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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1937
Page
1
The piece attacks what it calls insincerity and mendacity in the current political debate over the Supreme Court reconstruction. It argues that opposing forces from the last election now oppose the President again, with mention of Al Smith Liberty League and Eastern Democratic Industrialists.
Bryan J T Moore came in from the Brazos valley to trade in Bryan during the day. Homer Barnett, after being a patient at Wilkerson Memorial clinic, is getting along splendidly and was taken this morning to his home at Edge. Mrs. Joe Taylor near Normangee is very ill and relatives have been called to her bedside, her brother Private William Birg arriving from Fort Sam Houston.
Mrs Jurlean Olivia Lipscomb aged 81 died after weeks of illness at her daughter Floyd Smiths home on East 27th street. A longtime Brazos county resident she was born near Marshall October 16 1855, daughter of Wade C Moseley a pioneer of the Brazos region. Moseleys Ferry founder Wade C Moseley operated the ferry for over 60 years. Continued on Page 3.
News reaches Bryan of the passing of Newell Ramsey at age 32. He was the only son of Rev. and Mrs. P T Ramsey and brother of Mrs. Katherine Blackwell and Mrs. John Caldwell. After illness in New York and a move to Calvert, he died at his parents home. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Ramsey home followed by burial in Bryan City Cemetery.
Brazos County commissioners adjourned to approve a contract with Pritchard and Abbott of Fort Worth to collect delinquent taxes totaling about 70 000 dollars. The firm would earn 12 1 2 percent of collections if penalties and interest reach that share. otherwise only penalties and interest. The panel discussed publishing a delinquent tax list but did not decide. They also granted ex officio salaries to two local officials and approved a county health budget for April to June, with funding from state, local chambers, and county. The First National Bank was chosen as two year depository for all funds.
J. W. Shugart Jr. of Shugart Chevrolet, J. B. Munns and M. W. Estill led a group of about 300 Chevrolet distributors and sales managers to a Houston zone meeting on Wednesday. They aimed to lay plans for a spring campaign in the region.
L A Machemehl and wife arrive in Bryan to assume duties with the Resettlement Administration. He is a Texas A and M College graduate of 1930 and succeeds J E Box, now transferred to Kaufman. They search for an apartment to begin work without delay.
Crystal Night Club shut briefly on Wednesday following court judgments secured years earlier against Lee Sausley Sam Sausley and Tony Sausley by M Bonneville.
Rear Admiral Richard P. Hobson, famed for the sinking of the Merrimac at Havana harbor, died suddenly of a heart attack aged 66 in New York. He had just left home for his office, and he received the retired pay of 4500 dollars annually with his promotion to rear admiral on the 36th anniversary of the Merrimac sinking.
A report to County Judge J. M. Ferguson shows commodities and clothing valued at about 50,265 dollars given to Brazos County residents over the past year. Food totals include 15,797 cans of meat and 38,538 pounds of flour, with fruits and dairy also listed. Clothing distributions cover thousands of items across children, infants, men, women, and household textiles.
A Texas Agricultural Experiment Station bulletin reports field exposure harms cotton grade strength and color. Temple cotton fared best, Lubbock worst. after a month in the field strength fell 4 percent, 14 percent after 33 weeks, with one grade drop each week and notable monetary losses.
Mit Dansby chairs the Finance and Membership committee as the Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce previews a record 10 925 dollar budget. President George G Chance and Mrs Chance host about 75 officers and guests at the Bryan Country Club for committee objectives and a sidewalk campaign plan by A M Waldrop Jr and city development.
Mrs Frances Bienski aged 52 died at home five miles south of Bryan after a week illness. Funeral services are set for Tuesday morning at 9 45 at the relatives home on west 24th street and at 10 o clock at St Josephs Catholic Church with Rev J B Gleissner officiating. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Catholic cemetery. Pallbearers will be S P I S T Bryan lodge members. She is survived by husband Albert and seven children John P J Dan Leon William Helen and Dorothy Bienski.
Mrs. Ella Hudspeth King widow of W A King dies at St Josephs Hospital at 9 AM after a coughing spell rupturing a brain vessel. Born October 11 1883 in Batos County she lived in Bryan most of her life leaving two daughters Mrs Carl Darnell and Mrs Seth Taylor and her husband plus her mother stepfather brother and four grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 3 PM from Dr R C Dunns home with Rev E Sterl Phinney and Dr W H Andrew officiating under Moe Culloch Dansby Co. Interment Bryan City Cemetery. Pallbearers named Seth Taylor Carl Darnell Dr R C Dunn Brad Haygood C P Foster W W Hall.
Tom Field secretary of the Brazos Valley Cotton Cooperative association and J R McCrary president left last Sunday for New Orleans to join a three day directors meeting of the American Cotton Cooperative association.
City firemen and their guests enjoyed a hearty chicken barbecue at the Parker dining room. Chief C. E. Griesser led a lively program with remarks, as Mayor O S Johnson and City Manager R G Williams praised the department. Miss Aline Williams performed two piano numbers.
The Brazos County Rural library will deploy a book wagon within a month. Shugart Chevrolet Company won the truck contract and Clark Body and Woodward Company will build the wagon with 1400 volumes capacity. It will visit rural schools biweekly year round, with central distribution points after the school term ends. Children will check out books directly rather than via teachers.
Mrs Will Nedbalek and Mrs Ole Martinsen announce the Legion Auxiliary dinner to be served Saturday March 20 at the K C Hall from 11 a m to 2 p m A chicken dinner will raise funds for the general fund directed to community service and child welfare The auxiliary promises prompt service and ample seating to avoid waiting and asks for continued patronage.
N L McCullough, a clerk in the College Station post office, has been named assistant postmaster effective March. The appointment was made by the First Assistant Postmaster General.
The March meeting of the Brazos County Red Cross Chapter executive committee will be held Thursday March 18 at 9 30 am in the chapter secretary office City Hall Bryan. Chairman M L Cashion requests full attendance.
Special committee findings faulted tax assessor collector office for a 2391.90 shortage and irregular reports. overdraft in county funds near 90000 with 50000 in the past year. It urged proper internal controls, weekly deposits, and audits plus questioned WPA project spending without taxpayer approval.
Harry Jenkins and Joe Kaplan, Bryan locals, indicted for gaming by Brazos county grand jury which gave its final report to Judge W C Davis. Jenkins posted bond. Kaplan still at large. Three other indictments returned, two felonies pending arrests. The gaming charges carry up to a $50 fine.
Knox Blackwood local manager of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company service store returned Saturday noon from Akron Ohio where he had been since last week attending a school for branch store managers.
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