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WEDNESDAY AUGUST 12,1970
BRENHAM, TEXAS 77833
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Drop Opener, 6-2--
Senior Stars Play nuns-
Carolina Today At 4 P.M.
ASHVILLE, N. C.-A—ston-Salem, N. C., 3-2, in the
three-run rally in the top of + double elimination affair.
the fifth inning over came a Brenham’s Senior Little
Opener, Seniors Lose
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State Title On Thursday
By CARLOS DEERE channel 42. =___-
Banner Sports Editor Brenham and Big Springs
' Centerfielder Arlen Thiele- unreeled Tuesday’s contest in - .
2-1 Brenham lead and enabled League Stars were scheduled
kthe Norfolk, VtegtaTE^L.’^^^^^'Ni^
Little League All-Stars tode- 4 p.m. Brenham time, with the
feat the Texas entry, 6-2,Tu- winner remaining in the tour-
ney. and the loser being eli-
minated.
Tuesday’s loss was Bren-
ham’s first after five wins,
while Virginia picked up its
esday night in the first round of
the Southern Regional Tourna-
ment being played here.
In the other first round con-
test, Tampa, Fla. nipped Win-
Proske, p
Foster, rf
Morrow, ss
BOX SCORE
AB R H BI
3
4
4
Boehneman, 1b 4
Pieper, cf 2
Buro, If 3
Harris, 2b 3 -
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0
0
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1 13th victory without a loss.
The local All-Stars outhlt
Norfolk, 7-5, but some sensa-
tional fielding by Virginia’s
outfield, led by centerfielder
John Whitman, robbed Bren-
ham of some timely hits, and
winning pitcher Jim McDoug-
Fritz, 3b 2 0
0 0 ald used his sharp-breaking .
0 0 e-curve, to get out of further
0 0 trouble.
Kramer, M., 3610 00Both McDougald and Bren-11-7)312 ,
Parks, C 3 0 1 1. ham’s Charles Proske went all --------=-==
. Totals 29 2 7 2 the way on the hill, with the
Norfolk, Va.-100 030 2-6-5-1 Virginia righthander givingup --------------------------------h
• Brenham--—001 100 0-2-7-3 two runs on .seven hits, strik- AFTER DRIVING IN THE FIRST RUN with his bases-loaded
Jim McDougald and —ing out seven and walkingtwo. single in the fourth inning, centerfielder Arlen Thielemann
Bill Clark; Charles Proske Proske, dropping his first (pictured above) comesin toegi On*---&
and Ronnie. Parks, WP-M c- game after four wins, gave up - on Gary Foster’s single, as Brenham’s Regular Little League—-
. Dougald (5-0). LP-Proske (4-' six runs on only five hits,
1). LOB-Brenham 7, Norfolk * struck out six and walked six. w
8. SB-Lynn Worley, 2B-Mor - * Leading Brenham’s hitting
row, Parks, Jim Crump. 3B- attack- was shortstop Edwin
Morrow. HR-none- (Continued-on page 12) -
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Brenham Soldier Cited For
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Combat Leadership in Viet
' mann's bases-loaded single in 58 minutes, as all the scoring -
the -fourth inning broke up a was done in the fourth inning,
—socu” int y send, pitcher his Poneesp-sthninenly hit-r
Mark Kuecker gave up only one a sharp single to rest by Char-
hit to lead the Brenham Regu- les McKinney in the third in-
lar Little League All-Stars to ning--while Brenham got their
a 5-0 win over Big Springs in first four hits and five runs in
the opening semi-final game of the fourth. The only other hit
the State Tournament played at in the game was a single by
Austin Tuesday night. Brenham catcher Wayne Sch-
North Houston and San An- midt in the fifth.,
tonlo are scheduled to play It was Brenham’s eighth
the other semi-final contest win against no losses and thetonight, with Brenham play- first loss by Big -
ing the winner Thursday night ter six victories.
for the State Title and a berth Relying on a blazing fast
in the Southern Regional atSt. ball around his sharp-break-
Petersburg, Fla, the following ing curve, Kuecker was almost
week, untouchable in picking up his
Thursday's final game, fifth win. The righthander st-
which starts at 7:30 p.m., will ruck out 11 and did not walk a
be televised by Austin’s UHF batter, and he retired the side
momma in order with the help of an
• errorless defense in five of
BOX SCORE,
BRENHAM RLL ALL-STARS the six innings. „ .
Losing pitcher Jimmy Sh-
anks (2-1) started on the hill
and went 3 2/3 innings,giving
Ping our 2, walking four and hit-
ting a batter. Another right-
hander, Ronnie Mullens, hurl-
ed the last 1 1/3 innings and
gave up one hit, struck out 2
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SQUARE DANCE WORKSHOP SOFTBALL SCHEDULE
ex, ‘ , Softball action on the Bob
The Brenham Buttons & Bows Schroeder Field tonight will
Square Dance Club will have feature a doubleheader in the
a workshop Thursday, Aug. 13 slow-pitch league beginning at
at 8 p.m. at the KC Hall, 7:30 when K&G Steak House
takes on Sealy Mattress, fol-
lowed by Schroeder’s Store
and Grace Lutheran.
SWIMMING PARTY
The Gay Hill-Prairie Hill 4-H
Club will have a swimming
party on Monday, Aug. 17, at
the city pool. All members
'are asked to meet at the pool
VFW AUXILIARY
The regular meeting of the
Ladles Auxiliary to the James
F. Dillon Post 7104; Veterans
• of Foreign Wars, will be held
at the VFW Home Thursday,
Aug. 13, at 7:30 p. m.
By WILLIAM O’SHEA
Banner Managing Editor
Today’s American GI is just
as proficient in the art of war
as was his older brothers and
forefathers and in many as-
pects far superior.
Sgt. RaymondP.Krivackaof
Brenham is one of them.
Far too often the banner lines
of the news media' scream
of alledged atrocities com-
mitted by a handful of soldiers,
frustrated to the breaking
point, in the Vietnam war that
overshadows with a sickening
cloud of shame the courage and
All-Stars won the State Meet opener over Big Springs, 5-0,AB R H BI
Tuesday. Brenham will play in the finals Thursday night at Hodde, R., lb 2 1 1-0
Av Ms rrothen otb Hous’----Gr j tonic. Game Greinert, ss 3 0—1 2
-2- . 2-ci 2.00-by Bob Lindemann) Roemer, 3b .3 0 Qiaan
Schmidt, c 2.0 1 0
Kuecker, p 2 10 0
Gue 1ker, if 2 1 0 0
Hodde, C., 2b 2 0 0 0
Thielemann, cf 2- L 1 m .
wahcha171 - alid walked none. -----*-----
. Totals ‘19 5 5 4After threatening in the sec-
Big Springs-000 000-0-1-1 ond and third innings on a walk
Brenham-.. 000 50%-5-5-0 and the only error of the con-
Jimmy Shanks, Ronnie Mul- test, Brenham went to work
lens (4) and David Wheeler; and got five markers in the
Mark Kuecker andWayneSch- fourth. They almost got ano-
midt. WP-Kuecker (5-0) LP- ther in ththird, but short-
Shanks (2-1). LOB-Brenham stop Tommy Churchwell made
5, Big Springs 1. SB-none, * great stop of Terry Roe-
SAC-R. Hodde. Extra base mer’s grounder up the middle
hits-none. Time-58 minutes, to save a run. . .
Attendance-600 (est.). Schmidt opened the winning
(Continued on page 12)
Brenham, quickly surrounded the Hamlet
He is in his 26th month of and without firing a shot lib-
acts of human kindness practi-, combat, covering three tours erated the Montagnards as the
ced daily by a half - million of duty in Vietnam and Cambo- VC fled. They found many of
of America’s finest young dia in the past five years, the natives suffering from ad-
men, who have been fighting According to a story that vanced stages of malnutrition
and dying in this jungle of hate appeared recently in the Army with some of the children hav-
for 10 years. ....... newspaper, “The Redcat- (Continued on bade 12)
When, what seems to be the eher" and written by SP/4 R. pace )
impossible dream of peace N. Haliday at FSB Gunn in the
dawns, on this ravaged land battle zone, Sgt. Krivacka and
and someday becomes a real- his unit, Echo Recon of the
Ity, the historians who record 3rd Bn., 7th Infantry, on July
the story of this vicious war, 8, 1970 liberated a village of
the American fighting man will 68 Montagnard natives, known
38
HERMANSONS * and swim from 6:30 - 8 p.m.
Brenham Sons of Hermann Refreshments will' follow at
Lodge#6 will havethetr regu- Fireman’s Park.
wajar a meetings NATO: p.m. xXKMYiiAL^'^
Friday, Aug. 14 at the Lodge UI IO W/ADI n
Hall. MELLO WORLD
stand tall in the annals of his
country’s proudest traditions.
While the following story is
only one of the countless inst-
ances during the Vietnam War
where American GIs saved the
population of entire villages
as mountain tribes people.
When several of the Mont-
Blinn College Trustees Approve
$3 Million Budget For1970-71
agnards walked into the Amer-
ican Fire Base and revealeda By CHARLES MOSER
story of how they and their fel- The Blinn Board of
low tribesmen had been held college board
prisoners for five years by the. Truss regular monthly me-
from slavery, starvation and Viet Cong. They were forced ARE anoroved a $3 000 836
death at the hands of the Com- “ to grow rice and carry out the eunE approved 4,3000,886
s Viet Cong, its full labor along-with confiscating budget, for the fiscal year
meaning is brought a little 1*-------------4970221-
closer to home since the ac-
last spring, 000; Student center, $94,000;
He said the college expects and other income, $36,000.
some 574 room andboardstu- The second fund, for plant
all their meager belongings to
LUTHERAN PASTORS
*:
GIRL FOR CERVANTES
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cervan-
tes of Navasota are the par-
ents of a girl born at the St.
Jude Hospital Wednesday at
12:05 a.m. She weighed six
pounds, 13 1/4 ounces.
ENGELHARDTS HAVE BOY
Mr. and Mrs. Richard
The pastors of the Lutheran
Church-Missouri Synod and
the American Lutheran Church
will meet Thursday, Aug. 13,
at Grace Lutheran Church,
Brenham, at 9:30 a. m. The
topic for discussion will be
“The Women's Role in the Engelhardt of Navasota are the
Church,” with special empha- parents of a boy born at the
sis on the ordination of women Bohne Memorial Hospital
into the ministry. Pastors of Wednesday at 4:49 a.m. He
both Synods are invited to at- weighed eight pounds, six
SGT. RAYMOND KRIVACKA
tion involved the superb lea-
aid the communists war effort,
according to the tribesmen.
The American unit after as-
tend.
ounces.
Around
Brenham Woman
Injured In Fall
Miss Georgia Ehlert, 84, :
suffered a fractured hip as the
result of a fall in her apart-
ment at 214 E. Alamo, Tues-
_ .....: day morning,
TM She Tken to. St. Jude •
I O WV I I Si Hospital where a Houston sp-
* ecialist performed an opera-
tion to correct the injured
hip.
Her sister, Mrs, Hattie
By WILLIAM O'SHEA .
Orchids to both Little League teams for a fine performance Nowlin said MISS Elifert was
in last night’s games that saw the Regular All-Stars con- ‘ progressing as well as could —
tinue their winning ways and while the Seniors dropped one . be expected under the circum-
In their playoffs they are not out of it and could bounce back stances.
to take it all....The DON WILDERS wing in from a long vaca-
tion and happy to be back home...Congratulations to S. W,
CRAWFORD for harvesting that first bale of cotton in the
county for the second straight year...The world was waiting
for it to happen and it did as WILBURN (GABBY) NEUTZLER
went down swinging for Burton in the slow-pitch league for
the second time to become the first player in the county to
achieve this feat and start the ultra exclusive club with a
membership of one...Our weather expert up Burton way
Judge HERBERT BATHE predicts a dry summer if no rain
shows up by September... Happy birthday to TON YJOZWIAK
as he celebrated the event with a record catch of bass to go
along with the refreshments... County Agent BILL THANE and
his hard working staff taking on some more knowledge
over at Texas A&M this week....RadiomanFirst Class G. W.
WEHRUN G drops by to confirm all the reports on Hurricane
Celia’s destructive blow through Corpus Christi where he
was stationed at the Naval Base there during the storm....
Thanks to MRS. FREDDIE KLUSSMANN for the invite to the
Farmers Market Feed...COTTON FINKE shaping up his fast-
pitch league for the playoffs just around the corner..ALVIN
HANATH drops by with a big check book as he distributes
‘the long green. -
Weather
Clear to partly cloudy and
hot. Low expected tonight
mid 70s. High expected Th-
ursday upper 90s.
■ Readings for 24 hour per-
iod ending at 7 a. m. Wed-
nesday: Max. 100. Min. 72.
7 a. m. 73. Rain .08.
Verse For Today
1 will instruct thee and teach
thee in the way which thou shalt
go: I will guide thee with mine
eye. - Psalm 32:8.
God is the power within us,
guiding our every move. Let
us harken to His silent voice,
our conscience.
dents and 100 boarding stu- maintenance and construction,
dents,—- shows the following ant icipa-
He added probably one- ted income: ad valorem taxes
half the increase in budget is (debt service) $42,000; tui-
primarily for salary increa-_ .
ses, both for professional and (Continued on page 12)
non-professional employees, 6ue-.,
present budget of the college. The remainder could be at- BH3 Registration
- Thersotaksax rate on county tributed to standard, rising et A J k ==========
cose, of-operation, he added. Slated August 28-
All students grade 9-12 will
register at Brenham High Sch-
ool Aug. 28, 1970, and classes
will begin Aug. 31, 1970. Stu-
dents of other grades will re-
gister at their respective
schools. In addition to regis-
ration, freshmen students will
attend a period of orientation
that will be conducted by the
student council. The program
ies, $142,000; dining hall, for Aug. 28, 1970 is as fol-
$340,000; bookstore, $125,- lows:
8:30 a. m. Assembly Bren-
ham High School Band.
9:15 a. m. Homeroom Reg-
istration Materials and schea- ‘
ules.
10 a. m. Freshmen Orien-
tation.
—11 m. Student. Council.
This is just slightly less
than $200,000 more than the
dership of a Brenham sold-
ier.-e=* . =--suring themselvoshat thic-13) = m = in
Paratrooper sgt, KrIvacka was not - anotherRedtrap. Went IMperty owners will remain
is the son of Mrs. Henry to work.
Koehn and Paul Krivacka of Sgt. Krivacka and his unit
|Local Citizens Respond!
To Aid Of Celia Victims
Citizens of Washington County are responding with
their hearts and cash to aid their Texas neighbors .
in the Corpus Christi area where hurricane Celia
carved a path of destruction leaving thousands home-
less.
As the disaster victims of the Texas coast begin the
hard process of recovery from the effects of the hurri- :
cane, the American National Red Cross has moved
swiftly to their, aid with mass care andrecovery assis-
5 tance which has been estimated will exceed six million :•:•
dollars to more than” 13,000 ramifies. —
Of the $6 million, one million is the disaster quota
for the citizens of Texas to raise. The local Red Cross
Chapter quota for Washington county is $1,000.
. Warren Hartley, chairman of the local Red Cross .
.. Chapter said todav. he is well pleased with therespon- “
se pouring in by “our citizens” and from all indica-
. tions the couny’s quota will be met. He said, ”tne .
£ people of Washington Couny have always been at the .
s forefront in helping those less fortunate.”
Disaster contributions can be either mailed to the Red ,
. Cross, P. 0. Box 1058, Brenham, Texas 77833 or, can
be left at the Farah and Rar.at.0 + 2/panly at 506.,
. East Commerce or with Blly Sohns at the Washington .
County State Bank.
11 ..€.
Following is a continued list of local citizens who
have made their contributions to aid in the big job of
• lending a hand in the most effective way possible;
Mrs. C. E. DeWare, $10; Mrs. Fred Seale, Chappell
Hill, $5; Mr. and Mrs. Mark S. Swain, $10; Mr. and
Mrs. Sidney Loewen, $10; Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Buske,
$10; Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Crawford, $10; Mr. and Mrs.
D. E. Lomax, Carmine, $10; Mr. and Mrs.Elmer
Bertolet, $25; Mr. and Mrs. F. D. LoWn, $10; and Mr.
and Mrs. Robbie Barnes, $10.
Also, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Sommer, $5; Mr. and Mrs.
Gene Lange, $5; Brenham Wholesale Grocery, $25;
Miss Rosa Lee Fuchs, $3; Mrs. John Giddings, $10;
Mr. Emma G. Brown, $10; Mrs. A. L. Suter, $5; and
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Ammann, $5.
.
%.....
40 cents per $100 valuation.
Twenty cents of this goes to
school maintenance, while the
other 20 cents goes towards
paying bonded indebtedness.
The county valuations were
listed at $22,365,920, giving
the college a total of $84,000.
President James H. Atkin-
son told the board the budget
is based on anticipated enroll-
ment of 1,650 students, which
is just slightly above the total
number of students enrolled
Income for the coming year
is broken into two funds, The
first, listing current funds,
shows a total of $2,226,836.
This includes the following:
state funds, $1,040,900; ad va-
lorem taxes (maintenance)
$42,000; tuition and fees,
$372,000; federal funds, $6,-
936; intercollegiate athletics,
$7,000; transportation (stu-
dent fees) $21,000; dormitor-
GRAND OPENING OF Gibsod’s new Discount Center here was
held at 9 a.m. today as hundreds watched the ribbon cutting
ceremonies and heard messages of congratulations from
civic and business leaders. City Manager Charlie Blum pic-
tured on the right and representing Mayor W. F. Hasskarl,
who was out of town, is seen cutting the ribbon to officially
open the new store. From the left are, Thad Spencer, presi-
dent of the Chamber of Commerce, whoserved-as master of
ceremonies; City Commissioner Dr. Delbert Stark; Bill
Niemeyer, manager of the enterprise, City Commissioner
Bryan Rothermel and Blum. •
Deputy Goldberg
Nabs Two Aliens
Deputy Sheriff Elwood Gold-
berg caught two citizens of
Mexico here Tuesday night
and this morning. The two-
some were believed to be se-
eking relatives in the Dime
Box-Giddings area.
Goldberg received the ini-
tial call late Tuesday night
when it was reported two you-
ths were “hanging around” in
an area two miles from Br-
enham on FM 389. When he
answered the call, Goldberg
spotted the two, and called out.
to the youths. One responded ,
to his call, but the other ran,
escaping on foot.
The one who ran away was
overtaken this morning at
the Texas Highway Depart-
ment yard on Highway 90 He
" (Contialued on page 12)
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