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Yoakum To Hold
‘Hospitality’
Clinic for Fair
Five more South Texas Cham-
ber of Commerce HemisF a i r
Hospitality Clinics have been
scheduled in area cities as the
regional chamber implements
its all - out campaign to induce
World's Fair visitors to spend
ertra days in South Teras.
The clinics, presented jointly
by the HemisFair staff and the
James T "Happy" Shah an,
chairman of the regional cham-
ber Tourist Committee, said that
promotional materials aimed at
enticing visitors to see all of
the area are currently under
development and that an an-
nouncement on this project will
be made soon.
Shahan inaugurated the
series of clinics in Eagle Pass
regional chamber, are set for in July and the seoond one was
September 12, 14. 19, 20 and i held in San Marcos in early
26 in Dilley, Yoakum, Halletts-1 August, The San Marco* Cham-
Vjlle, Lockhart, and Arans a s
Pass.
In a recent report to chamber
members in the Upper Gulf
Coast area at Alvin, Chamber
President Dolph Briscoe, Jr.,
called the clinics "an outstand-
ing opportunity for South Texas
cities to find out how to cash
in on the HemisFair Tourist
her has already announced a
second clinic for sometime this
winter.
Shahan said that a schedule
of clinics for October, Novem-
ber and December is now being
set up and that at least 25 clin-
ics would be held before the
fair opens on April 6, 1968.
An outline on operation of
Rain Shower
Partly cloudy. Widely scat-
tered afternoon and evening
showers. Warm afternoons.
Mild tonight. Temps. 73-95 for
CUero, York town and Yoakum.
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’67 Tax Statements
Will Be Mailed Soon
boom.” The clinics are one of the clinics was presented on
the major new projects begun Tuesday to the Area Relations
by the chamber unde*- Briscoe's
administration.
A full report on HemisF a 1 r
was presented at the Alvin meet-
ing to about 50 members,
officers and directors of the
regional chamber.
Executive Council of the San
Antonio Chamber of Commerce
by Pledger Cate of the regional
chamber staff. The council is
made up of representatives of
local chambers in cities sur-
rounding San Antonio.
Cong. Kazen ’Pleased’ With
House Passage on Vets’ Act
U. S. Cong. Abraham “Chick”
Kazen, Jr., who represents
DeWitt County, has issued a
statement from his Washington
office expressing "personal de-
Controversial Figure
Patman Pulls No Punches In
Battle for ‘Little Man’
EDITOR’S NOTE: Every, tickets. But Patman carried thethrift and the concept of some-
American who's bothered about! battle well beyond the simple
high interest rate on a home! business proposition that bank-
or car loan has a champion in ing and gambling do not go
Rep. Wright Patman, D-Tex.
Whether you agree or disagree
with his controversial fiscal
views, he’s a man who never
leaves you in doubt as to what
his views are — on anj-thing.
well together.
Patman took, almost alone,
the position that gambling is
evil and ought not to be en-
couraged by anyone, let alone
the federal government.
"There is gambling in this
country, to be sure, and some
of it is done legally; but that
does not mean it is woven into
Bv ARNOLD B. SAWISKLAK
WASHINGTON (UPD - Wright
Patman looks like everyone's
candidate for grandfather of J the fabric of our national be-
the year. He sometimes ! ing," Patman told his colleagues
acts like John Brown at-1 in his soft southwestern twang,
larking Harper's Ferry. * Proud ‘Hillbilly'
There is no ridicule intended \ "This is a nation still that
in the comparison of the 73- j prides itself in what one erf my
^■ear-old Texas congressman1 opponents has disdainfully
and the 19th century abolition-1 termed ‘hillbilly morality.* If
1st who was ready to take on ...................
the whole country in ltis zeal m m * -u-w
to advance a righteous cause.: (ylfCJC IX PPSP H OTTVlPt*
batman holds strong views and: 1 U1U1C1
believes in fighting hard for
them.
"The way to defeat crooks is
not to join them but to fight _ , . „„___
them relentlessly, to fight them I FuneraI ,ervlc** ,or Miss 1874 in fee old Reese home on
thing-for-something is hillbilly
morality, I think he will find
that (those)mystic hills cover
even such fiat states as Kansas
and Nebraska.
"In that sense, we are a
nation and a congress of hill-
billies, but we have serious
business nevertheless, and none
of It more serious than the
business before us today — to
prevent the moral compromises
of one state administration
from compromising the nation-
al way of life and the federal
policy that has sensibly pre-
vailed for generations."
Rep. Paul Fino, R-N.Y., who
has made the sponsorship of a
national lottery his main legis-
(See PATMAN, Page 11)
light" at the House passage of
the Veterans' Pension and Read,
justment Assistance Act of 1967
Kazen said “this is a matter
which I've been pulling for
since I came to Congress.
His complete statement fol-
lows :
"The Act, in my opinion,
meets the most urgently need-
ed requirements of veter-
ans and their families, especial-
ly those courageous young men
who have participated in the
Vietnam war.
On Feb. 1, 1967, following
President Johnson’s special
message to the Congress urg-
ing passage of such a measure,
I addressed the Congress on my
views concerning a veterans’
bill. Then as now, 1 saw the
need for updated benefits such
as increased pensions, special
allowances and — most of all
— the extension of all applica-
ble benefits to veterans of the
Vietnam conflict.
The in-depth study and
thoughtful analysis of veterans'
requirements has, I believe,
been well met by the Congress.
The fact that the House of Re
presentatives, on the roll call
vote, unanimously voted for the
measure speaks well for Ibe
way in which the subject was
covered.”
Rainfall in City
Totals 2.50 for
Past Seven Days
Gonzales Editor, Dies
Funeral service* for
Without mercy or quarter," he ! ^ »*>0 ,servid11 ,
told the House in the midst of editor <Lthe £a,ly
quirer from 1910 to 1934, were
held at 10 o'clock today at Sey-
dler Funeral Chapel. Burial was
his latest battle . . . "The man
who keeps a stiff back and a
stiff moral code can defeat the ,. ,, , _
* «*«••• *■ —— -
the House Banking and Cur-
rency committee, the rotund
Texarkana Democrat has es-
tablished himself as the coun-
try's severest critic of high in-
terest rates and the eastern
Seguin, officiating.
Miss Reese died in the Holmes
Memorial Hospital at 5:35 p.m.
Monday.
She was the daughter of An-
... , ... , , 1 na Broer and Henry Reese, Sr.,
banking establishment, as per- MtJves o[ ,nd
sonified by federal Reserve ca c„untieSi respectively.
Board Chairman William Me- The last of her family, she
Cnesney Martin. | wag preceded in death by three
Patman's own critics - and1 brothers, Henry Reese. Jr., Al-
some of his friends - frequent- j bert Reese, Augwt Reese and
ly picture him as a Populist. an only sister, Miss Laura
Don Quixote, changing the gym-1 Reese, teacher in the public
bolic windmills of three gener- schols for many years,
ations ago. But calling Patman' Miss Reese was bom Dec. 11,
a “funny money man" only,
bolsters his determination to
smite the vested interests and i
Stand fast for the small farmer, i
comer merchant and factory j
hand.
Patman's chosen field of j
battle, the highly-technical i
area of economic theory, mone- • Opening of bids for paving of
St. Francis Street in Gonzales.
In 1954, Miss Reese was se-
lected as a member of a panel
of advisory editors for the
Readers Digest.
A member of the First Pres-
byterian Church, she taught
Sunday school there for many
years.
In addition to being active In
many civic organizations, she
contributed a column the "Of-
fice Cat", a weekly article, to
the Inquirer.
Survivors include three neph-
ews. Edward Reese of Gonzal-
es, Britten Reese of Lampasas,
Joe Reese of Lubbock; four
nieces, Mrs. Douglas Forshag-
en. of Fort Worth; Miss Ruth
Reese of Angleton; Mrs. Frank
Oeding and Mrs. Stella Bishop,
both of San Antonio.
Cuero received .43 inches of
rain Tuesday, bringing the to-
tal for the past seven days to
2.50 inches, according to Radio
Station KCFH, official U.S. Wea-
ther observer.
The precipitation did much
to help break a prolonged
drought in Cuero and DeWitt
County.
Yoakum received 2.50 inches
at moisture Tuesday, making a
whopping total of 6.50 inches
for the past week, according to
Leo Breier, official weather ob-
server.
Hallettsville received .25 of
an inch rain Tuesday, for a
total of 1.07 Inches the past
week.
Yorktown had a big precipita-
tion of 2.75 inches of ralo Tues-
day, mskihg a total ofo 5.75 In-
ches for the past week, accord-
ing to Henry Wehr, official wea-
ther observer.
The precipitation brought
Increased
Volume Is
Anticipated
By JACK RICKMAN
Record HUff Writer
Tax payers living in the rity
limits of Cuero, Cuero School
District and DeWitt county will j day night to conduct a Turkey
begin receiving 1967 tax state- j Shoot Nov. 5, according to **-
ments in about five weeks. <rf-|C(,nd vice-president Ralph Tuc-
flcials from each taxing agency ,,. .
announced today. ’ker' wh° r’rPsi,1,'d at th- Tu"s'
Increases in the number of!,la>' meet>ng ln ,lie absence of
statements to be mailed wrre ] ('resident Ben E. Prause and
recorded by each agency with I ^,-st vice-president Ed Sager,
the school district mailing ap-f vlrRil Hartman was appolnt-
proxlmately 700 more than last chairman of a committee to
Cuero Jaycees
Plan Turkey
Shoot Nov. 5
Tin- Cuero J ayr.ee* voted Tues-
year and the other 1wo record-
ing only slight increases
The increase In the school of-
fice from 5.300 in 1966 to approx-
imately 6,000 this year is at-
tributed to a new machine sys-
tem in tne office which list few-
er property holdings on etch
statement, according to tax
office employe# Edgar Breitkr-
eutz.
He said due to the system
taxable property holdings will
receive more than one state-
ment.
City tax collector Glenn Sig-
mund said th# city mailed 3 -
856 statements in 1986 and will
send out 3.864 for 1967 for an
increase of only eight.
In county tax assessor - col-
lector Frank Hiterne'* offi c e
schedule a Halloween dance in
October. Jan Thurman is the
director in charge of the com-
mittee.
A report on methods of pre-
sale of all-purpose seat cushions
ordered by the Jaycees was
made by Cliff Gann, chairman
of the pre-sale project.
The cushions feature a pic-
ture of a turkey gobbler and the
one tide and local advertise-
ments on the reverse.
Pete Oehlers reported that
approximately $35 dollars had
been collected from match dis-
plays in local business houses.
The money collected from the
displays benefits the Warm
Springs Foundation at Gonzal-
es
The project is being conduct-
ed on the state level in an ef-
fort to raise money to match a
federal grant to re-open •
section of the foundation that
has h-en closed, due to lack of
funds.
At the Monday night meet-
ing of the Jaycees hoard a trip
for the Club for Boys bus to
San Antonio was approved. Th*
boys will visit the zoo in 8an
inscription "Cuero Gobblers" on Antonio Monday afternoon.
cooler temperatures to the area ,
with a low of 72 hw Sr'S tSS.'SE^
to be mailed this year are
about the same amount as 1966.
The city and county offfc e s
will allow discounts of three per
cent in October, two percent In
Novemher and one per cent in
December. The net tax will be
due in January.
When taxes become delinquent
Bid Opening Delayed
For Legion Paving
tary policy and fiscal manage- i the parking lot for the new Leg-
ment, has tended to restrict his ion home was postponed at a
fame. But he recently had an meetiog u ^ Dinter Post ,
opportunity to demonstrate
that he is willing and able to
go to the mat on an issue of
more popular interest. The
question was legalized gam-
bling, and Patman, a Baptist
and teetotaler, went after it
like an avenging angel assigned
to walk a beat in Gomorrah.
Tuesday night.
All of the bids expected had
not been received, resulting in
the postponement. Commander
Utis (Red) Carpenter said.
When all of th* bids have
been received, a special meet-
Specificaiiy, the House was inK of the executive board will
faced with a bill from Patman’s he held to open them. It is
committee to forbid banks tojexxpected this will be done
•ell New York state lottery sometime this weekend.
No definite date was set for
die dedication and open house
for the new home, pending a
definite completion date, Car-
penter said
Anyone wishing to donate
plants, trees, or shrubs for
landscaping the grounds for the
new home should contact mem-
bers at the Cuero Garden Club.
After the business session, the
Legion members worked on
fans and other equipment
the new facility.
Nami Leaves
For Parley
At Boston
Department of Texas Ameri-
can Legion Commander Bill
N4mi of Cuero left Tuesday
for Houston where he enplaned
Wednesday for Boston, Mass.,
for committee meetings prior
to the National Convention
there.
He will participate in a De-
fense Department tour as a
member of the National Security
Commission. The tour of mili-
tary installations and fire-pow-
er demonstrations started to-
day and will last through Satur-
day.
The convention will run Aug
27-3L
and a maximum of 85.
Vocational
Students
Elect Slate
Vocational Office Educat 1 o n
students held their first meet-
ing at 9 a.m. Monday in the
Area Vocational School for elec-
tion of officers
The last Monday Kiddie Show
will be staged at the Rialto
General rules for vocational theatre AllK X according to
students and application and Mrs. Dora Koenig.
interview pointers were explain-
ed by Mrs. Wiley Cheatham, V-
OE coordinator.
Students elected for attic e 1
were: Susan Foster, president;
Dorothy Respondek, vice - pres-
ident; Carlo* Hattenbach, secre-
tary; Judy Turk, treasurer;
Jo Ann Frers, reporter; Penn-
ye Harryman, parliamentarian;
Joan King, historian; and Jan-
ice Peters, sergeant-at-arms.
4-H Club af
Lindenau
Elects Slate
A substitute slate of officers
was accepted at a meeting by
the Lindeneau 4-H Club in Cue.
ro Municipal Park Monday
night.
They are: Billy Spinks, pres-
ident; Linda Spinks, vice-presi-
dent: Mike Buehhorn secrete-,
ry; Glenda Spinks, treasurer;
Darlene Buchhorn, reporter;
Feb. 1, a one and one - half i Johnny Waraeoha, delegate, Miss
Spink*, pliotographer; Carl
West, parliamentarian; and
David Matejek, sergeant - at
arms
A county camp was discuss-
ed. A committee of Spinks, Miss
Spinks and Mike Buchiiorn was
named for a display rrf 4-H
work.
Tlie program included a fav-
orite food show. Particlpat 1 n g
| were Darlene and Carolyn Buoh-
j hum. Peggy and Johnny War-
I (gee 4-H CLUB, Page IS)
(Itee WTATEMFNTW, Page It)
Last Kiddie
Show Slated
Saturday Kiddie Shows will
continue. They will he held
from 10:30 a.m
each week.
to 12:30 p.m.
Meyersville School
Sets Opening Schedule
All boys and girls of the Mey-
ersville School District who will
be in the first grade this
Year are asked to register at
mm 8:30 to U a.m.. Principal
Leslie G. Flessner announced.
Youngsters in grades t w o
through eight, who have not at-
tended the Meyersville School
during Rw past school year, are
At least one parent should ac-
company each first grader be-
cause tuberculin test should be
given as required by Senate
Bill 130. Flessner pointed out.
The test cannot be given with-
out written permission by a
parent or guardian.
The first full day of instruc-
tion will be Aug. 31. A school
ts register a* tee sameI assembly program is planned
PTetsner *»:>i a th* cafeteria at tJD a.m.
Cueroties'
Son Promoted
C. W. Sunday Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. W. Sunday of Cue-
Cars Badly
Damaged in
Local Wreck
Damage was heavy in a two-
car collision at a residential in-
tersection here Tuesday, ac-
cording to acting Police Chief
Sgt. A. A. Kenne.
Autos operated by Marvin
Rabke of 114 Austin Street and
William Riley (Bill) Sanders,
ro, has been named general man j312 E. Ward Street collided
ager of the Vermilion Bay Land when Sanders failed to yield
Company, according to presi-
dent 3. Fred Boyd.
The promotion became ef-
fective Aug. 15. Sunday will
operate the firm from an of-
fice in Lafayette, La.
the right of way, according to
Sgt. Kenne.
Rabke, a postman, was trav-
eling north on North Clinton
Street and Sanders east on
East Ward Street when the ac-
cident occurred at 11 a.m.
__ , , . , Sanders, a night watchman.
The Land Company owns and waJ filed <*, for failure to yield
operates oil and mineral {#»-1 the right of way. The charges
perties and is home based in were filed in Cuero Corporation
Cuero Girl Selected
For National Honor
A Cuero girl has been select-! Miss Park*, a member of tee
ed as the national outstanding1 national honor society at Cuero
City In Fine
Shape Now
On Water
"Cuero Is la fine shape
<>■ water due te recent rains
and a threatened shortage
hna been averted,** Otto
Jahn, city water superinten-
dent, said this morning.
Jahn mid afl af the elty
wells now had a good static
level.
The dally consumption of
water has dropped almost
half since the moisture teas
received, Jahn reported.
Junior Catholic Daughter of
America for 1967.
Cynthia Parks. Cuero High
School senior, was named for
the honor at the national Junior
Catholic Daughters Convention
in Washington. D. C.
She is a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Sterling Park*.
Mis* Park* was accompanied,
by Kathleen Smolik and the 1
Rev. John Flynn to the conven-
tion.
Miss Park* was presented
High School, attended Girls
State in Austin this summer.
She won the local award in
the Lion* International peace
exsay contest earlier this year.
She is a member of the p e p
squad and the Future Homer .ak-
ers of America at Cuero High
School.
Yorktown
Slogan
Winners
Mrs. A. M. Letzeriefa has
been awarded t Jlfl prize for
the best trade slogan in s eon-
test sponsored by th* Yorktown
Chamber of Commerce, acoord-
ing to the DeWitt County View.
Her winning slogan reads:
"Turn back, buy with confid-
ence in Yorktown.
Another $10 prize km na
by Mrs. J. M. Reynolds foe
the best welcome sign. It rends I
"Welcome to Yorktown, ne or-
dinary town, but ordinary peo-
ple.”
The winning slogans wttl be
placed on double • faced signs
on highways leading into Yorit-
town.
Small Business Loans
• Available in County
Mich.
Court
Area Masons
Will Meet
In Cuero
A meeting of the Masters and
Wardens Association of the 34th
Masonic District will be held
following a session Thursd a y
night of the Cuero Lodge No.
409
H. E. Weatherly, local lodge
secretary, said refreshme n t s gold medal by Bishop Bernard j
will be served at 7:15 p.m. at J- Flanagan, the national JCD| A* a result of DeWitt Court- for assistance from SBA.)
the Masonic Temple. I chaplain. She was chosen for j ty being designated by the De- j To qualify for a loan under
part merit of Agriculture for em-jthe Economic Injury Disaster
ergmey ioans because of drought i Loan Program an applicant must
conditions, tlie Small Busi-jbe able to show substantial eco-
ness Administration has h e e n | nomic injury resulting from the
authorized to accept and pro- j adverse weather conditions des-
cess applications under the.cribed above, and the purpose
Economic Injury Disaster Loan1 of such loan must be solely to
Program. j provide relief from the economic
According to W E. Woodman, I injury directly attributed to the
Regional Director of the San! disaster. Loans may be used
Antonio Regional Office of SBA, to replenish working capital and
won this award at tee state con-! any business affected by the to pay financial obligations <ex-
vention In Yoakum in June. j above conditions in above areas jeept bank loans) which tee bor-
After completing three years may apply for financial assist- rower would have been able to
of junior honor work. Miss ance under the Program. ! meet had it not been for the
Parks is now counselor of first! Any businessman interest e d | loss of revenue from the con-
year honors junior. in obtaining information relative ditions in his area.
Miss Parks is a confraternity, to tee Economic Injury Disaster i Woodman announced that the
erf Christian Doctrine teacher Program should contact the authority for accepting applica-
and has completed requirements Small Business Administration.! tions under tee Economic In-
fer the Marian Award in San Antonio. Texas. (Farmers J jury Disaster Program will exr
the 9m Antoni* archdtoee—. and stockmen are not eligib 1 • pi re ca August 31, 1968,
The district is comprised of: the honor for outstanding work
Hochheim, Shiner, Moulton, Hal- and leadership in the junior*
lettsville. and Cuero.
Local Masons were urged to
attend by Weatherly.
Sanchez Gets
AF Promotion
LUZON, Philippines (UPD-Ed-
ward R. Sanchez, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John N. Sanchez of
606 T. L Overture, Cuero, has
been promoted to airman sec-
ond class in the U. S. Air Force
Airman Sanchez is a commu-
nications specialist at Clark AB,
Philippines.
The airman is a graduate at
Cuero Senior High School—
and for her participation in
church, school and community
projects.
She has been a member of
St. Michael's Court, JCD, four
years. She is currently presi-
! dent of the > local junior court
J and holds the title of Texas Out-
standing Junior of 1967. She
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