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‘Waded across a bridge, water was knee deep’
By W. Crutchfield Williams II
Published July 27, 2003
I thought there might be an entry in my grandmother’s diary she kept at her Camp Scrap Inn in Clear Lake Shores.
My grandmother, Mary Margie Williams, purchased the land from the Houston Post-Dispatch in 1927.
While the subscriber is listed as W.R. Williams (her husband) the land was recorded in the Galveston County Courthouse in her name. Quite unusual for the time.
The book I have starts with a history of the house and takes you through Nov. 13, 1945.
Grandpa worked at Sheffield Steel and they must have been in Houston on the 27th.
The entry says: “July 28, 1943”
(Written by Mary Williams): “A storm come in Houston and we come down to see if Scrap Inn was still here, it is and here are the witnesses, W.R. Williams, Mrs. W.R. Williams, Jo Ann Platt, Jennie Marie Williams, E.W. Thompson and Mrs. E.W. Thompson.”
(Written by Jo Ann Platt): “I come to visit Scrapp Inn with Mr. and Mrs. Williams. Waded across a bridge, water was knee deep. I sure like this place when it isn’t under water. So long, Jo Ann Platt.” (Written by Mary Williams): “We are going to try to go home now. It’s raining 3:15 p.m.”
The address of the house (and it was at that time) and still stands today is 503 Oak Road in Clear Lake Shores. The bridge back then was lower than today’s entrance bridge to the city, but the land was at least 8 to 12 feet or higher back then as there has been considerable subsidence over the years.
W. Crutchfield Williams II Martha Lynn Williams Kemah
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