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CUERO, TEXAS 77954, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 30, 1964
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School Board Certifies Referendum Results
Texas
Begins
Political Pot
To Boil Over
!__________
United Prews International |
Republican Cong re s s m a n
Bruce Alger told a Dallas club
this morning that if President
Johnson and Sen. Hubert Hum-
phrey are elected in November,
America “stands but on heart-
beat away from rule by the
ADA” Americans for Demorra-
tic Action.
Algor said his Democrat op-
ponent former Dallas Ma y or
Earle Cabell cannot stand in-
dependent of the national Dem-
ocratic ticket. He went on to
blast the Democratic vice-pres-
idential nominee’s record with
the ADA, saying Humphrey
stands for national health legis-
lation, socialization of die na-
tion's farming and giving the
C. S nuclear stockpile to die
United Nations
George Bush, the GOP candi-
date opposing Sen. Ralph Yar-
borough. D-Tex., said Tuesday
in Fiat Worth that his oppo-
nent is ineffective within his
own party.
“I feel tlie citizens of Tar-
rant County want a U. S. sena-
tor who is a responsible leader
and not a left - wing follower,”
Bush said.
Yarborough planned to return
to Washington today after a
four - day campaign trip that
took him to every comer of
Texas. After stops in Texarka-
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Inter-City
Chamber
r«r“on Meet Set.
Mayor Bill Nami will havp a) On Monday'. Or! 12. an inter-
busy si art-nf-t he-weok as he at- city meeting of representatives
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from ten area Chambers of
Commerce will convene here at
the Doll House at 6:30 p.m., ac-
cording to Pat Patterson, C of
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TYvo-fold purjKise of the meet-
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1 ANVASSlNt! VOTK — President Jumes Stone (facing camera, left picture)
Is shown rheeking the invalid hallots with Rudy Fuchs, business manager, dor
Ing the eanvasslng of the sehoot bond referendum vote of Cuero Independent
School District on Monday night. Stone (center, right picture) with Fuchs
(back to camera) nnd hoard member Hcinle Bade check the poll roll.
- CUERO RECORD STAFF PHOTO
tends Texas Municipal League
annual meeting in Dallas.
. The local mayor, as president
of the league's Region 12. has
been invited to attend the Press j
Reception for the convention j
on Sunday at S p.m. in the Em-' ing will bo to discuss mutual !| |
hassy Room East of the Stat-1 problems of the surrounding' | !
ler Hilton Hotel and j towns and to initiate a program
he is scheduled to be at the Ma-1 of cooperation that could bo
yor's Breakfast in Tuesday in beneficial to the entire area. jH
Towns to l>e invited are Gol- Ui
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the Empire Room of the hotel.
Mayor Nami is cxjierting to
participate in the majority of
meetings and to lead a local
delegation which will include Ci-
ty Manager Bill Harrison.
ill
iad, Yorktown. Nixon, Gonzales,
Yoakum, Hallettsville, Shiner,
Victoria and Kenedy.
Cuero will he host to tlie
group.
Stimson Furniture
To Operate In Cuero
Wife Of District Clerk
Dies After Long Illness
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Cuero Independent School Dis-
trict Board Tuesday night cer-
tified the Saturday bond' refer-
endum and leveled criticism on
poll officials
It was tile oohoenMis of opin-
ion among the menUc-rs > f the
School Board 'that cm adequate
check was made bv the pod of-
ficials when persons irtpeircri
to cast-ballots'and.eff.v.iehcv of
the workers should be .- • ud:
Lawrence Dietze made j mo
tion that somethin:: be done
about tire polling od.divd- in
time for any future school dis-
trict voting. However, nothing
came of the ■ motion ;i< the
members d scussed it at : th
and agreed that greater ci'.'-u-
ency was necessary a* tr.*- yi.s.
Rudy Futhx. hits giro- mma-
ger for the district/ told dye
board that in one .instance a
person voted who owned proper-;
ty iii. York town or Yckanr liv-
ed in another- community and
said the only reason he n-t a
ballot was that. Tlie Cuero Re-
cord didn't say he had to live
in the school district to hie elig-
ible to vole.
School Board members, point-
out the officials r "re '■•'cur-
ed to make sure drily eligible
Mrs. Billie Hiller,. 38. died in I husband: three children. Linda voters cast- ballots
1 Sue. Kathy Jane aw) Michael - An interesting sidelight of rh»
Wayne all of Cuero: her moth-1 election was noted by' James
Highway Patrolman
Checks Two Wrecks
Stimson A Sons, Inc . of Ken- son Furniture Companies
cdy and Karnes City have pur- Kenedy and in Karnes City
P.ackley Furniture Co.
chased Stowers Furniture Co.
Stimson, president of the firm.; Ecickley.
The store name will be ehang-! Aubrey Stimson
ed effective Oetoiler 1st to hr™ in
Stimson Furniture Company. Wayne Stimson
Stimson & Sons, Inc. present-1the Kened>' stOJe
of Commerce.
Wayne Stimson is a Baptist
and, at present, is a deacon in
The First Baptist Church in
Kenedy. He graduated from
Kenedy public schools in ID-45; was married to Mr. Hiller in
| after which he entered Baylor Cuero
will leave; University where he received Funeral sendees will is* con-
to become | his BBA in 1918.
i kum: two brothers. Donald Lay-1 pointed out 389 of the total vot -
was
ioined the
ton of San Antonio and James
Layton of Kerryilie: two sis-
ing had shown e.xenfption.v
because they were over 60.years
l|v*mmratA Ts P^WeiTinTsti;^ I manager of Stimson’s .in Ctiero.j In 1M9 and 1950. Wayne was | Freund Funeral Chapel, Pas-
__ ^ k I He has been most active in civ-j with Gulf Oil Corporation in j tor John A. Jacobs of St.
a local hasmtal Tuesday at 2:30 ;
p.m. after an extended illness ! WiUie Lotion of You-1.stone. Matd president when M
She was the wife of District ■
Clerk Pershing Hiller.
Mrs. Hiller was born in La-
vaca County on July 10. 19215. ■ - Mrs Rul):n Dah>(, „f Wei-; of age
at.cater of I-eo and W illte Dt.f- |n;u. and M;ss M:ir,,ie Bayion of
fner Layton. j Yoakum
Or. September 11. 191. she | ^ ,XAVltt QlUnty Court
House will he closed Thursday
/rom 2 to 5 p.m. ^>ut of respect
for tile deceased, according to
County Judge George Trowell.
ducted Thursday at 3 p.m in j
Two wrecks occurred Monday
night in DeWitt County, one re-
sulting in serious injuries to a
Yoakum youth who was taken
to a Houston hospital for treat-
ment, according to Patrolman
Hugh Poage.
Robert Rodriguez, 16, was
driving a 1959 .Mercury sedan
on a county road about .7 of a
mile south of Yoakum when he
attempted to pass a 1956 Mer-
cury sedan operated by Albert
Flores. 19, also of Yoakum
Poage said the Rodriguez
car struck a culvert, landed in
a flitch, and swerved around,
striking the Flores car which
the eulvert. Fiores was uninjur-
ed
Both cars went- traveling in
ihe same' direction,
The accident occurred at 6:25
p.m.
Poage said die Rodriguez
youth suffered a severe cut in
the roof of his mouth.
In tlie other accident which
occurred .6 of a mile out of
Cuero on the San Antonio high-
way, Anil I>ewis Mulien Jr..
28, of Cuero, driving a 1962
Mercury, struck a horse. The
impact caved in the left roar
of Mullen’s car. However, tlie
horse was last seen running
ran into the ditch and struck down the highway.
JOHN H. DICING HAM
Farm Management ;Firs,Baplj!,
Course Slated Here .Plans Revival
ic affairs in Kenedy, has serv-1 Venezuela,
ed as president of tlie United j He served in tlie
Fund; tlie board of directors of'States Navy front 1951 through! aide Cemetery
Mark's Lutheran Church To of-
United ; ficiate. Interment will lie in Hill-
rhe Rotary’ Club nnd Chamber' (See STIMSON. Page ill
Mrs. Hiller is survived by her
__$324 Is
George Bush To Attend Co^ectec*
Local Free BBQ, Rally lnFmes
Thirty-two of the ballots were
discarded because the veers
were not on the tax roll' <4 the
district and an ,iddition.il 22
were eliminated because of var-
ious other reasons.
The board , voted to change, ha
[ meeting date to October 8 iri-
t stead of October 6 in order that
all members could attend,
; Certified totals for the $725.-
j 000 issue were:
Proposition 1 - Participate in
! Bill 116 concerning maintenance
[tax: against - 933; for - 429
Proposition 2 - author;/ tion
| for the $725,090 bond issue- ag-
j ainst - 910: for - -164.
Mrs. Estill
Acting As
George Bush, Republican can-; Attendance at tlie Bush For
didale for U. 5 Senate in the j Senator Rally is by ticket only
NovemHbr election, will appear j though there is no char c f.c
Sunday at the free barbecue‘ tlie lickets. Anyone wishing to
planned at Lindenau Gun Club get a froe ticket can do .-o at
Hall from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. | tlie following Cueeo locations:
Bush, making one of the stron- Reuss Drug Store. Keesler's.
t> prior to his hitting the road
>n Monday for a second "Band-
wagon For Bush” tour through
a sec': mOf West Texas Tins
lour is scheduled to liegin on
Monday. The quickie tour will |
A farm management siwt
course for adult farmers and
their wives will be field Oct. 5-
8 under the s|*onsorship of the
Cuero High School Vocational
Vgriculture Department, no -
cording to Marvin W. Kirkman.
SujierintendenT, and Wilson M.
Mdlican, teacher <>f vocational
agrieulturo.
Carl G. Anderson. Jr., farm
management specialist with the
Vocational Agriculture Division
of the Texas Education Agen-
cy and the Department of Agri-
cultural Economics at Texas
\&M University will do the in-
structing in the course. He is
headquartered at Texas A&M
University
, . ... _ . , j Cuero» First Baptist Church I'
culture building. Othe. meet- wi], nt a sencs o( vey ,VR\ [
inss in the series of four will lx> spn.iw,, for one uook. Ocot^r
hold Oct. 6. 7. and 8. During the with tvyo services each
dates the short course is in pro-: fay ^\copt Saturday when there
gross. Anderson will lie avail-1^, ,R, onlv ,he night service,
able to assist farmers witii in-,
gest campaigns to unseat Dem-
ocratic Sen. Yarborough, is ex-
i pected to he grcs'ted by tiie lar-
; gest crowd that has ever atten-
, ded a political rally in DeWitt
; County, according to a GOP
spokesman.
During September, city police |
collected $324 in fines, accord- '
ing to Chief Charley Chirk
Traffic fines amounted to; _
.$192. corporation fines $132 and 1 POStmiSlT05S
f.ncs worked out by prisoners I
totaled $43 I •^rs- Thelma Espn of Nord
They made 11 rots and isJ heim was named acting pasUnts-
j frrss To <uccocii tfvv Into Pof t-
sued 2u tiaffic takeis [master Bruno H. Morisse.
Clark sani the department in- • Bennie KJaevcm.ann has lieen
T
hit In cities and towns in a day-
Royai’s Cafe, Cozy Nook. V-j P.ush today announced an ad-
Ann Dress Rlv»p, Cuero Butane, dltional newspaper ha* endors-
RepuWican Headquarters - or Jed Hush's candidacy. Gaines-. vestJgnied 14 accidents in which | retained as art time clerk
Commercial Milling Co. U tile Daily Register has joined jmo 'n.inries were sustained.
'IVkets are also available ;n jThe Cuero Renwil. I.ufkin, Pj’operiy carnage amounted to
neighboring town-. News. Dallas Morning News. [ 5:».0-11.
Bush will attend the local ral- j Dalas Times - Herald. Harking- i Miaeell;in«x>us calls lot.tint n5
- ; ton Morning Star. Brownsville |;mr* ^'v,‘ wiriials were disposed
!Herald; McAllen Valley Moni-N-
Clark received
own
Talk
Mrs. Estill, native of Nord
heiin. has served as sub-clerk
and clerk for more than 30
years and is well qualified m
take over the duties of the pr>s.
ition. She has >• r\ed as clerk-
onlv
The aim of the services will lie
dividual problems and to pro-|to ca|, rtll lo ctosor
vide on-the-farm instruction. ac-;wa)k wi(h Crtxi am, k) KiV(. Him
cording to Millican. ! opjiortiinitv to help w ith
Farmers interested in attend-.,hp problems 0f life. Rev Noro
ing the short course should
write or call the Superintendent
of Schools, Kirkman, or the tea-
cher of vocational agrieulturo.
Millican. An enrollment fee of
$2 will be charged: no fee will
be charged for wives accompan-
ying Iheir husbands. Farm
Short Course Certificates will lie
man A. Sanders, pastor; said.
The preacher will be Rev.
John Dilingham of Hillslioro.
He is pastor of Central Baptist
Church in Hillsboro. Rev. Dif-
ingham is a graduate of Baylor
University and of Southwestern | sluggishly
Baptist Seminary. He is a nat-j “Heat's got
Anderson holds two college do-; or his wife who attends all the
ive Texan, a welder by trade,: denly it is' September and the!
presented to each farmer and I having - sjaml ' a ' larjje pari of meruit in our
'CRISP; COOL WEATHER. f temperature drops and so do
Fall is- upon us and there is no: they. Die only thing they w ant
getting away from It. What alto do now is sit and wonder,
feeling! “Where did the Summer go?"
Everybody talks about the re- They were too busy working to
juvenation that comes in the see it pass! _ ...
Spring. Have you ever noticed! And we have the tyi>e that ,hp Democratic Admin-
die life that fills you in the; complains about the hot w eafh-j ls,rMl;on
Fall? er in the Spring and Summer; ",th 'he I>t>>>i*ect o. shruti-
Diroughout the Spring and [looks forward to die Fall and ken profits by Texas cotton
Summer we watch as folks Winter. About midrSepteniber, “rowers because of 11 million
walk and work.: when you'v e become accustom- bales of government suiqilus eot-
em!" we say. Sud-1 ed to the complaint, “Gosh it’s;lon competing on the market
i tor and a numbe of weeklies in j ^ lara n-eeiyw n:- office ! m-charge since the dca.h of
.support of the candidate. : < "11^' , Moro,c in August 1963.
The senate candidate t.slav H'd*' '‘^rn.ngs on moving) During the' past JO var-
issued a statement of interest violations were issued. (Mrs. Esltll has served tinder
'lo c-cion farmers ns folkavs: , Polkr' rh:nkr'1 "d r>.2]2'-mite.s
; “The senior senator. Ralph:
■ Yai borough, has again let down
till car No. 701 and car No. 702
cha iked up 1.601 miles.
thive ilost masters, the late Th<»
ixlove Reichert, the lee L. C.
Neutzit'f and', Morisse.
a lii.nl Texas industry and i
1 Tlniisday he began trying to
'hack-away from h.- only real
Gonzales Production
Group PlansMeeting
grecs in. Agricultural Econo-
mics. a B. S. degree from Tex-
as A & M and an M. S. Degree
from L. S. U. He conducted re-
search in the field of farm man-
agement at L. S. U. In addi-
tion to college work and re-
sea.roh work in farm manage-
ment, Mr. Anderson has had
several years of on-the-farm ex-
perience.
The short course at Cuero is
scheduled to begin Oct. 5 at
7 :30 p.m in the vocational agri-
training sessions.
Anderson states the short
course will be adjusted to wish-
es and interests of farmers on-
A, large number of stockiiold-
ers.. their wives and guests are
' expected to attend the 30th An-
| mversary annual stockholders
meeting of the Gonzales Produo-
Bank of Houston will be present
with a message of interest
State Senator. Valter It. Rich-
ter, is expected lo attend the
meeting. He will have some ro-
bot , I wish we had cooler wea-,'v''h the 1961 harvest. Yarbrir-
thermometer ther”. the theme song changes.1 hugh began hying to crawfish
his life pastoring Baptist cliur- heads South Tlie incubation Now the greeting is, “Gosh, it's away from the Administration s
ches in Central Texas, He has period is over. Our sluggish getting chilly, wish we had if, Mmi policies,
been a pastor since 1954. . ! neighbors come to life! warmer.' What they are look-; “YaH>ohough has started his
The music will he directed by • - And then thebe are the oppo ing for is a thermostatically; dowm-fall. because he saw his tion Credit Association t<T\he marks or his own to make and
Jimmy Tolbert of Cuero. Tol-' sites. You've seen them. All controlled world - and He isn't only prop, the Democratic Ad- held at Gonzales in the Lynn, will introduce Atty. Gen 1 carr
rolled, but he experts to rover | bert is a businessman here, a Spring and Summer they are about to give us that : ministration, was weak with the Theatre on Thursday. October to the gathering,
such topics as procedures used [-graduate of Cuero High School, Bum-'Em-Up-Tonys. One huh-i As you walked about the vital Texas cotton industry In 8. The meeting will start prom-j L. A. Lott. Leesvule, presi-
in estimating costs and returns I and the choir director of the dred and ten in the shade and,sheets.did you happen p> nopi.ejhis hack-off letter to Agricul- j ptly at 10 a m. and end with a ; dent of the association will pie-
for crop and livestock enter-; church. He will be accompan-' thev're cut manicuring .the' that unfamiliar odor* turo Secretary Freeman Thurs-: barbecue lunch at noon. side again, as he has one for
proses, h„w t,« estimate costs": jed h.v Mrs. C. L. Finch at the'crass or bush. They're the fdiks Now that wasn't some new. day to disassociate himself with The program will be highlight- many year* Ray M Flanders
of owning and operating farm j organ and Mrs. E. N. Adams, w ho work at some chore all expensive deodorant, perfume; the miserable agriculture poli- ed by an address by the Hon- Droe or from Bexar County
machine ty, keefiing and using Jr., at the piafto. The choir will week long and spend their, or after she" ° lotion Not on rips. 5 arborough leaned back orable Waggoner ( arr, Attorney j will present the directors .vpnrt
farm records, income tax man- assist in all the song services, weekends building something at. your tin-type. That was ol fas-'into no prop - l nit himself ; (icneral for the State of Dxas. j on the p-rst years operations
agemenl, how social security af- Even one in Cuero is invited home * -all Summer' long, that hioned moth-ball and cedar. No "The Texas cotton indust rv Is . Also a Representative of the > The •finan.-.al report wdl he
(See Farm Course. Page 12) ( REVIV AL, Page 12) is. But comes September, tlie Iruer sign of the time! Fall! j (See (» - Bl SH, Page 12) | Fevieral intermediate Crcd 11| (See Gooxalee 1 rod.. Page 1*)
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