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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1956
Page
4
Classified items include Manefield Tires Delco batteries and other goods with phone contacts in Katy Brookshire area. Listings cover a three bedroom rental air conditioned office space sale of fourteen milk cows coming January, a Plymouth Tudor for sale, a barn for sale, chain link fences, used tractors and farm equipment, hay for sale, and various local business notices from Ray Woods Lumber Co and Duncan Haynes Mattress Co.
100x175 lots in Riceland Terrace offered with owner financing and down payment options. Prices range from 545.00 to 745.00, county approved drainage, paving planned. Contact Mrs. Oscar Kemp at 4946 Katy Texas. Also small furnished apartment for rent in Barker listed with J S Hutchings and phone PR 4-2841 Barker Texas. Insurance agent position available at agency in Brookshire contact Agopian at 51.
Advertisement listing multiple business notices including water bills payable at the Rylander Wright Building in Katy, an exclusive franchise for selling liquid fertilizer to farmers, no investment required, and various trade items from No-Chars Plant Food Co to asphalt and gravel services with contact names in multiple states.
The Brookshire Municipal Water District announces a bond election on January 12 1957 at the White School House for a proposed 75 000 bond issue to fund waterworks and sanitary sewer improvements. The board names election officers and outlines ballot wording and voting eligibility for district property owners.
Those who visited Ruth Ellen Haak on her third birthday included Mr and Mrs Bill Haak Mr and Mrs C W Karisch and sons Charles and Glenn Helen Haak H E Beery Mr and Mrs Hugo Wollgast and daughter Jane Mr and Mrs W H Haak Mrs Roland Mikeska and sons Dale and Warren Mr and Mrs John H Schmidt and Patsy Judg e and Stanley Schmidt
Local families and churches share holiday greetings and events from Barker and Dallas. Highlights include theatre night at Alley Theater for Chris, caroling by Barker Presbyterian Youth, Addicks Methodist Christmas program, a church watch party for New Year’s Eve, and community pride in residents like Phil Houghton home from Ft. Bliss.
Mr and Mrs Glenn Thompson of Houston announce the birth of their daughter Tressa Joy at 6 am on Thursday December 20 1956 at Methodist Hospital Houston. She weighed 7 pounds 6 ounces. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Gerald Jones Houston and Mr and Mrs Glen Thompson Katy with great grandmother A L Thompson Katy.
The Thompsons will make Katy their home soon as Glehn receives his Army discharge and plans to pursue farming. Mrs. W. B. Evans of Houston appears in the notice as part of family news.
Mrs Marie Peck and daughter Muriel of Oklahoma City visited relatives in Katy and Ganado this week. Mr and Mrs H B Ballard Mr and Mrs Paul Short and family and Mr and Mrs Bruce Porter of Baytown attended Christmas dinner with Mrs Bessie Bauer and Marvin.
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