Grand Jury Final Report for September Term in Waller County
The Waller County Grand Jury reports to Judge W B Browder for the September term A D 1944. In four days they return 13 true bills of felony, two no bills, and transfer three matters to the next session. They recommend $10 extra pay for the janitor and an extra bailiff riding after witnesses subpoenaed. They commend local officers and request discharge of the term. Luther E Hawkins, Foreman. Diemer L Fife, Secretary.
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State of Texas
Waller
W. B. Browder
Ninth District Court
Waller County
Texas
O. T. Spencer
Witrnesses
Dia
Luther E. Hawkins
Diemer L. Fife
Brookshire Ground Crewman Discovers Palau Plants
Private First Class K. H. Goode from Brookshire Texas found unusual plants near his Palau camp. He transplanted them in front of his tent and later found a booklet describing tropical growth. The plants reach 12 to 15 feet and have edible bulb-like roots when cooked.
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Brookshire
Palau Islands
David Stick
Elizabeth City
N. C
Marine Corps
Peleliu
K. H. Goode
Route 1
Texas
Palau
A H Muske Buried Sunday Afternoon
A H Muske 72 died in a Houston hospital Saturday evening after several days illness. He had run a furniture and undertaking business in the county since 1914 and served on the local school board. He aided highway 90 construction and supported his church. Services were Sunday at 4 p m at the Methodist church. Interment followed in Pattison cemetery. Survived by widow two daughters two sons three grandchildren a brother and a sister. Pallbearers named. out of town friends attended.
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A. H. Muske
Houston
Methodist
G. Z. Sadler
Pattison
Arthur Robichaux
A. K. Brookshire
Billie Woods
Brookshire Girl Elected Secretary of English Club
Miss Eddie Erleene Rapsilver of Brookshire was elected secretary of the newly organized English Club for the forthcoming year at Sam Houston State Teachers College in Huntsville. She is a sophomore at the college. Cpl. Lester Taylor is home on a 15 day furlough visiting his parents in Pattison and will return to camp Saturday.
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Eddie Erleene Rapsilver
E. ¥. Rapsilver
Brookshire
Sam Houston State Teachers College
Huntsville
Rapsilver
Cpl
Lester Taylor
Sid Taylor
Pattison
Refrigeration Locker Plants Construction Authorized OKayed
Authority to begin construction for Waller County refrigeration locker plants was granted on October 27. Building must be under construction by November 10 and equipment purchases await after January 1, 1945. Rural Electrification Administration loans were authorized in August.
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Waller County
Rural Electrification Administration
4 H Club Boy Wins 75 Dollar Calf in County Contest
Virgil Foster a 15 year old from five miles south of Hempstead won a 75 prize registered Jersey heifer in a county wide 4 H Club gilt contest. He also plans to breed the gilt in November and donate a select gilt pig next spring to another winner.
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Virgil Foster
Hempstead
Heiter
Virgil
Daniel Stepan
Monaville Club
Raymond Phillips
Waller Club
Arthur Young
Pattison Club
Charles Klocker
Hempstead Club
Sears & Roebuck Foundation
Waller County
Club Boys
Grand jury scrutiny and local crime case updates in Waller County
The grand jury met Monday to conclude an investigation into crime in Waller County. Albert Byrd and Chas Byrd received five-year sentences for breaking in and robbing O. D. Braun’s store in Waller, with accomplices Sherer and Osborn to face trials in other counties. Jury commissioners for the spring term include C. H. Urban, Ed Schultz, and J. M. Pattison. Also noted is Stefka’s moccasin snake bite near Sunnyside causing swelling and leg injury, treated at Hempstead hospital.
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Round Court House
Waller County
John E. Blasengame
Arlington Hotel
J. B. Lipscomb
Delphine
Stefka
Sunnyside
Hempstead Hospital
Home Demonstration Women Food Exhibit at Pattison Gym
The Waller County Home Demonstration club women will hold a foods and handwork exhibit at Pattison gymnasium on Saturday November 4. All club women are urged to bring their exhibits for display.
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Pattison Gym
Waller County
Pattison Gymnasium
Mandamus Hearing Set for December 1944 Stock Election
A mandamus suit filed in the 9th district court by J. W. Reid and more than 100 freeholders of Waller County seeks to compel county officials including Geo. O. Crump and county commissioners to call a county-wide stock election. The hearing is set for December 6, 1944, at 10:00 A.M. before Judge W. B. Browder in Hempstead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
9Th District Court
J. W. Reid
C. L. McConnell
Waller County
Geo. O. Crump
O. E. Wood
Wayne Phillips
Willie Stefka
C. A. Wilpitz
Commissioners Court
W. B. Browder
Hempstead
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