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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1937
Page
3
Bryan city schools superintendent S M Brown attends a Texas State Teachers' Association executive board meeting in Austin. Numerous local residents travel to nearby cities for visits, family gatherings, and errands, including trips to San Antonio Fort Worth Waco and Beaumont.
Rev. R. E. Day announces resignation as pastor of the First Baptist Church of Big Spring effective April 15 to accept a call from the First Baptist Church of Port Arthur. He has served Big Spring since November 1930 and held major offices in state Baptist work.
A short notice notes Black cardpoara availability from the Eagle Printing Co with partial text and unclear details. The fragment suggests a printing or card service context without full information.
Miss Billie Mae Marburger daughter of Mr and Mrs B D Marburger of College Station has been chosen by the College Utility Club as their representative duchess for the Cotton Pageant at A and M College on April 2. She attends the University of Texas at Austin and will return to College Station to appear in the pageant. Her escort is Jack Tooms of Dallas a senior at A and M College this year.
The medical examiner Dr. B. U. Sims was exonerated of fault in a fatal auto collision about two years ago. Judge W. C. Davis ruled Tuesday in two damage suits against Mrs. B. U. Sims as administratrix, with a non suit in a third case filed in Houston federal court. Damages of 20 000 were sought in each decided case, while attorneys represented both sides and the plaintiff filings noted.
Rev. and Mrs. E. Sterl Phinney of the Free Will Baptist church in Bryan will leave the United States late August or early September for Japan to begin missionary service. Their Bryan pastorate ends with their resignation accepted Wednesday. They plan to leave Bryan May 1 for pre trip preparations and later return to Marion Indiana before departing for Japan.
Dr. S. C. Richardson returned Thursday night from Dallas where he attended the ninth annual meeting of the Dallas Southern Clinical Medical Society. The sessions ran Monday through Thursday at the Adolphus hotel with over 1000 physicians and surgeons in attendance. Richardson says the final meeting was the best of the nine.
Local newspaper invites businesses and individuals to place classified advertisements in the Eagle. Ad slots highlight affordable rates and quick publication for weekly listings, notices, and sales.
The Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce Public Health and Fire Prevention committees plan a county wide mosquito cleanup in the week of April 5 with joint college participation. City services will add an extra trash truck and effort targets include cans, old casings, tall grass, weeds, and general debris to combat mosquitoes and fire hazards.
Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Reppert hosted Mrs. W. C. Swearer, once in Korea with Reppert for educational and church work. The trio last met in 1918 when Swearer visited the Repperts, then again in Bryan for a brief pleasant visit before Swearer headed to New York for a speaking tour with a group.
Mrs Swearer connected with a nation wide program for the Northern Methodist Board and will visit churches in New Jersey during late March through April and May.
E J Howell announced Rev Ervin Jackson spoke at a Bryan Lions meeting. Easter egg hunt for school children is set for Saturday at Sue Haswell Memorial Park with Boy Scouts help and prize eggs donated by about fifty merchants. prize eggs hidden among colored eggs awarded to finders. Miss Mildred Salley sang. luncheon quarters update announced. next meeting location to be decided. M F Jaccard of Ball Manufacturing Co was guest. attendance prize won by E J Howell. Luke Patranella invited club members children to Easter egg hunt near Karper residence College area.
Lillian Quillian, bed room demonstrator of the Smetana 4-H girls club, says mix clear varnish with paint for iron beds. She notes the varnish helps the paint stick after initial difficulty. Quillian competes in the County 4-H Bedroom contest.
Readers can obtain 9x12 large envelopes at the Eagle Printing Jo for filing and mailing needs. The note emphasizes convenient availability at the local printing shop.
District court Wednesday afternoon fined Mrs. Joe Fazzino one hundred dollars and costs for possession of whiskey for sale without a license. State and local officers seized liquor and found a hidden 50 gallon still operated by Willie Robinson on the Leonard road. Seven barrels of mash were destroyed. Robinson, previously convicted in Brazos county court, faces federal trial in Houston. Officers also dumped about three gallons of whiskey at the county jail and closed the White Elephant beer hall for lack of a valid license.
Bryan friends learned with regret of the death of Mrs. Will Lott at age 60 of Navasota after a Dallas hospital stay for treatment. The body was sent to Navasota, where funeral services occurred at 3 PM and interment followed in the Navasota cemetery. She was a niece of the late D. C. DeMaret and had visited the family in DeMaret. Octavia DeMaret and Maude Hunter attended the services.
The executive committee of the local Red Cross met at City Hall with Rt Rev J B Gleissner presiding in the chair as M L Cashion was absent due to a family illness. The Home Service and First Aid reports showed multiple cases and ongoing classes including Girl Scouts and WPA supervisory personnel. Plans for Kurten highway First Aid, Brazos county life saving efforts and disaster relief staffing were announced with April visits by Roger Plaisted. Allen Academy received thanks for clothing contributions.
Firemen fought a Saturday blaze that destroyed Frank Sacula's home at 29th and Sterling with total loss including furnishings partly insured. A Sunday morning fire caused minor roof damage to a church at 19th and Houston, with cause under investigation.
Black cardboard display featuring six pig figures sized 22 by 28 inches listed with Eagle Printing Co. as the producer.
Word arrived of the death of Mrs. E H Peters a life long Calvert resident and wife of E H Peters prominent planter. Burial Thursday in Calvert cemetery followed Epiphany Episcopal church service with Bishop Clinton S Quin of Houston officiating. She leaves her mother Mrs P C Gibson husband and a son E H Peters Jr a Texas A and M student.
Denton March 18 Miss Zula Holland of College Station was named to the committee in charge of the Intercollegiate Swimming Meet at Texas State College for Women in Denton. Fourteen colleges will send representatives for events on April 1. Holland, daughter of Mr and Mrs H T Holland, is a junior pursuing a physical education degree.
An appropriation of 5 956 dollars to rebuild six timber drainage structures on the Old San Antonio road between Benchley and the Navasota River was voted Thursday by the Texas Highway Commission.
Joe Congelosa pleaded guilty to possession of liquor for sale without a license after a Tuesday raid by state and local officers. Judge W. C. Davis fined him $100 and costs. More than 30 bottles of bonded whiskey and gin were confiscated.
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