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BRENHAM BANNER-PRESS
BRENHAM, TEXAS. MONDAY, MAY 16, 1927
F. J.BRAUNER DIES MRS. L SEIFERT
[tea’s Column
June
to the
Machinery
peo-
laffst .and
held
NEW GARS REGISTERED
mixer with a capacity
Lewis’s fast
and sold in Texas, the revenue to go
M. College.
EXAMS.
public
will
for
of candle
had
of silk hose.
LOCAL MARKETS
kto Ihow
■N-
4 a man that
can say
- Yours very truly,
study and
placed or-
in bakery
on hand
an out-
band
they
To say that he
achievement is to
rejoices in doing
thing
does
show
little
for
put
we
it are
M can
was
this
of 500
and is
produc-
DAIRY MEETING AT
THE COURT HOUSE
DRAWS BIG CROWD
can
and
then
little visit
in order
ion can’t
<i until
is proud of this
put* it mildly for he
things.
If
from
We will have in our train several
baggage cars of San Antonio manu-
factured products, and a number of
the manufacturers’ are going to give
away souvenirs, serve doughnuts, cof-
fee, etc.
Dietz,
L F.
been rej
be repres
oaa June
not even
rewarding
compensa-
wo^k.
Mrs.
Geick,
M. He-
to their
work well done and the
that is done the sooner
a change in teachers.
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TROOP A TIGERS
AND HARRISON CO
TEAM TIE 9-9
his»’
W had
iten an
k can
the district
room was filled to overflowing
well as the machin-
in' white, making ic
eye and insuring sani-
officiating.
born in Germany,
country in 1880, and
Washington County
He is survived by
FUCHS FOR JUNIOR COLLEGE
. R A. Fuchs, Washington county’s
representative in Texas legislature,
was in the city Saturday, and left a
substantial contribution at the Farm-
ers National Bank for Blinn Junior
College. He says he is* heartily in
favor of the project and. hopes it
will be liberally supported by our
citizenship and develop into one of
the strong colleges of the state.
Good middling 16.25.
Strict middling 16.00
Middling 152S. -
Strict low middling 14.25.
Hulls. $8.0b
Cotton seed, 825.00
new Wiltbecker Bakery at the hoped for the day when he could
of Alamo and Austin
most up-to-the-minute
in this section of the
in
giv
auspic
H. C\ Haier presided over
All of this can be worked up into
a verjT attractive program which
should serve to bring many hundreds
of people into Brenham that day, and
the prizes we are going to give away
will certainly be an inducement
them to buy.
a school
will be there the first part of
week to discuss this plan with
merchants. A representative of
office will also be there with
You may say,
whenever there is a better piece of
machinery offered that will increase
efficiency and give the public a bet-
ter loaf of bread then Heine Witt-
becker will buy, it.
Wm. Gaskamp, and Mrs. Wm. Has-'
tedt, ail residents of this section. He'
also
ren,
and
death.
this latest move is a realisation of his
dreams and plans.
getting twenty
also wielded a
four hits in as
Slim Lewis get-
known and create a demand
them, which, of course, means
ting down sales resiltsance for the
merchants who are handling
merchandise.
tsented
jted in
, The
The Oven
oven has a capacity
every thirty minutes
by wood, this method
better bread.
r was re-elected principal,
a word of praise or
was forthcoming for
uy be that they are
utterance.
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all human and
be as human as a corpora-
i or business firm or banker—they
^press’ appreciation
ten for
•er that
►you see
for extra
field like
Philips parked one of
ones over the center field fence for fifty-cent tax on every,
,n the past ?
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man that
from all parts of the county to
the dairy lectures, and witness
he continued, that
TEACHERS
Examinations’ for
cates will be held at
intendent’s office in
June 3 and 4. All
register by May 20.
at 7:30 Tuesday evening tor an
I portant session. All members
many of you business
The
Mr. Wittbeckcr decided to
prepare a plan and theif representa-
tive
next
your
thip
him.
on the highway. All Brenham firms
who weA to have
in that paper wilt
Antonio, ?.. . ,
this special issue
husband to , ,, . ____
letter follows:
Of particular
chants, however, we believe, will be
the fact that we are going to bring
some real speakers that will speak to
the farmers and other customers of
your local merchants on' basic rea-
sons as to "Why they should trade
at home”—that is, patronize the
Brenham merchants.
to Miss Zola High,
a pair
Lucile Dippel. The
the honoree was a
is one give to Brenham an even better and
bakery larger bakery than it had before and
state, in
of any
and San
Kaechle, Mrs. Fritz Boenker,
*.■» ■ w**-— z-
your mer-'Coupe.
Fritz Hartmann, Brenham, Chevro-
let Coupe.
Geo. H-
Ford Roadster. . . ,
_ , « j to'rise.
John Honerkamp, Brenham, rord
Touring.
Herbert Buntzel, Brenham, Over-
land Sedan. t
Mrs. J. R. Robertson, Bellville 4.
Ford Touring.
Blinn Memorial College, Brenham.
Chevrolet Coupe.
coufle, give us an opportunity to
make San Antonio’s products widely
for
cut-
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expect a man to do
you have entrusted them
record during the time
charge was good—if he
opportunity we believe
deliver the goods.
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argue that Prof. Niebuhr
801 had enough experience in
•flag a school or being a super-
tion of the time for considering re-
solutions stopped the debate without
action. Gates declared in the resolu-
teachers certifi- . n t|)at mj||jong of gallons of home
the county super- . . _
the court house
applicants must1 ■
' year.
Mrs. George Rickard,
Arthur Mor-
his educational
life,
are made daily in Texas, and
more than six million bottles
manufactured in Dallas last
Saturday , afternoon
court
witji fanners and their families, who
came
hear
the demonstrations of the De Laval
ing machine a^i cream sepaartor
by O. H- Bucheit under the
of the Hoile Hardware Co.
the
made the introductory
n calling on D. C. Gid-
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Seems to me that we have
enough of this class and that the op-
portunity could have been embraced
to secure a local man.
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the board wants to keep away
local talent then it had' best
a resolution such as some boards
done in which they say
our
It is an effort to be of
Introducing Mr. Wittbecker
Before launching out into the bak-
daughters of try business Mr. Wittbecker was in
city,
’best
1st. We will bring a concert
of thirty to forty pieces and
will gi^e an hour** bend concert,
j 2nd.
Funeral services for Mrs. Sam H.
Guyler of Houston, formerly Miss
Ida Healy of Brenham, wore held
Sunday morning from the passenger
station, and<interment was made at
Prairie Lea cemetery, with Rev. John ^ive people bread
E. Green, Methodist minister of
Houston officiating. The grave was
covered with beautiful .floral tributes.
Among relatives and friends from
a distance who attended the obsequi-
In order that the machinery
of refreshments served at the staging this Trades Day can be
| together for a nominal expens®.
We are asking your cooperation
and are confident that with this co-
' operation your merchants will be able
'to stage an event that will be long
—o suc-
will, of Wilkerson of Dallas, Mr. and
Be Open For Inspection
For Three Afternoons
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fonted that he did—but think a
sent. Would it have been wise to
yge in the middle of a session a
for.
this
The
corner
of tile
shops
tact, it is the best equipped
bakery between Houston
Antonio.
In prder that the public, and espe-
cially the housewives of this city and
elsewhere, might inspect this bakery
and see cxactyl how the bread is
made and inspect the machinery Mr.
Wittbecker has set aside three after-
, noons, Wednesday, Thursday fnd
ther Friday, May 18, 19, and 20 between
_. 'the hours’ of 2 to 5:30 at which time
rhe
everyone will be welcome to1 come
see and inspect
The Building
The building was specially built
for a baker shop and now that new
machinery .has been installed it has
been thoroughly renovated and every
convenience for the handling of the
bread, cakes and pastry in the most
sanitary manner has’ been installed.
The interior as
cry is finished
pleasing
tation.
, Mr. Thomas spoke on dairying at
an asset to the community, the value
of pure ‘bred sires in improving the
productivity of the dairy herd, how
best to secure these sires, and the im-
portance of feeding a balanced ration
lin securing a maximum floW.of milk.
W .A. Yates spoke on the selec-
tion and care of dairy cattle, stress-
ing the value of silage, and legume
^roughage, (alfalfa, clover and peas,
etc.,) as feed for the dairy cow, and
the importance of minerals (lime,
phosphorus and salt > in the daily ra-
1 tion of live stock.
score.
These two teams will play the tie to the available school fund. Expira-
off in the near'future.
1. We are going to give away
a very considerable amount of mer-
chandise in prizes. The list is grejw-
_ w _ ing daily and we are unable to tell at
FOR THE SCHOOLS - time jaat how extensive it will
be. Que plan is to give three prizes
(United Prtia Report) 111 Brenham. The first prize will go
Austin, May l&e-For half an hour to the family making
The Buddie Wright Post pf the
Legion and the Ladies
Under the able and energetic lead-
ership of the president, Mrs. Harri-
son Hyman, the Ladies Auxiliary has
grown wonderfully and now has a
membership of 94, of whom 19 are
new members who have joined
auxiliary since January, 1927.
auxiliary is striving hard to reach the
goal of 100 per cent membership and t
is making splendid progress
The new members are Mrs Wm ‘
Schell, Mrs J. P. Buchanan, Mrs. H.
Miesner, Miss Hermine - Miesner,
Mrs. John Vai
Lorenz Seidel, Mrs.
Mrs. H. A. Kelling, Mrs. H.
watt, Mrs. Ed Bockhorn, Mrs. The-
ron High,
Mrs. R. Litteer, Mrs.
riss, Mrs. H. Linnstaedter, Mrs. Ar-
thur
Mrs. J. K. Marable, and Mrs. C. D.
There are many other,
1 eligible ladies in Brenham, and it is
hoped that the enrollment will be
100 per cent before so very long. ,
| Among the important matters -to
be taken up at the meeting Tuesday
evening iy- electiorf of delegates to at-
tend the State Convention to be
- in Houston July 4, 5 and 6 .
an interesting piece of machinery.
The flour is put in a bin, the current
i turned on and the floor is lifted to
the top of the machine and then sift-
led.' a tank close by sppplies the temp-
in5crti;-’
ppntu are added; the machine is’ then
put’ to work thoroughly mixing the
wh»>le and the batch is ready in six
1 .
„ . 'minutes to be put into the trough
Wehrmann, Brenham,
, where it remains an hour and a halt
BRIDE-ELECT HONORED
Mrs. H. C. Hafer, Misses? Viola
and Ida Mae Broesche were joint
hostesses Friday evening at the home
of the former for a ‘‘Bunco party j
given in honor of Miss Malinda Leh-
mann, bride-elect of May 18. The
personnel included two tables of
players. J
A pink and white motif was car-
ried out in the floral decorations of
pink roses and sweet peas. This same
color scheme was noted in the dainty
course
conclusion of the games.
The high score trophy, a bottle of have had the Pitluk Advertising
bath salts, went
and consolation,
holders, to Miss
hostesses gift to
pair
things—well did we but at the same time we believe that
when, in the opinion of a great nutn-
her of citizens a wrong has been
a of the board said committed against a faithful servant
address, t
dings to speak on dairying in Waah-
ington . county. Mr. Giddings made
a very interesting talk and stressed
the importance of dairy in farm di-
versification, and^the ^vjlue of^ live
^ociriff'iiunVini
the soil,
dress
Linn Thomas, dairy specialist of the
A.&
O. H. Bucheit gave an interesting
demonstration with the De Laval
cream separator, showing how the
last ounce of butter fat could be ex-
tracted from the milk.
The Hoile Hardware Co. distribu-
ted a' number of premiums to the
•farmers holding the lucky numbers,
and much interest was manifested in
the drawing.
The large attendance at the meet-
ing, the careful attention given the
speakers, and the interest shown in
the demonstrations are evidence that
ths farmers of the county are begin-
ning to realize that dairying is some-
thing worth giving attention to.
. There is no better location in Tex-
as that? Washington eotonty for the
dairy business. _ With good founda-
tion stock properly fed and given the
i orti«lM1'
isi tbc
. „ not
•hr ,s
k ghools.
L . * ar«Uf that now that we
E? l<IlnK program
k fest that we have
n that had been worked out
j entire year and would nob
rr subjected him to criticjsm?
L .*~"N— .
he fact that he took hold * of the
rt and carried it on successfully
| credit to him and be’i.t further
pro that not until January did the
id give him any help in the way
|nlief from class work.
F’ --N--
iin-
are
' urged to be present and each lady
vw, W.uv.. -___,_____- — -_____ ’ 1 anli
was abandoned because of the rain!* P*ir of scissors with her. The ladies
and the work that was being done Iwho have no husbands may bring
their prospective husbands.
which cuts the dough,
it, then it
finally
for 30
brown
the man that had the best recommen-
dations—and what did they do?
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There is no criticism against Nie-
buhr as a teacher,
qualifications nor his everyday
that is clean and upright.
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As one citizen said; the only
that you could say is that he-
not shoot enough "hot air” and
his’ importance—ye gods and
fishes—do you want a high pressure
man^ Do you want a hot air merch-
ant? Do you want a
sway an audience by his speech
say what he is going to do and
not do it?
, H. H .Drumm addressed the meet-
ing on the value of milk as a poultry
ration, and its importance m the pro-
duction of the perfect egg, and in
building up the physical structure of
the fowl.
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^ ^ood, in the first place,
nothing to Say agamst
that was
EfrZL-we do not know him-,
Etoowof his qualifications
’ we seen his or read his re-
consequently we are
i, position to render a verdict as (
| ability, neither is this under
■ at this time.
•--N—-
ft W" with the citizens that are
this complaint and think that
did not assume the proper
-ge to a deserving man.
-W-—
^■December when Prof-Peace
the work tell to the prtnei-
Niebuhr, and he carried on
lattied on well, as will both the
fct, and the student body testify.
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fa may argue that he merely car-
|Mt the plan that had been work-
Mt by Supt. Peace and is there-
e not entitled to any credit for this
SAN ANTONIO WILL AMERICAN LEGION New Wittbecker Bakery
FUNERAL SERVICES HAS PASSED AWAY SEND WHOLESALERS AND AUXILIARY TO
1 AGED 85 YEARS SPECIAL HERE SOON MEET TUES. NIGHT
Eggs, 13c.
Hens, 15c.
Fryers, Rhode I«l*nd ^•’ 57* remembered by them xis a very
mouth Rocks and other large breeas,
from 1 1-2 to 2 1-2 lbs. 23c. 'cessful Trades Day, and
Smaller breeds, such as Leghorn*
20c.
Fryers over 2 1-2 lbs. 18c.
Ducks, 10c
Old Roosters. 5c.
Sweet Potatoes, 2 l-2c.
Butter, 20c tn 40c-
Butter fat, 30c.
Pork Sausage. 30c. . __
Country lard. 16c.
Country bacon, no market.
At the close of his ad-
Mr. Giddings introduced J.
I A 15 h. p. motor furnishes the
power for this machine and every-
thing runs smoothly and evenly.
I After the dough has' raised suffici-
ently it is given the finishing touches
.atW- then put into the moulding
machine
weighs it and moulds
goes to the proofing box and
into the oven where it bakes
minutes, emerging a delicious
MRS. S H. GUYLER
FUNERAL SERVICE :w 01 b"ad
HELD ON SUNDAY -
• - • loaves
Heated
ing a
When you compare this
oven with the old style one
wt how
Professional men have ever ri^en
w>th one spring? You
^ry day, did you not? and
F»Wn the opportunity was offer-
1 Mstnne responsibility and lead
Pot your whole soul into the
demonstrated that you
ability.
this u N--
l *he case then certainly
should have an opportu-
what he can and will
San Antonio wholcsalen with bells
on will be in Bren him on jane 8, American
according to the appended letter. On Auxiliary will meet at the club rooms
that day the Banner-Press will issue
a special edition, the same that was
to have been issued for the Good -
Roads Trip'from Houston, but which' «» requested to bring her husband
Mrs. Louise Seifert, aged 85 years,
2 months, and 22 day), died at 520'
Sunday afternoon, death being due to
infirmities of old age. Funeral serv-
ices were held from her residence on
South ■ Baylor Street Monday after- j
noon, followed by services at St
Pauls’ Evangelical Lutheran church,
with Rev. Arthur Hartmann, offi-
ciating. Interment was made at
Prairie Lea cemetery.
Decedent came to this country in
1882, and located in San
later moving with her
Brenham. She was the widow of the
late R. Seifert, who many years <°!
conducted a shoe repair shop where Mrs. Elmer Holtzclaw, Secy.,
the Banner-Press i building now Chamber of Commerce,
stands- Her husband; a son, Robert; Brenham, Texas.
(and a daughter, Bertha, preceded her Holtxdaw.
Ai 1:« P. k, Wednesday,
8th, the special train of San Antonio
whole^glers and manufacturers, coi£
sisting of approximately 125* will
arrive in Brenham for a
with their customers, and
that this visit may be the occasion of
pleasant memories to your merchants
we have in mind making it a profit-’
able day for them.
modern
you can-
not help but be thankful that modern
machinery has made it possible to
within a short
time and without some of the disad-
vantages connected with the old style
of baking.
Capacity of the Bakery
__________________ With this machinery the Wittbeck-
es were the widower, Sam H. Guyler er Bakery will be able to take care of
and little daughter, Louise of Hous- the needs of Brenham and sfurround-
ton, Mrs. M. A. Healy of Houston, ing territory without any- trouble, in
aged mother of decedent, Ed Healy fact, they are now supplying the out-
and Charles Healy of Houston, Mrs. Ring territory with Brenham made
Mary Bates of Dallas, Mrs. Norms’ bread in competition with the larger
------ w- Mrs J cities.
Barnett and son, Clifton, of Houston,'
Mrs. Neely of Bellville, Mr. and Mrs-i
Robert Fordtran and <’
Industry; Mr. and Mrs. R.*W. Guy- the grocery business in this
ter, Mr. and Mrs.-H. H. Spode; Mr.1 having one of she largest-, and
and Mrs. R. >. Irvin, Jr., MrC Baker grocery businesses in this .city and
and Mrs. Owen Proaty, all of Wai- enjoying a splendid patronage.
W. JL Gnvter aad gon of £aglr> When h^ went Into th>
Pass, Mrs. J. J. Albright of Laredo, business he took with him that de-[right attention', dairying is the source
Mr. and Mr* Charles Carroll of termination to give the people the of a sternly and dependable income
Beaumont, and five associates of Mr.*very best and to have a bakery that the year round, replenishes the farm-
Gnyter at the First National Bank of the city could be proud of. |ers bank account, and adds to the
We have worked out a plan for a
Special Trades Day and are bringing
with^us the following attractions [ Dallmeyer.
which you can use to bring your
pie to town:
ttttcdnfing to pur way.of think- Ung sixteen^sjrike outs._
the biggest mistake that the board
ie was when they did
W the proper spirit in
i with a bit of extra
I because of this added
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*, but
commenda-
his work—
saving this
her when
his she died. She was a devoted mem-
ber of the Lutheran church and a
charter member of the Ladies Aid
Society.
! Honorary pall-bearers — Charles
Krause, H? F. Wehmeyer, F. Otto,
R. V. Hoffmann, G. H. Ehlert, Joe
Windt, Ernest Schatz, and D. Mge-
broff.
| Active pall-bearers—Dr. W. F.
A very interesting game played at Hasskarl, Almot Schlenker, Alwin
Fireman’s Park yesterday afternoon, Schubert, Oscar Schubert, Wm.
between the Harrizon Construction Kolwes, and Charles A. Schoedel.
Co. aud Troop A Tigers resulted in a'
deadlock 9 to % tep innings. * PROPOSE TAX ON
pi^g^X™ malt home brew
the pitching of Lewis for the Truck-
drivers. McLeod
strike outs and he
wlery stick, getting
many times at bat.
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Chas. Dryer of the Tigers Jiad a in an uproar over a
good day, getting two hits, one going. Representative Sam Gates, of Runge, ing the greatest distance; and third
bases, and playing right requesting Governor Moody to sub-prize to the family having the great-1
a veteran.
When
install new machinery with a greatly
increased capacity he studied the
situation thoroughly and visited bak-
eries in the, larger cities in order to
acquaint himself with th*
most modern machinery.
’Having completed his
gathered information he
ders for the very latest
machinery, havmg in mind machinery
that would give him maximum capa-
city yet safeguarding the interests of
th* public. ’
I The dough ,,, „ - j . , t
] ' _ ,, ,___ . of three barrtete of flour a* > time is meeting.
Hy. Pohlmeyer, Independence J, .. . I .1 zl r-r* m 1
Ford pouring. . L[
| Chas. Tonn, Somerville, Star
Coupe.
mit to the special session of the leg- est number present of their imme- .
. E. P. Jacob, Carmine, Chrysler Se
islaturc the question of placing a diate family—that is, husband, wife!
dan.
disappointment and TUESDAY AFTERNOON
, have been voiced by
. ,ction of the school
, Prof. Arthur
superintendent of the
pass
have
that under no circumstances will they
employ a local ;nan or woman as
teacher or superintendent.
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I am fully *aware that the position
of sctibol board member is no sine-
cure—neither is it a path of [roses and
we can feel with them in the rnultL
piicijy of (heir duties and worries
Ferdinand J. Brauner, aged 69
years, passed away at his home be-
tween Zionsville and Long Point at
i, feeling ‘hat lie de9erv* six o’clock Sunday afternoon, and
j funeral services will be held from j i<
the \annly residence at two o’clock I
t Tuesday afternoon. Interment will
. be made at three o’clock Tuesday
selected as
afternoon in the cemetery on the Gay
Hill highway, with Rev. Otto Meyer
of the Gay Hill Lutheran church and
Rev. Karl Mueller of the Zionsville
Lutheran church
Decedent-
but came to
had resided in
for many years,
his widow, and the following child-
ren: Ernest Braunar, Gus Brauner,
Robert Brauner, O»car Brauner, Mrs 1
Henry Keim, Mrs Wm. Rentz, Mrs j to the grave and for a long time she
lived alone in her little home. Her
only living relative in this country it
leaves twenty-three grandchild-' a niece, Mrs. Hetty Reagan of San
and numerous - other relatives ] Antonio, who was with
warm friends to mourn
I A list of new cars registered dur-
k I
iing the past week follows; *
I ,.H. Wittbecker, Jr., Brenham, Es-
sax Coach.
resolution by day; second prize to the family com-
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