The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 120, Ed. 1 Monday, May 23, 1955 Page: 1 of 6
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VOL. 61—NO. 120
CUERO, TEXAS, MONDAY, MAY 23, 1955
9 PAGES — PRICE 5e
f*Town Talk
A picnicker who enjoys the
facilities of Cuero’s Municipal
park aad then leaves the pic-
nic unit in a filthy mess, ap
parentiy is the most thought-
less person on earth or Just
hasn’t been brought up right.
We just wonder if they would
leave their kitchen in the
same manner. It is so easy to
“police up” the grounds af-
ter the party 1s over.
Why not be a little more
careful next time, if you’ve
been guilty of such an act
before.
# * *
J. Maurice Tudor, editor of
the Stone County Leader, of
Mountain View, Ark., who ob-
serves that “we now have the
genius even to make it rain—
and lack the sense to come in
out of it,” invites his readers
to sit in his chair at “a little
shoestring-financed country
weekly serving a little inland
town in this present world.”
“Looking out the window,
you see the town in its drab-
ness and beauty,” he writes.
“You look beyond the town
to the world around it which
shapes the destiny of your
town. What can you tell the
people which might make life
a little easier? What can you
warn them against?
“You would see . . . that 20
million Communists are tak-
ing the world away from 600
million Christians, and your
town is part of the general ir-
responsibility that makes it
possible. . . You would see
more houses than ever before
in history—and fewer real
honest homes where the
American heart is contained.
Fewer homes, more juvenile
and adult delinquency even in
the midst of more churches.”
Mr. Tudor goes on to cite
our ability to control nuclear
fission, and our inability to
“stop the explosions in the
minds of men so that . . . one
out of every twelve children
now born in our beautiful
country is headed for a men-
tal institution before he dies.”
He reminds us of singing
hymns, “one hour each week”
and accepting lowered gtand-
ards of morality and taste for
hours every day. “Is there
anything, any conceivable re-
source or beauty that God
overlooked when he tried to
give us everything?” he asks. .
“And didn’t a man named
Jesus once tell us we had
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Trial Of Bascom Giles
Postponed Until August
Rep. Cecil
Storey
Is Reason
Bloomington Pair Win
Guadalupe River Race
A smouldering produce truck tits beside U.S.
Highway 77A some seven miles south of Yoakum
Sunday following the fatal early-morning crack-
up Involving the truck and a car driven by Edwin
F. Zubqr of Cuero. Zuber whs killed and the drlv-
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er of the truck Philip Jackson of Marlin was in-
jured slightly. The huge truck, loaded with vege-
tables, burst Into flames following the accident
and was still burning lale Sunday. (Staff Photo)
Truck-Car Collision Kills
One, Hospitalizes Another
Edwin Felix Zuber, 24, of 209
Ward Street, died instantly early
Sunday morning when his car col-
lided almost headon with a loaded
produce truck 11 miles north of
Cuero on the Yoakum highway, ac-
cording to Patrolman F. B. Byrne
who Investigated.
Philys Jackson, 45, Marlin Ne-
gro, who was operating the truck,
was brought to the Cuero Hospital
and Clinic for treatment.
Zuber’s 1952 Chevrolet was com-
pletely demolished.
Shortly after the accident, the
tractor and trailer as well as the
cargo caught fire and burned.
The truck belonged to Jesse Kirk,
Jr., of Cameron.
They will be held at St. Micha-
el's, the Rev. Wm. Jansen to of-
ficiate, and burial will be in Holy
Cross Cemetery at Yorktown.
According to Byrne, Zuber was
enroute to Cuero about 2:30 a.m.
after having taken two of his rela-
tives to Yoakum following a dance
they had attended here. The two
boys had car trouble and Zuber
volunteered to take them home.
Byrne said the truck, a White
truck tractor and trailer, was
headed tow ard Yoakum, and from
all indications the driver attempt-|Jr
ed to swerve to the right to avoid
collision.
At the time of his death, Zuber
was employed with a Wharton firm
as a salesman for soft drinks.
He was a native of Yorktown,
born there December 15, 1930. His
parents are Paul and Annie Henk-
es Zuber of 209 Ward Street.
cent
Don Maretick and S. S. Brown
of Bloomington set a new record
in the 2nd annual running of the
Guadalupe River Boat Race Sun-
day as they negotiated the 107
miles between Cuero and Seadrift
in 4 hours and 18 minutes. This
clipped 9 minutes from the rec-
ord set by Maretick and another
companion in the initial running
last year.
Maretick and Brown used a 16
h.p. and over classification motor.
Bill Trautwein, Cuero, in the 10
to 15 class, had the running time
of 5 hours and 27 minutes. Claude
Steen, of Cuero, was Mr. Traut-
wein's companion. Larry Parkan.
a 16 year old, of Victoria, and Paul
Franz, were tops in the 7Vi horse-
power class. Their total running
time was 8 hours 41 minutes.
As each winner came in, a for-
mal welcome committee from the
Citizens' Club at Seadrift, gave
them an official welcome .David
Newman and Jack Wallis reports
that Seadrift is very optimistic
able to complete the race. How-
ever, he made good time from the
Schleicher Bridge to Victoria. He
was in the 10 to 15 class.
of Germany,
(Teddy) of Wharton; find two sis- j about the future of this project,
ters, Helen and Rose Marie of Cue-;They said Seadrift folks want Vlc-
)-o. | toria to join in the next time; this
Rosary .will he said tonight at 8;would give more Impetus to the
in their opinion.
received his discharge after more; a Iservides-will'be Tuesday morn-! Fritz Lane, of Bloomington, and
with prayer at 9:30 a. hi. in ;originator of the race, had the mis-
chapcl followed by services j fortune to have his motor torn up
uw, .front St. Michael's Catholic iwhile in the race.
Vin-! church, flic .Rev. Win. Jansen of-1 T. M. Young, of Sinton, also
1 ficiating.
Only last November young Zuber jp. ni. in the Fround Chapel. Funer- project
than three years’ service with the j „
U.S. Navy. |,hp
In addition to his parents, Zuber j
is survived by two brothers,
Funeral Rites
For C. R. Reese .
Held Sunday
Last rites for Clarence Randolph
Reese, 72, were held Sunday at
3:30 p.m. from the First Baptist
Church, the Rev. Norman A. San-
ders assisted by the Rev. W. Bak-
er, Baptist minister at Nixon of-
ficiating. Burial was in Hillside.
Mr. Reese who had been in a
San Anton: > hospital for the past
‘had motor trouble, and was
is This The Year?
Dust Bowl Drenched
By Dousing Rainfall
By United Press
Dousing rains returned' to the
dust bowl Monday and the south-
land recovered from a weekend of
wild weather.
Lamesa, in t'r- h. ..it of the West
two years, died there Friday morn- j Texas dust bowl,
|three inches of rain
Was soaked by
More ground- j
least 12 lives and turned creek*
into flooding torrents. But most of
the flood waters were receding
Monday, although further flooding
was feared on Oklahoma’s Cimar-
ron River.
Hash of Tornadoes—
The new rains were accompa-
5,152 County
Citizens Get
Free X-Rays
A total of 5,152 DeWitt County
residents took advantage of hav-
ing their chest X-rayed here and
at Yorktown during the past ten
days,according to Mrs. Robert
Kueker, general chairman, who
said the turnout was
gratifying.
The project was sponsored by
tha Lindenau 4-H club which was
assisted by other county and city
organizations.
Mrs. Joe Hoffman was co-chair-
man with Mra. Kueker.
Cuero’s total was 3,303 and
York town's 1,8^9,
The mobile unit was at York-
town May 12-14, and here from
the 17-21.
On May 18 a total of 977 were
x-rayed here, according to Mrs,
Kueker.
Mrs. Kueker said she wishes
to thank all those who were so
helpful during the time the unit
was here as all worked most
diligently.
$37 MILLION
CUT FROM
IKE REQUEST
most | master
merfleld to ask
ins-
He had been a resident of Cuero j soakers were .predicted; for across ■ tiled by a rash of tornadoes in Tcx-
for about 50 years. j the state. las and Oklahoma. Twisters toueta-
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. J The rains were n' -welcome -'.eon- fed proud late Sunday night and
Lutheran Pastor
Addresses
GD-A Graduation
Pastor John A. Jacobs of St.
Mark’s Lutheran Church wps prin-
cipal speaker Friday evening at
the closing exercises held at Green
DeWitt-Ameckeville School, ac-
cording to Mrs. A. W. Schaffner,
principal. He was introduced by
Supt. W. F. Hancock.
Dewitt County School Board
tn abide bv all the laws Which members present were Albert C.
Hartman, president; W. R. F,gg,
run all this earth?
“Well now,” continues Edi-
tor Tudor, “if you were in the
editor's chair, what would
you write? Would you just sit
back and praise everything,
or would the hypocrisy of that
seem sickening? Or would you
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August
Schmidt.
Helmers, and Walter
Florence Reese; four sons, C. R.
of Cuero; Drew H. of Three
lRivers; Floyd M. of Nixon, and
‘Raymond Kenneth of Victoria;
two daughters, Mrs. Homer Davis
of Nixon, and Mrs. C. J. Rork of
Westover, Mass.; a daughter, Mrs.
A. F. Dolejsi died two years ago
at Victoria; 13 grandchildren,
eight great - grandchildren; two
brothers, Frank Reese of Corpus
Christ!, and Lem Reese of Denton,
also survive.
Pallbearers at yesterday’s rites
were, Alvin Wyatt, Buddy Bauer,
Dick Blackwell, Bob Sample, A.
W. Schultz, and Bill Ferguson.
Freund Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements!
Jack Edgars Arrive
From German Station
Col. and Mrs.
tinuation of the downpours \\ hu h
hit bone-dry ■fields in' Texas, Okla-
homa, Colorado and New. Mexico
last week.
The earlier tains claimed at
Corporation Court
lilts Only Two Finos
Corporation Court listed two
fine* tast week, one against GIL
berto Guzman for disturbing the
peace in a public place. and
against Margarito Hernandeze for
disturbing the peace in a public
place.
Fines in County Court last week
were, William Ixjui* Edwards, $75
plus court costs on a charge of
driving while intoxicated,
Carl C. Gregory was fined $15.50
In Justice court for speeding.
WASHINGTON, May 23—(UP)
- The House passed and sent to
President Eisenhower Monday a
$3,322,488,500 money hill to run the
Treasury and Post Office depart-
ments.
The amount was $37,896,500 be-
low President Elsenhower’s budget
request. The Post Office suffered
the biggest cut $33,096,000.
That promoted Rep. Ear! Wilson
R-Ind. to predict that “a lot of
people will be screaming about
poor service” and will force Pout-
General Arthur K. Sum-
for more money
later
The bill appropriated $599,598 •
000 for the Treasury; $2,721,720,500
for the Post Office department, j
and $1,170,000 for the U." 8. Taxi
court.
Mr. Eisenhower signed another
money measure which allots $106
million more for farm program*
than he proposed.
The measure carried. $697,917,-
855 tn direct appropriations $30,-
185,897 more than requested and
authorized $11 million more in
lending authority and $75 million
more in agricultural conservation
subsidies than the budget asked,
Engbrock Rites
Held Saturday
Funeral aervlcea for William J.
Engbrock ,84 ,-Seguln resident for
60 year* and father of Tony Eng-
brock of Cuero, were held Satur-
day at 9 a m, from St. James’
Catholic Church at Seguln, Father
Butler officiating. Burial waa in
St. James ’Cemetery.
Mr. Engbrock died Thursday
morning at the home of hi* son.
Robert lace, with who he had been
living for several years He had
been In ill health for sometime.
He was a native of Wharton
County, and was engaged in busi-
ness there before his retirement.
His wife died four years ago.
Band Parents Installed
Officers who will servo in
Cuero Band Parents organization
during the 1955-56 school-term are,
Mrs. Jdrome Koenig, president;
Ben prause, vice-president; Mrs.
Ben Prause, secretary; .Mrs.
Charles RiebschlagCr, treasurer;
Mrs. Ray Matter, reporter; and
Mrs. Ed Do Leon, parliamentarian:
uHtly Monday in Oklahoma near
Balko and Gage, and at six Texas
points. Damage was light, howev- j
er.
The Southwest’s storms moved J
| into the Southeast during the week-
end, touching off tornadoes at Ma-
con, Ga., Saturday, and at Rome,
jOa., Sunday.
the j The Macon twister whisked away
the roof of an orphanage as from
200 to 300 children cowered on the
floor.
Farther north, however, mild
weather sent the number of drown-
ing s zooming.
At Jeffersonville, Ind., three boys
and their uncle decided to go on a
New Homes Increase
ummso*
The best of anything, "tskss lbs
cake,” as tha axpraaalon goa* teday-
It started at dance* with the e*ka
walk. The eoupta iwteed beat we*
____• teh» tette- te
Jack Edgar and
Green DeWitt-Ar-!guests of his mother, Mis. Joe
Installation, of officer?) v.as held j pleasure cruise on the Ohio River,
recently a! iho hand hall and Mrs.) The backwash of a river toboat
Gordon Thompson, relit in-, presi overturned their craft and all four
dent, was presented a gift I ton i drowned. They were David Lowe,
the' members for her untiring- ef-jlO, his brother, Wesley, 10, a cous-
forts during the past year, acid- m, William 11. Anderson, 14, and
ing to Mrs. Prause. i (Continued on Pace 6)
City Building Permits
Hit $41,450 For Week
Last-week was one of the best in j house on Lavaca Street to eo*t
building permits Issued by $9.«X>,'*nd another on Second
the city since the first of the year, | Street to cost $10,000
with permits Issued totaling I Wagner Lumber Company is
$41,450.00 according to records at constructing a home on second
the city hall.
Two 110,000-dollar dwellings and
one $9,000-dollar dwelling are in-
cluded in the list.
Mary Bryant took out a permit
to have her place remodeled
Newman'sat a cost of $1200.
Street for J.P Hickman which will
co«t fl0,000,and one on South
Esplanade for° Willie Koehler at
a cost of $5,850.
Arthur Spinks took out a par-
ity i rnit to have repair* made at hi*
I home in the amount of $500,Kay-
Bessie Pleasants is having niond Pump io do the work.
Newman's build an 18x54 store I A 9x10 addition is being made
building for her at a cost of to Jessie Sustaita’s place at a
$4,800. J cost of $100, and he I* doing the
Newman's Is constructing n work__
of the board of
neckcville, were also in attendance.
Receiving their diplomas were
eighth graders, E. C. Berger, Jr..
Paul Bustos, Anton Garcia, and
Bob Goebel. Hartman presented
the diplomas.
Mrs. Ed Lassman who heads the
Parent-Teacher-Children s Associ-
ation.'and Mrs. Edwin TOeme
adult leader for the Arneckcville
4-H club, were also present.
The errtire student body present-
ed a musical program during the
evening. , .
Reading awards were presented
the following:
Annette Warwas and
Ann Sager, fourth graders; Barba-
Berger John Lassman, Janet
Linda Vore, Melvin Wolf,
ra
Vore,
Barbara
Edgar,Sr.
The Edgars have been away
three years while the coWtcl w as
stationed in Trieste and Stutt-
gart.
Col. Edgar has thre» weeks
leave, and they plan to \ isit
her relatives at Beaumont before
reporting to his new Station at
Fort Lee. Va.
Mrs. Edgar and the girls will
return to Cuero later on and
spend a large portion or the sum-
mer here with Mrs. Edgar, Sr. j
The trip from Europe was by
plane.
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Short-Circuit Causes
Run By Cuero Firemen
An electric motor on a
refri-
and Douglas Wolf, fifth graders; j ,,erator jn the basement of Bums
Jean Thieme, sixth grader*; Gloria
Lassman, Edwin Warwas, Byron
Wolf, and Wayne Wolf, *eventh
graders; and E. C. Berger, eighth
grader.
Hospital was short-circuited about
Midnight Saturday and Cuero
firemen were dispatched to the
scene in the event of a fire, acc-
ording to Lester Frers, Chief.
No damage was done other than
a considerable amount of smoke
filled the building, Frers said, j
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SAN ANTONIO. M*y 23, .(UP)
--Criminal District Judge M D.
Jones Monday postponed until Aug.
15 the bribery trial of Bascom
Giles, former slate land commis-
sioner and central figure In the
multi-million dollar land scandals.
Granting of the continuance be-
came mandatory after defense
counsel revealed that Giles had re-
tained State Rep. Cecil Storey at
i-ongvtew, a veteran member of
the legislature, to help defend him.
Under such circumstance*, the
law requires that a court poapone
trial until at least 30 days after
adjournment of the legislature The
case originally was docketed for
April and on motion try the de-
fense win continued by Judge
Jones until Monday.
Heeontl PiMtponemenl—
S<> this was the second postpone-
ment. Assistant Hrxar County Dis-
trict Attorney James Onion hntcr-
ly protested the delay and called
the defense move a ' clear and un-
dignified abuse of a privilege ac-
corded the legislature ”
“Our hand* are tied,’ Onion
said of the prosecution move,
“And we are powerless to do any-
thing because the law is manda-
tory.
“We are ready now and we shall
be ready In the future, tf the court
sets Aug. 15. we will be ready then
or any time In between."
As Judge Jones set thg new
date for the trial, he bluntly told
a pecked courtroom that “each
and every individual Is entitled to
employ the counsel of hia choice.'*
‘Espenslve f«r County'-—
He then pointed out that the
move for postponement was “ex-
pensive for this county” amt toht
the defense that a panel of 400
Juror* had been called in expecta-
tion that the case would go to trial
Monday.
“The legislature ha* seen fit to
pas* such a law and Irrespective
<>f what t might think of it, It !«
law of the land.” Judge Jones said.
(die* was Indicted by a Bexar
county grand jury on charges of
accepting a $30,000 bribe to gfve
‘favorable consideration to a vet-
'erans land board transaction be.
log promoted by C. V Wyrm and
Arthur McKenzie, two San An-
tonio land operators,
Giles also is under indictment in
Travis county on a charge of plot-
ling to steal $g3,300 of veterans
land board money. Me is free on
bond while awaiting trial on the
two charges.
Hints At Statement—
Giles .accompanied by his son,
Rogan, would not comment on the
postponement. He smiled and
shook his head, but then volun-
teered :
“I might have something for yotg
newsmen in a few days.’ ’
“What7’ 'a newsman asked.
He hesitated and added: “Some
Information." lie declined to say
anything else.
Earlier Onion tried vainly t*
put Giles on the witness stand
the prosecution could question him,
apparently about when he re-
tained Storey.
! Austin attorney C. C. Small Sr.
: protested that "the legislature has
| taken meticulous pain* to take all
{discretion out of this matter
[granting a postponement "
■N* Dfacrettms For Court—
j Judge Jones after hastily look-
jtng over precedent-sotting case*,
agreed that “it would appear the
court doe* not have any discretion
In the matter."
He asked Small whether “Mr
Storey insists on the 30 days." He
meant 30 days after adjournment
of the legislature
Small answered that Storey die
insist and quickly added that this
was the law.
The judge then went Into a hud-
dle with the court clerk .Togothet
they spent several minutes going
over the court docket. The judge
announced that the calendar of the
court was “heavily aet through
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DeWitt County folks owe these girls and boys members ef the
Lindenau 4 H <lub, a rousing vote of thanks for sponsoring the highly
successful county wide tree chest X ray program. The project, which
ended here Saturday evening, saw a total of J.tel Otero citizens walk
hi for the free checkup, an Important mean* of eoatroHag tuberculo-
sis. Left to right: Wanda Kueker, Mra. Raymond Wild, Roan Mary
Kueher, Melha Ray Wild, Hobby Warxeeha, Laaell Natho, Aaaa
Keeker aad Mra. Elvira Geerreo. Mra. Robert Kaeker la standing.
(Staff Photo >
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