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LOCAL NEWS of ADDICKS, BARKER, BROOKSHIRE, FULSHEAR, KATY and PATTISON VOLUME 45 BROOKSHIRE, WALLER CO, TEXAS Thursday, May 28, 1959 Number Class of 1934 of Katy High School to Roland Cllett, Eva Bell Becken- endorff, W. C. Stockdick, Myrtle Trettin, Nettie Grady, Paul Vaughan, Rita Robertson, Floyd E. Breedlove, Imogene Sills, Roland Davis, Ruth Bennett, Leon Sturm, Douglas Wilson, Lovie Mae Gregory and Boyd Simons. To the left is Marshall M.

Byrom, Supt. and Mrs. 0. L. Miller, class sponsor is pictured at the right.

Wsshateria Opened by lack Donalds Mr. and Mrs. Jack Donald will open a coin operated washateria on Monday, June in their building next door their hardware store, in Brookshire. Mr. and Mrs.

Donald say hat they have felt the need in this area for such a business for some time, and will be answering several requests. They have installed 10 Philco Bendix commercial type washers and 2 driers, and when business warrants, will install more. The "Thrifty Wash" will be open from 7 a.m. until 10 p.m. until further notice.

Read their adv. in this paper for their opening days gifts. Class to Observe 25th Anniversary Of Graduation from Katy High School Congratulations, Class of perintendent for Delta Engi- 19341 Hats off to you on the neering a firm by whom Silver Anniversary of yourihe has been employed for the graduation from Katy High! past 13 years. After Ms grad- School. May your next 25l" at on nd prior to that years be as interesting and: time he a employed by busy as the past ones have' aeveral other been.

Here are just some of the things you have been doing since your high school graduation: Eva Belle Beckendorf Longenbaugh was married following graduation on August 2, 1934 to George E. Longenbaugh, and thus became a rice farmer's wife. They farmed rice north of Katy, then at Brookshire where they built a new home and adopted 2 sons, Geo. H. and Edwin H.

Longenbaugh who are both graduates of Katy High. They are now the proud grandparents of a granddaughter, Virginia Gail, the child of their son George and wife, who live in Cypress. In 1954 the Geo. Longen- baughs built a new brick home in Katy, after selling their home in Brookshire. Eva lists her pleasures as her family and friends.

She is a member of the Katy Methodist Church, a past treasurer of the WSCS, and a past worker in the Junior. Dept, of the Sunday School. Leon Sturm is a field au- construction firms. Leon married Marie Habacek on June 22, 1941, and the couple own their home in Brookshire. They have four children, Lynn who is 16, Rue Ann 7, Glenda 3 and the baby Leon Jr.

who is 8 months old. His hobbies? Mrs. Sturm says that she knows for sure that he enjoys deer hunting and fish- ing, whenever there is time. At present he is working on a job in Kingsville and makes it home on W. C.

Stockdick has been the pastor of Satsuma See 25th Anniversary, p2 Katy Furniture To Give Away Top Gift Friday Katy Furniture closes their huge May Bonus sale Friday and will give away a fine reclining chair at 4:30 p.m. See their ad for details. N. C. Ray received the carving set last Saturday as the Dad's Day gift.

Coffee will be served all day Thursday and Friday at Katy Furniture, so go by and have a cup and look around this store full of lovely furnishings. Summer Recreation Program To Begin June 8th The Katy Summer Recreation Program is scheduled to begin Monday, June 8. The program will be supervised by Gordon Brown, Fred Ruland, and Joe Bright and they will be assisted by Roy Wiesner, and Peggy Talley, Katy High School students. Activities to be included in the program this summer are: Swimming, skating, tennis, and baseball. Admission prices for swimming will be 15 cents and 30 cents for school age children and adults respectively.

The admission price for skating will be 25 cents per session. No charge will be made for those individuals who furnish their own skates. The tentative schedule for the program is as listed Swimming; 9:30 Beginners Class Brookshire-Pattison Beginners Class Katy boys. Beginners Class Katy girls. 3:20 Elementary School Swimmers.

50 Swimmers All Groups. 5:10 Beginners Class Adults. 9:00 Swimmers All Groups. The pool will be closed on Wednesday night of each week. Tennis: Each morning Monday through Friday.

Skating: 9:00 Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Katy Jr. Deputies Start League Play Monday, June 1 The Tri-County Babe Ruth League will open the league baseball season Monday night, June 1 with the Katy Jr. Deputy team playing Rosenberg at Rosenberg. On Thursday, June 4th, Katy will have a home game, play ing Richmond at the Katy High School field, 8:00 p.m.

The Tri-County league teams will play each Monday and Thursday evening. There will be a practice game with Sugarland here in Katy this Friday, May 29 at 8:00 p.m. There are 8 divisions in the Babe Ruth League, Dist. 6, including Bryan, El Campo, Wharton, Rockdale and the Tri-County League. The Tri- County League with headquarters at Weimar has 3 divisions, a total of 17 teams.

Katy is in the East Div. and will play East Bernard, Richmond, Rosenberg, Sugarlane and Sealy teams. Within this division, an all-star team wil be selected to compete in the winner will advance to sta the state to regional and the regional winner to the national playoffs. Aside from those playoffs, in order to pick a Tri-County champion team, the 2 top teams in each of the 3 divisions, Central, West and East, will engage in a crisscross tournament with the final winner receiving the league's trophy. An added feature is the queen's race.

Each team will choose a queen. When the division all-star team is selected, the queen of the team which ended the regular season in top spot will go on as division aucen in the district playoff. If her div. wins the I playoff, she becomes the dist. I queen and so on; as a team advances so does the queen I representing it.

Little Leaguers Wanning Tri-County Little Leaguers are getting "squared away" for league play which will officially begin on June 8. Some of the games played last week were Bill Esterling's Brookshire Cubs who came out on top with a score of 4 to Bill Thurman's Katy Lions 2 last Friday night; Brookshire Bears who ended up ahead with a score of 4 to 2 for Glenn Thompson's Alief Team, that game played at Alief; and the Brookshire Cubs defeated the Brookshire Bears 12 to 1 on Saturday. Tonight the Brookshire Cubs will play the Katy Bears in a pre-season game. WEAR A V. F.

W. BUDDY Holiday Notice The merchants of Katy will observe MEMORIAL DAY Saturday, May 30 as a holiday. You are reminded to do your shopping accordingly. Most of the business places in Brookshire will be open on Memorial Day, Saturday, May 30. Those who will be closed observing the holiday in Brookshire will be the Farmers Bank, Schier Feed Supply Co.

and the U. S. Post Office. Public Installation of 0. E.

S. Officers Will Be Held Monday Night in Brookshire Brookshire Chapter No. 552, Order of the Eastern Star will have public installation of officers at the Brookshire School Cafeteria, Monday, June 1, 1959, at 8:00 p.m. Members and friends are cordially invited. Officers for the 1959-1960 years are: Mrs.

Mabel Robichaux, Worthy Matron; Arthur Robichaux, Worthy Patron; Mrs. Madge Helwig, Associate Matron; Ed Helwig, Associate Patron; Mrs. Louise Blanton, Conductress; Mrs. Emma Schwartz, Associate Conductress; Mrs, Vivian Larsen, Secretary; Mrs. Lenora Hoyt, Treasurer; Mrs.

Jessie Peek, Chaplain; Mrs. Elois Smith, Marshal; Mrs. Ruth Williams, Organist; Mrs. Barbara Girndt, Adah; Mrs. Lottie Bradley, Ruth; Mrs.

Mary Belle Woods, Esther; Shop Class Visits Custom Built Fum. Members of the shop class at the Katy school and their instructor, Maple Pollard, visited Harvey Johnson at Furniture 2 Tuesday and Johnson demonstrated to by step the installation of formica to a table top. Mr. Johnson, who said he enjoyed having the class visit him very much, is a former student of Mr. Pollards.

Custom Built Hays last week Class Announces Hobo Day, May 30 Class 13 of the Methodist Church of Katy is sponsoring a "Hobo Saturday, May 30, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. For further call the Methodist Church, UL 2-4811 between a.m. and 9am. 'iremen Meet Tonight, Thursday Mrs. Joyce Wilson, Martha; Mrs.

Bette Youngblood, Electa; Mrs. Valerie Groce, Warder; and Louis Young, Sentinel. New Library Hours Announced at Kaly Beginning June 1st the Katy Library will be open Monday and Wednesday, 1:30 to 5:30 p.m., Friday, 8 to 12 a new ice cream room with some Poppies By VW and Auxiliary Buddy Poppies will be sold by the Katy VFW and Auxiliary members this weekend. Three days, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, have been set aside for the sale this year, because Katy businesses will be closed on Saturday, Memorial Day. Buy a Buddy Poppy, and wear it proudly, you remember Show that the disabled veterans who make and sell the Poppies; the local Post and Auxiliary who use the net proceeds for relief, emergencies, and other charitable causes; and above all, wear the Buddy Poppy to show that you remember the many who went into service for their country and did not return.

Wreath Placed At Cemetery For Memorial Day A wreath will be placed on the entrance of the Katy Magnolia Cemetery on Memorial Day in memory of all those who gave their life for our country. Taking part in this service will be V. F. W. Auxiliary president, Mrs.

Edith Morgan, and Buddy poppy chairman, Mary B. Christian. a.m. All children 6 to 13 are urged to join the vacation reading club, June 8 to August 28. Mrs.

Fred Peck, librarian, presents certificates to those who read 15 booka, For details go by the Library. Blue Bell Adds To Brenham Plant Mr, Pietsch, of Blue Bell Creameries, Brenham, stated that his company has just completed hardening 40,000 cu. ft. of freezing space. In addition to this the com-i School will be at 8 o'clock to- targe Crowd Expected of Alumni Meet Saturday evening is the time for you Katy High School graduates to join your fellow classmates at the annual Alumni meeting.

On Tuesday, some 190 persons had male reservations to attend the meeting this Saturday, May 30th. This is the greatest number of acceptances the Alumni has had for a meeting thus far. The graduates who live in the nearby area should come to welcome those who travel far to see their classmates. The meeting will begin with an informal reception and registration in the recreation room of the school Saturday at 7:00 p.m. with dinner served at 8:00 p.m.

in the cafeteria. The officers are Gorden Fussell, president; Juan Dean. Robinson, vice Dorothy Stockdick Scott, Shirley- Beth Thompson Fraley, assist, Rita Robertson Falkenhagen, Elizabeth Cliett, historian; Evelyn Hill Johnson, assist, historian; and Melbert Schlipf, parliamentarian. Committee chairmen for the meeting include James Morton, class of '49, program: Blanche Fussell, food; Floyd and Lillian Beckendorff, decoration; and Cleo Longenbaugh, reception. Derwood Fussell, executive secretary said anyone who- has not sent in his reservation, card but would like to attend the meeting should come.

He said just a little" over 300 of the more than 700 cards sent out had been returned on. Tuesday. Each year the class celebrating its 25th anniversary is given special recognition by the alumni. The Times is fea- turning a write-up of its members In this weeks paper. Kaly Advertises For Bidders on Street Work This week, The Times publishes an advertisement, "Notice to bidders" for the first section of curb and gutter and street paving for tlie City of Katy.

Bids will be opened on June 11. Tiie City has agreed to pay of the light bill for the Tri- County Little League games and the playoff games at the new Park field, Graduation Exercises Set for Tonight and Friday The commencement program for the Katy High pany has recently installed a new liquid sugar, liquid corn syrup, and liquid vegetable In making ice cream am lorine mixes. This new system should make the mixing department of the B-B plant ilmost a push-button operation The Blue Bell Supreme Ice Cream, so popular here, is advertised in The Times. Blue Boll's trade territory extends south of Freeport and Palacios, north to Marlin and Crockett, east to and includ- ng part of Houston, and west 'o Ynakum and Taylor. Local 'rusineascs who handle Blue Bell products are Tom Gassner, City Drug, Elkins City Cafe, Hering Ser.

md Harrison Groc. in Brookshire; Ray's Groc. and West Side Groc. in Katy, and Roy Hammerling and Joe's Place in Pattison. night, May 28 in the auditorium.

Dr. li M. Landrum, Superintendent of the Spring irancn be the fuest speaker O. E. Rhoads will give the invocation, Karen Jean Kinberger will give the salutatory address with Carolyn Ann Lentz giving the valedictory address.

A quintet composed of Shirley Wilkinson, Laura Ann Miller, Patricia Muske, Jimmy L. Caldwell and Jack F. Rhodes, Jr. will sing "Graduation Day" and Shirley Wilkinson will sing a solo, "May You Always." Jimmy Caldwell will make the presentation of the class gift. The acceptance of the gift and introduction of Dr.

Landrum will be made by Supt. James E. Taylor. The senior awards will be presented by the High School principal, Jack F. Rhodes and Melvin Scott, President of the School Board will present the diplomas to the graduating seniors.

The processional and recessional will be played by Mary At the Pattison High School, Dr. W. G. McAlexander, Assistant to the Adminstra- tion, Wharton County Junior College, will be the puest speaker at the Commencement Exercise which will be held at 8 o'clock Friday evening, May 29. The Valedictory and Salutatory addresses will be given by Paul Mueller and Douglas Harrison resnective- ly- The Eighth Grade Promotional Exercises will be helvl Friday morning May 29 at 10 o'clock in the Pattison School Auditorium.

Special music will be rendered by the Choral group. Awards for the year will be given at this time..