Dairy Industry Growth in the South Surges 19 Percent
The article notes a 19 percent rise in the South dairy sector over two years with big investments, improved breeds, and a shift from scrub cattle to pedigreed stock. It highlights low production costs in Texas counties, cheese demand driven by Wisconsin output, and the role of community clubs and extension workers in rural development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Nell Bentley
Texas
Arthur Coleman
Holland’s
New South
Coleman
United States
B. B. Jones
Association of Commerce
New Orleans
Wisconsin
Mr. Jones
Deaf Smith County
J. O. Stevens
Limestone County
Stevens
C. Stinson
Collinsworth County
Missouri
Sun Shines Breaks Through Rain as Locals Enjoy Fourth
The community reports heavy rainfall with more showers still falling. WW veteran John Stewart rested at home due to illness but is now out with friends. Mrs G M Terry and daughter toured Waco with Clayton Blount. they visited Lena Pullens and John Jones in the area and stayed the night with Anna Belle Clutcher in Groesbeck. They noted good crop visuals and roads from Calvert home. Jim Batten and Henry visited Goose Creek. Ed Beal and Shug Carroll family joined relatives there for the weekend. John Corrobb a and wife from Houston spent the holiday with Joe Corrobb a and family. Mrs Horace Tullous is listed as sick this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stewart
G. M. Terry
Earl Carroll
Bryan
Terry
Clayton Blount
Houston
Waco
Lena Pullens
John Jones
Groesbeck
Anna Belle Clutcher
Calvert
Jim Batten
Henry
Goose Creek
Ed Beal
Shug” Carroll
Joe Beal
Grimes Co Man Held on Three Charges
Houston MecNeeley of Grimes county faced three assault with intent to murder charges and a driving while intoxicated charge in Brazos county courts. He was held to the grand jury, with bonds set at 350 for each assault case and 300 for the traffic count. The pistol case remains a misdemeanor and will go before Judge W C Davis without a preliminary hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston MecNeeley
Grimes County
Brazos
J. T. McGee
W. C. Davis
Stray Mule Notice After Farm Incident Linked to Local Sheriffs
Story recalls two men aiding a man in need. Sheriff Reed returns to Bryan while Bud Mills stays in Navasota to monitor his brothers. A medium sized mule is missing from a farm with a reward for information. Contact Mrs Knowles at 151 or 480.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff Reed
Bryan
Bud Mills
Navasota
R. R. Knowles
Winter Eggs Feed Hens Well Through Summer
College Station July 8. It pays to feed hens as laying mash through summer even when eggs are cheap. Extension poultryman E N Holmgreen notes that demonstration flocks show egg production in summer at a cost of 13 cents per dozen or less. He warns that neglecting a balanced ration raises costs and reduces flock condition, especially impacting November and December egg prices. A recommended ration, the Bix Five, combines wheat bran, wheat shorts, ground corn or milo, ground oats, and 50 percent protein meat scrap. fed as mash, with scratch grain of cracked corn, wheat, and oats mixed 2 1 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
E. N. Holmgreen
Extension Poultryman
Advertisers urged to flood towns without local papers
A radio talk from John H. Casey cites a large mail order house executive stating a bureau reviews country newspapers weekly and floods neglected towns with literature, claiming far better results when merchants sponsor local ads. Linotype News highlights the call for all small town merchants to read and act on the message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Casey
University of Oklahoma School of Journalism
Best Record for Failures in 10 Years in Texas
Austin July 5 Texas commercial failures for June were the best in more than ten years with 30 bankruptcies down from May and June 1928. Liabilities of the 30 failures totaled $564000 and the June insolvencies averaged $18800, while six month totals showed 266 bankruptcies with $4784000 in liabilities. Bank failures numbered two in the first half.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Bernard Nichols
Texas Business Review
Bureau of Business Research
University of Texas
Nichols
A and M Short Course Offers Hands on Texas Learning
Henry Edwards notes the A and M College Annual Farmers Short Course runs July 29 to August 3 in College Station. East Texas attendees travel by special train. lectures cover poultry dairying gardening cooking dressmaking and housekeeping for women and textile electrical engineering for boys. Activities include supervised swimming, baseball, drills, museum visits, and evening pep meetings in Guion Hall with 2 500 students attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. and M. College
College Station
East Texas
M. College
Texas
Interst
Guion Hall
Smith County
Henry Edwards
The
Tyler Journal
Winners Named in July Fourth Legion Contests
A formal Legion celebration report lists prizewinners from the July Fourth contests. The Baby Show awarded multiple age classes with entries and donors including Joe Kaplan & Co and Wilson Bradley. Hog calling and old fiddlers contests produced top prizes. boxing, yo-yo, bathing beauty, and dancing events yielded winners and donors from Bryan, Millican, Edge, Parker Astin Hardware, and local stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
D. D. White
Mesdames J. B. Priddy
G. F. Singletary
Chester Higgs
Joe Kaplan & Co
Jocelyn Jane
Ted Cook
J. L., Brock
Mary Jane
Wilson Bradley
Bradford Johnson
B. D .Johnson
John M
Guy Harris
Burtis & Canady
Brazos County
J. D. Steele
Millican
Barcelona
Jimmie Murphy
Edge
Bryan Piggly-Wiggly
Joe Regmund
Fool
Little Brazos
Parker-Astin Btardware Co
Claude Moore
Jacob Beal
Bryan
Camps Gro
Cery
College Station
Milton Merka
T. K. Lawrence, Inc
Joe Restivo
Dallas
Alice Hamilton
Webb Bros
Leon Lobello
Roman & Vick
John Edge
Nina Ruth Franklin
Gulf Refining Co
Eleanor Paisley
J. C. Penney Co
Dorothy Jean Bullock
J. M. Barron Insurance Co
Frank Bunting
Prof
C. M. Bethany
Raymond Jones
I. H. Bartz
Beverley Ann Sparks
Sankey Park
Cecile Gerson
Tyler Hsawell
Duane _ Ricks
Caldwell
Four Texans Dead in July Auto Accidents
Associated Press reports four Texans died in July 4 auto accidents. Mrs. E. C. Decker of Pampa died when her husband drove into a house under relocation. Mrs. A. Fe Yeager of Decatur was fatally struck in Pampa. Carl Eaton of Tenrietta killed near Cooper in an auto collision. J. T. Burden run down and killed near his Temple home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Dallas
E. C. Decker
Pampa
A. FE. Yeager
Decatur
Carl Eaton
Tenrietta
Cooper
J. T. Burden
Temple
License to Web Sales Fall Off With New Law
County Clerk reports June marriage licenses drop after new law. In June this year 26 licenses issued vs 32 last year, with 21 in first eleven days and only five in the last nineteen. Unclear if fewer marriages or couples seeking alternatives. Notices filed this week include R. R. Broach and Willie Bell seeking licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jess B. McGee
McGee
R. R. Broach
Bryan
Lois Gilstrap
Willie Bell
Lila Walker
Parker Brothers Cite No Rebuild For Lawrence Cotton Warehouse
The Lawrence cotton warehouse built in 1894 by the late G. Parker and named for Mrs. Parker’s father will not be rebuilt. M. L. Parker says the interests that once controlled the warehouse have sold land to the Bryan Press Company, which plans a 250 by 250 foot warehouse costing about $25,000, potentially $30,000 with a sprinkler system. The change aims to improve cotton handling in Bryan, centralize cotton in one city area, reduce draying, and cut sampling as the press company moves its compress to the new site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
G. 5. Parker
Parker
Bryan
Elks Lodge Hosts Stag Fish Fry at Pia Feather Clubhouse
About forty of fifty members attended a stag fish fry at the Pia Feather clubhouse on Wednesday evening. The feast featured fish caught on a recent excursion to Government Dam near Navasota and included various culinary trimmings courtesy of Ollie Emmet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks Lodge
Pia Feather Club
Ollie Emmet
Fis
Government Dam
Navasota
Allenfarm Farmer Killed by Son-in-Law in Domestic Tragedy
Joe Smith, a Black farmer from Allenfarm, was fatally shot Wednesday night by his son-in-law James Fells while trying to intervene in a quarrel between Fells and his wife, Smith’s daughter. Fells was jailed on a serious case charge and an examining trial is planned for next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Smith
Allenfarm
Wos
James Fells
Fells
Smith
Fella
Archie Smith
Fell S
Bryan Lions Plan Egg Certification Campaign and Swat the Rooster Day
The Bryan Lions propose county wide films to boost interest in egg certification, survey flocks to measure hens and egg production, and promote infertile eggs among housewives. May 1 1940 will be Swat the Rooster Day with premiums for selling old and scrub roosters. The meeting included Lil Ray of Magnolia Petroleum and a fiddlers contest with Joe Regmund and Millie Hayek.
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Bryan
Emma
Lr. A. Ray
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Lion M. M. Erskine
Lion Ray
Joe Regmund
Millie Hayek
Smetana
A. C. Williams
C. L. Benson
Mr. Regmund
Lion J. C. Dykes
College Station
McAllen Lions Club
Bryan Gul Tour of Europe Visits France
Miss Myrtle Astin of Bryan returns from New York and heads abroad with six Texas girls sailing August 3 from New York aboard the S S Cameronia to tour Europe. The party includes Miss Dorothy Fentress Miss Elizabeth Burrows of Waco and Miss Elizabeth Jackson of San Antonio. After the tour Miss Astin plans to join two Hollins Institute friends in Paris.
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Myrte Astin
Bryan
New York City
Miss Astin
New York
S. S. Cameronia
Europe
Myrtle Astin
Dorothy Fentress
Elizabeth Burrows
Waco
Elizabeth Jackson
San Antonio
Hollins Institute
Virginia
France
Paris
Second Smoker For Teachers In Summer Courses
The second of this year’s smokers drew 50 plus teachers of industrial training and vocational courses in Texas high schools enrolled at A and M College for summer industrial education. Prof. F E Williams led as master of ceremonies and Prof. Carl L Svensen spoke on Methods of Teaching Drawing. Svensen, a long time drawing instructor, came to Texas in 1926 from Ohio State College and is the author of several books on architectural and machine drawing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
A. & M. College
FE. L. Williams
Department of
Industrial Education
Carl B L. Svensen
West Texas Technologiical College
Lubbock
Svensen
Ohio State College
Millican News Notes From Millican Texas Local Society
Millican news from July 11 reports Mrs Nannie Mac Williams recovering from a snake bite with a painful foot. Harold Williams of San Antonio visits his mother Alma Williams. Dewey Bradley and Gus Bradley visit families in Sugarland Goose Creek Galveston Dallas. Many relatives from Houston Dallas Navasota Wellborn and Holland visit Millican. Barbecue rumors at Baptist ladies event and Methodist revival closed by rain will resume soon.
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Millican
Nannie Mac Williams
Harold Williams
San Antonio
Alma Williams
Dewey Bradley
Sugarland
Emma Bradley
Gus Bradley
Goose Creek
Steansland
Lucile
Galveston
Eva McFerrin
Dallas
James Steele
Willie Hardy
Ruth Elizabeth
Houston
Terrell McCarthy
Dayton
Erin Simpson
Montague
E. C. Jamison
Gotcher
Holland
Ed Smith
Joe McGregor
Mildred
Downs
Della Crouch
Frank Crouch
Lewis Crouch
Vivian Crouch
Lauvel
Arthur Sledge
Navasota
Eddie McCulloch
Wellborn
Dunn
Fletcher Pool Jr
Gus Crawford
Callie Crawford
Baker Sr
Annual Vacation for Rev R E Day at Bry an
The First Baptist church of Bryan grants pastor Rev R E Day July off as his annual vacation. He will conduct two meetings in Bullard Smith County and Laneville Rusk County for about three weeks before visiting his daughter in Tulsa Oklahoma with Mrs Day. He returns to his Bryan pulpit on the first Sunday in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church of
Bryan
R. E. Day
Williams Happy Over Rain That Visited Brazos County
Amon Williams wears a new smile after a rain that touched Brazos County brings apparent fortune. He notes 2,500 to 3,000 acres of his land along the Navaset were flooded, yet he calls the rain what he needed as Eagle advertisements promise quick results for harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amon Williams
Brazos County
Hollywood
Mr. Williams
Navaset
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John Corrobba
Joe Corrobba
Horace Tullous
Story OF
Man
Legion
L. A. Spell
Eagle
Parker Brothers
Bryan Gul
Millican News
Williams
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