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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1936
Page
4
The notice lists candidates for district judge and county commissioner under the July 1936 primary. W B Browder A McCall V A Collins contest 9th Regular Judicial Dist. For Precinct 4 commissioner C A Wilpitz F J Wells named.
Mr and Mrs N D Cooper and family in Goodrich Sunday. Houston visitors include Mrs P Cox visiting ill mother Mrs Guy Bains. Houston guests include Mrs Iris Rossler and W R Muske. Busier week with relatives, friends in Brookshire Rosenberg Fulshear and Houston as list of names attends events and a farewell barbecue for Mrs Donnigan headed to Europe.
Local residents and relatives are noted visiting and traveling. Names include Mr and Mrs Dave Agopian and several Agopians, Mrs Hubert Cox and children visiting Simonton, Mrs W J Schoverling in Houston with daughter Mrs J D F Houck, Dave Landsberger ill in Houston, Mr and Mrs Adam Bijie in town, and others visiting Houston or traveling to Cleveland.
Mae Sorrels and friends visited Mrs. Gaby Jordan in Addicks. Families from Fairbanks and Palacious joined Sunday trips to San Felipe and Palacious. Edna Belle Gregory spent time with Della Mae Sills. Houston visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wilkinson and Grace Wilkinson. Gladys Hoyt stayed with Leroy Wilkinson. Roy Southards hosted relatives. Thompson family hosted Alvis Evans. J. D. Mathis and baby toured San Antonio. Romack family, Grace Wilkinson attended River Oaks Seinen club.
Services at Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church in Pattison call for attendance next Sunday. The baptism of Dora Pauline Claus, infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Claus of Pattison, is noted with a blessing. Holy Communion will be celebrated in the service next Sunday.
The article states that 37 million dollars are available for crop loans and emphasizes using American made farm equipment and fertilizer. It notes that domestic materials keep money circulating locally and supports the principle of purchasing U S produced goods.
The article notes a $1,000,000 liquor income surplus in the Texas Old Age Assistance Pension Fund and expects it to reach $2,000,000 by July 1 as pensioners await counting. It mentions calls for a special legislative session and shows Comptroller Shepherd asking the Attorney General about tax levy limits and funding.
Visitors to the Texas Centennial Exposition opening June 6 can view an exact replica of Admiral Richard E. Byrd's Antarctic camp in Little America. Byrd oversees its construction, with the project costing $50,000 at the $26,000,000 World's Fair of the Southwest.
A query asks whether a department may issue warrants beyond a 5 percent cap of the estimated levy or old age assistance spending within a biennium and if the Comptroller would be liable for such tax consequences.
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