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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1935
Page
1
A. W. Kinnard Sr reflects on twenty years since starting dairy outreach to uplift benighted farmers. He recalls building a creamery with Chamber of Commerce help and placing his son as manager, marking the launch of a public extension program.
Mr. B. H. Yeager of Tola and sister Mrs. R. L. Fain of San Antonio plan to move to Bryan to run the M. W. Dairy after purchasing it from Morris Williamson. The Yeagers arrive as new Bryan citizens. Mrs. Bill Morgan and Miss Malcolm McInnis visited Austin. Mr. Morgan will teach in UT economics and move to Austin by September 1.
Dr. R. M. Searcy chairs the First Aid Committee as Brazos County Red Cross opens free instruction. John J. Stasney will direct the class work with enrollment beginning Monday August 12th. Call Stasney or the Red Cross office at 491 to enroll.
Mrs W C Mitchell and Mrs Lamar Jones suffered injuries in an automobile collision with a street car in Galveston Tuesday night. The Bryan party including the Hassells and Fergusons were staying on the coast when the crash occurred. Both women are at Wilkerson Memorial Clinic for treatment and X rays. other occupants escaped serious injury.
Lee Simmons of Huntsville, head of the State prison system, visits Bryan to discuss the cotton crisis with E. H. Astin, president of City National Bank. Astin guides Simmons to his Brazos Valley plantation to inspect airplane poisoning of cotton for weevils. Acreage poisoned includes farms of George Chance, E. H. Astin, Ward, Seth Mooring and J. EB Porter.
Murl M. Riedel and his wife were in a local hotel room when he shot and killed Luther J. Broadway, Madisonville attorney. Riedel waived preliminary hearing, bond set at 100 dollars, and he spent a night in county jail before appearing in Justice Buchanan's court. Broadway likely shot four or five times. police found five cartridges. details limited.
T A Adams of Lockhart escaped serious harm with only bruises after a severe collision on Highway 21 near Kurten Saturday night. Adams, brother of Bryan resident George A Adams, serves as cotton adjustment assistant in Caldwell County.
Frank Penicka, 20, of Fountain Switch brings Bryan's first 1935 cotton bale to Parker gin. The 1658 pound bale ginned free, sold for 18 12 cents per pound totaling 107.30, with rewards from Bryan Compress and local chambers. Penicka’s family aided by his mother and younger brother.
Bryan city schools will open enrollment on Friday September 6 with classes starting Monday. Enrollment runs through Saturday teachers meet September 5. The changes provide a two week Christmas New Year holiday and shift end dates to avoid Allen Academy conflicts. Major dates include Armistice Day November 11. Thanksgiving November 28 29. Christmas vacation December 20 January 6. semester breaks January 17 20 February 28. Independence Day March 2. San Jacinto Day April 24. final six weeks conclude May 25 with senior graduation May 25.
I J Rosprim fell from a ladder while painting a house for George Foster and broke a rib. Friends report he is recovering satisfactorily and the injury is not considered serious despite the pain.
George W. Orms district agent for the Extension Service was called to Harleton Thursday morning by the death of his sister Mrs. M. A. McCoy who died at noon Wednesday. Funeral services were held at 8 this evening. He was accompanied by two nieces Miss Marie Durham and Miss Ruther Brunton of Longview.
Daniel Esparza and Jesus Berreas two Mexicans were arrested Friday night by Officers Lee Norwood Horace Reed and Watchman Earl Phillips in connection with an alleged merchandise theft at Lawrence Grocery Company. They were found on the roof with a brace and bit and tools and merchandise piled near the door. Police suspect a confederate was locked inside the store.
Army officers and Dr. Robert A Millikan of Caltech plan to launch balloons with attached parachutes to collect stratospheric data. The project aims to study cosmic rays and may drop instruments within 500 miles of Fort Sam Houston. Finders are asked to report any parachute sightings to the fort and not to touch the instruments.
Judge H. O. Ferguson Mrs Ferguson and daughter Ethel return from a three week automobile trip through Colorado Utah Wyoming and other states. They traveled as far west as San Francisco stopping at Grand Canyon and Yellowstone Park and on the return visited Los Angeles and San Diego. The party reports fine roads unsurpassed climate and scenery and an enjoyable trip.
D Londovez, a Mexican citizen, was arrested Friday night by Officers Norwood and Reed for toting a pistol. He is jailed in the county facility.
Data for the Carters Creek soil erosion control project has been secured and ready for application. Louis Merrell says 10 acres with water access are needed as a CCC camp site and must be supplied free of charge. Most landowners favor the project, meeting cooperation requirements. A Bryan chamber meeting reported the Lindale visit and latest project remarks. Livestock shipments, mainly cattle, have sped up in Brazos County as Missouri Pacific Lines now allow weekly Tuesday moves.
A Bryan woman misplaced a five dollar bill while shopping at a campus fair at Texas A&M. Two days later, the booth staff returned the money after a finder turned it in, restoring her faith in humanity and proving honesty exists among people.
Herman Henderson once a Kurten 4-H boy now teaches vocational agriculture at Tennessee Colony in Anderson County. His Future Farmers of America chapter won the annual chapter contest at the Lubbock state convention receiving a silver loving cup. Members recently toured a new weekly Washington event.
Ginners across Brazos Burleson Grimes and Robertson counties will file affidavits in U S District Court in Houston asking to be relieved from the July injunction on the gin tax under the Bankhead act. Travis B Bryan acting for ginners will carry affidavits to Judge Kennerly on Thursday.
Three firms operate 13 planes in the Brazos Valley from Navasota to the Little rivers to dust cotton with poison. Planters spend about $25 daily per plane, each plane spreading roughly 3 000 pounds of poison daily for forty days. Delta Air Corporation, Gulf Dusting Corporation, and Schrader Company deploy planes from Bryan to protect crops.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Mogford of the A. and M. College agronomy department and three cotton contest winners L. M. Thompson Frank Benedek and W. A. Moseley returned to College Station from a study voyage to Europe and Africa. They traveled via City of Havre sailing from Havre to New Orleans to reach Texas, visiting Portugal Spain Tunisia Egypt Brindisi Rome the Alps Switzerland and Paris with 12 days in Egypt.
Houston district judge Whit Boyd instructed the August term grand jury to take no action on liquor law violations until after voters decide on repeal of prohibition on August 24.
Carroll Machos and Miss Josephine Morrell receive a marriage license along with James Toliver and Aola Harris. The official record notes the four couples applying for licenses.
E. L. Kurth of the Texas Planning Board announces the appointment of E. O. Siecke P. T. Sanderson John S. Redditt O. M. Stone and W. Goodrich Jones to the forestry committee The panel will draft a state forestry policy and report recommendations to the Planning Board The aim is to place Texas forests on a sustained yield basis as virgin pine timber has sharply declined from 14 000 000 acres to about 500 000 acres and Texas seeks to preserve its lumber producing rank.
Miss Josephine Morrell daughter of Mr and Mrs Joe Morrell Hearne road and Carroll Machos son of Mr and Mrs Stanley Machos were married Monday afternoon at 2 30 o clock at the groom s home by Justice A J Buchanan. Only families of the contracting parties were present and the newly wedded couple left for Dallas on their wedding trip returning in about a week for a church ceremony.
Friends in Bryan of Mr and Mrs George Glover longtime Bryan residents living at Hillsboro while Mr Glover works at a CCC camp learn he has been moved to a similar post at the Kauffman camp They plan to relocate from Hillsboro to Kauffman around mid August Mrs Glover was formerly Dorothy McDowell of Bryan
Brazos County Scout Council finalized arrangements for the Brazos Valley Council Camp to run August 5-15 with about 60 Bryan and College scouts expected. Dan Russell chaired the meeting with M C Hughes Hiram Downard J D Benson Coulter Smith M L Rees and W O Ray in attendance.
County Agent C L Benson releases three year figures from the Agricultural Adjustment Administration showing Brazos county cotton income near double in 1934 versus 1932 and above 1933. Last year farmers received 1 200 847 39 from cotton with added lint seed value and 165 836 62 in benefit payments.
B F P Lurie a Houston freshman student was arrested after a heavy whisky filled trunk was unloaded from a train and claimed by him with a check. Officers report the trunk was heavy and some bottles broke as it was unloaded. Lurie denied ownership, saying a stranger gave him 34 cents and the check to claim the trunk. His Houston address is 2405 Pease Street College.
The Texas Game Fish and Oyster Commission released 5000 black bass into the Little Brazos at Sandy Point Fountain's Switch and Mumford Crossing via Deputy State Game Warden Sam Cavitt. This marks the start of further stocking upriver. Cavitt also released 10000 small catfish into the Navasota river. Fishermen are reminded that bass must exceed 11 inches and white perch at least 7 inches to be legally caught.
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