The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 119, Ed. 1 Monday, May 17, 1954 Page: 1 of 6
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f^TownTalk
To say that Cuero’s First
Annual Fishing derby was a
success would be as unneces-
sary as putting the cat out
nine times. Those who visited
Cuero Park lake at any time
during the day Saturday know
just what a success it proved
to be.
More than one hundred and
fifty five youngsters compet-
ed, with girls, surprisingly
enough, being out in numbers.
The event was run off in
perfect order and there was
but a single casualty during
the day, and that not serious.
All didn’t win but every
youngster had a great time,
you can be assured of that.
To State Game Warden
Charley Edmondson, to Park
Commissioner Charles Rieb-
schlager, to merchants whose
generous prizes helped make
the opening day so great a
success, we say feongratula-
tions all.
The Derby is far from over.
There are still a number of
tagged fish in the lake and
will reward their catchers
with splendid prizes. The ven-
ture is a wholesome one and
one which is going to continue
to provide Cuero boys and
girls with recreation for
weeks to come.
* * *
Now to let air in or keep
children out of discarded Ice-
boxes is the subject of a re-
cent publication by the Na-
tional Safety Council.
The publication is being
distributed to schools before
the summer vacation period,
and a stepped-up Informa-
tion campaign Is underway to
warn parents of the greater
danger during the summer
months.
Citing an unofficial count
of 79 child deaths in the last
live years, the Council details
several methods for prevent-
ing suffocation in iceboxes,
refrigerators, • freezers and
other airtight cabinets.
A worn-out refrigerator
should be disposed of to a.
junk dealer, but if that can’t;
be done immediately, then—]
1. Remove the door. This is ;
the safest way, since a chest I
especially may have a door or
lid so heavy that a child
could not open it even If un-
latched.
2. Remove the latch stop.
This usually can be done eas-
ily by removing the screws
from the plate.
3'. Drill row of holes In the
cabinet sides and pry off the
rubber gasket, around the
door. These methods, used to-
gether, will reduce the dan-
ger of suffocation in a refrig-
erator kept in use as a storage
cabinet.
If refrigerators are tempor-
ily out of use while the own- j
■ :.s wait to move them to an-
chor location, sell them, or
,>ass them on to relatives,
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* A NEWSPAPER REFLECTS ITS COMMUNITY
Th« Weather
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS—Part-
ly cloudy bid warm through Tues-
day. Scattered showers and thund-
ershowers, mostly In extreme
north portion. Moderate to locally
| fresh southeasterly »Ind* on the
coast.
VOL. 61.—NO. 119
CUERO, TEAXAS, MONDAY, MAY 17, 1954
6 PAGES—PRICE 5c
SEGREGATION BANNED
NO TEACHERS
AVAILABLE FOR
EXTRA SCHOOL
"Exceptional Children
May Get Classes if
Teacher Located
A scarcity of the proper teach-
ers, and lack of finances was held
responsible for the present and
past lack of schooling for “ex-
ceptional children’’ in Cuero, Supt.
E. B. Morrison told a group of
parents and other interested per-
sons who met in his office Monday
morning.
Supt. Morrison told the 18 per-
sons assembled at the meeting that
the need is present, but that se-
curing a qualified teacher for
such classes is most difficult. He
asked that any local teacher who
would be interested in taking the
additional schooling that is re-
quired for this job, contact him
at once.
Two women present at the con-
fab stated that they will make
trips out of town this week to at-
tempt to learn of a qualified In-
structor who would be interested in
coming to Cuero.
The Texas Education Agency has
suggested that unless a teacher
can be located who already has a
certificate of approval in special
education, that one of the best
elementary teachers from the lo-
cal school system, who has a de-
gree and a major in elementary
education, shonld take during the
summer at least six additional
semester hours of special educa-
tion training, including the sur-
vey course. With a total of 12
semester hours similar to the re-
quired special education courses,
she would be eligible for a Pro-
visional Certificate.
Supt. Morrison emphasized that
the annual report will be sent in
by July 1, and he must know
before that date if such a school
is to be set up here.
Expensive Monk...
—Rancher Tom Davie found
that a friendly baboon which
wandered down from the hills
had an expensive thirst when It
moved In with him, his wife
and their six children.
Davie, at first curious, now
complains bitterly that the
“freeloading” baboon doesn’t
take into consideration the
high price of coffee aa it gulps
“cup after cup.’*
iien—
1. Remove the latch stop,
hich can be easily replaced.
2. Turn the box with the i
(.otor against the wall. Most
iioxes are too heavy for thil-
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BALDHEADED
34 Children
Make First Holy
Communion
Thirty-four boys and girls of
St. Michael’s parish made their
■Solemn Communion Sunday at the
8:30 a m. Mass according to the
Rev. Wm. Jansen, pastor.
The flower arrangements were
by Mesdames L. B. Landry, Will-
iam Snapp. Henry Koenig, Rudy
Fuchs, and Klo Leek.
There were tall- baskets placed
in the sanctuary and at the front
of the aisle containing white glads,
asters, small mums. and shasta
daisies. Vases of the flowers were
also placed on the main altar and
the side altars
■Sunday. May 9. 23 boys and girls
made their First Holy Commun-
ion. The name of Phil Emster was
inadvertently omitted from the
list.
Sunday’s communicants were:
Nix Boddcn, Robert Kohutck,
(iussie Lock. Chester Michael
Lucas. David Nolen. Herman
Vela. Dorothy Marie Arnold. Jean
Marie Fuchs, Melba Kaye Schef-
fler, Helen Zuber, Joseph Boyle,
Michael Hans, Richard Hernandez,
(Continued on Pag* 6)
MERCY AIRLIFT
CALLED OFF
BY FRENCH
Claim Reds Using Plight
Of Wounded to Gain
Military Advantages
HANOT, May 17 —(UP) — The
French high command Monday
called off Ihe “mercy airlift’’ of
1,300 wounded defenders of Dien
Bien Phu and annegmeed bombing
of the area around the fallen for-
tress would resume at midnight.
Angry suspension of the agree-
ment to neutralize the area around
Dien Bien Phu followed Commu-
nist refusal to evacuate native de-
fenders and cease using supply
routes into the fortress.
A high command spokesman
said the Communists were using
the plight of the wounded soldiers
to gain military advantages.
Only 11 French Union troops had
been airlifted to Hanoi from the
fallen fortress when monsoon
rains made it Impossible for the
operation to continue.
One of the evacuated troops. CpI
Didier LeCompete, told Unitpd
Press correspondent I-ouis Guil-
Guilbert that the “angel of Dien
Bien Phu,’’ Lt. Genevieve de Gal-
lard-Terraube, was still nursing
the wounded when he left the
fortress last Friday.
Le Compete’s report w as the
first direct account received on
the fate of the brave young nurse,
only woman at Dien Bien Phu dur-
ing the 56 days of Communist
siege.
“She was wonderful, always
smiling and cheerful as she moved]
around from one bed to the next
and doing everything in her power
to make us rest easier,’’ LeCompte
said.
Supreme Court’s
Decision Strikes
South’s Schools
ATLANTA, G»., May 17.—(UP)—The Supreme Court de-
cision outlawing segragation In the nation's schools will cause
the most radical upheaval in the South since reconstruction
days.
Abolition of the public school system will come In a few
states, and Is a possibility In others. Several states planned
Immediate special legislative sessions to decide a course of
acton.
The future of thousands of Negro teachers was left in
doubt. A United Press survey of the states which are now se-
gregated hrough opinions from practically all that Negro
teachers would not be allowed to teach non-segregated classes.
Esmtssm-.
FUNERAL FOR
BERT COOK, 58,
HED MONDAY
Lifelong Resident of
Cuero Died
Saturday
AUSTIN, May 17 (UP) Gov.
Allan Shivers said Monday Texas
will comply with » U.S. Supreme
court ruling banning educational
segregation, but he warned Mich
action is not the answer to the
problem.
Abolishing of segregation is not
a panacea—It Is not a cure ’’ he
said.
Howev er, the governor spoke out
against the possibility of side-step,
[ling the Supreme Court ruling by
abolishing public education in Tex-
Funeral services for Bertram
Cook. 58, lifelong resident
Texas this year is celebrating
Its 100th anniversary of public edu-
“ C8,i°n In the state Instead of ahol-
of i ishuig it. [ hope it continues to
Cuero who died Saturday night in k'ov. We must have public educa-
tion,’’ he said.
Sleeping changes in Ihe slate'*
educational laws, possibly in the
the Legislature,
a local rest home, were held Mon-
day at 10 a. m. from Freund Fu-
neral Chapel. The Rev. John P.., „
.Vlinter of the First Presbyterian „ !\NSI°" "
Church Officiated, and interment ' ,,ln
Bulletin...
The word held. M used In bald-
headed. wet derived from bell ee we
know Ihe round object today. Bald it
merely « simplified spoiling of
‘belled' the post terde of bell which
wee used to describe thiny hairless
kelUike hoed*.
W ASHIN GTON, May 17.—CP
Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy amid
Monday that President Eisen-
hower's directive had drawn an
‘Iron curtain” around the Army
-McCarthy bearings aad made
It impossible to “get at the
truth” of the case.
BULLETIN
NEW YORK. May 17 (UP)—
Boss racketeer Frank (osteite
was sentenced Monday to five
years la prison and was fisted
OS.»ee for income tax evaatoa.
COMING EVENTS
TUESDAY
Lutheran Brotherhood—7.30 p.m.
Civil Air Patrol to
Meet Tonight at
City Hall
The Cuero Civil Air Patrol |
squadrons will hold their regular
weekly meeting at the city hall
starting at 7:30 Monday evening.
While both the Cadet and Senior
squadrons have reached their
minimum membership require-
ments of 15 persons for each
squadron. Acting Commander
Harold Gohmert had pointed out
that many more members are de-
sired and any boy or girl over 15 is
eligible for Cadet membership,
while men and women can secure
Senior squadron affiliations.
Monday night's meeting will be
devoted to accepting and proces-
sing additional memoers, explain-
RIVF.B RACERS — First contestant* to rver complete the run
down the Guadlupe river from Cuero to Seaitrtft, h distance of
107 miles, are shown above as they presented a copy of Friday's
Cuero Record to the mayor at Seadrill to collei t an extra *10.
Upper panel, left to right, are Seadrlft Mayor V , Z. Helms, lion
Mnretiek and Joe Tolbert. Ia>wer panel shows Maretiek and
Tolbert as they sped over the finish line al Headrift In their tin)
homemade boat after averaging elose to tn miles an hour through
the twists and turn* of the rapids filled stream. Photo to the left Is
Fritz lame of Cuero and Gonzales, who finished third in the race.
Lane wns the founder of the contest, which was s|Hinsored hy the
Gonzales Junior Sportsmen'* club.
First Fishing Derby
Termed “Huge Success”
The govetnot said the state edu-
* Mrl'cSSk'wlx> lived at (ill Fast! h"''
m ease this did
lbe problem
Newman, had been ill the past four occur ’’
years, and had been confined on! ’Twill ask them to intensify that
two occasions during the past-study now. in ordei that mi. h a
four months in Veterans' Hospital j legislative program a- m <y be
at Houston. He died at 8 :18 p. m. necessary can he recommended to
Saturday. the next session of the Legi.*la-
Ilo wax bom here October 28, lure,'' he told reporters
1895, a son ol the laic Frank and The "time ' and the "nirlliod of
Elizabeth Hot* Cook, and received complying with the court s ruling
his education in the Cuero public■ would he the important filing,
schools. I Shivers said
On Dccemlier 23, 1920 he mar-; * Iwpc it can be worked out in
lied Miss Mary Jones here in n "*-v "HI no' do damage fo
Cuero. and they continued lo make _*choo! children, he said
this their home all dunng their , "Sometimes 'hose w|K> would re-
married life form '•*‘*'‘"8 conditions go so
Mr. Took was employed as a f*r’ ,h* conditions of reform are
mechanic for a number of years TJ T7" POnd"lo,,S
at Harris Service Garage and “1*°1 ntlded
(or Mugge Motor Company. He _
continued in this capacity until
he was stricken four years ago.
He was a member of Pinter
Rost No. 3 for 30 year*. The lie-
color* at
to change,'
500 TURNED OUT
FOR IND1AN0LA
PILGRIMAGE
Large Crowd Joined
Journey to Texas
Ghost Town
Mike Frers and Danny Adams | success from more than one angle,
walked off with top prizes in Sat- «nd fishing for prize bass, tagged
. . , ,, . .. and placed in the lake, will eon-
urday s spirited ac ion j tinue until September 1st Only | gionnaires furnished the
j Park Lake, scene of Cuero s first three tagged fish have hern taken! his funeral rites,
j annual Fishing Derby . . . Fieers pj date. j Survivors are his wile, Mrs.
taking home the . Butova wrist The ofiening day drew more .\[ary Cook of Curio; two sons,
I watch offered by Berning A Wag- than 155 young anglers. Hi yeais rtf' Rcrt, Jr, ol Palms, Calif . and
age and undei. and was remark-j''Carroll of Cuero; two granddaugh-j when an American Legion inilia-
ahle not only for the interest j ,,.rS( Debra Sue and .Marsha, and.tion team from Sun Antonio will
ftltt t hi t .. t .... a f .... Is II ’ I ,.no <.( f'll..) <i Lun-nnl' tn tiies T
aroused bill from the fact that H s,s^er> jjrs g H'LnppoI Cuero.! (oumev to the DeWitt , out,tv town
hut one "casualty1 was recorded Pallbearer* were Wayne Hart- to formally induct a numtiwr of
man, W. W. Wagner, It. 1. Wilkes,
E. J. Papacck, Ed Heisler, ami
during ihe day
With close of
o[«-ning day pto-
ner. Jewelers fpr the largest bass
and Adams a Waltham wrist
watch awarded by Murray Carte,
Jew’eler, for the most number of
fish caught.
Freer* catch, a two pound bass,
was made late Saturday after-
noon. _____ ,
Danny had a string of sixty nine Newman, hextked himself just’
perch fo literally coast to 'Vinjabove the, eye. hut suffeefd no
prize for most fish. I serious injury.
The Derby was a remarkable Game Warden Charles
j Edmondson, assisted hy othei
(game wardens from this area,
supervised the contest throughout i
Westhoff Legion
To Hold Initiation
Monday Night
c#*i I’monirs air «xl3'
wd to lx* held d West hot! toniiihf
gram only twenty minutes away,
Darcy Whiddon, 12, of 721 t.a»t
Bill Nami.
tanks of
Mrs. Waller Wagner to
Be Speaker al French
By POLLY HOWERTON
UndPr a approximately School P TA Meeting
(CunUnueti on Page Si
DeWitt 4-H Delegates
Selected to Attend
Annual Roundup
Delegate* from the DeWitt Coun-
day, May
'LaSalle monument at lndianola to
1 ° .A^rwt nnnual In- speaker Wednesday a.
ing more about the Civil Air Patrol: , . ,K„ tho
program, and making additional;5 _______tn Mis. Walter Wagner will
plans for squadron activities.
The Cuero city council has ar
ranged for a building to be moved, , ____
from the City Housing project to jo1* Cemetery Association
the airport for the use of Civil Air| 'rhe summer sun Mrs. Leslie
Patrol, Cuero Aviation Club and and a cool breeze whipped thiu th. , rhajrnliin
* - ■ began to gather by
Booster Jamboree
Saturday Night
.take part in the , ^m^of year of A Big SUCCCSS
t dianola Pilgrimage by The Indian- . Parent- *
Weaver,
a* an administration building. It!crowd that
will be done!eleven o’clock to partake of the
I fish fry, sponsored by James W.
is expected that this
in about a month.
Cuero Weather
with proceeds going to the Indian-
Temperatures and rainfall for ola Fence Fund,
the last 24 hours, reported by H i The program began at one-thirty
A. Taylor, at the CPAL dam'when hundreds of folding chairs , enroned in school
were; * were arranged around the impres-- time during 1954-55. as well as
High ________________________ 88 i sive LaSalle monument. mothers of children who attended
Low___________________ _ 58 1 Music was provided by Port La- the Presbyterian Day School this
A low of 67 is predicted for Cueu vaca High School Band dre-sed m y«-»r. Mr*. Weaver *aid
Tuesday munupg. t on Pag* 5) • Baby sittcra will be provided.
to 4-H club* have been
elected to attend the an-
nual 4-H Roundup to be
held June 7-10 at Texas AAM Col-
lege. according lo Mrs. Mildred
__ _ m________ Martin, county 1!D agent.
the John C French Parent | I TfM> gjrU were w)ecte<i ^ the
hrr Association, according to| Booster Club Jamboree held ba8u 0f their records and work.
P°blicity I Saturday at downtown city park ] and delegates will be Judy Parker
'under the auspices of the Cuero'representing Buchel, and Lanell Na-
help. finance the^ho. Westhoff.
The boys will include the dairy
demonstration team and delegates.
They will be Charles Nagel of Am-
eckeville, and Wilburn Pargman
from Buchel.
An outstanding honor was con-
ferred upon Hagen Lippke of the
Greunau club. v He was selected
from District 10 which comprises 72
new member* into the
the Legion
Some 64 member* will lie taken
into Sehaffner l’o*t No 369. at the
ceremony which will he held al the
Weshtoff hall park starting at 8 00
p.m. A number of members will
also he Initiated into Cuero’* Pin-
ter Post No 3 at the meeting.
The Ladies Auxiliary of the
Westhoff Legion will also hold an
initiation at the same time in th*
school house, with San Antonio
Legion Auxiliary members per-
forming the rites
Mrs. Wagner’s topic will be
From the Child’s Point of View."'! Booster Club to
Installation of officers will take! summer youth program, was a
according to
Fannin Chapter of the Daughters place Mrs Arbogust. out-] decided success,
of the RepubBe of Texas. Victoria, going president, to be in charge of1 those in euarge.
the ceremony. I More than a thousand persons
A special invitation is extended attended the benefit, where meals
to mothers w hoar-children will be'and sandwiches were served and
for the first games and concessions were in
operation until a late hour.
A complete report on the pro-
ceeds derived will not be ready for j counties, to assist in directing rec-
s day or two, E. N Adams. Boos-1 reational activities at th* Jtound-
ler Club pjesjdent, said ,'Ionday. up- *
Bill Semnili r
knows a mss
who to just
Hke aa egg . .
He says the
fwj remiads him of an egg be-
—i— aa tgg is aa fall of itself
there Is aa room for anything
rise. ___
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The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 119, Ed. 1 Monday, May 17, 1954, newspaper, May 17, 1954; Cuero, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth697746/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Cuero Public Library.