Local Libraries Receive Consignment of County Books
Mrs Alma Howell Waller County Librarian delivered 32 new books to the Brookshire Library Pattison School Library and Brookshire downtown branch in Mrs Cooper's Drug Store for student and adult readers A six week exchange plan follows readers may request out of collection books by writing to Mrs Cooper who will relay to Mrs Howell for possible purchase or interlibrary transfer of county titles
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Alma Howell
Waller County
Brookshire School
Brookshire Library
Pattison School Library
Cooper
Howell
F F A Program Over KLEE Broadcasts Fat Stock Show
Citizens of Katy sponsor a 15 minute program on Radio Station KLEE from 11 15 to 11 30 advertising the Katy F F A Fat Stock Show and Rodeo. Mr L D Robinson and class members organize the broadcast.
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Katy
KLEE
Katy F. F. A
L. D. Robinson
Col. Water Britten
College Station
Texas
Implement Company Opens New Katy Plant and Showroom
Rice Belt Implement Company moves into a 50 by 100 brick and tile building in Katy with Jack Dyson as manager assisted by Clarence Bruton. An office parts department rest area and display floor are ready and a shop will open after equipment arrives. Dyson and family have moved into a new home east of the school site.
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Rice Belt. Implement Company
Rice Belt Implement Company
Katy
Jack Dyson
Clarence Bruton
Dyson
Carol Blaine
Brookshire Residents Urged to Render Property for Homestead Exemption
Brookshire taxpayers may render property through Miss Jimmie Dell Tubbs according to Assessor Collector Ira E. Compkins. To receive the homestead exemption it is urgent that property owners render their property, Mr Tompkins states.
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Brookshire
Jimmie Dell Tubbs
Ira.e. Compkins
Mr. Tompkins
Funeral and social notes from Goose Creek region
Mesdames Anna Baronian and others attended the funeral of Ed Dickens in Goose Creek. Many local residents visited family, traveled to Houston and San Antonio, and joined events like a Sealy Firemen's dance. The piece notes multiple weekend visits, outings, and the death of Ed Dickens, a Texas Ranger.
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Mesdames
Anna Baronian
R. E. Jones
H. P. Donigan
Goose Creek
Ed. Dickens
Ernest Henry
Little Son
Houston
W. R. Bulter
Betty-Jean Phillips
Charles Taylor
Lomax Mikeska
Calvin Ehlert
Lloyd Garrett
Sealy
Frank Eugene Garrett
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Center
Texas
Chas. Cater
Betty Ann Williams
Baytown
Stinnet Thomas
Patricia
G. T. Patterson
J. F. Taylor
Chas. Taylor
J. C. Fox
Joe Baldwin
San Antonio
East Texas
R. E. Romack
Katy
J. D. Mathis
G. L. Baeus
Eleanor A. Hover
Waller
Sibi
Allsbrook
T.J. Baker
Tom Baker
Sam Garrett
Charles Phillips
J. L. Phillips
Betty Jean
Lizzie
Garrett
H. E. Romack
Carol
Elizabeth Cliett
Gussie Lee Buller
Ed Dickens
Death of Lucius C. Bains in La Porte at 78
Lucius C. Bains 78 of La Porte died Monday at his home. Survived by daughter Sue Bains of La Porte two grandchildren and two nieces. Funeral services were held Tuesday March 9 at 3 p.m. with Rev. Hinkle of Baytown officiating. Burial in Katy Cemetery. Pallbearers Arch ie Brookshire Jimmy Day Brandt Leggett W H Eberly Nooks Huggins. Muske and Son Funeral Home Brooks pre, directing.
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Lucius C. Bains
la Porte
W. G
Sue) Bains
Rev. Hinkle
Baytown
Katy’ Cemetery
Archie Brookshire
Jimmy Day
Brandt Leggett
W. H. Eberly
Nooks Huggins
Muske and Son Funeral Home
Brookshire
Dave Agopian
Evelyn
Baylor University
J. E. Estes
George Rhemann, Jr
Morfolk
Ned Baranum
Dallas
C. W. Baranum
Warren Cooper
Lucius Tubbs
Lucius Bains
Stanley Rheman
Bridge Club
Grady Shearer, Jr
Louis McCauley
Danny
Houston
Milton Schmidt
Hank
Lockhart
Des Martin
Ray E. Jones
A. H. Schneider
Monroe
la Grange
Katy
G. T. Shearer Sr
G. T. Shearer Jr
Houston Natural Gas Corporation
Ye Old College Inn
Jean Cooper
Vernon Heaton
Catherine Faulk
Mae Newton
Faye Cooper
Melvin Wilson
San Jacinto Monument
Local Social Roundup Notes From Sunday Activities
Personal mentions document visits and gatherings across Houston and nearby towns. Residents such as Mr. and Mrs. Day, Geo Mitchell, Billie Woods, Ford McCauley, Bubbra Walters, Charlie Walters, Ada Carmichael, Jos. Conroy, and many others are reported with family visits, travels, and community events including a funeral, garage sale, school improvements, and local church activities. The piece notes ongoing road work, business expansions, and social clubs, with springtime references and softball soreness as small details.
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J. C. Day
Houston
Geo. Mitchell
Billie Woods
Ford McCauley
Bubbra
Charlie Walters
Larry Carmichael
Ada Carmichael
Allen
C. M. Martin
Warden
Illinois
Jos. Conroy
Conroy
D. O. Cleveland
San Diego
Texas
Otto Gerstmann
Hope Cooper
Doyle Turner
P. J. Kurtz
San Antonio
Ernest Croker
Cleo McClain
Conroe
Dick Hargrove
Raymond Richey
Jess Degnan
Los Angeles
Misses Crystell
Olive Joy Tubbs
C. W. Baranum
Joe Mikeska
Joe
Zadieskys Lane
Dick Paben
Rheman Motor Company
Patty
Brookshire Red Cross Drive Opens With Chair Mrs Woods
March is Red Cross Roll Call month and Mrs. B Ray Woods is the Brookshire chair for 1948. She has organized workers to call on residents or donations may be mailed. The local quota is 375 dollars with 50 percent supporting national disaster relief and 50 percent staying in the county.
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Red Cross
B. Ray Woods
Brookshire
Ray Woods
Fred Richardson
Brookshire Homes
RR. A. Woods
Woods
Shell
H. L. Hensley
dJohnsoe
J. E. Clayton
Horace Robinson
Texas-New Mexico
Ada Robbins
Mattie J. Paley
Pointer
Waller County Fair Date Set for 1948
Waller County Fair Association officers met February 26 and set the 1948 fair dates for October 7 8 and 9.
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Waller County Fair Association
Brookshire School News Highlights Student Welcome and PTA Support
Billie Jan Speer entered seventh grade at Brookshire School from Deere Park and found a warm welcome. A history class review of Our Heritage impressed, with Mr. Wallis assisting and Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Matlock contributing pieces. The PTA purchased RCA records for music teaching, and volunteers aided with aids and playground equipment.
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Billie Jan Speer
Deere Park
Brookshire
Charlies Ellis
Wallis
Houston
Lester Williams
Damon Matlock
Shearer Family Attends I G A Meet at Houston Warehouse
Mr and Mrs G T Shearer Jr and Mr and Mrs G T Shearer Sr attended the I G A meeting at Schuma Company new warehouse in Houston last Thursday along with W J Dube Jr.
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Schuma -Company
New Warehouse
Houston
G. T. Shearer, Jr
G. T. Shearer
W. J. Dube, Jr
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E. H. Martin's
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