Bryan Busy holiday notices and social roundups
A long list of residents and visitors in Bryan for Christmas season includes Mrs. R. L. Brown returning from Baylor Hospital Dallas, families from College Station, Waco, Hearne, Contributing shoppers and travelers from Temple to Navasota, and many local arrivals to Bryan for holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Brown
A. & M. College Baptist
Dallas
Baylor Hospital
West 26Th Street
T. K. Lawrence
C. Williams
E. Eberstadt
G. S. Parker
Bryan
Bryan High
Oak Cliff
R. L. Poll
College Station
Frances Wallace
Dorothy Ettle
Helen Moore
Martha Suber
Lois
Louise Pipkin
Baylor College
Belton
Hanover
Wheelock
Jim H. Beard
East 27Th Street
J. T. Evans
Beaumont
Tom Evans
A. P. Swallow
Betty Swallow
Waco
Brayn
C. M. Evans
M. E. Hayes
J. T. McGee
Mary Warmath
Charlie Holmes
West 27Th Street
J. C. Shaw
Lubbock
J. L. Edge
Edge
Mrs. McInnis
Hearne
Mary McInnis
Ashville
N. C
S. W. Edge
Temple
Oklahoma
Allie Zimmerman
Baker Avenue
O. L. Andrews
Harvey
J. W. Conway
F. L. Byers
Roaring Springs
Reliance
S. L. Williams
Wichita Falls
Josie Lawrence
Williams
Kate Lawrence
J. O. Wilson
Knob Prairie School
Wilson
Red Cross
Roll Call
Oran Boyett
Houston
Randolph F. Cameron
Paris
Texas
Death of Brazos pioneer William J. Brogden
William Joseph Brogden, a Brazos county pioneer born in Alabama in 1845, died at his home near Bryan on December 10, 1921 after a long illness and blindness. He taught in the county, farmed later, and served in the Civil War. He married Laura Cook in 1872 and left six children. Funeral services were held at his home and he was buried at Alexander Church Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Brogden
Brazos County
Bryan
William Joseph Brogden
Butler County
Alabama
Texas
Dalas
Laura Cook
J. L. Broach
H. D. Huddleston
A. C. Bailey
Lucy Brogden
Stansell T. Brogden
William H. Brogden
Oil Wildcatters Stir Brazos County Intrigue
Citizens express curiosity and concern about oil operations in Brazos County as strangers known as wildcatters and rockhounds travel through the area at all hours. A local reader warns against publishing certain names to avoid jeopardizing investigations. Also notes Guy Bittle Jr and Tom C. Bittle of Galveston will visit Bryan for Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellborn
Brazos County
Eagle
Satan
Deep Blue Sea
Guy Bittle, Jr
Galveston
Bryan
Guy Bittle
Mr. Bittle
Tom C. Bittle
Bittle
Golden Wedding of Dr and Mrs Collard Celebrated in Wheelock
On December 13 at Wheelock Texas a hundred guests gathered at the home of Dr F R Collard and his wife to mark their fifty years of marriage. Rev D W Gardner presided as the couple exchanged renewed vows. Their life together spanned Texas history from the Civil War era to the present, with seven children born of whom two survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. R. Collard
Wheelock
Bryan
Franklin
Hearne
Collard
Lohengrin
Katherine Mitchell
Henry Wheelock
Josie Frampton
Houston
H. W. Cummins
de Witt Love
Ruth Collard
Forth Worth
Mrs. Garland
Ethel Mitchell
Andrew Love
Texas
Felix Robert Collard
John S
Nancy Collard
New Waverly
Walker County
Republic of Texas
Young Collard
Bastrop Military Academy
Bastrop
Old Soule University
Southwestern University
Georgetown
Green
Sibley
New Orleans
Magruder
Galveston
Taylor
Trans-Mississippi
Louisiana
Tolson
Tulane University
Ann Armstrong
Cavitt
Tennie R. Love
Fairfield
Mexia
Corsicana
Dallas
Estelle
Walter
Ben
Mattie
Myrtle
Felix
Frampton
Mrs. Collard
D. H
Mary F. Love
Kittie Cavitt
Dunn’s Grove
Gay Hill School
Washington County
Florence
Alabama
Navasota Poultry Show Forms Countywide Group
In Navasota Texas on December 20 a poultry association was organized with charter members including E B Fuqua Erwin A H Meyers Fetzer W F Binford J G Hall and others. The group plans a countywide poultry swine dairy and stock breeders organization to plan a 1922 fair in Navasota. Several hundred visitors attended the show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navasota
Texas
Poultry Association
E. BR. Fuqua
Erwin
A. H. Meyers
Fetzer
W. F. Binford
Courtney
J. G. Hall
A. F. Brigance
S. W. Adams
S. W. Dean
W. T. Dickson
J. B. Dedmon
H. H. Moone
W. T. Cradlock
A. E. Nation
M. B.woster
Tabor Extends Invitation for Club Championship Celebration
The Tabor club invites the public to celebrate next Friday night as the boys and girls club wins the state championship for best club record. Miss Mary Ruth Holden, secretary of the Tabor club, extends a special invitation to Steep Hollow, which was a close second for the honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tabor
Mary Ruth Holden
Steep Hollow
Margaret Parker Sends Santa Wish List
The Bryan Eagle prints a letter addressed to Santa Claus from Margaret Parker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M B Parker. She asks for a beaded bag or purse, fireworks, a telephone, an artificial corsage of roses, a stocking hung up, two tuff pies, oranges, and a lot of nuts, signing with her name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan Eagle
Santa Claus
Margaret Parker
M. B. Parker
Bryan
North Pole
Millican Teachers Lead 100 Percent Red Cross Honor Roll
Miss Dora Mae Carroll of Millican secured the official 100 percent Junior Red Cross honor roll for her fifth and sixth grade pupils in Bryan on Monday. The framed list includes Sun shine Battle Kathleen Merideth Rosa Belle Kramer Annie Ruth Dowling Mary Sample Amy Parson Margaret Davis Lizzie Langford Eva Parson Elsie Mills Reba Hughes Doris Simpson Florine Groda Guy Curd Walter Craig John Henry Godby Lee Hodges Leonard Wood Matthew Fannett Jesse Sims Harold Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millican
RED Cross
Dora Mae Carroll
Bryan
Sunshine Battle
Kathleen Merideth
Rosa Belle Kramer
Annie Ruth Dowling
Mary Sample
Amy Parson
Margaret Davis
Lizzie Langford
Eva Parson
Elsie Mills
Reba Hughes
Doris Simpson
Florin
Colonel Dunn Oil Well Ready to Spud at Wheelock
The McFadden Company completed an oil derrick for J. B. Dunn near Wheelock. Most materials have arrived for active operations and the well is set to spud next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonel Dunn
McFadden Co
J. B. Dunn’s
Wheelock
Campaign for Funds Christmas 2009 Cheer Begins Tuesday
A Bryan Brazos county appeal urges support for the Christmas Good Cheer Fund with a Tuesday start by a committee visiting the business district. The fund aids the needy year round, with last year helping over three hundred people and rising need this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campaign For Funds
Oak McKenzie
M. M. Erskine
C. G. Walker
S. E. Eberstadt
Bryan
Brazos County
Birth of a baby girl to Mr and Mrs Pearce
A baby girl was born on Wednesday December 14 to Mr and Mrs Pearce. The report notes the newborn as a cherished addition to the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
8. D. Pearce
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jack Gordon
Roger Q. Astin
Walter J. Coulter
George G. Chance
Ad McQueen
W. C. Davis
Dr. Held
Franklin Texan
John A. Held
Baptist State Board
Franchelle Roberts
Hockaday School
Rob Roberts
Mrs
Joe Spell
Hockiey
Emma Spell
Hattie Stafford
Calvert
M. A. Cole
J. B. Covey
J. E. Covey
Albert Byron
Poulter Christian
Paley Reed
Jessie Smith
Charlie Jenkins
Ethel Edens
Margaret Mueller
San Antonio
C. C. McRea
Mineral Wells
Joe Floyd
N. M. Wycough
Madisonville
J. H. Sanders
Mildred Sanders
W. Stuart Barron
Frank Higgs
Austin
Alma Higgs
Lida Belle Pipkin
J. J. Pipkin
P. L. Barron
J. C. Mathis
Joe L. Mellazzo
Italsem
Ajuunod Uosetang
Aouaey Upi
John A. Moore
J. Walter Smith
W. W. Griffith
Lester
Leslie Griffin
John Suber
A. B. McSwaine
Lelia Griffin
Marlin
Paul Dansby
Walter Coulter
Sam Royder
E. L. Meyers
T. W. Frame
Ed Payne
C. B. Thompson
Carrolton
Dallas County
Sam B. Wilson & Co
Aggie
Chamber of Commerce
J. J. Tatum
Free Baptist Church
Keith
Roland Crenshaw
W. J. Cloud
Willie
E. R. Lloyd
Kurten
H. C
E. G. Jenkins
Nacogdoches
Parker
Mr. Jenkins
W. R. Fairman
Roy Long
C. S. Beckwith
A. Long
Roxie Long
Louise Adair
Huntsville
Tyler Haswell
Haswell
Eugene Parks
James O. Eidson
Mattie Eidson
M. E. Miller
Extension Service
A. & M. College
Mills P. Walker
J. H. Walker
Solon
J. P. Cooner
College
J. P. Gilpin
Nina Henry
J. H. Henry
Tom A. Hensarling
S. G. Moore
Hot Springs
Arkansas
A. K. Short
Butte
East 29Th Street
Hardy Newton Place
A. & M. Extension Department
W. S. Wilson
Sarah Williams
FE. R. Williams
Cisco
Maude Bookout
Lindale
John Collins
J. A. Beard
Eldorado
Maude Lancaster
Brownwood
Gladys
Nettie
Villa Marie
Lancaster
M. K. Thornton
Russellville
MR. Brodgen
Brazos CO
Brazos County Oil
Kellogg
Kellogg’s
Jungleland
K Ellogg
Margaret
Kellogg's
Eve
Nellie Smith
Thacher Medicine CO
Chattanooga, Tenn
U.S. A
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