Fire damages room as Coy Jones survives home blaze
Special to the Eagle April 28 Coy Jones inhaled smoke while rescuing items from his mother’s burning house. He was unconscious and rushed to Bryan Hospital but recovering as doctors worked to avert pneumonia. Neighbors fought the fire, which started in a clothes closet, preventing spread to other rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coy Jonesee
Bryan
Sam Graham
Coy
Missionary Baptist Church
Jesse John
J. C. Davidson
Jesse
Betsy Johns
Harvey
Local notes from Reliance April showers and visits
April showers reach Reliance with farmers turning to floristry. Local residents visit Bryan and Steep Hollow families. News of ill child and various Sunday meetings, travel to Houston, and kinship visits across Bryan, Kurten, and Smetana.
That's One On Bill Is Play at Millican School
Millican school will stage its annual play That's One On Bill on Friday night April 30 at the school auditorium. Admission is a dime with proceeds aiding the diploma fund. Uncle Jimmy offers $100,000 with a string, while Bill and Battling Bennie Bozo clash over the money. the ending reveals Uncle's wishes. Dr and Mrs Jno W Black attended the Graves Cummings wedding in Hearne at the First Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millican School
Jimmy
Bill
Bennie Bozo
Jimmie
Jno. W. Black
Hearne
Charter Night for Izaak Walton League of Bryan Planned
The Brazos county chapter seeks official charter with 30 members paid and more expected by May 6. Speakers urge public access to wildlife resources, promote artificial lakes and reservoirs, and highlight fishing and hunting as community benefits under state protections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaak Walton League OF
Bryan
Izaak Walton League of America
Chicago
Dallas
Brazos County
A. S. Ware
Jackson
Izaak Walton League
League
Farm Club Notes and Local Happenings in Brazos County
County Agent C J Benson reports on equipment needs for farming and the value of service clubs in supporting boys and girls club work in Oklahoma and Minnesota. Updates include upcoming joint club Meeting May 7, a pie eating contest, contest standings, a poultry talk by Dr D H Reid, date changes for Steep Hollow meetings, melon lice vigilance, baby chick losses at Steep Hollow, and garden contest entries in Brazos County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Benson
United States Department of Agriculture
E. C. Torrey
Minnesota Extension Service
Commercial Club
Kiwanis Club
Rotary Club
West Ottertail County
Oklahoma
Frances Smith
United States
Minnesota
Shirock
Steele's Store Club
Steele’s Store
Ignak Kulak
Peter Catalina
Pete
Waterloo
S . ©Ian
Howell Lumber Company
Steep Hollow
Erma Bullock
Raymond Moore
Rhode Island
Reid
William Scott Chapter D A R to Meet May First
William Scott Chapter D A R will meet Saturday afternoon May 1 at 3 30 o clock at the home of Mrs. J Allen Myres. Every member is urged to be present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Scott
J. Allen Myres
Shirock Boys Baseball Beats Wellborn 9 to 3
Shirock school boys defeated Wellborn 9 to 3 on Tuesday afternoon. Jerome Kulak pitched the first inning, Johnnie Atkins caught, then Atkins pitched six innings with Allen Gandy catching. Eddie Kulak hit a homer driving in two runs, while Wellborn’s David McMinn struggled with wild pitches and walks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirock
Wellborn
Jerome Kulak
Johnnie Atkins
Jerome
Allen Gandy
Atkins
David McMinn
Eddie Kulak
Adolph Watthaber
A. J. Tabor
Charlie Dominek
Lewis Sebesta
J. W. McCulloch
Health club youths publish rhymes on hygiene in county schools
In Reliance Wellborn and Shirock junior health clubs under Miss Ella Bandelin, upper grade members wrote four line rhymes about health work. The Eagle prints several verses. Annie Maxena Gandy urges brushing teeth and nails before play. Florine Burkhalter promotes vegetables and neat dress. Woodrow Gandy warns about germs between teeth and dentist visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reliance
Wellborn
Shirock
Miss Ella Bandelin
Miss Bandelin
Eagle
Kurten Club to Stage Play Saturday Night
The Kurten Community Club presents The Path Across the Hall at 8:00 pm in the auditorium. Admission is free and the public is invited. The ten member cast is coached by Mrs. Will Henderson, featuring local youths in a home talent production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kurten
Will Henderson
Bullock Seeks Sunday League Highlights From Allanreed
Horace Bullock star pitcher for the Harvey Club in Bryan Sunday School Baseball League writes The Eagle from Allanreed Texas seeking coverage of league games. He notes his Allanteed team beat McLean 12 to 6 in seven innings with rain ending play and records 19 strikeouts no hits and runs allowed on errors. He hopes to visit Bryan and watch several games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Bullock
Harvey Club
Bryan
Bryan Lions Club
The
Eagle
Allanreed
Texas
Allanteed
McLean
Bullock
Fror
Temperature Records For The Week At A. and M. College
The past week shows consistent temperatures with an average maximum of 73.9 and average minimum of 61. Rainfall totaled 2.80 inches with the wettest day on April 21 at 2.95 inches. Sunday recorded the only sub 60 reading at 49.5, while the week’s high was 80.5 on Monday and the lowest maximum 68 on Wednesday. The minimums varied 31 degrees from the low to high extremes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Division of Entomology
A. and M. College
F. L. Thomas
Union Service Honors Dr. T. G. Watts in Milledgeville
One of Milledgeville's largest church audiences gathered at the Presbyterian church for a farewell union service to Dr. Thomas Gordon Watts who has accepted a call to First Presbyterian Church in Bryan Texas. He preached his last sermon Sunday night as pastors from all local churches paid tribute and lauded his civic and welfare work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle
Milledgeville
Milledgeville Presbyterian Church
Thomas Gordon Watts
Watts
First Presbyterian Church
Bryan
Texas
Dr. Watts
City Uses Tractor for Street Grading and Cemetery CleanUp
Municipal notes report the tractor shifting from street maintenance to grading after rain washouts. Workers extend work on Plotzer Avenue and Buchanan bend, with crews in Bryan Cemetery prepping for the season. Water tower construction proceeds toward May completion and brickwork on the power plant addition is accelerated amid improving weather. Street lighting expansions noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plotzer Avenue
Buchanan
W. R. Sanders
Directory to Be Arranged of C I A Exes of Bryan
The C I A Club seeks a directory of all college women residing in Bryan and College Station. The directory may interest the C SA Club and other county clubs. Fill out the coupon and mail by May 1 to Miss Mildred Horton Extension Service College Station with name street city college attended state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. I. A. Club
Bryan
College Station
C. SA
Miss Mildred Horton
Extension Service
Kurten News Roundup From Local Happenings
Mrs W F Odom and daughters Gussie and Pansy shopped in Bryan on Monday. Families visited, graduates attended the Tabor exercises, and a play was planned at the school auditorium. Sickness, clover fodder, and cow illnesses were noted, with social events including a dance in the hall Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kurten
W. F. Odom
Gussie
Pansy
Bryan
J. W. Hall
Hall
Johnnie Koppe
Gussie Odom
Marguerite Buchanan
Virginia Kurten
Annie
Fannie
Eula Beth Locke
Tabor
R. M. Dansby
Martel
W. H. Buchanan
Pansy Odom
Florine Lang
Jim
Louis
Milton Kurten
Eugene Beard
Walter Lawless
S. S. Kelley
Otto Plagens
Lopie Klintworth
W. B. Kelley
Irvin Lawless
Brazos Students Benefit From Sears Roebuck Loan at A M College
Over 170 students in the 1925 26 school year at Texas A M College benefited from the Sears Roebuck Agricultural Foundation loan fund of 25000 dollars. The fund, administered by the Ex Students Association, supports Bryan College Station and Brazos county students who work their way through college with various jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas A. and M. College
Sears-Roebuck Agricultural Foundation
A. K. Short
Dallas
Brazos County
W. B. Boyd
College Station
W. P. Gayle
Bryan
B. F. Risinger
Willard Hayden
Ashburn
Epworth League Institute attendance from Millican area
Millican residents report a fine time at the Epworth League Institute in Navasota with a Millican party including Rev J W McCrary Jr and several local youths. Bro Windsor of Waco preached engaging sermons at the Baptist church across Saturday and Sunday, drawing solid crowds and positive reactions. Carroll Jameson visited kin, and Kirkland Edwards with family spent Sunday at Mrs S E Dunlap’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle
Millican
Epworth League Institute
Navasota
J. W. McCrary, Jr
Nannie Mae Williams
Sylvia Meredith
Georgia Earl Dunlap
Margaret Davis
Kirkland Edwards
Williams
Meredith
McCrary
Bro. Windsor
Waco
Baptist Church
Bro. Winsdor
Carroll Jameson
Mr. Jameson
College
William Seely
Thelma Seely
S. E. Dunlap
Boone Prairie Social Notes Highlight Visits and Illness
Marsh and Inez Mitchell of Beck Prairie visited friends and relatives in Boone Prairie this week. Families including Whittingtons, Carters, and Ellisons shared Sunday visits and prayers for ailing Mr. Johnson, with extended kin from Palestine Beaumont Houston and Oklahoma in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Eagle
Boone Prairie
Marsh
Inez Mitchell
Beck Prairie
Luther Whittington
Grant Prairie
Palestine
Phal Carter
Bob Johnson
Beaumont
Alma White
Houston
Richard Fultz
Jody Johnson
Albert Carty
Oklahoma
Johnson
Pearle
Edgar Wood
Henry
Clara Ellison
Lee Reddin
Roselle Merryman
Pete King
Edna
Ollie Mae Bray
J. E. Ellison
Hardy
Howard Bray
Raymond Andrews
Henry Prairie
Henry Ellison
Pearl Wood
Weekend Escape Wish and Fishing Plan
A office-bound narrator dreams of leaving work for a lakeside afternoon with pole line sinker and hook. He envisions a quick evening trip with friends for fishing and a relaxing respite. Dr and Mrs W F Odom of Kurten were Bryan visitors today. Read The Eagle for all the news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Lawless of
Kurten
W. F. Odom of
Bryan
Cavalry Horse Show Promises Free Family Fun May Day
College Station citizens urged to attend the Cavalry Horse Show at A&M College on May 1 starting 1 15 p m with free admission. Entrants invited in events including Cow Pony Race Plantation Walk and Five Gaited Saddle Horse Class. Capt Cheshire coordinates entry and events with R O T C officers supervising a program aimed at showcasing Brazos county horses and riders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazos County
Bryan
Captan Cheshire
Cheshire
Cowboy
College Station
College 148
Capt. Cheshire
College
Y. M.C
Dobbin
W. E. Buckley
H. J. Chesshire
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Charles Murray
Hopkins
Frank
Robert Mable
Britton Risinger
Sam Bullock
Saxon
A. M. Hartsfield
Messrs
Floy
Jim Saxon
Bruno Krolczyk
Jim Riley
J. W. Riley
Anna Lee Saxon
Bryan. Co
Morgan
Pauline
Joree Horton
Service Clubs of Vision
James E. Boyle
Cornell
Edge
Smetana
King’s Highway
R. R. Reppert
Alton Risinger
Steep Hollow Club
M. White Leghorn
Alton
Conway
J. M. Conway
Route 6
Chamber of Commerce
Boys and Girls of Health Clubs
Annie Maxena Gandy
Florine Burkhalter
Woodrow Gandy
Kurten Club
T. G. Watts
Georgia
C.I.A. Exes
Walter Camp
Brazos
A-Gazin
Captain Cheshire
Cavalry
Bryan and
Mesdames Lee J. Rountree
Stiles Giraud
Louise’ Smith
T. K. Lawrence
W.7d. Lawrence
Geo. B
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