The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 310, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 30, 1951 Page: 1 of 8
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A NEWSPAPER REFLECTS ITS COMMUNITY
EIGHT PAGES
CUERO, TEXAS, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1951
VOL. 57.—NO. 310.
DELIGHTFUL, SIMPLY DELIGHTFUL
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Cuero will be an open-and-shut
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The year 1951 wound up with
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mediately following the procession- $39,126.00;
$59,346.00; July, $41,953.82; August,
$38,769.00;
SERVICES
on
almost $76,000 in construction per-
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TAXES PAID
Day.
A total of 2,950 have paid their
gin services at 11:30 o clock Mondas
exemption certificate for 1952, ac-
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it got up to about 45 degrees today.
city
program
St Michael’s Catholic
we will have.
lows couldn't be outdone so they
were
Pakebusch was bardly damaged by who are going to be qualified to
vote,” said Thieme, "but they will
ALL MOTORISTS MRS. STOLLEIS Film To Be shown Af
REDS STILL
ed in smoke and heard ammunition
The fire had
Services for Mrs. Sophia Caroline
fleer warned Saturday the Commun-
Sunday night beginning at 7 o'clock
i illness.
road.”
She was a life-long DeWitt Coun- new start they made.
sounded by
The
warning
was
longings in a fire Thursday, but
way to get ready for the new year $400 he had in a shirt pocket was
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Ten persons paid a total of $207
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of Cuero: four sisters, Mrs. Alma
Jessie Nunez paid two fines of $14
W. L. Moody Assures
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not neces- reckless driving, fined $63; and Ar-
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peace
This term for a frankfurter was Some 1,425 transports were attacked
Cuero merchants were
city police that burglars are
and about 140 were destroyel.
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in weapons rather than atomic pow- —An attempt to repair a Christmas
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Bond Sale Puts $350,000
City Program Into Action
Open- And-Shut WORK FIRST
Town Monday ION SCHEDULE
Traffic Violations.
Chief Cause Of Fines
the experiment woud be sufficient i
to supply power for two or three or-
Departments
Of The Record
Telephone No. 1
Pere Melmen
Beb MAoryen
dinar}’ homes with all their lights
turned on, plus radio, television and
New Year’s Day Riles
Also To Be Held At
No Garbage Pickups
To Be Made Tuesday
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made her home with her mother
and one son, Arthur Stolleis of San
financial subsidy— will be held from
Feb. 23-26.
leading all others, $112,635.45 and]
December trailing behind with the I
DOWNS
RESIDEN
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den, Jr.
The festival service will be Holy
Communion with carols and a ser-
This is a full length film of strict-
ly professional quality, Rev. John P
ing; Walter Ernest Ross, drunk in
car; Clifton B. Cryer, allowing un-
licensed operator to drive; Jarrell
Dale Moore, passing in no pass
merce that they favored closing on
Monday to give their employes a
al will be Paul Hamilton Breeden
1IV, son or Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bree-
speeding; Wilbur M. Britt, speed-
ing; Herman Herbert Huss, speed-
to him.
mented
Special Christmastide
Service, Baptism
41 Episcopal Church
only 39th in the list of 149 Texas
cities in the amount of building for
October, $29,961.70; November, $75,-
789.25; and December. $21,126.50.
A recent survey of construction
FEW CATTLE
OFFERED BUT
Minter, pastor, declared, and is rhe j
story of Ed and Emily Dean and the !
all year.
Anyone reaching the age of 21
on or before the day of an election
may vote in that election, provid-
ing that person gets the certificate
of exemption 30 days prior election
gained considerable headway during
his short absence and he was unable
louis Pakebusch’s
Automobile Badly
Damaged By Fire
A Chevrolet sedan owned by Louis
' according to the latest reports.
A majority of Cuero merchants
mine the sentiment of the local
merchants in regard to the closing
suggestion, and whether or not the
stores close is entirely up to the
individual preference of the busi-
ness operator, it was stressed.
Quite a few of the operators of
birthday and who are eligible to
vote free in the coming 1952 elec-
tions.
"There are many more than this
at 8 and at 10 o'clock.
Masses New Year’s Day at Our
Lady of Guadalupe Church will be
at 6:30 and at 9 o’clock.
displayed in his area,
as follows; ,
May Leading Month
With Total Of
SI 12,635 Issued
18-month old Korean war.
The warning came as a Chinese
by the rector, Rev. John W. Her-
man.
Beginning at 11:15 o’clock Mon-
day night, Watch Night Services
will be held at the First Presby-
terian Church.
on the prowl
W. B. McClung's Oro
to police Saturday m
someone tried to gain
ing to the Rev. John W. Herman,
rector.
ary 10 bids will be i
new crawler type <
trench digger. Also bid
ened on 6000 feet of
fire Friday afternoon shortly after
he had left Cuero on a quail hunt-
ing trip.
Pakebusch said he had parked his
car on the road and had gone in
search of game when he happened
day, Thieme pointed out
in the event of the loss of the
certificate, a person may obtain a
reissue at the Tax Assessor and
Collector's office.
"There is no charge for issting
these certificates,” Thieme said.
not account for the fire, he said.
The car was insured, Pakebusch
"Heclared.
During February
Cuero’s future got a
shot in the arm Frida
being asked to contact either The disclosed, with the month of May ' time for taking inventory. The sur-
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CUERO — Partly cloudy and
mild Sunday. Moderate to fresh
southerly winds.
SaBYF PLANNED |IN CUERO
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MEMPHIS, Tenn., Dec. 29.—(UP)
ations. In fact they got $30 worth.)
CHICAGO. Dec. 29—(UP)—Ato-
mic energy— for the first time in his-
. tory—has been harnessed to power
i civilian appliances, the Atomic En-
i ergy commission announced Satur-
when bids for the pi
of the recently-passe
,4.
000 pounds of lead at
sary supplies for the
Mayor Newman sa
the street paving pr
ly to get underway
ary 15 or 20.
er calves, $26 to $31; cows with
having a gift they wouldy like to
put into the Treasure Chest for total of $632,889.75 in building per- _ _
young Mr. or Miss Cuero of 1052 mits, a survey of City Hall records three-day holiday and to provide
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er for civilian use. i toy for her children may cost Mrs. the store Friday night
The Idaho experiment was but an F L. Shaw Jr., 34, the vision in
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May, $112,635.45; June
The AEC emphasized
man-on-the-street was
John Berning is in receipt of a
’ letter from Capt. Henry Hartman,
who is stationed in Korea, thank-
ing him for some recent pictures.
I lowest amount, $21,126.50.
Several commercial permits and
residential permits swelled the to-
l tal.
I The first permit issued in 1951
issue were opened at a
fleeting of the City C
The three portions of
issue—$100,000 water
bonds, $210,000 street
bonds and $40,000 city
were purchased as a
First Southwest Company
First National Bank, both
and Collector Frank Thieme Sat-
urday.
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States atomic research is to pro-’
duce fissionable materials for use |
eoteei by T. A. Dorgan in 1900
be cams of the resemblance of the I
frankfurter to a dog’s tail. How- I
ever, the name became so popular
that it created a furore with dog
ioven and in 1913 New York’s i
Coney Island banned the name. I
However, the law did. little good
and hot dog is an accepted game
ice, including a baptism, will be
held Sunday morning at 11 o’clock
at Grace Episcopal Church, accord-
Atomic Energy Used To | in fines in J. P. Bridges’ Justice
j Court recently.
Provide Civilian Power
rear door, but failed to do
incidental step toward this ulti- one eye. she was attempting to burglars managed to get
mate goal, the AEC said. dislodge a piece of wood stuck in one door, but after attem
The production of power in the a dart gun, Friday when it came climb over some bozes an
. experiement was indirect. The AEC loose and hit her in the eye, inflict- that proved gav
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power of the atom had been tamed
to a point where it was used to
$53,926.00; September,
included Frances
department store
historic Galveston
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Bernard Luch.
9000 feet of eight-inch w
not be able to vote unless they get pipe fittings and approxin
ists are still capable of launching auP to the states new safety re-
major offensive despite an estimated, sponsibility law and stay on the;
1.515,688 casualties suffered in the]road, or you don’t and get off the in a local hospital after a lingering
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Red assault. J damage in excess of $100, to fum-
An 8th Army announcement said ish evidence that he is able to meet
that since the Reds invaded South claims for damage up to $15,000. Antonio; two brothers, Paul Goeh-
Korea on June 25, 1950, the Chinese It goes into effect Jan 1 1 ring of Westhoff, and Otto Goehring
Communists have suffered 823,33 1 Garrison said the new law wil * “
casualties and the North Koreans be enforced "without fear or fa- Buesing of Nordheim, Mrs. Lillie
692,357. , A m vor," and added, “It allows no room Mueller and Mrs. Agnes Thieme
! The 8th Army briefing officer said, for quibbling or compromise. You both of San Antonio, and Mrs. Al-
1( the total casualties suffered by the either live up to and on fred Meyer of Floresville.
, Reds have not affected their poteu- . , .1 I •2 10
I tial to launch a major offensive, al-! roaduor you donit and get of the
though there has been no significant road
Red buildup in recent weeks. | arrison said an official leaflet,
UN pilots reported increased Com- explaining the law’s principal pro- Gdivesion Mardi gras
I munist vehicular traffic along Red visions in detail is available with-
i supply routes Friday night, how- out cost at service stations in the
' ever, with 2,900 vehicles sighted state.
their exemption certificate."
The deadline for buying poll
taxes is Jan. 31, however, this does
not pertain to those entitled to the
that the
ARE POWERFUL GET WARNING RITES HELD
I DeWitt County and Cuero motor-; L--------------e---------(. . , ,
Sth ARMY HDQS., Korea, Dec. 29. ists, along with aU other Texas tolleis, 77, were held Saturdaysat ! tum, “Second Chance” at &es Prs
—(UP)—An Eight Army Briefing of-1 drivers, were warned to “either live ?' mIrom . eun . 4 npP ; byterian Church Assembly Room
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hoff cemetery.
Mrs. Stolleis died Friday morning
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A drive to present Cuero’s first,
baby of 1952 with a royal weclome
and a gift chest was underway here
Saturday and it will be a voluntary
move on the part of any merchant
wishing to cooperate.
According to the plan, the first
baby will be presented gifts con- ‘
tributed by merchants, with anyone
zones; and Johnnie Brockers, Jr.,'
passing in no pass zones.
I Others were Edmund E.. Zbranek.
the tremendous ’
a!red
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also lost in the fire.
which is about equal to $75 or $90
worth in the states. ~ . .
"Even-one really has the Christ- mon, 1116 service to be similar to in Texas conducted by the Bureau
mas spirit here, even if we cant that held Christmas Eve midnight, of Business Research of the Uni-
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YOU MAY NOT LIKE the current weather in northern United States, but Mr. Polar Bear is right in hia
element in the Pittsburgh, Pa., zoo, For him it’s a matter of the heat wave being over. (International)
tions, so I put up our tree first. this winter. The more warm days] White-faced Stocker calves
Church That seemed to start things in I we have, the fewer real cold ones brought from $30.00 to $35, butch-
Presbyterian Church
Cards are being mailed to mem-
bers of the congregation of the First .
Presbyterian Church inviting them in the car exploding.
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Cuero’s Turkey Trot
comprising 139 acres, is to
ed into a residential area, I
er, Oscar Gottschalt, has i
ed. Gottschalt purchased
perty, known as the G
suddivision, in 1942 and 1
track was constructed aoc
However. the owner said I
he decided to divide the
into lots and streets bec
Downs had proved an un
venture.
The barns located on the
ty are to be Kid and Mi
lots is already underway
chalt declared. d3
. . . Caused trouble
Gras—dating back to 1867 but , generate power for electric lights
abandoned in 1949 from lack of and to run machinery.
ments indicated, however, they
plan to remain open as usual Mon-
day. '
to extinguish the blaze. He could
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sent to Japan for Christmas decor- most wonderful pictures you sent.”
las. acting jointly.
Five bids were considere
City Council at the
session.
According to the bond ।
bond maturities from 1953
will bear 314 cent
irom 1982 to 1988 win bear
cent interest, and trom 196
the interest will be 2 3/4 j
The city will receive
interest and a premium e
An option to redeemi an
maturities from and after j
retained. The date of the h
be February 1
Mayor X T. Nesman sak
highly pleased that ene
ceived such favorasdinten
It thrtiratM strongcont
the finincial and moralicn
ing of Cuer, he canytH
Preliminary work already
gun on putting the imp
approved last December u
voters into motion. The
w begin to get Into fa
apeut January 20 with u
and water imprevement an
town on Monday, New Year’s Eve, Paving
Get Underway
The 21 figure is for those wh
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SWEETWATER, Dec. M.—(UP)
narily any closer now to an atomic- i line Baros, disturbing the
powered home or automobile since fined $18.
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Communist battalion slammed intop, " T-",-ty resident and was bom January; “I feel that this hour will be of -Leonard Perry, Nolan
Allied advance positions on the " -e m "10, 1874, the daughter of Mr. and] real interest and a real help to all only lost his home and
western front Friday and forced risen Jr. Mrs. Fritz Goehring, who settled of us who are young adults or “mid- longings in a fire Th
United Nations units to withdraw] The law requires the operator or here after coming over from Ger-' die-aged” adults, and it is a good found in a checkup Friday that
after a bitter 40-miute battle in owner of every vehicle involved in many. ,
sub-freezing weather. Ten tanks an accident which results in death Immediate survivors are one dau- the Rev. M. Minter concluded.
W. L. Moody Jr.-multi-million-
s ze-
check into his Kman cramme it Nednesday. it was announced Sat- of the traditional celebration, to be
andsswnmowhis n P urday by the city sanitation, de- underwritten by to Affiliated N-
partment. tional Hotels.
Cattle are still bringing good
(WHY WE SAY •
HOT DOG
issued was to Gay Implement Com-
pany for $1,000 for a new roof.
A breakdown of the totals in
.. , The Post Office will be open and
'monthly permits is as follows: Jan- . 1 ... . . . . .. .
uary, $35,187.75; February, MT., deliveries will be made toboth bus-
To be baptized at the sendee 1m- 818.71; March $77,249.57; April, ines houses and residences.as
1 H "‘‘usual. Postmaster S. G. Tarkington
said.
New Year’s Day, however, will be
the month.
The other cities ahead of Cuero
included such metropolitan areas as
San Antonio, Houston, Dallas, etc.
Leading the state in construction
was Houston, followed by Dallas, pol taxes and 21 have secured their
Such cities as Austin, Amarillo and . . ______
Pasadena also were high on the cording to County Tax Assessor
list.
cutters, $15 to $19. Bulls
scarce.
news for the farmer. The
farm income, he predicts, will
continue at a high level dur-,
ing the year 1952.
Certainly the year has been
a profitable one for the farm-
revealed that
mits was issued here, Cuero was
P. .t.
drouth.
There is one thing certain
. . . never in the history of
Cuero has a greater wealth of
dollars been released through
/ livestock sales channels.
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Willie Dabney, the Cuero
porter who lost his bicycle
and is now forced to walk
back and forth to work some
36 miles daily ... and that is
r self-propelled guns supported the or injury to a person, or property ghter. Miss Lillian Stolleis, who had
Grace Episcopal Church will be- I really appreciate the pictures. pictures of him. You know, you; ppiegc eAer
“I am very well and am ok. ex-never know what the fellows will ■ n*m WVVW
night during which Etly Commu.-cept that I would rather be at] turn up with next. For instance,]
ien will be celebraud There aisohome with my family. The place, this morning early, someone caught' Although only 488 cattle went
will be hymns and a special sermon here is getting a real Christmas a fawn (deer) and came up thejthrough the ring Friday at the
season look. Most everyone has street leading it by a rope. I Cuero Livestock Commission Com-
put up a Christmas tree and we "The weather has been quite pany, there was a good sale, Ra-
have all the tents decorated. I was warm the last few days. In fact, leigh Blackwell declared.
really surprised. it c-+ -- *~ -ke AE d-g
“Louise sent me some decora- Hope that it doesn’t get too coldprices, he added.
of his family Berning took and sent 00 opni • «. , ,
Capt. Hartman also com- be with our families. Of course,: Holy Communion with hymns versity of Texas
the Christmas spirit after an, Christmas is the time to and sermon will be celebrated at during November, when a total of
The letter is celebrate the birth of Jesus, wheth- 11:30 Pm. Monday night in a New
j er he is with h4, family or not. ) Year s Eve wath night service
“Dear John: I received the pic-1 “Inen this afternoon one of the'
) enough. I want you to know that I street. Of course everyone took
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have reached their
Catholic Churches
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Watch Night services on New
CHURCHES PLAN Yule Tree Brightens
WATCH NIGHT Army Camp in Korea
LOSES .ALL IN FIRE
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inner, not
ill his be-
a different story. Cuero will be
closed tight to celebrate the com-
ing of the new year.
No Record will be published on
Tuesday as this is one of the four
holidays observed annually by this
newspaper.
In the actual experiment, about
, 100 kilowatts of electrical power were
produced for more than two days
at the AEC s 400,000-acre national
reactor testing station near Arco
Ida
One kilowatt is about the power
required to heat up an ordinary
electric at iron.
The amount of power produced in
will have masses New Year's Day i motion. Of course the other fel-
twenty-first wo’ o3
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“Let me thank you again for the, calves 1166 to $220; canners and
Year’s Eve will be conducted in tures you sent me on Dec. 9 of my guys came up with a Santa Claus I
two Cuero churches, and two oth- family. They are very, very good, suit and was all dressed up and
ers will have services New Year’s I don’t know how I can thank you walking up and down the Company
was to Paul Breeden, Jr., for a,. . . - ... .
A special Christmas season serv- $9,035 residence erected. The last oca S ores an service es
Cuero Tuesday enters a
New Year ... a year which
can be a progressive one for
this city if we pool our efforts,
forget petty differences, roll
up our sleeves and work.
There is a job at hand . . .
the cooperation of all is need-,
ed if we are to keep pace with
• other progressive cities of
South Texas.
That good old neighborly
spirit can do the job.
। Cuero can be only as big as
the people who make up her
population.
Let's go in '52.
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The questions a boy can’t
think up have never been in
the books.
We were out hiking a few
days ago with the boy and
some pals when young Jimmy
Dodd came up with this one:
“Why,” was his serious
question, “do you never see a
rabbit walking?”
Our only answer could be
because rabbits are usually
full of hops.
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Roger Babson, whose pre-
dictions over the years have
hit the nail on the head on
many occasions, has good
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no yam . . . hasn't received
that new bike to date.
The response to our plea
was not as enthusiastic as we
had hoped it would be.
We are still hoping that by
Monday the fund will be over
the top. A small contribution
on the part of just a few of
us could achieve the goal. How
about sending in a small con-
tribution today J
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Cuero is to get a new sub-
division we understand.
A plot North of Cuer, now
occupied by Turkeey Trot
Downs, will be transformed
Into a sub-division, complete
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indicated in a telephone survey
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