Cora Dulaney Wins Repeated Insurance Efficiency Award
Dallas's Miss Cora Dulaney receives the Great National Life Insurance efficiency award at a board luncheon for record net in force growth, paid business, renewal ratio, and policy size. She earns a monthly $10 check and permanent possession of an original cup replica, marking her ninth anniversary with the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great National Life Insurance Company
Board of Directors
Cora Dulaney
Dallas
C. ©. Dulaney
J. N. Dulaney
Bryan
Life Line
Great National
Cora
Cotton Price Adjustment Plan Aims to Raise Growers’ Income
A Southern agricultural committee urges a cotton price adjustment program tied to 13 million bales, funded by a processing tax akin to pre-1936 measures and sugar proposals. The plan seeks to stabilize cotton income and rally Southern farmers to support changes in court interpretations and President Roosevelt’s reform efforts. The group includes Ransom Aldrich, Harold Young, Romeo Short, George Chance, L. C. Trousdale, and H. G. Lucas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Department of Agriculture
Wallace
South
Ransom Aldrich
Mississippi Livestock Association
Mississippi Cotton Cooperative Association
Houston
Texas
H. G. Lucas
Texas Agricultural Association
Brownwood
272 Seek Degrees at CIA Texas College for Women
Two hundred seventy two students are candidates for bachelor degrees in June from Texas College for Women. This year’s class is about twenty percent larger than that of June 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
College For Women
CIA
Social notes highlight weekend visitors in Bryan area
Miss Ann Cline visits with SMU ties while many others travel to Bryan for weekend events. Guests include W. B. Cline family, J. E. Clayton party from Conway Arkansas, Louise Clayton from Conway, and visitors from Ennis, Brenham, Silverton, Hearne, and College Station. Travelers attend dances at A and M College and share news of illnesses and local engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Cline
W. B. Cline
Ursuline Avenue
Miss Cline
SMU
Dallas
Bill Taylor
Bryan
T. A. Sweeney
Corsicana
Ben McIntire
Marion Smoot
Texas University
J. W. Dyer
Roland Nunn
Hazel Dawn Nunn
University of Texas
Ruth Thurmond
Maurine Williamson
Baylor University
Leta Bryan
Mary Annis Sheaffer
Baylor
Miss Thurmond
Waco
A. and
M. College
Nella June Hamilton
Frances Collier
Martha
Ariel McCamey
Hearne
Mattie H. Buchanan
Louise
Pauline Buchanan
Silverton
Webb Buchanan
West 26Th Street
Jack Boone
Etta Peters
K. F. Peters
New Baden
Wanda McClothlin
Trinity University
Waxahachie
Mildred Salley
McGlothlin
Doris Dodson
University of Texas At Austin
W. P. Shine
Madisonville
J. E. Dowling
Fritz Hahn
Sam Seale
Benchley
J. R. Barne
Harvey
J. F. Crenshaw
Tabor
Sam Luther
Sam, Jr
Leonard Road
C. M. Risinger
Steep Hollow
Antone Fridel
John M. Barron
Texas
W.S. Barron
W. T. Conway
Reliance
Forrest Jones
R. G
SFA Debaters Tie For Fourth In Dallas Invitational
Stephen F. Austin high school debaters finished in a tie for fourth place at a Dallas invitation tournament with 122 teams from 66 schools. Bryan boys tied for third, Bryan girls fourth. top teams were Waco Abilene and Denison with 17 points. Coaches and team members named include Clarice Matthews Robert Cole Nelson David Benson Mary Alice Weddington Ruth Taubenhaus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen F. Austin
Dallas
Bryan
Waco
Abilene
Denison
Clarice Matthews
Robert Cole Nelson
David Benson
Mary Alice Weddington
Ruth Taubenhaus
SFA High Stage Honor Day Honors National Scholars
Stephen F. Austin high school's Honor Day featured awards for National Athletic Scholarship Society members and a National Scholarship Society talk by J A Crichton of Shreveport. Twenty one seniors and nine juniors joined the athletic society, with detailed lists of new and returning members and notes on eligibility and achievements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen F. Austin High School
National Athletic Scholarship Society
Edwin Nedbalek
Robert Cole Nelson
Gilmore Williams
J. A. Crichton
Shreveport
A. and
M. College
Crichton
Lucille Gibson
Marcille Martin
Mary Alice Sanders
Helen Sosolik
Ruth Taubenhaus
Pauline Francis
Frances Kohler
Bob Nisbet
Lola Schultz
Emerson Connell
Carolyn Glass
Doris Conrad
Mac
Tom Stewart
Carolyn Smith
Evelyn Schovassa
Imogene Rice
Josephine Watts
June Cochran
Anna Schulman
Mary Alice Reese
Mary Alice Weddington
Ruth Gordon
Harlan Bullock
Priscilla Andrews
Maurice Searcy
John Saxon
Alice Barak
Lee Rosprim
Earl McWilliams
Walter Holden
L. O. Manning
Robert Ball
Aubrey Tobias
Wallis Price
Pete Scanlin
Goree Smith
Louis Ball
James Mendl
Joe Scanlin
Travis Nelson
J. C. Watson
Orville Johnson
Charles Hart
Robbie Batten
Wesa Weddington
National
Mother-in-Law Day Proclaimed for Texas
Gov. Nor James V. Alfred Monday proclaimed March 5 as Mother-in-Law Day in Texas and called upon all }
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Mar
Govenor James V. Alfred
Texas
Tribute to Texas Women Highlighted for Patriotism
Citizens are urged to honor a group described as unselfish, kindly and patriotic women of Texas in a public tribute. The call to pay respect underscores their community service and national loyalty.
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Texas
Grimes Mutual Pays Up in Full to Many
The Grimes County Mutual Life Insurance Association based in Navasota has paid 77 death claims to the policy maximums. Bryan resident A B Syp tak acts as field representative and secretary-manager J L Dickenson leads the company which covers 43 counties including Brazos with several payouts to Brazos residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grimes County Mutual Life Insurance Association
First National Bank
Navasota
Bryan
A. B. Syptak
J. L. Dickenson
Bryan Insurance
State Association of Mutual Insurance Men
Brazos
Wacoan Donates Israfel to BPWC Library Shelf
Mrs. Ben Sleeper of Waco presents a copy of Israfel the life and times of Edgar Allen Poe by Hervey Allen to the Bryan and College Business and Professional Women's club shelf in Carnegie Library. The club aims to add valued books to the shelf to boost reading interest and participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Sleeper
Allen
Texas Rose Planting Week Proclaimed in Texas
Governor James V Allred proclaimed March 18 as Texas Rose Planting Week and praised East Texas rose nurseries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Mar
James V. Allred
Texas
Brazos Red Cross Reports On Work Done Thru 1936
Brazos County Red Cross executive committee met in City Hall with M. L. Cashion presiding. Secretary's report for 1936 to Jan 1 1937 details home service aid 238 ex veterans hospital placements 32 burial expenses 19 free tombstones 21 bonus bonds 633 certificates. clothing to 2345 garments. Junior Red Cross 41 of 60 schools, 1523 children. first aid station on Highway 6 near A&M College. 48 first aid certificates. life saving 23 certificates. disaster relief limited to 196.19 for East Texas flood victims. 643 members 947.05 receipts. 1937 committees appointed. Ohio Mississippi flood relief total Brazos county donations 1569.74 cash plus 11 clothing boxes valued 270 total 1839.74.
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Brazos County
Red Cross
M. L. Cashion
Albert Buchanan
Brazos
Grimes
Leon
Madison
Burleson
Robertson Counties
R. M. Searcy
A. D. Adamson
College Station
Allen Academy
Camp Arrowmoon
National Red Cross
Theodor Mahler
East Texas
E. R. Bryant
J. D. Benson
F. L. Cavitt
M. M. Erskine
Ohio
Mississippi River
Students Tour Local Telephone Exchange in Field Trip
The Stephen F. Austin High School Science 1B class led by Miss Margaret Parker visited the local telephone company building during first period. Officials guided eighty students through the plant explaining equipment uses including telegrams long distance and rural calls and how Bryan phones connect with the College exchange. The class voted thanks for the engaging, courteous tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen F. Austin High School
Margaret Parker
Telephone Company
Bryan
College Exchange
Man Pleads Guilty in Wife's Decapitation Murder
J. D. Evans, a Black man, indicted for murder in the decapitation of his wife Daisy Ward, pleaded guilty in district court Thursday morning and received a maximum ten year sentence from Judge W. C. Davis. Represented by attorney Lamar Bethea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Evans
Daisy Ward
W. C. Davis
Lamar Bethea
Six Inch Centipede Display Draws Curiosity
Jordan, a local resident, exhibited a six inch centipede he found while moving some legs. The bright black body with yellow legs and coral head drew attention as he kept it in a corked bottle. Experts note larger centipede bites are painful but not usually dangerous, and such myriapods help control insects.
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Jordan
Cotton stocks drop first of month in United States
The February 1 U S cotton supply totaled about 10.593 million bales, down from 10.935 million a year earlier and far below the 15.749 million high in 1932. Dr A B Cox notes decreases in U S stocks while European imports rise, with price implications and margins for spinners and English mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Mar
United States
A. B. Cox
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Cotton Authority
Europe
Cox
New Orleans
Manchester
Liverpool
Aggie Student Published in Intercollegiate Speech Book
Hoke Higdon of Pleasanton Texas A and M is one of 39 college and university students whose speeches are in the 1937 book Intercollegiate Dinner Speaking edited by Judson and Lambertson. Higdon’s piece The Desirability of War was praised as a beautiful satire that stirred the audience at the P. L. Downs Oratorical Contest, though won by R. B. Glagson of Spur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Mar
Hoke Higdon
Pleasanton
Texas A. and
M. College
United States
Lymand S. Judson
University of Wisconsin
Floyd W. Lambertson
Iowa State Teachers College
Higdon
Downs
R. B. Glagson
Spur
Coronation Ticket Controversy Sparks London Row
In London 85 000 coronation parade tickets become a flashpoint as British tradesmen many loyal subjects clash with the works office over distribution. Dissent grows between cooperative societies and federated trade organizations while talk of the Duke of Windsor marrying Mrs Wallis Simpson briefly recedes from the spotlight.
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London
Mar
Office of Works
George
Queen Elizabeth
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Simpson
Desk blotters offered by Eagle Printing Co
Size 19 by 24 inches desk blotters described as good quality and available in red yellow or white from the Eagle Printing Co.
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Eagle Printing Co
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Dr. Woodard
Cleburne
E. H. Astin
George M. Brandon
Wellborn
A. L. Moody and
Aubrey
Lee Andrews
Gus Bade
R. L. Rogers
P. J. Endler
Kurten
Battle Tower
Fansteel
Waukegan
Associated Press
SFA Hi
Wacoan
BPWC
T. C. U. Danseuse
Texas Christian University
Martha Ceil Graves
Fort Worth
Tschaikowsky
Alexander Qoumansky
Negro
Aggie
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