Richmond site chosen for state hospital and school land transfer
Ceremonies at the Fort Bend County Courthouse mark the transfer of 241 acres to the State Board of Hospitals and Special Schools for a proposed mental retardation school. The George Foundation donated the land. purchases cost $141,000 from Vaclav and John Pultar. The hospital could cost $12 million, house 2,000 patients, and employ 600 to 700 when operational. Raymond Vowell accepted the deed. Mrs. R. W. Lindsey handled the transfer. John Larsen attended as Katy Chamber of Commerce guest. Andrew Briscoe Jr. led Rosenberg committee efforts.
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Fort Bend County
State Board of Hospitals and Special Schools
George Foundation
A. P. George
Raymond Vowell
Austin
R. W. Lindsey
Rosenberg
John Larsen
Katy Chamber of Commerce
Richmond
Rosenberg Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Andrew Briscoe, Jr
Vaclav
John Pultar
Vowell
Services Held For Oren D. McAdoo
Oren D. McAdoo of Houston died Friday January 1st from a heart attack while riding a bus to work. He was age 76, born October 4, 1916 in Arkansas and worked as an upholsterer at City Upholstery in Pasadena. Services were held Monday at Lin dale Assembly of God Church with interment at Forest Park West. Survivors include three daughters Mrs Ernest Divin Mrs Edith Divin and Mrs Don Brister of Houston, his mother Mrs Lottie McAdoo, six brothers four sisters and seven grandchildren.
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Oren D. McAdoo
Houston
Eddie Divin
Katy
Pasadena
Tle
Arkansas
Lindale
Ernest
Lorretta) Divin
Edith Jo
Barbara) Divin
Don
Jeanette) Brister
Lottie McAdoo
Joey
Deborah
Dennis Divin
Royal Elementary appoints new fourth grade teacher
Mrs. Jeanette Van Pelt of Dallas is named the new fourth grade teacher at Royal Elementary. She succeeds Mrs. Doris Colbury who recently resigned. Colbury had filled the position after Mrs. Louise Malone left to care for her aged mother.
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Jeanette van Pelt
Royal
Royal Elementary School
Dallas
Doris Colbury
Colbury
Louise Malone
Where To Pay Your Poll Tax Deadlines Brief
Reminder to pay poll tax within seven days ending Thursday January 31. In Katy at Miller Motor Company 75 Harris County residents paid. In Brookshire Waller County residents pay at Edmundson Drug with clerk L. B. Tubbs. Ft. Bend County residents may mail last year receipt with $1.75 to Tax Assessor-Collector Richmond for poll tax by return mail.
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Katy
Miller Motor Company
Harris County
Brookshire
Waller County
Edmundson Drug
L. 8
Tubbs
Ft. Bend County
Richmond
Cold snap grip continues with icy bridges and power concerns
Weekend weather kept temps around freezing with sleet and ice on roads. Reported lows ranged from 22 to 32 degrees as lines froze then were repaired. Officials warned of more cold snaps and a looming second front over the weekend.
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Leroy Wilkinson
Katy
Mr. Wilkinson
Herman Meyer
Wilkinson
Revival At People's Chapel In Sugar Land
Revival led by Rev and Mrs Floyd La Munyon at People's Chapel Sugar Land features former Katy Apostolic Church pastors conducting evangelistic work. Rev Barker serves as Sugar Land Church pastor.
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People's Chapel
Sugar Land
Floyd la Munyon
Peoples Chapel
Katy
Community honors Mr Romack for service to Katy
Katy receives tribute to Mr Romack for decades of work with Odd Fellows Katy Rebekah Lodge and Katy Volunteer Fire Department He organized hall property and served as secretary treasurer and custodian He aided newspaper sales for I O O F Children’s Home Corsicana and Home for the Aged Ennis Open house at Katy High School recreation room Sunday January 27th 3 to 5 p.m closing with family details and community invite
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Katy Lodge
C.F
Romack
Nobel
K Katy Odd Fellows Halt Ass ‘Nt
Sixth Street
Katy Rebekah Lodge
Corsicana
Ennis
Katy Volunteer Fire Department
Thys
T Department
Rotary Club of
Katy
Tie
My. Romack
Nellie Cliott Romack
Derwont (Carel) Read
Methodist Hospital
Francis Romak
Chicago
Ilinois
Larry Roas
Elizabeth Cliett
BE. W
Melba) Gaydosik
Pattison
Roland Cliett
Houston
Rice Growers Association Katy Division Moves 890000 Barrels Sold
The American Rice Growers Association Katy Division reports 890000 barrels sold this season with 170000 barrels left. Manager Garber Short says prices hold and sales are good though a Houston dock strike keeps warehouses full and dryers idle until ships resume from the port.
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American Rie Growers Association
Katy
Garber Short
Orchard Family Remembers Longtime Resident
Mrs Beulah Vick and family of Orchard and their mother Mrs Alfred Ayler of Orchard recall the life of a longtime local, born March 31 1872 in Illinois to Benjamin Franklin Poorman and Mary Jackson Poorman. He helped his community and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulah Vick
Orchard
Alfred Ayler
Illinois
Benjamin Franklin
Mary — Jackson Poorman
Poorman Family Tied to Katy Community Roots
The Poorman family operated a Moor rill in West Union Illinois and later a grain and flour business in Greensburg Kansas. They moved to Katy in 1917 where father and mother Laura Bell and sons engaged in farming rice and carpentry and he was a long time Katy Baptist Church member and mason.
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Dad
West Union
Illinois
Greensburg
Kany
Laura Bell and
Katy
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W. F. Egger
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