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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1937
Page
1
The Bryan Booster notes Texas traffic data showing 44 of 182 deaths from vehicle pedestrian collisions in April. Among 230 pedestrians involved, 40 crossed outside intersections, 25 crossed at intersection without signals, and 11 crossed with signals or against them. The column urges possible jaywalking laws due to unsafe street crossings.
Tex as A and M College requests a 2 million dollar Reconstruction Finance Corporation loan to build 1250 dorm rooms for 2500 students with semi annual amortized payments over twenty years. The plan includes a rent increase to cover repayments and confirms construction timing for permanent dorms by 1938.
Patrick Ann Higgs, daughter of Mr and Mrs Chester Higgs, visits Houston to spend the weekend with grandparents Mr and Mrs H H Young. Thelma Dishman, daughter of Mr and Mrs Preston Dishman, underwent tonsil and appendix surgery at St Josephs hospital and is reported in good condition Tuesday.
A E Stein of the State Board of Health will conduct anti mosquito and malaria control work in Bryan for the remainder of the month on the board’s payroll. Officials hope to extend his stay after July 1 to share his salary between the board and the city. He arrived Thursday and will begin work based on a prior state survey, with starting site not yet chosen.
Mrs. J. E. Astin presided at the Bryan Cemetery Association meeting at City Hall. Members approved secretary and treasurer reports and resolutions on the late George A. Adams. The Improve ment committee's chair was changed to Mrs. J Milton Fountain. R. G. Williams reported pleased with cemetery shrubs trees grass plots and driveways.
Washington reports the agricultural department notes a $25,752,000 drop in exports for the first ten months of the marketing year compared with the prior season while imports rose by $280,222,000. July to April exports totaled $646,056,000 versus $681,808,000 last year with overall trade at $1,231,151,000 compared to $950,929,000.
The United States Department of Agriculture reports Texas wheat production on June 1, 1937 was more than double June 1, 1936 output.
Adult Education College Station reports President T. O. Walton of Texas A and M College and Director H. H. Williamson of the Texas Extension Service sail June 18 for a two month tour. They will study adult education methods and rural problem handling in Scotland Ireland Denmark Norway Sweden the Netherlands Switzerland France possibly Germany and England. Walton is the official delegate to the 17th International Congress on Agriculture at The Hague June 20 30 and may speak for the association. They depart June 15 from Montreal and plan to return mid August.
The census bureau reported that in the ten months from August 1 to May 31 cotton seed crushed totaled 4,390,612 tons this season, up from 3,871,013 tons in the same period last season.
City Hall reports the Rural Electrification Administration signed a 256 000 loan for 256 miles of transmission to serve Brazos and Burleson counties. The plan includes bidding for construction, wiring requirements, and a minimum 2 dollar rate for 20 kilowatts. Utilities officials anticipate start within 30 days of contract receipt and urge unserved rural residents to sign up promptly.
Madisonville officials announce Southwestern Bell Telephone will install a new flashlight system to replace the ring the operator service. District Manager G B Bell cites rapid city growth and rising demand for phones as the reason for the upgrade at an approximate cost of 8700 dollars.
At the College YMCA 68 scouts and parents attended the Court of Honor. Mark Evans of Troop 81 advanced to Second Class. Jimmie Wilson and Ed Nedbalek of Troop 80 to First Class. Linton Robertson and Henry Fulgham of Troop 102 earned merit badges. Troop 81 won the Boy Scout Statuette in the intertroop contest with Troops 80 and 102 tied for second. Awards for merit badges to be presented at a Houston Jamboree Court on June 19.
Death of C A Allen, builder on east 26th street, from a heart attack. He fell from a house he was constructing about 18 months earlier and never fully recovered. Funeral held at College Avenue Baptist Church in Iola with burial in Iola Cemetery. survivors include wife, adopted daughter Mrs Henry Weaver, one grandchild, mother Mrs Robert Allen, one brother R O Allen, and six sisters. pallbearers were six nephews.
A trial opened in district court over awards by the State Compensation Board linked to a Grant Lumber Company truck crash on August 9. Plaintiffs Federal Underwriters Exchange of Galveston seek to set aside the awards concerning Ercell Sutton of Ennis and Frank Cox of Fort Worth, who died from burns and other injuries. Defendants include W. R. Sutton et al and Andrew F. Cox et al. The case proceeds with a jury.
R E Callender, director, outlined three years of the Wild Life program from Texas A and M College noting 1 000 000 acres available for wild life as a farm product. Miss Mildred Eden sang two solos with Kathryn Stuart at piano during the Bryan club program.
Friends gathered as the body of A. W. Holman was shipped from Houston to Bryan for interment in Bryan city cemetery. Rev. Irvin Jackson officiated at 3 p.m. at McCulloch Dansby Chapel with a long procession to the burial site. Pallbearers included E. W. Crenshaw E. J. Jenkins W. A. Withers Lee Mike W. B. Roman and W. J. Landry.
R W Persons longtime Bryan Extension Service district agent dies at 68 after two weeks illness. Born Florence Georgia he served nineteen years in Extension work and was highly regarded by colleagues across San Antonio to the coast. Survived by wife Eva two sons Robert John and Rowland a grandson Jimmie and granddaughter Lara Louise. service at College Avenue Baptist Church conducted by Rev W B Breazeale with interment in Bryan city cemetery.
At the American Legion Home in Bryan George C Betts state service officer of Austin and Bert Davis assistant state service officer of San Antonio explained government benefits for disabled veterans. They discussed hospitalization compensation death claims burial and other programs and answered questions from ex service men and families.
City commissions and the school board decided on a W shaped senior high school design for Ennis. The $275000 project will cover 350 by 350 feet with 13 classrooms, a 950 seat auditorium, gym, and cafeteria. A separate boiler room and shop may reduce blast risk, with football stadium and baseball diamond planned nearby.
The First Methodist church in Overton collapsed on Monday about 15 minutes before the Ladies Missionary Society gathering of 25 members. Mrs. A J Smith, arriving early, escaped into the street as the ceiling cracked and fell.
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