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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1945
Page
1
A Christmas editorial urges giving of self over gifts as the community honors service members. It calls for acts of kindness, support for returning veterans, and aiding lonely servicemen to foster peace, justice and brotherhood this holiday season.
Mr. and Mrs. Joel Gold and granddaughters Adeline and Joyce Lee Gold left for Hallettsville to spend Christmas with Agnes Pohl who is 91. Eddie Rapsilver returns home for holidays then resumes studies in Huntsville January 2. J M Scott of Magnolia Arkansas dines with Joe Smiths. Mrs J B Anderson visits Denison. Various relatives attend church, plays, and dinners. naval furloughs and holiday trips noted.
Miss Norma Frances Donigan daughter of Mr and Mrs H P Donigan of Brookshire and Houston wed First Lieut Joseph L Baldwin United States Army Air Forces Troop Carrier Command son of Mr and Mrs J D Baldwin of Richmond Va at 7 pm Saturday in the chapel of St Pauls Methodist church Read by Dr Dawson C Bryan The bride wore frost white Edwardian satin with seed pearl ornaments and carried white orchids and stephanotis A garden reception followed at the Donigan home with a long list of local guests The couple will reside in Southern Pines North Carolina
A head-on crash Sunday night on highway 90 near Louis Sodolak's Riverside station injured seven. Dee Martin Sopchak, 40, of Eagle Lake, driving one car with his nephew Martin Sopchak, 165, in the other seat, both were taken to Sealy hospital with the nephew later released. The other vehicle carried five Houstonians returning from a hunting trip and they were treated at Houston Heights hospital, one in serious condition.
Mrs Ray Woods entertained the Brookshire Bridge Club with guests including R A Reaves Shirley Vaughan J E Eldera Madelyn Miller Joyce Cardiff Cleo Longenbough and Gladys Gostecnik. Mrs A O Muske won high score. Brookshire school bond passed 85 to 0 for a $250000 grammar school project.
The bride, active in the Curtain club and serving as president of the sorority's junior group, wed a Duke University alumnus who has served two years in the Mediterranean and European theaters and is now stationed at Pope Field North Carolina with Kappa Alpha affiliation.
Mr and Mrs Adam Bijie traveled Friday night to Fresno California to spend Christmas with Mr Bijies brother Mr Dick Bijie and family
Sunset Carson and Linda Stirling star in Sheriff of Cimarron showing at Texas Theatre Sealy on Saturday December 22nd. A western double feature space suggests a classic cinema event for local moviegoers.
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