College Station Cotton Festival names court attendants
Nearly a score of Bryan and College Station young women have been named as attendants for the Centennial Cotton Festival at Texas A and M College on April 3. The roster includes many local students and representatives from Texas colleges and universities, with a royal court featuring kings, queens, and maids of honor. The pageant opens with a Southern negro manry and children, followed by school groups, escorts, and a floor show with music and dance. Decorations are by George H Brummerhop and George TH Pletcher Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
College Station
Mar
Texas A. & M. College
King and Queen
R. L. Huckabee
Holland
Nelle Bone
Fort Worth
Texas State College For Women
Ruth Beard
Imogene Webb
Philena Darrow
Dorothy Gunter
Margaret Carell
Velma Newton
Polly Pierson
Imogene Ballerstedt
Elizabeth Ann Bradley
Frances Darnell
Anne Seale
Alice Saunders
Mildred Garvin
Anne Earie
Edith Thomas
Ruth Taubenhaus
Downs Killough
Helen Miller
Sara Elen Cofer
Eleanor Jackson
Dallas
Pauline Harris
Elgin
Dawn Paulua
Yoakum
Royal Court
Jacqueline Noelke
San Angelo
Dorothy Shaw
San Antonio
Ruth Barns
Bell County
Kathrine Lee
Houston
Betty Jane Miller
Abilene
Virginia Bruner
Amarillo
Bonnie
Beth Reading
el Paso
Dorothy Marie Sramek
Prazos County
Maud Wallace
Alice Kathrine Kepple
Ft. Worth
Mary Louise Westbrook
Waco
Josephine Dickens
Austin
Lois Atkinson
Texas Christian University
Virginia Crews
University of Texas
Genevieve McInroe
Brownwood
Daniel Baker College
Helen Frank Barnes
Our Lady of the Lake
Marjorie Nitze
Rice Institute
Lillian Bell
Kingsville
Texas
Nell Shivers
Crockett
Southwestern University
la Vera Burr
Huntsville
Sam Houston State Teachers College
Helen Finke
Shreveport
Centenary College
Navasota Chamber of Commercce
May Moore
Ernest Moon
Virginia Self
George H. Brummerhop
Seabrook
George TH. Pletcher, Jr
Harlinren
Woman From Bryan Plans Azalea Trail Visit
Mrs. C A Searcy of Bryan visits Mobile Alabama to join Mr and Mrs George S Bushong for a trip along the Azalea Trail. The Mobile azalea display peaks in early March and lasts four to five weeks, drawing visitors from around the world to view vast colorful blooms amid ancient live oaks and Camellias.
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C.A. Searcy
Hattiesburg
Miss
George S. Bushong
Mobile
Orient
France
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Townsend Plan Absurdity and Slant From W J Coulter
The piece critiques W J Coulter's reductio ad absurdum of the Townsend old age pension plan. It claims his math leaves only about one million workers to bear a $200 monthly burden, implying the plan is impossible. It presents his population breakdown and tax-exemption assumptions as flawed.
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Townsend
W. J. Coulter
Bryan
Mr. Coulter
Centennial Pecan Planted At Travis School
Bryan P T A workers and guests held a special program to plant a historic pecan in the Travis school yard. The event followed a Capitol ceremony where saplings grown from a pecan planted by General Sam Houston a century ago were being transferred to Texas soil, with Mrs. D. L. Wilson leading grounds and beautification efforts.
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Bryan
Parent-Teacher Association
Travis
State Capitol
Sam Houston
Texas
D. L. Wilson
Travis School Parent Teacher Association
General Sam Houston Texas Centennial Pecans Planted in Brazos County
Horticulturist Martinus H Stoughaard presented a small tree at Huntsville to Mrs Wilson of Bryan as part of a centennial program. About 2000 trees grown from the parent tree planted by Gen Houston have been transplanted. The ceremony Monday at 2 PM placed the roots in Brazos County soil with care from the Travis Parent-Teacher Association.
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Martinus H. Stoughaard
Houston
Huntsvilles
Brazos County
Women of
Travis
Parent-Teacher Association
Fire guts home on West 27th street
A fire of undetermined origin consumed the residence of John Phillips on West 27th street early Sunday. No family members were at home when the blaze broke out.
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John Phillips
West 27Th Street
Work Resumes on Ursuline Ave Sewer Project
Sewer work restarted Monday on the Ursuline avenue project funded by the WPA. Concrete was poured in the excavation and other tasks resumed after a layoff late last week.
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Ursuline Ave
Notable Texan Dr Minnie Maffett to Speak at Inter Relations Banquet
Dr Minnie L Maffett a leader in Business and Professional Women in Texas will address the Inter-Relations banquet of the Bryan and College Station club on March 31. A physician and educator she has held numerous roles from associate professor of gynecology at Baylor Medical College Dallas to national health chairman for BPW.
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Minnie L. Maffett
Texas State Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Bryan
College Station
Dr. Maffett
Texas
Sam Houston State Teacher's College
University of Texas
University of Chicago
University of Texas Medical College
Galveston
Baylor Medical College
Dallas
Baylor Hospital
Parkland Hospital
Southern Methodist University
Central Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Texas Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
American College of Surgeons
Ninth District P T A Convention Set at Bryan
About 500 members from the Ninth Texas district will attend the 12th annual P T A convention in Bryan April 2 and 3 at First Baptist church. Bryan hosts include Mrs. P S Mangum general chair and speaker Meantime program features speeches by Bryan and College leaders, a Texas Centennial banquet, and a varied schedule of meetings, music, and reports.
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Parent-Teacher
Ninth Texas
Bryan
First Baptist Church
Bryan P.T. A
P. S. Mangum
Travis
Lee J. Rountree
W. H. Andrew
O. S. Johnson
George ‘G. Chance
E. S. Bledsoe
Travis School
Daniel Russell
Thomas Gordon Watts
Bryan Country Club
Sbisa Hall
Texas A. and
M. College
S. W. Bissing
T. C. Walton
Bryan Or
College
T. W. Leland
Tom and Mary Leland
Dan Russell
Bledsoe
First Christian Church
E. H. Marek
Inez Brantner
H. F. Saunders
Hadyn
J. A. Baker
Rosse
J. R. Bender
Houston
John Maxwell
Waco
E. H. Becker
H. R. Floeckinger
Taylor
Pagene Kellner
Harry Wood
J. L. McA
Ninth District
S. W. Bilsing
Tom and
Mary Leland
Wm. H. Parsons
Yoakum
T. O. Walton
A. and M. College
Roy Levy
Jack Gillum
W. F. Hasskarl
W. T. Corby
Eugene Key
C. C., Smith
Fred Porter
Temple
Robbins
Athens
Celia Moore
Austin
State Health Department
Roundup of Event Schedule at Local Church Conference
Friday program lists sessions led by Mrs. I D Ellis and Dr T G Watts with local unit reports and talks by Prof Dan Russell and Mr S M Brown. Highlights include Mexican children music directed by Miss Phillipa Stoneham and a curriculum changes discussion. Lunch cost 35 cents.
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Torian
Will L Cole
Temple
H. E. Hipps
W. G. Dunhum
Dan Russell
College Station
E. H. Marek
First Baptist Church
I. D. Ellis
Ninth District
T.G. Watts
First Presbyterian Church
Bryan
Phillipa Stoneham
S. M. Brown
Wm. H. Parsons
E. T. Jones
Bartlett
Local Club Committees Listed in Detail
Committees named with chairmen from Belton San Gabriel China Springs Georgetown Lampasas and other towns covering reports standards year books publicity records posters hand crafts and courtesy resolutions. Members include Mrs. Potts Mrs. Pf Survant Mrs. Kennedy and many others across multiple communities.
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JF. Pf. Survant
San Gabriel
Lynn Kennedy
China Springs
R. J. Kidd
Georgetown
N. B. Taylor
Lampasas
Paul Murphey
Waco
Fred Smith
Calvert
M. Q. Stapp
Andice
B. M. Mahler
Heidenheimer
E. E
van Slagle
Taylor
Coke Mills
Speegieville
L. C. Proctor
Temple
W. ©. Collins
W. C. Crain
Franklin
E. W. Roberts
Bremond
C. A. Crawford
Troy
Nancy Lee Ellis
Bertram
Sam McCord
Mexia
E. T. Jones
Bartlett
Chairman
E. D. Johnston
Belton
Lee Peebles
Killeen
J. F. Baker
Auto wheel thefts hit two homes Saturday night
Thieves visited J. B. Priddy and Martin McCain homes Saturday night and took three wheels and casings. Two white wheels with Lee casings were stolen from a car at the Priddy residence and one wheel with a U. S. Royal casing was taken from the McCain car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Priddy
Martin McCain
John Rice
Priddy
U. S
Local Marriage Licenses Listed
A. C. Bethke wed Aline Horton in a marriage license record. Manilus Mitchell connected with Little Mae Walker. Sherman Turner joined Stella Mae Goddon. William Thomas Howard married Mary Frances Ely.
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Manilus Mitchell
Little Mae Walker
Sherman Turner
Stella Mae Goddon
William Thomas Howard
Mary Frances Ely
Dansbys Pointers Win First Prizes In Trials Sunday
Dansbys Pointers owned by Norman Dansby of Bryan won first in both the puppy and open all age stakes at the Brazos County Game Association shooting dog field trials at Everett Machin farm east of Bryan. About 40 to 50 dogs competed with entrants from Brazos Grimes Leon Robertson and Burleson counties. Prizes donated by about 20 Bryan merchants. Sponsors praised interest and plan to make it annual.
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Norman Dansby
Bryan
Brazos
Nell Bede
Pointer
E. G. Webb
Anderson
Hawk
Ace
Kay Hassell
Ben Bede
FE. G. Webb
Mike
Jack
Hervey Weddington
Winnie Mae
W. FH. Womble
Caldwell
Jim
F. D. Vance
Grimes
Leon
Robertson
Burleson
Charlie Oliver
Tom Field
Calvert
J A Gandy of Rock Prairie Visits Bryan on Monday
J A Gandy of Rock Prairie was a Monday afternoon business visitor in Bryan.
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J. A. Gandy
Rock Prairie
Bryan
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B.C
Buck) Thomas
Ralph W. Barry
George P. Edge
A. S. Ware
George B. Butler
Guy Harris
Frank Worsham
Raymond P. Todd
J. A. Rychlik
Will Conrad
Fred A. Wehrman
Sam Salvaggio
R. Pat Patterson
J. M. Moore
Claude A. Buchanan
Dor Constable
R. G
Buddy) Knowles
Jim G. Welch
Dave Jolly
P.T.A
Fire Guts Home
Minnie L. Mafpett
Wm. H. Andrew
O. §. Johnson
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R. L. Henderson
Palls
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Brenham
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W. C. Collins
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N. R. Smith
Travis Parent-Teacher Association
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Dansby’s
We & Si
Remedy Co
Star Brand
Acalla
Bennett
Bryan Cotton Oil and Fertilizer
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