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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1937
Page
1
In a crowded street incident the writer nearly hit two children who darted into traffic. The column argues pedestrians must exercise responsibility on streets and parents should keep children safe by holding their hands and avoiding crowds on crossings.
Bryan residents report holiday travels and family visits. E. Gray visited parents in Weatherford. Miss Edith Haveman returned to Bryan from Waco. Miss Lyndell Greer toured Vivian Louisiana with relatives. Mrs C M Lopez of San Antonio, formerly at Allen Academy, is in Bryan on business before joining Rosa Sandez for a trip to Miami and Porto Rico to visit their mother.
The Gardner young people's union of the College Avenue Baptist Training Union elected new officers for the next three months Sunday evening. Dial Martin was re elected president. Other officers include Vera Thompson as vice president Ernest Sample as Bible quiz leader Helen Pratas as secretary and Eva Mildred Jones Lyndell Greer as group captains.
The fire department was called out twice Tuesday morning. First to the Emory house at 26th and Washington, then to a negro house at Randolph and 23rd. The second house, owned by Jesse Sharp and occupied by Collie Glynn, was a total loss. The Emory House sustained minor damage confined to one room with burned wallpaper as the main damage.
Brazos county 4-H boys and girls encamped at the Robertson county Boy Scout camp over the weekend. Attendance reached 108 with girls there Friday night and Saturday, boys Saturday only. The leaders called it the best encampment in years and voted to seek the grounds again next year. Prizes were awarded as girls reported to Miss Velma Erisman, and programs centered on recreation. Dr W P Taylor spoke on game conservation and wildlife exhibits, with Sam Cavitt stressing cooperation for rural youth.
National Guard kept order in Cleveland as about 3000 workers returned to three Republic Steel plants. In Warren and Niles Ohio hundreds of union supporters blocked routes and stoned nonstrikers. Indictments were returned against more than 200 including two S W O C organizers. A Detroit warrant named 15 and Ford Motor Co connected to U A W A beatings as NLRA hearings opened.
Joe Lloyd the county road foreman reported an unusual corn growth from the Geo Dunn place to the Eagle office. An ear with several smaller ears growing from it is blamed on cross breeding by County Agent C L Benson.
College Station July 1 Northwest Texas farmers face grasshopper infestations. R R Reppert of Texas A and M College warns Epsom salts are ineffective against grasshoppers. F D Butcher notes arsenic bait kills 98 to 100 percent in 48 hours. Federal poison mash is distributed under county agents.
Bryan street improvement project approved by the Works Progress Administration as one of 24 with federal outlay of 178144 dollars and sponsor funds of 114011 dollars. The Bryan plan tops 20.7 miles of gravel streets not yet black topped, with 4923 federal and 8340 sponsor dollars, hiring 67 men. City officials expect official notification to begin work promptly.
F C Bolton dean of the college and of the school of engineering at Texas A M College was named vice president of the college. Gibb Gilchrist State Highway Engineer was offered the engineering deanship and Dr R P Marsteller was named dean of the school of veterinary medicine by the college board of directors in session here.
Funeral services for Curtis Luther Gray 47 6 9 were held Sunday at 5 p m from his home at A and M College in Bryan. The Rev R L Brown and Rt Rev J B Gleissner led the rites with an Earl Graham Post American Legion escort at the grave. Interment was at Bryan City Cemetery. Gray a World War Navy veteran and former Building and Grounds employee at A and M College leaves a widow Mrs Tommie Mae Spell Gray three daughters Catherine Lee Jane and Elsie and a son Curtis L Gray Jr. plus two sisters Mrs E M White Corsicana and Mrs Talmadge Johnson Hamlin.
Mr and Mrs Harry Crenshaw and daughter Patricia Sam were visiting in town with Mr and Mrs E W Crenshaw when they learned Sunday of the sudden death of Mrs Crenshaw s father C B Henslee in Dallas They left at once for Dallas accompanied by Mr and Mrs E W Crenshaw
Papers transferring the Fidelity Finance Company case from Travis to Brazos County were received by District Clerk Thurston Cole after initial routing through Grimes County. The move follows concerns over asset seizures and mismanagement, with defendants listed as Fidelity Finance Company of Bryan, R. W. Howell, and J. H. Todd. The transfer aims to streamline handling of personal property assets and reduce costs.
Brazos county to launch a full time health program on September 1 with a white and a Negro nurse to be employed. Budget plans are tentative pending county budget adoption at August commissioners court session. An advisory medical committee will assist Miss Edith Haveman, including Dr. W R Cline Dr R M Searcy Dr Richard Grant Dr J E Marsh and Dr L O Wilkerson.
Judge Ralph W. Yarborough addressed a Legion celebration detailing the events that led to the 1776 declaration. Speakers included Rep. W. T. McDonald and Senator Albert Stone with a Bryan band concert, games, and a barbecue on Legion grounds.
I M Cook died at his Steep Hollow farm Sunday July 4 at 10 45 a m after a long illness. A respected Brazos County farmer he led local farm loans and singing groups and helped found Steep Hollow Cemetery Association. Services were at Steep Hollow Baptist Church with W S Barron and the Steep Hollow choir. burial followed in Steep Hollow Cemetery. Survived by three sons Jess M Cook Ted E Cook W B Cook and three daughters Mrs Theron A Hensarling Mrs Guy Tobias Mrs Bryant Hearne and thirteen grandchildren. Pallbearers were Louis Bullock W H Jack Jones Aubrey Tobias George Cargill Berry Risinger and C W Hairrell.
Fritz Jericho of Millican paid fines of 121 dollars after being charged with making whisky by state officers on a Friday. The officers with Deputy Sheriff Offa Williams found a still on the Mit Bush farm in Burleson county but did not arrest anyone.
A Bryan Florida letter from July 1 1837 describes a vague jelly recipe using fruit cut up boiled to softness then strained and sweetened. It notes apples as best and claims jelly forms once cooled in a pan or bowl, highlighting imprecise proportions and methods of early cookery.
Anton Krenek was elected commander of the Earl Graham post at a regular American Legion meeting. Officers chosen include M. M. Erskine vice commander Webb Buchanan adjutant John M. Lawrence finance officer H T Schovassa service officer Raymond Jones chaplain R H Smith historian A M Towns child welfare chair Joe Krenek sergeant at arms. Delegates to the San Angelo state convention were elected. A drum and bugle corps will be formed from Legion sons with auxiliary support.
Maj. Eugene H. Mitchell of Fort Sam Houston is approved as the new professor of military science and tactics at Allen Academy. He succeeds Maj. C. R. Miller who heads to Hawaii. Mitchell is to receive orders for detail to Allen in August with assistance from First Lieut. Dan R. Reynolds and Sgt. O. L. Tomlin.
A pigeon delivered message from Bryan leader E. E. Yeager to Major General James K. Parsons at Fort Sam Houston is returned to Yeager as a souvenir of the Know Your Army visit. Major C A Easterbrook encloses the note praising Major Page and his detachment for an educational exhibition in the Bryan College Station area.
The Bryan city commission adjourned after a meeting approving Rural Electrification Administration rate reductions for city and rural customers. Lighting and power rates drop 5 to 30 percent with a new commercial rate about 20 percent, effective immediately for July bills. A $2 minimum applies to rural and urban lighting, with tiered per kilowatt charges and horsepower adjustments.
Mrs. Sallie Newsom Goodwin 89 died July 1 at her home five miles west of Bryan after a lengthy illness. Funeral service conducted by Dr W H Andrew of First Baptist Church Bryan at the family home. Burial at Newsom family cemetery under Sanders McCullough Mortuary arrangement follows.
E. E. Miller of Taylor won a prize in Popular Homecraft for an inlaid walnut card table with maple pear and myrtle inlays made in an A and M industrial education class last summer. Announcement appears in the August issue. Miller teaches industrial arts in Taylor schools and is teaching at Southwest Texas State Teachers College this summer. the table and two inlaid pictures are on display there.
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