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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1950
Page
5
Mrs. Wyatt Prevatt and daughter Mrs. Turner Shanks and son Bobby Shanks of Do than Alabama are visiting their daughter and sister Mrs. Walter Martin and family this week. BIRTHS ANNOUNCED Mr. and Mrs. C N England Jr announce the birth of a son on May 30 weighing 8 pounds 6 ounces.
The Ministers' Wives Association of the Methodist Texas Conference held its annual lunch at 12:45 p.m. Thursday in the Rice Hotel's South American Room. Mrs Derwood L Blackwell of Katy, president, presided over the meeting.
Mr and Mrs W J Dube Jr hosted a family reunion at their home Sunday with guests including his parents Mr and Mrs W J Dube Sr from The Grove his sisters Mrs Lewis Winkler and Mrs Waldemar Winkler of Houston and Mrs W J Proff of Port Arthur his brothers Charlie and Clarence of Houston and Lawrence Dube of Rosenberg
Mr and Mrs Leonard Jordan entertained with a chicken dinner Monday night honoring her mother Mrs Bella Waggoner and sisters Mrs White Mrs Ribbling Mrs Bessie and Mrs Jessie Mason. Other guests included Mr and Mrs H E Jordan Mr and Mrs Leonard Waggoner Mr and Mrs Gordon Fussell and children Smokey Waggoner Hellen Ruth Heil Mr and Mrs Shorty Gray Buddie Mason and Sid Martin. After most of the chicken disappeared the group watched the Sports beat the Buffs on television.
Mrs J W Avery entertained her daughter Mrs Wilma Hooper of San Diego California and her grandson Mat E Howard Jr with Mrs Howard and children of Houston Tuesday evening.
Emma Greer of Brookshire and Ludwig Wiederkehr of Freer, both 71, met in Corpus Christi last year for the first time since school days in Bellville. Greer visited at W. D. Waldo's home. Wiederkehr visited her daughter-in-law Dan Coker's home. They had begun corresponding months earlier and arranged the reunion.
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