Bryan Chamber Plans Luncheon for Houston Visitors
Business men meet at the Southern Pacific station at 11:05 to greet Houston visitors during a noon luncheon at their own expense. W. G. Morrison of REA outlines a Brazos County rural map and future power plans while Lois of the chamber honors Capt. W. K. Saunders.
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Houston
Texas
Southern Pacific
W. G. Morrison
Rural Electrification Administration
Chamber of Commerce
Brazos County
REA
Washington
Morrison
George G. Chance
Capt. W. K. Saunders
J. W. Howell
W. S. Barron
J. H. Conway
D. L. Wilson
Navasota
Masta Texas Agricultural Exhibit Committee
East Texas
Dallas
Drue Moore
East Texas Organization
John D. Rogers
Fort Worth
Amarillo
Louisiana
Bryan
Galveston
Bryan Cannery
WPA
Rural Resettlement Administration
C. M. Harvin
J. S. Box
A. P. Swallow
George A. Adams
S. M. Brown
J. S. Caldwell
J. F. Casey
George G. Chancé
J. Webb Howell
Jno
New Federal Accounting and Disbursing Program in Texas
Decentralized auditing and disbursing units in Washington transfer staff to College Station. Expected peak personnel reach about 350 at College Station within three to four weeks. Clerical work at headquarters to begin six to eight weeks later. Alabama A and M College builds a temporary facility for new program activities. Miss March B. Norvell oversees the federal disbursing office from San Antonio and arrives with assistants to set up by March 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Texas
College Station
Williamson
A. and
M. College
Treasury Department
March B. Norvell
San Antonio
Miss Norvell
Serum Laboratory
Winds of reform urged to free labor from economic chains
The column recalls past racial and financial oppression in the South and argues for labor rights and independence from industrial or financial slavery. It cites Ku Klux acts, Scottsboro justice, and a banker’s pressure, urging collective action toward political and economic responsibility in an enlightened society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Renfro
Gulf Coast
Scottsboro
Builders rush on new homes fueling historic boom
The article notes rapid construction across Kurten Midway Oakwood and College Bryan areas. Homes by John H. Sones W M Potts W C Vanderworth L L Fouraker L S Paine and others advance in American and Colonial styles. The boom, largest in years, spans several neighborhoods and plans for six room houses.
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Kurten
John H. Sones
Midway
W. M. Potts
Oakwood
W. C. Vanderworth
College Road
Jess Shelton
L. L. Fouraker
L. S. Paine
Dr. C. C. Doak
Charles Moore
College and
Bryan
Historical Contest Opens Friday for Texas History
General Foods launches a Texas history contest open to all Texans with 5000 dollars in prizes. The contest runs nine weeks with six Post cereals heavily advertised in the Bryan Daily Eagle. Details available from dealers or by writing General Foods Dallas district office.
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General Foods
Bryan Daily Eagle
Eagle
County Board Studies Child Welfare Plan Monday
Brazos county welfare board met at the courthouse with County Judge J M Ferguson City Manager R G Williams and Mrs M Bethany to review a Federal Social Security act based plan. A total of 4000 dollars would be available with 2000 from the federal government 1200 from the state and 800 from the community to fund field work and welfare operations. The plan would allocate 1200 dollars for direct work while 2800 dollars would cover salaries office costs and vehicle expenses. Duties include ensuring school attendance for children of school age proper support for separated families placement of deaf dumb and blind children and enrollment of feeble minded and crippled children in appropriate state institutions and possible vocational training. Opinions on county action were withheld and some questioned local financial burden. The meeting adjourned without action and doubt lingered whether Brazos County would initiate welfare work this year. Welfare board members include Dan Russell Mrs B D Marburger Mrs G E Madeley Mrs Jack T Johnson Mrs J L Brock Dr W H Andrew and Dr T T Walton.
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Brazos
Ferguson
Mr. Williams
County Commissioners Court
City Commission
Brazos County
Welfare Board
Dan Russell
B. D. Marburger
College Station
G. E. Madeley
Jack T. Johnson
American Legion Auxiliary
J. L. Brock
W. H. Andrew
T. T. Walton
Easter Egg Hunt and Amateur Shows Planned by Lions
Bryan Lions members voted to stage the annual Easter Egg Hunt for Brazos county children with a committee led by J. C. Goldsmith and several assistants arranging hundreds of dozen eggs for the event likely to be held Saturday April 11 at Sue Haswell Memorial Park. A separate committee under Gordon Stover will plan a series of amateur shows with Stover and assistants meeting at the La Salle hotel Thursday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan Lions Club
Brazos County
J. C. Goldsmith
M. E. Adams
W. E B. Paulson
F. A. Burt
A. C. Sanders
Sue Haswell Memorial Park
Gordon Stover
Stover
J. D. Benson
Frank J. Boriskie
H. E. Burgess
FE. J. Howell
Carl T. Sprague
S. M. Brown
Fred Hale
R. C. Franks
R. A. Booth
Roy Danforth
la Salle Hotel
J. D. Baskin
State American Legion
Cameron
Webb Buchanan
Post
Baskin
Washington, D. C
Robert I. Bray
McAllen
Lions Club
Fort Worth detectives recover items linked to Ta tum and Patranella cases
Norwood aided by Fort Worth detectives locates a house and recovers property taken from the Tum home. A revolver stolen from the Patranella home was found in a pawnshop. Officers and constables plan further searches of negro houses as investigations continue.
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Fort Worth
Tatum
Patranella
T. K. Tillis
Horace Reed
D. D. Jolly
A. A. Warren
Cc. C. Carmichael
Olen Faircloth
Norwood
Local Happenings and Illness Sweep Through Benchley
Benchley residents report visits from Commissioner John Moss and others as sand storms afflict gardens. Flu and injuries strike families including Lightsey, Bowman, Haltom, and Sikes. Angell and Angeli prominent in college life before a fatal Navasota hospital death. A Red Cross First Aid station planned near Bryan amid a fatal truck attack investigation in Hempstead involving Ross and Boss.
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John Moss
Hearne
Gus Bade
Fort Worth
Grace Lightsey
Huntsville
Jona Underwood
Anderson
G. B. Bowman
Hugh Rice
Calvert
Gould Lightsey
Maurice
Buddy
Margarite Bowman
Forrest Haltom
Sam Rice, Jr
Franklin
Donald Haltom
Frank Deason
Bryan
Miller
Luther Peyton
Johnnie Peyton
Baby
Bremond
Ellie Sikes
W. L. Sikes
Harvey Baptist services draw large crowds
Regular Sunday services at Harvey Baptist church drew large crowds. Miss Louise Arrington underwent an appendectomy at Wilkerson Memorial Clinic last Thursday. Bobby Joe Carrington welcomed as a new baby son to Mr. and Mrs. George Cargill. Several local residents visited relatives in Bryan and Encinal, with multiple family gatherings noted throughout the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. BE. Carrington
Harvey Baptist Church
Louise Arrington
Wilkerson Memorial Clinic
George Cargill
Bobby Joe
Anita
Louise Hensatling
Bryan
A. C. Williams
G. R. Blanton
R. E. Blanton
Encinal
Little Jean McCullough
W. R. McCullough
FE. A. Hensarling
Clifford
Kelley
O. W. Kelley
I. N. Kelley
H. L. Weedon
S. B. Pate
Helen
Betty Nelle
E. A. Hensarling
C. F
Harvey 4 H Club Girls Hold Meeting
Mrs Alma Metcalfe home demonstration agent met with Harvey community 4 H club girls at the school house Saturday at 9 o clock. They displayed pillows discussed bedrooms and gardens and viewed improved bedroom pictures. Each girl prepared a daily menu and plans were made for a mattress cover demonstration at the next meeting on the third Saturday in April. Mrs N C Cole sponsor assisted with pillows and menus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Metcalfe
Harvey
Metcalfe
N. C. Cole
Funeral Services For J Elmo Angell Held In Denton
College Station reports the death of J Elmo Angell manager of student publications at Texas A and M after a Sunday morning automobile crash between Hempstead and Navasota. Funeral planned for 4 pm in Denton with friends from College Station traveling to attend.
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Hempstead
Angell
Navasota
Hensel
J. J. Woolker
Bryan
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Woolker
Oakwood Realty Company
Bryan Lions Club
Blue Lodge
M. Angeli
Denton Record Chronicle
Angel
Denton
College Station
Mar
J. Elmo Angell
Texas A. & M. College
Albert Slaying Crime Of Youth Known In Bryan
Vince Ross, a well dressed 20 year old from Houston, confessed to murdering his friend R W Albert, Brenham cheese salesman. He was charged with murder and held without bond. He described striking Albert with a piece of pipe and slitting his throat, then placing the body in a refrigerator compartment of a truck bound for Houston. The truck was found on Shepherd drive near the Buffalo Bayou bridge. Albert’s body was discovered there.
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Houston
Shepherd Drive
Harris
Washington Avenue
Langdon
Houston Force
Ross
Albert
Hempstead
Bryan
Boss
Brazos County
Mar
Vince Ross
R. W. Albert
Brenham
Tom Harris
Fairbanks
Shepherd
Buffalo Bayou Bridge
H. Hirsch
Kraft-Phenix Company
Ben Milam
Truch
Elizabeth Watts Honored Among UT Austin Honor Students
Miss Elizabeth Watts of Bryan daughter of Dr and Mrs Thomas Gordon Watts is named among 664 honor students at the University of Texas during the past semester. Also listed are Hearne students Miss Alice Elizabeth Alexander Richard Henry Ballinger and Henry Calvin Guynes and two Navasota students Misses Lucille Nemir and Virginia M Moore.
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Elizabeth Watts
Bryan
Thomas Gordon Watts
College of Arts and Sciences
University of Texas
H. T. Parlin
Hearne
Alice Elizabeth Alexander
Richard Henry Ballinger
Henry Calvin Guynes
Navasota
Lucille Nemir
Virginia M. Moore
Brazos County Farm Meet Aims At County Agriculture Plan
County agents call a March 28 meeting of the county council of agriculture and home demonstration to consolidate community schedules into a county report. The plan seeks farmers and farm women views on trends and needs, including cotton acreage, pasture improvements, soil improvement, and a move toward live at home farming.
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County Council of Agriculture
Home Demonstration Council
Brazos County
Measles Confine Residents on Kings Highway
Community residents are described as confined to bed with the measles. Several local families and visitors are listed as spending weekends with relatives, including travelers from Delia Kansas and Normangee, with numerous names of residents and guests noted. The piece reads as a social notes snippet from a small town newspaper.
Taxes Considered by House Committee on Processing Levy
Washington March 24 The House Ways and Means committee decided to include processing taxes on agricultural and competing products in a report to the full committee as hearings on a 792 million dollar tax program set to begin Monday proceed.
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Washington
Mar
House
Ways and Means
Rhythm Boys to Play for Iola P T A Show
Floyd Murray and his Rhythm Boys from Bryan will furnish the music for the Iola Parent Teacher Association play this Friday night.
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Rhythm Boys
Iola P.T. A
Floyd Murray
Bryan String Orchestra
Iola
Parent-Teacher Association
Judge Davis to Deliver Buffalo Graduation Address
Judge W. C. Davis will deliver the commencement address for Buffalo public schools Friday night May 29. He has accepted the invitation and will travel to Buffalo for the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Davis
John M. Scott
Buffalo Public Schools
Judge Davis
Buffalo
Funeral Thursday for Mrs W M Barnett of North Zulch
Mrs W M Barnett aged over 80 died at 6 30 this morning at her daughter Mrs Luther Adams home in North Zulch Bryan friends received the news Funeral services will be at Willow Hole church Thursday at 2 30 pm with burial in the Willow Hole Cemetery Mrs Ollie Smith daughter from Bryan was at her mother’s side at death
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W. M. Barnett
Luther Adams
North Zulch
Willow Hole
Ollie Smith
Bryan
Play for Rural Library Postponed to April 9
The comedy drama Three-Cornered Moon by a local cast to benefit Brazos county rural circulating library will be shown on Thursday April 9 instead of Tuesday March 31 per county superintendent Mrs W E Neeley.
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Brazos County
W. E. Neeley
Desk blotters 19 by 24 inches from Eagle Printing Co
Quality desk blotters available in red yellow or white finish. Size 19 by 24 inches. Eagle Printing Co. listed as supplier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T the Eagle Printing’ Co
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Bryan Beauty
Ing
General Accounting Office
J. R. McCarl
J. T. Connolly
Peoples Column
Eagle Printing Company
Benchley News
F. W. Huber
Mark Wright
Ed Oeffinger
Ray Davis
Texas U
Brazos County Boys and Girls Club Department
A & M. College
Kings Highway
Normangee
Ed Skubal
A. C. Novosad
POR
Ita
Short and Swagger
Kqwolens
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