Brookshire Elections Set for January 12 Directors and Supervisors
Voters in Brookshire Municipal Water District will elect five directors on January 12. At the same time in Brookside Katy Drainage District areas 8 4 and 5 three supervisors will be chosen. Polls open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mrs. W D Bains Sr will preside with clerks Mrs K G Harrison and Mrs J H Buller. Water district candidates include incumbents Max Wander J C Day Sr and Richard Woods. Incumbents on the ballot are W H Moore Jr Area 3 Joe K Moore Area 4d and Cecil Beckendorff Area 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookshire
Brookside-Katy
W. D. Bains Sr
K. G. Harrison
J. H. Buller
Water District
Max Wander
J. C. Day Sr
Richard Woods
W. H. Moore Jr
Joe K. Moore
Cecil Beckendorff
Services Held For Milton A Beckendorff
Milton A Beckendorff born 1874 died December 25 1964 at home aged 89 4 28. Services Sunday December 27 at Katy Methodist Church with Rev Greg Longenbaugh and Rev Leslie Griffin. Interment Katy Magnolia Cemetery. Sch midt Funeral Home directed. Retired farmer and Katy pioneer longtime resident of Katy for 69 years. He and his family fled Berlin in 1849 due to taxes and living conditions. He married Mil Arostee November 27 1885 and had sons and three daughters. family ties to Pattison Hockley Rosehill and Katy areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton A. Beckendorff
Katy Methodist Church
Greg Longenbaugh
Leslie Griffin
Katy Magnolia Cemetery
Schmidt
Mr. Beckendorff
Katy
Iris
Berlin
Germany
Robert Beckendorff
Milton Beckendorff
Houston
Rice Institute
Rosehill
Laura Campbell
Hockley
Texas
Pattison
Methodist Church
Tome
Milton
Edward
Doe
Ben
Will
Pen
Estelle
Tharry
Elier Bennett
Mill Arostee
God
Beckendoreff
Tuesday Morning Deadline Set by The Times Office
The Times announces its final 1964 issue will publish earlier to reach mail on Wednesday. A Tuesday morning deadline replaces Tuesday noon to speed church community notices and local news reports. Readers urged to submit meetings promptly and contact Wikes in Brookshire and Katy with news for 1965.
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THE
TIMES
Brookshire
Katy
Mexican exchange student arrives for month study in Katy
Javier Hontaz arrives at Houston International Airport at 8 40 p m December 26 and will be registered at Katy High School for one month. About fifty Mexican students are in Harris County sponsored by International Good Neighbor Council. His host families are the Murrays for two weeks and the Rylanders for the other two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Javier Hontaz
Mexico City
Houston International Airport
Katy High School
Mexico
Harris County
International Good Neighbor Council Committee On Education
Javier
E. L. Murray
Greg
Janice
Kay
F. A. Rylander
Tony
Carolyn
New Year Services Planned Across Brookshire Katy and Pattison
Watch night services are set at First Baptist Brookshire with Training Union direction. Brookshire Methodist hosts a water night candlelight service on December 31. Memorial Lutheran Katy holds New Year Eve services at 8:00 pm with Holy Communion at First Presbyterian Barker. Christ Lutheran Pattison invites a New Year Eve party from 7:30 pm and a midnight watch service. Sacred Heart Brookshire offers 9:00 am New Year Day Mass.
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First Baptist Church
Brookshire
Training Union
James Klehm
Brookshire Methodist
Memorial Lutheran Church
Katy
Texas
First Presbyterian Church
Barker
Christ Lutheran Church
Pattison
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
First Traffic Light Installed at Brookshire
The Texas Highway Department installs three sets of traffic lights at the Cooper Street and Highway 90 intersection in Brookshire to control two way traffic and aid pedestrians. The system, funded by a city request, will operate electronically and be maintained by Hallmark Electric Co once activated after the new year.
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Brookshire
Cooper Street
Highway 90
Texas Highway Department
Cooper St
Bunche High School
Front St
Cooper
Ional Ty
Brookshire Chamber Plans Tuesday Night Program
Brookshire Chamber of Commerce schedules a January 5 meeting at Royal Elementary Auditorium. The event starts at 7 45 PM and will cover general information. Chas Powell urges Brookshire to join as the town aims to come alive in 1965.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookshire Chamber of Commerce
Royal Elementary
Chas
Powell
Brookshire
Holiday Closure Notice for Brookshire and Katy Businesses
Businesses in Brookshire and Katy will be closed in observance of New Year's Day with offices and services paused for the holiday. Local authorities remind residents to plan ahead for closures and delays in public services and commerce.
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Brookshire
Katy
Katy Youth Center Dance Stages 8 Thursday Evening
The Katy Youth Center hosts a New Year gala at Humble Recreation Hall from 8:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. Featuring Fil Worrell and Jok Wilde. Admission 2.00 per person with semi formal dress and refreshments. Door prizes provided by local businesses. attendance required to win. Not open to the general public. Katy and Royal High School affiliates invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katy
Fil! Worrell
Jok Wilde
Pam
Siam
Adinis
Katy and
Royal High School
Beecher Quote Sparks Reflections On Selfhood
A Beecher proverb compares a joyless man to a wagon jolted by every pebble, urging genuine self expression. The remark emphasizes authenticity and personal worth beyond imitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ward Beecher
FFA delivers Christmas plants to shut-ins in Katy
Mrs. Floyd Reckendorff Mrs. Nicky Monigokl Mrs. J. J. Bilder and others helped wrap ribbons on pitted plants for Christmas gifts to Abs¢ citizens as shut-ins at Katy. The FFA Chapter members delivered these on December 22. Mr. L. D. Rolinson called it one of their most worthwhile projects.
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Floyd Reckendorff
Nicky Monigokl
J. J. Bilder
Thomas Mathis
Albert Lambright
Garber Short
Smokey Waggoner
W. 4. Storkdies Dy
Katy
FFA
L. D. Rolinson
Long Weekend Traffic Crashes Reported Across County
Holiday period brings 11 car collisions from 5:00 AM to 7:90 AM with a severe crash 3 miles west of Brookshire involving a Jenkin Freight Lines tractor trailer from Miami loaded with bell peppers. Driver M. M. Brooks and alternate John McIntire injured. trailer left dangling on a bridge. McIntire seriously hurt. conditions described by officials. Patsy Perez named FFA Sweetheart and noted Royal High School band and choir member.
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Patsy Perez
Royal High School
FFA
Peres
Patsy
Howard Perez
Helen Perez
Brookshire
Jenkin Freight Lines
Miami
Fla
M. M. Brooks
John McIntire
Schmidt
Spring Branch Memorial Hosital
McIntire
Mel Cauley
Brookshire Residents Attend Christmas Music Events and Car Crashes
Brookshire hosted Christmas music with local performers including GH Zabimen and Rev Bill Raines while deputies investigated multiple separate crashes near Brookshire. A 1951 pickup collided with a 1963 Ford near Highway 90, with Walker cited for signaling and Jones for unsafe distance. Separately a Sealy area wreck killed Edwin Kenneth Mills and his mother Lora Mills when a tire blew and struck a bridge abutment. Mills was a science teacher at Westbury High School.
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Tle
Brooks
McCauley
Jesse Walker
Edward N. Jones
Baytown
Walker
Jones
Ben Halamicek
Bellville
Brookshire
Waller County
R. I. McCauley
Trouston
Sealy
Edwin Kenneth Mills
Lora Mills
Texas Highway
Mills
Westbury High School
Eight ASC Communities Represented at Waller County Meeting
ASC committee training conference held December 2 in Hempstead gathered eight Waller County communities. Attendees included community representatives P W Cattenhead, Lawrence Henson, Scott Howell Jr, C P Mason, Edwin H Flukinger, and others from Menispread, Waller, Monaville, Patterson, Katy, Bromshire, and Lynton areas along with extension service personnel and ASCS staff.
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ASC
Waller County
Hempstead
Howth
P. W. Cattenhead
Lawrence Henson
Fieldstore
Scott Howell Jr
C. P. Mason
Edwin H. Flukinger
Menispread
L. Flukinger
B. Amsler
David Phillips
Waller
Richard Frey
Rengill Frey
Monaville
Willie Stefka
Pillip
E. M. Weaver
Cecil Pool
Soil Conservation Service
New Directors Elected For Katy Chamber
Katy Chamber of Commerce elects 1965 66 67 term directors Dr. Emery Lofgren M E Watts and Walter Mims. Others serving through 1966 and 1955 include D E Elder John Larsen Ward Stanberry Arthur Miller Frank Williams and Mary Ann Erastes. Term expirations noted for James F E Taylor A J Mangum and F B Cornelius. President John Larsen to chair January meeting. votes tallied with several write-ins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emery Lofgren
M. E. Watts
Walter Mims
Katy Chamber of Commerce
D. E. Elder
John Larsen
Ward Stanberry
Arthur Miller
Frank Williams
Mary Ann Erastes
James FE. Taylor
A. J. Mangum
F. B. Cornelius
J. FP. Caliender
Mae Kemp
Dy. Emery Lofsten
John Melunkin
Mims
M. J. Watts
Fb. Tillerson
Howard Pennington
Royal Girls Claim Rock Island Tourney Trophy
The Royal A girls basketball team won three games at Rock Island last week to take first place, scoring 202 points to 143 for opponents. Karen Baker and Carol Bollinger earned all tournament honors as the squad finished 8 and 1 before Christmas.
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Royal Girls
Rock Island
Karen Baker
Carol Bollinger
van Vieck
Burton
Louise
Cindy Brubaker
Margaret Jurries
Also Mentioned on This Page
Milton A, Beckendorff
the Times
Javier Bonifaz
Brookshire Baptist Church
Hallmark Electric Co
Brookshire Cofc
Holiday
Youth Center
Sunbeam
Katy Drilling Company
John and
Otis Larsen
Katy Feed Store
van Scroggins
Katy Drug
Katy Pfa
Denie R
Aley Iine
Nizguway
Badelas
Ursday
Moraine
Tvs. GH
Zabimen
Charlie Froebel
Bill Raines
First Methodist Church
Farmers State Bank
Alene Franz
Helen Kutra
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