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Newspaper

Bryan Weekly Eagle

Location

Bryan, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 05, 1929

Page

2

Edge residents share Thanksgiving joys and visits

Miss Florence Satterwhite of Crockett spent Thanksgiving with Edge friends. Nina Mae Moore and Walton Orr returned from Huntsville college for the holiday. Inez Corgey visited with Ethel Manzis on King's Highway. Maude Moore teaching in Plainview spent the weekend with her parents. The Wide Awake Literary Society elected officers and appointed a program committee. Several social gatherings at the Hill and Moore homes complemented the holiday mood.

Florence Satterwhite Crockett Edge Nina Mae Moore Walton Orr Huntsville Inez Corgey Ethel Manzis King’s Highway Maude Moore Plainview C. B. Moore Wide-Awake Literary Society Ethel Beoinfield Vera Mae Frame Kathryn Wilson Normangee Norman McDonald W. C. Hill P. Moore Arward Tomlinson Marshal Rosier Bernard Hill Marie Boenigk Waymond Payne Jno Payrle Humble Boenigk Merle Hill Carlton Hibbetts Bertha Mae Elliott Hibbetts Ira Rumfield Jerry Payne Algie Leighman W. S Bill) Hare Franklin Bertha Mae Emma Eliott Allene Payne Jno. Payne Morgan Cross Bryan A. C. Novosad J. A. Rychlik L. V. Skypal Jim Wells C. L. Novosad Chubo Albert Scasta Frank Milberger Wheelock John Milberger Avery Greenwood Ethel Mangis Lorena Nash Eaton Community Georgia Anderson Faten Nina’ Martin Cove Windsor R. B. Hearne G. A. Nash

Thanksgiving News From Tabor and Nearby Folks

Pauline Walker attends Sam Houston State Teachers College and spends Thanksgiving with home. Ruby Walker teaches at North Houston and returns home for the holiday. Baytown residents Brooks Thompson Roy Walker Sherman Walker and Laurence Martin come home for the Thanksgiving game. M E Thompson travels to Houston and back with a new Whippet truck. Several locals attend the Thanksgiving ball game with S B Pate Oscar Wilson Earl McWhorter and others. Jim Francis injures two fingers in a woodsaw accident at Tabor school and aims for a speedy recovery. Annie Locke visits Huntsville for school and returns home for the holiday. M E Thompson moves to a new home behind his store. Jim Seeley and family relocate nearby. Bay lor University student Bula Beth Locke spends holidays at home and hosts friends and relatives. Mae Henry visits Ola in Call Texas and intones years of school work. J D Mann from Bal...

Pauline Walker Sam Houston State Teachers College Ruby Walker North Houston Brooks Thompson Roy Walker Sherman Walker Laurence Martin Baytown M. E. Thompson Houston Jerry Wilson Bryan Jim Francis Ella McWhorter Bedias Ned McWhorter Rubye Jenkins Mr. Jenkins Norman- Bre S. B. Pate J. S. Pate Harvey L. Wilson Phate Conlee W. C. Seasta Navasota Tabor Oscar Wilson Earl McWhorter Joe Charley Locke Woodrow Walker Will Pre Navy Jim Seeley Mr. Thompson W. C. Scasta Ryan R. S. Wilson Bula Beth Locke Baylor Univ

Prospect School Thanksgiving Program Highlights Local History

Prospect School held a Thanksgiving program Wednesday with a history of the Ilgrims. Patrons attended as children performed then ladies served hot chocolate and cake. Numerous local families and guests joined festivities across Thanksgiving weekend.

Prospect School Ilgrims Joe Beal Ben La&npo Emmett Shefield John Evans Jesse Wilson G. W. Terry J.R. Stewart Johnny Clemys Dallas University D. J. McDonald Robi English Yoakum

Brazos Families Unite in Church Wedding on Wednesday

A Brazos county wedding united Joe Dobrovolny sen and Mary Merka at St. Joseph’s Catholic church with Rev. J. B. Gleissner officiating. The ceremony drew relatives and friends, followed by a wedding dinner at the groom’s mother’s home on South Hoef Avenue.

St. Joseph’s Catholic Church J. B. Gleissner Joe Dobrovolny W. Dobrovolny Mary Merka Anton. Merka Ho Ef

Brazos County Dairy Route Aims to Boost Local Farming

County agent C L Beaton and home demonstration agent Lucy Givens announce a dairy route starting next Monday across Steep Hollow Reliance Kurten and nearby communities. The project expects to bring cash income to Brazos County farmers, improve land and living conditions, and invites residents to prepare cream for pickup and join a Chamber of Commerce dairy meeting Saturday at 2. Andrew cases show club boys cope with weather while Tabor Girls report full stories.

C. L. Beaton Lucy Givens Steep Hollow Reliance Kurten Fickey Bravosty Brazos County John W. Hicks Chamber of Commerce

Director Hired To Aid Farmers Grow Tomatoes

Brazos County Tomato Growers meeting at the courthouse hired F H Tulloch as director and instructor. He will provide hot beds and plants, teach cold frame building, transplanting, and conduct field meetings to help farmers grow tomatoes, with $1.50 per acre collected to fund seed and supplies. Tulloch begins duties soon to have beds ready by December.

Bres County Court House F. H. Tulloch Ito County Tulloch Hast.Lexas Fmate Brazos County

Cold Week Records and Local Posting for Bryan Area

The week saw the low of 7 degrees on Wednesday with highs around the 31 degree mark. Bryan area rainfall measured .48 inches while land nine miles south of Bryan is posted against hunting with trespass penalties per law. Local weather notes reflect temperatures drifting from the mid teens to near freezing.

API Agiifplatus College Bryan A. Shelburw

Brazos Club Boy Starts His Trip Earned by Work

Brazos County 4 H Club boy Alphonse Habarta led a group of Texas winners heading to Chicago for the International Livestock Show. The trip honors came from profits earned by selling 500 baby chicks. County Agent C L Benson expressed well wishes as the party traveled with Santa Fe official L F Dinan and Extension staff from A and M College assisting the youths.

Ti Alphonse Habarta Brazos County Chicago Fort Worth Texas C. L. Benson Benson L. F. Dinan The Santa Fe Gialveston EF. N. Holmgreen George W. Johnson A. and M. College Habarta

Rye 4-H Club and School Roundup in Thanksgiving Program

Pupils and teachers gathered for a Rye meeting with officer elections, a Christmas program by the boot, and a River play titled Red and the Christmas Whoppers. Fourth graders Frank and Frances Fridel made the honor roll as members sew scarves for home improvement and the lower grades presented songs and readings.

Mupity Rye Roe Boot Rye 4-H Club Fowver Frank and Frances Fridel

Kings Highway Thanksgiving News and Local Socials

The community enjoyed fair weather and holiday gatherings. Local residents share travels hunts and visits including Novosad Rychlik Skypal returning from a deer hunt, Scasta Milberger families hosting Thanksgiving, and teachers and students spending holidays with relatives in Normangee Edge and Eaton areas.

High School Pupils Practice Play The Old Fashioned Mother

Honor given to Miss Edna Moore of Sam Houston College. Names present include Jerry Novosad Henry Milberger Ethel Mangis Luin Mangis Inez Corgey Ira Rumfield Bernard Hill Eunice Hill Edna Moore Chumpy Pruett Roy Cobo Winnie Pruett Sybil Bolton Ed ward Sanders Airtie Pruett and Cecil Sanders Refreshments served at 9380 Everyone enjoyed the event A definite date for the presentation of The Old Fashioned Mother has not been set.

Edna Moore Sam Houston College Jerry Joe Novosad Henry Milberger Ethel Luin Mangis Inez Corgey Ira Rumfield Bernard Hill Eunice Mae Hill Chumpy Pruett Roy Cobo Winnie Pruett Sybil Santer C. Bolton Edward Sanders Airtie Mae Pruett Cecil Sanders

Former Resident of Houston Buried Here After Death in Houston

Funeral services for W. L. Wyatt aged 44 were held at noon from the Southern Pacific train station. Interment followed at the city cemetery with Rev R E Day of First Baptist church officiating. Wyatt died after being found unconscious in a switch near North Milby Street Hobtyten. He had been taken to Jefferson Davis hospital in Houston where he died. He left a widow three sons and two daughters all of HolySidad. Wyatt previously served with the Bryan police force before moving to Houston two years ago.

W. L. Wyatt Houston Southern Pacific R.E.’ Day First Baptist Church Wyatt North Milby Street Hobtyten Jeffrion Davis Hospital HolySidad W. N. Wyatt Ting Bryan

Community Work By Expert Now Suggested Here

President J Webb Howell of the Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce called for the services of Henry W Stanley community expert of the Etex Chamber of Commerce who may visit after the first of the year to conduct a Merchants Institute. Also the chamber refused endorsement for Mrs Gobed tied to Volunteers of America and discussed gas stove hose connections seen as fire hazards raising insurance rates. Members present included George A Adams Wilson Bradley Travis B Bryan F L Cavitt J Webb Howell J Bryan Miller M P F Vitopil and E F E Yeager.

J. Webb Howell Bryan and Brazos County Gbéd Volunteers of America Chamber of Commerce J. Bryan Miller George A. Adams Wilson Bradley Travis B. Bryan F. L. Cavitt M. Pf, Vitopil E. FE. Yeager

Thanksgiving Turkey Dinner Praised By Brazos Jail Inmates

Prisoners in Brazos County Jail thank Sheriff and Mrs. J H Reed in a letter to the Bryan Daily Eagle for the Thanksgiving turkey dinner and the warm reception.

Brazos County J. H. Reed Bryan Daily Eagle

Thanksgiving Gatherings Around Millican Home Folks

Thanksgiving Day activities centered on Millican with families visiting relatives from Port Arthur Baytown Plantersville and Nav asota and friends from Conroe Denton Bowie Cuero Donna Navasota and Houston. A Baptist ladies sponsored play drew small attendance due to weather and muddy roads.

Doris Simpson San Marcos Millican T. C. Gotcher Lillian Q. Dyess Conroe Hubert Dyess Plantersville Edwards Shire McGuire Navasota George Earl Dunlap Sam Dunlap Denton J. W. Burrows M.texas G. B. Cory Cawthorn E. C. Jameson Montague Erin Simpson Bowie Frank Bell Henley Brothers Cuero Maurice Bell Miss

J Harris Visits Tabor on Local Business Tuesday

J Harris, a well known citizen of Tabor, was here on business Tuesday.

J. Harris Tabor

Holiday Visits Reported Across Local Families

Tie Jackson and Blinn College students spent the holidays with their parents. Alma Williams of Texas City planned to spend time with daughter Minnie Edmonds and son Kirkland. the family gathered with Tom and McCallum in Wheelock, with Mrs. McCallum’s little daughter staying over. Fletcher Pool Jr and family visited relatives. they returned to Troy Sunday. Hog killing is popular with ideal weather for it. Recent frosts opened late cotton but cold weather hinders pickers. Miss Vivian Crouch visited sister Mrs Downs. The correspondent welcomes all holiday news items from Millicam readers.

Tie Jackson Blinn College Alma Williams Texas City Minnie Edmonds Kirkland Tom McCallum Wheelock Soa Vivian Crouch Downs Millicam Anksgiving Keeler Hapaston Bonnie

First Methodist Stewards Plan Year at Meeting

The First Methodist church board of stewards reorganized for the new fiscal year. Chairman is O. M. Benard. secretary C. F. Jenkins. treasurer W. K. Gibbs. Various committees announced for the year include Finance, Music, Publicity, Social Service, and more, with plans to be unveiled at the Tuesday night meeting.

First Methodist Church O. M. Benard C. F. Jenkins W.’ K. Gibbs BE. W Crenshaw Jr Dansby C. Kk. Gardner Wilson R. C. Franks H. T. Downa Oak McKenzie F. Humbert Sam Crenshaw E. J. Jenkins EK. W. Jaynshaw Sr A. M. Waldrop E. R. Bryant FB. Jenkins E. P. Humbert Jno M. Lawrence Jr WVLK Gibbs R. C. Peinks W H. Lawrence D. A. Ashworth Oak McKendail Social Service and Relief of Ano

Dairy Route Outlined Opens in December in Brazos County

Brazos County hosts a Saturday meeting at the county agent's office to approve a new dairy route. The line will pass Steep Hollow Reliance Kurten Fickey and return to Bryan via the Madisonville area, with a first trip set for Monday December 2. A twice weekly delivery begins when feasible and a county dairy association is formed with Jo W Hicks as president Clarence R Son as vice president and Arnold Murray as secretary.

Braz County Hee County Steep Hollow Kurten Fickey Bryan W Manthei John White Farr Madisonville Old Wixon Church Benson Satturday Jo. W. Hicks Clarence R.son Reliance Arnold Murray Steep Hollows Hicks Chameber of Commerce Saturda B. Anderson Sween Brazos County

Bryan nurse reaches French port safely

A message from Miss Marie Thom states she reached Havre France safely amid fine weather. She will stay in France for several weeks with her parents and plans to return to Bryan to resume duties as a nurse at Bryan Hospital around March 1. J W Longley returns from a weekend at his home in San Saba and is in Hung ville today on business.

Bryan Marie Thom Havre France J. W. Longley San Saba Hungville

666 as a Speedy Remedy Across Illnesses

An old advertisement touts 666 as a speedy cure for colds grippe influenza bilious fever and malaria claiming rapid relief and universal effectiveness. The text stresses quick action and broad applicability across common illnesses.

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