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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1927
Page
3
Juniors host a Friday night banquet honoring seniors Hall Holt Southerd and Harrison as special guests. The event highlights student leadership and school spirit with a formal gathering in the school hall.
A Bryan High School banquet for the senior class of 1927 featured a three course menu prepared by the Home Economies class. Ninety six guests attended, with toastmaster Mike Barron and speakers from both the senior and junior classes. The event closed with a one act play A Pair of Lunatics starring Tiny Ross and Coulter Hoppess and a chorus Bryan High song.
Newly elected Bryan Rotary Club directors who take office July 1 were honored at a Friday noon gathering at Longs Cafe hosted by W. R. Fairman. Present were Dr. E. P. Humbert Oak McKenzie Dr. John W. Black D. L. Wilson George A. Adams C. L. Benson. The group also elected officers for the year with Oak McKenzie as president W. E. Farmer as vice president Chas E Hillier as secretary J D Wilson as sergeant at arms.
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Fountain hosted a private domino game evening at their West 29th Street home for members of the Country Club Domino Club. Roses and verbenas added cheer as familiar couples enjoyed a congenial social and friendly competition. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Hendrix Conway, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Cole, Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Wil Poindexter, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Christian, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Covey, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Higgs, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Fountain, Mrs. Lee J. Rountree and J. M. Fountain.
The list of jurors called for the second week of district court on Monday May 16 includes B Dunlap B F Harrington C K E Seeley D D Burkhalter L L Carroll R G Neeley Ed Chytil Ed Curek W Hill Joe Banjo J M Weirman W Gelber C F Ayers W W Hall V J Boriskie Ross Banana Joe Congelosa Luke Caletto C A Hartsfield John S Caldwell Mit Dansby Jess Conlee R Franze J W Beard J A Merka J T Cloud B Yeager H A Endler G Hempfling Walter Armstrong V C Andrews R P Batten Frank Conrad Dave Metzer C R Gardner Luke Coletto.
The Stephan Ice and Bottling Company seeks 6000 sacks of oat bran and chop for use in manufacturing or bottling operations. Contact details not provided in the fragment.
Judge W C Davis of Bryan is named presiding judge for the Second Administrative Judicial District by Governor Dan Moody. The district includes San Augustine to Lee counties, with Davis praised for past service and anticipated to help ease congested dockets across Texas courts.
Moler Barber College at 712 Franklin Ave Houston Texas advertises the easiest training terms yet and invites inquiries for particulars through a written request.
Strayed about a month ago a brown horse mule seven years old 15 and a half hands high. Reward offered for return to Floyd Smith. Phone 928.
A local ad lists permanent waving service priced at 8.00 dollars for Mrs Floyd Smith with contact phone number 928 for appointments.
Burton S. Castles of New York City sent a $100 check for the Sue Haswell Memorial Park. Castles, once a Bryan resident, later built his fortune as a Gotham cotton buyer and coppered a checkered career from Hearne to New Orleans before moving to the Bronx. The community honors his gift and recalls his boyhood ties.
Saturday afternoon J M Dunn who recently had a serious operation at Bryan Hospital was taken by ambulance to his East 26th Street home where he is resting well and recuperating nicely. Friends and neighbors surround him with care from his wife and plenty of good food and flowers to aid his recovery.
Henry Hance aged 90 died suddenly early Sunday morning at the residence of Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Hance on the A and M campus. He was a New Jersey native who had lived with his son at the college for two years. Interment is planned in Chicago next Wednesday. Dr. Hance departed with the body.
J. D. Jones and Will Jones of Harry were Bryan visitors Saturday, enjoying time in town and visiting local shops.
An advertorial style note promotes a prescription claimed to treat malaria chills fever dengue or bilious fever and to kill germs. The text emphasizes effectiveness and preventive benefits.
A small ad touts a salve named Stop That Kehing Sonal cele Can alt tn tear Bonoke rts. It claims to penetrate skin, kill germs, and stop pain instantly, restoring most cases to health. Sold for 60c to $1.00 a jar plus 25c soap, by Star Products Co. Cameron ROMAN & VICK.
A health ad urges purification as the foundation of health and promotes Calotabs as the best purifying treatment. It claims a thorough course taken weekly restores vitality and health, describing Calotabs as a family package with directions and US pricing at drugstores.
The Bryan City Commission approved six more feet of frontage for the new hotel, bringing the total to eleven feet. The decision passed 4 to 1 with E J Jenkins dissenting, wishing the matter be settled by the people rather than by the city commission.
The change of venue in the Hill murder case from Houston Harris county to Brazos county has been set for Monday May 16 before Judge W C Davis. Attorneys for both sides and W F Hill are required to appear. The case previously ended in a hung jury at the Brazos county district court in February.
Dale Weddington and Harry Snapp spent a night missing their way after squirrel hunting and fishing on the Navasota River. They followed faint guide posts that vanished in the dark and after several attempts built a brush fire and slept until morning. They reached Bryan weary and worn at daybreak.
The Bryan High School senior class will stage A Pair of Sixes on May 17 at the Palace. Senior actors under Miss Elizabeth Holt perform a three act farce about rival pill partners who force one to serve as the other's butler for a year. Proceeds aid the class clocks gift. tickets 50 and 75 cents, reservations at A M Waldrop & Co.
The Welborn Girls and Boys Club held its regular meeting Friday night April 22 with several visitors. Seventeen members answered roll call, Bill Hopkins won the prize from County Agent C L Beason for best report, Beason led an interesting club-wide contest, a cracker ing contest followed, minutes were read and approved, and refreshments were served by the end girls.
Mr and Mrs J A D Robinson of the Wixon community were among shoppers in Bryan Saturday, photographed in a local roundup of residents out Saturday.
Mr and Mrs J J Riley of Reliance were shopping in Bryan on Saturday, reported in local notes.
Lyon residents discussed pest control with County Agent Benson in Bryan on Saturday, focusing on gopher management practices and cooperative efforts.
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