The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 306, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 23, 1937 Page: 4 of 6
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THE CUERO RECORD, CUERO, TEXAS
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1937
QUALITY BREAD
A Home Product ] Fresh Daily
At Your Grocer’s
Fruit Cake — Layer Cake — Delicious Pastries.
QUALITY BAKERY
Successors to
SHAW’S BAKERY
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Xmas
Specials
Cranberries ................... tb 15c
Fane* Iceberg Lettuce .. 5c
Potatoes ............... 10 lbs. 18c
Onions. White ........3 lbs. He
HERSHEYS COCOA
1-5 lb Can 3%c H Lb. 7c
^ 1 lb. Can 12c
CRISCO
t lb Can 18c 3 lb. Can 48c
A * W. Pumpkin No. 2 7J£c
Choc, cov, Cherries lb box 23c
MAYER’S
Red & White Grocery
522 W. Main Phone 135
A Visit To Santa Claus Land
By Brandon Walsh
L0OK AT THE
TIME!
AMO SANTA CLAUS
PROMISED TO BE
AT CAP'N GO-tUCKY'S*
XMAS PARTY TO
MEET DIE children
AT NINE O'CLOCK
SHARP.1'.
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TO SAV
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ISNT ANY
SANTA CLAUS,
AFTER
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THEN NA/MY
HASN'T
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FOR H)S
PRESENT ?
BECAUSE HE'S TOO
BUSY GIVING OUT
PRESENTS TO
EVERYBODY
ELSE!
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KEEP VER FLAGS
WAVIN', MATES-
SANTA AIN'T GOIN'
T'DISAPPOINT
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Christmas
Shoppers
See Our Gift Items!
Roasters. Aluminum ware
Oven Rake Dishes,
Pyrex, Etc.
Complete Line of
Sports Goods, Guns,
Ammunition, etc.
Wood and Gas
Heaters
BATES
Hardware Co.
Dornbluth’s
Sc to $5.00 Store
We Still Have Plenty Of Gifts For All!
Tonight and Tomorrow will he vour last Christmas Shopping Opportunity, but we -have Appropriate
GIFTS FOR ALL. OPEN TILL 9 P. M.
Dornbluth’s
5c to $5.00 Store
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? Observations *
* By PETE ♦
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1937 IN SPORTS
By Jack Sords
AUGUST
P#“
ons differ as to the out-
of the forthcoming title tilt
m the Longview Loboes and
Wichita Palls Coyotes for the
school grid championship of i
he,state in a game that is to be
"UPBd December 25 (Saturday) in
tat Cotton Bowl Stadium. We're
of the opinion, however, that
Loboes will all but crush the
Ita crew under a twelve or
teen lead that will give them
yoolboy championship of the
tar State.
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Wichita Palls has won seven
lost two and tied three.
155 points to 46 for the
ton. Longview, on the
, in 13 games has run
te to 69 for the oppo-
comparative scores
Indicate the Coyotes had
MPT* defensive team, but
believe the general run
them has been as
9B that the Loboes have i
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CUERO HIGH
LETTERM^N TO
GET JACKETS
Awards Arrive in Cuero
Thursday Morning it
Is Learned.
SQUAD VOTES CHANGE
Jackets Replace Sweaters
For First Time School
History.
World’s Largest “Flyixig Battleship” Launched
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1 Toy sales in the United States
I will reach a $230,000,000 total this
j year, it is predicted. This would
j be a seven year peak.
Satisfied Patients
DR. REA. Well Known ^
Stomach Specialist
At CUERO, MUtT HOTEL
Tuesday. December 28th,
ONE DAY ONLY
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Wy belies
Ifttion to
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of all this patter, you
Jike I, have an opinion coming to
pou but neither of our guesses will
tarry as much weight as the final
tally that hangs on the Cotton
(Bowl scoreboard at the end of the
fame late Saturday afternoon.
Our guess in figures is: Longview
ft; Wichita Fills 13.
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i The gridiron isn’t the only place
Where Lewis (Popeye) Mayne is “ --
doing well, according to some of a game played between recent
bis school chums. On Wednesday graduates of the Yoakum high
m at the annual Christmas school and a comparative team
DoJffuoee.
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properly again.
* * *
We have received a request from
Arrival of jacket awards to be
I given to lettermen on the 1937
Cuero High School Gobbler foot-
ball team at an early date Has an-
nounced Thursday morning by O.
A. Zimmerman, superintendent of
public schools. Whether or not
the jackets will be given out dur-
ing the holidays was not announc-
ed by Zimmerman Thursday.
Voting on jackets instead if
sweaters this year, the squad for
the first time will receive a "differ-
ent'’ award. Heretofore heavy
sweaters have been given the let-
termen, but- majority of the team
wanted Jackets.
The jackets are a combination of
green, gray and white, with the Jan.
body portion of the garment a dark Mar.
green. From the shoulder to the May
wrist the packet is of dull gray
suede, while closely knitted green N. O.
and white wool may be seen on
the collar, sleeve-tips and at the jan
bottom. A five-inch dark green Mnr
- chinelle letter bearing service bars. May
is attached just to the left of the
buttoned front.
Efforts were being made Thurs-
View of huge “sky fortress” launched at San Diego, Cal.
Said to be the world’s largest “flying battleship”,
this 30-ton “sky fortress” of the U. S. navy is
launched at San Diego, Cal. This bombing plane
is powered with four 1,050-horsepower motors and
has a flying radius of 5,000 miles. It can attain a
speed of better thhn 200 miles an hour.
—Central Press
[cotton Oil &. Mf&. Co.
| Cot.ton Seed, per ton
j ranged from $2.75 to $3.75,
_ $20.00: butcher cows to $4.50, fat
SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK! ^rce’ 0(1(1 head to $490 Medium [beg Ulcer "mts. lT*¥U*ntah~
| bulls mostly $4.50 down, odd head! mesa, Stomach; Grade
; HOURS—9:30 A. M. to 4:00
Dr. Rea. visiting Texas profession* *
{ ally for many years, legally auth- ;
1 orized by the state. Many satisfied
patients; p. m. Mitchell, TexmA- 4
ana. Liver; W. H. Bakers, Gains* y
I ville. Kidney; Mrs. Ida Davis, Mt.
Pleasant, Stomach; Mrs. C. M- f
Baughman, Crockett, Stomach.
Mrs. C. F. Knowles, Abilene, Pel-
I lagra; Tom McNeil, Richland
Springs, Cancer Growth; Mrs.
B. Richardson, Palestine.
J Rudolph Kohl, Elinger,
and Rheumatism; John Tu“
i Shamrock. Stomach; Mrs.
Tozer. Amarillo, Pellagra; Mrs.
-: T. Morris, Lubbock, Pellagra; H.
few Blasche, S-chulenburg, Colitis; C.
„_u.r! Mathis, Stomach Ulcer.
0 ‘ Mrs. Thomas Rogers,
Market quotations furnished dafly (Fed.-State Market News Service) ' - _ , ! Rmwn Richland <tnrino*
--- --- - - SAN ATNONIO- Dec. 23-Hog.,. M elves «5.W |
receipts 400. Market fairly active.idown, few good steer calves $6.65 Gan stones; Mrs. Sarah
weak to 10c lower, spots more on j and few stocker steers $4.50 to $5.25. j Skidmore, Piles; Mrs. W. J.
by Lillie Fahr 212 Gonzales Street.
Phone 130.
TODAY'S CLOSE
N. Y. COTTON FUTURES
I IV 1VV lUnti, lUUi C Ull | -----
J light weights with packing sows' Sheep, receipts, none;
, sharply lower. Top $7.40 to local! none. Market was slow and
goats, lin, Hearne, Obesity; Mrs. W. rv
weak. | Dane, Bowie, Pellagra; “
•Open High Low Close' kdlers and packers for most good j Few holdover wethers cashed at Kallus,
8.IB 8.28 8.18 8.21-22
8.30 8.38 8.29 8.34
8.37 8.46 8.37 8.40-42
The San Antonio live-
COTTON FUTURES
Open High Low Close
8.30 8.35 8.30 8.32
843 8.49 8.40 8.47
8.58 8.53 8.48 8.53
to choice 175 to 250 lbs. Best 160 to 52.25.
175 lbs. $7.00 to $7.40. 140 to 160 j NOTE:
lbs. $6.50 to $7.00. Few packing sows ; stock market will be closed Friday
$6.00 down, no strictly choice kinds I and Saturday, December 24 and 25,
[offered early. Butcher pigs mostly! but the yards will be open as
j $5.50 down, few $5.75. ! usual to receive stock for the Mon-
Cattle. receipts 300, calves 400. day market.
Receipts were very light, following ]
inclurifni i
! Ulcer.
Hallet-ts ville,
To those interested.
and Examination Free,
at reasonable cost to those
able cases where treatment ts
sired.
Dr. Rea Bros. Medical
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
aaftemoo
iMtepel exercise before the h’oli- some other nearby town. Au- ja reader 'concerning football Our day by ^ Zimm’erman"'to get‘in ^ew ^°! k
it is the custom for some of brey Graham and Dutch O'Neil. partvvvantsTknow the last time touch Coach Shinn to deter- New Orleans
loys to trade presents with wt* known high school stars in J Gobbler t:am iin L dislrte? mine whether or not he should T
girl friends and vice-versa, the backfield, are attempting to championshi/man* ™ d“ pass out the awards during the cuero
everything was running along grange such a game with a team j members that team had -^e last- holidays or wait until school starts KU
i ^ Wednesday, with a burst at Smithville. j district title won bv the Gobblers again earl>' in January,
or laughter here and there until Included on the Yoakum eleven.
Came to a gm mark- if the game is arranged, will be
r»nr~ T° ^.OPfye Jrom °live °yl' such players as Bob Bellville, Patsy
r0peyef_ P1^1 Straightway Santa McGarahan, Louis Kunetka, Cecil
^ *ayne to march up for Sutton, Robert McMurray. Morris
and as the handsome grid Reese. Dutch. O’Neil and Aubrey
"loved forward. Miss Bill Graham, as well as numerous!
ys face became redder others who in the past have been
r. It seems these folks named on All-District teams
in ted.
SPOT COTTON
are
was in 1928 and with one of the
smallest squads in the history of Gobbler Backfield
the school. To the best of our
recollection there were only thirteen
men on the squad and many of
them played every minute of every
game during the year. The game
today must be much rougher or the
LEADING STOCKS
TODAY’S CLOSE
American Can
Performer IniureH Anaconda copper
1 criurmcr injured American Tel. & Tel
In “Docile” Game Bethlehem
Dupont
Chrysler Motors
•I
Billy Miller, Cuero high school Humble Oil
; participants are a bit weaker, for Gobbler backfield performer* is General Electric
We sincerely hope the game can (few lads seem to have what it going to stick to football and avoid General Foods
be arranged and it is likely a good- j takes to go the routes week after the less “strenuous'’ sports.
~uce pmi-season football games ly crowd of Cuero folk would drive I week. After going through a rough and SfnnJlf £
■4 the daV OVer f°r th- tBt- *• heartily * * * .amble Llball season without an M^Zmerv Wart
't "otoer tussle is being arrang- sympathize with the old high i The writer’s wi— a------*- - -....... —-------— ------- Montgomeiy Ward
^ mat^rialize- Y oakum school stars, who are not in con- i getting worse and
football fans will be given an op- dition. that take part for yours-------- —‘ -
IjHMMlllty to see a real football truly partook of one of those post-
that city Saturday, Dec. season affairs a few years ago and
Oil
. - — - ---- —--- =------o ---------- ..orse. Why ankle this week playing the usually soconv Vacuum
given an op- dition. that take part for yours now she an't even sleep when it is docile game of "touch” football, the standard Oil N J
it took weeks of rest before the
LfX 1 coL UC1UI c tilt;
Fins have expressed interest in ‘ battered, body started to function
time to get up.
* * *
Christmas Sale
SAVE
' *5 to 50%
on Entire Stock of Nationally Advertised
RADIOS
and other Appliances
LIBERAL TERMS
Davidson Electric Co.
City Hall Building—Cuero.
Don’t- see how the boys choosing
the All-Southwest Texas Class B ,
honor team everlooked Mayne for j
«s a backfield post. Waive^>een about
sixty or’seventy “Class B backs per-
form this year and still believe the
Cuero Flash is head and shoulders
above the best of them. It is dif-
ficult for anyone or any group of
persons to nick an “all-anything”
team from fifty or sixty schools,
but we believe our surmise would
be correct if there was any way to
prove it.
game in which tackling is barred. ) Texas Co
Pennsylvania Ry‘.
A Chinese Ruler ?
u. S. Steel
Vanadium
Westinghouse
Santa Fe Rv.
j rains Tuesday night, and included
; a rail load of mixed classes. Early j
f trading was uneven on the scatter-!
;ed lots but generally in line with j
8.43 [ prices paid Tuesday. Shipper de- j
8.54 i mand for light weight calves eased :
8.30 } up as loads were filled out.
8.27 J Small truck lot of 776 lb. fed!
8.25 j steers $6.00. few plain 558 lb.!
•yearlings $5.35. Few plain and
j medium calves $4.50 to $5.50, a!
; truck lot cf 443 lb. warmed up i
" 74—i~4 j calves $6.00. odd head to $6.50.1
32 l-d j “Rannies" sold mcstly at $3.50 to
148 1-2 $4.00. Lew cutter and cutter cows
61 3-4
118 1-4
54 1-8
68
43 1-2
32 I
32 1-2J
38
34 3-8
11
15 3-8 !
45 3-4 I
41 1-8
22 3-4 ]
59 1-4 |
16 1-4 J
108 9
39 1-4;
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X Di/muiA
if-. READY TO SERVER
CHRISTMAS SPECIALS!
DELICIOUS APPLES—
Washington and Oregon $1.50 to $2.25 Besr
WINESAPS—
Extra fancy, Fancy and Choice.
ORANGES—Texas and California.
PECANS—2 Lbs. 15c Shelled 39c per lb.
, Fireworks—Christmas Trees.
Get Our Prices Before You Buy
JOHN C. LEY
FOOD MARKET
heUl*** SMC1,L
O^eanjpray
CRANBERRY SAUCE
CUERO MARKETS
POULTRY AND PRODUCE*
Courtesy of Cudahy Packing Co
Hens 4 1-2 lbs. and over 15c
j Hens 4 1-2 lbs. and under .... 13c
H I Springs. 1 3-4 to 2 3-4 lbs. 21c
g|| j Springs, 3 lbs. and over 20c
(
Mark livain said that when he
was a bev of 14 his father was so!
ignorant he could hardly stand to ‘
have the cld man around; but when !
he got to be 21 he was astonished i
at how much the old man had |
learned in seven years.
Fast courting1 ' Dolly. I'm going
to kiss you under the mistletoe
when I go," said the caller who had
threatened tado it for several years.
"Do it now while I ni still young
enough to enjoy it." replied Dolly
wearily.
/
Staggs, per lb.
j Bakers lb
, Cocks, per lb......
[Turkeys, No. 1, lb
I Turkeys, old hens. Ib 14c j
j Turkeys, old Toms, lb 13c
Turkeys, No. 2. lb 10c ;
Geese, per lb........................... 5c j
Ducks, per lb............................. 5c
Guineas, each 15c
Eggs, white infertile, doz. 27c *
Eggs. No: 1. per dozen 26c ;
No. 2 Eggs, per dozen 15c!
Eggs, Checks and Cracks .........T. 8c i
29c 1
The use oi cannon in an attempt
to ward off hail storms was com-
mon practice in Italy at late as
1900
1
Uang Kkh-Min . . . puppet ruler?
If and when Japan v?ts up an au-
tonomous state in North China,
which recently fell under Japa-
nese domuiaUon, Wang Iveh-Min,
above, Chinese financier and ;
statesman, may be made ruler.
No. 1 Cream lb
No. 2 Cream lb
Sweet Cream lb
Green Hides
Price delivered at plant.
COTTON SEED
Quotation furnished by
Cuero I
r
FOR DELICIOUS
•SNACKS ..
KRAFT
CHEESE SPREADS
• Jud bring out several vari-
eties of Kraft Cheese Spreads
and t rackers ... and company
refreshments are all ready!
These Spreads are grand for
sandwiches, appetizers and
salads, too. Notice the smart
new circle-dot design ou the
Swankvswig glasses Kraft
^ Spreads come in.
t!
ONLY ONE MORE DAJ
LATE
SHOPPERS
Come to Klecka’s Tonight or Tomorrow. Due
to late stock replenishments we are in a po-
sition to take care of your Christmas Gift
Needs.
WE SUGGEST
Zipper Travel Kits, Shaving Sets, Military
Sets, Gladstone Bags for Him—Radios, Toilet
Sets, Compacts, Hosiery, Chocolates for her.
Complete stock of Christmas Liquors and
Wine. Ten High Bourbon Whiskey $1.89 Qt.
New Jersey Port Wine $2.18 a Gallon.
OPEN UNTIL 9 P. M.
Klecka Drug Co., Inc.
THE CORNER DRUG STORE
Phone 109 ,
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Putman, Harry C. The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 306, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 23, 1937, newspaper, December 23, 1937; Cuero, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth994764/m1/4/: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Cuero Public Library.