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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1971
Page
1
Katy Rotary Club will judge the best Christmas lights in the Katy area on December 24. First prize in three divisions is $20, per Mack Allen club president.
A $500,000 City of Katy bond issue was awarded to Underwood Neuhaus and Co. on the low bid of 5.220480 percent. Funds fund sewer and water improvements with $200,000 for sewer work and $300,000 for water work. Other bidders offered rates from 5.30636 to 5.625346 percent. Council approved three new street lights and initiated plans for Katy Heights and Bartlett additions. A special session will be called to pass growth controls including a house moving ordinance and building codes. Next meeting set for January 33, 1972.
Programs of Christmas music will be presented by the Junior High and Senior High Red Bands during school assemblies this week and next. The Junior High Concert will be at 10:00 a.m. on Friday December 17 1971. The Senior High Concert will be at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday December 21 1971. Mamas papas and the general public are invited.
The Gulf Coast Cartway hosts races Sunday afternoon starting at 1 30 PM. Public invited with admission 80 cents per person or 1 dollar for a car load.
Royal Elementary and Royal Intermediate host Christmas sing alongs on Wednesday December 22 1971. Elementary at 9 a m and Intermediate at 10 30 a m under direction of Mrs LaVera Bea Hutsell Royal music teacher. Parents and friends invited to join in.
Katy Fire Department installs holiday lights with city support and invites the public to a Saturday program. Santa visits at 1 00 and a Christmas program begins at 6 30 at the fire station. The note praises Optimists and Sigma Beta Phi for youth friendship and learning.
The Altar Society of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church will hold a bake sale at Henneke's Supermarket on Thursday December 24 starting at 10 30 a m. Proceeds support church activities and Christmas preparations.
The Katy High School Future Teachers of America chapter will hold a bake sale on Saturday December 18 at Duke's and Midway from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Proceeds fund the FTA State Convention planned for February in Dallas.
Katy merchants offer weekly free gifts with a $5 certificate and the Chamber awards grand prizes of $38, $15, and four $10 gift certificates. Shoppers register their names at participating stores for a chance at the drawings as part of the Christmas gifts to shoppers program.
Kenneth Wayne Bartlett Sr a Katy lifelong resident died at home Friday December 10 at age 62 Born January 3 1908 to Jacob Allen and Zoe Irene Cope Bartlett Married August 20 1831 to Minnie E Miller who survives He leaves two children Kenneth W Bartlett of Katy and Mrs Billy Mellard of Houston seven grandchildren and several nieces and nephews Funeral services were held December 12 at Schmidt Funeral Home Chapel Katy with Rev Greg Longenbaugh officiating Interment was Katy Magnolia Cemetery Pallbearers listed from Katy Houston El Campo Rye Rosenberg and Brookshire
Candidates must file in writing at the Brookshire District Office by December 31, 1971 to run in the January 11, 1972 election. Five directors serve the district. incumbents Chester Jordan and Leo Goates in areas d and 2. Other directors are Billy Moore, Joe K. Moore, and Cecil Beckendortt. must reside, own property, and be a registered voter.
Santa Claus will set up at Henneke’s Super Market in Brookshire on Saturday by 9 00 am. Store owner B W Henneke invites girls and fellows to come out and enjoy the visit noting the jolly old elf may look slimmer this year though unconfirmed.
The VFW Post 9182 and Ladies Auxiliary held the Voice of Democracy contest with ten Katy students and three from Royal entering. Judges included Mrs. Shirley Vaughan and Rev. Lowell Howard. Julie Martin won first, with Jo Ellen Young second and Charles Miller third.
Simba the eighteen month old male lion borrowed from a Houston friend by Howard Brookshire of Atoka Oklahoma vanished from a trailer during a service stop. He was found by a road sign near Barker Dam after a mile long search and later thrilled workers at Rapsilvers Inc in Brookshire. Brigitte Braentner executive secretary at Rapsilver coordinated friends to view the lion.
Santa will appear Saturday at Katy Fire Station at 1 30 PM and stay until 5 30 PM. The visit, hosted by the Tri County Optimist Club, includes gifts for children and holiday music by local choirs. Mayor Cox will dedicate city decorations at 5 30 PM before Santa departs for the North Pole.
Henneke Super Market expands with a weekly full page ad in The Times. The enlarged store offers about 5 000 grocery items excluding frozen foods and the drug section and will feature weekly specials to attract shoppers. Other merchants Dube's Super Market and West Side Grocery also advertise in The Times.
The Times announces a Christmas edition and urges readers to submit greetings this week. Allada should be prepared as the paper goes to press on December 21 with both Christmas and New Year wishes planned.
Katy Auto Sales invites area children to meet Santa this Saturday December 18 at 1 00 PM at Katy Auto Sales He is expected to arrive in a new Ford and kids are urged to come early to whisper final items on their want lists.
Twenty teams compete Thursday in Royal High School gym with ten girls and ten boys. Girls teams include Hungerford Fayetteville Hempstead Tomball Friendswood Burton Katy Waller Wallis Royal. Boys teams feature Bellville Waller Burton Friendswood Wallis Hempstead Katy and Royal. Awards cover First Second Third and Consolation. all tournament team includes six girls and five boys.
Katy ISD will close Tuesday afternoon at 2 30 p m December 21 for Christmas break. Classes resume Monday morning January 3 at 8 30. The Tax Office opens Friday December 31 from 8 30 a m to 12 00 noon and 1 00 p m to 4 p m.
Fourteen Katy High School Band students earned All District honors at Cy-Fair on December 11 1971 after auditions in scales prepared work and sight reading Fifteen were named for All District with several also chosen for All Region Band Other schools competing included Cy Fair Navasota St Pius and Madisonville
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