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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1935
Page
3
Local church notices indicate a Brazos Baptist gathering at Wellborn featuring pastor Bryan and speakers Andrews Boulet McGahey discussing Our State and faith. Devotion and inspirational talks planned with possible adjournment after meetings.
A coordinated plan to combat the screw worm pest moves into Texas Alabama Mississippi and Georgia with federal aid. The effort aims to eliminate egg laying sites, build pens, and train ranchers to protect livestock and reduce losses. Officials discuss funding, cattle protection, and potential use of 12 cent loans for the new cotton crop as part of broader farm relief efforts.
A fragmented excerpt notes a program tied to growers and a June event, mentioning a senator and plans to aid cotton crop. The text hints at a political push to support farming interest, with references to a Democratic senator and agricultural policy.
Three Bryan girls Misses Jean Sandstedt Evelyn Koenig and Elizabeth Sloop received bachelor degrees from Texas State College for Women at the 82nd annual commencement exercises held June 3. Activities included senior week homecoming Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare play a tea banquet and organ recital. Dr Paul Quillian delivered the baccalaureate sermon and President L H Hubbard gave the commencement address.
A good crowd attended as Rev J J Pipkin filled his regular appointment Sunday. Rev Wiley delivered a farewell sermon and will pastor the Christian church at Mt Pleasant for the coming year. Several families visited relatives and friends in nearby towns during the weekend and a few local residents were noted for hospital readouts and recoveries.
The Harvey home demonstration club gathered at the school house Tuesday at 2 oclock. Alma Metcalfe demonstrated cutting and fitting a dress by a foundation pattern. Rally Day at Sue Haswell Memorial Square on July 6 was planned with sewing and canning prizes. Group pictures were taken for the record book.
W. D. Mills, O. L. Moore, W. M. Arrington, O. L. Andrews, Max Plagens, Claude Slowey, Cecil Kelley, K. Kelley, Alton Carroll, Dolly Means, S. B. Pate, N. C. Cole and Alma Metcalfe, and Miss Leo Mills.
Four H club and adult community meetings travel through Bow man Edge and Steep Hollow with Tuesday Friday and Saturday sessions. The notes emphasize wholesome youth amusement and informed public discussion to foster intelligent citizenship and a better community.
A poultry tour in Burleson County outlines methods for turkey raising including sending eggs to hatching firms and brooding poults with a hen, pasture roosting, and moving flocks to clean range to reduce disease. Coccidiosis is cited as common and sanitation is the remedy.
Mrs. Lee J. Rountree editor of the Bryan Eagle spoke at Bremond high school commencement on Privileges of the Past Perils of the Present and Possibilities of Posterity. Faye Brantner led girls honors. Holland Sowma and Edward Caskey top boys. Dan Yezak earned perfect attendance.
Washington officials said the Supreme Court ruling may affect extending the 12c loan on the 1935 cotton crop. AAA experts privately warned there might be hesitancy in granting a new loan amid the Bankhead control law decision. Extension of the 1934 crop loans to February 1, 1936 was reported, with totals of 4 387 649 bales outside the pool and 1 800 000 bales in the pool.
The Rosenwald Foundation sponsored a plant beautification contest in Negro rural schools of the South. Twenty county schools entered. Fairview won first prize, followed by Brushey, Cedar Grove, Templeman, with Canaan Derdon Love and Stone City receiving honorable mentions. State judges will visit soon. County officials Mrs. W. Neeley and Pauline M. Watkins led the effort.
A parade of Bryan visitors and locals fills the town as Miss Bertie Suber plans a Berkeley summer and Richard Tate completes cotton adjustment duties in town. Families including the Johnsons, the Solomons, the Dowlings, and the Bakers welcome relatives and friends, while students like Johnny Koneeny and George Keifer prepare for summer classes at A and M and UT.
Mr and Mrs Johnnie Koneeny of Nederlands visit Bryan at the home of his parents on West 24th street where he works as a teacher in Nederland schools and also coaches.
New York June 4 After a week without NRA busi ness moved in many quarters Monday to retain benefits of the in validated code system. The industry and business committee for NRAA extension chaired by Ward Cheney called a meeting for New York representatives of coded industries to consider a proposal for legislation. The proposal to be laid before President Roosevelt was not disclosed. Radio Corporation of America and National Steel Corporation led firms to announce hours and wages would be maintained.
Pye reported 1500 workers covered by the cotton reed code remaining firm on wage and hour rules. Only two firms revised schedules, both planning to return to code standards once a clear program develops. Frank J. Cogan noted a 25 percent rise in hours in food stores and said outlawed practices were resurfacing. Retail price wars persisted in New York for cigarets and sundries as fur hours grew, with unions preparing for conflict as the manufacturing season nears.
Three southern firms announced wage increases on June 1. The Tennessee division of Standard Oil Company of Louisiana raised pay for all employees earning 5000 dollars or less annually. In Atlanta, two large companies, Wofford Oil and another firm, granted increases and bonuses affecting several hundred workers.
A 1 percent raise was announced for all employers earning under 200 monthly, while Beck and Gregg Hardware announced raises from five to ten percent. The hardware firm also distributed a year end profit bonus.
Garment workers at Happ Brothers in Macon Georgia have been told to repay a 10 percent wage increase set to run from January 28 for ten weeks. The rise reportedly came from the national administration in addition to the existing NRA code minimum and will be deducted in small amounts from pay envelopes.
A. W. Schmidt of Bellville married Miss Emma Christian of Brenham on Monday at 7 30 pm with A J Buchanan justice of the peace officiating. The couple will reside in Bryan at the Batts apartment College avenue and East 28th street.
An even half hundred University of Texas staff members are listed in the 1935 36 Who's Who biographical reference book, highlighting UT scholars and administrators.
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