Bride to Be Julia Schovassa Feted At Shower
Mrs Will Nedbalek hosted a miscellaneous shower for Miss Julia Schovassa bride to be this month at the American Legion hall from 3 to 5 PM. Decor featured spring flowers and a rainbow motif with a large pot of gifts. A program followed with dances and readings. Dinner and games completed the celebration with well wishes for the bride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Nedbalek
Julia Schovassa
American Legion Hall
Miss Schovassa
Ann Howell
Rosemary Fountain
Martha Mae Lawrence
John Edge
Joe Krenek
C. A. Scasta
V. J. Boriskie
Anton Krenek
J. L. Lawson
Fred Kohler
W. H. Krenek
A. B. Syptak
Steve Slama
L. J. Krenek
Mary Nedbalek
C. W. Hedtke
Paul Rudhti
Jack T. Johnson
T. L. Murray
J. F. Zak
G. I. Boyett
Frances Chytil
Anton Turek
Joe Schovassa
M. L. Smith
Theo Krenek
L. A. Spell
J. M. Boriskie
W. T. Smith
H. H. Berger
Emma Smith
L. C. Thompson
Jno
J. Stasny
H. T. Schovassa
J. J. Bravinec
Geo. B. Tonicek
R. W. Bullard
Joe Sosolik
Joe Blazek
J. J. Scasta
VY. B. Milberger
Ole Martinsen
F. J. Fickey
Pete Bonano
S. B. Swinson
Ed Chytil
J. A. Rychlik
A. L. Cook
Ed Blazek
Walter Salvato
Charles Salvato
Charles Ramsey
Frank Malek
Joe Mikulee
A. S. McSwain
Jane Swinson
Frances Swinson
Marguerite Swinson
Jewel Stewart
Evelyn Schovassa
Marta Ruth Hensarling Birthday Dinner Hostess
Mrs. A. C. Williams hosted Miss Marta Ruth Hensarling with a birthday dinner last Friday evening at Mrs. Williams home. Twelve guests attended, small details included placecards at the dining room table and a mirror reflector cake adorned with ferns and sweetpeas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marta Ruth Hensarling
Bob Sprien
Anita Hensarling
Harvey D. Watson
Louise Hensarling
Harry McPherson
Johnnie Mae Wiley
Harry Williams
Ina Mae McGee
Durwood Thompson
Leo Mills
Curtis Cobb
A. C. Williams
Marriage of Miss Cora Lloyd to Alfred Edge in Bryan
The wedding occurred Friday at 8 p.m. at the home of Rev. James Carlin with Irvin Lloyd as best man and Mrs. Irvin Lloyd as maid of honor. Both are well known in Bryan and Brazos County. The bride attended Stephen F. Austin High School, the groom studies at A and M College and works for the Bryan College Traction Company. They left for a short wedding trip to Farrar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Cora Lloyd
Boliver Lloyd
Alfred Edge
Paul Edge
James Carlin
A. & M. Methodist Church
Irvin Lloyd
Brazos County
Stephen F. Austin High School
A. & M. College
Bryan College Traction Company
Farrar
Tax Collectors Office Force Enjoys Picnic
Tax collectors office staff and Mr and Mrs Guy Harris and family went to a Highway Park south of Bryan for a Monday evening picnic supper after work. They traveled from town to the countryside for a pleasant outdoor meal as spring heat grew oppressive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Tax Collector’s
Guy Harris
No. 6
Reliance Club Women Hold Busy Session
The Reliance Home Demonstration club met Wednesday afternoon at 2. Miss Sybil Erisman demonstrated poultry canning and took photos of members. Miss Bessie Crenshaw was elected short course delegate. The group planned a 15 minute program for the County Federated Club at Welborn next Thursday. Names of attendees and guests are listed, with Velma Erisman as home demonstration agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reliance Home Demonstration Club
J. C. Merka
Sybil Erisman
Bessie Crenshaw
Reliance Club
County Federated Club
Welborn
Erisman
Mesdames
A. M. Hartsfield
A. L. Moody
C. N. Shealy
D. C. Wiley
C. C. Lawless
C. C. Riley
Amanda Jackson
I. J. White
M.L. Taylor
Peggy Berdine
Marguerite Shealy
Almedia Riley
Myrtle White
Velma Erisman
Former college woman injured in car crash
Mrs. R. L. Jackson of New London was en route to A and M College for Mother's Day when her car went off the road near Jacksonville. She suffered fractures to two right ankle bones and multiple cuts. No one else was hurt. The car was a total wreck and she is expected to recover if no complications arise.
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R. L. Jackson
New London
A. & M. College
Aubrey
Bryan
Jacksonville
Sausares Buys Crystal Nightclub in Madisonville
P F Sausares of Madisonville has purchased the Crystal Nightclub and taken possession. Mrs A Sausares and two daughters will move to Bryan after the school term ends. Sausares is a former Brazos county resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. F. Sausares
Madisonville
A. Sausares
Bryan
Sausares
Brazos County
Rye School Closes For 1936 Term With Saturday Barbecue
The Rye school closed for the 1936 37 term on Friday and a barbecue was held there Saturday.
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RYE
Girl Scout Banquet Honors Bryan College Troops
The Bryan and College Girl Scouts and their mothers gathered for a 175 attendee banquet in the Parker dining room. Mrs. Roy Snyder welcomed guests, with Mrs. Violet Spiller delivering an inspiring talk on Scout work and doors opened to hobbies, home making, outdoors, and healthy minds. Awards for five troops followed, detailing perfect attendance, 90 percent attendance, and proficiency badges, with Miss Christine Lichte and Mrs. I. G. Adams among the troop leaders honored, and Mrs. H. O. Taylor awarded a silver service stripe for five years of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Girl Scouts of
Bryan and
College
Parker Dining Room
West 26Th Street
Girl Scouts of America
Roy Snyder
Girl Scout Council
Snyder
J. L. Brock
Brock
Violet Spiller
Austin
Emily Adams
Marjorie Brewer
Jo Ann Davis
Peggy Dewey
Gene Eudaly
Mary Louise Jones
Virginia Jones
Bonnie Mary Neeley
Martha Jane Nunn
Betty Sears
Betty Jean Snyder
Ruth Gordon Watts
Ann Washington
Aline Burkhart
Jane Gibbons
Elizabeth Jenkins
Dorothy McClea
Alice May Brewer
Cleota Ann Bullock
Margaret Fox
Joyce Goldsmith
June Terry
Catherine Wilson
Wanda Warren
Dorothy Ann Warwick
Olene Walker
Sarah Edna Wilkerson
Mary Hester Harrison
Hazel Hearne
Billie Burke Johnson
Martha Mae Lawrence
Eugenia Ann Miller
Patsy Nisbet
Betty Renner
Della Margaret Parker
Doris Ross
Mary Beth Sanders
Mary Gene Smith
Troop No. 2
H. O. Taylor
Martha Everett
H. P. Smith
Bryan Reading Club
Dorothy Kosarek
Alice Kalinec
Dorothy Varisco
Lucile Salvato
Elizabeth White
Joyce Cloud
Cecil Gelber
Anthionette Varisco
Sue Bethany
Nancy Moss
Josephine Patranella
Dell Griesser
Janelle Ellis
Christine Lichte
Dorothy Ettle
C. M. Bethany
Travis School
Siver
Mary Evelyn Anderson
Ella Frances Cofer
Tyleen Jensen
Cynthia Lancaster
Carol McFadden
Phyllis McFadden
Marjorie McMillan
Elizabeth MecNew
Sheila Rode
Sara Smith
Caroline Stickney
Helen Thomas
Betty Vezey
Mary Beth Winkler
Betty Harriett Irvin
Mary Frances Lennert
Patricia Orr
Margaret Paine
Chas
Wilkins
J. M. Jones
Girl Scouts
Taylor
Roosevelt Visits School Amid Nation Defense Talk
President Roosevelt praised defending the nation over aggression and urged global adoption of the militarism ideal. He noted long interest in the school for its wartime record and his son’s role in administration, then departed by special at 3 30 as crowds lined streets of Bryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Roosevelt
Seniors Enjoy Picnic At Scootes Lake
Stephen F. Austin high school seniors and ninety classmates plus sponsors Mr. and Mrs. Carmichael and Mr. and Mrs. Jones attended a Friday picnic at Scootes Lake after a senior day program. They enjoyed barbecue and a variety of foods and cold drinks donated by local firms and friends of the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen F. Austin High School
Scootes Lake
W. A. Carmichael
A. E. Jones
Blacks Purchase College Ave Property for Expansion
The southwest corner of College Avenue and 27th Street was bought by B. A. Black and his son Byron from J. W. Batts. The site fronts 115 feet on College and 75 feet on 27th. The purchase enables enlarging East Texas Sandwich Shop space run by B. W. Wiley, with plans for a two story brick building later bringing business space on the ground floor and apartments above.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Avenue
27Th Street
B. A. Black and Son
Byron
J. W. Batts
College
East Texas
B. W. Wiley
Funeral Service Held For John H. Wehrman
Funeral services for John H. Wehrman were held Thursday at 2 30 p m at the Kalinee home with Rev J B Gleissner officiating both at the home and at Smetana cemetery where interment followed at 3 p m Surviving relatives include six sons and three daughters from Bryan Waco Houston and Smetana among others in Bryan
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Wehrman
T. C. Kalinee
J. B. Gleissner
Smetana Cemetery
H. F
J. M. Wehrman
Bryan
Louis Wehrman
Waco
Charley
Allen Farm schools unite for closing exercises
Four colored schools in the Allen Farm district joined for a Friday closing program at Allen Farm Station school. The day featured 10:30 a.m. graduation, a community singsong, a pageant titled Allen Farm Flower Festival, and exhibits made from low cost materials. Gordon Worley spoke on Cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Farm
Allen Farm Station
Gordon Worley
Division of Negro Education
Worley
W. E. Neeley
J. H. McDonald
Allen Farm Trustee Board
Edith Haveman
Brazos County
C. B. Barclay
Essie Richardson
Mary Thurman
Juanita Taylor
Annie D. Routte
Bessie Love
Myrtle L. Rush
Pauline M. Watkins
Janes
Travis Teacher Hears of Father's Death Thursday
Miss Ezra Lee Waits a Travis elementary school teacher received a 9 o clock Thursday message informing her of her father Joe Waits death at the family home in Durango near Marlin. Mrs H L Morrison and Mrs Norman Dansby drove her to Durango after hearing the news. No funeral details were available in Bryan that afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezra Lee Waits
Travis
Joe Waits
Durango
Marlin
Miss Waits
H. L. Morrison
Norman Dansby
Bryan
Marriage Licenses for Zemarek Wolfe Taylor Nedbalek
William A Zemarek and Josephine Wolfe. Melvin C Taylor and Gladys Nedbalek. Solomon Miller and Annie Cramp received marriage licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Zemarek
Josephine Wolfe
Melvin C. Taylor
Gladys Nedbalek
Solomon Miller and
Annie Cramp
Bryan Fire Department forms pension plan for volunteers and members
The Bryan Fire Department organizes a pension system partly funded by volunteers and Texas fire insurance companies. Officers include Mayor E K Yeager as chair and Guy P Bittle as treasurer. Trustees are Charles Ff. Griesser, C K E Jenkins, and Charles Sebesta. Volunteers pay 3 a year, paid members up to 3 percent of salary, insurers 2 percent of premiums. Benefits start after 20 years service and age 55, with pensions ranging from 25 to one half of salary, plus disability and survivor provisions.
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Bryan
Texas
James V. Allred
Rotary Directors Review Old Year Plan For New One
Bryan Rotary Club directors from both old and new boards met Friday in Dr. W. B. Cline s office. They set aside funds for emergencies from the crippled children s clinic, allocated 30 to send the Boy Scout leader to the jamboree in Washington, and budgeted an award for the top all round scout. Prizes were set for top students at A and M College Allen Academy and Stephen F. Austin High School. New board members include Dr T D Brooks Dr W B Cline J W Shugart Dr J H Binney Rev James Carlin and T H Black. Attending were R M Sherwood Dr Cline M C Hughes Allister Waldrop Rev L A Wilson Mr Black Coulter Hoppess and Mr Shugart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
A. and M. College
Allen Academy
Stephen F. Austin High School
T. D. Brooks
W. B. Cline
J. W. Shugart
J. H. Binney
James Carlin
T. H. Black
R. M. Sherwood
Cline
M. C. Hughes
Allister Waldrop
L. A. Wilson
Mr. Black
Coulter Hoppess
Mr. Shugart
Books Donated to BPWC Library Shelf
Additions to the Carnegie Library shelf by Bryan and College Business & Professional Women’s club include Armorel of Lyonese by Walter Besant Self Rained by E D Southworth An Introduction to the Devotional Study of the Holy Scriptures by Edward Meyrick Goulburn Festus a Poem by Philip James Bailey Lucile by Owen Meredith donated by Mrs Lee J Rountree from Mrs L E McDougald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Library
Bryan and College Business & Professional Women's Club
Lee J. Rountree
L. E. McDougald
Walter Besant
Public Speech Class Broadcast on Mother's Day Program
A Stephen F. Austin high school Public Speech class directed by Miss Clarice Matthews aired a Mother’s Day program on WTAW in College Station. Listeners heard announcer David Benson and speakers including David Wilson Ruthie Taubenhaus Kirby McKenzie Mary Alice Weddington Ruth Gordon Anne Seale Thomas Hall Margaret Scofield Henry Fox Mary Ann Black Byron Covey Katherine Parker June Cochran and Pete Tumlinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
WTAW
College Station
Stephen F. Austin High School
Clarice Matthews
David Benson
David Wilson
Ruthie Taubenhaus
Kirby McKenzie
Mary Alice Weddington
Ruth Gordon
Anne Seale
Thomas Hall
Margaret Scofield
Henry Fox
Mary Ann Black
Byron Covey
Katherine Parker
June Cochran
Pete Tumlinson
Former Bryan Resident Stricken With Severe Illness
Newton T. Bringhurst, formerly of Bryan, is desperately ill at St. Pauls Hospital in Dallas. He underwent an emergency appendectomy last Tuesday after which his appendix ruptured, leading to blood poisoning. Mrs. Bringhurst, a Bryan native, is sister to Mrs. R. W. Howell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Newton T. Bringhurst
St. Paul’s Hospital
Dallas
Bringhurst
Bringhurt
R. W. Howell
Grimes County Visitors Call On Bryan Officials
J L Dickenson manager of Grimes County Mutual Insurance and former state representative John Ackerman of Navasota visited Bryan today. Dickenson just returned from Miriana Florida his old hometown, first visit in 17 years. Ackerman served Brazos and Grimes counties in the 27th and 41st Texas Legislature sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grimes County
Bryan
J. L. Dickenson
Grimes County Mutual Insurance Association
John Ackerman
Navasota
Dickenson
Miriana
Florida
Ackerman
Brazos
Texas
Wolens Prizes At Austin High For Best Theme
Stephen S Austin High grads may win prizes in an essay contest from K Wolens Department Store. One girl and one boy of the 1937 class receive a graduation dress and a pair of trousers respectively for the best theme on Why I Should Buy My Graduation Clothes at K Wolens. Handwritten themes up to two pages, due by 6 pm May 14, judged by local citizens, final decision May 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen S’. Austin High School
Harold Dreyfus
K. Wolens Department Store
K. Wolens
Dreyfus
Army transfers Major Dallas Alfonte to Fort Snelling
Army orders issued Thursday include the transfer of Major Dallas R. Alfonte from Texas A. and M. College to Fort Snelling Minnesota. The move is expected to take effect after the current school year ends. Classified ads in the Eagle produce the best results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ARMY
Dallas Alfonte
Dallas R. Alfonte
Texas A. and
M. College
Fort Snelling
Minn
Eagle
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Society
Princess
Robertson-Chambers
TAX Collector's Office
College Ave
Allenfarm
Father
Rotary
BPWC
Wolens
By Carl Anderson
Ayndei Don
New Palm Beach
Palm Beach
Jaldrop
Oy Ds
Henry
Washi
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