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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1927
Page
3
Brazos County boys and girls clubs prepare for a county Short Course at College Station with delegates in attendance. County Agent C L Benson urges prompt arrival and emphasizes self improvement, farm and home problems, and hospitality to visitors.
Early morning observers on Seth Mooring farm watched airplanes dust cotton to battle boll weevil. Four planes operate in the Brazos Valley spraying poison powder every five days, covering about 12 000 acres with five ponds per acre.
The Texas highway commission let contracts totaling about 591 thousand dollars for road work across Grimes Wharton Carson Hopkins and other counties. Allen Smith of Bryan won 167 667 dollars for 6.71 miles of highway No 6 from the Waller county line toward Navasota in Grimes county.
Frank Stubbs, A. and M. graduate with Purine co, spoke to Kurten boys and girls club Monday night on success. He cited knowledge, enthusiasm and hard work as essentials and praised club members. The Kurten club voted to send several members to Short Course alongside scholarship recipients.
The Experiment Station at A and M College records Sunday as the year's hottest day at 97 degrees. Weekly highs and lows ranged from 92 to 97 with lows around 16 to 74. Rainfall for the week totaled 12 inches on July 16.
The Woman's Missionary Society of the First Meist church held group meetings Monday afternoon. Group No 2 gathered at Grandma Baker's home for scripture study, prayer, and mission lessons with visitors from Tulsa Abilene and Bryan. Group No 3 met with Mrs Jenkins as seven members and one guest attended, focusing on devotional exercises and Our Templed Hills rural church life topic. Group No 5 met with Mrs J M Williams for devotional using Psalm 106, report on Bible reading, and sick visits. next meeting will be with Mrs A K Brown.
Mr. and Mrs. D. C. McIntosh and son Charles leave by auto for a six weeks trip. They will visit San Antonio Corpus Christi and the Davis Mountains. Mrs. May Moffett accompanies them to San Antonio and will take a train to Los Angeles to spend three months with her son.
Carl Wipprecht a Jersey Cattle Club director invites the Chamber of Commerce and agricultural writers to an 8 pm barbecue at his farm two miles west of Bryan on Tuesday night July 26. The event replaces an individual entertainment and serves as a joint affair with board members invited as guests.
Mrs. J. L. Brock national committeeman of the Presbyterian church has returned from Montreat North Carolina where she attended a two week meeting of assembly work with 44 committeemen. She reports a pleasant trip and a profitable gathering. Her next church work trip will be to St. Louis in the fall or winter.
Mr and Mrs William Garrett McMillan and their young son from Lubbock are visiting at the home of her parents Mrs and Mrs W E Graham in Wellborn.
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