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MICROFILM CEMTER, rNc
P.O. BOX 45436
DALLAS, TEXAS 75235
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#** . "THE CITY OF HOSPITALITY - GATEWAY TO WASHINGTON STATE PARK"
005 NUMBER ONE
DAILY HOME
NEWSPAPER
VOL, 104
NO. 84
PUBLISHES DAILY
MONDAY THRV " RIDAY
TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1970
BRENHAM, TEXAS 77833 *
second CLASS Posvace
PA AT BRENNA. TERM
TEN CENTS PER COPY
Blinn All-College Rodeo
Set Wednesday Thursday
stamp ===-==:
One hundred and. .fifty competes in steer dogging and
contestants from 13 senior and tiedown roping with the ex-
ception of Alley, who com-
petes in bull riding.
Schroeder currently holds
junior collegeswill compete in
the second annual Blinn Col-
lege National Intercollegiate
Rodeo this Wednesday and
Thursday, April 29 and 30.
Starting time for the two-
Mobile Home Park Ordinance
Approved By Commissioners
(town fourth spot in the south-
ern district of the NIRA in
steer dogging. Last week at
NIRA rodeo at Kingsville, Sch-
mately $1,231,000 for 1970,
* Approved the purchase ofa
hose jacket, ladder and25 new
caps for the fire department.
♦ Gave approval for two or
day affair at the Washington
_ "County Fair Ground will be 8
p.m. rateonry adtssp roping. . . iantir
College roded teams, be- Tickets may be purchased %
roeden won third place in tie*
4KE -
By CHARLES MOSER But henceforth persons will
The Brenham CityCommis- be guided into parks.
sion Monday evening gave final Also, it wasadded that these,
approval to a mobile home mobile homeowners could not
park ordinance, move them again--unless it is
Surprisingly, there were no to a mobile home park.
vocal objections to the ordi- In conjunction, the commis-
. nance from the audience,Dis- skin approved amending the
three additional teiphone
lines In the police department.
The police and city judge are*
side the Blinn team, will come
from as far as Lake Charles,
La. to Uvalde, Tex.
The Blinn Rodeo Team is.
composed of Glen Schroeder,
Brenham; Clayton Young,
Austin; Roy Chesson, Beau-
mont; and Benjamin Alley,
Columbus. The entire team
at the gate for $1.50 for adults
and 75 cents for children.
Blinn students may purchase
their tickets for 75 cents at
the gate.
Frank Harris of West Col-
umbia, Texas, is the rodeo pr-
oducer.
went ■ the ordinance-re —and dingpido require presently being served with
" past meetings has brought sp-all future homes constructdust - u
irited lengthy oratory and de-
000 Ji 200 3% " o odo sbl . U V. I
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GIRLS STATE WINNERS selected by the American Legton Auxiliary, pictured from the left
are, Kay Seidel, Lee Has skafl and Jan Spitzer. -
ATTENTION 4-H LEADERS BUTTONS AND BOWS
All interested new 4-H Cloth-' The Brenham Buttons and
ing Leaders and parents will Bows Square Dance Club will
have a meeting on May 1 at have a dance Saturday, May2,
10:30 a.m. at the Fairgrounds at the brenham KC Hall.Hen-
"Kitchen to begin training for ry Thompson will be-the-cal- The American Legion Aux-
4-H Clothing projects. The wer. iliary No. 48 of Brenham will
again sponsor two girls to the
Bluebonnet Girls State to
be held ttiis year on the cam-
Winners Named To Girls State
By American Legion Auxiliary
bate of the subject.
The ordinance prohibits the
construction of mobile home
parks in single or multi-dwel-
ling residential areas.
It does allow for the devel-
opment of such parks in com-
mercial or light industrial
areas, following okay by the
zoning board and the city com-
mission.
The ordinance also controls
the operation and construction
of mobile home parks.
Regulation of modular and
pre-fabricated homes was not
- Included in the ordinance. Ac-
ting on the recommendation of
or set on blocks or piers * Heard a report from May-
above the ground to-be com- . or W. F. Hasskarl Jr. that con-
pletely skirted or screened, crete plans for a new comm un-
This would enclose the area 4- *
ity center may be ready for
16, daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
beginning steps of 4-H Cloth- BRIDGE CLUB RESULTS .
ing will be discussed. If sew - Results this weektisBiene
ing machines and equipment Results of this week SE ren-
are owned, please bring them. ham Duplicate Bridge Club
are as follows: first, Mrs.
Louis Beasley and Mrs. Joe
Edwards; second, Mrs. Joel ' June 24, 1970,not confined to daughters or
All interested leaders and pal ' Williams and Clint Anderson; Miss Kay Seidel, l“ daugh- relatives of the Legion Aux-
rents of 4-H club members third. Mrs. Henry Wehmeyer" ter of Mr. and Mrs. FredWm. iliary, include such qualities
ten have their first training Jr. and Mrs- Robert Hasskarl. Seidel and Miss Lee Hasskarl, as; leadership, character, co.
will na ve meir DISt rainy ------------------------— urage, honesty, scholarship,
,meeting of toe more advanced GARDEN CLUB MEET , : : cooperativeness, and physical
to City Commission fess.* "PL
jects. May 13 at ■ If The Bluebonnet Garden Club 1 The girls will be property
the Fairgrounds in will meet Wednesday, April 29 Adonic hedul chaperoned by trained coun-
sewing macl ine al dequi- at 10 a.m. at,the home of Mrs. Adopts ocnedu le selors and no girl is allowed
- ment -are-owned, please bring I. H. Bartz at 700 Walnut Hill r to leave, the grounds, except
them Bill Thane, Washing ton County Lar CrumDoa on schedulated trips of the
Agricultural . Agent wipre-
sent a program on ornamen-
taIs-Diseases, and Insects,
Cub Scout Troop 742 of St.
Paul’s Lutheran Church will INMATE ART SHOW
have pack meeting Wednes-
day, April 29, at 7:30 p.m, at
•city har. -
privileges, rights, and
sponsibilt ies of American cit-
izenships. Its purpose is to
re-
W. F. Hasskarl, will serve as
delegates, and M iss J an Spitz-
er, 17, daughter of Mr. and awaken within the youth ofour
nation a sincere conviction
Mrs. Garrett Spitzer will be
4-H CLUB
pus of Texas LutheranCollege their.alternate.
at. Seguin from June 16 until The selection of winners.
that a well-informed, intelli-
gent, participating citizenry
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between the ground level and
the lower portion ofthe house.
This amendment made spe-
cial reference to the modular
and pre- fabricated homes.
City Manager Charlie Blum
pointed out that skirting would
help keep the area under the
house clean and more sani-
tary, and it would also help
beautify the structure and
community.
In other action, the com-
mission:
• Heard a report from Blum
the Planning and Zoning saying the current three-day
Board, the commissionagreed -clean-up campaign staged by
to leave regulation of these the city is moving smoothly,
structures under city building Blum urged that persons
code and subdivision deed re- owning vacant lots make spe-
strictions, r cial efforts to have them cut--
The commission also poin- for both health reasons and
ted out that persons already beautification.
residing in mobile homes, or " * Heard a letter from Sen.
have permits to locate a mo- Ralph Yarborough saying the
bile home in residential ar- Brenham Urban Renewal Ag-
• eas, may do so, ency has a budget of approxi-
K-9 Ordinance OK'd--
Mans Best Friend Sentenced
entire group,
The Brenham City Com- The girls, all students at
mission adopted a schedule Brenham High School, will be
for the municipal swimming given opportunities to par.ti-
pool for the summer, cipate in such activities as
„ ., It will be open from June 1 Girls state newspaper, musi- At least don’t take him into
Washington Gounty residents * until Aug. 30. cal programs and amateur Brenham after July 1. That’s
are invited to attend the sixth" The following rates were al- night. ’ when the city’s new dog ordi-
... annual Inmate Art Show to be so adopted: 7 The purpose of American nance prohibiting the free-.
WaAthor held May 1-3 at the admini-.12-ears-old and over - Legion Auxiliary Bluebonnet wheeling of dogs Lakes affect,
stration buildings at the Texas , 50c.. Girls State is to educate our Manytheir
Diluent of Corrections*. , Under 12 vears - 25C, young women in the duties, reMna r session, the € gcom.
* Children's wading pool - ----------- . mission adopted the ordinance
on the strength of a nearly 3 to
1 straw vote on April 7 of the
people demanding such a law.
Beginning July 1, residents
must have the ir canine pets
innoculatedagainst rabies, li-
censed by the city $1,50 an-
nually), and must be penned
or on a leash to prohibit them
from running on either private
or public property.
SCOUT MEETING
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CLOUDY
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1 SLOW-PITCH MANAGERS
There will be a meeting of
Cloudy and warm with some team managers of the Wash-
• night and morning drizzle. Low ington County softball slow-,
expected tonight mid 70s. High piteltleagtie af the Bob Sch-
expected Wednesday mid 80s. roeder field Thursday begin-
Readings for 24 hour period, ning it 7:30 p.m. All mana- *a. problem arising at Hender-
ending at 7 a, m. Tuesday: gers are urged to be present . son Park.
Max. 87. Min. 73. -7 a. m. to acquaint themselves with
73.
the rules and schedules for the
season.
Verse For Today
He that shewed thee,Oman,
what is good; and what doth
the Lord require of thee, but to.,
do justly, and to love mercy,
and to walk humbly with thy
God? - Micah 6:8.
This is a big order, but it is
the.'common denominator of
good citizenship.
Absentee Voter
Deadline Today
100. -MaDeadline
The rates are the same as I 0 y 4 Uvuullllv
last year, according to City D
Manager Charlie Blum, Set For Banner
In other activitiesrelated to — 1 2
the citv parks. Commissioner M.M4 Dinine
Leslie Clayton said there was MdITesT K0O5
May 4 is the deadline for
There are older youths not all pictures and news copy of
participating in organized children who will be in this
programs, taking over the year’s Maifest to be turned
. field in the afternoon and not
into - the Banner-Press office.
Washington County resi-
dents are reminded. Hut today
is the final day for absentee
voting- for the Mat 2 primary.
County Clerk CharlieWiede
said, his office will be open
until 5 p.m. for voting. /
. allowing authorized teams to
workout,
"Every boy in the com-
munity lias had the opportunity
to join an organized club,”
said Clayton.
The commission warned
that if the situation is not cor-
rected, the city would be
forced to take measures to
insure proper use of the field.
Around
Town
District Food
Show 4-H Club
Winners Told
By WILLIAM OSHEA
Enjoyed the short visifofold friend and retired former Texas
Ranger BEN KRUEGER who dropped by the B-P as he made
the rounds shaking hands with old cronies here while in the
City. ...Thanks to Blinn's ERNIE STEWART and EARL
GRUBBS for lending a hand with the track results.. EARL
DERRICK and brother HUGH had a big time at the old timers
baseball doing down Hallettsville wav recently where many
a diamond experience was relived... Congratulations to
CALVIN NAUMANN who was named this month's winner of
the beautification a ward. Orchids to Burton High's LINDA
x LEHRMANN and SHARON ROSENBAUM as top students of
Panther land.. BILL THANE and his travel group all set
for the trip to the Panhandle. .Thanks to MR. and MRS.
RAYMOND GLENZ for those kind words of appreciation...
Pretty Maifest Queen CHRISTIE BARNES stepping up the
tempo in preparation for the big spectacular... WARREN
HARTLEY must be doing a lot of planting this spring since
• his absence around town is noticed... Happy birthday to
OTTO SCHULZE and sorry we didn’t get to pass on another
presentation to the city com-
mission at its next session.
A committee appointed to
prepare plans for a new cen- .
ter, headed by Gerald Zlotnik
and Howard Kruse, have met
recently, and are expected to
have plans ready soon, accor-
ding fo Mayor Hasskarl.
* Heard a report from City
Engineer Jim Howard that the
sewer plant is ready to be for-
mally accepted by the city.
. He said there were areas
that would need work, but they
(Continued on page 6)
City Cleanup
Campaign Ends
On Wednesday
Wednesday is the final day
of the City’s annual cleanup
campaign. - .
City Manager Charlie Blum
said the city’s special trash
trucks will be making pickups
on Wednesday in the- area
bounded by Alamo St. on the
south and Austin St. on the
To The Dog House In Brenham—;
- - 8 a.m. to insure pickup.
As the folk song of several sent who voiced objections to Clayton raised the question "The special trash pickup
years ago warns: . .the ordinance., One said that that the $3 pound fee may not - .trucks will, make only one
“Don’t take your dog to penning dogs would only make ′ be enough. However, it Was de-
cided to try the fee for a while
and see how the expenses
would run.
Also, after some discus-
sion, it was agreed to not
place cats under the dog ordi-
nance.
town, boys. Leave your dog
at home...”
penning dogs would only make
them vicious, and the other
round,” Blum said. “There
will be no second trips.”
. said that anyone who did not
want dogs in their yard could
spray their flowers and grass
with a repellent that would
keep the dogs away.
City Comm issioner Lesl ie
merevegs.
BY UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL ;
Tree limbs must be cut in
four foot lengths. Also, no-
thing over 100 pounds will be
picked up. Neither will dirt
1 or bricks be picked up, Blum
said. .
i The cleanup campaign began
here Monday when the entire
area of the city west of Austin
St. was serviced and today's
work completed the pickup of
trash in the area bounded by
Austin St:, on the west add
Alamo St, on the north.
SAIGON - Air Force gun-
ship crashes, ' burns after
takeoff from Saigon’s Tan Son
Nhut airbase, killing six Am-
- ericans and injuring two.
no longer build public housing (
in the ghetto but will look for
sites in the suburbs in “very
significant policy, changes.”
BOSTON- Documents from .
the Mary JoKopechne inquest
- The Banner’s special Mai-
fest edition will be publishedto $2:00.
on May 7 and it is imperative Ifman’s best friend is
picked up by the soon-to-be-
hired dog catcher (or any city
employee), it will cost the
owner a $3 pound fee. Also
proof of vaccination must tie
presented. * 5
When a dog is not claimed
within 72 hours, the pound- ■
master has the right to offer
Violation of the ordinance SAIGON - Ambassador Es-
is enforceable by fines of $10 slworth Bunker expected to ' will be released Wednesday,
that pictures and copy Rttur-
ned in by the deadline. .
The memories of Maifest
are among the most cherished
keepsakes in the years to come
and out-of-town friends and
relatives will want to share
the joys of this colorful ev-
ent, so we urge all who want to
ask PresidentN ixon to replace
him as U. S. envoy to South.
Vietnam.
WASHINGTON - House Post
Office Committee starts work
in secret at 10 a,m. EDT on a
new postal reform bill under
the threat of a new. round of
postal strikes.
MOSCOW - Former Soviet
Premier Nikita S.Khrushchev
in "the sixth year of his in-
voluntary retirement, has tak-
en up a new tiobby - painting.
WASHINGTON- House Sp-
eaker ‘John W......McCormack,
District FFA
Banquet Set
At La Grange
Miss Jan Spitzer, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Spit-
zer of Brenham, will repre-
sent the Brenham Future Far-
mers of America Chapter in
La Grange tonight at the Dis-
trict IV, Area III banquet and
sweetheart and talent team
commenting on President Nyr elections,
xon’s assertion legislation
the dog for private sale or have
time honored tradition to meet • it destroyed.
the May 4 deadline. There were two women pre-
be a permanent part of this
WASHINGTON - Nixon ad-
ministration indicates it will
lowering the voting age to 18
is unconstitutional:
“From my study 1 think
there's a good chance that
the Supreme Court will find
it constitutional.”
Larry Graeber, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert Graeber,
will preside over the meeting.
Carter M. Dibrell will serve
as District IV Advisor.
LeRoy F. Tegeler, Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy F. Teg-
ler, Area III Vice-President,
will be in attendance.
Washington County 4- H four
top winners in the County’s
Food Show, participated in the
District 11 Food Show held
recently at Cypress Fair-
banks.
Barbara Faye Williams and
Dee Lawler represented, the
County in the Senior Division
with attractive dishes from
foreign countries, Faye Jean
Lehrmann and Kather yn Nau-
mann represented the County
in the Junior Division. Faye
Jean displayed an attractive
dish from an American culture
and Katheryn displayed an at-
■ tractive dish from a foreign",
country.
The county blue ribbon win- ‘
ners .in the District 11 Food
Show were: Barbara Williams
in the Senior Division, Faye 5
lesson in plieh, JANIE BORMANN-and-ESTHERGOESSLER--ean Lehrmann and Katheryn i
all smiles after rack tag up those high winning scores in the Naumann in the Junior Divi-__
sion. Barbara Williams was
Women’s Bowling meet at Beaumont. Congratulations to
Coach BILL DAVENPORT and his Cub Golf team for taking
the Regional title....Big crowd expected for tonight‘s opener
in the Senior Little League. JOHN J. W. RICHTER has got
.to be the best Ameican Legion membership signer- upperin
• Texas and he is certain to make, a top District Commander,
also named the District 11
Alternate in the Senior Meat
Division. Dee Lawler was
the third place winner in the
' Bread and Cereal Division,
BRENHAM HOSPITAL AUXILIARY President Mrs. Richard Spinn on the right is seen
presenting a 300 hour pin to Mrs. Edgar Matchett for her long hours of volunteer service
to the local hospitals as a Lady in Pink. Mrs. A. G. Mercer, pictured on the left received
a 200 hour award pin for her service as a volunteer. ------------
WASHINGTON - Sen. Wil-
liam J. Fulbright,—D-Ark.,The voting delegates from
chairman of the Senate For- the Brenham High School FFA
eign Relations Committee Chapter are Thomas Randle
commenting on the amount of and Marvin Husfeld.
American aid sought by Cam- Advisors and their wives:
bodia for its war effort: Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred W.
“Hundreds of millions of Krause and Mr. and Mrs. Car-
dollars worth far beyond ter M. Dibrell will accompany
the capacity of Cambodia to the group. Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy
absorb." .___NE. Tegeler and Mr. and Mrs.
• WASHINGTON - Postmas- Garrett Spitzer will alsoat-
ter General Winton M. Blount end.____________________
warning of an even more ser- TD ru:-:,
ious strike by postal workers IB Vesting CUBIC
unless Congress quickly ap- - . Wh.Hant
proves a postal reform pack- 3eT AT W OSNjAgTOR
age: . - A T. B. Testing Clinic will
“We are going to have be held tonight from 5 p. m. to
chaos, and it's going to be. 8 * m- at ,he anristan Line
wdesnread n mahil,StN Community Center at Old Wa-
ecomw shingten for all persons of
the following communities:
Post Oak, William Penn, Mt.
Zion. St. Matthew, Mt. Fall
and Palestine. Families are
asked to come as a group if
possible. The clinic will be
conducted by,the State Health
Department. 2
WASHINGTON - President
Nixon’s top economic adviser
savs the battle against infla-
tion will be reflected in smal-
ler price tags by the end of this
year.
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