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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1936
Page
6
Walter J. Coulter traveled to Dallas and returns to Bryan Tuesday. Numerous Bryan residents visit kin, attend illnesses, and report life at St Joseph’s Hospital and Wilkerson Memorial Clinic. Local reports note births, travel to Houston, Dallas, and New Orleans for family and work matters.
A welfare meeting approved forming a committee to plan a unified welfare effort. Judge Ferguson and Mayor Johnson will appoint the panel soon. Attendees included county and city officials, church representatives, hospital and Red Cross members, and three African American participants.
Three new Brazos county citizens were at Wilkerson Memorial Clinic Monday, all healthy and robust, and all receiving cordial welcome and good wishes. Sunday brought a little daughter to Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Breland, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Marino announce the birth of a baby girl on Sunday, and Monday a baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Downard Jr.
C W Varner formerly of Wharton now runs jewelry repair and gift dept at J Kaplan Co in Bryan. Mr Kaplan holds rear of building for paints and papers. Varner comes with wife and six year old son. family resides at 2601 Ursuline.
Events span early Texas history from 1718 water shortage prompting the San Jose Mission move near San Antonio to 1846 Texas inaugurating its first state government in Austin Anson Jones retirement and J Pinckney Henderson's installation as first governor.
Reliance defeated Keith 8 to 2 in a Grimes Brazos Baseball Association game at Reliance Field. Keith scored first on a single, then Reliance tied it in the second and pulled away with five runs in the fourth as Stedman relieved for Keith.
The Bryan Federation of Young People's Societies moved to start an annual playground boys league as soon as possible. Each represented church will name a manager. meeting times to be set by president Grover White Jr. The league will be short and clash with the commercial league. A church talk by Tom Sweeney and a Bruce Phenix vocal solo were featured.
Charles H. Hillier of McCulloch Dansby has traveled to Houston for a ten day postgraduate course in embalming to stay current with the latest developments in the field.
Raymond Nelson Fuller son of Mr and Mrs F D Fuller of Peyan leaves Bryan to take a city editor post at the Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel on April 18 He was born in Lafayette Indiana and moved to Bryan in 1917 after a school journalism career at Bryan High School the University of Texas and early work with the Bryan News Bryan Eagle and United Press He has civic church and youth society involvement in Bryan and Col laboration with the College Station AAA and the A and M College Press prior to this appointment.
A cool spell followed by heavy rainfall and several sunny days defined the past week. Temperatures ranged from 47 to 82 degrees with 2 days reaching 80s. rainfall totals included 1.2 inches Tuesday and 1.45 inches Wednesday at College Station.
An automobile party from Bryan visited Waco for Confederate Decoration Day services by Mary West Chapter UDC and Pat Cleburne Camp UCV in Oak Wood Cemetery. Dr. W H Pool of Baylor spoke as flags and flowers marked graves of Confederate veterans. For Mrs Hunter and Mrs DeMaret the event held personal significance nearby kin rests.
Ben L Read 48 a Bryan resident and World War I veteran died from head and internal injuries after a tire blew and the car overturned near the Houston and Brenham highways. Delman Rupp of Albany injured, died shortly after rescue. Funeral at the Dansby home with American Legion honors.
A Huntsville Chamber program features Mrs Pearl Lyle Ward of Rusk on The Pioneer Women's Part in the Early History of Texas and Mrs Ralph Atmer of Houston on Early Newspapers of Texas. Other speakers include Mrs May Terry Gill of Abilene on The Mid-West in Mind and Melody and J L Clark on Historic Texas. A grave service for Gen Sam Houston and music by St Cecelia Club cap the afternoon. The Saturday morning session covers business and election of officers followed by a luncheon at the state prison.
Walter Plagens bitten by a snake while fishing with Mr and Mrs Fritz Wiese and Ernest Wiese at Cedar Creek about three miles west of Kurten. He was driven to Wilkerson Memorial Clinic around six Saturday afternoon and is reported to be progressing satisfactorily.
Bryan cornetist Walter Holden performed a solo at the 11 o'clock Sunday service at First Methodist Church. He was accompanied on the pipe organ by Mrs Albert Goodman.
In Bryan plans are reported to place penny operated marble machines at tactical points that pay off only as a staged transition to reintroduce nickel machines. Proposals by marble machine interests have failed before and observers will watch this latest plan’s outcomes.
The Bryan school board elected replacements for three married teachers under the policy. Mrs. Thomas Lundin and Mrs. M. H. Byrom join Stephen F. Austin high school, while Mrs. Marvin Porter moves to Bowie elementary. New hires include Miss Julia Lee Hering, Miss Irene Brown, and Miss Christine Lichte.
Mrs. Lee J. Rountree presiding in absence of leaders announced the $800 raised for the East Texas Chamber of Commerce quota. She highlighted the upcoming East Texas convention in Houston May 3 to 5, urging strong local representation for Bryan and East Texas. The convention promises a large turnout and an excellent program.
The Allen Military Academy band will travel to Houston for the Etex convention and perform at the afternoon visitors reception. They will stay at the YMCA during the Houston visit and later return for events the next day.
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