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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1936
Page
1
A reflective piece compares education and utilities to a nervous system and brain, envisioning a unified city college and county. It highlights electrification of rural areas and the need for a cohesive social and economic unit powered by farmers and laborers.
Mrs. C. L. Beason in Methodist hospital after a blood transfusion. Another transfusion planned Thursday and Saturday with blood from Miss Margaret Benson and Mrs. Jim Eddy. Mrs. R. E. Jones improves at St Joseph's hospital. New admissions include Mrs. F. W. Hensel of College Station and Hilton O Pry of Bryan.
County Agent C L Beason and daughter Elliott traveled to Houston where Mrs Beason remains in Methodist Hospital after a major operation. Elliott Beason will give blood for the transfusion this morning as friends hope for her speedy recovery.
Mrs. E P Humbert of College regent of William Scott Chapter D A R was in Bryan this afternoon securing signatures from all local D A R members. She aims to file them in the state archives at Austin and help raise funds for the State D A R Centennial headquarters in Dallas.
Bryan Chapter No. 222 Order of the Eastern Star met Monday at 8 in Masonic Hall. Floral decor highlighted the room as Miss Elizabeth Suber and Dr. Frederick A. Burt presided with Mrs. Pansy H. McCullough as secretary. Ollie Lamb was initiated. attendees included chapter officers and many members. Refreshments followed served by Corrie S. Dodson.
The Texas Highway Commission announces a one mile concrete paving project on Highway 244 linking the Texas A and M College Administration building to Highway 6. The four new projects total 300000 dollars with bids opening April 28 and 29. Commencement Week paving is not anticipated. work may begin after thirty days and finish in about forty days, improving campus access and all weather travel between the campus and highways.
Funeral services were held at Caldwell for Judge Richard J. Alexander who died in his bed early Monday. Aged 71, he served Burleson County as county attorney, county judge, and district judge before retiring in 1934. He is survived by his wife, one son W. J. Alexander, a present county judge, a brother N. S. Alexander, a sister Maude Alexander of El Paso, and nieces and nephews.
The Red Cross office at City Hall appeals for quilt scraps to aid women across the county without quilts. A donation box is available in the Red Cross office and needy women will collect scraps there, as even small contributions multiply when combined.
At College Avenue Baptist church a Sunday ordination united 22 men as deacons. Rev Williams delivered the charge from Isaiah 42 1 after the lesson from Romans 12. A male quartet sang I am Trusting God as the group received their certificates.
G W Orms of the Extension Service at Texas A and M told Bryan Lions the new soil building AAA is a beautiful program and more popular than the old plan. He noted a cotton acreage increase idea for Brazil and urged realistic acreage targets for Texas. A district convention delegate was elected and plans for the Amateur show ballots were set.
Miss Fannie Ratchford librarian at the University of Texas Wrenn Library and Mrs. S G Garret of San Antonio under the Rockefeller Foundation search Brazos county homes built before the Civil War. The effort aims to form a social history of Texas and they are joined by Mrs S J Alexander of Hearne in Bryan.
Farmers in Brazos and surrounding counties welcomed Thursday’s and Friday’s rainfall that brought 1.17 inches in Bryan and 0.58 inch in College Station. The moisture reached ground, with rainfall general but spotty in places. Opinions varied on corn crop prospects after the soaking.
Former Brazos County resident Mrs. Addie Herndon Dunn died after falling ill while visiting Wheelock. She was buried in Tearne cemetery beside her late husband in Teague after funeral services there. Survived by daughter Nancy Dunn Ham of Teague. relatives include Almera Dunn Mary Jane Dunn Elizabeth Curry and Henry Herndon.
Bryan and College Station residents will attend the Texas Conference of Social Welfare in Worth April 22 23 24. Daniel Russell professor of sociology at A M College chairs the conference and will preside Thursday at 2 45 PM. Mrs J L Brock of Bryan discusses a hospital plan for the rural community. R H Bush of Bryan College Station speaks on social significance of agricultural extension work.
Despite heavy rain a good crowd attended the Stephen F. Austin high school auditorium Thursday evening for Gertrude Tonkonogy's comedy Three-Cornered Moon performed by a local cast to benefit Brazos County rural library. Mrs. W. E. Neeley announced a small sum was cleared, exact amount not yet known, with several cast members and a dance group from the Duffy School of the Dance providing entertainment.
In Austin on April 20 the State Highway Commission ordered a probe into Texas liability for repairing old Highway 6 from Bryan to near the Navajo river. Brazos County officials claimed the route wasn’t formally turned back after the new road opened, while representatives argued the road remained in good condition.
Three hundred week-old chickens, a brooder, and a small building were destroyed by fire on the Will Henderson place west of Kurten off Highway 21. Loss is estimated at about $200. Mrs. Henderson discovered the fire early Saturday while tending the brooder. cause under investigation.
Jack Shelton announces that applications from farmers for the new soil conservation act will be accepted starting Monday April 27. Brazos county committeemen will meet Saturday to study plan details and assist farmers in completing applications.
Bryan and College Station residents appear among officers and speakers as Southeast division Texas State Teachers Association convenes in Beaumont for a three day meeting. S. M. Brown leads Bryan schools as president with J Ver non Brown on the board and W L Hughes of A and M College heading the constitution committee.
The Bryan Rotary Club sponsors a Music Festival to raise funds for the Stephen Faustin high school band. Trophies, large silver loving cups, arrive and will be displayed in local shop windows before the event. Five Texas bands from Brenham Caldwell Cameron Marlin and Bryan will perform with about 300 students participating. The contest includes marching numbers followed by a massed concert directed by each band’s director.
At a Bryan Cemetery Association meeting at City Hall the annual election named Mrs. Jac. E. Astin as president and new officers including F. L. Cavitt and Mrs. Mary Carr. The group mourned the death of Mrs. John K. Parker and noted the resignation of E. J. Jenkins as president.
J. E. Gammon has been named investigator for the Texas Old Age Assistance Commission in Brazos county by Orville Carpenter, state director. Robert Polansky urged applicants to bring proof of age and residence for the past nine years, listing possible documents and stressing no guess work.
A San Saba city council of women orders men not to shave until the town marks its 80th anniversary on June 4 and Texas Independence Day. Female marshals will police exposed features after May 1, with the first shave a major offense and subsequent shaves each a separate offense.
Miss Helen Schustreller faces a theft by bailee charge for allegedly renting a horse from Huffines Riding Stables and not returning it. She posted bond and a preliminary examining trial in Justice A J Buchan’s court will be scheduled. The horse remains unrecovered, per Constable D D Jolly.
Local service station staff wear Centennial hats as part of their uniforms for Texas hundredth anniversary celebrations.
Steep Hollow church filled Sunday at 3 PM for the funeral of John W Hicks of Steep Hollow born April 18, 1875 died on his 61st birthday April 18, 1936. Rev E E Carrington led the service with Rev W H Andrew assisting. burial at Reliance cemetery. Surviving are wife Laura Mims Hicks and four sons Walter Audie Bert Oliver, plus two sisters J W Mathis and S W Hemphill. Active pallbearers and honorary pallbearers named.
Leaders from church and state join soldiers sailors teachers and citizens at the San Jacinto battlefield near Houston to honor Texas independence in an 18 minute battle. Governor Allred delivers the principal address as state offices close. San Felipe and San Antonio also hold related observances with parades and fetes.
The Bryan College Natural History Society will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m in the Assembly Hall. Dr F E Giesecke will discuss a Canada trip and show films while Sierra scenery and wildlife are featured. Plans for a Big Thicket weekend trip will be announced with a 12 45 p m assembly at the college library Saturday.
Mr and Mrs D C DeMaret traveled to Waco to attend the funeral of their kinsman Joe Fowlkes Hunter who died at his Killeen home April 17 and was buried in Waco at 2 pm. The 63 year old son of the late Dr and Mrs J W Hunter is survived by his wife Beulah and siblings Ross Hunter Mattie Hunter Goodall Lillie Hunter Works and Laura Hunter Crabbs. Funeral services were at Clay Street Methodist Church and burial followed in Oakwood cemetery.
Firemen battled a small blaze Saturday at the old school building in Oak Grove addition caused by a defective flue. Damage was slight and no injuries were reported.
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