Brenham Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 7, 1936 Page: 4 of 6
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COLA
FROM
GULF DISTRIBUTOR
fact that business, for this company,
«rt>—1
Congratulations
TEXAS COMPANY AGENT
TO MR WOODALL
TRAVIS BROESCHE, Architect
CB WOND1
IN BUSH
Sr. Woodall, five years ago
the management of this
its emplo yes numbered two
ON THE COMPLETION OF YOUR MODERN NEW PLANT, WE
CAN WISH YOU NO BETTER FORTUNE THAN THAT YOUR
FUTURE YEARS BE EVEN MORE "PROSPEROUS THAN THE
PAST.
ployed and a new fleet of tracks
serve Brenham, all of Washington
County, Austin county, Navasota in
Crimes county and as far south as
Hempstead in Waller county. As
Located about one mile south of
Brenham on the Houston Highway
is the Rose Hill Nursery and Floral
Mtoewhere in this paper a complete!
description of the new home of Coca
Cota will be found, it is a real beauty
spot on the Brenham-Houston High-
way, and as flowers and shrubs are
added to its grounds It will be <
pleasant sight to travelers on this
highway, and it stands as a real sign
of progress and broad vision of Bren-
ham’s adoted son, L. R- Wood-
all. The total outlay for this modem
building was $25,000.00.
Lemon or grapefruit juice is help-
ful in removing cigarette stains
from the fingers. The - stain wears
^Ay shortly if a cigarette holder
Washington County
State Bank
regardless of the sine of the proposed
building construction. It possesses,
as well, supplies for farmers such as
barbed wire, fence posts, poultry and
garden fencing, gates and carbide
for farm lighting units as well as
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NEW AND MODERN
’ PLANT T”
Coca-Cola Bottling
Company
include a native born architect and i
contractor and the purchasing of sup-
plies from the Farmers-Merchants i
Lumber Company, also of Brenham.
Travis Broesche, clever young archi-
tect, supervised the work, end Alex
Griffin was the contractor. '
Mr. Woodall, a native son of Mary-
land, seta a fine precept and by doing
so has done much for the develop-
ment of Washington County, Ms
policy of employing native born
Washington county employees, bunk-
ing exclusively in Brenham banking
institutions, and in every way assist
ing all worthwhile civic projects,
certainly has made his company a
real factor in business here.
This same loyal spirit to Brenham
to further carried out for Texas, all
syrups, sugar and flavorings are Tex-
Best W ishes For
Success
Most modern types of machinery
are installed fn the new • plant and
among other features, to one that for
the past number of years no other
plant this side of Houston has had,
namely, a machine that automatically
men who have been trained in his
own particular methods—this latter
fact is undoubtedly due to his being
offered so many jobs that require
the services of one who really knows
construction work.
Churches, banks, residences, ail
come under ■- this man’s sphere of
building and who to now general
contratcor for the fine new Coca
Cola plant. * *» -.
Possibly •0 other enterprise in
Fashtngtbn County has made the
Lnunnenal progress that the Coca
quality and variety what it lacks b
area and its general service to soweU
appreciated that its stock to often
sadly depleted
Cut flowers, petted plants, ever-
greens and all sorts of nursery stock
such as shade and fruit trees are
available here and landscaping to a
decided specialty of this popular
place.
Established only a year apd a half
ago Mr. Giddings’ well managed and
well stocked place of business to con-
tinually gaining in appreciative pa-
tronage
Alex Griffin, who has been in Bren-
ham for the past SI years has been
general contractor on many of the
more pretentious jobs in and about
oar dty. ,
A listing of the many be has suc-
cessfully brought to a happy conclu-
sion would require more than a
column or two of newspaper space.
The story of the Fannerr-Mercb-
ants Lumber Company is one that
covers a period of time exceeding
50 years and, during this period of
time, its service has gradually increas-
ed until today, .its meritorious activi-
ties are fully recognised, as to evidenc-
ed by the many new building projects
that are being supplied with building
materials by this concent exclusively.
The upbuilding of Brenham’s resi-
dential and business section is, in no
small degree, the result of the many
fifie building materials and the equal-
ly fine service of this company that
washes and sterilises bottles and
makes it possible for the bottles to
be handled by machinery until th<y
are capped and sealed, after being
thoroughly sterilised, without the
touch of human hands.
Altho this institution to known as
the Coca-Cola Bottling Company, ah
standard soda waters are also made
and bottled at this most modern
plant.
While this company to owned by
J. E. Evans of Houston who also
owns plants in Bay City, Eagle Lake,
El Campo and Huntsville, the Bren-
ham plant to under the direct man-
agership of Mr. Woodall; who Is a
resident of Brenham, and is well
known in business snd church circles,
Mr. Woodall’s fine young son of 14
years, attends the Brenham pub|^
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Brenham Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 7, 1936, newspaper, May 7, 1936; Brenham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1180952/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Nancy Carol Roberts Memorial Library.