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A fragmentary item notes a Bayes kit mention and a plea for practical help. Names and places are unclear due to damaged OCR, but emphasis appears on a request or plan involving a Bayes kit.
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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1932
Page
5
A fragmentary item notes a Bayes kit mention and a plea for practical help. Names and places are unclear due to damaged OCR, but emphasis appears on a request or plan involving a Bayes kit.
Lynn Sample uses county road equipment to build 26 foot wide terraces two feet high on A C Williams ranch and R A Cooper renovates two year old terraces. The Smetana 4 H club will broadcast The Bugville Indignation Meeting to educate and entertain while promoting soil conservation and farmers’ outreach. A Brazos county watermelon grower advocates single variety farming to boost marketing and proposes a local watermelon association.
No reply yet from local poultry breeders in Brazos county about a suggestion to furnish hatching eggs to club members. The proposal would supply one pullet in the fall for each setting of eggs, with county and home agents expected to help place 50 settings of eggs.
The note urges Poultry Club members to plan for abundant green feed and early fall grain to avoid scarce rations in summer and keep chickens healthy.
Edge Edge reports participation in a Friday track meet with several first places and other top finishes. A state inspector visited the school on Tuesday March 22 and the district received five six dollars in state aid.
Steep Hollow welcomed Steep Hollow Miss Bertie Risinger visiting with home folks. Miss Celeste Cobb of Houston spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Cobb. Misses Evelyn and Mary Bess Murray of Bryan visited the Cobb home. Rev A M Wester of Norman preached here Saturday night and Sunday on The Holy Spirit. Missionary Rev Keefer also preached Sunday night. Conference prompted the call of Rev A M Wester as pastor. Mr and Mrs Jim Handy of Bryan attended Sunday service.
A spirited contingent from Kings Highway led by participating boys and girls, guided by teachers and residents, paraded through town showcasing the community’s unity and school spirit.
The report details junior and senior students earning prizes in athletics spelling and club activities. Coaches Cuthrell Bounds and Maude Moore guide teams. Lana Mangis places in high and broad jumps. Several families and teachers are noted visiting, hosting and recovering from illnesses as community events wrap up.
Major John William Shaw of Rock Prairie died Friday at 2:30 p.m. after months of feeble health. Funeral services were held at McCulloch-Dansby chapel with Rev. Chas. Bullock and Rev. Roy Hellomon officiating. Interment followed in Steep Hollow, with further grave services by the same ministers. He was 84 years old, born in 1847 in Calhoun County Mississippi, a longtime Brazos County resident and Civil War veteran. He leaves four of nine children: RR R Shaw and George B Shaw of Bryan, Mrs. C. L. Eden of Bryan, and Mrs. L. J. Dehart of Houston, plus one sister, Roxie Wiggin of Lovelady. Pallbearers were H. P. Dansby, J. H. Reed, C. A. Buchanan, H. O. Ferguson, A. S. McSwain, and Clyde R. Goen.
The Young Peoples League of Kurten Lutheran church presents the three act play Amy From Arizona in the school auditorium Friday night at S o clock Admission is 20 cents for adults and 10 cents for children All are invited to attend
Jem Werk We wil offers quailtv efork package details for future orders. The message reads as a promotional note aiming to secure a customer interaction and repeat business.
The L S Ross Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy met at Mrs FR F Parks on South College avenue for a March program. Mrs W O Hearn described the Battle of Shiloh and General Albert Sidney Johnston’s death. A Johnston life sketch, a round table on his career, and a memorial at Austin were discussed. An instrumental duet and a business session concluded the pleasant gathering.
Brazos County Red Cross requests 23 640 pounds of flour from the National Red Cross to aid 160 listed needy families over 90 days in Brazos County. Distribution will be tracked by receipts and reports. a store room will protect the flour, with local officials overseeing weekly or monthly allotments. Committee members include C. M. Bethany, Mrs. J. J. Brock, Mrs. Albert Buchanan, J. R. Stanford and P. L. Cavitt.
Lasson D. C. Cowen who has spent three years on tick eradication in Texas for the federal agriculture department will report for duty in Brazos county on March 31. He will be stationed at Millican. A Sam Houston State Museum will be discussed at the East Texas Chamber of Commerce convention in Lufkin April 17 18 19 with M. E. Foster editor of the Houston Press presiding.
Dayton resident Mrs Betty Luedeke credits Kruschen Weight Cure with rapid fat loss claiming she shed ten pounds in seven days. The ad urges taking half teaspoon in hot water each morning before breakfast and promises a four week supply for a trifling cost with money back if not convinced.
Bryan and College Station will send a large delegation to the 31st annual Fourth District Texas Federation of Women's Clubs convention in Waco April 6–8. Mrs. J. L. Brock, district president, names Bryan and College women to key committees, with Thursday and Friday programs at Baylor and Waco Hall featuring memorials, speeches, and departmental reports from many clubs and officers.
Proceeds from the Merchants' Pageant and Style Show at Bowie school auditorium raised near $100 for curtains and stage equipment. The Bowie PTA organized the event, with Wednesday’s program featuring humor, tableaus, and a wedding scene with Miss Marie Graham as bride, Prof. Wm. Carmichael as groom, and Principal Vernon Brown as minister.
A week of comparatively cool nights and warm daytime temperatures set a springlike pattern. The high reached 80 degrees Friday while the low dipped to 38 Monday night, with no rainfall.
Dr George F Lee and Nurse Sedalia Wilson helped Mrs Abbott Shelton to immunize 38 children at Peach Creek school house on Friday morning. Later Dr L Ol Wilkerson and Nurse Wilson assisted at Fickey school where 35 children received first diphtheria shots. In total 167 children across Providence Kurten Creek and Fickey rural schools received initial immunizations last week as trustees and teachers supported the campaign with Easter activities planned and April targets set for Bryan and College schools.
An advertisement extols a home ment that requires no operations or injections and urges rest while claiming Emerald Oil will rapidly heal leg sores end pain and restore mobility. It asserts druggists refund money if not helped and promotes simple directions for relief.
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