The Brookshire Times from Brookshire, Texas • Page 1

"VOLUME 25 BROOKSHIRErWALLER COUKTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY; NUMBER 36 Waller Gas Mrs. Jack Donald Heads WPA Sewing Room Work Mrs. Jach Donald was Tuesday appointed temporary supervisor of the WPA Sewing room which opened Wednesday morning in the Marshall building on Main street. Twelve workers were given jobs on the opening day and were notified that an increase from $21 to $26 per month was now the scale. A janitor has also been allowed the new project.

They will put in 130 hours monthly. Over $400 per month will be put into trade channels by the sewing employees and more are being considered for work. Local business men will take care of rental and other expenses while the government furnishes the payroll and cloth. Anderson Honored AB Anderson was fitting ly honored here Wednesday when he was the town's guest of honor at club luncheon. Rev.

JJ Webb eulogized the 'Judge as one of the county's leading man having done much for the people during his 24 years of public R-sponding, Judge told of the many hardships and frequent disappointments in nursing a small town newspaper thru its infancy, as he did, 'till it reached the quarter century mark, and renewed his pledge of friendship to the people of this section. Former Judge JJ Perry of near Hempstead, was also one of the interesting speakers going back 34 years to the beginning of his political life and giving a bird's eye view of those times about the period when C.I Rhen an was proudly displaving the latest out in motor transportation to amazed inhabitants here a wooden- axled, single lung Brush that could easily do about 20, if you could get it cranked. Judge Perry all but stole the show with hig early reminiscing. Visitors besides the two Judges kinfc of ftempstead Stridden of Del Rio. Christ Lutheran Pattison.

F. W. Lammert, Pastor Regular services Sunday, Aug. 14 at 2 m. EVERY DAY IS BARGAIN DAY American Sardines 3 tins lOc Choice Dehydrated Apples Ib lOc Extra Fancy Flour 241bs73c 48 Ibs $1.39 Martin's Red and Wnite Store Just back from market where we purchased our new Fall Stock Come in and see all the beautiful things we bought for you DBY R6 A.OV TO WEAK Soon Start Moving PIPELINE TO BE BUILT IN 120 BAYS Waller county gas from the rich strike three miles northeast of town, will soon start moving to market creating additional revenue from the fine rice lands in that section.

The United Pipe Line Co. of Houston, is securing right of way for a gas pipe line to move gas from the local field and Satsunia and Fairbanks oil fields to the concern's gas distributing plant about 10 miles north of Clinton in northeast Harris county. The line, when completed, will be about 48 miles long and cost $800,000. Some of the gas will be used in Houston and the balance nelai and in operation in 90 to ISO days. Rice Harvesting Begins; Gins To Hum Next Week The first bale of cotton is expected to be ginned next week, approximately 15 days later than the 1937 crop.

Rioe farmers finding their crop maturing nicely, started harvesting this week. Government repeats indicate a cotton crop of 11,988,000 bales for 1938 compared with 18,946,000 ginned in 1937. Waller county ginned 6739 bales last year. The government average estimate of the district in which Waller is listed would place the county's crop at 6300 bales this year, but local observers estimate around 4500. Production since 1931 follows in bales: 1931...

8,676 1933 10,199 1934....... 6,024 1936....... 1937 6,739 5,942 6,177 8,061 Miss Roberta Wright, upper classman at UT college of pharm- acy was on the second semester honor roll. Only 37 out of 100 received this honor. Katy Literary club met at the home of Mrs.

WJ Morrow Tuesday with 17 present. Mr. and Mrs. EB Longenbaugh and Mrs. LB Hart motored to McFadden Springs, Ark.

for several week? stay. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Stockdick, Mr.

and Mrs. Clarence Peek, Mr. and Mrs. TB Tucker and family Miaa Lydia Busch are attending camp meeting in Oklahoma. Katy Hi will open on Sept 12, Supt.

Fox announced. Revs. Webb and Wilson visited Rev. Sharp Saturday. A crowd attended the BYPU party Friday on the A Thompson lawn.

7 FP Swanzy, who wasseriiiusly'in- jured it an auto accident. Be sure and see Deacon Dubbs A rural comedy in three acts. Benefit of and presented by The Young Peoples' Sunday School Classes of Katy Methodist Church at ffyty Hi Jtuditorium Katy, Texas SAT. AUG. 13 8:30 p.

m. Plenty of Laughs.