Mainly About Folks in Bryan Saturday Notes
W J McCulloch and his daughter Pauline plus Mrs Mrt Dansby depart for Chicago to ride the Sunshine Special to the national furniture show in July at the American Furniture Mart. Various Bryan residents and visitors are noted including patients at St Joseph's Hospital, a dust storm at Carlsbad cavern, preparations for State Floral Association in Galveston, and multiple trips to Houston, Galveston, Waco, and other towns with family and social visits across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. McCulloch
Pauline McCulloch
Mrt Dansby
Chicago
Hearne
American Furniture Mart
McCulloch
McGulem Dobrovolny
Frank Dobrovolny
College Station
Dana Carnes
H. T. Coulter
Rockdale
Carlsbad Cavern
L. ©. Witten
Houston
Tilson
Ross Groginsky
Gerald Groginsky
Bryan
Forest Jones
Mary Louise
C. N. Wyatt
Bryan Nursery & Floral Company
Galveston
State’ Floral Association
Emory Smith
F. L. Henderson
Austin
A. D. Martin
Marcile
McKinney
J. F. Waddle
Martin
R. Morgan
Ernestine Hooper
R. L. Warner
Malcolm
Mavanee
S. I. Dunn
Port Arthur
Alice Roman
W. B. Roman
G. R. Branch
Frances
Gussie Branch
R. C. Nunn
S. M. Hunter
Charley Williams
Goose Creek
J. A. Williams
Wilkerson Memorial Clinic
Webb Buchanan
Waco
Green Buchanan
Jessie Kate Buchanan
Silverton
Silverton High School
Baylor University
Susie Butler Perkins
Natchez
Percy Norton
Calvert
John B. Green
Fannie Hammond
Abe Kirkland
H.G. Kirkland
Fred Greathouse
Jane Lowe
Raymond Gregg
Plainview
Hillsboro
Texas A&M Dean predicts record Texas feed crop
Dean FP J Kyle of Texas A&M College foresees the state producing the largest and most varied feed crop in its history, enough to last two seasons if properly stored. He urges trench silos and airtight storage, with marketing surplus through livestock to double returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Dean
Kyle
College
Station
FP. J. Kyle
school of _agriculture
Texas A. °&M. College
Dean Kyle
Panhandles
Plains Country
Lubbock
Amarillo
Dallas
Clarksville
Houston
San Antonio
Luling Foundation
Fishermen and families travel for Galveston trip and events
The text notes several families and individuals traveling or visiting. Mr and Mrs E R Bryant welcome a baby girl. Mr and Mrs Curtis Williams of Wellborn are parents. The Coulters and others head for Galveston with fishing stops at San Leon. They attend the State Florist Association meeting July 9 to 11. David Reid and companions plan Bettison’s Pier fishing, joined by Lucian Sandifer in Houston. Mrs A V Bonnet of Brazoria stays with Dr and Mrs J N Moseley in Allen Academy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E.R. Bryant
Curtis Williams
Wellborn
Wilkerson Memorial Clinic
Bryant
J. Coulter
Smith
Malcolm
T. D.mcadpin
Donald
Delia Katherine
Leonard
Galveston
San Leon
Dickenson
Mr. Smith
State Florist Association
David Reid
J. W. Sandifer
Jack Sandifer
Bettison’s
Houston
Lucian Sandifer
A. V. Bonnet
Brazoria
J. N. Moseley
Allen Academy
Better Housing Contest Winners Get Certificates
Winners Ruth Erin Neeley and Alfred Schulman receive certificates of merit in the National Educational Better Housing Contest. Local chairman R G Williams receives the certificates from the Houston office via C Gordon Jones and will present them soon. Schulman is at Northwestern University Evanston Illinois, recently awarded a five week scholarship in Public Speaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Erin Neeley
Alfred Schulman
R. G. Williams
Federal Housing Administration
Mr. Williams
Houston
C. Gordon Jones
Northwestern University
Evanston
Robertson County Fair Set for September
Robertson County Fair officials announce a county fair in September at Franklin. Secretary W M Harris says no fair in 1934 due to drought, but with good crops expected, the fair may be the best in years. Negotiations are ongoing for amusements and dates to be announced soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robertson County
Franklin
W. M. Harris
Fair’ Board
Harris
Grimes County Clubwomen Meet at Iola Kai
Grimes County Federation of Clubs to meet Thursday July 11 hosted by Tola and Keith Women’s Clubs in Iola. Mrs. W Boney of Iola to lead the musical portion. Attendees bring one dish. aim for broad county club representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tola
Keith
Grimes County Federation of Clubs
Iola
W.boney
Extension Worker Leaving For Soil Erosion Position
Cunyus assistant poultry specialist in the Texas A and M Extension Service resigns to join the federal soil erosion service. He will train at Lindale after July 15 and move to Jacksonville for permanent work about August 1 as associate technician. Mrs Cunyus and daughter Shirley will accompany him from College Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cunyus
Texas A. and M. Extension Service
Federal
Lindale
Extension Service
Jacksonville
Cungus
Shirley
College Park
Smetana Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Events
Corpus Christi guests Mr and Mrs Joe Brandesky and family visited Mr and Mrs Frank Brandesky in Smetana Tuesday morning. Albina Turek, lately in Smetana, returned to Dallas to resume work. Russell Etheridge of Houston visited Miss Anne Brandesky Saturday. Mrs Steve Regmund visited Mrs Louis Friddel Thursday evening. H P Franklin hosted a dance for Smetana high school winners of the silver cup at Huntsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Brandesky
Corpus Christi
Frank Brandesky
Smetana
Albina Turek
Dallas
Russell Etheridge
Houston
Anne Brandesky
Steve Regmund
Louis Fride
H. P. Franklin
Smetana High School
Huntsville
Former Burleson Man Dies in Houston at 66
George W. Whitehurst, 66, a former Burleson county resident from Clay Station, died in Houston after a yearlong illness. Born in Galveston, he moved to Burleson county as a youth, worked as a mechanic in Houston since 1914, and is survived by his wife Lula Loury Whitehurst and seven married children. Funeral services were at Cottage Grove Avenue Baptist Church with interment in Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
George W. Whitehurst
Clay Station
Burleson County
Galveston
Whitehurst
Lula Loury
T. P. Lou
Adams to Add Two Brick Homes in Cavitt Addition
Mr and Mrs George E Adams plan two six room brick houses in Cavitt addition Bryan They have foundations walls up and work progressing toward completion They hope to have occupancy by September 1 in the favored residential area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Adams
Cavitt Addition
Bryan
Adams
Pleated trousers tied to recovery design by Texas highway engineer
Carroll C. Todd, resident engineer for the Texas Highway Department, explains pleated trousers as “recovery” pants designed to accommodate expansion. He suggests the style arose from engineering instinct, not tailor intent, noting historical echoes around a Hoover era corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll C. Todd
Texas Highway Department
Todd
Miss Prosperity
Hoover Corner
Plan Tuberculosis Eradication In Brazos Cattle
C P Brady of Fort Worth representing the Bureau of Animal Industry met with County Judge J M Ferguson and County Agent C L Benson in Brazos County to discuss a cattle tuberculosis eradication plan. The program would cover all dairy herds and a 10 percent check of range cattle, with work expected to start in about 90 days at no county cost except minor incidental expenses. The government would pay for any condemned cattle, and bureau workers are already operating in Bastrop County, staying within quarantined tick line areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P. Brady
Fort Worth
Bureau of Anim Industry
Bryan
J. M. Ferguson
C. L. Benson
Brazos County
Bureau
Bastrop
Family Rides Home After Auto Crash Injuries
Mrs. Harry Taylor and her son Harry Jr and daughter Jane Astin Taylor of San Antonio, long treated at Wilkerson Memorial Clinic Bryan for injuries from a Highway 6 collision with a truck, left for their Astin plantation home to rest before returning to San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Taylor
Harry Jr
Jane Astin Taylor
San Antonio
Wilkerson Memorial Clinic
Bryan
Highway No. 6
W. E.astin
Hearne
Benchley
Astin
Mitchell Resigns as Commandant at Texas A and M
Col J E Mitchell, commandant at Texas A M College for three years, resigns to join Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company in Dallas. A College graduate, he was the first civilian commandant since Ike Ashburn and leaves with many friends among Bryan College students and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Mitchell
Texas A. & M. College
Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company
Dallas
Col. Mitchell
Ike Ashburn
T. J. Nelson
Fort Snelling
Col Mitchell
Bryan
Flea Hopper Damage Persists Across Central Texas Cotton
Dr. F L Thomas reports continued cotton flea hopper injury in Central Texas. About 50 tons of sulfur have been applied for control. Boll weevils remain active with punctured squares in Bra os Burleson and Robertson counties, average 13 percent infestation. Calcium arsenate dusting covers several thousand acres in Brazos River bottoms to combat weevils. poisoning cotton now also shields against bollworm and leafworm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Thomas
Division of Entomology
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Texas
Brazos
Burleson
Robertson
Brazos River
Former Aggie named new director at Texas A and M College
Roy B. Davis of Plainview, Texas, a 1927 Texas A and M graduate in dairy husbandry, has been appointed a director of Texas A and M College by Gov. James V. Allred, succeeding the late Guy T. Anderson. Davis runs a creamery business and was a standout student active in dairy clubs and judging teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Roy B. Davis
Plainview
Texas A. & M. College
James V. Allred
Guy T. Anderson
Davis
B.S. Ee
Davie
Kream and Kow Klub
Jenior Dairy
Stroke Is Fatal To Aged Mother Of D L Wilson
Word was received that Mrs. J H Wilson of Hamilton died that morning about seven after a second stroke of paralysis. No funeral details were available. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson and family had been called to Hamilton earlier in the week due to her critical illness and long precarious health since the first stroke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
D. L. Wilson
J.H. Wilson
Hamilton
Celebration at Old Mission San Francisco July Fourth
Bishop C. E. Byrne of Galveston and 24 priests joined about 4000 worshippers for the pre centennial celebration at Mission San Francisco near Weches. Solemn services were led by three Franciscan monks from Spain, with a Houston choir singing the high mass. Rt. Rev. J. B. Gleissner reported many artifacts dating to the mission’s early years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Byrne
Galveston
San Francisco
Weches
J. B. Gleissner
Bryan
Spain
Houston
Former Bryan Boy Joins Westinghouse X Ray Co Representative
Edwin Hayes, formerly of Bryan, now division representative for Westinghouse X Ray Co., covers northern Louisiana and extends to a line just south of Alexandria from 239 Wilkinson St Shreveport. He previously worked for R P Kincheloe Co of Dallas, with engineering and service stints in Dallas and New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Hayes
M. L. Hayes
New Orleans
Shreveport
Wilkinson St
Hayes
Bryan High School
Texas A. & M
Westinghouse X-Ray Co., Inc
Louisiana
Alexandria
R. P. Kincheloe Company
Dallas
Death of Negro Delcared Accidental by Coroner
Justice A J Buchanan renders verdict of accidental death for James Bryant whose body was found Sunday noon on the Missouri Pacific right of way just south of College Station. Authorities believe Bryant laid along the tracks to sleep and was struck on the head by a boxcar, causing fatal injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Buchanan
James Bryant
Missouri Pacific
College Station
Bryant
Barron Injured In Round Rock Car Crash With Van
W S Barron, former speaker of the House, and Henry Stropper of Kuchen were injured when a Chicago furniture van edged into their path near Round Rock. Barron was cut on the face and Stropper suffered an ankle fracture, while Mrs Stropper had only bruises and shock. The truck driver and two Black men were not seriously harmed. Barron was en route to Austin on business. the Stropper couple accompanied him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.S. Barron
Henry Stropper
Kuchen
Round Rock
Chicago
Barron
Austin
Thoughts on production cuts and foreign imports
A Brooks column argues against U S production curtailment to raise prices and criticizes large imports from abroad. It cites 1935 February figures for butter cattle pork corn and wheat, notes Japan cotton goods and sugar imports, and questions oil imports and wealth distribution policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Mussolini Threatens Withdrawal Over Abyssinia Rift
Mussolini tells the League of Nations that if they continue pressuring him he will quit. He cites his border playground near Abyssinia and warns no one may meddle, likening the dispute to a quarrel among children over a circus elephant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mussolini
League of Nations
Abyssinia
Statecraft and pork barrel politics in peril
A critique argues senators and congressmen must grow to serve the nation with honesty rather than engage in partisan bickering. It laments degraded statesmanship driven by factional aims, overshadowing welfare and national problems.
Academy of Science Meet Set at A and M College Station
The Texas Academy of Science event to be hosted at College Station on November 7 8 and 9 is organized by Frederick A Burt with Dr Luther G Jones as general chairman. Subcommittees include Registration Field trips Entertainment Reception Dinners Printing Decorations and Ladies entertainment coordinated by named local officials and sponsors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Academy of Science
College Station
Frederick A. Burt
A. & M. College
Luther G. Jones
F. L. Thomas
H. G. Johnston
Sam Crenshaw
Widows and eggs lure Bryan staffer into odd breeding scheme
John Sidney Smith of the Bryan Daily Eagle kept two black widows in a milk bottle after a Texas A and M student gave them to him. He observed mating, loss of the male, egg sacs, and plans to rear 500 plus spiderlings for market with uncertain female progeny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saas
John Sidney Smith
Bryan Daily Eagle
Smith
Black Widow
Kit Recovered In The Early Theft Case
Charlie Harris jailed by Constable Horace Reed after a surgical kit stolen from Dr. Jno W Black’s car was found in Harris home. He faces theft charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Harris
Horace Reed
Jno. W. Black
Harris
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Kurten
Brooks
Japan
Venezuela
Dutch West Indies
Andrew Mellon
Republican Party
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Academy of Science
A& M
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