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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1931
Page
5
Friday's Daily highlights Christmas Day and weekend visits in Bryan with families hosting relatives from Houston Dallas Fort Worth and Oklahoma. Names include Buchanans Wipprechts Edmonds and Hilliers among others as residents welcome kin and friends for holiday shares and church gatherings.
The Bryan area hosts a long list of visitors and residents during Christmas and New Year. Wilma’s of Housaie and Mr Tom Wolf Peace are weekend guests at Mr and Mrs Chas F Hillier. Cy Koontz reports 1981 crop prospects look good in Zack community. Numerous exchanges note relatives, travels to Panola and Crystal City, and extended family gatherings among the Pipkin, Park, Benson, and Simpson families.
Temperatures varied little last week with a weekly low of 32 degrees noted Monday and a high of 56 degrees on Tuesday and Wednesday. Rainfall totaled 1.03 inches, with daily amounts ranging from 0.02 to 0.72 inches across Monday through Friday.
Ruby Lee Allen and Ellen Bailey of Brazos County filed notices of intention to marry with County Clerk Clark Jegs B. McGee on Friday.
In Bryan a child named Jim Webster placed oranges and candy under the tree for Santa, hoping to satisfy him if he came late. Prisoners at Brazos County Jail received turkey dinners from Rev. Dyer and Lee Chapel, while local groups funded meals for families and the elderly. A Black neighbor shared her Christmas budget, noting a colored family with six children would receive gifts.
The Unemployment Bureau in the Associated Community Builders office reports 85 heads of families registered seeking aid. They have placed 30 people so far in various short term jobs to span through winter, with demand for yard work, sewing, clerical work, cooking, farm labor, and other tasks. Community groups are urged to form committees and assist in matching workers to openings.
J D Coghlan, Texas Cotton Co operative Association representative, tours Dallas to schedule talks in January about co op progress and Farm Board attacks. Attendees include W F Hubbard, Guy Witherspoon, and F A Caperton. A $100,000 anti co op fund is to be discussed. Stone of the Farm Board asserts basic policy shifts will phase out nonessential merchants and that co ops will act as cotton merchants while private merchants will still handle part of the crop. Meetings set for Caldwell and other Texas towns, open to members and friends.
Lee Dalio nine year old son of Mr and Mrs Charlie Dalio of Woodville neighborhood shows signs of complete recovery from an eye injury suffered on Christmas Eve when a firecracker exploded near his eyes. He received hospital care in Bryan and was feared to be totally blind at one point.
Prof. C. M. Bethany of Bowie school mourns as mother Mrs. M. E. Bethany, 72, dies at Hempstead home. Funeral led by Rev. R. W. Adams with burial in Hempstead cemetery. Survived by three sons and five daughters including James F. Bethany J. B. Bethany and Dot Bethany of Hempstead and Prof. C. M. Bethany of Bryan.
Philip S. Groginsky, son of Bryan resident Joe Groginsky and Texas A&M graduate, mapped the geology of the Lou Delta Crim No. 1, the 22 500 barrel well near Kilgore on a 2300 acre Crim Laird Peterson block. He reported to relatives that he controls much of the surrounding area this morning.
Mr and Mrs Kelley EF Law rence and A L Lawrence of San Antonio arrived in Bryan today. Kelley Lawrence will join Lewis Warinner of Brenham in the Warinner Lawrence Implement Company to be established in Bryan in January. The Warinners were married at the bride's Brenham home Christmas Eve.
Dallas legislator Rep Jack Keller and Rep Roland Bradley push a model drivers and chauffeurs license act for Texas in 1951. The measure, modeled after 17 states, would require licensing and testing with bans on minors under 14 and habitual offenders, administered by the State Highway Department. License issuance would begin in 1931 for those proving safe operation, with tests for new drivers and grounds to revoke for repeated infractions.
Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Ammons of Goose Creek with their sons Dr. E. R. Ammons of Stanton and Dr. C. Neill Ammons and wife of Houston passed through Bryan en route home from a visit with two other sons Dr. Ben F. Ammons and Dr. E. Morel Ammons at Haskell and Munday. The Ammons family lived in Bryan and Brazos county for five years and Mr. Ammons taught at Tabor. Sons E. R. Ben F. and E. Morel are Texas Dental College graduates and practice dentistry. C Neill will graduate this year.
Dirt moving machinery has been moved to the right of way for Highway No. 21 by Russ Mitchell Inc. Work is expected to start without delay with two steam shovels and two 10 ton caterpillar tractors ready. Russ Mitchell Inc was awarded the dirt work contract. larger drainage structures were awarded to J. C. Moore and Sons of Lufkin.
Rev. Robert C. Fletcher and Mrs Fletcher of Birmingham told Bryan and College Station women about the deaf in the Southeastern states. He dedicates his life to bringing Christianity to the land of silence. The meeting included sign language prayers, songs, and remarks from visiting clergy.
A Christmas week family reunion at Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Sims Jr. home on South Bryan Avenue included Mrs. Sims parents Mr. and Mrs. A. McKenzie and their two daughters with their husbands, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stiles of London and Lt. and Mrs. J. T. Newberry of Fort Sam Houston. The gathering continues over New Year’s Day as the Newberrys return to San Antonio and Mr. Stiles departs for New York toward London. Mrs. Stiles plans a longer visit with her parents, then joins Mr. Stiles in London in late January.
Allen Academy defeated Kentucky Military Institute 865 to 818 in the recent rifle shoot. Cadet Jarratt Lightfoot of Bryan led individuals with 179 of 200. The Allen team shows steady improvement and is expected to challenge other northern and eastern schools in January and February matches.
Mrs J L Brock remains at home after a Christmas Eve fall while distributing Good Cheer baskets. A bruised knee led to later severe pain and complications, triggering concern she may have sustained a serious injury.
Sheriff J H Reed received word from Mineral Wells police that the M L Parker Nash sedan stolen from near Stephen F Austin high school weeks earlier had been abandoned in Mineral Wells and was held by police. Two youths drove it and forced a man to surrender his car. the car later bogged down and was recovered. Authorities suspect local thieves drove it from Bryan and sent the guard to question three Bryanites jailed on the theft charge.
Mr and Mrs John Hensarling of Wellborn were Bryan visitors for a short stay. They attended local events and met with community members during their visit.
W Acord and Miss Alberta Ci were married at the home of Mr and Mrs Jesse Thomson on December 24 at 3 o clock. Rev Thomson performed the Methodist ritual with no attendants. Mrs Acord is the daughter of Mr and Mrs O G Carson and wore brown crepe. Mr Acord works in Building and Grounds at A and M College and after a brief wedding trip to Houston will reside in College Station.
The College Avenue Baptist church will begin its revival meeting Sunday January 4 led by Rev Roy S Solomon. Dr J B Leavell pastor of First Baptist Houston will preach with singing by Mrs A G Pritchett of Worth. Further hours will be announced next week and the public is invited.
Tax collector J. M. Ferguson reports slow tax payments in Brazos County for December. Until now 3560 residents have paid, versus 700 payments in December last year. Projections place month end near 500. Vehicle license renewals arrive slowly with 573 paid, below last year’s pace.
Sanford Gibbs, a former resident, announced his upcoming marriage to Lois Snyder of Mason City Iowa. The wedding is set for Sunday December 28 at 9 a.m. in the First Methodist church in Mason City, after which the couple will reside in Chicago where Sanford works for the Halsey Steart Company.
John Yeager Justice of the Peace Precinct No 3 Brazos County Texas announces appointment as Registrar of Vital Statistics effective January 1 1931. Physicians midwives and undertakers are requested to send birth and death certificates to Burten Texas.
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