Mothers Day Sermon and Church News Highlight
Mothers Day observations spark a heartfelt sermon praising mothers. Sunday B Y P U program featured juniors led by Alma Mathis with songs readings and a play. Special music by Jim Saxon. Local families and visitors are noted with several trips and visits across Bryan College Station and Goose Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Alma Mathis
Juanita Mahle
Louise Mahle
Best Friend
Aline Lloyd
Jim Saxon
Henry Shirley
Pilgreen
C. C. Lawless
Ophelia Riley
Goose Creek
John Riley
Tom Gorbit
Doris
Houston
Mable
Messrs
Clarence
Charles Saxon
Brazos Bottom
Sam Bullock
Bryan
B. L. Risinger
Steep Hollow
Geo. Jones
Reliance
G. W. Saxon
Will Holligan
College Station
C. N. Shealy
Messrs. Thurman, Wallace
Curtis Mathis
Kirk
Victoria Merka
J. J. Riley
Inez Jones
Anna Lee Saxon
Millican
Methodist Church
J. W. McCrary, Jr
Robbie Lee Hagin
Margaret Davis
Belle Bradley
McCrary
Epworth League
Nannie Mae Williams
Ruth Syms
Georgia Earl Dunlap
C. H. Davis
Janie Harrington
G N Special Rates to Hot Springs Excursion
Special low rate excursion via the L G N to Hot Springs Arkansas the Nations fashionable Play Ground. Tickets on sale May 22 limited to return May 31 1926. An astonishing low rate. Ask your ticket agent for full particulars.
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L G. N
Hot Springs
Ark
Nations
New Texas pre law honorary fraternity formed at UT
Ten University of Texas pre law students organize a new honorary legal fraternity. Charter members include W. Lynwood Boyett and Anees A. Semaan among others, all from various Texas cities. A name for the society is to be chosen soon. Dr H H McCain travels to Louisiana for three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
University of Texas
W. Lynwood Boyett
College Station
Anees A. Semaan
San Antonio
Hugo F. Heimann
Fredericksburg
Emmette
Redford
Johnson City
Eugene H. Pullen
Shamrock
Arthur Klein
New Braunsfels
Cyt M. Johnson
Horace E. Akin
Spurgeon E. Bell
Mrs Hall and Miss Hall Arrive From Beaumont Visit
Mrs T P Hall and her daughter Miss Kate Hall arrived today from Beaumont where they have been for weeks visiting Mrs Hall's brother Dr Sherrill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. P. Hall
Kate Hall
Beaumont
Bryan Lions Win At State Meeting In Houston
Bryan Lions Club wins attendance contest at the state Lionism meeting in Houston. Allen Military Academy Band named official band of Texas Lions District with all expenses paid for the next Lions International meeting. The Bryan program drew praise from attendees as the best luncheon yet, with Sam Eberstadt and Sam Knox among the highlighted performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Bryan Lions
Houston
Bryan Club
Allen Military Academy
Texas
Lions’ International
Austin Lions Club
Bryan and
College
C. A. Searcy
Sam Eberstadt
Sam Knox
Jess Hensarling
Prairie View
Rice Hotel
Shorty Mitchell
Josh
Shorty
Sam Hoyle
Sams
Fine Report On Flock And Farm Notes From County Agent
Reports from Mrs. Z L Jones show 59 Rhode Island Reds producing 1 173 eggs in April about 6 23 percent with 300 pounds mash 150 pounds grain and eggs marketed worth 43 73 The use of buttermilk and sanitation is advised for coccidiosis in baby chicks Other items urge club members to improve records and attendance and note forthcoming June 30 report deadline Also advice on buttermilk hogs feed crops nicotine dust for melons and humane concerns about roosters
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Z. L. Jones
Rhode Island
R. G. Dunn
A. and M. College
Dunn
Extension
Farm News
Kurten
Smetana
Shirock
Scott
Hurff
Harvey
Edge
Tabor
Atendance
Millicean Club
County Public Nursing Notes Framing Health Efforts
Weekly child health conference scheduled Thursday afternoon in Bryan at the county public health nurse Miss Ella Bandelin's office in the courthouse. Annie Mae Mathis, state health nurse, continues work promoting sanitary conditions among the Black community with related talks and a Negro midwife instruction class set for Saturday morning at 10 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Ella Bandelin
Court House
Bryan
Annie Mae Mathis
State Health Department
Austin
Brazos County
Cilla Bandelin
Acorn Crop Promising Here Heralds Strong Hog Crop
Jeff Jones of Reliance reports an unusually promising post oak acorn crop this year. A sample limb brought to County Agent L Benson and then to The Eagle shows a stalk loaded with small acorns, suggesting a good hog crop across the Navasot Bottom. Read The Eagle for news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff Jones
Reliance
Mr. Jones
L. Benson
Eagle Office
Miss Sahve Cole Visits Friends and Graduations Noted
The article records Miss Sahve Cole returning home after a visit to Miss Pearl Jones, a breakfast at sunrise, and lists attendees including Miss Gladys Jones and several young men. It notes Florence and Iris Dyers in Temple, Annie Dyers graduating as a nurse on June 30, and social events at O. L. Andrews' home. The play Old Maids Convention played to a muddy audience. $18 door receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ec the Eagle
Aes Sahve Cole
Miss Pearl Jones
Miss Jones
John Jones
Navasota River
Gladys Jones
Conroe
Pearl
Maude Jones
Hazel Kelly
Mary Floyd
Nora Belle Holland
Ira Kelly
Hilton Graham
Nunn
Jones
Irvin Todd
Douglas Marshall
Edgar Peters
June
Florence
Iris Dyers
Temple
Arlie Dyers
Sealy Hospital
Galveston
Annie Dyers
O. L. Andrews
Floyd
Miss Mary
Goose Creek
Houston
Bryan
J F Hurff’s Canned Jellies Boosts Waste Into Prosperity
Dr J F Hurff, a Kurten school teacher, leads an effort to convert local grape waste into quality jelly. He mobilizes unemployed workers to harvest native grapes, preserve juice, and produce thousands of jars, demonstrating a promising new use for agricultural byproducts in Brazos County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
J. F. Hurff
Daughter of Reverend Watts Reported Better Today
The Eagle learns that the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Gordon Watts, seriously ill at Bryan hospital, is considerably better today. The Watts family, new to Bryan, has earned warmth from locals and especially from their Presbyterian parishioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Gordon Watts
Bryan Hospital
Bryan
Presbyterian Group
Robertson County Fair Slated for Sept 30 to Oct 2
Franklin May 11 The Robertson County Fair will be held here September 30 to October 2. Prizes will aggregate 400 dollars and a large number of exhibits have been promised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Robertson County
Brazos County Singing Convention at Tabor auditorium
The Brazos County Singing Convention will be held at the Tabor auditorium all day Sunday May 23. Dinner on the grounds. Everyone invited and asked to bring well filled baskets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazos County
Tabor Auditorium
Mourning in Benchley for Paul Merka
The Benchley community mourns Paul Merka born March 12 1870 Moravia who died April 30 1926 at his farm near the Kings Highway and was interred May 4 at Smetana Cemetery. Surviving are seven children two single sons, Charles P. Merka Bryan Joe F. and Frank J. Merka Benchley and Mrs Dave Williams Beaumont with many grandchildren siblings and relatives.
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Benchley
Paul Merka
Mr. Merka
Moravia
John Merka
America
Fayetteville
Brazos County
Frances Kudec
Our Little Village
Kopecky & Merka, Ginners
Franklin & Towler
Bencehley
Anothe
Kings Highway
McCulloch-Gordon Co
Bryan
Smetana
J. B. Gleissner
St. Joeph’s Catholic Church of
Tom Daly
Gus Bade
John O’connor
Mat Vitopil
John A. Boriskie
Rank Braczyk
Joe F
Frank J. Merka
Chas. P. Merka
Dave Williams
Beaumont
Theresa Merka
Juanita
Anita Williams
A. J. Sulak
West
Independence
Joe
August Merka
Antone Merka
Riverside
Charlie Merka
Louis
Frank Merka
Picnic and Dance Gatherings in Leonard McDonald Pasture
On May 5 seven girls held a picnic at a flowing well in Leonard McDonald's pasture at 10:30 am. They cooked dinner with bacon ham and various sides, then enjoyed jokes. A party at Miss Josie Chyde's followed with many local neighbors attending.
Local Visits and School News Roundup
Misses Minnie Nash Jettie Nash Susie Belle George Ella Blazek Aremenda Bush and Adolph Ko petsky Leonard Bush visited Rudolph and Alma Kindt. Ed and Fritz Kindt spent Sunday with Georgie Squalball. Lottie Kopetsky ill two weeks hoping for speedy recovery. R B Hearne and daughter Doris visited area. Mrs Hearne attending Huntsville summer school. Hearne family staying with father at Kurten. Mrs Hearne to be principal teacher for another term. Other two teachers not yet chosen.
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Minnie
Jettie Nash
Susie Belle George
Ella Blazek
Aremenda Bush
Adolph Kopetsky
Leonard Bush
Rudolph
Alma Kindt
Ed Durek
Fritz Kindt
Georgie
Jerry Novosad
Hugo Blazek
Frank Milberger
Lottie Kopetsky
Lottie
R. B. Hearne
Doris
Industry discussion urges improvements in ice industry practices
The discussion covers ice industry growth from 2 218 plants in 1904 to about 6 000 in 1928 with 40 000 000 tons annually. It stresses plant safety, wiring, fire doors, locker facilities, and cleaner grounds while urging liaison with chambers and councils to improve public relations and community trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Texas
Chamber of Commerce
Holtzclaw
Texas professor warns of growing rural peasantry in Texas schools
Prof W L Hughes of Texas A and M says 500000 rural children face 3 to 6 months of schooling yearly. He criticizes independent school districts for crumbs to poor districts and urges professional county supervision and trained rural teachers to stem rural decline.
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W. L. Hughes
Schools OF
Texas
Fort Worth
Europe
Department of Rural Education
Texas A
M. College
Texas State Education Commission
Texas State Teachers’ Association
Hughes
Huwkes
Mrs Arthur L Smith heads to Waco for week with brother
Mrs Arthur L Smith left today for Waco to spend a week with her brother, D. H. Landrum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur L. Smith
Waco
D. H. Landrum
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G. N
Lynwood Boyett
New Texas Fraternity
H. H. McCain
First Methodist Church
Louisiana
Lions Club
C. L. Benson
Sean
Humane Society and
Humane Society
Bexar County
County Public Nursing
J.F. Hurff
Robertson Conty
Singing
Leonard McDonald
Josie Chyde
Selma Kindt
Josie Chyde’s
Willie Novosad
Bill Bush
Rudolph Kindt
Robert Kindt
George Leighman
Albert Cross
Joe Bailey Pack
Joe Bailey Straub
Norman McDonald
Donald Leighman
Anton Lys
Chas, Payne
Wallace Henry
Paul Moore
Henry Blazek
John Scasta
Henry Milberger
Louis Kopetsky
Millie Novosad
Helen Milberger
Vlasta Novosad
Walden
Pitman
Gregg
Bryan Business College
Nel
Electrical World
A. D. Woellaher
Southern California Edison Company
Wollaher
Electric Light and Power Company
Eagle Printing Company
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