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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1922
Page
7
Millican High School seniors reflect on three years as a voyage from Freshman Sea to life beyond. They thank teachers and parents, vow to pay life’s price with integrity, and pledge to carry green and white as symbols of youth and purity.
M Lamar Jones, recently at tending the Atlanta Southern Dental College in Atlanta, Georgia, is in town for a brief visit to his parents before returning to practice his profession in Galveston.
A. M. Waldrop of Bryan was chosen as president of the Texas Retail Clothiers' Association at a Fort Worth meeting. Waldrop, a Bryan native with Virginia lineage, is a descendant of Benjamin Harrison and active in the Knight Templar Knight of Pythias Methodist church and Bryan Chamber of Commerce. Galveston New.
Henry Grelen of Bryan High, coached by Chas. B. Madson, won first prize in pole vaulting at the Dallas Durbar Olympic Games with 11 feet and later an exhibition vault of 11 feet 6 inches. He has cleared 11 feet 6 inches in competition, defeating rivals from Texas Military College, Dallas Playground Team, Southeastern State Normal, Durant Okla, and S. M. U.
Colonel C. C. Todd and Mrs. Todd and daughter Miss Mary Joe return from Coblenz Germany. They will visit College Station and Bryan on leave and later report for duty at Governor's Island in July. Todd, a former A M College graduate and Cadet Commandant, served as a captain in the Spanish American War and with the Army of Occupation in Germany.
In Bryan on Saturday evening a body was said to be seen floating on the Brazos river near Koppe Bridge. City officials and relations traveled to the Johnson farm to identify the corpse as Frank Wig noski from the Marlin bridge disaster. The rumor traced to a recovered child’s body and its return to Marlin by MecCulloch Gordon Co.
Mr and Mrs J L Sample of Ta boy visited Saturday and presented the Eagle with cape jasmine flowers and a box of dew berries grown in their yard. The remembrance is duly appreciated.
Austin May 30 Major A A Stiles reports rapid expansion of levee work after recent floods. District No 11 in Kaufman County will reclaim about 3000 acres on Trinitys King's Fork. District No 5 in Red River County will reclaim 200 acres. Fort Worth plans reinforce Trinity levee and rebuild after floods. Brazos valley activity grows with Burleson County redesign and possible Bryan Calvert link to reclaim 100000 200000 acres. Dallas Levee No 5 withstands Trinity flood with minor interior drainage work.
Monday afternoon at College on the W C Boyett place a block and tackle failed while pulling a casing. A part struck Guy F Boyett injuring the back of his head and bruising his shoulder and body. Medical aid was given. injuries not considered serious and he rests easy.
Fred S. Rogers of Bonham declared for West Texas A M College at Abilene on May 29 and denounced Gov Neff for vetoing the A M measure. He pledged to reappoint the pardons board and focus on education rather than State convict affairs.
Mr and Mrs D E Moore sell their West 26th Street home to E R Emmet and move to Portland Oregon between June 1 and 15 where Mr Moore takes a manager position at a large furniture store. The Farris family rents the Moore home and will move in Monday.
Dr and Mrs L O Wilkerson medical missionaries who left China due to Dr Wilkersons mothers illness and death in Tennessee arrived in Bryan and stay with Mrs Wilkersons parents Mr and Mrs Ed Wicks. They plan to visit Bryan for a month before resuming their work in China.
Rev. Glenn Flinn of Houston preached the commencement sermon at Allen Academy's First Methodist church in Bryan on Sunday morning and stayed with Mr and Mrs R W Howell while in the city. He returned to Houston this afternoon.
John M. Lawrence of Bryan serves as president and A. D. Jackson of College Station as secretary of the newly formed Brazos River Reclamation Association. The group aims to reclaim about 250000 acres prone to overflow through levees and floodwater impoundment. Lawrence is a longtime Bryan merchant and former mayor. Jackson is editor of state experiment station publications and ex- newspaperman.
In Brazos County district court Judge W C Davis ruled Estella Gordon a dependent child under court jurisdiction and placed her in the home of Mr and Mrs Walter Armstrong. The case followed the death of Albert E Chapman and months of Red Cross and United Charities care for the girl in Bryan.
County Agent C L Beason left a bundle of oats at the Eagle office. The oats grown in Bra zos county sandy soil were sown early, vegetation on land turned under last summer, and they are described as fine. A horse that eats them will feel the effect, and Brazos county needs more oats like them.
Major Joe S Rice Col Thos H Ball and W A Polet attended the Bryan Automatic Electric Shoe Shine Company board meeting in Houston Wednesday night. Present were J L Edge president Lee J Rountree vice president J H Farris secretary Major L L McInnis treasurer W C Davis chairman C A Harris sales manager George J Nedbalek Dr J N Goodwin N A Stewart and Dr P M Raysor directors.
Mrs M W Sims Sr leaves for Corsicana for ten days visiting family. She entrusts Brazos county campaign affairs of Hon Clarence Ousley for United States Senator to Judge W C Davis Fred L Cavitt W E Saunders Stuart Boatwright George M Brandon Mrs Ad McQueen Mrs John T Hanway and Mrs Milton Sims Jr during her absence.
J. F. Griffin suffered a severe cut to his right hand while working in his shop on Monday. He has been discharged from the hospital after surgical care. He will need several days before resuming regular duties.
Expressions of thanks are offered to the good people of Bryan and the Red Cross for the kindness shown to her child and its mother.
George Moss 46, manager at Wood farm on A. F. Wilson plantation near Hearne in Robertson County, was found dead on a railroad track with head crushed and hands cut off by a passing engine. A pistol lay nearby. Four arrests, two men and two women, all Mexicans, were reported. Burial held in Hearne at 10 this morning.
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