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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1924
Page
1
Bryan High School dominant at A and M College District No 24 events. Debaters James Pipkin and Edwin Jancik beat Sealy to send both Bryan teams to Austin for League of Nations debate. Track results crown Caldwell in Class A and A and M Consolidated in Class B with multiple event wins and relay success.
County records show only three licenses issued in the past week by County Clerk A. 5. McSwain. The couples named are Willie Watson and Annie Bell Steptoe, Will Nettles and Eliza Washington, John Ernest Payne and Ora Ruth Elliott.
The Bryan School Board met to elect or re elect teaching staff for the next term. An adjourned meeting will be held next Thursday to resume unfinished business and publish the full staff list. Board members present included A M Waldrop W S Higgs M B Parker H P Dansby Mrs B A Sims Mrs John T Hanway and F L Henderson.
The Bryan Lions Club joins with the Parent Teachers Association to secure state required books for Bryan High School. Members spoke to church groups and clubs across several services and venues outlining the drive and its schedule. The campaign continues with planned talks by Tom Suber and Pat Newton and a community drive set for April 23 with details to follow.
Former Veterans Bureau director Charles Forbes was indicted by a Federal grand jury in Baltimore on conspiracy to defraud related to sale of army supplies valued at 3 million dollars to the Thompson Kelly Company. Nathan Thompson and Navy Commander Charles O Leary were indicted as co defendants.
Parker-Astin Hardware Company and Cole Hardware Company of Bryan contributed $2.50 each to the Kitchen Contest 3 county, Miss Laura Belle Roten county home demonstration agent says.
Brazos County votes to nominate presidential delegates at precinct primary on May 3 1924 at 2 p m. Precinct chairmen listed with locations and delegate weights based on 1922 July primary votes. May 6 county convention to elect president and vice president.
A barbecue supper will be served at the Millican Baptist church on Friday night April 18 for the church building fund. The public is cordially invited. Supper 50 cents per plate. T. A. HENSARLING.
A list of residents and towns in Brazos County with newly registered cars per County Tax Collector Roy Hudspeth. Names include Henry Locke, C A Carson, F C Maxfield, T C Symms, W F Blount, C L Benson, Sam F Cotropia, J Broach, Carl Goedecke, Chas Falco, Chas M Cole, J E Hensarling, S T Styles, A N Mabry, R E Smith, E V Goodman, Kelly Potts, Alex Berry, Jim G Welch and others in Bryan, College Station, Caldwell, Navasota, Hearne, Wheelock, Steele's Store, and more.
Will Berger and Pete Zolkosky drove to Bremond for a weekend visit and returned with a tame full grown coyote kept on a leash. The animal, captured in Alabama, was described as friendly and accustomed to people. It attracted attention near C. G. Walker’s store by the Eagle office and the nearby chicken coops.
Midday Sunday rain lasted from about 11 to 2 with a light drizzle afterward, amounting to .45 inches on the government gauge at Geo. A. Adams Insurance Agency. Bryan area sections near Wellborn and Millican reported heavier rainfall that could have set records if documented.
Mrs. Daisy C. Cushing of San Antonio, state organizer for Rainbow Girls, will visit Bryan to institute a Rainbow Assembly under Bryan Chapter No. 222, Order of the Eastern Star, on Friday, April 18.
Miss Juanita Gandy and Es Cort Selden Ellis are knocked down by a car, suffering injuries. Police report the incident occurred on a city street during evening hours.
Seldon Ellis and Miss Juanita Gandy were struck by an automobile driven by S C Woitten on South Bryan Street while returning from the B Y P U at First Baptist church. The vehicle had no lights. They were taken to Bryan Hospital with deep cuts and bruises but no broken bones and were later sent home to recover.
A committee seeks to compel the witness Mannington to answer questions on his power to force testimony. The matter centers on whether the panel can compel responses and the scope of its authority under the inquiry.
Washington April 16 George Storck a Department of Justice accountant testified as the first witness before the Senate Daugherty investigating Committee. He added details about war time aviation contracts he examined. The committee also pursued plans to compel Howard Mannington to attend after he challenged the committee's authority.
A collision occurred Tuesday noon at College Avenue and Twenty-Sixth Street when a car driven by W R Thomas manager of The Fair collided with Mrs Ben Knox's vehicle. No injuries reported and damages were to the Knox car. Thomas will repair damages and make amends.
J. M. Dunn T. H. Haltom Miss Helen Kerr Parks and Dr. Jno A Held returned noon Friday from Wichita Falls after attending the Baptist organized Bible Class Convention noted as the greatest session in Texas so far. Delegations from Tyler Burkburnett joined with local musicians accompanying the event. The program was praised as possibly the best at any convention yet held.
Group No 4 of the Methodist Missionary Society met Tuesday afternoon at Mrs E W Crenshaws home as Monday meeting was postponed. Attendance small but interest good. Mrs Oak McKenzie led a lesson from The Child and Americas Future on amusements and recreation. A feature was a debate on whether honesty is best taught by lecture or games with Mrs M R Bentley affirming and Mrs E W Crenshaw defending the negative.
Miss Jewel Williamson and her East Side School domestic science class hosted a luncheon for the school board in the school’s furnished apartment. The menu featured fruit cocktail veal cutlets Delmonico potatoes creamed carrots hot biscuits etc. Easter place cards honored board members and Superintendent Madison Hall as the board inspected and formally accepted the remodeled building.
Members of the M E Cox Sunday School Classes of the First Methodist church enjoyed a weinie roast at Wicks pasture Tuesday afternoon. The boys were carried to the pasture in trucks. Participants included Charles Munday Cecil Marten Reed McDonald Harry Prager Coulter Hoppess John Martindale Roland Dansby W T McDonald Jack Doane Ray Gardner Ka Eden Albert Leighman Ossie Sparks M E Cox Mrs M E Cox Mrs J F McNew and H H Prager.
The Woodmen of the World local chapter held a Friday night initiation at the lodge hall with about 75 present. J G Williams from Omaha spoke with talks by local officers Council Commander J W Hamilton and others. A degree team presented the secret work and forty candidates were listed including H L Edds, J C Buckhalter, S O Payne, W G Barrow, and J G Edmonds along with many others.
Magnolia Petroleum Company begins construction of a new oil filling station on College road just outside city limits. Tanks are being moved and site work started as the plant is rushed toward completion.
Walter Wipprecht and Arthur Ingenhuett left Bryan by auto at an early hour this morning for West Texas. Ingenhuett visits his parents in Comfort while Wipprecht attends a state Sons of Herman meeting in Fredericksburg as Bryan’s representative. They expect to return by the end of next week.
Co. E Manda a pharmacist’s mate first class and W W Roe a watertender first class of the U S Navy are in Bryan with a Navy truck from Houston to promote life in the service and enlistments. New men go to San Diego California and re-enlisted personnel to Norfolk Virginia. They will operate from the Bryan post office over Sunday and Monday.
Governor Pat M. Neff will deliver the dedicatory address at the unveiling of a war memorial monument at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. The event on April 21 includes roll call, cadet officer commissions, a 4:30 pm cadet review, and an 8 pm reception in Sbisa Hall.
Mr and Mrs M G Nall hosted Bryan Rotary Club officers and officers elect at the Green Parrot Tea Room. The 12:80 p.m. luncheon featured a festive yellow and purple table with violets and roses. Guests included D L Wilson president elect and retiring president W S Barron among others.
The Cawthorn postoffice store was robbed Thursday night. About $10 in cash and a 38-40 Colt pistol were taken from the drawer. Sheriff’s deputies, led by Charley Saxon, are investigating with limited details released.
Caldwell, Apr 12. Mrs. H. W. Bates suffered fractures of both arms when she fell down the steps at her residence. One bone in the right arm and both bones in the left were broken.
W S Howell stockman was held up at 2 a m near his Crockett home and robbed of 1800 in bills from mule and horse sales proceeds. No arrests have been made.
Rev. H. C. Willis of the First Methodist church will depart Monday for Silsbee in Hardin County to assist Rev. J. M. Gordon in a ten day revival at the local Methodist church.
A social evening was hosted at the home of Mr and Mrs W E Halbrooks on College avenue on Friday night. Guests played 42 and Flinch then enjoyed ice cream and cake. attendees included Leonard Wheeler Thelma Prichett Johnny Barton Winnie Wheeless Henry Wheeless Verna Wheeless Perry Ferguson Robert Carroll E Mathis Vera Halbrooks Edgar Koenig Jewell Mathis.
Rev. Thomas Barra of Philadelphia has completed a six week stay in Bryan where he served as temporary pastor at St. Anthony's church during Rev. Basil Bravi's absence. He will head to Chicago then return to Philadelphia carrying plans to improve the Italian colony in Brazos County. Barra, head of a Philadelphia church and school, praised Bryan's progress and made many friends among locals and other denominations.
Leonard School near Bryan on Finn-Feather Club Road held closing exercises marking a successful term. Forty five pupils enrolled, thirty six on register, with thirty promoted. Easter egg hunt featured 300 eggs and four prize baskets.
John Merka and C B Cox of Independence were business visitors in Bryan on Saturday.
A heavy rainstorm with high winds near Bryan caused extensive damage in the Harvey area. Amon Williams reports about ten tenant houses wrecked, a derrick and tool house blown down, and widespread destruction on farms including C I Eden and J D Goen.
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