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VOL, 105 No. 79
"LAs, Texas 75235
Brenham Banner - Press
"THE CITY OF HOSPITALITY - HOME OF THREE STATE CHAMPION BASEBALL TEAMS”
The Banner-Press invites Mr.
and Mrs. Melvin "Fritizie"
Ehlert, Brenham, to an even-
ing at the Simon Theatre. Th-
is coupon good for two free
tickets when presented at the
box office. Good through April
28. Now showing “How to Fr-
ame a Figg."
SECOND CLASS POSTAGE
PAID AT BRENHAM, TEXAS
WEDNESDAY APRIL 21, 1071
, BRENHAM, TEXAS 77833
PUBLISHED DAILY
MONDAY THRU FRIDAY
TEN CENTS PER COPY
Viet Vets Brand Selves
FT A • • 1 •
V ar Criminals
Waco Methodist Home
Given $400,000 In Gift
In Washington
WACO, Tex. (UPI)-J. T, res 8.5 miles off the main
Stevens, a wealthy Arlington a campus between Bellmead and
land and property owner, has Axtell.
given the Methodist Home of The Home willsell 1,500 ac-
Waco $400,000 to begin the res it already owned on the
establishment of a 1,600-acre
boys’ ranch.
Announcing the gift today,
a spokesman for the Metho-
dist Home said Stevens’ gift
will be used to buy 1,600 ac-
First Connally
Dollar Bills
Roll Off Press
WASHINGTON (UPI) - The
first dollar bills bearing the
signature of Treasury Sec-
retary John B. Connally began
rolling off the government
printing presses Tuesday, and
will be circulated first in Te-
xas beginning next month.
Connally is a former Texas
governor. The bills will be
distributed first by the Dallas
Federal Reserve District and
then will filter through other
reserve districts around the
country.
Waco-Valley Mills highway
to help develop the land the
Stevens’ gift will buy.
There now are 365 boys
and girls, most of them from
broken homes, in the Metho-
dist Home. When the ranch
is in operation, 45-55 boys
from the home, beginning with
the ages of 11 or 12, will move
to the ranch and live there.
The addition of the ranch to
the Home’s facilities will en-
able the Home to correspond-
ingly increase the youngsters
it cares for. The Home now
takes youngsters from Texas
and New Mexico.
It began operations 80 years
ago as an orphans’ home but
real orphans are hard to find
nowadays. Most are adopted
as babies.
Stevens is a 77-year-old
bachelor who had ambitions
to be a rancher. He operat-
ed hardware stores at Lub-
bock and Wichita Fallsand in-
vested in land around Arling-
ton and Fort Worth where he
hoped to establish a ranch.
He never got to establish
the ranch but the land soared
in value and made him a weal-
thy man. Stevens read in a
newspaper about the Methodist
Home’s plan to establish a
boys’ ranch and personally
came to the home with his gift.
Stop War March
Speaker Gus
Seeks Drouth
Aid In Texas
Texas House Speaker Gus
Mutscher sent seven house
members to San Antonio Wed-
nesday afternoon to confer
with U.S. Secretary of Ag-
OUTSTANDING BURTON ATHLETES--Bonnle Knittel, on
the left, Gerald Fuchs, center, and Brenda- Jones were
honored at the recent Burton Athletic Booster Club’s
Awards Banquet. Gerald was named the outstanding
senior boy athlete and Bonnie and Brenda were co-winners
of the outstanding senior girl athlete award.
riculture Clifford Hardin and d .con-ir Caerme T Armnue
other federal officials con- VoverOT DiguS Laquor
cerning drought conditions in ,
Texas, Thani, I Tn Texas
The House members, along JEUS Lav 1
with Gov. Smith and State Ag- AUSTIN (UPI)- Gov. Pres-
riculture Commissioner John ton Smith today signed into
C. White, asked the officials law a bill legalizing the sale
Smith said.
He predicted the liquor bill
will be a boon to the tourist
WASHINGTON (UPI)-Some it even better by,being herein Leaders of the WAW as-
Vietnam veterans branding Washington.” ked the protesters this morn-
themselves “war criminals" Kennedy said “the war will ing after they awakened from
marched to the Pentagon to- end only by lobbying ... vou their third sleep-out night to
day and asked to be arrested have received awards for gal-
“along with Lieutenant Cal- lantry and courage and now it
ley."
A one-star general, during a
debate with a delegation of
three of the 100 marchers, said
“We don’t take American pri-
soners.” The protesters sub-
sequently concluded they
would have no success in their
roll up their sleeping bags, *
or whatever else they were us-
will take gallantry and cour- ing, and to pile them up ne-
age to take the public abuse arby-to comply with the Bur-
associated with antiwar pro- ger order banning use of the
tests. -Mall as a sleeping and camp
As for the campsite, Ken- site. •
nedy commented, “if the coun- Later, the protesters-
try can find a place for you whose leaders said included
to stay in Vietnam, they can 96 per cent Veterans a major-
find a place for you to stay. ...
here.»(Continued on page 14)
ing to stand their ground and
industry in Texas, and said it . refuse to vacate the grassy
will have -a stabilizing effect “ etianief “„“ allat the foot
and a great impact ontheeco- of Capitol The leaders
nomy ” were urging nonviolence, even
House and Senate sponsors if participants chose arrestto
evacuation.
Sen Edward. M. Kennedy
end-the-war campaign there
and marched back to the Cap-
itol. — -------------------------------
Leaders of the group called CinmpmA Cuy T Tnh cl.1 e
Vietnam Veterans Against the OUPICHC COUEIL U P0CS
War cautioned nonviolence- . . - —— 1 ,
and expressed hope of avert- ( ■ 1 I Draft Heoulations
ing “our own war" as a dead- Ct AICE AVOt
line of 4:30 p. m. EST ap- .
proached for them to comply
with a ban by Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger against use
of the mall as a campsite.
Many of the estimated 1,000
WAW protesters were vow-
50th Anniversary
The Zion women of the Ch-
urch of Zion Lutheran, Zion-
sville will observe their 50th
anniversary Sunday, April 25
at 2 p.m. with a special pro-
gram given by the women, fol-
lowed with a lunch and fell-
owship hour in the Education-
al Building for all visiting
women.
Weather
Partly cloudy. Warmer to-
night, a little cooler Thurs-
Holiday Today
All Brenham banks and sav-
ing associations, as well as
all state offices, are closed
. for emergency help for far- of liquor-by-the-drink in Te-
. mes stricken by the drought, xas for the first time in 52
Later the group conducted years.
a helicopter tour of the dr' «It is now the law,"Smith
. ought-hit South Texas areas, said as he signed his name-to
. . Mutscher said recent rains the measure at 11:47 a. m., of- of the bill looked on as Smith
i * *my-=-=-A only minutes -
relief, but that the situation is saloons in Texas that began earlier, it had been hurriedly
• still critical enough to be ter- June 30, 1919. signed by Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes
med “an emergency." «It is certainly a relief to and Speaker Gus Mutscher.
Immediate aid is neces- have this issue settled in Te- But even with Smith’s sig-
sary if the Texas economy is xas once and for all, and we
to Survive a severe set back," can now turn our efforts to
Mutscher said, - solving other problems,”
today in observance of San Ja-
cinto Day, a state holiday.
All county and federal offi- House Panel A proves
ces, school s and businesses A. U CAL D • H CRIVH LA 1P 1 1 U V VO
are open as usual, however. *«
Education Dept. $1.5 Billion SS Help
The Education Department of WASHN GTON (UPI) - The
the Fortnightly Club will meet House Ways and Means Corn-
Thursday, April 22 at 2 p.m. mittee has approved a $1.5
at the home of Mrs. John billion package of improved
Social Security benefits but cut
back on free hospitalization
for medicare patients from 59
to 29 days.
The panel also rejected a
The Brenham Fire Depart- Nixon administration proposal
ment received a $5 donation to have the federal govern-
Brooks. Mrs. Walter Phelps
will speak on cake decora-
dy. Low expected tonight high
50s. High expected Thursday tions for special occasions.
. high 70s, 95 Donation
Readings for 24 hour period
ending at 7 a.m. Wednesday:
Max. 67. Min. 53. 7 a.m. 59.
Rain .01. from A. S. Kraemer, of the ment pay the full monthly pre-
. -----Wesley community, for fire- miums that 20 million people
Today’s Verse men’s response to a grass --
• fire at the Kraemer farm DonSchroeder
0 come let us sing unto the April 15.
Lord. - Psalm 95:1. Special Meeting Commissioned
What nobler invitation do we st. Johns United Church of A * T
ever receive? Or throughwh- Christ of Burton will have in AIF r orCe
ich are we more highly hon- a special congregational me-
ored! What Being more ma- eting after the morning wor-
jestic, or Presence more dis- ship service Sunday, April
tinguished! 25.
Around i
Town |
By WILLIAM O’SHEA .
to
Congratulations to Coach JIMMY RAUP and his champion
Cub baseballers who came through in grand style Tuesday
night to down a highly potent La Grange team to stay right on
the heels of Columbus...Hats off to BILL GASKAMP, LON-
NIE LANDGRAF, DR. OSCAR BOCKHORN and all the mem-
bers of the Chamber of Commerce and Jaycees who hosted
the biggest fish fry ever held here that should go far to up
the membership in the Chamber...Pretty CARLA HARBERT
earns a r esponsible post as state vice president of Phi Beta
Lambda and a good one she will make....Hope Judge HER-
BERT BATHE keeps the rains coming...Congratulations to
DWIGHT MCMILLAN and the MRS. on the arrival of good
looking DWIGHT COURTNEY...Foreign students enjoy the
a famed hospitality of this area as guest of the Rotary Club
and DR. H.L. GARDNER at the Willow Springs Ranch....
MRS. VERNON YOAKUM and her 4-H Club members will
be hunting customers for the coming candy sale in hopes of
raising funds for a badly needed 4-H Center, so let’s give
the young’ uns some business....Congratulations to Burton
High School seniors, BRENDA JONES, BONNIE KNITTEL
and GERALD FUCHS on receiving the outstanding athletic
awards for seniors at the Burton Boosters Sports Banquet
where Blinn’s basketball coach ERNIE STEWART delivered
one of the most inspiring addresses ever given in the county
to encourage the youth on the high principals as a goal for
athletes...CARLTON SMITH pens an interesting article that
will be enjoyed by everyone and especially the senior
citizens and plans set for their benefit in May. The wel-
come mat is out for MEL DIDIER, vice-president of the
Montreat Expos, and RED MURFF, Expos1 scouting super
visor for the four-state area, as they paya visit to the city.
LT. DON L. SCHROEDER
SAN ANTONIO -- Don L.
Schroeder of 904 Mae Way,
Brenham, Tex., has been com-
missioned a second lieutenant
in the U.S. Air Force upon
graduation from Officer Tra-
ining School (OTS) at Lack-
land AFB, Tex.
Lieutenant Schroeder, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Sch-
roeder, was selected for OTS
through competitive examina-
tion. He is being assigned tc
Webb Air Force Base, Big
Spring, Tex. for helicopter'
pilot training. *
He attended Brenham High
School and received his A.A.
degree in business in 1968
from Blinn Junior College.
The lieutenant earned his
B.B.A. degree in finance in
1970 at Texas A4M Univer-
sity,
is mar r to t he for mor
Sherion Hardi of Coupland.
over 65 now pay for doctors’
insurance. That premium, now
$5.30, will go to $5.60.
The panel did limit future
increases in the monthly pre-
mium to no more than per-
centage increases in Social
Security benefits. Thus a 10
per cent benefits boost would
mean no more than a 56 cent
increase in the monthly pre-
mium.
The committee Tuesday
took action that would improve
monthly cash benefits for wi-
dows, provide medicare cov-
erage to the seriously disabl-
ed under 65, raise the outside
earnings ceiling for Social
Security retirees, and add a
cost-of-living escalator for
(Continued on page 14)
Four Killed,
4 Injured In
Headon Crash
OGLESBY, Tex. (UPI)-An
“almost headon" collision of
two automobiles on a straight
stretch of U. S. Highway 84
Tuesday killed four persons
and injured four others. One
of the injured was in critical
condition. ‘
The dead were Patricia
Smith, 14; Lester Alexander,
52; and his father Ester Alex-
ander, in his 70s, all of Waco,
and Mrs. Ann Kelly, 51, of San
Angelo.
The injured included Curtis
Johnson, 18; his parents, Os-
car Johnson, 49, and Mrs.
Pauline Johnson, 47, of Ball-
inger, and Mary Lou Spencer,
22, of Waco.
A spokesman for Corylell
Memorial Hospital in Gates-
ville said today that all were
in “poor” condition except
Mary Lou Spencer, whose
condition was critical.
Highway Patrolman J. K.
Hamilton said Oscar Johnson
was driving one car and the
Alexanders were in the other.
One automobile strayed into
the lane of the other.
Mrs. Kelly was in the car
with the Johnson family. Pat-
ricia Smith and Mary Lou
Spencer were in the Alexan-
der car.
WASHINGTON (UPI) - The
Supreme Court today upheld
Selective Service regulations
which prohibit a draftee from
making a conscientous objec-
tor claim between the time
his induction notice is mailed
and the date he is ordered for
induction.
The court, by a vote of 6 to
3, affirmed the conviction of
William Ward Ehlert in San
crystallizers will find them-
selves without a forum in wh-
ich to press their claims.”
Justices. William 0. Doug-
las, William J. Brennan Jr. —
and Thurgood Marshall dis-
sented.
Selective Service regula-
tions state that a registrant’s
classification may not be
reopened after the induction
(Continued on page 14)
Francisco who was sentenced
to two years in jail for fail- Softball Meeting
^ ^™^v^^
D-Mass, visited the areathis Ehlert contended that his Slated April 28
morning, telling the veterans
they had “served your coun-
try well abroad and will serve
Large Crowd
Attends CC--
Fish Fry
Over 400 persons attended a
fish fry hosted by the Wash-
ington County Chamber of Co-
mmerce at Willie’s Wagon
Yard Tuesday night.
It was an all you can eat
feast of tasty Lake Somer-
ville bass donated by the Br-
enham Jaycees as a result of
their two-man bass tourn-
ament last weekend. Over
nature on the bill, the rattle
of cocktail shakers is still six
weeks to two months away.
The first local option elec-
tions on the mixed drink ques-
tion come May 18 in 46 count-
ies which now permit the sale
of all alcoholic beverages in
some areas. Other local elec-
tions probably will be called
for June,
The 46 counties which will
have the mix drink local op-
tion issue on the May 18 ballot:
Aransas, Austin, Bee, Bex-
ar, Calhoun, Cameron, Color-
ado, Comal, Dallas, DeWitt,
Duval, El Paso, Fayette, Fort
draft board should have reop-
ened his case when he made
up his mind he was a consc-
ientious objector after recei-
ving his induction notice.
In a majority opinion, Jus-
tice Potter Stewart noted that
the general counsel of the Ar-
my had assured the Justice
Department that such claims
could be raised after a draf-
tee was inducted.
“We are assured," Stewart
A meeting of softball man-
agers of the Washington
County League will be held
Wednesday April 28 at
Manny’s Recreation Center-
beginning at 7:30 p.m.
Managers of all divisions
are urged to attend the meet-
ing to organize plans for the
softball season. Managers of
newly formed teams are also
asked to be present in order
to give league officials some
idea of how many teams will
said, “that present practice
allows presentation of such
claims, and that there thus ✓ participate in this year’s play
exists no possibility that late on the Bob Schroeder Field,
Bend, Galveston, Gillespie, 2,000 pounds of the fish had
Golfed, Guadalupe, Harris, been prepared.
Hidalgo, Hudspeth, Jefferson, chamber President Bill
Jim Wells. Gaskamp and Manager Lonnie
Also, Kendall, Kennedy, Landgraft greeted chamber
Kerr, Kinney, LaSalle, La-
vaca, Loving, Maverick, Med-
ina, Nueces, Presidio, San Pa-
tricio, Starr, Sutton, Tarrant,
Travis, Val Verde, Victoria, ,
Washington, Webb, Wharton,
members and prospective me-
County HD Council
To Host District 11
Washington County Home
Demonstration Council will
host the District 11 annual
F. Schlutt, Associate State
4-H Club Leader from Texas
A&M University Extension
Wilson and Zapata.
The signing ceremonies for
the historic liquor bill were
the highlight of an otherwise
slow legislative day brought
about by the celebration of Te-
xas Independence Day.
mbers, but no formal program
was held.
“The program for the night
was plenty of good fish and
plenty of good fellowship,*'
Gaskamp said.
He, however, added that
anyone interested in becoming
a chamber member could con-
tact him at Washington County
State Bank or Landgraf at the
chamber office.
Texas Home Demonstration Service will be the guest sp-
meeting. The meeting will be
held Friday, April 23, 1971,
at Old Washington, Texas. Ex-
tension Home Economics
Agents and Home Demonstra-
tion Club Members from nine-
teen counties will be attending
the meeting.
The District 11 Annual
Meeting theme is "Stairway
to Progress." Dr. Edward
eaker.
Luncheon for the Home
Demonstration ladles will be
catered by the Willie's Steak
House.
Approximately four to five
hundred persons are expected
to attend the meeting. All
home demonstration club
members and the public are
cordially invited.
SCHOLARSHIPS — Gordon A. Sabine of the Education and Research Division of The
Ford Foundation has announced three upper division Ford Foundation Scholarships for
three Blinn College minority group students who are now sophomores at Blinn College. _____.,
The scholarship will pay part of the cost of the student at a senior college or university gements
of their choice. Students receiving these scholarships are as shown on the above picture.
From the left to the right are Tony Valadez of Austin, receiving a scholarship from
President James H. Atkinson, Miss Patricia Ann Lilly of Bellville and Thedore Miller
of Lockhart receiving a scholarship from Academic Dean, Mr. Henry J. Boehm. All
three students are outstanding students at Blinn College and are due to receive their
Associate of Arts degree in May. Miss Lilly is a member of Phi Theta Kappa, the national -
honor society of junior colleges.
Judge Orders
Youth To Sit
In Pigpen
SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio
(UPI) - A municipal judge
sentenced a 19-year-old youth
to sit three hours in a pig-
pen for calling a policeman
a pig. ,
Robert L. Vitek Jr., a re-
sident of this Cleveland sub-
urb, Tuesday pleaded no con-
test to a charge of abusing a
police officer. He was accus-
ed of shouting “pig" at Sgt.
Jay L. McKenna, while the
policeman was arresting so-
meone else for speeding Ap-
ril 11.
Judge Manuel M. Rocker
fined him $300 and sentenced
him to 30 days in the nearby
Warrensville workhouse.
Then Rocker suspended the
workhouse sentence and most
of the fine on the condition that
Vitek sit in a pigsty for three
hours.
The judge said the proba-
tion officer had made arran-
has “a very attractive pig-
pen."
Rocker said Vitek "should
be able to distinguish; with
no doubt in his mind, the dif-
ference between a pig and a
police officer.”
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Moser, Charles & O'Shea, William. Brenham Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 79, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 21, 1971, newspaper, April 21, 1971; Brenham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1696111/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Nancy Carol Roberts Memorial Library.