Miss Katy Independence Day Beauty Pageant Opens Entries
Time to enter the Miss Katy Independence Day pageant with deadlines looming. Older contestants include Mary Kay Freeman Margie Wilson Barbara Massey and Nancy Wilson. tots division features Gail Reeves Brenda Reeves Nelson Sybil Houghton. Entries must reach Mrs H C Poorman by Tuesday June 20 for the July 4 event.
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Mary Kay Freeman
Margie Wilson
Barbara Massey
Nancy Wilson
Gail Reeves
Ilarold Reeves
Brenda
Sandra Dorsett
Bobby Dorsetts
Rhonda Nelson
Sybil Houghton
Phil Houghtons
H. C. Poorman
Murder Charge Filed Following Black Death in Katy
Leonard Snooks Black a lifelong Katy resident died after a gunshot reported Friday around 7 00 pm at 3204 Greenbush Bend. Okev B Osborne 62 has been charged with murder as deputies and patrol officers investigated the scene.
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Black
Katy
Leonard
Snooks) Black
Okev B. Osborne
Greenbush Bend
Pat Adams
Fort Bend
Buster Roberts
Levi
C. L. Templeton
Blick
Jaycees Tennis Tourney Here Friday and Saturday
The Tri County Jaycees Junior Tennis Tournament will be held Friday and Saturday June 16-17 starting at 9:00 am at Kaly High School Tennis Courts. Trophies awarded to first and second place in each event. Winners advance to the State Junior Tennis Tournament at Warlingen Marine Military Campus. Entries accepted through Friday noon. contact Gillard Rosina or tournament officials.
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Kaly High School
Local Dairymen Recognized In Month Of June
June is Dairy Month and local dairies receive recognition for the hard work of American dairy farmers. The South Texas Producers Association hosts the deposit point for many local dairies with En Scholz's on Clay Road highlighted. Lawrence Scholz milks about 60 of 80 Holstein cows, producing roughly 2400 pounds of milk daily and averaging 40 pounds per cow, while managing feed, herd health, and grazing.
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Presly Schoenemann
South Texas Producers Association
En Scholz
Clay Road
Lawrence Scholz
D.H.L.A
Lawrence
Scholz
Katy Voters Approve $500000 Bond Issue
Katy residents approve a $500000 municipal bond plan with three propositions passing. Proposition one funds sanitary sewage improvements at $300000, proposition two allocates $150000 for streets, and proposition three provides $350000 for water improvements. The bond finances a new sewer plant and main lines. land acquisition and preliminary plant plans underway.
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Katy
Shopping Center Planned for Tucker Property in Katy
Katy plans a new shopping center on 102 acres north of Roberts Street between Highway 90 and I 10. Jessie Tucker, longtime resident, announced staged development with drainage and street plans to the city engineer for approval, including a new center street from Highway 90 and an east extension.
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Tucker
Katy
Larry Mikeska Earns BA in Accounting at UH
Larry Wayne Mikeska, 1962 Katy High School graduate, received a bachelor of business administration in accounting at the University of Houston on Saturday night. He plans to return to UH for a master’s degree. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe A. Mikeska of Katy.
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Larry Wayne Mikeska
Katy High School
University of Houston
Larry
U of Houston
Ife
Joe A. Mikeska
Katy
$6.3 Million Katy Gas Plant Construction Underway
Delta Engineering Corp bids for a gas dehydration plant at Katy east of the Humble campus. Vessels by General Welding of Houston. First phase to be completed and in operation by October with a second regeneration unit north of the first. Gas from Katy Field expected to approach one billion dollars in sales over the next two years.
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Leon Sturm
Gene Green
Humble
Katy
Delta Engineering Corp
General Welding
Houston
Giocel
Tumble
Summer Program Attracts 52 Trophies At Katy Fair
Katy Schools summer program draws over 1100 weekly swimmers across two pools with 760 weekly attendance at the High School pool and 400 at Kilpatrick pool plus 75 to 80 daily in the beginners classes. The three nights attendance at the High School gym totals 225 last week. The 3rd Precinct 4-H Fair and Horse Show is set for June 23 at the Katy FFA grounds with 52 trophies awarded for grand champions, showmanship, and class winners across divisions.
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Katy
James E. Taylor
Kilpatrick
Dan O'Malley
Jimmy Grisham
Katy High School
Clouds Tiger Den Robbery Reported Sunday Night
Armed robbery at Cloud's Tiger Den reported at 12:05 midnight Sunday June 11. Deputy C L Templeton and deputies Bob Elder Lawrence Wenzel investigated. $1400 to $1600 in cash and checks taken. owner Phil Cloud described a stocking masked lone male entering from the rear.
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Cloud
Tiger den
C. L. Templeton
Fort Bend County
Re Assignment Of Catholic Priests Announced
Forty six appointments were announced in the Galveston Touon Catholic Diocese effective June 17 1967 Father Lawrence Simons pastor of Sacred Heart Church in Brookshire and St Bartholomew s in Katy since September 16 will go to St Marathed ral Galveston as an assistant Father Anthony T Orlanto was appointed by Bishop Markovsky to Brookshire and Katy He is presently assistant pastor at Annunciation Houston His previous assignments include St Jerome Houston and Sacred Heart Conroe
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Galveston-Touston
Lawrence Simons
Sacred Heart Church
Brookshire
St. Bartholomew's
Katy
St. Marathedral
Galveston
Anthony T. Orlanto
Markovsky
Annunciation
Houston
St. Jerome
Sacred Heart
Conroe
Brookshire-Katy Drainage District seeks tax hike election
The Brookshire-Katy Drainage District will hold a special election on Tuesday June 27 at the Brookshire Municipal Building from 8:00 am to 7:00 pm. Voters will decide an increase in the maintenance and operation levy from 10 cents to 25 cents per $100 valuation, part of the district plan created five years ago which set 35 cents per $100 for maintenance and operation and bond retirement. District officers include President Chester Jordan Secretary Cecil Beckendorff and Treasurer Joe K. Moore with Directors W H Billy Moore and Leo H Goates.
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Brookshire-Katy
Brookshire Municipal
Chester Jordan
Cecil Beckendorff
Joe K. Moore
W. H
Billy) Moore
Leo H. Goates
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Cubs
Grady McBurnett
Robbie Scroggins
Carolyn Flicks
Giants
Brenda Montgomery
Braves
D. L. Massey
van Scroggins
Willis Hicks
Glen Montgomery
Jaycees
Jessie Tucker
Resi
Pin Oak’ Road
Larry Mikeska
Katy Gas Plant
Kilpatrick Pool
Roosevelt Alexander
Clouds
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