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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1955
Page
8
The Clayton and Harris rehearsal dinner took place Thursday at 6 30 PM at Mr and Mrs A Robichaux home. White stock centerpieces graced the serving table while a buffet featured baked ham green beans baked pineapple potato salad relish hot rolls iced tea and angel food cake with strawberries and whipped cream. Thirty guests attended the event.
The Ehlert family reunion drew 137 attendees including friends at Rose Hill church grounds last Sunday. A barbecue lunch followed, then a brief business meeting and photo session.
The reunion ended with a prayer delivered by Rev. Winfred Men king of Bellville Methodist Church. Out of town attendees included W. H. Ehlert of Catulla Texas and Mrs A Sommermeyer of Fairbanks.
Miss Jo Anna Morton complimented Miss Bernice Hoffpauir with a lingerie shower breakfast on Tuesday June 7 at 8 a.m. at the Charles Morton residence. Afterward Hoffpauir opened gifts. Guests included Hoffpauir family and her classmates.
Mr. and Mrs. James Bennett have moved into a newly purchased five room home once owned by the Lloyd Sloans. Located on Motheral Avenue across from Ernest Divin, the residence features floral wallpaper in two bedrooms, a leafy living room, a pottery kitchen, a rose dining room, an attached garage and washroom on an acre of ground.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Rheman Jr. hosted a Friday evening coffee in honor of Rev. and Mrs. D. L. Landrum Jr. Friends dropped by between 7 and 11 o'clock to meet the new pastor as cookies coffee and lemonade were served.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Polan and children and Mrs. Ann Hendry were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Morgan for supper. Cub Scouts held a picnic at the San Jacinto Monument on Saturday the 28th, visiting the Battleship Texas and the Monument, bringing lunch and playing baseball after eating.
Myra Swogetinsky and Liz Roberts join 70 Texas college students employed by the Texas Baptist Sunday School Board to conduct mission Vacation Bible Schools in areas lacking such programs. The Invincibles, active since 1940, have held 244 schools last year enrolling 16,374 pupils. The pair will work in Cisco Milano Bryan Tyler Corsicana Gilmer Atlanta Comanche and Mexia, two weeks in Cisco and one week in others, returning August 15.
The Wesley Industry Nelsonville Young People Club stages a three act comedy It s a Who Pays at Waller High School on Friday night June 17 1955 at 8 00 Director Miss Emma Rochen with assistant Mrs Steve Kamas Lead Emma Rochen daughter of Mr and Mrs Raymond Rochen of Waller is a Waller High School and Blinn College graduate who taught at Wesley this term and returns home for vacation
Pattison Chapter of the Future Farmers of America outlines three monthly meetings for summer plus two project tours to visit boys projects. An eighth gradeVocational Agriculture audience is invited, with two recreational trips including a swimming party at Rosenberg and an encampment on the Brazos River. An August 5-day educational tour through central Texas and the Panhandle is planned. Cotton and corn on the School Farm require care alongside capon projects.
The Texas Rice Promotion Association holds its annual membership meeting at the American Legion Hall in Alvin on Saturday June 25. A noon barbecue precedes the business session with Rep Clark W Thompson and the House Rice Sub Committee present. The meeting will cover TRPA activities, board elections, and officer elections. All rice farmers are urged to attend.</s>
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