Brazos County Farm Club Promotes Contests for Prizes
The Bryan Chamber of Commerce offers prizes for best records in crops with entrants urged to file in promptly. C. A. Schram aims for best acre of oats, cotton, and feed, which could yield about 150 dollars in prizes if he wins all three. Community and county benefit stressed. Lena Banana wins Club Notes report prize. Poultry House plans and garden canning drive feature County Extension and 4-H activities across Brazos County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan Chamber of
C. A. Schram
Lena Banana
Steele's
Lena
Brazos County
Chamber of Commerce
J. J. Flippen
Home Demonstration Club
Walker County
A. Frederick
Steep Hollow Farmer First Contest Entry
A. J. Murray of Steep Hollow becomes Brazos county’s first entrant in the Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce prize contest for farm crops. He enters both corn and cotton with $50 prizes per best acre. Murray’s three children are also involved in club work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J.murray
Steep Hollow
Brazos County
Bryan and Brazos County
Capital Scene: Austin Fire of 1881 Burns State Capitol
A Gray River bulletin notes that the Texas state capitol in Austin burned in 1881, altering the city skyline and prompting inquiries into cause and consequences of the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Capitol
Texas
Austin
March 28 Justice Cries For Mercy In Texas Tragedy
MiLlican Millican laments miscarriage of justice after a brutal Texas crime. She recalls courts failing the victim, calls for law to act, mercy denied to the innocent, and questions chivalry and accountability in Brazos County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millican
Tnis
Brazos County
Grain warehouse fire destroys Tremont property
A grain and hay warehouse owned by M. J. Tremont on I. G. N. tracks burned early this morning. Estimated loss totals 12 000 with no insurance. Tremont estimates 10 000 while Gulf Coast Roofing Co. stock losses reach 2 000. The blaze began around 12 40 and firemen fought smoldering hay and grain until about five o'clock. The cause remains undetermined. A freight car on the tracks also caught fire but was moved away. The 40 by 100 foot single story building had corrugated iron sides and roof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Tremont
Thrift Bank in Travis School Praised by Superintendent
Bryan schools Thrift Bank report shows student deposits totaling 158.08 on Tuesday and a cumulative balance of 1 54 41. Supt H L Durham says the program builds character and thrift as a lasting habit with broad city support and future professional leaders. Australia lifeboat life saving devices are being tested in the southeast region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supt
H. L. Durham
Thrift Savings Bank
Thrift
Travis
P.T. A
Bryan
Durham
Thrift Bank
Josephine Eden
Thrift Bavinge Bank
Easter Egg Hunt Planned by Bryan Lions Club
The Bryan Lions Club outlines a county wide Easter Egg Hunt at Sue Haswell Memorial Park on March 30 at 2 30 pm. A committee will buy and dye 3600 eggs with prizes from local businesses and invites Brazos county residents of all ages to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan Lions Club
Lions Club
Henry Locke
F. D. Fuller
A. S. Ware
R. V. Armstrong
Noah W. Dansby
Tom G. Suber
Bill Wimberg
M. M. Erskine
Jno
Sue Haswell Memorial Park
Bill Wimberly
Brazos County
Local Dairyman Carl Wipprecht Invited to Speak
Carl Wipprecht, a local dairy man and breeder of high grade dairy stock, has been invited by W M Elam, vocational agriculture teacher at Taylor High School, to address the vocational agriculture class on March 28. His talk will be Feeding Dairy Cattle for Production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. J. McDonald
Prospect
Carl Wipprecht
W. M. Elam
Taylor High School
Taylor
Talkies Premier At Palace Draws Large Audience
Residents from Hearne Calvert and nearby towns joined Bryan residents to celebrate the Palace theatre opening for Vitaphone shows. The premier was well attended with the lower floor filled and balcony partly filled. Weather kept some away but reports say the event was a success and acoustics improved the voices in Interference and Vita phone vaudeville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hearne
Calvert
Bryan
Palace Theatre
Vitaphone Vaudeville
Vitaphone
Tyler Haswell Visits Stone Mountain Gift
Tyler Haswell traveled with the Republican delegation from Texas to Washington for President Hoover’s inauguration and paused in Atlanta to view Stone Mountain. The desk item includes a four pound paper weight and a granite fragment from the Confederate Memorial carved on site. The blue grey stone gleams with glistening bits and a photo of the sculpture graces the weight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stone Mountain
Atlanta
Tyler Haswell
Texas
Wash
Herbert Hoover
Representative Ewing Returns from Austin
Mr and Mrs R B Ewing arrived here Friday after sine die adjournment of the forty first legislature. The representative served Rob ertson county faithfully during the sixty day session and opened to constituents views while in Austin. Fort Worth Star Telegram Franklin Texan mentions his commendable service and reception of constituents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Ewing
Austin
Ewing
Robertson County
Franklin Texan
County Winners In Spelling and Essay Contests
Final results of the county Interscholastic League spelling and essay contests announced by E. M. Walls. Awards go to Harvey, Millican, Bowie, Travis, and Bryan area schools with students earning top honors and perfect papers. Certificates await those with perfect spelling and essay papers sent to Austin.
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Bowie
Morris Schulman
Holmes Bros
Queen Theatre
Annie Ruth Ware
Lillie Kaplan
Frances Chance
Ina Mae McGee
Jo-Anna Tatman
Mattie Lee Wright
Victoria Kosarek
Pauline Thueman
Margaret Pasler
Jeanetta McWilliams
Alice Hamilton
Dovie Elliott
Alfred Schulman
Arthur Stewart
Henry Litt
Edwin Beard
C. M. Bethany
Dorothy Ettle
Elizabeth Suber
Susie Benbow
Norene Brown
Edna Harris
Nina Henry
Margaret Abel
E. M. Walls
Millican
Margaret Smith
Samuel Milton Dunlap
Harvey
Horace Barron
Anita Hensarling
Steele’s Store
Gertrude Barnett
Frances Noto
Peggy Campbell
Travis
Helen Miller
Mildred John
Ward
Edge
Mable Still
Gladys Barnett
Ruth Beard
Louise Cash
Bryan High School
Frances Thomas
Frances Branch
M. Consolidated
Marquez Ehlinger
Ruth Carroll
Tab
Margaret Benson
Travis Elemetary School
Automobile Revolver Accident Kills Texas Man
A Texas man was killed when a revolver kept beneath his car seat exploded while he sat on it, underscoring the dangers of carrying firearms.
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Texas
Honor Roll and A Club Pupils in Bryan Schools Named
School heads named students on the Bryan honor roll and A Club for six weeks. The lists include Travis and Bowie campuses with multiple gradations from High First to Low Seventh, plus Freshmen to Seniors in the High School honor rolls and A Club.
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Bryan
Travis
Odom
Emily Adams
Harold Bartz
Hannah Budaly
Charlotte Fern
McDonald
Virginia Bosque
Travis Nelson
Elbert Rychlik
Norman Stewart
James Mendl
Robert Nelson
Geraldine Winter
Price
Bettie Brewer
Pipkin
Margaret Beard
Elizabeth Ann Bradley
Emogene Ballerstadt
Frances Darnell
John Edge
Bobbie Hearne
Bernice Kraft
Jean McAdams
Helen Miller
Mary R. Smith
Peggy Stuart
Anna B. Thomas
Ruth Thurmond
Johnnie Mae Wiley
McKee
Anita Ruth Kern
Carrington
Ruth Weddington
Maurine Williamson
Walter Lee Porter
Lea Reese
Vivian Martin
James Vance
Irene Thompson
Catherine Gray
Griffin
Walton Solder
Ruth Beard
Elizabeth Watts
Georgia Belle Shaw
Jessie Thomas
George Singletary
Lila Fae Vance
Jack Vick
Roger Moehliman
Butler
Dorothy Beard
Margaret Benson
John Black
Louise Cash
Louise Dyer
Wayne Durham
Norris Johnson
Lawrence Parker
Lucy Parks
Bowie
Abel
Frances Boone
Marie Hopkins
Mildred South
Dorothy Winkler
Buck Ware
Julia Pearce
Henry
Dorothy Blazek
Mamie Salvato
Roy Erwin
Jack Godwin
Loraine Fleckenstein
Marie Mortensen
Harris
Rozelle Goodman
Brown
Ina Mae McGee
Ruby Mae Winkler
Benbow
Billy Holmes
I.fe. Warren Jr
Suber
Bess Brown
Herberta Ibarra
Rosie Kaplan
Nellie Mae Spell
Mamie Lee Winkler
Dorothy Edge
Russell Hillier
Arthur Stewart
Joe White
Athos Angus
Thomas McCulloch
Otis Ortiz
Odessa Hiltom
Wanda Watson
Evelyn Zak
Frank Fickey Jr
Jamita Branch
Onida Dean
Virginia Tremont
Jack Ashworth
Donald Davis
Billy Moore
Frances Jeam Bliss
Wharris
Adolph Kaplan
Nina Mae Free
Alfred Schulman
Frances Beard
Quentin Bullock
Bernard Goodman
Ettle
Annie Mae Deauchmos
Ann Bentley
Evelyn Moore
William Nash
Mary Martha Black
Faith Jones
Elizabeth Sloop
Frances Thomas
Seldon Thompson
Kathleen Bullard
Lucille Dougherty
Beth Locke
Road route to college to be fixed
Gibb Gilchrist state highway engineer spoke in Bryan about studying the proposed new road between Bryan and A and M College. At the Highway Engineering Short Course March 27 to 29 plans and routes will be reviewed with a decision possible depending on commission attendance.
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M. College
J. A. Moore
Dallas County
Tabor Welfare Club
John T. Orr
Texas Farm Bureau
Bryan
A. and
Gibb Gilchrist
J. E. Blair
Highway Commission
Gilchrist
College Station students and Bryan residents figure in weekend visits and legal actions
Cecil Cobb of A and M College visited his parents in town while Elmo Reynolds acted as debate judge in Bryan. Judge Henderson of Bryan hired County Attorney Tyson as special prosecutor in the Mathis Sanders rape case. Do Buchanan of Bryan held a Church of Christ appointment here. Mrs. E F Parks of Bryan visited her daughter Mrs Glenn Stinnett. Dr Horace Holden Jr of A and M College spent the weekend with his parents. Franklin Texan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Cobb
A. and M. College
College Station
Mrs
Joe Cobb
F. L. Henderson
Bryan
T. L. Tyson
Mathis Sanders
Do. A. Buchanan of
Church of Christ
E. F. Parks of
Glenn Stinnett
Horace Holden Jr
Horace Holden
Franklin Texan
Money for Kurten School Funds Reported
County Superintendent F. M. Vance reported an additional 307 dollars for Kurten school from the rural aid fund this morning. Of this, 245 dollars has been paid in, bringing Kurten’s total allotment from the fund this year to 512 dollars.
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Kurten
F. M. Vance
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Vercome
C. L. Benson
Lucy Givens
J. L. "Sample
Tabor
E S. Holmgreen
The
Extension Service
Poultry House Plans For
Braz
RB. R. Reppert
E. N. Holmgreen
Steep Hollow Farmer
Shenstone
Purma
Collins North Main IT
Bank
Australia
Talkies
Palace
Bits
James Beard
Bobby Benbow
Mary A. Birdsong
Lucile Carson
Louise Carson
Sarah Cummings
Mildred Dow
High School
Fay Martin
Jame Singletary
Shirlreed Walker
Mary Jane Nall
Eleanor Chance
Logan Buchanan
Marie Graham
Jessie Merle Henry
Olin Saunders
Elmo Reynolds
Palace Theater
Bellamy
W. F. Meads
Texas Experiment Station
Jones Bridge Road
Porto Rico
Moore Bros
Navasota
K. of C. Hall
Serenaders
A. J. Wagner
DODGE
Hassell Motor Company
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