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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1926
Page
5
Kurten community club sets a regular meeting night for this Saturday with Lamar Be thea arranging the program. The Eagle and Henry Kurten say the night will be fun and frolic and Bryan residents are invited to attend free of charge.
Special low rate excursion fare authorized to Galveston for trains arriving after noon August 7 until 9:30 p m August 8. Inquiries to L G N ticket agents for full particulars.
Four o clock bugs or wingless May beetles are reported across Texas fields as pests for cotton. Entomologist R R Reppert describes their evening migrations from pastures and fence rows to crops and recommends poisoned bran mash or double furrowed rows, with kerosene spray or blow torch for control. Careless worms near alfalfa migrate to cotton, sheltering with webs and resisting poison. lead or calcium arsenate can help destroy young worms.
The Bryan Country Club held a stockholders meeting at Carnegie Library and re elected directors D X Bible Wilson Bradley Travis B Bryan Geo G Chance J H Conway C M Cole J E Covey George D Hassel W S Howell Thomas Lundin J J Richey O E Saunders T O Walton The treasurer reported reduced indebtedness and fiscal savings. A new board elected officers W S Howell president Thomas Lundin vice president O E Saunders secretary Travis B Bryan treasurer and G G Novell manager.
A Vermonter visiting Texas asked about an election the state supposedly held. The reply explained that what occurred last Saturday was a census and not an election, highlighting Texas’ informal timing and the humor in the misunderstanding.
Tilman Jones, a Reliance club member, sold his Shorthorns to the Sam Houston State Teachers College Animal Husbandry Department in Huntsville. He will buy dairy cattle to replace the Shorthorns as part of ongoing Brazos county club success and scholarships. Two former club members, J D Jones and Pea Boriskie, have begun veterinary careers in Nacogdoches and Port Arthur.
A birthday dinner was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J R Slaughter in Reliance honoring Mr Slaughter who had just turned 72. Friends from nearby towns attended a noon meal of fried chicken salads pies and cake with many names listed as participants and well wishes expressed for continued good health.
Pearl Wood returns from Houston. Ollie May Bray Eunice Baker and Edgar Wood travel to Bremond. Will Johnson visits Ella Cooper in town. Lois Baker visits Edna Bray. Ellison family visit Mt Pleasant. Henry Ellison from Mineral on weekend at home. Will Dowdy and daughter visit from Albany. Mrs. John Bowles from Austin visiting family. Revival at West Boone Church of Christ led by Evangelist K C Mozer. Baptist meeting ends Sunday night. Mr and Mrs Bill Rogers from Mexia visit Ira Ware family.
A list of visitors and locals in Kurten includes W F Lucas of Shiro and others from Iola Madisonville Shire and Bryan. Miss Nellie Lawless stays with Sid Lawless while Miss Rubye Colburn returns from a Severn trip. The Missionary Baptist revival ended last Friday with four members, one baptized and others by letter. Katherine Smith of Waco visited Bryan and stayed with the Ferguson and Buchanan households.
News from Bryan reports the death of Miss Retta Johnson at her home 4322 Dallas Street Houston at seven o'clock. She served as head nurse at the A and M College Hospital from 1913 to 1916 under Dr Otto Ehlinger and was long active in the State Nurses Association serving as secretary and later president. At death she lectured to nurses at the Baptist Hospital St Joseph's Infirmary and Herman Hospital. Funeral services set for Wednesday with burial in Hollywood Cemetery Nurses Lot Houston.
The speaker calls for reform to ease local government burdens on farms and argues for fair tax sharing. He warns against farm price volatility driven by speculation and urges stronger agricultural education and research to build capable leadership for the sector’s future.
The speech argues for universal educational opportunity and critiques Texas funding. It compares state per capita expenditures for education with other states and stresses the need for local tax support to supplement state funds, urging citizen involvement to improve rural schooling efficiency.
A historic speech outlines agriculture shifting from production to economy, social issues, and business. It urges education and research to modernize farming, reduce government burden, and foster cooperative effort. Medge Houston linked to a murder case, previous trials, and local law enforcement ties noted.
At the Farmers Short Course writers conference session in the Extension Service Building Mrs Phebe K Warner gave a fine talk. Dr B Youngblood spoke on cotton noting past focus on quantity over quality and urging development of cotton spinners will use as the future research goal.
W Sledge Houston of Somerville visited Bryan today greeting friends. His case has been transferred to Robertson county and will be tried at Franklin during the November session of district court with Judge W C Davis of the 85th Judicial District on the bench.
At Texas A and M College Milam county day and a Farm Bureau session highlighted the third day of the Farmers Short Course. State winners in kitchen improvements were named for two classes with 25 to 25 dollar awards, and over 100 Milam visitors attended events in Guion Hall and nearby activities.
The Bryan Catholic community sponsors a one day barbecue on August 11 at Luza's pasture along the convent road. Dinner served 11:30 to 2:00 with 50 cent plates. Ice cream and drinks on site. An evening dance costs one dollar per couple. Nedbalek's Orchestra provides music. Proceeds aid St. Joseph's Parochial School.
J C Wells president of the Writers Conference shares a wordplay joke at the AW gathering. Henry Edwards Tyler Journal editor and Miss Helen Pool cover the Short Course, while Fred Story recalls a school board caution about encyclopedias. Several attendees, including Marjorie Edwards, Louise Arnold, Mary Ellen Braley, A D Gaston, and the Greens, are noted for roles and presence.
Bi LeGrande is spending the week with his uncle, R. C. Meads, in Waco to enjoy a family visit and explore the city.
The lecture emphasized fundamental insect control principles dividing pests into biting and sucking groups. Cotton, especially boll weevil and boll worm, received key attention with cultural methods ranked above poisoning. Truck crop pests and cotton pests were discussed with brief notes on horticultural entomology.
G R Farmer of Henderson serves as Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce and attends the Writers Conference at the Farmers Short Course. He praises Henderson advertising, notes a forthcoming cannery driven by blackberry crop, and details plans for a Building and Loan association to boost the town.
In Bryan Sunday School League play the Baptists, led by Joe Spell, won 2 to 1 over the Methodists in six innings at Allen Field. The Baptists followed with another victory against the leading high school team, ending the school’s season and boosting the Baptists toward a possible tie.
Teams in the league edge toward first place as the Methodist and Harvey meet today while the Baptists face the Methodists on Thursday. A Baptist win would force a playoff for the top honors if the outcome ends in a tie. If Thursday ends tied a Friday exhibition or a Monday playoff could decide the title.
July state treasury conditions show total cash balance of 10.83 million dollars on August 1. Receipts for July were 2.998 million while disbursements reached 5.023 million. Major funds include General 7.199 million Highway 1.832 million Available School 0.562 million Permanent School 0.626 million Confederate Pensions 0.325 million. University fund receipts 0.256 million and outlays 0.769 million. Investments consisted of United States bonds for the university.
The Shirock boys and girls club met July 31 at 8:30 PM in the school house. County Agent C L Benson spoke on poultry raising and Mrs T H Krenek was elected as an additional adult club leader.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Malley of San Antonio spent the week in Bryan with relatives while Mr. Malley attended the Farmers Short Course at A and M College. They plan to leave Bryan Thursday for Detroit Michigan to visit Mrs Malley's relatives during the remainder of the heated term.
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