The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 307, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 22, 1959 Page: 1 of 14
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NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS —
Partly cloudy through Sunday
with mild days and caol Bight*,
VOL. 65—NO. 307
CUERO, TEXAS, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22. 1959
14 PAGES — PRICE 5c
f^own Talk National
Secretary
TPA Here
A Cuero business woman
talced the writ Wednes-
day to make some mention
In Town Talk about the au-
tomcb - drivers who insist
cn parking their cars In
front of the
In’ mall box
Post
cffice.
This particular lady, and
there
Officer* and directors of
M. Travelers Protective Associa-
tion, gathered at the Live Oak
Restaurant Friday noon to greet
single ‘drive- national secretary Terry Haga-
located on man- "ho is on a week-long tour
of Texas posts.
Church street near the post Hagaman said Post M has pro-
duced some great men In TPA
and now has a number of out-1
- I standing figures In the assocla-1
are probably others, tton. He credited the atrong spirit1
says she often has a hand- Of fratemalism as a factor that
__ .... . K„, has helped build the post to a
fRD of letters to tall but membei^p 34,
f»- • no Other business In The national officer, who was
1he post office proper. SO in Cuero six years ago. compli-j
. . . 4 . . . mented Post M on its TPA spirit
Lhe drives to where the out- and spok4. well of the local offic.
c'or mailbox ’■ '-c:ted only crs.
to find that She cannot get Besides llagaman other visi-
tors were D. F. Colbath of San
to It because so. et .tcs car j Antonio, state secretary; Georg*
prevents It. (Tinker of San Antonio, past state'
With this -tuation. she president and now honorary state
. safety chainr.an; L. J. Gerdes.
says she must get out of immediate pas! state president
her car and go into the post and secretary of Post O in Vic-
K-r i.4iiri toria: and M. D. Price, first vice-
office to mail her letters. | idenr o( Post D in San An.
We fc ;1 sure th3 guilty tonio.
parties would discontinue Local officers and directors pre-
the practice if they would Bi„ Nami L A ..Ske,r Bauer'
but give the SUbJ"* a little Jr., Homer Blanton. Fielding Brc-
thoucht eden. Arthur Schodde. W. G. Fos- J. Hr‘ley Rice, resident of Cu- out of the Yoakum office.
b ter, John Brice, Ed DeLeon. Char- ero since 1929, last week retired His first route was served by
* * * les Gay. Walter Richter, Bonnie as clerk at ‘lie Cuero Post Office horse and buggy. On September
The sale by the drink Harrison, Marion Weber, Joe Ke- after giving the lT- S. Govern- 1!. 1920. the word substitute
places, or at least two of
them, were doing a land of-
fice business in Houston the
night of Novemb 14.
And we were told by
friends tl.et the biggest
city of -*:r state Is really
•loaded’ with such places.
These so-called private
rlubs are no more private
than any other type of busi-
ness that cat" to the pub-
Students Critically
Injured In Accident
Gridman Bruce Smith
Most Severely Injured
ANGRY KIIAUIA—Here Is the eruption of Ktlauea on Hawaii,
in a photo made at the crater's nm. Lav* fountains spill
out at top and run 300 feet down to form a river of fire.
Postal Clerk Retires
After 42 Years Service
esler. Ben E. Prause and John ment 42 years of service. was taken off Rices title.
Beming. Rice first joined the govern- While living in Yoakum he
Breeden Post M secretary in- ment as a navy man Octolier 1, nLo delivered on Routes 4 and
traduced guests and gave Blanton 1917. He was discharged July 23. 2. On Rt. I
• sia s a • m ■ 1____ « a4 o I KMa 1,11 f on
he used an nutomo-1
much credit for Post M s large 1919. I bile, hut-on Rt. 2 used both a car
membership. Rice joined the U. S Post Of- and horse and buggy. I
Tinker expressed appreciation fice Department October 20, lf|19. Tlie long-time C uero resident
• Continued on Page 14i as a substitute rural mail carrier moved here in September, 1939.
--——_____—_ (|fi j ,)f ttlo same year, |
lie betaine clerk in Cuero. He
has held that position until the
present.
Although Rice will not officially
retire until November 30, be is
no longer seen at. the post office.
October
Sales Set
New Record
AUSTIN, Nov. <UP1> —
Texas retail tales were estimat-
ed at $1,221,200,000 during Octo-
ber. a new high for the month,
the University of Texaa Bureau
of Business Research reported
Sunday.
October sales ware 10 per cent
greater than September and 9
per cent above October last year.
Total sales for the January*
Octolier 1959 period were esti-
mated at $11,174,400,000. some
7 per cent above the same period
a year ago
Texas retail activity during
October eloaely paralled the
national trade pattern, the bu-
reau said.
The bureau estimated the to-
tal 1959 trade volume at $13,-
fiiW,000.000, tome 8 per cent more
| than 1958 sales.
A major portion In the October
gain was in sales of durable
goods. Durables were estimated
! at $330,800,000. a rise of 19 per
cent over September.
| Sales of nondurable goods on
the average constitute 7b per
cent of the total retail trade
• Continued on Page 14 >
1 Two Cuero High School students, Druce Smith and
Bonnie Luker, both 16. were critically injured at 10.30 p.
|m. Friday when a 1955 Buick sedan Smith was driving
Ismashed Into a tree on a farm road near Ratcliff school.
1 Also injured were Jolena Wig-
gins, 10, ar.it Jimmy C ippedge,
17. They are «;s> Cuero High
students.
Smith and the two girls were
admitted to Cuero Hospital.
Highway Patrolman Ralph
McClendon said Smitli suffered
internal injuries. Saturday morn-
ing he was having convulsions
and was bleeding from the
mouth, according to McClendon.
102-Year-Old Cueroite
Gets Insurance Policy
Archie Pratt, a 102-year-old When he u s lS ve.irs
lie and In the two we visited , Negro veteran of three cattle accepted hi- first i- h w/
_____drives up the old Chisholm Trail
1 nyone could 1
d he
purchase """ "" 11
any kind cf mixed .‘Ink de- take out a hospital and surgical Kar • ommunity.
sired. To be conducted leg- ;insurance policy. While woiking f-r 1:<ifD' Pra"
Pratt, who lives at 210 T. I- made three trips up 'he Chisholm
________ .St., makes his home -prajj > rsj
no one is supposed to be with his daughter, Cora Mae Pratt
pa 1
1 t. rraii,
itimately as a private club overture St., makes his home Trail Thc . rst w;is Wjth
with his daughter, Cora Mae Pratt will Glass a rancher li\ing east
He was “written up” by Don Mc-lof jp^hhe'm
Knight, of Mutual of Omaha's The other ti.mes |lc a. ■
Sam Pirn hion of Ho< hiic
John Holcomb, agent from the k P.urnett, a . miiev 1
Victoria office. Between 18M2 aid ]v..'
Pratt fold the insurance men j|mei* was r.npiovecl I
he had been to a doctor only |,irnhmd, who farmed 1
able to buy drink but
*»* 4**u
bonifide members, and even djs,rjt, officer in Victoria, and
(( oriTinut»<| on Pure 14 •
John W Pieper
Awarded Jesse H.
Jones Scholarship
then, it Is supposed to be
pour f- m yorr own bot-
tle But. we were told, ail
you have to do to become a
member Is to write your
name on a slip of paper and
you ' - i t need any bottle of
j our own to get a drink.
It appears the long arm
of the law ‘ n’t so long
down Houston way v
* * *
Howard E. Butt, presi-
dent of the H. E. Butt gro-
cery company, which re-
cently purchased property
in the 600 block of N. Es-
planade street for the loca-
tion of its 84th store, is
pretty much sold on Cuero
and the future of the Cue-
ro area.
We have much confi-
dence in your city and con-
template having an cxcei-
bnt store there.” Butt
v rote m a lct’er to Mayor J
‘I Newman We want to be
tred citizens of Cuero and
? important part of your
r •nnnuiit- life
The Cuero Mayor said
Buft indicated ' e planned
to start construction short-
]. after the first of the
year He said the HEB
store here including the
purchase price of the pro-
perty. would represent ar,
investment of between
$200 000 and $250,000._
tu
once in his life, and that wax 40
years ago.
The aged Negro was itorn Oct-
ober 15, 1837. lie has spent most i?,r
of his live in the Cuero area work- and j
Ing for prominent farmers and
ranchers
final Brucellosis
Meetings This Week
The final two bru"*llosis
meetings in a series of eight
will be held Monday at York-
town Community Mali and Tues-
day at Meyers\ille. h.ach will
stall at 7 3b p m.
Meetings have 1/cen planned
by the l**ef anil dairy commit-
t, ea of., the DeVVitt County fix-
tension Biogtam Building Corn-
n-ii'ee and Interested livestock
ptodui ets in the lountv.
County Agent fjilbert lb uie-
man will condu't the meetings.
PRAYER • POEM
t, G•©•"« WAlIlt
i wnow $oi8 srmiT
of Cuero. After lenv in"
hard iioy cstcad ■ ! ’. ■
for Frit/ n cd< ! a k V
ter. C>ttr, ( ic: ! . k!, I ! I '.:
I' I iSlliC
Pratt, went r.to > '
years a go lie la-t ei - !
Walter Koenig, v '-o fai*.': < '
S/iut|) Rt-. cr fioad
I>co eprlatv f ’• i “ ■
Cr. ' ear span 'if life. II.
son is fKi.
Gisler
Rites Held
Graveside set\ i< es f' r
Alois <its.*•■. Co, i.t I
Se.lcr of V' ycrsv
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f
1 At'STfN'. Texas. Nov. 22
1 .' ,!.rt \V Pieper. t'niversity of
, senior Irotii Cuero, ha*
I r,i a M JO Jesse H. Jones Mr*. Libby Shulls of Cuero.
1 . I oiarship in honor of Admiial Mrs. Shults and Mrs R. J
• ' Waldeck will go to Rosenlterg for
•!1,e s, bolar'bips are awarded th* funeral,
i tr> f e-rdxus of the Naval Reserve
- ' r ' • i s' itaining Corps l nit at
the University. j
pjcpcr. son of Mr. and Mrs.
tyaltcr Incpet, is taking the pet-
oleum engineering route to a
hiisinf adniinistiation degree
lie Is president of the Stiver
Spurs, men's honorary servi-e
!.: .rV 'irv/nt ion; w as named an Out -
t.iiift r ,■ - tiufent in the 1959 (.'at -
' i student yeartreik, and is a
member of’-Scabbard and Blade,
honorary, organization for Rf/TC
ife has t«een active in
,. p.f/fr and intramural
NATHftt OH ■ AMPAO«—This
map shows the Belgian trust
territories of Ruanda and
Urundi. Fighting between ri-
val Watusi and Bahutu tribes-
men reached the proportion*
of full-scale civil war In
Ruanda. Fighting was said to
have spilled over into Urundi.
Colonial troops surrounded a
band of 500 looUng Bahutus
near the village of Muhondo
in Ruanda. The death toll
may run to aeverai hundreds.
Firemen
Called Gut h.
s[iot on the missile range
(.u^ro Fire Depurti^ient mano Kittifiper ina^le th<* 7^,100 f»mt
its fourth silent alarm run in ^rop ns p;irt of a prnieet testing
two days at 6 15 p.m. Friday e»|iiipment designed to bring men
when an outlet, broke off a Im- hack safely from the stratosphere,
fane gas system at the I>. C. A source at the White Sands
Stewart residence, near l-ewis range said additional tests may
Nursery. begin Monday.
(liief t/'ster Frers said the Seta Altitude Mark
gas did not catch firs hut the The Air Force spaceman, who
to his home base at
Cuero, died in a Rosenberg hos- precautionary roeasiiia Wright Air Force Base, Dayton,
pita! at 7 a m Saturday. Firemen were called to the citv Ohio, after the test also set a
Funeral rites will he conducted dump Friday moininjf to tpicll mark for the highest altitude
at 2 pm. Sunday at the Methodist a trash fire that got out of hand reac hed lev a man in an open
Church in Rosenberg. Cn Thursday file department balloon gondola
Mrs. Dickerson, who had been made a run to the Mmgst estate In 1937 lie
in ill health for more than a year, farm it Lindenati wheie a barn tinguished Flying Cross for snar-
ls survived by her husband; n son partly filled with hay was <lcs ing to 9K.IJOO fee- in a closed gon-
Jimmie; one grandson. Charles; troyed Icy fire On the same day, dola. hut that record was exlip-
two sisters. Miss Jessie Thomas a tun was made to the Maggie cl by the 102 out) foot a sc ent ‘if I.t
and Mrs Frank (Rijftit Hutc hins; Tic kins home wlieie a trash fire Col. David Simmons
and three cousins, Mrs. Charlie burned .ml of < on'id_" 'ontmued on Page U>
Heavy. Mrs. Jessie Nichols and
Officer
Parachutes
14V2 Miles
ALAMO*iORDw. N M t'l’f - ............... -----
An Air Force officer has proved *"“SfV.?
aid smith was in the most c: I-
space pioneers can parachute
from the fringes of space with no
ill effects.
The Air Force revealed Friday
that Oipt. Joseph W Kittmger
Jr . 31. Tampa, Fla . reached the
ground “in perfect, condition” af-
ter a record It 1-2 mile jump
from a balloon gondola Monday.
He plummeted 12 miles and
was falling at 430 miles an hour
before his chute opened, according
*<> a spokesman at the White
' Sands Missile Range near here
predetermined
Dickerson
Rites Set
i"> longer seen at the post Mtice. | Mrs^OiarFs O^ k department was called out ns a 1 returned
R.ce is now ..king unused vara- I". Jcautk.narv rneasuuk
nun time tliat will carry Inin to
Retiring Officer
Seeks Employment
i/ONDON' — it rti -The
following advertisement »P
penred today In the Times
of l/indnn:
‘•Tired. tK»red U*y srrru
officer resigning from Infan
try regiment. Inrnmjwtent,
drink* too much. Seeks em
ployment. not too much
work, leuidon area. Age IS,
looks ea.”
Good Season Seen For
Texas Fruit Growers
WASHINGTON t IT Texas Agriculture I tepartment. cvper's
graficfnli*. growers may be he.c-l estirnatcil the weighted puce for
, .... ,c a,I I v pcs of Texas grow n grape
for their best season in ilic ,,
— .i-- w.||| si )! for
tical c ondition, which was verifi-
ed by 1 tie attending physician at
mul-af'ernoon Saturday.
Smith is well - known to Cue-
ro football fans as one of the
Cuero Hi li School Gobblers’
outstanding hacks.
McClendon said Miss Luker,
who was still unconscious Sal-
uiday morning, suffered a brain
concussion.
The patrolman said the Wig-
n’ontmued on Page 14»
Last Rites
Mrs. Byrne
Last rites for Mrs. lavuise By-
rne. 79, who died Thursday night
in a local rest home, were con-
,Inner, at Freund Funeral Home
and -t. Michael’s Catholic Chur-
rti Saturday morning.
huriai was in Hillside Ceme-
tery. Rev. William Jansen offic-
iated. Pallbearers were John
Reining. Pete Howerton, Frank
'' Burns, Louis Sciba, Bennie B.
had won the Ins- j»r;ill,,, . n,| George Hartman.
M's oe was bora >n Cuero
ICbc.iai v 10. 1KS2. 'laughter <>f
da c e ' h ai d Mary K<>; nig Ott.
,-ui". • c : s are tw » brothers,
, ■; aj-v, (el of Cuero and William
op. of Waco and one sister,
Mr ( I Zeiller, also of Cuero.
she • is pi-ecedert in death Ivy
her hu band, Michael Joseph
I , riiccn September 12, 1947, and
i .on; Mnliiic| Jr , January 12,
:'Me.
cd
last, 10 year«, figure* compiled'by
the I *epartinent of AgricViltuie n
(heated testay;
On the basis of Use No '-nicer
crop rcjmrt and a preliminary
estimate of a weighted n'v ei age
of all prices for the corn;mxlity,
■ Texas • growers stand t<). g.inss as
much as a cpiac'cr of a nab n
't'ciiars more on the > ‘.irrccit • 'op
liian last ve-n
Achievetnent Night
la
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lcic
Over Hundred DeWitt 4-H
friiJ this
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Kaye Riebsdilager
To Be In Who's Who
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I'.cc , .chlager. daughter of Mr,
and Mrs. Charles Kiehschlagcr
of cei-ci is cine of thirty-one Tex-
i.s A.Vi < 'illege students who have
I,ecu named- for recognition in
Who S Who in American Colleges
and t'mvfi sities, Joseph P. S« h-
,1 ci.t/eii Jhroe tor of student per-
• xoij ..cuiii-l ■c-'i-v a i'.,- Iras announced.
N' ini a:.1' .oti.s it!) e made by fae-
:aiv i!a-cr;iici - on a basis of sc l1o-
iUil, , r-Jup '■ i ir.ee ter, leadership
iAc(iiltie>. as effec-
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•'c.'' ar.ii : 1111 Its. iTiehihci s
■V,ei’ions ami final so-
, made, IA ’he' national
.- ,,ii \il. c iacsen arc mn-
... graduate students.
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groijp. Wayne I'Jsn'z Ma-go*
te, Dans in Knccming Vt a-. cr “• •
te. f firls home ec-onotuie s Marv
Card Sandra ’ age! Gad -age.
Darlene Rathkamp Health, Me
1 ord w Ithout deep thotizhts of
Voti . . nor ran I *re five
fleer \ c louds that spot a *kv
of blue ... or flowers dotting
winduvrept fields with w'elided
hills nearby . . or far hon-
zons cleaily etched against
the distant sky ... or heaven-
piercing. pointed pine* agains’
a canyon wall ... or ram-
Ueas arched in mi*t» the
form aiound • waterfall . .
or mountains, motionless an,;
•till, wi'h »nciw-»treake<l rug
ged peaks . . . without pro-
found assurances that here
Spu.t speaks’
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flu re
and M.«
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Open Tuesday
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r'nv, • tic Me. crs- tile club
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LHC 14 To. me 5
' i enson 33 Wo (<• F'ji • st 31
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