Short Course Notes Highlight Texas Agricultural Week
Veteran contenders for outdoor entertainment at Short Course week enjoyed a Bryan and Victoria led program at Kyle Field while a public address system by Lieut Neal showcased the event. Notables include Mrs Wilhelmina Beane from Houston Press and 4‑H and farm women speakers from Paris to Port Arthur with writers conferences and agricultural exhibits planned across Aggieland.
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Vicw
Usand
Kyle Field
Henry Ke
Barid
Bryan
Roy Club
Victoria
Aged Negro Dead Bob Needham a Familiar Bryan Figure
Bob Needham known as Uncle Bob, a former slave aged about 79, died Tuesday night and was buried Wednesday in Bryan's negro cemetery section. He spent half a century as a familiar presence in Bryan, serving the Mawhinney family, visiting white businesses, singing for small change, and enjoying the Sunday comics he could not read. He leaves a step daughter in Waco who did not attend the funeral.
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Bob Needham
Bryan
Bob
Waco
Fort Bend
Judge Buckley
Millican
Mawhinney
Good Cheer Association
Robert Mawhinney
Eagle
WHEELESS THANKS SUPPORTERS IN BRAZOS SHERIFF RACE
I thank my friends and supporters for their loyalty in my race for the office of Sheriff of Brazos. Although my efforts were not successful, my gratitude remains undiminished. I. T. (Tom) Wheeless expresses appreciation.
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Brazos
I. T
Tom) Wheeless
Salute Given Bryan on KTRH Broadcast
W R McCullough and W O Alexander extol Bryan and Brazos County on KTRH with details on Bryan's population trade region and assets. They praise Allen Academy Texas A and M College and local churches and banks noting economic impact and civic progress during a 10 pm program.
Local Notables Spotted On San Antonio Street
Public school superintendent J. P. Buck teaches rural education at A and M during summer session and visits Brazos street scenes. The column notes Ida Parker, Mrs M B Easters, Mrs J L Brock, and others in brisk daily activity. A vivid pie mention concludes with a plug for local Eagle job work.
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J. P. Buck
Harlingen
Department of Rural Education
A. & M. College
Ida Parker
M. B. Easters
Kurten
J. L. Brock
Ed Martin
Will Rogers
Bryan
H. O. Ferguson
Oak McKenzie
W. C. Mitchell
Lee J. Rountree
W. R. McCullough
Tony Barcelona
Will Holmes
J. W. Standifer
Will Poindexter
Grace Bowman
Lon Baker
Brazos
Court House
Wilson Bradley
J. D. Harris
Fred Wehrman
W. L McCulloch
Frank Merka
Elsie Robinson
Listen World
Washington
France
Mass Production And Hi Quality Is Farmer Need
College Station, July 26. B S Burgess of Dallas urged applying manufacturing principles to cotton farming at Texas A M College short course. He said improving quality over acreage is key and that cotton farmers are manufacturers on their farms who must produce more and better cotton at lower cost. He warned against limiting production to domestic needs to avoid foreign sales losses and stressed market-ready quality under farmer control.
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College Station
Texas A. & M. College
B. S. Burgess
Dallas
Texas Cotton Cooperative Association
Cotton Farmers of
America
Hoover Extends Open Season for Ducks and Geese
President Hoover, acting on Secretary Hyde's recommendation, lengthens the open season for waterfowl hunting from one to two months this fall. Ducks brent and coot in Texas will be hunted from November 1 to December 31 in the west and north, and from November 16 to January 15 in the south and east.
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Washington
Hoover
Hyde
Texas
Brazos County couples file intent to marry
Anton S Nemec and Aline Koh and Graciano De Luna and Paulita Hernandez, both couples of Brazos County, filed notice Monday with County Clerk Jess B McGee of intent to marry. The Eagle pays four cash for Clean White Cotton Race.
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Anton S. Nemec
Aline Koh
Graciano de Luna
Paulita Hernandez
Brazos County
Jess B. McGee
Intentio
This Woman Lost 64 Pounds of Fat
Mrs. H Price of Woodside credits Kruschen with rapid weight loss from 190 pounds to 126 pounds in a year. She says she looks younger than a mother of two and advises taking a half teaspoonful in hot water each morning before breakfast.
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H. Price
Woodside
Kruschen
Home Made Rugs Exhibit at Texas A&M During Short Course
Sixty five hooked rugs mats and purses crafted by home demonstration club women are on display in room 117 Main Building as part of the twenty third annual short course for farm and ranch people. The show runs 8 am to noon and 1 pm to 5 pm daily with some items for sale. Information available from Miss Mamie Lee Hayden. Also features miniature county and home demonstration exhibits in Guion Hall and an exhibit of cakes by home demonstration women in the college mess hall parlor.
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Bryan
KTRH
Brazos County
W. R. McCullough
Bryan and Brazos County
McCullough
Allen Academy
U. S. War Department
College Station
Houston
Building Land Loan Association
Texas
Texas A. and
M. College
College
Agricultural Experiment Station
Extension Service
Texas A. & M. College
Mamie Lee Hayden
County
Hom
Guion Hall
College Mess Hall
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Wilhelmina Beane
Good Old State of
Houston Press
Ane
Maude Neville
Paris Morning News
F. W. McKay
Mons
Charlotte Tillsbury
Porthut
Jefferson County
Mem
S. Gibson
Xia News
Farrar Homemonstration Club
Limestone
Cnty
Gibson
Thens
Cound
Gib
As Hughes
Vernelle Lindley
Oleta
Limene County
Pletcher Davis
Hondo
Dawill
Agricular Writers Conference
A. Pease
Meen
Texas Agricultural Writers
Ise
Magic Valley
Egg Station
Hutton
Cy) Evans
Marshall
Texas Pacific Railway
J. A. Moore
Asbury
Cushing Library
Farmers’ Short
R. E. Dickson
Spur
Aggieland Inn
Holstein
W. T. Magee
Hockley County
Magee
John T. Egan
The
James
Jeff Burdett
Hillsboro
Margaret Redding
Waller
C. C. French
Fort Worth
Hubbard
8. R. Campbell
Bureau Farmer
Peggy Morris
Farm and Ranch
Peggy
Jim Tinsley
Amarillo
Tinsley
Panhandle Farm
Henry Edwards
Tyler Journal
Texas Agricultural Writers’ Conference
Smith County
Henry
Writers
A. L. Ward
National Cotton Seed Products’ Association
Texas Agricultural Workers’ Association
Tc, Richardson
Longhorn
Ethel Osborn Hill
Port Arthur
Ibisa Hall
Bryan Daily Eagle
U. S. Army
Houston Wholesalers Association
Union
Avement
Walter Lindsey
Sherwin-Williams
Rapid
Parker-Astin Hardware Co
Paint Headquaritters
Gerson’s, Inc
Betty Joyce
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