Brookshire Katy Drainage District Formed Officials Named
The Brookshire Katy Drainage District's board includes Pete Pederson as president Arthur Robichaux as vice president and Joe K Moore as secretary treasurer Directors Cecil Beckendorf and Billy Moore were named The S A Russell Engineering Co Rosenberg will survey the district and estimate costs for an improvement program The district created by HB No 302 in the Texas Legislature and signed by Gov Price Daniel in May covers 47000 acres in southeast Walker County The survey aims for completion within ninety days weather permitting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Pederson
Brookshire-Katy
Arthur Robichaux
Joe K. Moore
Cecil Beckendorf
Billy Moore
S. A. Russell Engineering Co
Rosenberg
Texas
Price Daniel
Wailer County
Practical Civil Defense Course Offered at Katy
A free adult education program on personal and family survival runs from June 27 to 30 in Katy High School Music Building from 7 to 10 p.m. Charles E. Reot of Cypress Fairbanks ISD teaches, with a 12 hour certificate given. The course covers planning, shelters, food stocks, warning systems, decontamination, and local government roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katy High School
State Department of Education
Charles E. Reot
Cypress- Fairbanks Independent School District
Katy
Red Cross Swim Lessons At Hempstead Legion Pool
Red Cross swimming course offered at the American Legion pool in Hempstead from July 17 to 29 for children six and older. Sign up on July 17 to receive class times which will be announced then. Contact Mrs J C Lock or pool management for details.
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Red Cross
American Legion
Hempstead
J. C. Lock
San Bernard Electric Co op Holds 21st Annual Meeting
San Bernard Electric Cooperative convenes its twenty first annual meeting at Bellville City Park Texas with registration at 9 30 a m and a 11 30 a m barbecue lunch. President Wm I Harrison will preside and Reagan Brown Rural Sociologist Texas Extension Service will speak on The Challenge of Tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Bernard Electric Cooperative, Inc
Bellville
Texas
Harrison
Alleyton
Reagan Brown
College Station
Brown
Texas Extension Service
Second Recreational Track Meet Friday June 23
The Katy recreation program hosts its second track meet with about forty participants last week and an expected larger field this week. Events include field and running contests for Midget and Junior divisions with ribbons for top three. Schedule starts 6:30 p.m. with field events and 7:45 p.m. running events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katy
Two Men Confess To Theft At Local Businesses and School
Harris County deputies report two men Leroy McCabe of Houston and F R Williams of Kemah confessed to burglaries at Katy High School and local stores Dube's Super Market and Henneke's in Brookshire. Detectives tied a 380 pistol to the Henneke break in and linked the pair to ten narcotics and theft charges across Harris Waller and Galveston counties. Burglary charges were filed against Williams and McCabe who remain in custody. Deputy Sheriff Jimmie Whitworth and Deputy R L McCauley led the investigations with help from Durwood Fussell’s office belongings.
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Harris County
H. A. Hood
Waller
Ft. Bend
Harris
Galveston
Leroy Daniel McCabe
Houston
F. R. Williams
Kemah
Katy
Dube
R. L. McCauley
Brookshire
Henneke
Burford Henneke
Albert Henneke
Texas
David Lee Williams
LeRoy
Mc Abe
Whitworth
Jack Middleton
Bailey Lewis
Durwood -Fussell
Flag for Fourth of July Sold at Cost by Chronicle
The Houston Chronicle offers 3 by 5 foot flags at cost for July 4th. THE TIMES will take orders for delivery before Independence Day. Each flag kit costs 3 dollars and advance payment is required. Bobh McIlroy and Gene Andrews will deliver if you cannot visit the Times office.
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The
Houston Chronicle
Chronicle
TIMES
Bobh McIlroy
Gene Andrews
Times Office
Community Figures and Businesses Listed in Local Directory
The page names John Campbell Albert Thompson Harold Waterbury F B Cornelius Walter Minus Dr H P Swisher Bill Thurman Scout Troop 20 J D Stanwood Mrs J A Ernstes Swisher Ruege H B Hood W B Hicks Ralph England Albert Ernstes Phillips Service Station among other local individuals and establishments listed in the directory.
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John Campbell
Albert Thompson
Harold Waterbury
F. B. Cornelius Walter
H. P. Swisher
Bill Thurman
J. D. Stanwood
J. A. Ernstes Swisher & Ruege
H. BE. Hood
W. B. Hicks
Ralph England Albert Ernstes Phillips
Operation Abolition Film to Be Shown in Katy
A 40 minute film titled Operation Abolition will be shown at 8 p.m. on July 3 in the Katy High School Auditorium. Sponsored by the Paul Revere Study Group, the event invites all to attend. The group cooperates with the Chronicle and Times offer to display a 50 star American flag on the Fourth of July.
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Katy High School
Paul Revere
Times
The
Chronicle
Fire scare at Brookshire home linked to faulty window fan
Henry and Mary Ann Goodes were awakened by smoke at 3:30 am Sunday when a short in a bedroom window fan caused smoke despite the fan not running. Brookshire Fire Department found the fan connected to the outlet. The family praises their alertness to avoid a possible house fire.
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Henry Goode
Mary Ann
Brookshire Fire Department
Goodes
Ed Goynes Opens Katy Florist in Shared Building
The Katy Florist owned by Mr. and Mrs. Ed Goynes opened last week in the same building as Katy Department Store after purchasing stock from Elkins Nursery and Flower Shop. A formal opening is planned for Saturday July 1. Mary Tubbs, an experienced florist, serves as a full time assistant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katy Florist
Ed Goynes
Katy Department
Elkin’s
Texans Attend John Tower Swearing-In in Washington
Local workers from Dallas and Harris County joined 78 Texans on a chartered flight to Washington for Senator John Tower’s swearing in by Vice President Lyndon Johnson. They attended a House breakfast and Capitol Hill Club barbecue with Tower honored amid a three minute standing ovation. the Dallas group returned Sunday.
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John Tower
A. W. Schild
C. R. England
Dallas
Washington, D
Lyndon Johnson
Executive House
Capitol Hill Club
Texas
Mr. Tower
Tower
Senate
American Airlines
Baseball Schedules Sponsored in Times By Businesses
The Times weekly carries a schedule of Little League and Babe Ruth League games sponsored by local businesses in Katy and Brookshire. Rain has caused postponements and cancellations. makeup dates will be set by team managers and reported by the Times.
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Katy
Brookshire
Times
Funeral Services Held For Mrs. Mabel Baker
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon for Mrs. Mabel Beatrice Baker 11 a pioneer Texas family member and a City of Houston nurse for 35 years She died Thursday in a Pasadena hospital She had lived in Barker native of Austin her father William B James of Austin helped build the capitol building and fought at Sabine Pass Mrs Baker belonged to Ladies of the Oriental Shrine Memorial Chapter Order of Eastern Star First Presbyterian Church Barker She is survived by husband James Mayes Baker Sr three sons James Jr Thomas D and Alva H ten grandchildren six great grandchildren Burial was at Memorial Oaks Cemetery Rev William D Leonard officiated
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Mabel Beatrice Baker
Texas
City of
Houston
Three Killed in Wreck Near Brookshire Sunday
A head on collision about 3 miles west of Brookshire Sunday morning at 7:40 claimed three members of the Haluska family of Houston and injured both drivers. Victims were Mrs Amalia Haluska 68 Mrs Vlaska Haluska 66 and Mrs Rosalie Haluska 26. Ladd Haluska and Victor Ermis of Frydek were hospitalized. Justice G T Shearer presided over the inquest.
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Brookshire
Amalia Haluska
Vlaska Haluska
Rosalie Haluska
Houston
Ladd Haluska
Victor Ermis
Frydek
Schmidt
Sealy Hospital
Mr. Haluska
St. Josephs
R. L. McCauley
E. W. Snitkin
Austin County
Jack Graham
Sgt. Rogers
Brenham
G. T. Shearer
Schmidt Funeral Home
i S F A A Radio Field Day Event Notice
The Stephen F. Austin Amateur Radio Club will participate in the American Radio Relay League National Field Day on Saturday and Sunday June 24 and 25 at the club house in Bellville. Interested nonlicensed observers or helpers may contact Claude Schwartz in Brookshire or Noel Phillips in Bellville.
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Stephen F. Austin Amateur Radio Club
American Radio Relay League
Bellville
Claude Schwartz
Brookshire
Noel Phillips
Weekend rainfall totals reach up to nine inches in area
Residents report 5 to 9 inches over the weekend with gauges showing 7 to 9 inches in Brookshire and Katy areas. Officials note high water on roads but no closures, while cooling winds entered Friday night and persisted into the early week.
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Kenneth McDonald
Texas Highway Dept
Leroy Wilkinson
Katy
Tom Johnston
Brookshire
Wygrys
Herman Wygrys
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Board of Directors
Hamed
Katy-Brookshire
Ional
San Berard Electric Corp
Bellville Park
Hank Schmidt, Jr
Bill Esterling
Henry Goodes
Bill Reynolds
Washington
Mr. Reynolds
Reynolds
Eastern Airlines
Mabel Baker
William D. Leonard
Memorial Oaks , Cemetery
McCauley
Ermis
Haluskas
Fayetteville
Thomas A. Wolters, Jr
James K. Feeny
Donald W. Kerst
University of Texas
Kerst
John Jay Hopkins Laboratory of Applied Sciences
San Diego
California
Houston Lighting & Power Company
L. L. Farra
Ford McCauley
Richard Mond
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