Brookshire Council Considers Election Expansion and Rates
The Brookshire Board met June 1 1967 to discuss changing government to five aldermen plus mayor via a special election. Fort Bend Telephone Co presented an audit and proposed rates. staff to respond by June 16. The board declined a citywide appraisal now but may hire one for city I 10 property later. Lighting on Highway 10 to be funded by state. Next meeting set for July 6 at 2:00 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Commissioners of the
City of
Brookshire
Frank Stallknecht
Murray Diskin
E. H. Speir
Glen Fishbeck
Oliver Kitzman
J. L. Harwell
Henry Goode
John Callender
Mr. Lothman
Speir
Callender
Lothman
Fort Bend ‘Telephone Company
Helen Fishbeck
Equalization Board
Fishbeck
Texas Highway Department
Texas Highway Dept
W. E. Carmichael
Highway 90
Front Street
Services Held For Bill Groschke In 1967
Willie Caxl Groschke 55 died June 6 1967 after years with cancer. WWII veteran and Ad dicks Methodist member. Services June 8 in Waltrip Chapel Rev Tucker Kay officiated. Interment Memorial Oaks Cemetery. Survivors include wife Almainta two daughters Patricia and Lois sons Willie David and Mark. sister Frieda Keefer brother Bernard and Edwin. grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. He operated a bulk milk truck serving Katy Pattison and Houston dairies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Caxl
Bill) Groschke
Addicks Methodist Church
Waltrip Chapel
Tucker Kay
Memorial Oaks Cemetery
Reston Burke
A. F
Kolbe
Andrew Moers
Ernest Riedle
Edwin Groschke
Patricia Hutchison
Willie
David
Mark Groschke
Houston
Frieda Keefer
Normangee
Bernard
Bill
Katy
Pattison
Adlicks
Wilhemenia
William Groschke
46Th Army Engineers
Phare
Clas Road
Weekend Visitors And Local Notes From Dubois Area
Personal mention details Mike and Reagan Dan of Dubois arriving Sunday June 1 for summer at grandparents K and Denny. Edwina and Denise to arrive in about 10 days. Mr. and Mrs. Will Gresak visited Cameron. Rice harvest set to start before July 16. Dr. R B Taft retired from the 52nd Texas Chiropractic Assn. convention in Dallas June 8-10. Dr Dean Miller spoke on Human Development Lab at Lockheed Missile and Space Co. events included hoedown Six Flags trip lunch and dinner plus President's banquet at Baker Hotel. Janet Woods and Terry Woods left for Boulder. Janet to attend University of Colorado. Terry to return later. Judy Gueck, Kimball Nebraska, now stationed at San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike and
Reagan Danice
Dubois
Wyoming
K. &. Denny
Edwina
Denise
Will Gresak
Cameron
R. B. Taft
Annal Texas Chiropractic Assn
Dallas
Dean Miller
Directo
Human Dev. Lab
Lockheed Missile and Space Co
Six Flags
Judy Gueck
Kimball
Nebraska
San Antonio
Services Held For Snooks Black
Funeral services for Leonard Snooks Black were held at 2 30 p m Sunday June 11 1967 at Schmidt Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Olen Bachler officiating Interment followed at Black Habermacher Cemetery Addicks He was born January 11 1918 in Houston and lived on the Black farm south of Katy employed in cattle work and slaughtering Survivors include two sons Henry Ey and Ray Black a wife Hattie Reed and numerous relatives Pallbearers listed Gregory Philipp Howard Beckendorff Herbert Beckendorff Ed Townsend Lloyd Ernstes and Louis Young
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard (Snooks) Black
Schmidt Funeral Home
Olen Bachler
Black-Habermacher
Addicks
Houston
Katy
Henry Eay
San Francisco
Ray Black
Guam
Ount
Hattie Reed
Katy Roesner
Arthur Pearson
Texas City
Barabra McGuire
Jewel Reed
Michelle Reed
Lee
Marie
Randy Sheridan
Johnnie Philipp
Howard Beckendorff
Herbert Beckendorff
Ed Townsend
Lloyd Ernstes
Louis Young
Weekend guests and vacation trips reported
The WACs were weekend guests of Richard Barkers and Mr. and Mrs. Gene Andrews. On vacation they attended the Indianapolis 500 in Indiana with friends including the B. J. Vogels, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. McShan, Denny, Debbie, Reagan Daniel and the Grady Shearers Jr. of Pattison. The Grady Shearers plus others vacation at Pt. OConnor this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wac’s
Richard Barkers
Gene Andrews
Indiana
B. J. Vogels
R. B. McShan
Denny
Debbie
Reagan Daniel
Grady Shearers, Jr
Pattison
Pt. O'Connor
Soldier's Sacrifice and a Nation's Indifference
A speaker laments a Vietnam era conflict and the antiwar movement while honoring a fallen soldier who gave his life. The piece contrasts the soldier's sacrifice with public apathy and the harsh costs of war, ending with a note of thanks from a local group for a Poppy Sale.
Waller County Court Records and Vital Notices Summary
Deed records list transfers including Mitchell & Mitchell Land Dev Co to County of Waller with easement notes. Property sales show multiple tracts, lots, and acreages with nominal stamps and sums. Births deaths and marriages recorded: Ronald Rogers, Joe McDonald Jr., Enoch Davidson, Sallie Bowknight, and several marriage licenses on June dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell & Mitchell Land Dev. Co
Waller
James W. Tuttle
Pottuck Sur
Jack Bradbury
Jerome E. Orender
Kickapoo Hills
Evans Corner
BBB & C
Osborne Clark
Alton McDonald
Geo
Edward ™. Anderson
Arrell W. Roberson
J. E. Newcomb
Mempstead
Floyd R. Jones
Maynard F. Ripper
Wim. Whiteside Sur
Winnie Clyde Wiggins
Milbun G. George
Wm. Baird
R. C. McDade
A. H. Oshahy
Helen Muske Spiller
D. Owen
W. W. Snyder
Ronald Wayne Rogers
William Earl Rogers
Joe Earl McDonald, Jr
Joe Earl McDonald
David Lee Robinson
Erwin Robinson
Patvina Lashawn Austin
Wilbert Jessie Austin
Lasonjola Terrell Willer
Payrmond Douglas Wiler
Robert Wilbur Mack
ITT
Linda Louise May
Robert Casper May
Enoch Davidson
Sallie Caroline Bowknight
Licensi
Roy William Kease, Jr
Margaret Mikie Wagner
Lester Bennatte
Norma Bernice Ratliff
Franklin Reese
Theresa Marie Zientek
Willie Brown
Rosa Lee Webster
James Walter Hillyer
Margaret Ann Creal
Walter James Johnson
Wanda Jean Johnson
Benihra Salinas Naranjo
Sandra Kaye Brown
Brookshire And Wichita Falls Social Notes
Mrs Eva Bundick visits her mother Mrs H C Burge in Wichita Falls for several days. Lt Col Johnny Rheman returns from Viet Nam and Japan after 14 months overseas and will visit family in Brookshire La Grange before reporting to Washington DC. Mr and Mrs W M Morgan of Corpus Christi visit daughter Mrs Charlie Froebel. Mrs Charles Schulte of Rosenberg spends weekend with Mrs J R Nesbitt. They attended Longhorn Town opening and the Christene Baker family reunion at Barker. A R Pallien and wife of Pattison host a chicken barbecue with guests from Waller Katy and Pattison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Bundick
H.C. Burge
My. Burge
Wichita Falls
Johnny Rheman
Viet Nam
Japan
J. Rheman
Brookshire
la Grange
Washington, D. C
W. MM. Morgan
Corpus Christi
Charlie Froebel
Froebel
Brenda
Charles Schulte
Rosenberg
J. R. Nesbitt
Longhorn Town
Christene Baker
Barker
A. R. Paleen
Pattison
Myr
Kersey Luethe
Hastings
Nebraska
Archie Paben
Broken Gow
Carl Paben
Neil Wawarofsky
Paul Tesch
Mrvin Paben
Elmer Paben
Waller
Fred Paben & Girls
Katy
Robert Smith
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dad
the Chamber of
Father
Fathers Day
Katy National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Texas
Colorado County
Columbus
Seymour- Smith Pruning Shears
Sunbeam
Garden Pride Rotary
H.P. Briggs & Stratton Engine
H.P. Briggs & Stratton
Avenue
Dairy Queen
Newman
Highway
Bill Groschke
Snooks
White House
Vietnam
Hazy
Jean Shewell Riley
Edward Willie Riley
Marcus Teleon Lang
Henry Lee Lang
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