Bryan federation seeks tennis courts for youth recreation
Representatives of the Bryan Federation of Young People's Societies asked the city commission to provide one or more tennis courts in Sue Haswell Memorial park or another suitable site. They argued that organized recreation and church-related youth activities benefit the community and youth development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan Federation of Young Peoples Societies
Bryan City Commission
Sue Haswell Memorial Park
East Texas Chamber Urges Action on Oil Overproduction
At the East Texas Chamber of Commerce annual convention in Jacksonville on April 25 Ernest L. Kurth of Lufkin was elected president. Delegates urged the railroad commission and the attorney general to vigorously prosecute overproduction in the East Texas oil field and pressed for reorganization of county governments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Ernest L. Kurth
Lufkin
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Railroad Commission
Attorney General
East Texas
Local Texas Tax Relief Debate At East Texas Chamber Meet
The East Texas Chamber of Commerce sessions centered on Reconstruction Finance Corp criticisms and a push for locals to cut expenditures through reorganizations. Speakers argued local governments bear 82 percent of Texas taxes with $148 million in ad valorem taxes. relief efforts were hampered by federal red tape and lack of admin funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Texas
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Moore Lynn
Electrified irrigation farm grows potatoes near Spearman
April 24 report from Spearman notes the Panhandle Power and Light Company irrigation farm in the Palo Duro valley has 65 acres planted to white potatoes. Early Panhandle settlers doubted potato cultivation in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spearman
Panhandle Power and Light Company
Palo Duro Valley
Panhandle
Roosevelt plan for Tennessee Valley passed by House
Washington April 25 The Roosevelt program to develop the Tennessee Valley using Muscle Shoals properties advanced in the House with a 306 to 91 vote and was sent to the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Tennessee Valley
Muscle Shoals
House
Senate
Dallas business men visit Bryan on brief goodwill tour
A 56 member Dallas business men group led by Lou Harris and his band arrived in Bryan by special train at 1 50 PM for a 40 minute goodwill visit. Local officials including J F Casey and R G Williams welcomed them at the Missouri Pacific station and at a street parade ending near Main and 25th Streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Good Will Trippers
Lou Harris
Morton Merry Millers
Bryan
Merchants of
Dallas Messengers of Good Cheer
Missouri-Pacific
Allen Academy
J. F. Casey
Bryan and Brazos County
Chamber of Commerce
Allen Band
Dallas Envoys
Main
la Salle Hotel
Bryan Street
23Rd Street
25Th Streets
Holmes Bros. Confectionery
Home Furniture Company
Cool Weather Delays Cotton Insect Hatching Across Texas
Dr. F L Thomas of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station reports cool weather slows hatching of cotton flea hopper eggs and suppresses early cotton growth. Central Texas sees higher flea hopper numbers, while San Antonio to Houston areas show lighter infestations due to dry weather. Boll weevil emergence is at a record low in College Station, with only 0.14 percent of last fall’s 5000 weevils having appeared, though weevils are now appearing in wooded cotton fields in warmer regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Thomas
Division of Entomology
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Texas
San Antonio
Houston
College Station
Lions Plan Initiation of Cubs Next Week
Arrangements for twelve new Cub members joining the Lions Club were set at a luncheon. The event will include initiation, entertainment by the Bonehead team, and a speech by Dr. Jos W. Dunnam of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station on termite prevention and general termite facts. Miss Miriam Crute assisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A-M
Lions Clib
Bonehead
Lion Sankey Park
R. C. Franks
Jos W. Dunnam
Division of Entomology
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
College Station
Miriam Crute
College and Bryan PTA Workers Win Honors at Ninth District Meet
The A. and M. Consolidated P T A scrapbook by Mrs C E Landstedt won first place while the Travis P T A scrapbook by Mrs J Linton Robertson earned third at the ninth district Texas Congress of P TAs conference in Taylor. The two day program featured speeches on mental attitudes child health and protection and problems of high school youth with musical performances by the West End School Rhythmic band and Mother Singers Group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College and Bryan
PTA
A. and M. Consolidated Parent- Teacher Association
C. E. Landstedt
Travis P.T. A
Bryan
J. Linton Robertson
Texas Congress of Parent-Teachers Association
E. N. Holmgreen
Bowie P.T. A
American Legion
West End
P. M. Bassel
Temple
B. F. Pittinger
Texas University
Taylor P.T. A
M. B. Holleman
Brenham
U S Census Tests Texas Birth and Death Records Participation
The U S Bureau of the Census conducts a Texas test to assess birth and death registration completeness for federal registration area inclusion. Post cards request twelve months of vital events from each family and must be returned even if already registered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Bureau of the Census
Texas
W. L. Austin
Austin
Bureau of the Census
Plan To Demonstrate Garden Insect Control
Insect Control in the Garden will be demonstrated Friday at 3 p m at Mrs Steele McDonald at Prospect by Miss Blanche Brown county home demonstration agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steele McDonald
Prospect
Blanche Brown
Deadline Near for Crop Loans in Brazos County
Brazos Grimes Leon Madison and Robertson counties face a final three days to file crop production loan applications with the chamber of commerce offices before the April 30 deadline. Eric E. Brown notes 2502 applications so far this district, about three times last year’s total, with average loan amounts similar to 192? figures. He praises county committees and local chambers for strong cooperation. J S Harrison and Ward Templeman accompanied Brown to Bryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazos County
Eric E. Brown
Bryan
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Brown
Brazos
Grimes
Leon
Madison
Robertson
Brown
Bryan and Brazos County
J. S. Harrison
Ward Templeman
Navasots
Two Held to Grand Jury in Whiskey Possession Case
Tony Castoria and Charles Donatella were arrested Thursday night by Chief Tillis and Constable Reed on whiskey possession charges and held to the grand jury Saturday by Justice J. T. McGee with bonds set at $500 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Castoria
Charles Donatella
Tillis
Horace Reed
J. T. McGee
Negro Man Killed Himself on Farm Near Harvey
Jesse McCallum a 40 year old Black man living on the Forrest Jones farm near Harvey apparently shot himself in the left chest with a 12 gauge shotgun about 4 am. An inquest by Justice J T McGee suggested suicide though no verdict yet. His wife slept beside him and did not hear the shot but found him on the floor, gun beneath him. The couple had shown despondency recently and no signs of discord were found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse McCallum
Forrest Jones
Harvey
J. T. McGee
McCallum
J. H. Reed
Horace Reed
Reed
Bishop Quin to Visit Bryan for Confirmation Rite
Rt. Rev. C. S. Quin of Houston, bishop of the diocese of Texas, will attend St Andrew's Episcopal Church in Bryan on Sunday May 7 at 7 30 p m to administer the rite of confirmation. Preparation classes for candidates will be led by Rev. L A Wilson on Wednesdays and Fridays starting April 26 at 7 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. S. Quin
Houston
Diocese of
Texas
St Andrew's Episcopal Church
L. A. Wilson
Child Welfare Nurse Visits Bryan Before Galveston Trip
Miss Celia Moore of Waco itinerant nurse for the Bureau of Child Hygiene and her mother visited Bryan on Saturday. She met her niece Mrs Jack Howell and conferred with county health nurse Edna Abbott Shelton before departing for Galveston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celia Moore
Waco
Bureau of Child Hygiene
Bryan
Galveston
Brazos County Among 67 With Beer License Payments in 1917
The Austin report shows Brazos Burleson Grimes and Robertson counties were among 67 Texas counties where liquor and beer dealers paid licenses in 1917, the year before statewide prohibition. Leon and Madison counties had no dealer licenses and would be ineligible without local option votes if beer becomes legal. The Texas beer bill tax would raise funds to balance the state budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazos
Austin Report
Burleson
Grimes
Robertson
State Comptroller’s
Leon
Madison
Texas
House
Senate
Sanitary Conditions at Rural Schools Spotlighted in Brazos County
Welfare workers report Brazos County rural schools lack sanitary toilets and adequate water, prompting a Monday meeting at the county health nurse's office to discuss survey findings and potential improvements for student welfare and teaching conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazos County
Urse
Court House
Funeral Service For J H Osborn
Funeral services were held in Blue Ridge for J H Osborn aged 70 a Bryan resident for a year after a long illness He died Friday night at his daughter Mrs W S Cousins home Interment was in Blue Ridge cemetery He is survived by six children three sisters and three brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Ridge
J. H. Osborn
Bryan
W. S. Cousins
Mr. Osborn
Mart
Marlin
W. H. Matthews
First Presbyterian Church
Blue Ridge Cemetery
G. L. Osborn
del Rio
J. S. Osborn
Medicine Mound
Hardeman County
Florence Cousins
M. H. Osborn
New York
W. C. Osborn
D. W. Osborn
Cameron
Henry Osborn
Gustine
Bob Osborn
Fannie Smith
Kate Burket
Ella Burkett
West Texas
Funeral Service For Sim Cooper In Bryan
A funeral was held this afternoon for Simeon Cooper in Bryan with a large crowd paying last respects at the family residence. Dr. L B Elrod led prayers and hymns, the Bryan city cemetery burial followed a graveside service, and pallbearers included D Paul Dansby and H P Dansby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Simeon Cooper
L. B. Elrod
Methodist Church
Jesus
Jno W. Black
O. A. Ashworth
E. R. Bryant
Charley Jenkins
Methodist Church Choir
Elrod
Bryan City
D. Paul Dansby
H. P. Dansby
E. J. Jenkins
Olin Sanders
F. T. Cole
W. J. Evans
Baird
Brazos County Sets 44 Man Forest Work Quota
Unofficial notice from Bryan states Brazos County will supply 44 men for state reforestation camps under the Roosevelt unemployment relief program. Only single men admitted with pay of 1 dollar per day plus food and lodging. enlistees must pay their own travel to Houston. County RFC committee will finalize the roster when official notice arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Brazos County
Roosevelt
Houston
R.F.C
Democrat Campaign Push in Brazos County
E W Dunnam became the second Democrat to donate 1.00 toward Brazos county’s 258.80 deficit for the Democratic National Campaign. Burris C Jackson, district chairman, urges all Democrats to contribute at the Eagle office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Dunnam
Brazos County
Eagle
Burris C. Jackson
6Th Congressional District
Bryan Men Enjoy Barbecue And Fox Hunt
Bryan and Brazos county men were treated to a barbecue and fox hunt on the old Democrat Crossing road Thursday night. Roman and Vick, Bullock and Akin, McCulloch Dansby, Humpty Dumpty, Forrest Jones, Lilly Creamery, Texas Company agent E B Elliott, and E E Yeager Hardware provided foods and arrangements with coffee from Duncan Coffee Company. The Tom Cat String Band supplied music as crowds watched fox chases and local entertainments throughout the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Brazos County
Democrat Crossing Road
Roman and Vick
Bullock and
Akin
McCulloch-Dansby
Humpty Dumpty
Forrest Jones
Sinclair
The
Lilly Creamery
E. B. Elliott
Texas Company
E. E. Yeager Hardware Company
Duncan Coffee Company
Future Farmers Entertain With Wiener Roast
The Bryan chapter of the Future Farmers of America hosted a picnic and wiener roast at Pitts Bridge after meeting at Stephen F. Austin High School. About 25 pounds of wieners were roasted with lemonade and a playful battle using lemon rinds. Attendees included Frank Merka Perry Payne Elo Hedtke H C Gibson Maurice Lightsey Joe Locke Albert Slowey Wally Sosolik Fred Cummins B D Foster John Stanford Robert Trant Marshall Tanner Carl Cantella Melvin Dansby Milton Merka Henry Pledger Monroe Bond Walter McGregor Evin Benbow Robert Boriskie Cressle Calby Jack Gregg Maurice Henry Sam Nudhe Milton Elliott Bob Cummings Jack Loony and sponsor Mr and Mrs Cyril Luker. Home economics guests were Misses Anna Whitley Malrine Williamson Marie Benson Imogene Nash Dorothy Davis Bernice Blackwell Doris Moehlman Mallie Tatman Grace Lightsey Olga Hudders Phalba Lee Godwin Martha Carrington Marie Davis and Marjorie Earle Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Future Farmers of America
Stephen F. Austin High School
Pitts Bridge
Frank Merka
Perry Payne
Elo Hedtke
H. C. Gibson
Maurice Lightsey
Joe Locke
Albert Slowey
Wally Sosolik
Fred Cummins
B. D. Foster
John Stanford
Robert Trant
Marshall Tanner
Carl Cantella
Melvin Dansby
Milton Merka
Henry Pledger
Monroe Bond
Walter McGregor
Evin Benbow
Robert Boriskie
Cressle Calby
Jack Gregg
Maurice Henry
Sam Nudhe
Milton Elliott
Bob Cummings
Jack Loony
Cyril Luker
Anna Whitley
Maurine Williamson
Marie Benson
Imogene Nash
Dorothy Davis
Bernice Blackwell
Doris Moehlman
Mallie Tatman
Grace Lightsey
Olga Hudders
Phalba Lee Godwin
Martha Carrington
Marie Davis
Marjorie Earle Miller
Brazos County pair file intention to marry
John Bumnskie and Miss Grace Winslow both of Brazos county have filed notice of intention to marry with County Clerk Clyde Goen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bumnskie
Grace Winslow
Brazos County
Clyde Goen
Little Variation In Temperatures Through The Week
Temperatures ranged little over the week with a high of 85 degrees on Saturday and Sunday and a low of 52 on Thursday. Rainfall occurred Wednesday at about 0.80 inches. daily highs and lows varied modestly across the period.
East Texas county judges convene in Bryan for regional meeting
About 200 East Texas county judges and commissioners, plus visitors from other Texas counties, gather in Bryan for a two day convention. Registration opens at 5 p m at the LaSalle Hotel with sessions in the hotel ballroom. The program includes a banquet at Texas A and M College in Sbisa Hall and a barbecue at Fin Festher club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Texas
Bryan
Texas
Commissioners Courts
Brazos County
Texas A. and
M. College
Extension Service
Sbisa
Fin Festher Club
Chamber of Commerce
B. R. Lindsay
Harrison County
Guy F. Boyett
I. Sturrock
Tyler County
Seere
Casey Freed In Madisonville Murder Case
A jury acquitted Casey, a prominent Northealch citizen, of murder after deliberating under ten minutes in Madisonville. The slaying of Harry Ferrier occurred on June 12, 1931, with testimony beginning Thursday afternoon. Attorneys included k A Berry of Houston and M L Bennett of Normangee for Casey. Maxwell Rogers led the district’s case with Andrew J. Priest of Dallas assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madisonville
S. W. District Court
Casey
Northealch
Harry Ferrier
K. A. Berry
Houston
M. L. Bennett
Normangee
Max Rogers
Andrew J. Priest
Dallas
Program Staged By Bryan Group At Rural Prospect School
A Bryan group from College Avenue Baptist church presented a Friday night program at Prospect school featuring music readings and humor. D. Cargill Fred Jolly Louis Thompson provided string selections, a quartet performed led by W S Barron and Harold Sanders, readings were read by Mary Ann Black Mary Louise Jones Alta Lee Bullock and Maureen Neeley, with Gordon Mitchell performing the Uncle Josh stunt and cocoa and cake served after. Prospect school trustees Clint Manning Joe Beal Ren Lampe Sam Emola organized the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prospect School
Price
College Avenue Baptist Church
Bryan
D. Cargill
Fred Jolly
Louis Thompson
W. S. Barron
W. G. Sims
Harold Sanders
Mary Ann Black
Mary Louise Jones
Alta Lee Bullock
Maurine Neeley
Josh Stunt
Gordon Mitchell
Cocoa and
Cake
Clint Manning
Joe Beal
Ren Lampe
Sam Emola
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Homer Pucket
E. L. Blanchard
Hugo Schoellkopf
Frank Kidd
Claude Littlepage
Clarence Norsworthy
J. Ben Critz
J. Burrell Padgitt
E. F. Anderson
Wholesale Merchants’ Association
W. R. Burns
Jack Robinson
Allen Ater
George Bowers
People’s Column
Etex C. C
NEW Potato Section
Tennessee
Business Men OF
Band of Allen
Men of City
U.S
Texas State
Quin
J.H. Osborn
Sim Cooper
Brazos Co
Weiner
ETEX
Bryan Group
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