AUCTION AT 8 TONIGHT
Bob Stubbs, Joe Tomanec
New Softball Field In Park
Under Construction By City
1
E.
the
his boys staged
at
held
The session tonight is a regular
The Auxiliary will take part in tfce
of
re-
said.
TO SEEK DIVORCE
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3
a
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S. S. BENEFITS
ARE EXPLAINED
FLOWER SHOW
IS ANNOUNCED
Survivors Of Deceased
Persons Are Eligible
For Payments
San Antonio Invites Public
To View Memorial Ex-
hibit April 19, 20
125 Still Out, Should Be
Mailed In By April 1
To Be Counted
ENTRY CHOSEN
IN 2ND PLACE
CC BALLOTING
HERE LAGGING
BLUE JEANS
DRILLS WILL
OPEN MONDAY
MRS. DuBOSE
GIV^S .0ONDS
BOYS
strudkm Set Here
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HOLLYWOOD. Mar 28— <UP.• —
Actress Rita Hayworth will file suit
to divorce Orson Welles when she
Cuero’s dog catchers destroyed 87
dogs during the month of March in
drive in
announced
Vi
Curtis Boothe's Hog Given
Grand Champion Award
AtFFAShow
entry was named
i after plating
refresh-
snack
Reserve chamg
Melvin Elkins’
pound Hereford
L. DuBose Betel
Placing as reset
ins’ calf was pb
hRevjeNgld (Nvt
'Diird place a
show was
sJon. Tbe
bnedby
t. a
(Inleroationil)
Legion Auxiliary T
Stage Event At
De Ym Have
A VISITOR
Mone The Record
Hod
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sly, the
TThe tfuero Liecord
A NEWSPAPER REFLECTS ITS COMMUNITY
POOL TO OPEN
SUNDAY MORN
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Park Plunge To Operate
10 A. M. To 10 P. M.
Daily During Summer
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General
■■kick out the first football
the game between the
^^H|and Baylor B teams,
the •> ’ ’
HHK Turkey Trot.
||||K should be a gala occa-
■■. Even if no other notables
M^uld come—but they will—
MRhrill be fine to have the fa-
■Kms war hero on hand for
the opening festivities.
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'.©aero has another election
coming up—a School Trustee
J Data Or Returning Of
War Dead Available
LIGHTS TO BE
ERECTED ALSO to ff a
be struck for citizens
will run for, and
School Trustees.
■Bool Board jobs
Bely necessary, and
srs managed to visit the
ds during the day Fri-
Pre-Easter services will be
each evening from Sunday through
Thursday at the First Presbyterian
Church here at 7:30 o’clock, it was
Holy Commun-
Sunday
said.
Garden
Winners In Capon And
Sheep Divisions Js
a 965-pound Hi
the Zl. DuBose
ed off with Grand Champion
honors in the fat calf dlvis‘“
of the Tenth Annual Cuero ]
Fat stock Show here Thursday
ternoon.
Holzapfels
grand chami
in the heavy
To
of the Aux-
Hail.’
The dance and supper win be
seems to be fact now that
Y HOLZAPFEL S ULF NAMED CHIMP
pcctlve members of beta groups wQ
be invited to attend affsjr.
At the Thursday mgatta the Aux-
iliary also voted to install a powder
room in the Legion Hall and to fia
up the stage in the building.
Chas. Koenig, Jr, was
chairman of the project.
Police Chief Rufus L. Taylor was one of 88 law enforce-
ment officers receiving a diploma Friday for completion of the
34th Session of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Nation-
WATERSCHOOL
WILL BE HELD
UAD8R of the “Blasi
cw waiiwrg?
ci«ym>w
national Tribunal foZ’tM Far
tag diflbrent kinds of chlornators
It was pointed out that the Assoc- park manager,
latten is responsible for the school.
The A—elation was formed In
Cuero February 30 and V. E. Atkin-
son, superintendent of the Victoria
Waterworks was elected president.
PRE-EASTER
SERVICES TO
BE OFFERED
The general public is cordially
invited to attend the recital sponsor-
ed by tiie Music Lovers Club in the
High School Auditorium to night at
8 o’clock officials of the club ann-
ounced. .
FeaturedZfuest artist will bo Mias
Nell Holtriyric soprano of Belton,
who will be accompanied by Mtes
Rosemary Blackwell of Cuero. Both
musicians are now students in Mary-
Hardin Baylor college in Belton.
Miss Holt is a senior at the
college and is employed as music
director for the Belton Elementary
school. She was born in Houston and
graduated from high school in
Crowley, La. Since that time she
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for little children, as well as
seme playground equipment for
the West Side park.
The Receation Council is ex-
pecting the City of Cuero to
provide i tennis courts, softball
diamonds, volleyball and bad-
(Continued on page 2.)
BiUy Holzapfel’s “Billy Boy,”
--------:eiffor0 bred by J
se EsUte, walk-
ed on foreign soil to the
States may be obtained
morning from 8:30 to 11
All ballots in the Chamber of
Commerce electiau .must be received
fin the CC office not later thah
April 1 Sn order to be counted, it
was reported Friday.
The election is the annual ballot-
ing to elect seven new directors
for the CC. There are 16 nominees
on the ballots mailed out recently
to all members the organisation.
It was reported Friday that 125
ballots still remain out, and it was
requested that all members who
haven’t done so mail in their ballots.
The Chamber office also announc-
ed that 9000 more tomato plants will
be distributed h*re Saturday. They
are all spoken for.
The latest order for plants by the
local CC was for 20,000 plants, but
only 9000 could be supplied by the
Valley buyer which already has put
out more than 100,000 plants throu-
gh the CC and dealers here.
Additional contracts for sweet com
acreage are being signed, indicating
that more acreage than the origin-
ally pledged 352 acres may be
planted in this vicinity this season.
the Council by its
Committee after
and Bataan,
ffi Wainwright,
fcore^ of Cuero’* bi«
fcey Trot next November.
|» General has told Trot
■gte that he will be presnt
I thRt he would like to stay
Bhe four full days. Wheth-
fecan remain longer, of
than one day, is prob-
Brlinil at this time. But the
feral says only orders tak-
! him out of the country
Kid prevent his being pres-
to wBl be accompanied by
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nance committee is Francis Mc-
Alister. He will name a commit-
tee to assist in the fund cam
paign. At the Thursday night
meeting McAlister appointed a
group of Council members to
help him formulate a letter to
be sent out explaining the pro-
posed program and appealing for
at least $3-per-child donations.
This group began working on
the letter Thursday night after
the regular meeting adjourned.
The recreation setup as okayed^
by the Council calls for two men
an one woman to act as paid
supervisors during the summer
program, at salaries of $175 each
per month for the three months.
These experienced supervisors
would stage tournaments, offer
Cuero Municipal Park swimming
pool will be opened officially for
the 1947 season at 10 o'clock Bunday
morning, according to U. L. Rusche,
Andrews said the main issue was
money spent during our “control of the faculty by president
The Texas Medical| Gilchrist throi
fast_ and intimidu..
Tqxgs Univ. Library
Austin, Toxaa.
tatten Research Foundation. Equip-
ment and engineers to instruct the
represent a tives attending the school
will be furnished by Wallace and
Tiernan, outstanding in manufac-
ture of dtiirhtation machinery and
in ehtorimtfcta research.
n Cities Invited
AU employes of Waterworks and
sewage departments of the 18 cities
represented tn the Waterworks and
Bpnttattefi Association organisation
have been invited to attend the
school
John Garrett, a graduate of Mass-
achusetts Institute of Technology,
will be instructor of the school. Now
residing in Station, Garrett has a
number of friends in Cuero. He in-
stalled the chlorinator at the pump-
tag station on French street.
The Course
The couree will consist of both
claas work and actual-work in the
RECITAL SET
FOR TONIGHT
Public Is Invited By Music
Club To Hear Program
At School
rokyol Biter-
Unanimous appr oval
wa» given to a proposed
year-round supervised
youth recreation program
by the Cuero Youth Rec-
reation Council at a meeting in
the C of C office Thursday night.
.The program was presented to
Executive
exhaustive
study of the needs for the ap-
proximately 1000 youths in the
city who would be eligible.
The plan, as approved by the
Council, calls for a budget of
83000 for the first year's oper-
ation, with emphaois placed on
an extensive summer program.
Method of financing was
agreed upon—to charge $3 each
Chief Taylor Wins FBI
School Diploma Today
staged Friday night. April IL
the Legion Hall. All. Legtennai
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3ne of lhe best of PF A Fat
tek Shows is being reeled
out at We Auction Ring,
th the top event scheduled
light o’clock.
kuctiofting of the prize ani-
Js will climax the year’s
ijects |fir the boys, and will
lay them, at least in part,
■ the investment they have
tab in feeding their calves
m baby to baby beef.
L large crowd of local mer-
nte, business men, ranch-
■as well as representatives
■eking houses, ar^expect-
H be on hand to bid on the
East to testify for reform move-
ment in behalf of 25 alleged Japa- 1
nese war trimlnals who are ‘now
on trial. U. S. Army Signal Corps
photograph. CfnierDafian.W) l1
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iwfis have attended the
spectators were on hand
he judging Thursday,
i BUly Holzapfel’s “Billy
was judged Grand
■pion of the show and
B Elkins’ “Joie Bion,”
Chosen Reserve Champ-
ball, baseball, vcdleyball, archery,
croquet, deck tennis, badminton,
miniature golf. ballroom and
folk dancing, and a social pro-
gram every <"
night. *
It also is contemplated in the
first year’s budget to provide
•sandpiles, swings, see-saws, etc..
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^’ instruction in swimming and
other sports, supervise various
games and playground activit-
ies for youths of all ages
throughout the summer.
The present bi-weekly social
program—parties given in Mu-
nicipal Clubhouse—would con-
tinue through the summer and
throughout the other nine
months of the year.
This would be conducted prin-
cipally through volunteer adult
supervisors, although during the
summer the recreation direct-
ors likely would help plan
events on the social program
too, it was agreed.
It was pointed out that volun-
teers also would be expected to
assist the paid supervisors in
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for memberships in the Youth
program, this $3-per-child to be
collected from parents and from
other civic minded citizens
throughout the city.
The program would embrace
all young people between the
ages of 6 and 18, regardless of
whether parents could afford to
pay the $3 per child fee. It is
believed that citizens and or-
ganizations other than parents
will contribute enough member-
ships to take care of all elig-
ible.
It was agreed' that a direct
mall appeal to all parents of
eligible children, as well as; to
other citizens, would be institut-
ed as quickly as possible.
Overall chairman of the fi-
The pool will be kept open from
10 a. m. to 10 p. m. seven days per
week throughout the swimming sea-
son, Rusche <xald.
Two lifeguards have been signed j
for the pool this year, providing for
one to be on duty at all times. On 1
days when there is a large crowd In
-the pool, both life guards will be on
duty.
The pool is In fine shape at the
present time, Rusche said. The
he big auction tonight
Two-Day Chlorination In-
b raised by boys who are
ning how in the Cuero
h School. ' - - -p.
he FFA instructor Goerge
al Academy in Washington.
Taylor has attended the school for
the past 12 weeks, leaving Cuero
early in January. He has received
special training in fingerprint iden-
tification, In addition to courses on
police organization and administra-
tion. traffic control, investigative
techniques, operation of police lab-
oratories and firearms training.
The graduating class included of-
ficers from 3L states, the District of
Columbia, Hswaii, Alaska and the
Netherlands West Indiss. The only
other officer from this area attend-
~ Information concerning the
moval of bodies of servicemen kill-
United
Tuesday
at the!
Cuero Recruiting Office according
to Corporal Arnold Thompson of the;
Victoria office.
Parents or relatives of war dead
who desire the latest information
on the government's plan to bring«
the bodies back to this county mav j
obtain it Tuesday morning. Thomp-
son said.
joined forces with the Aggie senior Music Club in Crowley,
class in demanding thq resignation
of president Gibb Gilchrist.
The Blue Jeans, girls softball team
will begin practice for the doming
seaeson Monday afternoon at 5:30
at the High School old practice field,
it was decided at an organization
meeting of the team Friday night.
About 12 girls attended the meet-
ing Thursday night and quite a few
more are expected to turn out for
the practices. Joe Fuchs was
| chosen as manager of the team for
the second consecutive year. *
Most players from the strong
team of 1946 will be back this year,
it was reported. Last Summer the^ i
‘earn won 13 and lost only 4 garries. Horney announced.
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DM, aBeflTT of Wharton county
Evferett McKinley Dirksen. con-
gressman from Illinois, and Dr.
Peter Marehall, chaplain of the Un-
ited States Senate and Pastor of
the New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church in Washington, addressed
the graduating class.
Mrs. Taylor also attended the
graduation ceremonies and watched
her husband received his diploma.
They expect to return to Cuero early
next week.
CMro A»rti 8 and 9 was made Frt-
4»y by City officials. , j
The school wfll be held at the
Cuero Waterworts and will be spon-
hero Of Corregi-; sored by the Texas Water and Sani-
Gen. Jona-
will be an
Night Play To Be Possible
For Softballers On
New Diamond
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Work already has been ,
started on the construction of
into operation at Cuero Muni-
cipal Park this year, it was learned
Friday.
The new softball diamond will be
located just east of the drive lead-
ing from the Victoria highway to
the Clubhouse.
Hauling of dirt to be used in level-'
tag the field has been started al-
ready. The infield is fairly smooth,
but the outfield will require quite
a bit of work, especially in left field
and center field, it was reported.
Lights will be installed so that
night games can be played at the
new field.
Building of the new setup is being
done by the City of Cuero.
Last year softball games were
played under the lights at Cuero
Park Stadium, where baseball also
was played. Baseball fans and play-
ers became disturbed over the re-
ported damage done to the fiAd
by the softballers.
y Three places are to be filled
, and four applications for the
i ports have been filed.
flomehow, we have always
grtM that special medals should
who
serve as,
Of course,
are abso-
there
;ys will be public-spirited,
■ns who will offer to do
The San Antonio Floxver Associa-
i tion has announced its annual
sides have been cleaned and patat-, ®Prin8 Flower Show on Saturday
ed. During the season the pool will and Sunday. Auril 19 and 20, and
be cleaned every second or third day has invited the public of South
to keep up the fine record.the pool
won last year. when the State
Health Department judged it the
second most sanitary in the state, i
(Continued on page 5.)
poppy sale on the WMkend of Mem-
orial day this year. Mrs. W. O.
Semmler, president of the Auxiliary,
reported. The members will
the poppies on Saturday, May 31,
and will sell at least 1,000 this year,
Mrs. Semmler said.
The Auxiliary also voted to turn
the dishes and kitchen equipment
ba<& to the Legion membership.
Mrs. Charles Marquis was chosen
delegate to ‘the 14th District Con- v
vention In Corpus Christi May 10
and 11, and Mrs. M. Pundt was
chnsen alternate.
Following the meeting
mentis were served at the
counter.
» YOUTH PROGRAM AND BUDGET ARE APPROVEDELKINS
'Dragon’ Testifies
other, Saturday *;
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MS
-
" Cullens Give Eighty
Millions To School
And Medical (enter
Total Social . Security benefits
pai^ to survivors of deceased work-
ers are exceeding the amounts paid
to retired workers at age 65 or old-
er, it was revealed Friday by Gordon
James, manager of the Social Secur-
ity office in San Antonio.
“Monthly payments in the San
Antonio area to widow’s. children,
parents, and other relatives of de-
ceased workers amounted to 39.-
668 29 for the month of December.”
James declared, “whereas checks
sent to retired 65 year old workers
in the same month totaled only
$37264.70.” ,
James said that while most people
know that Sociay Security provides
for payments at 65, relatively few-
realize that it also makes possible
payments to the relatives of insur-
ed workers who die at any age.
"When an insured worker dies,”
James continued. *‘v.e can send
monthly checks to children under
(Continued on page 5.)
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keeping the summer progi^un
going “full blast” for some 1000
youngsters.
The type of program approved
(with suggestions from students
themselves helping determine
what was wanted; for the com-
ing summer at Municipal Park
K as follows:
Summer basketball, touch
football, golf instruction, swim-
ming instruction, tennis, soft-
calf was bftd on tire W. R. MfHer
place.
Other places ta the heavyweight
claas were won by “Buckter” 990- - ;
pound Hereford fed Kart Schwab . 1
and bred by the ’rijoraton Wamiltrm g
890-pound Hereford ‘‘Shorty", also
bred by the TbM*ntan w*fflflFllT
ranch, fourth.
. Other lightweight wtanere ware
Clifton Lan’s “SURahtae SpectU,” an
820-pound Hereford bred by the J.
L. DuBose Estate, third, and Billy .
Kureteris "Btactae,” a 790-pound
Angus bred by the W. R. Miller
ranch, fourth.
Mrtagctat
judging for the Mrew was oom-
Clendenin. vocational 2griLltS!
taacher at Alice High School. Judg-
(Continued en page X)
SUPPER-DANCE
PLANS DRAWN
be cleaned every second or third day has Invited the public
Texas to visit the show.
The Show will be held in Witte
Museum, and there will be many
fine floral exhibits, officials .
About 300 women of the
Clubs of San Antonio are taking
part in the exhibition.
Entire proceeds frem the
will be donated to the World War
Two Memorial Building Fund of the
Museum, according to Mrs. R. W.
Briggs, general chairman of the I
Flower Show.
Plans already have been drawn
for this handsome Memonal build-
ing.
Hours for the show are, Saturday.
4 to 9 p. m.; and Sunday. 9 a. m. to
9 p. m.Admission price for adults is
j 35 cents plus 7 cents tax. Mrs Briggs
Trusteeships usually
HHmre to be thankless jobs,
Pwtth the trustees, no matter
bow hard they try to do their
level best, subject to severe
criticism at times.
A medal might make the job
eMier.
OUSTER ASKED
OF GILCHRIST
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6000 Vef Students Join In
Aggie Protest; Lewis
Raps Mine Tragedy
By United Press,
Nearly 6000 veteran students at
famed Texas A. and M. College have has given recitals for the
EAST TEXAS— Tonight partly
cloudy, slightly warmer in north and
west portions. Tomorrow occasion-
al rain in the extreme south por-
tion, slightly warmer. Cuero high
Thursday 86, low 48.
announced Friday,
ton Service ^111 be held
morntag at 11 o’clock. .
The public la cordially invited to
attend all of the services. General
theme of the services will be "Jesus
Christ, Our Lord.”
Billy Holzapfel and Melvin
Elkins, who took the Grand
Champion and Reserve Champ-
ion ribbons, respectively, in the
Future Farmers of America Fat
Stock Show will receive a $25
saving bond, in addition to the
prize money and proceeds from
..... ................... ................... the 8Rle of the calf.
J. L- DuBose annually
t county a new softball field to be pat giFW
a 835 bond to the boy en-
tering the Grand Champion calf
in the s$tew. This year, both the
Grand Champion and Reserve
Champion were bred by the J.
L. DuBose Estate, and there was
so little difference between the
two that Mrs. DuBose decided
to give both boys a war bond.
This was the fourth consecu-
tive year that a calf from the
DuBose Estate or from the per-
sonal herd of Mr.s. DuBose won
the Grand Champion honors.
0u Aprif-11
P«t Na S American Legion were .
completed at a meeting of the Au*-
entire school administration, ,
Hall Packed
The assembly hall—where the
meeting was held—was packed last,
night. More than three thousand
veteran students, former Agges and
parents of students crowded into[
its first rigid anti-rabies
several years, it was
here Friday.
City Police with two assistants be-
gan a drive against stray dogs the
latter part of February, after a mad
dog bit several Cuero degs and 40
1 head of dairy cattle owned by Jack
’ Wayne.
by i The animats killed were stray
returns from an eastern trip her at-1 be the main recipients of the fabu- reading two tetters? One letter was j dees which were reported to the
, | lotus gift. (Continued on page 6.) [Police Department. I
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Mre. »
minted .s
She has been studying under Mrs.
_________ Hattie Woodruff Hillyer for the past
The demands by the Veteran Ac-;three years.
sociation are expected to be heard j The seGsi°n tonight is a regular
this afternoon at a special called! meetln8 of the Music Lovers Club,
meeting of the college board of di- jbut busine“ will be dispensed with
rectors. I because the public is being invited
The veterans also voted over-1 to tbe recital There will be no
whelmlngly in. favor of a mdtion ex- .char8e for the PHWvK
pressing a lack of confidence in the --------r-------!—-----
87 STRAYS r
ARE KILLED
I IN MONTH
HOUSTIN. Mar. 28.—'UP.*—A 65-ithe haU- And outside the building,
year-old Texas oil man, H. R. 'a cr°wd of students estimated at
Cullen, who has had only three several thousand" listened to the
' years of formal schooling has an- Proceedings.
j nounced that he and his wife are The meeting had been called by
establishing an 80-inillion-dollar Blb Andrews of Amarillo—president
foundation because they are selfish. the ex-servicemen group.
He says "we are so selfish we want
to see our
lifetime." The Texas Medical’ Gilchrist through the use of duress
Center at Houston and the fast- taid intimidation.”
growing University of Houston will ' Andrews opened the meeting
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