The Brookshire Times from Brookshire, Texas • Page 9

Just EctvecnV'nMc Katy On The Katy I CHURCH THE! BROOKSHIRE TIMES Havin' a hard time gettin' you folks used to that yellow sign on my they shy away from me like I had small well, nothing like advertising your In fact I'm going to put up a lot of signs on fence posts along every highway in this county with The Brookshire Times on so if you see me down the road with a hammer and want to give me a lift puttin' 'em it's 0. NEWS A Brief History of the Towft I HRST BAPTIST CHUBCH If I OfKatyWillbeContin. tinued in The Times Hempstead F. Stewart. Patlor K.

with me, a little advertising doesnt hurt any town. what's the matter with all these frogs they are i've had a lot of fellows show me the biggest catch of frogs I ever saw in my but rs no one has ever said, "we're 8oin' to fry 'em and you can help eat Aren't they good to eat? and if you don't believe that I like just try me. The million dollar ruin I told yon about in last week's paper turned out to be a $150 rain A certainly well Sunday School at 9:45 a m. Prof. T.

McKnipht, vlrs. Roy Wright, 8 S. Pianst. Preaching by the pastor, 11:00 (Continued From Last Week) W. F.

Church The first settlement here was call-1 Pianist, Mrs, Roy Chapman The Second Chapter ed Cane Island, being named for thej creek or bayou here, then known as Cane Island Creek. Most of the buildings were along the banks of the creek just back of the home. There was a C. L. Baird three-roomed Choir Director.

B. U. at 6:45 m. iHe Dobbs, Director. Preaching at Miss ALL THE POPULAR BEERS AT H.

G. Wheeler's Cafe and Beer Parlor Barbecue and Short Orders Hempstead, Texas Phone 77 hotel, a two-story school-house, a few houses and. a cemetery. The ceme- Mclhodist Announcement tery was first started when a nou ouaiueu wnen an epi-1 demic of yellow fever struck a band) "re, first and third Sun- of soldiers in 1863 resulting in from thirty-five to fifty deaths. Some of "lays, 11 and Second and fourth the old cistern they made for water, 8urj dayn 11 and the graves may still be found, also moved Fulshear, every Sunday, 9:30 maybe it will rain again before we go press ni-xt I can the name story and won't have to work my colleague so hard.

Nice fellow that Thorp, it he hates tfo work as much as I hate to get up in the mornings. Ha-', a very fine chat with a very fine Urookthire lady the were discussing jeaction on our bears and forbears (if they were alive today Nice Lady, but most of the bodies were either to a place south of Katy or toL rTVn4 Bril the present cemetery, northwest of SUND AY SCHOOL Katy. The stage coach line ran through the settlement, and northwest by the old Cabaniss place. This was the stage that ran from San Felipe, then Brookshire, 10. Patticon, )0 MISSION SERVICES Hempstead the capital of Texas, to Harrisburg.

Santa Anna marched his army through here on his way from San! School at 10 other day nd it's Felipe to San Jacinto battleground. The upper part of the two-story schoolhouse was used for the classroom, and the lower floor, for a social hall. Here the Literary Society met. At one memorable Literary meeting debate (you know, of course, that it couldn't be a literary society in those days unless there was a debate), the topic for the evening was "Resolved; that Modern Inventions do more harm than good." Mr. William took the affirmative, and ex- a.

preaching at 11 a. m. and Week day prayer meeting I hureday at 2 m. Week night pfavei meeting, Friday, at p. if we all try to make it so.

Kiud'a hate to the office after writing about Littte Dike's 13 shoes case you don't know who Little Mike is, he's the Sheriff of Waller boy I'd hate to have him 'that. 13 boot in a vulnerable I used to be a good 100 yard man in college (that's been a long time ago 'Tis rumored around Hemp that they huve'a house over there they will allow me to live thankful for those for awhile that I was going to have to get a tent large enough fo us to live Why don't some of you contract ors build houses I did during the Florida and how it Repr. Bakers Equalization Plan Would Adjust Waller County Taxes. H. Cecil Baker, Representative of Waller and Ft.

Bend County, who has presented the 45th Legislative body with the House Joint Resolution tfo. 38 reads as follows: First the Legislature Shall! have the authority by general law to set up various property for tax purposes and le vj a different rate on each classifioa tion; second, the amendment also specifically provides that nothing therein contained shall in any wise affect the homestead exemptions provided for iu the Constitution; ttfrrd a tha County Co miision- Courti of the several Coun ties shall constitute a a Boaru of inventions that he broke up meeting. those days it was not uncommon to see many prairie fires, and at times the fire worfd be almost a complete circle around the horizon. Wolves roamed the prairies in small packs. Their howling probably sent prickling chills to 'many a late traveler on lonely winter nights.

In 1895 tthe a road tih-o'ugh here and that was the! beginning of the end of the Guage." At first there was only a section crew house and a water tank. Then they set out a box-car for a station and J. E. Cabaniss as the operator. It was at this time that the Katy town site was laid out in plots.

Some of the earliest settlers were: J. E. Cabaniss, Dr. J. M.

Stewart, 1898, J. H. Wright, 1898, Joe Freeman, E. M. Morton, W.

P. Morrison, Eule, S6uthard, 1898, R. B. Wilkinson, 1897, A. Bolen, 1898, W'm.

Gaul, 1899, J. 0. Thomas, J. A. Danover, 1896, W.

H. Feathrestone, G. W. Douglas, 1899, Ed Brand, T. G.

Roberts, E. D. Dorn, 1899, D. A. Hagermann, 1899, J.

M. Janes, F. G. Hart, J. M.

Newspme, Will Shapley, D. Hu- BAPTIST CHURCH BrooksHlre Sunday School every Sundtu morning. Preaching i secondhand fourth Prayer service each Wednesday twine. 9 BROOKSHIRE Mr. and Mrs.

W. D. Mills, went to Houston Tuesday afternoon. Mr Mills to see the and attend to other business. Mr.

and Mrs. 0. W. DeWitt Ilavt nol een or alm()st Mrs. Brownell aud daughter, Mrs 25 years.

Mr. Papazian was a former Price and son, all of Houston resident of were out last Thursday to attend jof Clyde their COUSins funeral, Mrs. Foster. ca Pe of Baytown attended confirma- Mrs. A.

M. Highrabedian and son, Serope, accompanied by Mrs. D. Bakalian, spent the week-end visiting in Galveston and the San Jacinto Battlegrounds. Mr.

and Mrs. S. Boyadjian of New York City, who are visiting friends in Brookshire, left Monday for Los Angeles, to visit Dick Papazian, whom they have not seen for almost Mrs Mills remain in Hous MIU ton for several days visiting her dau hter Geraldine, went to Houston sister Sunday to attend the confirmation of their youngest daugter, Verna. tion services in Houston, Sunday. Mr.

and Mrs. Max Wander and daughter, Geraldine, went to Houston ECONOMY CAFE We Serve Food, Not Scenery Meals prepared under the personal supervision of Mrs. C. B. GARDINER, Proprietor OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Hempstead; Texas We Never Close Phone 150 CHRIST CHURCH Pattison, Texas Rev.

F. W. Lantmert, Pastor will conduct services next Sun- 2 hope that WJ.il tend the service next Sunday' -afternoon, and will urge others to do so also. bier, C. Schlipp, Geo.

Schultfs, 1900.. In 1898 Waite, ex-Governor of Colorado, and his daughter lived here in a house where the M. W. A. Hall now (Continued eek) ST.

MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH Hempstead Mass a.t 8 and 10 a. alternately, first three Sundays in each month. St. Mary's Church in Waller, and the Sacred Heart Church in Brookshire, Mass fourth Sunday in each month 8 and 10 a. m.

Rev. Father A. J. Nicholson. WELL'S LIQUOR STORE TEXAS POPULAR BRANDS Whiskies, Gin, Wines IN PACKAGES FRANK WELLS, Prop.

Epualization for the purpose of equolizing the assessed value of all farm lauds, ranch lands, town aad city lota with improvements thereon, all household furnibh ings, farm implements, poultry and live stock in the several counties; however, the Legislature shall have the authority by general law to set up in a state agency the power of equalization as to all property other than that that euuinerated above. Broadly the power of as to intangible property triay be set up in state agency. The reason a state ageacy is not mentioned is because that would bfr creating a constitutional office, That is unnecessary. In the opinion of Mr. Baker, this classification of property aad the imposition of diffeient rates thereon will make it lieve from the WALLER METHODIST CIRCUIT Waller Church: Preaching every 2nd and 4th Sundays, 11 a anJ 7:45 p.

m. Sunday School every Sunday, 10 a. m. J. W.

Dryden, Supt. Prayer meeting every Wednesday evening, 7:45 o'clock. Woman's Missionary Society each Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock. New Hope Church: (Field Store). Peaching every 1st Sunday 11 a.

m. and 7:45 p. m. Sunday School each Sunday at 10 a. m.

Young People's meeting each Sunday evening, 7:45 Prof. Krumlow, Director. Macedonia Church: Preaching every 2nd Sunday in the afternoon at o'clock. Magnolia Church: Preaching every 3rd Sunday, 11 a. m.

and 7:45 p. Young People's meeting each Sunday evening at 7:45 o'clock. Robert Semour, Director. You are cordially invited to attend all our services. H.

B. DAILY, Pastor. to KATY METHODIST CHURCH NEWS Prayer meeting every Wednesday pp, e- evening. You are cordially invited to ive levies of the general these services, interesting 4 II DODGE and PLYMOUTH! CARS AND TRUCKS Sales and Service Compltte Motor Tune-Up, Washing, Greasing, Gas, Parts and Accessories TIJrXES AND TUBES NEUMAN'S GARAGE C. NEUMAN, Prop.

0. EICHLER tax, tnus making it possible for individual taxpayers to list theii intangibles without fear that a major portion of their income From these investments would be by the state and local taxes OIL LEASES sons given, many times fpllowed with a social hour and always with choir practice. Rufus W. Palm et ux to T. A.

Tret- in, Warranty Deed; dated April 29 937; filed May 6, 1937; recorded 71 206 Deed Records; 51 acres in John Yilliams Labor No. 10, beginning a i week, mostly seasonable temera- corner of survey. WEATHER BUREAU U. S. DEPT.

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