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Newspaper

Brookshire Times

Location

Brookshire, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 17, 1964

Page

5

Brookshire Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Health

Blanche Walker was hospitalized for tests in Bellville hospital and returned home Tuesday. Methodist ministers from the Houston West District attended a Christmas dinner in Houston. Morris and J B Woods visited family in Houston for Wendy Woods birthday. L D Harvey family traveled from Conroe to see Eason family. Daltons visited San Marcos and Kyle. Day hosted a bridge club dinner. Grandchildren Don Jr Sam and Clifford Slo spent weekend with their grandparents.

Blanche Walker Bellville Hospital A. L. Roberts Bill Raines Houston West District Wayne McCleskey Houston Morris Stone Nolan Martins J. B. Woods Huntsville Wendy Jerry Woods Pattison Wscs Howard Morgan Alice Virrley D. N. Martin Cafeluria Managers’ Workshop Council

Christmas Suggestions for the Home Shop Display

Gift ideas listed include leather billfolds shoe shine kits pipes and tobacco pipe racks dresser valets boxed candies. The outdoor plan emphasizes practical items and classic comforts suitable for holiday giving.

Katy School Menu Covers Christmas Holiday Break 1964

Monday offers ground meat with ranch style beans battered corn cabbage slaw peaches cornbread butter milk. Tuesday serves fried chicken whipped potatoes gravy green beans beets ice cream bread milk. School closes for Christmas holidays December 25, 1964 to January 4, 1965.

Various Local Social News From Brookshire Area

Mr and Mrs M D Venable traveled to Dallas via Madisonville for their company Christmas party while children stayed with grandparents. Pvt Ken Spillers of Fort Hood visited sister and brother in law Mrs Lou Baird in Eros La for a pre Christmas visit. Families planned Christmas travel and campus visits to TCU and Baylor. Birthdays were celebrated for Mark and Mike Stone with a party of twenty. Local hospital update notes Charlie Brunkenhoefer’s recovery in Houston. Waller County tax office to sell licenses in Brookshire mid February and poll tax after January 1. News of deaths includes Mrs Claude Bishop in Ralls. The Pritchetts and Raines family events are noted along with choir practice and workshop attendance. A note about local employment changes and a traditional dinners, plus various social visits and house events.

M. D. Venable Dallas Madisonville C. T. Jett Venables Pvt Ken Spillers Fort Hood Texas Lou Baird Mark Mike Stone Mike Charlie Brunkenhoefer Spring Branch Memorial Hospital Vernon Williams Houston Waller County Brookshire Joe Smith Claude Bishop Ralls R. P. Pritchetts California Pritchett J. J. Neiman Aleutian Islands Bill Raines

Hydraulic Jacks Stolen From Brookshire Supply

A thief unlocked the Master padlock at Brookshire Supply Company repair shop Wednesday evening and took two hydraulic jacks valued at 75 dollars each from under a tractor and the shop floor. Deputy McCauley investigated.

Brookshire Supply Company Sam Biddison R. L. McCauley

Students Attend Inauguration of STSC President

Students from Southwest Texas State attend the inauguration of their new president H. McCrociktin. Among the graduates listed are Karen McDonald Maven Wilts Tele Rohichs Pamala Kay Ricks Robert Whitenack and 3 A Wilson. Katy Sehonl Judes Gas sner of Royal High School are also noted.

Southwest Texas H. McCrociktin Wee Kareni McDonald Maven Wilts

Royal School Menu Includes Johnson Adress Remark

Monday features Vienna sausage casserole cabbage salad stew prunes batter bread butter milk. Tuesday serves turkey dressing English peas fruit can strawberry sauce hot rolls. President Lyndon Johnson delivered the address with Lady Bird and Interior Secretary Udall nearby.

Vienna

Wednesday Menu Highlights at Local Café

The notice lists food items including hot dogs, slack-eyed peas, buttered potatoes, pineapple slices, milk, and butter for Wednesday service. It presents a simple meal lineup without additional context or events.

Mrs Kathryn Reed Dies Suddenly in Brookshire Area

Kathryn Ames Reed 47 died Thursday in Sealy Hospital after a noon pickup by Schmidt ambulance. Local arrangements were by Schmidt Funeral Home and her body was flown by Eastern Airlines to Washington Pennsylvania for services and interment. She and her husband John and sons Donald William and Frank had lived in Brookshire two weeks. Surviving siblings include Charles Regis and Betty Ames of Pennsylvania.

Kathryn Ames Reed Sealy Hospital Schmidt Ambulance Schmidt Funeral Home Reed Eastern Airlines Washington Ennsylvania Charles Ames Regis Ames Betty Ames Pennsylvania

Family Gatherings Highlight Local Kin and Medical News

The C L Garretts of Longview hosted relatives including J L Phillips for Sunday dinner. Eu Gene Garretts of Waller and Claudine Neff visited. Jhanna Lorehn, 9, had emergency appendectomy at 10:30 p.m. Friday at Methodist Hospital and is recovering well. Ter parents are FE L Lorelins of Brookshire.

C.L. Garretts Longview J. L. Phillips Eugene Garretts Waller Claudine Neff Jhanna Lorehn Methodist Hospital FE. L. Lorelins Brookshire

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