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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1928
Page
3
The Brookshire Times lists A. B. Anderson as editor and Mrs A B Anderson as associate editor. The paper is entered at Brookshire Texas and designated a recong class matter under the act of March 3 1897.
In Sunny Side area farmers plead for rain but reject it as a reason to buy from distant mail order houses. They report sending dry goods and shoes to mail order firms to back printing in Dallas and Chicago, arguing merchants who fund distant printing also drain the local economy.
The Times publishes Miss Alice Cameron’s official announcement for re election to the post of County Public Instructor pending voter action in the July Democratic Primary. She pledges to continue improving county schools and values her past record and voter support.
I M Kelley and wife visit M G Kelley family as Mr Kelley paints and papers two stores. A barbecue near Patton Tuesday evening ends with a pleasant time. Mrs RE Legler returns from visits in San Marcos and San Antonio. Miss Killian Davis and Pete Taylor attend a Wallis baseball game. Miss Montie Lee Buller returns from Teachers College San Marcos to Pattison area. Mrs Georgie Rogers and daughter Nelwyn visit J D Cooper. Misses Virginia Baronian and Alice Kutrop leave for destinations after Monday night stay.
San Marcos residents share summer visits as Miss Bobbie Edmondson of Fort Worth stays with her mother and many townspeople report visits from relatives. A dance at Aurora Schoolhouse is planned for Saturday June 15 with music promised.
An announcement lists candidates for public office subject to the Democratic primary in July 1927. It identifies individuals seeking nomination and notes the primary's role in determining nominees for the ensuing election.
Bad weather kept attendance light at the Aurora school house dance Saturday night. A Route crowd also attended a Brookshire picture show Friday. Several locals made visits to Hempstead Houston El Campo and Bracy Island over the weekend and a Pattison S Bracy Island baseball game ended 12 to 3.
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