The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 90, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 8, 1986 Page: 1 of 16
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INDEX • Hospital.. . ....... Page 16
• Ann l anders ...... ., Page 7 • Obituaries.............Page 4
• Business Page .'...... Page 9 • Sports................Page 8
• Calendar........... Page 1 • Spotlight . . . /...... Page 5
• Church Page .........Page 12 • TV Guide............Page 10
• Classifieds...........Page 13 • Weather.............. Page 3
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THE CUERO RECORD
VOL. 90 - NO. 90
CUERO, TEXAS, SATURDAY, November 8, 1986
Established 1894 • Pulitzer Prize 1955
USPS 781-120
1 Section - 16 Pages - J5e
Council names new city manager
Cuero C it> Council appointed a
new city manager Thursday He is
James C Morgan, 53, of friend
swood, a man with 24 years ex-
perience as a city manager in four
Texas citiev
Morgan had two personal inter
views with the council before he was
chosen from a field of 29 applicants
He will begin his duties here on
December 1.
Morgan replaces lormer City
Manager Jim Pratt, who held the
post for 12 years before resigning in
September to go into the auto parts
business in the area Corlis Riedesel,
who has been the city secretary since
1978, replaced Pratt as interim city
manager and will serve in that
capacity until Morgan takes the
reins.
The new city manager holds a
bachelors degree in public ad-
ministration from Texas Tech. He
has been the city manager of Friend-
swood, near Houston, since 1972.
During that time, Friendswood
grew from a population of 5,600 in
four square miles to 21,000 in nine-
teen square miles and was named
one of the 12 great places to live in
the nation by Family Circle
magazine, Morgan said in a letter
submitted with his resume.
“The strengths of my manage-
ment style are financial, employee
development, and my relationships
with the public (and) city
employees,” he said in the letter.
Morgan was city manager of
Groves from 1968 to 1971, city
manger of Kermit from 1964 to
1967, city manager of Canadian
from 1962 to 1964, and an ad-
ministrative assistant with the City
of Fort Worth from 1960 to 1962.
In his resume, Morgan said he is
an active member of the baptist
cnurch, president of the Lion^Club,
sergeant-at-arrns of the Rotary
Club, and a director of the Friend-
swood Industrial Development Cor
poration.
He is president of the South Fast
Texas City Manager’s Association
and a winner of the Texas Municipal
League’s lst-place award for annual
report and the Municipal Finance
Officers Association’s Certificate of
Conformance for financial repor-
ting.
He is married and has two
children.
Manager’s duties •
According to the Cuero City
Charter, the city manager’s duties
include hiring and firing city
employees, selecting heads of city
departments, preparation and ad-
ministration of the annual city
budget and preparation of an an-
nual financial and administrative
report.
Voter
turnout
53 percent
Approximately 53 percent of
DeWitt County’s 9,024 registered
voters turned out for Tuesday’s
general election.
According to figures from
DeWitt County Clerk Ann
Drchr. 4,780 voters participated
in the election.
By contrast, the May primaries
drew only 33 percent, or 3,039
voters.
Voting by precinct, from
largest to smallest, was as
follows:
•Pet. 7, Vorktown City Hall,
645.
•Pet. 26, Lutheran Church,
Cuero, 610
•Pet. 3, Cuero Fire Station.
539. ,
•Pet 18. First State Bank
Yoakum, 479.
•Pet. 1. Hunt School, Cuero,
366.
•Pet. 24, Temple Baptivta,
Yoakum, 337.
•Pet. 23, Lutheran Church,
Yorktown. 309
•Pet. 28, Legion Hall, Cuero,
245.
•Pet. 8. Nordheim, 180
•Pet. 31,“absentee, 165
•Pet. 6, Meyersville. 152.
•Pet. 22. Westhoff, 145
•Pet. 5, Arneckeville. 143
•Pet. 17, Hochheim. 119.
•Pet. 2, Trinity Chapel. Cuero,
112.
•Pet. 4, Thomaston, 102.
•Pet. 15, Concrete, 70
•Pet. 11, Lindenau. 62.
Glaze wins Cuero JP post
Schaffner re-elected
county commissioner
Democrat John Glaze of Cuero
took "2 percent of the vote in Tues-
dav\ election and will become the
next Justice ot the Peace of Cuero
and surrounding communities.
In the only other local contested
election, incumbent Democratic
County Commissioner P.G. ‘Pete’
Schatfner of \ oakum won 60 per-
cent ot the vote to retain his seal on
the countv commissioners court.
Gla/r vs. Niehols
Glaze, owner of Cuero’s' Small
talk Domino Parlor, defeated
Republican challenger D W ‘Nick’
Nichols ot (. uero to win the Justice
ot the Peace, precinct 1, seat
Glaze outpolled Nichols, a
business management and tax con-
sultant, in all ten voting precincts
and compiled a total of 1,655 votes
to Nichols’ 6<’>
In the five C uero voting precincts,
Glaze wo it a total ot 1,283 votes to
Nichols' 4SH) Totals for Glaze and
Nichols in the other precincts were
Thomaston, 61-26; Arneckeville,
104-28; Meyersville, 104-39;
L_indenau, 43-17; and absentee,
60-57.
Glaze. 50, will replace Justice of
the Peace Bob Wood, who lost to
Glaze in a runoff election in June
The justice of the peace-elect is a
20-year veteran of the U.S. Navy
. who retired as a SeniorGhief Petty
Officer He was a co-owner of
Cuero’s Glaze and Kahlich Radio
and TV Store.
He and his .wife, Mabel, have liv-
ed in DeWitt Counts for 13 years.
Thev have three children; Blane of
Austin, Jon of Cuero and Leah of
Victoria.
Glaze will begin his duties as
Justice of the Peace on January I.
Schaffner vs. Bade
Schaffner. who. ha*, held the
DeWitt County Precinct 2 Commis-
sioner’s seat since 1978. garnered a
total of 691 votes to‘411 for his op
'Pete' Schaffner
’ponent, Republican Dennis Bade of
the Edgar community.
Schaffner outpolled Bade, who
operates a backhoe business, in four
of the six voting precincts.
The balloting was as follows, with
votes for Schaffner listed first-
Cuero, 49-52; Concrete, 40-30;
Hochheim, 79.45; West Yoakum,
324-132; Last Yoakum. 195-134;
and absentee, 13-18.
Schaffner, 61, is a life-long resi-
dent of DeWitt County and a
veteran of World W ar II. He and his
wife. Lorea, have four children
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JP-elect John Glaze
Second round of Cuero economic talks scheduled
The second Cuero Chamber of
Commerce and Agriculture spon
sored Town Meeting for economic
development will be held at 6:30
p m. I uesday' in the Cuero
Municipal Club House.
Six work teams will be formulated
at this meeting dealing with the
following areas: fact book, better
communication, supporting existing
business and industry , tourism, zon-
ing and structuring, economic
development.
These teams are to hold the total
economic development of Cuero as
their primary concern, and each
(earn will be responsible for assess-
ing local needs, setting speonic
goals, finding objectives for im-
plementing these goals, as well as
assessing the financial needs of the
committee and making specific
recommendations as to a source for
financing these needs.
The public is invited to attend,
and recommendations for any addi-
tional teams may be suggested at
this meeting.
Participants will be asked upon
arrival to chose the team they wish
to serve with, and they will be seated
at that speufiv work tabie.
For more information, contact
Martha Burns, conference chairper-
son, at 2"5-8612; or Polly Ritter-
skamp, chamber manager, at
275-2T12.
Clements, Sweeney win in DeWitt County
Poppy sale
Freddy Lenghoff. right, makes a generous donation in return for a poppy trom
VFW Ladles Auxiliary member Mrs C B Cotton early Friday morning on Main
Street The auxiliary and men of VFW Post 3972 sold popples all over town Friday
In an effort to raise money for veterans and their families.
(Photo by Cheryl St. Clelr)
DeWitt County voters favored
Republicans Bill C lements and Mac
Sweeney in Tuesday’s general elec
tion and Democrats John Sharp and
Ken Armbrister also won here.
Republican candidates outpolled
their Dempcratic opponents locally
in the races for lieutenant governor,
attorney general and agriculture
commissioner.
Clements wins .
In the governor’s race, the GOP’s
Clements received 3,206 votes in
‘ DeWitt County, compared to 1,476
tor incumbent Democrat Mark
White
Libertarian candidate Theresa
Doyle scored 31 votes and write-in
candidate Charles Lee had three
votes.
In statewide voting, Clements
earned 52.7 percent of the vote to
regain the state’s top job. W hite had
46 percent of the vote.
Victory for Sweeney
Incumbent District 14 U.S.
Representative Mac Sweeney of
Wharton won 2,652 votes in DeWitt
County to defeat challenger Greg
l aughlin of West C olumbia, who
had 1,786 votes here.
In district-wide voting, Sweeney
had 52.3 percent of the vote to 47.6
percent for L aughlin.
Sharp wins
In the race for Texas Railroad
Commissioner, State Senator John
Sharp, D Victoria^ outpolled
Republican opponent Milton Sharp
of Houston 2,959 to 1,494 in
DeWitt County, l ibertanan can-
didate Chloe Daniel had 19 votes.
Sharp won the election with 55
percent of the vote statewide.
Armbrister tops Livingston
Ken Armbrister, D-Victoria, was
elected to the Texas Senate from
District 18, deteating Republican
opponent Bill Livingston of
l aCRange
Armbrister took 61.8 percent ot
the vote in district-wide voting and
won in DeWitt County 2,558 to
1,822.
Lt. Governor’s race
In the race for the lieutenant
<
governor’s seat, incumbent
Democrat Bill Flobbv of Houston
won 62 percent ot the vote
statewide', but lost in DeWitt Coun-
ty balloting.
Hobby’s Republican opponent,
David Davidson ot Austin, scored
2,256 votes in DeWitt Counts to
Hobby’s 2,183. Libertarian can
didate Bill Howell of Dallas had 23
votes in DeW itt Counts
Mattox loses here
Like Hobby, incumbent
Democratic Attorney General Jim
Mattox won in Texas (Mattox took
less than 52 percent ot the vote), but
lost in DeW itt C ounty •
Republican San Antomq district
judge Roy Barrera Jr outpolled
Mattox here 2.296 votes to 2,206
1 ibertanan candidate Mike
Stephens had D votes in DeWitt
County.
Hightower loses here
Incumbent Democratic
Agriculture commissioner Jim
Hightower won more than N) per-
cent of the statewide vote, but lost
<
in DeW itt County to k -publican
Bill Powers.
Powers had 2,259 votes' here.
Hightower had 2.118, and Libei
tanan candidate Rebecca Reed ot
San Antonio had 3f> votes
Ijmd Commissioner
In the race for Commissioner of
the General L and Office, incumbent
Democrat Garrv Mauro topped
challengers in Texas and i.n DeWitt
County
Mauro hacj 61 percent ot the vote
statewide and received 2,<9t votes
here Republican M.D. Anderson
Jr. had 1."'59 votes and,i .lbcnarjun
Honey Sue l anham had ’7 votes
Other races
In other contested -rue'
•State Treasurer \m. k< bards
and comptroller Bob Bun. - raced
Libertarian opponents an 4 * r ,sv
victories, taking over s* f
the vote in Texas.
In DeWitt County, Richard:, had
•.,892 votes while her .'ppo'<m,
Robert Reid had 113 Bullock won
(Please see Flection, page 3)
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Berner, Homer H. The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 90, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 8, 1986, newspaper, November 8, 1986; Cuero, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth844323/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Cuero Public Library.