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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1930
Page
3
Community visitors fill Sundays with family and church ties as Brazos County residents host relatives from College Station Houston and Bryan. Local schools report progress exams approach and a pep squad plans costumes while sports note senior and junior teams travel to Wheelock and a hog hunting fine is mentioned.
County Agent C L Benson and Home Demonstration Agent Lucy Givens report a full day terracing demonstration by Rye 4 H Club and area farmers. The event inspired plans for terrace lines on multiple farms and ongoing dairy and home improvement projects by 4 H members including Lorena Nash and Millie Novosad.
Members of Bryan Chapter 222 Order of the Eastern Star celebrate the 25th anniversary of the chapter as it exists under the present charter. Past matrons and past worthy matrons will be guests. A dinner in the banquet room, with each attendee contributing a dish, will precede a business meeting.
Brazos County couples filed applications for marriage licenses with Clerk Jess B. McGee. Names include Robert Me and Alberta Hall, Eb mpson and Beatrice John. Local details indicate a set broadcasting date and venue in the area.
Sunday visits connected families in Independence with the Merka and Conaway households. Bowman school advances under Ella Conaway and Alice Merka, while spring plowing begins as farmers work the fields. Families relocate. several members travel to Bryan and College Station. a Christmas program delights pupils and parents.
Edge community reports a December 31 meeting with an enjoyable program. Nearby residents and visitors including the Mangums, Moore, Flanagan, Griffin, Henry, Hill, and Robertson participate in gatherings, school events, visits, hunts, and theatre outings around Edge and nearby towns.
Lamesa and Dawson County prepare the first short course in poultry raising sponsored by farm groups. The program in the third week of January will include lectures moving pictures and demonstrations on culling, marketing, feeding and raising poultry by prominent poultry authorities.
Prospect Joe Corrobbo returned from Houston Monday where he visited his son John Corrobbo and family and other relatives. Frank Corrobbo suffered a severe facial burn last week while cooking and is improving with plans to return to school soon. The Faulkner children newly moved in are on the sick list. Clint Sheffield moved nearer town and Mr Beal occupies his place. D. J. McDonald went to Robertson county on business.
Rye students resume classes January 2 after Christmas. The Rye 4-H Club schedules a regular meeting January 14 with new officers to take positions. Girls and boys groups plan activities including a box supper on January 6 raising 70 50 for the community farm level purchase.
Smetana boys and girls basketball squads ready for Friday afternoon game against Steele. Home economics girls begin cooking lessons this week as County Agent C. L. Benson visits the school Tuesday evening.
Marvin Robertson narrowly escaped serious injury Sunday afternoon after being struck by a speeding car on Main Street near 24th Street. A. J. Tabor escaped the incident, while Robertson was bruised and lost his wrist watch, which was later found on the street. A driver identified as George Luso, said to work in Houston, fled the scene.
J. E. Stanford returned from Paragould Arkansas where he addressed the Rotary Club and made several speeches on Creyburg Green and Clay counties as a representative of the group.
The Experiment Station at A. and M. College is largely deserted as chiefs and staff travel to Waco for the Texas Agricultural Workers Association annual meeting spanning Wednesday to Friday. Attendees include director A B Conner and division chiefs in soil surveys, range animal husbandry, agronomy, cotton breeding, poultry, home economics, entomology, publications, plant pathology, veterinary science, dairy investigations, and others.
The Smetana school plans a January 31 program featuring two plays Mix Well and Stir and Help Yourself. Cast includes B L Henderson and Sam Salvaggio in the first. Johnniem Zemanek and Annie Kre in the second. Public invited. Nearby families visited relatives and farm work continues as plowing begins for the coming crop season.
Kings Highway Rev. Key from A. and M. College preached his monthly sermon Sunday at the Church of Christ in Macy. Visitors included Mr. and Mrs. W. J. McDonald of Edge and Rev. and Mrs. Key and their baby at Geo. Nash’s home.
Prof C M Bethany chairman calls a Brazos County Interscholastic League executive committee meeting for Saturday January 11 at 10 o clock am. The session is for business and invited schools or individuals may present matters.
County Agent C. L. Benson organized terrace training sessions on the J. A. and Vernon Wilson farms near Edge teaching 100 acres of ground. A second meeting on the Ed Wymola farm will expand instruction to adults and high school boys for a winter terracing campaign.
Phradius Kavanaugh Lott aged 75 years 10 months 14 days died Tuesday morning at Brazos Valley Sanitarium after influenza and heart trouble. Born Feb 23, 1854 in Washington county, he lived in Navaso ta with later moves to Navasota. Survived by two sons Ger ald W. and Syd S. Lott and one brother James T. Lott. Funeral Wednesday at his son G W Lott home with burial at Oakland Cemetery.
The article notes cooperation from civic organizations and clubs to encourage farm work among local farmers, detailing community efforts and sponsorships aimed at boosting agricultural activity and education.
Mrs. R. F. Lindsay president of the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs at Mt. Peasant advised Mrs. Lee J. Rountree that she was appointed chairman of the Rural Press division for two years. The appointment was approved by the federation's executive committee in Fort Worth on December 10. Rountree will meet the executive board in Dallas later this month.
New Year’s evening many friends gathered for supper at Vincent Lutz’s home to honor his mother on her 97th birthday. Children, 37 grandchildren and great grandchildren, and many friends offered congratulations and gifts. A birthday cake bore 97 candles with the inscription 1833 Jan. 2 and 1930 Jan. 2.
The phrase brother triggers heightened scrutiny as watchers remain alert to changes in tone or intent. Observers interpret casual usage as potential signal of altered loyalties or evolving relationships within the group.
A surprise 70th birthday gathering honored J T Pate at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J T Pate in Harvey. Guests from Bryan College Station and nearby towns enjoyed a luncheon and gifts as Mr Pate, a longtime Brazos County resident who came from Tyler as a boy, recalled county growth and deer hunts on his present site.
County Agent C. L. Beason conducted a terracing demonstration and farm level instruction at the Fritz Severn farm in Rye community. Attendees forenoon discussion included Joe Merka Antone Merka Frits Severa Fred and Alfred Lero Henry Merka Albert Merka and Joe Severa. Terrace line layout work continued after 1:30 p m under Beason’s direction.
The report notes a sale of 20 of her chicks for $15 with remaining stock kept for the year and a poultry profit of $12.50. She plans to can 35 quarts of fruits and vegetables and expresses determination to improve next year with more knowledge and effort.
Miss Mary Jones Miss Jane Oliver and Miss Julia Ball from College spent Tuesday in Houston as guests of Miss Mary Bain.
Forty six Cherokee county 4-H Club boys produced four times the state average in cotton last year with an average lint yield of 440 pounds per acre. Wallace Hall led with 1203 pounds per acre, claimed East Texas champion. Fertilizer use averaged 406 pounds per acre per W G Knapp county farm agent.
Four Mexicans and two Black residents near Mudville were jailed by Constable Boman Sky after a bale of cotton was stolen from Tony Varisco, a planter in the area. This morning three Mexicans were released as they were not believed implicated. Varisco plans to travel to Bryan this afternoon to meet county officials.
A fire caused by a defective flue damaged the home of Mrs. Bruce Belle on Washington Avenue last night with estimated losses ranging from 10 to 15 dollars.
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