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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1955
Page
20
The Times outlines garden choices for hot weather planting to yield quick color. Recommended perennials include Penwinkles Moss Rose Morning Glory Purple Bachlor Button with other options like Cockscomb Straw Flowers and Blanket Flowers. A note recalls a May 24 yard tour as a real treat.
Second Lieutenant Mahlon B. Swogetinsky receives promotion to First Lieutenant with rank date May 29 1955. He joined the AF through ROTC Baylor University and served in Japan at Tachikawa AFB as assistant commissary officer now assigned to the Far East commissary. He plans to study economics at the University of Houston after discharge in November with wife Mary Ann Stewart remaining in Jackson Mississippi. Otis Larsen and P C Aldrich begin two weeks Army Reserve basic training at Fort Hood Texas.
Mrs. Fred Wiesner Jr and Lillian Ann and Mary Gail visited Mr and Mrs Fred Wiesner in a family gathering extending ties and sharing time with relatives during the day.
Louis Presley Schoenemann, a Miller Motor Co. shop foreman in Katy, attended a five day General Motors Training Center program in Houston. The course covered 1955 Chevrolet features including V8 engine, Powerglide, power steering, power brakes, overdrive, and suspension, to improve dealer service for Chevrolet vehicles.
Sr. reports two weeks away while Fred served on his annual Naval Reserve cruise. The trip this year took them to Nassau in the Bahama Islands.
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