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VOL, 104
NO. 90
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1970
BRENHAM, TEXAS 77833
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renham School BusWrecked,18 StudentsAboare
- — . ... ======= : 1 stung . One Student
Governor Smith Orders State
Employes From Capitol Today
AUST (UPI) - Gov. Pres-morning.'
ton: Smith ordered all state-Hundreds of students wore
employes evacuated from thebrack armbands and carried
red flags on the Texas campus
- state capitol today in the face
today to join the nation-wide
of a threat of renewal of Tu- today to join the nation-wide
esday's student demonstra- protest. Some g roups gathered
tions that damaged the capitol
building and left 16 persons
injured.
for “teachins” and were given
instruction on how to protect
themselves in a w lot and
An advance schedule an- against tear gas.
nounced three days ago by the Three. hours before Tues- .
Student Mobilization Commit-
tee and other radical groups
at the University of Texas
called for an unauthorized ma-
day's demonstrations spilled
off the Texas campus and onto
the capitol complex. Smith had
told newsmen that he antici-
rch to the downtown federal pated no student uprisings in -
building. There was some Texas because “I ha ve kept
doubt that the march plans the lines of communication .
would be carried through, open to discuss these prob-
in the wake of Tuesday’s vio-
lence.
The students are protesting
U.S. involvement in Cambo-
dia, the death of four students
lems before they reach cri-
sis proportions.”
The students broke three old
cutglass doorpanes in the
capitol and set fire to two
in a riot at Kent Ohio State automobiles -parked in front
- University earlier this week of the building... -
and what protesters called, . ..
lithe war machine on the Texas Smith said he deplored the
Win • — violence and said tighter se-
campus.
Police hurled teargas
RETIRES AFTER 42 years with the Texas State Highway
Department is Sebron Foster on the right being presented
with a letter of commendation Wednesday by Joe G. Han-
over, district engineer of Bryan. The letter was from Chief
Engineer J. C. Dingwall. Foster, who retired as a main-
tenance employe, achieved a record of never having an
accident and lost only five days from work due to illness.
He was presented with a rod and reel along with a pocket
knife.-
curity measures would be ta-
ken at the capitol. Armed gu-
cu “g
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S end MA X “ ng
CI
RIORNEYS MEEL
4 About 100 local and State Bar
officials will assemble at Aus-
. tin Friday for an all-day ser-
les or workshop sessions and
CC DIREC TORS MEETING
vat**-------
The Chamber of Commerce
4I
- Treated For
I Minor Injury
A busload of 18 Brenham
school children escaped ser-
ious injury early today when
the bus they were riding in
, collided with a pickup truck.
The bus, driven by David
Jones Heard, 59, Route 5,
, Brenham; was going west on
FM 390, five miles east of
•Gay Hill,
• A 1955 Studebaker pickup
• truck, driven by Albert James
= Bata, Needville, was also tra-
- veling west, and attempted to
. pass the bus on the le ft.
* As the pickup started ar-
ound, the bus made an attem-
w pted left turn onto a county
N road. ”
The two vehicles ended up
6 in the ditch on the left side
• of the road. The truck was
6 overturned, completely total-
A ed, while the bus had consid-
S erable damage to the front
. and left side.
One girl passenger, Linda
Briscoe, Route 5, Brenham,
was taken to a Brenham clinic
and treated for a bruised arm
and released. She is a second
. . . grader at Brenham
• BBENHAM SCHOOL BUS WRECKED early today when hit by a pickup truck on FM 390
five miles east of Gay Hill. Onlyrone girl among the 18 passengers received minor in-
juries and was treated at a local clinic. David Jones Heard of Brenham was the driver
of the bus. . * -
bombs into a scream ing, ch-
anting crowd of 2,000 demon-
strators Tuesday. after they
stormed through and around
the capitol and headed for the
crowded downtown area. -
Another bomb threat was .
telephoned to capitol secur- men and nine students who
ity guards at midmorning to- • were treated at the Univer-
day and Smith notified all st-. sity Health Center for tear-
ate agencies with employes in gas inhalation. None of the ---------------, ....-----------
the capitol to send them home injured was serious, can tank crews carried off out by the Allied taskforces,
at that time. * .Police Chief Bob Miles said booty from a village that had Air strikes leveled i Tues-
"We had planned to send four youths were arrested in been leveled by U.S. bombs day after a U.S: tank column
Tuesday's disturbance He and napalm. The North Viet- ran into stiff resistance there,
said be ween400 and 500 state * namese countered with an at- : UPI correspondent Leon*
and city pol ice would be avail- tack in Vietnam that killed 25 Daniel reported, from the
able in case of another out- Gls, scene that the U.S. troops
The three new drives, cros- found seven bodies, four of
•—-—..-ttmm===si- ser from Co miles, them those of civilians, inSn-
CL L C C L , northwest to 95 miles northof uol. The guerrilla troops who-
( hamber commerce eeKS Saigon, were the fourth, fifth were there Tuesday had fled The North Vietnamese cou-
Y and sixth into Cambodia since along with approximately 2,-
nT----*—r---t— ---President Nixon ordered an 000 villagers.__.
Dues Increase For Members offensive six days ago to wipe Daniel Said Te Aer ear
out the Communist sanctua- troopers went through the
ries along the border. - ------------------------.----
. Thy brought to 50,000 the
number ofAilied troops now to bieAiam: SIUGCHIS
have crossed the border, ab- ---—-—-----------------------------
out two-thirds of them South
Vielnam. The American Com-
ricans, e • "Ve Y YS 5
No major fighting was re- Ong of the largest homeco- will be held here Saturday for
ported, mings in the history of Bren- the second day of the Maifest,
The. little rubber plantation ham High School ex-students. The reunion will bring to-
ards were placed at the main .
entrances and others could
• be seen milling around the
capitol complex today.
The injured in Tuesday's
melee included five police-
everybody home, by noon any-
‘ way," a spokesman for the
¥ . governor said. “‘A fter the
Board of Directors will meet
at 12 noon Thursday, May Tat
theCof CBuild ing
to organize anew section of
the bar. The Wastfington Co- SISTER LODGE "11
unty Bar Association will be
represents by its president,
Julian E. Weister II of Bren-
ham.
FORTNIGHTLY CLUB .
The Fortnightly Club will ha ve
. a luncheon meeting and instal-
bomb threat, we decided to go
ahead and send them home this, break today.
T A The remainder of the stu-
U.S. And south Vietnam Ir00pS dents, were retrieved by a
• bus dispatched by the sch-
x T ool after some 15 to 20 min-
Daach 40 000 ( amhodla Area utes and carr ied to their res-
KCOCII JU, UVU IIF WOlVuIO HAVO pective school campuses.
The mishap occurred at 7:40
SAIGON (UPI) Three more village of Snuol, about 12 miles structures still standing tak- a. m. •
Allied spearheads drove today inside Cambodia, became the ing .beer, soft drinks, flash- Texas Highway Patrolman
into Cambodia, where Ameri- first major settlement wiped light batteries, shoes, sun- Roy Moody is continuing his
glasses, mirrors, clocks and investigation of the accident,
even a motorcycle. Heard has been a teacher
One the the victims of the in the Brenham schools for
Tuesday’s napalm bombard- seven years, and he has been
ment of the town was a small driving a bus for all seven
child. The U. S. Command in years.
Saigon said there were 88 -----------------------,—-
Communist* troops killed in €
and around Snuol but Daniel 3
saw No sign of the todies.,
The Brenham Sons of Hermann The Board of Directors of
Sister Lodge #11 will have -Washington County Chamber
their regular meeting May 12 - of Commerce will meet
at 7:30 p.m. The hostesses Thursday to decide if the
are Elaine Willis, Hulda Kort-
hauer and Ella Lehrmann. ..
REVIVAL
membership dues will be ad-
justed according to the present
day prices, according to Pres-
ident Thad Spencer.
The North Vietnamese cou- Wife Charged in
nte rattack came early today . h
against a U.S. outpost two A rp Ba nk Hol du p
(Continued on page 10), TYLER (UPD - The pretty
- blond wife of Smith County
* deputy sheriff Bill Miller was
jailed today under a $25,000
bond, charged in the $1,757
holdup of the Arp, Tex., State
Bank Tuesday,.
to meet these needs. Fry said
a survey of several towns had
been made comparing dues st-
ructure to Brenham’s. He ad-
ded that information on more
than 15 towns of Brenham's
size had been studied, and Br-
enham fell way short inall but
in one comparison of minimum
dues.
lation of officers at Willie's
Steak House on Thursday, May The New Hope Missionary .. . . .
—14. For reservations call Mrs.—Baptist Church, 704 West Jef-Membership Commit -
1 A - - 235-255GATV91 enaSirguion ---type* 41. ntht committee has met - Fry continued, “We feel the --------------------------------:-------------— gether the classes of 1931,
============Library Receives Book On—..man
5517 after 6 p m the meetings which begin at of the chamber and the ways should have been done some
Verse for Today : LITS * H. R. Crawford's =-= Famed World War II Group
-Moy PiteHedTodgy n.1925. some 1,earago "-we.week.De Brenham, Germany.. 1245.when.”
ye may live: and so the Lord, On display in the First Sav- Hugh R. Crawford, 80.
====== annese. -emm.Sam
died-in the Bellville Hospital pains 3
Evildoers seem to prosper. ham's 1938 Maifest. The roy- Tuesday at 11:20 a.m.
at times, but it is wen to al Monarchs of that day were Survivors include his wife,
know that God does not settle Mrs. Elvera Dallmeyer Mrs. Lillian Crawford of
all accounts every Saturday Simms of Austin and Sam Bellville; three daughters,
. night. Muery now living in Louisiana. Mrs. Z. B. Blanchard of El
Campo, Mrs. Lester Plentl of
El Campo and Mrs. Abie Les-,
ser Jr. of Brenham; one son,
Marsene Crawford of Bell-
ville: two sisters, Mrs. Annie
ye may live: and so the Lord,
the God of hosts, shall be with
you, as ye have spoken. -
Amos 5:14.
ings Association show window
here is the costumes worn by
the King and Queen of Bren-
Around
Town
By WILLIAM O’SHEA
Congratulations to BOB MUELLER and his Bl inn Log news
staff for winning all those awards. DR, and M RS, DELBE RT
John Fry, chairman of the
- *--ed-44*x - - —ex
special "book, “Five Years,
and guests.
A full day's program for the
enjoyment of the old grads of
Brenham High School is being
A man taken in for quest-
ioning at the time of the ar-
rest of Ruby Miller, 28, was
later released.
Mrs. Pat Bedair, secretary -
to the bank's president, said
the woman uni 2--ED
drive-in window and the young
man who was working there
went over and pushed open the
window.
“She stuck a note inside. It
1 Johnson and Mrs. Myrtle
Johnson, both of Temple; four
- grandchildren and one great-
grandchild.
Funeral services were to be
held at the Chapel of the Pete
Etlinger Funeral Home in
STARK putting all the loose ends together to form the master.
plan of Brenham's 80th annual Maifest and a fine job they are
doing...Looks like D..G. ROHDE will again have the Maifest
floats all decorated and ready to roll come parade time Fri-
day mornng...No Maifest parade would be complete without
a few floats decorated by F. C. WINKELMANN JR....Bl inn
President JAMES H. A TKINSON planning his speech for the
. largest graduating class in Blinn's long and honored history..
L. J. LACINA, HAROLD PFLUGHAUPT along with the ir
committee shaping plans for the giant Brenham High School
—ex-students homecoming on Maifest Saturday that will bring
old grads from the classes of 1931-36 toge ther for what
promises to be a happy reunion....ARTHUR AL GEICK
and his highway department crew assembling a highly infor-
mative Maifest float in the interest of clean road ways...LIN-
—DA THOMAS should field anoher fine girls softball team
again this. season....Congratulations to MR. and MRS.
ARTHUR BLONDEAU on that wedding anniversary........
Same to MR. and MRS. ROBERT (BUSTER) APPEL for the
same reason...Happy Birthday to MRS. OTTO (VALERIA)
SCHULZE and all the best for many more...Wonder if
WILBURN NEUTZLER has ever made that trade for a Tex-
as Schwartz for one in Wisconsin.. EDMUND BILSKI busy
with) the bowling doings that will see a big time by all to-
night at the awards feed. :
Bellville Wednesday at 4 p.m.
Burial was to be in the Oak
Knoll Cemetery with the Rev.
Andy Qualls officiating, as-
sisted by the Rev. James Fra-
zier.
Weather/
Fair and warmer. Low ex-
pected tonight low 60s. High
expected Thursday mid 80s.
Readings for 24 hour per iod
ending at 7 a.m. Wednesday:
Max. 85. Min. 51. 7 a.m. 51.
evankmasng
HELLO WORLD
SON FOR HANATHS
Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Hanath
of Brenham are the parents of
a boy born at the Bohne Mem-
orial Hospital Tuesday at
11:19 a.m. Weighing e ight pou-
nds, nine ounces, he has been
named Kevin Neal.
not kept pace with the price,
changes,”' he added.
Spencer said part of the
board meeting Thursday will
be devoted to passing out new
chamber of commerce pros-
pect cards. Spencer pointed
(Continued on page 10)
paigns,”' a history of the 141st
Infantry Regiment, 36th Divi-
planned by the working com-
2—+*e-hoeinning with tbe ren---soid‘Hurey” in big lettersac-
serving m the Army TO.%yHor parade. a oides Mu—- 0 nge)0) Dree
and fellowship period will be -------•-----------------—
held at the Sons of Hermann E A
Hall, followed by a barbecue in Melor E.A. VOICES
ation, along with other Infan-
try Sections of the 36th Divi-
this
sion. It is a true account of
sion WWE. The presentation the training, the hardships,
to the Librarian, Mrs. Louis the struggles and disasters,
Beaumier was made by Har- the victories of the 141st In-
din Tobin of Rocksprings, in fantry, spiced with humorous
behalf of the 141st Infantry incidents that happened along
Regiment Association. This the way, making it # most in-
history was printed in Munich, teresting book, well worth a
.second reading. This publica-
prtion is not for sale, it is now a
SPECIAL BOOK on the history of the 141st Infantry Regl-
ment of Texas famed 36th Division during World War I
was presented to the Brenham Library by Hardin Tobin
of Rocksprings in behalf of the 141st Assn. Mrs. Louis
J. Beaumier," librarian, is pictured accepting the valuable
addition to the Brenham Library.
the afternoon.
The group have reserved 2183 IN trmABT
tables for the dance at the Major E. A. Gajeske, a na-
Maifest in order that those tive of Brenham, died in Ger-
former students now living many it was reported today by
out of town will have an op- his sister, Mrs. Irma Bar-
portunity to visit and renew rington of Houston.
old friendships here at the Details of his death were
American Legion Home. not given, nor the time of the
The planning committee in- funeral service,
rCuntinted Tic lor cludes: Clinton Anderson, who He retired from the Post
. will serve as Master of Cere- Office here shortly after Wor-
card) monies, Mr. and Mrs. Law- id War II and moved to Ger-
KiTeS Ser rence Seidel, Mr. and Mrs. many, where he has since
, . b . Harold Pflughaupt, Mr. and made his home.
For Miss Boortz Mrs. Alvin (Beanie) Schroe- ------—2---------
Miss Esther Boortz, 54 or “Icon ahut. Warted Mend; Walter E. Suter
. the Prairie Hill Community, Billy Sohns and L. J. Lacina. - Diac Pacidance
died at the residence of Mr. 29_________________DieS AT KeGence
and Mrs. Erich Witt, Tuesday L.sl Allain. Walter E (Count) Suter 73
"—. E = — LA/ai Waile A E.U. OUIL/ DUCCl 9 ‘ •»
at 8:50 p.m. . . , LOCCHI AHOACY of 1702 Shady Lane, died at
, Funeral services will be . - u 1 7.36
held Friday at 3 p.m. at St. Named his home Wednesday at 7:35
John's Lutheran Church of Named 10 D0dr0 a.m.
Prairie Hill with the Rev. As D Funeral services will be
A. J. Mohr officiating. Burial biafe bar held at the Brenham Memor-
will be in the Prairie Hill ial Chapel Friday at 3 p. m.
Lutheran Church Cemetery. AUSTIN - James C. Wat- with the Rev. T. V. Lewis,
The Brenham Memorial Cha- son, 52-year-old Corpus Ch- pastor of the First Christ-
/ pel is in charge of arrange- risti lawyer, is the new pres- ian Church of Brenham, of-
ments. .-----.---------ident-elect of the State Bar__ficiating. Burial will be in
Survivors include three of Texas, the Bar announced the Prairie Lea Cemetery.
Edwin Boortz and Tuesday,
Elected to the Bar's govern-
brothers,
Louis Boortz, both of Hous-
ton, and Henry Boortz of Mid-
land; five sisters, Mrs. Erich
Witt of Prairie Hill, Mrs. Pete
Schoenemann of Somerville, ner, Henderson: Mark Mar-
Mrs. Erwin Dahse of Waller, tin, Dallas; L. L. Duckett, El
Miss Elsie Boortz of New Campo; William J. Ehlert, Br-
Orleans, La. and Miss Helen enham; Charles E. Erwin, Ab-
Boortz of San Francisco, ilene; and Louts LeLaurin, San
Calif, . Antonfs
ing board were: Hardy Moore,
Paris; Earl B. “Smokey” St-
over, Silsbee; Dean W. Tur-
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Katherine Weishuhn Su-
ter of Brenham; a sister-in-
law, Mrs. Alvin L. Suter of
Brenham; an aunt, Mrs. Os-
car R. Bronenkant of Bren-
ham; a cousin, William Su- ‘
ter of Brenham; and a cou-
sin, Mrs. Harold Graber of
Dallas, C.
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Moser, Charles & O'Shea, William. Brenham Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 90, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 6, 1970, newspaper, May 6, 1970; Brenham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1695857/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Nancy Carol Roberts Memorial Library.