New Highway Survey to Begin in Early September
The survey of the Snooks to College Station highway will start in early September, approved by the highway department, per Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce reports. Other topics included county unit government for Brazos County, sign plans at Richland to Houston routes, and plans for a community party to welcome visitors to A and M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snooks
College Station
Highway Department
Bryan and
Brazos County
W. S. Barron
R. G. Williams
Texas
Barron
E. R. Bryant
Williams
Richland
Houston
Bryan
State Health Board
Marshall Bullock
Zulch
Enduring Pervasive Profit Motive in Professions
A columnist laments how profit motives have corrupted the moral fiber of preachers doctors lawyers planters ranchers and merchants. He contrasts early professional ethics with later days when self interest spreads through all so called service professions and business overrides social welfare. Continued on Page 6.
About Bryan about Bryan visit and travel notes
Mrs J L Ezekiel and Lt Raphael Ezekiel visit Dr and Mrs W N Ezekiel. They have been in the Canal Zone for two years and are on leave en route to Boston. Percy A Tardy Jr goes to Dallas on business. Mr and Mrs P W Bruner and son Larry visit Dallas then head to north Texas to see the Centennial. The Langford family returns from a 15 day western vacation visiting Carlsbad Cavern Grand Canyon Los Angeles Yosemite Sequoia Nevada Salt Lake City Yellowstone and Idaho’s national parks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Ezekiel
Raphael Ezekiel
W. N. Ezekiel
Ezekiel
Lt. Ezekiel
Corozal
Canal Zone
Boston
Mass
P. W. Bruner
Larry
Dallas
Texas
Ivan Langford
Caclsbad Cavern
New Mexico
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Los Angeles
Yosemite
Sequoia National Parks
California
Nevada
Salt Lake City
Utah
Yellowstone National Park
Idaho
College Station Post Office Job Awarded to Dallas Firm
The Dolph Bateson Construction Company of Dallas won the College Station Texas post office building contract. The total project allotment rises to 56 200 and the firm will complete the structure in 210 days after receipt of the proceed order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
College Station
Texas
Dallas
Treasury
Dolph- Bateson Construction Company
Schools Open Tuesday September 8 in Bryan
Bryan city schools will open on Tuesday September 8 this year as Labor Day shifts the start. Classes begin Tuesday instead of Monday with Labor Day causing the Monday closure. Teachers will meet on Labor Day, with opening day Monday canceled for students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan City
M. Brown
Editor of Eagle Appointed One of NEA Directors
The Chicago office of the National Editorial association names a 16 member committee to lead an intensive campaign to grow membership. Howard W. Palmer of Greenwich, Conn. chairs the group with Raymond W. Howard of London, Ohio as vice chair. Members are prominent weekly and small daily publishers from across the country, including Mrs. Lee J. Rountree and others, with Herbert Hotaling of Mapleton, Minn. the sole absent member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Editorial Association
Maine
Howard W. Palmer
Greenwich
Clayton T. Rand
Raymond W. Howard
Madison Press Company
London
Ohio
Herbert Hotaling
Mapleton
Minn
Association
Hotaling
Lee J. Rountree
Extension Service Parley Directed By Cobb in Amarillo
In College Station Texas August 25 C A Cobb regional director of the southern AAA will direct an all day conference of Panhandle and South Plains county and community committeemen in Amarillo August 28. The meeting sponsored by the Texas Extension Service will discuss plans for the 1987 agricultural conservation program and its relation to drought and crop status. The invite list includes Fred W Merrifield Marvin Jones George Mahon George Slaughter A H Montgomery W L Cade L R Conner and W G Kennedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
C. A. Cobb
AAA
Washington, D. C
Panhandle
South Plains
Amarillo
Texas Extension Service
H. H. Williamson
Veterinary Will Be Sent to Brazos County
Dr. W. H. Darby in Fort Worth said veterinary services will reach Brazos County in about two weeks to test cattle for Bangs Disease for interested stockmen. Over 2000 head are listed for tests. Benson urged cleaning up the county as this work advances Brazos as a cattle county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Darby
Bureau of Animal Industry
Fort Worth
C. L. Benson
Brazos County
Bang
Benson
Brazos
Snow and hail storm hits Pike's Peak travelers
Bryan Swelters reports two Bryanites, Superintendent and Mrs S M Brown, caught in a severe hail and snow storm atop Pike's Peak Colorado. They noted heavy summer snowfall while the peak was previously bald. The Browns returned from a long trip visiting Columbia University Yellowstone Salt Lake City and Colorado, commenting on Midwest droughts where towns lacked rain for years and even water had to be hauled in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Texas
New York
Chicago
Brown
Flint
Mich
Midwest
Yellowstone National Park
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake
Colorado
Mr. Brown
City Of Bryan Audit Report Praised By Commission
Friday night Bryan city commissioners received the Frank L. Wilcox company audit of the city's past fiscal year. The CPA firm found the city’s accounts in good shape, commended the accounting system, and noted excellent work in the city secretary’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Frank L. Wilcox Company
Waco
Certified Public Accountants
Marriage Licenses Issued for Four Couples
Morris Williamson wed Gladys Rawls and Juan Flores tied with Sedelia Segundo in the latest marriage licenses issued. The ceremony details reflect regional records of couples forming unions under local civil docket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Williamson
Gladys Rawls
Juan Flores
Sedelia Segundo
Texas farm leasing study to aid owners and tenants
Dr. Horace Hamilton will study farm leasing systems across Texas to improve lease contracts, tenure stability, rural living standards, and local education. He joins the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station as economist in rural life studies under L. P. Gabard, bringing decades of experience from multiple colleges and state stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Texas
Hamilton
Waco
Hill
Grayson
Fannin
McLennan
Southern Methodist University
Texas A. & M. College
University of North Carolina
Harvard University
Lon Morris College
Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station and Extension Service
North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station
Pink Boll Worm Found In Valley Says Bug Expert
Dr. F L Thomas of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station calls the pink bollworm discovery in the Lower Rio Grande Valley the week s top event in the cotton insect situation. He notes the finding of 15 worms at San Benito as a significant development by the Bureau of Entomology, U S C A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Grande Valley
F. L. Thomas
Division of Entomology
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Lower
Bureau of Entomology
U.S.C.A
San
Major General Parker Leads Mammoth Fort Sam Exercise
Fort Sam Houston announces Major General Frank Parker will command the Third Army Command Post Exercise starting September 10. Parker brings 46 years of active Army service and wide experience across military fields, including directing the Army Custer, Michigan event in May 1932, to oversee units in the nation’s largest command in the Eighth Corps Area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Parker
Third Army
Eighth Corps
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Regular Army
National Guard
Parker
Army of the United States
Fort Custer
Michigan
United States
Bryan OKs 1937 Budget and $1.45 Tax Rate
Bryan city commissioners in adjourned session approved the 1937 budget with expenditures of 225 119.58 and a tax rate of 1.45 per 100 property valuations. Renditions show a slight rise from last year with reductions in bond and warrant costs and boosts for fire, police, schools, and street works including new equipment. A petition with about 300 names asked for Federal aid for a swimming pool auditorium and gymnasium, with a call for a special election to gauge taxpayer sentiment. A. W. Kinnaed praised Bryan's progress as the council heard reports and tabled a petition from Cavitt Mitchell Lawrence addition lot owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
A. W. Kinnaed
Cavitt- Mitchell-Lawrence
Two Governors Face Debate Over Landon Roosevelt Rally
Des Moines Iowa civic leaders seek guidance for the September 1 joint visit of Gov Alf Landon and President Franklin D Roosevelt. Questions center on who sits on the speakers platform who may speak how Landon is introduced and whether a parade can proceed without showing bias amid a 200000 strong state fair crowd and security concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Alf Landon
Roosevelt
Landon
Chamber of Commerce
Secret Service
Brenham Senator Stone Re-Elected In Run-Off
Albert Stone of Brenham was re-elected senator from the district after defeating J. Alton York of Giddings in Saturday’s run-off primary. He also carried his county by about 250 votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Stone
Brenham
J. Alton York
Giddings
York
Funeral Services Held For Mrs Bettie Seale Bell
Funeral services for Mrs Bettie Seale Bell were held at 4 oclock this afternoon at Sanders McCullough funeral home with Dr L B Elrod conducting both the service and graveside rites at the Seale family cemetery in Benchley. Interment followed as a large crowd gathered to honor the long and useful life of the deceased. Pallbearers included E F Parks Elon Stuart M B Parker D L Weddington E E Yeager and C G Wetter, with relatives from Zellwood Florida Houston and Waco in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanders-McCullough
Washington Avenue
Bettie Seale Bell
L. B. Elrod
First Methodist Church
Seale
Benchley
E. F. Parks
Elon Stuart
M. B. Parker
D. L. Weddington
E. E. Yeager
C. G. Wetter
Out of Bryan
Claud N. Bell
Zellwood
Fla
G. W. Seale
R. L. Seale
Oscar Willberg
Ethel Wilson
Jersey Exhibit Cows Shown From College and Wipprecht Herds
At the Texas Centennial Exposition in Dallas eight Jersey cows make up the exhibit herd chosen to represent the breed. One cow comes from College and another from Carl Wipprecht, both selected from across the state to maintain Jersey type standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wipprecht
College Jersey
Jersey
Dallas
College
Carl Wipprecht
Funeral Service Of Aged Citizen Held Saturday
Jefferson Davis Goen aged 74 who lived in Brazos county for over fifty years died at 3 a m Saturday at the home of his daughter and family Mr and Mrs Elmo Weeden who had cared for him The funeral was held Saturday at 4 o'clock at Old Bethel church with Rev E E Carrington of ficiating McCulloch Dansby Funeral Directors Bryan in charge Interment was in Old Bethel cemetery He is survived by one son Lester Goen of Shreveport Louisiana two daughters Mrs Otho Williams of the Chance plantation near Wellborn Brazos county and Mrs Elmo Weeden Harvey He also leaves one sister Mrs Calvin Risinger
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Davis Goen
Brazos County
Elmo Weeden
Old Bethel Church
E. E. Carrington
McCulloch-Dansby
Bryan
Old Bethel Cemetery
Lester Goen
Shreveport
Otho Williams
Chance Plantation
Wellborn
Harvey
Calvin Risinger
Baron's Tavern Robbed Early Saturday
Burglars broke into Baron's Tavern through a south window early Saturday and took a small sum from a music box, with no other property affected.
Thompson Wins 2-1 In Brazos County Election
Final unofficial returns show Brazos County backed state races strongly with Ernest Thompson leading railroad commissioner by 822 votes 1569 to 743 and Albert Stone securing state senate by 250 over J Alton York. Patterson won local run off by 108. McDonald led agricultural commissioner by 628.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazos County
R. Pat Patterson
John M. Moore
Albert Stone
J. Alton York
State Senate
Ernest Thompson
Frank Morris
J. E. McDonald
George B. Terrell
McDonald
Terrell
York
Stone
College
Wellborn
Millican
Allen Farm
Steele’s
Smetana
Tabor
Reliance
Edge
Kurten
Harvey
Patterson
Courthouse
Moore
Lee
Burleson
Bastrop
Brazos
Robertson
Washington
Welcome Is Given Good Will Envoys Thursday Night
An enthusiastic Bryan welcome to good will trippers drew 400 to 500 at Mumford Thursday evening. The event was the year’s near final trip with a layoff next week and a last journey planned for September 3 to North Zulch. The program featured Henry Locke’s Bryan Community Band, Marshall Bullock’s Medicine Show, and talks by Chamber of Commerce officers George Chance and D L Wilson. Numerous Bryan residents and local businesses were listed as participants or contributors, including Todaro Shoe Shop, Brazos Motor Co, A. M. College, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mumford
Bryan
North Zulch
Henry Locke
Marshall Bullock
Bullock & Akin
Jerome Zubik
Sebesta’s Grocery
William Palasota
Brazos Motor Co
Frank Zubik, Jr
A. & M. College
Pete Palasota
Also Mentioned on This Page
C.C
People’s Column
A. W. Kinnard SR
Percy A. Tardy Jr
Eagle
N.E.A
Cobb
Brazos Co
City of
Valley
Emily Post
Baron’s Tavern
Pat Patterson
Thompson
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