Saturday Letting for Hiway Work Contracts
Contracts were let for grading drainage and structure work on highway projects from the Navasota river to Bryan. Total awards amount to 162698 dollars with bids to Russ Mitchell of Manston and J S Moore and Son of Luskin. Local labor was to be employed as far as possible. A Brazos county trip by Judge A S McSwain and Mrs. Lee J Rountree to Austin discussed further road improvements and bridge work likely to be let in January.
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Struture Om
Navarota
Con Yitesion
Gra
Small Stevetites
Ana Russ Mitchell
Manston
J. S. Moore
Bryan
Benchley
A. S. McSwain
Judge McSwain
Plan Farm Rally For Negroes in Bryan on Friday
HM Hornsberry, a negro farm demonstrator for Brazos County, distributes circulars and programs to negro schools and homes announcing a negro farm rally at the Bryan courthouse on Friday December 5 starting at 9 30 a m. Speakers include Extension Service officials from Texas and local workers, with Prairie View visitors W R Banks C H Waller H S Estill M C Graves and others. The program covers dairying soil conservation crops and home improvement in the morning and separate men and women sessions in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HM. K Hornsberry
Negro Farm
Brazos
Court House
Bryan
Brazos County
Extension Service of
Texas
Prairie View
W.R. Banks
Prairie View College
Texas Interracal Commission
C. H. Waller
H. S. Estill
M. C. Graves Hornsberry
C. B. Martin
Texas A
M. College
H. H. Williamson
C. L. Benson
Cou
Webblewell
Texas Chamber of Commerce
A. 8. McSwain
W. S. Higgs
Bryan and Brezos County
Bryan Students Back in College After Trip Here
A list of Texas college and university students visiting Denton for Thanksgiving breaks returns to their campuses. Names include Richard Grant from the University of Srench Galveston Katherine Henderson Mavis Brogdon Mary Jane Nod Margaret Parker and more from Texas institutions Baylor University Southern Methodist University Texas State College for Women and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Richard Grant
University Srench
Galveston
Katherine Henderson
Marie
Lizabeth Web
Mavis Brogdon
Mary Jane Nod
Margaret Parker
Freveea
Emma Benson
Nelson Vwler
Texas University
Mogelle Vick
Christine Lichte
Ang
Evelyn Stanford
Texas State College For Women Ab
Texas Managing Editors Meet in Lubbock Gathering
Texas Managing Editors enjoyed a Lubbock convention on November 25 and 24 hosted by Chas A Guy of the Lubbock Journal and Avalanche and the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce. The event featured a duck dinner an auto tour and a campus inspection at Texas Technological College with a large attendee list including editors from Austin Amarillo Dallas Fort Worth Houston San Antonio and other cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Texas
Chas. A. Guy
Lubbock Journal
Avalanche
Lubbock Species of Commerce
Lubboe Wes
Texas Technological College
Toprom
Ray E. Lee
Austin
Americans H
Deficiency Appropriation For Brazos River Survey
Governor Moody authorized a 20000 dollar deficiency appropriation to the State Board of Water Engineers for topographic surveys establishing boundary lines of the Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation District. The district covers a six hundred mile drainage area and plans include federal cooperation and surveys by US agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazos River
Dan Moody
State Board of Water Engineers
Brazos District
Brazos
United States Geological Survey
Department of the Interior
United States
Fedral
Board of Water Engineers
United States Department of Agriculture
Interior Department
House
J. P. Buchihan
Senate
Connally and
Sheppard
Congress
B Y P U Meet Held at Temple Elects Leaders
H P Black reported the three day Baptist Young People's Union state convention in Temple closed Saturday with about 1000 visitors. J Earl Mead of Dallas elected president and T C Gardner re elected state director. Miss Jane Elder of Dallas named recording secretary. Waco chosen as 1951 convention city. The group voted to authorize renaming Baptist training service while local units keep their BYPU names.
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H. P. Black
First Baptist Church
Baptist Young People’s Union
Temple
First Baptist Church of
Bryan
J. Earl Mead
Dallas
T. C. Gardner
Jane Elder
Waco
Baptist Training Service
Baptist Young People's Unions
Low Temperatures Noted For Fall Week
Last week saw fall season temperatures dip to 34 degrees on Monday and Wednesday. Rainfall totaled 1.72 inches with precipitation recorded Friday and Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janécabuewn
Funeral Service Held Sunday for Kurten Man
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2 for S. S. Kelley at the Old Tryon church in northern Brazos County. The Kurten man's death had been reported earlier.
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Kurten Man
Old Tryon Church
Brazos County
Otelock
S. S. Kelley
Obituary: S. S. Kelley of Kurten Passes After Illness
S. S. Kelley a longtime Kurten citizen died Saturday at 5 p m after a lingering illness. He was about 60 years old and survived by his widow six children. Funeral at Tryon church conducted by Rev J J Pipkin with interment in Tryon cemetery under McCulloch Dansby directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kurten
S. S. Kelley
W. T. Kelley
S. F. Kelley
New York City
C. D. Kelley
Floydada
Sead Keith
A. M. Henderson
Groesbeck
P. Price
Plainview
J. J. Pipkin
Bryan
Tryon Church
McCulloch- Dansby Funeral Directors
Revival Service Set at Baptist Church on Jan 7
The College Avenue Baptist church will host revival services starting Sunday January 7 led by Rev. Roy S. Holloman. Dr. J. B. Leavell of First Baptist Houston will preach with details on singers and meeting hours to follow. The public is invited to participate and cooperate in the series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Avenue Baptist Church
Roy S. Holloman
J. B. Leavell
First Baptist Church of Houston
Soldier Injured When Motorcycle Crashes Into Auto
U. S. Army private Raymond Hotelling attached to Texas A and M suffered a broken leg Sunday when a motorcycle he rode with another soldier collided with an auto driven by E R Bryant on College Road in front of the Dodson home. Hotelling was taken to College Station hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Hotelling
Texas A. & M. College
Bryan
E. R. Bryant
Dodson
College Road
Hotelbing
College Station
East Texas Sage To Address Farmers Meeting At Court House
President J B Priddy of the Brazos County Truck Growers Association invites farmers and business men to hear Les Akers the sage of East Texas at the courthouse 2 p m Saturday December 6. The talk stresses urgent action to improve truck farming and marketing facilities this year to turn calls and unmarketable products into home supplies or sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Prid’dy
Brazos County
Cannery Plan Promises Farm Use of Late Crops
Bryan and Brazos County Chamber directors report agreement to finance a cannery allowing profitable use of crops maturing late for markets. Farmers must subscribe 60 percent of stock. chamber to fund 40 percent. County officials discuss Highway 21 work and potential future bridge contracts. The meeting also covered the Whorton pastorate move and an agricultural cooperation address at Texas A M College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Coulter
Bryan and Brazos County
A. S. McSwain
State Highway Commission
Bryan
No. 21
Lee J. Rountree
Workers Plan Christmas Pleas To Seek Fund For Charity
A citywide Good Cheer Drive meeting led by J. E Stanford gathered nearly full participation of 45 blocks with only five missing. Collectors begin Thursday at 8:30 from the chamber of commerce to gather donations for the Good Cheer Association fund over Thursday through Saturday. A Thursday Eagle will list firms achieving 100 percent participation by contributing through their leaders and employees. The St Andrew’s Episcopal church school prepared Christmas activities and a dedication service for faculty members, with committees named for pageant, purchasing, decorations, and gift distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E Stanford
Chamber of Commerce
Stanford
Good Cheer Association
St. Andrew’s Episcopal’ Church
W. W. Daup
T. K. Lawrence
J. M. Caldwell
J. E. Astin
J. M. Caldiwell
FP. Delamater
Ellis Ballerstedt
Chas, Hiler
Ann Bentley
Crosby Wind
Kate Parker
3Ilton Sims
Sante Clans
Marshall Bullock Located in Waco
Bryan residents learn Marshall Bullock and wife have moved to 905 South 5th Street in Waco Mr Bullock serves as manager of the Sanger Brothers store for men in Waco confirming his relocation and position
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Marshall Bullock
South Sth Street
Waco
Mr. Bullock
Sanger Brothers
Brazos County Growers Plan Large Onion Plantings
J B Priddy, president of the Brazos County True Growers Association, tours his farm near Wellborn with 30 000 Bermuda onion plants for a large truck farm. Lynn Sample from Tabor collects several thousand plants in Bryan for setting out this week as Brazos County plans onion production next year alongside tomatoes and potatoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Priddy
Brazos County
Plans Set for Bryan Area Bridge Contracts Next January
The state highway commission discussed letting contracts for bridges over the Brazos at Pagog No. 21 west of Bryan and over the Navasota on the same highway east of Bryan at its January meeting. State and county officials, including Judge A E McSwain and Mrs. Lee J. Rountree, attended the December session and plans were affirmed to proceed barring changes.
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Brazos
Pagog No. 21
Bryan
Navasota
State Highway Commission
A. £. McSwain
Lee J. Rountree
G. G. Wickline
The
Highway Commission
Gib Gichrist
No. 22
Mtense
McSwain
C. C. Todd, Jr
County Commissioners Court
Store Damaged In Night Blaze Amid Other Fires
A fire discovered after 11 PM Monday damaged the W L Powers confectionery in Gamhootbeth busking Ind. No estimate of damage was given and the cause is undetermined. The building is owned by Mrs Fannie Dobrovotny. Earlier that day a blaze at Annie B Jones home on 17th street caused a small roof fire. Firefighters also fought a garage fire at Charles Ayers on Mechanics Avenue with minor losses.
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17Th Street
Mumford Road
Coques Harris
Charles Ayers
Mechanics Avenue
Funeral Today For Mother of Bryan Resident
Mrs. M Marwill, mother of Bea Marwill of Bryan, died after a lingering illness. She was 88. The body was moved from Bufkin to Palestine for burial. Funeral services were held in Palestine at 11 a m with interment in the Palestine cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bea Marwill
Lufiki
M. Marwill
News
Bryan
Marwill
Bufkin
Palestine
Palestine Cemetery
Christmas Cantata Planned by First Baptist Church
The First Baptist Church chairs a Christmas cantata The Worlds Redeemer by Fred B Holton to be performed Friday night December 19 The program will include selections from The Glory of Bethlehem and The Light Eternal by H W Petrie Rehearsals are underway with a 25 voice church choir
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First Baptist Church
Fred B. Holton
H. W. Petrie
Huseh Choir
Allen Academy to play S M U Freshmen for Good Cheer drive
Hard game expected as Allen Academy coach Puny Wilson and J E Stanford organize a benefit game at Forret Field next Monday night. The Allen elevens meet the S M U Freshmen with Ray Morrison endorsing the plan. Proceeds aid the Good Cheer Fund with free admission for students and 50 cent student tickets, adults 1. The Allen band will provide music and local officials may officiate at no cost.
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Wilson
Allen Academy
J. E. Stanford
Bryan
Allen
Dallas
Morrison
S. M. U. “Fish
Good Cheer
Forrect
M. College
Texas A. and
Allen Band
Aggie
Allen Grndsters
Texas Fish
Brazos County Couples File Intention to Marry
Robert Anderson and Katie Bell Hunter and Robert R. Rhodes and Velma Briscoe, both Brazos County couples, filed notice of intention to marry with County Clerk Jess B. McGee Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Anderson
Katie Bell Hunter
Robert R. Rhodes
Velma Briscoe
Brazos County
Jess B. McGee
Guilty Verdict Rendered by City Court Jury
William Reid Jr was found guilty by a City Recorder's court jury for speeding on College Avenue. Judge L D McGee fined him five dollars plus costs. Last week the jury failed to agree. this Monday's verdict was the first guilty verdict in a similar city court case.
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William Reid, Jr
College Avenue
Ranger Workloads in Summer Fire Season
The Ranger notes that summer sees about 500 forest fires daily with roughly twenty percent incendiary. Lightning accounts for about one fire in ten, shaping patrol and prevention priorities.
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Navasota River
Plan Farm
Texas Managing Editors
W. Cottingham
Houston Chronicle
T. F E. Johnson
Amarillo News’ and Globe
Silas B. Ragsdale
Gab Vyeston News and Tribune
Boles
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Max Bentley
Abilene News
John FE. King
Dallas News
Robert John Halpin
U. S. Army
San Antonio
Dwight Allison
San
Moody
KK. H. Astin
B.Y .P.U
Baptist Church
East Texas
Sage
Farmers Meeting
C.C
Texas Managing Editors’ Association
Wilmer McCullough
M. D. Abernathy
Longview
Gregg County Chamber of Commerce
John L
Ge Russell
W. F. Gelber
Wilson Bradley
S. Caldwell
F. L. Cawitt
We & Coulter
Tyler Maswell
John M. Lawrence Jr
Bee J. Reuntree
FE. E. Yeager
St. Andrea's
Ontra
Hiway Board
21 Westward
Mother of Bryan
Treasury of Good Cheer
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