Imperial Entertainers Leave Kurten After Farewell Talk
In Kurten Apr 9 residents note weather suited for farming while the Imperial Entertainers led by Dr Haldeman depart after a week of shows. He recalled the Steep Hollow shooting death of Sheriff Morehead as the saddest moment seen. Little Fiorine Lang improves after pneumonia. Community events include a baseball game, school graduation play, and an April community club meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Kurten
Dr. Haldeman
Fiorine Lang
Clyde Baird
Adolph Opersteig
Lillian Buchanan
Johnnie Sabo
Charley Schmidt
Ben Metzer
Schmidt
Kate Blumberg
John Valenta
Agnes Valenta
Florian Roth
W. M. Metzer
John Sabo
Local students enjoy woodland picnic and school shutout
Harvey Happenings reports Apr 9 outing as pupils from the school gathered for a day in the woods with no dissent. Horace Ferguson plans tree care around the old school grounds to preserve oaks. Stafford Reed returns from Fort Smith to farm life. The school closes May 8 with a finale play Farm Folks featuring Lurline Dowling Iris Dyess Imogene Kincannon Pearl Evelyn Handy Maud Jones Dempzie Dyess Tra Kelley Hilton Graham Robert Sellers Jim Handy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan Daily Eagle
Horace Ferguson
Ferguson Place
Stafford Reed
Fort Smith
Ark
Lurline Dowling
Iris Dyess
Imogene Kincannon
Pearl
Evelyn Handy
Maud ‘Jones
Messrs
Dempzie Dyess
Tra Kelley
Hilton Graham
Robert Sellers
Jim Handy
Tabor Tidbits Bright Weather News and Community Notes
April update from Tabor reports pleasant conditions as farmers plant cotton and children return to school. A double wedding in Wheelock, a Boys and Girls Club meeting at Tabor High, and local visits by County Agent C. L. Benson and others are noted. Ill health of Mrs. BR. J. Wilson is mentioned and locals enjoy weekend visits and entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Eagie
Tabor
Messier
W. G. Colson
Frankston
Myrtle Price
Roy McNair
Wheelock
Minnie Price
Robert Mooney
Tabor High School
C. L. Benson
Illy
Cuyhendall
Closg
Edge
BR. J. Wilson
Avon
Mise
Marjorie Marquart
Mias
Ruby Walker
Upd Mte
Roscoe Seylie
Nousten
Mra
E'E
G. W
Job Printing Ad Declares Service and Contact
For Job Printing or 1 ton time right phone vu Bagie Printing company offers printing services. The ad provides contact details and promotes printing capabilities.
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Bagie Printing
Edge Epigrams and Local Social News From Edge
Spring weather brings corn and cotton planting in Edge. Notables visit Bryan and Millican. Dorothy Mangum sweet sixteen party with Miss Morrison hosting. Edge Literary Society entertains. P. S. Mangum buys a new Chevrolet. lectures by Rev J L Tatum. Community events include school programs, church talks, and a play by Women’s Club titled Clubbing a Husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Octavia Morrison
Morrisons
Kingshighway
Jettie
Minnie Nash
Sibyl Lewis
Ora Bush
Lottie Kopecsky
Leonard Bush
Vick Roberson
Albert
Adolph Kopecsky
P. S. Mangum
the Edge
J. L. Tatum
Durant
Okla
J. J. Tatum
Edge
Church House
J. A. Rychlck
E. B. Moore
John Payne
Morgan Cross
Franklin
Julia Moore
B. F. Moore
Steep Holl
H. T. Wheeless
Mattie Moore
Steep Hol
Oliver Broadus
Aubry Broadus
Hearne
Lige Broadus
J. W. Thompson
Wellborn Mission Club Seeks Busy Spring Program
Wellborn Texas reports a community push to organize boys and girls into Mission Clubs and a Sunday School as a step toward better youth. A forthcoming social and picnic plans are mentioned along with a club night on the 25th and a hopeful revival by Rev. R L Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan Daily Eagle
Wellborn
Mission Club
Kurten YWCA Club Meeting Reports April 10
The Kurten Y W C No 2 met at Fridel's house with nine members present. Miss Laura Roten home demonstration agent presided and reports were read by the secretary. A dress and millinery demonstration was given. The group plans to meet again April 21 headed by president Miss Mary Opersby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan Dally Eagle
Kurten
Kurten Y. W. C. No
Laura
Belle Roten
Fridel
Flest
Mary Opersby
Benchley Budget Visit Recap and Local Movements
Benchley notes include visits from Mrs. J. E. Cameron and daughters Jewell and Golda Fae and Allen Cameron with Ansel Batson of Tabor and Mr. and Mrs. Sharp of Normangee. Selman Shaines of Bryan, Mrs. Sam Burts, Alma Andrews of Five Points, and Dr. C A Searcy of Bryan noted in. Local residents Walter Harris family of Sutton, H W Peyton party from Calvert, and Ta bor guests. John Peyton Ed Persell courting in Franklin. Continuous social rounds with kinship and travel among Dixon, Peyton, Merka, and Haygood families.
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Bryan Dally Eagle
Benchley
J. E. Cameron
Jewell
Golda Fae
Allen
Anse
Batson
Tabor
Sharp
Normangee
Jesse Peyton
Selman Shaines
Bryan
Sam Burts
Alma Andrews
Five Points
Dave Williams
Paul Merka
John Peyton
Ed Persell
Franklin
Walter Harris
Sutton
H. W. Peyton
Calvert
Nannie Mae
Lila Moss
C. A. Searcy
Clarence Woods
John Haygood
Mr. Deason
Marion
Negro Health Week Observed by Bryan Negroes
The sixth anniversary of National Negro Health Week was celebrated by Bryan area Black residents with health sermons at churches. At public schools Principal Kemp led health instruction assemblies and health songs, while Drs. Thompson and Hammond spoke. Pupils organized church committees and conducted Friday cleanups and a pageant titled Disease Vanished by Health at the A. M. E. church.
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Booker T. Washington
Bryan
Kemp
Thompson
Hammond
Religious League of Wen Organized at Meeting Sunday
A second mass meeting at Carneg Library formed The Men’s Religious League to boost religious study and Christian fellowship in Bryan. Officers named were E J Jenkins president E E McAdams vice president and Thurston Cole secretary treasurer. Meetings set for the first Sunday each month with no dues and voluntary funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carneg Library
Men’s Religious League
Bryan
E. J. Jenkins
E. E. McAdams
Thurston Cole
League
John W. Black
R. J. Halbrooks
W. H. Lawrence
J. E. Covey
R. W. Downard
Jno
A. Moore
Geo. B. Shaw
C. A. Harris
Wm. Griffin
C. A. Lewis
Charles Marten
Clifford Martin
Rev
J. P. Brown
J. J. Hunt
O. O. Henderson
O. H. Coleman
R. A Fenton
W. W. Lewis
W. A. Denton
H. N. Cochran
L. E. Dowd
Woman's Club Edge plants trees to beautify school grounds
Under the Women Home Demonstration Club of Edge the community gathered about 150 people to plant 80 cedars and pecan trees around the school yard fence. Flower beds were added and walks outlined with flowers expected to bloom year round. Club women and club girls served lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Home Demonstration Club of
Edge
Funeral services held for Mrs Eliza Eastland Graham
Mrs. Eliza Eastland Graham 85 died Saturday night at her daughter's home in this city after long residence in Forest Mississippi. Funeral services were at the Presbyterian church conducted by Rev. W N Shell with choir soloist Mrs J Webb Howell. Burial followed in Forest with pallbearers named. Confederate constancy and Christian devotion praised by the pastor.
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Eliza Eastland Graham
Malcolm D. Graham
L. L. McInnis
Presbyterian Church
W. N. Shell
J. Webb Howell
Graham
E. F. Parks Company
Shell
Tennyson
Christ
Robert Armstrong
Elon Stuart
Dale Weddington
W. I. McCulloch
Chas. Marten
M. F. Dansby
E. J. Fountain
R. L. Brogdon
Former Bryan Citizen Visits Relatives Here
Sam Johnson born and reared in Bryan now of San Angelo Texas is visiting cousin W R Sanders and family in Bryan. About twenty years ago his father W R Johnson worked for Sanders Bros and Co in Bryan before moving west for his wife's health. The Johnsons remain notable to Bryan and Brazos county residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Johnson
Bryan
San Angelo
Texas
W. R. Sanders
Mr. Johnson
W. R. Johnson
Sanders Bros. and Co
Johnsons
Brazos County
Boy Scouts Hold Notable Meeting At Sunday Session
The Bryan Boy Scouts convened at the Scout House Sunday at two. Troops filled the room as plans for Boys Week from April 29 to May 3 were discussed. They thanked O. E. Saunders for donated bird pictures to be framed as house ornaments. Troop No. 1 received badges and insignia. L. G. Jones praised them and S. E. Eberstadt sent notes from Virginia praising the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts of
Bryan
Boy Scout House
Boys By Motion
O. E. Saunders
S. E. Eberstadt
W. B. Adams
Virginia
Court House
Hood’s Brigade
L. G. Jones
Missionary Society at First Methodist Church Holds Business Session
The Woman's Missionary Society of the First Methodist Church held a Monday afternoon meeting with about forty members present. Reports from all five groups showed active, effective work. a death resolutions committee was formed. federation plans were adopted with J. N. Goodwin named vice president. an inter racial work committee was appointed. invitation extended to women of Bryan churches for April 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Missionary Society of the
First Methodist Church
Large crowd at Kurten club meeting postponed
A large turnout at Kurten community club meeting Saturday night led to postponement due to absent officers and program participants. Attending Bryan residents included County Agent C L Benson, John Cobb, and Harry Prager Jr as the wagon show productions took over the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kurten
Wagon Show
Bryan
C. L. Benson
John Cobb
Harry Prager, Jr
Miss Rae Montgomery Ill at Fort Worth
Miss Rae Montgomery, a Fort Worth schoolteacher and former local instructor, is seriously ill in Fort Worth after being called home Friday noon. Her sister Miss Allie Montgomery, a local East Side School teacher, is expected home tonight. A telephone update says she is much improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rae Montgomery
Fort Worth
Allie Montgomery
East Side
Ft. Worth
R. L. Brogdon
Montgomery Girls
Men’s Club Formed At Edge Literary Meeting
At the Edge Literary Society meeting Friday night the men formed a new league for community betterment. Ed Payne was named chairman and W C Hill secretary as the group plans to handle local affairs. The auditorium was crowded to capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Edge Literary Society
Epworth Leagues Seniors Host Friday Night Party
The Senior Epworth League of the First Methodist Church held a party in the young men’s class room with about 10 couples attending. Chaperones were Mes dames E. W. Crenshaw J. B. Pria dy and H. N. Cochran. Decorations featured wistaria and white, fruit punch and grape drinks. A theft of sandwiches and a silver ladle was noted. The event included games and socializing with leap year proposals noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
The
First Methodist Church
Mesdames
E. W. Crenshaw
J. B. Priady
H. N. Cochran
Adams Home From Florida Visit Returns Refreshed
George A. Adams of the Insurance Agency of that name in this city returned home Friday morning from Orlando where he had been for a little over two weeks visiting his brother Quinlin Adams and family. He stopped in Montgomery and New Orleans on the way. He noted Florida roads and that state convicts are used on highways. Orange trees bloomed though fruit rotted on the ground due to low prices. He resumes work refreshed with new vigor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Adams
Orlando
Florida
Quinlan
Quinren Adams
Continental Insurance Company of
New York
Adams
Montgomery
Alabama
New Orleans
April Fools Dinner Honors A S McSwain Birthday
A birthday dinner was held at the McSwain home in the city on Tuesday to honor A S McSwain County Clerk and celebrate the March 29 birthdays of Mrs A S McSwain James Pipkin and Clarence Vick in a compromise for April 1. The four course chicken dinner featured spring flowers and a large cake with two candles. Attendees included Rev J J Tatum Miss Lidie Belle Pipkin James Pipkin Mr and Mrs Clarence Vick Clarence Vick Jr Moselle Emma Lou Vick and Mary Helen Vick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S. McSwain
James Pipkin
Clarence Vick
McSwain
J. J. Tatum
Lidie Belle Pipkin
Clarence Vick, Jr
Moselle
Emma Lou Vick
Mary Helen Vick
A.S. McSwain
Local couple moves into Ursuline Avenue home
Mr and Mrs Will Zak moved into their new residence on Ursuline Avenue next door to the John Seeley Caldwell place, marking a neighborhood welcome event and new home in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Zak
Ursuline Avenue
John Seeley Caldwell
Dallas Man Credits Tanlac For Health Rebound
L Coppage proprietor of Coppage Auto Works in Dallas says Tanlac cured his fifteen year indigestion. He reports regained appetite, renewed energy, and no stomach discomfort after taking Tanlac. He notes Tanlac is sold by druggists with over forty million bottles sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanlac
L. Coppage
Coppage Auto Works
North
Aikard Street
Dallas
Texas
Coppage
Beacon Street
Sheriff’s Death Prompts Brazos County Call for Help
J E Covey urges Brazos County citizens to back Mrs Morehead as sheriff after Leonard Morehead is shot at Steep Hollow. He emphasizes duty, loyalty, and cooperation with peace officers. Covey names Charley Saxon as pig deputy and asks public support to maintain a safe, God-fearing community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Covey
Appeals Brazos
Brazos County
Leonard Morehead
Steep Hollow
Texas
Charley Saxon
Sheriff’s Office
Former Bryan Girl Visits Relatives in Bryan
Mrs. J. F. Armstrong of Los Angeles California visits Bryan relatives at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Hanway. Born and raised in Bryan she is remembered as Miss Jennie Hanway daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Hanway. She is a niece of Mr. Hanway and of Mayor Tyler Haswell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Armstrong
Los Angeles
California
John T. Hanway
Armstrong
Bryan
Jennie Hanway
W. V Hanway
Mr. Hanway
Tyler Haswell
Madison Hall Re‑elected to Lead Stools for Year
At a Friday school board meeting in city hall Superintendent Madison Hall was re‑elected to head the public schools for another year. Present were F. L. Henderson H. P. Dansby A. M. Waldrop W Higgs Mrs. John T. Hanway and Mrs. B. A. Sims. Absent: M. B. Parker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
F. L. Henderson
H. P. Dansby
A. M. Waldrop
W. &. Higgs
John T. Hanway
B. A. Sims
M. B. Parker
Madison Hall
Rocky Creek No 1 and Cuthrell No 2 Gas Wells Progress
W. R. Farman reports Rocky Creek Well No 1 nine miles from Navasota gassing nicely at 2000 feet Tuesday evening. Cuthrell No 2 nearby at similar depth also shows gas flow, aligning with nearby wells as owners remain encouraged about early venture results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Farman
Rocky Creek
Navasota
Cuthrell
Delphian Society Concludes Year With Age of Chivalry Discussion
The Delphian Society completed its year with a program on The Age of Chivalry led by Mrs. J. A. Held. Members praised the Epochs of Progress study and will begin Drama next year as a background. A new board will be elected at the April 18 meeting and retiring officers will present final reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Held
Program notes list speakers for Friday evening
The Friday program features talks by Mrs. Geo. EFisert on The Wandering Nations and by Mrs. G. L. Crawford on The Teutons and Charlemagne. Other talks include The Early Church by Mrs. R. M. Dansby and The Monk As a Civilizer by Mrs. W. S. Howell. Additional topics are The Feudal System by Mrs. Thos. Lundin The Crusaders by Mrs. Henry Moehlman and Schools and Education by Mrs. P. S. Parks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Efisert
G. L. Crawford
R. M. Dansby
W. S. Howell
Thos. Lundin
Henry Moehlman
P. S. Parks
Mrs J C Davidson Drives In From Harvey On Business
Mrs J C Davidson arrived in Bryan yesterday from Harvey on business matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Davidson
Bryan
Harvey
Local visitors from Bryan and Cross travel for business
W. S. Barron and F. L. Henderson motored to North Zulch in Madison county on business. C. Hi. McDuffy, a prosperous farmer of Cross, Grimes county, was a visitor in Bryan Thursday.
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W. S. Barron
F. L. Henderson
North Zulch
Madison County
Cross
Grimes County
Bryan
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