United Fund Tour Planned for Katy Area Citizens
A United Fund tour is set for Tuesday August 16 with at least 10 Katy area residents and others from Addicks and Barker invited to visit Depelchin Faith Home Florence Crittenton Home for Unwed Expectant Mothers and Lighthouse for the Blind. Buses depart 830 a.m. from Northline Shopping Center return for lunch at Britt's Department Store. The tour and lunch are free sponsored by local supporters. John Barrow Prudential Insurance Co will lead the tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katy
Addicks and
Barker
United Fund
Northline
Depelchin - Faith
Florence Crittenton
Lighthouse
Britt’s Department Store
John 5. Barrow
Prudential Insurance Co. of America
Northwest
Royal Budget Approved For Royal Independent School District
The Royal Independent School District Trustees meet in special session and approve a 1966-67 budget of 2,365,631 dollars with a tax rate of 1.52 dollars per 100 assessed value. Local maintenance funds total 1.15 and debt service 0.37, with total district valuation at 39,390,695 dollars and capital outlay 1,561,640 dollars plus 170,000 dollars for debt service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal
Green Meadows hosts Father Son 18 Hole Open Tournament
Green Meadows Golf Club announces an 18 hole golf tournament for Saturday August 27. It is a father son fair open to members with a $5 per team entry fee. Scores use the Calloway handicapping system. Many prizes. Members may adopt a son for the day if he is under 18. A free practice round is provided for entrants during the five days before the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Meadows Golf Club
Royal Libraries Close August 17th
The Roy al Elementary and Royal High School libraries will close on Wednesday August 17 after a summer program run by Mrs. H. C. Bundick. All books must be returned by that date with check in completed to prepare for the new school year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Royal Elementary School
the Royal High School
H. C. Bundick
Fulshear Pack 783 Formed By Local Scouts
A new Cub Scout Pack No. 783 is sponsored by the Fulshear Methodist Men's Club. E. M. Huggins serves as president. Gilbert Meier is Cubmaster with Mrs. Meier as Den Mother. Charter members include Gilbert H. Meier James D. Walker Kenneth Krause Bert A. Boortz and Carl W. Holmes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulshear Methodist Men’s Club
E. M. Huggins
Gilbert Meier
Mrs. Meier
Gilbert H. Meier
James D. Walker
Kenneth Krause
Bert A. Boortz
Carl W. Holmes
8 and 9 Year Olds Form Brookshire Baseball Teams
R. L. Dunk organizes four baseball teams for brookshire boys aged eight and nine. Carter Waldrap and Charlie Powell assist as practice runs on Tuesday and Thursday from 5 30 to 6 30 pm. They seek enough players to schedule a game soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Dunk
Brookshire
Mr. Dunk
Carter Waldrap
Charlie Powell
Katy PTA Scholarship Loan for Future Teachers
The Katy High School PTA Fund Committee offers interest free scholarships for juniors and seniors pursuing teaching careers. Loans are repaid half in cash and half by teaching service credit. Application forms are in the offices of Mr. Jack Rhodes and Mr. J. E. Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katy High School
PTA
FFA
Jack Rhodes
J. E. Taylor
Waller County Reduces Election Precincts to Twelve
The county commissioners at the last meeting abolished three precincts Pine Island Union and Gladish bringing total to twelve. Gladish merged with Fields Store while Union and Pine Island join Waller except for the Norris Pine Island tract moved to Prairie View. Katy renamed Precinct 6 and Prairie View to Precinct 12.
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Commissioners’ Court
Pine Island
Union
Gladish
Fields Store
Waller
Dr. EF. AI. Norris
Prairie View
Waller County
Katy
Court House
Howth Station
Sunnyside
Pattison
McPherson
West Side
Brookshire
Bracy Usland
Randy Beckendorff Narrow Escape At Marks Farm
Randy Beckendorff ten year old son of Mr and Mrs Richard Beckendorff had a narrow escape while driving a rice field tractor on the Marks farm. He stopped to retrieve a fallen thermos and the tractor slid off a levy crushing his head and tearing a leg. He was treated at Sam Houston Memorial and released after two days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randy Beckendorff
Richard Beckendorff
Marks Farm
Randy
Roy Beckendorff
Sam Houston Memorial
Katy Resident Appointed Chairman of UF District 1
Katy Resident is named chairman of District 1 in the UF Northwest Regional Division. Howard Kirkpatrick of 6143 Mockingbird Lane serves as Supervisor of Quality Control Missile Tilant at Cameron Iron Works and attends Katy Methodist Church. District 1 covers Katy Barker and Addicks with liaison duties to Leroy McPherson and Wilbry Karney of Humble Oil, Humble Pipe Line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Kirkpatrick
Mockingbird Lane
Katy
Northwest
United Fund
Kirkpatrick
Cameron Iron Works
Katy Methodist Church
Katy, Barker and
Addicks
Leroy McPherson
Wilbry Karney
McPherson
Humble Oil and Refining
Mr. Karney
Humble Pipe Line
Humble
Houston
Services Held Saturday For Mrs. Mary Black
Services for Mrs. Mary Williams Black, first Katy PTA president after joining the National PTA, were held Saturday morning Aug. 6 at Schnaudt Funeral Home. Born Nov 20 1885 in Athens Texas she taught in Catfish Frankston Katy and Dishman schools before retiring to Katy. She married Ernest J. Black April 1 1911 and died Aug 4 at her Katy home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Williams Black
Gaston
Dishman
Katy
Schnaudt Funeral
Chas. Stewart
L. L. Lee Black
Royal junior senior high school plan bids awarded
Royal Independent School District trustees awarded W R Grimshaw Construction of Houston a 1.54 million dollar contract for a new junior senior high school. The project must be completed by September 1, 1967, with bids from seven companies reviewed and alternates adjusted to fit funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal School
W. R. Grimshaw Construction
Grimshaw
Scheffe
Span-Glass
Fisher
Fretz
Lindeck
Addicks Post 2196 Barbecue Scheduled for August 21
Addicks VFW and Ladies Auxiliary of Post 2196 will host a barbecue on August 21. More details to follow in next week’s Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addicks
Addicks Vfw
Ladies Auxiliary
Post 2196
Vacation Church School Opens at Katy First Methodist
The First Methodist Church in Katy hosts its annual Vacation Church School from August 15 to 24. The eight session program runs 9:00 to 11:00 am Monday through Wednesday of the second week, for children ages 4 through those who have completed the 6th grade. Parents may visit classes daily to share in worship study and fellowship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Katy
Arrest Made After Missing Cattle Found
Three head of cattle reported missing from Mrs Margaret Reading's ranch four miles south of Waller were found on a Pattison farm. Sheriff Jimmy Whitworth and Deputy R L McCauley led the investigation. Scott Payne of Sunny Side was arrested after an order by Sheriff Whitworth and held for bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Reading
Waller
Jimmy Whitworth
R. L. McCauley
Pattison
Justice of the Peace
G. T. Shearer
Whitworth
Scott Payne
Sunny Side
Payne
Hempstead
James Mays
Bond
Bill Cardiff Named To A&M Agriculture Study Task Force
Bill Cardiff of Katy accepts invitation to join a Texas A&M agriculture study group with about 200 leaders. The initial organization created five task forces on crops livestock processing natural resources and human resources. Cardiff will serve on Task Force 2 Crops and may join others. Fred Wuloff Jr. of Brady was elected general chairman and O D Dooley Dawson of Houston vice chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Cardiff
Katy
Texas A&m
Texas A&m University
Texas
Cardiff
Fred Wuloff, Jr
Brady
D. “Dooley” Dawson
Houston
Services Held for Mrs. A L Short
Viola Grier Short born November 4 1882 in Shippensburg Pennsylvania daughter of John and Annie Grier. She taught in Missouri and Texas and married Arthur Leroy Short in 1908 living much of her life on a Texas farm. she survives six sisters and two brothers.
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Viola Grier Short
Shippensburg
Pennsylvania
John Michael Grier
Annie Garber Grier
Warrensburg
Missouri
Marshal
Oklahoma
Brookshire
Katy
Texas
Mr. Short
City of Katy Plans August Meeting Agenda
The City of Katy sets an August meeting to discuss the budget covering April 1966 to April 1907. An ordinance for East Avenue paving may be ready for adoption. The agenda includes curbs and gutters garbage pickup and sewer service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katy
East Avenue
Katy Chamber Meets Friday Noon
The Katy Chamber of Commerce holds its regular meeting Friday at noon at Tipton's Restaurant. All members are invited and any resident may join Chamber activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katy Chamber
Chamber of Commerce
Tipton’s
Official Katy High School Calendar Regular Session Opens August 3st
Katy High School calendar lists regular session start on August 3rd with Labor Day on September 5th and Thanksgiving on November 24-25. Christmas holidays begin at session end December 20th and school resumes after holidays in January. First semester ends January 20th with second semester starting January 21st.
Deaf Smith District Roundup Schedule And Meetings
Schedule for Deaf Smith District lists a kickoff dinner at Bill Williams Restaurant Richmond on September 1 for institutional representatives unit leaders and helpers, commissioners and spouses. Council service center closed September 3 4 and 5. September 6 Cub Scout and Boy Scout Roundtables. September 12 District Committee Meeting. September 22 Council quarterly meeting. September 27 Council Explorer cabinet meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deaf Smith
Bill Williams
Highway 59
Richmond
den Mather
Dusty Purner
Sth
Council
Council Explorer
Also Mentioned on This Page
Humble Oil & Refining Company
Izaak Walton League of America
Conservation
Hell
Boston
Reynolds T. Harnsberger
League
H. H. Meier
Baytown
Houston Ship Channel
Royal Independent School District
Fulshear Pack
UF District 1
Mary Black
Mary” Slack
Royal Jr.Sr
Katy Methodist
A&m
A. L. Short
City of
Smith
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