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See Big Time Softball
Sunday Afternoon
At Schroeder Field
The All-Star team will now go
on to the district tournament in
the state senior league playoffs.
each from the Dodgers and Car-
dinals. four from the White Sox.
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tlThe City Of Hospitality — Hoyie Of Edwin Hohlt"
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rocder Field Sunday beginning
at 2 p. m. when the Metallic
champions of Houston meet four
of the top teams of the Washing-
ton County League.
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KENJURAS HAVE GIRL
Mr. and Mrs. John Kenjura
el Brenham are the parents of a
'girl born at the St. Jude Hosp-
BALLS
Re Hal Jr.
parents of a
le Memorial
11 a n. She
ten and
cult to come in during regular
office hours. Rees also said that
the office will no longer be open
on Saturdays.
Grass Fire
A GRASS FIRE WAS REPORT-
ED** to the Brenham Fire Dep-
artment at 1:35 p.m. Thursday.
The fire occurred on Highway
290 east of the business route 290.
Approximately one acre of grass
was involved in the fire.
The Aabampionship Dodgers
! and the second place Cardinals
METALLIC STARS—The big guns on the pitching staff of the championship Met-
allic softball teams of Houston are Tiny Touchet. Walter Wolff, who was raised #
near Gay Hill, and Don Nesbitt. Nesbitt and Wolff will pitch on the No. 1 Team.
Touchet and Pete Bennrito, not pictured, will hurl for the No. 2 and Pete Lock-
lin will be on the mound for the Metal Ue No. 3 team.
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Softball Tonight
TONIGHT ON THE BOB SCH-
ROEDER Field Wehman’s Fire-
stone will take on Old Washing-
, ton ip the first game of a dou-
bie header. In the second game
it will be Wehman’s against the
Farmers National Bank. Weh-
man's and the Farmers Nation-
al are the only two undefeated
teams ip the league a n d to-
night’s battle will see one of
them emerge as almost certain
champions of-the league.
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Honor Student
BARRY JAMES BOECKER, of
Route 2, Brenham, was among
the two hundred thint Univer-
sity of Texas ’College of Engi-
neering' students who were nam-
ed to the Spring SemesterSch
olastic honor rol
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will give you two reasons, to be
doubly proud,” re concluded.
THE METHODIST WOMEN’S |
SOCIETY of Christian Service
will have a reception honoring
Rev. and Mrs. A. C. Peterson.
.retired Methodist minister and
his wife, now residing in Bren-
ham. 'Hie reception will be held
July 13 from 7 to9 p m
W ashington
County’s Newspaper
For 100 Years
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RUDOLPH BLUM SCHAWE, of
Route I, Brenham, recently re-
ceivedhis-Master-ef—Business-
Administration in Management
(Organization and Administra-
tion) at the spring commence-
LStariteam.of14 will be chosen,
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Tennis Match
JULY 29 HAS BEEN. SET AS
the date for the third annual
“untttpturtttitttituuiitiuuirsumueputinu l
Verse for Today
"Remember two things as. you
play tor the All-stars. First, you
arg playing for Brenham and
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champs of the Washingt
ty Softball league, take
allic’s No. 1 team that
big Walter Wolff on tW*
Bankers manager HI
acker said his boys arca
the high powered Hon
and will send FredWe
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two from the Tigers, and one
’ each from the Colts and Eag-
i les.
awarded in fbur different di-
i visions.
Brenham Banner-Press
Longhorn Hoard
THE LONGHORN RECREA-
TION board held their summer
including 679
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both placed five men on the 19-
66 edition of the Senior League
All’Stais, it wanhflounced by”
League president Herbert Kluck
at the close of the season Thurs-
day‘night.
In all, axota of 18 boys made
po leads the league with a' 3-1-1
mark. • . :————
East Tuesday night the Bul-
lets dropped their third straight
game, to the leasue leading El
Campo squad, by the count of
’0
James Plant, with two for
three, was the leading Bullet
batter. Jackie Heidemann and.
Fred Rau also collected ene hit
aniece. •' • - ;
Last year, theBunlets Tirs in
Golf Tourney
THE BRENHAM COUNTRY
Club will hold a point system
golf match lor club - members
Ii«et
this Saturday and Sunday. En-
, try fee is $1.25 and members
can play their round on either
Saturday or Sunday.
not about to tell him,how........
I ’ LOUIS RUST looking'* for new
methods of beating the heat
-- without any luck, but he’s use to
it and won’t suffer too much. ..
The county will miss KING
MOSS, 'superintendent of schools
at Burton, along with his fine-
• family who have all been an as-
set to this area and well Jiked
by all...Prospective Blinn stu-
dents. from out of town are on
the move around the city look-
ing for rooms ir every direction
-- .....Good to see GAYLE WHID-
DON a local boy who has made
it big in the executive depart-
ment of Hughes Tool in Hous-
RICHARD (BOOGY)"
SURRETT interested in g 0 i n g
into th? hay baling business, but
. he believes in mowing it by
moonlight and stacking it the
old fashioned way....Don't any-
one miss the thrilling softball
events on the Bob Schroeder
field beginning at 2 p.m. Sunday.
___when Ai. three olLthe-champion.
It will be brothers battling
brothers when the No. 1 Metal-
•Ilic’s No. 2 team that will i
Tiny Touchet on the mound i
ainst Fred Sander and Ron
Kelm gomgThKmAman's a
.. The final game of the dayi
get under way at 7:15 p.m. e
the Farmers National Ank
ased an Aberdeen-Angus bull
from the Glenblythe Herd, Gay
Hill.*
roster, with five
planning meeting during the
Fourth of-July weekend, accor-
Highway 389 Thursday evening
at 6:45, according to the State
Highway Patrol.
The men involved were iden-
tified as Billy Frank Bilski, of
Route 1. Brenham, and Gilbert
Shaw, of North Carolina, a pas-
senger in the Bilski car.
Daniel Otis Jones, of 11739
North Michael Circle, Houston,
was the driver of the other ve-
hicle.
Bilski had come to. a stop at
an intersection and pulled onto
Highway 389 when he was struck
by the car driven by Jones.
. Shaw was admitted to Bohne
Memorial Hospital ' in serious
condition, while Bilski received
minor injuries and was not ad-
mitted to the hospital
. Moderate damage was done
to both vehicles. ’
Jimmy Dreyer, Martin Riesner, !
and Bill Winkelmann.
Danny Schultz and Mike Wil-
ke will represent the Tigers,,
while Leroy Tegeler is from the
Colts, and Forrest Gaskamp is
from the Eagles.
James Nutt, of the Dodgers,
and Jake Buddenberg, of the
White. Sox, will manage the
team. -
Gary Winkelmann.- Przybor-
ski, Wilke, and Lange are re-
n‘,Tc.
ment-exercises at Texas A&M
University. In all, 907 degrees | the coveted
Against Weimar
Brenhqm’s Blue Bell Bullets
will try to change their luck to-
night when they take on Weim-
ar at 8 p.m. in Fireman’s Park:
The. Bullets have lost three
straight Central Texas Connie
Mack League games going into
tonight’s contest.
Fred Rau is slated to get the
starting nod from coach Cy Rod-
gers when the Bullets take the
field against the visiting Weim-
ar nine.
Rounding out, the local team
will be Willie Rosenbaum at
catcher, Lester Mertins at first
base, Roger Keim at second,
Jackie Heidemann at short stop,
James Plant at third base, and
Don Studhalter, Lenny Jasin-
ski, and either Bubba Jurries or
Fred Henry Heidemann in the
outfield.
The Bullets now stand 2-3 in
league competition, while Wei-
Bullets Host Weimar At Fireman’s
aside as this kin folks affair
gets under way. Papa and Ma-
ma Ed Wellmann are the ones
as. -
their sons fight it out on the soft- ’
—balldiamond. ------------—.....
The first game Sunday will
put th? Metallic No. 3 team ag-
ainst .Bren-Tex Fabrics, with
Ellwood Hanath on the mound
for the Brenhm team. The
Houston number three is man-
aged by Raymond Keim, anoth-
er home town boy.
• In the second game St. Paul’s
will try to find a winning com-
bination against the Metallic
stars of both the No. 2 and 3
teams. Robert Preuss Sr., who
manages St. Paul’s. .said the pit-
chers will be Alfred Boeker Jr.
and Ray Pack.
The third gam. will see Weh-
should be proud. Give every ef- presenting the county* and this
fort to win for the home town.
. • year olds on the team,aceord-.m
Nam. i,. » ing to Buddenberg, and this is E
Making the all stars from the I unusual » boysl
White Sox were Tommy Lange, with still another year of eligibi- b
lity remaining.
VOLUME 101
three North Vietnamese patrol
boats and successfully evaded
air-to-air missiles fired at them
by Soviet-designed MiG 21s,
Russia’s most advanced fighter-
interceptor-
The Navy flew a total of 77
missions against North Viet
Nam Thursday, the officials
said, 'and lost only two planes
despite Communist claims that
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ding to President L. M. Mar-
___a roll, of Graham. Betty Yoakum.
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DALLAS, TEXAS
must be played sometime be-
tween July 20-30, according to*
league officials, and .no team
may “begin practice more than
14 days before the opening round,
of the tournament.
This'year there are six 14
AhnsOn’s assurance mail ser-
dEe-would not be disrupted,
me CAB. could make ■
‘CIIfor Heidemann and Egene/temporary switch of contracts
Schulle take on the best of Mi
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will be open Thursday evenings Mueller, and Sidney Beaumier
until •8:30 -as an added con ven- will' represent the Cardinals on
ience for those who find it diffi-
peaters from last year’s All-
Star, squad, and Dreyer and
By WILLIAM O’SHEA -
HELLO WORLD!
will be played on the Bob Sch-
Teams in the district inrlurta-
Edna. Bellville, Merlin, El Cam-
po. and Brenham.
A meeting will be held in Wei-
mar this weekend to decide the
sight'of the playoff ‘tournament.
Last year the tournament was
held in Brenham with El Cam-
po taking the honors.
El Campo made it all the way
to’the State finals before bow-
ing out,« . .
The round robin tourney
in Life Magazine
A PHOTO OF MISS KAREN
STEWART, a member of the
Kilgore Ramgerettes, appears io
Partly cloudy nd warm with
• widely scattered mostly after-
neon or evening showers. Prob
ability of rata
Low expected
the current issue of Life Magan-cialsaaid.todaMmou
zine. Miss Stewart is pictured A military pemes- 33
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—rpfament. Al Couhty -emet-Fberigart
are eligible. Trophies will be —,---
ship Metallic teams of Houston
come to Brenham for a battle
royal with HOWARD KVECK-
ER‘S Farmers National Bank-
era. CLIFFORD HEIDE-
MANN'S Wehman’s. ELL-
WOOD HANATH'S Bren-Tex
Fabrics and St. Paul's managed
by ROBERT PREUSS SR.
state who star on the Metallic
team, will be going all out aga-
inst Freddie and Marvin Well-
mann and three cousins. Billy
and Nelson Wellmann and Bob-
by Finke, all of the Farmers
’National Bank.
Brotherly love will be set
Four rounds of voting were
necessary to select the entire
team, with eleven of the boys
being picked on the first round.
The announcement of . the
On Loop Thursday
One Brenham man was
the. nation. ,
Airlines: All but essential
defense flights haye .been
cancelled by United, Trans:
World, Eastern, National and
Northwest airlines. Ticket soun.
ters and information centers
are being manned wherever
possible to aid stranded Passen
8Passengers: Thousands d
passengers throughout the tn
tion began stacking up outside,
ticket . counters at bo*
struck and operating airinesl
search of travel space., 45
struck lines were tryingerat.
route passengers on the operat
ing lines., p.,.- Railroads
Trains & Busesi," every-
and bus lines mobilizinetemvt
i. m wheels in an auemp
thingcommodate extra
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Brenham Briefs Senior Little League All - Stars Announced
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i-m. President Kluck issued ibisL-A-
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SAIGON (UPI) — Return
raid on North Viet Nam's
largest oil depot on the
outskirts of Haiphong Thursday
dealt a “devastating blow” to
the Communist war machine by
knocking out pumping stations
that handle 95* per cent of all
petroleum imports, U.S. offi-
Darrell Blum, Gary-Winkel-
mann, Wayne Nutt, Mike
Kluck, and James Lehrmann
made the squad from the Dod-
gers.
Tommy Przyborski, ' Don
Stolz, Lin Harstack, James
team came after the closing
game of the current season.
All boys participating in the
league were presented to the
audience and the All-Star team
Kluck were alternates last year was then grouped around home
From these 18 boye an All- plate.
mar is also 2-3,havina.,beaten involyed in a two carcollisic..
Wharton and Bellville. E Cam-
Good to see COACH LEROY
DREYER packing the Blinn
share of the local stars... ER-
VIN ADDICKS sacking those
groceries with both hands to get
the customers out on time and
keep them happy ... GROVER I
KAECHELE on the run with I
another piece of real estate for
a hot prospect.....About time Tor
JEWELL BALLEW to spring
' another surprise in the world of
—feshien.ztWonder-what DELMUS
SCHWETTMANN a‘nd CLAR-
ENCE (PETE) SEHLKE are
cooking'these days with the oys-
ter season out of style...ASTOR
and MILDRED JACOB be-
gin the rush and preparations
for the not too distant wedding
of pretty deuzhter BARBARA
ANN in the fall....TRAVIS WIN-
KELMANN busy trying to fig-
ure a way to put horse shoes on
. tigers and BEN ZIF.SEMER is
An F105 Thunderchief was
shot down by" conventional
ground fire about 90 miles
northwest of Hanoi and thep,
pilot was listed as missing, and "
A4 Skyhawk, pilot. Lt. Cmdr.
William J. Isephour of Lemore,
Calif, safety ejected over the
South China Sea and was
rescued.
The Haiphong raids were a
repeat -of those made last
Friday which stirred protests in
many pans of the world as an i
escalation of the war. officials
said reconnaissance showed
that two pumping stations and
2 Car Collision
Play Four Games HereStrikstoidane.
• • airlines strike at a glance:
lie team takes on the Farmers Pickets: 35,000 mechanics
and machinists from tn.
picket lines at airport terminal
and outside downtow ticket
offices in 231 cities throughout ,
the senior loop. they finished
third, with. ■ 5-5 "Tecord. La
Grange won the title and El
Campo was a close second.
The league is for boys 1®, 17,
and 18 years old and most towns
have the majority of their high
school clubs representing them
on the field.
Em Metallic Softballers
sincerity and righteoucness in the
lives of the leaders and joy, hap-
mess and a willingness toaserve
in the lives of its membership.
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WASHINGTON (UPI) -A
machinist’s strike shut down
five, of the nation’s major
.airlines today, stranding thou-
sands of vacationists and
travellers from coast W coast.
Sixty per cent of the nation’s
air traffic was grounded as the
International Association of
Machinists (IAM) walked out
at 6 a.m. local time across the
country. • ' ‘ ""
Tourists and businessmen
scrambled to get travel accom-
modations on nonstruck air*
lines and on buses and trains.
Terminals of every type of
transportation media were in
turmoil as the strike compound-
ed the usual peak summer
vacation demand.
Urged on-—by - President -
Johnson, both sides in the
prolonged contract dispute
agreed to meet with Assistant
Labor Secretary James J.
Reynolds in Washington Satur-
day at 10 a.m. EDT. • -
But prospects were consi-
dered dim for any . quick
settlement of the strike against .
Eastern, United, Trans World .
National and North-West air-
lines. Reynolds planned to
confer late tonight with Labor
Secretary W. Willard Wirtz who
was returning from a visit to
Japan.
Shriners Stranded
Similarly there was little
optimism that the unstruck
taj Thursday at 7:51 a.m.
Weighing. seven pounds, 13 oun-
ces, she has been named Con-
stance Ann.
Flying' through -heavy flak.
Navy jets' led by Cmdr. •Albert
(Jack) Monger of Brawley,
Calif., and Cmdr. .Carl (Tex)
Birdwell Jr. of Bryan, Texas,
sent up a heavy, column of
black smoke that could be seen
80
Otherhvy planes fiom 7th
Fleet carriers spotted four
North Vietnamese PT . boats
moored off a coastal island
about 25 miles southeast of
Haiphong and sank two, drove
another burning on a beach and
heavily damaged the fourth in
a three-hour battle.
ground trenspertation.
Negotiations: Federal-.® "uaz
tors have issued a call, for
negotiations to resume at 10 . ;
a.m. Saturday.
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HELLO
GIRL
Mr. and M
of Brenham^
girl born at25i
Hospital FDu
weighed 5-5
one-halt”""
A CHANGE IN OFFICE HOURS
for the Bryan Social Security of- |
flee was announced today by i
Holly E. Rees, District Manag- ,
er. In addition to the regular of- I
fice hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.
m. each week day,'the, office
ALI-STAR TEAMI-uMembers of this year's All-Star team.inlude „(left-rightuauairlines and.
ge- .rja de*RGary Minkelnann, Wayn..a-imse Eu—.gg
Lehrmann, TommyPrzyborsk, Don Stolz, Lin Hartstack, James Mueller, and Sid- -emergency. For instance, 30,000
ney Beaumier. Top row-Jake Buddenberg-manager, Tommy Lange, Jimmy Dreyer, Shriners were demanding trans-
Martin Riesner, Bill Winkelmann, Danny, Schultz, Leroy Tegeler, Mike Wilke, For- portation home from San
rest Gaskamp, and James Nutt-manager. The team was selecte "after the closing - Francisco as their week-long
game of the season Thursday night at Fireman’s Park. ’ convention ended there.
C ____ ________i___________■ “The trouble is that at this
_ / - ' time of year everybody’s
Sunday Afternoon already using, all their equip-
____________________' ment," an airline official said.
! The strik also had an impact
on . the government'! mail
expected Saturday M.
Readings for 24 period
ending at 7 a.m. Fridays Max.
93. Mta. 73. 7 a.m. 13.
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Sale Of Bulls
WILBERT BOENKER. WASH-
INGTON, recently-sold an Aber-
deen-Angus bull to Mrs. Mario
Glynn, Brookshire.. Arthur Eh-
rig, Brenham, recently purch-
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