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VOL. 102 NO. 50
“More Than A Century Of Service To Washington And Surrounding Counties"
FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1968
BRENHAM, TEXAS 77833 .
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BRENHAM Gus Says State
Needs New $125 -
E
SECOND ANNIVERSARY
The Main Street Baptist Ch-
urch, 905 E. Main St, Invit-
ed the public to celebrate
the pastor, Rev. L. V. Har-
vey’s, pre-anniversary ser-
vice Friday night, March 8,
at 8 p.m.
BOWLING PAUSE
The Texas Ten Pin Bowling
Million Revenue
DALLAS (UPI)- State Rep.
Gus F. Mutscher of Brenham
Tournament, being held here said Thursday that the Texas
from Feb. 24 through June 23, Legislature will have to find
has no events scheduled dur- +$125 million in new revenue
ing the next two weekends,
bow.’zg ... — sume on Mar-
ch 23-24 and continue without
BEST BALL GOLF interruption, with the excep-
A "Best Ball Tournament’’ tion ofMaifest Week.
during its special session this
year.
"All avenues and methods
will have to be looked at,”
Mutscher said at a reception 1
in his honor. -
Cancer Leaders,
Workers Named
As Drive Nears
win be held Sunday, Mr GREENVINE SPEAKER hma
10, at the Brenham Country — Mires : n______Mutscher is running for the
^ The tourney win begin Conauerthe .ventog services speakership or the House of
at 2 p.m. and entry fee will be the Greenvine Baptist Church
$2. There will alsobe a pitch- Sunday at 7:45 p.m. Thespea-
ing contest on No. 8. Members ker will be John Crawford of
and their guests are invited Brenham, who recently re-
to participate. turned from a trip to Guate-
GUEST SPEAKER mala. J J
The Rev. Ernest HeardI will CANCER DRESSINGS round Dead
be guest speaker at the First The Washington County Can- 1V 1 P"W
Methodist Church in Bren- cer Dressings sewing group |
ham on Sunday, March 10 at will meet Monday, March 11,
both morning and evening ser- at 9.30 a.m. in the Methodist
vices. * - Church. - , . *BELLE ISLE, La. (UPI) -
WSCS.CONFERENCE CUB JV PLAYS Rescuers found 16 bodies to-
The Woman’s Society of. Ch- Brenham’s Junior Varsity day in.the smoke depths of the
----ristian Servic e Annual Con- baseball 1 te am is se hedul ed to huge Cargill salt mine. The
ference will be held March 13- host Somerville Monday in a search continued for five more
15 at First Methodist Church, 4 p.m contest .men.
Bryan, Texas. The Wesley-Clayton Tonnemaker, vice
an Service Guild annual con- 15-YEAR AWARD president of. Cargill, told
ference will be held March Mrs. F. A. Keilberg of Rt. 3, newsmen the 16 bodies were
16 - 17 at First Methodist Box 129, Hempstead, Texas found in an area of the maze-
Church, Bryan, Texas, recently received her 15 year like channels of the mine far
-S as award as a Registered Spen- from its quarter - mile-deep
cer Figure Consultant from main shaft.
160 I Aral Rand Spencer Foundation Garment None was immediately iden-
I LOC D □ Il U president Edward Mason, tified.
PLEDGES SORORITY A rescue party - the sixth .
* * Shi de nfs Bound Miss Elizabeth Kay Brown, since a fire destroyed the mine Brenham Girl Scouts will day, March 14, in the Ameri-
sophomore chemistry and entrance and trapped the 21 begin observance of their an- can Legion Home will also be
Cor C math major at Southwest Te- men at Tuesday midnight- nual week Sunday by attending a highlight of the week. T
r 0 F V 0 m P U1111 on xas State C ollege in San Mar- found the bodies about 11 a. m. the church of their choice in Troop 254 led by Mrs. J im
v cos has become a pledge of today. ' uniform, it was noted today as Higgs and Troop 137 headedby
Approximately 150,. Bren- lota Alpha chapter of Delta A seventh rescue party was Mayor Reese B. Lockett off- Mrs. Ben Boehnke will work
- ham band students will parti-. Zeta Sorority Miss Brown, immediately organized to con- cially proclaimed March 10- together on a display that’s to
cipate in the Region VIII Uni- daughter of Mr and Mrs. C. tinue the search for the other 16 as Girl Scout Week in the be in Ufe window of Cen-Tex
- versity Inter scholastic Lea- M Brown, is president of victims. - city.. . Stationers and Mrs. RobertL. Aus a ms 600.000
gue Solo and Ensemble Con- her pledge class She is a ' The miners’ relatives. In addition to the observan- Schroeder’s Troop 121 will • girls and more than 600,000
ni testof..0.teld.4am/p7ary 5t-,--aet-----e-onge1-Ling High crowded on a dock a few miles ce in church, there will be win- have a display in the N avratil adult volunteers from every
Johnston High School in Aus-School. =========**----------*4-------— ------------------
tin.
Brenham Junior School,
Representatives.
He said a referendum may
be the best way to deal with
the liquor-by the-drink ques-
tion.
The 1968 Crusade Against
Cancer gets under way on
Monday, March 11, when the
“-Advanced Gifts, Industrial and
Business division workers st-
art solicitation of funds in the
fight -against the dread dis-
ease.
General Chairman Gerald
Zlotnik said today that he was
pleased with the fine group of
volunteer workers who are
participating in the project
and was confident of reaching
the goal of $5,000 for the
of the Crusade, scheduled for
Tuesday, April 2, from 6 to 8
2p.m., will be led by Mrs. Arvle
Elliott
A training session for the
House Campaign was held on
Thursday morning in theCom-
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3 Brownsville
Runaways y
year. — LAD DN
S Don Wilder is chairman of I aid SV Ull
— the advanced gifts and Indus- 0u9ul PTTL
. trial division and his, work- < Three runaway • teenagers.
ers include: Ronnie Maddox, from Brownsville, in the 15
• Mickey Walker, Doug Veazey, year bracket are in
Tom Clark, Eddie. Van Dyke, tusod or Brenham "City
Otto Lehrmann, Dr. Woodrow ponce today awaiting return
Farris, Dr. Henry Boehm Jr., Police today awaiting return
Travis Boeker, H. A. Smith,
Herman Borchardt, James
McElreath, Milton Tate, Cl-
arence Gerke and Wayne Gi-
MAYOR LOCKETT PROCLAIMS GIRL SCOUT WEEK - A representative of each level of
Girl Scouting looks on as Mayor Reese B. Lockett proclaims March 10-16 as Girl Scout
Week locally. From left are Cathy Higgs, a Junior Scout and daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Higgs; Rita McGlauchlen, a Cadette Scout and daughter of Mrs. Lois A. McGlauch-
en; Sue Tomachefsky, a Senior Scout and daughter of Judge and Mrs. Odis Tomachefsky;
and Teresa Schroeder, a Brownie Scout and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Schroe- r arri, u.. neury Bueum or., .
der. The Girl Scouts will begin the observance by attending their churches in uniform Travis Boeker. H. A. Smith, home. 3 .
Sunday, — .. . . • - Herman Borchardt, JamesThe names of the boys were
. I McElreath. Milton Tate, CI- not given by Police Chief Ar-
Father-Daughter Banquet Thursday ns =====
। । । e the business division of the boys for running a stop sign.
Hinhlighie Inral miri \rAnt Weak Crusade and his workers in-
IIUIIIIUIIIJ LOCOT VIII JCVUT VV elude; Otte Kemper, William
---“--•R. Spinn, Arnold Naumann,
ing on the twelfth of March, Theo, Hahn, Otto Wehring, ...
One Thousand Nine Hundred Clarence Gaskamp Bill Gas- cense though far away from
and Sixty-Eight; and . kamp, Ben Hajovsky, Robert home.. _. . ....
. WHERE AS, this group has Gaskamp, Thad Spencer Earl A check with Brownsville
grown from an original troop Kolkhorst E . Finney Clay * police produced the discovery
of 18 girls, led by the organ- Tom Clark. Clifford Schmidt that the boys had left home
ization's founder, Juliette Douelas veazey. Reeves Ham, without' permission in a car, .
Douelas veazes, Keevesnam, . belonging to one of their fam- :
dies last Tuesday. The boys
In Brenham at 10:45 p. m.
They decided to check into *
the case when none of them
could produce a driver’sli-
participating in U.I.L. for the
first time, has entered 56
students playing solos and 9
ensemble groups. Brenham
High School has 29 soloists
and 23 ensembles.
Soloists must memorize th-
eir music but ensembles are
not required to do so.
The students will perform
Hello World
GIRL FOR NIEMEYERS
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wayne
Niemeyer of Bryan are the
•‘ parents of a girl born at the
St. Jude Hospital Thursday at
4:10 p.m. She weighed seven
pounds, eight ounces.
Gordon Low, to a national body and Aubrey Hyatt
of more than three million Chappell Hill workersinthe
business drive are Mrs.
-------__________’ Millon Routt, chairman, aided
away 7m tBeariyt hacsn:"w displeys in two downtown Music House window. walk of life; and by Mrs. Thelma Crockett
---------------------------mat Fima-- 7heproeln..%n sig-acteen-WHERF.AS.the Girl Scout, won .JU wd Tor
Mayor Lockett in honor of the-—-ganization is actively in- Thorshm **====
Girl Scout’s observance reads volved in extending member-
as follows: ship opportunities to allgirls,
WHEREAS, Girl Scouts of ,seven through 17, in both the
the U.S.A. will celebrate the inner and outer cities of our
56th anniversary of its found- nation; and
tr. 444AA4 MAA . 2.2.4 P.-= Pin ed
cessible mine, were told of stores and the annual Father-
the discovery. ' Daughter Banquet on Thurs-
Excellent Senior Production
Opening Enjoyed By Over 650
By WILLIAM O'SHEA Scopes who triggered the sen-
In a brilliant performance—sational case when he was
—The business drive in
Burton will be headed by Mrs.
Harvey Boehnemann.
The House-To-House phase
said that they had gotten as
far as Tulsa and decided to
head back home, but then de-
cided to go through Houston
*-*
Chief Sternberg said the
boys reported being enroute
) for judges who will rate the
performance according to U.
I.L. standards. A first, or
superior, rating is the high-
est Those receiving the top
rating receive a medal.
Glenwood Vernon is band di-
rector at Brenham Junior Sch-
ool and David Pennington is
director at Brenham High Sc-
hool.
noy si-piineencooconcoeensttity
Verse Fer Today
HERMES HAVE GIRL before an audience of 650,
Mr. and Mrs. James C. the Brenham High School Se-
Hermes of Brenham are the nior Class gave the first of
parents of a girl born at the St. two presentations of the famed
Jude Hospital Thursday at 8:18 play “Inherit the Wind.” .-------------------
a.m. She weighed six pounds, The stage portrayal given : inkers and the fundamentalists
six ounces. by the seniors of the famed
FAGANS HAVE SON play, based on the celebrated
Mr and Mrs Gordon Fagan Scopes "monkey trial’’ that
of TenS announcethebirth grabbed the headlines for we-
o An crENOF Scott born eks around the world from its. on a carnival atmosphere as
Friday March 1 at Fort Hood locale in 3 typical Bible Belt the trial gets under way when
trey pdarh aFortsiod setting in a little town called the hawkers of ice cream and
CsssPRE He eigned
seven pounds, 11 ounces. Gr-
andparents are Mr. and Mrs.
accused of filling the young
minds of his students with
Darwin's theory of evolution,
erupting the battle that took
place between the liberal th-
whose beliefs in the Biblical
version of the world’s creation
in seven days.
The town of Hillsboro takes
I wait for the Lord, my soul
doth wait, and in his word dol
m *hope. Psalm 130:5. e
Edgar Lehmann of Brenham.
ADOPTION ANNOUNCED
__House. Jerry Klump, who assisted
------ ------- -cermirandMrs. EugeneSeeker—The final Presentation of in directing the play, por-
The man of prayer should announeethe adoption of
spend as much time listening a son, Kenneth Wayne, born
as he does talking. Feb. 24, 1968.
Around:
Town
BY VILLI AM O'SHEA |
Our congratulations to the Senior Class of Brenham High
who carried out their roles in last night's performance of
"Inherit the Wind" with the finesse of seasoned actors that
stands as a credit to the school and the talents of director
JIM TOM HOUSE...While passing out the orchids, let's not
overlook the fine performance given by former Brenham
High Star. CHUCK M ACHEME HL who hurled a brilliant base-
ball game for TCU in their conference win over the Long-
horns...Looks like Coach LEROY DREYER and his Blinn
Buccaneer baseballers are getting off to agreat season with. -
another big win and this one over highly touted Sam Houston
to Houston when they were .
apprehended here.
Several of the parents are
expected in Brenham Satur-
day morning to return the
WHEREAS, Girl Scouting is . - s
helping girls to maintain basic Rites Set Sunday _
social values in a world of - - . • youngsters to their Browns-
challenge and change, while For Paul Schatz
through its program activi-
ties it is offering girls a
kaleidoscope of new worlds to
A free stew supper will kick explore:
off the Washington County NOW, THEREFORE, 1
Chamber of Commerce gener- Reese B. Lockett, by virtue of
al membership meeting on the authority Vested in me as
Monday, March 11, at the Am- Mayor of Brenham hereby
erican Legion Hall at 6:30 p. m. proclaim March 10 through 16
This is the time set aside of this year, 1968, as Girl
each year for the Board of Di- Scout Week in the City of Br-
rectors and CommitteeChair- enham. I call upon all citizens
men to meet with the Cham- to give the GirlScouts now and
C of C Slew
Next Monday
Paul Schatz, 77, of 105 North
Drumm St., died in a Brenham
- hospital Thursday at 4:15 p. m.
Funeral services will be
held at the Zion Lutheran
Church of Zionsville Sunday
at 3 p. m. with the Rev. R. J.
Weber officiating. Burial will
be in the Zionsville Lutheran
Church Cemetery. The Bren-
ham Memorial Chapel is in
charge of arrangements. .
Survivors include his wife,
ville homes.
-. Two city accidents Wor
place since the last report,
both of them fairly minor..
Emma Harris of Brenham was
ticketed for an improper start
from stopped position in a col-
lision with John Patrick Brink
of Houston on S. Day near
Charles Lewis at 11:58 a. m.
The two vehicles suffered
about $75 damage each.
At 10:55 p. m., a very minor
wreck took place on private
property at Sander's Tavern,
Hillsboro in Tennessee, is a hot dogs see the chance to pick ber Membership to explain the ' in the coming year their con-
======= ========== --===n - ============== * Santa Fe Fetes
superb direction of Jim Tom town. urged participate and give through 17, may benefit for th- Schatz of Houston; six grand-
- ideas and comments to make eir lifetimes from the values children and three great
*= the Chamber stronger and they define for themselves grandchildren; and one sister,
Inherit the best-—trayed the role of H. L. Men more effective in the commun-through their explorations inMrs. Louis Roehlire, Srx of
aged Saturday night in Bren-chen famed newsman of the more Girl Scouting ----------- Long Point. -
period who covered the trial. ity.___________________________scouting.___________________—______________________
Mrs. Clga Braun Schatz of
ham High’s Auditorium and for
those looking for two hours of
fine entertainment, there is
none better around here.
The starring roles that pit-
ted two of the nation’s great
lawyers, William Jennings
Bryan and Clarence Darrow
against each other in a bitter
courtroom drama, was played
by Rodney Kelm, called Matt-
hew Harrison Brady (in the
part of Bryan) and Mike Tie-
‘ mann as Henry Drummond (the
portrayal of Darrow).
Kelm and Tiemann turned in
tremendous jobs in memoriz-
ing the long lines depicting the
courtroom scene of the long
trial.
Randy Sonnenburg played
the role of Bertram Cates, the
school teacher depicting John
The entire cast, in last
night's presentation, gave an
entertaining performance h
without a flaw as the result -
of long hours of rehearsals
that was rewarded by a del- -
ighted audience with a great
ovation.
State..Somebody told us that KIRVIN KIEKE was going to join
* the new motorcycle club. Imagine that if you can! He must
have a good disability plan...DR. GERALD ZERNIAL and •
Blinn’s Circle K members shaping up prans for the coming**
Weather
drive for the blood bank..JJIMMY HAHN JR. hustling up
another Jaycee project and with his fine service should
move up the ladder..TH AD SPENCER moving along on another
civic chore..ELVIS JASTER gets things moving with that
new credit bureau into a streamline outfit..BOB HERNDON
extends a floral tribute to DON CROWSON before a civic
group recently...Happy birthday to DAVID BYE RS... Pretty
MARY BOENKER pens a fine promo story on the BHS
senior class play..LEONARD BOEDEKER and ROY LOESCH
greeting the nice weather with broad smiles...Pretty NELDA
HYATT makes nice picture framed in the bank window.
Services Set For
Mrs. Wendler’s
Brother On Monday
Funeral services for Mas-
ter Sergeant Edgar J. Bross-
man, 38, brother of Mrs.Carl
Wendler of Brenham, will be
held Monday, March 11, at 9
a.m. in the St Thomas Moore
Catholic Church in San An-
tonio.
The church is located at
4427 Moana Street in north-
east San Antonid, just off Loop
410.
Burial will follow at 10
a.m. in Ft Sam Houston Na-
tional Cemetery. The body is
presently at Brookhill Fun-
TURNING WARM
Partly cloudy. A little war-
mer. Low expected tonight
low 50s. High expected Sat-
urday low 70s.
Readings for 24 hour per-
iod ending at 7 a.m. Friday:
Max. 71. Min. 45. 7 a.m. 54,
-_____eral Home, “6100 S. Flores in
San Antonio. A rosary will be
held in the funeral home cha-
pel on Sunday evening.
Sgt Brossman was killed
along with 20 other American
soldiers last Wednesday dur-
ing an attack on a U.S. hospi-
tal unit near Saigon.
FOUR YOUNG FISHERMEN GET BOAT SHOW PREVIEW --These four young Brenham
fishermen (you may also recognize them as the Banner-Press carriers selling paper
downtown every afternoon) enjoy a preview of the Washington County State Bank’s big
Boat Show set this Sunday in the bank's parking lot / number of different dealers handling
boats, motors and fishing equipment will have exhibits at the first show of its kind here,
as water sports promise to become a big thing locally with the filling of Lake Somerville
near completion. Taking a spin, in the lobby of the bank, are, from left, Kenneth Lange,
Robert Scheel, Jerry Meschwitz and James Schroeder. All boating and outdoor enthus-
iasts are especially invited to come out and see the Boat Show Sunday.
Somerville, Men
For Safe Work
Employees of Santa Fe Rail-
way’s tie-treating plant atSo-
merville, Texas, were hon-
ored at a safety dinner Thurs-
day night in the American Le-
gion Hall for their spotless
safety record in 1967.
The 163 Somerville employ-
ees worked approximately
317,000 man hours without a
lost-time injury. R. C. Hous-
ton is superintendent of the
plant
Among the Santa Fe officials
attending the dinner were Kel-
ley M. Fogg, executive repre-
sentative, Houston; F. N. Stu-
ppi, general manager, West-
ern Lines, Amarillo, D. D.
Baird, superintendent of sa-
fety-system, Chicago; H. F.
Glasgow, assistant superin-
tendent of safety-system,
Kansas City; T. W. Goolsby,
• assistant general manager,
Amarillo, and W. B. Miller,
safety supervisor for the Sou-
There Division, Temple.
Approximately 270 emp-
loyees and their wives attend- 2-—
ed the affair.-------
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Gilmore, Robert K. & Chambers, Bert L., Jr. Brenham Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, March 8, 1968, newspaper, March 8, 1968; Brenham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1647836/m1/1/?q=music: accessed July 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Nancy Carol Roberts Memorial Library.