THE FRANCITAS BEE

Francitas, Jackson County, Texas
 

Mrs. Edna Munger

Mrs. Anna Bailey

Mrs. Fred Kingham, president

Mrs. Robt. Gale

Mrs. Alice Holton

Mrs. May Baer, vice president

Natalie Young

Mrs. Maggie Penrod

Mrs. Agetha Pederson

Mrs. H. H. Philpott

The following officers were elected: Mrs. Fred Kingham president, Mrs. Mary Baer vice president; Mrs. Arthur Kingham secretary; Mrs. R. C. Young treasurer.

It was voted that the Society be known as the Ladies Aid Society and that a meeting be held on Thursday afternoon of each week at 2:30.

Next meeting to be held at the home of Mrs. Mary Baer. It is desired that each lady in Francitas be with us at the next meeting.

Mrs. Arthur Kingham.

The school census will be taken this month. If you have any children of school age trot them out to be counted.

Christian Church Organized

A call was made for the members of the Christian Church to meet at the home of Brother Wm. Baer to organize a Church of Christ in Francitas. The meeting was called to order with R. M. Bailey in the chair. After Scripture reading and prayer the purpose of the meeting was given. Then the covenant was read and signed. After which the following were elected temporarily.

Elder, M. V. Hatch

Deacon, William Baer

Deacon, Fred Kingham

Clerk, S. C. Holton

Treasurer, Arther Kingham

Trustees, G. J. Phelps, S. C. Holton, Fred Kingham

After a few statements of the church work the meeting was closed by a prayer for God's blessing on this new organization by Sister Kingham and Brother Hatch.

Mrs. Fred Kingham, secretary pro tem.

The Pink Sox played LaWard last Sunday at the latter place, the score being 8 to 8. The game was called on account of rain and the entire crowd stayed all night at Joines home.

Tide-Haven Picnic.

Owing to the rain the Tide-Haven picnic at which Matagorda county people annually get together, was not so well attended as had been anticipated. The people of Blessing engineered the affair but turned out only in small numbers while the 250 to 300 who had planned to attend from here dwindled down to a score or a few more. Bay City ’s delegation also fell by the way side and only a few came from that city.

The grounds were wet following a hard rain of Monday morning, so those who did attend could not enjoy themselves to any great extent under such circumstances.

SOME BUILDING.
Several New Houses Being Put Up By Parties Removing to Francitas.

Building has been very active during the past week and as a result several houses have been completed.

H. E. Austin has finished his blacksmith shop near the lumber yard and is now at work there.

Frank Stenson has hauled lumber out on his five acre tract for the construction of a house.

Penrod and Baer have about completed a warehouse back of their store.

Cal Calkins is building a cottage across the river.

Laurence Pederson has moved into his new house and so has the family of William Brandt.

John Gilleard, who has just moved here from Berwyn , Neb. , will build as soon as he can trade his lot for one that suits him better.

District No. 13
Such is the Number of the Francitas District Established by the Commissioner's Court.

County Judge Wells has sent to The Bee the boundaries of the Francitas school district which was recently established by the commissioner's court. All parties who live within the territory outlined belong to this district. The order of the court is as follows:

"It is ordered that school district No. 13 (thirteen) be and the same is hereby created and the boundaries of the same to be and are as follows, to-wit:

Beginning between the East and West Carancahua Creeks at their junction and to include all the land between said creeks north of their junction and south of the following-described line:

Beginning at the west upper corner on West Carancahua Creek of the John Hinkson 1-3 league; thence with the N. W. line of said Hinkson survey to lower West corner of W. W. Moore survey of 1-3 league; thence north passing upper west corner of said Moore survey to N. W. corner of S. Wildy survey; thence east with said Wildy's upper line to his northeast corner; then S. with east line of said Wildy survey to north line of W. W. Moore; thence east with Moore's north line to N. W. corner of M. J. Leal survey; Thence East with said Leal north line to N. E. corner; thence south with Leal's east line to the N. W. corner of the Sol. Lubbock survey to county line of Jackson and Matagorda counties; thence south with county line to East Carancahua Creek, which territory is hereby designated as "Francitas School District No. 13."
 

Mrs. Papineau

S. S. Kiehl and R. A. Pine of College Port were visitors at The Bee office Tuesday. These gentlemen came up from the bay in a boat and tied up near the former's tract of land down in the timber. Both expressed surprise at the wonderful development and splendid appearance of the little city.

Dr. C. Pickle, Blessing’s veterinary surgeon, is the recipient of considerable praise from the various state veterinary officers this week for having cured a well developed case of anthrax or charbon in a fine horse at Midfield last week. It is the first case on record where a cure of charbon has been perfected.—Blessing News.

Following were guests of the Nebraska Inn during the week: Wm. F. Schwind, Lincoln; Wm. Hendrickson, Shelton, Neb., A. B. Hendrickson, Shelton, Neb., F. G. Hayes, Pleasanton, Neb., Julius Schwasingerf, Pool, Neb., W. E. Riggs and wife, Ravenna, Neb., Mrs. Hopkins, Ravenna, Neb., Mrs. Miller, Ravena, Neb., P. F. Campbell and wife, Broken Bow, Neb., C. O. Stanley and wife, Trinidad, Colo., S. L. Chalk,  San Antonio, Texas.

Volume 1 #24  May 18, 1911

School Census

There were 49 children of school age in Francitas on May 1. The school age is from 7 years to 17 years. Ralph C. Young who was recently appointed to take the census has completed his work and within a few days he will make his report to Judge Wells who is ex officio county superintendent.

The school district is entiled[sic] to $6.50 for each child of school age paid out by the state school fund and $1 for each child of school age paid by the county making a total of $7.50 for each pupil per year. This gives the Francitas district a total of $367.50 with which to open school this fall without the tax payers of this section of the county contributing one cent.

Bell House Hop.

The Bell House was received in polite society Friday night and given a royal send off on the occasion of its dedication to the work it is to do, by a dance at which were present a large number of people from this and neighboring towns. This new hotel has 22 rooms and two broad galleries and is owned and managed by W. W. Bell an experienced hotel man who expects to grow up with the city.

Refreshments were served during the evening and a most delightful time was had by all present.

The corn fields around Francitas have tasseled out and many have had roasting ears to eat for some time.

A school building, a church building and a bank building, going up at the same time will make some business in this little city. None of these has started yet, but in the near future, the indications are now all will be under way.

Volume 1 #25  May 25, 1911

We are opposed to any safe and sane Fourth of July for this town this year. We hope some one or a dozen persons will grab hold of the eagle's tail and pull the feathers out of it and cavort over the entire tract with them. We hope every child over three weeks old will be supplied with fire crackers and Roman candles...and such things and that they shoot 'em. We hope the blacksmith's anvil will be shot off every 15 minutes during the day, beginning the first hour after midnight of the 3rd. We hope young and old alike will be supplied with bugles and whistles and base[sic] drums and noise makers sufficiently terrible to drive the grouch plum stark crazy. And we hope and pray that all of this kind of celebration we have will be at the public park under the spreading oaks down by the river where there is no danger of fire and where only those who have red blood in their veins need go.

An ice cream social will be given in the building to be occupied by the Francitas Pharmacy a week from Friday night. The proceeds will go to the church fund.