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Brenham Banner-Press
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NO. 39
BRENHAM, TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEB. 25,1954
VOLUME 89
Chappell Hill Cutoff Approved
"A
DUST IN YOUR EYES
5832
The Supreme
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Runs Auto On Butane
rhBbrmgtenwhishs;
cember. 16,
motion for
- Resident Engineer Bert Hedick
dirt in fistfuls,
be,eliminated on the
-the selecation.
the White House Thursday morn-
Meanwhile, it was learned that
that this was followed up by a
telephone call from Sen. Karl E.
Walther Leaguers
Play
members of our staff and other —
from ward 2.
banking department have also been
is down long enough to
I-cumAc-
hobby, farmers.
Port Arthur-Beaumont when it is
son County chapter,
Schwenke
and
Busy Mayor
Likes Taxes
(
Woman's Society at
vice, in Fellowship
of 36 whites and
4 and Loyd Wheelock, a Coraicana.
Wants To See Texas Ranch - -
Belgium Princess Visits Here
Houston To Dallas
Toll Road Planned
Shepperd Returns
To Duval County
NAVRATIL ASKS
SECOND TERM
IN CITY POST
er to form a more solid bureau,
and to build up membership. A
Irvin Navratil Thursday an-
nounced his candidacy for re-
election to the City Commission
ablie re-
anco-A-
tie White House, although Stevens
had been in communication with
STATE.AGREES
TO ELIMINATE
BAD CORNERS
Native of Brenham
Dies in California
Paris, where she does
lations work for the
Shepperd was accompanied by
two assistants, raising to five the
total number of men from his de-
partment working in Duval county.
Representatives from the state
2
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les Herzog, Jimmie Hahn
Delores Winkelmann.
Grace Lutheran Church and Ray
Petersen, principal of Orace Lu-
theran school.
Playing the lending rolls are
Shirley Buske as Laura and Wil-
burn Roesler as Earl. The sup-
porting cast includes Dorothy
Pohlmeyer, Marjorie Mutscher,
Barbara Schwartz, Amanda Ros-
enbaum, Wilfred Herzog. Henry
Boehm, Jr., Willard Luedke, Char-
s d
One Candidate For
* Each Post Has
. Announced
Sailing around in the sky;
So here’s a toast to West
Texas
And a slogan: Here’s mud
in your eyes!
•••
The sandstorm that has been
voters for previous support, and
that he was seeking office again
with the idea of assisting with
the completion of projects al-
ready started and beginning of
new ones.
Navratil has served for two
years, and is seeking his second
term this year.
The announcement from Nav-
rati] brings the total candidates
to at least one for each of the
four commissioner and mayor posi-
tions.
Previously, Reese B. Lockett
announced for Mayor, and Frank
J. Kubitza and Travis Voelkel
for re-election as commissioners
from wards 1 and 3, respectively.
Asking for election to commis-
sioner from ward 4 is Robert C.
Appel, following the announce-
ment by W. J. Sloan that he
would not seek re-election.
Voters will go to the polls to
cast their ballots April 6.
HOUSTON, Feb. 25—UP—Con-
struction of a $200 million toll
"superhighway” between Houston
and Dallas will probably begin
within 60 days, it was reported
here Thursday.
Newsman Bill Roberts, of the
Houston Press, reported that "con-
fidential sources'' telephoned from
New York Wednesday night that
preliminary financial studies for
the privately-owned toll road had
been completed.
He said completion of the non-
stop highway was expected in
about two years.
Roberts Identified the backers of
the project as Pete Coffield, Rock-
dale, Tex., W. L. Pickens, Dallas.
"Do you ever have cyclones
up here?” a visitor in West
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to
The -
SPECTATOR
Oh, it's dusty out here in ‘
West Texas,
in the land where the strong
breezes bow.
And the ranches go by in
handfulls—
Where they come from you
never know.
You can go to the cellar or
attic,
Or ever get under the bed,
But still you’ll get dust in
your gizzard,
in your ears and on top of
your head. * -
• t a______________
Oh, it’s dusty out here in
West Texas—
We wonder how long it will
blow.
We surely must like this
country:
We have to eat it you know. .
There’s gray sand and black '
County Districts
Lose 113 Students
complete;
Allocation of $1.7 million for
the continuation of U. S. 81 ex-
pressway from Fort Worth south
to Burleson In Johnson County.
Corpus Christi on a federal court
order prohibiting removal of cer-
tain records from either the San
Diego State Bank in Duval county
or the Texas State Bank, in Alice
in Jim Wells county. The Texas
State Bank is. the depository for
Duval county funds.
The Cuyo;
A three act play entitled “The
High School Mystery" will be pre-
sented by members oLthe Grace
Lutheran Walter League at the
BlinnyJunior College auditorium
Sunday at 7:30 p m
Brenham Weather
CReadings for M-hour period endng
at 7
February 25:
Maximum 75
Minimum 46
7:00 a.m. 53
Sunset 6:18 vi
hway “ „ th* areem naveasoeen The m y s t e r y comedy-drama
! anatii sala he wished to thank all Raring wr Sneaunea-m idag-mt-shoyparbeunwzgcordsrocted-bZehaztormamannttnc-wunam.
has stretched into three months.
She “must” leave in March but
she wants to see a Texas rodeo
before she goes back to Paris.
The royal visitor is the daugh-
ter of Prince Leopold of Belgium
and is now making her home in
SOME TALL TALES
merican Travel Agency. The fam
lly home is now in a beautiful
wooded section of France about
200 miles south of Paris and is
known to everyone around as the
Seven Girls. Her six sisters are
still living there, for she is the
one with the wanderlust and the
love of travel. She has one bro-
ther.
Her Houston hostess is Mrs.
SContinuog dB page so)
Hope To Let Bids In
April For $110,000
Project
Bureau Hopes To Up
Membership Over .
600 Mark
which whI
Calendar Of Events
Februay 25:
The Social Science Department
of the Fortnightly Chib will meet
at 7:30 at the home of Mrs. Rich-
srd SpInn.
Junior Department of Fort-
nightly Club meets at 7:30 p. m.
at the home of Mrs. Dennis
Schomburg, Jr.
February Mt
Three act play, "The High
School Mystery,” at Blinn Junior
College auditorium. Presented by
members of Grace Lutheran Wal-
ther League. 7:30 p.m.
March 1:
WBA meeting, 7:30 p. m. Sona
of Hermann HalL
March 2:
Ma
Na 6,
in scholstis
77 negroes V
SUPPER OPENS
FARMBUREAU’S
MEMBER DRIVE
Qourt of Texas
Wednesday uphelb their ruling
that the City of Brenham could
Caesar, Coca to Fart
NEW YORK. Feb. 25UP-Sid
Caesar and Imdgene Coca, who
have starred together on NBC-TV's
"Your Show of Shows" for four
years, will perform separately on
the same network next season, it
was reported Thursday.
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A recent survey by the Bren-
ham health department showed
there are 690 homes that own one '
or more dogs totaling 949. Only
269 of these dogs have been vac-
cinated against rabies — a per-
centage of 71.7 have not been
vaccinated.
- The survey ■ also• reveals—that
almost half of the unvaccinated
canines are running loose and
are subject to contracting rabies.
Says City Can Not
Tax Credit Group
| As A Bank
When the price of gasoline gos up it doesn’t worry W. J.
Rabb. He runs his car on butane. Rabb is shown inspecting
the 27 gallon tank located in the trunk of his car that car-
ries his supply of butane. He estimates that he receives
4 phukthe same qef--z!- none, ml be.dops
from gasoline plus a little extra powel * ~
he say, is less wear on the engine and about once a year
oil changes. If he runs out of butane a flip of a switch will
change the motor over to gasoline. As to the price of bu-
tane, it runs about 10 cents a gallon cheaper than gasoline
and the conversion of the motor costs $175 to $200. Rabb,
incidentally, doesn’t mind plugging butane for cars since
he operates a local butane company. (Staff photo).
not levy taxes against the Bren-
ham Production Credit Associa
tion as a banking corporation and
affirmed the ruling of the trial
court accepting the-original ren-
dition as made by the associa-
tion for the year 1951.
This decision was handed down
by the Supreme Court on De-
Wednesday's meeting with Mc-
Carthy and GOP members of his
subcommittee,
Nixon made a lengthy, unan-
nounced visit to the White House
Tuesday, presumably in connection
with the Stevens-MeCarthy issue.
By JOHN W. FINNEY
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 —UP—
Army Secretary Robert T. Ste-
vens telephoned the White House
Thursday seeking presidential
backing in his feud with Sen. Jo-
seph R. McCarthy. But he "cate-
gorically denied" he intends to re-
sign or has asked for any public
statement of support from Presi-
dent Eisenhower.
A high administration source
afternoon when the dust was so
thick, players on the Brenham..
Golf course had to be careful
not to hit their balls too high
into the air for fear of losing
them. The dust spread a thin
layer over everything and made
breathing difficult. Doctors re-
' ported the dust has caused many
person to,h a v e trouble with
their noses, and colds, too, have
been spread. Oldtimers say the
dust storm is the worst ever
experienced in this area, with
Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado,
Nebraska and New Mexico con-
tribving their soil along with
Wg 7 Texas to thicken the at-
,' sphere. In fact, so much new
• •"'.and has been deposited in
Washington county in recent
days that George Spurger, Ar-
thur Ehrig and Lonnie Wiese
have formed a syndicate to an-
About 75 members of the Wash-
ington County Farm Bureau and
guests were present at a "kick-
off supper” at the Fair Grounds
Wednesday night when plans for
a week long membership drive
were formulated.
Bureau officials hope to boost
the membarship, which now to-,
tas something over 500, to over
the 600 mark.
Volunteer workers were on
hand to hear Paul Schwenke,
president of the Germania Mu-
tual Aid Association, make the
principal speech. He urged the
local organization to work hard-
♦he Qtyof Brenham. In the -de-
cision as rendered Wednesday, all
points of argument by the city
were overruled and the original
ruling sustained. K
Judge Richard SpInn repre-
sented the Brenham Production
Credit Association together with
Judge Ralph W. Yarborough and
Attorney E. Wayne Thode of
Austin. City Attorney W. J. Em- t
brey represented the City of
Brenham.
The taxing controversy began
in 1951 at which time the Bren-
ham Production Credit Associa-
tion retired all government stock
arathe association became fully
owned and operated by farmers
within this territory. The retire-
ment of th government stock
placed the association subject to
taxation a* other corporations.
, The City of Brenham took the
position the association was to
pay taxes similar to a banKIng
corporation — that is on paid-In
capital and reserves. The Produc:
tion Credit Association contended
it was not chartered as a bank
and was fo pay taxes as an
.ordinary corporation.
ttowing-through Texas for the road hazards in the couyty, the
UlasE -m-e* ---" " . • "he
climax in Brenham yesterday
The dust was so thick yester-
day that it reminded us of
when we lived out at Midland,
in the heart of the sandstorm
country, some 25 years ago.
Compared to Midland’s weather
in February and March, yester-
dy in Brenham was a clear,
calm (ley. Out there it often
blew for a week, kicking up so
much dust you could not see
across the street. We lived on-
ly eight blocks from the busi-
ness district, but once the sand
was blowing so hard we hired a
taxicab to take us home. But
the driver got lost in the dust
and it took us an hour to get
home. The oldtimers out there,
mostly cowhands and sheep
herders, enjoyed telling tall
tales about the dust storms
they had gone through. One of
their favorite stories was about
seeing a prairie dog digging a
hole through the sand 40 feet
above the ground.
• • •
Boyce House, known to many
folks in Brenham, gathered a
number of these tall tales in
his book. "I Give You Texas.”
Here are a few of them: A
farmer applied to his banker
for a loan during a sandstorm.
The banker said: “I’ll have to
go out and inspect your place
first."
The farmer replied: "That
won’t be necessary; here com-
es the farm now."
Bids for the construction of a
1.8 mile stretch of road to cut
off two dangerous intersections
at Chappell Hill will be let in
April if the county completes se-
curing of right-of-way for the
project by March 12.
C o u n t y Judge Richard Spinn
reports the county court is
"shooting for, that date” follow-
ing the authorization Thursday
by the Texas Highway Commls-
sinn.for the estimated $110,000
job.
Spinn says practically all of
the right-of-way has been se-
cured, but that there are still
some small pieces of property re-
maining. He reports the commis-
sioners will attempt to clear the
project by March 12.
State Highway Department
A Brenham ative, Mrs. Bettie
Josserand, 83. died Wednesday at
5 p. m. in San Diego, Calif., at
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Paul Hudgins.
Mrs. Josserand was born in
Brenham. the daughter of the
late William Wood and the late
Mrs. R. K. Gillespie. She moved
from Brenham many years ago
and spent most of her life in Jos-
serand, Texas, which was named
after her husband.
Her remains will be brought to
Brenham and burial will be held
Monday at 2 p. m. in Prairie Lee
cemetery with the Simank-Buske
Service in charge of arrange-
ments.
She is survived by five sons
and one daughter and the fol-
lowing brothers and sisters: Mrs.
J. E. Whitmore and Jessie Gilles-
pie. both of Brenham, Mrs. F. H.
Morgan of Hempstead, John
Wood at Houston, Mrs. O. H. Gat-
ton of Houston, and Jim Gillespie
of Corpus Christi.
11 County Youths
Released By Army
Eleven Washington County
youths who served in the armed
forces have recently been dis-
charged. according to local draft
board clerk Mrs. Hattie Nowlin.
The discharge list is for a pe-
riod of from January 11, 1954 to
February 15, 1954.
Included are:
Forest Lee Jones, Washington;
Elbert Ernest Flathmann, Bren-
ham; Burney H. Reichers, Bren-
ham; Fritz W. Buck, Washington;
Melvin E J a st er, Brenham; Ray-
mond E. Nowak, Brenham; Ervin
Green, Brenham; Philip D. Lies-
cheski, Jr., Brenham; Barry Blum,
Burton; Edwin R. Draehn, Bren-
ham; and Robert Taylor, Bren-
ham.
Each Washington County dog
vaccinated during the period of _______________ ....
March 1 through March 6 will be ing.
suplied with a small bright met- Meanwhile, it was learned that
supplied with a small bright met- Vice President Richard M. Nixon L
cination tag will be attached, had telephoned Stevens Tuesday
- ----- — ------- had telephoned Stevens Tuesday
The first week of next month i about his feud with McCarthy and
has been designated as “Dog t- * 4- ----- *”----“ — —
Vaccination Week” by Brenham
Mayor C. D. Dallmeyer.
, IMPORTED REAL ESTATE
LIKE WEST TEXAS
of Chappell Hill and run to the
unincorporated town. Connection
will be made where the h|ghway
curves in thesquth section.
The State Highway Commis-
sion also reported that upon com-
pletion of relocation of State 90,
the section of old State 90 from
a point just west of the Brazos
River to the Navasota River will
be relinquished to the county
and a portion of the old location
of State 90 will be retained as a
farm-to- market road.
The section of road between
the two rivers is located in Brazos
County.
Other authorizations included:
A $2.2 million bridge across the
Trinity River in Chambers county
that will be an important link in
the projected State Highway 73;
A four-lane construction in
not intend to resign,” Stevens’ de-
, nlal, relayed through his special
assistant, John Kane, was occa-
sioned by a news dispatch report-
ing that Stevens was considering
resigning unless he received pub-
lic backing from the President.
Denies Report of Position
Kane said Stevens denied he had
"given any insistence on a state-'
merit ■ from the President,” or
sought White House permission to
make a statement of his own that
he had presidential support. He
said the denial was not the result
oleny telephone conversetion with --
Mundt (R-S.D.) suggesting
AUSTIN, Feb. 25. (U.P) — Attorney General John Ben
Shepperd left by plane Thursday for .Duval county to “con-
tinue full tilt” his investigation of county and school district
.cp. records..: .
18 m ffes u; Shpp " aturna -Wednesday, night from Houston
where he joined in defense or naqe-Mapt. A. Ye Allee
against a suit pressed by Duval county political boss George
6a
HIGH COURT
AGAIN KULtd 2
AGAINST CITY
General meeting of Methodist
imcamps"
Eastern Star meeting at Ms-
sogasn, **30-
Sons a Komonn Lodge 1 -
regular meeting and initiation
W 'Jr. x" nbCenee dedcdbkogH
state agencies working constantly .
in that area."
Parr. Parr sought federal
action restraining Allee on
grounds the veteran Ranger
captain had threatened to
kill him. Aileen denied the al-
legation and the court took
Parr’s plea under advisement.
The attorney general said no new
legal actions were planned this
week in Duval county.
However, he sid "our investiga-
tion will continue full - titt, with
said the farmer needs to be or
ganized just as professional
business men and others. ,
Drive Outlined
Also on the program were Har-
old Moore of Austin, member of
the state office representing the
service program and Bob Lilly of
Taylor, fileld man, who Issued lit-
erasure to be used by solicitors in
seeking new members. Lilly ex-
plained the drive outline, which
began Thursday morning and
will continue through March 2.
Clarence Goessler, chairman of
the drive, served as master of
ceremonies and introduced the
committee heads from six Wash-
ington County communities. They
are Reinhardt Poehlmann, Bren-
ham; Edwin Harmel, Burton;
Frank Roese, Washington; John
Stegant, Chappe] Hill; Ben Stein-
feld, Gay Hill and Robert Wer-
necke. Prairie Hill. The six ehair.
men Introduced their committees.
The committees were given a
list of member* and former mem-
bers. They will attempt to sign
up new members in their respec-
tive sections.
The meal was under the super-
vision of County Agent J. W. Stuf-
flebeme.
Dogs are to be taken to an as-
signed location In various resi-
dential areas, where veterinari-
ans, who will give the Injections
at a reduced rate of $1.25 per
dog, will be located for about
two hours each afternoon.
Vaccination locations will be
published in Friday's edition of
the Banner-Press.
STEAMING MAD
(OVER REPORTS
LOESURRENDER
Secretary Of Army
Denies He Will
Resign
County. The princess and Mr.
Adams will return to Houston
this evening.
The appended item regarding
the princess and her activities in
America is taken from the Hous-
ton Post:
Houston is being a hospitable
host to a most distinguished visi-
tor in town for the Saturday
wedding of Miss Marie Jo John-
ston to Rodney Irvin Willough-
by.
Her name is the Princess Eliza-
beth de Croy and her Houston
friends are already calling her
Betty., She’s young, vivacious and
most enthusiastic about all
things Texan.
Her original plan of a three
week visit t the Untied Suite
White husel"prexsFJames"c.
Hagerty said Stevens talked with
him and several, other members of
Mr. Eisenhower's staff Wednes-
day night.
Hagerty said that Stevens called
him at his home and talked about
"the stories that were appearing
in the papers" on Stevens "memo-
randum of understanding" reached
ata tunetr Wednesday wittr theWis--
consin senator and three other Re-
publican senators.
On Capitol Hill, Sen. Thomas A.
Burke (D-Ohio) said Stevens had
made a “complete surrender" to
McCarthy. He sajd the "capitula-
tion. .. will have a demoralizing
effect on the military."
Schedules No Hearings
McCarthy, meanwhile, had
scheduled no further hearings
Army "coddles Communists" and
Tuesday on his charge that the
Army "coddles communists” and
it was not certain when he will
do so in the future.
Stevens, it was said, wants a
showdown with the President on
whether he is being "sacrificed”
to McCarthy "for the sake of fu-
ture politics.”
A high administration source re-
vealed that Stevens feels the White
(Continued on page six)
AM^
im • ' 4
Vaccinated
Dogs To Get
Collar Chain
ast -m ■ - 5HuFE*e
RANGER CASE DECISION
EXPECTED NEXT WEEK
HOUSTON, Feb. 25 -UP—A
three judge federal court ponder-
ed Thursday whether it should pro-
tect South Texas politician George
B. Parr from the Texas Rangers.
The judges were expected to de-
(Continued on page six)
FORT WORTH, Feb. 25—
VP—Mayor Edgar Deen won-
dered Thursday If he wouldn't
be better off if he signed his
name “E. Deen.’*
Deen will have 8,000 times to
regret he uses his full first
name, when he signs that
many bonds within the next
month.
said Stevens conferred by tele-
phone with Presidential Assistant
Sherman Adams, apparently seek-
ing a personal appointment with
Mr. Eisenhower to determine how
far the administration will go to
... . . support his stand against Me-
But Stevens asserted he "does
A visitor of royal blood was in
Brenham for a short stay Thurs-
day, a guest at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Donald M. Wilder. She
is the Princess Elizabeth de Croy,
of Belgium, c a m e to Hous-
ton to attend the wedding of Miu
Marie Jo Johnston and Rodney
Irwin Willoughby Saturday.
The princess arrived in Bren-
ham about noon Thursday with
Tom A. Adams, a friend whom
she had known when he was
touring Europe in 1949. They
have kept up their friendship
through the years, and met
again in Houston recently. After
having lunch with the Wilders,
they left early this afternoon for
a visit to the farm of Mr. and
Mrs. Hub Baker in Burleson
I. /N
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STEVENS SEEKS IKE BACKING
‘_________________________________________________________________________ '. -_________________________________L______________________________________ ’__________________________________________________________J ________ .
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The Weather
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS -
Generally fair Thursday night and
Friday. Slightly cooler extreme
north portion Thursday night. Mod-
erate to occasionally fresh souther-
ly winds on coast
Washington County common
school district showed a loss at
113 scholastics, figures compiled
from a recent survey of eligible
students who win be at least six
years of age through 17 on Sep-
tember 1, 1954. reveal.
County superintendent W. O.
Dannhaus reports white students
total 1,103, while the negro fig-
urg la 928-a total of 2,031.
The compilation reveals a loss
hj
.dmm%
Shows How
Tony Bassat, Jr., four, shows how he untied his grand-
mother .And mother Mrs. Anna Bssat -after a rubbery in
their ‘home iff NewYork Tuesday mgnt. Iwo thugs in-
vaded the apartment and made off with $2500 in receipts
from grocery stores owned by Mrs. Bassat. Tony butted,
punched, kicked and threatened to “shoot" the thugs. (NEA
Telephoto).
says all right-of-way must be
available so that the state can
allow contractors to examine
plans before bidding for the April
- lettings. '
Road Hazard
Considered one of the worst
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Feb. 25
—UP—J. L Bowden of Bellingham
walked into the Whatcom county
treasurer's office Wednesday to
complain that his taxes were too
low.
Tax officials, who had heard
nothing but complaints of the op-
posite kind since 1954 tax state-
ments were mailed out 10 days
ago, investigated and found that
Bowden was right. He had to pay
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