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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1932
Page
5
The write up promotes a woodchoppers organization urging men to cut their own firewood for exercise and moral improvement. It claims benefits for families, farmers, merchants, and public health, and cites a past do nothing club as cautionary contrast. The piece ends with a call to action and a wink at religious observance.
Prizes totaling 60 dollars were awarded for top and subcategory reports with 21 families submitting. Winners include Mr. and Mrs. P K Trant Edge Prospect and others across Kurten Millican Sme tana Rye Reliance and Prospect. Production totals reached 132784 pounds of vegetables with 80034 dollars in ward en products sales and 3573 dollars in all other sales.
College Avenue Baptist announces its annual winter revival led by evangelist singer J. C. Cohen from Palestine who will handle music. An outside preacher will conduct the two week series with morning and evening services beginning New Year’s Day.
County Attorney Oak McKenzie traveled to Hempstead this morning on official business.
The lowest temperature of the year was logged in Bryant this morning. Some thermometers read 12 degrees above zero while standard instruments showed 18 to 19 degrees. Clear skies followed a daytime thaw and another night of freezing temperatures is expected.
Bryan Puckett and Florence Long residents of Brazos County file notice of intention to marry with County Clerk Jess B. McGee. The Eagle offers cash for clean cotton rags.
Free Will Baptist church hosts a Friday night Christmas program titled A Tribute of Love at 7 30. The program directed by Mrs Jack Bullard features music dialogues and readings. Children bring gifts to be distributed to less fortunate recipients after the event.
Brazos County reports detail the 40th Alpha Xi chapter founding of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society with initiates and officers. Dr Annie Webb Blanton presided at ceremonies. Future chapters planned in Birmingham Texarkana and Lubbock with Agnes Ellen Harris guiding Alabama chapter plans.
Les Akers, a pen name used by J E Stanford editor of the Southern Agriculturist of Bryan Texas, visited Mission with his wife and daughter for the Texas Citrus Fiesta. Stanford, formerly secretary of the East Texas Chamber of Commerce, is noted for his anonymous farming letters from Pittsburg Texas.
The Bryan Eagle reports Grandma Baker, near a century old, took her first airplane ride at Walton field near the Fin Feather club alongside her grandson W H Johnson. Piloted by R L Lowry in a tiiotoved Ford airplane, she enjoyed the flight and noted no ill effects.
Dr Annie Webb Blanton national president of Delta Kappa Gamma presided over the organization of the Alpha Xi chapter in Bryan on Saturday night.
Ajax sorghum, a Texas Experiment Station hybrid of kafir and feterita, yielded average 28 10 pounds per acre for eleven Oklahoma club boys in Altus with one plot at 57 42 pounds. Stalks are shorter and uniform, ease of harvest, higher fodder. County agent W B Forrester urges seed saving for next year.
The Christmas musical program at First Baptist Church drew a full auditorium Sunday at 7:30 PM. Praise flowed for director H. P. Black and the choir as the evening showcased solos duets and choral pieces by Mrs. J Webb Howell Mrs. O A Ashworth Tom Sweeney and others. Dr. W H Andrew offered invocation and Dr. Gordon Watts gave benediction.
A Richardson man recalls his son’s college progress at A and M College with a tale of a second year surprise and a final triumph in class ranking. The father’s quiet reaction questions the prestige of A and M. Mrs. Charles Edge departs for San Antonio to spend the holidays with family.
Bryan high school edged Womack Lumber 27 to 24 after a tight second half. Lang and Parker led Bryan with 21 points while Britten tops Womack with 12, as Bryan narrowly defenses held on in the final minutes.
A chorus of 75 youthful voices presented a Christmas cantata at the Presbyterian Church Sunday afternoon at 5. Directed by Mrs. Thos Gordon Watts, the program "The King Cometh" drew from Bible texts with a closing stanza from Wesley. It opened with the procession and involved Junior to Senior Young People choirs.
The home economics department at Stephen F. Austin High will host an open house for the public from 3 30 to 4 30 p m on Tuesday December 30 All friends and patrons are invited to attend.
Thousands of additional citrus fruit trees are being set out in the Laredo territory this year. The work began in the fall and will continue through winter and spring seasons. Also note cash paid for clean cotton rags by Eagle Printing Company.
The column notes visits and returns of local families with Brenham Bryan and nearby towns. It mentions Judge W C Davis closing the fall term in Franklin and staying in Bryan for the holidays, several residents traveling to Fort Worth Houston and Abilene, and Miss Laura Rotan of Richmond Va sending holiday greetings. John C Bullock a Bryan native in Abilene is reported dead, and Stanley Hemingway joins the First Methodist church with baptism.
Texas farm families revive corning and drying beef as part of the live-at-home program. Extension authorities at Texas A M College describe uses for cheaper cuts, cure method, and timing for corned beef and dried beef. The article lists steps, containers, and recommended curing times, with numerous names of demonstrators and groups involved.
The Women’s Missionary Society of the First Methodist Church announces new general officers and division into five groups for the year. Mrs R O Allen becomes president succeeding Mrs O A Ashworth, and Mrs S Eberstadt is named secretary for the term.
Mr and Mrs Will Brocksmith of Kurten community mourn the loss of their three weeks old daughter who died at the family home after a brief illness. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 10 a m from the home with interment in Kurten cemetery.
Mrs H Price of Woodside reports losing 64 pounds in a year after using Keuschen product. She says she weighed 190 pounds and reached 126, feeling much better and younger. Ad advises a half teaspoon in hot water daily with a money back guarantee and drug store purchase details.
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