Federal designation studied for Highway No. 21 route
The Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce Highway committee began steps to make Highway No. 21 a federal aid route and improve it. H. O. Ferguson urged contacting county officials and local chambers as meetings spread to other counties along the route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Brazos County
Channof Commerce
H. O. Ferguson
Chambers of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Highway Committee
Brazos ‘County
Fragmentary OCR Notes From A Local Page
The readable fragments show scattered letters and names on a historical newspaper page. Content appears incomplete with unclear events, dates, or locations and cannot identify a coherent news item or notice.
Highest Point Of This Season Hit By Mercury
Temperatures stayed very hot last week with the mercury hitting 100 degrees on Thursday. The week’s low ranged around 73 degrees with no rainfall reported. Daily readings show highs near 95 to 100 and lows in the mid 70s across several days.
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Mercury
Model wayside markets to be shown at Farmers Short Course
At College Station Texas A and M College two model wayside markets will be displayed during the 22nd Farmers Short Course the week of July 27. Miss Mamie Lee Hayden announces the rustic open market and a standardized Better 4-H Products display including preserves canned goods textiles and home crafts. The markets will be on Military Walk supervised by Brazos County home demonstration club women. A local theatre in Vernon offers barter of water tickets for wheat or oats.
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College Station
Texas A. anc #M
Mamie Lee Hayden
A. and M. College
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Military Walk
Hugo Etaprereiny
Brazos County
Mainly About Folks Mainly About Folks
A Bryan column lists visitors and residents seen around town and traveling to Houston Dallas Galveston and Conroe. It notes social courtesies for guests erecting cottages and medical trips while naming numerous families and individuals from Bryan and nearby towns.
Trio of Blazes Keep Firemen On The Move Today
The Bryan fire department fought three alarms including two residential fires and a grass fire. A vacant rent house on Parker avenue burned near completely with about 200 dollars loss. A house on Beck street owned by George Edge suffered 175 dollars in damage from a burn caused by a drop cord igniting wallpaper and an oil stove. The grass fire burned at FE Biiott’s home on College avenue with about 400 dollars total damage.
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Bryan
George Edge
Beck Street
Howard Hayes
Albert Ward
Parker Avenue
Sarah Palermo
FE. B. Biott
College Avenue
Water Takes Eleven Lives in Texas and Across Nation
The week end toll in Texas reports eleven drownings and nine traffic deaths among thirty-one violent fatalities. Notable tragedies include children drowned in the Brazos River near Bellville and a Donna motor truck collision with a train, as well as a San Antonio wife and two others killed in a family double murder-suicide. Nationwide, Independence Day losses reached 270 with rivers and lakes causing 109 drownings and 96 highway deaths amid peak summer travel.
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Associated Press
Texas
Jack Thompson
Raymond Garrett
Tommie Garret
Harold Evans
Brazos River
Bellville
Jesus Gonzales
San Antonio
Jose
Midwest States
Pacific Coast
Midatlantic
Midwest
Southwest
South
New England
Los Angeles
Lake Michigan
Gary
Ind
Mountain States
Oklahoma
Durant
Seminole
Colorado
Kenney
Bryan Folk Join Family Reunion at Normangee
A large family gathering traced to Judge M. A. Shepherd’s home in Normangee with siblings and relatives from San Antonio New Mexico and Bry an visiting. Willie and Mrs Jewel Morrow were absent and the group planned to travel via Houston to visit Wibbie Shepherd in San Antonio.
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Bryan Folk
Normangee
M. A. Shepard
Judge Shepherd
Bethea
San Antonio
Douthitt
New Mexico
Alva Shepherd
Shepherd
Ottis Shepherd
B. L. Henderson
Bryan
Willie
Jewel Morrow
Houston
Wibbie Shepherd
Hubert Morrow
Normangee Star
Grass Fire Extinguished After Fourth of July Pranks
A noon blaze near Edge Departments started by boys using firecrackers in a hangover July Fourth celebration spread from a small flame to a grass fire threatening no buildings. Firemen arrived and fought the blaze with chemical hose and improvised tools from nearby weeds.
College Group On Good Will Tour To Cuba
A Sam Houston State Teachers College faculty and alumni led by Professor Bunting will cruise to the Caribbean this summer sailing August 22 from New Orleans to Cuba Panama Canal Zone and Costa Rica. No college credit is offered but participants expect rewarding experiences and fellow readers are invited to join contacting Professor R L Bunting in Huntsville for arrangements.
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Bunting
Sam Houston State Teachers College
Caribbean
New Orleans
Cuba
Panama Canal Zone
Costa Rica
Havana
Canal Zone
Sam Houston
R. L. Bunting
Huntsville
Misses Moehlman and Spencer Visit Becks Then San Antonio
Miss Louise Moehlman of Bryan and Zelma Spencer of Beaumont stayed with Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Beck. They traveled to San Antonio on Thursday to visit Hal Spencer and returned home afterward. The Becks accompanied them to Floresville Chronicle in the Alamo City.
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Walter Bond
Robert
Barbara
New Orleans
Louise Moehlman
Bryan
Zelma Spencer
Beaumont
E. D. Beck
San Antonio
Hal Spencer
Mrs. Beck
Alamo City
Floresville
Former Amarillo Lawyer Elected Texas Bar Board Director
Bryan friends of Herman C. Pipkin report his election to the Texas Bar Association board of directors at the annual Galveston meeting. Pipkin represents the seventh judicial district as a board member, news from Amarillo and Bryan confirms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Herman C. Pipkin
Amarillo
J. J. Pipkin
The
Texas Bar Association
Galveston
Pipkin
Seventh Judicial District
Negroes Battle Sunday Left Arm Wound and Arrests
Ira Minor a negro from the Brosig farm in the county’s south end nurses a shot injured left arm after a Sunday shooting. County officials seek Wiley Jones a negro said to have fired a shotgun in an attempt to end Minor’s life. Sell it with an Eisele want ad.
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Ira Minor
Brosig
Wiley Jones
Minor
WMU Meeting Plans July 13 on Consecration
The Creath-Brazos Association affiliated Baptist W M U groups will meet at Montgomery Baptist Church on July 13 with the theme Consecration. The program begins 10 a.m. with song service devotional reports from local presidents a president's message a Sunbeam Band play from College Avenue Bryan and a talk by Rev T A Gray. Lunch at 12 15 to 1 20 with W M A and Executive Board meetings to follow and a practical consecration discussion led by Mrs Albert Buchanan of Bryan.
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Baptist W. M. U
Creath-Brazos Association
Montgomery Baptist Church
G. D. Freeman
Sunbeam Band
College Avenue Church
Bryan
W. C. Todd
T. A. Gray
Albert Buchanan
Sparrows Ravage Grain Near College Farm
W. A. Richards of the H. P. Dansby farm east of the College sought guidance from the county agent on controlling English sparrows threatening a nearly ready grain sorghum crop. Advice cited government strychnine and trapping, requiring neighbor cooperation. sparrows pose a serious risk to grain sorghum near towns.
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W. A. Richards
H. P. Dansby
Still Is Found Alleged Owner Landed In Jail
A 30 gallon copper still and two 50 gallon barrels of mash were seized near Wheelock Road, six miles from Bryan. Joe Satanna, alleged owner, was jailed by Constable Reed and Pantice man Tillis after bond of 300 was posted. A quart of whiskey was confiscated and the mash destroyed. preliminary hearing date not yet set.
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Brazes County
Joe Satanna
Wheelock Road
Bryan
Horace Reed
Panticeman Tillis
Satanna
Plums Prove Good Crop For Mrs. Miller
Plums shaded from greens and pinks to wine color prove bountiful for Mrs. W. F. Miller. She has gathered and sold about 40 gallons and canned about six gallons for home use. Two Nexen plums brought to the Eagle office disappeared quickly, a testament to their flavor.
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W. F. Miller
Eagle Office
Bryan Chamber Plans Goodwill Tour Support
Bryan and Burleson County Chamber of Commerce directors discussed improving interest in two proposed goodwill tours for Thursday. J. E. Stanford named a committee to contact every business firm and appoint a representative. D. W. Carlton of Texas A and M urged close cooperation with the college and noted athletes need jobs. Ferguson reported highway plans and a follow up meeting with Burleson citizens to boost Highway No. 21 improvements.
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Bryan
Chamber of Commerce
J. E. Stanford
H. O. Ferguson
Travis B. Bryan
W. Gelber
E. E. Yeager
O. S. Johnson
W. R
Madison Bell
Texas A. and
M. College
D. W. Carlton
Carlton
Burleson County
N. Allen
F. L. Cavitt
H. O. Perguson
W. F. Gelber
Tyler Hi Jne
M. Lawrence Jr
Ed Stin
Lee J. Rountree
J. Stanford
Brazos Couples File Friday Intend To Marry Notices
Thomas Allen and Susie Riley and C Wilson and Eliza Williams of Brazos County filed Friday notices of intention to marry with County Clerk Jess B. McGee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Allen
Susie Riley
C. Wilson
Eliza Williams
Brazos County
Jess B. McGee
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C. C. Committee
Vernon
Clyde Pangborn
Hugh Herndon
Moscow
Mrs
Harry Crenshaw
Dallas
BE. W. Crenshaw
Sam Raymond
Sam
Fred
la Porte
W. H. Gibbs
Federal Grand Jury
Jack Boone
Travis Park
W. G. Houghton
Kate White
Menla Park
Allie Anderson
C.D. Boone
Merle Helm
Thurman Milman
Ruth Marchal
Fort Worth
Ethel Ferguson
Mary Martha Black
Conroe
Lois Brown
J. &. Brown
Ferguson
Black
Leona Tucker
C. S. Papa
la Tribuna Italiana
Columbus
America
Newton Clifton
el Paso
Elizabeth
Ava
Norman Cloud
T. B. Robinson
Ludie Alphine
Robert Sellers
W. D
Gordon Mitchell
J. H. Dubois
Cameron
School For the Blind
Austin
Manerba
Progresso
New York City
Basil Brain
St. Anthony’s Catholic Church
E. Reynolds
Horace Hailey
Madisonville
Victor Boriskie
Douglas Brooks
Marion
Brook
Edwin Black
Tabor
E. W. Solomon
Hearne
W. W. Solomon
Ina Polk
Waco
Capt
Billy Polk
Miss Polk
Polk
D.C
Ursuline Avenue
Toronto
Canada
J. W. Montford
Rosebud
Saylor
Lee Mike
R. G. Williams
Forrest Jones
H. L. Durham
Kerrville
Camp Stewart
Alice Ward
Gean Watson
Wilson Gunn
Gunn
Palestine
Board of Stewards
First Methodist Church
M. Bethany
Lawrence Griffin
Bettie Dowell
John Boriskie
Frances Lavender
J. H. Edinburg
Elite
L. M. Haltom
Benchley
Ira Bond
Rock Prairie
George Brandon
Gunnison
William Rickman
George
D. L. Wilson
Charlie Merka
Smetana
W. R. Ball
Haswell Park Drive
Pattie Minkert
Dan Hudson
Rey Danforth
Marie Elizabeth Danforth
Joe Jeff Danforth
Joe Dickerson
Dolly Joe
West
27Th Street
Williams
James Pipkin
University of Texas
Charles Pipkin
Newton
C. M. Halsell
Kay Halsell
Joseph Maloney
Frank Ish
Laredo
J. Z. Monk
Donie
Rosalie Taylor
O. C. Tucker
Joe Oliver
Calvin
W. F. Miller, Jr
Eva Schultz
BAR Association
WMU
J.C. Penney Co
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