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BRENHAM, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 5,1958
VOLUME 93
Waco Firm
Murderous Winds Kill
Gets Cotton
150
Mill Project
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to the Brenham Cotton Mill, Man- within the next 10 days, as soon
in Wisconsin Area
The City of Brenham is at pres-
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DALLAS HILL BOLDT DIES •
BLASIENZ TRANSFERRED
Middies Celebrate Graduation
1925 Storm Worst
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FOR FT. POLK Homecoming Sunday
Brenham's Service Battery of
On Strike
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I looked out the basement win-
Mercer, Independence can do for
it seemed as though the stor.n
or
Only three firms nad representa-
private first class.
(hurch school to be conducted by
a week ago.
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Calendar of Events
At Fairgrounds-
WILLISES HAVE BOY
Mr arid Mrs. Oscar Willis of
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Spring Dairy Day
Slated Saturday
TOO MUCH OIL
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ASPHALT WILL BUCKLE
Auto Body
Workers Go
GRASSHOPPERS
SWARM ACROSS
FOUR STATES
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author.
Recent promotions include: Earl
Gerstenberger to First Lieutenant
Garage And Tractor
Destroyed By Fire
Texas, Haymond Dillard of Mexia,
Baylor trustee and president of the
Baylor Historical Society, will read
Cotton Congress
Opens In Harlingen
group bringing a picnic lunch.
The day's activities will open at
10, am. with a devotional period
led by Leonard Holloway of Dal-
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through the air. Then one hit a
window and broke it, and nan.!
McClellan Construction Co. of
Waco Thursday was awarded the
contract to build the new addition
The Brenham Presbyterian
Church will hold its Vacation
Church School June 9 through June
12. according to Mrs. W. J. Ehlert,
struction and entertainment of va-
rious kinds will be provided.
the timber of the house above us,
straining and groaning
The thirty - fourth annual meet-
ing of the Independence Homecom-
ing Association will be held at In-
dependence Baptist Church at In-
dependence Sunday.
One of the oldest towns in Tex-
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rangements.
Classes will be held in the par-
ish house from 6:30 a. m. to 11 a.
nesday at 9:25 p. m. He weighed
ten pounds, three ounces.
found Thursday that smoking a
pipe while putting gasoline into a
tractor can be dangerous.
The act resulted in painful burns
Docks At Orange
Damaged By Fire
A member of the local engi-
neers’ office of the State High-
way Department has been trans-
ferred to the district office at
Bryan. He is John Blasienz, sen-
ior resident engineer here, who
has been promoted to District
(Continued on page 4)
ent changing the location of East
.Commerce street adjacent to the
mill property, so as to allow room
for the new addition.
Capacity of the plant will be ap-
proximately doubled by the im-
Beginning Aug. 1, 1958, the
most widely used stamp in Ame-
A-
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June 5:
Sons of Hermann Lodge No. 1
meeting. 8pm Sons of Hermann
Hall Lunch.
of $350 for the brick However, it
was found that the delivery date
on steel did not comply with the
P'S
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WRECK KILLS ONE
SKELLYTOWN, Tex (UM) —
Larry Earl Martin, 26. was killed
Wednesday night and two com-
vanions injured when the car in
which they were riding hit a ditch
a.sd overturned two miles east of
her* on SH 152 Don White, 22,
and Margaret Hobaugh. 20. both
of Pampa, were injured in the
crash - - _
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March IM, 1925 and killed 68% per
sons.
Depart Saturday
For Two-Weeks
Training
las, director of public relations of
the Baptist General Convention of
White. president of Baylor Univer- I
a i t y, and Bill Alcorm, Texas
Texas Panhandle
Farmers Are
Alarmed
eluded.
420 killed—in Alabama Gieorgia i
North ( arolina and South‘( arolna
on Feb 19, 1884
306 killed— St. Louis, May 27,
1896.
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Baylor" is his slogan. Penfield was
the original site in Georgia of
Survivors Tell Of
Tornado’s
Fury
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ager Claude Mast announced.
McClellan was second low bidder
St Peter's Episcopal (hurch, with shooting Leonides Ramon. 25, tn
Mrs. B L. Spain in charge of ar- a tavern argument Tuesday night.
Newly graduated Navy ensigns throw
their hats into the air after commence-
on her left hand and leg.
Mrs Riechers was brought into
By United Press International
.Theworst__tornado, 1"__hit the
Iited-Mtutes swept thruughM
in seven years, have called emer-
gency meetings to fight the infes-
tation.
Worst Texas infestations are in
Dallam and Hartley counties, on
the northern rim of the Panhan-
dle.
D.H. Russell, entomologist with
the plant pest control branch of
the U.S. Department of Agricul-
ture, Amarillo, Tex., said Texas
wheat won't be harmed by the
grasshoppers because the crop is
nearly mature and too tough for
the tiny insects.
Russell and other agriculture of-
ficials are urging use of large-
scale aerial sprays under a pro-
gram in which the government
pays one-third of the cost.
Six government - furnished
ground spraying machines and
crews are already in operation
(Continued on Page 4)
Brenham are the parents of a boy
born at the Milroy Hospital Wed-
Partly cloudy and warm through
Friday. Widely scattered afternoon
thundershowers. Low tonight 71,
high tomorrow 94. Readings for
24-hours up to 7 a.m. today: Max.
95, Min. 69, 7 a.m. 75, Sunset 7:19.
Burned was Mrs Charlie Riech-
ers, 54, whose husband lighted his
pipe and then began to gas up the
tractor for a round in the field.
They reside on Farm Road 50
about three miles from Brenham
COLFAX, Wis. (UPI)-I looked
out the window and saw leaves
blowing, and the sky becoming
black
I told my wife, "It looks like a v
' tornado. You’d better forget the
dishes and get in the basemen*. ’
Leroy M. Kamas. Both men are
stationed at Fort Chaffee, Arkan-
sas.
for the old brick to be removed
from the north wall of the present
building. •
LeBlanc, Incorporated, of Hous-
to was low bidder with a base
6 xbi& of $339,945, and an allowance
and Mrs. W. J. Wimpee, Dr. and
Mrs. Hudson Lung, Dr. and Mrs.
Stanley P. Howard, Mr. and Mrs.
John B Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. John
L. O'Brien, Mr. and Mrs. L. E.
Wood, Mr. and Mrs. Watson Ar-
nold. and Mrs. F. C. Maxwell.
Washington County's annual
Spring Dairy Day will be held at
the Washington County Fair-
grounds Saturday beginning at 19
a.m., according to J. W. Stuffle-
beme, Jr., county agricultural
agent.
Entries in this year’s show are
limited to 4-H and FFA boys and
girls from Washington and neigh-
boring counties. An estimated 100
head of fine dairy animals are ex-
pected. Stufflebeme said. The en-
tries will be classified by J. W.
Davis, extension service dairy spe-
cialist of Texas ABM College. In
addition to the regular show, fit-
ting, showing, and judging contests
will be held.
The annual Dairy Day, an edu-
cational event, helps spodight the
importasbsctdaitjiagt te ovet-
a spark trom the Brenham for teatment and then
lgud the Nuul released;o her home ---au
A Washington County farmer and the (tames spread causing an
- — estimated $1,006 to $1,500 damage.
Tomachefsky said suitable agree* i • M
ments were made with all three
Lincoln stamp, first issued on
Nov. 19, 1954,. will replace the
one most Americans see most
often — the 3-cent purple stamp
which depicts the Statue of Lib-
erty.
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By MFLVIN HENDRIKSON
As Told Ta UPI
.man for the highway department
: said thuqdajk Through a mjxuv-.
virgmatmPWith’ tfsppii.
The
SPECTATOR
trained workers to aid in
for the victims
At Colfax, hardest hit <
Church School Set
By Presbyterians
Currently serving in six months' ; fives at the meeting to discuss
active duty training are Pvt 2 their renditions
The City Of
FHophdty-
OCAL RESERVE Baylor President To -Speak--
ORANGE. Tex. (UP!)— Fire
caused at least $300,000 damage
at Orange Wednesday as firemen
fought roaring flames for several
hours at the county docks.
The fire — its cause undeter-
mined — destroyed three 100-foot
long warehouses containing about
25.000 sacks of rice and flour to
have been shipped today.
In addition, another warehouse
was damaged by water and ex-
tensive fire damage was reported
at the docks.
No casualties were reported in
the blaze which sent flames soar-
ing 50-feet high.
Tugboats pulled ships out of the
dock area. Every available fire-
man at Orange rushed to the
scene to fight the conflagration.
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mill here in 1949.
It is expected that work on
building the addition will begin
emy in Annapolin. Md., (NEA Telephoto).
"dinner-on-the grounds," a tradi-
New machinery to be installed will
permit the mil—te- -produce-San-
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At Ft. Chaffee
Pvt. Frankita Haarmeyer, son
of Mr and Mrs. Fritz Haarmey-
er, is taking his basic training
at Fort Chaffee. Arkansas He
would like for all his friends to
• rite him at NG 25054196, A—2-
tre. fl Chafiee, Arkansaa.
HOME WRECKED
AS FAMILY HID
IN BASEMENT
10 minutes, but I'd
all agricultural economy of Wash-
ington County, the county agent
said. The 135 operating dairies
bring in a yearly income of some
$2,500,000 to farmers and business
firms of the county.
By •AMFS TRAINOR • 9k
M United Prekn Interntional
MENOMONIW 4U‘D Murdereus"wiudafunnekd
dwn-fremthskth-reHing-cruttryside-WEdnesda--
night killing at least 26 persons, injuring an estmated 150.
and leaving uncounted farms a mass of splintered rubble
- I Approximately 460 National Guardamenand medical
corpsmen worked through the a ten. to prevent looting and
to search through the valleys and wooded lands for new
While Riechers removed the
family automobile from the ga-
rage, Mrs. .Riechers attempted fo
douse the flames. However, when
she poured water onto the fire and
Texas and Missouri. » killed in We ran to the basement an
Kansas City. Mo . on May 20 1955 huddled together We could hear
crowded lines which remained m
use
Hospitals in four cities were
and saw timber flying
Hardin • Baylor College It was
the cultural center of the state in
the middle of the last century.
Sam Houston lived at Independ-
ence, and . his wife, daughter,
mother-in-law, and personal serv-
ant are burled there.
Dr Gordon Singleton, education
professor at Baylor University and
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Churcttmrm- -*-25
The Bellville Times reported
this week the death of Dallas C.
Hillboldt, 71, prominent Austin
county rancher and cattleman at
his home in Sealy. Mr. Hillboldt
died shortly after midnight Sun-
■ day morning from a heart at-
tack. Mr. Hillboldt was widely
known over the state and was a
frequent visitor to cattle auctions
here. A few years ago he was
the victim of a sensational shoot-
ing on the streets of Sealy but
recovered from his wound. In
that incident, a mentally de-
ranged man engaged in a pistol
duel with present Austin County
Sheriff Truman Maddox before
he was subdued and placed un-
der arrest.
Sponsoring agencies of
ties reported us) homes
damaged or destroyed '
Telephone lines were out
I John Gaston
Mins Tine Eurtiss is general see- to his wife, the loss of a 22 by 44
retary for the school and junior
1 teachers are Miss Linda Davis and
Miss Mary Joe McNeil
souri, Illinois and Indiana on
BOY FOR EBERHARDTS "
Mr and Mrs. E W. Eberhardt
of Burton are the parents of a
boy. William Henry, born at the
Milroy Hospital Wednesday at
10:13 pm- Ha weighed eight
pounds, il oundes.
tween Chippewa l alls and i adet,
| and long distance service was im-
possible in all of (lark County
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SCHWARTZES HAVE GIRL
Rep. and Mrs. Walter C.
Schwartz of Brenham are the par-
ents of a girl born at the Milroy
Hospital Tuesday at 8:22 p.m.
Weighing six pounds. 10*4 ounces,
she has been named Ann Lea.
They also have a son, Charles
Walter, sged four.
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Brenham Banner-Press
Member of the United Press, The Greatest Wor Id- W ide News Service,
Luna. 31, was charged with
on the project, with a base bid of ground.
$350,706 and an allowance of $3,000
specifications, and-the-seeend-low.
—meenme-meipvrgm-f--Egwg-etu=Ar-EHAemzfHEETMiM#
est bid was accepted. - ,
The McClellan* company con- capable of handling synthetics as
structed an addition to the cotton well as cotton.
director of the school., <
I Classes will be held each day
from 8:30 a. m to II M a. m
Teachers for the various classes
i ate as follows:
I Kindergarten, Mrs Quindell May
i and Mrs. J. D. Clark; primary.
I Mis. T. C. Clay and Mrs. John
I Gaston. junior, Mrs. Willie Weiss
| and Mrs George Wehrung; pio-
i near. Mrs. E. G. Irogov and Rev.
attempted to move the burning
. five gallon can of fuel, the gaso.
1 line splattered over her hands and
on* leg
। She suffered 2nd degrees burns
srsre andeattleest » loomggngerayrabpppanasnn-
"What Penfield has done for and part of Chippewa < o nty Rel-
1 " , • stives an.! f a.s tied in vain K dow
establish contact on the over.
By United Press International
Several billion grasshoppers
swarming through four southwest-
ern states today threatened to
cause millions of dollars of crop
damage. e
Kansas Gov. George Docking
asked Agriculture Secretary Ezra
Taft Benson Wednesday to de-
clare portions of Western Kansas
■ an emergency disaster area.
Agriculture officials said one of
the greatest grasshopper infesja-.
past.president oMary Hardin ' and 14 killed in Fremont, Mo.
Baylor College, is president of the M , ..... (
Independence association. ___________________________
and their three ehildren,
Karen, lit Roland, 16, and
Richard, 17, had junt finished
aWper ' and weztar.a0 “fe
hitchen of their Collax, Wis.,
home when a tornado ntruck.
His necount of the disaster
follows:
as the contractor can get
equipment and labor on the
Ramon died in a hospital late
Wednesday
Luna had been free after serv-
farm implements lb* mishap oc- i
curred about 7:30 am
Asphalt with too much oil is
the reason West Main Street
- , fcom-the. Santa „Ee—Bailapad,. .
' tracks west 1550 rough. Bud:
Davis, local maintenance fore-
HARLINGEN, Tex. (UPl)-lhe
19th annual Cotton Congress
opened here today with top cotton
experts from across the country
as principal speakers.
Lamar Fleming Jr., board
chairman of Anderson. Clayton
and Co., Houston, one of the
world's largest cotton firms, was
slated as main speaker at the
opening session
Included on the list of speakers
for the three-day Congress were
Assistant Secretary of State
Thomas C. Mann. Assistant Agri-
culture Secretary Marvin L. Mc-
Lain, Oscar Elizondo, representa-
tive of the Mexican Minister of
Agriculture, and Dr. M K Horne
Jr., chief economist of the Na-
tional Cotton Council.
Delegates also were to tour cot-
ton plantations and gins in North-
ern Mexico before the Congress
ends Saturday.
-=- eoEiswibetbisdemvsndertolored— _
for first -class letter mail. The
fast they may become 'very se- ___
W T0 la^lndepenaei^e
chance at the first money crops -- A - -- mAwwp-- --
Mercer University and has been
made the shrine of an annual pil-
grimage for hundreds of Mercer filled to overflowing with casul-
University alumni every year, । ties and emergency first aid ata- - lasted for
1 he all-day meeting Sunday will
feature addresses by Dr. W R.
battery were reported by Leh- J Pritchard and Abbott, evaluation
mann, including SP-3 Raymond H. engineers from Houston, made the
Dickschat of Washington, SP-3 new evaluations for the second
Robert E. Boenker of Washington. consecutive year. I tional feature, with each family
Pvt. Luther B. Gregor of Route 3, ] County Judge Odis Tomachefsky I
Brenham and SP-3 John W. Ray. , said a few evaluations are up a
negro, of Route 1, Round Top. little and others down, but that
— the total renditions are about the
pastures.
—They-sattefazmorefiyasEraaman
hoppers per square yard can de-
26 Persons, Injure
; m’ ' 0"3- -
*iESMbNh'e5 Farms Splintered
the scriptural keynqte Special mu-
They were the sic by the choir of Mary Hardin-
Southern Pacific Railroad, the Baylor College will follow.
H u m b l e Oil and Refining Com : Wacoans planning to attend are:
pany and the Sun Oil Company, Dr and Mrs. w R White, Dr.
Gordon Singleton, Dr.
the asphalt, a mixture contain-
ing 3 per cent instead of 2.8 per
cent of oil was put down on the
street, Davis reports. He said _
that the street will be reworked •
after his crews hove completed
other topping jobs on South
Market and North Park streets.
The project of re-topping the
three streets is being done by
the Highway Department as part
of its agreement with the City
of Brenham to maintain the
highways through town. Asphalt
topping with too much oil tends
to buckle under the strain of
heavy traffic, and hot weather,
causing rough spots, according
to Davis.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Cox are
announcing the birth of their
first great grandchild, Howard
Winston Gillespie, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Gillespie of
Houston, who was born May 30
at St. Luke's Hospital in Hous-
ton. The grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Ferguson of
Houston, son-in-law and daugh-
ter of the Coxes. The great great
grandmother is Mrs. Louise Tea-
gue of Brenham, mother of Mrs.
Cox and great grandmother of
the infant's mother.
streamed in We couldn't see
much from then on
same as last year. ,
Wilfred Kuecker to sergeant. Da He said oil production is down i
vid J. Murski to specialist second in the county, due in part to the
class and Leeland F. Schramm to recent cut in operation
tiona were net up in armories and looked at my watch, and it w»
school gymnasiums Sixteen per- only three minutes •
sons hovered between life and After the house started ntytag
death. t (Continued on page 4) . .
Land Commissioner. It will include "It was like a battlefield,"/naid _
Dr G J Neumann, a dentist at E: 1- • KA____g ~
Colfax, hardest-hit community in - rreed wvlurderer
"I was in World War II and Kills Once Again
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268 killed — in Alabama on
March 21, 1932
216 killed — Tupelo, Miss , on
April S. 19016
Tornado disasters in recent
years have included a series in
late May, 1955 which killed 121
persons in Kansas, Oklahoma,
DETROIT (UPI) - Workers at
the Fisher Body Division stamp-
ing plant of General Motors in
Pittsburgh struck Wednesday
night in the first labor trouble
since contracts between the “Big'
Three” auto makers and the
United Auto Workers expired last'
weekend.
A company spokesman said the
strike, affecting 2,400 workers,
was called by local officials in
Pittsburgh and no reason was
given for the action.
UAW President Walter P.
Reuther had instructed members
of his union to work without a
contract when the three-year pact
ran out at General Motors last
Thursday and similar contracts
expired at Ford and Chrysler
Sunday.
The strike at Pittsburgh came
after a half-million auto worxers
at “Big Three" plants had worked
their third day without a union
contract.
Shortly before the strike, the
UAW reported its members were
supporting the union's determina-
tion to work without a contract
until the companies agree to bet
ter unemployment benefits, pen-
sions and job security protection.
year's event include the Washing-
ton County Dairy Association,
business firms and individuals,
and the Texas Extension Service.
Officers and directors of the lo-
cal Dairy Association include:
Harry Keim. president; Charles
Helm, vice -* president; Stanley
Beard, secretory: directors. Ray-
mond Engeling. Frank Roese, Irvin
Ashore, and Alton Boehnemann.
Members of the s h o w committee
are, Gilbert Keim. chairman: John
rWill Fuchs, Walter Kehn. M C.
tgemueler. Rayjhond Engelthg.
Stnley Beard and Itvia
victims. .
Whole bloo was rushed to the
area from Minneapolis ari St
Paul And the Red Cross sent 10
Xou. umuaz
m All children between the ages ing JO months on a 5-year sen-
of two-and-a-half and 11 years are tence for murder from Harris
invited to attend the school In- county. He had been freed only
Episcopal Church inD°LnNodayplacedrthharge
School Scheduled murder - exactly one week
; after he was freed from the state
June 9 through June 1J are the penitentiary after serving 39
dates selected for the Vacation months on a similar charge.
vour as much grass as cattle can
eat* during normal grazing
Hoards of 'hoppers were also re-
ported spreading through Colorado
and Oklahoma.
So far, the grasshoppers are 1
small enough so they can be con-
trolled by spraying around fields .
But, .Kansas farmers are hoping
their crops, especially wheat, rip-
en rapidly so harvest, three
weeks away, will be over before
the hoppers get too big.
Ellsworth Sherman, Garden I
City, Kan., one of the state's larg-
est wheat growers, said he could i
see no cause for alarm—yet. He
said the grasshoppers are numer-
ous, but small.
But Alvin E. Lowe, agronomist
-atKansas-Stet-Gelleges-exper-u
-mental farm at Garden Chyrtokt ’ l
the little 'hoppers are growing so I
the 343rd Field Artillery Battalion as, Independence is a state his
will leave Saturday for Fort polk.' ; torical shrine and was the original
Louisiana to take part in the an- site of Baylor University and Mary
nual two weeks summer training
by the 90th Infantry division. A « LI
Included in the training will be Annual kear1n8
thineirgnKsoand"lokepisancnmrs: i On Evaluations
and driving tanks and firing their LI.1.1 R..
cannons plus building bridges, kieid Dy —ounty
Head of the 90th Division is Maj -----
Gen. Earl Rudder, vice-president The annual hearing on evalua-
of Texas A&M College. James Leh- j tions on the county’s mineral, util-
mann is captain of the Brenham ity and railroad holdings was held
Service Battery which includes by the Washington County Com-
four officers and 24 enlisted men. missioners’ Court Thursday morn-
Four new enlistees in the local ing.
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