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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1927
Page
3
A June wedding trend sees sermons with varying pay as priests recount odd tolls and gifts. Tales unfold of gloves with hidden tens and late bonuses, revealing the quirky humor behind post ceremony fees and family envelopes.
G A Schnaufer of Corsicana moves to Navasota to oversee a deep oil test about 1.5 miles from Piedmont in Grimes County. Fort Worth contractor J C McFarland and foreman Jack Dozier will drill to 2250 feet with day and night operation. Local geologists Loyd North Rio Bravo W A Rieter approve the site amid rising interest from major companies and land values nearby in Piedmont Carlos and Navuaeaca.
Oil men and scouts have set up headquarters in the area citing available accommodations and rail facilities, signaling ongoing development and activity in the region.
Victor P. Gayle of this city reports to the Reserve Officers Training Corps Camp at Fort Sam Houston Texas on May 31 1927 for processing and a six week basic training before his senior year at Texas A M College He is assigned to Company A Infantry unit and is the son of P G Gale of Hill Street Bryan Texas Major John E Sloan Camp Commander addresses cadets during processing
In Austin on Saturday conferees agreed the supplemental school appropriation yields $15.75 per child for the next scholastic session and with $1.5 million added guarantees $15 per capita for 1928-29. The plan raises the Senate bill and trims the House total, based on gasoline tax and oil tax gains, and relies on a larger cash balance and lower textbook costs to reach the target.
Rhodes Dunlap, 16, son of Mr and Mrs H H Dunlap of Houston formerly resident here, praised as a music prodigy by Severn Frank. He will give a concert at 8 p m Thursday at the Warwick Hotel with a large patron list and will stay through the summer to study with Frank.
Miss Mary Webb 18 Paris Texas and student at Goucher College Baltimore died in a hospital in Eufaula Alabama at midnight from injuries after being thrown from a horse Sunday during a weekend visit with a school mate at a house party while return ing home for the holidays.
A Bryan street tax requires men aged 15 to 45 to pay 3.00 for streets or work five days on the road. Mayor Bradley says 60 cents was once seen as the average daily wage. Many men claim exemptions for disability, while women are exempt. Mrs Dora Barnes, clothing specialist, returned from a North Texas trip.
In a tour with Bob Irvine of Caldwell's jewelry and Cameron city editor W. M. Cobb, the Eagle's staff visited Hearne Cameron Rogers Temple Belton Killeen Copperas Cove Kempner and Lampasas. Hearne enjoys strong railroad payrolls and steady business. Cameron shows bright cotton prospects after two hard years. Rogers shows decline since 15 years ago. Temple grooms progress and hosts major hospitals and the Telegram. Belton boasts a noted park and Baylor College for girls. Killeen expands despite low cotton prices with a modern school system led by W. J. Walker. the route notes railroads’ key role in Texas town growth.
Rotary official W. E. Farmer is the popular new vice president of the Bryan Rotary club and serves as superintendent of the Western Public Service Co. of Bryan, a leading city civic worker.
The piece chronicles Lampasas County Texas with notes on hotels near Copperas Cove, old Hancock park hotels, a reopened mineral well, and a new bathing pool near Abney well. It praises the Allen Academy band, the chamber secretary, and local merchants, noting wealth, diverse crops, large dry goods stores, and cash-based sales.
The sixth week petit jury list for the district court names jurors including Ed Scasta R R Ellis R R Shaw W E Gandy Otho Williams Joe Scanlan Lawrence Parker H B McDonald W L Powers H T Downard M E Wallace J A Wolf Chas Opersteny D G Cunningham E L Lindsey J C Mathis C E B Ball W W Chambers J C Cloud J F Lloyd E E Yeager Ed Zimm erman R B Jones Frank Patronella Sam Royder Geo Jones J Walter Smith Joe Opersteny Frank Rychlik C R Sample Geo B Shaw W W Solomon D W Howell Geo Stephan W E B Lewis Lloyd Smith
A Longview gathering of directors county councillors and chamber of commerce secretaries approved the East Texas Chamber of Commerce membership drive. The plan calls for East Texas Week from June 5 to 11 with church services and civic programs, and the pictured men will lead the effort as contacts between East Texas citizens and the chamber.
300 students register on opening day with totals expected over 500 for the college division and cotton short course. Programs include vocational agriculture, public utility men, and graduate veterinary courses. Faculty reception set for June 10. six week first term runs through July 16 and second term begins July 18, ending August 27.
The Bryan Beautiful Contest closed June 1 with prizes totaling for prettiest yard, cleanest premises, best kept vacant lot, and beds for verbena and zenia. Winners include Mrs. G. S. Parker, Hugo Lenz, Mrs. Thomas Lundin, Mrs. R. L. Chambers, Bryan Gulf Gasoline Service Station, Mrs. T. B. Wood, Mrs. Mary P. Carr, and Bryan City Cemetery. A separate Negro-entrants division awarded Florence Talley and others.
The Wellborn Boys and Girls Club held a joint meeting on Friday May 27 with only a few members present. The president was absent, so vice president Velma McCulloch led the session and the secretary read the prior minutes before discussing routine business.
Members sang a few club songs then adjourned until the next meeting night. The group missed Miss Sevier and Mr. Benson and hopes they can attend next time.
Hearne residents fill the Baptist tabernacle for a service ahead of the protracted meeting opening June 1. Judge W C Davis of Bryan delivers the sermon as Charlie Taylor the boy evangelist is announced as preacher and the evangelistic party planned to arrive June 1 to begin their campaign for soul saving.
Miss Janie Astin, former attendee of the Woman's College of Alabama at Birmingham, returned home with her parents Mr and Mrs W E Astin for the summer. She will leave for Mentone Springs, Alabama, for a two month stay at a girls recreational camp.
A concise want ad seeks quick sale of items with an emphasis on swift buyer responses and direct, practical terms to attract offers. The posting encourages clear pricing and easy contact for prompt arrangements.
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