Katy Summer Recreation Adds Track At Meet Of Champions
The Katy High Recreation Program adds track events this summer with a trip to the Meet of Champions at Jeppesen Stadium in Houston at 8 p.m. Friday. Students meet at 6 p.m. and pay 1.00 in the west stands or .75 in the east. The meet features top world class athletes including Don Bragg, Ralph Boston, and Don Styvon. New weekly Friday meets for Katy students will divide by age groups Midget to Seniors. Ribbons awarded for top places, and next week’s Times will cover details.
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Katy High
Jeppesen Stadium
Houston
Don Bragg
Ralph Boston
Don Styvon
Katy
TIMES
Addicks
Springs Branch
J. Hall Sheppard
L.S.D
Royal P TA Summer Recreation Program Opens Libraries
Royal P TA announces summer recreation with library sessions at Royal Elementary Wednesdays 3 30 to 4 30 and Royal High Thursdays 3 30 to 4 30. A swimming skating party at Hempstead pool for Royal LL D students is set for June 16 with bus departures 6 10 p m from Brookshire and 6 30 p m from Pattison, return about 9 30 p m per Mrs J C Lock.
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Royal P-Ta
Hempstead
Royal Ll.d
Brookshire
Pattison
J. C. Lock
PTA Recreation Committee
Katy Art Students Win State Awards
Katy High School art students Beth Metzger and Annie Mae Orsak placed in the 1961 Texas Fire Prevention Poster Contest. Beth earned 4th with a $15 prize, Annie Mae 6th with a $10 prize. Over 1600 entries from 172 Texas cities competed. The students study under J. E. Lehmalz.
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Beth Metzger
Annie Mae Orsak
Katy
Beth
Annie Mae
C. W. Alien, Jr
Texas
J. E. Lehmalz
Royal Equalization Board Sets June 20 Hearing
The Royal Board of Equalization will meet at 9 a.m. on June 20 at the elementary school for taxpayer hearings in the district. Appointments for time may be made at the school's administration building before the meeting. Members are G. L. Buller J. C. Day and Guy T. Pattison.
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Royal Board of Equalization
G.L. Buller
J. C. Day, and
Guy T. Pattison
Board of Equalization
Royal Ind
Eart Phillips Takes Over Humble Station
Eart Phillips has taken over Ross Service Station near Katy. He is assisted by his grandson John Maury. The Phillips family moved from Hempstead to a home on East 5th Street with Doris Page and her three children.
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Eart Phillips
Ross
Katy
John Maury
Phillips
Doris Page
East 5Th Street
Hempstead
Henneke Market Burglarized in Brookshire
Last Saturday night burglars broke into Henneke Market in Brookshire stealing 49 dollars, 24 dollars worth of meat, and several cartons of cigarettes. Sheriff Jimmie Whitworth and Deputy A G De Sham investigated noting similarities to a Katy break in and a Katy school burglary. The rear entrance was pried and the safe door chisled. damages are reported beyond repair.
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Henneke
Brookshire Fire Rangers Douse Burning Van on Highway 90
Firefighters responded at 5 a.m. Sunday to a moving van fire on Highway 90 near Brookshire Food Bank. About two thirds of the merchandise was burned or damaged. The van was towed to Houston by Dick Paden of Brookshire Auto and Salvage. Origin undetermined. Twelve firefighters fought the blaze.
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Brookshire
Highway 90
Brookshire Food Bank
Frank Gostecnik
Dick Paden
Brookshire Auto and Salvage Co
Associated Transport and Salvage Co
Houston
Pattison MYF Sponsors Bake Sale Saturday
Pattison Methodist Youth Fellowship plans a bake sale Saturday at the Scout building next to Donald's Hardware in Brookshire. The sale begins at 9 a.m. with cakes pies and assorted baked goods for sale.
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Pattison Myf
Pattison Methodist Youth Fellowship
Scout
Donald's Hardware
Brookshire
Feeny and Wolters to Attend UT Austin Nuclear Science Symposium
Katy High School physics and advanced mathematics instructor James K Feeny and student Thomas A Wolters Jr will join about 400 science students and teachers at a June 11 to 14 symposium on the University of Texas campus in Austin. Willard Libby, Nobel laureate and UC Berkeley chemist, will headline as featured speaker.
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Katy
University of Texas In
Austin
James K. Feeny
Thomas A. Wolters, Jr
University of Texas
Texas Atomic Energy Research Foundation
Texas
Houston Lighting & Power Company
Williard F. Libby
U. of California
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Alumni Saturday draws large crowd at Katy High School
A large turnout of 184 attended Katy High School Alumni Saturday dinner and meeting in the cafeteria and auditorium. Officers and speakers, including Bob Mellroy and Patsy Bolton Hoyt, led reports and readings as 21 of 28 Class of 1986 graduates answered roll. Out of town guests from Houston joined in the event.
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Katy High School
Ceafeteria
Bob Mellroy
Patsy Bolton Hoyt
Beulah Kathryn Morton Pennington
Roberta Wright Rylander
W. D. Fussell
Buddy Stanberry
Rotary Quartet
T. J. Heinemeier
Melvin Scott
George Lee
Jeanette Hayes
Donnie Gibbs
John Culpepper
J. D. Woods
Iris Bailey O'neil
Catherine Lyons Mae
Elfrieda Poorman Ayler
Jack McClendon
Cleo Longenbaugh
L. B. Bryan
Mims
Eugene
Fred
Lessie
Nadine
Blanche
Arthur
Sammy
Roy Johike
LaGard May
Rex Post
Earl Roesner
Rae Hoyt Calvert
E. A. Billingsley
Genevieve Whitson Henneke
Laurance Frazee
J. R. Burton
Fulkerson Opens Katy Gulf Service Station In Texas
Fulkerson of Houston begins operation of the Gulf Service Station in Katy on June 1. He and his wife plan to move to Katy in 2 or 3 weeks. His son Calvin and his family have moved into a home on Sth street. He will assist his father at the station and supervise wash and grease jobs. Calvin has about five years in service station work at Columbus.
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F. Fulkerson
Houston
Katy
Celvin Fulkerson
Kathy
Sth Street
Calvin
Columbus
Gurb and Gutter Contract Let For Brookshire Streets
Odis Styers Jr. of Hempstead won the Brookshire curb and gutter contract. Bids opened at a Brookshire City Council meeting show a base bid of 1.28 per foot without steel, 1.48 with steel, and 2.00 per foot for valley gutters for 3,770 feet of curb and gutter and 188 feet of intersection valleys. Other bidders included Rapsilver, E L Brode, and John Sparkman. Styers can begin after street prep, per City Secretary David Agopian.
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Odis Styers Jr
Hempstead
Brookshire
Rapsilver, Inc
E. L. Brode
John Sparkman
Styers
David Agopian
Supreme Court Upholds Subversive Activity Controls
The Supreme Court, in two 5-4 votes, upholds the 1950 Subversive Activities Control Act and the 1940 Smith Act knowing membership clause. The acts require registration of the U S Communist Party with the Justice Department, listing officers and members, and annual financial accounting. Continued on page 2.
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U. S. Communist Party
Justice Department
Moscow
Addicks School District Divided as First Planned
The Harris County School Board passed a resolution to make effective August 31, 1964 the division of the Addicks School District into separate entities as the plan proceeds.
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Addicks
Harris County School Board
Texas Rice Farmers to Promote Annual Meeting in Alvin
Texas rice farmers meet at Alvin Junior College in Alvin Texas noon Saturday June 10 for the annual Rice Promotion Association session. Luncheon opens the program with reviews of 1960 61 activities by Don Washburn and a market report by Marcus Mauritz.
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Texas Rice
Alvin Junior College
Alvin
Texas
Texas Rice Promotion Association
Rice Council
Don Washburn
J. Walter Thompson Company
Marcus Mauritz
TRPA
Communism on the Map Film to Be Shown at Addicks School
A film titled Communism on the Map will be shown at Addicks School at 8 p.m. Tuesday June 13. Dick Kerr presents the program urging attendance to educate people about the evils of communism with no admission charge.
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Addicks School
Dick Kerr
B. A. Grams
Kerr
Brookshire Lions Hold Ladies Night Install Officers
The Brookshire Lions Club held Ladies Night and installed new officers at the elementary school cafeteria. District Governor-elect Ray Elliott spoke on Lions Club international ties and cited an Argentina boy aided en route to a Houston hospital. Officers installed included Leo Goates as president and James Rhoden, Jack Donald as vice presidents.
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Brookshire Lions Club
Brookshire
City Cafe
R. G. von Heeder
Houston
Lions District
Ray Elliott
Whitt Bains Jr
Elliott
Lions Clubs
Argentina
Leo Goates
James Rhoden
Jack Donald
Louis McCauley
F. H. Stallknecht
Jack Dalton
R. C. Waldrip
Charlie Walters
Charlie Morgan
Geo. Laas
Lion
Goates
Pattison High School
Army Medical Corp
Brookshire Drying Co
Brookshire Volunteer Fire Department
Brookshire Council Postpones Dial Telephone Decision
The Brookshire City Council postponed a decision on installing a dial telephone exchange after a public survey showed strong support 159 for 37 against and 3 no preference. They will discuss the matter further with Fort Bend Telephone Co. officials. the mayor and two councilmen hold final authority.
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Brookshire
Drymalla Construction Wins Katy High School Bleacher Addition
J L Drymalla Construction Co of Columbus won the Katy School Board project to add four sections to Katy High School football bleachers. The low bid was 9,685 dollars, with completion in 60 working days. E E Rapsilver Co of Brookshire submitted the second low bid at 9,928 dollars from five bidding firms.
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J. L. Drymalla Construction Co
Columbus
Katy
Drymalla Construction Company
E. E. Rapsilver Co
Brookhhire
Burglar Strikes Bill's Gulf Service in Brookshire
Bill's Gulf Service Station in Brookshire was burglarized Monday night. The thief removed four strips of west side jalousie glass to gain entry and took about $15 in change from the open register. The glass was left stacked outside the building and a $50 box remained unfound. Waller County and R L McCauley investigated. no fingerprints were available.
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Bill
Gulf Service
Brookshire
Bill Esterling
Esterling
Waller County
Jimmie Whitworth
R. L. McCauley
Mr. Esterling
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