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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1925
Page
3
Governor Pat Neff relinquishes power in a ceremony inaugurating Miriam A. Ferguson as Texas's first woman chief executive. He pledges unity, calls for cross‑branch cooperation, and urges moral progress, public service, and reliance on God. Ferguson appeals for women’s active role and equal rights in her administration.
For the Austin inauguration Mrs Miriam A Ferguson wore a silk gown trimmed with wide gray fur and gray beads. She also wore a girdle with fur and bead accents completing her formal attire.
Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce board sessions honor Victor J Boriskie for winning first place in the Texas National Egg Laying Contest. He is invited as a special guest to the annual banquet at the Green Parrot room next Tuesday night. The meeting also adjusts banquet time to 7 00 and notes floral memorials for E E McAdams.
STEEP HOLLOW, Jan. 20. Several rains this year may help farmers break land early though church services were canceled due to bad weather. Mrs. Cleve Smith and children visited Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Powers and family. Jim Smith of Navasota spent the weekend with his father Cleve Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Worsham visited his mother Mrs. Fannie Worsham. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Tobias spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Tobias, who welcomed a baby boy. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Pyles visited Mrs. B. L. Foster. Luther James of Cross stayed with nieces Mrs. Roy Foster and Mrs. Jim Pyles.
R C Franks departed on the noon train for Prescott Arkansas after a telegram from his father stated his mother was dying. The illness had lasted months but the news was unexpected and Bryan friends extend sympathy in his hour of bereavement.
E. H. Dunlap and G. W. Dunlap of Dinkins were among the visitors in Bryan today. The pair stopped at local shops and talked with residents before departing in the afternoon.
A guest wears a close-fitting brown hat with black goose quills and black satin slippers. Her gown is orchid silk, sheath style with straight lines, elaborately decorated with brilliants and pearls, featuring an ostrich feather drape and a diamond bar pin. Orchid slippers complete the look.
Miriam A. Ferguson becomes the first woman to hold the Texas governorship in a ceremony in Austin Hall of the House of Representatives. Barry Miller is sworn in as Lieutenant Governor, with Chief Justice C. M. Cureton administering both oaths before a crowd outside and inside the Capitol.
In a fast hard fought game at Allen Academy gym last Saturday A and M Consolidated defeated Allen Academy 16 to 15. Strong throwing and guarding secured the win as A and M prepares for a county honors tilt with Tabor High School.
Five Methodist church groups met Monday afternoon at members' homes at 3 o'clock. Group 1 held at Mrs. M. R. Bentley with devotional on Psalm 27 and plans to stop refreshments at meetings. Group 2 gathered at Mrs. H. H. Prager with program on The Sisterhood of Service and pledges for the year. Group 3, led by Mrs. J. E. Covey, reported 65 Bible chapters read and 18 sick visits since last meeting. Group 4 met with Mrs. P. H. Hensarling. C. R. Gardner elected Voice program leader. Group 5, led by Mrs. A. D. Graham, logged 143 chapters read and 22 visits. 13 members attended.
President John M. Lawrence of the Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce names an elections committee to canvass a 25 member board election. The committee meets January 26 at 7 PM in the chamber office and all ballots must reach Secretary S. E. Eberstadt by 9 AM Monday. Members: J. H. Todd, F. L. Cavitt, Pat Newton, John Blazek, Jack T. Johnson.
Sunday afternoon the Free Baptist church Christian Endeavorers held a union service in the Sunday school building with Howard Morris Houston district president and Earl Stewart state treasurer. They discussed the Bryan district convention set for March 6 to 8 and heard Mrs. L. O. Wilkerson share experiences from China. Local members spoke, and music was provided by four Texas A M students.
The note lists materials for a millinery school on January 29 and 30 including white buckram, flexible cloth, hot wire, wires, glue, needles, thread, pins, thimble, tape measure and scissors. Participants should arrive at 9 30 am both days, stay for full sessions, and confirm attendance to secure seats run by Miss Laura Belle Roten.
A Bryan Delphians group meets January 16 at Carnegie Library to read and discuss Shakespeare's The Tempest. Members note the drama’s Greek-like structure, the storm scene, and Prospero’s magic island, with plans for next meeting focusing on Shakespeare and his contemporaries led by Mrs. George Eisert.
President L Warrington Baldwin of the Missouri Pacific Railway and President T A Hamilton of the I G N Railway traveled through Bryan on a special northbound train. They were inspecting the L G N and Gulf Coast Lines during the journey.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Free Baptist church met Monday afternoon with Miss Della Wooten and a group including Mesdames Fritz Lehman John Hamilton C H Holmes Chas Moehlman P K Trant J L Edge Tom Cloud Willis Reynolds J J Tatum Rev and Mrs C B Thompson and Mrs W H Johnson Two visitors were present Mrs Pat Patterson and Mrs Jack Bullard The group discussed Philippians chapter one focusing on verses 27 and 28 The gathering closed with prayer by Mrs C B Thompson
In Austin on January 19 Speaker Satterwhite allowed John M. Barron, son of Rep W. S. Barron of Bryan, to serve as a special page without state pay after Barron offered to cover the $2 daily allowance. The assembly approved the arrangement amid applause.
The schedule lists counties and towns visited by County Health Nurse Miss Elizabeth Curtis for the week. She travels to Bryan Millican Wellborn Alexander Bryan Prospect and Wixon with Saturday morning office hours at Bryan court house.
Single filers with net income of 1000 dollars or more or gross income of 5000 dollars or more, and married couples with net income of 2500 dollars or more or gross income of 5000 dollars or more must file returns. Filing runs January 1 to March 15, 1925 with the collector of internal revenue in the district of residence. Tax structure includes 2 percent on the first 4000 of net income over exemptions, 4 percent on the next 4000, 6 percent on the balance, plus a surtax on net income over 10000.
Mr and Mrs E H Astin of Bryan joined others in Austin to attend the inauguration of Mrs Mirian Ferguson as governor of Texas.
The Brazos County Boys and Girls Club reports growth in farmer cooperatives with 1915 to 1923 business rising from 635 million to 2.2 billion dollars. It urges census participation, promotes pecan planting and soil care, highlights local poultry success, and calls for more cotton per acre contests with prizes. It notes L G N Railroad agro support and a Tabor social on January 24.
Candidates must file intent with the County Superintendent by January 20. Examinations will be held on the first Friday and Saturday in February, the 6th and 7th, as announced by D. J. McDonald.
W G Henderson of Kurten visited his son at Brayn Hospital where the child is recovering from an appendicitis operation and is reported to be doing nicely.
Borozone liquid and powder claim to purify wounds and speed healing. The antiseptic liquid removes poisons and germs while the powder acts as a healer. Sold by Jenkins' Drug Store at prices of 60c, 69c, and $1.20.
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