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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1955
Page
7
A brookshire fire station and municipal building under construction will serve residents as a civic hub and emergency HQ. Firemen ask donors to cover about 6500 in remaining costs to finish the modern tile facility while promising 365 day readiness and no funds to outside governments.
Walt Disney presents Davy Crockett King of the Wild Frontier in vivid Technicolor starring Fess Parker and Buddy Ebsen. Filmed in Tennessee and Great Smoky Mountains with Cherokee warriors, Nashville scenes include Andrew Jackson mansion. Show at Wayside in Brookshire Thursday and Friday at 7 15 p.m. Tickets 25 cents for children under 12 and 40 cents for adults.
Mrs Louise Gra was taken to the Sealy hospital with an infection last Saturday. She came home on Monday and is doing fine. Billy Muske had a tonsillectomy Tuesday in the Sealy Hospital. He came home Wednesday.
The Brookshire Independent School board of Equalization meets at the tax collector’s office next Monday June 27 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon to hear taxpayers who wish to review their property values.
The Planning Committee of the City of Katy met after the Rotary meeting last Thursday in favor of a street program including curb gutter storm sewer and paving as outlined by Wyatt Hendrick Engineering. The tax structure was discussed in detail and a canvass of voters is being made to decide whether to call an election.
Scout Troop 370 left Sunday morning for Camp Strake. All but one of the troop, thirteen boys, and Scoutmaster Young will stay this week. A. O. Muske drove the bus to the camp and Richard Woods towed all gear in a pickup. Both returned Sunday evening.
Howard Pennington and K D Waggoner form the P and W Butane Co with an office at Pennington’s Magnolia Bulk Plant in Katy. The company will supply gasoline diesel kerosene and butane for farms and homes with delivery from Katy or homes.
Frydek Parish on the Frydek grounds five miles east of Sealy hosts a full day event Sunday June 26 including a 10 30 Holy Mass dedication of a 72 by 80 foot wood Youth Center building with auditorium kitchen dining and refreshment rooms followed by barbecue dinner free Micah band concert and an evening dance with Joe Cervenka and his orchestra of Wallis.
The Katy VFW Park showcases playgrounds and pavilion facilities for large groups. Residents praise the park and call for cooperation with the VFW to keep it clean and functional while noting vandalism and ordinance violations.
Flynn McGee did not pass the physical for U S Marine Reserves officer training. He will work for Milton Schmidt in Oxford Maine this summer and re enter Houston University in the fall.
J L Rose finished second in the Area tractor contest held at Columbus on June 26. The first place went to an FBF member from Columbia with 261 points. Rose totaled 260 after penalties. The state meet in Houston in July will include the top finishers, with Poneman noting the contest demands high skill and that high school boys have a chance to compete.
Mrs Howard Grimet is in Memorial Hospital this week for medical tests and treatment.
A head on collision three miles east of Sealy Sunday morning killed Bobby Kessler, 22, and Mrs. Josephine Lopez, 60, and seriously injured five others all from San Antonio en route to Houston to visit a relative injured Friday night.
A joint meeting of the K and Katy Home Demonstration Clubs is set for Tuesday June 28 at 2 00 p m in the Katy Fire Station. Hostesses are Mrs Douglas Falk and Mrs John Morrison with County Agent Frances McCulloch teaching on the Shirtmaker blouse including pattern fitting stay stitching pocket and sleeve work Visitors are welcome.
Thirteen members of the Kat Auxiliary to the Floyd E. Breed line Post 9182 W. F. W. instituted the Tomball Auxiliary No. 2427 last Tuesday. Kathleen Wilson served as instituting officer. Nineteen members were instituted with Ruthoe installed as president and Virginia Westmoreland as conductress. The Katy Auxiliary gave Tomball a Bible and Katy presented an electric wall clock to the new auxiliary.
A correction states the telephone number in the H. E. Hood Refrigeration Service advertisement was incorrect last week and provides the updated number 429-W.
Don B. Cornelius 28 of Fort Worth Texas died in an auto accident late Saturday evening. Parents Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Cornelius learned of the death at Cleburne Hospital where he died en route. Survivors include his parents a sister Mrs Ed E Tillerson of Seymour Texas and a niece and nephew. Services were held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in Athens.
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