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Brenham Banner-Press
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1965
BRENHAM, TEXAS
10c Pei Copy
8 Pages
Member UPI
VOLUME 100
Christmas Is
Column
Almost Here
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As the brisk air of December .
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Milton Routt Heads
years
the long range plans. as future
a raging fire aboard the US '
today’s fight
LBJ STUDIES
VIET NAM WAR
Gemini 6 Ready
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1st Infantry Clashes With
Viet Cong Unit At Plantation
Citizens Must Decide
Fate Of Old Airport
FHA Sponsors
Cookbook Sale
started below decks while the
big .flat trip was launching air I
ham and Washington County
Barnbill reading a detailed
now the center of attraction, and
if a political year, the candi-
dates vied with each other in
a bellowed device
wind while slowly
The Future Hmemakers of
Brenham High School have
enokboekser-sale.Fhere-are
1 varielle* Mun which in —
The guerrillas
vy" casuatties
and white decorations and
golden Christmas beHs.
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test
told
Clear to partly cloudy- Cool
again tonight. Warmer again
Wednesday. Low expected to-
aight 40 to 45 High expected
Wednesday n to 76.
Readings far 14 hour period
ending at 7 a.m. lurid ay
Mag. 74 Min. M 7 a.m. A
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Any classified ad placed for
1 week will be published an-
other week free of charge,
(all GR 6-3643 to place your
Classified Ad now!
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Buddy I ischer’s window fea ।
1 turn a tree of red on a field of
Desserts, and Casseroles, These
make wonderful Christmas
Gifts for only $2.95 per book,
with the profits go’-z to the
Future Homemakers of Bren-
ham High School, if anyone
desires to see one of these
books call Beverly Herzog at
GR-6-4533 or anyF.H.A. mem- .
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, whie in a simple but symbolic
setting. Next door Suter's Gift
plete community participation.
. It was suggested that mavy
people will be willing to help
as volunteers in the celekration
when they are given specific
alignments Abe Marsh point-
eft oos that he had carried gut
work assigned to him several
Daily Weather
Report
Brenham
Banner-Press
Fstablished 1866
A Century of Service in
HISTORIC
WASHINGTON COUNTY,
TEXAS
; mas mysery about the gifts
| that are gauzily hidden behind
a complete curtain of red net.
FASCINATION - "I like you," Greg Weghorst says
to one of the cute elves decorating one of the trees
in the Weghorst- Floral Shop. Abo bedecking the
tree are angels, gingerbread men and birds with
long tinsel-feathered tails. Hundreds of 'beautiful
and unusual Christmas decorations can be seen in
the workshop of the Weghorst Eloral Co., making it
truly a land of fascination.
Set Wednesday
f uneral *'rvi<fes for Edwin
-t-Wetss,t6,of3e9-teffersom
Street, will be held at the
Eben Eger Lutheran Church at
Berlin Wednesday at 2 p m
Rev. Dan Zimmermann, the
pastor, will officiate and burial
aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off Maife ' one of the proudest and
-- 1 most colorful traditions of Bren
PING DAYS TILL CHRIS5
, READ OUR ADS
Washington County
UNITED FUND
GOAL
$24,000
REEIPEDTO DATE
$18,531
HAVE YOU GIVEN
YOUR SHARE?
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coming from the Third Grad'
Routt will have the Maifest
Association incorporated fot
president for ten year*, refused
to accept the presidency again,
but.agreed to handle the sale of
tickets.
The board ‘voted unanimously
to present a plaque to Barnhill
in appreciatton of his’decade of
work devoted to -making the j
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noon stump speaking close to
'he refreshment stand, then a
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Third Blackout
Hits 9 Counties
comes four days,before launch.
The simulated flight was to
start at 2 a m EST Thursday,
AND THE: ANGELS SING -These cherubic angels are only part of the beau-
tifully decorated Christmas scene in the lobby of South Central Savings and
Loan Association building. Also seen in the SCS lobby are angels on pedestals,
a snowy Christmas tree, Santa Claus, snow men, feathery white arrangements
and golden bells. ______
city, Brenham ha* become
aware of the approach of the
holiday season. Many mer-
' charts have followed the city’s
lead.
South Central Savings and
Loan spotlights a sporty Santa
In gold and white surrounded
by angels, bells and reminders
of a white ( hristmas Sears’
Maifest Association
Brenham Fire Department driv-
er Volunteer fire crews have
been organized and trained in
each rural community, and the
.program has been a great suc-
cess. r .
Having a two-way radio to di-
rect the truck while it is out on
runs will mean a .savings in
case another fire is reported
while it is out- Pflughaupt re-
ported
Present for the meeting were
Mayor Lockett, Commission-
ers Travis Voelkel, Irvin Nav-
rati), Leslie Clayton and Walter
( S< hwartz: City Attorney W
J. Embrey, Fire Chief Pflug-
haupt. Police Chief Arthur
SternBerg, Citv Sanitarian Dick
Mgebroff and City Secretary
Melvin Pohlmeyer: and J. Nel
son Ash and Wilson Wendel, pro-
ject manager for Bernard John-
son Associates, consulting engi-
neers for the ettyr
.years ago. but in the past lew
years he had not been called
on or given an assignment.
The job of treasurer rotates
each year. This year it wag.
held by A. . Niehuhr, who -
turned in a detailed financial
statement, read by Barnhill He.
pointed out that the Maifest has
to have working capital to
operate, because financial
committments mult he made
for many, things before the
celebration, and often collec-
tion* are not made until a
, month or *o after the celebra-
j tion is over
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the coast of VielNam The fire
wide wooden roller
brief, but
instead of the 25 years of ham J ire Station, and when a
call' comes in"it is'driven by a
' The citizens of Brenham will
be called upon to vote on.wheth-
Er or not they want to sell the
surplus landrendaining from
the old Brenttam, airport. part
of which was'sold, to the .Bren-
ham Independent School Dts-
trict to enable the city to build
the new Municipal Airport two
mil's north of the citv with mat-
■ hing finds from the Givil Aero-
nau!« s Board.
( ity Attorney W .1 I mbrey
advised the Mayor and 4 pm
missioners that the federal gov
ernment’s interest in the old
airport w.is satisfied hv con
struction of* the new airport and
that no more, of the land could
he sold without majority ap-
proval of the voters of the city.
Mayor Reese Lockett pointed
out that the land would be most’
desirable for residential con-
struction, because of its proxi-
mity to the new Brenham High
School
Judge Embrey was requested
to prepare an ordinance to he
submitted to the voters which,
if approved, .will allow the city
to sell the surplus land
The commissioners vot-d to
hold up payment of a final
$6,000 on the contract for the
new.airport until it has been ap
proved hv the I ederal Aviation
Agency, thus assuring payment
mile* of West Texas and New
Mexico Thursday night
The Southeast Texas failure
occurred somewhere in Gulf
States' Beaumont area facili •
ties. .
A newsman at a Conroe, Tex.
radio station (KMCO) said all
the lights went "very dim” five
minutes before the blackout.
tree and sleigh filled with gifts
are durrounded by toys to I
please the young and young at
heart
The window of Citizens
Drug Store glistens with two
, . trees, one cone-shaped with
decoration* Beginning with
the stringing of lights by the
judgement," said their meeting
Goodyear's Store is smudged- .
from the eager faces pressed j
against tt. The toys and trim- l
mings are .enough to make any '
little boy and girl eager for
Santa's visit.
Marsh’s motif nt gold and
silver sets the scene for all of
the pretty thing* for Mommy
to'wear.
A stroll through downtown
Brenham will put you in the
Christmas spirit. Enough is
there to occupy the eye without
the jostling and shoving of a
big city crowd. ____________2__
• Christmas in Brenham is a
delightful homecoming time.
Enjoy the sights and sounds
by day and the quiet color at
night.
conductor
UPI late
"matter of
AUSTIN (UPI)— Rains in the
eastern half of the state last
month helped fall pastures and
small grain growth. but pushed
fall land preparation farther be-
hind schedule, the U.S Depart-
ment of Agriculture said Mon-
day
Cotton harvest on the High
Plains moved ahead but the
Doedeker’s fireplace sur-
rounded by gifts for men re-
mind* that Santa's gifts are
not just for the ids and
mommy,
The glass on the window of
will be in the Salem Cemetery
at Saem. The Brenham Me-
mortal Chapel is in charge of
arrangements.
Mr Weiss died in a Brenham
| hospital Monday at 6:30 am. *
Viet Cong targets twice today.
One of ' the targets was an
area west of Piel Me in the
Central Highlands near the
Cambodian border where troops
of the U.S: *lsj Air Cvalry
Division killed more than 2.000
.North Vietnamese regulars in
fierce four-day battle ugee
days ago
The ' other B52 target today
was about 25 miles northwest
in nirte -ecunties nt
Meeting wih reporters -on the
front lawn of his ranch—in his
first news conference since
Aug. 25. Johnson reiterated that
the U.S. will "supply whatever
men will be needed” to bring
peace to South Viet Nam. But
he stressed that so far no
derision had been reached on
the military buildup in that
effort......— ....................................
By AL30SSITER Jr.
United Press International
(APE KENNEDY (UPI) -
last-working engineers today
aimed toward a Sunday launch
for the Gemini 6 pursuit ship
weather descends on Brenham
the town begins to show its
Christmas spirit in its gay
season, which helped defoliate
plants.
The USDA said oniy a bit of
sorghum harvest remained and
peanut digging was in its last
stages.
The rain helped prospects for
oats in most areas nf the state.
A few fjelds with poor drainage
bad yeflowing. -----
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E,fot onharvest,war _ ____________________
me first freee» of the choose. They are Meats. Salads.
Viet Cong were killed 240 miles
northeast of Saigon Monday
after attacking local militiamen
six miles from the provine lai
capital of ToyHoa
gave no details on casualties on
either side
Meanwhile. Guam based R52
days ago in a bitter six-hour _______—
battic of the Michelin rubber plants
A hattalinn— of Americans-
suffered moderate casualties in
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Southeast Texas
Power was out 25 minutes,
until Houston Lighting and Pow-
er Co picked up part of the
---. Gulf States load ------------—
.......a similar but larger “power
___failure affected 20,000 square
zan was
pumping
turning
but Gemini
George Page
share of the outstanding new
aviation fac lity
Mayor Lockett turned over to
l Nelson Ash and Wil on Wen-
del representing the city's con-
.. suiting .engineers for lone range
planning and urban renewal.- a
preliminary draft of a planning
contract received from David
M. Cochran, P F . Chief Engi-
neer of the Environmental De
velopment Program for the Tex’
as State Health Department
Ash and Wendel were to meet
with James H Atkinson, chair-
man, and the five man city
Planning and Zoning Commis.
sion Monday evening to iron out.
details of the contract, and sub-
mit them to the state for final
approval Ash said he expected
final approval in a week, then
city funds, as well as state and
federal funds will be deposited
in escrow while the long range
workable community plan is
developed in the next 14
months
Ash pointed out that the max-
imum extension of dates for
certain projects should b* fiv
They marvelled and ulorined God
whieh had given such power unt
men.— Matthew •:8.
All creative power, henling nr re-
emptive, inherent in man u ot God,
It is not seir-createa nor created
tor nel alone. It to granted to be
uned and not *bu*M Rourded power
wither# on the vine. Therein to God
mocked
"setting ’em up" with five cents
a glass beer, but with the dis-
tinct difference that at that time
the ladies did not dunk b"r
public ly. but most progressive
park stands and saloons had •a
private "family entrance” in
the rear, where the good ladies,
usually accompanied by their
husbands and older children
could enjoy their suds amid
privacy and_decorum.
Political campaigns of that
day were extremely spirited, .
frequently accompanied hv the
comptete toss of soctat compo-
sure
HOBBY HORE TIME
Net for us kids, however, were
these adult pleasures The first
thing we did -wax to gt our
stipend changed into nickles,
which we carefully stowed into
our strongest pocket, then made
a bee line for the center of •
youthful attraction. Adolph
Neese’s one-horse powered
hobby horse (but with several
horses brought along for spares)
thich was operated by Adolph
as horseman and operator.and
a'n Assistant To- sell the ride tie-
kets (five cents six for two bits)
collect the rings after each ride,
whch were about IT iron rings
and a single brass ring, suspend
ed on a pos’ within grabbing
distance of the-riders, with a
slotted arm with a spring on
the end that exposed one ring
at a time for snatching and the
brass ring entitled the holder to
a free ride
So after having filled the
sea's, the assistant started
cranking the hand organ while
Adolph mounted the saddled
horse hitched in the center nf
the hobby horse darousel to a
lever attach'd to the huh of the
wheellike device and slowly
got started and when it picked
up momentum the assistant
pulled a lever which moved the
covering over the rings and you
could start grabbing The or-
At a meeting Monday night
of the Brenham Maifest As-
socigtion board, describ'd by
Milton Routt as the bes since
1954, Routt was selected to
head, the Brenham Maifest As-
sociation s 76th annual Maifest
in 1966 and was pledged fult
cooperation by all board mem
bers. ‘ ’
J w Barnhill, who has been
bombers pounded suspected
checkout
eight days after last Saturday’s
Gemini 7 blastoff is a crucial
16-hour flight rehearsal that
events may necessitate a
Change in planning dates.
The city will appoint a. five
member Urban Renewal Agen-
cy Boaidto work closely with
the Planning and Zoning ( om:
mission.
Fire Chief E W. (Flukie)
Pflughaupt invited the Mayor
and Commissioners to the an-
mini Fireman’s Christmas din-
ner,which wittbe at 12:30 pm
Sunday, Dec 13 in the City Aud-
itorium.
Chief Pflughaupt also re-
ceiv'd permission to get bids on
a two way radio system for the
Washington County Fire Truck,
to be operated hv ’’ e city opera
tor, with a receiver and trans-
mitter in th' Fire Chief’s truck,
as well as the County Fire F.n
gine He will also gel bids on
500 feet of fire hose.
The Washington County Fire
Engine'is housed at the Bren-
inum h—-#
pants. He will also ask the prer
sident of every civic organiza
tion tn Brenham as well as
school organitations tn serve
rm the board of directors
Datt set f I the 1906 M .
fest areFrday.Miy1and
Saturday, May 11, 1966
The director* discussed all
probleme of the Maifest organ
ization, the need for more
volunteer wrkers, and com
had been "very helpful, very
fruitful."
The President, looking tanned
and trim, innounced he would
confer today with Defense
Secretary Robert S McNama
ra. Secretary of State Dean
Rusk and his top White House
national security aides, Me-
George Bundy and Robert W.
Komer. .This preliminary de-
fense budget huddle will be the
first in a series of budget
meeting® at the ranch in the
United Presa International
SAIGDN (UPI) —American
infantrymen and Communist
forces skirmish'd again today.
In the jungles around the
Michejn rublec-plantation 40
miles * northwest oF'Saigon.
The brisk firefight broke out
as men of the U.S 1st infantry
Division fanned out through th'
jungles hunting down a Viet
Cong unit they clashed with"two
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strikes against North Viet
Nam
in South Viet Nam fighting
erupted Monday less than eight’
miles east of the Saigon city
limit* A Vietnam's' paratroo
per unit kill'd nine Viet Cong tn
the baitle. Four American jets
dropp'd bombs on the guerril
la*
onfhe militia; -Ihe protec ticn ol all pax tic;
BFAUMONT lUPb - I fec
trie ity* failed to some 34,000 cus .
tomers in Southeast Texas Mon
day even a< Joseph C Swidier ■
of the Federal Power Comms- |
sion was Nexplaining two major l
power failure* to President
Johnson
The blackout, the third in the
Unied States in less than a
month, knbeked out power to
customers nt Gulf States Utili
/
Th' necessity to sell floats,
which is a large expense item
hut does net bring revenue to
the Maifest was emphasized
The color and gaiety of the
। annual parades is a high point
j in the festival which draw*
many Brenhamites home for
their annual reunion*
Barnhill > ailed on Leon Sim-
ank to tell of his experience*.
Simank said the revival of the
Maifest dropped during World
War II came about while, he
was president of th' Brenham
. (See ROUTT Page 4)
-astronzts - w alte r -Sehirrtf—and-
Thoma* Stafford hope to fly to
-a space rendezvous with
Gemini 7
The Gemini 6 spce chase
remain'd scheduled for Mon-
day, but Mission Director
William Schneider said the
decision already has been mad'
to go Sunday —"If everything
is ready — and that’s a big if "
(lik' th'- pm* used for knead-
ing bread) studded with brass
pin* which opened the organ
keys to emit some unforgett
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Stressing volume rather'than
harmony, each composition,
of which they stocked abnut 20,
last'd about five minutes and
when th' music stopped. Adolph
stuck his foot mtn th' stirrup
nf th' wide hoard hung from
the saddle, partly dismount'd
and with th' board braked the
carousel to a stop in signifiy a
newdmntoFmh**eAhbr*»5
ring Tor the next ride The de-
vice ian counter clockwise, and
most nf us kids soon got am-
bidextrious snatching the first
ring wth-the left hand and
the second with rhe right on a
single pa*,*, so we got our
share nf free rides.
RE FRESHMENT
N"s' usually got at least 40
percent of our day’s budget,
(See COLUMN Pag ■ 8)
By WILLIAM THUS
United Press International
JOHNSON CITY, T'x (UPI)
— President Johnson weighing
commitments of more men and
money to Viet. Nam. called hi*
defense and stale chiefs to the
LBJ Ranch today,
Their morning mecting of the
banks nt th' Pedernales River
was clouded by the President’s
standofr dispute with the
Federal Reserve Board over its
judgment in raising interest
rates before he has finalized his
defense-heavy 1966 budget
That fiscal controversy was
dramatized in a confrontation
Monday between Johnson and
William McChesney Martin,
chairman of the Reserve
Board Martin concerned about
inflation, said he was not
defying the administration but
promoting its program in
boosting interest rate*
Johnson, conceding Martin’s
last v>'hi’i
helped- by
tion-in-the Gommuniu hideeut
known as "Zone C "
Two sailor* were killed and I
29 other men Injur'd Mondayin
, move was a
hours ahead.
"Everyone is working as fast
as they can to get 6 off a* soon
a* possible," Schneider said in
Houston
I light Director ( hristopher
C. Kraft Jr. said he would
guess that the odds were 50-50
for a Sunday launch;
"If they are ready on the
eighth day (after Gemini 7),
we’d go the eighth day," he
said. ’
Monday "the way things are
geingneu.-wa-hope-po- atarl—iL
midnight today."
If the test is completed
road will be cleared lor a
Gemini 6 launch at 11 a m. EST
Sunday.
As of lau Monday, Page said
spacecraft tests were IS hours
ahead of the recordbreaking
schedule. Col. Otto L'dford. in
charge of the Titan 2 rocket*
' financial report of the Maifest.
I said that there i» 54 000 in time
deposits on hand, and two build-
ings on the fair ground* to store
10 trailers owned by the Mai- r
fest plus many of the decora
lions and permanent scenery
and props ’
Barnhill urg'd th' board to
make Ih' queen selections as
soon as possible, with the Sen
ibt Oueen coming from the
Brenham High School Seng
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the Sunday fight, but killed 231
Viet Cong by body count Many
more Communist dead were
believed dragged away
A military spokesman said
inaves of silver and gold and
the other of jewel-like beaded
glas, both el among an atray
of pottery, glass and silver. .
An almost Hifesize choir of
boys and girls benath a
Christmas lamppost remind*
those passing by the Washing-
ton County State Bank of the
season of Carol* Next door
Hohlt’s features backdrop* of
redahd gold with gold, green
and #hite leave* of autumn set-
ting of a display of holiday
clothe*.
Bod* and Tonn feature a full
window of Christ ma* flower*
among the many styles ot
wrappings which add to decora-
tion* beneath Christmas trees
at home
The window above Monroe
। Witiner’s desk in Farmers
’ National Bank when trimmed
. EDITOR’S NOTE: Column
One hi pleased to present the
second half of Edgar Rum-
mel’s account ol the celebra-
tion of July 4th, 1907, at Round
l op.
The whole was spread out on
white table cloths on lh' ground,
around, which we squatted
picnic style, incidentally pick-
ing up more than a few red
bug* (chiggers) for which the
park was noted. Free coffee
from the biR fast iron wash
pots completed the .festive
boa rd
54 ( ENTS TO SPEND
After dnner, while, th' ladies
were cleaning up. Dad paid up
(he cast and if he won the blue
ribbon (then about $20), we got
50 rent* to spend, but if he won
second, we got a mere 25 cents
to Joi through the afternoen.
Dad usually carried a folding
coti ’he shaded branch south
of "he park to refresh him elf
for the rigors of the afternoon.
, which after the custom of the |
day, included almost all after- |
and military authorities said
and put up stiff opposition to a
column of- infantry and ar
mored vehicle* Air strikes
helped scatter th' enemy force
and iha -xnitof entumn suffer'd
only light casualties
American Marines went back
aboard their ships Monday
evening at the end of a two-day
amphibinus raid dubbed "Oper-
ation .Dagger Thrust." Military
official* said the Marine* killed
24 Viet Cong and captured five
•while suffering light casualties
on the coastlme 300 mile*
northrax: of Saigas—,---------
Another American Marine
unit killed 17 Viet ( ong Monday
when they were ftown into a
battle area 325 mile* north of
Saigon to protect a downed
helicopter. Th' Leathernecks
were airlifted out again with
only a few casualties
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