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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1933
Page
4
Landless residents should receive plots in the community garden as part of local relief. Citizens contribute generously to Bryan relief work. A prevailing spirit prompts helping those in economic hardship whether from illness or unemployment, while encouraging self help through private or community garden projects.
Legislators consider abolishing the 100 man Texas highway patrol after data show the unit collected 547 939 in registration fees and 121 630 in fines last year while costing 320 843, with net income and safety benefits. The force reduced accidents and educates drivers, making dissolution ill advised.
Local relief officials and Mississippi welfare boards consider requiring able bodied family members to cultivate private or community gardens to earn part of their relief. The proposal envisions using city land and RFC funds to establish a pattern plot under garden experts supervision to reduce pauperism and boost self support.
At the annual Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce meeting a speaker compared the chamber to the church and fraternal groups, calling it essential for community progress. He cited highway bonds, the Farmers Market, and trade expansion as concrete benefits, and urged broad citizen support and funding to sustain cooperative action for future growth.
Residents of Bryan and Brazos County show growing interest in extending Highway 45 from near Roans Prairie to Bryan. Supporters cite improved east Texas to Texas A&M access and all weather travel, urging coordinated local effort.
A profile of Jed Harris traces his rise as a Belasco successor and his dramatic decline amid theater crashes and lavish expatriate living. The piece notes earnings, personal excesses, and later detours into satire and personal anecdotes from New York society.
Judge J W Doremus returns from Houston after a favorable verdict in the Bonneville suit. He visited his daughter Mrs Ed Hoffman at Brenham and her health is improving. Rev J B Turrentine came back from Jewett Missionary Institute. Bishop Seth Ward passed through en route to Houston. Mrs T C Bittle bought a cottage from John A Moore. the Bittle family will move in. Royal Arch Masons finished work with Ed S Derden W S Wilson Jr Dr J F Faves O M Ball Prof Weber and Prof Campbell receiving degrees. Christian Sunday School teachers meet at Prof J H Allen’s home at 4 pm. A A Farley returns from a business trip through South and East Texas.
A Mexia News item notes that fear grips the community as danger looms and any small mishap could trigger a panic, making death seem less terrifying.
Governor Edgar Witt in Austin on January 24 hinted at seeking a second term and suggested plans for 1984. He spoke amid a large audience and with his wife Mrs Miriam A Ferguson nearby. Witt cited his injured arm from a recent accident as he addressed the crowd and potential supporters. The event drew legislators and party figures, some weighing gubernatorial ambitions and reform efforts at the capitol.
Albert Aronson of the Louisville Times asserts two key factors make newspaper advertising supreme. He argues that usage and custom guide shoppers and buyers, and newspapers offer all year round daily availability. He says advertising would fail without newspapers and there is no substitute for either.
A 65 year old New Yorker, nearly blind and out of work, borrows a nickel for a subway. A lead slug coins him as a penny, a police arrest, and a night in jail. Morning talk of mercy turns to tragedy as he hangs himself, hinting at a broader flood tide of loneliness and misfortune.
Dr. W H Andrew preached at First Baptist on Genesis 22 focusing on Abraham’s trust as he prepared to sacrifice Isaac. The message stressed God provides strength patience and peace to those who love Him. At service end three new members joined: Mr and Mrs Carl Sprague and Miss Ruby Lee Morrow.
The Bryan Pastors Association held a well attended meeting Friday morning from 10 to 12 in the office of Dr. Thomas Gordon Watts pastor of First Presbyterian Church Bryan.
Extension service at A and M distributes Farm and Home Hint No. 329 to county agents and agricultural workers for the Live on the Farm program. It explains smoke house types and requirements, shows barrel, A shaped, and lean smoke houses, and gives best meat smoking methods.
Stockholders of the Texas Wool and Mohair Company re elected Victor Pierce president and named J. W. Owens of Ozona vice president. Pierce lives in San Angelo and Ozona, Roy Hudspeth remains vice president and general manager.
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