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A NEWSPAPER REFLECTS ITS COMMUNITY'
VOL. *7—NO. 165
CUERO, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1661
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fjgbwn Talk Guadalupe
^ Continues
Aid Of Older
Citizens Sought
This newspaper u in receipt
of a note from a T. H. Clement,
dated July 11, 1961, relative to
a settling 0f the -vill of Flor-
ence Clfefrtent Blardone of Port
(.avaca, and which he says will
he of interest to Cucro people.
Mr. Clement says he was bom
August 31, 1878, in Texana.
Texas.
- However the envelope contain-
ing ftich note and three accom-
panying documents were promj>-
ted by the death of one I. D.
Gould, although we are not po-
sitive of the initials because they
were written in long-hand.
Efforts are being made at this!
time bv the writer to find some-*
one Of sufficient age to help us
in the matter. As quickly as
we «an obtain sufficient infor-
mation well pass them along
to our readers.
Friend Lost
It was with regret that we
learned of the death last week
of Gerte Maucr, long time resi-
dent Of Cuevo. who for mam
years was a member of and
inter manager of the Turkey
Trotter* baseball club.
Mauer v.as one of a number
of Mauer boys who played over
the yrtrs with the local team
aiwf all’of them performed ad-
mirably.
Slow Rise
The Guadalupe is still rising
slowly at the rate of about -1
foot per hour, according to H.
A. Taylor, engineer at the CPAL
dam. Thursday morning it stood
at 16.3 feet.
A report from Gonzales was
that the river there was slightly
above normal, and will crest at
Victoria Friday afternoon at 17
or 18 feet.
Torrential rains lashed Aus-
tin and Waco Wednesday night,
causing flash floods and minor
damage but the rest of Texas —
soggy from recent downpours—
began drying out.
The heavy rain was blamed
for at least five deaths.
Three Negro boys drowned in
a rain-swollen creek nortbest of
Bastrop Wednesday. They were
Carl Peterson, 5: Leslie Peter-
son, 10; and Arthur Peterson,
12.
Two men died Wednesday sho-
rtly after their car crashed in-
to a tree during a rainstorm
three miles west of Livingston.
They were Thurman Savage, 64
and Leonard Holliday. 60, both
of Livingston.
MIGHT ALSO MEANS MAYBE — A sinister looking four-engine Jet bomber and a fighter
streak over Moscow in the big Soviet air show that accompanied Premier Khrushchev's *
latest saber-rattling over Berlin. It was biggest air display in years. (Radiophoto)
Kills Two Officers
Armed Posse Closing In On
Young Gunman In Colorado
KREMMUNG, Colo. UPI -
An armed posse cautiously clos-
ed in today on a young gunman
who shot two officers to death
and wounded two others before
giving up his car and fleeing
Overnight low temperatures into rugged mountain country.
ranged between 60 at Dalhart
to 80 at Corpus Christi.
The Navidad River overflow-
ed it* banks at Ganado and cau-
sed minor flooding. The Lava-
ca and Guadalupe rivers were
both near flood stage.
The Lower Colorado River Au-
Gene, who was a carpenter, thority had to open a Hood gate
bv profession, had a host of j at Austin Wednesday night to
friends in this section rdthough I release water pouring into the
he had Made his home in Corpus I rjve.-
Christi for a number of years. j More than two and one-half
Sen ices for the likeable Cue- ■ jnches fell at Austin in two hours
roite were held here last Mon-, Wednesday night, the water run-
The 50 lawmen engaged in the
search camped overnight with
bloodhounds in the rock wilder-
ness north of the Colorado Riv-
er. At dawn, the officers fanned
out in every direction in an at-
tempt to track down the elusive
killer
The gunman, described as sli-|
ghtly built, shot a state patrol-
man, a sheriff and a game war-
den on U.S. Highway 40 near
here Wednesday, and at a road-
block 20 miles to the southwest,
shot an undershoriff.
Two hours after dawn, the st-
ate patrol dispatcher here report-
ed the killer still was at large.
He had abandoned his car at the
roadblock where the undersher-
iff w as shot and entered the pre-
cipitous. rocky wilderness north
of the Colorado River.
day
in some
NewHudOl
Schools Here
Forty-Four 4-H Girls
And Guests At Meeting
ning four feet deep
West Austin streets. Forty Four 4-H girls, their mo- ter to keep the costume simple
About 30 homes were flooded, thezs and., leaders .attended aj than be over dressed with, too
but not so badly that residents meeting on accessories and j many colors and too much Jew-
bad to be evacuated. One car grooming, Friday afternoon,1 elrV
was washed off the road near ju]v 7th the gliding, A film on the State 4-H Dress
Small Creek, but the boy inside Cuero. ! Revue was shown stressing ac-
o! it managed to escape. The meeting, a part of the j cessories.
Water surged off the Capitol program,, planned by the Coun- i A film on grooming, stressing I fWjfnga DAIIAflAll
grounds and ran curb-deep in | ,y clothing program, was con-; cleanliness, neatness and atten-1 VWIIIHI KBpWICU
the heart of downtown Austin.; ducted by Mrs. Mildred Martin.' tion to small details to be per-
Lightnmg during the thunder- DeWitt County Home Demon- (Continued on Page 6)
A dozen or more officers trac-
ked him until dark before call-
ing for every law enforcement
officer who could be spared on
Colorado's western slope. By
morning, the posse had grown
to 50 armed lawmen.
The abandoned ear. bearing
Iowa license 97-35420, was sold
at Sioux City to Delmar Dean
Spooner, 25, of Storm Lake, Io-
wa.
Iowa authorities said Wednes-
day night that Spooner was not
at Storm Lake, and was a “pe-
culiar actor” who about a week
ago was made to surrender a
shotgun and a rifle to an Iowa
officer.
Game warden Bob Hoover
stopped Wednesday afternoon to
assist a "young guy with wavy
hair” whose car seemed to be
stalled two miles east of Krem-
mling. Hoover saw a .22 rifle
and several boxes of ammunit-
( Continued on Page 6>
Cuero's new public schools
superintendent John Barnes was
lv*,ng escorted and introduced
rlout town Wednesday by scho-
ols tax assessor-collector Rudy
Barnes assented Ins duties j *,or™ ,hrce fircs’ ' stration Agent. Dresses for girls
fi superintendent here sonic |C505k_*^:,.fLeL_a._^u.ail.n!?Jt with complete accessories, furo-
tm days ago, having c ome to'
Cuero from the west Texas j J.
town of Morton. where he .... „
. . . ... ,___ _ | surged two feet over the spill-
f°r " way of Tom Miller dam.
h ' the nnnortnnitv 11 vva* a hit-and-run storm at
t„ meet Mr. Barnes Wednesday, i "ac"' bl,t >' dumped 1.36 inch-|which jnciU(ie color and design
hut evpeet to in the very near of , am ln,° ie cl*y .ln abou , Select colors and designs best
future 13 minutes and *Mundfd ,hP ^ suited to vou“ Asccesw.es in-
elude undergarments, shoes, so-
First Bale DeWitt
; cpc.t ;md fishing camp, was und-
The runoff from Lake Austin
ished courtesy of the Fair Store.
Cuero. were used to illustrate
the selection of acessories to
complete a costume. In selec-
ting accessories, Mrs. Martin
said, “Use the principles of art
Lightning
Kills 8
We welcome the Barnes fa-|'vn'Vi,h winds "L’l.n
mity to Cuero. Iml,cs **r hour‘ ^ suburban
i town of Bellmcad reported 2.25
inches in a 20-minute period.
I The showers and thunderstoms
were triggered by a cold front
where the Falcon Dam that curved from Wisconsin in-
Goverament Slow?
cks or hose, purse, gloves, hat,
jewelry, and glasses. It is bet-
on the Rio Grande 75 miles up-
stream from Laredo was com-
pleted nearly seven years ago,
yet government officials have
not estimated how much it
will east to build the power pla-
nt at the site that was inclu-
ded in the original plans.
Principal target of the criti-
cism now being brought to bear
hy the General Accounting Of-
fice is the United States section
of the U. S. - Mexican Inter-
national Boundary and Water
Commission which built and
or- "Mrs the five-mile long dam.
There seems to be no sure-
fine method of hurrying up the
U. S. Government on any ac-
count. -
Action Questioned
*» t% r
Have heard some discus-
sion of lata regarding the re-
pent purchase of property on
Connies and Church streets
by the Cuero Federal Savings
and Lean Association from Mrs.
Agnes Gohmert and Bert Kirk.
It was not the purchase it-
self flat had the two Main
Street Merchants riled up.
but the fact that the Association
HUB .It construct quarters at
the newly-acquired site, with
the fctflanatten that space at
the present location Is totally
inadequate and when the new
structure is completed the
savingsmnd loan institution will
N in s much better position
to handle the affairs of toalr
ITS two merchants feel
that lihiw generally along
the main stem will suffer as
a result of the move.
to Southwest Texas: then turn-
ed sharply northwest and boot-
legged in Wyoming.
(anwran Reports
Or liens Convention
Nick Cameron, president
the local Lions Club, gave
Dalton Janssen of Nordheim
brought in the first load of cot-
ton to be ginned in DeWitt Coun-
ty, the bale ginned Tuesday mo-
rning at Nordheim Farmers'
Gin and Warehouse Co. plant,
according to the De Witt County
View.
' The load weighed 2,760 pounds
CLINTON, N.C. UPI A bolt I and produced a 605-lb. bale and
of lightning struck the door of] 1,095 pounds of seed,
a tobacco barn Wednesday andi. Janssen received a premium
! electrocuted eight persons who price of 35 cents a pound for
liad taken shelter from a sud- the lint, free ginning and a prize
den thunderstorm. from the Chamber of Commer-
The bolt struck at the door of I re and Agriculture,
the small ted barn and leaped j ■
Alex Ward
Farm Home
Destroyed
The home of Alex Ward who
lives about three miles south of
Hochheim toward Cuero, -vas
completely destroyed by Are
Tuesday noon, according to in-
formation received by the Cu-
ero Record.
It was reported that Mr. and
Mrs. Ward were away from ho-
me at the time and when Mrs.
Ward returned, the house was
afire.
She was slightly burned on
her face when she tried to go
into the house to retrieve some
items, however, not seriously.
The house was a one-story
frame structure with about five
or six rooms and was on the
George Musselman property.
Mr. and Mrs. Ward are living
with her mother, Mrs. John Fri-
edel who resides near Yoakum,
until another home can be erec-
ted.
All household furnishings and
appliances were destroyed in the
fire. K was reported.
During the recent flood Mr.
Ward, who is one of the biggest
cotton farmers in the Hochheim
area, lost his crop on the river,
the Record was also informed.
Election
Scheduled
The Board of Trustees of the
Yorktown Independent School
District have set July 21 the
tentative date to hold -a special
election for the purpose of decid-
ing whether to increase school
taxes in order to make possible
the remodeling of the present
J Negro School, or whether to In-
tegrate and permit the 27 Ne-
gro students to attend the white
schools, according to The York-
town New*.
According to law, it was nec-
essary for 20 percent of the
qualified voters in the district
to sign a petition before the
board could take action. Supt.
Boone reported that 244 persons
had signed the petition which *s
considerably more than the law
requires.
The 2Bth was set tentatively
pending the opinion of a lawyer
regarding Its legality. In *he
event the attorney concurs with
the school board, the date will
become effective and will be an-
nounced later.
apis’**
A 'HBW-Firet woman to
serve as U.S. district at-
tomey In the South. Miss
Buplc Dozier, gets a con-
gratulatory kiss from neph-
ew Mackie Dosier, 8, tat Ox-
ford. Miss. Miss Dosier is
district attorney for North-
ern Mississippi.
eras found gufl-
m
Rites For
J. Leggett
James Newton Leggett, 95,
former Cuero resident, died Th-
ursday morning at Victoria fol-
lowing an illness of several
weeks.
He died at the home of his
daughter. Mrs. C. J. Bishop,
with whom he had made his
home for the past five years.
Mr. Leggett was a native of
Lavaca County and was born \
there September 30, 1865. lie;
married Ida Sarah Wilson Nov-
ember 10, 1887 in Lavaca coun- J
ty. She preceded him in death;
June 8, 1959.
Eleven children were born to j
their union, nine of whom sur-
vive.
Mr. Leggett was a farmer-
rancher during his active years
Survivors are his sons
L. Leggett of Cuero; L. J. of
Thibodaux, La; Elton of Wads-
worth; and J. V. of Freeport;
daughters: Mrs. E. F. Goodall
of Weadsworth; Mrs. Ruby Hul-
man of Redlands, Qslif; Mrs.
B. W. Estes of Freeport; Mrs.
C. J. Bishop of Victoria; and
Mrs. A. O. BuchmilJer of San
one brother, Robert
HallettsviUe; 20 gr-
53 great-grandchil-
dren, sad one
around the inside on metal stov-
i es used in curing green tobacco
leaves The victims were lean-
i ing and sitting on the metal cur-
of ing equipment.
an1 Three persons in a shed adjoin-
interesting report at the regu-|ing the bam and another per-
Iar meeting Wednesday regard-
ing activities held at the Na-
tional Lions convention held re-
“Panic” In E. Germany
Reported By Adenauer
HD Agent
Employed
Miss Barbara Haby of San
Antonio is now employed as an
assistant Home Demonstration
agent in DeWitt County, accord-
ing to Mrs. Mildred Martin,
HD agent. She will be in De
Witt County about two months
and is In training for an assis-
tant HD position in another area
of the state.
Miss Haby has been employ-
ed by the Texas Agricultural Ex-
tension Service as Junior as-
sistant HD agent.
Mrs. Martin said she is very
pleased to have Miss Haby In
the county. She will work In
cooperation with Mrs. Martin in
carrying on the Extension Ser-
vice program.
The newcomer la a 1961 gra-
duate of Incanieto Word Col-
lege in San Antonio and holds
a B.S. degree In Home Econ-
omics.
She was employed by the San
Antonio City public service bo-
ard as an apprentice Home Ec-
onomist two summers. Her work
there consisted of testing recip-
es and providing information
on request by telephone.
• MOW-
Last Talks
On Dispute
Thursday
WASHINGTON UPI - F*l*
tan s President Mohammad A- -
/ub Khan, ballad hy Amariaaa _
congressmen and officials «| a -
'super salesman", today faaad “
the toughest selling Job of Mn —
mission here. -
The bitter dispute between Pa-
kistan and India over fabled
Kasmir was the main item--tot-,
tht agenda for his final canton-
ence with President Kennedy..
Ayub wants the United States
to Intervene, using Its influen- *
ce with India either to submit
Kashmir’s futon to a pletoto-
cite or to negotiate a sattkmcat ~
guaranteeing Pakistan’s eetok' '
omic and military Interests
there.
Kennedy was reported deter-
mined to stay out ef the quoi*
rel, at least publicly, despite
Ayub-* pressure for mm proaf
that it pays to be an Ameri-
can ally.
After the White House con-
ference, the blunt-spoken {Mi ~
marshal was to address tite-pi- I
tional Press Club and meet with
Committee. Tonight, hi wfll tok '
tartain the President and Jfif.. '
Kennedy at a dinner.
The Pakistani president was ''
scheduled to leave Friday for l
New York. He planned tody to -
Gettysburg. Pa., Saturday jaernr:
ing to meet former PlgsMsnS
Eisenhower before starting e~
RMtol WmM*s
WM le (Minted
Supt. John Barnes at Cuei-o
Independent Schools announces
a Reading Workshop will be con-
ducted in the Elementary School
library Monday and Tuesday,
July IT and 18.
All Cuero teachers as well as
those from nearby areas are
invited by the superintendent
to attend the workshop.
The Economy Book Company
is sponsoring the project.
weekend visit with Visa mdk*
dent Lyndon B. Johnson, Secre-
tary ef State Dean Jt*sb* De-
fense Secretary Robert S. Me-
Nam era and other officials «t
Johnson’s Texes rush.
Officials
had obtained most
fives here. He
is nnen. ^
I Ayub stossdy
flM)£ ■
BERLIN UPI —West German
! Chancellor Konrad Adenauer
son, Oscar Lee Cottle, 27; Os-
out serious injury.
Two women in the shed rac-1 said today that there is “panic
ed screaming to a nearby farm-1 in Communist Germany,
house occupied by Joseph Cot-
tle and shouted “All those people
in the barn have been shocked.
centiy at Atlantic City. N.J. He
was a delegate from the organi-
zation.
Cameron said the convention
was well attended and very sue- j They need a doctor.”
ccssful. Next year's assembly! The victims included Cottle's
will be in Nice. France. son. Oscar Lee cottle. 27; Os-
Several guests were present at j car’s wife, Mrs. Annette Cottle,
yesterday's meeting. 21; William Keel, 13; and field
Next Monday noon Cameron workers Samuel Newkirk, 16;
will go to Yorktown where he Mary Morisey, 70: Joyce Ann
will give a similar report to the Matthews. 13: Ludi.v Matthews.
Yorktown Lions. ,18; and Earl Bell, 15.
Tiie 85-year-old Adenauer ma-
de his comments at a news con-
ference shortly before returning
to Bonn after a one-day morale-
boosting visit to this beleagur-
ed city in the heart of Commun-
ist controlled territory.
“There seems to be a panic
In the Soviet zone,” he said.
“Pressure of the regime has
been stepped up and many still
wish to get to freedom as quick-
ly as possible.'’
As Adenauer wound up his
Berlin visit there war* thaw
other developments in the East-
West dispute over the city:
Western Notes
In Washington it was report-
ed that the forthcoming U.S.
British and French notes will
reject Soviet Premier Khrush-
chev's demands and restate the
West's wishes for a long-range
solution based on free elections
and reunification ef Germany.
West German Defense Minis-
(Continued on Page 6*
Daule High School Teacher Retires After
Forty-Two Years In The Profession
Leggett of l
andehUdron,
Funeral services will
Friday at 3 p m. toon
Chapel, the Rev. Johnson,
1st minister ct Victoria, officis-
By Nina H. Scarbrough
Susie Forrow of 5li Bruce
Street, better known te her whi
Otis te and negro friends as “Miss
Susie”, has retired after 42
years teaching school. 37 of
these years spent as first gra-
de teacher at Daule School.
Her retirement was effective
at the close of school this year
at which time she was tendered
a reception by the Parent-Tea-
cher Association of Daule
Schools. Framer Supt. Thad Mc-
Donnell of Cuero Schools and
Prof. T. W. Humphrey, princi-
pal at Daule, paid special tri-
bute te toe termer teacher, coro-
for her outstand-
her
a
read a resolution pass-
ed by the Cuero Independent
School Board in wbkb the mem-
bers congratulated her for her
efforts, and he also presented
her with a small pin centered
with a diamond for her service
in education.
Susie was born and reared in
Cuero, her birthplace being
where the Cuero Hospital Foun-
dation is now located. Her fa-
ther, the late Sam Forrow, wor-
ked fra* many years as an em-
ploye of the late Otto Buehel
when he operated a grocery st-
ore In Cuero. Her mother was
the former Novella Harkum.
The teacher completed her
studies at Daule after which the
attended Prairie View AAM Col-
lege at Prairie View and Sam
Houston CoBege, (now Tillitson).
9w has a BA degree
at Austin. She
if) clMncfiitfy
Her firet-two years ef teach-
ing were in Gonzales County,
and from there she went to
Hopkinsville where she taught
three years. She was then elec-
ted to the faculty at Daule and
taught under the late Prof. E.
A. Daule for whom the school
was named.
She received a number of bea-
utiful gifts upon her retirement
one of which was a redtoii
chair, the gift from some of her
ex-students, many of whom are
now living in various parts of
the United States. Other gifts
came from the faculty, era
unity residents, and many eth-
ers who revere her as a teach-
er and a friend. These gifts to-
elude a stiver service, eltvi
trey, punch sets, etc. The Chari'
el Club at Daate aeng hi h
honor at the letepBen.
She is mw engaftd la ml
lag tote baskets having studied
art work in college. She
loves flowers, gardening and el
kinds of yard work.
Susie is a member of the Ma-
cedonia Baptist Church
she is organist and else teaokas
a Sunday School class.
When asked how she frit upon
retiring she nagM it was with
mixed f eatings. 8h
toe will teal tost
school heB rings Is
but tests she has I
time as a teacher.
When asked what
plans to da Mr rtokr MC **!
■■Til
Brothers Draws
In Pool At Dafln
Apartosnl House
DALLAS UPI - Two broth-
ere drowned Wednesday while
playing in an apartment house
pool in the Oak Cliff section of
Dallas.
A Negro porter found flic
bodies of James Seay. If, and
Charles Seay, 11, at the bottom
of the swimming pool.
The boys were rushed in two
ambulances to Methodist Hos-
pital but were dead on arrival.
Efforts to revive them with re-
suseitators, both at the pool
serf the hospital, failed.
Justice of the Peace BID
Richburg returned • verdict of
Ri
Rites Set
Conrad L. Responded B. of
Yorktown died unexpectedly
Wednesday afternoon In Nord-
helm.
Mr. Respondek who was a
native of the Yorktown arte,
was a fanner. He was Itoto tin
re February IT, UK.
On November 1, 1I98 he mar-
ried Hedwig Molntxdwy to <k»
sales. She survives.
Other survivors aro a daw
ghter, Agnes Marto aad a san,
Joseph, both of YeetiWwa; six
sisters. Mrs. Mary Ladwig ef
Rungs; Mrs. Victoria TftoloBte
of BeeviHo; Mrs. Hsian Tub ct
Kenedy; and Mlsaaa Baal*. Kat-
ie and Annie Raepsndto all to
Yorktown; his seothor. lite Jw
gopii ftgqpgllli
Felix. Walter and
Yorktown; and Laei
Rosary will be _
hzuer Chapel to Yorktown, and
funeral asrvtaes have Man set
for 9 a m. Friday to Be© Cries
Catholic Church, toe Rev. Bin
Kaminski officiating. Burial wig :
be in Holy Cross
lev. Her teuton i
HU .v %
3SL%2fw[
Cuero, Texas is among i
trs and
The Rev.
the Firet
hundred ministers
leaders
church
of the states in «
tendance at the
•i
July M, at
tion of Or. Edwin
! Secretary of the
HOUSTON un-Billy Deven
Kirkpatrick. 98. a used ear cai-
man. had a hi*
sd Ms house to
teak an
The vise
much
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