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Washingtn County Cham-
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this afternoon that the
doctor at Hermann k
who wil g ve "the invocat on ,
Mayor Don Nagel. will then in-
River Electric Cooperativerat
Round lop, and Hehry Im
a 20 pound turkey, Christmas
table cloths, and other gifts.
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New Ulm,
to a thunderous
more than 2% n
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POPE - Pope Paul made a
triumphal entrance into Bombay
Joe K. Gurka. 66. of 601 East
Sixth Street, died at his resi-
dence Wednesday at 5 a m.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Susie Krolcheck Gurka;
two sons, Alvin Gurka of Bee-
ville and Johnny Gurka of Cor-
pus Christi: two daughters,
Mrs Lee Roy Meaker of Pan-
handle and Mrs. Eddie Lacina
of Brenham; and eight grand-
children.
Funeral services will be an-
nounced by the Brenham Me-
memorial Chapel.
URGENT NOTICE
The family physician el Mrs.
Alex Randermana of 1809 West
Main notified the Hammr-Press
MEXICO PRESIDENT -
Gustav Diaz Ordaz was in-
augurated as the new Presi-
dent of Mexico Dec. 1. Dias
Ordaz, who will be the 70th
President of Mexico, is a ded-
rated father and stem dis-
ciplinarian who has been in
politics all of his adult .life.
(NE A Telephoto).
STAR ROUTE BIDS
Bids for temporary star route
service between Brenham and
Burton are asked by the trans-
portation division of the Post
Office Department, Fort Worth,
until Dec. 21.
Additional information and
special bid forms are available
from the post offices at Burton
and Brenham.
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Mark Wittner and Harold Bean Jr. Nelson Kjeke, the scoutmaster, is..also hgld-
er of. the Silver Beaver Award.* Although Mrs Kieke, attended the banquet Fri-
day night, she gave birth to a baby girl Saturday at the Bellville hospital.,it is
the third daughter for the Kieke’s.
*, Troop 299,
R livestock
axocutive -
musician r poet into, existence.
But we can stand on the-side-
old-fashioned testive hristmas,
party Sgnta will sit in his rocker
beside . • 1 ee Md dise uis
(Christmas wishes wih the hil
dren:
$31 Million To Be
To Light Tree
On Saturday
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Brenham Girl Scouts will hold
their annual Tree of Lights pro-
gram Saturday, Dec 5. at 5:30
p m on the south side of the
Washington County Court House.
Christmas carols will be pre-
sented by 200 Girl Scouts of
Brenham and the Christmas
story will be presented by the
graduating Senior Troop 12.
Troop. 137, the newest Brownie
troop will have two girls present
to take-part in lighting the tree.
■Rev O L. Alleh, pastor of the
Brenham Church of Christ,
will give the invocation Mayor
Reese Lockett will give a wel-
coming address and Leslie
Clayton, president of the Bren-
ham Girl Scouts, will be intro-
duced.
join the festivities avd a. large,
ictovdi exmet ...
rata.
The David Crockett District
will be represented by eight.
Eagle Scouts at the Eagle Scout
Recognition Dinner to be held
Dec. 4 at Hudson Training Cen-
ter in Houston, by the Sam
Houston Area Council The
Eagle Recognition Dinner is
the time that each scout selects
his vocational interest and a
citizen familiar with that sub-
ject is chosen to be his sponsor -
who takes the young scout to the
dinner:
The Eagles are: Daniel Vas-
leek of* New Ulm, Troop 299.
His subject is electronics and
his sponsor for the dinner to
Robert Olin of Brenham. Burnie
Galle, Troop 299 of New Ulm.
chose agrieulture as his voca-
tional interest and his sponsor
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th i OT11 9CIIIV Os ITWHNTY ।
Don Nagel, the incumbent
mayor of Round Top, was re-
elected Tuesday in the largest
turnout of voters in Round Top
that he can remember. A total
of 54 voted in the election. May-
or Nagel said he has been may-
or for about 12 years and re-
ceived 40 votes. His opopnent,
Mrs. E. G. Shatte, who got
13 votes, was running on a plat-
form of better city government,
improvement of garbage pick
up, and improvement of the -
street appearance in Round
Top.
Nagel said he ran on his past
record.
The small incorporated city a.I-
so elected a new city alderman.
Barney Lee Georges defeated
incumbent Harmen Birkelbach
for the seat. Dennis Sacks. Wes-
ley Albers, and Milton Schla-
bach were reelected to their
posts as aldermen.
Town marshall Ernest Em
"merich was reelected also.
THE WEATHER IN
BRENHAM
-the BIggest ttte
Town in
TEXAS
sor is C. 3. Marik of Bellville;
Harold Bean Jr., Troop 299 of
New Ulm, the practice of medt-
cine, and Dr. C. E. Southern of
Brenham is his sponsor; Steve
Smith, Troop 557, Sealy. wants
to be a physician and has for
his sponsor Dr. J. B. Harle of
Bellville; Mark Wittner, Troop
299, Industry, chose agriculture
and Dr. J. A. Neely of Bell-
viUe to his sponsor; Durrell
Dies tel. Troop 557, Sealy, den-
tistry, and Dr. F. E. vykoukal,
a dentist, to his sponsor; Louis
Vicinik, Troop 557, Sealy, aspires
to become a member of the —
teaohing profession and V. F.
Svajda, the principal of Sealy
High School is his sponsor.
wifi be Dr Walter Kerr of 1
ler, who for >1 years served
• Methodist minister and to n
director of the National Yo
Foundation of Tyler.
lowing an intensive review of
Viet Nam strategy at lower lev-
for street apd other improve-
ments for the square.
I estivinies will begin at 5:30
p m at the Town Hall on the
Thou shalt not bear false witnes
against thy neighbor —Exodus 20 IS.
Lying in not only involved here Un. ,
kind criticisma and slurring remarks
_c an’‘hurt M deeply Our endeavor for
others ahoyid be to love and urt. '
the President, Taylor, Defense
Secretary Robert-S. McNamara,
Secretary of State, Dean Rusk.
Gen. Earle G. Wheeler, chair-
man of the Joint Chiefs, of
Staff, Central Intelligence Agen-
ey Chief John A. McCone, Vice
president elect Hubert H
Humphrey and others.
Officials said privately that
evidence of the increased sup-
port for the Communist Viet
Cong guerrillas in South Viet
Nam indicated primarily a step
up in infiltration of men and
some increase in arms supplies.
The extent of the increase
has been .the subject of inten-
sive study. ’The administration
may have more to say about
this later.
FUNDS
Goal $21,500
Total Today
$29,914
93%
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situation in, that country 'in all
v<..' zH----- ag faeg-usanae
It was cleaPirrBm"Ett2
f"pinei
ment " tha stepped-up support
from the North for guerrilla
forces in South Viet Nam was
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I S puliedits aid out of Viet
Nam intemal problems and
/the Viet Cong would soon give
control ef the country to the
tommunists. That is, unless a
United Nations’ forcestepped
in, whih is doubtful So we see
that the hard place is pretty
hard.
Now for the rock if the Uni-
ted States pushed north with
a larger contingent of Ameri-
an forces, we would indeed
invite ai declaration of war
from 'he Communists. It would
be a gamble but it is possible
that we would win the gamble
We stood up to the Communists
in Cuba: They backed down.
We stood up to them in-several
incidents at the Berlin wall and
they backed down This was, of
course, after the wall was built.
If we stand up to them m Viet
Nam they will not back down
but we could stop their offen-
sive China would more than
likely try for another Korea,
and for half of another country
(See JOHN Page •)
lines and cheer.
"We can maintain apd
strengthen an atmosphere to
permit the arts to flourish.' and
those who have talent to use it.
And we can seek to enlarge the
access of all our people to ar-
tistic creation.”
Johnson said he intends to
consider other—ways in which
-gavermentcan- "approprlatel
encourage the arts ” He gave
- no details.
The President said the center
would provide a stage in the
capital for leading American
Houston, where Mrs. Rander-
mann was taken Monday, has
diagnosed her illness as men-
ingococcus, a contagious type
of meningitis.
. DOROTHY JOEWLAK—Records are her business
‘ Dorothy keeps records for the Record Palace and
sella them too. Dorothy, 16. is a senior at Brenham
High School where she is taking shorthand, civics,
typing and distributive education. She is a member
of the Future Homemakers of America, the pep
■quad, and the Future Business Leaders of Amer-
ica. Of the D. E program she says, “It’s a good way
to acquaint the students with the world of busi-
pena Dorothy Piee to attend a bunines college on
N. Viet Nam Movement
‘a
manager qL square Mr; EGMurphy
president of the DY D ( lub. Is
slated to introdut l the pa tor "I
the Bethlehem Lutheran Church
I he LCREC donated the street:
lights to. Round Top and also
many of the gifts at the cele-
bi ation. . ‘ '
Co-chairmen for the party are
Mrs Ladia Fricke and Mrs Don
Nagel ihe committee members
who worked on the project are
Mrs Boo Kraus, Mrs. Annie
Schatte, Mrs. Herman Birkel-
bach.Mrs.John Banik, Mrs..
| Robert Banik, and Mrs. Den-
nis backs.
The DYD Club has extended a
wetcome TO attits friends to-
As a memory logger, I if-
mind the businessmen of Wash-
ngtem. t ountv add vther inter-
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Brenham Banner-Press
and Laos.
But it gave no indication
what, if any, steps might be-
taken to deal with the problem,
and it made no reference to
any expansion of the war.
, The White House announced
Tuesday after a 2%-hour cabi-
net-level meeting that President
Johnson had instructed U.S
Ambassador Maxwell D. Taylor
to "consult urgently” with the:
South Vietnamese government
on measures to improve the
SON FOR MARBURGERS
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Marbur-
ger of Brenham are the parents
of a boy born at the Milroy Hos-
pital Tuesday at 9:45 a.m He
weighed six pounds, 13% ounces.
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scheid, his assistat, who will
dedicate the iew mercury vapor
treet lights 'hat Ihe LCREC
has ihstalled around the square
and surrounding area. Hyitin
will also throw the switch that
will light thechuge Christmas
tree erected on the square.
Santa io Appear
Jolly old Santa will appear
about this time and ask everyone
rrrwIlow’hTm down to the Amer-
ican I egion Hall where he will
give out Christmas* stockings to
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take the lead in bringing per-
formers to every part of the
nation.
Johnsons' remarks were in a
speech prepared for a ground-
breaking ceremony for the $31
million center on the banks of
the Potomac River. He said the
opportunity for artistic xpres-
siop is a measure of the quality
of civilization. '
"The rolL ol government
must be a.' Smhall . ope," Johnson
comics, curse..Thats.what ■ CONSOIIDAT
mOSt DOYS hit age iff inter*
G Hyltin, general
in the county
m-armmamf
K /1 cristtiade
considered part of the over all els of the government, included
pt oblem
VIET NAM — The Commun
tot Viet Cong deal Sout Viet-
namese forces one of the bigges
setbacks of the war kg$y z
a terror raid on the
Thien Giao where theyeized
121 weapons.
ested in. James' future is not
buried in the pages of these
books, though. He has managed
to save more than $500 toward
a college education out of his
earnings He has saved that
much in the two years that he
has had the route. Two years
before that, he helped his grand-
father. Herman Klar, who de-
livered papers for the Banner.
Klar Resigns
Klar recently resigned from
his position because of failing eye
sight. He frequently visits the
(See SCHROEDER Page 1)
me children. .
The. decrated, hall will 4
play beautiful gifts which Wh
manager of the I owet Colorado inc lude elctr it al appliances, hot
water healers, hanamade quilts.
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Member UPI , BRENHAM, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2,1964 "
is advised tor contact their fam- *
ilv docton immediately. All
physicians in Washington Coun- .
ty have been adyised of the
case. . .
Mrs. Randermann became ill
Sunday and went to her family
doctor Monday morning. He
sent her to Houston immediate-
ly, where the final diagnosis
was made. The doctor at. Her-
mann hospital repprted that this
is the fourth base reported -—-
recently. -
One case pf a coed at Sam 4
Houston Stale Teachers College
at Huntsville was declared to
be non-contagious.
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lb. flhiie comment is I
ronal opinirm, • ■
i ti Sra < to «oip a ■
woil rnawed) ihe, finds K- I
i ock. ant a hard
ci rlerence tothe Viet
N m siunttom To make mat- j I
is -ven roser a news story in 7
De l edidonomthe Bin 2
Eress pointed ou that the’
. . peary to be turing in-
aVi ype guerrilla
atzainsi Gpngplese army
-----—__ -whtemereenmres*ta
darkm rhe rock and thehardji
ck u V ct Nam is 1
torm dt-t that-H-the —!
' ! CH rd Stat .pushed into the
vh Spent On Project
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uld attend this meeting, but
nce rhi auditorium wgun’t hold
, theyhavel imhit
• <1 if only to those who are in-
■. r sted By developing the
turiat trade in' the coupty. you
communs China and the So-
vetUnhWedom"t want this.
THE PRIDE OF ANDI STKV—Tlese are the Boy Scouts of Troop 299 with their
scout leaders who have set an vi ble rec rd of achievement. Left to right are
4 ergifeudeker,assistant-Scogusnastenudaxides*nzaeeoed SierPalm
dddtoBronzeand flold Palms em his Eagle Ban . •
an Eagle Scout; 'David Leudek - who also received a Silver Palm Frdakiigtge
and the next five Scouts received thetr Eagle Badges Friday night at West End.
chool in industry. They are Leander Leudeker,_Daniel Vasicek, Burnie Galle „
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The white House meeting, 'fol-'
Food, game ... _ and
Gdiohk
- *enmtmas,mghpur .
-the evehing rhissheuld be an
in, and passing through, the
eteritory.oig’ees m violation of
the Geev uccerds or 1902.-
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actors, singers and musicians
to be seen and heard.
"I also expect this center to
be a living force for the en-
couragement of art," he said.
". . .It must take the lead in
bringing the best in the per-
forming arts to every part of
the country; so that theater and
Opera fare not the privilege of
(See J F K Page •)
ted persons to attend the
But the White House issued
what appeared to bi a clear
warning to the Communist re-
gime in North Viet Nam that it
was seriously concerned about
movements of men and supplies
across borders,
. The statement said, "the
meeting reviewed the accumu-
lating evidence of - continuing
and increased North Vietna-
mese support of the Viet Gang
and of North Vietnamese forces
. On De a tht historical little
town bt Round Top w'dl huve its
annual Christmas Party spon-
sored by ihe Do Youri uty 4 lub
BAKER — dormer Sente
aide Bobby Haker tabay refused
to provide senate Invetigaters
with records Invelving-en al-
leged political kickback frem a
construetlon contraet.
Johnson administration .today
directed new attention to evi-
dence of increased Communist
__: infilir attion_inton South Viet Nam
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Bv WILLIAM J. EATON
United Press International
WASHINGTON (UPI) —Pres
ident Johnson expressed hope
today that the John F. Kennedy
Cultural Center to be built as
Washington s memorial to the
late President will become a
"lrving force.”
Johnson said it should serve
as . encouragement of art and
James Schroeder, 13, is a
young man with a mind for bus
iness. James comes to the Ban
her Press tach day and picks
up 150 papers to sell in the
Brenham downtown section
To matt young boys, setting that
many papers would be some-
what of a chore
James is different He has his
round organized Many of his
customers have ordered their
papers in advance All James
has to do is deliver them and
collect the money. Most of
James other street, customers
are of long standing. Each eve-
nng they folk over their five
cents, and receive their
paper. It's the same every
day.
James Geta Half
James works on a half and
half deal with the Banner. He
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515 nETI VI wlint IIT TEC rt
day and the rest goes to the
paper He picks up his papers
around 4 p.m. each day and
finishes his rounds in about one
hour. When asked what he does
the rest of the time James
balked at giving an answer.
He’s supposed to be selling all
of the lime, but .when things are
going smooth he often takes a
few minutes out to catch up on
some of his reading at Citizen’s
Pharmacy.
What does he read? Why. the
Cou ,02 SALE$ 1 SER.“co. 0
DALLAS, TEXAS
I > Th. hard place is characterized
I . .„t r 'hr fa< I that if the United
F - '.laics puli-fl its forces out of
f V . Nam the country would
tall hands ot thie Com law a caw —r
• BANNER SALES
t N I let s see how hard the
:-i rok and the hard place are. It
. is virrualty certain that if the
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Home of
Blinn College
Established 1883
._______, nt Round Top. Proceeds from
devetopment -the party will go to the fund
o be he di ihe city hall audi 1
■ num lhursda» it 3.30 pm
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