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ftTown Talk
Cuero was given worthwhile
recognition as one of the histor-
ic communities of Texas Sun-
day In the visit here of the tour-
ing Texas State Historical Sur-
vey Committee.
Arriving here shortly after
noon, the touring group was
greeted by State Sen. Culp
Krueger of El Campo, the act-
ing governor of Texas who had
come In a little earlier; Mayor
J. T. Newman, County Judge
Slephen P. Hebert, State Rep.
Stanley Boysen of Yoakum,
Mrs. A. W, Schaffner, chair-
man, Mrs. John J. Bell, Mrs. T.
A. Graves, Mill Nell Murphree
and other members of the De-
Witt County Historical Survey
Committee.
They were guests at a
luncheon given by the Cuero
Chamber of Commerce And
Agriculture, and President
Mike Weber assured them
and the members of the lo-
cal committee of the full-
hearted support of the
Chamber In any project
which may be planned for
this area.
The visitors were winding up
a three-day bus trip which be-
gan Friday morning at Austin
and carried them to 10 historic
South Texas communities. Hie
climax of the tour came Satur-
‘day in Victoria when represen-
tatives of 15 counties joined
them in a luncheon meeting
report on various plans and
projects of historical signifi-
cance in this area. Mrs. Schaff-
ncr delivered the report from
DeWitt County.
Heading the state-wide com-
mittee on its visit here were
Dr. Rupert N. Richardson of
Abilene, president; George W.
Hill of Austin, executive direct-
or; Lee Lawrence of Tyler,
secretary; Walter Malec, Hal-
lettsville publisher; Mrs. Mike
Butler of Austin, Mrs. L. E.
Dudley of Abilene, Charles R.
Tips of Dallas, John B. Shep-
perd of Odessa, former attorney
general of Texas, and others.
They ecmimebded the De-
Witt County group of efforts
to develop the DeWitt Coun-
ty Museum, which they in-
spected and termed highly
interesting in the exhibits
now on display. It is the
committee that this visit,
with the aid and coopera-
tion which might now be ex-
pected, will be of material
advantage In further expan-
sion of the museum.
From Cuero, en route to Gon-
zales, the committee visited the
Hoch house which once served
as the old stage stand at Hoch-
beira. This is rate of the chief
projects of the DeWitt County
committee in obtaining recogni-
tion for the restored ante-bel-
lum pioneer residence which
has now been restored, by the
present owners,,Mr. and Mrs.
Ross Boothe of Cjonzales. Hie
Broil
Services
On Tuesday .
Mrs. Julia Rose Broil, 67-year-
old native of Meyersville, died
Sunday in Yorktown. She resid-
ed on Rt. 1, Yorktown.
Rosary will be recited Mon-
day at 7:30 p.m. at Mollenhauer
Funeral Home In Yorktown.
,. , , , . Requiem Mass will be held at
old rook home was begun by Holy Cross Catholic Church at
Valentine Hoch in 1856, and is g:3o a.m. Tuesday. Burial will
now one of the outstanding re- be in Holy Cross Cemetery,
maining samples of pioneer Mrs. Broll was bon, Feb. 5,
architecture still in existence in 1895 daughter of the late Louis
Henkes and Caroline Kozok
Henkes. She was married to Fe-
lix Broil Jan. 28, 1914, in York-
town. He preceded her in death
Oct. 24, 1949. ;
Survivors are four sons, Stev-
en, Valentine and Anton, a 11
Yorktown, and William of Fort
Austis, Va.; five daughters,
Mrs. Jerry Hahn and Mrs. Clar-
ence Linke, both of Yorktown,
Mrs. Conrad Kowalik of San An-
tonio, Jdrs. Allen Runyan of
Houston and Mrs. Albert Jaeger,
of Victoria; three brothers,
Frank and Mike Henkes, both
of Bay City and Herman Henk-
es of Cuero; seven sisters, Mrs.
Joe 3&*oll, Mrs. Martha Koziel-
ski, Mrs. Victoria Kozielski,
Mrs. August-Zuber and Mrs,
August Arnold, all of Yorktown.
Mrs. Paul Zuber of Cuero and
Mrs. Frank Ebrom of WesthOff,
Services T uesday
In San Antonio For
Dr. Dan C. Peavy
Funeral services for Dr. Daniel Cornelius Peavy, 59,
widely-known San Antonio orthodontist and native of
Cuero, will be conducted at 3:30 p.m, Tuesday at Christ
Episcopal Church in San Antonio. Burial will be in Mis-
sion Burial Park there.
' Dr. Peavy, whose reputation in his profession was
international, practiced dentistry in Cuero several years
before going to San Antonio to specialize in orthodontia.
He died Sunday afternoon at his home 4n San Antonio
after a long illness.
His mother, Mrs. C. D. Pea-
vy, still lives in Cuero. Also
surviving are the wife, the form-
er Mary Terrell of San Antonio;
two sons. Daniel C. Peavy Jr.,
who is scheduled to receive de-
grees in dentistry frotn the Bay-
lor College of Dentistry and as
a bachelor of arts _at the same
time in June from Southern
Methodist University In Dallas,
and Robert Marshall Peavy, who
is a student at Sam Houston
State College In Huntsville; a
brother, Dr. C. D. Peavy of Aus-
tin, and a sister, Mrs. Paul Hei-
sig of El Paso.
Dr. Peavy, a graduate cf Tex-
as .A. and M. College, pursued
his dental studies at Tulane Uni-
versity fn New Orleans. After
practicing in Cuero for a num-
ber of years, he went to North-
yiestern University in Chicago
for specialized courses in ortho-
dontia, moving to San Antonio
to continue his profession.
He was the recipient of many
professional honors. In 1957 he
was chosen as one of the mem-
bers of an international panel
on orthodontia which met in
Rome. He and Mrs. Peavy were
on an around-tbe-world trip last
fall when Dr. Peavy became ill.
He was the founder and for
many years was editor of the
Journal for the San Antonio Dis-
trict Dental Society, was a past
president of the Society and of
the Southwest Society of Ortho-
dontists and the Bavlor Dental
Alumni Association.
• Dr- Peavy was a member of
the San Antonio Conopus Club
the Order of the Alamo, the San
Antonio Country Club, a Mason
and a member of Alzafar Tem-
ple Shrine.
The family residence is at 206
Thelma Drive in San Antonio.
High Court Meets
WASHINGTON (UPI) — The
Supreme Court meets today to
hand down decisions and orders
before recessing for two weeks
to write opinions. It has about
35 argued cases under advise-
ment.
Last Rites Are
Conducted For
August Fehner.
August Fahner, 84-year-o 1 d
resident of Rt. 1, Cuero, died at
11:30 p.m. Saturday In a local
hsopital aftef suffering a' heart
attack.
Funeral services were con-
ducted Monday at St, John’s
Lutheran Church at Lindenau.
Rev. H. E. Fehler officiated.
Pallbearers were Adolph Feh-
ner, Henry Kruse, Hilbert
Hahn, Elgin Fehner, Sam Kruse
and Brooks Johnson. Freund
Funeral Home handled ar-
rangements,
Mr. Fehner was bom Feb. 6,
1878, in Germany, son pf the
late Mr. and Mrs. August Feh-
ner Sr.
He was married to Lillie Hoef-
ner Nov. 16, 1905, at Cheapside.
Survivors are the wife of Lin-
denau; three sons, Otto of Lin-
denau, August Jr. of Dripping
Springs and Sterling of Cuero;
three daughters, Mr^. Walter
Hingst and Mrs. John L e 1 e k,
both of Cuero, and Mrs. Lillie
Ummelman of Lindenau; a sis-
ter, Mrs. Hugo Kruse of* Cheap-
side; eight grandchildren and
eight great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by
one child.
NEWSPAPER REFLECTS
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Seven untagged and unclaimed dogs and 1
were killed Sunday by city police who are cond
concerted drive to rid the city of stray
drive started after a second rabid skunk was
Cuero within a week.
The city’s two veterinarians, Dr, Don Dixon
Charles Tubbs, are cooperating In reducing the
of a serious rabies epidemic by offering dog and cat r
cinatlons at the reduced price of $1.50 through
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RECALLED BY THE THUNDEROUS GREETING for astronaut John Glenn are New York’s his-
toric welcoming parades of the past: the Marquis de LaFayette; Jenny Lind; Adm.
George Dewey; Theodore Roosevelt; Gen. John J. (Blackjack) Pershing; Prince of Wales,
now the Duke of Windsor—first tickertape used, no record of amount; Gertrude Ederle,
first tickertape for a woman; Charles Lindbergh, 1,750 tons of paper hurled; Douglas
(Wrong Way) Corrigan, 1,800 tons; Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, 77 tom; Harry S. Tru-
man, 63 tons: Thomas B. Dewey, 9.3 tons; Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur, 3,650 tons; John F-
Kennedy, 100 tons, and Richard M. Nixon, 61 tons, {Central Press;
this area.
At Gonzales, the commit-
tee unveiled the first of
what Is planned to number
more than 1,000 historic
building medallions on the
old Eggleston house, which
was buUt in 1840 mid has
now been re-erected in the
Gonzales city park. The old
house is considered out-
standing ns a reminder of
the frontier type of “dog-
run” log house which used
to be typical of the Texas
countryside.
Acting Gov. Krueger, whose
senatorial district now includes
DeWitt County, perhaps struck
the keynote In the efforts of the
state committee in his dedica-
tion speech on unveiling of the
medallion.
< “in houses like this,” he said, ________________
“Texans learned the fundamen- k™d'' 34 'grandchildren,
tal concepts erf freedom, cour-
age, friendliness, and love for
their fellow man. That is why
historic landmarks like this
must be preserved, in order
that Texans of today may visit
them and become Imbued with
a deeper knowledge of the ori-
gins of their liberties and a
greater inspiration for their
preservation.
“The ideals bom, promulgat-
ed and practiced in Texas hous-
es like this must also be pre-
served. We must never let flour-
ish in our state an age of flip-
pancy and arrogance, in which
it is popular to debunk great
personalities in history and toss
away old traditions and allow
treasured landmarks like this
to become a relic and a job for
the modem bulldozer.”
Gene Kelly Father
HOLLYWOOD (UPI) - Little
Timothy Kelly may be cutting a
rug before he cuts his teeth.
The 6-pound, 10-ounce, three-
day-old infant was born in Ced-
ars of Lebanon Hospital to Mrs,
Jeanne Kelly. His father Is act-
or-dance? Gene Kelley.
Stahr Denies Report
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Army
Secrectary Elvis J. Stahr Jr. has
denied a report that he was con-
sidering resigning to become
president of the Indiana Univer-
sity.
Stahr said he had learned sev-
eral weeks ago he was under
consideration by the university
as a possible president, but he
could state categorically that he
had not been offered the spot.
“I-am hot considering leaving
the government to accept that
or any other position,” he said.
Pvt. Armando Saenz
Completes Training
Pvt. Armando Saenz, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Faustino Saenz of
Cuero, has completed the four-
week individual combat train-
ing course at the Marine Corps
Base, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
The training, which every Ma-
rine undergoes upon completion
of recruit training, covers cdta-
bat formations, fire and maneu-
ver, supporting weapons, indld-
ual protection, safe movement
during day and night, assault-
ing a fortified position, cambat
in towns, vertical envelopment
and coordinating tank and in-’
fantry attacks.
2 Head-On Crashes
Kill Seven In Texas
By United Press International
Two head - on automobile
crashes killed seven persons
and Injured eight, three of them
critically, to send the Texas
weekend death toll soaring.
A United Press International
survey for the period that be-
gan Friday night showed 20 per-
sons killed, 17 of them in traf-
fic.
A headon crash near Bay City
Saturday night killed four per-
sons, and pne Sunday night
northeast of Decatur killed
three and Injured eight. The
heavier than usual rash of
weekend fatalities came at a
time when the Department of
Public Safety was applauding
Texans for keeping traffic
deaths so far this year 10 per
cent under the same period last
year. . ■■ f ..
The Bay City crash killed J. O.
(Dell) Morgan, 60, baseball
coach and assistant football
coach at Rice University; A, N.
Moyer, 50, Houston, Morgan's
fishing companion; Ervin Bry-
ant Smithart, 25, of BayHE i t y,
and Miss Suzanne Hitts, 18, of
Wharton, Tex.
Killed in the Wise County
Wreck, at an intersection erf U.
S. 51 and Farm Road 455, were
L. T. Eldridge, 38, Dallas; Air-
man 3 C. William L. Prince, 20,
3 C. Floyd C. Bowen, 20, Hum-
phrey, Ark.
Mrs. Eldridge and two Eld-
ridge children, Carolyn, 13, and
Janice, fl, were rushed to Har-
ris Hospital in Fort Worth in
critical condition. Two other
Eldridge children and three oth-
er airmen were hospitalized in
Decatur.
The airmen were all stationed
at Goodfellow Air Force Base
at San Angelo.
Kermitt Itay Jackson, 17, Ter-
rell, died In a Dallas hospital
Sunday. He was struck by a car
when he stepped off a curb.
The body erf Leo Brato Puga
was fouhd Sunday night at his
El Paso home. He had been
shot. A verdict was withheld
pending further investigation.
Leo Doyle Henley, 17, died
Sunday night when his car
jumped an esplanade and
crashed headon into another car
in Houston. Cecil Metcalfe, 26,
and his wife, Marjorie Ann, 25,
were seriously hurt.
Jack Eugene Jester, 35, was
found dead at the bottom of a
ramp at the new Humble build-
ing in Houston, Police held a 36-
year-old cook who told them he
was chasing Jester with a stick,
and that Jester ran off the side
of a loading ramp and fell 17
Couneilmen
Are Unopposed
For Reeleetion
The filing deadline for the city
election Apr, 3 was reached at
midnight Saturday with only
two candidates seeking office.
They are incumbents L. A. Bau-
er Jr.. Place 3, and Bob Wag-
ner, Place 4. ••——-
Both unopposed couneilmen
are ending two-year terms.
Absentee voting will start
Drivers Escape
Injury In (ollisien
. Cars driven by Charles Stried
el, 30, and Patricia Ann Judd,
14, were damaged Sunday in a
collision at the Intersection of
Newman and Stockdale Sts.
Acting Police Chief Willard
Worthington estimated $30 to
the 1960 model ranebwagon dri-
Lifelong Cuero
Resident To Be
Buried Tuesday
Miss Agnes Gohmert, Sl-year-
old lifelong resident of Cuero;
died at 6;3Q p.m. Sunday in a
local hospital. She had been in
111 health for two years.
Miss Gohmert, one of Cuero’s
earliest residents, lived the early
part of her life In the family
home which was located where
the J. C. Penney Co. store is sit-
uated at the comer of Main and
Gonzales Sts.
The deceased was bom June
8, 1880, daughter of the late W.
F. Gohmert and Sophie G a 11 e
Gohmert.
Survivors are a niece, Miss
Hildegarde Heyer erf Cuero, and
two nephews, Henry T. Heyer
and Gus Lenz, also of Cuero.
Beside* her parents, Miss Goh-
mert was preceded in death by
two brothers and three sisters.
Services will be conducted
Tuesday et 2:39 p.m at Freund
Funeral Home. Rev. John Jae-
ohs, pastor of St. Mark’s Luth-
eran Church, will officiate.
Burial will be In Hillside Cem-
etery.
Tarkioglon Named
Texas Exes Officer
Murray Tarklngton of Cuero
was elected second vice-presi-
dent of the DeWitt - Lavaca
counties chapter of Texas Uni-
versity exes during the 40th an-
nual dinner meeting held In Shi-
yr.
Others elected were Mrs. Rob-
ert Wagner of S h i n e r, presi-
dent; Jim Cross of Yoakum,
first vice-president; R 0 b er t
Gindler of HaUettsville, third
vice-president; Jack Cloutier of
Shiner, secretary; and C. C.
Welhausen of Yoakum, council-
man for District 23.
Bob Schulze, bead coach
the Texas freshmen Yearling
football team, was guest speak-
er, Schulze presented highlights
Wagner has instructed city
cere to pick up all
dogs roaming the
packs.
Citizens have been asked to
notify police at animpv that are
acting in « peculiar or vicious
manner. ' at %%
Dr. Tubbs said citizens should
keep larger animals tied or pen-
ned up and keep smaller ani-
mals to homes where possible.
Dr. Tubbs repeated warn-
ings that Cuero may be faced
with the worst threat of a
rabies epidemic that he has
experienced during his 16
years of practice here.
The second skunk killed
within the city limits within
the past week, given a positive
diagnosis of rabies after exam-
ination at the state laboratory
to Austin, was shot in the 50D
block of W. Heaton St. Friday.
The first rabid skunk vyas
killed at the John Wofford H
home at 210 W. Rcuss Bhrd.
to recent weeks, city police
and others have killed some 30
skunks, following discovery of
a rabid skunk near the Cuero
city limits off the Victoria
highway.
-Officers have Mse reported
that dog packs have made
several attacks on cattle in
the vicinity of the Cuero Live-
stock Commission Co., and two
calves have been killed.
Police Commissioner RjSi'iL. !§
Wagner said police have been
instructed to pick up all un-
tagged dogs. The dogs will fee
kept for three days ami than
destroyed if no claimant ap-
pears. All dogs must be vacci- ’
nated before they will be re-
leased.
the 1961 model auto driven by
Striedel.
Striedel was filed on for fall-
__J ure to yelld right of way t n d
Mar. 14 and continue through Miss Judd for driving without a
Mar. 30. !. licensed operator in the front
The last day to file for the: seat.
Cuero School Board election is
Wednesday.
So far, four candidates have
filed. They are T. A. Wharton,
Lawrence Dietze, W. D. Carroll
and Jim Stone.
The election will name two
persons to the board for three-
year terms.
Board members whose terms
expire are Ed DeLeon, who will
not seek reelection, and W. L.
Ferguson Jr., who has made no
announcement of his intentions,
ven by Miss Judd and J100 to of the university program and
conducted a question-answer
session.
Attendance prizes were won
by Mr*. James Buske of Shiner,
Mrs. Stanley Boysen of Yoa-
kum and Mrs. Paul Boethel of
Hallettivllie.
LMtE OFF THE WIRE
Mike Weber, Paul Hahn
Gel Sales Awards
«*acua «* v., nxuivm *-*• * xusvvi w*. a tuauiitg
of Pinehuret, N. C, and airman | feet to hit death.
Mike Weber and Paul F. Hahn
of Weber Motor Co. will be pre-
sented Ford Motor Company’s
300-500 Club award at a banquet
Mar. 10 in Houston honoring
high-ranking Ford dealership
car and truck salesmen of 1961.
R. P. Harman, district sales
manager, said 300-500 Club
membership awards are pre-
sented for excellent retail sales
performance. The club was
founded in 1950 to recognize the
performance of outstanding
Ford salesmen throughout the
country.
Harman said the average 300-
500 Club member sold nearly
$400,000 worth of automotive
merchandise in qualifying for
the national honors.
DOUALA, Cameron Republic
(UPI)- A Chartered DC7 air
liner carrying II# or III per-
sons crndied in n swampy Went
African jungle Sunday night
two minutes after taking off
from Douala Airport.
Donate Airport official* said
today there was no sign of
survivors. If all aboard wore
killed it would be too worst
stogie-ptaae disaster in coi
merctel aviation history.
ing
Khruschev began |
tog the meeting shortly after |
U begun. The *peech *— net
madeH
FT. BRAGG, If. C. (UPI)
Tim Amy has taken a tom, b|
light hearted view Of a hunger
strike allegedly betas |
here by New Hampshire reser-
vists who want to know when
they will get off active duty ■
One spokesman labeled it a^
| nothing more thaa • ‘totalled
milk and hamburger kick” |
|after pay day, wilt J
WASHINGTON (UPI)— The
Central Iatelligeace Agency
(CIA) was exported to report
to Congress today that U* pi-
lot France Gary Powers serv-
ed bis country faithfully on bis
ill-fated flight over Russia.
(SKA Director Jetton A. Me-
Cano was called to eioeed ses-
sion of a special Senate CIA
watchdog sub-committee to give
findings in It* to-
ol Power*.
toe agency's
tor rogation el
Pte
WASHINGTON (UPI)
rmament Director Wtotem yeild right of
a/arssrwyt sars*
• '‘desperate”
*Um JWHHilVU
tests if
Bites Are
Pending For
P, P. Bock .
Phfflfp P. Bock Sr., 88, native
of Yorktown, died unexpectedly
Sunday night at his home hear
x onetown.
Services are pending at Mol-
lenhauer Funeral Home in
Yorktown. Burial will be in Ho-
ly Cross Cemetery near that
city.
Mr. Bock was born May 11,
1883, san of the late Adolph
Bock and Pauline Morawit*
Bock. He was married to Mary
Broil Fob. 8, 1937, in Yorktown.
Survivors are the wife, tom
sons, Phillip Jr. of Fort Bgi>
ning, Ga., and Alex P of York-
town; a daughter, Rose Mary
Bock cf Yorktown; a borther.
Mike Bock of San Antonio, and
four sisters, Mrs. Herman
Scheffler of Yorktown, Mnt. Ot-
to Keller erf San Antonio, Mis*
Mary Bock of San Antonio and
Mx^ Victoria KokxJzfcfcpk ©f
Yorktown.
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Three Are Fined In I
Corporation Court f
Fined in Corporation Cot
during the part
James Minnok 1
ness. $25; Manuel ,
ez. disturbing the
and Pete Martin
the peace. $100.
Filed on in the 1
of Corporation G
fa
Charles M. Stock
way;
MOSCOW (UPI) - Premier
Nikita Khrushchev met with '
toe Soviet Para—ft party's
Central Committee today ‘
to trete
weald sign n tert h<
Remedy •
ceedlng a safe :
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