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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1944
Page
1
The Geo Rheman and Donigan gins at Brookshire and the Baronian and Donigan gins at Pattison are in operation as cotton opens quickly due to heat and dry weather. Farmers are picking and ginning while the conditions remain dry.
A two inch rain fell Friday night and Saturday in the county's middle part. The soaking rain benefits the peanut crop and helps pasture grass that had suffered from drought, aiding livestock grazing in the area.
The War Price and Rationing Board announces the renewal process for Basic A gasoline books. Forms are available at filling stations this week and must be completed with the back cover of the current A book attached. Do not send tire inspection records. Submit to the ration board promptly to have books mailed in early September.
D. O Martin, his son Sidney, and daughters Billie and Betty Hill traveled to San Antonio on Sunday and Monday to visit Henry Hill receiving treatment in a local hospital.
Voters will decide a run off on August 26 with names for Attorney General Grover Sellers Jesse E. Martin Associate Justice Gordon Simpson Richard Critz Congressman Sth District J. J. Mansfield L. J. Sulak Representative 20th District Pauline Velderman J. F. Ward County Judge A. B. Anderson Geo. O. Crump Commissioner Precinct No 4 C. A. Wilpitz BD Leggett on the slate.
Mrs. T. J. Heineman of Katy and Gene Kelley of Houston visited area friends this week. Local residents hosted relatives from Cleveland and Goose Creek while others attended family reunions in Dublin and Hempstead. Several Houston guests joined locals for dinners, barbecues, and telephone office changes as Sicily and Italy fielded a returning visitor.
Miss Beulah Kathryn Morton and Miss Bobbie Bacon spent weekends with family. Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Long stayed in Kerrville. Jo Anna and Sue Ella Morton visited Houston with grandparents A. W. Nell. Corporal John Emil Kaiser Jr. of Katy was promoted on August 6 in Dyersburg Tennessee and earned his wings at Kingman Arizona. Jean Kaiser, sister, graduated from TWC in Denton and will direct sports at Camp Fern and Harris County 4-H Camp Clear Lake August 17 18.
Richard Hargroove buys lot 3 block 8 Brookshire and plans improvements. Mrs David Agopian shows a 414 pound bass caught in a local stream. Corporal Henry H Keuneke returns from 26 months overseas in the Aleutians to Camp Bowie Texas before visiting his mother Mrs Adele Keuneke in Brookshire. Corporal Frank J Machac returns from 26 months overseas before visiting his parents Mr and Mrs John Machac in Brookshire.
The Red Cross calls for volunteers to assist in wartime relief at its rooms open Wednesday from 1 to 5 30 p m. The appeal urges women to help save a wounded American soldier and notes the person may be a brother sweetheart or husband.
Texas Theatre schedules film showings for Thursday and Friday August 17 and 18 featuring See Here, Private, a wartime comedy drama.
Thur Aug 20 one day only feature showing Swing Fever with Kay Kyser and his band starring Marilyn Maxwell in a lively film bill.
Mr and Mrs Joe Kaspar report their son Delphine who served in the South Pacific for over two years He says he is well and took part in several battles against the Japs He was at Saipan during its recent capture by Allied forces Mrs Max Wander visited a doctor in Houston on Tuesday
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