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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1928
Page
4
County Agent C. L. Beason reports Brazos County extension work in 1927 shows strong participation with 567 farm visits 159 meetings and 12000 attendees. He praises community clubs colleges and local support while stressing education and the Safe Farming program for a brighter Texas farming future.
Bryan and College friends seek news of Dean and Mrs J C Nagle of Dallas. Former head of A and M College engineering, he is at St Pauls Sanitarium for a month’s rest after a collapse on a sea voyage. He traveled from Los Angeles to Panama Havana New Orleans before Dallas.
Mrs. F. O Sinrko of College Station and Mrs. Lee J. Rountree join Fort Worth directors of the Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs for their first board meeting. Editor selection and biennial plans for the General Federation of Women’s Clubs in San Antonio next May are on the agenda.
Bryan friends extend sympathy to Cliff R. Allen on the death of his father Harve Allen aged 70 in Lola Grimes county on Wednesday January 4 1928 at 3 pm He died suddenly while in town Survivors include his widow two sons and a daughter Mrs Herman Holland of College The funeral was at the family home in Lola at 2 pm with interment in Lola cemetery Rev R L Brown of College conduct ed services at the home and grave
Willard Chambers of the local Ford agency yesterday drove a new Ford coupe from Houston to Bryan in 2 hours 7 minutes. He displayed the car yesterday and today and invited locals to drive it. An Eagle representative drove it 57 miles an hour on the Hearne road. It is described as having rapid pickup and power, instant stopping, and smooth riding with a weight around 2200 pounds.
Bryan reports 0.61 inches of rain Saturday after a warm spell marking the end of the New Year cold wave. Rain began early and continued through the day, shaping the weather pattern for the region.
H. L. Whitley attends a Houston district meeting of auto dealers today, engaging with members and discussing regional commerce.
The Extension Service Club elected officers for the year at a Thursday meeting hosted by Mrs. George F E Adams with Mrs. S A McMillan and Mrs. R R Reppert. New president is Mrs. M R Bentley and new officers include Mrs. G W Barnes as vice president and Mrs. E R Eudaly as recording secretary. The program featured a reading on Edison by Mrs. E R Eudaly and a musical segment by Hazel Adams, Barbara Eudaly, and Annabelle Barnes. Members present included G F Watson G W Barnes M R Bentley E R Eudaly S C Evans O O Henderson S A McMillan E A Miller R W Persons R R Reppert A L Smith T O Walton D L Weddington T B Wood G F Watson and Earnest Gibbens.
Missouri Pacific officials met Bryan leaders to plan a public health train stop on Friday January 20 from 11 30 a m to 1 30 p m The train is run by Missouri Pacific in cooperation with the Texas State Department of Health the United States Public Health Service and local authorities Distinguished passengers include Governor Dan Moody Railroad Commissioner Clarence Gilmore and doctors from state and federal health agencies Local delegates present were H L Durham J Bryan Miller and Sam F Eberstadt
Bryan's sixth filling station robbery of the week occurred about 10 15 last night. A masked man with a cap punched two eye holes pulled a gun on Bill Lefty Walker and took about 60 dollars. He warned silence and fled into darkness as officers in Arvan chase clues.
The USDA reports Texas reduced cotton acreage by nearly 2,000,000 acres in 1927, replaced by feed and food crops, lowering cash from cotton but raising per acre returns for most other crops. Livestock conditions are strong, debts liquidated, and bank deposits at 1 billion dollars. Textile mills show higher cotton output per spindle in Texas.
Mr and Mrs Don Kennard have resigned from the Building and Utilities Department at Texas A and M College and moved to Houston to seek new employment opportunities.
Banks in Bryan report deposits totaling 3 314 616 89 across First State Bank and Trust Co First National Bank and City National Bank. Holiday season business and the live at home program by Brazos county farmers boosted deposits and borrower activity, signaling safe and sane business in old Brazos county for 1928.
Dallas public health director Dr Manton M Carrick warns pneumonia is a risky infection. He urges avoiding contact with the sick except for nursing or medical care and stresses open air, temperate living, exercise, and fresh air to reduce risk. He lists six practical steps from avoiding cold wet exposure to not coughing or sneezing on others.
Charlie Griesser was elected chief of the Bryan fire department at the annual election. Sam Noto was elected assistant chief with T. G. Jenkins as secretary. Noto won the gold attendance badge for 1927 and both Jenkins and Noto were chosen as delegates to the State Firemen's Association in Denton in June.
Mrs L A Dickey who underwent a serious operation Monday is reported resting well at her home.
Texas property owners reported fire losses of 999725 in November per the State fire marshal. Exposures caused 185317 across seventy blazes while explosions including three whiskey stills added 138933. Unknown causes totaled 375787 with various sources making up the rest.
Huntsville district hosts a missionary program in the church Thursday January 12 starting at 9 30 am with devotional by Dr W F Andrews. Presid ing Elder speaks on purpose plan and provisions followed by an address by Dr Frank S Onderdonk and presentation by W W Watts. Lunch at noon then general discussion from 1 to 3 pm and adjournment at 3 pm. All pastors lay teachers Sunday School superintendents W M S Epworth League leaders urged to attend with others. Motto for the year is Plan Pray Push and Pay.
Mamie Downard Peck sends a Christmas poem praising all people and seeking comfort for the needy. Mrs Peck will be remembered in Bryan, sister of R. M. Downard and Mrs. J. W. Coulter. The page also discusses a proposed air mail route New York City to Mexico City with New Orleans Houston and Corpus Christi as tentative stops. Houston’s bid is praised for aggressiveness, Galveston viewed as coastal but passive.
John H. Kirby the Houston lumberman donates at least a section of East Texas land to A and M College for forestry research and a student loan fund. The Kirby Student Loan Fund will aid qualified students with preference to forestry majors and be administered by the Association of Former Students. The gift, tied to stumpage revenue, aims to generate about 15000 annually for the loan fund after development.
A. B. Syptak has returned from Atlanta Texas where he went on business, noting no further details.
Miss Jane Reynolds resumes studies at the College of Industrial Arts in Denton after visiting her mother Mrs. FE P Reynolds on West 27th Street.
Plans by the Music Supervisors Conference call for an 800 voice National High School Chorus to perform in Chicago next April at the biennial meeting. The chorus will form eight sections with distributed voice counts and aim to include representatives from every state. Dr Hollis Dann will conduct with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Frederick Stock. participation from Bryan and College High schools is encouraged.
Brazos County clubs share field day findings on terrace line work at the John Cloud farm. County agent and specialists aid farmers and 4 H groups, with Edge school led by Harvey Petry aiming to connect teaching with practice.
The Huntsville district of the Methodist church adopts the motto Plan Pray Push Pay, mixing business style push with faith. Puritan ancestors might have prayed and paid, but avoided planning and pushing, especially the latter.
The stock holders are notified that the Kurten Telephone Company will hold its annual meeting in the O. D. H. S. Hall at Kurten on Monday January 16 at 1 p m. Hugo Endler is listed in the notice.
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