Brookshire Drying Co Completes $30,000 Facility Addition
Brookshire Drying Co finishes a new grain handling addition built by Rapsilver Supply Co at a cost of $20,000. The 250 barrel dump pit and reinforced concrete walls double wall forms, with a 106 foot elevator shaft and a 1000 barrel per hour conveyor. The 22 by 70 foot building houses an 34 foot 9 inch eye height and light panels, with end vertical lift doors and centralized control. The plant is operating long hours during the rice harvest, having dried 100000 barrels of Bell Patna and 7000 barrels of Nate rice.
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Brookshire Drying Co
Bell Patna
Katy City Council Approves Fogging Machine Purchase
The Katy City Council approved buying a new fogging machine for 1495 dollars to spray mosquitos and flies within city limits. Mayor Gene Hudgens noted long range planning while Buck Freeman cited durability and low operating costs, urging residents to remove standing water and oil waste to boost effectiveness.
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Katy City Council
Katy
Gene Hudgens
Ft. Bend County
van Scroggins
Houston
Bill Hendricks
Buck Freeman
Ft. Bend
Photos of Royal Sports Participants To Be Taken
Royal High School announces Saturday photos of the Royal Football team the Royal Band twirlers cheerleaders and coaches on the campus at 2 00 p m Please be in uniform and on time if you are in any group
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Royal
Royal Band
Royal High School
Slate of ASCS Committeemen Nominees Voted by Sept 10
Thirteen community committeemen from eight Waller ASC communities selected slates on August 21 1964 in Hempstead. Pattison Katy and Brookshire nominees listed. Ballots mailed Aug 31 1964 and must be postmarked by Sept 10 or returned by 5 00 pm. County committee to tally on Sept 15 open to public.
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ASCS
Waller Asc
Waller County
Pattison
C. H. Brubaker
Jim F. Buller
Upton Diemer
L. L. Harbison
W. R. Kohler
Johnnie E. Mikeska
J. P. Mueller
G. T. Pattison, Jr
A. M. Taylor
Hempstead
Texas
Waller Asc County Committee
Royal Band Club Car Sticker Drive At Patton Hall
The Royal High School Band Club begins its annual car sticker sale and invites all band supporters to join. Meetings at the Patton band hall will announce dates. Dues are fifty cents for the year. Officers for 1964 65 include President A M Taylor and Secretary J Bollinger.
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Royal High School Band Club
Pattison
A. M., Taylor
M. D. Venable
John Bollinger
L. A. Venable
W. R. Bollinger
E. D. Turner
C. 8. Walters
Royal Athletic Boosters Club Hamburger Fry Planned
The Royal Athletic Booster Club will hold a hamburger fry on Monday August 31st at 8 00 p m at the Municipal Building in Brookshire An officer election will be held after the supper during the meeting
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Royal Athletic Boosters Club Plan Hamburger Fry
Royal Athletic Booster Club
Municipal
Brookshire
Ralph Bunche Students Should Register on Thursday and Friday
Ralph Bunche School urges pre registration for the fall term due to a schedule change. On August 27 12th grade 2 00 pm to 4 00 pm and 11th grade 9 00 am to 12 00 noon. On August 28 9th grade 2 00 pm to 4 00 pm and 10th grade 9 00 am to 12 00 noon.
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Ralph Bunche
Dist Farm Bureau Queen Contest at Katy Auditorium
The District Farm Bureau queen's contest talent contest and talk meet will be held at 8:00 tonight at the Katy Auditorium. Miss Vicki Cardiff and Bob Motheral, Harris County winners, will enter the district contests. Public invited.
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District Farm Bureau
Katy Auditorium
Katy
Harris County
Vicki Cardiff
Bob Motheral
Tiger Stadium Season Tickets Now On Sale
Season tickets for the Katy Tigers home games are offered in the Administration Building business office. Five reserved seat tickets for the five home games cost 5 dollars if bought before the first home game September 18. At the gate reserve seats are 1.25 dollars each with many good seats available between the 35 yard lines.
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Tiger Stadium
Katy Tiger
Students Return as Royal Ind School District Opens
Royal Ind School District prepares for a new term with teacher orientations on August 31 and September 1. Full classroom instruction starts September 2 with cafeterias and bus service operating as usual. Labor Day remains a normal school day. for questions contact the attending principal.
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Royal Ind
Cecil Willis
Royal
Willis
Brookshire Uses Weed Killer and Sprays for Mosquito Hope
City of Brookshire borrows a county weed burner to burn drainage ditch weeds and hires Tri County Pest Control to spray insecticides along rural byways. Mayor Stallknecht, County Commissioner Muske, and Lewis Gray led the effort, with rain delaying spraying planned for Monday afternoon. Residents urged to drain stagnant water and clear debris to curb mosquitoes blamed for encephalitis spread.
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Brookshire
Waller
A. 0
Muske
Frank Stallk
Tri-County
Travis Ferrell
Stallknecht
Tlonston
Royal Independent School: $612,000 Budget Before Vote
Last Thursday night the Royal Independent School heard a $612,000 budget draft presented by Supt. Cecil Willis. The plan would set a $1.18 tax rate based on 30 percent of property value after re evaluation though two teacher positions remain unfilled. The budget items cover instruction, administration, health, transport, maintenance, debt service, and contingency funds with several board members present.
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Royal Independent School
Cecil Willis
Spencer
Morley
E. L. Brode
Robert Cardiff
M. F. Dollar
Dan Boren
T. J. Baker, Jr
Whit Bains Jr
W. R. Bollinger
Mary Ann
Royal High School Scrimmage at Hallettsville B team
Royal High School Falcons travel to Hallettsville for a scrimmage with the Hallettsville High School B team at 3 20 p m. Twenty seven players prep for season opener against Garwood Gars in Garwood on September 11 964. Coaches praise attitude and eagerness, progress steady and a strong year expected.
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Royal High School Falcons
Hallettsville
Hallettsville High School
Garwood Gars
Garwood
Peck couple marks 50th anniversary with Sunday reception
In honor of Clarence B. Peck and his wife’s Golden Wedding, their sons and daughters-in-law host a reception Sunday August 30 from 3:00 to 6:00 PM at the VFW Community Center in Katy. Friends and relatives are invited.
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Clarence B. Peck
VFW Community Center
Katy
Farm Bureau Supports Rural Fire Training At A&M
County Farm Bureau Vice President A W Thompson presented a check to Clyde Grimet of the local Volunteer Fire Department as partial reimbursement for expenses in a fire control training program at Texas A&M University. About 140 volunteers from 78 counties attended the 35th Texas Firemen Training School in July 1924, with Farm Bureau sponsorship and extra rural protection conferences. The bureau funds outside territory fires for insured departments and aims to reduce rural fire losses statewide.
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County Farm Bureau
A. W. Thompson
Clyde Grimet
Texas A & M University
Texas Firemen’s Training School
Farm Bureau
Engineering Extension Service
Texas Education Agency
Fogging Machine Worries Parents in Katy
Warnings urge parents to keep children away from smoke and fog from new fogging machines in Katy. Sprayers use Malathion with water and a 196 hep tachlor with diesel fuel, raising throat irritation concerns.
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Katy
Katy Schools Open 1964-65 Term Tuesday Morning
The Katy school system begins the 1964-65 term with classes starting at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. Bus routes unchanged with 14 buses serving about 80 percent of students. Lunch prices remain 30 cents for grades 1-3 and 35 cents for grades 4-12.
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Katy
Addicks
Kilpatrick
Tigers Select Captains and Open 1964 Season Schedule
Twenty eight Tigers completed six days of two a day workouts as they name captains Ronald Scott and Martin Haskett. The squad lists positions for quarterbacks halfbacks ends tackles guards centers and details a scrimmage at Cypress Fairbanks on August 38th and a season opener at Navasota on September 4th against the Rattlers who have eleven returning lettermen.
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Tigers
Steve Jordan
Ronnie Maddox
Tommy Hooker
Randy Jinks
Billy Grisham
Ray Mancum
Malcolm Carpenter
Scott McGowan
Bill Baker
Pat Newman
Pennis Goemer
James King
Martin Haskett
James Trayes
Steve Bloomfield
Dale Smith
David Spence
Raymond Guzman
Tommy Mathis
Marvin Carlton
Raymond Hillhouse
Ronald Scott
Clifford Barker
Tommy Fordyce
Butch Adams
Keith Morton
Brownie Wireless
Dick Harlan
Fighting Tigers
Cypress Fairbanks
Navasota
Rattlers
Little League Aux Sponsors Party Planned for Aug 2
The Katy Little League Mothers sponsor a fund-raising party at the VFW Community Center on Saturday August 2 starting at 8:00 p.m. Donations are one dollar.
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Little League Aux
VFW Community Center
Katy
Little League
Little League Fund
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Brookshire Drying Company
Rapsilver Sup
Brookshire Drying Company, Inc
Ernest Bishop
Bill Faulk
Earl Fendley
Edward Griffin
Donald Hebert
Carl Schlipf
Erwin Weinmann
Lester Williams
Louis Young
K. Beyler
Eugene Broadus
Ralph England
BE. H. Martin
K. P. Schulte
J. W. Youngblood
Royal Band Club
Dist Farm Bureau
Royal Schools
Holiday
Gene Child
Supt
Necht
Lewis Gray
Whit Bains, Jr
Jim Buller
John England
Harris Garrett
Lee Hutchings
James Sadler
Clarence Peck
Albert Thompson
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