Brenham Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 27, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 6, 1968 Page: 1 of 6
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VOL. W2 NO. 27
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. DALLAS, TEXAS _
Brenham Banner-Press
More Than A Century Of Service To Washington And Surrounding Counties"
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1968
BRENHAM, TEXAS 77833
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r Engineers
Banquet Honoring
Gridders Wednesday
Now Being
Compiled
The City of Brenham com-
Oklahoma's Sooners lost
only one football game last
school cafeteria beginning at
7:30p.m.
Tickets to the annual affair
may be purchased from any
Brenham Quarterback Club
member.
. Bradley, a former all-
stater from Palestine, was:
the leading scorer, with 10
TDs, on a team that had the
great Chris Gilbert as a run-
ning back. He passed for ano-
facilities will be eligible for erything but sell programs ther four touchdownee.com
a grant of about $100,000 un- at the Cotton Bowl. He ran pleting 7 of 153 attempts
der Public Law 660. for 86 yards, passed for 74, for 1,181 yards,punted 65 times
.The scope of the entire pro- - punted superbly including a for a 41.8 yard average and
• ject is as follows: - . . pressure kick that bounced • (Continued on page 6)
• A proposed water works out of bounds at the Sooner <
improvement which provides three, and made a touchdown-
for expansion of water treat- . saving tackle in the CU-dom-
„ : PROLCAIMS AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH -- Mrs. James H. Atkinson, Regent of the ment facilities to deliver inated first half.” _ _
Texas junior college adminis- Jabez Deming Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, looks on at left and 3,035,520 gallons per day. The statement pretty well
: trators. . and teachers from Miss Louise Giddings, treasurer of the chapter at right, as Mayor Reese B. Lockett Cost of this project will be sums up the versatility of
over 50 junior 0hege5 30.2T proclaims February as American History Month in the City of Brenham, 4 rmnc =$200,000. the Longhorns’ junior quar-
state" convene projects concerning American History are planned by the ladies during February, inclu- * A new water well at a cost terback, who will be the main
etsunio-rca ding an essay contest m 1.5522222 5. getting under-=x-2...x..1......it-$55,000,—The-commiss1o2e,,572/,7 uN PcennamHighSeh--
lege Associat 1on and on the activities will appear in coming Banner-Press editions. Mrs. A. Q. Plummer is had earlier okayed proceeding ool’s Football Banquet to be
Junior C allege Teachers . chairman of the American History Month activities for the Deming D. A.R. Chapter, on this project and the bid has held Wednesday night at the
. socia tion Sonyention, Feb. 15, _________________________21 - 1 2.0elC--------- • already been let to Texas Wa-t
1,” and 17, in Houston: Rep- D. ULU DA --terWell, Inc. of Houston for
resenting Blinn will be B. C. Rev. HOCKWOrthe I n Race-- G 709
m ■ * A $75,000 elevated storage
CHICKENSTEW lamanarate J I" tank.
The Um"saan seme 11 UCITOCTdIS, J bur MCI CHA HEAP SHER EOURSE TOR
stew in the New W ehdem Ch- . Z " expansion of sewage treatment
urch basement Sunday,Feb. M m nai - ■ V 1 . facilities to a 1,400,000 gal-
11 , beginning at 5:30 p. m. | I LAr TATO r lons per day c apac ity at a cost
IV ... of $330,000. Under Public Law.
If I W I MG 660, 30% of this --or about
. B $100,000--could be provided
by registered mail and post- Alfonso Deloz, a bank sup-
marked before midnight Th- ervisor from Houston, sur-
ursday to .pay the $1,000 filing prised Democratic Party
fee. 5 ‘ j leaders by filing late Monday.
State Democratic headquar- He did not pay his filing fee
A large turnout of 46 persons The Washington County Fair- J
attended the first of four two Association will hold an im-
hour sessions of a University portant meeting on Tuesday,
of Texas extension course in Feb. 6 at 7:30 p.m. at the
Public Relations in City Hall Fairgrounds..
Auditorium Monday. Chamber . ’ 1
of Commerce manager Wood- DANCE WORKSHOP
row. Free says that anyone fn- The Buttons and Bows Square
terested in ■beginning the co- Dance Club will have a work-
urse tonight’ will get full cre- : shop on Thursday, Feb. 8, at
dit for it by attending- the fin- 8 p.m. at Seeker’s Lake.
1 three sessions.
Public Housing
Board Appointed
Another step toward creat-
ing a Public Housing Authority
in Brenham was taken at Mon-
day’s city commission meet-
* ■ ing with the appointment of a
board to govern a possible
.......... project.
* The city commission nam-,
T ed W. F. Burt as temporary
. chairman and Taft Harris,
Milton Krause, Rev. Alvin
Rail son and Mrs. Josie Wil-
liams as members of the
committee. . ,
« A 60-day waiting period
during which persons should
come forward with reasons
for or against such a Public
- Housing plan is now under-
way. The intention to create
a P.H.A. is published as a leg-
• UDC TO. MEET
The regular meeting of the
Minnie B. Williams Chapter
of the UDC will be. held on
Feb. 7 at 3 p. m. at the K&G
Restaurant with Mrs. George
Zeiss and Miss Dessie Miller
as hostesses.
COLLEGE TEACHERS -
missioners, in regular ses-______
sion Monday, accepted-therr.luing-te 2p3r_A,uT whs
recommendation of Bernard triumph over the powerful
Johnson C onsultig Engineers Tennessee Volunteers. Their
of Houston to go into a $660,- lone loss was to Texas, by a
000 water and sewer improve- score of 9-7.
ment program. ) Following the Texas win,
Expected total cost of the Longhorn backfield coach
entire project will be some Fred Akers said, “Bill Brad-
$560,000 because the expan- ley wasn’t super today, but
sion of the sewage treatment he almost was. He did ev-
season while winning ten, in-
al notice twice in the local L.J.L.u
newspaper during the 60-days. . OUSITY rnOne
The city’s purpose in appo- N AUSTIN Tex (UPD .EL
inting a Housing Authority bo- tysem Peraiec AUCI Tex. 1)
ard now is to give board mem- JYBCT KCCCIVCS even Democrats and three Re-
bers a chance to get acquain- 64 LA:II: | publicans were in the race
ted with the project being con- 1 Million Loan
sidered.r A loan in the amount of
aoTheneCOTTE SS E — $1,034,000 to the indastrs * ine nghes"3ee.—==
a vacancy on the City Planning - Telephone Company, thr- — Filings for the May 4 prim-
Commission, replacing Dr. E.
P. Tottenham who has moved
to Austin. Leon Toubin was ap-
pointed to a new term on the
same group.
ough the R.E.A., will per-
mit improvement of exist-
ing phone service for 587
existing subscribers and- pro-
vide service for 360 new sub-
scribers.
The announcement of the
loan was made by Senator Ra-.
N. Y. Nets
Set Tryout
Camp Here
The New York Mets will
. . . hold a four-day baseball try-
by a government grant out camp during the first
According to the Johnson' week in June in Brenham’s-
Engineering firm, these im- Fireman’s Park Stadium, it
provements -- atpresentpro- was announced today by Red
jections of the Brenham pop- Murit, Texas scouting super-
either, ---------------ulation - will serve the city visor for bostietbiinncumoe
Other late filers for the gov- adequately thro bughab ut 985 A rrangements for the huge
er nor’s office, thrown wide ______Mayor Reese B. Lockett tryout camp, which is expec-3 ■
open by Gov. John Connally’s said -- and the council agreed ted to attract some 300 play-
decision not to seek a, fourth - that it would be advisable ers, were worked out last night
term, included Republican- to submit the proposal to the at a meeting at the home of
John Trice of Dallas, who said people of Brenham as a bond Blinn baseball coach Leroy
: he was entering the GOP prim-, issue as the best means of Dreyer. Also present at the
ary against the wishes of state financing these needed impro- meeting were Walter Schwar-
party leaders, and liberal De- vements. 7 : tz and Leslie Clayton, city
mocrat Don Yarborough.’ Mayor Lockett said the City. commissioners.
_ ... . ■ ... -— Another potential Republi- of Brenham is now in corres- The camp has been held for
Fr 9 11 I can candidate, Jack Cox, pondence—with the investment the last several years at Ro-
COIOWCII meanwhile announced he had and securities firm of Paine, ckdale, with Murff overse-
rejected an appeal from some Webber, J ackson and Curtis, eing and coach Dreyer as his
CALDWELLFex-(UP)===3D)TCE murder of his 21-party members for him toen- inHoustou eftpm laiE chief assistant. The camp 1 erville, died in the Bellville
year-old wife. She was found ter the race. 17.5212-c hreeohnot only-allows players to be Hospital Tuesday at12:45 a.m.
iheerestsat. seen by the professional sc-Funeral services will be —
corniercenerctedded informa- outs but also by college co- held at the Salem Lutheran
es ana omer neeaeaaches. Blinn has recruited Church of Welcome Thursday .
several talented players in the at 2 p. m. with the Rev: Char-
past from the Rockdale camp, les Davis officiating. Burial
There/ will be a game each will be in the church cemetery,
night during the four days of Survivors include his wife,
the camp, with the proceeds, Mrs. Lola Jurchak of Bleib-
if any,going to help the ov- lerville; three daughters,
erall baseball program in the Mrs. Jay C. Buenger of In-
county. The Brenham Kiwan- dustry, Mrs. Charles F. Oak-
is Club will handle the food ley of Houston and Florence
concession at the games. Jurchak of Bellville; and one
son, Stanley H. Jurchak of
Grand Rapids, Mich.
today for governor of Texas,
the largest field since 1946
when 14 Democrats sought the . ters said Johnnie Mae Hack-
wd - 2. "ate--EENWorne or Brenham and pastor
on the Globe Church in Hous-
ary ended at midnight Monday.
State Republican and Demo-
cratic headquarters are re-
quired to accept papers sent
ton, mailed her pipers in late
Monday. She was an unsuc-
cessful candidate in the 1964
and 1966 primaries.
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g-doi
Daughter Of First.
* ■ 1ph Yarborough to the Ban-
Blinn President Dies ner-Press by telephone this
* ( morning.
Mrs. D. H. Fischer, the The main improvement will
... former Eul: 09. be me replacementnaeraworo
ham, died at die meme other 8-10 party lines me-par- Donald Eugene Hammond was
daughter, Mrs. Laurena Fis- * 14------*— *---* Meh
cher Matthews, in Eagle Lake
Seabrook Man’s Terror
BILL BRADLEY
Frank Jurchak Of
Bleiblerville Dies
Frank J. Jurchak of Bleib-
Monday. She was the daughter
of the first president of Blinn
College.
Funeral services will be
held at 1:30 p. m. Wednesday
in Eagle Lake. Graveside ser-
vices will be held at the Pra-
irie LeaCemetery in Brenham
at 3:30 p. m. with the pastor
of the Eagle Lake Methodist
Church officiating.
Survivors include three
ty line systems, to establish the kind of man who wanted
service without toll between to belong to the fire depart-
federal exchanges and to con- ment in Seabrook, Tex. He
struct combination Headquar- rode the fire truck as Santa
ters - Central Office building Claus last Christmas and
for the Industry Exchange, passed out gifts and candy t0
sodeedee.i...e.eeesseeegeooX the children, *-
Verse For Today Police accused him today
Thou shall rejoice in every
good thing which the Lord thy
God hath given unto thee, and
unto thine house. -Deuterono-
my 26:11.
Life should be lived daily
with a deep sense of grati-
tude to God for the count-
children, Carl Fischer and
Egbert Fischer, both of Los
Angeles, Calif. and Laurena
Fischer Matthews of Eagle less blessings we enjoy. We
I ake; and several grandchil- receive so much; we deserve
dren and great grandchildren, so little.
Around
own
By NTIITATO SITE T
dead Sunday night* in their
home. •
At the little Central Texas
schoolhouse of 150 students,
a deputy sheriff and an FBI
man persuaded Hammond to
let them take the hostages’
place.
of giving little but terror Sun- Then, told by telephone that
dav and Monday -----_ his wife was dead,the gunman
As police reconstructed the
events, they began Sunday
night when he walked into a
- Seabrook lounge where his
wife and daughter, Pascha, 2,
were waiting for him. Wit-
nesses quoted him as saying,
“I'll give you five minutes to
get home or I’ll blow your
brains out."
Neighbors said Hammond
ran from his house later Sun-
day night shouting, “I’ve shot
my wife! Don’t let her die.”
Then he disappeared.
Monday, he reappeared 120
miles to the northwest in the
lunchroom of the tiny Friend-
ship school, 15 miles north of
— Caldwell. He was ar med wi the =
pistol, and yelled: “ Every-
body freeze.”
'Police said he ordered Je-
Don’t fail to see the number .one Junior College basketball
team in the nation when the San Jacinto Ravens take on the
Blinn Buccaneers here tonight at the BlinnGym and the Buc’s
Coach Ernie Stewart is looking forward to a great game....
Surprise birthday party for Wil TIE KMEC by many friends
was a big hit enjoyed by all. ..IDE JACC )Bon the move caring
for another VI W chore...MRS, VERDE POMYKAL won’t
have to worry about using any eve shadow for the next few
da ysWZ I ' Mitginta that sc afVXi, ECi still smiling and :
thankful the injury was only slight....VINCENT GURKA gets
through a winner over the flu bug with the kind nursing help
of mother MOLLIE.: AL BERT HAFER in from Prairie Hill
Fourteen Austin Republi-
cans met with Cox at noon
Monday and offered to pay his
filing fee if he would get in
the race.
The group openly expressed
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tian for considering several
bond issued plans that could be
used to finance the project
The commission made de-
(Continued Cn Page 6)
Dane Dasardar
collapsed in tears and sur- DOUS KECOIOCL.
rendered to the Seabrook pol- ■
ice chief, who drove the 120 Atrs ■ II IL.IE1.2
miles to the school. Officially- UnOwICIaIV?
“That gun barrel locked VIICGHY. UNVECCT:
like a shotgun when he came
in the door," Long said. “It There was some confusion The ruling in question was a .a p ■
happened so quick my knees over whether the Brenham Ci- made in regard to taping of a foncervation Rnard
shook. He was excited and c ty Commission meetings sh-commissioners court meeting JOIL LOUSCIO1OI DUUIU
ould be retaped for later bro- at Brady, Texas.. = -
adcast over Radio Station A Banner-Press poll of city
commissioners indicates that
some confusion exists in wh- EPPYA - 0w.Ius
ether any official action was The 1967 accomplishments
taken about the tape record- of the Austin- Washington Soil
ings.and Water Conservation Dis-
Commissioner LeslieClay- trict have been reported to
ton said a poll was taken and the Soil Conservation Service
it was the unanimous opinion of and Texas State Soil and Wa-
commissioners that the meet- ter Conservation District Bo- Water Conservation District
ings should not be retaped. ard, according to Roy Mein- Supervisors. The Board held
*1 12 meetings in which only five,
members total were absent
mean. He was holding the gun
behind the girl’s neck.”
“ * Get back. Get back, I KWHT today.
will shoot you, ’ ” Long quo- At the close of Monday’s
ted the gunman as saying, meeting, City Secretary Mel-
“ ’ Get the law back. If they vin Pohlmeyer informed sta-
try to get in I will shoot tion officials that the meeting
both of you. ’ ” could not be retaped from the
He stayed in the room with - original tape recording. He
the hostages and placed calls said he was acting under or-
relatives across the coun- ders from Mayor Reese Loc-
try and to Seabrook, a suburb”” kett and cited a recent ruling Walter --------........
handed down by the state at-----Commissioners—alter ecke. Chairman of the Board, .
e-kmnt Tin N.........Here is a listing of the ac-
of Houston where many of the
nation's astronauts live.
torney general.
Schwartz, Irvin Navratil and
Travis Voelkel said there was
no poll taken and the decision
came as a surprise to them.
The majority of commis-
sioners agreed that the meet-
ings should not be retaped
because of the poor quality of
complishments:
• Fifty new cooperators
were added to the District last
year, and 65 farm and ranch
plans were revised.
• Financial assistance for
necessary shaping on 301 ac-
res of eroded land.
The Board of Supervisors
represented this District at
the annual meeting of Texas
State Association of Soil and
during the year.
Radio programs were pre-
pared for Farm-City week,
and regular news releases
went to all news media in the
District. Students writing con-
raldean Ayers, 15, into the : :
superintendent’s office where AT | TACT I 0E AITIIAI
he held her and school tea- 1 f A A 1 02J ULTTGIAL
cher Robert L. Long, 36, hos- " 1 1 1
tages for 2 1/2 hours. (IINTV VOTED® IVDIATI
Hammond, a 25-year-old VUIEKS CAPEGTEU
service station attendant was ***** " "" MY the broadcasts *********-=
held without bond In the Har- . County tax assessor-col- tate that work also being fin-ash Mayor Reese Lockett said approved through County ASCS
ris County jail today, charged lector Henry Appel believes ished before the work is com- he dime mhos that the offices for 30. participants.
- that the final voter registra- pleted on the voter list. even Enos that the These were serviced inlayout week
tion count in Washington Co- However, Appel indicated, (Continued on page 6) and checked out by the Soil poard expressed a
unty will be at least 7,825 for ’ that under the new law the vot- _ Conservation Service, onenition for couperatorsa
the Presidential fear Q er listing must also be compl- - u . •Land Adequately Treated, .user eerunreation ron
• The final processing of a eted by the end of Februaryino Hello * and not previously reported, wampcencles" assianng,
stack of last day mail appli- what promises to be a very: 1EHR — was 13,546 acres. One or more
cations and the turning of all . busy month at the county tax , 1′1 practices were applied by 703 bust,
registration forms into final office. W d _______farms or ranches. , ctors, duals, and •
official lists, he indicated, will wt-0- * Naw hastira and havtand nes-e —
take several more weeks to- tions to vote already proces-
complete because of the press
of other business at hand.
permanent type practices was
held without bond in the Har-
serration essays were given
awards; thinisters “chur- .%
ches assisted in Soil Ste-
to report on 4ho redact Zne rains...1 G. HERZOG sharpen-
ing another pencil as the prime tool of his profession..BRAD- N
* apLEY MANN enjoying a coffee break with some of.his.sports. 2
- minded friends....Get well wishes to old friend PAUL GINN
who we hope to see back among the old crowd soon... The Cub
in Segers-travel to €, Eranchi €: important district
game...MICKEY KENJURA looking for the vitamin pills to
regain thatenergy taken away By’the flu bug. f..GLENN
KLUSSMANN rounding up the ticket buyers for tomorrow
night’s sports banquet out at the Cubcafeteria, which should
be a good one....BILL Y VAN moving along in a hurry to
beat the deadline for another broadcast....Prettv MARY
Weather
SUNNY -
Fair.-Mild in afternoon,
cool tonight. Low expected
GERKE dishing out a big platter of food for the grandbabies
with the hope they are satisfied. 1=
tonight upper 30s. High expec-
ted Wednesday mid 60s.
Readings for 24 hour per-
iod ending at 7 a.m. Tuesday:
Max 66, Min 43. 7 a.m. 43.
“Hello
• 1.XLAS — was 13,546 acres. One or more
. I I practices were applied by 703
Worldfarms or ranches.
With some 7,825 applica- -New pasture and hayland
SON FOR STOLZS * was. planted ---
sed, Appel indicated that he Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Stolz •Land Clearing was repor-
believes that the 100 or so . of Brenham are the parents ted on 1,655 acres.
of a boy born at the St. Jude * Non-commercial recrea- ,
Hospital Monday at 12:15 p. m. tion development, was repor-
Weighing seven pounds, six ted. on 115 farms and ranches,
ounces, he has been named * District cooperators es-
. - — tablished grass and did the
Vehicle registration is con-
tinuing at a busy pace, Appel
indicated, and also said that
the deadline for filing reports und within those already hand-
oh county taxes will necessi- led. —Darren Wayne.
remaining to be processed wo-
uld about be offset by the in-
valid ones or duplications fo-
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