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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1927
Page
4
County Agent C L announces rules for grain judging terracing stock judging and poultry dying contests at the A and M Short Course with medals and trophies. Farm news covers strawberry values cotton pests pecan hesitations and club member progress. Annual encampment set for June 25 with scholarships. no meeting May 5 due to school closing.
The Harvey gathering was a grand success with ideal weather. A large countywide audience crowded the church, two thirds admitted. Owens brothers from Temple led quartets, Ellis sang, and Jesse Garvin of Navasota performed with his daughters. A bountiful dinner, social hour, and plans to meet next year at Bryan followed.
The Tabor Boys and Girls Club met in called session on Wednesday with Secretary Freddie Conrad leading the roll. Members present included Dell Rudsell Fannie Locke Mary Ella Elliott Annie Laurie Smith Louise Broach Verna Lee Sealy Mildred Sealy Elmera Cox Velma Holiday Rubhia Cooper Thelma Cox Lydia Francis Annie Locke Estella Armstrong Aline McWhorter Gladys Class Jane Rudsil Fried die Conrad W G Francis Earl McWhorter Oscar Wilson Woodrow Walker Wallace Wilson Irvin Conrad and Elmer Wilson. The next meeting will be held May 6.
The past week saw the year's hottest conditions in the region per A and M College data. The article tabulates daily temperatures and highlights an extreme heat pattern shaping daily life and activities.
The county clerk issued several marriage licenses this past week. Names include Luther Haynie and Altha Kator, Jeffries and Adams, Pfistow and Lockett, Warren and Ruby Nelson, Schmitz and Stroppe, George Franklin and Mary Evans, Henry Lewis and Liza Dan, Isaac Hammond and Fannie Crawford, and Jessie Miles and B Johnson.
Local notice seeks 5000 sacks of oat bran and chop for Stephan Ice and Bottling Co. Industry supplier listed as required. Shortage alert notes immediate need and delivery expectations.
Roswell Higginbotham known as Little Hig returns to Texas A and M as freshman coach for football basketball and baseball effective September 1. He will replace J. R. Bender and brings a background as star player at A and M from 1917 to 1920 and experience in professional baseball with the St. Louis Cardinals.
Superintendent Madison Hall announced that Bryan schools will observe National Children’s Day with events in schools on Friday June 17 and activities on Saturday June 18. Miss Marjorie Candee of the Childhood League urged participation to foster better citizens and social understanding among children. The article notes the initiative’s aim to shape character and reduce gang instincts through structured play and learning. A luncheon club proposal for the College of Agriculture and Experiment Station was approved, with monthly meetings starting the first Tuesday after the first Monday, 1:30 p m.
More than 100 representatives from the Extension Service Experiment Station and School of Agriculture at College gathered in the Mess Hall. Texas Farm Bureau Cotton Association members join the group as sessions of the school continue through Friday.
The Evangelical Lutheran church will conduct services at Carnegie library Thursday evening at eight. Rev. Hugo Roitsch, pastor, invites all in the community to attend.
The Wixon school ended a seven month term on May 4 with a community picnic at the schoolhouse. County Superintendent J. D. McDonald praised the meal and urged the moral value of teaching. Report cards showed Leona and Walter Keller with perfect attendance, Reynold Franze with top overall average, and Margaret E Franze along with Eleanore Franze leading department averages.
WTAW in College Station lists a May program across dates May 6 through May 27 featuring lectures on farming topics, chapel services, band concerts directed by R J Dunn, and baseball games against Texas A and M, plus a Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association banquet with music and talks.
Willie Day recounts a Milam County Club trip to Texas A and M College in College Station. The group visits the Extension Service building the museum textile and broadcasting stations the power plant poultry and dairy facilities the zoo and experimenting with rations and milk records. The trip emphasizes courteous faculty and student help and the benefits of shared agricultural knowledge.
D. T. Killough outlines events: Sunday May 29 10 30 a m Baccalaureate Sermon 4 00 p m A and M Band practice. Monday May 30 12 15 Noon Feeding the Poultry Flock RM Sherwood. Tuesday May 31 10 00 a m Commencement Address.
The Rye Club will visit Harvey on Friday night May 6 for a club meeting. Emma Severa secretary announces the invitation to other county clubs to attend.
Texas state finances show a net cash balance of 15 615 306 on May 1 with a gross balance of 17 384 941 and warrants estimated at 2 384 635. The report details balances and unpaid warrants across funds including general highway school permanent textbooks Confederate pension and federal vocational programs.
Texas state accounts show total receipts of 8 890 147 and expenditures of 8 582 683 across the period.
Dean E J Kyle of Texas A and M College travels to the Rio Grande Valley to select a twenty acre farm prize offered by the American Rio Grande Land and Irrigation Company. The land will be cultivated for five years by the selected graduate with deed transfer at completion.
Miss Gladys Bullock reports the Steep Hollow Busy Workers club meeting on Monday April 18 with most members present. The group plans joint meetings for the second and fourth Friday afternoons each month and a moonlight picnic on the fourth Friday night in April.
Mrs. Joseph Sunkel of 5617 Sears Street Dallas writes to The Eagle that she has missed the paper for a week and urges renewal to avoid missing another issue, describing it as a dear weekly visitor to her home.
Mr and Mrs George Hensarling of Wellborn were among the Bryan visitors today. The short note places the couple as residents of Wellborn visiting Bryan.
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