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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1922
Page
7
The Bryan Rotary Club hosted Governor George Holmgreen of the Texas district who announced the district will be known as the Thirteenth District. He praised local unity and the club’s educational work and Boy Scout support. The gathering included a wide group of local officials and residents.
Six carloads of cattle were shipped from Bryan last week for west Texas via Marlin. Conyer's Livestock & Feed Corp plans two more carloads this week, manager W. G. Reynolds says. Cattle were bought from Brazos County farmers and stock raisers at satisfactory prices. Some dealers note cattle may ship to Fort Worth despite tick eradication quarantines.
Willie Blazek and Martha Fuschak were married at St Josephs Rectory last Thursday at 8 pm with Father J B Gleissner officiating. The groom is a prosperous Bryan businessman and the wedding theme was gray. Friends extend wishes for long happiness.
County Clerk A S McSwain issued marriage licenses in Brazos County in the recent ten days. Couples listed include Walter Davis and Ann Marshall, Henry Jones and Alfie Lee Nelson, Robert Moseley and Lizzie Brown, Drummond Sample and Maggie Barnett, Callie Dave and Roberta Webster, John Blaha and Ollie Mikulenko, Eli Peterson and Lee Quirter, Willie J Blazek and Martha Fuschak, James Parm and Mettie Brown.
Bryan optometrist J. W. Payne returns from Dallas after a week spent at the Jewelers and Optometrists conventions. He notes the optometrists meeting was the largest ever held in Texas with strong educational programs and lectures by experts from Dallas Kansas City Chicago and eastern cities.
Huntsville Texas April 24 The prison library destroyed by fire is being rebuilt with donations from across the state. Chaplain Dickey reported a truckload of books from Bryan organized by C R Gard ner and a $50 check from Gen Forrest Lodge No 17 Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. An additional 406 funds were received to replace lost musical instruments.
Hon Mr Forga of Peru visits his son L A Forga at A and M College Textile Engineering Department. He tours Eagle office with Walter J Coulter and expresses strong interest in educational and manufacturing issues as a leading national figure.
General and Mrs H B Stoddard depart at noon for Fort Worth to attend the Texas grand encampment Knights Templar. They will then proceed to New Orleans for the grand encampment Knights Templar of America.
The Bry an Building and Loan Association held a Wednesday afternoon board meeting at the Chamber of Commerce rooms. President W. H. Cole presided with Secretary S. E. Eberstadt at the desk. Attending were H. O. Boatwright J. B. Bagley A. H. Leidigh Wilson Bradley Robert Armstrong W. S. Barron W. S. Higgs S. E. Eberstadt and F. L. Henderson.
Mrs G S Parker entertained at Elk's club parlors with a brilliant bridge party and luncheon at the Green Parrot on Monday afternoon honoring Miss Ava Haswell whose marriage to Mr Stiles Giraud will be solemnized on Saturday April 29. E 3 Fountain bought the Hall home near Bryan High School on East 29th Street and expect to move by May 1. Mrs Coulter and her children visiting from Hillsboro with Coulter relatives en route to Rockdale.
C R Gardner Sr leads fifteen Sunday School boys from First Methodist Bryan on a five o clock trip to Huntsville with a truck and car carrying 1200 books and 1000 pounds of magazines for the penitentiary library. The effort, aided by Bryan City Commissioners and City Manager E E McAdams, honors the boys as they camp out and return to Bryan tomorrow.
Snell Post Veterans of the World War names Commander R. W. Hunnicutt Adjutant A. C. Taylor and K. C. Carpenter as delegates to the first Texas state convention in Waco early May. The group also considers sending delegates to the national San Francisco convention June 6. Large attendance, discussions on vital ex-service concerns, and baseball team enthusiasm against Bedias noted.
A. B. Carson reports the United States government tentatively holds Citizens' Military Training camps at El Paso Denver Fort Sill and San Antonio with an estimated attendance of about 3000 from July 27 to August 26 Applications are now being received for admission to these camps.
Bryan, Texas reporters praise the recent Knights of Khorssan gathering in Houston. Sheriff L. E. Morehead and C. C. Cummings lead a Bryan group that included C. L. Eden S. M. Barr Emmett Wallace Sam E. B. Kauffman Jeff Cole T. H. Haltom and others. Nearly 100 novices received degrees followed by a banquet.
Belton Texas April 24 Miss Louise Pipkin daughter of the Rev and Mrs J J Pipkin of Bryan was among fifty honor roll students from about nine hundred. She holds several Baylor offices including secretary of the Campbell B Y P U treasurer of the Royal Academia Literary Society and member of the Brazos Club and Education Club.
In Bryan Brazos County Texas the Galveston News reports farmers embrace crop diversification away from cotton. Tobacco, ribbon cane, potatoes and limited wheat appear as trials with Joe Saladiner producing about 1800 pounds of tobacco and planning 25 acres next year. Some farmers profit from potatoes while others expect cotton acreage to fall in parts of the county.
Evangelist L. Swindle held a revival at the Christian church in Bryan with ministers from several denominations in attendance. Doctors and reverends from the Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Free Baptist, and Christian churches joined in the Friday night services led by Rev. C. N. Calmes.
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Five hundred members and guests from the First Methodist church of Bryan enjoyed a six hour picnic in C. G. Walker's pasture two miles north on the Benchley road. Committees arranged meals with barbecue beef and mutton, cakes, pies, and drinks while games for all ages provided entertainment.
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