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Francitas,
Jackson County, Texas |
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The new depot is finished and trains are now stopping there. The depot
is a credit to the city and it does the
The
Mrs.
Alice Holton’s brother-in-law Frank E. Hale of Chris Lubben a new arrival, who brought his family along with him and constructed a small house for temporary occupancy, has lumber on the ground and is now building a two story house, the lower story of which will be used for a store.
Moore Takes Hotel Mrs. L. B. Parkins who has been in charge of the Nebraska Inn since its establishment turned over the management of the hotel to George Moore of Angleton the first of the month and has gone to Palacios where she will have charge of the large hotel there. Mr. and Mrs. Moore arrived from Angleton Tuesday where they have been in charge of the business of the Valley Fruit Farm and Garden Company and assumed active management of the hotel the next day. These people are from Nebraska and are well known to the citizens of Francitas who extend to them a warm welcome. Success has marked every undertaking of Mr. Moore and that he will conduct the Nebraska Inn satisfactorily goes without question. Mrs. Parkins assumed the management of the Nebraska Inn in the frontier days here and she can recall the time when wild turkey was not an unusual dish for the table. Mrs. Parkins has won the hearts of the people of Francitas and especially those whose good fortune it has been to board at the Inn. Her reputation as a "good feeder" extended all along the gulf coast and many parties from other towns spent their Sundays here to sit at her table. When it was announced that she was to leave the Nebraska Inn many other towns made her offers, but at this time she has decided to go to Palacios. Mrs. Richna has carpenters at work on her restaurant and rooming house which is to be a commodious affair. The building has two stories and is across the track facing the depot. This will be conducted as a popular price restaurant and rooming house and will supply a long felt want.
Richna Gives Party The new Richna rooming house and restaurant being built by Mr. and Mrs. Richna which is now almost completed was the scene of a most delightful gathering last night when the proprietors entertained their friends at a dance, by which the building was dedicated. The building is a commodious affair and is located across the tracks about a block from the depot. It has two large galleries facing the depot which will give much pleasure to the roomers in the days to come. The lower story will be used as a restaurant and the upper story will be divided into rooms. Mrs. Richna will endeavor to move into the new building by Sunday and then serve a nice turkey dinner. For the dance last night the floor was put in good shape and the large crowd which attended from Francitas was increased by several couples from Blessing. Music was furnished by the Ansley orchestra. During the evening Mr. and Mrs. Richna served refreshments. The couple are two of the old timers at Francitas and everyone who knows them here rejoices at the success they have attained. Mr. Richna came to Francitas a very sick many and now he is hale and hearty, and has not missed a day from work for months. In addition to regaining his health, both Mr. and Mrs. Richna have been blessed with prospoerit due to their untiring energy and close attention to business.
The
Happy Boy.
(Written
by
That
was full of fun and joy?
He's
the boy that's full of play,
And
is happy all the day.
He's
the boy that's bright at school,
Always
keeps the golden rule;
Lessons
for the days are done,
Then
for frolic, sport and fun.
And
the days for him will pass,
Like
the dew drops on the grass.
Watch
one making for his crown, Little diamonds of renown.
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February
9, 1911 Volume 1 #10
J.
B. Cookenboo of
An
oyster supper will be served in the new Dopps building Friday night,
the proceeds to be turned into the church building fund. Mrs. Kingham
and Miss Holton called a meeting Monday night to arrange for the
supper. It was decided that following the supper which is from An old fashioned spelling bee was held in the dining room of the Francitas House Saturday night which was well attended and thoroughly enjoyed. L. V. Quick proved himself to be the best speller present capturing the honors from Mrs. S. C. Holton a former school teacher, after practically every word in the dictionary and some that were not had been spelled. Mrs. Holton went to the bad on the word “wrestle,” she having in her hurry to down Mr. Quick quickly, left out the “t,” which we all know is a very important letter in that word. Miss Ruth Papineau was captain of one club and Miss Sylvia Holton of the other, the side captained by Miss Papineau carrying off the honors. R. M. Hayslip pronounced the words.
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The Nebraska Inn is located on block 213 and faces south. In the same
block to the north is going up the two story building of Chris Lubben.
The Gibson store building is located one block north and across the
street from the hotel. To the south across from Gibson's, two lots
over, is the Dopps two story building. On the same street with the
hotel to the east, in the next block is the office of the Valley Fruit
Farm and Garden company; the
Hugh Mullen an eligible bachelor who we insist should be captured by
some young girl looking for a good man, brought into the Bee
office Saturday the first American Beauty rose ever grown in
Francitas. And Mr. Mullen has many more buds on the bush which will
bloom this week. He planted the bush just three weeks ago.
W. A. Schmidt and E. Gebhardt of Lincoln, the latter a son of Dr.
Gebhardt who recently bought 120 acres across the river, and Dr. F.
Ehmann of
F.
G. Hays and Louis Peters of
The
First Baby. The first baby has been born in Francitas. The proud parents are Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Persons, native Texans. The little one arrive Thursday night and it was promptly named "Francitas." Mrs. Persons and the little one are doing well. The announcement of the arrival by Dr. Flickwir created much interest throughout the town and the little one starts out in life with many well wishers and friends.
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Band Organized
Meeting
Held in Bee Office Well Attended
and Much Interest
"...it
was found that Francitas has enough available material to have a band of
15 or 16 pieces...
Jim
Miller elected president
Floyd
Worden secretary
"It
was voted that each member be assessed one dollar for the purpose of
purchasing music."
Director,
R. C. Young |