Negro 4-H Girls Of Brazos Will Get 8-Day Camp
Four Brazos county girls join peers from 80 counties for an eight day 4-H camp at Prairie View from August 10 to 12. Each county selects four girls and an adult sponsor to participate in courses on art clothing recreation health and furniture arrangement. Sponsors receive leadership training and return to train others in county club work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie View
Brazos County
Laura Harvey
Harmon
Dessie L. Johnson
Canaan
Lessie MccMurray
Cedar Grove
Lizzie Turner
Kurten
A. F E. E. Greene
History of Oil Will Be Studied At Gotham Meet
Washington August 4 authorities from many nations will discuss the oil industry at the world power conference next month. Papers cover development and utilization of power resources organization of petroleum production refining distribution and conservation of petroleum and natural gas. Contributors include Myron Watkins E L Degolyer J Noel Robinson R E Hardwicke Joseph Pogue and the US Bureau of Mines with expected participants from Argentina Austria Canada China France Germany Great Britain Czechoslovakia Holland Hungary Japan Poland Norway and Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interior Department
Myron B. Watkins
New York University
E. L. Degolyer
Felmont Corporation
Houston
J. Noel Robinson
Tidewater Oil Co
New York
R. E. Hardwicke
Fort Worth
Joseph M. Pogue
United States Bureau of Mines
Argentina
Austria
Canada
China
France
Germany
Great Britain
Czecoslovakia
Holland
Hungary
Japan
Poland
Norway
Russia
Edge Community Notes from Aug Aug 5
Rev J J Pip kin filled his regular appointment here Sunday. Mr and Mrs Ross Cross and children of Hearne spent the week end here with relatives. Miss Berdie Rychick spent Saturday in Normangee with friends. Mary Ida Wilson of Normangee is visiting friends and relatives and attending the singing school. Mr and Mrs Ernest Moore and daughter Mrs Jo Jeff Danforth and sister Mrs Laura Wheeless of Bryan visited friends here Sunday. W C McDonald and J A Wilson of Normangee spent Sunday with their parents. Edge residents visited Bryan Saturday. Maude Jones of Tyler spent a few days here last weekend with old friends. Mae Elizabeth Wilson and brother of Kurten spent last week here with friends and relatives. Wallace Henry of Bryan visited relatives here Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iota
Harvey
S. B. Pate
Curtis Cobb
Bryan
Leo
Ethel Minnie Mills
Marta Ruth
Anita Hensarling
Edge
E. A. Hensarling
T. A. Hensarling
Steep Hollow
Mildred Jane Peters
Iola
E. U. Peters
D. L. Peters
Joyce
Mildred Jane
E. P. Sahualla
Edwin
Donald Dean Pate
Houston
J. T. Pate
Chester Jones
Caldwell
Odie Todd
Longview
H. F. Todd
Helen Pate
J. G. Williams
Navasota
Grady Kincannon
Goose Creek
W. H. Ryan
Knobs Prairie
J. E. Cook
Joe Atkins
Rock Prairie
O. L. Andrews
Louise Hensarling
Bess Hensarling
W. C. McDonald
Normangee
J. A. Wilson
W. J. Mdonald
Maude Jones
Tyler
Mae Elizabeth Wilson
Kurten
Wallace Henry
King's Highway
Eddie McWhorter
H. Holiday
Ed Skubal
Ed Curik
J. A. Rychlik
Millie Novosad
Lena Novosad
M. College
Vince Skubal
Midland
Joe Hurta
Taylor
L. V. Skubal
Tillie Marie Nash
Fay Drew
Frank Wentereck
Joe Novosad
Elsie Novosad
Lillie Mae Skubal
Bettie Mae Nash
George McDonald
Fort Martin
Louis Kopetsky
J. E. Scasta
Henry Black
Adolph Kopetsky
Georgie Lys
Wheatley
Harvey Meeting Closes After Successful Series and New Members
The Harvey meeting ended Sunday after a successful series with large crowds in attendance. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Pate joined by letter, Rev BE Carrington conducted the services. Weiere planned a visit to Mississippi to spend weeks with relatives. Miss Bianche Hughey of Nava (illegible) also noted.
Baptism ceremony closes meeting at the water's edge
The Reliance gathering ended Wednesday morning with four boys baptized at the water's edge. Numerous visitors arrived from Goose Creek, Crosby, Seymour, Baylor county, and Baylor. social events include cemetery work and a Junior B. Y. P. U. social Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reliance
Water's Edge
Brazos Valley Cotton Cooperative Adopts New Bookkeeping System
F B Webster of the American Cotton Cooperative Association directs the installation in Brazos Valley. The association will manage its own accounting this year with Tom Bagley in charge and an experienced clerk crew to assist at the Bryan office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B. Webster
American Cotton Cooperative Association
New Orleans
Brazos Valley Cotton Cooperative Association
Brazos Association
Tom Bagley
Bryan
Bagley
State Board May Refuse Aid To 200 Rural Schools
Ben F. Tisinger, president, said the State Board of Education would consider refusing aid to about 200 rural schools whose officials failed to file reports by July 1. The action would be addressed at a meeting in Dallas on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Ben F. Tisinger
State Board of Education
Brazos County Home Demonstration Plans Day and Silage Updates
The Home Demonstration council meets Saturday August 8 at 2 p m in City Hall. Brazos County Day August 15–16 at the Centennial costs four dollars per person including four meals bed and guide reservations due by August 8. County agents note trench silos and encampment ball games with 4‑H members urged to bring equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Demonstration Council
Brazos County
Sam Pate
Home Demonstration
Chamber of Commerce
4 H Club Encampment Sets Aug 7 8 1930s
All 4 H club boys and girls with sponsors are expected for the encampment on Friday and Saturday August 7 and 8. Girls with bedroom and garden demonstrations will give a five minute report. Committeemen gather farm products for the American Legion Fair including cotton corn grain sorghums hay. Read fair catalog suggestions and aim for a premier, progressive community showcase.
4-H encampment prep and scout program announced
Club boys and girls rush home work to attend the 4-H encampment on Friday and Saturday starting 2 p m. At 9 p m Friday Hiram Downard leads a Boy Scouts program highlighting camp fun and outlining plans to organize rural troops to unite 4-H work with patriotic scout training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Downard
Fall reflections and community updates from Kings Highway
Kings Highway Aug 5 community notes as residents recall cooler weather inviting fall. Many attended Edge singing. families visited in Edge and Bryan. several headed to 4 H encampment in Bryan. local students and workers across Edges and Kurten, including Novosad, Skubal, Nash, and Kopetsky families, share weekend travels and gatherings.
Scout House Hosts 4-H Club Boys Friday Night
The Cherokee scout troop will host the 4 H club boys at the scout house on Friday night.
Sorghum hay yields reported by King's Highway club
Albert Novosad of the King's Highway club reports 170 bales of sorghum hay from a 112 acre club demonstration. Who is next?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Novosad
King’s Highway Club
Get Ready for Fair Club Exhibits Ahead of Chicago Trips
Fair club members should start preparing exhibits now. All participants submitting exhibits for the competition will earn credit in their reports toward Chicago and other travel opportunities. Get busy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Farmers must sign contract for phosphate deal
Farmers must visit the county agent to sign papers to join the phosphate deal, as the prior list is insufficient.
Brazos County Receives $533691.54 in AAA Benefits
Brazos county has received 533691.54 in rental and benefit payments over three years since the Agricultural Adjustment Administration was created. H P Drought, state director of the National Emergency Council, announced the county totals for cotton and coin hog programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazos County
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
H. P. Drought
National Emergency Council
Texas
Drought
Cemetery Working At Wellborn On Tuesday
A cemetery working at Wellborn is scheduled for Tuesday August 11 led by J A Gandy. Residents are urged to bring lunch and tools to clear the grounds after heavy rains left the site in poor condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellborn
J. A. Gandy
Militant Preacher Charged With Carrying Revolver
Police charged R. W. Wheaton a preacher described as a militant gunman after he was arrested Monday night by Chief Tillis and Officer Norwood for carrying a revolver. The case will be reviewed by the September grand jury in district court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. T. Tillis
R. W. Wheaton
Negro Divine
Tillis
Lee Norwood
Wheaton
Martin Retires As SP Agent After 41 Years in Bryan
G W Martin longtime Southern Pacific Lines agent at Bryan retires effective August 1 after 41 years with the system. He began in 1891 with the H and T C, later worked for Western Union and others before returning to rail service, and will reside in Bryan while awaiting successor announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin
Line
G. W. Martin
Southern Pacific Lines
Bryan
Southern Pacific
Mr. Martin
Corsicana
Division
L. A. Daffan
J. P. Mann
Western Union
Austin
Denison
Calvert
Visitor from Hartford Discovers Dust Bowl Land Fine
An unnamed son T. McCook of Hartford Connecticut toured Dalhart Aug 4 and found farm lands in good shape, expressing surprise at the region's vast resources and uncertainty from sensational pictures. He said the trip made him glad and he planned to tell others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalhart
Anson T. McCook
Hartford
Conn
Four Alleged Thieves Returned to Bryan from Waco
Curley Walker Otis DeHart R B Carnes and J D Carnes Bryan youths charged with a dozen burglaries at Texas A and M College were brought to Bryan by Waco police and jailed. They were arrested early Saturday in Waco while disposing of stolen watches clothing tires and money. More than a dozen dormitory rooms were raided according to Sheriff Roy Nunn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curley Walker
Otis DeHart
R. B. Carnes
J. D. Carnes
Bryan
Texas A
M. College
Waco
Roy Nunn
Baptists Elect Officers at Alto Frio Encampment
Judge C S Lattimore of Austin was re elected president at the 18th annual Alto Frio Baptist encampment in Uvalde. Rev C M Spaulding of Kerrville was named vice president and Rev Kelly Simmons of Carrizo Springs secretary with Rev W J Clements of Sabinal as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uvalde
C. S. Lattimore
Austin
Alto Frio
C. M. Spaulding
Kerrville
Kelly Simmons
Carrizo Springs
W. J. Clements
Sabinal
Business visitors converge in Bryan with Joe Harris
Joe Harris of North Zurch was among the business visitors in Bryan for the day, joining a group touring local firms and meeting officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Harris
North Zurch
Bryan
Woman Painted By Husband in Alley Assault Case
In Indianapolis on August 1 Mrs Geneva Shepard 28 reported her estranged husband Charles Shepard 36 battered her and painted her body with red paint from head to toe. Police charged him with assault and battery with intent to kill drunkenness and vagrancy. She was taken to hospital where doctors removed the paint with ether. She said she was summoned to a tax by her husband who redecorated and left her in an alley after beating her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Geneva Shepard
Suchages
Charles Shepard
Shepard
Bohemian or German girl inc cooking and household
Classified item requests a write up of a Bohemian or German girl for cooking and household duties. Includes mailing address Box 1007 Bryun Texag.
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Brazos
Gotham Meet
C. R. Saxon
John Solon
G. W. Saxon
Crosby
Clarence Bullock
Leslie Lloyd
Bullock
Lloyd
Tom Syptak
Seymour
Henry Herzog
John Riley
J. C. Merka
Henry Merka
Baylor County
Jim Martin Riley
Jim Carter
Riley
Frank Sendra
C. C. Riley
C. C. Lawless
Cora Crenshaw
Tom Berdine
New Plymouth
Brazos Valley Co.op
Brazos County Boys and Girls Club Department
Four-H Club
Kings Highway
K Wolens
Henry
By Carl AnDerson
Scream
Eectrol Poweret
Aene Py
Charles H. Dill Bryan
Smneer
Chas. H. Dill
Bryan Ave
Hubbie
Shugart CO
Shugart Motor Company
Sue Haswell
Care
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