Bryan Daily Social Notes Highlight Local Visitors
C A Nicholson of Dallas spent the weekend in Bryan with his wife and baby at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs W H Robertson at Dellwood. Many Bryan residents and visitors are listed with moves, travels and attendances to church and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Nicholson
Dallas
Bryan
W. H. Robertson
Dellwood
Beatty Barron
Harvey
W. H. Buchanan
Kurten
Robert Buchanan
P. J. Gilpin
Liberty
W. G
Long Term Given Brazos Negro in Robertson Court
Dave Lamar a Brazos County man was tried in Franklin on an assault with intent to murder charge connected to the shooting of Tom Wells who befriended him. He was found guilty and given 15 years in state prison. He faced a second gun charge and an habitual criminal indictment that could yield a life term if guilty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Dave Lamar
Franklin
Tom Wells
Lamar
Gain in Charters Shown This Year
Texas reveals new business charter activity in 1981 totaling $58,669,999 while earlier figures show 1931 charters at $32,138,000. Commercial failures in 1931 reached 447 liabilities $8,855,000. first half of 1930 had 312 failures liabilities $7,061,000. Building permits across 35 cities totaled $27,809,000 in 1931 and $89,307,000 in the first half of 1930. Department store sales in 84 stores reached $27,110,000 in 1930 and $30,528,000 in the first half of 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Texans Discuss Plan for Caddo Park at Jefferson
East Texans and officials from the State Park Board and Game Fish and Oyster Commission join Jefferson and Marshall citizens and Representative Jefferson for a Caddo Lake Park planning meeting on Wednesday August 19. The event, part of the district forestry conference, includes a Caddo Lake boat trip aboard the Queen of the Cypress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Park Board
State Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Jefferson
Marshall
Caddo Lake
Jefferson F
Fort Worth Couple Visiting Mulloys for Week
Mr and Mrs E R Baker of Fort Worth are guests in the home of Mr and Mrs G D Mulloy for the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Baker
Fort Worth
G. D. Mulloy
James Straszypka Visited Bryan On Farm Business
James Straszypka traveled from his Route No. 2 farm home to Bryan for business today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Straszypka
Bryan
Land Condemned For Highway 6 South of Bryan
Three condemnation suits for the right of way of Highway 6 south of Bryan were heard by the county commissioners court. Awards: Fred Winter $800 for about one acre. W. J. Andrews $250 for over nine acres. W. J. Boriskie $250 for a little over one acre including a peach orchard. None of the awards have been accepted. Earlier award to Dr. S. J. Emory of Navasota for $1,370 for about 27 acres remains unaccepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
County Commissioners Court
W. H. Cole
J. L. Edge
Oscar Goolsbee
Fred Winter
W. J. Andrews
W. J. Boriskie
S. J. Emory
Navasota
Barron Named President of Highway 21 Association
W S Barron was chosen president of the Highway 21 Association at a Madisonville meeting. W R McCullough was named secretary treasurer with others to join the board from Nacogdoches Crockett and Caldwell. A committee led by Barron to present requests to the highway commission was formed and Austin was visited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Barron
X-All Highway Association
Highway 21 Association
Madisonville
W. R. McCullough
Robert P. Hall
Nacogdoches
R. W. Knight
Crockett
Jim Woodson
Caldwell
Mr. Barron
United States
The
Highway Commission
Barron
D. A. Nunn
W. L. McClean
Cox
Bucking Broncs Test Out Riders At Bryan Rodeo
A Bryan rodeo at Forrest Field drew a full grandstand crowd. The steer riding event drew 24 entries with mount money awarded. Dick Coy of Houston and J. S. Caldwell of Bryan tied for first in calf roping with 15 seconds, Louis Mauro was second at 25 seconds, and Nunn Jones won the pony race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Field
Bryan
Dick Coy
Houston
J. S. Caldwell
Louis Mauro
Nunn Jones
J. R. Slaughter
J. M. Hicks
F. Nichols
Reliance School Improvement Efforts Underway
Residents of Reliance gathered at the school house to repair and beautify the grounds. About twenty men hauled sixty loads of gravel for walks while women cleaned and repainted interiors in a day of renovation aimed at earning state recognition as a standard school with future landscaping and playground plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reliance
State Department For Education
Louise Clements Named Most Popular at Texas State College
Louise Clements of San Antonio was voted most popular and Lois Henderson of Athens chosen most beautiful at the Lass-O contest of Texas State College for Women. Clements, a sophomore physical education major, has taught swimming at the YWCA in Houston and plans to return there after summer school. Henderson will receive a BA on August 25 with English major and history minor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Texas State College For Women
Louise Clements
San Antonio
Lois Henderson
Athens
Lass-O
Menderson
East Texas Fruits and Vegetables Marketing Plan Outlined
Roger Davis outlines East Texas DC plans to market Etex fruit and vegetables through the East Texas Chamber of Commerce. The program aims to raise profits via grading packing labeling and advertising with district conferences and a regional label exchange to expand markets and improve local welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Texas
Roger Davis
Agricultural Committee
Agricultural Department
Fast Texas Chamber of Commerce
Fast Texas
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Statistical Department
Agricultural Department Co-Operating
East Texas Chamer of Commerce
Extension Service
A. and M. College
State Department of Vocational Agriculture
State Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
Navasota
Etex
Btex Pune Exchange
Ennis Mothers Club protest over funny pages at meeting
At a recent Ennis Mothers Club gathering a protest was registered against the publication of funny pages in newspapers. A resolution urged cultivating good taste in homes and warned that funny pages harm clean language and appreciation of pure art and real humor. Various local visits and a piano recital followed, with social notes about residents and a motor trip to Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ennis Mothers’ Club
Former resident wed in Dallas
The Dallas News clipping notes the marriage of Camille Gill Shufford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J Z T Shufford, in Dallas. The groom’s Bryan connections include John Tyler Hanway, a former Bryan resident and nephew of Tyler Haswell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas News
Bryan
John Tyler Hanway
Tyler Haswell
J. Z. T. Shufford
Camille Gill
East Texas Leaders Face Challenge in Live at Home Prog
The piece questions whether East Texas leaders can unite to market surplus Live at Home crops and restore agricultural buying power. It warns of obstacles to community development and whether farmers can play a vital role or remain stagnant as others supply markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Committee
The
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
East Texas
Legge
Texas
Black Land
Social visit notes from Dallas and Houston guests
Mrs 0. d. Tanszen joined Mr and Mrs Jack Gore in Dallas for a weekend visit and will stay several days. The Gores and Mrs Hanszen are sisters and hosted guests in the Hansten home. Mrs H Schulman and daughters Doris Ina and Dean of Houston are visiting Mr and Mrs M Schulman for the week. Several social courtesies are planned for Mrs Schulman who has made many friends here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Washington Avenue
First Presbyterian Church
C. H. Andrews
Henry 8. Locke
Frances
L. E. Dowd
Houston
Katherine Long
E. R. Emmet
Brenham
Mildred Nash
Fidelity Finance Co
Vera Vance
Smith & Morgan
Austin
New Braunfels
Billy Schulman
H. Schulman
Doris
Ina
Dean
Billy
A. Schulman
Jack Gore
Dallas
O. J. Hanszen
Vick'’s Tank
Gore
G. D. Mulloy
Theo. Thomson
H. K. Jones
0. D. Tanszen
M. Schulman
Schulman
Creath Brazos Workers Meet Program At Navasota First Baptist
A Creath Brazos Baptist Association workers conference will be at the First Baptist Church of Navasota on Tuesday August 11 from 10 a.m. to 2 30 p.m. The program includes songs and praise by H. P. Black devotional by J. C. Harvell a sermon by Rev C P Andrewa and other items such as What Is Preaching Christ by B E Carring on and history sketches by J B Boulet plus lunch and business sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creath-Brazos Baptist Associational
First Baptist Church of
Navasota
H. P. Black
J. C. Harvell
J. A. Hosea
B. E. Carring
C. FP
Andrewa
America
J. B. Boulet
Delicious Peach Of Unknown Type Budding Effort
Three peach trees on the D. J. Mc Donald farm in Progpeet community yielded over one and a half bushels of delicious peaches this year. Prof. McDonald seeks budded trees to propagate a white pink tinted clingstone variety, large and well flavored, suited for market if true-breeding buds and sufficient stock can be grown for profitability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. J. McDonald
Progpeet
McDonald
X All Highway Discussed With Highway Group
The X All Highway Association appeared before the state highway commission in Austin to advocate the Dallas to Houston route. The panel ordered its engineering staff to report graveling costs for the unpaved, ungraveled Falls county segment north of Bremond. Additional improvements on the northern stretch were discussed with a goal of hard surface paving along the entire Dallas to Houston route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Barron
X-All Highway Association
State Highway Commission
Austin
Dallas
Houston
Falls County
Bremond
Ryan
Injunction in Tabor School Case to Stand
Judge W C Davis denied appeal and upheld an injunction preventing the county board of school trustees from closing Tabor high school and transferring pupils to Bryan. County Superintendent D J McDonald reported the ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tabor
W. C. Davis
Tabor High School
Bryan
D. J. McDonald
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Travis School
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Dorothy Doane
Bryan Hospital
J. Doane
College Avenue
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Robert F. Smith
T. H. Royder
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J. H. Singleton
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Waco
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J. G. Minkert
J. E. Bullock
Steep Hollow
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S. E. Cavitt
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Frank J. Wisoski
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J. Webb Howell
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Woodrow’ Wallace
Corpus Christi
Pat Newton
First State Bank and Trust Company
Charlie Myers
Merle Henry
W. S. Howell
Europe
Howell, Jr
Frank Higgs
Young Higes
Norman Dansby
Harvey Weddington
Rio Grandt Valley
Old Mexico
Monterrey
Robert W. Howell
Battle Creek
Mich
Winona Bringharst
D. W. Fagan
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Ike Ashburn
Haygood ‘Ashburn
J. Murray Lamkin
R. F. Smith
J. C. Webb
Navasota Examiner
Elizabeth Cline
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Fort McClellan
Lloyd Shepard
Cline
L. 8. Ross
United Daughters of the Confederacy of Bryan
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United States Public Health Service
J. A. Arcopulas
Katie Sousares
Frank Sousares
Smetana Road
Teague
C. B. Moehlman
A. & M. College
Citizens Military Training Camp
Robertson Court
Caddo Park
Hiway 21 Association
Bryan Rodeo
Reliance School
Sormy
Nell Bentley
Mary Schultz
Marlin
Lucy Brogdon
Beaumont
Will
Mrs. Whit Doremus
Baby
Calvert
Ed Hall
Salem, Va
Louise Stickley
Musical Club
J. T. Hines
Nellie Tabor
Amarillo
New Mexico
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W. E. Paulson
Mour
Oklahoma City
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