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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1925
Page
1
The writer proposes that families able to provide for their children stay out of the line so others can receive gifts from the municipal Christmas tree. A Good Cheer committee should assist foreigners and shy individuals. Emphasis on serving those without holiday access and prioritizing the needy.
The Alpha and Omega Club met Monday afternoon in the Methodist church Primary room. Mrs Oak McKenzie led a study on the first chapter of The Psychology of Childhood by Norsworthy. Attendees included Mesdames R. E H D Cuykendall C L Eden H J Berger C C Smith Oak McKenzie and Clifton R Gardner. Next meeting set for the first Monday in January at Mrs Oak McKenzies home.
Corpus Christi Dec 9 Twenty five reservations for former Texas A and M College students were made for the Blacklanders banquet at the Nueces hotel. President T O Walton will be principal speaker. Afterward the A and M Club meets to elect officers and plan a Christmas holidays dance. All A and M men in Nueces San Patricio Jim Wells and Kleberg counties urged to attend.
Mrs Billy Yardley died at 10:00 a.m. December 9 at her Franklin Texas home after a long illness. She was about 50 and had been in failing health for years. Funeral from the residence Thursday at 10 a.m. with burial in Franklin cemetery. Survived by four daughters Stella Cole, F J Maris, Sallie Heddrick, and Tillie Dechard.
I Free lander president appoints S E Eberstadt of Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce to the publicity and organization committee of the Texas League of Building and Loan Associations. The honor recognizes his proven ability in organizing associations across the state.
Doctor Clarence Wilson criticizes reform leaders for slowing enforcement while supporting Coolidge’s 18th Amendment policy. The annual report to the Board on Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals endorses the administration’s anti-bootlegging stance and condemns rich interests undermining law.
The committee on aircraft cannot report due to dissension among members, causing a delay in the final report. Details remain unresolved as internal disagreements prevent completion and submission to authorities.
The House Aircraft Committee debates linger over a draft report on aviation's defense role. Colonel William criticizes Navy and War Departments for lacking recognition, as members push for reorganization steps with a report due next Monday.
Fifty seven applicants were licensed to practice medicine in Texas today at the State Board of Medical Examiners session in Fort Worth. The list includes Humberto Roggi of Laredo Armando Rogers of Ennis and S B Tucker of Nacogdoches.
In Corsicana Navarro county Former Students' Association of Texas A and M plans a hotel banquet tonight at the Navarro hotel honoring Dana X Bible head coach and Ike Ashburn association secretary. Bible and Ashburn will also be honor guests and speakers at the Rotary Club noon banquet for the Corsicana Tiger football team.
The Texas and Southwestern Cattle Men's Association tabled an executive meeting resolution calling for authorities to probe Huntsville state penitentiary conditions after four prisoners escaped last week. Two escapees were Milt Good and Tom Ross, long term murder convicts who killed cattle inspectors W. D. Allison and H. L. Robertson. The resolution did not name a recipient and officials declined to comment.
Navasota December 9 The I C O F lodge elected Clarence Kirkland noble grand B Hughey vice grand J I Bednar secretary Lewis Rowland treasurer Clarence Cone delegate to the grand lodge meeting in Austin in March C V Vaughan chosen alternate
Fire marshal J J Tim mons urges use of electric lights in rural and urban areas to curb Christmas hazards and cites a past tragedy at Switch Oklahoma where 33 people died at a candle lit table. He recommends storage batteries where power is unavailable and warns of candle risks for celebrations. Irwin predicts a special legislative session will occur despite Governor Ferguson’s refusal to call one.
Fe W Winkler UT librarian reports photostatic copies made from borrowed volumes that UT cannot obtain originals. Among them are Sam Bass and His Gang from Denton County borrowed from the Library of Congress and the Proceedings of the Central Convention of Delegates and Representatives from the Austin Colony. A rare Texas history work on the Shelby County war by John W Middleton is also duplicated.
Local insurance agencies received new Bryan maps in book form with 25 colored pages and a College Station page. The map lists plots, diagrams of subdivisions, and all businesses and residences within city limits on 50 100 and 300 foot scales. This is the first map since 1912 and will aid insurance work.
A morning alarm at nine led to a Brock home fire on West 26th street where a chicken house burned. Firefighters extinguished the flames with a bucket brigade and no hose was used, reporting a 100 percent turnout and a perfect department record.
Cotton futures closed lower by 10 to 35 points with local spot quotes ranging from 14 to 19 cents.
E O Pollock a part time employee of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics is appointed Federal Hay Inspector for Bryan and vicinity with authority to inspect hay and issue Federal certificates on quality and condition at request of interested parties. Bryan feed dealers urged to use the service the new government grades effective Sept 1 1925 improve prior standards. Inspection fee set at 1 00 per car for partial or complete inspection.
A M men from Texas A&M returned from Chicago after attending key livestock conferences. Dr. H Schmidt joined the United States Live Stock Sanitary Association sessions at La Salle Hotel from November 29 to December 4. J M Jones spoke at the Rambouillet Sheep Breeders Association on December 2 about the Rambouillet sheep in Texas.
Ten Lowell officials including the mayor and former mayor were arraigned in Superior Criminal Court in Cambridge on secret indictments charging conspiracy and fraud in contracting for supplies and altering public records.
Prof. Alexander of the A and M College of Texas represented the School of Vocational Teaching at the National Society of Vocational Education annual meeting in Cleveland Ohio last week. On the return trip he will visit Dallas to meet vocational agriculture teachers in North Texas.
Rev H H McCain left on the early morning train for Conroe to attend a district institute called by Presiding Elder Jesse Lee. He expects other local Methodist pastors to attend and plans to return to Bryan on the early morning train.
In St Louis Lee Satterwhite speaker of the Texas House says Governor Miriam Ferguson will likely remain through her term despite impeachment efforts. He claims the move aims to reveal how the governor's office is run and to block future Fergusons from power. He notes Jim Ferguson is a strong political factor. The group travels to Washington to seek relief from federal inheritance taxes and to protest federal state relations.
An escaped convict walked unescorted into the Kansas City county jail and told deputy sheriff Ben Pugh his name was C. E. Huber of Lockhart Texas. He said he was serving two years and had escaped last August with fourteen months remaining, and asked to return home. Texas authorities were notified. County Agent C. L. Benson conducted terracing demonstrations on local farms on King's Highway Wednesday.
A traffic association in Oklahoma heard today reasons for establishing a new grouping. The meeting focused on organizational structure and potential impact on member cities and routes. Officials discussed expected benefits and next steps for implementation.
J K Moore of Oklahoma City testified at the Interstate Commerce Commission rate hearing in Dallas arguing that the Southwest offers lower climate costs and higher traffic, making it a more profitable railroad field than the Northwest. He detailed figures on construction operation and maintenance costs and potential traffic.
Washington dispatch reports the House pressing ahead with its tax bill while receiving from President Coolidge the budget proposal for 160 million dollars in excess of current year appropriations. The Senate remained in recess as it reorganizes after the summer break.
Frank Collier former mayor of Wichita Falls was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary for manslaughter in Wichita county for killing his son in law Elzie Robertson. The Court of Criminal Appeals denied grounds for reversal and affirmed the lower court sentence.
H A Wroe of Austin offered the University of Texas a 3 000 000 loan secured by the permanent fund income to complete the building program. The proposal includes a 5 percent rate with a 2 percent offset, and a second 3 000 000 loan for building if needed. The regents asked the attorney general to rule on constitutionality before action.
The Army Court Martial trying Colonel William Mitchell refused to hear testimony aiming to question authorship of passages in Winged Defense. Major Allen Gullion sought to prove cribbing via Captain Thomas Hart but the court ruled against opening that phase of the controversy.
Mrs. Miriam Lutcher Stark of Orange gave the University of Texas a fine arts collection valued over $500,000 plus $150,000 in cash to fund a building on campus to house the collection. Regents formally accepted the gift, the richest from an individual in UT history, as President Walter Splawn praised the donor during Harrison Hall cornerstone ceremony.
Rev Zito left Bryan to sail December 12 aboard an Italian liner from New York to Rome. He will bring back his wife and children and has a 60 day leave from the Italian Methodist church pastorate. Elder Jesse Lee granted the leave. Zito is expected home early January.
Woodrow Stevener aged 11 years 8 months 2 days died after a lingering illness at the family home in Kurten. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. conducted by Rev J J Kasiski, with burial in Kurten Cemetery under McCulloch Gordon Co. Undertakers. He is survived by his mother Mrs Anna Stevener and two brothers Wallace and Antone and a sister Helen, all of Kurten.
The Lily Myres Bible Class held its December meeting at College Road home of hostess Mrs Henry Locke. After business the group planned Christmas charity, enjoyed games and music with fortunes in peanut shells, and refreshments.
A mysterious explosion in Beggs Oklahoma last night shook buildings and cut power as police and private citizens begin an investigation. The blast source remains unknown and no injuries are reported at this time.
The Cameron business and building of Howell & Company was sold to Schumacher Company of Houston last week with the transfer effective December first. Schumacher, with a large Houston establishment, operates eight Cameron area branches in Cameron La Grange Eagle Lake Robstown Victoria Heaumont Smithville and Navasota Texas. The Cameron force will be retained and Schumacher cites ample capital and a strong network as reasons for the purchase.
James Weaver a farmer near Hempstead accidentally killed himself while cleaning an old pistol in his home. It is believed a cartridge exploded when he tried to pry it from the cylinder. He died about three hours later and was buried at Courtney with Baptist ministers officiating. Hempstead Lodge No. 749 A F and A M, of which he was a longtime member, conducted the burial service.
The champion freshman intramural team will face the top upperclassmen in the College championship Thursday at 6 45 in the Gymnasium. Admission is free and Bryan and College people are invited to attend and cheer.
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