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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1928
Page
2
A bridge expert laments social life leaning on games. He notes modern society forgets public events and literature, relying on bridge to mingle. He argues that club and spade play supplants true mentality and literary culture.
The East Side Parent-Teachers Association has collected $200 to build drinking fountains for the public school. Bryan PTAs are highly active statewide, credited with driving high local school standards and ratings. Thomas Jefferson’s quote on vigilance frames the teachers groups’ commitment to school welfare.
Secretary Andrew Mellon is slated to testify before the Senate investigation on Continental Trading bonds. The committee laments delaying calls and hints at revealing Republican era malpractices once the inquiry proceeds despite efforts to shield them.
Texas oil operators voice distress as industry slumps with representatives meeting Governor Moody. A and M College requests funds for a water supply and dormitory lighting and heating. Elwell Satterwhite is convicted of criminal assault and receives 35 years. Silk and gas signs surge in Cameron. national politics look to Smith and Coolidge Hughes as nominees. Red Cross offers aid to Brazil disaster relief efforts.
A succinct note links Eastland's wealth to oil and credits a horned frog with popularizing the town, highlighting a quirky local claim to fame and its historic image in regional lore.
Miss Barbara Mondell, reputedly worth 15 million dollars, married an ex cowboy in Colorado Springs whom she met at his saddle shop. She praised the romance of a drab harness shop over glamorous urban life and favored rugged Westerners over Eastern suitors.
A Colorado Springs tale begins with a New York heiress seeking mountain air and dogs. She meets a harness shop proprietor, a cowboy past, and romance blooms into marriage to a wealthy heiress. The piece playfully notes the shift from shopkeeper to husband and the social odds of rich marriage.
Mrs. Clem Shaver, wife of the Democratic national chairman, warns that if Houston nominates a wet or wobbly candidate, Democratic women will back a separate ticket with a brass band campaign. She cites 1920 and 1924 outcomes and threatens a mass exit unless a dry Democratic ticket is chosen.
C M Risinger of Steep Hollow visited town on business. He noted fine weather for crops and said his corn, begun several weeks ago, is ready to emerge. He plants 30 acres of corn and about 40 acres to cotton, same as last year.
Texas hosts four state fish hatcheries and a single federal hatchery facility. The centers operate under state oversight with one federal site aiding conservation and restoration efforts across the region.
McClures cites Seth Barwise of Fort Worth as a pioneer in aviation aiding Texas. The Houston Post-Dispatch summarizes Reeves McClure's Magazine piece listing Barwise alongside other wealthy youths funding aviation, manufacturing planes, and backing aerial schools.
Abe Barnett of Dallas, captain elect of 1928 Allen Academy football, is likely to win a fourth letter at Bryan school this year. He already holds letters in football basketball and baseball and competes in track. He stands out for football end play, basketball scoring, pitching on the baseball team, and sprinting events, while also balancing scholarship and drama with Curtain Club membership.
The Curtain Club of Allen Academy will present three one act plays at the Palace Theatre on Monday night March 26. The Passing of Chow Chow The Prairie Doll and In the Zone will be performed. Seats are on sale at T K Lawrence Inc. This marks the club's first year of dramatic activity with notable talent.
Texas distributed roughly 20.6 million dollars to public schools last year under an apportionment of 15 dollars per student.
Cooperative turkey marketing shows profit across Texas with several counties reporting substantial gains. Marble Falls polled about 2,500 turkeys sold to the highest bidder yielding roughly 850 dollars over local prices. Baylor county saved 2817 dollars on four cars, Tom Green county netted 10,000 dollars profit on 12 cars, and Runnels county's seven cars netted 6,300 dollars. Farmers run their own dressing plant valued at 5,000 dollars and debt free.
The list of petit jurors summoned for the sixth week of district court in Bryan includes Lewis Shearely Adolph Syptak Sam Parker Leo McNealy Travis Bryan C S Martin H C Gibson Carl Hedtke Forest Jones F E Lichte Marvin Thompson D Mike John A Moore W I McCulloch J H Nash Roland Nunn B F Pool H E Randolph Peter Palasota Lang A Spell Elon Stewart C C Vick D L Weddington W A Withers T B Wood I M Weedon Joe Valouch Frank Barnes Lon Lock Joe Kaplan Victor Todaro Willis Edge W O Sanders Ed Schram Dan Scoates and Lee Wilson.
The scene in Bryan features dogwood blossoms white and pink fruit trees in full bloom including redwood trees and fire bush in brilliant color. Bridal wreath bushes burst into bloom as yards awaken with early spring beauty across the city.
Preparations for the Self Evangelistic services under Free Baptist church direction begin April 1. Rev M L Hollis, J L Edge and Rev J J Tatum secured a large 1500 seat tent in Waco. About 4000 wheat harvesters operate in Texas fields alongside smaller machines.
Texas state mining data shows mineral production valued near 30 million dollars each year, covering multiple mineral types and contributing to local economies across several counties.
Bryan and Brazos County chamber holds talks on securing a 1929 East Texas Chamber of Commerce meeting. D. L. Wilson presides. committees discuss health driven rodent control campaign, fire department needs, road signs, and outreach to Dallas and Denison chambers.
The Woman's Missionary Society of the First Methodist met in groups Monday afternoon. Group 1 at Mrs. Geo. W. Barnes added a new member and discussed The Call of the Red Man. Group 2 at Mrs. J. B. Stevenson studied Arcadian and Negro origins. Group 6 at Mrs. R. S. Marshall reported 111 chapters read, 24 visits, and $13.13 in treasury with lessons on Mountain Whites. Group 4 at Mrs. W. H. Cole explored The Highlanders of Appalachia with a group motto shared. Group 5 at Mrs. E. C. Harder had devotional led by Mrs. R. M. Dansby and lesson by Mrs. Mary Shelburne. next Monday at the church.
Adams R M Dansty C R Gardner E C Harder W R Cline Louis Batte Jim Darwin Mary Shelburne and W W Solomon appear in an archival snippet. The fragment preserves a roster of individuals with no accompanying context or event details.
Miss Marie Elizabeth Webb daughter of Mr and Mrs KK S Webb Jr has been chosen sponsor for the Allen Academy band for 1928. The honor signifies the highest student body accolade and she posed in an Allen Academy coat sap browne belt and cap as photos were taken for the Full Pack annual.
The Bry an Methodist women prepare a Sunday evening pageant titled Americas Obligation at the First Methodist Church. The educational and inspirational pageant concludes a missionary culture period in Southern Methodism and invites public attendance.
In Austin early Sunday a masked robber held up and robbed the University of Texas German club dance cashier at K of P Hall. About 350 dollars were taken. No arrest had been made by nightfall.
Mr and Mrs W R Scott have sold their Hillcrest home and moved to the Sidney cottage on South College road. The change announces their residence shift and new address in the local area.
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