Vivian Larsen Installed Worthy Matron of Brookshire Chapter
Mrs. Vivian Larsen was installed as Worthy Matron for Brookshire Chapter No. 652 Order of Eastern Star at Katy School Auditorium. Installing officers included Ruth Turrentine Verna Bierachwale Madelyn Miller Vera Daniele and Lenois Welling. Refreshments followed in the Recreation room as the group pictured supported the ceremony.
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Brookshire
Order of Eastern Star
Katy
Vivian Larsen
Ruth Turrentine
Verna Bierachwale
Madelyn Miller
Vera Daniele
Lenois Welling
Jessie Peek
Calvin Peek
Dorothy Johnson
Nina Bemus
Mabel Robichaux
Madge Helwig
Valeria Grace
Joyce Wilson
Marie Clayton
Eloise Smith
Louise Blanton
Montyne Baker
Martha Kirchoff
Tommy Jean Pooley
Barbara Morgan
Herman Meyer
C. E
Ltar
Bi Welling
Velma Daniels
Barbara Girndt
Elois Smith
John Larsen
Valerie Grace
Arthur Robichaux
Harold Johnson
Willie Pearl Taylor
Verna Bierschwale
Mary Belle Woods
Millicient Wiley
Static Phok
Local families share visits and weekends in Katy area
Community notes recount Port Isabel fishing trip by Katy couple Howard and Pennington and a speckled trout catch. Jackie Hencke visits relatives in Katy while Norma Townsend recovers at St Luke's Houston. Town folks travel to Leakey, attend dances, and attend family celebrations and birthdays.
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Howard Pennington
Port Isabelle
Howard
John Hencke
Highlands
H. A. Hood
Jackie Hencke
Stanley Hood
Tom Ashworth
Lake Charles
Gua Cummings
Co. D
Norma
Townsend
St. Luke’s Hospital
Houston
George Lowenbaugh
Edwin
M. E. Hestilow
Leakey
L. J. Oman, Jr
Baytown
L. J. Oman
Clyde Nelson
Alta Lee Beckendorff
Sammy Beckendorff
Herbert Beckendorff
Franklin Becendorff
Ben Beckendorff
George Longenbaugh
Nancy Henderson
Quotable Bits From Everyday Life From A Rural Community
A collection of humor and observation reflects on capitalism and small town commerce. The narrator mocks the term capitalist through a ditch-digger with a spade, the used car pitch misadventures, and the Brookshire trade ethic. It also parodies marriage vows and jokes about dentists and gendered dialogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Service veterans honored at Day Service event
A Day Service honored veterans including Past District Commander Ralph England and Norma Moore Auxiliary President along with Roselle Roark Diat Chaplain and Rev. Joe Ramagey World War II veteran, preserving freedom for the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph England
Norma Moore
Roselle Roark
Joe Ramagey
Walter Morrow Resides On Morrow Home Place In Katy
Walter Morrow lives at the Morrow home place in Katy and works as assistant Southern District Auditor for Stearns Rogers Mfg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Morrow
Morrow
Katy
Southern Dist
Stearns-Rogers Mfg
Townsends Thank Friends After Loss of L. H. Townsend
The Townsend family expresses heartfelt thanks for cards greetings food and kindness shown by friends and neighbors during the death of L. H. Townsend beloved brother Charles D Townsend and Miss Norma Townsend acknowledge the support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Townsend
Charles D. Townsend
Norma Townsend
Weekly Chuckle from Katy National Bank
A humorous note tells of a very fat man seeking a sleeping with mouth open remedy. The doctor jokes that the malady is incurable as the man’s skin is too short, causing his mouth to gape when he shuts his eyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookshire
Sealy
Houston
Katy National Bank
Dadi
Toring
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Ome
Vistors
Talley
Buster Traylor
Sharon
Charles
Kathryn Anne Wilkinson
Alburquerque
New Mexico
Joy Wilkinson
Lawrence Wilkinson
Carla
Walter Cook
Reba
Sue
Cook
Mary Ann Lemley
Hardy Johnson
Nederland
Eno
Rath's Black Hawk
Campbell's
Golden Age Drinks
Libby
Gladiola
Coca-Cola
West Side Grocery
Farmers State, Bank
F.d.1l.c
Floyd E. Breedlove
W.F.W
Man
Sundey
Katy, Texas
Farar
Peni Eng
Johnson Prickley
Skol
John A. Morrison
Fort, Bend
Oerial
Katy Dusting Co
Scroggins
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