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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1923
Page
1
Last Thursday afternoon friends gathered at Mrs. W. J. Cooper’s home to celebrate her birthday. A cake with fifty one candles prompted smiles and light refreshments followed. The guests included Me
Rev Mr Brown a Baptist preacher conducts a revival this week at the Baptist church here. Sam B McKeskle was given a twenty five year sentence in the penitentiary by a jury last Saturday in Harris county for killing A J Roberson on the streets of Houston last February.
Rev G C House preached at the Methodist Church with full morning and evening crowds. Thos G Schmidt and sisters Miss Alice and Miss Ella, with Arthur L Gregory, attended Sunday night services. Oswald Blazek visited Sunny Side, Gus Krinke passed through en route to Hempstead, Schmidt and sisters toured Brookehire in a new Ford, Wallace Brown and Miss Pearl King attended services, Liza Norwood visited friends here, with best wishes to The Times and its readers.
The school children from Addicks performed a play here last Saturday night drawing a small crowd as many business places stayed open late. C. L. Davis brought first cucumbers of the season to town last Monday signaling regional shipments soon starting north. International Stocking Mills of Norristown seeks men or women to sell hosiery with a $75 weekly full time or $1.50 hourly spare time. G Cater visited brothers Harry and Charley in our city earlier in the week.
Last Friday evening at a called meeting of the Order of the Eastern Star officers were installed for the ensuing year. Names include W M Ruby Bains W P D Agopian A M Zabelle Baronian Conductress Birdie Rogers Associate Conductress Florence Donigan Treasurer Max Wander Secretary Anna Bains Ada Ella Foster Ruth Aghney Martin Electra Joe Susneski Sentinel Emma Wander Warder Nora Mills Chaplin Isabel Seidel Marshall Harriet Cosgrove Organist. Installation was conducted by Past Matron Nettie Mayes and Bowser of Victoria as Marshall. Retiring officers received hand embroidered gifts. Out of town guests Willam Avis and wife Alma D. Edmondson attended.
Walter Ebel and wife and Charley Neiman of Houston visited relatives here last Sunday. Mrs Claud Tillery left for Goose Creek after a week with her parents. Misses Martha and Ida Ebel visited Miss Hattie and Pauline Neumann. A large crowd attended the dance at Besses Creek Saturday.
H N Savoy advertises cleaning and blocking of Panama hats with prices available on request. The notice invites readers to see Savoy for services and pricing details.
Prof O J Laas went to Huntsville for the 8am Houston Normal. Several residents and friends headed to Sam Houston Normal for the Summer term. Local travelers, teaching staff, and relatives were noted visiting Houston La Porte Pattison San Marcos and Fort Worth. Southbound and northbound train times listed for No 25 6:30am No 23 7:13pm No 24 9:20am No 26 9:27pm.
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