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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1931
Page
2
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A county rural club forms a council with home makers representatives to promote education and market activities across the county. Miss Lucy Givens directs the effort with a May 9 farm women's market in Tabor Avenue under a marketing committee and Chamber of Commerce.
Creath-Brazos Sunday Schools begin week long teacher training across five county churches. Educational director P. Black leads as associational director. By Monday night Bryan First Baptist had 20, College Avenue 25, College Station 15, Reliance 19, with daily 2:15 pm associational meetings and progress reports.
Miss Ellen Van Arman of Cal Station will spend the summer in Los Angeles studying under Ernest Belcher, a ballet master with a studio favored by movie dancing stars. She plans to return in the fall to open a studio in Bryan and also conduct a studio at College.
A Brazos County semi annual singing convention will meet Sunday May 3 at Harvey. The event opens at 10 a m and runs through the afternoon with a basket dinner on the grounds. The public is invited to attend with well filled baskets.
L. C. McDonald son of Mr and Mrs D J McDonald Prospect community was elected president of Phi Delta Kappa national honorary and professional education fraternity at a University Commons dinner at University of Texas last Thursday night R A Lewis named vice president E K Barden reelected secretary and Dr Fred C Ayer chosen faculty sponsor
Sangster Bizzell of Norman Oklahoma spent Sunday with relatives in the city as noted by the Navasota Examiner.
Pupils at Woodville School near Bryan surprised their teacher Mrs. P. A. Tardy with a fruit and candy shower. Mothers decorated two baskets filled with fruits and sweets as a token of appreciation. Mrs. Tardy expressed gratitude for the gifts and the spirit of the gesture.
Pythians from Bryan Brazos counties and visitors from Dallas Fort Worth Waco Franklin attended in force. Brazos Lodge No 64 honored veteran members Sheriff J H Reed and Constable Horace Reed with initiation. Senator Tom Connally headlined with fraternal remarks applauded by about 200 attendees.
Growth in demand for modern services is shown as the Bryan office of the Southwest Telephone Company places second in a system wide sales contest running from January 10 to July 10. The Bryan unit leads in new installations across five states in the South and Southwest.
Fifty years ago note reports that Rev. S M Bird of Galveston has been invited by the faculty of the Agricultural and Mechanical College to preach the annual sermon to students on commencement day in June.
Mr and Mrs Edgar Covey arrived in the city this afternoon after spending their honeymoon in New Orleans during the past week Navagota Examiner.
Myra Oliver Dougan will lecture in Bryan Daily and Weekly Eagle free cooking school beginning Monday May 5 in the LaSalle Hotel ballroom. The article traces evolution from colonial kitchens to modern enamel and aluminum ware, highlighting the shift from open fireplaces and brass to pristine white enamel in the up to date kitchen.
In Bryan schools the annual Texas History Essay contest by the American Legion Auxiliary announced high school winners. Elizabeth Sloop, senior, won with The Life of Stephen F. Austin, while Jessie Thomas, a freshman, chose The Life of Sam Houston. Sloop earns a gold medal and Thomas a bronze, to be awarded at commencement.
Winners for 1930 in a contest to encourage home dairying gardening and poultry raising among 15000 Texas 4 H Club girls were announced by the Extension Service Texas A and M College and the USDA. First year garden Mildred Turman New Baden Robertson county. Naomi Harrist Blumberg Cass county. Frances Hughes McLean Collingsworth county. Second year garden Leila O Neil Shamrock Wheeler county. Mollie Cato Wilson Lynn county. Mamie Fisher Burton Washington county. First year poultry Trene Colston Floydada Floyd county. Lillian Chytil Edge Brazos county. Oda Mae Pierce New Boston Bowie county. Second year poultry Edna Ladewig Shiner Gonzales county. Lena Holle Washington county. Audrey Ray Boyd Wise county. Dorothy Council Rockdale Milam county won a cash prize from Texas Jersey Cattle Club. Prizes from H G Hastings Company Atlanta and Universal Mills Fort Worth. Judging based on production 50 percent and 12 percent each for food preservation food preparation clothing and home improvement.
Rev. Ed J. Harris delivered the commencement address and E. R. Bryant presented the diplomas at Edge school closing last Friday night. Bryant chairs the Lions Club committee sponsoring Edge community work. County Superintendent D. J. McDonald attended and spoke. The senior class had two members and the seventh grade class had six students.
Dr. Sid Perry an eye ear nose and throat specialist joins Drs Searcy and Wilkerson to form the medical staff for the new hospital in Tulsa Oklahoma after years of practice there.
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