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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1936
Page
5
Hearne officials received a water analysis from J Alwin Zeller Texas Engineering Experiment Station College Station on the new city well. The report confirms the water quality and potential treatment implications for Hearne residents.
R W Prather visits relatives in Snyder this week while Mrs. Robert C Allen travels to Austin for the weekend. Mr and Mrs L Leasborough also noted in the social lines.
Miss Julia Slagle announces Humble Pipe Line Company requests lodging for fifty families arriving in Hearne next week for pipeline construction. Rooms or apartments should be registered at the Chamber of Commerce or called in. project lasts about 90 days and will boost local payroll and merchant business.
Two candidates announced for 1936 offices in Hearne. John H. Moss seeks re election as Commissioner of precinct 2 while Bob Reeves, deputy under the late Sheriff Ace Nicholson, runs for Robertson county sheriff. Milton Stubbs to serve in U S Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service. He will be stationed in Lindale Texas supervising conservation for Oklahoma Arkansas Texas and Louisiana. Stubbs, a graduate of A and M College, recently worked in Austin in a government post.
J G Clanton, temporarily in Alice with Humble Pipe Line, visits with his wife and children. Marsene Adkisson from Houston visits grandparents T P Griffin. Mrs R E Cornforth and children Bob and Mary Jo and Mrs Dakie Silverman visit Waco. Judge and Mrs F H Alexander of Dallas visit S J Alexander family and learn their aunt Mrs Lucy Simms Clark has a broken hip. Mrs Drew Allen and Houston guests return home. Allen to Houston with Marshall and Stefan. Mrs J B Covington and children return to Houston after holidays with O G Hudson home.
Hearne notes indicate all local students attending colleges and universities statewide returned home for the weekend. Listed names include Jack McCollum Bill Jett Gene Blake John Perrone Earle Slagle Gerald Rogers Oliver Hudson and others with affiliations to A M College Baylor College Incarnate Word and Co I Av Mary Ellen and Nancy Hudson.
HEARNE Jan 6 By order of Mayor Chas. C. Smith and health officers Dr A S Epperson and Dr W R Newton Cameron and surrounding citizens are told to avoid crowds in stores cafes and amusement centers due to a meningitis outbreak.
Hearne Texas January 6 report notes seventeen meningitis cases in Milam county and possible school quarantine actions if spread continues. Local football star Robert Jones linked to a Gause case. Board members and community leaders attend a cabin barbecue with games before a venison meal.
R M Duffey, among thirty one Houston district dealers, attends the Norge Dealers and Salesmen's Convention in Detroit Michigan this week at the company's expense. Other local individuals seen visiting include Mr and Mrs John Viviano in Marlin and Miss Erma Cecil Murphy of Ferris. Further visits feature Miss Mary Jane Harrigan of Detroit staying with Miss Beth Barrett at Mrs Co F Banks. Mrs Julia Guynes visiting Austin while son Calvin attends the University of Texas. Mr and Mrs Phillip Hanna and children visit Mrs W T Hanna, and the Booths from Bryan with their daughter Barbara visit Mrs D B Carrington.
In Hearne on January 7 Circle No 1 of the Baptist Missionary Society met at Mrs J A Carson home with Mrs Waite S Hoyt Jr in charge studying Luke and Mark. Circle No 2 met at Mrs W C Phillips with Bible study led by Mrs J O Driver. The Methodist ladies met at the church led by Mrs George B Palmos studying the First Psalm and a business session followed. Roy Larkin Henry celebrated his eighth birthday with eight friends at his home with games and ice cream.
W A Williams brought photographs of snowflakes from Illinois showing varied intricate and hexagonal forms. Taken by his nephew Donald Williams, the images include a rare equilateral triangle flake and delicate patterns suitable for jewelry or lace. The Bryan party noted record cold in Illinois and signs of prosperity upon return to Texas.
Thieves broke into several Bryan homes causing minor loss or no entry. Mrs. O. H. Astin's house was entered by cutting a door and forcing a Yale lock while she was away. A. B. Syptak reported trousers stolen after a midnight prowler took them from his home. Another entry in Mrs. A. C. Williams’ home netted $7. J. D. Benson’s house had a cut screen but no entry.
Highlights events from 1823 to 1928 including the first Mexican colonization law, Stephen F. Austin’s call for volunteers in 1827, Pedraza recognized as President of the Republic of Texas in 1833, Amnesty Law in 1835, Anson Jones’ death in 1858, and Texas voting 20 electoral votes for Hoover in 1928.
Judge W C Davis convened district court in Franklin Monday for a five week session. After a one week interval, the February term will be convened in Brazos county.
Visitors from Austin Hearne Jan. 7 report Mr. and Mrs. Leland Mendlin hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Roy Henry Monday.
Hearne Texas January report notes Roy Smith of Branchville was found shot to death at his home. He was the son of the late John A. Smith a prominent Branchville farmer and landowner.
A farming dispute in Edge concerns 12 allegedly stolen Plymouth Rock chicks. Ed Chytil faces felony theft charges. an examining trial is set for January 13 in Justice A J Buchan's court. The J H Martin family aims to prove ownership through an observational experiment.
Mrs. M. I. Evans and Miss Virginia Evans attended the funeral of J. A. Hearte in Oakwood. Hearte, aged, died at his San Antonio home Wednesday at 1:00 PM after a period of invalidism following a stroke. Survived by his widow, bedridden with heart disease, and three daughters including Mrs. Evans, with others in San Antonio and McKinney.
A 164 newspaper decrease in the United States and Canada in 1935 is reported in N. W. Ayer's Directory of Newspapers and Periodicals to be published Jan. 15. Of these 150 were weekly titles that suspended or merged, eight fewer daily papers, with total papers at 18,927 and English language daily circulation rising from 36,540,000 in 1934 to 38,450,000 in 1935.
Mrs. W. EB. Neeley and Mrs. Fred L. Sloop attended a three day statewide conference of county superintendents and supervisors in Austin starting Monday morning to discuss educational administration and standards.
Dr and Mrs Algie Benbow move into a new Ursuline avenue home. CCC assignments take Joe Maloney to Lufkin. Ann Cline returns from Dallas SMU and visits Evelyn Ward in Laredo before resuming studies. Many Bryan names travel for holidays, reunions, and weekend visits across Texas.
The article lists local residents visiting relatives over Christmas and New Year. It notes Gus Robertson of Iola's serious illness and his operation at Wilkerson Memorial clinic, Mrs. Ben Powers’ critical condition near Bryan, and family and travel updates for the McCleary, Parker, Henderson, Hedges, and Cole households plus Judge Davis’s quail plans and various short trips around Bryan and nearby towns.
Brazos County Development Company prepared to sign deeds for a right of way related to the proposed Southern Pacific underpass. County Judge J M Ferguson said E J Fountain already signed and J Jenkins was to sign. The Texas Highway Commission plans to let the construction contract this month.
Texas A&M College students resume classes after a two week Christmas break. Examinations are set for February 27 with registration February 3 and the start of the second semester February 4. Spring recess is April 16-18 and commencement runs May 29-30.
Firemen responded to Emmett Trant’s Ursuline Avenue residence Monday morning after a flue fire caused minor damage. The flames were quickly controlled with little consequence to the dwelling or occupants.
Dr J T Henderson of Kinckville Tennessee, executive secretary of the Baptist Brotherhood of the South, to lead a 1907 style school of instruction for laymen in the Creath Brazos Baptist Association at First Baptist Nav asota starting Sunday January 26. About 40 churches across Brazos Grimes Madison and neighboring counties expected to be represented.
Cecil Neeley and Miss Sybil Shields together with J. T. Vaughn and Miss Carrie Keefer are mentioned in society notes indicating marriage or engagement possibilities.
A. S. Ware a former county attorney by appointment of the commissioners court announces his candidacy for the 1936 election for Brazos County Attorney. He stresses 28 years in Brazos, 10 years law practice in Bryan, and his pledge to faithful service, fair dealing, and enforcement of law without entanglements, seeking voter support.
Joe Koh was arrested Saturday night and jailed on a drunken driving charge. Charges will be filed in Justice A. J. Buchanan's court.
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