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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1937
Page
5
A local Christmas gathering at Miss Gladys Hoyt features Santa Claus delivering gifts to the honoree. The event includes hot chocolate cake and candies served by Mr and Mrs Hoyt. Nearby shoppers and Houston residents are noted in brief social items.
The article describes a farmer who is also a rising industrial figure as a producer and consumer. It notes soy bean cultivation and processing into products like paint varnish soap linoleum and other items. It cites 81 million pounds of soy bean oil produced in one year with portions allocated to soap making linoleum and coatings.
Little Wanda Hart suffered a serious accident last week when she fell on a brick at school and ruptured an intestine. She was rushed to a Houston hospital for operated on care and her condition remains a cause for anxiety. A large crowd attended the Foley Pig Brother Play at Katy high school auditorium with about 80 children in the cast. Mr and Mrs Glover Burton and son Hobby of Richmond visited relatives at Katy Sunday. A large crowd attended the Junior play at Katy High gym last Friday with exceptionally well rendered casting.
The Katy Methodist Church invites all to Sunday School at 9 45 followed by preaching at 11 00. In the evening the League and Wesley Fellowship meet at 6 45 with preaching at 7 45 and a Wednesday prayer meeting at 8 00.
Mrs. Cardiff hosted a Katy Methodist Missionary society gathering at her home with about 80 members. They observed November and December birthdays and held a Christmas gift exchange after a recreational period. Louise Schlipf and Eudora Fraser led activities and the group enjoyed cake and hot chocolate.
In a 1937 excerpt from Max Berns, Wootrow Wilson argues that courts provide the non political forum for impartially interpreting constitutional understandings. He states that judicial power is the ultimate safeguard for individual rights and governmental prerogative.
A sentimental verse to Gladys, wishing her well as Christmas nears and 1938 approaches. The poem recalls her absence from school and expresses hope for a quick recovery and return to good health.
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