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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1966
Page
4
A jumble of community notes from Addicks and Barker details gatherings birthdays funerals and visits. Families travel to Los Angeles and Eugene attend church events and a Herz Day observance. Several residents and relatives are mentioned with local social updates and travel plans.
Funeral services were held for Mrs Wilhelmina Groschke of Addicks at 2:00 Sunday. She is survived by her husband, one daughter Mrs Frieda Keffer of Normangee, three sons Bernard Willie and Kerwin Groschke of Addicks, and 120 grandchildren. Officiating clergy included Rev Kay Tucker with family members Edwin Groschke Willie Groschke Willie Batti and others as pallbearers. Arrangement by Kid Wire Funeral Home of Marticonville Texas.
Elvi kab Patton Post 2196 in Addicks lists commander quartermaster named to LY 66 All State Team of Post Commanders and Quartermasters in the Texas VFW Department per Commander L N Kirkpatrick and Commander Preston D.
Musings on beauty precede news of Burke and J. G. Smoak receiving special recognition at the 46th Annual Department Convention in Houston on July 13 1966. Texas VFW post commanders and quartermasters vie for All State honors among 3410 contenders. Hugh Tivey leads as Team Captain, Addicks post nears its 1966 membership quota after a divisional Community Service award win.
Three new State Champion Big Trees have been located in Texas and officially recorded by the Texas Forest Service. Texas' latest State Champion Big Trees are identified and logged, expanding the roster of top specimens in the state.
Fort Lee notes Lt Leonard G Steffens Jr 23 Barker Texas completes a nine week Army Quartermaster School orientation in which he learns duties of a quartermaster officer and how to supply maintain and inspect Army equipment. He entered the Army February 1966 and is a Katy High School 1961 graduate and Texas Agriculture and Mechanical University 1965 graduate. He belongs to Alpha Zeta and Phi Kappa Phi fraternities.
The Texas Supreme Court rules the Highway Commission may dispose of unused right of way and land reverts to previous owners. A Visitor Center will be built at Langtry Manvel Museum site, while several notable trees in counties Harrison Brazoria Montgom ery and Uvalde gain state champion status with measurements and ownership by FE Key Estate.
Peel and core pears then sprinkle with lemon juice. Mix cream cheese with mayonnaise until smooth, fold into whipped cream and fold in celery. Spoon onto lettuce leaves topped by pear halves. Drizzle with A l Sauce and garnish with walnuts. Serves six.
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