Smith-Hughes Contests At Texas A M Draw 8000 On Campus
In College Station 293 of 450 white high schools in Texas sent 2,350 boys to the twentieth annual Smith-Hughes vocational agriculture contests at Texas A and M College. About 8,000 teachers, alternates, and visitors attended, with 790 teams competing across ten contests. Winners received permanent trophies designed in the agricultural engineering shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Texas
Smith-Hughes
Texas A. & M. College
School of Agriculture
Division of Vocational Agriculture
State Department of Education
E. J. Kyle
L. A. Woods
Austin
J. B. Rutland
A. B. Emmert
Dallas
Texas Cotton Cooperative Association
Houston
Houston Chamber of Commerce
E.R. Alexander
Dean E. J. Kyle
D. H. Reid
W. L. Hughes
Henry Ross
Legislator’s plea ties up House Joint Resolution 10
The editor questions retroactive terms in House Joint Resolution No 10 which would extend all Precinct County and District official terms from two to four years. He argues incumbents gain two extra years without a new vote and calls for a 1938 vote and a 1939 start to four year terms. He notes wide county official support but seeks public input.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan Daily Eagle
Postcard notes from Frances James Mexico City visit
Miss Frances James with her aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Waller T Burns tours Mexico enjoying palm gardens quaint towns and two weeks in Mexico City. Mrs Mary Sims of Wellborn and daughter Mrs W L Jones of Hughes Springs visited Solon Griffiths home Monday evening. Mrs C B Holzman and Miss Louise Pipkin also called. W S Howell Jr was called to New York Sunday on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances James
Mexico
Waller T. Burns
Palm Gardens
James
Burns
Mexico City
Mary Sims
Wellborn
W. L. Jones
Hughes Springs
Solon Griffith
C. B. Holzman
Louise Pipkin
Griffith
Jones
W. S. Howell, Jr
New York
Declare Traffic Hazards War At Committee Meet
Prof C M Bethany of the State Safety Committee tells the Brazos Traffic Safety Council the war on traffic hazards is on. The first meeting names temporary officers G S Parker Jr and Mrs L A Spell with Bruner Casey and Mrs Travis Pryan on the nominating committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Bethany
State Safety Committee
Brazos Traffic Safety Council
G. S. Parker, Jr
L. A. Spell
P. W. Bruner
J. F. Casey
Fred L. Sloop
J. H. Sikes
Travis B. Bryan
G. G. Foster
W. E. Wimberly
C. B. Thompson
Funeral Service Held On Tuesday For Joe Evans
Joe Evans died Monday night after a week long illness. Funeral services were held Tuesday from Sanders-McCullough Mortuary with Dr. W H Andrew officiating. Burial was in Bryan City Cemetery. Evans, born September 27, 1914 in Dallas, was the son of W W Evans and Mrs Evans of Seymour. His father is noted for Extension Service work in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanders-McCullough Mortuary, Inc
Joe Evans
W. H. Andrew
First Baptist Church
Bryan City Cemetery
First Baptist
First Methodist
Evans
Mr. Evans
Dallas
W. W. Evans
Seymour
Texas
Fifteen Bryan College Students Win High Academic Honors
At Texas A and M College for the first semester, ten Bryan and seven College Station students earned distinguished student ranks. Eight students earned perfect grades, all A in each course, with averages from 93 to 100. Named Bryan scholars include H T Barron J P Cunningham H E Hampton R L Hearn J B Jackson R King J S Rogers E L Sample Roy C Garrett W E Nash. Bryan and College Station lists provide additional names and colleges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Bryan
Texas A. and
M. College
E. J. Howell
Howell
Texas A
Richard N. Conolly
Corpus Christi
Edward D. Coulson
Houston
Herbert E. Hampton
Noble D. Jones
Dallas
Ed C. Kluender
James A. Power
Bartlett
Andrew P. Rollins Jr
Marion W. Sims
Denton
H. T. Barron
J. P. Cunningham
H. E. Hampton
R. L. Hearn
J. B. Jackson
R. King
J. S. Rogers
E. L. Sample
Roy C. Garrett
W. E. Nash
Cc, Fink
G. G. Hampton Jr
H. N. Shea
J. O. Silvey
S. B. Smith
V. Tierstein
H. C. White
Russian cotton region rich but needs irrigation
Charles Stanley, who demonstrated a mechanical cotton picker in a Soviet 2000 mile southeast of Moscow region, returned to Weatherford. He described an arid prairie area with rich soil needing irrigation, camel caravan transport, limited tourism, and later rail gauges wider than Western Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Stanley
Russia
Moscow
Tennessee
Stanley
Europe
Central Asia
Changing of The Kept Rev Jackson From School Blast
Rev. and Mrs. R. L. Jackson of New London go to College Station to retrieve their son Aubrey Lee a student at A and M for the weekend. Rev. Jackson says a tire blowout kept him from the school explosion and he hopes such a sight never happens again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Jackson
New London
College Station
Aubrey Lee
Rev. Jackson
Funeral Service Held Friday For Ex Service Man
Funeral services were held Friday at 4 p.m. from the McCulloch Dansby chapel for Thomas Edwin Phillips who died Thursday morning after a brief pneumonia illness. Rev. E S Bledsoe officiated with Earl Graham Post 159 American Legion escorting the body to Bryan City cemetery where interment followed and taps were sounded. Phillips, born August 2 1897 in Madison County, was 39 years old at death. He served in the Marine Corps from May 4 1917 to May 38 1920, and is survived by five children Vera Mae Lurline Roy Thomas and Robert and by one brother and two half brothers and a sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCulloch-Dansby
Thomas Edwin Phillips
E. S. Bledsoe
First Christian Church
Earl Graham Post
American Legion
Legion
Bryan City Cemetery
Brazos County
Thomas FE. Phillips
Madison County
Thomas E. Phillips
Marine Corps
Norfolk
Vera Mae
Lurline
Roy
Thomas
Robert
Robert Phillips
W. H. Robertson
A. J. Robertson
Sadie Peckham
Bryan
New Texas Almanac Pan American Gift Update
The 1937 supplement to the Texas Almanac from A. H. Belo publishers arrives with Pan-American Exposition praise. Two pages detail the Exposition and offer new and valuable Texas information between its covers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Belo Corporation
Dallas News
Eagle
Texas
Wilkerson Returns From Flight to St Louis
Dr. L. O. Wilkerson returned home Sunday afternoon after a trip from Bryan to Stanton Tennessee and St Louis. He reported a fine journey with good weather and no trouble of any kind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. O. Wilkerson
Bryan
Stanton, Tenn
St. Louis
Deer Planting Planned for Brazos and Grimes Counties
Sam E. Cavitt game warden says a truck load of 12 to 15 deer will be released in the Navasota bottoms of Brazos and Grimes counties as the first step in restocking. He notes efforts aim to expand turkey release as well with turkey already thriving in Leon county and expected to spread here soon. Cavitt cites protection of planted game and predicts future first class hunting after a five year period. Fishing season opens May 1 and squirrel hunting begins May 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazos
Grimes
Navasota
Sam E. Cavitt
Cavitt
Leon County
Brazos Sportsmen Meet for Texas Wildlife Conservation
Brazos County sportsmen and wildlife conservationists joined 200 attendees in Austin for the Texas Wildlife Conference and Wildlife Federation meeting. They urged Gov. Allred to back three measures including a universal hunting license and a $75 000 biennial appropriation for Texas A M College. The group opposed Gulf oil drilling and touted voluntary land preserves totaling over 1 000 000 acres stocked by the university under the funding. Delegates from Brazos included Dr. Walter P. Taylor D R. Reid Sam E. Cavitt and Valgen Lehmann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Brazos County
Austin
Texas Wildlife Conference
Texas Wildlife Federation
James V. Allred
Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Texas A. & M. College
Gulf
R. E. Callender
Extension Service
Burt to Preside Over Science Academy Meet
Frederick A. Burt of the A. and M. College geology department and secretary of the Texas Academy of Science will attend Edinburg for the science academy meeting. He will serve as general chairman during the Friday and Saturday event, one of four such meetings statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick A. Burt
A. & M. College Department of Geology
Texas Academy of Science
Edinburg
Science Academy
el Paso
Allen Academy Coach Leslie Bowen Dies in Dallas
Leslie Bowen, Allen Academy head of romance languages and assistant baseball coach, died after a pneumococcal infection at Methodist Hospital in Dallas. Born 1909, he previously led language departments at Westminster Junior College and Texas Wesleyan, and taught at the Academy since September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Bowen
Allen Academy
Methodist Hospital
Dallas
Bowen
Bryan
Academy
Southern Methodist University
Westminster Junior College
Texas Wesleyan College
Fort Worth
Westminster
Texas Wesleyan
C. L. Bowen
Texas
Young Cotton Classers Making Good Record
L. M. Richardson, a cotton classifier for the South Texas Cotton Cooperative and Robstown school teacher, visited with Tom Field of Brazos Valley. Richardson’s student won the first place cup at Texas A and M. contests, and his classers placed in the upper brackets at the Smith Hughes contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. M. Richardson
South Texas Cotton Cooperative Association
Robstown
Tom Field
Brazos Valley Cotton Cooperative
Richardson
Texas A. and J
Smith- Hughes
A. and
M. College
Nurses and volunteers host near hundred crippled children clinic
The Bryan Rotary Club sponsored a crippled children’s clinic at First Baptist church basement in Brazos County. Dr. G. W. N. Eggers oversaw exams for 98 patients, with 54 white and 44 black, directing 43 to family physicians and 33 to hospitalization. Lunch served to 250 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crippled Children’s Clinic
Bryan Rotary Club
Bryan
G. W. N. Eggers
Galveston
Crippled Children’s Division
Department of Vocational Education
Austin
Edna Shelton
Eggers
Edith Haveman
Brazos County
John W. Black Jr
J. Josey
Burleson
Grimes
Robertson
Madison
Lee
Eggert
Woman’s Club
American Legion Auxiliary
Club
Stephan Ice & Bottling Company
Lilly Creamery
Funeral Held For William C. Washington Jr at SFAHi
Funeral services for William C. Washington Jr son of Lieut Col and Mrs W C Washington were held from his home and St Joseph s Catholic church in a service attended by Stephen F Austin High School seniors and the schools band Boy Scouts formed a guard of honor and pallbearers included classmates Edward Bush David Benson Joe Dyer Malcolm Smith Ernest Eudaly and Walter Holden. He was born Sept 4 1919 at Fort Crockett Galveston and survived by his parents two sisters Ann and Jane and a brother Robert. Interment followed at Galveston Memorial Cemetery Hitchcock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
William C. Washington, Jr
W. C. Washington
Stephen F. Austin High School
J. B. Gleissner
Sanders-McCullough Mortuary, Inc
Galveston Memorial
Hitchcock
Ann
Jane
Robert
Galveston Memorial Cemetery
Edward Bush
David Benson
Joe Dyer
Malcolm Smith
Ernest Eudaly
Walter Holden
Bryan Women Elected By Press Association
Mrs Dona Carnes elected first vice president of the Texas Women's Press Association at the Rice hotel Houston session. Miss Frances Branch named secretary and won best short story prize. Mrs Pearl Lyle Ward elected president with Jan Isa belle Fortune and Mrs Ross Woodall as 2nd and 3rd vice presidents. Other officers include Mrs Ross Jenkins treasurer Mrs Alex Adams auditor and Mrs Nancy Richey Ransom poet laureate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dona Carnes
Texas Women’s Press Association
Rice Hotel
Houston
Frances Branch
Pearl Lyle Ward
Rusk
Jan Isabelle Fortune
Dallas
Ross Woodall
Huntsville
Bryan
Ross Jenkins
Alex Adams
San Antonio
Nancy Richey Ransom
Cattle Club Secretary Visits A & M College
T D Simons executive secretary for the Texas Jersey Cattle club traveled from Fort Worth to Plainview after several days at A M College assisting in judging at the Dairy Cattle Show Saturday night. He was joined by Prof C N Shepardson head of the dairy husbandry department at A M. Both will help judge a dairy show at Plainview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cattle Club
A&m College
T. D. Simons
Fort Worth
Texas Jersey Cattle Club
Plainview
A. & M. College
Simons
C. N. Shepardson
Prof
Shepardson
Conlee Named Police Chief and Bond Cut in Bryan
Bryant city commissioners reduced the high school bond from 350000 to 280000 with May 18 election kept. Conlee, ex-Brazos sheriff, named police chief at 1800 yearly salary. Fire and Police budget raised 425. Dr. Grant chosen city health officer. old Traction ROW eyed for street use. school trustees reappointed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryant City Commissioners
Bryan
Conlee
E. E. Yeager
Jess Conlee
K. T. Tillis
Tillis
Brazos County
R. B. Grant
R. Henry Harrison Jr
Bryan and College Traction Company
R. G. Williams
N. A. Stewart
Ivan Langford
E. J. Jenkins
Travis B. Bryan
Lamar Jones
R. V. Armstrong
Property Owners Must Render To Vote On May 18
City attorney F L Henderson says the 1937 tax roll will determine who may vote in the school bond election on May 18. Only residents who render their property, personally or via an agent, are eligible. Rendering at City Hall is required. mere listing as taxable does not grant voting rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Henderson
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People’s Column
Weatherford
Jackson
Wilkerson
Conservation
Texas Wildlife
Homer Sylvester
Cass County
Nebraska
Cass
Big City
Plattsmouth
Topeka
Kas
Burt
Allen
Sfahi
Press Association
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