Brookshire Drying Co Posts 7000 Bbls Daily Amid Peak Rice Season
Brookshire Drying Co Inc reports average daily receipts of 7 to 8 thousand barrels with some days reaching 10 to 12 thousand as peak season possibly ends. Leo H. Goates notes continued use of large trailer trucks carrying up to 800 barrels of rice and cites ongoing modernization including aeration systems in all bins to cool and preserve rice during storage. The firm has 19 stockholders.
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Brookshire Drying Co, Inc
Leo H. Goates
Brookshire Drying Company
Brookshire Drying Co. Inc
Katy Cheerleaders Attend SHSC Camp and Win Ribbons
The Katy Cheerleaders attended Cheerleading School II at Sam Houston State College from July 28 to August 2, reporting fun and improvement. Captain Joyce Brown and teammates Barbara Massey Gayle Cullins Annette Duthie and Charla Wilson led the squad to 2 third place and 3 first place team ribbons plus 1st place in individual events, their first squad ribbons.
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Katy
Sam Houston State College
Joyce Brown
Barbara Massey
Gayle Cullins
Annette Duthie
Charla Wilson
District 1V Dance Aims to Aid Veterans Orphans
Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary District Four sponsors a Special Program led by Edna Burke to raise funds for a barbecue benefiting veterans orphans. A dance on August 28, 1968 at the Texas Ballroom, North Shepherd near Highway 75, runs 8 PM to midnight with Ray Bates and his Texas Trail Riders. Admission is 1.60 per person. public invited.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary
District Four
Edna Burke
Texas Ball Room
North Shepherd
Highway 75
Ray Bates
Texas Trail Riders
Addicks Auxiliary
Post 2196
Ladies Auxiliary
Sgt Jerry Gipson Returns Home From Vietnam
Sgt. Jerry Gipson arrives back in Katy area after a year in the Central Highlands near Phe Ku and Bak To close to the Cambodian border. The homecoming includes community reflections on service and local honors.
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Sgt
Jerry Gipson
Vietnam
Phe Ku
Bak
A. R. Gipson
Rice Farms Reach Vast Areas Around Katy City
From Katy the eye traces extensive rice fields heading east to Barker and Addicks while I-10 marks a dramatic corridor. Westward, rice lands extend to UCLA, with crops reaching Brookshire and Sealy and beyond to Hempstead Waller Hockley and Fairbanks. The Katy Division of the American Rice Growers Association sells about 96 percent of local rice this year, totaling some 63 000 acres.
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Katy
Barker
Addicks
Ucla
Brookshire
Sealy
Hempstead
Waller
Hockley
Fairbanks
American Rice Growers Association
Katy School District Budget Details for New Buildings and Tax Plan
The Katy district outlines budgets for Katy High School Katy Junior High School and related facilities including air conditioning new buildings sites and furniture. A tax rate of 1.30 per 100 valuation finances the budget with 0.97 for Local Maintenance and 0.33 for Debt Service based on an 85.1 million valuation and about 30 percent assessment of current value.
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Katy High School
Katy Junior High
Katy
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Brookshire Drying Co
SHSC
Dist. 1V
Katy Dusting Co
van Scroggins
Bacons
Bonnie Higgins
E. H. Higgins
Maxine Schultz
A. M. Schultz
Tomball
Janis Winn
R. E. Winns
Myri Brown
F. W. Browns
Highlands
Benita Brown
Cindy
Benita
Terry Hutcherson
Merlin
Craig
Glen Schmidt
George Hutchersons
Louis Schmidts
Ervin
Buddy) Schmidts
Lillie Beth Bell
S. C. Bell
Marsha Berryhill
Kay Weiman
Jan Youngdoff
C. C. Franz
Mel Clark Waz
Vernon Weiman
H. P. Albrecht
Spur Land Co
Bill S. Daniels
B. F. Goodrich Co
Bill Chambers
Daisy
Laas Ward Electric Cooperative
Laas
Waller County
Weldon Laas
Monaville
Ward Stanberry Ins
Omar
Houston
Brookshire - Katy
Rapsilver International Inc
Architects & Engineers
Mexico City
Panama City
Beirut
Lebanon
Texas
Rapsilver
Rapsilver Supply Co., Inc
Ross Tanks & Mill Machinery
P.O
Rapsco General Contractors Agricultural
P.O. Box
Home Office
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James E. Griffin
Charles D. Griffin
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