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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1936
Page
3
The Reliance College team dominated the field scoring multiple runs and securing crucial wins as the season nears playoffs. Key players boosted the offense with timely hits while pitching held opponents early and late, positioning Reliance for the title chase.
Numerous Bryan residents and guests are noted in a roundup of weekend visits and travels. Families from Dallas, Houston, Waco, Ada Oklahoma, Cameron and Normangee share mornings in Bryan, attend engagements, or journey to events such as the Texas Centennial in Dallas and Fort Worth.
Bill Blanton senior at McGregor High School won the $50 Texas A and M College scholarship from the Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce Education committee. The decision was by E R Alexander head of Agriculture Education at Texas A and M College. Blanton was high scorer in a soil conservation test at A and M and led in a Baylor University general intelligence test. He worked a mail route while attending school and excelled in vocational agriculture with pig and capon projects.
Mrs. W. A. Wood of Waco and a group of friends paused in their travels to Independence for the annual Baylor University homecoming. Hon. Pat Neff, former Texas governor and Baylor president, was part of the party en route to speak at Sunday's morning program.
Dr. F L Thomas of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station reports boll weevils leafworms and bollworms cause most cotton damage. He notes regional variations with higher square punctures in the South and Southeast and outlines flowering patterns and where flea hoppers are damaging cotton as they move to weeds.
R. B. Carnes, jailed previously, is charged again with theft in connection with stealing watches and other property from College students and residents. He was brought back from Waco Monday evening by county officers and several watches and clothing were recovered.
Senator Tom Connally and Representative Luther A. Johnson were seen passing through Bryan late Saturday afternoon en route to Gulf points for a fishing vacation. Johnson said he would return to Bryan soon after the trip.
The Bryan Broncos will begin workouts next Monday under lights at Forrest Field as they start an early season. Coach A E Jones returns from Kerrville and Fort Worth coaching school as nine lettermen lead a larger, heavier squad with new green uniforms and white trim. The team opens Sept 11 at Forrest Field versus Calvert, then hosts Navasota Sept 18 before district play begins Sept 25 in Corsicana.
W. R. Allen county attorney select, with his mother, returned Sunday from Dallas vacation and nursed a burned hand Monday morning. He tried to light the gas water heater. it exploded, causing painful burns. Mrs. Allen and her son stayed with their daughter Mrs. John Caufield and her husband during the week.
James J. Ray, longtime Bryan Penney assistant manager, is appointed manager of Seguin store 1493. He and his family will move from Bryan between August 20 and 24. Ray began his Penney career in Bryan, where he has spent ten years. store managers in the chain are part owners.
Allen Academy announces strong grid prospects under H A McDonald and Russ Reynolds. Leslie Bowen joins as assistant after SMU and Tehuacana J C head coach experience. Lettermen include Cady, Bryan, Ingram, Galveston, Wood, Grimes, Temple, Spiller, Jacksboro, Byrd. Squad aims for about 45 with grads from Galveston to Conroe and Tyler.
The document shows personnel including Theo Noack as clerk, Martin Mersiov sky as clerk, A J Nisbet as cashier, M A Kasper as bookkeeper, Karl Kriegel as vice president, H G Hertel as physician, E A Viereck as druggist, and John S Simmang as lawyer, with political advertising paid for by Friends of J Alton York.
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