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Page 2 THE CUERO RECORD Wed., August 4,1993
Community Calendar
Wednesday
Exercise class at the Senior Citizens Building from 10 a.m. to 12
noon. 1
Cuero Lions Club meets at 12 noon at American Legion Hall.
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Wildflower Assn, meets at 8:30 a.m. at the Doll House Restau-
rant.
Gobbler Booster Club Ladies Night, 7 p.m. at Davis Plumbing. -
Chamber of Commerce blood drive from 4-7 p.m. at Arnold's TV.
Youth dance from 8:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. at Cuer Municipal
Clubhouse.
Thursday
Men's Interdenominational Prayer Breakfast, 6:30, at Shady
Acres Restaurant.
Cuero Rotary Club meets at 12 noon at Cuero Country Club.
Thomaston Volunteer Fire Dept, meets at 7 p.m. in the Thomas-
ton Community Church.
Friday
Cuero Farmers Market opens at 12:15 p.m. offering a lot ofhome
grown vegetables, candy, honey and more.
Garage Sale at Senior Citizens Bldg, from 1 to 5 p.m.
Saturday
Cuero Fire Dept. Ladies Auxiliary Fireman’s Appreciation supper
at 6:30 p.m. at the fire station. Members requested to bring a
salad or vegetable dish.
Garage Sale at Senior Citizens Bldg, from 8 a.m. til ?
Summershine Bible Day Camp from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at
Jerusalem Baptist Mission Chiuch, 215 W. Courthouse. Every-
one invited to attend. For transportation needs contact Pete
Guajardo at 275-6789.
Westhoff Hermann Sons Lodge 127 meets at 2 p.m. in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Rinehold Borchardt of Cuero.
Sunday
Cuero Knights of Columbus chicken barbecue from 11 a.m. to
1:30 p.m. at St. Michael's Hall.
Monday
Boy Scout Troop 245 meets at 7 p.m. at St. Mark's Lutheran
Church.
Closed AA meeting at Proctor Hall at 8 p.m.
TOPS meets at 6 p.m. at DeWitt Electric Co-op.
Exercise class at Senior Citizens Building from 10 to 11 a.m.
Tuesday
Cuero Ladies Golf Association meets at 8:30 a.m. at the golf
course.
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Cuero Golf Association meets at 6 p.m. at the Pro Shop.
DANCE WORKS Of CUERO
105 S. Esplanade
275-6304
FALL REGISTRATION
August 4
Pre-Ballet
Classical Ballet
Pointe
Jazz
10am to 6pm
Tap
Drill Team
Handicap Dance
Specialty Classes
. Letters to
the Editor
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Dear Editor,
It seems every time I pick up the
Cuero Record, Sheriff Mills is in
some kind of dispute with the
County Commissioners. The most
recent being the wage dispute con-
cerning reserve officer, J.W. Gibbs,
and work he performed in June.
According to the report, Mr. Gibbs
was asked by the sheriff to work 72
hours in June and the Commis-
sioners refused to pay him because
Sheriff Mills was not authorized to
hire part-time employees. Not
knowing the hiring policies of the
county, I don’t have a comment on
whether or not the sheriff should
have called on his reserve officer
for the extra hours in June, but I do
take exception to the statement that
last year, the department was work-
ing with two less employees and
managed without hiring extra help.
Have we forgotten all the
troubles that plagued the Sheriff’s
Department before Sheriff Mills
took over in January? I’m refer-
ring, in part, to the frequent jail
breaks, one in which the escapee
broke into a nearby liquor store,
stole bottles of liquor, and returned
to his cell to share his ill gotten
goods with his fellow inmates, all
going unnoticed until the next
morning. If you’ll recall, the es-
capes were so frequent, that they
became the object of many jokes
around town. Is this the kind of
department we want? I realize a lot
of this took place during the
remodeling of the jail, but were ex-
cuses good enough when criminals
were escaping to our city streets.
The escapes were only part of the
problems, I also recall reading in
the Cuero Record of a rape in the
jail,' and of alarms going un-
answered when a burglary was in
progress at a local business. Per-
haps a few extra salary dollars
would have been a good idea at that
time.
I also wonder if Sheriff Mills is
dealing with a larger number of in-
mates than were housed in the jail
before the additional cells were
added.
It seems that everything the
Sheriff tries to accomplish is shot
down by the commissioners. I
remember reading in the paper a
few months ago that he wanted ap-
proval on building a storage facility
for commodity products which
would save the county considerable
funds on the groceries being pur-
chased for the inmates. This, too,
was declined by the commis-
sioners.
Is it in the best interest of the
community for the commissioners
to refuse to work with the sheriff
when he is putting forth every ef-
fort to keep our community safe
while at the same time trying to in-
itiate programs for saving taxpayer
dollars wherever possible?
Linda Mauldin
Cuero
Cuero H
(Editor's Note: The following
is a continued historical account
of the building of Cuero High
School in 1928 as researched
and compiled by Ada Kirk.)
Making this prediction a
reality would be no small task
for Project ’28 as it might be
thought of in today’s jargon.
Only one month later, Superin-
tendent S.M. Melton announced
to the school board members Dr.
J.C. Dobbs-President; Mr. Paul
Breeden-Secretary; M.A.A.
Reed; Dr. J.H. Pridgen; Mr. Fas-
seu Sheppard; Mr. E.A. Tully;
and Mr. E.A. Davidson, "...the
present school district must be
increased to include sufficient
territory to make a bond issue
large enough to cover the
proposed expenditures feasible."
The plans progressed to the
extent that by March 22, 1928,
the front page of The Cuero
Daily Record pictured the
school architect’s sketch with
the caption: The new modern
twenty-room high school build-
ing proposed for Cuero, provid-
ing classrooms for all high
school grades, quarters for the
Domestic Science Department,
the Commercial Department, a
chool - -1928
Science laboratory, and an 1928, the public was informed:
auditorium with a seating BOTH HIGH AND FRENCH
capacity of 600. It also pictured SCHOOL OVER CROWDED,
the new grammar school build- The townspeople were invited to d
ing to replace, the antiquated visit the schools to see why. The ”
two-story John. C. French, writer explained, "John
Cuero’s. first; public school French School is unsafe, un-M
started in September, 1892, with sanitary, and overcrowded. The d
Professor Tom Colston serving .number of children in the class.-
as superintendent, iin ran" inter- 1 rooms at the grade school,
view, Mr. Mehon, superinten- averages from twenty-eight to d
dent, explained: "The proposed forty whereas the State Depart-
new buildings for the Cuero merit of Education favors thirty.
Public Schools should “make a as a maximum number that can.
strong appeal To the civic and be handled satisfactorily by one?
educational pride of our citizen- a teacher. To meet the emergency:
ship and stimulate an interest in, of over crowding in the high,
and a desire for the attainment'school, the auditorium was con-
of these new and modern school verted into a study hall and they
facilities. These buildings are., old study hall became a class,
not extravagant undertakings room.”
and a comparison of these struc- This story is being published-"
tures with those in other towns to heighten community aware-
in Cuero’s class will reveal that ness of the effort underway by
they are rather conservative. Oscar Scott Memorial Foundas
Many towns in Texas no bigger tion to renovate the 1928 school
and some smaller than Cuero building to a community center.
have voted bonds in excess of and multi-purpose education.
this proposed issue for elemen- facility. Donations for the
* tary school buildings and a % project are being accepted at
$200,000 bond issue for high Victoria Bank and Trust-Cuero#
school buildings is not uncom- or by calling Sherre Ernster at
moa in many of these towns." 275-3567 or Viola Holman at-
The following day, March 23, 275-3343.
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