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Cooler
Mostly cloudy and cooler with
chance of showers through to-
night. High in the mkl-70s, low
in the low 60s for Cuero, Yoa-
kum, Yorktown.
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VOL. 76 NO. 243
CUERO, TEXAS, MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1970
4 PAGES
10c
Quota $11,000
Cuero
United Fund
HONOR ROIL
Buchel Bank A Trust 200
Farmers State Bank 200
Cuero Federal SAL 200
Mr.-Mrs. Graham Hamilton 100.
LeRov Hamilton 100.
Weber Motor Co.
120.
Stimson Furniture Co. 100.
Freund Funeral Home 100.
Nielsen 7-Up Botl. Co. 150.
Klecka - Center Pharmacy 100.
Mrs. Ema B. Koehler 100.
Bert Kirk Jr. 120.
Duckett Motor Co. 100.
The Cuero Record 120.
Ark-La C.as Co. 150.
S.W Bell Tel. Co. 140.
H.E.B. Food Store 150.
Ooppedge Tire Service 125.
Crescent Valley Creamery 100.
Mr. and Mrs. Robt. B.
Baldwin III 100.
Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Stiles 100.
Cuero Foodcraft Store 100.
Carl A Agatha Wagner 100.
Cuero Livestock Com. Co. 150.
Gulf Coast Wood Products 150.
Conrad A Tarkington Ins. 100.
L. L. Buttery Drug Store 10
Mr. and Mrs. Frank B.
Sheppard 10
Koenig’s Drive In 10
Coca . Cola Bottling Co. 10
Cuero Oil Mill 10
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Friar 20
Mr. and Mrs. J. Carter
Thomas 100. i
Surface Burial Vault Co. 100.
Dr. and Mrs. Charles Tubbs 50.1
A Friend 60.!
Hard Rains Soak
Cuero and Area
Little Damage
Is Reported
Cuero and DeWitt County, | ter for a tune.
SCHOLARSHIP WINNER Ben Ix-e Cook of
80S KuhI Courtlx *ise, Cuero, receives a scho-
larship check and congratulations from Dr.
Bryce Jordtii, president ad interim of the
University of Texas at Austin. The occasion
Wits the annual Ex-Students' Association scho-
larship dinner. The award was provided by
the DeWitt • Ixtvaca • Gonzales Texas Exes
Clubs, with matching funds from the Ex-Stu-
dents’ Association.
Total to date
6*.185.
Riders
Planning
Junket
CHS Students Hold
Flag- Raising Rites
Flag-raising ceremonies in ob-
servatfce of Columbus day were
held at Cuero High School this
morning.
Member* of the CHS band,
choir and student body partici-
pated in the ceremonies, s[>on-
sored by the Ed Harbprson
Chapter of Future Teachers of
Cuero Rawhide Rider* will | America. Mrs. Linda Henderson"' Robyn Morgan, freshman. Ma-frflprira" and~nG
rv Kay Stimson, sophomore and ' ra."
participate in the Yorkown Wes-1 nn,< Mrs. Susan Snodgrass are
torn Day* Parade Saturday,; co-advisors of the FT A.
Or. 17.
great moral and physical cour-. Karl Marks, senior, raised the
age of Columbus. On October | United States and Texas flags.
12, 1492, he gained a world and ' The band played the Nation-
gave that world its greatest j al Arnhem followed by the
lesson: "Sail on! Sail on!" .Pledge of Allegiance led by
Ceremonies began with the Marks,
playing of "Footlifter*’ march! Members of the choir, under
by the band followed by the! direction of Mrs. Jo Buenning.
“Call to Colors." i led the students ip singing “A-
with the area under a tornado
alert Sunday for a time, re-
ceived fairly heavy rains as
cool air moving in from the
northwestward collided with
warm, moist Gulf air.
The alert was ordered from
4:50 p.m. to 10 p.tn., following
an earlier alert which covered
a line from the San Antonio
area to the Bryan area. The
local alert covered all or por-
tions of DeWitt, Lavaca, Vic-
toria, Jackson and Calhoun
Counties.
No severe weather wag re-
ported in the local area, but
a number of tornado funnels
were reported further up the
Gulf Coast.
Downtown Cuero received 1.8
inches of rain as recorded at
Coppedg| Mobil Service on Es-
planade. There was minor dam-
age to a few streets. Some
streets were curb-deep in wa-
Rless' Ameri.
The group will ride to York-
town for the parade They will
gather at the San Antonio-York.
own highway junction near Cu-
ero at 7:30 a m Town and
Country Trail Riders of West-
hoff and La Bahia Trail Riders
of Goliad have been invited to
join the group.
The rider* will eat lunch at
the Hermann Sons Hall in York-
town.
In other club new*, the Raw-
hide Rider* and Dinter Post 3,
American Legkwi. will sponsor a
dance at the Legion civic cen-
ter Dec. 19.
r:,.™, annual banquet
Columbus' discovery of Ameri-
ca 400 years ago.
"Columbus was one of th<
greatest seamen and navigators
of all time," Miss Ley said.
"On his voyage he endured
many hardships, but was deter-
mined to accomplish his goal.
Annyone could have reached A-
merica by sailing west long e-
nough. but few men had the
KC Council
Gives Honors
MINORITY LOANS
SAN FRANCISCO (UPD -
The Bank of America ha*
One Worm Case
Is Confirmed
MISSION — One screwworm
case was confirmed in Luna
Cuero Council, No. 1682,
Knights of Columbus, held their
57th annual Columbus Day Ban-
quet at the Americn Legion
Center Sunday at 7:30 p.m.
The program was highlighted
by the presentation of two Coun.
cil Achievement Awards. The
Star Council Award for 1968-
69 was presented by Joseph
n.ih- (3oun*y N- M‘‘x- and 28 non-! Brown, past District Deputy,
hshed a practical guide to apJ •crwwrm **"*>«« Star Council Award for
„ ......... 1969-70
hiiainoceI Southwestrn states were pro- j was presented by Richard Po-
______ ou-siness ceMPd at (he Mission St rew- j lasek. District Deputy.
loan*. The 28-page report pre- j worm Laboratory during the
«ent* the information a busi-l WPk ending October 9.
plying for minority
In order for a council to re-
, ..... —--o -------- — | ceive the above awards, it must
bM psipwl jTiui rn! to f’Ur Ca!M'S have ab organized SixPoint Pro-
r*'«T ts ta t-tsCd! «»o ’ previous j and associate membership by
financing. week, along with 32 non-screw-)
"It is our hope that this re-1 worm samples from all cooper-!
port will encourage others to ating state*,
consider the possibility of start- i Texans during the week end-
ing or expanding their own busi- ing October 9 submitted 22
rex*,” the bank said in a state-' worm samples for identification
went. ! at the Mission Lab.
10 f*er cent a year: exceed
minimum requirements in fields
of Public Relations, Catholic ac.
tivity, council ecivity, fraternal
and family acivities and return
the Star Council application to
the Supreme Office in New Ha-
ven, Conn.
Six-point program chairmen
for 1968-69 were William Snapp,
general chairman: Charles L.
Bodden. membership-insurance;
James J. Peyton, Catholic ac-
tivity; Snapp, council activity;
Dr. William S. Grunder. fra-
ternal actlviy; Joseph Hoffman,
family activity and Elmer We-
hon public rH'straps
State Worker
Group Chooses
New Officers
Jerome D. Chapman, Jr., As-1
sistant Commissioner for Pro-j
gram Adminitration of the De-!
partment of Public Welfare in I
Austin, was elected President
of the more than 28.000 member ■
Texas Public Employees Asso- j
ciation by the 400 delegates!
attending the final day of their ;
25th Annual Meeting
At the same meeting four new j
members were elected to the \
TPEA Board of Directors in-I
! eluding Carol D. Zeigler, Dis-
trict Design Engineer for Dis-
trict 17 of th Texas Highway
Department in Hearne; T. E.
Pendleton. Chief of Tax of the
Texas Employment Commis-
sion; Ashford P Manning, Per-
sonnel Director for the Depart-
ment of Corrections in Hunts-
ville: and,Joe E. Milner, Chief
of Traffic Ixiw Enforcement and
all uniform field services for the
Department of Public Safety in
Austin.
All four of these members
have been active in TPEA and
will now become the governing
Board of the non-union Asso
ciation. The Board consists of
Quite a bit of thunder and
lightning accompanied the hard
rain Sunday evening.
Yoakum recorded 1.5 inches,
Yorktown .53 inch. Westhoff .5
in town and 1.5 in the country
and Lindenau recorded one inch.
Victoria had a prolonged
thundershower with .67 inch of
rain Sunday evening and night.
The tornado watch at times
covered the area from Junc-
tion to the Beaumont area, and
numerous tunnel clouds were j
refiorted.
There was one fatality, when;
a light airplane attempted to.
land during a rainstorm and I
another person was badly hurt j
when a twister wrecked a camp
trailer.
Rainwater went over the
curb and underpasses were
flooded in the Port Arthur-Beau-
mont area. Nearly 7 inches of
rain was recorded at the Jef-
ferson County Airport.
Windows in downtown Port
Arthur were smashed, power
lines were downed and trees
were uprooted.
At Texas City. the turbulence j
ripped out part of the top of an [
oil storage tank and knocked i
over a large dockside crane. ,
(See Hard Rains, page 4)
12 members o'-ts tha inuacdb
(See K.C. Banquet, page 4) I ate past president
Spanish Fort
Exhibit Set
Featured among many of the
historical item* to be on exhibit
during the "Museum for a Day ’
activities at Old Helena, Karnes
County Texas, on October 18,
will be artifacts from the his-
toric Fuerte de Santa Cruz del
Cibolo, an eighteenth century
Spanish fort that was situated in
Karnes County. Most of the ar-
tifact* are from the Krawietz
Collection, which have been gen-
erously entrusted to ihc care
of the Karnes County Historical
Society by Mr*. Ed. Krawietz
and her sons, Emil. Frumence,
and Frank. This will be the first j
time ever that these items have
been placed on public display.
In conjunction with th<> "Mu-
•eum tor a Day” activities, an
Official Texas Historic Bui'.bog
Medallion and Interpretive
Plate for the Old Helena Court-
Ixiuse will be erected and dedi-
cated in ceremonies beginning
at 3:00 p.m.
Principal speaker for the de-]
dication will be 0. T. Baker of
the Institute of Texas Cultures
at San Antonio. Baker directed
the gathering of the historical
collections for the Texas Pav:-
lion for Hcmisfair ‘68, and he
is currently the Projects Mana-
ger of the Institute.
Anyone and everyone is in-
vited to hrlng along any histori-
cal item of local or area interest
and place it on display. Mem-
bers of the Karnes County His-
torical Society will be on hand
from 10:00 a.m. till 5:00 p.m. to
receive and care for items,
which will be returned to own-
ers on call.
Due to limited seating at the j
dedication ceremony, special re.'
quest is made that visitors j
bring along lawn folding chairs;
for their own use.
South Texas "is heir to an a-
mazingly rich historical heri-
tage. Everyone is invited to
come to Old Helena on October
18 to partake of an interesting
fast ef it.
Pollution
Attacked
By Bush
Congressman George Bush
has called upon "every level of
our society” to share the re-
sixmsibility for protecting the
environment.
The U. S. Senate candidate
said he supports legislation
which requires the federal gov-
ernment to set anti-pollution
guidelines and standards, and to
provide incentives for compli-
ance.
Bush said he offored an am-
endment in the House Ways and
Means Committee that would
encourage industry to take im-
mediate action to repair or
improve facilities to check air
or water pollution.,
"After a reasonable time,”
Bush said, “and for those who
don't get cracking, I support
President Nixon's proposal to
impose fines of up to S10.000 a
(See Cong. Bush, page 4)
NIXON PEACE PLAN — Much of the world reacted to Pre-
sident Nixon’s “standstill ceasefire" proposal for Indochina
with praise but first reaction from the Communist world was
bitter and violent. The President Is shown making bis offer
nationwide television and radio. Lower are his first proposed
steps superimposed on a map of Indochina.
Farm Bureau
Election Set
DeWitt County Farm Bureau
member* will elect directors at
the annual meeting at 8 p.m.
Monday The meeting will be
held at the Lindenau Rifle Club
. . s. ,, J* , .
Retiring directors are Fred
Diebel of Meyersville, Charles
Parker of Cuero and Roland
Maehost and Herbert Hahn of
Yorktown
Delegate* wM be elected to the
state convention. Preuldnt b
ms Sehlinke d Nordhcnn %
preside. Membership wiM ant
at®’ resolutions brought
the meeting.
Principal speaks* «
Wayne Little of Waco, state an
garuzation directs*. Littta, *
former Cuero resident, am*
field representation Sf Ms bu-
reau at sue tint.
.if. V-V«rCi«W
DEDICATION
Ceremony Conducted
At Westhoff Marker
PILOT CLUB “Flea Market” held Saturday
at the American Legion Civic Center ap-
parenlt.v was a smashing success. Strictly
unofficial guossers this morning estimated
the club took la aver *1,190. Tea antiques
table, for instance was just about sold out
by 9:M Saturday morning. Presiding over
that table were Mrs. Dolly Nielsen, left and
Mrs. Corinae Carlton. One buyer at the an-
tiques table purchased 8178 worth of goods.
- Record Photos by D. L. Premise
One hundred people were pre-
sent for the official Texas His-
torical Marker dedication for
Westhoff, Sunday, Oct. 11, 1970
at 3 p.m. Attending were 16
descendants of William West-
hoff, for whom Westhoff was
named.
The invocation and Benedic-
tion were by the Reverend Cal-
I vin Peterson of Cuero, who
serves Westhoff United Metho-
dist Church and First United
j Methodist Church in Cuero.
County Judge George W. Ttv>-
well served as master of sere-
monies. Welcome was given ky
Mr. M. J. Cordes, postmaster ef
Westhoff He also gave the His-
tory of Westhoff. At one time
Westhoff had 67 or more bus-
iness houses of which 18 ware
destroyed by fire in 1913.
The 16 descendants of William
Westhoff were introduced. They
came from Edna. Yorktown,
Cuero, and Drexel, Missouri.
Gus Westhoff,
grandson af William Westhoff,
unveiled the Marker and read
the inscription.
Boy Scout Troop 243, under
the direction of Scoutmaster
John C. Hamilton served as
color guard and honor guard.
Fourteen Scouts were present.
Programs were distributed by
members of the Westhoff 4-H
Club.
The Home State Bank was
opeu and an exhibit af West-
half pictures was
home folks and visitor*.
Mrs. A. W. Schoffner, stair-
man, introduced members af
her DeWitt County Historical
Survey Committee: Mrs. R. F.
Blackwell. Mf. T. •. Buchel,
Mrs. T. A. Graves, Mr. John
C Hamilton and ex-officer mem.
her, Mr. Dave Weber, Com-
missioner af Precinct L and
the Honorable Georg* W. Tro-
well.
‘Future Existence’
CHS Council Theme
L. I. F. E. stands for , . .
“Let’* Insure Future Existence"
which is the Student Council's
theme tor Cuero High School
fer the 1970-71 school year.
Under this "umbrella theme”
a number of interesting projects
dealing with very vital subjects
of local, national, and world-
wide concern, according to Mark
Junker president
In an effort to relieve the
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