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VOL. 61—NO. 283
A NEWSPAPER REFLECTS ITS COMMUNITY
CUERO, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1955
ROITH CENTRAL TEXAS —
Mostly cloudy and t little warm-
er through Thursday with orca-
aimtal light rain. Moderate to
fresh easterly winds on the coast.
8 PAGES — PRICE 5c
sel™s^Tde^wl-e Fifteen Feared Killed
You Christmas
shoppers By Inited Pres*
Heavy snows
39 deaths across the nation.
might be Wise to watch for „."!,“vyJ •sn,m's joined forces: Heart. 'ait.H .,S or ten Hie a ,-
iWednesday with the worst cold-;dents caused hv the wintry hJast.s
those Bonus Day specials, wave of the season. ! accounted lor 11 deaths and 19
Tl«y are 6o,ng be attrac- “J-- SSSigST.SS $
tive . . . and for the lads and by up to six feet of snow. sub-ies In addition, six junior col!e„e
. ... . [freezing temperatures dime as students were kill' d when n< n
lassies . . we would like to f;ir south as VUn.M;t. „nd V(1,,,Jk (.ar s;1iashP(i int„ lhft ,, '
call your attention to the big weather was blamed for at least speeding train during a licn.-e log
, | -- near Hanford. Calif
Christmas party Cuero mer-
chants are planning for you
on the 10th of December.
Santa Claus will be In Cuero
As Thunderjet Slices
Through Apartment House
WAR VETERAN
LAID TO REST
Emil Arndt Services
Are Held In
Lindenau
Err.:! Arndt; 59, nf Cue." V
eran of World War T who <h
Five Dead in liuflaJo—
There were a: least five deed
at Buffalo. N. 5'., where the big-
gest one-day Novcmbei snow-
storm in the coy's hismrv
brought die community's hie
practically to a halt Tuesday
Schools were dosed and />. ar-
tuul 1 y a!| fact ears had to shut
jdo'.vn The snow was official!'
■ measured at 19 9 inches, K/
some suburbs rep<irted four fee;
and hundreds of motorists were
marooned in drift-stalled cats.
NAVY UNVEILS THE WEATHERMAN'S FLYING FRIEND
along with a herd of ele-
phants, believe it or not.
Seems Texas is too cold for
reindeer.
No fooling youngsters,
you'll get a big thrill out of j
the Santa Claus parade and j
the free show featuring the j
elephants from Dailey Bros.
Circus (Monday afternoon in Veterans
_ * ... Hospital at Houston, was buried
Be sure to remind Mom . .
and Dad that you want to be Luthpran Chui,.h „t LinderW!) Bj, ,
in Cuero on Saturday, De- ^ Rpv. D vuehLrad .,r \r H,‘'1 rt ‘
ccmber 10th. Ineckevtllc Lutheran Giurch offi-
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Light Rains Fail
In South Texas
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In the death
| dating.
of Albert; Burial was in Lindenau Cemo-
“Abb" Mueller, Cuero young-!<fry under the direction x
stershave lost a real friend.iFrPUnd Funcral n<mw‘-
a wide section of South Tow-
Wi inf srl.iy. And forecaster' said
it would gradually spread north-
ward during the day.
The rain was caused by a layer
if - moist warm air overrunning
.. , ,. Pallbearers were. EJino Wag- t|)e old air that has blanketed
Many Of US perhaps dldn t ner, Edwin Friers, Alvin Hans- tbe state and dropped lempe:
know that.
We didn't know of the ma-
ny hours Abb Mueller spent
In carving knives and swords
for boys and girls not only
man, Clarence, Leslie, and Her- mures down to 22 degrees at
man Arndt. Wichita Falls Tuesday night.
Mr. Arndt who resided at 311 Meantime, a gradual Warming
Villa St., had been hospitalized trend continued over the state
for the past six weeks. which was covered by clouds for
He is survived by the widow,; the - most'’part.
Mrs. Olga Sauer Arndt of Cuero; Tpp 0nly measurable amount of
In his own neighborhood but;two daughters, Mrs. Henry rajn during the past 24 hours—
all over Cuero, and they were Schueneman of Rt. 3, Cuero; mosl Cf jt failing before dawn
*•«*oi - •«** S'S
a line, ’Lena Wagner of Rt, 3, Cuero, ^dps were reported at
Few of US knew Of his sto-'ithree brothers, Adolph, Julius. Cotulla. Victoria, Alice and Cor
j ]and Arnold Arndt, all of Cuero. pUs christi.
FIRST OF A NEW SKY FLEET of radar aircraft spe-
cially equipped to fly weather reconnaissance and
picket patrol, a double-duty WV-3 is shown being
delivered to the Navy at Burbank, Calif. The plas-
tic fin on top and bubble underneath contain radar
antennae which detect bad storms as well as enemy j atmospheric conditions. (International Exclusive)
ships and planes. The white "probe” extending
from the fuselage beneath the word “Navy” is an
electrically operated aerial thermometer which
records the air’s true temperature at any altitude,
without need for additional calibration of various
SERVICES FOR
JOHN C. LEY
ry telling ability of fishing
and hunting which kids cn- p » T)Ar\nPlT IC
joyed so much. Few of us ^ ^ BljUUtll 15
knew of the birds he cared
for, of the advice he handed
on to young hunters and
fishermen, and when It came
to river fishermen, he hadi \^j|| AppOifit CO-Cfldir*
man To Assist In
Plans Complete
SCOUT ADVISOR SS?
no equal.
Yes . Abb Mueller was a,
friend of youngsters and a.j
friend lo all whom he knew, i
You were not asking for
credit Abb Mueller but you
built a simple monument to
your memory.
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Training
The Cuero Truck k 'Tractor
|Company, "ill 'sponsor the 1955
• International Caravan Thursday
j at the firm's used equipment, lot
located at the corner of Gonzales
'and Morgan Avenue.
! International trucks and trae-
Charles L. B widen. Explorer tors and farming and industrial
Adv isor for Boy Scout Troop 243, i equipment valued at $200 (8)0will
Cuero has been appointed to the be shown from * pun. until 9
position of Explorer Advisor t P'™' ■ .
, , | A featured attraction of the
1 raining Chairman for *10 j jjjovv will.Tie the' cxhibi’ion of in-
Ten Bodies Already
Removed From Ruins
In Sub-Zero Weather
i
EIELSON AFB, Alaska, Nov. 30 —(UPj— Authorities
feared Wednesday that as many as 15 persons were killed
In an eight-family apartment which..was sliced by a critch-
ing F-84F Thunderjet.
Ten bodies were taken from the ice-coatcd, chancel
ruins of the dwelling which eight enlisted airmen and
their families occupied, and three other tenants of the
-Mi - buildings were unaerounnd:
i .Searchers who plodded m ;T
the rubble in 26-degrre-i'"'*.'■>-•
izero weather believed the .h
missing tenants and ; - iiy
1 more might be found in: tin . :;i,i
■ after daybreak.
Prominent Dewitt Man ThP w'pa,her «"•i- "
D -ji j.. - * -j jthin cocoons of ice fornred:,. upc
Bliried In Hillside parka-clad rescue wink ,,
Wednesday ..... '"
Another prominent DelVitt "binders About—
(.'nunty ■'stoekman: Jonathan Car-; Lt. R. E. Marshall, who , np-
roll Ley, 62, of 1009 Ncwth Espla- ed w ith his family from one 0f
r** 6“i“w by
Freund Chapel, Dr. Marshall;,he Pldne Tuesday, was found
Doggett of Th« Presbyter- wandering about several hours
, ian Church assisted by the Rev. [later.
Herbert Poiinard of Houston of-j -j ^
fieiating. Burial was in Hillside. fho P,
r, „u „ _ m® basement m our apartment
Pallbearers were. R. S. MeWil- h , __, ,, *, „
_ ... ..... I"nen it happened, Marshall
t rites for a lifelong rc«i- ^"ls. Tom Cheatham. \\ iley, sajrl ..0ur babv w,af nn thp bod
b" ,he Santa Parade schedul- of V(,.,,s of a,r. flnrl is den: of Cuero. Albert F. “Abb" Cheatham John C. Ley of ' ■<> | npsf t0 thc w n]] anfl j( „ ns
ed tor 10:30 on the morning of p;,rd m Ujp v>or|d rts one of 1be Mueller, 66, were held this af- tons; Albert Edwaid Lev, and ifl(j ()n,0 t!](J jloor; The ba.bv „.asn-t
Sa'iml.iy, the 10th. and the herd, mos, taiontod trainers in thc ,prnqon at 2 o'clock from Freund Carroll Ley. . Hurt. My wife was knocked over,
under , the supervision of Eva b (Chapel, the Rev . John A. Jacobs Mr. Ley who had been in u! u-e are ,hp lu(.kiest pe6pIe jn ,hp
- s in: , w,l] ride a special float of St. Mark's Lutheran Church health for the past several years. uo|.)(i tQ bp aIjvp .. 1
ill greet youngsters follow-!officiating. Burial was in Hill- ^!(T_“esda-v mornm* 111 a “The death toll could
Elephants Will Escort LAST RITES FOR
Santa On Visit Here ‘ABB’MUELLER
Santa Claus ' 11 have a “new Davenport of Dailey Brdthefs
Laredo, look'’ when he rules into Cuero Circus, is scheduled for three
' ;on the morning of December 10th. ^Hormanees during the
He will be escorted by ele- *
j phants this year rather than '‘a-v-
[reindeer. — ' Eva Disver.por? has tiained
Five performing elephants will elephants since she was a girl
Lite Long Cueroite
Is Buried In
Hillside
CUB SCOUT
MEET CALLED
Commillee Members And
Pack Leaders lo
Meel Monday
mg the parade. -
The city park on East mam
will he scene of the free circus
. following the parade. A second
Pallbearers were, William G. He was a native of Cuero, His ill(ormatjon \uk*r ‘ Eieb
“Uil!" \ami TfV' VueK an parents were the laie Louis ana .l.d A1 . . ,
Buessing. '''James'^ Nunn ‘ Arthur! Margaret York Ley who were ^
Hill, and Charles Henry Wi tuner, among the early settlers in the ^ of ^ spven porsons mj(Jrcd
show is scheduled for 3:30 in the1 Mr :'Iuri'le'' • d!pd , Tuesday county'. _ , in Tuesday's tragedy were in
fuvnonn and the final show at morning in a local hosp.ml where During World Wat . M.. Ley Prjtica, condition.
- n. , . [he had been confined for a week served in the armed fmce». and Dpsorjbes impaPt_
Meanwhile, the smaller ele- or more. he was a chantr member of L in- A terrified young woman. Pnm-
phants will be available to v,,il He "ar' ^ hei'e Janu«D' tor Post .No. o ela Harris. 21. sobbed as she de.
1SS9. a son of the late John and He o-.vned and operated Ley s th f f
DELAFA District' which is com-: lernfltton:irs nP\v Fieri,ail. A- M0et MOHClay nr' ^Z’c^limto Vrainer^Dav- Haak ^Uer. Grocery, along with his brother j t>
The Cuero Record is once 0( Fayette, Lavaca and De- vailablc with tractor or truck, onpo t " P,s w vvas th” former Miss Albert from 1926 until 1349 when „j ■saw, opp wornan wltb bpr
more acting as an agent for Witt Counties. the Elect,all E capable of furn- A >.> ' meeting of the Com it- and jr)s of th:s pntjl.e Lill e Bohne. daughter of a well- he retired. Since then, Mr Ley grm tf)m off •. Miss HaPns>
ST S es vSHHr r:a= a
their letters to Santa. ‘piorcr Advisor . Training, ' who n:in\y. •' 5-Iv-mnnin ■< at 7:30 p.m: at tne ______: _ ; in-law in the meat market bust- His wife was the former Miss ,he tragedv vvas £ilp p,]ot of the
A regular column of Santa along with other trained advisors poor pri/cs' will be aw.uded ,on according to Law-, . ' ness, and • he liter operated the Grace Lewis, their n.aui.ige tak-jet p]app Lt. Alfred F. Pound-
letters will he nnhlisheri in nnd specialists will conduct train- ,nd ,-< ;:o,hments served. i1“ l!' '• F;"'k Ctti'inastor. J OaKUtD V^ITV Blue Moon Cafe. mg place here October 1$. 1923. e,;s> 2s. Monticello. Miss. His
letters will De puDiisitea iii,.^ sessions for training adult ^___ **—o-^^'Liciv will he a general discus • For the past several years he Mr, Ley is survived by his
this newspaper as they are;leadprS in i-;Xpl.'<ror advisor lead- . . , , -'s.on of the program for Iv.-em- Manager Shot
received. ership in the DELAFA District of LlfKlCnail UUD her and the Chris:iv.as Pack 3
i-nme nn vniniffsters send thP P;Jpitol Area Council. —. D n. M'■ :,n : «nd Party. Among mat- Y". kutv Ci'y Manege, R. H. m,-. Mueller is survived by his nephews
* t , B'Hlden, along, with some t jlOtCS vltt I Q Tl y ^ers to lie brought up vvtil In Kocther was reportedly jn-sa’is.- wife: hvo children, Albert F.
in your letters today. Well;0(bpr chairmen from thriHtghout budgeting. Den activities, and factory condition Tuesday m a Mueller, Jr. of Maplewood, La;
bodv was recovered.
has operated a store for Bill Na- wife; hvo brothers. Albert and u.u,esses said Pounders'plane,
mi adjoining the Blue Moon Cafe. Lx>uis Ley of Cuero; and several ;which had just taken off from
Eiclson AFB, skimmed over base
sec that they reach Santa.
Thursday
Rotary Club—12 noon
the Capitol Area Council, attend-, Membns of the Lindenau 4-H the District Roundtable winch is Yoakum hospital after being ae- Mrs, Bill Thodin of Cuero; four
■ cd an initial training session for t iub vv ill hold their annua I ,,, 'iciiujcd, to meet here Dec. 19. (idcnfally shot ill the calf of tive grandchildren; toiir sisters,
unit leader training in Austin .Christmas gift e.vti.inge party Hennoke said. fP,i leg Monday night, accoi'ding Mines Charles Strobe!. Mary
; Monday. Monday. Dt'eembn 39 at the Lin- Cub Pack No. 241 is sponsored The Victoria, Adxocaie. Freund. Sophie Haak and Alma
; Similar set up- foi tub Scoiii- denau parish lu'.ll. Iiy the American Ixtgion. Ditilei Koethcr wns woynded when a Hill ail of San Antonio. •
ling and Boy Scouting have been a turkey supper will tie held pos, .\(). 3 with Win. (». Narm rifle a.cidenlally discharged a ______----- — ---.—-—
[organized in thc DEI .A FA Dts- ,n connection with the event ,,njng Hs chairman of the Cub Mug against a concrete 'floor and f+ C. i .
jtrift and throughout, the Capttoi which is lo gel underway at 6:30 Scout 'Committee- a fragment of the bullet struck wUCfO dlUaCntS
(Area Council h>r training adult p ;„_ I •• Hen y'Hartman is -cue- pin' The gun was being unload- A
Explorer lenders ,n nil three According to a sptvkestnan for; miy-tn asurcr. cd by G A. Jones, Yoakum city At *6Hd VOtpUS
pliases of scouting - Tub Scout- ,bo gioup, gifts should not cost j
K of I1 Annual Roll Call Meet-;mg, Boy Scouting and l.xplorer ((Vrr -- r,,n!s
Ing—7 p. nt. Scouting ‘ . -
St. Michael's P-TA-3:30 p. nt. In audition to advanced trait
The Pack consists ol seven employee,
-it onttnued on Page 101 :he shell.
when it discharged
Christi Meeting
; headquarters and struck the
housing project like a giant bowl-
ing ball. It ripped the apartment
building from one end to the oth-
er before exploding and bursting
into flames.
The plane, after cutting through
Final plans were made by the 'be enlisted men's quarters,
Junior Catholic Daughters a: stopped only four inches from an
their regular meeting Monday* af- officers dwelling, as though con*
tet noon for a cake sale to be held scious of rank.
December 10 at the Coxy Nook'.
Junior Catholics
Plan Cake Sale
Christmas Party
Legion Auxiliary T-30 p m.
WJu/UJtzSai/--
CHAPERONE
ing, tins adult leadership train-
ing program plan is predicated on
22 different training sessions tor
present and future unit leaders.
The next sessions tor Cubmast-
Scoutmaster and Lxplomr ad
visor training w.iil be hold in Aus-
tin on January 16. IS. and 19.
I Following these three meetings,
jmost of the sessions for adult;
1 leaders of the DELAFA District
’will he tilrld at various f>oints in
the district.
Twenty One DeWitt
County Residents
Naturalized Tuesday
The sale will begin at 8:30 a m
The organization s annua!
[ Members of the Cuero High Christmas paitv will he h< Id in
School Student Council journeyed the home of Jean Mane Fuchs
to Corpus Christi Tuesday to on December 13. Joan Marie
meet witi, the student council of Gohmert veil! assist .Miss Fuchs
Rav High School. in'completing final ararngements
Prior to the meeting. Cuero for the parly.
Mable Franklin
Home Destroyed
By Fire Monday
Rodeo Directors
Meet Thursday
The home of Mable Franklin
iUt^r^rsvLa tOUr °f glJJp carolm"Sm ^ ^ ^smoled % finT 77^77
of ihe Rav Student Council, stu- « /• ■ rs • Ft era.
dents of bom schools held an in- Grill COD Driver Frers said ,!?e suture
format discussion period and ex- > n . , » hacf a,ready caved in by the t:m*
changed ideas about student In ROPC-MUrder Bremen reached the scene,
council work. ' * No one was in the house when
Mrs. Elmer Luddeke aecorr- SPRINGFIELD. Ill , Nov 30 th® fire broke out, the owner be-
Leandro Colorado. Re- [panied the Cuero students to the —'BP'— A marathon police ,ng out of town.
'grilling failed Wednesday to Frets reported the cause ot
wring a confession from cab driv- the fire was not determined,
er Lloyd Miller that he rais'd and r
killed an eight-year-old girl.
Miller was questioned for eight
hours and given two he detector
WORD FOR HOOD: This ex-
pression is derived from the
French word for “hood” The
chiperone was supposed to ac»
•s a hood or shield to keep the
wrong things out of sight of the
voung person (usually • girl) be-
iofl protected
, A total of 21 DeWitt County citizens was by a native of Ger- Ctier<
i residents became naturalized 1 many, Mrs. Bertha Gayle of l,v fllvlo juan Cuellar, Pe- rone day meet.
■ nizcns of the I’niied States of Ward. , ,. , , ,,
j America Tuesday at Victoria Of the 71 aliens naturalized. 49 ° ''' J‘l d UFe ual8, _ . . . ,
iCollege when L’.S. District Judge are from Mexico; six from Get- Sanchez, Julia de Sanch- j jljjOKCT N O H1GG
Tite boaid of directors of th® Joe Ingraham of Houston pre.-id- many: five. Czeclioslovakia; two ez PantaJetin lietTCta and Juani- — w
'Cuero Rodeo Association will ted over naturalization ceremon- each front Austria, Canada and fa Catrizales. i O HI Iiy UOC tOT
i meel at 7:30 p.m, Thursday atjies, according to The Victoria England, and one each from Bel- Yoiktowr: F.n.fani.a Marmale- KOSTON. Nov 30 — <CPt— A tests before police allowed hint
the ofliee of Leslie M< Bride to Advoi ate. gtum. (.roece, Hungary. Japan io. Lino Castillo. Feimtna de pipe smoking physician. Dr. E. to go to a jail eel! at 2 ant. cst.
discuss plans for the approach-j District Judge Howard P. and Poland. Castillo. Luisa Sanchez, Manuel Roger Samuel. 66, was named Authorities reported that the lie
ing .'.ear, according to Bill. Naini, Green of Cuero formally web ont- All DeWitt County residents;Fernandez- Eugenio Vela, Maria [family doctor of the year by the tests were inconclusive and that
I secretary-treasurn . ed the new citizens and explain- naturalized are from Mexico* Vela, Alvino Rios and Cruz Vas- American Medical Association. he stoutly dented any connection
Nanp invites all jiersons inter- ed the duties and privileges of Following is a list of the new,quez. 1 He told newsmen; with the vicious murder of h*tlc
jested in rodeo activities in Cuero: citizenship. ; DeWitt County citizens and their [ Yoakum: Maria de Flores. i “I'll worry about smoking af-, Janice May at Canton 111, last
‘to attend Lite meeting. | Response on bchall ol the new j addt esses; i Nordheim: Antonio Guerrero, 'ter I'm past 80.” Saturday.
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