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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1933
Page
1
Bryan boosters report rising interest in a proposed lateral highway from No 60 near Roans Prairie to Bryan. Chamber of Commerce leaders urge broad public support and coordinated effort from Brazos County residents to advance the project as a major regional highway development.
W S Barron traveled to Anderson on business. C L Beason and Miss Frances Beason returned from Willis where she taught home economics for the past year. Willis school closed with a successful commencement. R A McDaniel of Montgomery Ward & Company is ill and confined at home.
The Woman's Choral Club of Bryan will present a festival concert at Guion Hall Texas A and M College on May 18. The 75 voice choir will be joined by Houston and Bay City clubs and directed by Harry Girard. Mrs Harry Girard will star in operatic selections from grand to light opera.
The Bowie Parent Teacher Association will install officers elected at the last meeting for next year. The ceremony takes place Thursday afternoon at 5 at the Bowie school. Incoming president is Mrs. W. F. Gelber and retiring president is Mrs. E. N. Holmgreen. This is the final meeting of the year.
Building permits in Bryan for the first four months of 1988 totaled 23 668 dollars, versus 31 606 dollars in early 1982. The 1933 period saw 20 permits with 1 166 dollars average, while the same period last year had 39 permits and 810 dollars average. More permits last year covered minor improvements, whereas early 1988 shows more for new construction.
The Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce board discussed erecting signs directing traffic to the business district at key highway intersections and improving old highway 6 from Main Street. They urged support for continued RFC funds for unemployment relief and noted local ROTC support and upcoming events with A and M Former Students Association.
John Dubb Haltom of Grapeland, a cadet at Allen Academy, earned West Point appointment by Congressman Terrell without mental exam. After a physical, he will report to the U. S. military academy on July 1 in New York.
Bryan Lions Club selects Dr W H Andrew as delegate to the state Lions convention in Lubbock on May 22 and 23. The group plans to elect officers for May 23 and elect two directors in a following week. The meeting also featured performances by the Washington Chapel Ever Ready quartet of College Station.
Clarendon May 8. A hen at Park camp on the J A ranch west of Clarendon hatched and mothers a pair of owls. The camp foreman Winks Adams keeps them fed with a rabbit a day but has no plans for their future.
Owen W. Sherrill director of the Crop Production Loan Office in Dallas and Eric C. Brown district manager visited Bryan and College Station for talks with O. B. Martin Texas Extension Service head. From College Station to Navasota and Houston the trip highlighted a report showing 58166 loan applications from March 7 to April 19 with 53392 approved amounting to 3945022 and 2245 disapproved.
Brazos county commissioners met in a regular monthly session and then organized as a board of equalization to check the tax roll for the next three to four weeks with few interruptions.
Brazos county health nurse Mrs Edna Abbott Shelton will discuss Negro Health Week in Brazos County at 2 30 p m Saturday during the twenty fourth annual Texas Tuberculosis Association meeting in Galveston Hotel Galvez May 13 14 The invitation honors the county for its health campaign among the Negro population during National Negro Health Week and notes Brazos is the only county in the state featured in this work.
Miss Mildred Horton Miss Annie Dearing Miss Nina Henry and Mrs. Lee J Rountree attended a Delta Kappa Gamma Alpha Xi chapter meeting at Navasota High School. Horton serves as chapter president.
An all day work event is planned at the Presbyterian cemetery in Edge on Saturday May 13. Dinner will be served on the ground.
Kurten’s community meeting Saturday night drew a high attendance with a program mixing music 4-H reports and local plays. Arthur Yeager introduced violinist Joe Wroted and pianist Miss Mary Shirly while Wren praised Kurten’s progressive spirit and nearby College support.
Mrs Chas H Mills of Corsicana has returned home after weeks in Bryan with her mother Mrs M W Sims who was ill. The pair traveled by auto Sunday with Dr B U Sims. Mrs Sims is reported sufficiently recovered to convalesce in Corsicana with her daughter.
J. J. Jones a Brazos county farmer and stockman was badly injured Monday morning when a bull charged at the dipping vat near College. He sustained several broken ribs on the right and a small bone in the left leg was broken.
Eugene Edge reports improving conditions in Dallas with rising demand for merchandise of all kinds and a shift to higher quality. He notes Dallas manufacturers have added night shifts and electric power use has grown markedly in the last month and a half, while praising Bryan as a fine city.
The present month is the last in which the second half of city taxes on the split payment plan may be paid without penalty. The city needs all tax money available and taxpayers should pay the second half as early as possible.
Miss Christine Kellett, teacher at Minter Springs school, treated her pupils to a picnic at Sue Has well park in Bryan on the last day of the school year for the community.
E R Bryant returned from Fort Worth where he attended a J C Penney Company managers meeting. He says the gathering reported improved business trends and a positive outlook.
Mrs. M. M. Erskine elected worthy matron of Bryan chapter No. 22 OES at the regular meeting. Officers include J. E. Stanford as worthy patron and Miss Lalla Dean Randolph as associate matron. May 30 installation planned with 18 officers to be named later. A memorial service honored Mrs. Sara Holcomb and Mrs. Amelia Smith.
Bryan Rotary Club with 21 members and several wives joined the Forty-Seventh District gathering in Galveston. The group helped with program duties while the Allen Academy band, sent by the Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce, traveled to Galveston the day before.
Bryan and Brazos county legionnaires and Auxiliary members attended the Second Division Texas Department convention in Huntsville. They toured the state prison, watched an inmate show, danced Saturday night, visited the Sam Houston home, and heard State Commander Carl Nesbit speak.
Lee Sausage was arrested Tuesday by A C Graff and A J Merritt federal officers from Houston and charged with liquor possession. Bail set at 500 dollars. The possession case goes to state court while the transportation charge likely heads to federal court in Houston. A 1933 Chevrolet coach belonging to Sausage was confiscated.
Ivan Langford has been appointed Finance chairman to represent the Democratic National Organization in Brazos County for the present administration. He will raise funds over the next four years. Brazos County quota for the Victory deficit is $258.80. contributions from 10 cents up are accepted, with $1 contributors named at national headquarters.
Dr Richard Henry Harrison Jr of Bryan has been appointed by the President through the adjutant general as captain in the Medical Corps effective May 17 for five years under the National Defense Act. The applied surgeon with the 15th Observation Squadron at Hensley Field has 1100 flight hours and previously held the post since 1925.
The Brazos County Singing Convention met Sunday at Kurten school auditorium with a large attendance. Britton Risinger was elected president Louis Thompson vice president and John Whitton secretary. Reliance church invited October meeting. Singers from many rural churches joined visiting choirs from Franklin Madisonville North Zulch Iola Bedias Navasota Montgomery Conroe Cameron Gause and more. A midday basket dinner capped the day.
W. W. Harris and T. R. Hamilton left dimes to the Dime a Democrat fund to support President Roosevelt. Brazos county’s quota is 258 dollars 80 cents, a dime for each Roosevelt vote in the general election. Contributions left at The Eagle office will be sent to Burris C. Jackson in Hillsboro, district chairman.
Bryan figures back oil work on Mosley No 1 near the Brazos River nine inches into rock. H G Dickinson and C A Wicklund began the drilling last fall but stopped in January after Wicklund’s death in the city. Charles Moehlman of Bryan will back Dickinson as G A Hilburn of Richland returns to drill.
Washington May 9 the house pressed for rapid action on farm relief cost of production. Administration seeks quick agreement to move inflation issue to the senate unless senators require the Norris Simpson clause as a condition.
Washington May 9 The House adopted the conference report on the farm relief inflation bill and began considering the cost of production amendment the sole disputed portion between the House and the Senate in the administration measure.
The May term of district court opened Monday morning led by Judge W. C. Davis to run six weeks. The grand jury was convened with County Attorney Oakzie directing inquiries, preparing to hear civil docket details on Tuesday. Foreman Ferguson presided over a panel including Smetana, Danby, and Kurten jurors. bailiffs were named from Bryan, Smetana, Tabor, and Millican.
Last week saw a high of 93 degrees recorded on Monday and Sunday while the low dropped to 56 degrees on Tuesday. Rainfall totaled 95 inches with temperatures summarized for the week.
Oliver S. Bradford, about 18, claimed a home in Alabama and had been in jail about a month for Allen Harding who farms on a Crenshaw place. He was jailed Friday on a charge of stealing a horse from his employer. He admitted to county authorities that he took the horse Wednesday when Harding left to deliver milk and planned to go to Houston with it. He was captured after Harding overtook him.
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