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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1931
Page
12
The Brazos County 4-H Club sets a live program with farm Demonstration work led by Lynn Sample of the Farm Loan Bank noting increased farm hopefuls. Home makers plan six months of canned goods including fruits vegetables and meats to support steady budgets.
Mrs B J Payne and daughter Allene with Inez Payne spent part of the week with Mr and Mrs W C Hill of A and M College. A Sunday dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Henry Bynum drew Pat Moore and family J M Cross and family and J Payne and daughter Allene. George McDonate and family of Kings Highway visited Fort Martin. Tom Wheeless and Leonard Wheeless visited Mrs Judy Moore. W T Crane visited his mother T W Frame. Mrs Lester Moore and Patsy Ruth of Hearne visited Edge friends. Hazel Moore returned to Hearne for a few days. John Rychick is recovering from pneumonia Morris reportedly ill at home. Bob Parker spent New Years Day in North Zulch. A new family moved to Edge, Mr and Mrs H M Free and family formerly of Reliance.
Manuel Eden, a Bryan youth, was bound over to the grand jury by Justice J. T. McGee on auto theft charges. His bond was set at $100. Eden was arrested for stealing Mor tis Sebuiman’s car near Bryan High School before the holidays. the vehicle was later found in a ditch south of Bryan, badly damaged.
Mrs Mary B McCallum wife of A J McCallum of Austin died Wednesday night after a short illness with pneumonia at a local hospital. She and her husband with two children James and Mary Ann had come from Austin to visit her parents at Tabor. Funeral services were held at Alexander church with Rev Jesse Thomson officiating and interment in Alexander cemetery McCulloch Dansby Co. in charge. Surviving are her husband two children her parents W H Benbow of Tabor a brother Tom Benbow and sisters Maggie Benbow of Tabor and Susie Benbow Bowie School teacher.
R. M. Kenneth of Fort Worth spent a brief business visit in Bryan and stopped at College Station today. He discussed local opportunities and met with area associates during the excursion.
Knight's Susy of Bryan, a purebred Jersey cow tested by Carl Wipprecht, completed her first official production test. At age two years three months she produced 124.48 pounds of butterfat and 9,232 pounds of milk in 365 days, earning entry into the American Jersey Cattle Club Register of Merit. Sire Foxhall's Knight of Bryan and dam Pansy's Pet Girl.
The College Station American Chemical Society group will hold its fourteenth meeting Friday January 1951 at 7 p.m. in the Physics lecture room. J K Blum on lime and phosphoric acid relation to bone growth in rate, J Mudge on soil buffer capacity, J Howard on cotton fiber analysis related to cotton root rot, J Cross on aluminum oleate in lubricating oils. Questions and discussion.
Oriental scene at St. Andrew's parish house for the Twelfth Night festival staged by the church Woman's Auxiliary. Themed decor included a throne of rose velvet, palms, incense, and a miniature oasis on the table with figures from Omar Khayyam. The court was led by John Asin and Miss Kate Parker. dances, songs, and a rental dance accompanied by Mary Belle Woodruff Kinnard. Refreshments featured chicken salad olives dates ginger crackers coffee and an embossed angel food cake with the ring shoe dime prizes. Mrs Milton Sims will oversee next year’s festival. arrangements by Mrs Corby Byrd of College Station.
J B Priddy of Brazos County Truck Growers Association urges tomato farmers to break the best soil and plant corn in tomato plots to deter pests. He recommends planting five parts corn to ten parts tomatoes around Feb 15 and using 500 to 600 pounds per acre of high grade fertilizer, excluding U-18-6. He stresses attending tomato meetings for guidance.
Texas experts from federal and state agencies urge immediate terracing to stop erosion that drains soil fertility. A. K. Short and M. R. Deutloy of Texas A&M and the Federal Land Bank warn that annual erosion wastes billions in plant nutrients and threatens cotton yields, urging widespread terracing and soil conservation.
Houston pastor Dr. J B Leavell led a revival at College Avenue Baptist Church with a message on the cross, urging a return to Christ and discussing salvation. Morning studies cover Galatians with a memorization prize, while Tuesday’s sermon questioned how many Bryan residents reach heaven and warned against merely joining a church without faith.
A preacher urges personal salvation and genuine faith over mere outward Christianity. He argues most people, including many churchgoers, are not saved and calls for self examination and active witness to lead others to Christ.
County officials including County Judge A. S. Mc Swain and new members Claude Buchanan and J. W. Harris were sworn in and bonds filed, approved by the commissioners court. Some officers not in Bryan will file bonds Friday.
Bitter weed, spreading by winds with large feed shipments arriving, causes mounting death losses in West Texas sheep operations, reports say. The weed invasion disrupts the industry and threatens long term viability.
Brenham Banner reports on the Washington Park Commission led by Mayor T A Low spearheading completion of a 50 by 80 foot fireproof concrete hall. The $13 000 structure will host patriotic meetings with schoolchildren visiting the Texas Declaration site. Upgrades and markers at Old Washington are planned as funds become available.
The Navasota Examiner reports a list of Bryan engagements with Mr. and Mrs J W Williams Sr and Mrs W L Powers and children visiting Walter Smith. J W Harris and C E Calloway named among local visitors. A variety of residents from Tabor Mumford Kurten Huntsville Freeport Millican Milano Brazos Valley and Pitts Bridge were in Bryan for business shopping and visits.
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