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BRENHAM, TEXAS
1 THURSDAY, NOV. 9, 1961
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Like many other Americans Sat-and Disabled American Veterans.
KETS GOING FAST
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Saturday will be a holiday in
week’s revolution, already had.
been refftaced by supporters of the
Brenham and most businesses will
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tion in time of war.
closed and there will be no mail
in Brenham a Veteran’s Day delivery. The lobby of the post of-
the Guayaquil city hall and tanks Celebration is planned at Fireman’s
Washington County has recorded
BULLETINS
Unless Winds Shift -
2 Los Angeles Fires Checked
Calendar of Events
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Nov. 11:
Final loss figures Were expect-
contained Tuesday,
was
p. m and the second is possible be-
music by the Western Melody
Kings.
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City To Honor
Vets Saturday
Freighter Still
Afire In Channel
WAS CARRYING
RECRUITS TO
Mrs. Hohlt
Found Dead
In K i tchen
County Has
Ninth Traffic
Death of 1961
Park sponsored by the American
Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars
put out a stubborn fire aboard
the Chinese freighter SS Union
Reliance today and decided to let
it burn itself out before making
A fireboat pours streams of water
ito the smouldering Chinese Nation-
list ship SS Union Reliance after it col-
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Fire officials said
could flare up if wii
wreckage that became the funeral
pyre of happy-go-lucky inductees
from Pennsy
and Maryland
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Meeting Of
Chaplains Held
At St. Jude
shake this area. Brenham got its
first experience with a sonic boom
on Halloween night and numerous
alarmed citizens telephoned the po-
lice to find out what was going on.
The United Press International
reported today that B-58 bombers
from Carswell Air Force Base in
Ft. Worth are scheduled to make
several flights across Texas two at
which will bring the planes close
to the Brenham area this afternoon
and tonight The first sonic boom
new regime.
Armed sailors stood guard at
will begin at 8 p. m. between the
Somerville High Yeguas and the
"Burton Panthers. After the game T
Ion of his trip over Radio Station
[WHI Friday at 8:30-a. m. The
eport was recorded during his
irliner flight from Houston to Los
ingeles and featurea< interviews
nth other Texas newsmen who are
Sonic Booms May
Shake This Area
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Three persons aboard the Chinese ship
were killed in explosions and fire that
followed the collision and 25 were in-
jured. Seven others are missing. (NEA
Telephoto).
Dog On Highway
Causes Accident
J. D. Miller, 35, of College Sta-
tion. died at a local hospital Wed-
nesday at 1:30 p. m. after sustain-
ing injuries in an automobile acci-
dent Saturday night.
Miller failed to mak a tarn at
the intersection of Farm Road 390
and FM 1948, six miles west of Gay
Hill, and his car jumped the con-
crete barrier that divides the inter-
section and plowed through a fence
into a pasture.
His death marks the ninth traffic
fatality for the year for Washihg-
ton County.
He was an employee of the Rob-
ert J Butler Photography Company
of College Station.
Miller was the son of ME “and
Mrs. J. J. Miller of Tulare, Calif.
His body will be shipped to Tul-
are, Calif. for burial Monday.
Homecoming Set
At Somerville
oudy and a little warmer
Friday. Scattered showers
Low tonight 46. High Fri-
leadings for 24-hours up to
oday: Max. 64, Min. 38. 7
sunrise 6:42, sunset 5:30.
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Ships Collide Near Houston
Fire Destroys
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fice will be open however, and per-
sons with boxes will receive mail.
First event of the Saturday ob-
servance will be a memorial mes-
sage delivered by Rev. Thomas
Swygert of the St. Paul’s Lutheran
Church of Brenham.
The message will be broadcast
over KWHI beginning at 10:45 a.
m.
One of the features of the cele-
bration at Fireman’s Park Satur-
" head on with the Norwegian tank-
her Berean in the Houston Ship Channel.
one fireman said.
"Actually it is a matter of se-
Twenty-four Catholic Chaplains of
Texas Hospitals held their semi-annual
state-wide meeting at St. Jude Hospital
Wednesday. The group, affiliated with
the Texas Hospital Association, hold
each meeting in some Catholic Hospi-
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reports that eight clubs have en-
tered the shoot so far.
They include Old Washington,
Salem, LangeviHe, Little Rocky,
Wonder Hill, New Wehdem, Bren-
ham American Legion and Rander-
mann Gin.
Randermann’s Gin won the event
last year and must win again this
year in order to keep the rifle
shoot trophy, Kolkhorst said.
A turkey shoot is also scheduled
at the park Saturday beginning at
1p.m. and is open to the public.
A chicken barbecue will be held
from 4:30 to 6:30 p. m. Tickets for
the barbecue are available at any
of the local banks and will be
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ure after watershed and vast per-
sonal property damage totalled.
One of the first official esti-
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Fire completely gutted the cot-
tage home of Mrs. J. F. Pryor of
Route 5, Brenham Wednesday
afternoon.
Brenham Firemen answered the
alarm about 5 p. m. but by the
time they got to the cottage it
was already engulfed in flames and
almost gone.
Fire Chief E. W. (Flukie) Pflug-
haupt said the fire was of undeter-
minded origin. The Brenham fire-
men, with the assistance of others
managed to save a garage and out
buildings.
The firemen used the county’s
new fire truck.
The cottage was not the regular
home of Mrs. Pryor who lives in
her home a short way from the
cottage.
The cottage fire occurred about
15 miles from Brenham in the
Mound Hill community.
Nov. 9:
Ladies Auxiliary to VFW meet-
ing, 7:30 p. m. VFW Home. Initia-
No. 16:
After the game party honoring
the Brenham High School Coach-
es at the Brenham Golf Club.
I Regular meeting Sons of Her-
mann lodge No. 6, 7:30 p.m. Lunch.
ACCRA, Ghana (UPI) — Queen
Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip
arrived today from London to an
uproariously gay and noisy wel-
come.
President Kwame Nhrumah,
whose political opposition has
exploded four bombs in the cap-
ital in recent days and caused
concern for the queen’s safety,
welcomed the couple formally at
the airport as they started a four-
week West African series of state
visits that will wind up Dec. 6 in
Dakar.
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FFA Radio Team Wins
The Brenham FFA farm radio and senior chapter
conducting teams placed first and second, respectively,
in the District IV FFA Leadership contest held at Co-
lumbus Wednesday. They will now compete with other
district winners in the Area III FFA Leadership contest
which will be held at Blinin College Nov. 18. Members of
the farm radio team shown above, left to right, are:.
Ronnie Surovik, Herbert Graeber, Jr. and Raymond
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2nd Fatal Crash
RICHMOND, Va. (UPI) - The
Civil Aeronautics Board today
began Investigating the crash of
a chartered airliner that killed 77
persons including, 74 youthful
Army recruits on their way to a
training camp. •—
The sudden tragedy Wednesday
night was the second fatal crash
of a soldier - laden plane belong-
ing to the same small airline,
now known as Imperial Airlines
of Miami Springs, Fla., which al-
so had two non-fatal mishaps
while carying military person-
nel.
Twice in the past two years,
the airline or its pilots have been
disciplined by the Federal Avia-
tion Agency for violating safety
regulations.
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SPJST Lodge No. 14 meets at
ireman’s Park Kitchen at 7:30 p.
L Refreshments will follow.
Nov. 11: .
Brenham Lodge No. 11, Sons of
ermann, meeting, 7:30 p.m.
Meeting of Veteiuns World War I,
egion Home, 7:30 p.m.
Brenham FFA chapter meeting,
K p. m. High school auditorium.
Henhand initiation./ z
By JORGE EFERNANDEEZ
United Press International
QUITO, Ecuador (UPI) —Ex-
■ treme leftist President Carlos J.
■ Aroseman, in appraent rcontrol. of
H , Ecuador, has selected a new cabi-
| net to govern this strife-torn nM-
s l tion.
tai in Texas. This was the first time
the meeting has been held in Brenham.
Above, Frank J. Koenig, M. D., and
clinical director far right, at the San
Antonio State Hospital speaks to the
group. (Staff Photo. •
Final plans have been completed
for the Somerville High School
Homecoming to be held Saturday.
Ex-Students are expected to at-
tend in a much larger number than
last year’s record high of more
than 600, according to Jack C.
Wight, president of the Ex-Students
Association.
Activities for the day include
an open house at the High School
Gymnasium beginning at 10 a. m.
This will be followed by a memo-
rial service for former students
who lost their lives in the Armed
Forces during World War I, II and
the Korean Conflict at 11 a.m.
The American Legion Post No.
455 and the Auxiliary will serve
meals at the Legion Half from 11
a. m. to 7 p. m.
Wight said a homecoming queen
will be selected from ex-students
who finished Somerville High
School in years ending in "1", .at
3:30 p. m. in the High School Gym-
nasium. A business meeting will
Mrs. Sarah C. Hohlt, 60. widow of
the late Ernest W. Hohlt, was found
dead in her kitchen Thursday morn-
ing, apparently the victim of a
heart attack'.
Mrs. Hohlt's body was found
about 9 a. m. by her negro maid
Beatrice Bouldin when she came to
work. The maid notified neighbors
who in turn called a physician and
Justice of the Peace John H. King.
Judge King conducted an inquest
and ruled that Mrs. Hohlt died
sometime during the night due to
natural causes, apparently a heart
attack. He said she had suffered
from heart trouble.
Mrs. Hohlt lived alone at 408 Sy-
camore Street. Her deceased hus-
band was one of the owners of the
H. F. Hohlt Department Store.
Survivors include one son, Allan
Hohlt of San Antonio; one daugh-
ter, Mrs. Paul Ramey of San Fran-
cisco, Calif.; three grandchildren,
Stephen, Gail and Paige Ramey
of San Francisco, Calif.; two sis-
ters, Mrs. R. C. Kay of Davis,
Oklahoma. Mrs. Walter Caldwell
of Brownwood; and one brother,
Max Chisolm of Oklahoma City,
Okla.
Funeral arrangements are pend-
ing and will be announced by the
Brenham Memorial Chapel,
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A Washington County woman
was hospitalized and her car de-
molished Wednesday afternoon af-
ter she swerved to miss a dog in
the road and overturned the auto.
The woman, Mrs. Verdail Schul-
ze, 34, of Route 2, Brenham was
treated at St. Jude Hospital for
a laceration of her lower right leg
and was released Thursday.
Highway Patrolman Roy Moody
said the accident happened 5.3
miles east of Brenham on State
Highway 90 at 5:20 p. m. He said
Mrs. Schulze’ who was driving east
swerved to her right to miss a
dog in the highway, hit a guard
post on the right hand, swerved
back across the road and over
turned on the north shoulder of
the highway.
Moody said the 1946 Ford driven
by Mrs. Schulze had extensive
damage of $200 to $300, but the dog
apparently escaped unharmed.
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renham Banner-Press
were posted around the U.S. con-
sulate as a precaution against
new outbreaks of mob violence,
but there were no immediate re-
ports of trouble.
The 7 p.m. curfew imposed on
the big Pacific port after , the
bloody riots which precipitated
this week’s political crisis was
lifted Wednesday night. The city
was reported quiet.
Velasco, a refugee in the Mexi-
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multimillion dollar fires which
destroyed 456 homes and black-
ened more than 14,000 acres in
the Santa Monica Mountains were
in check today unless the winds
shift.
The Topanga Canyon blaze was
contained late Wednesday night
and mopping up operations con-
tinued throughout the morning.
The Bel Air-Brentwood blaze
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chapter conducting team mem-
bers are Dennis Maass, Henry Wegner, Jr. Alfred Boe- ,_______________,____
ker, Jr., Albert Ehlert III, Gene Keim, Otis Haarmeyer, tween 11:47 p. m and midnight to
Glen Huafeld and James Smith. 1 night.
Arosemena’s victory over deposed
ex-President Jose M. Velasco Ibar-
ra and Chief Justice Camilo Gal-
legos Toledo, chosen by the army
as Velasco’s successor.
(In Havana, Premier Fidel Cas-
tro hailed the installation of Arose-
mena as a "victory over Yankee
imperialism ... (it) must have
hit the Yankee State Department
with the impact of a 65-megaton
bomb.”)
Jubilant lefitists urged Arose-
mena to confiscate the property
of former officials and to set up
special tribunals W try them for
alleged misappropriation of funds.
Guard U.S. Consulate
Local and regional officials in
Guayaquil, the cradle of this
missing men.
Three charred ‘ bodies already
had been found on the decks of
the 494-foot vessel, a Nationalist
China cargo ship from Formosa
that erupted into flames after a
collision Tuesday night with a
Norwegian tanker in the Houston
ship channel.
If the eight missing men died
aboard the ship as the Coast
Guard expects, it would raise the
death toll to 11.
Coast guardsmen were credited
with saving the Norwegian tank-
er, the Berean, and preventing a
greater disaster on the ship chan-
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EDWARDS AFB, Calif. (UPI)
— Air Force Maj. Robert White
today piloted an X15 to a record
4,070 miles an hour six time* the
speed of sound — in a go-for-
broke speed trial of the rocket
plane.
White, “sweating out the count-
down” for two weeks because of
mechanical trouble and weather,
finally bettered the 4,000 m.p.h.
goal of the X15’s builders by 70
m.p.h.
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CHICKEN STEW
LOS ANGELES (UPI) — T w i n the present situation is lovely," were packed early Wednesday
morning. and ready to leave on
Q$6 -CDN.
THE SALEM Lutheran Church
Luther League will sponsor a chic-
ken stew at the Church annex Sun-
day, according to Rev. O. K. Oel-
ke, the pastor. Serving of chicken
stew, pie, cake and coffee will be
from 5:30 to 7:30 p. m. A variety
show will follow. The public is in-
vited.
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HOUSTON, Tex. (UPI) — The further attempts to locate eight
Coast Guard gave up efforts to
EC REPORTS
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IDAY DEADLINE
U you hear a loud explosion to-
day don’t be surprised.
Brenham is near the paths of two
super - sonic jet bomber flights
today and "sonic booms” may
Washington County has recorded day beginning at 1 p.m. will be the
its ninth traffic death of the year, rifle club shoot. Ray Kolkhorst of
Brenham, chairman of the shoot
60tMfires
Ids shtoe
radically ■—but crew* wordoaing
relieved on the Topanga, blaze
urday, Brenhamites will pause to
already had observe Veteran’s Day in memory_______________________________
. ‘ ' ? of those who have served the na- be closed. The post office will be
An air attack which broke up
an army blockade of the national
Capitol Wednesday clinched
mates came from Phil Simkins.----
regional manager of the General dance will be held in the,gym with
'Adjustment Bureau here, and “ " •"
mantles," a fire official ex-
plained.
Says Situation “Lovely”
"The (Topanga) fire is com-
pletely bottled up, and after the
way things went earlier, the only
way to describe the present situ-
ation is lovely," he said.
Wednesday an army of fire-
fighters, heavy equipment and
airplanes dropping borate fought
back a hotspot in the Topanga
C^nynn area Flames flared up
in Santa Ynez Canyon near Pa-
cific Palisade* but the line was
held by 2,000 firemen.
Residents in the community
early today.
"After the way things went
earlier, th* only way to describe
ed to exceed the $100 million fig- follow at 4 p. m.
The homecoming football game
-ARMY CAMP
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Catholic chaplains from 24 Texas
Hospitals held their semi-annual
meeting at St. Jude Hospital Wed-
nesday.
The chaplains are affiliated with
the Texas Hospital Association and
hold eacn meeting in some Catholic
Hospital. This was the first meet-
ing to be held in Brenham.
Father S. J. Culotta, chaplain of
St. Joseph's Hospital in Houston,
was chairman for the meeting.
The principal topic for discussion
at rhe meeting was “Symposium on
the care provided by the Texas
State Hospitals and Special
Schools.”
In the Texas State Hospitals and
Special Schools System there are
four principal categories: mental
hospitals, schools for the mentally
rearded, tuberculosis hospitals and
adult mental health clinics.
The meeting featured talks by
four outstanding speakers includ-
ing three psychiatrists and one
psychologist.
They were:
Dr. Charles W. Castner, superin-
tendent, Rusk State Hospital, the
state’s mental hospital for the
criminally inclined. Dr. Castner
told of his successful attempt to
quell a breakout at the hospital
several years ago for which he
received national publicity.
William (Bill) Sloan, Ph.D., su-
perintendent, Austin State School
for the mentally retarded. He
spoke on the treatment and care
provided in the state schools for
the mentally retarded.
Frank J. Koenig, M. D. clinical
director, San Antonio State Hospit-
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PECTATOR
The City of
Hospitality and
Industry
. NO. 222
The four - engine plane, char-
tered by the Army from small
Imperial Airlines of Miami
Springs, Fla., crashed into a heav-
ily-wooded area about two miles
from the main runway of Rich
mond’s Byrd Airport. The im-
pact shook houses in the area and
cut a swath through 20 to 30-foot
trees.
Two Engines Dead
Two engines on one wing of the
airliner went dead during the
flight from Newark, N. J., to Ft.
Jackson, near Columbia, S. C.,
and the pilot was trying to make
a landing on the two good en-
gins. The plane circled the air-
port once but plunged into the
swampy area during its final ap-
proach.
“The explosion shook my whole
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FIDEL HAILS
VICTORY BY
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Army’s Opposition
Broken By
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a moment’s notice.
Loss in the Bel Air fire alone
was expected to range between
$50 million and $100 million. Fire
officials said a final check
showed 447 homes were destroyed
in that blaze and countless others
burned.
Ta Exceed SIM Million
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By CHARLES E. FUNNER
United Pre** International
RICHMOND, Va.' (UPI) —A
huge Constellation flying young
Army recruits to a Sotth Carolina
i training camp developed engine
1 trouble Wednesday night and 77
1 of its 79 occupants died in the
! fiery crash that ended an etnerg-
ency landing attempt.
The pilot and flight engineer
walked away from the flaming
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THE FACT THE game is to be
televised nationally won’t keep the
anual Texas-Texas A&M Thanks-
giving Day football game from be-
" M a 42,000 sellout. The Texas
&M ticket office reports only
about 400 tickets remain unsold.
Shalf of them in the south end zone
bleachers and the remainder in
Tbox seat” chairs on the cinder
। K .{rack behind the goal posts.
If THE SPECTATOR who is now
V enfoute to Hawaii on a U.S. Navy
’ ircraft( Carrier will make a tape-
recorded report on the first por-
also on the trip.
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I BLINN COLLEGE Coordinator
Walter Schwartz calls to report
that the Bellville High School Band
Will be featured in a half-time
drill at the Blinn-Wharton game at
Spencer Stadium. The band is di-
rected by John Bangston, a form-
. ei Blinn College Band director.
FRIDAY AT 5 P.M. is the dead-
K line for purchasing tickets to the
n special children’s performance of
■ the Shrine Circus in Houston Sat-
K urday at 10 a.m. Harold Ruben-
■ stein, local Shriner assisting with
■ the ticket sale, said the tickets for
E children and adults may be pur-
■ chased at Roy Wiese’s Pharmacy,
| Pflughaupt Tire Shop, First Na-
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