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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1928
Page
4
Brazos County club notes call for cooperation between Bryan business leaders and poultry raisers to raise egg quality and market value. A May Dairy School is planned, with emphasis on feed crops and moisture, plus a rat campaign and 4-H sewing reports.
Creath Brazos Association workers met at the First Baptist Church in Bedias for the monthly gathering led by Rev. W L Perritt. Attendees heard talks on repentance regeneration W M A organization and financial systems with sermons and sessions led by pastors from Madisonville College Station Navasota Iola and Bryan.
McLennan county Democrats in convention name state at large delegates to the Beaumont state convention and Houston national convention to meet June 26 1928. They list Governor Dan Moody and eight others including Mrs Lee Joseph Mrs Lee Rountree Mrs Cecil Smith and Mrs Florence Floore and instruct delegates to vote as a unit and remain uninstructed on candidates.
Harvey schools closed last Friday after a strong program. Teachers who shaped local youth are praised for their influence. A northerly storm damaged cotton. exact losses uncertain. Brazos County Singing Convention at Kurten drew many locals. next meeting at Tabor auditorium. Services at First Baptist Bryan honored Dr. Truett's message about purpose beyond building. Mrs. Ira Kelly left for Carrizo Springs. Pearle Jones visited Huntsville for weekend. Local Cars contest winner hopeful. Hazel urged to win. Chester Jones and wife returned as his school closes in Robertson County.
Mrs. George R. Branch of Miami Pla visits Bryan with her parents Mr and Mrs A J Buchanan then heads to Houston for a week as guest of Mrs Henry C Robinson Jr. An auto party including Mr and Mrs Tyler Haswell Mrs A M Waldrop and Mrs R S Webb leaves for Houston for the day.
Mrs. J Webb Howell unable to attend. substitute Mrs. J W Mullane performed with spirit. A. and M College trio Wells Tucker joined by Miss Salley Cason sang. Johnson’s solo praised. Recognition of Mrs. D C Mintosh and Mrs. Conway noted. Flower decorations by Kay Hassell and E B Reynolds. Banquet saluted Maggie W Barry for her national club leadership. humorous anecdote about mutual admiration and grano salis remark. Ends with a poetic benediction about roses and living gifts.
The Martha Class of the First Christian Church held a Monday evening meeting hosted by Mrs. FE K Spahr and Miss Elizabeth Holt. Officers reported good progress and new plans for future work were made. The social hour featured games won by Mrs. L J Falgean FE B Middleton and Miss Frances Caldwell. A salad course was served to a large group including Mesdames Falgean Cooks Middleton Jones Ferguson Ainsworth Crawford Collard Holmgreen Smith Darnell and Misses Caldwell Dowling Wilson Barron and De Steiger.
The fifty third annual Brazos County Singing Convention met in Kurten on Sunday May 6 with record attendance and high spirit. Jess E Hensarling of Bryan was unanimously re elected president with Edgar A Peters Harvey as vice president and Roland Crenshaw Taber as secretary treasurer. The next meeting is set for the first Sunday in October 1928 at Tabor. Noted visiting singers from North Zulch Fort Worth Franklin Groesbeck and Houston attended along with pianist Mrs M Lucky and Miss Palmer.
Millican and surrounding area report visitors and departures including Mrs. Tom Stansland from Galveston and Lucile. Miss Annie Mae Williams and Miss Hazel Bacon to Houston. Local residents attend church and attend a Precinct Convention with delegates Chas. McGregor F. H. Pool and J. W. Burrows. Margaret Davis wins district meet and travels to Austin for State competition. Rain is needed as cotton shows stress and roads remain rough.
The A and M Consolidated school will present the annual May Fete on the campus near Guion Hall at 5 oclock Thursday May 10. Miss Naurene Holcomb will be crowned queen. The program includes dances tumbling and a relay. The May Dream features a garden scene with Jack Frost Snow Fairies and King Winter. Bryan and College people are invited.
The note defines incunabula as early printing and block engraving works produced before or near 1500, citing the Mazarin Bible as a notable example.
H O Boatwright senior deacon and longtime Bible class teacher at First Baptist Bryan has served the church since 1875. He joined the Sunday School in 1875 and has taught for forty four years, shaping church life with faithful service and steady guidance.
The sev enth grade graduation occurred Friday May 4 with valedictorian Millie Lys and a cast of graduates including Agnes Lys Marguerite Stroud and Erwin Stroud. A play My Irish Rose featured students led by Willie Novosod and others. The term was praised and a community club meeting is slated May 12.
Texas agricultural writers will discuss nine needs to improve life across the state during the A and M College short course July 3 to August 4. Topics include state pride, resources awareness, flood control, cotton mills, cooperative farming, marketing and transportation, farming methods, and teamwork.
The second annual junior senior banquet was held Friday at 8 p m in the East Side school gymnasium. A U shaped table for over 100 guests featured green and white colors, silver baskets, and a garden like setting. A junior written playlet The Mysterious Madam X was performed by a 16 member cast led by Jessie Merle Henry who was in Austin for a state declamation contest.
R. E. Snugers of the department of chemistry will address the Science Seminar on its next and last regular program Monday evening May 14 at 8 oclock in the lecture room of the Physics building. The lecture will cover fundamental theories and concepts of modern chemistry and their relation to other sciences and human welfare and progress.
Mrs 1D D Jolly Mrs Vance and Mrs J L Reese motored to Be dias in Grimes county on Tuesday to attend the monthly workers council of the Creath Brazos Baptist Association.
Rotary Club held its annual ladies night Friday at the LaSalle Hotel with Rev. Holloman as toastmaster. Oak McKenzie welcomed attendees, Mrs. A. M. Waldrop spoke on sympathetic understanding, and Ty Cobb sent good wishes from the Lions Club. Music by an A and M College orchestra accompanied many speakers, including Mrs. Stuart McSwain who led the ladies program.
The Campus Study Club wrapped a successful year with a picnic for husbands at a College Park lakeside site decorated with flowers. Mrs. E. B. Reynolds and Mrs. R. L. Brown led the entertainment committee as Victrola music accompanied a banquet. The group will continue next Sunday greeting Texas mothers and dads at an art exhibit in the Y chapel.
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