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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1930
Page
5
Contracts were let for grading drainage and structures on the Bryan to Navaro ta river highway in Brazos county. Total awards 162,698 with Russ Mitchell of Movstone and J S Moore and Son of Lufkin securing bids. Local labor expected to be used as far as possible.
HM Hornsberry, negro farm demonstrator for Brazos County, distributes circulars announcing a countywide negro farm rally at Bryan courthouse on Friday Dec 5 starting 9 39 a m. The program features substitutes for cotton and speakers from Prairie View College and Texas A M Extension Service among others.
A number of Bryan boys and girls home from Texas colleges spent the Thanksgiving holidays here, leaving on Sunday to resume studies. Names include Richard Grant a medical student at the University branch Galveston and students from Texas University Mogelle Vick Christine Lichte Amg and Evelyn Stanford. Also listed are Sugar and Elizabeth Webb Mavis Brogdon Mary Jane Najl Fran ces and Emma Benson Nelben Fuller from Texas University and Baylor University names Jane Elliott Marie Graham Lelia Law Davis Pauline Dexis Beth Locke Coulter Hoppess Woodrow Wallace John Shiney Smith and others.
Texas Managing Editors enjoyed a November 25 gathering in Lubbock with Chas. A. Guy of the Lubbock Journal and Avalanche hosting alongside the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce. The event featured a dinner lunch and an auto tour culminating in a Textile Engineering building inspection at Texas Technological College with many editors and publishers pictured.
Governor Moody authorized a twenty thousand dollar deficiency appropriation to the State Board of Water Engineers to survey boundary lines of the Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation District. The district, formed by 1929 act, aims to map the watershed by topographic surveys with federal cooperation anticipated. The program targets flood control and multiuse water employment across six hundred miles of drainage, with national interest and ongoing joint work with federal agencies.
H P Black of the First Baptist church reported that the three day state B Y P U convention at Temple ended Saturday with about 1000 visitors. J Earl Mead of Dallas was elected president T C Gardner of Dallas re elected state director and Miss Jane Elder of Dallas was recording secretary. Waco won the 1931 convention city. The body authorized changing the name of Baptist training service while keeping local unit names.
Last week saw fall season temperatures dip to 34 degrees on Monday and Wednesday. The week’s rainfall totaled 1.72 inches with measurable precipitation on Friday and Saturday. Temperatures were recorded for the period.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Old Tryon church in northern Brazos County for the late S. S. Kelley. The obituary notes his death occurred recently and honors his life. He was a resident of Kurten and attended local church activities. A large gathering offered condolences to the Kelley family.
The College Avenue Baptist church announces a series of revival services starting Sunday January 7 led by Rev. Roy S Holloman The preacher for the meeting will be Dr J B Leavell of First Baptist Houston Further meeting times will be announced Public invitation extended to attend and participate.
Raymond Hotelling a U S Army soldier attached to Texas A and M College suffered a broken leg Sunday evening when the motorcycle he rode with another soldier struck an auto driven by E R Bryant in front of the Dodson home on College Road. He was taken to the hospital at College Station.
President J B Pridney of the Brazos County Truck Growers Association urges farmers and businessmen to hear Les Akers the sage of East Texas at the courthouse at 2 pm Saturday December 6. The talk stresses action on truck growing and marketing to establish canning facilities for the coming season to help growers convert calls and unmarketable products into preserves for home use or sale.
W J Coulter told Bryan Commerce directors that 60 percent farmer stock subscriptions would finance 40 percent by the chamber of commerce for a cannery to profit from late maturing oaks and vegetables. He reported meager farmer stock subscriptions and urged directors to enlist farmer interest. County Judge A S McSwain summarized highway No 21 grading and drainage contracts east of Bryan with prospects for bridges and western end work in January. Mrs Lee J Reuntree reported on the Texas Managing Editors Association meeting at Lubbock, while Secretary Wilmer McCullough noted correspondence about Rev John L W ton's Bryan move and a $2.50 donation from Rex Wharton. An AgriculturAL Cooperation address by G Russell Irish poet is set at Texas A&M College Friday night.
Chairman J. E. Stanford led a near full turnout at the Good Cheer Drive meeting in the chamber of commerce. Citywide collectors will begin Thursday at 8:30 am from the chamber with funds to be gathered Friday and Saturday. Thursday's Eagle will publish a list of firms and employees contributing 100 percent.
Mr and Mrs Marshall Bullock longtime Bryan residents now live at 905 South 5th Street Waco Mr Bullock serves as manager of Sanger Brothers store for men in that city Friends in Bryan will be glad to know of their move and new post in Waco
The St Andrew's Episcopal church school officers and teachers meet in regular session to finalize Christmas preparations. Dedication services for faculty members are set for Sunday at 11 o'clock. Committees oversee pageant, solicitation, purchasing, candy bags, decorating, and gifts distribution with Santa Claus assistance.
J. B. Priddy, president of the Brazon County Truck Association, toured his Wellborn farm with 30,000 Bermuda onion plants for laying out on his truck farm. Lynn Sample, from Tabor, collected several thousand plants in Bryan for planting this week. The association vows Brazon County will produce onions next year along with tomatoes and potatoes.
State highway commission will let contracts for the bridge over the Brazos River on Highway 91 west of Bryan and for the Navasota River bridge east of Bryan at its January meeting unless plans change. County Judge A S McSwain and Mrs Lee J Rountree attended the December session. The engineer said there are no current obstacles to proceed and the right of way is being prepared. Judge McSwain will contact C Todd Jr to speed plan preparation so the county can secure the necessary right of way.
A night blaze at 11 pm damaged the W. S. Powers confectionery building and equipment, with partial insurance protection noted. The owner is Mrs. Fannie Debrovelny. Earlier sparks caused a small morning roof fire at Annie B. Jones’s home on 17th street. Firemen also fought a cell fire at Charles J Ayers on Mechanics avenue.
Mrs. M Merwill, mother of Bea Marwill of Bryan, died after a lingering illness at age 88 in Lufkin. The body was moved to Palestine for the Marwill home and funeral services were held there today at 11 a m with burial in Palestine Cemetery.
The First Baptist Church chair announces the Christmas cantata The World's Redeemer by Fred B. Holton to be performed Friday night December 19. It will include selections from The Glory of Bethlehem and The Light Eternal by H W Petrie. Rehearsals are underway with 25 choir voices selected.
Arrangements were set for a benefit football game at Forrect Field on Monday night between Allen Academy and the S. M. U. Freshmen. The event, organized by Pony Wilson and J. E. Stanford, aims to raise funds for the Good Cheer Drive with all proceeds after expenses going to the charity.
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.
William Reid Jr was found guilty by a City Recorder Court jury for speeding on College Avenue. He was fined $5 and costs by Recorder L D McGee. The Monday verdict was the first guilty ruling by a city court jury in such a case after a prior mistrial last week.
Forests face frequent fires in summer with about 500 starts daily. Incendiary blazes account for roughly twenty percent, while lightning initiates about one of every ten fires.
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