Legislators Visit Texas A and M For Bryan Chamber Event
About 150 Texas lawmakers wives and officials arrived at Texas A and M on a chartered train for a Bryan Brazos Chamber of Commerce visit. They toured the campus watched the cadets in review and attended luncheon at Sbisa hall annex with remarks by Dr. Walton and F Marion Law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Texas A. and
M. College
Bryan and
Brazos County
Katherine Lightfoot
Daisy Brogdon
Lucille Vick
Ann Earle Wiley
E. E. McQuillen
Students’ Association
Chamber of Commerce
W.S. Barron
George G. Chance
G. S. Parker
F. Marion Law
Houston
Mc. Law
Walton
Albert Stone
Brenham
W. T. McDonald
Bryan
W. S. Barron
Bryan and Brazos County
Aggies
Horned Frogs
Special
Austin
Aggie
FE. J. Kiest
Fort Worth
Brazos
Grimes
College
Consolidated Cast Wins Play Honors in District Meet
The A and M Consolidated cast won the district one act play contest and earned three all star honors. Girls Carol Rogers Navasota Edith Thomas Consolidated and Alice Brady Hearne named among outstanding performers. Boys Bobby Sammons Consolidated Billy Cooper Cameron Preston Bolton Consolidated highlighted in district selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. and
M. Consolidated
Consolidated
Carol Rogers
Navasota
Edith Thomas
Alice Brady
Hearne
Bobby Sammons
Billy Cooper
Cameron
Preston Bolton
Many Bryan residents listed in quiet weekly social notes
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Evans of Dallas return from Bryan after nephew Joe Evans illness. Various locals travel for family health matters and visits with relatives, including Mrs. Ann Howe in Bryan, Reed Bartlett of Dallas, and Mrs. N. R. Strong. Joe Evans remains ill at Wilkerson Clinic. Mrs. Maynard ill in Texarkana. Miss Trannie Wrenn recovering after surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Evans
Dallas
Bryan
Joe Evans
Reed Bartlett
Ann Howe
Woman’s Division
the Resettlement Administration
N. R. Strong
Slocum
Lee J. Rountree
Texas Legislature
A. & M. College
Strong
Anderson County
P. G. Gunter
Houston
Gunter
M. A. Miller
Edison English
Edge
Rock Prairie
Hardy Weedon
Harvey
Jack Frost
Lufkin
East Texas
State Forestry Department
A. and
M. College
M. E. Baker
Madisonville
N. F. Lockerd
W. E. Wimberly
B. C. Allen
Isabella Eakin
North Zulch
G. H. Shelton
Lem Dossett
Okolona
Evans
Wilkerson Memorial Clinic
W. S. Howell Jr
New York City
W. Norwood
Will Houghton
Kay Houghton
Kate White
Jack Boone
Webb Buchanan
Texarkana
Joe Maynard
Buchanan
Conway
Austin
C. C. Edge
Clifford
R. C. Franks
John W. Holt
Ryse Brown
R. A. Eads
College Road
East 25Th Street
Haswell Drive
F. A. Moore
Suzanne
Bobbie
Fayetteville
Ark
J. S. Barron
Moore
Eugene Edge
Temple
Higgs
Sam Rasco
What Happens To Surface Water In Brazos Watershed
A Soil Conservation Service study in the Brazos River watershed traces water movement from rainfall to runoff and streamflow. It measures rainfall percolation erosion and floods and compares areas with soil and vegetation conservation to untreated lands.
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Brazos
Washington
Soil Conservation Service
Brazos River
Lane system speeds up vehicle clearance at inspection point
A pink warning sticker marks trouble sources and motorists are asked to adjust and reenter the lane to obtain an O.K. certificate. Each vehicle’s registration is recorded for reference as crews move vehicles through the lane at over four per minute.
Pastors Association Elects New Officers
Rev. E. S. Bledsoe of First Christian church was elected president for the next year by the Bryan Pastors Association. Rev. L. A. Wilson of St. Andrew’s Episcopal church was re elected secretary, succeeding Dr. W. H. Andrew of First Baptist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. S. Bledsoe
First Christian Church
Bryan Pastors’ Association
L. A. Wilson
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Bledsoe
W. H. Andrew
First Baptist
Well Known Resident Remains Critically Ill
Mrs. James H. Webb remains critically ill at her South College avenue home after a blood transfusion on Saturday. Her daughter Mrs. Allen Myers Jr. of Montgomery Alabama donated the blood. A Sunday post transfusion condition showed no improvement as her two daughters and brothers stay with her, with sister Mrs. W. H. Hundley due to arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Webb
South College Avenue
Allen Myers, Jr
Montgomery
Ala
Webb
Mrs. Myers
Alabama
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
F. C. Oliver
Charley Oliver
Caldwell
W. H. Hundley
Chance Is Riding In Organization Of Texas Farmers
George G. Chance, Brazos Valley cotton planter and state committee member, spoke at Midland meeting with county committee men from 39 West Texas counties. T. A. Kinkaid urged as district soil conservation representative. Cliff H. Day presided and urged a paid membership Texas Agriculture Association to gain federal recognition. Chance cited potential membership 75,000 to 100,000. counties reported 1,800 pledging 750 dollars for an emergency fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George G. Chance
Brazos Valley
Midland
West Texas
Extension Service
T. A. Kinkaid
Soil Conservation Committee
Chance
Washington
Wallace
Roosevelt
Texas
Cliff H. Day
Plainview
Texas Agriculture Association
Day
American Farm Bureau Federation
Bryan R E A Progress Report On Local College Efforts
Bryan progress notes report increased enrollment efforts at Texas A and M College for next year. Revenue up about 1000 dollars this year bringing total to around 8500 with budgets to be revised. A spring clean up yielded substantial trash removal aligning with health and fire prevention goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas A. and
M. College
R. G. Williams
J. S. Caldwell
State Board Advised On Caldwell Liaison And Loans
Secretary D L Wilson was to consult Caldwell officials and business men and offer cooperation. The Feed and Seed loan office closed after 76 loans. maintenance cost the chamber of commerce 40. G H Curlee will be in the chamber office each Tuesday for farmers. A Colorado Springs delegation planned to pass through Bryan on April 24 with a police escort. East Texas D C committee plan deferred after Dallas convention. Directors present: Barron, Brooks, Brown, Bryant, Bullock, Caldwell, Casey, Conway, Dansby, Dulaney, Hale, Henderson, Howell, Langford, Lawrence Jr., Parker Jr., presiding, Reynolds, Rountree, Sullivan, Varisco, Waldrop Jr., Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Os River
D. L. Wilson
Caldwell
Chamber of Commerce
G. H. Curlee
Colorado Springs
Colo
Bryan
T. D. Brooks
S. M. Brown
E. R. Bryant
Marshall Bullock
J. S. Caldwell
J. F. Casey
J. H. Conway
Mit Dansby
J. N. Dulaney
Fred Hale
F. L. Henderson
J. Webb Howell
Ivan Langford
Jno
M. Lawrence Jr
G. S. Parker Jr
George G. Chance
E. B. Reynolds
Lee J. Rountree
James Sullivan
Brazos Varisco
A. M. Waldrop Jr
R. G. Williams
Commissioners urge cash basis by 1938 to wipe overdraft
James Sullivan argues Brazos county should eliminate the $89 207 68 overdraft by Jan 1 1938. He urges the commissioners to say no to unnecessary expenditures and adopt a budget within income, praising prudent, businesslike methods and demanding strict financial discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioners’ Court
Brazos County
James Sullivan
Bryan Baptists Go To State SS Meet
A group from Bryan Baptists joins state Baptist Sunday School delegates in Dallas for the convention held Tuesday through Thursday. Mrs. W. B. Breazeale of College Avenue Baptist church leads the beginners department. Rev. and Mrs. Breazeale and several others traveling from College Avenue Baptist left Monday. another group including Mesdames Whitley Jolly Riley and Beal departed Tuesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan Baptists
Dallas
State Baptist Sunday School Convention
W. B. Breazeale
College Avenue Baptist Church
Breazeale
Horace Smith
I. L. McNeely
Horace Jones
Mesdames
H. L. Whitley
Dd. D. Jolly
J. F. Riley
B. L. Beal
Blair to address civil engineers meet in San Antonio
John E. Blair division engineer State Highway Department will speak at the Spring meeting of the American Society of Civil Engineers in San Antonio April 21 24 He will discuss Highways in Mexico on Thursday April 22 at 11 am Leaders from the United States Canada and Mexico are expected to attend with more than 1000 participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Blair
State Highway Department
American Society of Civil Engineers
San Antonio
Mr. Blair
The
Society
Mexico
United States
Canada
Distinguished Visitor Visits Logan from Plainview
Cliff Day of Plainview visited Logan on Sunday to see his son Cliff Day Jr. a Texas A and M student. Day is vice president of the Texas Agricultural Association and led the farmers’ delegation to Washington last year to meet President Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cliff Day
Plainview
Logan
Cliff, Jr
Texas A. & M. College
Texas Agricultural Association
Washington
Roosevelt
Texas A and M to advertise for more project houses
At Texas A and M College a board meeting discussed housing relief and voted to advertise for bids on additional project houses. A student committee reviewed discipline and military programs and recommended leasing experimental station lands if a Texas Legislature bill passes. The committee includes F. M. Law, EK, J. Kiest, and Joe Utay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Texas A. and
M. College
F. M. Law
Houston
Law
Texas
J. Kiest
Dallas
Joe Utay
Round Up campus events fill Friday at University
Round-Up campus activities begin Friday at 9 in the Union with tours for ex-students parents and visitors. Frank Reaugh paintings will be shown at 11 and 3. The day includes luncheons parades reviews and a Texas Ex Club meeting. A Longhorn baseball game vs A M and a reunion banquet conclude Saturday’s events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
John McCurdy
Ex-Students’ Association
Frank Reaugh
Janet Collett
Sweetheart of Texas
Ida Mae Autrey
Port Arthur
Therese
Beaumont
Brownie Green
Dallas
June Learned
Houston
Pat Wassell
Corsicana
Marie Fearing
Camden
Ark
University of Arkansas
Garland Mae Chapman
Kerens
S.M.U
Marguerite Rose
Odessa
T.C.U
Rebekah Wilcox
McKinney, Baylor
Olive Horne
Rice
Evelyn Norton
College Station
Texas Ex Club
Billy Disch
Longhorn
Longhorns
Aggies
Baylor
Old B Hall
University light show promises brisk pace of campus talent
Flood lighted view of University life features about 1000 students from varsity intramural and athletic groups. Col. George Hurt directs a fast moving show including fencers boxers weight lifters wrestlers girls sports revue football and baseball exhibitions Longhorn band choral groups glee clubs dramatic skits and a finale of white clad co-eds forming a torch bearing star singing Eyes of Texas on Sunday class reunions and exhibits close the celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hurt
Longhorn Band
University Light Opera Company
Col. Hurt
Texas
First Aid Class of WPA Leaders Completes Work
Friday night at the Fire Station in Brazos County the 15 hour First Aid instruction course finished with 24 men and women. M A Stewart WPA area engineer praised the Red Cross for its organized class work and presented John J Stasny with a gold belt buckle and tie clasp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Stasny
Brazos County
Red Cross
WPA
Brazos
Robertson
Madison
M. A. Stewart
American Red Cross
Hearne
T. A. White
Carro McGregor
Millican
Kyle Hardy
Bremond
Bess Hooper
Geo. B. Gibson
Calvert
Vivian D. Ramby
Jack M. Burney
Emmett Trant
Lillie May Williams
Joe E. Brown
Laura Molina
Beatrice Rychlck
Fay Jones
Rena Brower
Maude H. Buckholts
Bryan
Evelyn Caskey
Bremend
Lizzie Patterson
J. L. Mitchell
Normangee
Irene Ferguson
Maude Greer
Harold Sanders
Automobiles Collide with No Injuries in Weekend Crashes
Two weekend accidents caused only minor disruption. A car driven by C T Kuban and a Lee Smith taxi collided on Highway No 6 south of Bryan when Kuban turned onto the roadway without checking traffic. Clarence Edge and a man named Foster from Steep Hollow were in a separate Sunday crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. T. Kuban
Lee Smith
Highway No. 6
Bryan
Kuban
Clarence Edge
Foster
Steep Hollow
Father Lost By Bryan Resident Buried Saturday
S. D. Pearce received word Saturday of the death of his father W. J. Pearce 89 at his Center home Friday night after flu. Funeral services were held in Center Saturday afternoon with interment there. Survived by nine children and one brother S. D. Pearce Sr. of Austin Louisiana. wife Mrs. Pearce died years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. D. Pearce
W. J. Pearce
Center
Mr. Pearce
J. T. Jones
P. H. Smith
B. W. Pearce
F. L. Pearce
J. H. Pearce
C. H. Pearce
A. M. Jones
Hemphill
A. B. Pearce
Houston
D. Pearce
Austin
Brazos County Commissioners Court in Session
The Brazos County commissioners court meets to canvass school district election returns and conduct routine business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazos County
Texas Democrats fear Roosevelt court bill harms liberty
55 Texas Democratic delegates testified before the senate judiciary committee that the Roosevelt court bill would damage constitutional liberties and the party. L. L. James of Tyler cited a petition with about 25 000 signatures from across the state. James said the Johnson congressional win was not a court issue. John H. Crocker of Houston urged the Supreme Court keeps pace with times. Dr. C P Patterson of the University of Texas called the bill unconstitutional in spirit and in law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Texas
Senate Judiciary Committee
L. L. James
Tyler
James
Lyndon B. Johnson
Congress
John H. Crocker
Houston
Supreme Court
Times
C. P. Patterson
University of Texas
Pneumonia Fatal At Local Clinic To Houston Man
Albert T. Wansborough 79 died at a local clinic Friday night after three days of pneumonia. He lived in Bryan two and a half years while employed by A&M Extension Service. Body shipped to Houston for cremation. funeral held in Houston Heights. Survivors include his widow and three nieces plus a sister in law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert T. Wansborough
Mr. Wansborough
Houston
Columbia Street
Bryan
Extension Service
A. & M. College
McCulloch-Dansby Company
Missouri Pacific
Houston Heights
San Antonio
E. M. Duer
Whitney
Louis Thompson
Columbia
Margaret Harring
Long Island
N. Y
W. D. Thompson
Junior Choir Revival Feature at College Avenue Baptist
At College Avenue Baptist a revival runs April 18 to May 2 with Lake Pylant directing a junior choir formed from local boys and girls. Rev. V. B. Breazeale invites all church and non church youth to join. evangelists from First Baptist Lubbock and University Baptist Austin conduct services in the church auditorium. Morning sessions start at 10, evenings at 8, with weekday mornings at 10 and evenings at 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Avenue Baptist Church
Lake Pylant
V. B. Breazeale
C. E. Hereford
First Baptist Church of
Woman to preside at Tex. Woman's Press breakfast
Mrs. Dana Carnes invited to preside at the convention breakfast Tuesday morning April 20 in Houston during the annual meeting of the Texas Woman's Press Association. She has long been a member and chairs the scholarship and literary awards committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dana Carnes
Houston
Texas Woman’s Press Association
Carnes
Texas Woman's Press Association
More Poems by A. E. Housman Added to Carnegie Shelf
Linton Robertson presents More Poems to Mrs. Lee J. Rountree for Carnegie Library’s bookshelf. The Bryan and College Business and Professional Women's Club established the gift as part of the library's community collections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F E. Housman
Lee J. Rountree
Linton Robertson
Carnegie Library
Bryan and College Business and Professional Women’s Club
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A & ML
College and
A&m Band
Consolidated Cast
Pastors Association
Rev. Bledsoe
Organization of Texas Farmers
Bryan Rea
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Miss Haveman
B. J. Lloyd
Pan-American Sanitary Bureau
Dr. Lloyd
People’s Column
Mrs. Breazeale
Blair
Commissioners
Senate
C. A. Baptist
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