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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1936
Page
3
Edge leads with 4-H enrollment of forty in Rock Prairie second with twenty five. County total reaches one hundred sixty with ten more needed to fill quota. Edge Girls club met Alma Metcalfe presiding as one member absent. Members planned vegetable varieties and spacing with Jersey Wakefield cabbage favored.
P H Hensarling pledges bedding for calves at the show Saturday starting 9 a m judging by F J Dahlberg and Fred Remmel from the College Animal Husbandry department. Calves will be auctioned at 4 p m with top prices in nearby fairs noted as 90 cents and 416 2 cents per pound in Brenham. Local councilmen plan program meetings across several communities March 16 through March 25 to discuss arrangements and farmer participation.
Harvey Reverend E E Garrington led morning and evening services with large attendance. Visitors from Bryan and nearby towns joined local families for weekend gatherings. Community news notes visits by families, a illness update for Travis Weedon, and announces a singing at Sue Haswell Park on Sunday March 14 with public invitation.
March 5 recreation club house in Houston hosted a gathering of county staff and agents for a Recreations and Reporters school. Miss Mil dred Horton led home demonstration education with assistants Bennie Campbell Mae Belle Smith and Minnie Fisher Cunningham oversaw reporters. L. L. Johnson and R. S. Miller directed district agents and boys club training, with afternoon group activities and songs.
The County Home Demonstration Council will convene at City Hall on Saturday March 14 at 2 pm. The council sponsors a monthly window display shown on the second Saturday with Home Demonstration Clubs each taking a turn to exhibit.
The Edge P T A met with 16 members and enjoyed a program by Mrs Yancey and Miss Nina Mae Moore. The 4-H club conducted a Friday program with most members present, talks by County Agent C L Benson and M M Erskine, and a song by Marie and Ernie Barnett. A funeral for Sam Bo Bingham was held in Plainview. Several 4-H members attended the Fat Stock show in Houston. Mr and Mrs Bob Parker visited with the Elliots. Ernie Barnett and Mrs Yancey sang in Sunday School, “Jesus Will Come Again,” and were invited to sing again.
Duchess of Bryan Plagens reported no catch after fishing Tuesday while James Lang remains home ill. Zion Lutheran church holds Wednesday Lent services led by Rev. H J Spitzenpfeil on the Seven Last Words. The new school building makes progress with roof soon to be added. Kurten contractor J M Murphy called home by his brother’s illness. Ladies Aid meets with Mrs W Huff and daughter in attendance are several members and daughters.
The document describes a Young People’s class schedule where each class presents a reading during its allocated time. Classes are numbered in order according to the Sundays of each month, outlining a recurring sequence throughout the calendar.
Kings Highway PTA plans a reg y Sheeting event for Wednesday night March 11 featuring a play titled Cornfed. Attendees include families and local residents. community members such as Mr. G A Nash and Bettie Mac with Tillie spent Sunday visiting Mrs.ae Lask of Hearne and were accompanied home by Mr Nashs father. Nearby residents Dowell and Sanders families visited, with Doris Miss Angelina and Georgian Lys noted among attendees.
Crink. Mr and Mrs Frank Ventreek and family visited Mr and Mrs C L Novosad Saturday night. Daniel Dodson of Easton will bring the Easton bus to Mc Donalds store for night shows to carry passengers to the show at Franklin. Mr and Mrs E T Close and family and Miss Opa Hardin spent Sunday at Ege ORR and Mrs Tom Cross. Gus Hinz came home from camp in Gila NM Hewi Sunday.
The pastor BetcP pfeil and Kurten pean Doe of oh canreg completed the church interior and altar decorating. Herman Brocksmith is noted in relation to the project details.
The community enjoyed spring weather as residents and visitors from Franklin Axtell Kenedy Shreveport and Bryan stopped by Benchley over the weekend. Local exchanges included new car ownership by H S Haltom and family and trips by Frank Seale and A E Rambo to Franklin.
Wr and Mrs W In Porter of College received a telephone message from their sister Mrs T A Munson of San Antonio about the improved condition of Mr Munson who was operated on at a San Antonio hospital Wednesday. He formerly worked at A and M College and now serves in government conservation work at Lufkin. Many friends in Bryan and College are glad to hear of his improvement.
A local notice urges prompt payment of the Eagle subscription account overdue charges. The brief requests subscribers settle balances to continue service without interruption.
Citizens of Brazos county are summoned for petit jury duty for the sixth week of district court and must report Monday at 9 o’clock. The six week February term will end next week. The summoned panel includes Ed Putz, I P Cooner, Hardy Weeden, L D Smith, James Sullivan, Paul Halubee, W T Kelly, A V Wilson, Mose Free, W D Robinson, Joe Sample, Charlie Schultz, H H Newton, Roy Danforth, Jesse Cloud, J J Denk, Frank Fickey, Otis Hearne, J W Hall, W W Hall, W M Griffin, Aubry Tobias, Claude Thompson, Mat Raines, Bud Mills, W P Ward, Jesse Gilpin Jr, B F Lloyd, Sidney Lawless, J M Riley, H S Edge, Willie Gibbs, C W Hedtke, Walter Hicks, I C Henry, F D Lefevre.
Dave Jolly of Bryan and Brazos county announces for election as Constable of Precinct No. 4 after being appointed by the commissioners court last year. He cites 15 years as a peace officer and pledges best efforts if nominated, with broad local support backing his candidacy.
Miss Mildred Eden returns from a week in San Antonio staying with her sister and family Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Sibley.
The district court criminal session closed with 11 guilty verdicts sent to state prison and nine suspended sentences. State attorney W. R. Allen led prosecutions. Several cases were dismissed or continued, including Adam Donley and Lucius Harvey for stolen property and Willie Stephenson for burglary.
George E. Brown 19 son of Mr and Mrs F A Brown of Victoria died at the Texas A M College hospital Saturday morning around 10:20 from double pneumonia after a weeklong illness. He entered college in September transferred from another school and was rated a sophomore. The remains were sent to Victoria Saturday afternoon by Mc Culloch Dansby and the funeral will be held there Sunday.
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