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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1944
Page
1
The state highway 90 between Raty and Addicks is widened to 22 feet and topped with eight inches of gravel and three layers of asphalt. The old section was narrow and in bad repair, and the work aims to improve safety for heavy traffic.
Reader questions why detailed items in county records include every office expense such as janitorial costs while auditor’s office costs to taxpayers are omitted. The inquirer plans to defer answering until after year’s start to investigate the discrepancy.
F A Ebel rests at home on a ten day vacation from duties as guard at the Houston Ship Building Corporation.
Thieves entered Day's Garage through a shop window and pried open the office door to steal the cash register containing $2.10. No other items were taken and the store was closed for the night.
Raymond Witt was home Saturday and Sunday. J. C. Muske attended to business in Hempstead. Mrs. Bill Moorehead shopped in Houston. Leila Pier renewed her Times subscription. Mrs. Dan Wilpitz renewed her subscription to The Times. R. B. Bean and Francis Gardner were Houston visitors. Pfc. and Mrs. Albert Kelley visited their grandfather C. L. Davis. Ruby McDonald of Houston visited her father Otto Gerstman. Mrs. Fred Weisner and her son returned from Houston. W. T. Sorsby was in Houston shopping. Henry Wilpitz was home with his family. Mrs. Sam Garrett and Mrs. H. visited Houston areas. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hav as of Houston visited grandmother Mrs. M. Agopian. Mrs. J. C. Day and son Jim mie are in Austin to visit relatives and see the football game. Mrs. C. R. England, Mrs. C. C. Wakenight and Mrs. Huffman dined with Miss Louise Schlipf in Katy. Ralph Strickfuss visited his grandmother Mrs. J. G. Kellner. Mrs. Henry Metzka and Mrs. Jessie Metzka and daughter Alice shopped in Houston. Mrs. F. A. Ebel returned from San Marcos after visiting her sister. Mrs. J. D. Woods returned home from a hospital stay for appendicitis.
L B Sanders of Hempstead is appointed chairman of the wax loan bond drive to aid the county in raising 215000 dollars as part of the national loan effort.
A Wednesday evening blaze on the Chas. D. Francis farm south of town consumed the tenant’s house and its contents. Loss pegged at $800 for the building and about $70 in cash and furniture saved from the crop. no injuries reported.
Flooding rainfall last Friday altered conditions from summer heat to near freezing by Saturday noon. A heavy frost Monday forced use of winter gear as residents noted a sharp temperature drop and chilly winds.
Pritz Warwarofsky from near Waller paid a visit Monday to deliver a check to Mrs Edna Muske for Herman for Andrew Highradbedian now in the air forces and to be sent to a port of embarkation. Mrs W J Oxford and mother Mrs White of Stephenville arrived last Thursday to visit their daughter and granddaughter respectively Mrs J E Clayton at Johnson. Max Wander plans a green top roof for his store. He displays color while keeping rain out.
Census data show 2 262 bales ginned in Waller County for the 1944 crop prior to November 14, versus 4 228 bales for 1943. The figures come from David Agopian, special agent, Bureau of the Census, Washington D C.
Radio theater listings note "Heavenly Days" with Fibber McGee and Molly and Barbara Hale airing Thur-Fri November 80 to December 1. Also "Going My Way" with Bing Crosby and Rise Stevens on Sun-Mon-Tuc December 3-4-5. On Wednesday December 6, "Music in Manhattan" with Anne Shirley and Dennis Day airs.
A cinema page announces a December 7 and 8 engagement featuring Dorothy Lamour Fred MacMurray Betty Hutton and Diana Lynn in And the Angels Sing. The program highlights a holiday musical lineup at the local theater.
The text notes Katy's return and a deer hunting party in Texas. Mrs Morgan Brooks and her son Morgan Jr. returned home after visiting Judge and Mrs E A Cooper for a week. Day Geo Laas C F Schlipf and Mr D Thompson returned from their deer hunt and Corel brought the only buck.
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