All Star Softball Game Set For Monday Night
The Brookshire Times reports the All Star Softball game will be played Monday night on the Brookshire Lions diamond. Five players from each league team will be chosen. West All Stars combine Sealy Frydek Hempstead, East All Stars include Brookshire Baptist Brook Lions Katy Methodist.
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Brookshire Times
Brookshire Lions
West All Stars
Sealy
Frydek and Hempstead
East All Stars
Brookshire Baptist
Brook Lions
Katy Methodist
Equalization Board Meets Friday July 6 Katy ISD session
The Board of Equalization will meet at 9 o clock in the morning on Friday July 6 1956 in the school administration building Katy to determine fix and equalize the value of taxable property in the Katy Independent School District for 1956. Interested persons or those with business before the board are urged to attend.
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Board of Equalization
City of
Katy
Katy Independent School District
About Folks You Know Max Wander Improves After Ambulance Transfer
Max Wander was improved on Monday after receiving care from the Schmidt ambulance at St. Lukes hospital. He is suffering from a blood clot in his leg.
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Max Wander
Schmidt
St. Lukes Hospital
Two Katy Girls Named FHA Convention Delegates
Judy Hebert 17 and Sandra Higgins 15, both of Katy Texas, will be delegates to the 1956 National FHA Convention July 26 at the Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago Illinois. Judy has 1954-55 and 1956-57 roles in Katy High School FHA and serves in multiple clubs. Sandra is FHA chapter president elect for 1956-57.
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Judy Hebert
Eba Hebert
Katy
Texas
Sandra Lee Higgins
M. L. Higgins
Future Homemakers of America
Conrad Hilton
Chicago
Ill
Katy High School
Judy
FHA
Future
Teachers of America
Press Club
Sandra
Ruth Shurbet
U.S
Territories
American Home Economics Association
U.S. Office of Education
Thei
FHA Aim Shapes Homemaking Education Goals
The passage notes the American Vocational Association and the National Education Association collaborating with the FHA to teach homemaking students to improve daily living. The objective is to enhance the lives of students and their families now and in the future.
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American Vocational Association
National Education Association
FHA
Riceland Receives Compliments At New Coffee House
Compliments poured in for the new Riceland Coffee Shop and Dairy Bar. Mr and Mrs Redus are proud of the modern eating place with Worth Electric Co fixtures and Commercial Kitchens of Houston refrigeration. Parking area topping by G M Baker. Menu design by Mrs Redus and artwork by Jean Schmalz. Printing by The Brookshire Times.
Acreage Reserve Rule Deadlines For Soil Bank 1956
The Soil Bank Acreage Reserve requires sign up by July 20 1956 with eligibility tied to 1956 crops cotton wheat peanuts and rice. Counties set yields and county committees determine community norms while applications may be accepted by June 28 1956 in Waller County.
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Soil Bank
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Waller County
ASC
T. C. Thornhill
News and Ads Wanted by Times Office
The Times in Brookshire and Katy seeks news and advertising copy by 1 30 p m Monday for Tuesday July 4 edition. Early Friday or Saturday submissions appreciated. Call 17 Brookshire or 4361 Katy to submit.
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Times
Brookshire
Katy
Brookshire Lions Install New Officers for Year
The Brookshire Lions Club opened a new year with George Rheman Jr. installed as president by Dr. At Price of Texas A&M. Other officers include Harris Garrett as 1st vice president Whitt Bains Jr as 2nd vice president Jack Kinberger Louis McCauley as secretary-treasurer Ed Dozier Tail Twister and directors Bert Gasaner Carl Schlipf Frank Gontecnik T L Poland and Frank Stallknecht. Guests O O Thompson and Brookshire PTA ladies attended the meeting.
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Brookshire Lions Club
Judge W. B. Browder Dies at 73 in Conroe
Dist. Judge of the Ninth Judicial District Texas died at his home last Tuesday at age 73. He had announced plans to retire on May 1 after 23 years of service. Funeral services were held Wednesday at the Methodist Church in Conroe.
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W. B. Browder
Ninth Judicial District of
Texas
Tel
Methodist
Conroe
Paul Edge Addresses Katy Rotary Club Anniversary
Paul Edge of Houston spoke at Katy Rotary Club’s 10th anniversary program last Thursday night. Edge, a former superintendent and Lackland Air Base commander, urged Rotarians to build character and spiritual understanding. New officers were installed led by Melvin Scott. attendance pens were awarded to several members. guests included Ernest Japhet and Farley Sanford among others.
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Paul Edge
Houston
Katy
Edge
A&m College
Lackland Air Base
England
Humble
Southeast
Humble Co
Rotary
Ernest Japhet
Southern Blue Print Co
Katy Club
Melvin Scott
P. C. Pitts
Ward Stanberry
Bill Evans
Dr. Bing
Tom Talley
Doc Mc
Doc” McClain
Jim Watson
Jim
Donald Elder
Henry Hood
Doc? McClain
Emory Marks
Jimmie Taylor
Albert Thompson
M. A. Gray
Fred Rylander
Pitts
Arthur Miller
Walter Dietschke
Doc McClain
P. C
Dist
Farley Sanford
el Campo
Katy Rotarians
Bill Grady
Fulshear
H. E. Hood
Louise Schlipf
Mabel Harris
Sanford
Japhet
Leo Goates
Mary Ann Ernstea
100 Acres Divided Into Katy Lots Approved
A 100 acre subdivision in Katy has been approved. Landowners sign papers granting right of way for streets and alleys. The site is bounded by Katy Hockley Road Franz Road East Avenue and 10th Street as Katy draws a new map including the addition. Street topping may begin in Katy Heights soon with 6000 feet of improved street work by the Fort Bend County Road Department.
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Katy
Katy-Hockley Rd
Franz Rd
East Avenue
10Th St
Services Held For Frances Porter In Houston
Francis Porter died in a Houston hospital Sunday evening after a three week illness. Services were held Wednesday at 10 a.m. with interment in Woodlawn Cemetery. He graduated Katy High School in 1924 and served 19 months in the European theatre during World War II. Survivors include his sister Mrs. E L Krueger of Houston and brother Clinton A Porter of Fort Worth. Pallbearers named.
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Francis Porter
Katy
Houston
Woodlawn
Mark Lewis
Francis
Katy High School
Zitella
Clinton
E L. Krueger
Clinton A. Porter
Ft. Worth
James Bennett
N. H. Hunter
Melvin Higgenbothan
Edmund Weig
Eddie Boddeker
Roy Lathrop
Brookshire Scouts Enjoy Week at Camp Strake
Brookshire Boy Scout Troop 370 led by Scoutmaster T. L. Poland camps at Camp Strake. Scouts Darryl Wood James and Danny Griffin Tony Hernandez Hertis Hawkins Tommy Cray Sonny Brock Roy Weisner Gary Gostecnik Billy Wharton Bill Young Warren Walding join for a week of activities after their Sunday departure.
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Brookshire
Darryl Wood
James
Danny Griffin
Tony Herandez
Hertis Hawkins
Tommy Cray
Sonny Brock
Roy Weisner
Gary Gostecnik
Billy Wharton
Bill Young
Warren Walding
T. L. Poland
Strake
New Principal D M Marshall Heads Ralph Bunche School
The Ralph Bunche School opened the 1956 57 term on June 21 with 235 students and a lesson plan to improve the school. D M Marshall is the new principal the first Negro man to return to his home county as a principal. He was born in Pattison educated in Granger and Georgetown and holds BS and Masters degrees from Prairie View A and M. He has 19 years of teaching experience in Granger Georgetown Columbus and Victoria. His wife teaches in Victoria schools and his daughter graduated high school in 1956.
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Ralph Bunche
D. M. Marshall
Marshall
Pattison
Granger
Georgetown
Prairie View A
Columbus
Victoria
Victoria School
Independence Day Reflections and Store Closings
Shoppers should remember Brookshire and Katy stores will close on July 4. The piece recalls the 1956 Independence Day and laments rising violent deaths and accidents, urging wiser use of freedom and preservation of the country as forebears planned.
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Brookshire
Katy
United States of America
Queen Contest Set For July 19 In Waller County
Daughters and sisters of Waller County Farm Bureau members may enter the Queen contest on July 19. Those interested in entering July 18 should contact committee members Mrs Lynn Hebert Mrs Weldon Laas Mrs Roy Burnside or Mrs Wes Buller Jr for information.
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Waller County Farm Bureau
Lynn Hebert
Weldon Laas
Roy Burnside
Wes Buller, Jr
Hempstead Marks Century With Century-Old Texas Remembrance
Hempstead celebrates 100 years as Waller County seat with a centennial program recounting local history. Highlights include the Ebenezer Allen locomotive arrival in 1886, Liendo Plantation build before that, Camp Liendo during the Civil War, and Edwin Waller’s ties to Texas history. The Runaway Scrape and early town figures are recalled as the city looks to future milestones.
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Hempstead
Brookshire
N. C. Walker
F. R. Mills
Centennial Assn
A. 5. Fletcher
Ebenezer Alien
Coker
Houston
Texas
Waller
Ebenezer Allen
Liendo
G. A. Custer
Edwin Waller
Austin
Brazos River
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Equalization Board
Nat
E. M. Weaver
Waller County Agr
L Agent
Geo. Rheman, Jr
Judge Browder
Frances Porter
Citizen's State Bank
Waller County Court House
Ed Kilman
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