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VOL. 65—NO. 88
Cl'FRO, TEXAS. SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 1959
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f*Town Talk Bauer Is
“ Candidate
For Mayor
L. A.
When Councilman
•■Skeet' Bauer filed a.s a
candidate for Mayor Satur-
day he provided
with the first three corner-
ed race for top city office in
nearly 50 years and assured
a heavy vote turnout in the
April 7th Municipal elec-
tion.
Bauer was the only new
candidate to file before the
city secretary's office clos-
ed at noon
prospective
until midnight to get
names on the official bal-
lot.
I.; A. "Skeet" Bauer Jr. .Sabir-
the city (lay announced as a candidate for
mayor of the City of Cuero.
Bauer, city councilman who
holds Place 3 is a lifelong re-
sident of Cuero.
He is a past commander of Win-
ter Post 3. American Legion; has
been active in the Cuero Volunteer
Fire Department a nunilier of
of years, and is now serving as
third assistant chief; and is pre-
sident of Post M, Travelers Pro-
tective Association. j
The follow ins announcement
Saturday
candidates had oration and encouragement from
their friends. I have decided to announ-
ce as a candidate for mayor of
the City of Cuero.
"I have served three years as
First to file for the office "Oilman and feel that I know ,
the needs of the city. I own my
business, my home and have a
daughter in school, so I am natur-
was former Mayor J. T.
Newman who announced
his candidacy February 9th. S.oTnd’'the welfare Hm'!
Mayor Walter Richter an- sens.
"Since I am not obligated to I
any group or individual, I can
nounced he would seek re-
election on February 22nd.
Other contested office n
the coming City election is
for Councilman Place 1 with
Pete Bluntzer and Albert
Premier Summons
Satellite Heads
I To Plan Action
Officials
Working On
Reds Reply
conduct the affairs of the city to
the best interests of every tax-
payer.
"I am not going to make you
promises I cannot fulfill, however,
I will promise you honest, econ-
, _ omical, efficient and impartial
Ley as the candidates. E. T. city government.
Summers Jr., the incumbent
.did not seek re-election. . . , „ . „ ___
« chase order system is my firm
Pete Bluntzer, native belief. By this I mean that every
Cuerolte and former foot- man should get a slip from the
, ,, , .... purchasing agent authorizing him
ball coach at Alice, Corpus to m-a|je the purchase before the
Christl and Victoria an- article is bought. This is just good
That all departments of the
j city should be put under a pur-
At Least 31 Deaths
nounced February 8th he
would be a candidate.
Ley. Cuero farmer-ranch-
er and retired food store op-
erator threw his hat in the
ring on February 27th.
William L. Cusack, candi-
date for re-election as
Councilman Place 2 Is un-
opposed.
¥ * *
This newspaper believes
sound government.
I "Any fund not under council
i control and accountability is stri-
<fly against my conception of
good city government.
"Also, I am opposed to any in-
crease in taxes. Revenue from
electric, water and sewer depart-
i Continued on Page 10>
WASHINGTON it Til Adminis-
tration officials Saturday finished
hammering out a rough draft of a
proposed Allied reply to Russia on
the Berlin i risis.
The reply, high officials said,
welcomes Soviet Premier Nikita
Khrushchev's grudging aeceptanee
of the Western proposal for a Big
Four foreign ministers' eonferen-
ce on Berlin and Germany. But
tlie proposed note makes it clear
that the meeting cannot take
place on the narrow terms laid
down by Moscow.
Officials said the American su-
ggestion for an Allies reply was
among the matters discussed Fri-
day with congressional leaders
when they met with President Fii-
scnlv >wer. «
Holds Two Meetings
The Chief Executive held two
'.Hi-minute meetings with the con-
gressional leaders, talking in the j
morning with the legislative Big
Four and then holding a follow-up
late afternoon session attended by |
to; members of the Senate and
House Armed Service and For-1
suddenly on the tipper Midwest, was marooned in drifts for three cign Relations committees.
PUSH-BUTTON POST OFFICE—President Eisenhower pushed n button In the White House and placed
in operation the most mechanized post office in the world, tlu newlv-modrrnized Washington City
Post Office. Postmaster General Arthur .Summer field is standing in the outgoing mail section
near the Bell sorting machines. Major features include a mile-long conveyor system, which ran
move & million pieces of mail every day: five miles of "Mail Flo" conveyor belts; semi-automatic
letter and parcel post sorting equipment, and a laboratory for development of more machines.
Midwest Digs Out After Sneak
Late Winter Snowstorm Friday
L'nlted Press International
The Midwest began to dig out-pounding pai ls of Michigan with h< urs on I'.S.
today from a late winter snow-
27 and the passen- [ The congressional leaders gave
blizzard force and walloping Iowa gets were forced to find shelter j Eisenhower a virtual wartime
. . , , „ and Wisconsin with new snowfalls in homes until the bus was towed, pledge of support in the Berlin
storm winch crippled traffic. ..iso- lln to 20 inches. In fh„ w(irs, slnvic storm tea- crisis after he briefed them on
- In the worst single storm tra- crisis after
lated communities, crushed roofs Hie Midwest got the worst of it. gedy, snows nearly two feet pie- his firm determination not
and caused the deaths of at least hut elsewhere, wind, rain and vented firemen from reaching a yield to Russian pressures
31 persons. thunderstorms lashed New Eng- sm;i|| home near LaCms.se, Wis., threats.
to
or
and hor two Kisenhower drove out to Walter
25 Students Members Of
National Honor Society
sneak storm swept down land, creating traffic problems in before a mother
Vermont and Maine and flood small sons died. Reed Army Hospital to discuss;
threats in Connecticut and Massa- The storm caused scores of col- with ailing Secretary of State
chuselts. lisions on ice-slicked roads across John Foster Dulles results of the
Wisconsin and Iowa each count- northern Illinois and sent the bar- morning meeting with the legis-
ed 11 storm-caused deaths. Five ometer in Chicago to its lowest la tors.
'petsons were killed in a head- in nirM. yejlls
The American draft is being
on collision on an icy Indiana Texas Appeared headed for a taken to Paris by Martin J. Htl-
. -i Twenty-five students are char- ! surer. highway and two persons died in sunny, mild week end. lenbrand, director of the State
the Cuero school board act- ter m^tx-rs 0/ the Cuero Junior i Other memliers are Marion northern Illinois, which caught a weak cold front that slipped Dept.’s Office of German Af-
ed wisey 111 extending the High School Chapter of the Na- Aronstein, Jean Buch. Sandra the southern fringe of the blast, through the stale Friday night fairs. II will lie discussed there
contract Of Superintendent Junior Honor Society, which ! Cox, Linda Fetters, Kaye Godard, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania each fail«>d to lower tem|ieratures toby a group of British. French,
was formally organized Friday. ! Barbara Meier, Rosemary Mor- retried one death. ihc mmimiinis of 24 hours earlier American and West German dtp-
Thad McDonnell an addi- Induction ceremonies will he held ( row, Verda Mae Srhobor, Jim It was Iowa's worst snow storm and the C. S Weather Bureau lomatic "experts" who meet Mon-
tional two years. later in March. I Stone. Maxine Tubbs, Beverly Cl- in a decade and the worst that s;il(| u>0 frontal system would day in the French capital to eon-
„ _v.j Officers are Mary A. Kleinecke, Irich, Wiley Cheatham, Larry Cop- Michigan's upper peninsula has
Mr. McDonnei nas pro ecl. president; Nancy Egg, vice-pres- pedge, Dan Fisher, Teresa Tria- felt in 21 years.
GETS FRENCH ‘OSCAR’-Marilyn
Monroe holds the French equi-
valent or the U. 8. movie
“Oscar" after receiving the
award for the "best actress of
the year” at the French consu-
late In New York. She received
the award for her role in "The
Prince and the Show Girl."
Tex-Tan
Units May
Unionize
T o Discuss
Ministers.
Conference
LEIPZIG. East Germany
Mar. 7 —(IPD— Soviet Pre-
mier Nikita 8. Khrushchev
warned today that even a
limited war over Berlin
would become a global holo-
caust that would end with the
destruction ol the Weat.
“If a new war etarta,
even If It starts aa a email
war. It will end in the des-
truction of capitalism,”
Khrushchev told a Commu-
nist workers conference.
LEIPZIG, East Germany Uf
—Premier Nikita Khrushchev ha
summoned satellite leaders to .
council of war to discuss mean
of forcing the Western Allies ou
of Berlin, it was reported Satut
day.
The Soviet chief leaves late,
for Berlin, where he is expected
to confer Sunday or Monday with
Communist leaders Wladyslaw Go
mulka of Poland, Antonin No
votny of Czechoslovakia and Wal-
ter Ulbricht of East Germany.
Although reports uf the meet-
ing have not been confirmed of-
ficially, East German Premier
Otto Grotcwohl said Friday night
it is "very likely.”
In addition to the Beilin rrisis,
the four men are expected to dis-
cuss the prospects for an East-
West foreign ministers' confer-
ence and a possible separate
peace lietween Russia and East
Germany.
Assured Rig Reception
Russia has asked that Poland,
Czechoslovakia and East Germany
la* represented at any future
East-West meeting.
Khrushchev is due in Berlin at
9 p m. 3 p m. e.s.t. , and Com-
munist authorities there have pul-
led (art all the propaganda stops
himself an efficient admin
istrator and executive since
he Was elevated to the post
of Superintendent shortly
after the start of the pre-
sent school year. Extension
of his contract to June 1962
gives him the feeling of Job
security, that
him to devote
and John Ronald Coppcdge, trea-
Schools
Host 1,219
na. Penny I>ee Mor,d, Linda Pen-
nington, Marilyn Piepoi. Gail Sa-
ger, Peggy Schultz and Annette
Arhelger.
First requirement fur member-
ship is an A average for the sem-
ester. A prospective member is
also judged on citizenship. ser-
Forty-five mile an hour winds
churned up blinding snow clouds
a< loss.-the upjier [lemnsula dump-
ing II inches of snow on Pellston,
11 inches on Marquette and six
inches (in Sault Sainte Marie.
Schools, industries and stores
closed flown A Greyhound Dust '
continue to grow weaker as
moves toward the coast.
it suit on various phases of German
problems.
Production, shipping and main-
tenance personnel of Tex-Tan of
Yoakum voted 194 to C>7 Friday to assure a massive reception for
in favor of joining a union.
According to a reliable source,
the 267 employes who are in the
prexiuction, shipping and mainten-
ance departments will he repres-
ented by Amalgamated Meat Cut-
ters and Butcher Workmen of Nor-
th America, Izxal 540 of Houston.
The AMCBWNA is affiliated
with the AFIcCIO.
iContiimcd on Page 10i
Air Honor
Roll List
| Residents of Cuero Independent vice, leadership and character by
! School District paid 1.219 visits every teacher who has contact
to the schools Monday through with the student.
Will enable | Pridav. when the most extensive A faculty council then judges
full time to i observance of Public Schools the candidate. The council is com-
, | Week ever feld here was staged, posed of Miss Neida Johnson
directing and Improving the Supt. Thad McDonnell described Chapter sponsor. Dic k Brooks,
Cuero public school sys-jthe observance as a "tremendous Earl Evers, principal.
tern.
Through his good and
careful management the
Cuero school system has
been able to operate within
success
The large turnout wax occasion-
ed by short class schedules held
at cacti of the schcxils. McDon-
nell said 604 persons visited the
element. irv schools, 350 Daule
School, 142 Junior School and 123
Its budget during the pre- Cuero High School.
. _ . He said the schools' open houses
sent year despite the heavy pr,)Vjded „ wonderfiji opportunity
added costs Of maintaining for the parents and Other inter-
,h. Ml Senior High School
facilities. If tax collections sc|100| facilities and other infor-
continue good there is the mation needed for understanding
possibility that assessed McDonncU thanked ail who
valuations of properties lo- made Public School Week such
cated within the district * significant event._
will not have to be raised to
operate the present schc'ol
eystem, although most lo-
cal citizens and most school
board members considered
this to be inevitable.
Beauty Shop To
Hold Open House
An open hcxi-e w ill lx- he|(|
Sunday at Cuero's newest lieau-
ty shop — D. Maurer's Beauty
Salon. 209 N. Esplanade.
The salon is owned by Daisy
Meurer. who is assisted by Mary
A. Koenig. Operator. Mrs. Meur-
er invited the public to inspect
th: modem salon .Sunday and lo
be guests for roffer.
The salon will be open Monday
through Saturday, and on Mon-
day night as a speed I convenien-
ce for working women.
Farm Home
Destroyed
A small’, fi ime house located
alx.ut nine miles from (,'uero ,,n
the W'erthoif t-i 'hw ay burned to
the ground late Finlay morning.
Oi i. iti a! Hie lire is not known
Th" owner and o< < up.'iii*,
George lyO-tern.'in. was able to
save only his refrigerator.-and
several pieces of furniture. He
suffered a burned hand while at-
tempting to save the fumisl-
ing».
Fire Chief Iz -b: Ft (is of
Cuero said sevenal outhouses
would probably also have been
destroyed had not the Westhoff
F'ire Department answered the
alarm so prompt y.
The f .cm department also an-
5” ft erl h o ai arm.
Race For Cuero Mayor
Becomes 3-Man Contest
The mayor's rare blossomed in- Richter, present mayor. ,
to a three man battle Saturday An estimated 2,1.50 voters are ''*I "n " n^otSor"! contract man. .mnn uniac, ra.nc. r.„
morning, when Councilman L A. eligible to east ballots in the April T thSiiI hnlz. Janice Henson. Philip Hut-
“Skeet" Bauer Jr. announced for 7 elections. '' ,,r •’ n rhiw.n Stcnhen Krause. Dennis#
The estimate came from County I*!'*™ *‘11 non-union.
Names of 35 honor students at
St. Michael's Catholic School were
After the election has been cor- announced Satuiday. They are;
F'irxt grade: Gene Brown, Mary
dM. Elizabeth Arnold, Barbara Bob-
man, John Clarke, Patricia Eich-
tificd by the National Labor Board
and
the top executive position.
Other candidates arc J. T. New- Tax Assessor - Collector F rank
man, former mayor, and Walter Thieme who reported about 1.500.
-—~~- Cueroites paid their poll tax. He
said at least fiOO other Cuero- re-
sidents are eligible to vote, but
are exempted from the tax.
Deadline for filing was midnight
Saturday. March ,7.
In addition to the three m-iyoi
candidates, three other men had
announced hy 12 rxx#n Saturday
for the city election.
Two candidates, Pete Bluntzer
and Albert B. I,ey, have filed for
< ‘itv Council Place 1 I . T Sum-
Wag- mers Jr . current Place 1 eouneil-
son, man. had not filed.
William L. Cusack is seeking
re-election as councilman. Place.
Grass Lover Throws In Sponge
After 9-Year Battle Of Lawn
Bites Saturday
For Brother Of
Hrs. Gus Rabke
Ben Wagner. 7H. of Goliad,
brother of Mrs. fins Rabke of
Cuero, died F'riday. Funeral
services weie held Saturday in
Goliad.
Other siirvivnFs are Mi
nrr s wife «>f Goliad;
James of Taft; three brothers.
Otto of Corpus Christi. Paul of
Englcsidc and Hubert of York-
tov> n . ami ten grand) hildiep
Mi. Wagnei had lived in <,o-
iiad the past 32 years' He was
a i clued fai.met and ran, Ik i.
Will Review History
Of Oak View School
ehison. Stephen Krause, Dennis#
Cmon personnel will include the Rolasek.
261 workers who voted F'riday, Second grade Diane Aachen-
plus six who did not vote. tierk, Mary Gail Fischer, Ken-
Tex-Tan of Yoakum is a divis- Kaciri Detxirah Meurer.
ion of General American |„dust- ™"< (trade: Donnie Hartman,
Sandra Miiulka. Cynthia Parks.
F'ourtlii grade: Veronica Fetters,
Barbara Macha, David Polasek.
Fifth grade: Laura Aschenbeck,
Sunny Bohman. Larry Barfield,
Kathryn Kauffman. Patricia Kan-
,tz. Sandra Lehman. John Michael
Macha, James Meitzen, Raul San-
t ics of New York.
BIBLE VERSE
Now being made free from
sin anil heroine servants of
f.od, ye have your fault unto
holiness, and the end Never-
lasting life.—Romans S:3t.
Sin ruins this life and
makes eternal memories a
torture.
chrz. Jo AnnTinapp.
Sixth grade: Janet Boldt, Coriiv
ne Hutchison. Michael Koenig.
Thomas Respondek, Sherrie Web-
er, Rose Marie Zuber.
There were no seventh and eigh
th grade honor students._
HD Association Meeting
Delegates Are Elected
UUuWk-Smi-
Gets Free Trip
MIAMI UPI —J. Thomas Mc-
Daniel $5,000 poorer after a nine-
year battle of the lawn, decided
today the only way to fight hugs
N_FW YORK. Mar. 7 -H'PD — is to stone them lo death.
Harbor pilot John C. Punger of With an itching green thumb,
Rockville Centre, N. Y. was bound McDaniel vowed In 1950 to grow
for Europe today aboard tint hn- the prettiest lawn in Dade Couri-
er I'nitrd States on a uns, t.ed- tv lie Installed an elaborate iprin-
uied free voyage Punger was kimg system, hauled in fill loads
supposed to leave the ship at Am- of top soil and planted a top grade
fcroae Light, about two hours out of grass.
of 'NFw York, but strong wind* CVunrh bogs, the h»ne of F le>r-
•nd heavy »e»s made u impnse- id» la-n« lova that particular
Wa put hum on a smaller boat, type of graa*.
McDaniel fought ha-k with DDT cru-
and finally announced: "I’m p< r- R
s »n,::!v lexfxxisrliie ,o. DUT-pit*.!
bugs."
Me d ig ip w lint wleft of Hie
grass and planted anotner species,
which ch.nch fm.'S don t c.ke But
this one is a delicacy to web
w«rms.
Three I>eWitt county delegates Reservations for the noon meal
to the District 10. Texas Home ''Pf'1 7 ,r) ** *° Mrs-
, K z.cixKi. Pxix 101. Yorktwan,
D..W .n.Xt. at>..„ Ax ,ai ...)••- j y Mnn.h ^
ir.g ,n Cuero'Apt il 7 were cle. ed N ( ,j r>< I.eon. <-oiini.il re-
F'ikIav hv tlie IreWi't HD Chun' ixvrtcr said the'delegates were
Tlelcgales are Miss F.moi!<' elected U-furc the regular business
Pilug ol F ive .M.,< M: - Robcii session, which was presided over
Euj di-j ttic- weo present the review. The meeting Schueneman of Greunau and Mrs. by Mrs Arthur Schumacher, pres-
will start at 3 pm A. D Block ol Garfiekl Named idem
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WOITOS.
The history of Oak View School
w.,.. - ex ,(-k ivi j .|, —_-,< .,0
. ).n- me<:.r g of Oak Vie.. PTA. Mrs
r :n I., f Hut ! horn Ji annoumxl
Sat..:dav Mrs He.my IJenhaid.
.< n elementary 1 - n-»<. --.i« i imc. wdi
It was annoumed that tlie l>e-
■ I tlicapMile. Mrs Witt County Federation of tlo-
<,f Jlx»ma«t(Hi and mens Ciubs will meet at Gveen-
F iiday-thre# la-vris, rune years Also on ttie agenda ,s election as alternate delegates were Mi :
In desperation M<f*a(ii(l ».Hied and V,bo), taler M. D.ui.el gave of (glee:'- Mrs Bn< bhorn urged hlmei Bakt r
for a pp>fessional txig killer ulm up He h.fcd a !:(i< a liauled s.x all memlx is to alt) nd and lt»-lp O T Ralls
draped «h> lawn m rvion ten’s loads txxildei - to ms ...id and nan.e ullio iv |.»r the next si Imx.I Mrs. Walter >agcr of Arnecke- DeWitt community (enter March
and exploded gas hoirdtx urde-. niaoe a r.e-.v v v I.r~have tiie vear She said other business will v ille V at V' a m The Anverkeville
neati* prr*';r-* r - k r : d< n ,n 'JVC > '"in- ir-hide a <1 «< ussion of live annual Mr) I’llug was rler ief| TIIDA Home Ilemonstratlf>n Club will
Thia deterred the web worms ty. .Easter party. chauman lor T>Witt county. serve as host. *.
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