Rural Writers and Club News From Smetana
Community notes report visits among families in Aline and Houston. John Gloneskie’s tractor accident caused no injuries. Smetana Woman’s Club hosted a Christmas party with new officers elected for 1930. Prospect school praises hot lunches with improved attendance and student gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Schidler
Aline
John Brauenu
Frank Fuller
Santa Claus
Page
F. J. Regmund
Smetana Woman's Club
Lacey Cahill
Lucy Cahill
Ben Sigrett
Lucy Givens
Edge items highlight local visits and basketball game
Residents from Edge and nearby towns hosted and visited each other over the weekend. The Wheecock basketball team visited Edge, with Edge winning 7 to 21, and plans to return the game next Friday.
Local Family and Visitor Notes Across Nearby Towns
Prospect Robert Taylor spent last week with Emmett Sheffield and attended a family reunion at the Shefield home. Houston residents Clint Shef field and Mrs. Sylvester visited area schools and families, with several other neighbors and children noted. The community reports on illnesses and recovery, a barbed wire incident, and the school lunch program delivering hot soup and beans to 48 pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Taylor
Houston
Emmett Sheffield
Sheffield
Clint Sheffield
Enoch Hopkins
Hattie Thomas
Iola
Sylvester
Bryan
Charles
Jack Guido
Guido
Joe Carrabba
Cameron Ranch
Gertrude Ayres
Faye
Clovis
N. M
J. E. Wilson
Tom Smith
Robert English
Joe Beal
Paul Ponzio
Luke Ponzio
Frank Carrabba
Joe Carrabbo
Steep Hollow Visitors and Local Church Notes
Steep Hollow titled visit by Joel Bullock family from Robstown to see Sam Bullock and kin. Joe Nell Bond improving after illness. Mrs J E Bullock on sick list. Pastor Rev Van Sickle preached both Sunday services and last Saturday night. January plan moves preaching to the second Sunday. Virgie Hopkins Bryan Britten Risinger Reliance and William McQuirter Brazos Valley attended. Christmas holidays ahead with plan for a religious program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel Bullock
Robstown
Virgie Hopkins
Bryan
Britten Risinger
Reliance
William McQuirter
Brazos Valley
Kings Highway Chapel Program and Local Socials
High school pupils entertained with a short program at chapel Monday morning. Frank Jancik spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Novosad. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Hearne visited Kurten with Mrs. Hearne's mother. Bryan visitors included L. V. Skubal Aubrey Holden Emma Kindt and Doris. Geo. McDonald and family visited Edge with Fort McDonald. Maude Moore spent the weekend at Edge with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Claude Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Rychlik
Bryan
J. A. Rychlik
Edge
Bettie
Berdie Rychlik
Clara Nedbalek
Baton
E. J. Payne
Allene
Inez
Edith Payne
Mattie
Kathryn Wilson
Normangee
George McDonald
King’s Highway
F. Martin
Maude Moore
Roy Lewis
Plainview
Travis Hibbetts
North Zulch
Chapel
Frank Jancik
S. L. Novosad
R. B. Hearne
Hearne
Kurten, Bryan
L. V. Skubal
Aubrey Holden
Fritz Kindt
Emma Kindt
Doris
Geo. McDonald
Fort McDonald
Funeral Service For Bryan Woman Thursday 2 P M
Funeral services for Mrs. Jennie Campbell Pico 86 passed away at her daughter's home in Bryan after a long illness. A Bryan resident for 65 years she was linked to local history as a Campbell family pioneer. Survived by one daughter Mrs. Robert Martin three grandchildren Willie Shine Anita Martin and Mrs A L Bates. Service at First Christian church Thursday at 2 PM conducted by Rev A A Hyde. Obsequies attendees urged. Relatives from Houston Bremond Navsota in Bryan for the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie ’ Campbell Pico
Robert Martin
Bryan
Jennie Pico
Campbell
W. H. Campbell
Union Hill
Willie Shine
Houston
A. L. Bates
Bremond
Anita Martin
First Christian Church
A. A. Hyde
William Shine
Laura Woolsey
Maude Leigh
Navasota
Pico
Unclear snippet hints at a Bryan woman and London agency ads
Fragmentary text shows a Bryan woman referencing her husband income and mentions agencies in Pryan and London. The readable parts lack coherent events or dates, making a precise summary difficult.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Rural Life Note Highlights Poultry Records And 4-H News
County extension notes report poultry calendar records from Ed Chytil Homer Wilson Henry Herndon and others. Flocks range 39 to 600 birds with eggs and net returns. December watch list and disease impact noted. Kurten 4-H Girls Club reports officers and 21 members. Capper medals awarded to Cora Crenshaw and Ima Fae Franklin for National Canning Contest entries. Victoria Severa’s Rye club report details canned vegetables profits and home improvements including crafts and garden work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Extension Service
Ed Chytil
Edge
Homer M. Wilson
Henry Herndon
Bryan
I. H. Taylor
D. J. McDonald
Prospect
Wilson
Wilson Barred Rocks
Win Capper
Ima Fae Franklin
Smetana
Cora Crenshaw
Rellanag
Arthur Capper
Cora
Ima Fae
Victoria Severa
Rye 4-H
Victoria
Albina
Croker
Holiday candy recipes from Bryan Daily Eagle list
The page presents simple tested Christmas candy recipes. It includes Turkish Delight with gelatin and citrus flavors, a coconut sugars confection, and a chocolate sour cream candy with raisins cherries walnuts and cinnamon. Each recipe outlines soaking, boiling, cooling and shaping steps.
Highway No 20 to be widened in Washington County
John E. Blair of the State Highway Department met with Washington County commissioners to approve widening Highway No. 20. The plan calls for forty additional feet of right of way and two extra feet of concrete on both sides, expanding the road from sixteen to twenty feet. The project includes sloping the road bed to reduce ditch risk, improving safety and traffic flow. Construction will start after right of way is secured with citizen cooperation urged. Brenham Banner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Blair
Bryan
State Highway Department
Commissioners Court
Washington County
Sam D. W. Low
Highway Department
Houston
Waller
Brenham Banner
City Heads Honor Guests At Yeager Home Party
City commission members and wives were hosted by Mr and Mrs E E Yeager on Tuesday evening. An informal game of Forty Two provided entertainment and a refreshment plate was served before guests departed. Also attending were Mr and Mrs R G Williams Mr and Mrs N A Stewart and Mr and Mrs Forrest Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Commission
E. E. Yeager
Roof repair at power house advances under weather limits
Work to fix the roof with new metal and then asbestos paint proceeds as fast as weather allows. The note ends with a Tolstoi quote and a literary aside about time and tune from Herberts.
Words on Mothers From Poets and Leaders Across Time
A collection of sentiments honoring mothers features lines from Carlyle Lamb Johns Adams Coleridge Kipling Macaulay Taylor Sigourney Johnson and Aida Johnson Young. The passages celebrate maternal love as holy pure and enduring across generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Sigourney
First All-Conference SWC Football Team Picked By Coaches
The Southwest Conference coaches select the first all conference football team by vote. Texas leads with 11 players named. TCU second with 9. Baylor 7. SMU 5. Rice 5. A&M 4. Arkansas 4. First team includes Smith Texas ends Peterson. Blanton and Koch tackles. Emerson guard. Atkins center. Wilson guard. Shelley quarterback. Dale halfback. Koy fullback.
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Fort Worth
Dec. Ik
Francis A. Schmidt
Coaches Association of the Southwest Conference
Mau Ber
Arkansas
Baylor
Rice
Long
M. U
Peterson
Texas
Blanton
Boswell
Koch
Emerson
Atkins
Wilson
Shelley
Dale
Koy
Tracy
Creighton
Skeeters
Witcher
Morgan
Vaught
Paradeaux
Elkins
Stafford
Leland
Griffith
Martin
Salkeld
Vining
Morris
Moulston
McGrill
Harsell
Neeley
Cook
Secrest
Lord
Howell
Jatura
Gilbert
Katman
Hinton
Kyle
McElrath
Oliver
Mueller
Lewter
Baylor Wallace
Squyres
Horticultural students plan inspection trip through Texas citrus areas
Thirty five junior and senior horticultural students from the A and M College of Texas will depart December 13 for a week long inspection tour of the southwestern state. Accompanied by faculty members, they will visit San Antonio Crystal City Laredo Weslaco and Brownsville to study citrus orchards vegetable plantings and irrigation projects. Local chambers of commerce and irrigation interests will defray most living costs while students provide their own transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy W. Adrianee
K. H. Beach
W. C. McKim
Chambers of Commerce of
San Antonio
Crystal City
Laredo
Mission
Progresso Development Company
Weslaco
American Rio Grande Land and Irrigation Company
Mercedes
J. ©. Engleman, Inc
Edinburg
Prof
Adriance
Somerset
Natilia
Pearsall
Dilley
Carrizo Springs
Asherton
Catarina
McAllen
Harlingen
San Benito
Brownsville
Rio Grande Valley
Ice cream growth drives Brazos County dairy plans
The Bryan area prepares an integrated dairy push to create a market for milk and cream with a new receiving plant and ice cream facility. Projections link better cattle herds, road improvements, tick eradication, and herd-sire testing to county farming profits and year round dairy production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Brazos County
Providence
Bryan
Texas
Senator McGregor backs constitutional pay raise mandate
Senator T. H. McGregor of Austin says the constitutional amendment makes it mandatory for the legislature to fix salaries at ten dollars per day. He differs with others including former Governor James E. Ferguson who argue the raise may not apply to incoming legislators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. McGregor
Austin
McGregor
James E. Ferguson
Charley Cole visits Bryan. Bartlett physician guest
Dr Charley Cole of Bartlett spends a few days in Bryan visiting relatives and friends, staying with Mr and Mrs We HeGalei at their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Cole
Bartlett
Bryan
Mrs. We HeGalei
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Smetana News
Prospect School
Kings Highway
Avement
London
Pryan
Associated Press
Belleville, Ill
Sam Scorfina
St. Louis
Vito Impastato
Frank Agrassa
C. L. Benson
Theo Roosevelt
Tabor
Fred Jensen
Kurten
Kurten 4-H
Edelweiss Gerke
Dora Mae Keith
Gladys Jones
Hattie Holubee
Mildred Keith
Bryan Daily Eagle
J. E. Blair
Washington Co
Yeager
Tolstoi
Herberts
Carlyle
Charles Lamb
John Quincy Adams
Alice Cary
Kipling
Macaulay
Anne Taylor
Dr. Johnson
Mrs. Hemans
Mother Mahree
Aida Johnson Young
S. W. Coaches
BY Nell Bentley
Joeal
Texas Jersey Cattle Club
Zangwill
Y Pascal
Smith
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