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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1956
Page
5
The Jr Deputy Little League team played Fairbanks Friday at V F W Field Katy losing 11 to 0 in the second game of the season. A third game was played Tuesday with results to be announced next week. A home game is slated for Friday June 22 with early support urged.
Race track feature promotes Joie Chitwood’s Original Auto Dare-Devils at Playland Speedway Sunday night June 17 at 8 p.m. The act is described as having several members with Indian blood in the troupe.
The Jose Chitwood Show features daring death defying stunts with cars and motorcycles. The program includes the T Bone crash the Automobile Criss Cross in mid air and the high speed Roll Over among twenty five events.
An elderly woman injures her leg slipping on stairs and wears a cast for six months. The doctor finally orders removal and approves stair climbing. The punch line reveals she has been using a drainpipe for up and down movement.
Katy Porter remains in St. Joseph's Hospital after a coronary occlusion. Doris Southard returned from an eight day Bay Area visit with fiancé William Gleason and family in Oakland, visiting Fisherman's Wharf and Carmel. The old Katy Drug Store building was sold to Herman Meyers for conversion into a duplex for Negro tenants, moving south of Katy. Will Gresak fished fifty miles out from Freeport as rough seas limited catches.
Lynette Robinson of Houston visited Verna Karen Robinson last week. Joyce Miller vacations this week. Verna Karen Robertson attended a birthday party for Kay Kulman at Westwood Country Club last Wednesday. Marylu Ray and Marty left Sunday for Camp Tejas near League City Texas planning a twelve week stay. Bill Ferris resigns as bookkeeper at American Rice Growers Association and will join Katy Warehouse. Mrs Presley Schoenemann and Presley Jr. vacation in Jerseyville visiting relatives. Rose Ernstes Albert Barbara Clara Lloyd Ernstes and families enjoyed Kemah fiz swimming and boat riding with John Mercer and J. B. Rasch families on Sunday.
A quirky collection of city chat and gags plays on misunderstandings about jobs and love. Jokes about a father who "cleans out the bank" and a barber shaving a customer’s ear spark light humor among residents.
The Monaville Community Club invites everyone to a June 15 42 party and refreshment sale at Monaville School. A second basket picnic is planned for July 4 at the Waller County Fairgrounds with basket lunches and place settings. games will be played.
Farm and Home News highlights easy serving ideas for parties including bridal showers and graduations. Readied feather puff bites use lemon and maraschino cherry glaze, with nut bread sides and fruit punches to suit afternoon or evening gatherings.
Rice growers urged to attend TRPA annual meeting at Katy High School Auditorium on Thursday June 14. G Chester Freeman of the USDA will speak on cooperative measures to raise per capita rice consumption. Barbecue begins at 11 a.m. with prominent regional growers and marketing groups present.
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