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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1933
Page
1
The Bryan Booster urges owners near river bottoms to bud and care for native pecan trees rather than cut them down. Budding is inexpensive and could yield a valuable crop with suitable pruning and spraying, calling for guidance from county or Texas A&M authorities.
Mrs. Tyler Haswell left Monday night for Hollywood to spend the rest of summer with daughter Ava and grandson Haswell Giraud. Mr. Haswell will join later and return to Bryan together. Dr. William H. Andrew and family visit Lamparas, and Mrs. R. J. Roberts returns to Bryan after a New York business trip.
Progress on the Fuller No. 1 oil well started August 1 by Knickerbocker Oil Company four miles east of Hearne. The well sits on a 93 acre tract in the Francisco Ruiz survey within a 5,000 acre block, 400 feet down after days of drilling, using the latest API derrick and a plan for a 5,000 foot test. G. T. Rheabotham directs field operations. company members hail from Dallas and Huntsville.
Knights of Columbus councils from Bryan and Cameron held a Sunday joint session at Bowers Lake near Caldwell. Large attendance. watermelons supplied by the councils. families brought baskets. The Cameron band performed. addresses were given by Rt Rev J B Gleissner Father Valenta Bryan and Father Urbanovsky Caldwell. John O Connor Bryan spoke. Cameron lodge lecturers chaired. Caldwell court members handled local arrangements.
The Bryan Federation of Young People's Societies outlined an elaborate yearly program at First Presbyterian Church. It adds a training season for basketball, revised league formats, color uniforms, nicknames for church teams, and a cross church volleyball league. The fall features horseshoe pitching with 2,000,000 devotees nationally, run as a six-division singles and doubles tournament for boys and girls.
Funeral services for Virgil W Foster aged 84 years 2 months 18 days were held Monday at 10 am from the residence of his daughter Mrs J W Hamilton on West 25th street Rev C B Thompson of the Free Baptist church conducted the service assisted by Milton Maloney Interment was in Bryan city cemetery with McCulloch Dansby Co in charge Mr Foster a Brazos county resident for over 50 years was son of the late Judge George P Foster who served as county judge of Fort Bend before the Civil War Pall bearers active and honorary were named including J L Edge Dr R McSearcy and Judge W C Davis.
H. B. London of Houston, doing field work for the Texas Rehabilitation and Relief Commission, visited Bryan Monday to confer with the county RFC committee. Chairman R. G. Williams called a meeting this afternoon to survey relief needs and discuss continuation plans for relief work.
Samuel Heath field supervisor of crop loans for the district including Brazos Grimes and Madison counties will be in Bryan each Monday from 8 to 9 30 a m at the chamber of commerce offices during the collection season. Borrowers needing loan information payments and receipts can call Mr Heath at the stated time and place. The district led the country last year in loan collections and Heath says he has assured Owen W Sherrill regional manager that the record would be repeated this year.
Mrs Jnc K Parker was badly bruised when her car was struck by a Caldwell man’s vehicle at the College avenue intersection with 23rd street. The other driver reportedly had no brakes and fled the scene after the collision in which Parker’s car overturned two or three times.
An accident Sunday morning halted Wallin Well No 1 in Brazos Valley after the drill bit caught and the derrick collapsed as workers tried to raise the bit. The hole reached about 1900 feet, far deeper than planned, and backers deemed further work uneconomical though financing a future bore in the area is hoped.
J. P. Parker 78 lifelong Madison county resident died at his Madisonville home at 4 p m Thursday He is survived by his wife five sons W H J J L A E B and F H Parker all of Madisonville 39 grandchildren nine great grandchildren All were at his bedside Funeral services were held at Gum Springs Leon county at 1 p m Friday Rev Ed Kelley officiating
Under H B London Texas Relief and Rehabilitation Commission the Brazos County Board of Welfare and Employment organized Monday. Mrs J L Brock named county administrator after evaluate candidates. salary 75 a month. headquarters at Good Cheer quarters in old fire station. Board includes R G Williams chairman M W Sims Guy Neeley Henry Kurten James Sullivan. The group approved curtailment of relief but jobs in cotton picking or similar fields would be found for those listed who refuse work.
The death of L B Kern occurred in El Paso Sunday at 6 pm. His remains arrived in Bryan Tuesday afternoon and were taken to the family home on West 24th street. A funeral will be held Wednesday at 4 pm with Dr. L B Elrod officiating. Interment in Bryan city cemetery. Survived by six children, two sons and four daughters, and seven grandchildren.
Frances Thomas of Bryan daughter of Mr and Mrs W R Thomas has finished a course at Toby's Business College in Waco She was valedictorian at Stephen F Austin High School and maintained a 9966 average at Toby's record surpassed by only one in the college's forty year history She plans to re enter the University of Texas when health permits.
The Printers and Publishers of the 14th Senatorial District gathered at Caldwell to oppose surrender of press freedom under the National Recovery Act code and protested government envelope printing. Leaders elected include C. M. Bishop chair and M. E. Wallace vice president. The group will meet in Chicago August 18 19.
The American Legion Fair Board named several steering committees Thursday night at a meeting for the Fifth Annual event. The article notes continued coverage on page 6.
J A McMahon 62 formerly of Moody and caretaker for six Moody boys and four students at the old Zuber home died after a hit and run on the highway between Bryan and College. Mrs McMahon with him could not identify the vehicle. He died of internal injuries after being treated at Wilkerson Memorial clinic. Survived by wife and four sons, two employed at the college. Funeral services in Moody.
Brazos county farmers received acceptances totaling over 44 000 for cotton leased to the government in the past week, with about 25 000 already on hand. Farmers may obtain funds after signing proof of complying with cotton destruction requirements. Larger-amount recipients are paid later due to stringent checks, County Agent C. L. Benson reports.
General officers for Brazos county prohibition forces were elected. Rev. R L Brown became county chairman after brief remarks, with McDuff Simpson as secretary and treasurer. Bernard L Hatch and Rev. Pete DeYoung spoke to a large Bryan crowd at the courthouse as organizers planned precinct-level work and traveling speakers.
In Eagle Pass on August 14 a White Leghorn hen owned by Santiago Zamaripa laid an egg containing another egg. The large egg measured eight by six and a half inches with two yolks, while the second egg was about the size of a normal egg at five and a half by four and a quarter inches. Zamaripa attributed the phenomenon to the hen's interest in Roosevelt's business recovery program.
Brazos County commissioners advertise for bids on a poor farm building project and repairs to the county courthouse and jail plus plans for four precinct road shops. Bids due Sept 11 at the monthly court meeting with warrants of up to 15000, 15000 and 36000 planned. Tax levies proposed against county, roads, and permanent improvements funds.
The county NRA committee meets at 4 PM to arrange a survey of Bryan employment conditions. A sub committee will be named to carry out the survey and other Brazos county recovery effort groups may be named by chairman George Butler.
Royall G. Smith, 55, a prominent West Texas attorney, died at his San Angelo home. He had been involved in nearly all major oil litigation in the region during his five years in the area.
The Bryan Press Company weighed and handled 2 443 bales of cotton through Saturday, including rail and wagon cotton. Manager J C Cloud says this total far exceeds the same date in 1932, more than doubling last year’s figure and indicating the 1933 crop will be marketed more quickly than 1932.
W. L. Dowling returns to Bryan from a Ford offered trip to the World's Fair in Chicago and Detroit factories. He was among 50 Houston district salesmen who earned the trip for top sales. The group toured Chicago and Detroit then drove home in new company Fords.
Obituary notes H O Boatwright prominent Bryan banker and longtime resident dies at Torbett's sanitarium in Marlin after a fall. Born 1858 in Chesterfield South Carolina he moved to Bryan in 1874 and shaped local banking, church life, and civic work for over 60 years. He was 75.
Robertson County plans its annual fair October 4 to 7 with a carnival contract signed for the first week in October. A small admission will be charged to cover expenses and premiums. Fair secretary K. D. Willingham is compiling the catalogue data.
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