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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1926
Page
1
The column suggests building a dam to back water into a lake near Bry an for picnics fishing boating and bathing potential. With 200 backers paying 25 each a 5000 investment could fund the venture and a maintenance nominal fee would support operations. It calls for an initiator to mobilize interested residents.
An AP report says the Texas rattlesnakes and Missouri blacksnakes shown in a Houston exhibit last night remained mostly passive. Two large rattlers and two Missouri blacksnakes were released into a glass cage. no lethal fighting occurred, only an angry fang display from one rattler.
Mrs. L A Daffan 73 of Ennis dies at home. widow of L A Daffan longtime railroad official and civic leader. Survived by son Quinlan Daffan Houston and two daughters Katie Daffan and Mrs B B Gilmer Houston. Burial at family cemetery after services at Ennis at 10 am Wednesday.
Curlee of Galveston county, formerly of Steep Hollow, visits to bring brood sows to Texas A and M College for breeding. He heads the John Christensen Alta Loma Fig Farm in Alta Loma and notes the firm controls 900 acres of figs with Magnolia variety. A $200000 cannery rises at Dickinnon and another at Houston to process the crop. Harvest begins around August first. Curlee cites experimentation to find best adapted fig varieties. Edger A. Peters and wife from Harvey community stop in Bryan from their farm home.
The Interstate Commerce Commission disapproved proposed changes in oil freight rates for traffic to and beyond Kansas City and St Louis affecting Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas.
Shamrock residents Clarence Dryden Lloyd Wheeler and R J Booker were killed in an explosion at a Shamrock filling station the cause of which is undetermined.
A three act play titled When Ted Comes Home will be staged Friday night July 2 in the school house at Steep Hollow five miles east of Bryan. Admission is 35 cents with 25 cents from the proceeds aiding the Delco light plant for the school and churches. Bryan residents are invited to attend for a pleasant evening and to support a worthy cause.
A shell burst in Kowell Poland on June 30 killed 38 soldiers including two officers and seriously injured 30 others. The incident occurred during active operations and prompted military and emergency responses.
The newly formed Sue Haswell Memorial Park Board in Bryan held its organizational meeting at city hall. Mrs. W S Howell was elected president with G Sam Parker as vice president and Travis B Bryan as secretary. A landscape plan by the Bryan Lions Club, prepared with F W Hensel, was presented for consideration.
Governor Miriam A. Ferguson issued a proclamation urging proper observance of Independence Day July 4 in Texas. She deplored the commercialism surrounding the holiday.
The Woman's Missionary Society of the First Methodist Church held delayed Monday gatherings in Groups No 2 and No 3. Group 2 at Mrs J W Barrons discussed moving pictures moral effects on youth and shared cake. Group 3 hosted by Mrs Oak McKenzie and Mrs C R Gardner covered The Bennett Memorial and modern movies with devotional readings and a social hour.
Tuskegee Institute reports nine people lynched in the first six months of 1926, up four from the same period last year. The killings occurred in Florida Mississippi Texas Kentucky and Mexico with one case each.
Sincere sympathy is extended to Mr. and Mrs. Pattie Ruchti of this city in their sorrow and bereavement in the death on Monday evening of their only child, Frank Joseph Ruchti Jr., aged one year and nine months. The little one was taken sick Monday morning with a bowel ailment and died at 9 15 Monday night. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at 5 o'clock from the family home, conducted by Rev. Father Brain, with interment in Mount Calvary cemetery.
Mrs Howell entertained a party of young people at the Country Club swimming pool on Tuesday in honor of Miss Jennie Davis of Georgetown, guest of Miss Marie Elizabeth Webb.
Continuation of attacks and declared platforms referenced in yesterday’s remarks by three gubernatorial candidates. James E. Ferguson faced hecklers in Paris while discussing Dan Moody. Today Moody speaks in Stamford and Haskell. Ferguson in Bonham and Cooper. Davidson in Ballinger and San Angelo.
Mr and Mrs J A Myers returned from several weeks in New York Washington and Boston and other eastern cities They saw their son Allen Myers Jr graduate from Harvard with a Master degree in a class of more than sixteen hundred He cannot visit Texas until about September due to business obligations
Cotton futures closed 10 to 12 points lower. Local receipts quoted at 15 3 4 to 16 1 4 cents.
Grady Woodruff and Sam Johnson were ordered by President W M Splawn to apologize or prove the charges after The Daily Texan published B Hall students resolutions protesting Breckenridge Hall’s conversion to a classroom. Splawn said the resolutions lacked good faith and accused him of secrecy and turning the university into a rich man’s school.
The Association Against the Prohibition Amendment reported a national membership of about 726,000 to the Senate Campaign Funds Committee. It handles roughly $480,000 yearly, using part of it in nonpartisan campaigns to elect repeal supporters. Founder William Stayton described the group’s activities, including Pennsylvania primary involvement for William Ware.
Tom Green county home demonstration agent Miss Anne Clare Wray repelled a man who stopped her claiming a sick baby. She used rocks in the creek area six miles east of San Angelo. Wray, shaken but unharmed aside from arm and head bruises, is a 1921 C L A graduate and Extension Service worker since 1925.
Mr and Mrs Hugh S Dowling who have resided in Bryan for two years expect to leave around August 1 for Robstown where they will live in the future They formerly lived at Robstown and own a fine farm there where they will reside during the coming year.
Mrs Kate Johnston of San Antonio Democratic gubernatorial candidate reports $1237 spent on her campaign in the first filing with the Secretary of State. She has received two contributions totaling $20.
Mrs Mina Graham Poole and Mr Bill McMillan married in Lubbock on June 30. The bride, daughter of W E Graham of Wellborn, is popular in Bryan. The groom, a 1924 A and M College graduate in architectural engineering, has an office in Lubbock. Relatives and friends in Bryan extend congratulations.
Special weather report says for Bryan and vicinity tonight and Thursday generally fair with no notable precipitation. Local conditions appear mild and dry, aiding outdoor plans.
The City of Bryan mayoral gift park seeks community input to guide development. Lions Club backs landscape plan by Prof F W Hensel with proposed features including winding drives playground swimming pool and athletic field adjacent to a future school site. The plan calls for public voice through city officials or The Eagle to authorize embedding these upgrades.
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