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Brenham
"The City Of Hospitality — Home Of Arvle Elliott”
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1966
VOLUME 101
BRENHAM, TEXAS
No. 159
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At Brenham’s Church Of Christ
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House-Approves
Proposal To End
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Quarterback Club
To Elect Officers
Washin eton.
County’s Newspaper
For 100 Years
Thursday 8 P. M.
^•B^nham Country Club
against five major airlines. E
Chairman Harley O. Staggers,
D-W.Va, hoped the committee
could complete action on a bill
NEW LIBRARY—This vacant lot is the future home of the proposed new library
on the'campus of Blinn College. The library, costing a total of $350,000, will be
approximately 20,923 feet square and seat 728 persons. A grant of $150,000
has been approved for the construction of the library by the Moody Foundation
of Galveston The balance is to be secured by additional grants and-or loans
through the U. S. Office of Education and other sources.
game. •
According to Zlotnik, a new
time for the meetings m a y be
set for the coming season, .
with Mrs. Gene Hunt and Mrs.
Ed Boettcher assisting.
was
F ire
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NEW FAMILY—Neil Cosgrove, his wife, Joan, and
• their children, Anitia, 2, being held by her mother,
Kelly, 4, and Stephen, 5, have just recently moved to
* Brenham. He is the new minister at the Church of
Christ in Brenham.
different teams giving reports ।
of the preceeding and upcoming *
Joe Snodgrass of Brenham. Mrs.
come. And the tax . payers are Brown is the former Joy Snod-
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Last year the club had a total
of 252 members. Zlotnik urged
everyone, including parents of
the players, to attend the Organ-
izational meeting.
Truck Fire
A TRUCK I IRE ON HIGHWAY
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appeal for both the five struck
airlines and the International
Association of Machinists
(1AM) to submit to binding
arbitration.
With ali that building taking
place out at Blinn College there
■ will be no shortage of work in
Richard, of Hawaii, are visiting
in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
these parts for a
ould You Believe?
nduk.-Jpe} me-
hTexas and Okla-
. Daily Weather
Partly cloudy and warn, sea
290. I asL of Chappell Hill,
reported to the Brenham
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Tonight At Country Club Show
A style show featuring the fat-' Registration and door prizes
est in chic fail fashions will be will be handled by Mrs. Floyd
held at the Brenham Country Sommer and Mrs. Robert Gas-
WASHINGTON (UPI) -The
House Commerce Committee
today tentatively approved le-
gislation to halt the costly 35-
d a y - old machinists strike
SUMMER PROGRAM—Sue Crawford, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Crawford, Rt. 1, Brenham,
has completed an eight-week summer program in
the biomedical sciences at the University of Texas
M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute in
the Texas Medical Center, Houmton. A senior this
falF at Brenham High School, Sue is an officer of
the student council, band, Junior Classical League,
and is president of the National Forensic League.
Her project consisted of growing mycoplasma erale
and determining the length of time necessary to kill
the bacteria with ultraviolet irradiation.
planning a gala evening, entit- Eddie Van Dyke, Odell Luecke-
led “Fashions to Bee,” where meyer and Robert Schroeder,
many models of all ages will. Special lighting effects will be
preview "Wht’s New’,' in the handled by Harold Pflughaupt:
world of fashion. - Fashions are being proyided -
In charge of the fashion show by Billie’s Comer, Marsh Spe-
is Mrs. George R. Moorman, cialty Shop, New York Store,
Mrs. Fred Murchison will be the White House and Arp's Jewelry,
commentator and organ music Admission will be $1 for adults
will be furnished by Joe Al Pi- and 50 cents for children under
cone. 12. Tickets may be purchased
A special runway is being at the door.
cording to the County Agent, also by our neighbors and the
of although a good, general raid .businessmen in town," said
>r, will be a would be extremely beneficial. Cosgrove.
High There "is enough stock water in Since his arrival, he has con-
: MeInty- practically all of the farm ducted, a five day Vacation
re Jr. is unit leadr of Post 85. ponds, but another month or so Bible School and only last week
late today.
If so, he said it would be up
'to the House leadership and the
Rules Committee whether to
try to bring the measure up on
the House floor Friday.
The panel, moving swiftly
though reluctantly, approved
without change provisions of a
During > the month of July.
TWEEDT, another of the local
sports supporters and one of vwill be under -the supervision
those among the many who take of Vernon Moore, a member of
time out to give the youngsters the area council staff. They will hegari,
a hand in baseball ....JOHNNIE leave Houston Aug. 13. Dele- sweet sorghums.
FISCHER discovers the value gates- from many areas of the
of n d in the BP and is hap- nation wilMattend this conferen-
py over the remhs Unre cen which will stress leadership
BRUCE’ LEDBETTER wheg
The airlines accepted the
proposal, but the machinists
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? | new paint brush ahd rad
. ? be wherever the action I
ADOLPH ANDREAS h
Bockhorn, Mrs. O. M. tered mostly daytime showers.
Brown, Mrs L. J. Lacina, Mrs. Law expected tonight 71. High
James McElreath. Mrs. Charlie expected Friday N.
Rosenbaum Jr., • Mrs. Benton Reading* for hour period
Schulze Jr. and Mrs. Claude endtag st T i, a. Thursdays
Mast will assist her. Max. 98. Mte. 71. 7 a.m. 76.
planned so that everyone will be
able to enjoy viewing the
models.
New officers for the coming
year in the Brenham Quarter-
hack Club will be elected at 8
p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 11, In the ,
Washington County State Bank I
Community Room.
The program for this season
will also be planned, according
to Gerald Zlotnik, outgoing pres-
ident.
Officers for this past season
included Zlotnik, president;
Norman Premier, vice presi-
dent; and Tom Clark, secretary
and treasurer.
Bob Gaskamp, Larry Klotz,,
Glenn Klussmann and Abie Les-
ser served as director* for the
club last year.
Last season, the club held its
weekly meetings on Wednes-
day mornings with coaches of
MANN a happv birthday, even
Club at 8 p.m. tonight. kamp.
Members of the club are busy The house committee includes
Rain slick streets caused two
one-car accidents between 11 a.
m. and noon, according to the
State Highway Patrol.
The first occurred just south
of Artesian Park, on the Burton
Highway, when a ear occupied
by a man and woman, their
identity as yet unknown, left the
road and spun onto a graded
portion of the road, which was
under construction.
The second accident occurred
only minutes later, also on the
Burton Highway, when the St.
Anthony’s Laundry truck, driv-
en by Adolph Krizan, who’s ad-
. dress is listed as the Austin
Highway, hit the soft shoulders
on the highway just south of the
Bowlerama Lanes and flipped
SAIGON (UPI) —Three U.S. and wounding five other was directed against the over.
Seminar now in session in Waco. Air Force fighter-bombers ear- persons in the second mistake hamlet of Truong Thank. 80 I I ,
They are Larry Bockhorn, son ..1.1 1 e c,. , bombing in 48 hours, a military miles south east of S a i g o n, •
of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Bock- today attacked.a U.S Coast spokesman reported. Tuesday, killing 26 persons and Todays ram, according to
• horn of Brenham; and Betty Guard cutter by mistake, wounding 114 mostly women most county farmers and ran-
,.Jean J aster, daughter otCoast., m? T 7* and children/Reports from the chers, came too late . to **
I jand,li a. t - j:edd Jastei of • , iniit icEtrerifiaitritimmudadhtumzxriioMemke e ihii—scerg es,p. - " 31 wm. «7jq
Burn----*..... , , V kt ■ statement the,, attack"‛was
Purpose of the four-day-school Yean. Yean. YeaM. provoked by Viet Cong firing at there was but n inches of rain
"The Shiphit today was the in Brenham. August is lagging,
USS Point Welcome which was (See RAIN, Page .8)
2 attacked as it moved along the ----=------------------------
....... in training sessions in various and the average yield is expect- homa.
A a fields of scouting and will com- ed to be around .10 bushels per "Since moving to Brenham we
___ indin pete individually in skill con- acre as compared to'% normal have been impressed by the gen-
-_____owner is ihter- tests in yany areas. The Sam yield of about 40 bushels. " "Tfrte reerhg m Warm th and hos- '
-erested ’ MONROE cK- Houston delegation is scheduled Pastures remain in good con- pitality extended us, not only by
ERMANN in for a visit and\hi to arrive back in Houston Aug. -dition for this time of year, ac- the members of our church but
report to the BP where there is 10 y / N
always a welcome sight.. .LAW- Pledger, \ who is the son
RENCE NOWICKI looking for- ‘Mrs. Louellen Pledger,
ward to a big weekend of busi- freshman in Brenham
ness and he has the stock to do School this fall. H. D.
it with too.
the spring months, followed by
a prolonged dry, hot spell of
weather have caused crops and
Neil Cosgrove New Pastor Here
ington County farmers planted TUnT 7=
about 11,000 acres in cotton this . 1 .
year as compared to 14,300 ac- Neil Cosgrove, 28, who ar- held a gospel meeting in Somer- in Waxahachie and Charles, who
res in 1985. The yield is expect- rived )n Brenham, Aug. 1, has vill each night. It was reported is in Midlothian, Tex.
ed to be fair, perhaps a little assumed the duties as pastor at to be the largest ever held "We want to get to know as
below average. With a total pro- Brenham’s Church of Christ. there. many of the residents of this
duction of 3,000 to 6,000 bales. Cosgrove comes to Brenham Pastor Cosgrove is one of community as soon as possible
This eompetes to 4,800 bales anter seven years of preaching tive brothers that preach in the and we look forward to working
produced in 1965. in Texas and Oklahoma. He has Church of Christ. Brothers Roy with the schools, civic organia;
Another extremely important worked extensively in youth ac- and Don serve in Oklahoma Ci- tions and church people,” said
crop in the county is hay, said tivities in both states. ty, Owen is serving a church Pastor Cosgrove.
the county agent. Most obser- ____________ .
vers estimate this A Oklahoma
will be at least 25 per cent be- Christian College in Oklahoma 2268ddiMMlddkdektei
atonal I xplorer Delegates low the 1965 crop Overflows City, which is his hometow n. he E462 E 65 ■ 8 ■■
Lpnteiencc to he held Aug. 11- during the spring and droughty Is married to me former taro- E655i < 4 ' 82228 Jr 88
IS "I- the Indiana University conditions during July and Aug- olyn Joan Adiar of Abbott, Tex. mea8222 4 MI#
campu at Bloomington, Ind., ust were contributing factors to 1 my have tnrce children. They 28285826802222921105850886200687
as a delegate fzom the Sam the small yields. arc Stephen, a, Kelly. 4, a n d 0282M1020dhaE-AM5AWSEm“fhm
Area Council. Stufflebeme Johnson- Anma. "A
the Houston delegation the one Cosgrove taught the MMESMMEMA T
Bible Work- MMMs22sdjehsmaA
er important hay crops include shop in Abilene. has served EMG52M422T8AekodAAA
sudan hybrids, oats, churches in Denison. Band, Eioeaseaa
Houston Aug 13. Dele- sweet sorghums coastal and Gatesville and served as educa- Ey"dbVoa
rom many areas of the prairie. tonal director of the Herring Emwke’ndiMeoa
willattend this conferen- Corn. the most importan Avenue Church of Christ in Wa- 62′62
ich will stress leadership grain crop in Washington Coun- co.
H-. MfEae —/ re"L1,N. .2 2_ E
plorer delegates will take part year. The crop is also spotted etjngs
EredengiKahtd
by Mrs: Harold Pflughaupt.
E Brenham and Washington
County was in the part of cen-
E tral and southeast Texas that
E was covered today by heavy
E ruins and thunderstorms
E The heaviest rains hit the
E Southeast comer of the state,
E near Beaumont and Port Arthur
The stormline passed through
Brenham at mid-morning, with
EaE the rains beginning at 10:15
E22 Overcast skies indicated there
2 may be more to come during
E- the day;
I W. G. Stein, official weather-
74 I man for the Brenham area, re-
0 ported that .64 of an inch of
"-r rain fell at 11:10 a.m. today. It
was the first of any measurable
amount since July 2, when .60
L, was recorded.
committee made a last-resort
with tlaughter, Bette and son.
:nt* will be served
tte headed by Mrs. ’ '
If she did forget it... WILLIAM I.a.. Di.A. lAf 311
R. GASKAMP drops bv to con- John Fledger ¥¥111
tinue the BP coming his way for -
BEN Attend Conference
big store up with-more goodis .
for the customers.. ..ELVERA John E Pledger, a member of
WINKELMANN I o ok i n'g for “Ait Explorer Scout Post 85 of
someone to fix a typewriter Brenham, will attend the third _ ,
Suggest an ad in the BP. then .Mational Explorenv Delegates low the
ler us know “so we can get some
of ours to spell correctly...EU-
GENE ADDICKS never misses
an issue of the BP and drops by
daily to be sure ... BUR NIE
buy it. IAM President P. L. ’ "du
---- -_______- (Roy) Siemiller said he doubted Q A.L.. V...IL.
■r-w r-r r v-v ■ r ■ *r v" r v’V-w-r-ww vv' T'r his members would agree to - vounty YOU I RS
Brenham Briefs I Mm ......I......... - At Farm Bureau
1 crse 1 oday Seminar In Waco
bet hurt, although extensive Watch therefore, for ye know - .7
damage was reported. It took neither the day nor the hour Two students are represent-
approximately one hour to ex- wherein the Son of man cometh, ing the Washington County Farm
tinguish the blazinga vehicle, —Matthew 25: IS. Bureau 'at the fourth annual Tex-
n . .. . which was owned bv the Falcon w, ^,14 live each dav as as Farm Bureau Citizenship
Department at 4:15 p.m. Wed- pi nd su1. cw „e We shouid Iive eacn day as
nesday, when, an Oil Driller Rig, PPe,a uPPly C mpany, though it were the day of ac-
.from Abilene.'caught .fire from . counting
undetermined sources. Bill Bu- Sofiball Results IfiWllHnOHMJWintliHHUrMMItlHMHOUllIlWHnnitHI
■■ • 2 J".......... HeimmaFoUam
A 7 Wehman s Frestone- squeezed H HI I [I WtiKt II '
/I omy- by Bren-Tex Fabrics 3-2 ipexA-HMH
.I()EIII(I tra innings. It was a_nchers. is to better acquaint the high
-- battle all the way with the win CARTERS HAVE SON school student with the Ameri- P..1 K, ... WI WVI TTT
gonatpRonnieuelmawhileEh- Mr. and Mrs, Ronnie Carter can system and way of life. Em, beatles May Start W W 111
.Wood Hanath sunered me loss. pl. ,1. e phasis was placed on the econo-' - “ .
game went eight innings. mic. moral and social aspects of LONDON (UPI). — The “John, not Jesus," “The coast about 435 miles north of r..--,-) g,,Is,,e
Viailors From Hawaii a boy born at the Bohhe Mem the American society. Beatles took off today for their Yanks are .mad," "We love Saigon. It was spotted by a uneral erVIGe5 "
orial Hospital Wednesday at ^Speaking to the more than 350 fourth United States tour with you, Beatles,” screamed (he patrol pilot which thought it
10:58 a.m. He weighed nine attending are Dr. Clifton L. Ga- Bibles by their seats and a fans as the, Beatles were was one of the coastal ships For Formar Resideni
pounds two and three-fourth nus Jr> president and head of pledge from screaming British hustled aboard their Pan used by the Communists to W
ounces’ and has been named the Department of History and fans t "start World War IIr" American World Airway, flight smuggle men and arms into Mrs .Ora Nell Marshall, 35 .of
ON YOUTHS. Page «> if Americans snub them. d (or Boston-sThey foupasBiblm S°Uther"pianem dropped flares Houston, and formeriycot Bur-
_ -------,—------——--------— Hundreds of shaggy-haired DY meir seats, a rm> A. Fiohter.bombere roared ton, wife of Marton Marshall,
getting a bargain. With the grass. They hve been in Bren- London youngsters' in hip- spokesman said the,Bibles were hc.8h hl irked out shin died in 8 Houston hospital early
trouble DOROTHY BEARD is bam since July 1. Mrs Brown Snotar Roneitinne Renorter hugging pants and mini-skirts a "special gesture. ga evasive action .Wednesday.
having with that front door underwent major surgery July PVLIVM ‛VVIMILIVI> VFVI-VM bid their idols farewell at As far as we are concerned Newsman Also Hit Funeral service* will be held
sticking she is beginning to 22 She has been at theSnod- ‘ London Airport in a wild 1h, Beatles are in American AI ,1. inded were at the St. Jerome Catholic
think thethouse.is snkingNEIL grass home recuperating. In Aonntv Farm Productions display of support. They territory as soon as they board thAn ewmen a Vietnamese Church in Houston at 2 p.m. Fri-
COSGROVE, the new minister Salem Plaiioffs El UOUILY 131111 TIVUUVIIVIl> threatened to “start World War .the plane » nrc officer and freelance day.
at the Church of Christ, in for "ud-I.e - ill if Americans, upset by "PA nondem Tim P-Je 22 Survivors include her hus-
a visit to the BP with some in- AIMMY DRAEHM,, eREi Washington County crops are of dry weather could reduce the Beatle John Lennon's remarks About 350 of the 500 p natinai who had leen band: one son, Michael, 13; one
teresting i temscn his person DENT of the Salem Softbal spotted this-year, according to supply, in some instances, to the on Christianity, touched a Beatlemaniacs spent the night nd d . k b( m Viet daughter, Debbie, 8; her par-
. al history .EVELYN DRAEHN League announced the begin. Stufflebeme Jr., county danger point. . • strand on their shaggy heads, at the rainswept airport.. wom ded."iSscth soSwi ents, Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Lentz;
checking out those groceries ning of the Salem League play- • . ’ . . J o r _ .____ — -•__—-----------------------—- mam. me P- 4LrA, gtctopg Mri Oscar
with the same speed she dis- offs io begin Sunday night when agent. Excessive rains uring. • fered shrapnel wounds, were Alphonse Ma»aryk
plays as a softball pitcher; Prairie Hill wi meet Wm. the spring months, followed hy A+ Brenham’s Church 'Of Christ taken to the northern city of • . phens ck. tr:
MARGIE PLANT spots a pic Penn on the Salem Field begin- a prolonged dry, hot spell of HI 010009111 5 -uMS UI •1191 Hue, 400 miles from Saigon. RUdy Hack.mKk threa
ture of her son in the window of ning at 8 p.m. weather have caused crops and —-----------—-- UPI correspondent Elizabeth bottherngEdrLnt'ass
the BP" Clalm XoflMl Tonight pusyurna tAugdeteriorate during AE . f A ' u, Halstead today visited thekonstonmnAisd"Suryivingamenu
the plans for the ARcohun th TONIGHT ON BOB SCHROED- -Stufflebeme said that Wash- Nell LOSOrOVe NeW FaSLO ere (See FIGHTERS, Page 8) meroug aunt* and uncle*.
tournament out at the Brenham ER Field the Wm. Penn girl s
Country Club. Also, he-has two- softball team will take on the
a-day football sessions with the First National Bank.
Cubs...Everybody wishes .KATY (See BRIEFS. Page 6)
pe
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8 Senate-passed measure under
E5 which Congress would order the
Ea 35,400 members of the Interna-
E ttional Association of Machinists
m (IAI to work for 30 days.
•9 President Johnson would be
E authorized to appoint a special
B board and extend the back-to-
E work order for up to an
additional 150 days.
Mh A motion was made to strike
MI a clause making any wage
X settlement reached during the
B- no strike period retroactive to
Jan. 1, 1966, but this was
rejected.
There was a brief flurry of
optimism Wednesday that Con-
gress might he able to get off
the political hook when the
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