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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1931
Page
2
A 1920s style guide proposes an emergency pantry shelf as a hostess lifesaver. It outlines ready-made desserts and entrees from canned goods, suggests clever “piecing out” of dishes, and provides two quick desserts and a cookie-like recipe, using staples like bananas, coconut, dates, and pimiento.
NCHES Dec 31. Known fox hunter in East Texas has established a private dog cemetery on his property. The unusual venture reflects his long companionship with hounds and a respect for working dogs.
Millican residents celebrate Christmas with relatives from Houston Beaumont and Galveston. Dwellers Reed Furman Dunlap Stansland and many others traveled or hosted kin. The holiday season featured carol programs a Santa visit at Johnnie Byrd and church gifts for the pastor with several illness updates and local farewells.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Cargill and their son Wayne of Pasadena have been visiting in the home of Mrs. Car.
Misses Eunice Mae and Lillian Hill of A and M College visit Edge this week. Bryan visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Henry and son. W. R. Henry and family. J. E. Payne and sons and related Payne family. Etta Payne and Misses Inez Edith Alyne Payne. Socials feature gatherings at Mrs. E J Payne and Mr. J F Griffin. Abilene visitors Raymond Wilson and family, and rag sale note.
Willacy County begins receiving Rio Grande water for irrigation for the first time as 15,000 acre feet starts delivery through the Mercedes system. The Willacy district plans 160,000 acre feet total capacity across 13,000 acres of reservoir sites, with 52 miles of levees completed and only 2,500 acres currently served.
Katherine Parker, a fourth grade student in Miss Julia Schovassa's class, is listed on the honor roll for Travis Elementary School for the past six weeks.
A Bryan-Brenham census of social and business visits shows Mr. and Mrs. Jno W Luker and their son returning from Georgetown to tour Hereford cattle with Mr. Jno F Yearwood a leading local breeder. Moves include Will Conlee shifting his hamburger shop to a renovated storefront. Numerous residents visit, host, or travel to Houston, Waco, Dallas, and Fort Worth, with interludes at weddings, holidays, and business openings.
Officials of Mineral Wells brought the M. L. Parker automobile stolen from Bryan to Mineral Wells today. The machine had been abandoned there. In the county jail, Dewey Carnes Royce Carnes and Odea DeHart were questioned but not identified as the youths who held up two Mineral Wells men and took their car around the time the Parker machine was abandoned. The Mineral Wells men returned home Monday evening.
Waco to host three statewide agricultural groups, including the Governor's Soil and Water Conservation conference, the Texas Jersey Cattle Club, and the Texas Agricultural Workers' Association. Sessions run Tuesday through Thursday at the Hilton Hotel with speeches by Gov. Moody, A. B. Conner, and many experts from A and M College, Extension Service, and industry. Local leaders coordinate accommodations and rail rates for attendees.
A brief notice describes a meeting agenda including reports from committees and the election of officers for 1981. It references Dr F A Buechel of the Economic Service of the Bureau of Research and notes the meetings will adjourn after the reports.
The Justice Department moved in the Supreme Court to advance early hearing on Judge Clark of New Jersey ruling the Eighteenth Amendment invalid. The government argued the decision is without ambiguity and should be reversed. It contends the amendment became part of the constitution and the ruling risks undermining enforcement of Prohibition laws.
Marshall man Behn Cook, turning fifty five, says happiness in marriage comes from giving and taking with him accepting all blame for misunderstandings. He and wife celebrate his anniversary with a Dallas daughter and a Fort Worth visit. Boswell Newton family return from Brazos County Christmas trip to Fort Worth.
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