The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 43, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 21, 1971 Page: 1 of 12
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Tax Agencies Get
Shove by Trowell
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SHOPPERS JAMMED parkin*; trru Friday for the big open
In* of the new Perry Bitm. variety store in the newly -com-
pleted Rrnw Building la the 5SS block of North F.aplanade.
Store Manager Bill Cowan said Perry's District Superinten-
dent Clifford Schmidt of Brenham and tl other store mana-
gers and assistant managers came to Cuero to help with the
last-snlnute merchandise arrangement for the opening. Tho
parked shoppers and sight seers crowded over into the HEB
Food Store parking lot. Cowan yesterday could only guess at
'■several thousand” store visitors Friday.
— Record Photo by D. L. Prentica
Would You Believe
Coffee-a N
Town Talk
Texan* as well as other Am-
ericans hare become increas-
ingly concerned in recent years
over the accelerating increase
in crime.
A committee of Texa* legis-
lators has drawn up a new cri-
minal code for the state, pre-
sumably aimed at cutting d> wn
the crime increase.
DeWitt County District Attor-'____
ney Wiley Cheatham. and Dai- starling tomorrow. Tlie antique furnishings came, first day of business Monday
las District/ Attorney Henry j opening his new !rom the old Kunitz Drug Store in its new location in the Reuss
False
Alarm
Sounded
By t'nltcd Press International
The -Vorth American Air De-
fense Council I NOR AI> i mis-
takenly issued an authenticated
''alert” message Saturday that
led radio and television across
the country to leave the air as
they would in event of a genuine
national emergency.
The alert from NORAD head-
quarters near Colorado Springs,
Colo., was transmitted over
teletype services to the broad-
cast media at the start of a
test that is run every Saturday ,
at 9:30 a.m. EST.
Hut the wrong tape was used. 1
The message read: BONGO DIES
“Message authenticator: Hate- L~y
fulness-hatefulness.
‘‘This is an emergency action
notification EAN directed by the
President. Normal broadcast-
ing will cease immediately. All
stations will broadcast EAN
message one preceded by the
attention signal, per FCC rules.
Only stations holding NDEA
may stay on air in accord with
their state EBS plan,
"Broadcast EAN message one.
"Message authentictor: Hate-
fulness-hatefuiness. "20 Feb.”
Use of the code word "Hate-
fulness'' meant the alert was
real rather than a test. U S.
broadcasters are given a sealed
Public Schools
Week Announced
Mayor Jack Edgar last
week designated the period
of March 1-5 as Public
Schools Week In Cuero. an
annual event which has
been observed for the last
31 years in Texas.
“Our goal is to make
Texas public schools the
finest in the Nation, and to
achieve this our citizens are
urged to take an active in-
terest in the school systems
and to eoopi rate with their
school boards, superinten-
dents, principals and teach-
ers." he said.
1 he observation will this
year mark 117 years of pub-
lic schools in Texas.
Educators and Texas Ma-
sonic Podges (sponsors of
the event) are hoping for a
record turn-out of parents of
school-age children, as well
as other interested citizens.
The statewide campaign
for Texas Pnhlic Schools
Week is encouraging every-
one In the state to attend or
visit a public school during
the observation dates set.
Cuero Loses
Old Friend
*y JEAN IE BEAUX K
Record Staff Writer
March 8
Time Set
On Shares
DeWitt County taxing agen-
cies were asked 10 submit what
| they feel will be a fair share
of cost for participation in a
| county re-pvaluation study at a
special meeting of agency rep-
resentatives and county com-
: rrhssioners court, Friday night,
i DeWitt County Judge George
j Trowel! requested representa-
tives to mAn with their agen-
| cies, arrive at the figures and
report to the commissioners
court on March 8.
Trowel! stressed that the stu-
I dy will have nothing to do with
. setting of tax' structures. It will
| concern equalization of proper-
ty' figures in the county, he
said.
Trowell also said agencies
participating should provide
representatives to work in the
study of equalization when the
Board of Equalization meats.
Approximate cost of the eval-
uation program is $73 000. The
contract with Southwestern Ap-
praisal firm includes a perfor-
mance bond.
Information derived from the
study wilt be available to ilt a-
gencies in the county tax as-
By D. I. PRENTICE j items, but plans to offer the ex-
Rreorri Staff BTIti r I hibit space to other* with mte-
‘‘Nickel for a nickel and penny resting exhihits.
matches for a penny!” A™1 the desk and chair in
That shock you* It. shocked Reuss’ new office will make
and shook me quite a bit when | antique collectors droll. So will
th» chair is a high-hacked swi-
vel chair. Reuss decant know
how old they are.
A formal opening is
soon.
Vanity Fair Beauty Shop with
The Cuero Fire Department
is without a mascot for the
first time in fourteen years.
Bongo, a shaggy black and
white dog who was a familiar
, , „ sight around the old fire station
envelop every three months list- m latpr th(1 npw on„ i8 d^,d
ing the code words that, will be
I heard it the other day, but',*w> mirrors and marble ^helves completely irvxiern furnishings
it's a fact, rigid here in Cuero. *fd ancient paneling. and equipment will open for its
| used each day for the coming
planned , three months. Station officials
! are supposed to open the enve-
lo|>e if an alert is issued and to'
check the authenticator word to
(See False Alarm, Page 13)
after serving as chief mascot
faithfully for over a decade.
Mrs. Tom Kennedy reported
Wade, feel the proposed revi- drugstore in his brand--n-xv
■ion* will work in the opposite | building tomorrow, and that
direction by making law en- j nj(:kd cofJee u Ml( ,j( tU, Cl,n.
forrement more difficult. veniences he'* offering. Also
which Reuss bought out in 1957. j Building.
Tite desk i* a roll-top item and: (See Reuss Center, Page
Fallowing is the last in * ae-
ries of summations on portion*
of the proposed law revisions.
Read, please, and write to Rep.
Tim Von Dohlen and Sen. Bill
Patman at the Capita in Aus-
tin.
PROVISION'S CONCERNING
ORGANIZED CHIME: law en-
forcement recognizes that h*>k-
ntaking is the life bi nd of or-
ganized crime. Gambling op-
erations 1n the Unit* 1 States
provide organized crime with
an estimated seven billion dol-
lar* trvenue each year.
This money is "reinvested"
in loansharking ofierations.
wholesale narcotics trade, and
sophisticated business swindles.
Despite these facts, we find that
the provisions under which our
office would prosecute an or-
hot tea. cocoa and soup from a
do-it-yourself machine.
The new drugstore, along with
Vanity Fair Beauty Shop, will
complete the occupancy of the
building.
Perry Bros, variety store
opened Friday to overflow
crowds.
The old-time prices on coffee
and mate lies is onlv part of the
"old
with the shining new stuff.
One section of the new store;
on North Esplanade is a muse-
um. Reuss plans an initial ex- i
hibit of old-time pharmacy
'GET TO WORK'
Govenor Snaps
At Lawmakers
New Norther
Now Rolling
Toward State
Bv United Press International
A stationary front stalled in
South Texas Saturday morning,
creating dense fog throughout
the coastal plains.
Honor Roll
Lists Three
From Cuero
that Bonga died sometime
Thursday night. The dog had
made his home with the Ken- sessor-collector's office
nedys during the past few j Ten agencies have b’en a^k-
years following semi-retire- <vt to participate in the stud' .
ment. His body was found. on Represented at Frida- s
the lawn near the bedroom - meeting were rides of Or \
Friday morning. i York+own and Yoakum, and
"Seems like he was lust try- i Meyersville School District !>-
ing to get as close to me as he |."itt County Drainage p ‘ri-t
could” Mrs. Kennedy said. - No. 1 and Cuero School Dis-
trict
City dump crews picked up
Bongo's body Friday morning
when Mrs. Kennedy was out
buying groceries.
With his shuffling, slow gait
Bongo eould usually be seen
ambling across the railroad
tracks on Gonzales Street to-
ward the fire station in recent
years.
Three Cuero students have
lieen named to the Honor Roll
of The Victoria College for the
fall semester. They are
Arnold, daughter of Mr.
Mrs. James K. Arnold of 712, end 0f touT1
East Newman; Rebecca Chad-j Described as "just a mixed
Not represented were Coe—,
Hospital District, Westhoff
School District, Nordheim
School District and City of
Nordheim.
Yoakum School District has
not Seen asked fo participate
since it is in three counties.
Yorktown School District ha*
. . ... not been as,ted t» pay part of
And once m * while he was thp cost com.
Maw , T™ ^ 8 S1^!^ a" P'**« ita ™ evaluation pn>
siciiy follow the neighborhood post- t____
an<^ I man on his rounds in the south
dock, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Gov. Preston , enue by raising the salee tax
because logis-! and more than doubling college
AUSTIN UPI
^bining|tol!!ro
his solutions to the state's finan-j "It occurs to me that since I
cial problems, told lawmakers have now recommended, one-a
they ’d better “shut up and go| plan that would require no new
to work" Friday.
"It is time for them to live
up to their responsibilities,"
Smith said in his offiee. After-
ward he swept past newsmen
without responding to their re-
quests for further explanation on j
his comments.
His statement came
Bond Parents
Meet Monday
Nortxvest of the state, a gusty T. K. Chaddock of 613 East
cold front was rolling toward Broadway: and Fern Palmer,
the Panhandle, and the National daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. C.
Weather Service isuued dust Palmer Jr., of Box 350.
storm warnings for parts of; Miss Ar'.old has the additional
West Texas for later Saturday, j distinction of being a straight
Rains of more than four inch- J “A” student. The Roll was an-
e* accompanied storms that nouncod by Dr. Roland Bing,
roamed the state Thursday.1 Dean of the College. In order
ta*nirin' t; Jewett, in South Central Texas, to be included, students must be first assumed dunes at the old
taxes, ana two-a plan that does ^ mch^ while Buf- enrolled for at least fifteen station.
falo in North Central Texas got, semester hours of work andj And according to everyone
3.45 inches. j maintain a grade point average' who worked with him, he per-
But most amounts were less
dog" by Fireman Ervin Kas-
per, Bongo came to the station
in 1957. He was brought there
by Fireman C. R. Reese be-
cause no one else seemed to
want him at the time.
Despite his ragbag appear-
ance in latter years. John Hud-
geoiis remembers him as a
"pretty little pup" when Bongo
require new taxes,” Smith said,
that perhaps the critics arc say-
ing we should live within our in-
come. That would be acceptable
to me.”
Smith's first plan, proposed
than an inch.
Only a trace of rain fell in
Jan. 20. suggested the state a-!thp eastern P°rtl<? o{ DeWltt
after void new taxes by issuing $450' County.
of 3.45 out
points.
of a
possible fourj formed those duties well even
(See Bongo Dies. Page 1*)
gram.
Commisswwws considered the
city of Yoakum being divided
by the DeWitt-Lavaca County
line when the court arrived at
a proiiosed cost for Yoakum.
COG Director
Meeting Dated
The Board of Directors of the
Golden Crescent Council of
Governments will hold their
regular monthly meeting Tues-
day. in the Victoria Bank and
Trust board meeting room.
The meeting 1* to begin at 5 04
p.m.
Cuero Band Parents will meet
ganized criminal offender are j Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the CHS
impotent. Hand Hall, according to Preti-! lawmakers showed little enthu- million in revenue bonds. It!
faction 12.43 provides that an dent Harold Tiffin. It will be the siasm for his latest solution to by « five-to-one margin
‘‘organized criminal offender” j group s third meeting of the the state's budget crisis-a plan
(*e« Town Talk. Page IS) I year. I to raise $470 million in new rev-
native plan to raise the sales tax
from 3.25 to 4 per cent, raise
college tuition for Texas stu-
LOCAL ROUTE
Cuero Woman
Pilot Official
{in the House.
Thursday he offered an alter-
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Barlow Joins
Local Council
Donald L. Barlow, previously
a member of the Shreveport,
Louisiana Council of the
Mrs. Shirley Massey of tlie
Pilot Club of Cuero lias been
appointed, District 8 Chairman
of the Patriotic Emblems Com-
mittee of Pilot International for
1571-72. the 50th Anniversary
Year of the international civic
and service organization for
executive and professional
women.
The appointment teas made
by District First I-t. Governor
Eloise Shaver, Cleveland, Tex-
as, and announced, with other
appointments for the coming
year to some 15,000 Pilot mem-
bers through the March issue
of the organization s magazine,
THE PILOT LOG. This new is-
sue also outlines the programs
to be undertaken by Pilot Club* /
during the anniversary year un-
der the theme, "Participation—
the Golden Link of Progress."
Mrs. Massey, as district
chairman, will have a major
role in developing the programs
in Di*trict 8 which includes Pil-
ot Clubs in the State of Texas
except El Paso. In addition to
working with clubs throughout
tlie year, she will develop and
present special plans for her
committees activities during
the annual distriet convention to
be held in Baytown. Texas on
April 23-25, 1971.
Mr*. Massey is coowner of
Massey Furniture Company in
Cuero. She has served the local
Pilot Club as Past President,
(fas Pilot Club, P^|o U)
dents from $50 to $125 a semes-
ter and from $200 to $500 fori Knights of Columbus before
nonresidents, and raise the sales : moving to Cuero with his fami-
(See Legislature, Page it) iy, was reinstated into the Or-
” 1 der of the Knights of Columbus
at the regular meeting of the
Knights of Columbus held
Thursday evening.
Mr. Barlow is manager of the
Door Dixision of Gulf Coast
Wsod Products of Cuero. and
Installation of officers was he and his family reside at 614
Protest Mounting
On Postal Cutback
Pythian Sisters
Installation
Is Conducted
By JACK HOWERTON ly afternoon and noted seven
Record Publisher , bags of mail were unloaded on
Many protest* have reached ^ p 0 .g receivi
postal authorities in Ft. worth
and Washington and Texas Sen- fj a“orm
HRS SHIRLEY MASSEY
. . .Pilot Official.
held at a recent meeting ©f
PyUpan Sisters with Pattie
Manion as installing officer as-
sisted by Alma Meyer and Hat-
tie Johnson.
Officers installed were: MEC,
Hattie Johnson, Ex-Sr., Paula
Waideck, Ex-Jr., Lottie Knotke,
Mgr. Louise Krueger, Sec. Sop-
hie Wasserman, Treas., Mattie
Herring, Guard, Emma Gabler,
and Protector, Inez Cornett.
A social hour was enjoyed at
(he conclusion of the business
meeting and Ndrestimenis were
served.
East Prairie.
MOD Benefit
Is Scheduled
Ladies ef TTiomaston will
sponsor an all-day March of
Dimes benefit Wednesday, from
8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Thom-
as* on Mall.
Coffee and cookie# wiH be
served, and everyone is invited
to e->—>• 1 have refreshments,
and leave their aontri button to
the 1971 Manb ef Dunse.
ators and Congressmen in
Washington requesting continu-
ance of the Cuero to Yorktown
and Kenedy daily mail route
scheduled to be abandoned af-
ter June 30.
In fact proteste have been so
frequent that the post office de-
partment had its inspectors vis-
it each ef the post offices one
day last week to check the
number ef totters and the *-
mount of other mail originat-
ing in each of the affected
towns and transported over the
mail route by Mr. and Mrs. W.
I. Hobdy.
The Record also Had a repre-
sentative an hand one day last
week when the daily mail
woutM hs^mI CMopa m thi mv*
Despite the fact that the Post
Office department re-arranged
the schedule of the Cuero-Ken-
edy route several weeks ago
to out down on the amount of
mail that it would carry toe
volume has remained sufficient-
ly large to justify its eontinu-
ance.
The main cause of the P. O.
Departments present decision
to discontinue the route after
June 30 is because it does not
fit into the plan t- have all
mail move thru a designated
sectional center office before
it is distributed to small cities
and rural communities.
TM* towns of Cuero, York-1 Bentaen
town, Nordheim
and Kenedy Abraham
■ dak vary af i Young.
mail, newspaper* and parrel*
at their post offices the same
day and within a few hours af-
ter they are prsted. Under the
proyxxsed P. O. dept, plan
Cuero mail would be forced to
move to San Antonio and th<»n
back thru Kenedy to Runge,
Nordheim and Yorktown which
would delay delivery at least
one and more likely two or
three days.
To help save this important
mail route for Cuero and other
citizens of this area address a
totter of protest to
Mr. Vance L. Jones
Director. Logistics Division
Post Office Building
Fort Worth, Texas 76101
And also advise U. S. Sena-
tor* John Tower and Uoyd
and Congressmen
««*• John
MICROFILM CENTER, INC.
p. o. jjox 45436
DALLAS, TEXAS 75235
Coder
Cloudy and cooler with chance
of showers Sunday. High in the
mid 70s, low in the upper 50*
for Cuero, Yoakum, Yorktown.
U. L Wtmttm, wummi fun—I
fw Cuero one OoWHt County
VOL. 77 NO. 43
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Prentice, D. L. The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 43, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 21, 1971, newspaper, February 21, 1971; Cuero, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth703121/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Cuero Public Library.