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PAGE SIX BRENHAM BANNER-PRES MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1968
HELP WANTED
THE WASHINGTON COUNTY CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE IS SEEKING FORMER
RESIDENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN
MOVING BACK TO THIS COUNTY. SOME
JOBS ARE AVAILABLE NOW AND OTHERS
WILL BE, AS INDUSTRIES CONTINUE TO
EXPAND..-
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IF- YOU KNOW OF ANY SUCH PERSONS, FILL IN THIS SURVEY FORM
WITH THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES AND A JOB APPLICATION WILL
BE SENT TO THEM. MAIL TO THE INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE OF
WASHINGTON COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, 314 SO. AUSTIN.
BRENHAM, TEXAS 77833.
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RUBENSTEIN-
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der of Elks on March 28, 19-
18, by Past Grand Exalted
Ruler John P. Sullivan and
~ made a member of New Or-
Arabia Temple of Houston.
He operated the Simon Th-
eatre named after his grand-
leans Lodge No. 30.
Rubenstein transferred to
the Brenham Elks Lodge No.
CATHOLIC-
(Continued from Page 1)
inging to fulfillment a dream
that began .almost nine years
ago, when he was assigned as
Pastor of Sts. Peter and Paul
. In Bellville. The dedication of
. the new church and rectory,
he said is the last of a th-
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tect, of Bryan and the Struc- legislative session. Although . (Continued from page 1) ’ one foot and one Buies
tural Engineer was Joe T. - his interests range over a -7 P* district-winning leap, smiu‘s
Strother of Houston with the wide field, his major work
Mechanical Engineering being has been towards a select
done by J. W. Hall Jr. of Bry- number of activities with ef-
by William E. Nash, Archi-
. 979on May 5, 1926 and served
father for some years when the in all the Chairs in the Lodge eh
.. new show palace of Brenham, and was elected Exalted Ruler
was built. He alsooperatedthe for the first time in 1932. He > Walter Warmke, 45, of Blel-
Harold Shop, a ladies ready to again served as Exalted Ruler blerville, died in a Brenham
wear store, and later entered froin 1961 through 1963. hospital Sunday at 12:35 a.m.
Funeral services will be
held at the Salem Lutheran
Church of Welcome Tuesday
at 2 p.m with the Rev. Char-
les Davis officiating. Burial
will be- in the church ceme-
tery. The Brenham Memorial
Chapel is in charge of arran-
gements.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Myrtle Beckmann War-
mke of Bleiblerville; two sons;
Warren Dale Warmke and
the investment and real es-
tate business, continuing in
this field until his death.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Beatrice Elliot Ruben-
stein, two sons, Matthew S.
Rubenstein of Fort Worth and
Samuel S. Rubenstein of New
Orleans, La, and six grand-
sons. He was preceded in death
in 1942- by his first wife, the
late Mrs. Edel Mathews Rub-
enstein. *
Funeral services for Mr.
Rubenstein will be held at
4 p. m. Tuesday from the First
. Methodist Church in Brenham,
with Dr. Robert Gilpin offic-
for the first time in 1932. He
again served as Exalted Ruler
from 1961 through 1963.
In appreciation for bis ser-
vices to the Elks, the mem-
, bers of the Brenham Lodge
voted an Honorary Life
. Membership on Sept. 26,1938.
In 1925, Rubenstein assist-
ed in the reorganisation of the
Texas Elks State Association
in the meeting held at El Paso,
He was elected secretary of
the Texas Elks State Associa-
tion in 1942 and served the As-
sociation in that capacity for
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. barrier for the first time in
the 880-yard run, with a time
<4 1:59.5, and came in sixth.
Newsome's time in the 440-
yard run was one and two-
tenths seconds faster than his
scheduled for this summer, be
has been called upon to make
frequent contacts with fellow
members from the large cit-
ies; notably, 19 legislators in
the Houston area, 15 in Dallas,
10 from San Antonio and -8
from Fort Worth.'
church were given by Its mem- the urgent necessity of water some 108 members over
bers and friends, quality control. the state are running in con-
The modern new rectory is. Statesman Qualities tested races which has made
From all these activities Mutscher’s activities even
more involved, ‘I am looking
maker in his mid-30's who is forward to the special session
recognized among his collea-and the 61st Legislature in 19-
sues CtheYoun Vefer.**1----epua
of the House.” Mutscher is tance to Texas," Mutscher
constantly sought as a speak- : noted. But all my basic st-
-er at functions throughout the rength lies among the home-
State because of his knowled- folks of the 29th District
. geable assessments of Texas without their confidence and
affairs. His interim commit- suith 6 not survive.
My fondest hope is to able
an. , fects of state-wide importan-
The General Contractor for ce. Among these efforts are
the work was the Chappell service on Legislative Conf- '
Hill Construction-Company of erence Committees, partici-
Brenham, with Moeller El- pation in Mental Health and.
ectric Company of Brenham Mental Retardation, legisla-
doing the electrical work and live reapportionment, Junior
W. R. Crick of Bellville hav- College activities, State Ag-
roe-phase building program
which began in July of 1961,
when work first got under way
on the Community Center, ing the contract for the space riculture, and Marketing pro-
Dedication of the new facility 44-ihe •
was held on July 29, 1962.
The new three building com-
conditioning work.
Many memorials for the new
gress, development of a mea-
ningful state park system and
plex is located on a nine acre
tract of beautifully landscaped . .
property fronting Highway 36,. built to blend with the color - =====—
. south of Bellville The church, scheme of the church and is has emerged a successful law-
" community center and rectory designed to include the Pr-
are an sitar. In design and aiest's living quarters, a re------------=-===R==
material. Driveways, walk- ceptionarea along with a spa- fresesui"ithe Wowns. Veteran
ways parking areas and the cious office. 0
general outlay of the church ;
plant add to the beauty of the anrautn-
entire site. . IPEBAEW.
In a message of congratul- CARLA
ations to Father Fuchs and his
Parishoners of Sts. Peter and ’ (Continued Tom
Paul, Bishop Reicher expre-
ssed his pleasure on this happy
occasion for the splendid job
done in br inging into existence
another fitting place of wor-
INIIDAI ship for the honor and glory
TUNELKAL of Almighty God.
* The new Saints Peter and
siALAFE Paul Catholic Church if the
dominant structure of the gr-
NV I oup -of three new buildings
comprising the new parish fa-
WarmLa cilities, and is one of the
WXOTmAefirst elarehes ST area
which is completely in ac-. er affect legislative action.
tee work and private travels
cordance with the new Catho-
lic liturgy.
AR MATER
Lunch Meat
1202. CAN Jo
... - as over Texas have brought him
went on to positions of impor- recognition as an authority
tance on most other major on legislative needs for a rap-
committees in the Texas Ho- “idly urbanizing state,
use. But the young represen- . Busy Schedule
tative’s activities and duties Mutseners quest for the pr-
were not confined to the gen- ime position of leadership in
eral sessions however. Dur- the House has resulted in a
ing the interim, when most busy round of travels in recent
House and Senate Members, months. With House member-
were attending to private du- ship beginning to concentrate'
ties, Mutscher. was gaining in the metropolitan area, Mut-
further recognition by his out- scher's election as Speaker
standing service on interim from the District would
committees which weretolat- result in a meaningful blend
., . . of rural-urban power. Butpr-
The measure of his work for to the special session
can be gauged by the fact that lor to the special session
to continue to merit this sup*
port."
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9.6 time in the hundred was
his best of the year.
Langehennig just barely
missed a trip to the state
meet when be came in third
in the 120-yard high hurdles
in the time of 14.9. The mile
relay .team, composed of
Woodrow Davis, Frank Smith,
George Mays and Newsome
placed sixth.
Smith had to beat WestCol-
umbia's Ernest Williams, who
had a best time of 9.4 in the
hundred, but be was up to the
task. After getting off to his
first false start of the year,
Smith came out of the blocks
the second time and put on a
burst of speed to nip Wil-
liams at the string.
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.... Monte Hale Warmke, both of
office in 1957. He was voted , Bleiblerville; three brothers,
-- *"armke of Biel bl er -
ville, Freddie Warmke of Su-
gar Land and Harry Warmke
of Houston; two sisters, Mrs.
Association in 1932 and was Leon Delion of Bellville and
the oldest living Past Pres- Mrs. Fred Winkelmann of Br-
ident of the State Association enham.
at the time of his death. One brother and one sister
He achieved a record of preceded him in death.
having attended all but one of - Pallbearers are Frank Ma-
State Conventions in the his- cat, Earl Luedeker, Billy Wa-
tory of the Association. yne Warmke, Douglas War-
On the Grand Lodge level of mke, David Schulz and Fred
the Elks Association, Ruben- Lamar Winkelmann.
stein first served as District Born in AustinCounty, Tex-
Deputy in 1934-35 and held as, Dec. 12, 1922, the son of
the offices of Grand Lodge the late Frits and Ella Eben
State Assoctation C ommittee. War mke, he was baptized May
a member of the Grand Lodge 20, 1923, in the Welcome Lu-
theran Church by Rev. J. Ap-
fifteen years, retiring from
Honorary Secretary of the
Texas Elks State Association,
latihe. Internistwi .h 3 unon retirement HAml.
Prairie Lea Cemetery. ‘ cted President of the State
Pallbearers include John A.
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Fuhrhop of Galveston, Victor
Ferchill, Longview, Alex Mc-
Knight, Dallas, James V. Sh-
arp, San Antonio, Irvin Nav-
ratil, W. C. Dorbritz, Allison
B. Clark and Leon Toubin all
of Brenham
Honorary pallbearers will
include members of the Mas-
onic Bodies, the Elks Lodge
and friends of the family.
—Rubenstein was a member
of the Graham Lodge No. 20 AF
and AM and served as Wor-
shipful Master in 1967. He is
a past High Priest of the Br-
1 enham Chapter No. 5 R. A.M.
A member of the Brenham
Council No. 22 R and SM. Was
Past Thrice Illustrious Mas-
ter of the order of High Pr-
Jesthood in 1966 of the Bren-
ham Commandery No. 15 and a
Generallissimo in 1968. .
In 1903, ho was named as
—Worthy Patron of the Order .
of Eastern Star, Brenham Ch-
apter No. 144 and in 1964 ser-
ved as President of the Bren-
ham Shrine Club.
( His contribution to the Te-
xas State Elks Association and
* the Crippled Children's Hos-
pital at Othine, Texas gained
for Rubenstein an outstanding
reputation as one of the na-
tion's most prominent leaders
in the Elks Lodge.
He was initiated into the Or-
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Auditing Committee and was
named a District Deputy of
the Grand Lodge and from
pel. He was confirmed April
10, 1938, in the same church
by Rev. I. M. Mansur. He was
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1963 to the time of his
death served a Special Deputy educated in the public schools
Grand Exalted Ruler for the at Bleiblerville.
State of Texas under the per- He was married to Myrtle
sonal direction of Past Grand Beckmann Oct. 14,1948, at the
Exalted Ruler George 1. Hall. “Welcome Lutheran Church by
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RrAnham Brief * Warmke engaged in farm-
preaaam Priet ing and ranching and was em-
— COUNTY MISHAP ployed by Sealy Mattress Co.
Minor to moderate damage
was done to two cars in a
noon Sunday mishap at the in-'
tersection of Highways 36 and
290 south of Brenham. Ann
Fleming Coates of Houston
was ticketed for failure to
yield right of way at a stop
intersection in the collision
with Rebecca Vern Yoakum
of Rt. 1, Brenham.
CAR IS STOLEN
A car belonging to Curtis
Ray of Brenham -- a 1964
Fordor sedan with the lic-
ence number RHY-515 -- was
reported stolen.
LIQUOR ARRESTS
A total of 22 arrests were
made in this area, 19 of them
in the City of Brenham, for
alcoholic bever ages violations
during the weekend.
Ponfick
Fred A. Ponfick, 78, of Bur-
ton, died suddenly at his home
at 10:30 a.m. Sunday.
Funeral services will be
held at the Foehner Funeral
Chapel at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday
with Rev. Bruno Schroeder of-
ficiating. Burial will be in the
Carmine Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Frieda Ponfick of Bur-
ton; two sons, Wilbe Ponfick
of Burton and Fred Ponfick
Jr. of Odessa; four daughters,
Mrs. Myrtle Guelker of Bur.
ton, Mrs. Elvera Yant of Aus-
tin, Mrs. “Lucille Levien of
Carmine, and Miss Peggy
Ponfick of Burton; one broth-
er, Awalt Ponfick of Houston;
two sisters, Mrs. Nathalie Ro-
thermel and Mrs. Frieda Ku-
ehn, both of Burton.
He was preceded in death
by his parents, three sons and
two brothers.
His nephews will serve as
active pallbearers.
Bora in Carmine June 11,
1889, the son of Fritz and
Anna Giese Ponfick, he was
baptised in infancy and con-
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firmed in the Carmine Luth-
eran Church April 10, 1910.
He was married to Miss
Frieda Roemer in Sandtown
and lived in Carmine until
1948, when he moved to Bur-
ton.
Ponfick was in the cattle
business most of his life.
CITY MISHAP
Robert D. Glaesmann was ti-
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right of way when his station
wagon was in collision with
a sedan driven by Ruby Wolff
Ponfick at 8:05 a. m. this
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