The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 70, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 6, 1962 Page: 1 of 6
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ftTown Talk
It is a faet well known to pro-
fessional politicians, and one on
which they base many of their
operations and manipulations,
that only a bare handbill of vot-
ers will take anything even ap-
proaching a year-around inter-
est in politics.
Numerous surveys and studies
have shown that the percentage
of voters who will take suffici-
ent interest to determine the is-
sues and the candidates the
mass of voters will be permitted
to vote on is pitifully small. It is
generally set in the neighbor-
hood of not more than three per
cent.
The percentage might run
even smaller in a county
such as IJeWItt, where very
tew could be said to try to
evert a determining Influ-
ence of any kind in political
decisions from election day
to election day. This means,
of course, that the bulk of
the voters are given only a
ta ke- it -or-leave-it choice by
the time the actual election
A r f*t \'
li can be said that it is their
own fault, because most of them
reserve their active interest in
politics until a few days, or at
l>est a few weeks, before the ar-
rival of election day. Just how
this situation is ever going to he
changed is a problem which has oounty.w^(je committee which
challenged conscientious believ- ^ study ,he RuraJ Area De_
ci-s in the democratic processes . velopmenf program as it might
for a long time and will contin-L appljed t0 ]>witt County.
up to challenge them for a long | R was decided that the selec-
DeWitt Committee
To Set Candidate
Costs Of Filing
DeWitt County’s Democratic executive committee
will meet Feb. 12 at DeWitt County Courthouse to set
assessments of candidates in the Democratic primary
May 5. Otto Kuck, county chairman, said the meeting
will start at 7:30 p. m.
The filing deadline was midnight Monday. One of
the last candidates to file was Dan Autry of Yoakum,
who will oppose Incumbent Stanley Boysen of Gonzales
for state representative from DeWitt, Lavaca and Gon-
zales counties.
C of C Moves To
NameCommittee
On Development
Directors of the Cuero Cham-
ber of Commerce and Agricul-
ture Monday night selected four
prospects to approach to pro-
vide two Cuero members of a
time 1.o come.
Tills will be an.interesting
election year in Texas, not
only in statewide races hut
in at least one loral r a m-
paign in DeWitt County in
the race for county judge.
Itut only a few can say that
they had any part in select-
ing candidate* or in deter-
mining the issues on which
these campaigns are to be
run.
1 lion will be discussed with Will
Rob Miller of Westhoff, Charles
Riebschlaeger, Dewey Schorre
and George Trowell. all of Cue-
ro. Acceptance erf the two Cuero
places on the committee will be
left up to them.
These two members will join
with two members each from
die Yoakum. Yorktown and
| Nordheim chambers of com-
! merce in studying the possibili-
ties of a county-wide movement
To say that you vote faithfully; t(Ward participating in rural
and regularly every two years j area development. The piogram
or so is not much to brag about, j wag explained at a meeting last
Two out of three of your fellow I vwej{ as a ionK range, self-help
citizens have done the s a m ej type ^ project aimed at bring-
thing in the last several presi- ing f0geffoer all of the know-
dent ial elections. i [e{jge and the resources of all
But it is a fact that less than ageneies available, both govero-
‘"-J !“ mental and private, to take full
Other last minute filings were
made by Charles W. Barrow and
W. R. (Bob) Smith, who will seek
the unexpired term as associate
justice of the Fourth Court of
Civil Appeals of Judge H. D.
Barrow, who died after an auto-
mobile accident. ,
Incumbent Jack Pope and
Myrlin Johnson, also of San An-
tonio, are running for another
place on the Fourth Court.
Kuck said one DeWitt County
office — justice of the peace at
Nordheim — has no candidate, j
If a write-in candidate wins in!
the primary, he must pay the
filing fee to get his name on the
general election ballot Nov. 6.
Kuck said.
If a runoff is required for the
JP post, both candidates must
pay the fee before their names
will appear on the primary run-
off ballot June 2
Besides the above candidat-
es, the following have filed for
office:
County Judge: Incumbent
Stephen P. Hebert, C. \T.
(Pete) Matthew and George
Trowell.
SETTLING DOWN—Mrs. Ella Milbauer is settling down back home in Montello, Wis., after
five-year jaunt around the country as a circus fat lady. She punishes scales at 586 pounds.
Cold Front
Giving Way To
Warming Trend
By United Press International
A cold front that blanketed
the state with dry, frigid air
I and sent temperatures plunging
DeWitt Trail Riders
Move On To Nixon
Cuero trail riders continued
their journey to San Antonio
early Tuesday when they de-
parted from Westhoff, first ov-
er-night stopping place on the
four-slay trip.
A number of the riders who
left with the group from Cuero
Monday returned home follow-
ing a dance Monday rrfgtit at
in"0^^ RupptM *>e*ow ireez>nK over'two-thirds Westhoff, hut^other riders from
j today< , jjjgroup set out for San Ant0_
one in ten have taken a hand in
determing the kind of candi-
dates, issues and programs you
were permitted to vote on.
The concensus of various
surveys and studies on this
situation runs about a* fol-
lows: Not more than three
j>cr cent of the voters per-
formed any kind of work for
a party or candidate; not
more than seven per cent
attended at least one meet-
ing or rally, and not more
than 10 per rent contributed
money or bought tiekets,
programs, or made any do-
nation of any kind.
If these percentages are pro-
jected to the 68,000,000 who went
to the polls in the i960 general
elections, it is found that the
real work of picking candidates,
defining issues, moving public
opinion, making stump speech-
es, ringing door bells, licking
envelopes — in other words,
shaping Ihe political contest in
which the whole nation was en-
gaged was dime bv a statisti-
cal minority of about, 2.000,000.
end by an actual minority of
probably less than half of that.
Many people have an in-
bred dislike for |Kilitlcs and
somehow separate It in
their minds from the more
polrfe processes of govern-
ment. But they ran hardly
evenpo (he faet that polities
IS government, that the peo-
ple actively In politic* from
the lowest to the hfgheat are
the people, who actually run
the government.
Of c T-c. no lonely John Citi-
zen is going to change the
emn'se o' national affairs by his
solitary vote. But it is just as
certain tlvol enough of them,
acting in concert, cat) bring a-
Ijout any changes they may de-
sire. - -
Th.it ;t requires woyk and ef- j
advantage of all potential re-
sources of a county toward their
ultimate development.
The Chamber directors select-
ed Miss Majoiie Sturm to re-
present Cuero as its duchess at
and Adam Frank
County commissioner,
clnct 4: Louis Gavalik
Bonnie Buenger.
County superintendent: In-
cumbent W. F. Hancock.
County clerk: Incumbent
Ray Gips.
District clerk: Incumbent
Pershing Hiller.
County treasurer: Incumbent
Heinie Mugge.
Justices of the peace: In
’ tions made public Monday, a $10
contribution for groceries was
made by Arthur Means and
Newton Gohmert donated Pearl
Beer.
Signs which decorate the
chuck wagon which is accompa-
nying the group were paid for
by the Cuero Chamber of Com-
merce and Agriculture.
Albert Ley, who accompanied
the Cuero riders to Westhoff,
said 15 riders continued to that
School Board
Modifies Its
Dress Policy
The Cuero School Board voted unanimously Tues-
day to modify its policy on student dress to the extent
of permitting girls In Grades 3 to 6 to wear slacks on days
of extreme cold but retaining the existing rules on dress
in other respects.
It was pointed out that "students in the first, sec-
ond and third grades will be permitted to wear clothing
of their parents’ choosing as long as it Is neat and prop-
erly worn.
"Girls In the fourth, fifth and sixth grades will be
required to wear dresses, sweaters, blouses and skirts
with the following exception: Girls may wear slacks dur-
ing extremely cold wheather. Leotards may be worn for
warmth at any time parents feel they are necessary.”
It was the issue of girls being
the annual Western Days cumbents August Holzapfel of
val at Yorktown March 23 - 24., cuero Owen C. Hagen of Yoa-
Miss Sturm, who is office secre- kum T w Teller of Westhoff
tary for the Chamber, will sel-
ect her own escort to serve as
duke. ,
Jimmie Reiffert, vice presi-
dent, presided over the meeting
in the absence of Mike Weber,
president, who was ill at home.
mercury dropped to 12 degrees
at Dalhart:, and began spread-
ing eastward tonight and Wed-
nesday.
Skies were generally fair in
Pre-
and ! The W?8th*r BMPaU( Sai<V: TuP„Cuero grT Wil1 ™e Pt j ciVy after The" p7rade"~here. ~He
5KTJK Si. as z
City where they wall merge with I ^
riders who started from Aitair The traU ndPrs win s p e n d
and , ton. . Tuesday night in Nixon. They
After camping on the Joe n| ,e/ve thprp at 4 am. Wed-
Freeman Coliseum grounds d in order ,0 join the Vic-
North Texas. The cold air was Thursday night, all riders win! ™7* st ®jS3e
causin considerable cloudiness participate in the western pa- From Stockdale !hp combined
in South Texas to decrease, and; rade in downtown San Antonio! id . st Hedwis?
was expected to leave the state Friday. The parade Is one of the p J h thev wll1' s p e n d
with clear to partly cloudy skies - opening events of the San Auto- wyinnndnv n;s,ht
by Wednesday , nio Livestock Show-. Lev!‘secretary'of the DeWHt
The freeze line early today The Cuero riders received ft- c ‘t ^ of (he TrHil of six
stretched from Longview, Tem-'nimaal assistance on the ride n ride said haekers ^
Don Dixon
Is Charged
In Affray
Dr. Don Dixon, Cuero veter-
inarian, was filed on in County
Court Tuesday morning for ag-
gravated assault following a
fight early Tuesday with Police - Brownsville. Former
*** . _____ . I. - Dnn Tint Dolno of ATn A
and Gus Grun of Yorktown.
County Democratic chair-
man: Incumbent Otto Kuck.
Chairman of Precinct 24: In-
cumbent F.E. Hickey.
Chairman of Precinct 18: In-
cumbent Mrs. Hazel Bland.
U. S. Congress: Incumbent
John Young.
State Senate: Incumbent
Culp Krueger.
pie and Junction into the Big i from individuals and firms that ’Q . . 'hilrhiv satjsf»ed
Ponrl oAiiritrn; TWd Aotii a morohan. ^ ‘ ’ ...
Bend count ty. Tiic warmest spot - contributed cash and merchan-
during the night was Browns-! disc. In addition to the contribu-
viile which had a low of 54 de- ............ -.....-..............—
High temperature Monday j OldlHCtH BdTOS
ranged from 88 at McAllen to a*,
high of only 28 at Dalhart.
Grass Fire Put
Ouf On W. Main
Wins Essay Contest
Oto«h Ban... Ulh gr.cle ,hroUKhout lhl, ar„ „ panto-
student at Cuero High School,; f, , id
with the supphrt given the ride
by residents of Cuero and the
surrounding area.
"Backers of the drive are an-
xious to expand the ride to a
much larger scale in 1962 by
planning earlier for the event
and by inviting riders from
r
Seeks Senate Post
EDINBURG — (IJPI) -
Rep. Raul Longoria of
filed as a Democratic
date for the state Senate seat
to be vacated by the resigns- j*° buildings
(ion of Sen. Hubert Hudson of
; MUUIIU ai l-UCIU «**RH | J^y sa[d
I W(,n first l)lace 10 ,he essav cotv i^y said Ihe riders were expe-
cially pleased with the large
- - State
Pharr
candi-
j test sponsored by the DeWitt
... j County Soil Conservation Serv-
Firemen extinguished a grass! iee
fire late Tuesday morning in a; she received a $]5 check for
vacant lot next to Meadors, wjnnjflg antry on “Soil Con-
Tailor Shop, 308 W Main st serration and tire Poiiulation ’! 1
There was no properly daftMMptj >» ! tnct.
crowd that lined Broadway and
Esplanade Monday to help send
the riders on their way with a
parade through the business dis-
Sgt. Wailard Worthington in the
American Cafe in Cuero.
j Worthington reported that Dix-
| on engaged him while he was at-
- tempting to take witnesses to
i an earlier fight out of the cafe,
Dixon said he had no com-
ment to make concerning the in-
cident.
Worthington said lie was eat-
ing in the cafe when two pipe-
line workers began fighting.
Worthington took the men to
Cuero police headquarters,
where Richard Aden Crittendon
was filed on for being in an af-
Rep. Jim Bates of McAllen has
filed for the post as a Demo-
State Baby Survives Fall
Tom Pate, Cuero High prinei- . _
pal, said the following students Draws Frison lerm
received honorable mention and! EDINBURG —lUPD - A[»o-
NEW YORK (UPU - Jo Ann!were awarded $2.50: Linda An-ilinar Rivera Jr.. 33. pleaded
App. 2. escaped with only a few - geratein. Martha Sue Kirk. Bet-; guilty to Ihe February 1961
crat and McAllen Mayor Rob-j scratches when she fell 30 feet ty Sue Moritz, Dickie McAlister, j murder of Ricardo ‘Casai es.
ert F. Barnes is seeking the j from a third-floor window intoj Janet Sager and Theresa Tri- He was sentenced to eight
post as a Republican. ! a dump of bushes. ana. I years in prison.
Hottest Race For Governor Since 1946
Has Six Democrats, Three Republicans
7 Grace Church
Delegates To
Episcopal Meet
Seven Grace Episcopal Church
delegates have been named to
attend the annual Council of the
Episcopal Diocese of West Tex-
as in San Antonio Feb. 8 — 10.
They are Truman Wharton, L,
N. Smith, W. L. Ferguson Jr.,
Jimmie Reiffert, L. C. Duder-
stadt, W. G. Nami and R e v.
John Battle.
Delegates will hear reports on
progress of the church in this
area and will be confronted with
decisions to its program for the
future.
Established in 1874, the dio-
cese operated as a missionary
district for 30 years. In 1904, it
became self-supporting and in!
the following year began its an-
nual diocesan councils. This will
be the 58th council.
In the 88 years of its existence
the diocese had had only four
bishops. Bishop Everett H.
Jones has been serving the dio-
cese since 1943.
Rifes Conducted
For Mrs. Schmidt
Funeral services for Mrs,
Dora Ann Schmidt, 91, w e r e
conducted Monday at Freund
Funeral Home by Rev. James
C. Slone Jr., pastor of Memori
al Baptist Church.
Burial was in a Westhoff cem-
etery. Pallbearers were C. F.
Carter, Marion Weber, Bobby
Hodge, Bud Hunter, Arthur
Means Jr. and L. Bynum Akins.
Mrs. Schmidt, who died Satur-
day in a local hospital, Is sur-
vived by two daughters, M r s.
Amy Johnson and Mrs. Alice
Goehrlng, txrfh of Cuero: three
sons. Charles of Marshall, Rob-
ert of Mi’ vaukee, Wis., and
Frank J. of Victoria: five grand- j
children and six g r e a t-grand- j World War II and the
children. j War.
permitted to wear slacks or
other types of trousers in the
elementary grades, particularly
the fourth to the sixth grades,
that brought on the controversy
over student dress which has
been growing in recent weeks.
The school board’s statement,
issued after its closed special
meeting at noon Tuesday, is as
follows;
“The Board of Education
would like to take this means to
express its appreciation to all
patrons who recently have taken
Such a vital interest in our
schools regardless of the issue
on how each of you felt about
a dress policy. It is the intention
of this board to give sincere
consideration to each of your
wishes but above all else the
best possible school we can for
your children and ours. We be-
lieve that dress plays an im-
portant role in the overall school
program. A majority of our
teachers, principals, and admini-
strators are in agreement that
such is the case and we there-
fore make no changes in the
Junior High or Senior High poli-
cy. In the Elementary grade*
we realize some change is nec-
essary; therefore the following
policy is adopted:
“The firflowing policy will re-
gulate the dress of the student
body at the Cuero Public
Schools.
Grade 1-3
"Students in the first, .second
(Continued on page 6.)
Barrow Announces
For Fourth Court
Judge Charles W. Barrow
Monday announced that ha
would be a candidate for elec-
tion in the Democratic Primary
for the unexpired term of the
late H. D. Barrow, Associate
Justice of the Fourth Court of
Civil Appeals.
Judge Barrow is a forty year
old native of Atascosa County,
and has served as 45th District
Judge of Bexar County since
January, 1959. He has been ac-
tive In various professional and
civic affairs. He served on sea
duty in the U. S. Navy during
Korean
LATE OFF THE WIRE
WASHINGTON (IT1)—Presl- a basis of non-interference.
dent Kennedy sent Congress to-
day an “Imperative'' request
tor a $5.7 billion, five-year edu-
cation program including feTler-
The General Assembly's Mate
Political Committee, without
speakers after only one day of
debate on Cuba’s complain of
al funds for public schools and; V.S. “aggression,” called off to-
fray.
The police officer said he had
returned to the cafe to pick up
witnesses when the fight with or be blistered by the hottest
Dixon started. race for governorship since 1946.
Worthington said he and Dix- c;oV pri<.P Daniel's hid for a
By PATRICK CONWAY i Don Yarborough, conservative | State Sen. Hubert Hudson of I The attorney general said he
United Pres* International | Republican Jack Cox, along Brownsville said, I never; was also surprised that Walker
ATTcrrM (ttpti ctarH hod* with Repu.h)fcan* Roy Whitten- heard one man tell so many lies] is in the race. "The issue he is
ausiiin turn Mann D8CK!burg of Amarillo and Harry in 30 minutes.'* concerned with — censorship of
Dirti! of H iiwton. ] “I cannvt let nine million Tex-j the military - can't be solved
The wild-and-wooly race that ans he hoodwinked by Price by running for governor,” Wil-
teachcr salaries,
j The President, In a 4.000-word
! special message, drove head-on
[ into powerful congressional op-
position by renewing recoin-
1 mendations he mode last year
which were shelved by the law-
makers.
■ .’sv. T_ . thfl_ron crashed through the large; term and the unexpected
tort and a g •- deal window in the front door of the entry of ultra-conservative Ed-
a o ’sr.nrfie interest- Effective
pol tion! action on tlu; part of
any- individual has two essential
and not very surprising require-
ment1 First, knowing what he
wants, and second, willingness
to work for what he wants.
Pleads Guilty ,
AUSTIN_ a.'PIi - Ray
Lowry of Austin, a tax and
rcvc,H)e analyst and publisher
of the Capital Tax Letters.
Monday pleaded guilty to 1hrce
counts of failing to file income
tax returns Sentencing was
deferred until next week.
American during the fight.
The police officer said all per-
sons involved, including him-
self, had been to the trail ride
dance in Westhoff and had stop-
lied at the American Cafe Hfter
arriving back in Cuero.
Overturns Plane
IRVING - (UPI) - A gust
of wind overturned J. C.
Stroud's light plane turtle as
he taxied. toward the takeoff
runway at Red Bird Airport.
Slroud was not hurt. Damage
waa estimated at $1,500. ;
win A. Walker assured Texans
of an extraordinary battle
Voters, no metier what their
political leanings may be,
should be able to find a candi-
date to their liking In the May 5
primaries. Six Democrats, one
Democrat -turned -Republican
and two straight-out Republi-
cans are running.
Besides Daniel, who is regard-
ed as a moderate, and Walker,
there are former Navy Secretary
John Oonnally, Atty. Gen. Will
Wilson, former highway com-
missioner Marshall Formby,
who art also moderates, liberal
is shaping up is best described Daniel,” Hudson said. “He has
by Wilson, who said it is "going grossly falsified the public rec-
to be a ring-tail-tooter.” ord. lie has laid claim to all
The scramble for the gover- good legislation,
norship should become as hec- “I said earlier from the Senate
tic as the 1946 campaign when floor that Price I>aniel was a
14 candidates fought for the job. mousy little demagogue. He has
That year the two liberal can- now grown into a full rat-sized
didales. Homer Rainey and Gro- type." Hudson said,
ver Sellers, battled bitterly Wilson, who has been blasting
against conservatives Beauford ComutUy right along, turned his
Jester and John Smith sights on Daniel and called the
while East Texas moderate Jer- fourth term telecast “the most
ry Sadler attacked all four with remarkable confession of inef-
equal v igor. Jester won in a j fectiveness I have ever witness-
son said.
Walker, a former Army ma-
jor general who resigned to
champion an ultra-conservative
cause against “communism and
socialism,” picked the Demo-
cratic party as the velude for
his first bid for office.
Walker, United Press Interna-
tional learned, entered the race
against the advise of Sen. John
Tower, R-Tex.. and Sen. Strom
Thurmond, D-S. C., who repre-
sent the conservative wings of
their parties.
Texas’ other Republican in
TOKYO (UPI) — Thousands
of cheering Japanese students
gave Atty. Gen. Robert F. Ken-
nedy a rousing reception at Wa-
seda University today but Com-
munist students heckled bis
speech and apparently sabotag-
ed his public address system.
One of the hecklers, 81-year-
old Yuzo Tachlya, practically
took over the meeting before he
was hustled struggling from the
stage by school officials. Some-
one slapped him on the side of
the head when he waa forced be-
hind the curtains.
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. —
(UPI) — Cuba sought Afro-As-
landslidc. ' ed.”
Daniel's announcement on "It appears the longer he stays j Washington. Rep. Bruce Alger ten support today for a mild
state-wide television for an un-! in office the more unfinished of Dallas, said ho was disap- solution calling on the Uni
precedent d Jjburth term business there is," Wilson add- appointed st the general's deci-. Mate*.to settle tta
brought stinging criticism. ,ad. 1 dm. JwMi Jtdei Oaatm'o
day's meeting and set Wednes-
day for its next session.
ROSENBERG (UPI) - run-
era! arrangements were
ing today for Windel M.
non, 43, publisher of the
Richmond - Rosenberg Herald
Coaster and stockholder hi Ros-
enberg radio station KFRD.
Shannon died Sunday night at
Lubbock, where be was
a brother. Survivors
widow, two daughters, his broth-
er and his mother.
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Oaltf.
(UPI) - The son of the Into
novelist Morton Thompaoa stab-
bed and killed hi* mother with
an Ice pick .Monday night, pol-
ice said.
Morton H. —----
booked on snapirton of ~
in Ihe slaying of
Softener, S3,
writer
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