Brenham Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 161, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 13, 1969 Page: 8 of 20
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PAGE EIGHT BRENHAM BANNER-PRESS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1969
— "SUPER-RIGHT" QUALITY GRAIN FED HEAVY BEEF -
euncy At ECEs EAT IT ALL 90c
CHUCK A02
CDOUNN MEAT .50.
ECHUCK STEAK
Swiss STEAK -uoe-
CHUCK ROAST
CHICKEN HENS me
SULTANA-DINNERS
CHICKEN, TURKEY, BEEF,
HAM, MEAT LOAF,
and SALISBURY
EACH
SAVE T
CHICKEN LIVERS--2m
SMITH PRIDE FROZEN
FSAVET
CAPN: JOHN'S FROZEN 115 ON TWO.
FRIED FISHSTICKS
CAP'N JOHN'S FROZEN
CATFISH FILLETS
A&P COUNTRY TREAT PURE PORK
SAUSAGE * $ 145
PAWRUE...............-*----*7"
MARYLAND CLUB
COFFEE
1 LB.
CAN
SNOWDRIFT
Can
(LIMIT 1 WITH $5.00 OR MORE PURCHASE)
PUTTERLAND
SEASONED WITH BUTTER: y
CORN WHOLE
LUNN KERNEL ......
SWEET PEAS...
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GREEN BEANS
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CARROTS........
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MATCH!
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RESERVED AUG. 16, 1969
"If unable to purchase any advertised item
please request a R AIN CHECK !"
DARRCHTur
King
Size
— WITH COUPON —
(AND $5.00 FOR MORE PURCHASE.
LIMIT 1 PER CUSTOMER.)
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CHICKEN, TURKEY
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-------------------- — Pennsylvania Six, be. I meied off without they ex:
- -------Pinntype eif and finally Pro**
NEA Staff Correspondent to the Washington Monu- I searched the city center,
ment. . * .. and much of its periphery;
WASHINGTON _(NEA) It was at the monument I until nearly midnight I must .
—The experiment began at began to weaken. I bought have walked a dozen more
noon. I was'standing outside an ice cream bar for 25 miles I saw hotel rates as
a bus station on 12th Street cents. An experienced wel- cheap as $14 asweek. One
NW in the nation's capital. I fare man would know better .boarding house offered to
had $1.30 in my pocket. The I was down to 85 cents. *
idea was to survive the next My feet hurt now. And the
24 hours on this money'sights of the capital were--------------==
** h beginning to drag I had a At early morme/L
The money represented slight reawakening of in- search no more. My stom-
the daily allotment of amterest at the Lincoln Me- ach and my feet were argu-
American man, out of a job,
unable to get work and live morial. but by the time I got ing over which was the more
ing on Welfare. to the federal engraving - abused. 1 stopped at a sand.
. , , . building I was thoroughly wich shop and was hustled.
According to. federal of- shot out, it was closing. I got a
ficials, a man like this, with , , An soft drink. peanuts and two
no permanent disabilities, or . T sat down on the bulkhe ad candy bars at a gas station. 1
no family, comes under the of the F Potomac River, hop- . and it closed It was still
-dole category of General As- ing I was weary enough to • raining. 1 had 40 cents left. -
sistance. And his average- nap. I wasn't. Not a wink
national aid is $40.10 a And, to add to the annoy-
_month-$1.30 a day. ment. several people about
0 , me were-having evening
===== =--.-
a full belly. And I continued push n ,
with the knowledge that if Then it began to rain. A
things became too impossi- funny rain. No drizzle to
ble. I could retreat to nor- start it off. Just big biting
mal creature comforts. drops that almost hurt when 3 Miserable Even
1. they hit. I crawled under a am
But no-matter. How can a rhododendron bush to keep , angry lhad nowht ndar
man live on $1.30 a day? I dry, and failed miserably. It “ when moneso aont - mT
would find out.- rained harder. I stayed in. postiet had - •
/ , the bushes for 40 minutes. I pocset
. Things went fairly well at figured it was about 9.1 was - AM Q Nedbre de
1 first. I had a Coca Cola (16, soaked. Muddy also. And and-walked-ut."neERu-st--==--==-
/ cents) and some vending ma- then I walked back into the : I gave up then Totall y
chine peanuts (five cents) at heart of the city. numbed I quit .
i I got my $3,000 automobile
out of a garage for $5 on a —
credit card and drove to my
regular hotel ($22 a nighti..
If it hadn't been too late for
room service, I'd have or
dered an"s8 steak. As it was,
I. just went to bed.
The $1.30 wasn't enough
ter me. Perhaps it isn't,
enough for anyone
(Newspaper Enterprise Assn.)-
i the bus station. I spent some Now of course, it was time
1 time looking over newsstand to think about the night
/ girlie magazines. I discussed With 85 cents and muddy
1 interplanetary travel with a trousers. I could hardly stay
i plumber who was waiting to at the White House In fact.
• leave for Roanoke. Three I had the feeling I wasn't
i hours passed quiekly, welcome even near the White
1 Unfortunately, things went House. As I walked by it,
decidedly downhill after this: en route to midtown, two po-
/ What else is there to do at lice cars slowed at my side
3 p.m in Washington, after for a look No words were
the magazines are read and spoken. They didn't need to
the new pal catches his bus?.
For a poor man, nothing. r.
Except walk. ‘* —
I walked. And walked Up.
down, over and across. Con-
___necticut Avenue. Massachu-
setts. Rhode Island. By the
Russian embassy (4 p.m.)
By the Zoological Park (5 . .
p.m.).. Then back down busy *
14th Street. Past the stores 07
with the sale signs, past thea
go-go clubs with the girl OXC-Ch
signs, past the federal build.tG mieling
ings on the other side of M RLAW
take me for $2 But there
was nothing, not a single
mattress, for. 85.centsap
1 had 40 cents left %
I wandered about for an-
other hour or so, finally end-
ing up in a park at 13th and
K Streets Normally, the
park, which takes up a
square block. would be in-
habited with other types like
me—the poor, the drunk or
the homeless. But now, in a
downpour. I was alone
1 sat on the bench until
EBFTUN KING’S
• CHOW MEIN NOODLES
2 P; 35€
So. 25c
Can 40
• CHICKEN CHOW MEIN dean 79€
• BEEF CHOP SUEY....."em 79€
• Mushroom Chow Mein 79€
EXCEDRIN
BTL. a.
OF 60 69c
SCANNED DRINK P ASSORTED FLAVORS =70e
YUKON CLUB 10 2/T°
T3UW2RVILLE 1
SHOPPING
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GOLDEN RIPE TROPICAL
BANANAS
FULL EARS YELLOW
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bag
39
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CAKE MIXES
A & P
SUIGAR .
* 25
5 •
bag..
Dutch Queen
LURCH MEAT 3622 $10
Island Sun
PINEAPPLE- 2822.02.
NN PAGE CRUNCHY OR CREAMY 24-02 1
PEANUT BUTTER O7
JANE PARKER
APPLE PIE 2.89€
JANE PARKER BROWN-N SERVE
■ AI —mnwungteas
IN RULES
49c
Fresh Meats-Charcoal-
Picnic Supplies
Everything for your
outing at the Lake
BENN'S GROCERY
AND MARKET
Hwy. 36 Somerville
V BEES ON ITS BONNET delayed work, momentarily, on
A this F-8 Crusader jet fighter. A sw arm of bees, attracted
1 — by jet engine noise, crowded the plane's radar dome at -
4 LTV Aerospace Corporation's Grand Prairie, Tex., plant.
‘ They soon left of their own accord, apparently deciding
I the supersonic aircraft was not to their liking.
I CATTLE MARKETS
1 ENCO PRODUCTS
V Groceries, Ice, Baits, 0
1 & Fishing Tackle
1 Smith's Store Where
1 Your Money Buys More V
7200 yds N. of ,
1 turn off on Hwy. 36
Cattle 1845, Hogs 896, Hor- and Cutter, 20,00 to 23.00;
ses and Mules 2, Sheep and Stocker, 24.00 to 28.00.
Goats, 45. STOCKERAND FEDER
SLAUGHTER CATTLE CATTLE AND CALVE
AND CAL VES Steers-Good and Choice 450
3 a - Vos-Ten Hogs." Land Sw w-550.1bs., 28.00 ton 1 “ d -
wow -",a t 74 and Choice 650 lbs. up, 27.00
24.50 to 26.00; Sows, 19.00 to
to 29.00; Medium 450 lbs. up.
“Nor
*Bait & Snack Bar
“Groceries
"Boating Supplies
“Gulf Products
“On The Lake"
OVERLOOK MARINA
*Safety Deposit Boxes :
‘The Bank to Grow With',
Member FDIC
CITIZEN'S STATE BANK |
I BIG MIKE'S
0 BAIT AND
0 TACKLE
I Four miles north
on Hwy. 36
1 Plenic Supplies, Drugs,
SA Beverages, Ice, Worms,
u'Pish, Tackle
0 Minnows
13 DOZ. FOR $1.00
26.00; Feeders, 18.00 to 22.00. 25.00 to 28,00; Common.450
Calves-Good and Choice 550
. = lbs. up, 22.00 to 25,00.
! lbs. down, 30.00 to 33.75; St- Cross Bred Heifers-Good
andard, 28.00 to 30.00; Cull and Choice 450-550 lbs., 27,-
and Utility, 26.00 to 28.00. 00 to 30.00; Common and Med-
Steers and Heifers-Good ium 650 lbs. up, 22,00 to 24,-
and Choice 550 lbs. up, 29.50 00; Good and Choice 450 lbs.
to 33.00; Standard, 28.00 to down, 29.00 to 40.00; Com-
29.50; Cull and Utility, 25.00 mon and Medium, 26.00 to
to 28.00, 29.00.
Cows-Utility and Commer- Hereford Angus Calves
cial, 20.00 to 23.50; Canner (Steers) - Good and Choice
and Cutter, 16.00 to 20.00. 450 lbs. up, 30.00 to 34.00;
Bulls-Utility and Commer- Common and Medium 450
cial, 23.50 to 26.50: Canner lbs. up, 27,00 to 30.00; Good
1 and Choice 450 lbs. down,
1 34.00 to 48.00; Common and
Medium 4501bs. down, 28.00 to
34.00.
Cross Bred A Good and
Choice 450 lbs. down, 32.00 to
42.00; Common and Medium,
27.00 to 32.00.
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) DIDOmY 1 Cows-Good all weights, 20.-
1 NADI00 to 24.00; Common and Med-
SAVI NGS: rctaiteaha
Association T pair-Good, 210.00 to 250.00;
Asoclamon I Common and Medium, 165,00
Home owned and operated to 210.00.
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Gilmore, Robert K. & O'Shea, William. Brenham Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 161, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 13, 1969, newspaper, August 13, 1969; Brenham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1648078/m1/8/?rotate=0: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Nancy Carol Roberts Memorial Library.