Abe Hensarling Elected Worshipful Master in Hearne Lodge
Abe Hensarling of Hearne, born in Bryan in 1897, was elected Worshipful Master of the Hearne Masonic Lodge. At under 29, he is noted as one of the youngest to hold the post in Texas and the South, reflecting high esteem from Brazos County residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe Hensarling
Hearne
Brazos County
John L. Hensarling
Wellborn
Hensarling
Bryan
Posi
Masonic Lodge
Masonic Brotherhood
Landrum recounts Carlsbad Cave visit in New Mexico
Mrs. Ida Landrum returns from Roswell and Carlsbad New Mexico and describes a sightseeing trip to Carlsbad Cave thirty five miles from Carlsbad. She notes an 800 foot climb to enter and a 1500 foot descent into the cave with telephones electric lights and daily tours attracting many visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Landrum
Roswell
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Mrrs. Landrum
Ms. Landrum
Vanderwerth Family Vacation Report from South Texas
Mr and Mrs W C Vanderwerth and their daughter Lila Lee returned home from a week long vacation in South Texas. They visited Austin New Braunfels San Antonio and Kenedy enjoying the Capitol Breckenridge Park and local camps. They note cotton picking in Karnes county with yields from a quarter bale to a bale per acre and comment on scarce pickers and good road conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Vanderwerth
Lila Lee
South Texas
Austin
State Capitol
New Braunfels
San Antonio
Alamo
Breckenridge Park
Kenedy
Kenedy With Mrs. Vanderworth’s Sister, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Benke
Karnes
Richards Citizens Seek Funds for Richards Church
Evangelist Albert T. Fetts and a Richards committee of ladies from Grimes county visited Bryan to solicit contributions for a community Christian church. The planned 60 by 60 foot wooden building will serve Roan's Prairie Richards Shire and Singleton communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert T. Fetts
E. W. Mistrot
L. B. McGee
Mildred Sterling
Richards
Grimes County
Bryan
Roan’s Prairie
Shire
Singleton
Local travelers briefed on city routes and old residents
Richards travels along State Highway No. 45 between Anderson and Huntsville en route through town. Mrs Mistrot, once from Bryan, recalls older citizens including the Cavitts Coles and Wilson. Mrs Bob Harrison is Mistrot's niece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richards
Anderson
Huntsville
Mistrot
Bryan
Cavitts
Coles
Wilson
Bob Harrison
Miss Parker Returns From Eastern Market
Miss Harriett D. Parker heads the millinery department at Sam B. Wilson Woman's Department Store and returned Saturday from New York City with a line of fall and winter hats. She notes beautiful styles for Brazos county and arrivals will occur daily, with both large and small hats in black white ruby red jungle green and wood brown. Materials include felts velours velvets and satins. Parker stopped in Indianapolis to visit her sister and saw the Sesqui Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriett D. Parker
Sam B. Wilson
Woman’s Department
New York City
Parker
Bryan
New York
Indianapolis
Ind
Philadelphia
Penn
Baptist Picnic At Old Fish Pond
A practice gathering for the College Avenue Baptist church men grew into a social picnic on the banks of the old fish pond west of College. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Barron and family, R. R. Rush and daughter Martha Jane, Harold Sanders and family, Jesse Hensarling and Olive Ruth, Rev. Roy S. Holloman and Helen Wynne, and A. S. Ware and children. A picnic supper was shared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Avenue Baptist Church
Fish Pond
College
W. S. Barron
R. R. Rush
Martha Jane
Harold Sanders
Jesse Hensarling
Olive Ruth
Roy S. Holloman
Helen Wynne
A. S. Ware
Mayor and Mrs Haswell to Vacation at the Galvez
Mayor Tyler Haswell will ride to Houston by train where Mrs Haswell joins him after visiting her ill sister Mrs J R Lay. They will travel by their new Lincoln to Galveston for a few days vacation at the Galvez hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haswell
Galvez
Galveston
Tyler Haswell
Houston
J. R. Lay
Camp Placid Landa Park Highlighted by Lynwood Boyett
Lynwood Boyett writes from College Station to Bryan friends praising Camp Placid in Landa Park as a wonderful quaint town with great times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Placid
Landa Park
Lynwood Boyett
College Station
Bryan
Dr Walton R Cole Preached Morning at Bryan Churches
Dr Walton R Cole of Louisville Kentucky preached Sunday at the First Baptist Church Bryan taking the pulpit for Dr H H McCain pastor of the First Methodist Church The subject was A Dark Betrayal from Luke 22 48 Judas betrayal of Jesus and ways believers betray him with their words and deeds A fine crowd attended with Miriam Crute singing By the Waters of Babylon and Mrs R S Webb at the organ
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walton R. Cole
Methodist
First Baptist
Louisville
Kentucky
W. H. Cole
Bryan
First Baptist Church
H. H. McCain
First Methodist Church
Jesus
Day
God
Garden
Gethsemane
Judas
Dr. Cole
Miriam Crute
Babylon
R. S. Webb
Abilene Visitors Return to Home in the West
Mr. and Mrs. Truitt Rucker and children R. V. and Hollis Louise of Abilene left today for home after visiting Mrs. Rucker's parents Mr. and Mrs. J C Lloyd. They drove by auto and noted good roads. Mrs. Rucker is remembered in Brazos County as Miss Lillian Lloyd a former county schoolteacher.
Farmers Must Ship Cotton to Farm Bureau
Brazos County Farm Bureau Board met in Bryan with President J L Stasney. They urged farmers to ship cotton pledged to the Texas Farm Bureau Cotton Association for symmetric marketing and scheduled a September 1 gathering at 2 pm at the courthouse to discuss member concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Brazos County Farm Bureau Board
Bryan
J. L. Stasney
Texas Farm Bureau Cotton Association
Court House
Puny Wilson And Norman Dansby To Coach At Allen
Puny Wilson and Norman J. Dansby named athletic directors at Allen Academy for the year. Wilson, a four year Texas A&M star and all-Southwestern end, directed Bryan High School athletics last year. Dansby, a former Texas A&M guard with all-American mentions, will coach football line. Schedule includes St Edwards, Texas School for the Deaf, Beaumont High, St Thomas, Terrill Dallas, San Marcos Baptist, Rice Freshmen, A and M Freshmen on Armistice Day, with talks of a Cotton Palace game at Waco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. F
Puny) Wilson
Norman J. Dansby
Bible
Allen Academy
Princips
N. B. Allen
Wilson
Texas Aggies
Centre College A
M. Battle
Bryan High
Dansby
Texas Aggie
St. Edward’s Academy
Texas School For the Deaf and Dumb
Beaumont High
St. Thomas of Houston
Terrill School of Dallas
San Marcos Baptist Academy
Rice
Waco
Cotton Palace
Ballard Named New History Instructor at Allen Academy
Allen Academy announces F. E. Ballard of Little Rock Arkansas will join as History instructor for the new year. Ballard holds an M A from Vanderbilt and Millsaps College and brings notable teaching experience. He reports for duty September 10 as the academy opens its forty second year with strong prospects.
Bryan Masons Attend Meeting Wheelock Lodge
Hemphill Lodge No. 452 A F and A M celebrated its fiftieth anniversary at Wheelock on Friday night August 20 1926 with visiting Masons from Bryan Hearne Franklin and Cedar Creek lodges. Freddie Locks of Wheelock was candidate in a third degree exemplification while Bryan Masons filled chairs. Congressman Luther Johnson attended the luncheon as guest of honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hemphill Lodge
Wheelock
Bryand
Hearne
Franklin
Cedar Creek
Masonic Lodge
Texas
Freddie Locks
Bryan
H. E. Randolph
D. C. McCord
T. F. Carson
C. R. Gardner
A. S. Cain
W. L. Lee
L. D. Webb
W. L. Ayres
George P. Ayres
C. F. Ayres
J. D. McDonald
F. FE. Lichte
Lloyd Smith
J. C. Higgins
Rainbow Picnic At Pitts Bridge Highlighted By River Outing
About 25 or 30 Rainbow Girls and companions gathered at the Masonic Hall in Bryan for a basket supper and a river outing at Pitts Bridge on the Brazos River. Six cars carried them to the site around 7 p.m. and they returned about 9 p.m. Chaperones were Mrs. J. R. Wright, Mrs. W. F. Davis, and Mrs. H. E. Randolph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rainbow Girls
Pitts Bridge
Brazos River
Masonic Hall
Bryan
J. R. Wright
W. F. Davis
H. E. Randolph
Negress Dies on Train En Route Home
Mary Echols aged about 26 a rural schoolteacher near Oakwood died on the H and T C train at Millican while returning from Prairie View. Investigators ruled death from natural causes. the body was moved to Ed Scotts parlors for shipping to Oakwood on the I and G N line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Echols
Oakwood
Millican
Prairie View
Navasota
Oak McKenzie
Justice of the Peace
J. M. Barron
Ed Scott
Young Family Weekend Visit to Kyle Ends in Reunion
Mr and Mrs H H Young with daughters Lyndall and Ora L travel to Kyle for a weekend in the old hometown. A Sunday reunion brings together two brothers James Young of Austin and H H Young of Bryan and three sisters Mrs John Park of Kyle Mrs Mary Sledge of Austin and Mrs A P Lowery of San Antonio for a day at the family homestead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Young
Lyndall
Ora L
Kyle
Young
James Young
Austin
Bryan
John Park
Mary Sledge
A. P. Lowery
San Antonio
Agricultural Committee of C. Of C. In Meet
J Webb Howell chairing Brazos county crop contest planning discussion. Chamber of Commerce offers over 1000 dollars in prizes for five acre yields across feed crops, cotton, canning and terracing. Entry deadlines set through September and October with terracing due March 1 1927 and clubs by December 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Webb Howell
Bryan Chamber of Commerce
Brazos County
Chamber of Commerce
Dallas News
Business Center
Kurten Makes Strong Sorghum Crop Exhibit For Contest
County Agent C L Benson submitted to The Eagle sample heads from Jim Kurten’s 10 acre sorghum field. Kurten, son of Henry Kurten of Kurten, is entered in the Bryan Chamber of Commerce agricultural prize contest for feed crops. The field includes milo maize kafir chicken corn Darso and hygiera with high quality stands. The new chicken corn variety resembles broom corn but with shorter brush, promising good poultry feed and may be sown next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Benson
Eagle Office
Jim Kurten
Henry Kurten
Kurten
Bryan Chamber of Commerce
Jim
Bryan Girl Will Teach At Hearne School Opens Monday
Hearne school opens Monday September 6 with a local staff led by Superintendent E. T. Robbins and Principal Roy H. Mathison. The initial teaching corps includes Aus tin Assistant Principal and Coach B. A. Zuinn Temple Domestic Science Miss Valentine Harmon Kress English Mrs Aubrey Mc Neel Hearne History Latin Miss Marion Tomby Austin Primary Mrs R H Ballinger Hearne Primary Mrs Stella M Cole Hearne 7th Grade Mrs Pearl Murphy Burlington 6th Grade Miss Helen Newton Thorndale 5th Grade Miss Amelia Harding Hearne 4th Grade Miss Christine Menefe Dallas 3rd Grade Miss Lynda Mae Young Bryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. T. Robbins
Roy H. Mathison
Austin
B. A. Zuinn
Temple
Valentine Harmon
Kress
Aubrey McNeel
Hearne
Marion Tomby
R. H. Ballinger
Stella M. Cole
Pearl Murphy
Burlington
Helen Newton
Thorndale
Amelia Harding
Christine Menefee
Dallas
Lyndall Mae Young
Bryan
Hearne Democrat
Picnic At Vick Lake Draws Seventy Attendees
About seventy young people attended a Friday evening social at Vick Lake two miles south of the city. Hosted by the First Baptist church social committee, the event served members of the church B Y P U organizations. The weather was cool and the moon beautiful as attendees enjoyed a supper of roasted foods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vick’s Lake
First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church Social Teaches Young Folks Plans
The evening featured weinies with pickles mustard and buns ice lemonade hot coffee and watermelons. Rev. R. E. Day spoke to the young folks as did Unions members who visited from summer resorts. Day said this was the start of many social treats and thanked the planning committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Day
Colorado
Day
First Baptist Church
Sam Jackson Visits Parents in College from San Francisco
Sam Jackson and wife of San Francisco are visiting his parents Mr and Mrs A D Jackson at College. They left San Francisco at 2:00 p m on the 13th and arrived at College at noon on the 20th traveling over 2300 miles via San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Jackson
San Francisco
Cal
A. D. Jackson
College
San Antonio
Electric Lights Help Local Chickens Raise Faster Eggs
In Brazos county near the College and Bryan road, the Kazmeier chicken village lights its coops all night. The owner explains that nighttime lighting boosts egg production and speeds chick development, a fact many locals didn’t know.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College
Bryan
Brazos County
F. W. Kazmeier
Missionary Society Meets at Bry an First Christian
The Woman's Missionary Society of the First Christian church of Bryan held its monthly session Friday afternoon at 4 with Mrs Ernest Langford as hostess and Mrs Leroy Davidson presiding. Rev L Guy Ament opened with prayer and led a Bible study from First Corinthians. Refreshments followed. next meeting is Sept 6 hosted by Mrs G L Crawford on Border Brook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Langford
Woman’s Missionary Society of the
First Christian Church of
Bryan
Leroy Davidson
L. Guy Ament
First Corinthians
Davidson
Mrs Armstrong Died In San Angelo After Illness
Mrs Ola Elliott Armstrong died during the night in San Angelo after a lengthy illness. She had been an invalid for years and recently in a sanitarium in Carlsbad New Mexico. Funeral services were held in Wall Texas this afternoon. Her husband was Sam Armstrong formerly of Rosebud and now in San Angelo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Armstrong
Tabor
Waco
Rosebud
San Angelo
Sam Armstrong
Ola Elliott Armstrong
Armstrongs
Wall
Texas
Carlabad
New Mexico
Let The Eagle Print Your Next Order Right
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Steep Hollow Progressives Hold Saturday Night Meeting
The Steep Hollow community club held its regular monthly gathering at the school house. A program by local talent featured A. J. Murray as president, with W. E. Neeley of the Bryan Lions Club introducing speakers and praising the new Delco lights at the community center. County Agent C. L. Benson discussed a head of feed later identified as Darso, Originating in Oklahoma, and J Webb Howell of the Bryan Cotton Oil Mill urged farmers to plant less cotton and more food and feed. E M Regenbrecht of A and M College attended to share pointers, and H D Cuykendall of the Bryan Eagle thanked organizers as the Delo lights were installed. The evening closed with another local talent performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steep Hollow
A. J. Murray
W. E. Neeley
Bryan Lions
C. L. Benson
Beason
Milo
Oklahoma
J. Webb Howell
Bryan Cotton Oil Mill
The
Bryan Chamber of Commerce
Howell
Coton
Texas
Punty
Benson
E.M. Regenbrecht
M. Wollege
Marlin
Regenbrecht
H. D. Cuykendall
Bryan Eagle
Cuykendall
Homer Holliday Fined For Disturbing Peace At Edge Dance Hall
Homer Holliday of Edge was fined 17.65 in justice court at Edge on Friday for disturbing the peace at a dance hall two or three weeks earlier. County Attorney Oak McKenzie prosecuted, with F L Henderson as Holliday's defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Holliday
Edge
Justice Court
W. R. Henry
Oak McKenzie
F. L. Henderson
Holliday
Negro School Building Advances as Opening Approaches
Work is progressing on the new school building for Negro students at the northeast corner of the colored school premises. Principal Kemp and teachers urge both Black and white pupils to enroll on opening day and apply themselves. a 1926 1927 faculty list is provided with plans for first week assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kemp
E. A. Kemp
F. C. Mellon
Ada A. Hall
N. E. Diggs
N. E. Wiley
District Court Opens In Bryan On September 20
The September term of District Court for Brazos County opens Monday morning September 20. An unusually heavy docket is anticipated with three murder cases including two new and one carried over. All three cases will have special venires as required by law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazos County
Teachers Contracts Due By First Of September
County Superintendent D J McDonald orders all teacher contracts to be filed for approval before the first of September. Several have already been submitted but the remainder must be turned in promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. J. McDonald
Searcys Report Springs Trip Then Plan Cheyenne Visit
Mrs. M. R. Bentley received cards showing the Searcys enjoying Colorado Springs. The message dated the 19th says they will depart the next day for Cheyenne via Denver, enjoying a wonderful time along the way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. R. Bentley
Searcys
Colorado Springs
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Denver
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South
Miss Parker
Easten
Lynwood
Abilene
Puny Wilson
Norman Dansby
Allen
F E.ballard
Bryan Masons
Wheelock Lodge
Vick Lake
Missionary of Christians
Progressive Club
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