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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1956
Page
2
Brookshire Mrs Annie Sturm prepared a turkey with all the trimmings for Christmas dinner for the James Bullers Louis Sturms and Mrs Lena Trettin. Mr and Mrs Reece Jones returned home to Jourdanton after visiting here during the holidays.
Mr and Mrs D R Daniel hosted relatives for Christmas including Tony Lyons and family from Tulsa Oklahoma and ER Turner and children with S D Turners in Raccoon Bend. Barnette dinner at Lissie gathered 24 relatives plus G T Shearer Sr Jewel Dutcher hosted. Grady Shearers Jr and Cornelia Bains traveled to Matagorda for Christmas activities. Gene Moses family from Harlingen joined a Houston group for the holiday.
Forman and Nevelynn. Ralph Schroeder had surgery last Friday morning in the Bellville Hospital. Home for the Christmas holidays is John Mitchell of New York. Christmas dinner in the C. W. Barnum home was enjoyed by Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Menefee of Madisonville, Mr. and Mrs. L. S Tubbs, Miss Crystelle Tubbs of Houston, Mrs. Aline Mitchell and John Mitchell of New York. The Baronian Christmas gathering was held in Baytown with the Chas. Caters as hosts on Sunday. All of the family of Mrs. Annie Baronian were present. On the coast fishing are Mr. and Mrs. Jack Donald and Mr. and Mrs. Buller of Ft. Worth, Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Henderson of Terrell spent Christmas with their daughter and family, the John Vances. Mrs. R. W. Avery entertained the choir of the First Methodist Church after the song fest last Sunday evening. The Ralph England family is spending several days in Arkansas with her folks. They plan to be back on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Dalton and Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Dalton of Houston are spending Christmas Day in Ta Mun, Mexico. They will be in Mexico City on the second Christmas Day and will be sightseeing in other parts of color ful Mexico during the holidays. They left last Saturday and went into Mexico by way of McAllen, returning by way of Laredo. Maydelle Rheman reports that she has recovered nicely from a recent tonsillectomy.
The Katy Junior High season began December 7 8 with a tournament in Missouri City featuring Katy Missouri City A and B teams Eagle Lake Sweeny Sealy Needville and Pearland Missouri City A won 48 26 over Sweeny in the final Katy claimed the consolation bracket 29 23 over Sealy Vincent Perez and Ferria Culpepper top scored Katy 9 and 6 points. Katy A team roster includes freshmen mainly with Vincent Perez Thad Smith Ferriel Culpepper Charlie Shafer Dwayne Fussell and others.
Katy Junior High swept Pearland in a district basketball doubleheader. The A team won 33 to 24 after leading 22 to 7 at halftime, with Stanley McDonald scoring 14 and Dwayne Fussell 12. The B team won 24 to 6 led by Butch Polan with 13. The 25-A Junior High District includes Missouri City Needville Eagle Lake Sealy and Pearland.
Pattison boys beat Magnolia 49 16 and B team 45 24 while girls lose to Magnolia 40. They defeated Garwood 66 28 on December 13 in two games and faced La Grange 46 38 on December 14. Schedule notes include district games January 8 against Garwood and Eagle Lake Tournament January 11, Frempstead Tourney December 28 29, and times for December 28 29 games.
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