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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1956
Page
14
Clipped Brookshire Weekly News item from August 14 1900 notes W M Donigan W D Mills Wm Cooper C W Norris and W T Donald dig a ditch from the railroad to a pond to remove frog ponds. Project aims to raise area value though frogs must migrate as Brookshire grows.
A group from this city traveled to Houston on Monday including J. B. Enos W. J. Cooper H. D. DeWitt Jac G. Manasian D. O. Martin J. W. Avery and E. Cc Adams. Law DeWitt a popular Brazos Valley resident visited Houston on Thursday and had Sam Wander sit on him in a noted fall incident.
Miss Ora Mae Muske returns from San Marcos for the holidays while Mrs. Gladys Bemus and sons of San Antonio visit Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Cooper. Allen Taylor and Claud Cliett make a Houston trip for business. Gerald Bartlett visits Miss Mamie Buller. Randolph Sterling leaves for Goose Creek to work in a drug store. G. T. Shearer family from Simonton spend Sunday with the Baronian family in Pattison. P J Kuntz and Miss Viola Muske wed in San Antonio on Sat. the 18th. Dr J M Stewart of Katy visits town last Friday. Robert Lee and Louis McCauley home from Allen Academy at Bryan for holidays. One more shopping day till Christmas at Max WANDERS. Miss Bernice Cooper, a teacher at the ddicks School, visits her parents.
Monday night Miss Geral dine Wander hosted a small gathering for friends in honor of her cousin Miss Eutha Winfrey of Troy who visited over the weekend. T. H. Hubbard and Edward Bemus traveled to Austin to bring Charlie Hubbard home for the holidays. Albert Glueck sold turkeys in Houston at 20 cents per pound. Miss Alice Entrop, Goose Creek teacher, is home for the holidays. Chessell Grand and Rodey Bemus visited Houston while Mae Buller also traveled there. A. B. Andersen, Notary Public, is at The Times Office. Miss Doris Avery, studying at Belton, is home for the holidays.
On December 19 1941 Thursday night Mrs E W Wilpitz was honored. Mr and Mrs Roland Wilpitz hosted a miscellaneous gathering with guests from the community.
Census shows 2008 bales of cotton ginned in Waller County for 1941 before Dec 14 versus 5539 for 1940. Weekend visits include Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Wilson in Brookshire and Mr. and Mrs. W D Bains with Mrs Anna Bains in Houston. A. O Muske and J B Anderson families travel to Victoria and Galveston for medical care. Garden Club Christmas party at Mrs Max Wander home with flower arrangements judged. Fréd Buller's pine cone centerpiece wins.
A young couple short of money joke over a bride’s latest hamburger variation. On the 12th day she serves another chopped meat dish and the husband groans in weary humor asking How now ground cow.
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