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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1927
Page
4
Goth am's Health Day drives 750 public day schools to inspect pupils with flashlights for daily toothbrush habits. Teachers report many pupils confidently answer they clean every day, while assemblies showcase gleaming smiles reflecting the program's impact.
I W Shireman aged 83, pecan grower near La Porte Texas, earned 2500 last year from 10 acres. He began planting pecans after failed fruit trees and harsh early skepticism, driven by a belief in growth and climate and soil that could support trees.
In January Houston will host three conventions drawing thousands. About 300 members of the Texas Passenger Ticket and Freight Agents' Association and families will attend starting January 21 and tour the Rio Grande Valley. The Texas Water Works School expects 400 professionals January 23 for three days of lab work and sanitary discussions. The National Association of Real Estate Boards plans a 25 to 27 January meeting with about 1,500 attendees led by R. E. Jordan. Harry Culver will fly in from Culver City to participate. special trains are arranged.
Delegates from Chicago and Louisville plan a two week excursion into the Rio Grande Valley and into Mexico after the convention ends on January 27.
Houston December 28 E P Pearson district manager for Southern Pacific Lines outlines the Sunshine Garden District of Texas an area including Stockdale Nixon Smiley Leesville Gillette Pandora and Schoolland. He notes artesian well water supplies irrigation a balanced cropping system and growing dairy and poultry sectors with poultry profits over 500000 and turkeys 250000 last year.
In Mexico City on December 28 President Calles proposed amending the petroleum law to remove retroactive and confiscation provisions after the Mexican Supreme Court ruled them unconstitutional. The move, praised by Mexicans and Americans, aims to align the oil law with the court ruling.
Mr and Mrs N B Allen of Allen Academy returned from Longview where they enjoyed Christmas holidays. Superintendent Allen expects capacity enrollment at the local school in January. Porterhouse steak earned its name from its service in a porter house an old term for a hall.
The 1928 Texas Farm and Home Demonstration Special, a mobile agricultural college on wheels, will operate early next year with 117 stops over 36 days. Lecturers from A M College of Texas will speak on livestock, dairying, poultry, crops, soils, and home demonstration work. The tour includes Navasota on January 16 and Follett on February 25 with officials aboard for part of the journey.
A and M College of Texas has added a premier Jersey and Holstein herd from Mistletoe Creameries of Fort Worth. The Jersey foundation includes 28 cows and one bull, highlighted by Gamboge Fox Agatha who produced 81 pounds of milk in a day and has a 17 311 pounds yearly yield with high fat. The bull Mistletoe Agatha's Lad enhances the lineage. Herd members have won multiple Texas fair honors including state and southwestern show championships.
Chellis A. Austin of the Seaboard National Bank of New York says Texas and the Southwest have the greatest potential in the United States. He notes population growth here outpaces the nation and cites Texas wealth rising from about 3 billion in 1910 to over 10 billion today.
Alma Kindt of King's Highway, Brazos County, won the highest record in her farm club project for dairying. Judges from Bryan Rotary Lyons Club and A and M Extension praised her 6904 pounds of milk from six months, 70.85 dollars feed cost, and 257.76 dollars net profit. County Agent C L Benson offered 100 dollars for the heifer but she declined.
Houston on December 28 reports Prof. H. P. Attwater of Houston sees unlimited pecan growing potential in Texas. Nut shelling plants expand capacity and new pecan candies appear. Even shells find use as fuel and ground shells as spices. Threshing provides employment for farm renters. Attwater notes wild turkeys stuffed with pecans delight Virginia cooks and pecans attract birds animals and boys alike. He adds the pecan tree is a large long lived native from Iowa and Kentucky to Texas and Mexico, Texas’ official state tree, with shade value durable wood and oil yields high among nuts.
A.M. College of Texas station WTAW releases a program booklet listing all broadcasts through May 1928. Copies available by request to Station WTAW College Station. The guide also details 17 college faculty lecture courses on Wednesday and Friday nights, covering topics from cotton marketing to healthful living.
In Denton Texas on December 27 instructors from the College of Industrial Arts household arts department share holiday menu ideas and recipes for dinners. They list multiple menus including turkey with dressing giblet gravy cranberry sauce rolled roast duck and pumpkin pie with detailed dressings and dessert options.
Dean Charles E. Finley of the University and M College of Texas says the Southwest Athletic Conference voted to extend the football season to the second Saturday after Thanksgiving. Rice Institute plans to play Arkansas on December 7, 1928 as part of a 1929 schedule starting in October. Finley supports a longer season if broadly accepted by nearby schools. Miss Alma Robinson returns from Houston after Christmas holidays. Miss Julia Southerd and Miss Dorothy Nightengale travel to San Antonio for the remainder of holidays.
Mrs O E Siecke, wife of State Forester E O Siecke, has been appointed acting president of the Eighth District. A longtime Parent-Teacher worker and district chairman of magazines, she planned district growth and contributed to Parent-Teacher activities last year. An active club worker in the Fourth District Federation of Women’s Clubs, she aims to extend work in her district.
The second annual ice cream manufacturers short course by the dairy husbandry department at A and M College of Texas will run January 16 to 20 1928 in College Station. A comprehensive program covers plant management accounting advertising processing the mix freezing and hardening fruits flavors sanitation refrigeration standardizing and scoring. Prominent Texas ice cream figures like George Boedecker Hugo Swan Byron Brown Ben E Cabell Jr H E Schulze W H Breen R S Stevens H C Vandervort W M Anderson are listed as program participants and inquiries expect a large turnout.
Santa visited the King’s Highway school with gifts assisted by teachers amid a festive program. A large crowd gathered in Normangee for a December 23 tree lighting, a Ford car prize, and holiday sales. Other items note a golden wedding in Macy, a funeral in Hearne, and local visitors and guests from Edge, Bryan, and surrounding towns.
Charles A. Hall travels from Steep Hollow to San Antonio after Christmas with his father T. P. Hall. Mrs. Reese Latrick of Amarillo arrives in Bryan for her mother Mrs. J. G. Davidson’s death in El Paso. Mrs. Alice Harrington of Wellborn visits Bryan and relatives. Fritz Plagens and son Herman from Kurten are in Bryan as Fritz recovers from illness and serves as a doctor.
Houston hosts planned events for the University of Texas A and M football squad coaches and faculty. The dance at the University Club December 29 and a Warwick Hotel banquet January 14 will honor Lee's Owls. About 80 guests attend the banquet with 400 limit.
Three top home demonstration club girls in Texas were announced as 1927 scholarship winners. Lorene Lawson of Nacogdoches County Eddie May Dalton of Titus County and Elouise Wilke of Lubbock County receive $200 college scholarships from the State Fair of Texas and the Texas Home Demonstration Association.
Miss Frances Boriskie shows improvement after illness. Houston and San Antonio couples enjoyed Christmas with Mrs. O. F. Brown and sister in Bryan. Kosse visitors, A. M. Brewer and daughters, joined the McCartneys. Local football trip to Waco celebrated Tigers win over Latin High. Texas’ manufacturing value cited at 1.3 billion dollars. Scotsman Charles McIntosh credited with first waterproof cloth in 1823.
Two estrayed mare males branded 1 left jaw. Large dark bay about 1100 pounds nine years old with white left front leg spot. Smaller dark brown four years old about 900 pounds, slick and smooth. Reward for either or both. W. 8. Baker, Navasota, Texas.
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