Bryan Considers Municipal Pool Project With Federal Aid
Discussion centers on financing a city pool as a revenue earning public utility. City leaders weigh borrowing from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation aided by federal relief funds, aiming to hire local labor and repay the loan from pool revenues. Houston officials study similar options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
City of
Houston
City Recreation Commission
Walter E. Monteith
Bryan Country Club
College
Ouston
Recreation Commission
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
The
Finance Corporation
Bryan Fire Prevention Board Plans City Residence Inspections
The Bryan Fire Prevention Board and the Brazos County Chamber Fire Prevention committee announce uniformed city firefighters will inspect all homes to identify and urge correction of fire hazards. The effort aims to reduce fire losses through reports to occupants, emphasizing safety and cooperation rather than immediate enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
German Elections Boost Nazi and Nationalist Vote Share
The German elections show a heavy gain for the National Socialist and German Nationalist parties. Centrist Bruening and Bavarian factions remain pivotal to prevent radical control, while the world hopes the Nazis stay out of government as Germany and others recover economically from the slump. Tennis note compares Bryan and Taylor champions, suggesting contention may produce strong players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Socialistic
Hitlerite
Cenrists
Bruening
Reichsbana
Germany
Bryan
Taylor
Akers Announces Two Week Vacation Letter
Local note from Les Akers and wife Minnie detailing a two week vacation plan. They will visit relatives Bell E Akers Rich Akers and their families while exploring curiosity about Arkansaw and its spelling. The letter closes with warm wishes to readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Akers
Arkansaw
Bell E. Akers
Akers
Rich Akers
Les Akers
Caution to Farmers on Hay Handling and Local Events
Farmers are urged not to bale or store hay until fully cured to avoid mold heat and spontaneous combustion as Brazos county barns have burned in past years. Hay should be stacked on poles or brush to allow air flow. Ground should be cultivated during dry spells for best fall gardens. Extension Service hints onion seed plant in October for best results. Roy Snyder led a beef butchering demonstration at Harvey with E F A Peters K Kelly Dan Franklin in attendance. Edge community planning group to report Friday with Henry Locke band providing music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazos County
J. F. Rosborough
Extension Service
Roy Snyder
Green Buchanan Place
Harvey
FE. A. Peters
K. Kelly
Dan Franklin
Edge Making Day Shines Over Bright Weekend News
A crowded community gathering featured a singing by Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Free last Sunday night. Families and friends from Bryan to Tyler visited relatives, attended events, and shared sorghum making and local outings.
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H. M. Free
W. J. McDonald
Selma Wilson
Izzie Belle
Coleman
Jim McDonald
Albert Rychlik
Horace Beard
Tyler
Fort Martin
Ansul Duncan
Jimmie Murphy
Jodie Murphy
Bundie Crossing
Frank Habarta
M. J.merka
Benchley
Frank Wymela
Christina Wymela
Bryan
E. J. Bailey
A. V. Wilson
Laura Batson
Normangee
Robert Davidson
M. G. Cross
Ed Ruehick
George Outlaw
M. College
J. E. Payne
Margaret Wilson
Albert Leighman
Mary Free
Thomas
Navasota
Howard Weaver
Berthat Mae
Emma Maude Fliott
Ed Wymola
Nina Mae Moore
Dallas
Ernest Cross
Hearne
Benard Hill
Ray Outlaw
Quanah
Local Harbor of News From Benchley and Surrounding Areas
Benchley notes report visits and family gatherings across Calvert Bryan Groesbeck and Danevang. Mentions of church events court attendance a memorial obituary for Clyde R Bowman and an August 2 1929 death. The column ends with a Shakespeare quote and fond overall remembrance.
Kings Highway Cotton Pickers Patrol Busy Harvest
Three 4-H Club girls from Kings Highway attended Farmers Short Course at A and M College. Adell Churik earned a yard demonstrator scholarship and planted landscaping. Lena McDonald led family garden and canned 250 jars. Lena Novosad led garden and won best garden cooperative scholarship. Scholarships funded by Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce and Bryan Business and Professional Women's Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adele Churik
Lena Novosad
Lena McDonald
A. and M. College
Joe Hurta
Louis Churik
Tom Schovassa
Taylor
King’s Highway
Clyde C. Bounds
Frances Chytil
Tom Schovajsa
John Rychlik
Farmers
M. College
Adell Churik
Leona McDonald
Business and Professional Women’s Club of
Bryan
Dora A. Larnes
Adell
Bermuda
Lena
Leona
Bryan and Brazs County
Bryan and Brazos County
Tuberculosis Declines Among Barbers Under Sanitary Laws
A Texas round-table on barber shop laws reported tubercular conditions among barbers fell from 30 percent to 17 percent after new sanitary regulations. Ed Brown of San Antonio and W. H. Bailey of Houston discussed enforcement and benefits as Bryan College barbers gathered. Revenue across the state dropped by half, yet no barber or family faced charity dependency despite economic stress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Bryan
College
Mmet
Ed Brown
San Antonio
Texas Board of Barber Inspectors
W. H. Bailey
Houston
Bar‘bers
New Manager Named for Bryan Furniture Department
R. A. McDaniel of Montgomery Ward announces E. R. Burdeshaw will head the Bryan store furniture department. Burdeshaw, previously with the Birmingham, Alabama outfit, has arrived with his wife and daughter to assume the charge immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. McDaniel
Montgomery Ward Company
E. R. Burdeshaw
Birmingham
Ala
Bryan
Mr. Burdeshaw
Will
Emma Regmund Praised for 4-H Short Course Experience
Miss Emma Regmund a third year 4 H Club girl from Smetana spent a week at A and M College on a Campus Study Club scholarship. She toured dorm life attended lectures on gardening dress care and skin care and enjoyed Kyle Field entertainments. She plans a full club report on the lectures and demonstrations she attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Regmund
Smetana
M. College
Regmund
Blanche Brown
Brazos County
Kyle Field
Miss Regmund
Boy Injures Leg In Play Crashes Through Glass Door
Stanley Novak 11, son of Mr and Mrs Albert Novak, injured a leg while playing in a barn. He stepped on a door with a glass panel, cutting flesh. surgeons stitched the wound Thu. He recovers at home and will play slowly through vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Novak
Albert Novak
Stanley
Former Bryan resident Charles M Adams dies in Georgia
Charles M Adams, formerly of Bryan, Texas, died at his Macon Georgia home Sunday and was buried Monday. He lived in Bryan from 1877 to 1881 and managed K Womble farm on the Brazos river. He later worked in Bryan’s dry goods trade with S J Howell and visited Texas last year, staying with friends in Bryan and attending First Baptist Church services. He was cousin to Cliff Adams and Dr W A Adams, longtime local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Adams
Macon
Adams
Bryan
K. Womble
Brazos River
S. J. Howell
Texas
First Baptist Church
Cliff A. Adams
W. A. Adams
Bryan Resident in Critical Condition at Home
C. G. Parsons of North Bryan Avenue is critically ill with chronic heart trouble. He has been bedridden for three weeks under a physician’s care. Little hope is held for recovery as of two days ago. Cousin Mrs. Sara Polman of Los Angeles is en route to Bryan.
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C. G. Parsons
North Bryan Avenue
Parsons
Sara Polman
Los Angeles
Calif
Mr. Parsons
Bryan
Program Prepared for Interracial Meet in Dallas
Preparation for the annual Texas Commission for Interracial Cooperation meeting in Dallas on November 4 and 5 drew Bryan residents to Prairie View. Mrs. J. L. Brock, committee member, was present with Mrs. W. B. Howell, Howell Hitt of Jacksonville Illinois, and W. R. McCullough. Other attendees included Dr. J. L. Clerk and Prof. R. M. Woods of Sam Houston State Teachers College, and Mrs. D. A. Hodges of Waxahachie.
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Texas Commission For Interracial Cooperation
Dallas
Bryan
Prairie View
J. L. Brock
W. 8. Howell
Howell Hitt
Jacksonville
Ill
Howell
W. R. McCullough
Deserted Campus Marks End Of 22nd Short Course At Texas A&M
The 22nd annual short course for farm and ranch people at Texas A&M College closed after a final program at Kyle Field. Winners across 4 H contests included Wardrobe Demonstration winner Mrs. W L Johnson of Waco and silver prizes to runners up. 4 H beef cattle, dairy, sheep, swine, terracing, field crops and poultry contests listed dozens of individuals and teams from counties including Mason, Dallas, Travis, Erath and Upshur.
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Texas A
JM. College
Kyle Field
W. L. Johnson
Waco
McLennan County
A. Tigenor
Pampa
Gray County
Claude Duncan
Howland
Lamar County
J. P. Dowell Hardware Company
McKinney
W. H. Clark
Garner
Parker County
H. C. Crane
Weslaco
Hidalgo County
A. B. Bowers
Inez
Victoria County
Lola Hood
Mesquite
Dallas County
Lloyd Bell
Amarillo
Potter County
Tom Boyd
Floydada
Floyd County
Marion Gouge
Bonham
Fannin County
Douglas Histand
Myra
Cooke County
Lillian Ekland
Slayton
Lubbock County
Terrell Allen
Mason County
James Grote
Lee Rankin Grote
Frank Stark
Wilford Chapman
Dallas
W. M. Garcutt
Hale County
Benton Hunter
Graysond County
Emil Bobby
Travis
Travis County
Erath County
Carl Byrd
Tom Green County
Carl Smith
Taylor Orr
da County
Collin County
Tom
Ochis Smith
Upshur County
Karl Singleton
Tarrant County
Henderson County
Clay County
Hiram Gilbreath
Wood County
Floyd Sparks
Monague County
Grayson County
Maurice. Broadfoot
Pannin County
Blake Bonham
Roy Lockridge
Joe Spaniel
Ellis County
Claude White
Franklin County
Homer Stripland
Coy Giddings
van Zandt County
Econd
Woodrow Bailey
Raby Stuart
J. C. LaGrone, Jr
Comanche County
Fair Prices for Wealth Producers Urged in Local Appeals
A. B. Johnson celebrates a perfect 202 ear corn yield from Old Negro Orphans Home land east of Bryan, hailed as Brazos County’s best. M. B. Easters argues prosperity hinges on fair prices for wealth created from the ground. Local fair planning and old newspaper finds amuse residents, as county agent Yeary and poultryman Foley buy Rhode Island Red pullets after a successful trial.
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M. B. Easters
Kurten
A. B. Johnson
Old Negro Orphans Home
Bryan
Johnson
Brazos County
J. C. Yeary
Galveston County
J. D. Foley
Dickinson
Rhode Island
J. C. Herndon
Scholarships Awarded in Brazos for Farm and Home Short Course
Brazos county youths and women received 16 scholarships for the Farmers Short Course at College Station. Prizes funded by Bryan and College Station civic groups honored 5 boys, 7 girls, and 4 women for farm and home activities.
Negro Dies After Nap on Tracks In Bryan
J B Blassingill a 22 year old Negro died after being struck by a Missouri Pacific special while sleeping on railroad tracks in Bryan. He suffered a fractured skull and loss of his right foot and died Saturday afternoon at 12 45. His brother Isaac Blassingill recounted they had worked on Norman Stewart plantation and had come to Bryan to catch a train to High Bank.
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J. B. Blassingill
Missouri Pacific
Isaac Blassingil
Norman Stewart
Bryan
High Bank
Fun Feather Club
J. B
Isaac
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E. A. Peters
Edge
Emmett Holland
Johnnie Payne
Edge Community
Henry Locke Band
Benchley News
James Sikes
Calvert
Percy Underwood
Lee Evans
Jesse Miller
Groesbeck
Sam Rice
Elby Sikes
W. L. Sikes
Church of Christ
Jesse Peyton
Boyd Cameron
Greesbeck
Wellborn
C. T. Bowman
N. B. Sikes
S. R. Rice
Ross Seale
Brad Haygood
Hugh Rice
R. H. Seale
J. R. Peyton Sr
Franklin
Reagan Warren
Wanda
Ben Garrett
Henry Bowman Rend
Melvin
Momeny
Doris
Panty
H. W. Peyton
Sutton
Billie Jy
J. H
Gist
College Station
Clyde R. Bowman
G. B. Bowman
Bryan Hospital
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Bryan High School
A. and
Sam Houston State Teachers College
Huntsville
Benchley Choir
Kings Highway
Furniture Dept
AM Short Course
Brazosirl
Georgia
Avement
A. H. Keller
American Legion Free Fair
J. M. Hunt
Normangee Star
Coulter Dry Goods Company
Mr. Hunt
Brazos
Chamber of Commerce
Campus Study Club
Lawrence Komar
Kirten
Brazos Federation of Women’s Clubs
Komar
Atractive
Meadames Geo. Jones
Reliance
P. K. Trant
P. F Hempfling
Tony Nota
Steele's
Johnnie Rubin
Louis Corgey
Carl Wilson
Prospect
Negro
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