Many People Visit Bryan for News and Visits
Mrs Leta Lucky of Houston arrives to take a position at A and M College and stays with the Watts in Bryan. Visitors include Dr and Mrs T D Brooks, and Mrs Ruth Spiller of Houston, as well as numerous relatives and friends from Corsicana Duncon Wichita Falls and Dallas markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leta Lucky
Houston
A. and M. College
J. Watts
Bryan
T. D. Brooks
Henry Buchanan
Fort Worth
Taylor
Sweeney
H. K. Jones
Ruth ‘Spiller
Jones
Frank Wittman
Vybil Cotton
Burnett
M. College
Eee
T. K. Law- H. A. Mueller
Kenedy
Wayne Mueller
Dallas
Tillie Fuschak
Central Texas Auto Radioeay
Chas. F. Hillier
Russell
William Nash
West Texas
New Mexico
Carlsbad Cavern
Lincoln Park
Davis Mountains
A. B. Carter
Detroit
A. B. McSwain
Rock Prairie
Harry Edge
Clyde Goen
Tyler Haswell
Jack Johnson
Tom Jenkins
Steve Lobell
Houton
Haswell
Wynne Lay
J. R. Lay
Norman Claude Houston
Kerrville
Mr. Cloud
T. A. Cloud
Felix Mistret, Jr
Virginia
Waco
R. S. Harrison
Felis Mistrot
Harrison
Mary Hester Harrison
Fred Sims
Bastrop
A. Cloud
Dr George W Truett Elected President of Baptist World Congress
World renowned pastor Dr George W Truett, longtime First Baptist leader in Bryan and College Station, was elected president of the Baptist World Congress meeting in Berlin. He presided in the president’s absence and was recalled to London for the Charles Spurgeon centenary with Ramsey MacDonald introducing him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Truett
First Baptist
Bryan and
College
Baptist World Congress
Berlin
Truett
Dallas
Charles H. Spurgeon
London
Ramsey MacDonald
Ex Allen Player Delivers Key Hit for Beeville Braves
Henry Lewis, Allen Academy 1932 graduate, now with Beeville Braves, hit a timely single to drive in a runner and seal victory over Refugio Firemen. Hank Lewis, Braves catcher, drove in Walker as fans cheered. he and Ruth Johnston recently settled in Beeville where he works for the State Highway Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Lewis
Allen Academy
Beeville Braves
Refugio Firemen
Braves
Coy White
The
Bee-Picayune
Hank Lewis
Walker
Texas Proclaims Centennial Week 1934 Declaration
Governor Miriam A. Ferguson proclaims August 13 1934 as Texas Centennial Week to honor the state’s early struggle for independence and to promote the 1936 centennial celebration. The proclamation urges Texans to discuss the centennial in clubs meetings and social gatherings to foster patriotic spirit and public support for the project.
Proclamation Declares Texas Centennial Week in Bryan Brazos
By official proclamation of Governor Miriam A Ferguson the week of August 13 is Texas Centennial Week. The Bryan Mayor and Brazos County Judge call upon all citizens to Think Talk Write Texas Centennial for 1936 and to education efforts urging residents to stay in the state for a great exhibition honoring heroic fathers and Texas progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington-on-the-Brazos
Texas
Sam Houston
Republic
San Jacinto
Alamo
Goliad
New Texas
Union
United States
Lone Star
Miriam A. Ferguson
State of
Bryan
Brazos County
Texas Counties Report Full Cotton Forms Under Bankhead Act
COLLEGE STATION Aug 11 Every Texas county has a complete supply of Bankhead Act forms and 37 counties filed applications with the State Allotment Board for exemption certificates. Twelve counties are complete and DeWitt County received all its certificates last Saturday. The board operates 24 hours daily with three shifts. South Texas counties receive preference due to early cotton gins. Interim certificates may be issued up to 50 percent of allotment to other counties. The Brazos river basin board includes Jno M Lawrence Sr and George G Chance, who had not yet decided to attend a meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Texas
State Allotment Board
G. E. Adams
Extension Service
DeWitt County
State
State Board
Washington
Adams
Brazos River
Jno. M. Lawrence
Brazos River Flood Plan Takes Shape With 50 000
A Brazos River survey outlines a six point program. The largest item calls for flood control with storage reservoirs and levee work below Waco at an estimated 15 million dollars. Other items include soil conservation efforts and reforestation with no fixed sums listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Prodigal Son Playlet Highlights Bryan Federation Meet
At the Bryan Federation of Young People's Societies last summer meeting at College Avenue Baptist church Milton Maloney arranged a Prodigal Son playlet. John W. Black Jr and Miss Betty Syptak led the performance with Milton Maloney and John Sidney Smith presenting the Lost Coin Lost Sheep and Lost Son stories. W. S. Johnson sang with Elizabeth Watts at the piano as Henry Godwin presided and Rev. I. J. Blackwelder led singing. The next meeting is set for the first Sunday in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Maloney
Bryan Federation of Young People’s Societies
College Avenue Baptist Church
Federation
John W. Black, Jr
Betty Syptak
John Sidney Smith
Johnson
Elizabeth Watts
Henry Godwin
I. J. Blackwelder
Godwin Named Rural Rehabilitation Director for Madison and Leon
Henry Godwin of Bryan has been appointed by State Director J F E Stanford to direct rural rehabilitation work in Madison and Leon counties and has already begun duties. He is making his home at Madisonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Godwin
Bryan
J. FE. Stanford
Madison and
Leon Counties
Mr. Godwin
Madisonville
Cab Teams Sweep BFYPS Title Double Win for 1934
College Avenue Baptist clubs clinch championships in both boys and girls divisions of the BFYPS playground ball league for the second straight year. The boys rode an undefeated run into July while the girls needed a late season rally to overtake the Methodist Mustangs, with Hammond Helms and Phalba Lee Godwin as top pitchers for the Cubs and Mustang hurlers combining solid showings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Avenue Baptist
BFYPS
Cabs
Cab Girls
Cab Boys
Methodist Mustangs
Mustangs
Methodist Girls
Mustang Boys
Presbyterian Boys
Hammond Helms
Cubs
W. A. Middleton
Mustang
Helms
Phalba Lee Godwin
Budget actions and hospital plan dominate city meeting
The city commission reappointed three Board of School Trustees members A M Waldrop W S Higgs and R V Armstrong and raised the common labor wage from 1 50 to 2 00 per day starting this month. They discussed indigent hospitalization with a 500 city match and 500 county and Good Cheer funding, with one committee member named for administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Waldrop
W.S. Higgs
R. V. Armstrong
A. S. McSwain
Forrest Field
Rotary and
Lions Club
U. L. Pistole
Lions
Boy Scout Movement
Bryan
Co. M. Bethany
Nolan C. Phillips
Waco
Scouts Plan Camp Activities and Lions Rotary Benefit Game
The Bryan Lions Club and local Scouts organize a camp at Robertson county with dam construction and a kitchen fund drive. A Rotary Klub baseball game at Forrest Field raises money for camp amenities while Dr. W. H. Andrew and others review camp safety and plan Texas Centennial activities in 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Sankey Park
W. H. Andrew
Lions
Rotary Klub
Forrest Field
R. M. Searcy
R. A. Booth
Houston
Vincent Haskell
Haskell
H. C. Copenhaver
Wharton Club
Texas Centennial Committee
E. J. Howell
Lamar Jones
Bryan Lions Club
Luke Patranella
Lillie Crenshaw
Miss Crenshaw
Carl T. Sprague
R. L. James
Howard Berry
Allen Academy Adds Several Faculty Members for New Year
Allen Academy announces a strengthened faculty with FE C Cole as head of Mathematics and U R Neeley as head of Spanish plus Joe H Wilson in History and Public Speaking. Band director J T Mize joins with extensive study and performance credentials and plans to tour Europe with orchestras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baptist Church
Cole
Academy
Bryan
U. R. Neeley
Decatur Baptist College
Neeley
T. F. Wilson
Joe H. Wilson
Wilson
Brown University
University of Texas
Mize
Europe
Texas National Guard
New York
Methodist Church
Poison plot ties farmer to Bass family death
Centerville report shows Walter Bass's body disinterred after his son Ibb Bass told officers of a plot to murder him. A .22 bullet was found in the head and Ibb faces an examining trial on complicity in the poison arson death of Charles Salsberry last Friday. A farmer is jailed as investigation continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centerville
Walter Bass
Ibb Bass
Bass
Young Bass
Charles Salsberry
Lee Thomason
Farmer Shoots Self After Acreage Breach
In Greenville South Carolina on August 14 4)-B B Medlock a tenant farmer killed himself rather than plow under three extra acres of cotton. Federal inspectors had measured the field and found three acres beyond his government reduction contract and ordered destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
S. C
B. B. Medlock
Medlock
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fred Gilpin
G. A. Dawson
Jim Jackson
F. G
Henry Smith
Allen
R. W. Persons
San Antonio
Ben Kelley
Kelley
Bill Stasny
Sallie Vitopil
Marion Frances
Brem
Bremond
Bryan K
Mary Jane Hatcher
Mexia
W. P. Moore
Billy
South Bryan Street
George Ranson
Ralph King
H. B. Stenzel
Austin
Stenzel
M. Collene
King
F. R. Collard
W. S. Stuart
FE. J. Smith
Amarillo
Elizabeth
Edna Catalena
Tony Barcelona
Beeville
City OF
Hal Madison
Leon Job
Cab
W. L. Pet Girls Cubs
Mustangs _e
Scorpions
Mustangs Eee
Sam's Drug Store
Mae West
St. Louis
Chevrolet
Tudor
Plymouth
Studebaker
Graham Paige
Ford Tudor
Ford
Willys-Knight
Buick
Nash
Bryan Motor CO
Ford Sales and Service
North Main St
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