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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1928
Page
3
Rev Daup urges to smile through the year and stay hopeful. Local list shares aims from Bryan figures to pay debts, work hard, promote civic projects, and improve roads.
Dr. G C Kert chief farm manager of the Extension Service at A and M College will arrive in Longview soon to set up headquarters. He will work with the county agent and Chamber of Commerce to help farmers plan their program. His work includes cost accounting and cost of production to aid farmers in keeping books.
Colonel Frank P. Holland dean of Texas publishers is ill at his Dallas home. He has long shaped Texas journalism and business, including the State Fair of Texas. Col Holland and Mrs Holland celebrate their golden wedding anniversary. He helped launch the Farm and Ranch and built a career lasting more than fifty years.
Bryan and Brazos Union Lodge 129 honors S. C. Hoyle past Worshipful Master as district deputy grand master for the 29th district of Texas. The annal meeting in Waco assigns Hoyle duties to oversee Masonic buildings and implement plans of Most Worshipful Grand Master W. S. Montgomery. The 29th district covers Bryan Navasota Madisonville Bedias Shiro Wellborn and nearby towns.
Friends receive notice of the marriage of Miss Catherine Hutton to Mr. Alan Rolland Black in Bryan Texas on December 23 1927 The couple lives at 448 North Lancaster Dallas Texas and Mrs Hutton is a Bryan singer and former Little Theatre member
The Alabama tribe near Livingston plans an election Monday to choose two chiefs. The colony has had no chiefs since 1913 and traditional pomp may accompany the ceremony, with an old law forbidding any white observer.
Mrs. Paul Freeman reports her husband’s safe arrival in Barranquilla Colombia after a two week sea voyage. He sent a cablegram from Barranquilla confirming arrival and a Panama letter noted a pleasant voyage and new field of labor.
Richards and Pousids announced two real estate transfers totaling 16250. A two story brick home at 2001 Wentworth Riverside Terrace sold to Dr F J Slamaper from Richard J Clark. The second transfer moved two and one half lots in Southmore. E C Gibbs handled both deals and predicts Houston will attract Northern and Eastern financial interest in 1928.
Frank Hawks of the Texas Company aviation division flew his stepson David Folts from Houston to Bryan to register at Allen Academy this morning. The trip took 1 hour 10 minutes with very cold conditions reported. They landed west of Bryan on the Hearne road after leaving at 6 PM and arriving around 7 PM. Folts has studied in Mexico City New York Paris and San Antonio.
J C Penney Bryan store honored three women employees Mrs J B Fagan Mrs J G Griffin and Mrs F C Birdwell with substantial bonuses for their service. Local manager E R Bryant notes the company distributed 320000 in bonuses to women nationwide for Christmas based on sales and tenure. He added men may share in store profits and future management opportunities.
One of the best College Baptist adult B Y P U socials was held Thursday evening December 29 with Mr and Mrs W D Lloyd as hosts. New officers were elected for the year and a study course was planned for mid January with instruction by Mr and Mrs R L Brown. A social hour followed with chicken sandwiches salted nuts fruit salad angel food cake and hot chocolate.
Miss Tommie Franklin of Denison, pastor of the Free Baptist church, has earned praise for her work in the Masters' Virdyard area. She left home for a Christmas visit with parents Mr and Mrs T H Franklin after the death of a church member prompted her return.
H. L. Darwin of Paris, a former State Senator, announced his candidacy for Lieutenant Governor of Texas. He pledged an active statewide campaign and said he would soon publish his views on state subjects. Darwin served as a senator from 1912 to 1916 and again from 1920 to 1924 for multiple counties.
A blaze of undetermined origin destroyed the Woldert Peanut Products and Woldert Pecan Company plants in Tyler. Brisk winds fed flames, threatening the entire business district and causing about 200000 in damage.
Curtis T. Williams of Vernon Alabama has been named choir leader for the Free Baptist church in Bryan and has arrived to assume his pew duties. He is to be welcomed by the Bryan community.
Horace Boyett of Bryan has been named assistant to the chief engineer for the Waco Beaumont Trinity and Sabine Railway Company with offices at Trinity Texas. The announcement also promotes T A Hamilton as executive president and lists D T Hubbell and P G Burns in key roles. Burn s previously engineered 972 miles of standard railway and 10,000 miles of preliminary surveys across multiple states. Horace Boyett is a graduate of A and M College and is regarded as an outstanding young engineer in the state.
The College Avenue Baptist church will host a six day series of prayer services starting Sunday January 8 led by Rev Lyton Maddox pastor of the First Baptist church Belton. Prayer clinics follow each sermon and the public is invited to attend for personal burdens and problems seeking divine guidance.
Emmet Roksan announces bid for Brazos County Precinct 2 commissioner. He cites two years of prior service, a continuing road program, and a pledge to build on past work with voter support.
Texas produced minerals and mineral products valued near $375 million in 1926, led by asphalt rock, cement, clay products, coal, fuller’s earth, granite, and gypsum. Petroleum output reached 162.8 million barrels valued at $301.5 million, with natural gas, sand and gravel, limestone, and other minerals contributing sizable quantities and values.
The two story Kaplan Building on Main Street between 24th and 25th streets changed hands Friday. Dr. C. A. Searcy Dr. L. O. Wilkerson W. B. Roman and Roy Vick bought it from Marshal Dansby and plan major improvements and modernization.
Representative Boyd Farrar of Waxahachie proposed to Governor Moody a special legislative session in August. He argued the timing avoids political issues and would allow passage of key Texas property law statutes, marking it as a major campaign issue and enabling swift public expression.
A record daily temperature swing was noted as yesterday's high reached 71 degrees while the low dropped to 24 degrees last night. The thermometer stood at 33 degrees by 2 PM today.
J M Cahill of Smetana says he has trapped about 90 gophers since last spring. He notes the pests are harming peanuts sweet potatoes and corn on his property and nearby fields.
Mike Barron receives a diamond studded gold football as most valuable member of the Bryan high school 1927 football team. Coach Claude Poe honored with a gold watch and chain. Superintendent H L Durham announces letters for Captain Horace Dansby Mike Dansby Solon Griffith Nelson Ramsey Sam Kaplan Cecil Martin Sam Trant Charlie Cummings Kinnard Trant Henry Godwin Vergne Andrews Emory Deason Curtis Cobb Theodore Boris kie.
E Blair division highway engineer and wife return from North Texas trip. He reports Bryan Hearne road in good condition despite rain and will stay in good shape all winter. Cinders used on clay road. repairs are prompt and appreciated by local citizens and business men.
Hon Tyler Haswell a Bryan businessman and student of municipal government predicts 1928 will be prosperous for this section. He notes fall and Christmas business exceeded expectations and that most people in the area are in good financial shape. Haswell has long been active in the local business life.
The Bryan area endured the coldest weekend since 1899 with temperatures dipping to 16 on Saturday and a low around 10 Sunday. A. J. Buchannan reported the historic cold, noting the year reference and the unusually frigid conditions.
Announcement from the Sunday Houston Post-Dispatch notes Miss Mary Edna Wilkins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Asa Wilkins, engaged to Charles Stuart Wallace Jr. The wedding is set for March 7 served by a Warwick luncheon hosted by Mrs. John Jay Hooker with intimate friends present.
Mrs. W. R. Potter of Bowie announces appointments for the Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs. Local women chair Home Economy Miss Mildred Horton College Station and Library Extension Mrs. B. Youngblood Co operation with A M College Mrs. J. C. George Brownsville Forestry Mrs. E. O. Siecke College Station Presse Associations Mrs. Lee J. Rountree Judging year books Mrs. R. O. Allen Advisory Editors Mrs. J. J. Taubenhaus College Station Life members include Mrs. R. E. Buchanan Fort Worth Mrs. Edward Rotan Waco Mrs. J. L. Lovejoy McKinney Mrs. Maggie W. Barry College Station Mrs. M. W. Sims Bryan Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker Austin First board session set for Saturday January 7 at Fort Worth federation headquarters
D. D. White, local Chevrolet agent, reports many people called Sunday and Monday to view the new Chevrolet models. The cars boast longer wheelbase, greater weight and motor power, handsome colors and lines, and represent top value for the company. White invites the public to inspect them and says cars can be supplied immediately.
Sankey Park, a progressive jeweler from Bryan, returns from San Antonio Fredericksburg and other Southwest Texas points after a successful hunting trip. He reports good luck and expects 1928 to be prosperous, being one of Bryan's active young businessmen.
An edition of 5500 copies of the third annual Dallas Penwomen collection, with 86 active members and 250 associate sketches, is ready for distribution under editor Mrs. Mamie Folsom Wynne. It includes Ada Board Bates's poem Colors of Beauty and will be sent to libraries, clubs, and the national convention in San Antonio next May. The Bryan connection is highlighted through former citizen Mrs. Bates.
Firefighters battled two blazes Saturday night and Sunday morning. At 2 a.m. a five room house owned by George Ventura burned completely with no one inside and the cause undetermined. Around 6 p.m. yesterday the roof of a dwelling occupied by Don Hall, a Black resident, burned down but occupants saved belongings.
Dr. L. E. Finney of Waco with Mrs. Finney and Miss Louise Finney spent the weekend in Bryan visiting Miss Doris Finney at the Howell apartments. He spoke at the First Baptist church on New Year’s Day about Christian opportunities and vital service in 1928. He related biblical calls such as Elisha Peter the fisherman and the rich young man to the theme of eternal life.
Statistics from A and M College show the past week brought record cold for the area with temperatures ranging from 14 to 76 degrees. Rainfall was 2.05 inches last Tuesday as the week featured extended cold and unsettled conditions.
Mrs. Ray Wright and Don Lee were married Sunday afternoon in Dallas with Dr J C Anderson presiding. The bride, born and raised in Bryan, is well known locally while the groom is a Portland Cement Association representative and A&M College alumnus active in the Ex-Students' Association.
Anheuser-Busch distributed Budweiser and Ginger Ale to members of the Eagle editorial staff as a holiday gesture. The company states its policy is to remember editors in this generous manner.
Fred W. Kazmier plans a chain of more than 15 hatcheries across East Texas with Longview Carthage and other towns named. Longview will house a 12 000 capacity incubator with Gregg County Poultry Association cooperation. Hatcheries to begin after the first of the year.
A concise reflection defines the educated man by calmness in adversity, happiness in solitude, fairness in dealings, and rational sanity. The text contrasts scholars with simple folk and notes that true education spans both learned philosophy and everyday moral poise.
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