Waller County Oil Lease Activity Sees Leases and Tests
Waller County reports increased oil operations with two test wells near critical depths and active leasing. Assignments include Johnston to Tide Water Oil, ONeil to Stanolind, and Capps to Jenkins. releases involve Kirby Petroleum and Gulf Production. deeds record transfers in McFarland and Cooper surveys.
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Waller County
Ralph A. Johnston
Tide Water Oill Company Et al
Carrie G. Hocker
Naro Johnston Et Veir
John McFarland
Doris C. McAins
Mary Larkin
Cornelius Blair
Nora Johnson
T. T. Player
W. R. McCauley
John McCarty
William Cooper
John McCarthy
Celia M. Downey
Crash Victim Rites Held At Hempstead
Funeral services for Francis A. Hutchins 19 former Hempstead boy who enlisted in the navy last August were held there June 1. Hutchins was killed in an auto crash in Ocean Beach California last Saturday night. He is survived by his parents four sisters and five brothers. He was a Hempstead High School graduate class of 1932. His classmates were pallbearers.
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Francis A. Hutchins
Hempstead
Navy
Hutchins
Ocean Beach
Cal
J. F. Hutchins
Hempstead High School
Piano Recital at Katy High School Auditorium
Mrs. Allie Smith presents her piano pupils in a recital at the Katy High School auditorium on Friday June 8 at eight o clock. Cordial invitation extended to all interested attendees.
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Allie Smith
Katy High School
Death of Mrs Rebecca A Barry at age 92
Mrs Rebecca A Barry died at 1408 California Street Houston last Thursday at 12 30 PM aged 92 She was well known in Brookshire visiting daughter Mrs R A Tubbs Survived by five daughters three sons a niece and a nephew The body was sent to Marlin Texas for interment Funeral services were held Friday morning at Morse Funeral Home Candidates rush to file for Democratic primary with June 4 close for district and state offices June 16 for local offices Civil cases show 16 brought four bonds forfeited and most cases continued
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Rebecca A. Barry
California Street
Houston
Morse Funeral Home
Government and individuals share a common path to tax relief
The remark asserts that both governments and individuals must cut spending to lower taxes. It emphasizes a unified approach, suggesting fiscal restraint as the sole route to reducing tax burdens for all.
Equalize County Taxes Set For June Hearings
The commissioners court will act as Board of Equalization on June 18 and 19. About 20 county taxpayers were notified to appear and justify why their 1934 tax renditions should not be raised. Most are from Waller County with the rest nonresident owners. Summer term of the Special Ninth Judicial District court opens June 18 in Hempstead with Judge W B Browder presiding.
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Commissioners Court
Board of Equalization
Waller County
Ninth Judicial District Court
Hempstead
W. B. Browder
Arrell Foster
County Court Handles 31 Criminal and 16 Civil Cases
In May the county court, active for the first three weeks, reviewed 31 criminal and 16 civil cases. Of the criminal set, 9 were continued, 5 dismissed, and 4 disposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Cuny
Grandson Billy Traney Recovers After Mastoid Surgery
Friends of Mrs. Mary Fink report her grandson Billy Traney is recovering well after a second mastoid operation last weekend. He received several blood transfusions which proved beneficial.
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Mary Fink
Billy Traney
Mrs H A Chapman Visits Columbus Parents
Mrs H A Chapman from Columbus Ohio arrived Wednesday for a visit with her parents Mr and Mrs W F Donald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Chapman
Columbus, Ohio
W. F. Donald
Waller Production Council Formed in County
The Waller Production Council was named this week with representatives of cotton farmers beef cattle and dairy cattle growers. The staff of acreage measurement includes Otis Carlisle Hempshead Frank Wawarofsky John Wawarofsky George Laas A M Taylor and T A Patty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waller County
A. M. Taylor
Pattison
T. A. Patty
Brookshire
Nettie Grady Tops 1934 Katy High Class
Nettie Grady 16 from Fulshear graduates as senior honor student and valedictorian of the 1934 class after a long daily trip and perfect attendance. She earns Prather scholarship eligibility at the University of Texas for 1934-1935 along with IEL spelling and home economics honors and plans to enter the university in September.
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Nettie Grady
Fulshear
Fort Bend
Miss Grady
Prather
University of Texas
Grady
Sunday School Reverie Recalled by Father in Boyhood
A reflective line recalls a boyhood preference for a circus over Sunday School. The narrator hints at family memories and nostalgic contrasts between religious instruction and entertainment from a bygone era.
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Waller
KATY
A. B. Chapin
Ques
Howaton
Hempstead News
Jno
Blasingame
Red & White
E. H. Martin
Waller Production Council
Willie
Max Wander
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