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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1929
Page
12
Residents from Brazos county voice support for a $1,100,000 road bond to improve roads. J R Stewart, W E Saunders, Eva Eberstadt, A Sommertatte and Mayes urge voting yes. plan includes liquidating half a million in bonds and linking state roads to county highways.
Miss Louise Pipkin and granddaughter Mozelle Vick motored to Montgomery to visit Mr and Mrs Frank Powell. Mrs Lidie Belle Pipkin, formerly of Bryan, is connected to Mrs Powell. Mrs M L Parker and children traveled to Denton to visit relatives A L Banks family and are due back Thursday. Travis B Bryan Jr hosted a party for friends at home for cousin Annie Eleanor Miller of Houston visiting Dorothy Gunter.
The International Lions organization claims 28 clubs, 24 of which are in Texas, making the state about one eighth of all clubs. Texas saw 6 percent new clubs last year, more than any other state, with 11 sponsored by the San Angelo Lions and Houston Lions earning banners for new members.
The home of Miss Martha Martin on North Washington Avenue is being enlarged and repaired and converted into a duplex apartment house.
Texas A and M College officials met with Governor Moody in Austin to seek relief from the cash reductions enacted in the third special session. F. M. Law and Dr. T. O. Walton reported the governor pledged cooperation to maintain operations and extend the college’s work, while noting broader cuts affected several state schools. Regents had earlier discussed the financial squeezes and warned the university would struggle to grow with the reduced funding.
The A and M board warns 700 new fall students cannot be housed, faces a $5,000 biennial shortfall. Walton cites executive vetoes cutting salaries by $50,125 yearly and maintenance by $50,400, with further cuts in miscellaneous and summer emergency funds. Contingent funds exceed $80,000 yearly, but overall decreases reduce the total by about $5,000 annually.
Arabs and Jews clash in Palestine with violence spreading beyond Jerusalem. Moslem leaders urge restraint while British authorities evacuate Jews to guarded hotels. Damascus and Beirut report tensions as French troops protect the Jewish quarter and Arab protests widen.
The Cleveland air races schedule an exhibition by Graf Zeppelin. Initially set to pass Fort Worth and Little Rock, the itinerary was shortened to a direct course.
The Graf Zeppelin passed over El Paso on Tuesday at 1 52 p m with altitudes near 100 feet. Thousands cheered as it neared the business district while factory whistles shrieked. An escort plane led officials and photographers through the crowd.
Thousands of spectators at Cleveland air races watched the Graf Zeppelin and the Los Angeles dirigibles converge on the field. The Los Angeles, far west of the Navy lighter-than-air craft, was due this afternoon and the Graf Zeppelin was expected to arrive late today.
A fragment notes that goats are not scavengers and will not live on tin cans. The line argues against a common misconception and emphasizes goats’ natural habits.
The automatic tax board set the state tax rate at 68 cents, with school tax at 31 cents and a 7 cent Confederate pension tax. This is four cents above last year’s level, which split as ad valorem 22, pensions 7, and schools 35. Governor Moody noted 1,450,000 school age children and the rate falls under the 55 cent constitutional limit for the first time since 1918. Attending were Moody, comptroller Terrell, and treasurer Slatcher.
Voters weigh support for the 6000 Roads program and Highway No 6 route. The state highway commission is cited as final authority while county funding could influence alignment. Discussion covers a 1.1 million bond issue, a 58.5 cent rate over 40 years, and potential tax levy reductions if state takes over road responsibilities.
Corpus Christi reports a record ginning week as gins and compresses handle the peak South Texas cotton crop. More than 500000 bales likely to be processed at the port with 35 sailings booked and eight to ten cotton boats daily through the month. Nueces county may gin 30000 bales this week, surpassing the 1927 record of 21473 for the week ending August 7.
Mrs. W. E. Astin of Mumford is visiting San Antonio. She splits her stay between her son James Astin and her daughter Mrs. Harry Taylor.
Miss Margaret Wilson of Bryan died this morning at the home of her nephew in Houston. The body will be brought to Bryan for services Sunday at 2 30 p.m. at McCulloch Dansby chapel with Rev. R E Day officiating. Interment follows at Booneville cemetery. Pallbearers include J D Martin M S Broach A D Martin Roy Vick and others. She was 84 and never married. She leaves two nephews Charles F E Kennedy of Houston and Eugene Wilson of Teague and one surviving brother whose residence is unknown.
E H Gibbons of A and M College earned a degree from Chicago University after a summer of study there with Mrs Gibbons and daughter Jane. The couple will leave August 31 for Tennessee then arrive in Bryan around September 10, staying at Batts apartments.
Miss Norene Brown, teacher in Bryan, marries W. O. Cox, Georgetown public schools vocational agriculture teacher. Ceremony held at 6 PM Saturday in the Dean J. F. Cox home near Abilene Christian College. Witnesses included Rosa Cozart, Mattie Lee, Dorothy McDonald, Adolph and Reed Cozart.
J H Newton is named secretary and manager of Fidelity Finance Co succeeding J H Todd who will join Smith County Mutual Insurance in Tyler as secretary and manager on September 1 Newton currently heads accounting at Howell and Company and has five years with Howell plus five with the Texas Company Bryan native Newton receives wide praise from colleagues and friends.
Wallace Roberts was found dead by hanging in a barn at his High Prairie home five miles from Madisonville on Friday morning. He leaves a wife and three daughters Mrs. R Ferguson Elwood Mrs Green and a single daughter at High Prairie.
A mass meeting in Normangee August 20 formed the San Antonio Road association to preserve the road as a historic monument and secure needed right of way. Mrs Lipscomb Norvell helped organize with Sen W E Thomason and others in attendance. The group aims to reach 10,000 members and establish a Normangee office with Nat Patton as president and W E Thomason as active VP.
Sharp of San Augustine KE. P. Palmer of Alto and Sim Williams of Hemphill are noted as part of a leadership group with vice presidents to be drawn from counties along the San Antonio read. The president secretary and all vice presidents form the board. Normangee received praise for hospitality and Mrs Dawkins was lauded for her influential entertainments.
A six year old mare about 15 1 2 hands high with a brown nose is reported as lost and a finder should notify R W Thurman.
Public health appeal urges using FLY-TOX from Mellon Institute researchers to wipe out flies seen around homes. The ad claims the product is harmless to people but deadly to insects and includes usage instructions on the blue label.
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