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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1935
Page
1
City health authorities demand all private well owners with untested water either supply samples or allow testing. Officials say typhoid in Bryan stems from contaminated wells, some condemned and closed. Noncooperating owners risk health department action as records and surveys of private wells are urged.
Mr and Mrs Edgar Wimberley of Shreveport Louisiana visited Bryan on Sunday and planned a ten day trip to Monterrey Mexico with a stop in Alpine to see J B Keifer. Mr and Mrs Allen Myers of Jackson Mississippi joined the trip for a vacation to Mexico City while Ze nobia Webb stays with her grandmother Mrs James H Webb.
Coleman Hardy a Cheyenne native and Beuna McAuley of Jefferson Oklahoma wed on Wednesday June 19 and plan a honeymoon in Yellowstone Park. After August 1 they will reside at Cheyenne Apartments Cheyenne Wyoming.
News reports the death of Joe Kosh of Hempstead formerly of Bryan after a long illness. The body will be moved to Bryan for burial in the Bryan Catholic cemetery. Funeral services are set for Friday at 10 o'clock at St Joseph's Catholic church East 26th street with Rt Rev J B Gleissner officiating.
Bettie Williams Jones aged 95, noted as the oldest ex student of Baylor University, died Monday at her daughter’s home in University Park a Dallas suburb. She first attended Baylor in 1846, the year the school was founded by Texas Baptists at Independence in Washington County. Her father was Baylor’s first president and she had lived with her daughter since 1907.
Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce directors discussed a formal dedication for the new highway division office building to coincide with the opening of the new highway south of College. A committee was named to confer with officials and plan a possible ceremony and celebration tied to the opening of Highway 6.
Steele's Store faced disruption over school trusteeship but reached a peaceful compromise with Milton W. Sims named as compromises candidate to run in the July 20 special election. M. Mirabella won the regular election by one vote over Tony Otten. court had ruled a tie and a new election was ordered, with factions then withdrawing candidates to unite.
Smoke from a pot of beans left on the stove caused a Higgs Apartments fire call Thursday morning. Fire Chief E. Greisser noted the force had 45 days with no alarms but the beans put a dent in the record. The tenant was away and the family's name was not obtained.
The Bryan Eagle and Pilot issued a 50 page Commercial Club edition in September 1910 to honor the newly formed Commercial Club. The magazine profiles Bryan homes, schools, actors, and the staff, with Main Street scenes showing horses and wagons and a note that Bryan had more automobiles than other towns in South Central Texas.
Directors elected to run the Bryan Country Club for the coming year voted to cut the swimming pool fee to 10 cents, matching last summer under city operation. A member drive will be launched soon. New directors include M. E. Mc Cartney and George G. Chance. officers are George G. Chance president and A. L. Smith first vice president with O. O. Henderson as second vice president.
Last week brought the hottest summer conditions with a peak 99 degrees on Sunday and a low of 72 Thursday night. Rainfall totaled 11 inches, falling Wednesday. Daily highs ranged from 92 to 97 degrees with lows from 72 to 75 as the week progressed.
Walter D. Cline announced Elliott Roosevelt, son of the president, will join the Texas Centennial exposition staff. Roosevelt will explore possibilities for a western hemisphere air derby as a feature of the Centennial and conferred with Cline on Monday.
Vernon July 8 The commissioners court advertises for bids to erect a two story brick annex to the county jail with bids to be opened July 12. Estimated cost stands at 25000 dollars.
Brazos County commissioners voted to release 25 222 18 of a 350 000 escrow fund to pay the county share of Highways 6 and 21 to the Texas Highway Commission in full settlement of all claims. The county contends its debt is about 46 000, while the county's estimates show excess cost. The action will be sent to the Highway Commission, which will decide soon.
The dog that bit Bryan boys Raymond and Stanford Gregg near the O A Ashworth home was killed and sent to Austin for rabies testing. The dog escaped from the city pound Saturday and was found Sunday morning near the Ashworth residence. The dog was found mad and the boys will receive treatment. A public warning to Bryan residents is issued due to the animal’s bite of another dog and possible others.
Washington reports July 1 1935 cotton in cultivation at 29 166 000 acres, 104 6 percent of 1934. No production or condition estimates announced. Texas leads with 11 357 000 acres at 105 percent, Louisiana at 128 900 acres and 110 percent.
Dr. R Henry Harrison city health officer reports 80 percent of water samples from private Bryan wells are contaminated and ties well water to most typhoid cases this season. He offers free analysis for owners to reduce disease risk.
Rev Breazeale and Mrs Breazeale depart Bryan for a 10 day revival in San Gabriel Milam county where he once pastored four and a half years. He will lead the revival with Mrs Breazeale assisting in youth and Sunday School work. Rev Kelly Simmons will direct singing. He returns to Bryan to preach Sunday morning at College Avenue Baptist Church with an evening service featuring Consecrated Unto God led by Mrs Barron.
Trial of Rev. Edgar Eskridge a Orange Baptist preacher charged with killing Ed J. O'Reilly chief of police at Ovrenge was tentatively set for November 18 after talks between defense counsel J. J. Collins and officials including District Judge Langston King Tom Harris and Hollis Kinard.
John Seeman aged 26 years 11 months 6 days died Sunday at Wilkerson Memorial Clinic after Saturday arrival for treatment. Funeral held Monday at Bethlehem Lutheran church North Zulch with Rev H E Spitzenfelder. interment in church cemetery. Survived by parents Ralph and Mrs Seeman, two brothers Henry and Adolph, two sisters Frieda and Elzie.
Homer Norton athletic director at Texas A and M College is named to a 31 member committee charged with directing Centennial athletic events. The group meets in Dallas and is led by W. H. Hitzelberger with Dr. R. N. Blackwell as athletics director. Southwest Conference members Morley Jennings Baylor Jack Chevigny Texas University Gaylord Johnson Rice Institute James H. Stewart SMU Raymond Wolf TCU also serve on the panel.
Miss Sarah Turk of Austin working on a study of municipal administration of libraries for the University of Texas Bureau of Municipal Research visited Bryan today. She is granddaughter of the late Judge W H Harmon, an early Bryan resident, with her mother Estell Harmon having lived in Bryan until 1902.
Austin July 9 complete severance of rural rehabilitation work as a Texas Relief Commission function effective June 30 was announced by Adam R Johnson state relief director. On July 1 the rural rehabilitation department's work was taken over by the Resettlement Administration and all employees became federal employees.
Alice Lee Hoyle, a Negro woman, was held to the grand jury Friday afternoon by Justice A. J. Buchanan on a charge of violating state liquor laws. She was arrested by city and county officials. Her husband Sam Hoyle has also faced trouble with officers over alleged liquor law violations.
Four of the ten transient centers run by the Texas Relief Commission in Texas have been closed. Acting transient division director J. C. Bisset announced orders to close registration depots and adjacent camps in Austin Beaumont College Station and Big Spring. The College Station A M division provided a year of schooling and maintenance in exchange for work.
Robert Cole Nelson son of Mr and Mrs T R Nelson has won a free trip to Camp Sterling awarded by Dr R M Searcy for the Cherokee Boy Scout troop honor scout. He earned the trip for four months of work in church school attendance grades and testing plus positive scouting attitude. He played football and band at Stephen F Austin High and joins BFYPS and Commercial playground leagues this summer and will depart for a 10 day all expenses paid camp stay later this month.
A tornado and cloudburst at night hit the Fort Peck area in Montana. In Knobhill Wheeler six miles northwest of the Fort Peck dam two people died and about 20 were injured in mushroom towns. Searchers later said most dead and seriously wounded were counted.
About 500 farmers from roughly 20 counties gathered at Texas A and M College for an Experiment Station field day. They observed the Feeding and Breeding Station, the agronomy farm, and the horticultural farm to boost their knowledge for local agricultural work. A noon barbecue was served.
The First Baptist church held a Wednesday evening service at 8 o clock with the Young People’s Department reading the entire six chapters of Ephesians as the scripture lesson for the midweek prayer meeting. The convention president urged Baptists to read Ephesians weekly and Isaiah chapters 40 to 66 monthly during the year.
Large influx of workers from across Texas to assist with comptometer and other clerical duties at the Bankhead project brings numerous guests to Bryan. Among those housed in local homes are Miss Mary Belle Ball with colleagues from Dallas and other cities, plus several Houston Fort Worth and Austin residents.
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the partly completed house in the east city addition recently purchased by Coulter Hoppess. H. A. Burger, city fire marshal, investigates to determine the cause.
Williamson is appointed rector of the Texas Extension Service succeeding the late O. Martin. He will serve immediately after long service as state agent since 1921 and as vice-director since 1927. Mildred Horton gains vice-director post among few women in extension work. Frank G. Anderson becomes cadet commandant, replacing Col. J. E. Mitchell who moves to Hartford. Board also votes to discontinue the school of industrial teaching and approves salary actions and a $550 application.
Free Will Baptists from Bryan join the state meeting program at North Zulch church with Bryan delegates led by Mrs Floy Lefevre and Misses Louise Moehlman Mildred Phillips and Lynette Edge. Activities include devotional music and round table discussions led by Rev Phinney and Rev S T Shutes.
Due to intense heat the weekly Story Hour time is moved from 2 to 3 p m to 4 30 to 5 30 p m on Saturday. Miss Willie Rogers announces the change and Mrs F L Thomas will be the storyteller. Children are invited to attend on the lawn as usual.
Monday night labeled the hottest so far as hundreds flocked to every available pool in Bry an and College Station. Temperatures hovered between 95 and 100 degrees while crowds enjoyed cooling swims and light revelry into the evening.
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