Brazos County Girls Club Seeks Contest Entrants
Brazos County and the Girls Club Department urge participation in agri contests sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. Prizes aim to promote best farming practices, with notes on dairy, poultry, and crop activities plus a Rye Club update and guidance on vegetable cooking and nutrition for home demonstrators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazos County
Gib
C. L. Bensom
Lacy Givens
Chamber of Commerce
Medeaty
Sherman Exhibit May Be Shown at East Texas Meet
Sherman Chamber of Commerce secretary Lee Simmons and Denison Chamber official W W Walker visited A and M College and Bryan to discuss a Sherman industrial exhibit for the East Texas Chamber of Commerce convention. Simmons noted Sherman has yearly displays at the Dallas fair and last year at Greenville East Texas gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
East Texas
Lee Simmons
Sherman Chamber of Commerce
W. W. Walker
Denison Chamber of Commerce
A. & M. College
Bryan
Mr. Simmons
H. C. Fulgham
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Simmons
Dallas
Greenville
Senate Finance Committee
E. C. Stovall
Chas. S. Gainer
Senate Committee
Lubbock
Texas Tech College
West Texas State Teachers’ College
Canyon
For Sale Three Pump Filling Station and Auto Shop
Three pump filling station, battery and auto repair shop combined for sale cheap for cash if sold by the 20th. Other business reason for selling. Apply P. O. Box 131, Pearne, Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. O. Box
Pearne
Texas
Scholarships Awarded for Brenham ILP Meet Winners
Blinn Junior College offers six $75 scholarships to district winners at the Brenham Interscholastic League meet on April 12. awards target Girls and Boys debate, senior declamation, high school essay, and athletic top scorer. Events run 9 am to 8 pm with preliminaries, finals, and tennis on both days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blinn Junior College
Brenham
Brenham High School
F. W. Allenson
H. St
Smith-Hughes Contests Set for April 22 at A and M College
About 1000 Texas vocational agriculture students are expected for the twelfth annual Smith-Hughes contests at Texas A and M College on April 22. E R Alexander outlines program including six events livestock and dairy judging farm shop entomology plant production and poultry and egg production. A state Future Farmers of Texas organization will be formed with 108 local chapters sending two delegates each to elect officers and plan work.
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College Station
Texas
Texas Smith- Hughes
A. and M. College of Texas
E. R. Alexander
of the
Future Farmers of Texas
Smith-Hughes
School of Vocational Agriculture
School of Agriculture
College
Chopping Cotton Report From Rural Brazos County
Cotton is being chopped in many Brazos county areas and farmers expect all fields up by week’s start. County Agent C. L. Benson notes this early crop condition is almost unheard of and recalls a year when planting lagged into May and chopping into June, making this season two months ahead.
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Brazos County
C. L. Benson
Benson
Eyeball Is Out High School Boy May Lose Sight
A serious accident at Stephen F. Austin high school occurred when Robert Ball threw tin that struck Billy Patterson in the eye, cutting the eyeball. Patterson was taken to a hospital for stitches. doctors cannot yet determine the full extent of the injury. School officials express regret over the incident.
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Stephen F. Austin High School
Robert Ball
J. R. Ball
Billy Patterson
A. J. Patterson
Durham
World Records Won by Boreski Hens in March
Mrs V J Boreski of the Golden Rule Poultry Farm and Dr D H Reid announce two egg laying world records for March at the Texas National Egg Laying Contest. Ten S C White Leghorns averaged 29.3 eggs per hen totaling 298, while ten Barred Plymouth Rocks averaged 29.4 eggs per hen totaling 294. Both records set in Brazos County and supervised by A M L College.
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Vic
Dr. Reid
V. J. Boreski
Golden Rule Poultry Farm
Mr. Boreski
Golden Rule Farm
Lone Star Poultry Farm
San Antonio
Plymouth Rocks
D. H. Reid
A. & ML. College
Brazos County
Boreski
Sub Surface Tile and T C Track Improve Road Bed Near Bryan
Sub Surface Tile Inc and T C Track report drainage tiling under way on the railroad track from Bryan. Workers have been brought in and quartered in tents along the right of way to prevent softening and possible accidents on the road bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. & T. C. Railroad Company
Bryan
No Rabies Found In Dog That Bit Stevenson Child
Reports from Brooks Stevenson Jr. say the child bitten Friday on Ursuline Avenue is doing nicely. The dog sent to Austin for examination showed no rabies symptoms, and anti rabies serum may be given as a precaution.
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Stevenson
Brooks Stevenson Jr
J. Brooks Stevenson
Ursuline Avenue
Austin
Oil Companies Buy Royalties And Lease Land
Amon Williams reports wide oil company activity in Brazos county with royalty purchases and land leases. He sold half his royalty right on 891 acres for 7 per acre and plans to lease 5,000 more. Royalty sales average 15 per acre, with leases fetching up to 3 per acre, and Grimes county sees higher lease prices.
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Amon Williams
Brazos County
Williams
Grimes County
Rabies Serum Brought By Air For Child Bite Case
A three year old Ursuline Avenue child was bitten in the face by a neighbor's dog. Treating physicians ordered immediate rabies serum from Houston, airlifted to Bryan, as the dog was placed in observation at A and M College.
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Bryan
Houston
Brooks Stevenson Jr
Ursuline Avenue
N. F. Rode
A. and M. College
Colored Lights On Main Street For Chamber Convention
Business houses on Main Street and Bryan Avenue plan to trim their fronts with hundreds of colored electric lamps for the East Texas Chamber of Commerce convention on May 5 to 7. Over 1,500 lights have already been ordered as canvassing continues. The lights and wiring will become the property of the installers, while the city provides power free of charge.
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Main Street
Bryan Avenue
East Texas
Paving Plan Approved by Bryan City Commission
The Bryan city commission approved paving on Baker Adams Bryan 34th Groesbeck and Jones 29th Bryan 26th and Pierce and 27th streets at their Wednesday afternoon meeting. Total cost is about 30000 dollars. Property holders will be surveyed for sign ups though few have signed with contractors.
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Bryan
Baker, Adams
Groesbeck and
Jones
Pierce
Moody to Speak at Stephen F. Austin High School
Governor Moody will address Stephen F. Austin High School at the commencement on May 31 at 8 o clock in the high school auditorium. Dr. C. N. Score of Houston delivers the baccalaureate sermon at First Baptist Church on May 26. Bryan city schools announce speakers for year-end exercises at Bryan High School auditorium in the last week of May.
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Dan Moody
Stephen F. Austin High School
C. N. Score
St. Paul’s Methodist Church of
Houston
First Baptist Church
Harry L. Durham
Bryan City
Bryan High School
Women of Bryan Hold Office in State Mission Society
Two Bryan women, Mrs. O. Henderson and Mrs. Lamar Bethea, were honored at the Woman's Missionary Society meeting of the Texas Methodist Conference in Tyler. The four day gathering elected officers, set Port Arthur as the 1930 convention site, and saw Mrs. Henderson re elected recording secretary while Mrs. Bethea remained superintendent of missionary education. Mrs. R. M. Milsaps resigned as Tyler district secretary, succeeded by Mrs. John H. Crowe of Tyler. Mrs. R. O. Allen attended representing Bryan society.
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Bryan
O. Henderson
Lamar Bethea
Woman's Missionary Society
Texas Methodist Conference
Tyler
Port Arthur
Henderson
Bethea
R. M. Milsaps
John H. Crowe
R. O. Allen
Bryan Society
Union Hill P T A Elects Officers and Approves Nature Course
Union Hill P T A elected officers for the coming year at its regular meeting with Mrs Merle Mitchell as president, Mrs H Keith as vice president, Mrs L W Ivey as secretary and treasurer, and Mrs E A Holick as reporter. The board approved adding a nature study course to the school curriculum per a letter from Supt H R Gross. The session was hosted by Mrs Walter McGregor and Mrs S D Snyder.
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Union Hill
Parent-Teacher Association
Merle Mitchell
H. Keith
L. W. Ivey
E. A. Holick
H. R. Gross
Walter McGregor
S. D. Snyder
Capitol Dome Report Tracks Moody and Legislature's Motion
Interim legislative matters center on Gov. Dan Moody and the house appropriations committee at the capitol. Delegations from Green ville and Fort Worth urged amendments to the medical act, while Moody prepared for a Galveston fishing trip.
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Dan Moody
House Appropriations Committee
Capitol
Joe Moore
Greenville
J. C. Duvall
Holman Taylor
Fort Worth
Moody
Galveston
W. L. Moody Jr
Calvin Coolidge
Senior Banquet Celebrates Bryan High Juniors and Seniors
The Junior Class hosted the annual Senior Banquet Friday night at the LaSalle Hotel. Attendance was high, color green and white adorned the decor, and a varied program of music and speeches highlighted the event with Superintendent Durham and others in attendance.
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Bryan High School
LaSalle Hotel
Bryan Hi
Elizabeth Lightfoot
H. L. Durham
Wesa Weddington
Fred L. Sloop
C. G. Cox
Mary Hyman
Julia Southerd
Winnie Mae Carter
Addison Ain
Winona MecNeeley
Bessié Lou Wiley
Durham
Five New Members Initiated into Allen Honor Society
Allen Academy hosts the initiation of five new National Honor Society members Jack Radford William Ladin Bill Staples Dan Thompson and David Winterman. W C Alexander presided as old members and faculty attended. The four cardinal virtues guided the ceremony ending a four day program with a cemetery epitaph test. Warren A. Rees sponsors the society.
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Allen
National Honorary Society
W. C. Alexander
Allen Academy
Jack Radford
William Ladin
Bill Staples
Dan Thompson
David Winterman
Warren A. Rees
The
Academy
Winding Roads and Big Plans Hit Small Town Limits
The piece notes a shift toward 40 foot highways aided by a $1.5 billion federal program while criticizing local Brazos area roads for lacking even a twenty foot level. It mentions Neil Bentley and a comparison to a "wreck-tangle" as a playful aside about road value and infrastructure.
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Old Brazos
Texas Homes Served by Electricity Exceed Half Million
More than 537 000 Texas homes are served by electricity highlighting the reach of power utilities across the state and reflecting expansion in rural and urban service areas.
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Texas
Reunion Picnic Brings East Texas Teachers College Families
Five Bryan families who attended East Texas Teachers College in Commerce gathered for a woods south of College Park picnic. Nineteen people joined parents and children, sharing a delightful afternoon recalling school days.
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Bryan
East Texas Teachers’ College
Commerce
College Park
J. R. Ball
T. R. Nelson
R. A. Eads
Robert Underwood
George Branson
Rotary Bring Bryan Community Spirit at Steele's Store
A Bryan Rotary visit to Steele's Store on a Friday evening featured Cadets from Allen Academy and A and M along with local residents. The event included banjo and piano numbers, a vaudeville skit, French harp, and Rotary talks on community service and unity between town and country. The program fostered strong local pride and enjoyment.
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Chas. Hillier
J. EK. Warren
Geo. Hadley
Wilson Bradley
L. Benson
A. L. Barto
H. Schovassa
Victor Gayle
W. R. Fairman
Joe Carnes
Ruth Radford
Riechert and Johnson
A. and
Blanchette and
Locke
Allen Academy
Bryan
Steele's Store
Bryanites
Bryan Rotary Club
Blanchette and Locke
Rotary Club
Rotary
George Hadley
Bryan Talent
Steele’s
Guild Hosts St. Andrew's Choir for Evening Event
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church choir and thirty six guests, hosted by Mr and Mrs Tyler Haswell, enjoyed a musical program and refreshments at the Haswells' home on Thursday evening, the entertainment feature of the night.
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St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
St. Andrew's Guild
Tyler Haswell
Property Return Due by April 15 Urges Bryan Tax Filings
City Clerk Guy P. Bittle urged Bryan property holders to file all tax returns by April 15. Returns cover real and personal property. If not filed on time, taxes will be assessed on a valuation fixed by the city clerk.
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Guy P. Bittle
Bryan
Bittle
Papers Lift P T A Nets Over Fifty Nine Dollars
A car load of old paper collected by the Fast Side Parent-Teacher Association recently produced more than 59 dollars in proceeds. Kyle traveled with Mrs. Kyle from San Antonio where he had business for his department. Mark Wigginton, governor Dan Moody’s secretary, is noted for greeting crowds warmly. Gib Gilchrist, state highway engineer, praised A and M College after visiting highway offices and saying he prefers the college despite being a State University graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fast Side
Parent-Teacher Association
Kyle
San Antonio
Mark Wigginton
Dan Moody
Gib Gilchrist
M. College
State University
Cheaper to Outfit a Bridegroom in Bryan in 1929 Than Ohio 1860
A Bryan columnist compares the cost of a groom's wedding outfit in 1929 in Bryan versus 1860 in Ohio. The feature lists two detailed inventories from each era, noting items such as a black suit, shirts, collars, and whiskey, and ends with a humorous aside about period spending.
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Bryan
Ohio
W. W. Griffith
Sciota Gazette
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