The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 58, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 25, 1987 Page: 3 of 12
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Sat., July 25, 19B7 THE RECORD Page 3
Death Notices ,
Taking over command of the American Legion
Dinter Post 3 are back row, left to right: Post
Commander, E. L. Montgomery; Post Adjutant,
Elroy Peters; Sergeantat-arms, Ed Ward;
Historian, Leslie Luttes; Assistant Sergeant
at-arms, Ed Sager and Member E. L. Nesloney
Front row, left to right are: 1st. Vice
Commander, Dale Anderson; Past State Com
mander and installing officer, Wm. (Bill) Nami;
Finance Officer, Wilbert Aschenbeck; and Ex-
ecutive Board member, Al Antilla. Not pic-
tured are ,2nd Vice-Commander, Billy J.
Chandler; Chaplain, Arthur Schodde; Judge
AQvocate, Wiley Cheatham; Service Officer, L.
A. Bauer; and Executive Board members,
Harvey Krejci.
Legion honors Cuero youth
Boy Staters and Girl Staters,
parents and sponsors were guests
of the American Legion Dinter
Post 3 and Auxiliary Unit 3 at a
•covered dish dinner, Monday
evening, July 20.
Carmen Hernandez and Kelly
Post presented brief reports on
4heir activities at Girls’ State held
in Scguin at Texas Lutheran Col-
lege. A letter from Kim Marie,
who was unable to attend, was
read.
Mrs. Sandra Marie gave a clear
picture of the closing session ot
Girls State, the parade of Hags
Community Calendar
SATURDAY
Moulton 10-K run and Victoria Zoo-run will be held today in the
two communities.
Antique Car Club tour of Cuero with autos on display from 3:30
to 5 p.m. at Cuero City Park.
The Class of ’57 reunion will begin at the Barth Ranch at l p.m.
“Barbie” will be at Wal-Mart from ll a.m. to noon,
SUNDAY
The Yoakum Centennial Parade gets underway in the morning ,
and other activities are scheduled throughout the weekend.
Attend the church of your choice.
MONDAY
No calendar dates. . - *
TUESDAY
The Pilot Club of Cuero meets at noon at the Cuero Country.
Club.
A Diabetes seminar will be held in the South Wing of Cuero Com
munity Hospital at 7 p.m. with the community invited.
Nova,orientation for prospective foster parents. Department of
Human Resources, 6 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
The South Texas Regional Blood Mobile will be in the South Wing
of CCH from 1 to 7 p.m. /< .
The Cuero Lions Club will meet at noon at the American Legion
Civic Center. .'
and the spectacular singing ol all
the participants.
Boy. staters Kyle Hessner,
Lamar White and Vic Rhodes
gave- ’their impressions ol the
huge meeting held in Austin. All
of the honored students' stated
' their experience vs as one that they
will never forget* In one week’s
time they learned ot precinct, ci
ty,, county and federal govern-
ment operations and u great deal
about politics.
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Each student introduced' their
parents and representative spon-
sors were escorted by Sergeant-
at Arms Elizabeth Steen to the
podium where they received cer-
tificates.
Sponsors included the
American Legion, the Auxiliary,
I ions’ C lub, Rotary C lub, Pilot
C lub, Theta Rho sorority and the
Hawthorne Club.
Membership chairman • Elroy
Peters for the American Legion
and Auxiliary chairman Ruth
Peters announced that 1988
’Membership Drive ha^jstarted
and asked ah members to send in
their dues as soon as possible.
Members were urged to keep the
American Legion organization
strong.
t
Past State Commander Bill
Nami installed the new Legion
officers and Past President Alma
Ray installed the new officers of
the American Legion Auxiliary
Unit 3.
Gertrude Scheffler
Gertrude M. Scheffler, 93,
formerly of Cuero, died Tuesday
evening in a Corpus Christi nurs-
ing home.
She was born June 5, 1895, in
Yorktown to the late Jan and
Rosalia Tarenkowitz Dybowski.
A rosary was recited at 7:30
p m Thursday at Oak Memorial*
funeral Home in Cuero.
funeral services were held at 3
p.m. Friday at St. Michael’s
Catholic Church, with Mon-
signor Henry Herbst officiating
Burial followed in Holy Cross
Catholic Cemetery in Yorktown.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.
Rose Ellen Broil of Corpus
Christi; a son, James Scheffler of
San Antonio; a sister, Mrs. Pearl
Norton of ..San Antonio; 13
grandchildren and eight great-
grandchildren.
* Josephine Berger
Mrs. Josephine Berger, 70, of
Meyersville, died Wednesday
morning in a local hospital
following an extended Illness.
A native of Cn liad County, she
was born Dec. 18, 1916, to the
late Otto and Helene Hausmann
Krueger Srhe was a member of
/ion 1 utheran Churc.i in Mission
Valley.
funeral services were held at 10
a.m. Friday at Zion Lutheran
Church with the Rev. Stephen
Schur officiating. Burial follow-
ed in Mission Valley Cemetery
under the direction of McCabe-
Carruth funeral Home.
A prayer 'JQrvicc was held at
7:30 p.m. ThdYsday at the funeral
home.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.
Elaine Sievers of Meyersville; a
sister, Mrs. Leriora Moritz of
Goliad; two brothers, Gilbert and'
Alois Krueger of Goliad; and two
grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by
her husband, f ritz Berger, April
14, 1972. '
Sayo Kurihara
Mrs. Sayo Kurihara, 90, of
Yorktown, died Sunday in a local
hospital following a long illness.
Mrs. Kurihara was born Sept.
10, 1896, in Hiroshima, Japan.
She moved to San Francisco,
Calif., at the age 6f 19, and gain-
ed her American citizenship. She
moved to DeWitt County in
March of this year.
She was a member of the Bud-
dhist Temple in San Francisco.
Her husband preceded her in
death.
Cremation ceremonies were
held Wednesday with Lytle
Funeral Home in charge of ar-
rangements.
Surviving is a daughter, Mrs.
Masako Packard of Yorktown;
two sonsK Dick and Bob Kurihara
of San Francisco and eight grand-
children.
William Lane
WESTHOFF — William A.
Lane, 84, ot Westhoff died Sun-
day in Westhoff.
Funeral services were held at
11:30 a.m, Thursday at St.
Thomas Baptist Church 1n
Westhoff with the Rev. J.G ,
Carpenter officiating
Burial followed in Westhoff
Community Cemetery under the
direction of Jamison funeral
Home of Cuero.
Surviving are his wife,
Margaret Lane of Westhoff; six
daughters, Gertrude Williams
and Margaret Stafford of San
Antonio, Loma Lewis and
L.orene Holman of Westhoff,
Ruby F. Galloway of Goliad and
Eva Mae Cartwright of Victoria,
four sons, Bennie C. Franklin,
Sammie G. Franklin and An-'
thony Franklin of Houston and
Andrew F. Lane of Dallas, a
sisteT, who lives in San Antonio;
37 grandchildren and 25 great-
grandchildren.
Infant Mark Doehrman
MEYERSVILLE — Infant
Mark Wade Doehrman, son ot
Mark and Sue Ohrt Doehrman ot
Meyersville, died Monday at a
Victoria Hospital.
Graveside services were held at •
10 a.m. Wednesday at the
cemetery at Sts. Peter and Paul
Catholic Church in Meyersville.
The "Rev. Edward Bartsch of-
ficiated.
Funeral arrangements . were
handled by Freund Funeral
Home of Cuero.
In addition to hfs parents, he is
survived by a brother, Slade
Doehrman; two sisters, Tessa and
Megan Doehrman; grandparents
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Doehrman
of Meyersville and Mr and Mrs
Donald Ohrt of Mission Valles;
great-grandmothers Mrs. Elenota
Doehrman of Meyersville, Mrs.
Geneva Rieger of Cuero, Mrs.
Margaret Ohrt of Mission Valles
and Mrs. Lucy Diebel of Ander..
Wreck victim
still in hospital
Michael Perez,, 17, of
Cuero, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim-
mie Perez, remains in “critical ,
but alert" condition, according
to a spokesperson for Citizens
Memorial Hospital in Victoria.
A patient in the Surgical Inten-
sive Care Unit at the hospital
Perez would welcome cards and
visits from his friends. He is alert
but remains on a ventilator. •
The youth was seriously in-
jured in a Saturday wreck on East
Main Street in Cuero which
claimed the life of Daniel Mar-
tinez, 17, also of Cuero.
Persons wanting to donate
blood to replenish the extensive
supply used during his first fHw
days of confinement may do so
Wednesday wheft the blood-
mobile is in Cuero or at the blood,
bank in Victoria.
Walter Graham
Prominent rancher and-, civic
leader, Walter A Graham, 80,
was buried at Dreamland
Cemetery on Tuesday.
The owner of Happy Hereford
Ranch, located between Happy,
Canyon and Umbarger, Mr.
Graham 'had been a farmer and
rancher in this area since 1927.
He was born on June 4, 1907 at
Quitaque, lexas and died on
Sunday, July IT] at St.’
Anthony’s Hospital in Amarillo.
funeral rites were held at First
Baptist Church in Canyon with
Res.. Strauss Atkinson, pastor
emeritus, as officiant. Interment
and arrangements were handled
b> Schooler-Cordon fuperal
Directors, Capyon.
A graduate ot Wayland Baptist
University, Mr. Graham was
married ly Nettie Mae Abbo't in
1929 After her death, he married
Clifford "W hite in 1965. She is the
■former Clifford Elder of Cuero.
Survivors include his wife; four
daughters, Billie Chaplow of
Stratford, Conn.,.Jean Osborne
ot Dallas. Anne Packer of Orin-
da, Calif., and Bobby Henson of
Happy Hereford Ranch. '
'Other survivors are t-en grand-
children including: f’am Ruth of
Georgia; Scott Chaplow , Michael
Packer, Anna Beth Packer and
David Flacker, all of California,
Jonathan Chaplow of Penn-
sylvania; Stephen Osborne of
'Oklahoma; Walter “Rusty”
Henson ot Quitaque; Luan
Roark and Jan Henson, both ot
Happv Hereford Ranch; and two
great-grandsons, W alter and Wes
Henson ot Quitaque.
Business
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vices for the possibility of addi-
tional security, for downtown
businesses. Curtner emphasized
that a group plan could be work-
ed out
Secretary Martha Burns- read
the minutes of the June meeting.
Funds in the treasury were
discussed.
Mary Helen Alexander, Main
Street Project Director, announc-
ed that businesses requesting
planters had agreed to maintain
them Greenery and suitable
plants for other planters are be-
ing reviewed by Phyllis Lapp and
Pam Knebel of the Beautification
Committee.
President Katzmark suggested
holding over $100 from the
treasury for a Valentine promo-
tion in February: Other funds
will be used for Christmas pro- ■
motions. A membership drive
will be under way at the conclu-
sion of the year.
The August meeting was
cancelled and the next meeting
will b£Tuesday, September 22, at
the City Hall.
Sonic Drive In Brings Back the
50’s this Saturday, July 25th
Antique Car Judging From 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. ^
Games from 2 p.m. till ?
•Hula Hoop Contest
• Bubble Gum Blowing Contest
•Elvis Look A Like Contest
•50’s Costume Contest
•Twist Contest
(PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED & CUSTOMERS ARE i
URGED TO PARTICIPATE)
50’s music will be played all day A all night
1/2 prices on all
Menu Items from
11:00 to 1:00
5:00 to 7:00
Specials throughout
the Day.
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Rea, Glenn. The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 58, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 25, 1987, newspaper, July 25, 1987; Cuero, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth844360/m1/3/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Cuero Public Library.