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A NEWSPAPER REFLECTS ITS COMMUNITY
CUERO, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1960
^sflbwnTalkCuero Pair
Advance In
Program
Rre Department
Is Undermanned
Thursday, afternoon the Cuero
fire department got a silent
alihn call," which means that a
lone truck usually makes such
a run.
So, as the single truck passed
down Main street and turned
north on Esplanade, a young-
star about six or seven and his
mother .were standing on the
sidewalk in front of The Record
office watching the truck go
by. Sinco auch truck was occu-
pied only by the driver, Ervin
Keeper, the lad yanked on his
mother's dress to get her atten-
tentton and shouted:
“Mama, one man can't do it.”
Out Of The
Mouth Of Babes
■ ■ i"’> - ■$*£; >
Uttle Ivan, it seems was be-
ing asked by his school teacher
to describe America.
” America,” responded little
Ivan, ‘‘is the country where the
workers are being exploited by
the Capitalists and are starving
to-death. In America there are
.lust a fewCwealthy people, all
the-rest are poor.”
‘ Excellent,” praised the tea-
cher!, "Now tell me the chief
aim of our country's new Seven
Year Plan.”
‘To catch up with America,”
replied Ivan.
Cool Weather
Most Welcome
*# -*
Molt everyone In the area
seem to be enjoytag the cooler
weather we’ve had since the
light norther blew In Saturday
evening.
Those of us at the newspaper
office are not only enjoying it,
but the change appears to have
pretty wdL taken care of the
flies and jjnats with which we
haiTto contend daily prior to
such norther. Our current pro-
blem is crickets, but most of
them remain on the outside of
the building.
So, we’re hoping that what
has seemed to us like the hot-
test summer in recent years
has come to a close.
Ann Goodwyn and Alfred Roe-
ver, Cuero High School students
have been named semi-finalists
in the 1960-61 National Merit
Scholarship competition.
Announcement of the honor
came Wednesday from Princi-
pal Glen Morgan.
The Cuero students are among
the 10,000 high scoring students
on the National Merit Scholar-
ship Qualifying Test, a test of
educational development given
in more than 15,000 high schools
last spring.
Each semi-finalist now moves
a step closer to winning a four-
year merit scholarship to the
collage of his choice.
John M. Stalnaker, president
of the National Merit Scholar-
ship Corp., which conducts the
annual program, said, "Merit
semi-finalists represent the most
promising brains in the nation.
From this group of able students
will come the scholars and in-
tellectual leaders of tomorrow.”
Semi-finalists will take anoth-
er rigorous examination Dec-
ember 3 in testing centers thro-
ughout the nation. It will be
the three-hour scholastic aptitu-
de test of the college entrance
examination board.
Students whose scores on the
second test substantiate their
performance on the qualifying
test and who are endorsed by
their high schools will become
finarilists in the competition.
As finalists, the students will
be eligible for scholarship a-
wards sponored by 115 business
and industrial organizations,
professional societies, founda-
tions, individuals and the Na-
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getting something In return because that is not the road to peace . . .
Auxiliary
Complimented
The school free lunch and
milk fund got a sizeable boost
last week when the Ladies Aux-
iliary of the Cuero Fire Depart-
ment voted to drop $25 in the
kitty to be used for the less for-
tunate youngsters of the city.
T«S OUT way of thinking this
program Is one of the most
corhfnendable and deserves the
backing" of " (Very organization
and individual in the area. A
few more emanations like that of
the Auxiliary would be n tre-
mendous help.
We know the children affected
appfeciate the donation. ' *
Well Spoken
Jack Henry says nothing is
opened by mistake more often
than the mouth.
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all the longings that I have,
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a lovely melody . . .
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and every time I go to church,
X, mitt him when I pray . . .
for he and 9 had found that
lore gratis deep when loved
share . ■ . some hours
side by tide In church, for
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Law Begin In October
Bond Sales
.....
Increase
Savings Bond sales in Texas
increased 15 percent in August
over the same period of 1959,
according to George Blackburn,
chairman of DeWitt County Sav-
ings Bonds Committee.
“August Savings Bond sales In
our county Were $30,924. Sales
for tho first eight months a-
mounted to $239,665, which was
61.5 percent of our county's 1960
goal,” Blackburn reported.
Texas bond sales for the first
eight months of the year total
$105,607,518, which represents
63.8 percent of the state goal. •
"The role of the Savings
Bonds Program in light of world
conditions cannot bo overempha-
sized. Buying of Savings Bonds
is a tangible way that each Am-
erican can demonstrate his pat-
riotic support of our great Na-
tion,” Blackbuttt stated.
The 1960 amendments to the
social security law reduce by a-
bout one-third the length of time
a person has to work, under so-
cial security to become insured
for the payment of benefits to
himself and his family.
Some 400,000 people will be-
come immediately eligible for
cash benefits because of this
change in the law, including
many wives, widows, and de-
pendent husbands and widowers
already at or beyond retirement
age. First payments to newly
eligibly persons will be for the
month of October.
Under the new rule, persons
reaching retirement age (65 for
men, 62 for women) this year
need only about 3 years of work
under social security instead of
the 4 1/2 to 5 years required by
the old law. If yod reach retire-
ment age any time next year,
you will need to have worked
under social security for only
3 1/4 years instead of the 5 to
5 1/4 yeaTS required before the
change in the law. There is,
however, a minimum require-
ment of a year and a half of
work under social security —
without which no benefits can
become payable.
Widows as well as workers
now at or over retirement age,
who have been told in the past
that thev were not eligible for
(omal County Fair To
Open 10 A. M. Friday
Comal County's Fair will
open w|th the annual grand
parade at 10 a m. Friday ih
New Braunfels. Z
Participants UttlHQe the color-
ful Mounted Marine Corps Color
Guard, the queen of the South
Texas Fair Association, Miss
Joan Janeli of Mason, and
floats from Cuero, Gonzales,
Blanco, Bastrop,, Fredericks-
burg, Seguin, JJocrtW, LulLng.
Yoakum, FloreaviHe, Mason,
the San Antonio' Fiesta float,
San Antonio Livestock Show’s
float and the Shiner Hobo Band.
The Fair will continue through
Sunday. Interesting and educa-
tional exhibits, daily horse rac-
ing and rodeo programs every
night are part of the program.
Planes (heck
Squally Area
MIAMI, Sept. 28.— (UPU—
Reconnaissance planes will fly
into a squally area 1,700 miles
east-southeast of Miami today
to determine if the season’s
seventh tropical storm is de-
veloping.
The San Juan, P. R. Weath-
er Bureau reported Tuesday
night an easterly wave with
top winds of 45 m.p.h had l>een
discovered in the South Atlan-
tic.
Forecasters said they had lit-
tl- information on the area
and would send aircraft 1o in-
vestigate its chances of de-
velopment.
payments for lack of work un-
der social security, are urged to
visit our office at their earliest
convenience to Inquire about
their rights, Maurice E. Owen,
manager of the Victoria Social
Security Office, announced to-
day.
A representative of the Social
Security Office, Victoria, will be
in Cuero at 9 o’clock in the mor-
ning at the County Courtroom
on Tuesday, October 4, 1960.
To Display
NewTrucks
Refinements in the highly
succesful chassis design intro-
duced a year ago, further ex-
pansion of modelR, and styling
identification changes mark
the Chevrolet truck line for
1961, on display Thurs., Sept.
29, at Smlth-Duckett Motor Co„
700 Block East Broadway.
“The wide acceptance of our
1960 chassis redesign, featur-
ing independent front suspen-
sions, confirms our conviction
that truck owners approve ex-
tensive design changes which
translate into economic bene-
fits for them,” James E. Con-
Urn, assistant general sales
manager for Chevrolet trucks,
said.
New car features for 1961
emphasize a lower and narrow-
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Sheppard
Chairman
Gerald C. Mann, state chair-
man of the Kennedy-Johnson
campaign, Wednesday announ-
ced the appointment of Cuero
attorney Frank Sheppard as De-
Witt county chairman of the
Kennedy - Johnson organization
Accepting the appointment,
Sheppard stated that he and ot-
her county Democratic officials
hope to organize “a full scale,
county-wide campaign fo return ■
DeWitt county to the Democra-
tic ranks and to assure the elec-
tion of Senator Kennedy and of
the first Texas-bred vice-presi-
dent since Jack Gamer.”
Sheppard called a meeting for
Thursday at 8 p.m. at City Hall.
"AH persons interested in the
candidacy of Senators Kennedy
and Johnson and willing to de-
vote some time and effort to
their election are urged to be
present,” Sheppard stated.
No formal program is plan-
ned for the meeting, but there
will be a round table discus-
sion of the party’s problems and
prospects ami the selection of
chairmen and committee mem-
ers for the various programs
of the campaign.
Janice Gohmert and Leslie
Rabkc will represent the Five
Mile Home Demonstration
Club in the Turkey Trot junior
coronation November 11.
Anouncement of the club’s
participation was’ made dur-
ing the organization’s Septem-
ber meeting. Members discuss-
ed a Turkey Trot exhibit booth.
The program, “Growing Old
Gracefully,” was given by
Mrs. Mildred Martin, home
demonstration agent.
Hostesses were Miss Emmie
Pflug, Mrs. Emil Reuel and
Mrs. Heinie Bade.
Twenty-four members and
two visitors, Mrs. Metting of
Cuero and Mrs. Alma Goebel
of Yorktown, were present.
Council report was given by
Mrs. M. A. H. Mueller. Mrs.
Newton Gohmert read the con-
stitution.
Mrs. Earl Berger, club re-
porter, said the npxt meeting
will be October 19.
Macmillan
Khrushchev
Meet Set
NEW YORK UPI — Soviet
Premier Nikita Khrushchev and
British Prime Minister Harold
Macmillan agreed today to
meet, probably Thursday, in the
first major East-West summit
contact here.
The session shaped up as the
first major break in a summit
impasse since the abortive Par-
is conference.
Diplomatic sources revealed
the Khrushchev-Macmillian pl-
an following a post-breakfast
conference between British Fo-
reign Secretary Lord Home and
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei
Gromyko at the Russian head-
quarters. Home, was accompan-
ied by U.N. delegate Sir Patrick
Dean.
President Tito of Yugoslavia
visited Khrushchev at the Sov-
iet headquarters today.
Reports of a possible Mac-
millan-Khrushchev meeting be-
gan circulating Tuesday when
President Eisenhower and Kh-
rushchev failed to adopt a sug-
gestion by U.A.R. President Ga-
mal Abdel Nasser that they
meet under U.N. auspices to
patch up their differences.
Diplomatic sources believed
worldwide disarmament would
be the main topic of the Mac-
millan-Khrushchev talks althou-
gh it was recalled that Macmil-
lan was the go-between who set
up the Paris summit conferen-
ce.
Khrushchev was reported pl-
anning to push ahead in his
plans to reorgainze the United
Nations along his own lines de-
spite a succession of stinging
defeats in the current General
Assembly.
Cattle
Course
Slated
Seizes Newspapers
TOKYO UPI — The Indones-
ian government today seized two
more newspaper printing plants
Radio Republic Indonesia re-
ported today. The radio said
eight plants now have been tak-
en over by the government.
Dave Spellman Back
From Trip To Bahamas
Dave Spellman, local repres-
entative for Fedders Air-condi-
tioners, has returned from an
interesting and delightful trip
to the Bahamas which he was
able to take for having sold his
quota of air-conditioners during
the past year.
Spellman made the trip along
with 82 other salesmen from San
Antonio and this area through
the courtesy of Central Distri-
buting Company of San Antonio.
The group left San Antonio at
3 a.m. the morning of Septem-
ber 12, the non-stop flight land-
ing them in the Bahamas the
same day at 9 a.m. The trip was
made in a Pan-American plane
Odds On Election
Remain Unchanged
NEW YORK —(UPIt— The
odds on the presidential elec-
tion remain unchanged in favor
of Vice President Richard M.
Nixon after his first television
debate with Sen. John F. Ken-
nedy. ,
Broadway bookies still give $5
for $9 bet on Nixon and $5 for $7
on Kennedy.
To Display
New Ford
More Summit Leaders
Rush To UN Assembly
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. UPI
—Cuban Premier Fidel Castro
headed for home today but four
more summit leaders rushed to-
ward New York to wade into the
battle touched off by a Soviet at-
tempt to reform the United Na-
tions to Communist tastes.
The new influx of government
chiefs — from Australia, New
Zealand, Jordan and Indonesia—
was prompted by a spectacular
series of East — West clashes in
the first week of the General As-
s
The 1961 Ford on display thru-
out the nation Thursday Sept,
29 features crisp new styling,'
new dimensions for greater ma-
neuverability, and major en-
gineering improvements such as
30,000-mile lubrication, that will
result in lower maintenance
costs and more carefree oper-
ation, according to the company.
James O. Wright, Ford Mo-
tor Company vice president and
Ford Division general manager,
said the new Ford, nearly four
inches shorter and two inches
narrower than in 1960, will of-
fer ’’a completely new, fresh
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The United States and its Wes-
tern Allies won the first round
but Soviet Premier Nikita S. Kh-
rushchev made it clear he had
no intention of letting up his
many-sided attacks.
Emphasis Shifts
Statements Tuesday by. Presi-
dent Eisenhower, Prime Minis-
ter Harold Macmillan and the
Soviet leader indicated tire fo- ------- -------------
cus of the cold war now would ■ ipent Commander Pete Turner,
start shifting to disarmament., The Cuero Legionnaire will be
The United States won its lat- j in Austin Saturday to attend
Nami Notified
Oi Appointment
Bill Nami, past Third Division
Commander .American legion,
has been appointed to the De-
partment of Texas counter sub-
versive committee by Depart-
and was Spellman’s first in
big passenger plane.
While In the isles the repres-
entatives were entertained the
entire time with tours of the
country and deep sea fishing.
Spellman said he landed some
barracudas along with the rest,
and it was a wonderful exper-
ience.
The Jack Tar Hotel was head-
quarters for the visitors. ,
Spellman said the climate was
delightful and the scenery brea-
th-taking. He commented par-
ticularly on the water which he
said was as clear as crystal
and ranged from dark blue to
light green.
They were taken on a trip
in a glass-bottomed boat and
thoroughly enjoyed seeing the
various types of fish and under-
water scenery.
Many celebrities were on hand,
and Spellman said everyone
was taking it leisurely.
On the return trip, a stop was
they enjoyed lunch; then
back to San Antonio.
Being a pleasure resort, Spell-
ntJllifg n jurfloui c i vavi t* * *
man said everything was ra- HAPPY FELLA
ther expensive, particularly food
However, none of the represen-
tatives had to bear any expen-
ses.
430, Finance Chairman Jack
Howerton announced V
Post 3, Ame
pledge of . .
owned by cl
on Bass, $50; J
retired Gr
. -ockman wl
„ an interest in
Witt county attain,
J. Fischer Sr., ‘
mayor who h
real estate and
$25.
Total pledges are
$1,070 short of toe
General Chaf
Rlebschlager We
others Interested In
nsor the Trot to turn
buttons as soon as
A beef cattle short course
scheduled In Cuero in October
will be taught by William Oliv-
er, 43, beef cattle specialist of
the Texas Education Agency
and Texas A&M College.
The course for adult farmers
will be taught the nights of Oct-
ober 4, 6. 10, 12 and 14 at the
vocational agriculture building
of Cuero High School. Persons
who plan to enroll should notify
Wilson Millican by postcard no
later than October 1. Millican
iB vocational agriculture teacher
at Cuero High.
Oliver is a native of Stephen-
ville, bom there October 23,
1916. He was graduated from
Tolar and Alvarado High Schools
in May, 1934. Two years later
he was graduated from Tarteton
State College.
He received a Bachelor of Scl
ence degree in agriculture edu
cation in 1938 from Texas AAM.
In 1952, Oliver received a Mas-
ters degree in education frdm
AAM.
Oliver taught high school voc-
ational agriculture in Kerrville
from 1943 to 1960 and In Thrall
from 1942 to 1943. During 1941-
42 he was a soil surveyor for
the Soil Conservation Service
in Ruston, La.
From 1938 to 1941, Oliver tau-
ght high school ag in Alexand-
er.
He has a wide and varied ex-
perience in training teams in
state FFA judging contests. Sev-
eral of toe teams ranked in the
top 10 in state contests and three
participated in the national FFA
judging contests, two of which
won their contests.
Oliver had one student who
won the Southern Region Award
in farm mechanics and two who
won the state award.
The Stephenville native joined
the Adult Education Specialist
Program July 1.
19A1 Dari On
Display Thursday
The new 1961 Dart, Dod-
ge’s entry in the traditional
low price field will be on dis-
play Thursday, September 29th
at Harrison Motor Co., 607 South
Esplanade, according to Mrs.
Bonnie Harrison, owner.
Co. is
SO
that celebration officials wQl
know if they will *-----------
plete budget to \
Funds not used will 1--------
ned to donors on a pro rata baa*
sis,
The American
ed to support
at its Tuesday
Commander W
the post will sell
United States flags
donation.
Dinter Post also plans ___
chairs for the Turkey Tcot par-
ade in front of Legion Hall and
to have a drink stand'Jon the
grounds. The post
ion Auxiliary will
turkey dinner at
on the day of toe
In other business, -----
es made final plans for Che 1
lywood TV-Radio party Octo-
ber 5 at Legion Hall.
sell
Harrison Motor Co. is a re-
presentative of the Parks Gar-
lirc _____ age of Yorktown, a Dodge deal-
made at Miami, Florida where er, which will also be displaying
the new 1961 designs, according
to Frank Migura.
BARNSTAPLE, England UPI
Real estate agent Brighten
Gay has offices here on Joy
Street
Invited To
Coronation
Three Cuerofte* will repnseat
the November Turkey That at
Gonzales’ annual Come an£ Taka
queer
at 8
daughter
Bohman and
son of Mr. an
Dougal.
Miss Mary
daughter of Mrs.
there, will ride toe
float in a parade
at 10 a.m, . >.
Miss Carruthers, who is Mis*
Cuero, will also ride toe float in
the Comal County F ‘ “ ‘
at 10 a.m. Friday in 1
fels, in the Calhoun (
ade at Port Lavaca _
in the annual County
parade in Moulton C——. —
and in a parade at BeeWlk Oc-
tober 31. t
The Beeville parade Is held in
conjunction with toe annual Bee
county rodeo, horse show , and
South Texas Hereford Shew.
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Choose Favorite Hymn
NEW YORK UPI - The non-
denominational Protestant niorv- .
thly “Christian Herald” announ-
ced today more than 30.000
churchgoers chose “The OM
Rugged Cross’’ as America’s fa-
vorite hymn.
DeWitt 4-H Council
Officers Are Elected
New officers of the DeWitt j bers dressed in white shirts and
County 4-H Council are Kenneth j blouses with 4-H emblems will
Bucnger. chairman: Gail Sager move about the crowds selling
and Jerry Hoffman, vice-chair- drinks and sandwiches,
men; Faye Dreier. recording Council also voted to put up
secretary: Barbara Berger,
corresponding secretary; Rob-
ert Pargmann. treasurer; Car-
roll Blank, parliamentarian; and
Donna Faye Baros, District
Council delegate.
Officers were elected at Coun-
cil's regular meeting last week.
The group voted to sell drinks
an exhibit during the three-day
celebration in recognition of 4-H
Achievement Day, which Is
November 12.
Present for the meeting were
111) members representing six
dubs. Others present were
leaders Mrs. Earl Bucnger.
Mrs. Alvin Schroeder, Mrs. A.
T. Schubert imd Mrs. A. W.
me i ii si heck ui me ucucrai m* i i unucu omiea hvh j in Austin Saturday to attend a
sembly over China, Tibet, the ! est point Tuesday night when the committee meeting at 1 p.m. | me sraup vu*™ ™ .«■
Congo, Cuba, Secretary General j General Committee voted 12-7 to. Nami was notified of the ap- and sandwiches before and dur-; »• «;.»“>■ ^ H
Dag Hammarskjold and the 15- shelve for another year a Gen- pomtment by a telegram sent j ing the Turkey Trot parade and .rehaffner, t _ \*iwred
—! ’ ----------- --------- - hv Ward Moody, department ad-'at a stand on the Trot grounds Extension Agents Mre, Mdrtreo
jutant. 1 in Cuero Municipal Tark. Mem-! Martin and Gilbert Hcidcman.
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year-old sti-ucture of the United; eral Assembly debate on a Sov-
Nations itself.
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