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Remember
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VOLUME 91
BRENHAM, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18,1956
NO. 77
Mass Meeting Set On C-C Crisis
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$600 FROM SEAL SALE
SWALLOWS NICKEL
HARRISONS ARRIVE
Veto Of Farm Bill
MRS. KOON ELECTED
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Reservations, w hich cost $5 !
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New Officers Of Brenham Lions Club
stop at Conroe prior to complet-
FFA Awards Made POLICE SEIZE
School Superintendent sistant dean of Agriculture at
charges Republicans would have
Roy
special
and Tom Whitehead.
Leslie Eckermann has tak-
r
bid of $32,188 on the paving of
overran
ship in the community.
-
ub-
12203 T-rm3
tion
that clawed two men to death.
with
Millard Sheets,"
murmured "oui
eyes Wednesday and became the
low but steady voice.
A Real Short Story
usage of Grace kelly’s royal title.
Calendar of Events
tdurnament being held each
The- most re-1 Ensley, executive director, for the
1 .
p.m.
Major Leagues
Under
a Page 1 headline
be about $1 hillion more than the
January estimate,
(Continued on Page Three)
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known
painting,
Hold Mster
On Saturday
BUSINESS MEN
CALL MEETING
FOR THURSDAY
Ware Co., Inc. of Brenham and
has set up a new department
saying, "actress Mede,1
newspaper will report:
Fire Chief E. W. , Pflughaupt
says that when his men arrived,
the house Was beyond saving.
“There was a fire plug in front
But Rainier did not seal it with !
a kiss. Thisewas a solemn state
j occasion, a civil ceremony, and he
But Chairman Harold D. Cooley
of the House Agriculture commit-
tee President Eisenhower’s
53 Persons
Staged
sideeach.other before the scarlet-CYO Schedules
canopied throne. 1
without a kiss.
In the anciept Crimson throne
chose to keep
phere.
April 19:
Civic Department of Fortnight-
ly Club meeting at home of Mrs.
M. H. Ehlert, Route 5. 7:30 p.m.
Mission Study Book class. St.
Paul’s Lutheran Church. 7:30 p.
awards at the annual Brenham
Higir School Future Farmers of
America Chapter Father-son ban-
quet at the Elementary School
cafeteria Tuesday night.
Art-Loving jockey
Wins $64,000 Prize
April 16-19:
Art exhibit. Librarx. 2630-5:30 p.
m. Free. Public invited.
April 16:
Bluebonnet Garden Club meet-
ing, 10 a.m. Hobby House.
Red Cross First Aid Instruction
course. City Hall Auditorium. 7:30
and vocational agriculture, not-
ing that about 200 jobs were in
some way directly or indirectly
(Continued on pagp four)
Saturday. Baker says that both
the boys and girls will be held
at 9 a. m. beginning with this
(Continued on page four)
Monaco, April 18 — Ameri-
can actress Grace Kelly and
Prine Rainier III of Monaco
were married here today.
•Nobody stole the wedding
ring.” ■
charge of arrangements.
He Got Tired
Aged Negro
Loses Home
r$-
2K nf MT-AT
THE BIRTHPLACE
OF TEXAS
He declined to elaborate.
Soil Bank Doubtful
■I
3
Other practices, the amount of
(Continued on page four)
Jet Plane Zooms
Into Busy Street
GRAND PRAIRIE, Tex. -UP
Dwindling Finances
Threaten C-C
Existence
ville. Mrs. Harrison was queen
of the 1937 Maifest.
"-J I Thursday they wed under reli-
the gious laws of the church and only
(after the cathedral ceremony do
they begin their life together.
| Thursday’s ceremony also may
Trip Chairmap Bill Thompson released the itinerary
Wednesday and reported that arrangements have been com-
pleted for the jaunt, to begin at 8 a. m.
Reservations, which cost $5 each and include a noon meal,
can be made by contacting Thompson at the Chamber of
Commerce office. k--: :-----------ee—
Farm-to-Market Road 1918 when
bids were accepted’ by the Texas
Highway Department Tuesday.
The bid is for 1.9 miles of
grading, structures and paving
from U. S. Highway 290 west of
Brenham to Farm Road 390.
Bids on construction projects
totalling $6,620,183 were opened
by the Department Tuesday.
A new FM project in this coun-
ty began Monday and another
completed road was accepted by
the state Tuesday, according to
Bert Hedick, Ideal senior resident
Concede Loss
Democrats conceded they would
from the heart.
I The judge turned then to Rai-
' nier whose fingers fidgeted irnsc-
lyinhis lap.
By ELIZABETH TOOMEY
MONACO —UP— Grace Keh
tion in suppying equipment for
the FFA Chapter, in arranging
trips for the chapter members
and in recognition of being ap-
pointed by Dr. J.W.Edgar, com-
Vi
Ah
ge#,
Vej
The
SPECTATOR
Prince Rainier - Grace Kelly
wedding, executive editor Ed
Hill said Wednesday.
"We think our readers are
fed up with the story," Hill
said.
-iewelru -whnlesplor a-i
w 'buyer rwn gamhet
J
Brenham Banner-Press
Member of the United Press, T he Greatest Wor Id-Wide News Service
on a committee to study voca-
tional education and its needs.
Wiese, former president of the
Kiwanis, Club, was honored for
supplying veterinarian products
for the FFA animals at a reduc-
ed price, for supplying the chap-
the administra-situation prepared by Grover W.
1 d
I ancake Supper tion has forecast. ne- must re- rnsiey, executive director, tor the
------ •; cent treasury estimate called for ; House -Senate Economic commit-
The St. Mary’s CYO will spon- a $200 million surplus for the 1956 tee.
on the
. . ... „ ty club, says that the local cere-
G ay lord Construction Com-mony will be one of’400 schedul-
pany ofHouston issued the oW ed for all parts of the world. Mus-
"........" ter Day honors the heroes of the A Navy jet fighter plane
her chosen subject of horse rac-
ing. chose Tuesday night to take
the .$16,000 she has won. She had
the option of taking the money or
trying for the $32,000 question. •
Pearson brought along an ex- -
pert to, h e l p him with the top
question. In the isolation booth
a regal atmos-
The victims were Everett Amos
Kendall, 53, Spenard, Alaska, a
(Continued on page Cour
. I
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and Mrs. Jack Ellwood,
-tyehairmarMrs §
purpose of the organi:
LOCAI. FARMERSK.
RECEIVE $103,149 1.
him was
: nonary spiral that would end in a receipts and spending each would
boom-and-bust depression.
Mrs. C. E. Koon was elected
president of the women’s or-
ganization of the Brenham Golf
Club Tuesday night at the
first meeting of the group. Mrs.
Tom Whitehead, Jr. was nam-
ed vice • president, Mrs. Eddie
Baker, secretary - treasurer.
No Kiss Is 1st Ceremony - -
Gmc Savs To Her Prince
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Tiie next largest sum spent
was on pasture improvement,
she would announce the ap-
pointment of her committees
in the near future and that- a
name for the organization will
be decided on Charlie Williams
and Jimmy .Beanland were
announced as winners of last
week’s pitching contest, while
Leonard Polzin and Harold
। made had a Democratic president
| offered to make an advance pay-
Brenham’s annual Maifest booster trip is slated for
ay 8.
prescribed the operation. The
youngster, who will be in the
ROME —UP— The English
language Rome Daily Ameri-
can will carry only 19 word*
those calling the meeting. “We
must decide now whether there
will be drastic changes. The.
Chamber of Commerce belongs
to the people of Brenham. It is
up to them to make the decision
lion tamer; Ottis Hudson, treasurer; and
Tommy Davidson, third vice-president. An-
other officer not pictured is Henry Boehm,
vice-president. F. J. Kubitza and Gene Mar-
tin arc holdover directors and Miss Ernes-
tine Schicider was renamed club sweet-
heart. E. W. Pflughaupt is the. retiring
president. (Staff Photo).
I
above the Mediterranean. she sat
beside Prince Rainer HI a n d
gravely took her solemn civil
1955, according to Earl W. Der,
rick, County ASC office manager.
An additional $8,692.97 spent
for “small increase in payments*”
was made to farmers carrying
out the approved practices and
earning under 200, making a
gross assistance: to 894 farmers
of $111,842.63.
Derrick says that more than
one-third bf the total amount,
$43,308.52, went for the estab-
lishment of winter legume cover
crop. This practice was carried]
Pflughaupt and Bennie Ziese-
mer and Milton Gaskamp tied
for first place the Monday be-
fore. Club President Eddie Ba-
ker reported that much en-
straightening department. He
asoset up a power rawn mow-
er repairing and sharpening
department at the same place.
Mr. Eckermann is married to
the former Estelle Boeker and
thy have one baby daughter,
named’ Carol Sue. They reside
at 509 We§t 5th Street. They
moved here from Wesley com-
munity their former home
about two years ago.
Frank W. Allenson and Druggist Texas A&M College speak on .
“The Future of Agriculture." I
Potts discussed the Various vo- Mass Roundup Of
cations connected with the FFA ---—
Reason for Tax Cut
But some conzressmen -pobably.
fiscal year ending June 30. ! Ensley said his staff figured re-
The congressional staff experts ceipt will be about $3 billion
said a tax reduction is not war-! more than the treasury estimated
ranted despite the prospect of a in January. Expenditures were es-
$2 billion surplus. They said the, timated at about $1 billion more,
economic situation is such that a Treasury Secretary George M.
tax cut might touch off an infla-Humphrey recently estimated that
। It was a miracle that it didn’t
of undelivered hit others. The street is a main
BRENHAM WEATHER
Mostly cloudy Wednesday
night and Thursday. Occasional
light rain Wednesday night and
Thursday. Low tonight 50, high
tomorrow 68. Reedings for 24-
hours up to 7 a. m. today. Max.
75, Min. 49, 7 a. m. 50, Sunset
6:50.
m Mrs Streng lender
leaving the] Fine Arts Department of Fort-
. Both Allenson, and Wiese,
Money from the sale of seals
for th benefit of the Museum
of Texas History at Old Wash-
ington-on-the-Brazos continues
to come in. County Seal Sale
Chairman Richard Spinn re-
ports a total of nearly $600.00
has been received from the .
Washington county sale to
date. However, he says many
who received the seals have
not yet sent in their con tri b-
uattions, and he urges them
to do so now. “If we are to ।
have this great memorial mu-
seum in our midst, our coun-
ty must lead all others in ac-
cordance with our ability,” he
says.
Battle of San Jacinto and - pays a runway at Hensley Field in a
homage to men of the collegetakeoff attempt. early Wednesday
who have died since the last i and crashed through the fence
muster, across a busy main arter leading
Seidel says about 80 persons, j into industrial Grand Prairie,
including wives, are expected to The pilot, Lt. (m g.) M. M.
attend the barbecue and pro- Schmidt of Cecil Field, Jackson-
gram. Hq urges all members to ville, Fla., climbed from the plane,
be present. . ; apparently unhurt. Me was taken
Dr. Robert A. Winkelmann is in to the Naval Air Field dispensary
[.nearby for a thorough examina-
; tion. ■
surplus as
Tile awards were made before
Dick Sands, of the Grand Prairie a turnout of. 188 person s who
ea .u_ heard Dr. Richard C. Potts, as-
engineer.
0-22.2.-
House Upholds Ike’s
program Tuesday
wife and princess of a monarch
so shy he gave her his kingdom
WASHINGTON —UP - Congres- will seize upon the $2 billion es-
sional staff economists Wednesday timate As sufficient reason for an
predicted a $2 billion federal sur- election-year tax cut, anyway.
[plus for the current fiscal year. The new estimate highlighted a
! That would be 10 times as big report on the current economic
mass rounefupof persons in a
dozen counties at dawn Wednes-
day in a drive against bootleg-
. ging of wild ducks and geese.
In Fire Here Galveston County constable Ike
। Franks was among” the first per-
------ j sons to be arrested in the round-
Wiese received
Derrick Lists Total
For Year Of
1955
chance” of being enacted at this
session of Congress.
Senate Democratic leader Lyn-
don B. Johnson (Tex.) told report-
. ers that President Eisenhower’s
new soil bank proposal amounts
to an offer of pre-election ‘‘ad-
vance payments” to farmers.
the 37 seats filled and make
this one of the most successful
trips.” Thompson says.
Merchants are being urged to
go on the trip er to send repre-
sentatives for their firms.
Local Aggies
A three and one ■ half year House Wednesday upheld Pres.-
old Brenham child, who un- dent Eisenhower’s veto of the
derwent surgery Monday to farm bill.
..remove a nickel from his I The controversial measure was
. ’ Sttadur sep-et imgoe -Fkriec we
condition at Herman Hospital :
in Houston; Niek-Cuccerre says ।
his Son, Nick, Jr., swallowed
Pictured are the new officers of the
Brenham Lions Club, elected Tuesday
night. Front row, left to right arc Ray Fa-
thauer, secretary; Marshall Byrom, direc-
tor; Ernest-V. Schleider, president; Melvin
Kettler, second vice-president; and Charles
Bates, tail twister. Back row, left to right,
R. T. Staples, director; P. N. Roberts, Jr.,
will be to assist with the’club
projects and to arrange for
entertainment, particularly for
the women and children. A -
teen • age night at the club
add a “splash day” for the
opening of the swimming pool;
which i now under construc-
tion, were -two ’projects dis-
cussed at the meeting. ‘ The
An elderly negro man,lost his tip of Gulf Coast-wiki bird "boot- tomorrow nipLt „
three-room home a n d posses-| loggers.” Among other early ar-l & ’
sions in one of two fires that rests were Johnny Boortz, opera-
occurred in Brenham We d n e s- tor of the High Hat nightclub,
day morning. Algoa; Vernon Kahla <>( High, is-
year undercover job by investiga- night.
tor Tony Stefano of the U.S. In- , Bill Pearson, of Pasadena,
terior Department. Calif., breezed into the big money
Stefano lived in Bellaire, an in- by identifying six great paintings,
corporated city within Houston, the artists who painted them and
under his own name and posed as one teacher with whom- each of
avni -uthe (rtists studied. The program
fts ; netoo-1 v snow," - xheh $62-2
000 Question." - ~ j
Mrs. Ida Mae Sherburne, 76, of*
Washington County Aggies will
npstnvtpoya on pago roue inbnosnsrngnrngnauzicnemgorer
~ ' - 1 1 c dard ■ - - - _------------------- • ritesvat Lange's Lake Saturday.
Houston Company r Major K J. Edwards of the
* ’ ‛ Department of Military Science
' Awarded Contract and Tactics at Texas A&M Col-
. • 1 lege will be the principal speak-
On FM Road .1948 or for the 7 p. m. gathering.
| F red Seidel, president of the coun-
sms rE&Rx g - -
sor a pancake supper Thursday
at St. Mary’s School auditorium.
Serving will be from 6 p.m. to
8 p.m. with entertainment after-
wards.
The pancake mix is being do-
. ____ , nated by the Pillsbury Flour
be kisless. [ Mills and the syrup will be fur-
"It's seldom done and often not nished by the Blarkburn Syrup,
in Catholic ceremonies,” Grace laccord in g to Father Harry Maz-[
(Continued on page Sour i uriewicz. -
vows of marriage under statutes
thusiasm has been shown by of his state and tradition of his!
the young gotfers in.the.junior dynasty. ' In Thursday's edition
as the automobile
body and fender
room of a castle on the cliffs
Asserting that the Wash-
ington County Chamber of
Commerce is facing a crisis
that threatens its very exis-
tence. a group of Brenham
business men has, called a
-memoeaig rf irenre
be held at the city hall Thurs-
day night at 8 o’clock.
“We want every business and
professional person in- Brenham
to attend this meeting." W. J.
Sloan, one of those calling the
meeting. asserted. “We need
their advice and counsel on
whether Brenham and Wash-
ington county will support an
active chamber of commerce.”
Must Decide
L. Hausman, another business
man joining in the call, said the
citizens will have to decide
whether they want an organiza-
tion capable of going after new
industries and other projects
that will keep Brenham growing,
or whether they will be willing
for Brenham to slip backward as
did Chappell Hill, Independence,
Washington and other towns of
great importance in early days in
Texas.
The crisis has arisen through
failure of the revenue of the
Chamber of Commerce to keep
abreast of inflationary changes
since World War II.
Hampered For Years
It has been hampered for
years by the leck ef operating
funds above the barcost of ad-
ministrative expenses. Now there
is even a deficit in administra-
tive costs.
.“We cannot continue longer
under the present situation,"
said F. J. Kubitza, another of
ACTION ON NEW Route Is Listed-
bill, IF any, is Maifest Booster
STILL IN DOUBT Trip Slated'JAay 8
£ "May- I, very respectfully, ask
- serene highness if he agrees (4:14 a.m. ost), tie'bricki
with tears in herto take as his wife and legitimate daughter from Philadelphia ...... c pyiy
n ------ he spouse Mademoiselle Grace Ptri-became first lady of Hollywood . > ...
caKelly,, here —. ■ I ascended - old World royally "With coTsrrutoron BPlihe Kaanthis re!
i Oui, the prince replied in a titled rank and realm. Pennington spotted the bear
low but steady voice. I pronounce your serene high- about a week ago when it came
nesses,united.by the bonds of mar- out if hibernation and decided it
age, said the judge in the first was a suitable quarry for Kendall, I
who was on his fifth hunt with the
- F
will Thomas, about 75, told land, and Kirby Royer of Ana-
ter with a camera and for his firemen he was fixing his break- ! huac.
work, when head of the Klwan- fast about 6:15 a.m. when the! The arrests were being made in NEW YORK —UP— A 35-ycar-
inns, in formulating the promo- oil stove caught fire. He attempt- Harris, Galveston, Chambers, Lib- old jockey with a passion for art
tion of three - circle gilts, a cd to beat out the flames, butjerty, Jefferson and other Gulf won the top prize of $64,000 on a
. . .g„les (canns 'County --
. - . . Art Society and professor of art I
For Fiscal iear~~ , . at Scripps College, Claremont,- j
_ , Calif. - ‘ 2'
$2 Billion US Surplus
I- - — i- * j does' not paint himself, but hat a
DpAIiAAar —2«y —vAAAa|noted collection of primitive art
1 I UUIUL6LI I J y L J C lib and is"a member of the Los An-
J I geles Museum Association. He
ing the trip to Houston. -----
An appearance will be made Washington County farmers re-
in front of the Rice Hotel thereceived a total of $103,149.66 ir
before the Grand Prize Brewer-assistance payments from the
ies entertain the group for sup- I Agricultural Stabilization and
per. Conservation program during
"We would like to have all of
missioner of education, to serve
At Dad-Son Banquet ‘BOOTLEGGERS’
OF WILD BIRDS
। out on 646 farms covering
10,099.3 acres.
children, Neena, Robert, a n d i renewed request for a billion dol-
Deborah have arrived from lar soil bank hasn’t 'a Chinaman’s
Barcelona, Venezuela, to spend
two months with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Barnes, and
her husband’s mother at Bee-
Sam Rayburn Says
‘Something’ May "M
Be Done
HOUSTON —UP— Some 50 fed-
I oral and state agents began a
to override the veto failed, as ex- Thompson at the-Chamber of
. peeted to- win two-thirds approval Commerce office
the nickel at his home about j tsnateeanathorde vastop: wiuabe macatsomer:
two weeks ago, and that a । to"override a veto. Since the House 1,6 s1" in th.. mnimn1n, MnAIR AAA NITIIN
Houston children’s .specialist failed to override, no Senate ac- Noon Yu n e h e o n will be &:ROM ASC FI INI)
tion was necessary. Navasota where the boosters will 1 --V-- OUV l •-E•
The action left in doubt what be hosts of Grimes Countv and
in^o^^Z^ sinaGefaizeaarm Sy’ to j Band 1hdeTa.
Thamhonor or bcing visitors ; Speaker Sam Rayburn told news- 1ETexa7asanar830 pum. and
to come the farthest distance . men something may be -done. ..
to see the 1955 Brenham Mai-
fest will probably go to Mrs.
J. Dudley Harrison and chil-
dren. Mrs. Harrison, the form-
er Maurine Barnes, and her
The board at directors of
the Texs Independence Day
Organization has been called
to meet at Liberty Sunday af-
ternoon. Directors from Bren-
ham planning to attend are ment, ahead of election time, for
Dr T.M. Spencer, Albert Voel- services to be performed later,"
kel, Herman L. Zsachappel I Johnson said.
dairy heifer and expenses for. was unable to do so, he Mid. Coast counties to climax a two- television
fourth Tuesday night each—
n,2 . horpelw
I meeting dat."Mrs. kn sard-r
“I shudder to think what
two boys to last year’s FFA con- ‘Thomas suffered u minor burn
vention; and his general .leader- on his ear.
She blinked her shining eyes
and clasped her hands while
Judge Marcel Portanier said to
her, ‘‘Mademoiselle Grace Patri-
cia Kelly, do you take as your
husband his serene highness, my
Lord Prince Rainier III, here
present.”
Pledge from Heart
Her chiseled chin tipped up and
her murmured "oui” was a pledge
I DIn -and, or me urand Prairie
--- । Texan, said the plane barely tip-
CHICAGO -UP- Mailman Ab ped one car as it crashedlaeross
.... . . . yin - Timm explained to EederaJ l -Jeffercen-A,e, whicb-cuns-- - --
, ~pe — „Y --eevom, dam verry Tuey side Hensley"Fleld. ra2»
2193 North from Chappell Hill why his motel room was crammed
2.5 miles. Ernest Lloyd gf Fort , with sacks full
Worth is the contractor.- Christmas mail.
The state accepted three miles j "I was just tired, -your honor,”
of ggnh91+ rAA FN 9102 frAm +LA TApzA4 111 moll ,, za •!
By VINCENT J. BURKE
WASHINGTON —UP— The
of the house, but it wasksohoha-
----- ------ ,nadta,go down’ fhexstreemcal
N*-I and hook n to another one,”' Assistant US. Attorney Tony
northeast of Brenham. . • । future.” ’ • . plants ” SanJic said w*y through a wilderness area home of Sedell Hines, negro, at Stefano estimated that market
-------:;----*------ ” • ' " _ northeast of here Wednesday on «07 East Alamo Street about 9:25 | huntei
; the trail of a giant grizzly bear
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 000 300
New York 120 000
AMERICAN LEAGUE
I Baltimore 200 2HO
1 Boston 110 060
-EI2 •
+—
Fs in the Gulf Coast area
a m. The house is owned by j have slaughtered some 100,000
Theodore Lewis, negro.. wild birds in the past, two years.
Pflughaupt says a’ffe fire Under the federal-migratory* bird
--------- —. . ------- ---------- - caused about $50 to $75 - darn-j treaty act it is illegal to kill wild
... .. .... found Tuesday about 156 miles’
At that moment.-,11i14 a m. । northeast of here near the spot of:
a.m. 9st-thesbricklayer‛stheir fatal encounter with the*en-
i whoiraged grizzly.
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