Brazos Flood Control Bill Reported Out
After a public hearing the Brazos Valley water bill proposed by Rep. Leonard Tillotson of Sealy was favorably reported to the house by a unanimous vote. The measure empowers a district to control waters within 50 counties and could affect the State Board of Water Engineers, with a 12 mill property tax and bond authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazos Valley
Leonard Tillotson
Sealy
John M. Lawrence
E. H. Astin
A. D. Jackson
Brazos River
Walter C. Woodward
Coleman
Texas
Tillotson
Brazos
State Board of Water Engineers
Woodward
State Board
Colorado
West Texas
Water Board
Tax plan for watershed dams faces constitutional vote
The board of water engineers estimated over a year ago that building dams in the watershed could cost 50 to 75 million dollars. Assistant Attorney General D L Whitehurst noted the constitution requires all proposed taxes for political subdivisions to be voted on. With legislature adjournment imminent, passage of this and priority bills demands rapid action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Water Engineers
D. L. Whitehurst
Methodist Women Meet in Groups Group 3
Group No 3 of Methodist Women met for a regular program day with ten members present including Mrs Mary Shelburne and Mrs S D Pearce. Guest visitors Mrs Albert Worley and Miss Koenig attended as the session discussed The Call of Youth and the Broken Home Rebuilt lesson with led by Mrs C R Gardner and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Shelburne
S. D. Pearce
Mesdames
W. E. Neeley
C. R. Gardner
C. L. Eden
F. W. Fagin
A. L. Koenig
B. T. Pool
FE. C. Harder
Lamar Bethea
Bryan Couple Wed in Kentucky as They Begin Life Together
The Bryan relatives announce the marriage of Jewell Williamson to Dr. Charles Mason Cole on June 21, 1929 in Carrollton Kentucky. They will reside in Louisville where Cole begins his interne work at City Hospital after graduating from the Medical College of Louisville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
William W. Williamson
Jewell
Charles Mason Cole
Carrollton
Kentucky
Garvin Place
Louisville
Cole
Miss Williamson
Medical College of
Bedias
Texas
H. Williamson
A. and
M. College
Mrs. Cole
Mr. Cole
Walton K. Cole
Carrolton
White Students Outnumbered in Rural Sections, County Rosters
Final rechecking of Brazos county and Bryan school rosters shows 5,751 pupils in rural and city schools including the Consolidated at A and M College. Of these 3,078 are white and 2,658 Negro with Rural 3,199 Bryan 1,873 Consolidated 559. White and Negro breakdowns show more Negro pupils in rural areas while whites lead in Consolidated and Bryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazos County
Bryan
A. and M. College
Consolidated
$500 Prize List For County Fair Plan of Legion
The Bates County Fair Board allied with the Earl Graham post of the American Legion approved a $500 prize list for the September fair. Judge A. S. McSwain, board chairman, named a committee to select Brazos county production features to emphasize in the prize plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Fair Plan of Legion
Bates County
Earl Graham Post
The
American Legion
A. S. McSwain
Brazos County
Confederate Reunion Highlights Hood and Green Brigades
The Bryan reunion of Hood and Green's Brigades features Memorial Day services with addresses by Austin Y. Bryan and others. Captain John H. Roberts sends rare Percy Grey histories while ill and unable to attend. Mrs. Mary Hunt Affleck arrives as Poet Laureate. Confederate Home veterans join the gathering. Local businesses urged to display flags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Y. Bryan
Houston
F. L. Henderson
C. C. Todd
Bryan
A. W. Tabor
Austin
Hood
Green
J. O. Bradfield
W. C. Davis
L. S. Ross
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Hood's
Green’s
J. Webb Howell
George R. Branch
Dan Russell
Kathleen Cason
Mary Lily Fountain
Aline Smith
Kathleen Stuart
Elizabeth Dickenson
Ruth Johnson
Roy Danforth
Maudelle Wiley
Mary Hunt Affleck
Brenham
Hood’s
Green’s Brigades
W. D. Lawrence
Affleck
John H. Roberts
Arcadia
Texas Brigade
Albert Buchanan
Percy Grey
United States
Robert
Proud’s Teas
Green's Brigades
J. H. Nash
S. G. Buchanan
John M. Caldwell
J. F. Lavinder
R. H. Ballerstedt
L. B. Kern
J. W. Dyer
John Boriskie
H. B. McDowell
Joe White
O. H. Astin
J. E. Astin
W. H. Oliver
Robert W. Howell
John M. Lawrence
W. B. Edge
Joe Kaplan
Sankey Park
Tom G. Suber
Curtis Oliver
First State Bank and Trust Company
First National Bank
City National Bank
Nine-Tenths Preventable Diseases Linked to Constipation
Doctors warn nine-tenths of illnesses stem from constipation as toxins affect organs and invite infections. Preventive care urges natural relief with herbs and a vegetable cathartic. Obtain a bottle today from ROMAN & VICK.
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Roman & Vick
Resigning Free Baptist Pastor Hollis to leave Bryan
Rev M L Hollis resigns as pastor of the Free Baptist church in Bryan effective November 1. He will lead the Red Bay Alabama church and conduct revival meetings after a Texas summer. An adjourned third quarterly conference session will be held at the Methodist church Sunday at five. All conference members urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Hollis
The
Free Baptist Church
Rev. Hollis
Red Bay
Ala
Texas
Methodist Church
Bryan
Galveston
Houston
Louisiana
Young Businessmen Honorably Joined Bryan Chamber Board
Two younger city businessmen, John Sealy Caldwell and W K Gibbs, were elected to the Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce board to fill vacancies. The meeting discussed paving the San Antonio Trail as an all weather link to expand trade, with Normangee leaders seeking chamber endorsement and highway committee review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sealy Caldwell
W. K. Gibbs
Bryan and
Brazos County
Normangee
Chamber of Commerce
B. N. Nash
J. H. Palmer
W. C. McDonald
J. Webb Howell
Brazos
Robertson Counties
Bryan
Mr. Nash
Bryan Chamber of Commerce
Andéo
Howell
County Commissioners Court
Ferguson Crossing
Legion Fair
A. S. McSwain
Legion
H. H. Williamson
Fair Board
R. R. Lancaster
Extension
A. & M. College
D. L. Wilson
J. Bryan Miller
Fire Insurance Commissioner’s Office
S. FE. Eberstadt
Hood
Texas
Oak McKenzie
LaSalle Hotel
N. B. Allen
List of attendees at school year meeting
Those present were N. B. Allen, George A. Adams, Travis B. Bryan, F. L. Henderson, J. Webb Howell, John M. Lawrence, A. S. Swain, W. S. McCulloch, J. Bryan Miller, M. L. Parker, M. F. Vitopil, H. H. Williamson.
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Ing
N. B. Allen
George A. Adams
Travis B. Bryan
F. L. Henderson
J. Webb Howell
John M. Lawrence
A. S. Swain
W. S. McCulloch
J. Bryan Miller
M. L. Parker
M. F. Vitopil
H. H. Williamson
Yo-yo Contest Set for Legion Fourth at Sue Haswell Park
Juvenile yo-yoers are urged to bring working yo-yos to the American Legion Fourth of July celebration at Sue Haswell Memorial Park. Roy Stone heads the event with separate 15 and under boys and girls divisions. Each winner in both classes will receive a five dollar prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Sue Haswell Memorial Park
Roy Stone
State to file motion in Satterwhite case
Texas through County Attorney W E Neeley will file a motion in the Elwell Satterwhite case to reverse the court’s prior ruling granting a new trial. The state has fifteen days to file, and Satterwhite remains jailed until a ruling. if the new-trial order stands, bail becomes possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Texas
W. E. Neeley
Elwell Satterwhite
Court of Criminal Appeals
Neeley
Satterwhite
Blood Transfusion From Dead Girl Successfully Performed
In Cluj Romania doctors completed a blood transfusion from Rosa Jancu, who had died from injuries after a car crash, to George Morar, a man who had stabbed himself and was near death. Morar is believed to be recovering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cluj
Roumania
Rosa Jancu
George Morar
Morar
Prospect Hosts and Visits In Community Notes
Prospect residents hosted guests from College Bryan and Col lege including Mrs Ellen Lloyd Mrs Rob ert Newcomb and Miss Dea son. J F Sheffield and wife visited their son in Houston. Rev H M Secord announced revival services from August first to second Sunday. Will Murray and family attended Prospect services Sunday. Tom Bond and family and Henry Beal and family visited Mr Joe Beal Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Stewart
Ellen Lloyd
College
Robert Newcomb
Bryan
Floyd Murray
Louis Baird
Navasota
H. M. Secord
Millican
Will Murray
Prospect
Tom Bond
Henry Beal
Joe Beal
Car Demolished By Collision In Hearne
Dr and Mrs A E Marney of San Antonio were en route to College Station for a veterinary meeting when their car crossed with another at a Hearne highway intersection about 2 this Wednesday. The impact flipped the Marney car, trapping them briefly until passersby freed them. Both escaped serious injury, receiving only minor bruises and cuts before continuing their trip. Improvements at Sue Haswell Memorial Park include two concrete dips and an ornamental foot bridge over sewer work near the auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Marney
San Antonio
College Station
State Association of Veterinary Surgeons
Hearne
Marney
Sue Haswell
Soil Fertility and Fertilizer Used In Cotton Root Rot Study
In Texas a joint investigation by the University of Texas Agricultural Experiment Station and federal bodies studies how soil fertility and various chemical fertilizers affect cotton root rot. Researchers Dawson and Jordan lead field trials across the black land region with about five tons of fertilizer applied to tests in Travis to Hunt counties and at Greenville and San Antonio stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
University of Texas
Agricultural Experiment Station of
Texas A. & M. College
Bureau of Plant Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Division of
Bureau of Chemistry and Soils
Texas
Paul R. Dawson
Howard V. Jordan
Black Land
Dawson
Travis
Williamson
McClennan
Dallas
Hunt Counties
United States Breeding
Greenville
United States Field Station
San Antonio
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Temple
Robison Testimony Details Large Public Funds Use
West Texas land commissioner J. T. Robison testified before the Texas House committee of the whole that he handled at least 85.06 million dollars in public funds, disclosed his modest assets and debts, and described travel and revaluation expenditures tied to a 1-cent acre fund and 68 thousand acres revalued, while noting personal strains and a medical hospital stay. Rep Coke Stevenson and Rep Penrose Metcalfe voiced support to dismiss him, as Robison recalled car trips, checks to family and doctors, and farm income alongside public duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coke Stevenson
Junction
Penrose Metcalfe
San’ Angelo
Robison
J. T. Robison
Capitol
Lloyd Price
Texas
del Rio
San Antonio
San Antosio
Fragmentary health note on digestive lining dangers
Incoherent text discusses stomach membranes and digestive risks with scattered phrases about acids medicines and remedies. Mentions alo es and various odd terms, unclear details, and possible references to care actions and remedies, lacking coherent facts or sources.
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Texas‘Ranger
A.& M. Former Students’ Association
William Sterling
Bill” Sterling
Texas Rangers
Gutzon Borglum
Ranger
Falfurrias
Rotary Club
Honor Council
Boy Scouts of America
County Chamber of Commerce
Buchanan
Percy Greg
U. S
John S. Caldwell and
House of Representatives
J. J. Phillips
Wien
Missouri Pacific Lines
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