The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 292, Ed. 1 Friday, December 10, 1965 Page: 4 of 6
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Cm* 4 TOT CUBftO RECORD, Friday, Dee 10, 1965 Funeral aervlre* are ache-1
1 ------- • ---- f duled for 4 p m Saturday in,
m i i ___ ; K U,.>| FA Freund Chape! with Bailor
Iflll K. noyei, J7, John A of St Mark s
j lAithrran Church to officiate ‘ a**e**mrnt each month to aup*
[Burial will hr in Hillaidr. each other.
PERSONALS
1
Mnx* Albert Hacknry. I,e«..
lie Scborre and Warren Talk
all of Runge accompanied by
Cuero Dam Navratil Music Co.
Grand Opening Today
if
KvallaiM from P*f« I)
Mr*. Henry Schawe of Cuero at the home of hi* cousin, Mr*: I
were In La Grange Wednesday Alfred **-------- " *■*— '
where they visited their coo-
aln, Mr*. Roger
the day.
with
Jacob* of St
Dies Unexpectedly
Mr Nagel is survived by a The Cuero Ijght and Power
( arl R Nagel x year-old n,Jrnber of cousin* living in Company then was issuing
resident of 105 K Newman St this area an assessment each month to} Grand evening of the Navra-
dled unexpectedly this morning, __ supplement their earnings to ; 1,1 Musie to Inc a' Victoria
J pay the operating expense*
has left l This continued for a period S**urda>_ et ^their -location
' of twelve month* when the ’15 F
Hospital Notes
Bt RNN HOSPITAL
Mrs W H. Jones
„ ... . man lJ“r
^hln* f°r ..... .. she * ill get
NOTICE
The property of
JOSEPHINE BLANCHE
HOWARD
ta POSTED again** all
TRESPASSING
husband in operating the store
which is the third for the com
pany. The first was organized
in Brenham in 1910 and an-
other opened in Wharton i n
Open hiHise will oonti n u e 1959
Jack Sklles, famed profes-
sional guitarist who has Icmi '
associated with MGM am! Fred
Admissions Simon H->pk1n« Harry Jones,
Mrs, Cecelia I Jacob* Joe Ford
and Mrs Alike,-.: i luajmi
n r.Rt> hop pit vi
Admissions Joe Anzaklua
Dismissed: Mrs Larry Hm-
man, Mrs, Arnold Gohlkr- aly.
I is being held today thr o u g h
at
Rto Grande
Mark s Lutheran Church.
! he and his family plan to make
I their home in Victoria
Marquis. 117 h New
Clarksville, Tenn where.- . .. . „ „
Cuero Light and Power Com
Mr Nagel was a lifelong re- sw K*** *'eT daughter-in- ,n|,^ jt* holdings to tl»e' thmufth Dee. 23 at which time
sident of Cuero horn on March [>«»'. Mrs Daniell Jones and Ruche 1 Power and IrrigAt i o njthr<* uwiniments
23, 1906.' His parents were • baby Jo Ellen and bring them i Company, at which time the ''11! he given away There '»id
Relnlxiid and Betty Ftankhaus hack to Cuero to spend Christ- R ,chH FWr »"* Lrigat 1 o n | an »'stey Plans' .A ! 'Vnrtng. "','1 «*''''**•*'r'*] r £n
or Comp-inv rAtAhh*.hM a hiijbpr i at>i1 *n Alamo certs a * p.m. and 4 p m. r r.-
A brother, 'Ernst Nagel pre-f m,,n ‘ r "n< s " 10 •* ,n s<'1 rate which they conceived to i F.Wtrie Guitas j day and Sntut day.-
ceded him in death Dee 2T.'V,<* af Ft Campbell, K> will ^ „ reasonable'rate and one According to Norman Send! ; Mrs- F D Nance, former
1953 jbe discharged in January and kinder which they could exist j 'manager, special kwv j Cueroitr. will also be assoelat-
He was a member of st ! he and his family plan to make ’ The * 'a'so promised to install jpriee* are he mg offered on allied with the store. She will sell
an auxiliary steam plant to 1 instruments during the gra n d Hammond organs, having had
j insure good service when t h e opening ' several years experience in
'river wus high enough to ren-j Mrs Sendt will assist her this work.
deV it imjeissible to run the
CUERO HEADQUARTERS
FOR ELECTRIC MOTORS
Tel - A - Win Co.
118 N. Esplanade CR 5-4622
gAV/A/#5
CASH
and
CARRY
% Pre-Inventory
SALE
V«” AD PLY BOARD. 4x8 pc............... 2.88
*/♦” AC PLY BOARD. 4 x 8 pc. ....... 3.20
15 LB. FELT PAPER, roll.......... ........ .......; • 1.99
90 LB. ROLL ROOFING, roll . ...... 3.25
2-0x6-8 MAHOGANY DOORS, ea......................... 4.00
2-6x6-8 MAHOGANY DOORS, ea............... .. 4.95
2-8x6-8 MAHOGANY DOORS, ea.............. 5.10
CORRUGATED IRON, square...........................9.75
PREFINISHED PANELING, 4x8-14” thick ..... ........4.50
SALE PRICES ON PAINTS, ALL LUMBER HARDWARE
MANY PRICES BELOW W HOLESALE
NATHAN POST LUMBER CO.
1401 N. Esplanade — General Contracting — CR 5-4547
Mpaaew « SPS
HgftMAN AfSDAtf-
Personals
«eMy|
TO WHOM IT MAY
CONCERN
FRED AND MILDRED
WILL BE GONE FOR 2
W££KSl THEY BOUGHT
* 66 PLYMOUTH
VALIANT WITH THEIR
NEW RAISE. TOOK A
W,
'ear, -«<
te *
N<1
VACATION WITH THE
[ **''*’ BIG SAVINGS
Wilson or~d Stetson
Tea should take advantage of a new
ra« by buying a ’66 Plymouth Valiant
Then enjoy a holiday vacation »ith thr
btg saving* It’* nice to know that the
saving* don’t atop when vou huv a
Valiant. They go on, mile, after mile-
after mile. Thank* to Valiant’* thrifts-
engine*, and other practical small-car.
bigear feature*.
So ., . \ aliant i* a big bui anv w-ay rem
look at it Text-drive a '66 Plymouth
\’alirnf, todav!
ForTexas-Size Excitement...Head for Plymouthland
w/tuar/ aitvtDiai/vAiiANT/MatwcubA
—— mumai i. m. ^ CHRVSLCH
LESKE MOTOR CO. 607 Esplanade—Cuero, Texas
hydro plant Thr Burbel Diw- water plant withrmt any piw*er.
er and Irr gatinn Ompa n y.; Mormon and McCall then op-
then installed a steam plant, crated their steam plant,
with approximately 300 H P j which, a' this time, consisted
rapacity > (of one 500 H P Bates Corliss | pnoximately 200,000 K;
At.this time the Buehel Pow- EIngine, and L50 boilerjper month. Almost 100
er and Irrigation Company's , capacity, and gave Cuero an I rent of our people are
machinery consisted of b"o uninterrupted eleetric se
new American Turbine wheels. Arrangements wen* quickly
with a ten-fool working water i made, and a section of rein-
pressure which gave them ap-1 forced concrete was anchored I our service. A great per cent
proximate!*- 400 H P water I on top of this masonry, and in [of them also are satisfied with
of hi lines, We have a connect-
ed load in power and, light of
2130.2 K. W. H and are dis-
tributing over our lines a|v
W. H.
per
satis-
service. fied with the sen-ice that they
are getting and are eontinauJly
complimenting and prais i n g
power, and a steam plant eon- , less than sixty days the plant
sisting of one Lane Podlv Car-1 was operating better than ever.
!i«* engine with TO H. P. cafv | Again on April 3. 1922. dur-
acity, ‘
the rates.
The names of the electric
light companies of Cuero have
The first lighting mrier eon-j watPr th„ n<vyi watpr? rut
nact was * cned hv the Buehe! j around t)ip w„t e„d of the
Power and Irrigation Company dam oprninK up „ ncw chan-
in ,W ^ for fiftP,,n 1fijne1 125 feet wide.
e, p lights or its equivalent) The present dam was then
the rate being 15 cents per K. ; pxtendpd arross this ne*v chan-
ing another period of h i g h i Ranged many times. It
W, H straight with a minimum
of 12.50 per month plus 25 rents
meter rental. Such contracts
must" be signed for twelve
months. During this year the
Buehel Power and Irrigat i o n
nel. which doubled the
of the dam; thus proportionate-
ly increasing its stability and
safety. The water wheel and
the generating units of the
station were replaced by larger
Company got into the -power j and moro pquipm ,, n t
business and made a contract ; which thrpp JamPS water
with the Cuero Cotton Mills to I wheel, f,irrrt)v connected to
bullish power at $19.00 per H m „ p AIjiv chalmer Um-
P. per year consisting of -W brp)Ia Tvpp RPnerators.
working days. They also made j. Mrtrr-son and McCall opera-
first operated under tine name
of Cuero Light and Power Com-
pany, then Buehel Power and
Irrigation Company. Cuero
Light and Power C o mpanv,
Texas Southern Electric Com-
leneth ' pany- Texas Gas and Electric
Company. Cuero light and Pow-
er Company. Texas Central Po-
wer Company, and now Cen- j
tral Power and Light Com-|
pany. I
power contracts at 3/4 cents
ted this property until it was
per mechanical H. P. At T^is j takcn over as a subsidiary of
•sr £ sxr i • s,.'™" »*“«* 1 n
e. p. lights. All over three: companv immediately
'■imps became cheaper. hei„2 bpgan to Pntrencb iteelf more
2n cents each per month. There
was also an agreement' . that
they should burn the lights on-
ly until midnight.
In 1903 the pen stock was
enlarged. Three fifty-inch Sam-
son turbines were added to in-
crease the power, also at the
same time two feet were added
■to the crest of the dam. This
added height proved a very ex-
1 pensive experiment as the addi-
tional fall of water undermined
the foundation of the dam and
was only stopped at great cost
by shipping in stone and filling
the hole.
In 1905, there was a day
service during the hot summer
months for a circuit that ran
up town during the fan season.
! This was the first twenty-four
| hours per day service ever
known in Cuero.
j In the spring of 1908, the
j plant was burned to the wat-
j er’s edge.
i When W. M. Ratchffe and
his associates bought the dam
j site in July 1908, he organized
a corporation under the name
[of the Cuero Light and Power
< Company, and revamped the
[old plant, starting the plant
) again on December 28. 1908,
[This eompany immediately put
jin a meter system all over
: r’uero and from that day on.
Cuero has operated on a meter
system twenty - four hours a
day. They, at that time, made
a minimum charge of $1.25
and 25 cents meter rental. This
continued under the manage-
ment until 1914 during which
time various ,<ower contracts
were signed, the lowest having
been with the present Guada-
lupe Valiev Cotton Mills at
.0134 per K. W H. with a rigid
! fuel clause.
[ In 1911, this same company
/installed three fifty-six inch
Sam*on turbines to replace the
i American Wheels and at t h e
j same time raised the crest of
the dam three feet, three inch-
, »*, making a total height of
I the dam fifteen feet, three in-
I rhe*
In 1914 the property was
purchased by the Texas South-
ern Electric Company. which
'•nmpany built a concrete pen
stock at a cost of approximate-
ly $30,000 and was reorganized
as the Texas Gas and Elertnr
| Company. This company own-
i cd the following properties:
i Gijero. Memphi* Childress,
j Clarendon. Yorktown, Victoria,
Rceville, Kingsville, Bishop,
j Wharton, Del Rio, Cente’- and
Vernon. On February 24th. 19-
20, the Texas Ga* and Electric
| Company went into the hands
of a receiver. The receiver Im-
j mediately raised the rates to
30 cen-* per K W H. and a
minimum of $2 00 They opera-
ted this plant at thl* rate for
about twenty-months after
which time it was sold under
the hammer to Morrison and
j McCall.
I A few **<-ek« after Morrison
' and McCall had acquired this
j property, and during a n ex-
I trrme high river, a barrage of
1 drift w-ond several mile* long.
; landed against the dam and 1
push d off a *e<-fion *c en feet.
* eight mche* high, which left the
substantially in the larger
towns and to spread its wings
of hi lines and distribut i o n
systems until it is now hover-
ing and nurturing, by depend-
able and unlimited electric ser-
vice, ever*' village and town
within anything like a reason-
able distance.
Cuero, itself, has grown
from a very' insignifieent series
system light plant until now 14.25-15.50, few 15.70; utility
it is the center of a net work and commercial bulls 16.50-19.
TEXAS POITLTRV PRICES
AUSTIN --41TD- Poultry:
South Texas — Steady; und-
ertone unsettled: supplies short
to alyout adequate for fair to
good demand; movement nor-
mal; broilers and fryers 3 1/4-
3t* lbs 15r.
East Texas — Steady; under-
tone unsettled; supplies ade-
quate for good demand; move-
ment brisk: 14-14 5c,
FORT WORTH LIVESTOCK
FORT WORTH (UPI - USDA)
--Weekly livestock:
Cattle and calves: Compar-
ed W'eek ago: Steady to strong;
week’s sales include average
to high choice 1133-1177 lb
slaughter steers 25.50; .500-800
lb slaughter heifers 21.50-22.50;
utility and commercial cows
14.25-15.50,
WILL BE IN THE
BEN FRANKLIN STORE
FRIDAY & S2VHJRDAY — 2-5 p.m
- JUST LOOK AT THIS -
Christmas Cards
50 count - reg. $1.00
Special - 67c
Christmas Records
Stereo & Monaural
Special - 99c
WIDE SELECTION OF ASSORTED TOYS
Cars, Trucks, Doctor t Nurse Kits, 19-Ptece Tea Set.
Picture Rooks, Holster Set, Doll Slae Luggage, Magnet
Games, Wall Telephone ft Sonic Phones.
Reg. 98c------- Special 77c
Mystery -Locomotive
reg. 4.98 — $3.77
Metal Bowling Alley
$1.77
GIFTS FOR HER
Plastic Pool Table
21-inch — $1.88
Selection of Dolls
98c to $9.77
GIFTS FOR HIM
ALL KINDS OF GIFTS ft TOYS FOR GIRLS ft BOYS
•
DECORATIONS FOR YOCR TRIM
CHRISTMAS RIBBONS ft WRAPPINGS
BEN FRANKLIN
Home Owned • Nationally Known
127 E. Main Paneho ft Dolly Frnnoovle.h. Owners
and
OPEN
HOUSE
TODAY THRU DECEMBER 22nd
Bring the Family .... Visit
Victoria's Newest and Most
Complete Music Store’
"BEST FOR LESS SINCE 1910"
Outstanding Names in
the World of Music:
• Estey Pianos
• Yamaha Pianos
• Hammond Organs
• Fender
• Gibson
• Magnatone Guitars
and Amplifiers
• Ludwig and Slingerland
Drums and Accessories
• Conn Bond Instrument*
• LcBlanc Woodwinds
. Complete line of hand instru-
ments and many other name
hrand instruments and
accessories.
IN PERSON
JACK SKILES
Famous Professional Guitarist
2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Fri. & Sat.
REGISTER
FOR THESE GREAT
DOOR PRIZES
New Estey Piano • New Conn Cornet
• Alamo Fiesta Guitar
Register Now Thru Dec. 22
COMPLETE
REPAIR SERVICE
Experienced Staff
Fully Equipped
Navratil
MUSIC CO. INC.
315 E. RIO GRANDE — III 5 4011
VICTORIA
• Brenham 1910 • Wharton 1959
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The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 292, Ed. 1 Friday, December 10, 1965, newspaper, December 10, 1965; Cuero, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth696696/m1/4/: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Cuero Public Library.