Flying Fleet to tour city with air surveys and stunts
The Flying Fleet will lecture and fly over Bryan in a three day program next weekend. Pilot Clyde E Pangborn and pilots Jack Echols and Hugh Herndon Jr will lead demonstrations at Walton field with aerial acrobatics and deadstick landings. Parachutes and gifts will be given to attendees. tickets are included with Bryan Daily Eagle inserts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Clyde E. Pangborn
Jack Echols
Hugh Herndon Jr
Echols
Central
South America
Bryan
T. O. Walton
C. P. Foster
Twenty Five Years Ago Twenty Five Years Ago
Mrs. Frank Clark and Mrs. T. K. Lawrence plan a Lenten tea on Monday afternoon. William Jennings Bryan invited to Austin for memorial service honoring Judge John Reagan. A Leon county grand jury returns 27 indictments for felony and seven murder cases on the docket. Sam B. Wilson travels to Dallas on business. Dr. and Mrs. Gambrell arrive from Dallas to stay with Col. and Mrs. Sims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Frank Clark
T. K. Lawrence
John Hensarling
Wellborn
Buffalo
Leon County
William Jennings Bryan
Austin
John Reagan
P. S. Tilson
Houston
Hillsboro
Thompson's Creek
Caldwell News Chronicle
Brazos
Brazos County
Sam B. Wilson
Dallas
F. D. Perkins
Baby
McKinney
H. H. Prewitt
Franklin
Stella Higgs
J. B. Gambrell
Col
M. W. Sims
Fred Pryor
Community Notes Highlight Local Visits and Travel
Mrs. W. R. Fairman’s successful ambulance transfer to Waco and steady outlook from Provident hospital. Will D. Upshaw visits Bryan en route to Huntsville for a State Teachers College address after meeting Rev. R. E. Day. Mrs. Ruth Morgan and Miss Ida Landrum visit A. L. Smith home, with reports of fine roads from Houston trip. La Grange residents G. T. Youngblood, Henry Tyne tour Bryan for business. Sweetwater’s Bonner H. Barnes and Bryan’s J. E. Astin return from New Orleans with Houston stopover. Douglas Boyder and Otho Williams of Wellborn also in Bryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Fairman
Waco
Provident Hospital
Bryan Friends
Will D. Upshaw
First Baptist Church
Bryan
Huntsville
State Teachers College
R. E. Day
Rev. Day
Ruth Morgan
Lampasas
A. L. Smith
College Road
Morgan
Ida Landrum
G. T. Youngblood
Henry Tyne
la Grange
Bonner H. Barnes
Sweetwater
J. E. Astin
New Orleans
Mrs. Astin
Houston
M. Hetty Curry
Barnes
Mable Castles
Rights of way for Highway 6 debated by Chamber committee
County Judge A S McSwain urged speed in securing rights of way from Bryan to Benchley for Highway No 6 to allow contract awards. Landowners face compensation questions, but county funds of about 24000 dollars must be shared pro rata for roughly 58 miles, risking delays or condemnation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Benchley
State Highway Commission
Bryan and Brazos County
Gandhi Leads Civil Disobedience March Toward Cambay
Gandhi, the Indian leader, initiates a civil disobedience march toward Cambay. The government’s permit for the march could limit its impact, likened to Coxey’s Washington march. The MacDonald ministry faces a Commons defeat that threatens naval talks and a promised treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahatma Gandhi
Gulf of Cambay
Washington
Coxey
MacDonald
House of Commons
Yard beautification spurs neighbors to plantings in Bryan
Reports note residents in Bryan pursue yard beautification by planting near neighbors. The piece mentions the scent of a lifted rose and hints at social tensions around shared spaces. It then shifts to data on New York telephone counts, reporting about 8000 fewer phones in February and suggesting optimism about fewer wrong numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
New York
Legion and Auxiliary Banquet and Meetings Planned
Saturday noon joint Legion and Auxiliary banquet set for LaSalle Hotel. Legion sessions begin at 9:30 a.m. at City Hall with officers such as Scott Reed and L. C. Chatham expected. Afternoon activities include a 3:30 p.m. flag raising at Travis School and a flag presentation by Earl Graham Post. Auxiliary sessions follow Sunday at City Hall with several district officials attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iary
Legion
LaSalle
City Hall
Scott Reed
L. C. Chatham
San Antonio
Veterans’ Bureau
Dr. Sherwood
Temple
National Rehabilitation Committee
George Hughes
Mr. Goode
Travis
Earl Graham Post
H. H. Tadlock
Port Arthur
L. E. Ledbetter
Austin
Department of Child Welfare
E. H. Roach
Taylor
Department of Music
Martha Wood
Houston
Laura Ocker
Harry Estill
Auxiliary
van Perkins
Lions Club program honors good February with top vote getter
The Lions Club held a February themed meeting titled Good Program month featuring a Betts solo and a quartet with members Locke Miller Bryant and Betts plus Mrs Danforth at the piano. John M Lawrence Jr earned the top votes as program chairman with performances by Mrs Fountain Mrs Tye and Mrs Rountree. Visitors included Judge W C Davis and W Furman Betts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lion R. W. Armstrong
W. Furman Betts
J. Ernest Thacker
The
Presbyterian Church
Henry Locke
J. Bryan Miller
FE. R. Bryant
Lions
John M. Lawrence Jr
Lion Lawrence
J. M. Fountain
Aline Tye
Lee J. Rountree
Lions R. V. Armstrong
E. R. Bryant
Harry UL. Durham
M. M. Erskine
F. D. Fuller
R. C. Franks
C. E. Griesser
C. B. Holzmann
Lamar Jones
Joe Kaplan
W. FE. Leverkuhn
Henry 8. Locke
Morris Schulman
Weather Extremes Noted Last Week
The week featured a coldest day Monday with 45 or 35 degrees and a warmest day Thursday at 83 maximum and 55 minimum. No rainfall was recorded. Temperature readings show daily highs and lows across the week with several inconsistencies in OCR.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercury
Tugkuay
Bheneen
Suit Settled In Out Of Court Railroad Case
The damage suit by C. B. Moore against the T. and N. O. Railroad Company was settled out of court this morning. Moore sought 590 dollars for stock loss in a shipment. settlement fixed at 100 dollars. For rent a store on North Main Street is available via Sam Scardi at Bryan Service Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. & N. O. Railroad Company
C. B. Moore
North Main Street
Sam Scardino
Bryan Service Station
Mothers Club Hosts Dallas Boys at Aggieland Banquet
Dallas county Mothers Club members hosted about 175 boys at Sbisa Hall Annex Sunday evening after arriving for a Saturday dance and church services with their sons and brothers. Registered Dallas representatives included Mesdames Mallory, Bennett, Simpson, Smith, Moseley, Buford, Brundrette, Maples, Davis, Brittan, Giberson, Emory, Robenson, Hawes, Moser, Barnes, Pellet, Hutchinson, Patterson, Conover, Putman, Gregory, and Misses Hutchinson, Gregory, Simpson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas County
Dallas A. & M. Mothers’ Club
Sbisa
A. M. Barnes
Leon Pellet
J. A. Hutchinson
Edna Ray
R. H. Liveley
O. J. Patterson
Ada Conover
H. S. Putman
FE. H. Gregory
Ruth B. Hutchinson
Laura Gregory
Virginia Simpson
Yard Beautiful contest attracts many entries in Brazos County
The Yard Beautiful contest in Brazos County grows as the Brazos County Federation of Clubs conducts a county wide project. Prizes will be offered across classifications for Bryan College Station and surrounding homes, children garden clubs and 4 H girls. Contributions from local groups fund the prizes. A separate civic contest for Black residents is organized by local colored women with special prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazos County
Lucy Givens
County Home Demonstration
Bryan
City of
Chamber of Commerce
Bryan Woman's Club
Bryan Lions Club
Bryan Nursery and Floral Company
J. Coulter Smith Nursery
Extension Service Club
South Side
Company
College Park
Bryan Reading Club
Texas Highway Contractors Plan To Hold 2 Day Meeting in Bryan
Bryan will host two to three hundred road contractors on April 7 and 8 per a letter from Don Lee executive secretary of the Texas Highway Branch of the Associated General Contractors. The group will attend the Highway Short Course at Texas A and M College April 9 and 10 and the Merchants Institute begins Monday with Henry M. Starley directing events at the city hall auditorium. Judge A S McSwain spoke on right of way for Highway No 6 from Bryan to Benchley and the matter was referred to the Highway committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Highway Contractors
Bryan
Don Lee
Texas
Associated General Contractors
Bryan and Brazos County
Mrt
Highway Committee
Travis B. Bryan
Community merchants form group seek chamber space
Tyler Haswell reports new members including K and B Grocery Hotel Bryan Kenney and Turek Market J F E Stanford and Metropolitan Barbershop and Home Merchants Association to use Chamber of Commerce rooms with a permanent secretary. Directors present include R V Armstrong Wilson Bradley F Le Cavitt John Caldwell Mit Dansby W K Gibbs and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyler Haswell
Bryan
Keneeny & Turek
J. FE
Stanford
Metropolitan
Jno
M. Lawrence
R. W. Howell
Home Merchants’ Association
Chamber of Commerce
R. V. Armstrong
Wilson Bradley
F. le Cavitt
John §. Caldwell
Mit Dansby
W. K. Gibbs
F. L. Henderson
W.S. Higgs
Tyler Has4well
A. S. McSwain
DB Marstin
W. C. Mitchell
M. I. Parkers
John M. Lawrence Jr
Mrs
le J. Rowntree
Yeager
Dug T. O. Walton
Cave Man Stunt Lands Negro in Toils of Law
Rufus Sterling, a Black man, is jailed after an alleged cave man tactic to win back his wife led to a shooting inside an occupied house. He faces charges of shooting with intent to murder burglary and carrying a revolver. arraignment set before Justice J. T. McGee and Judge W. C. Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus Sterling
J. H. Reed
Sterling
J. T. McGee
W. C. Davis
Brazos County Couple Married Here Sunday
Thurston Etheridge and Miss Vera Beard wed at the Baptist parsonage on Sunday afternoon with Rev. R. E. Day officiating. Miss Beard is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Beard of Kurten, and Etheridge works at the Johnson service station. They will reside in Bryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurston Etheridge
Vera Beard
The
Baptist Parsonage
R. E. Day
Miss Beard
FE. J. Beard
Kurten
Mr. Ethridge
Johnson
Bryan
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Messrs
Douglas Boyder
Otho Williams
Soviet Russia
Joseph Stalin
Communist Party
Cess
Ruth
Russia
Legion and
Sete
Kayle
AM Mothers Club
Dallas Boys
the Flying Fleet
Walton Field
Fin-Feather Club
Sat.sun.-Mon
Eagie
Ada
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