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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1937
Page
1
The Texas Highway Patrol safety crew returns to Bryan on April 27 for a one day safety lane demonstration to build on December efforts. Motorists who did not use the lane last year are urged to take part and support the educational campaign to reduce traffic deaths. Bryan Booster.
Ivan Langford led the Bryan city commissioner race with 540 votes out of 674 cast. R. C. Franks placed second with 524, and R. M. Dansby was third with 432 as the new commission prepares to be sworn in Friday night and choose a mayor.
Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Dowling were in Bryan from Route 1 today. August Straub resident near Wellborn also visited. J. L. Lloyd and Z. L. Jones of Reliance traded in Bryan this morning. Route 5 residents D. A. Pruett Frank Nemec and W. J. Banjo traded in Bryan. Robert Holiday of Tabor came into Bryan on Tuesday afternoon.
The L. S. Ross Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy reports strong participation in its seventh grade essay contest on Lawrence Sullivan Ross. Fourteen rural Beazes county schools plus Bryan and College Station entries total 17. Essays must be in by May 1 as students seek life details of L. S. Ross.
Bryan friends mourn the death of W. J. Branch Sr. of Teague who died at his home Wednesday morning after a months long illness. He lived in Bryan for years and was a veteran railroad man. He served as passenger conductor on the I. and G. N. when it first came through Bryan and later worked for the Mexican National among other lines. Burial arrangements to be announced.
Mrs Minnie Fisher Cunningham of the Texas Extension Service gives two books to Mrs Lee J Rountree for the Bryan and College Business and Professional Women's club bookshelf at the Carnegie Library. The works are The Story of a Pioneer by Anna H Shaw and Women Pioneers by Jane Y McCallum, briefly sketching famous women.
Sunday, April 11, the Creath Brazos Baptist Association holds its monthly Sunday School and Baptist Training Union meeting at the First Baptist church. The BTU conferences comprise the program, replacing the three zone meetings.
The St Louis Symphony Orchestra, leaders by Vladimir Golschmann, will perform on April 10 at 8 15 p m in the Texas State College for Women auditorium as part of the 1936 87 Artists Course Series. It is the second oldest US orchestra with 56 years of continuous symphonic concerts.
A Chevrolet panel-bodied truck will be converted into a book wagon for the Brazos County Rural School library. It has been received and started toward Beaumont for remodeling into shelves and book facilities. The wagon mirrors Jefferson county’s model and will place Brazos among few counties with a rural library in operation.
Champions from nine counties in District 17 Region 5 Texas Interscholastic League gather in Bryan and College Station for the annual meet. Athletic events take place at A and M College with tennis starting Thursday morning. literary events run in Bryan at three schools and the city hall.
Thirty absent witnesses in the Vince Boss murder case before District Judge M C Jeffrey of Lockhart were fined 100 dollars each. The case was reset for August 2 with a warning of 200 dollars and possible jail if any later absences persist. Boss faces trial for the earlier death verdict and a related stay near Houston involving R W Albert. Attorney F L Henderson represents Boss and helped secure the new trial on appeal.
Paul Swancoat donates Stewart Edward White novel Folded Hills to Mrs. Lee J. Rountree for the Carnegie Library bookshelf. The donation supports the Bryan and College Business and Professional Women's club effort to expand library offerings in early California history amid cattle rancher and settler conflicts.
A Resettlement Administration survey shows Brazos County farmers are 57 percent tenants, with state counties ranging to 72 percent in Navarro and 70 percent in Haskell and Jones. Terry County reports 72 percent tenants, while Ellis and Hill county tenancy stand at 68 and 67 percent respectively.
The Brazos County Health Board met at 3 pm led by County Judge J M Ferguson who re elected C M Bethany as chairman and named Mrs Lee J Rountree vice chairman and Mrs John H Jones secretary. They welcomed new county health nurse Edith Haveman who arrived in Bryan and presented credentials.
John W. Carpenter of Texas Power and Light in Dallas sent two books to Mrs. Lee J. Rountree for the bookshelf being established at Carnegie Library by the Bryan and College Business and Professional Women's club. The books are Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell and The Romantic Story of Texas by Peter Mollineaux.
Approximately $300 was made at the Travis school carnival organized by the P T A in Sue Haswell Memorial Park Tuesday night. Mrs. F L Summers reports the finance chair. PTA president Mrs. J C Goldsmith and workers thank supporters and say funds will buy playground equipment or address other school needs.
Funeral services for Jay J. Adams of San Antonio, son of the late Captain and Mrs. J. J. Adams, were conducted at Sanders-McCullough Funeral Home on Sunday afternoon. Dr. E. S. Bledsoe led the service with the First Christian Church choir, as pallbearers from Bryan area carried the casket and floral tributes filled the Bryan City Cemetery. Out-of-town mourners included Mrs. Tom A. Adams of Brenham and Mrs. Chas. D. Adams of Fort Worth.
J. L. Dickinson of Grimes County Mutual Insurance Co. traveled to Bryan Wednesday. He was accompanied by ex-representative Jack Ackman, one of Navasota’s oldest citizens, as they toured the area.
Elizabeth Watts of Bryan has been elected to membership in Reagan Literary Society in Austin on April 5. Eligibility requires a scholastic average of B and a B in English for co ed members.
A Humble service station at College Avenue and 30th street sold 122 gallons of gasoline to a single customer for one vehicle on Monday. The White air conditioned bus carrying five men and four women was on a test trip from the Rio Grande valley to Dallas and beyond. Buyer was H M McGaughey Kelvinator Detroit official. Fuel mix included 80 gallons Esso and 42 gallons Humble motor fuel.
The funeral was conducted Sunday with a 2 45 p m service at the McCulloch Dansby chapel for Lena Marino wife of Joe Marino followed by a 3 p m mass at St Anthony s Catholic church conducted by Rev Peter Valliana Interment was at Bry an Catholic cemetery at 4 o clock Lena Marino born in Italy on October 26 1870 was 66 years 7 months and 7 days old a resident of Brazos county for 40 years She died Saturday night at the family farm home four miles north of Bryan after a two week illness survived only by her husband and a circle of friends extend sympathy.
Civic pride shows as 300 new rose bushes are planted on vacant lots at West 28th Street and Oak Grove Avenue in Bryan. Owner Mrs. J S Doane, inspired by a recent Azalea Trail pilgrimage through Mississippi, is credited with the plantings.
J. F. Casey of College Station presents a copy of Texas Missions Their Romance and Architecture by Charles Mattoon Brooks to Mrs. Lee J. Rountree for the bookshelf being established at Carnegie Library by the Bryan and College Business and Professional Women's Club.
Brazos County cut its April deficit from 89,621.53 to 44,207.94 as of April 1 through tax collections and auto license tag sales. Detailed precinct figures show reductions after credits, with commissioners proposing equal $10,000 allocations per precinct and optimistic hopes for a return to balance within 12 months.
Willie Lewis, a Black man, was arrested Saturday night by Policemen Reed and Phillips on charges of toting a pistol and carrying brass knuckles.
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