Brazos County Club Notes Highlight County Fair Plans
County Agent C L Benson reports Curtis Cobb sold six month old pure bred Poland shoats at 162 pounds each, raised on vocational class rations. Harvey Girls and Boys Club hosted visitors from Bryan with an informal program and music. The piece urges continued club work and plans for poultry and stock judging contests, and calls for county fairs to showcase corn cotton melons vegetables and livestock across multiple communities. Prominent prizes for poultry contests are announced, and pecan grafting demonstrations near Smetana are praised for potential value.
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Curtis Cobb Club
Tabor
Texas
E. C. Martin
Harvey
A. C. Williams
Bryan
J. L. Green
N. H. Turner
G. D. Osborn
C. L. Benson
McDonald Haad Farm
Emory Jones
Route 4
Joe Lloyd
Harold Shealy
Tillman Jones
Floy Saxon
Missouri
Brazos County
Steep Hollow
Reliance
Kurten
Edge
Smetana
Wellborn
Millican
Charlie Merka
E. R. Alexander
Steen Hollow
Leonard
Merka
Louis Wehrman
Willie Merka
Presbyterian Banquet for Young Men's Bible Class
The Presbyterian Young Men's Bible Class held a Friday night banquet at the Green Parrot Tea Room with a large attendance. Rev. W. N. Sholl opened with a prayer, followed by vocal selections and readings. Thurston Cole gave a welcome. R. Q. Astin spoke, with talks from Elon Stuart, Guy Adriance, Dr. F. R. Collard and Fred Burt.
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Presbyterian Young Men’s Bible
Green Parrot Tea Room
W. N. Sholl
Banque
Mesdames Danforth
J. Webb Howell
R. Q. Astin
Elon Stuart
Guy Adriance
F. R. Collard
Fred Burt
Chester Higgs
W. N. McCormick
J. R. B. Wynne
Fred A. Burt
Hugh L. Chapelle
F. T. Cole
Ollie Emmet
Carl Wiprecht
Rev. W. N. Koll
J. D. Maynard
L. L. Stephens
O. E. Ford
H. Todd
W. H. Darrow
W. S. Bethel
Sam Harrison
QO. W. Goolsbee
R. L. Hearn
Morris Tatum
Irwin Henry
Austin Stuart
Mrs Burt to Attend Vermont Daughters Convention
Mrs Lucy J B Burt left this morning for Burlington Vermont to attend the bi annual convention and the semi annual executive meetings of the International Order of the King's Daughters She will spend the summer at her home in Bennington Vermont and return to Bryan in the fall at the opening of A M College
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Burt
Vermont
Lucy J. B. Burt
Burlington
International Order of the King’s Daughters
Bennington
Bryan
A. & M. College
Walter Armstrong Visits Tabor Resident in Town
Walter Armstrong of Tabor was in town Wednesday reflecting on a brief local visit. The report notes his presence and the midweek stop without additional details.
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Walter Armstrong
Tabor
Quanah Observer and Stamford Daily Fail Amid Collapse
The Quanah Observer quit after launching a daily and a large subscription contest. One proprietor fled, another is jailed, and the venture failed in a town too small for a daily. Similar collapses occurred in Stamford, warning towns against fly by night enterprises.
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Emall
Quanah Observer
Stamford
Seymour Banner
Rountree Calls For Statewide School Funding Overhaul
Denton Texas May 13 Representative Lee J Rountree editor of the Bryan Eagle and 1922 Texas Press Association orator urged repealing precinct county and district lines and adopting a universal state mileage tax or blanket fund to provide nine months schooling for all Texas children. He warned that current system is a make shift and inequality widens between rural and urban districts citing per capita funding and the need for militant teachers and nationwide standards to preserve civilization. He argued Texas must implement equity based on attendance and launch a bold new deal for public education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan Eagle
Denton
Texas
Lee J. Rountree
Texas Press Association
Republic of Texas
Commonwealth
Bailey and Chisholm Clash Over St. Paul’s Faith and Legacy
Col George Bailey of the Houston Post calls St. Paul a great bachelor and powerful Democrat, while Dr. W A Chisholm of Greenville disputes Bailey’s view asserting St. Paul was a Baptist and the greatest of his day.
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George Bailey
The
Houston Post
St. Paul
W. A. Chisholm
Bryan
Greenville
Col Bailey
First Baptist Church Quarterly Report Highlights Growth and Giving
The First Baptist Church reports 183 new members this year, 1100 present with 875 residents, and a Sunday school enrollment of 728. The youth department has five groups with 175 members, sending over 100 to Buckner Orphans Home and aiding revival work. Women’s department contributed cash and clothing valued at $898. And the church totals gifts and services to the needy, totaling $6,265 in the year so far.
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First Baptist Church
Buckner Orphans Home
Williams Merka Nuptials Hailed In Benchley Home
Tuesday evening at 8 o clock Mr D C Williams and Miss Mary Merka were married at the home of Mr and Mrs J B White. Rev C B Thompson officiated. The couple left for Ennis where Williams works for the H and T railroad and will reside.
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Williams-Merka
J. B. White
D. C. Williams
Mary Merka
Paul Merka
Benchley
C. B. Thompson
The
Free Baptist Church
Blue Star Remedy Claims Cure for Skin Diseases
Roman and Vick advertise Blue Star Remedy promising relief for itch eczema cracked hands ring worm and old sores across skin conditions.
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Roman & Vick
Public Health Nurse Reports April Activities in Brazos County
Miss Celia M. Cross reports 400 school children examined and 330 reinspected in April. Of 374 defects found, 143 corrected including 70 dental, 3 tonsil and adenoid operations. Seven vision issues fitted with glasses. one cross eye surgery. 24 health tasks in schools. 177 referrals to physicians, 291 to dentists. 9 rural schools visited, 18 visits total. 24 home calls, 3 prenatal, 2 infant welfare. 9 school home calls. 335 miles traveled. Dr. John Held leaves Bryan for Jacksonville for Southern Baptist convention as representative.
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Celia M. Cross
Red Cross
Bryan
Brazos County
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Brazos County Club
Kerr
Travis B. Bryan
First National Bank
College Consolidated School
J. H. Kraft
Myrtle Murray
Extension Service
F. W. Kazmeier
Ok” Poultry Journal
Reliable Incubator and
Quincy
Illinois
Travis County Poultry Association
A. K. McAfee
San Antonio
Lone Star Poultry Journal
Lone Star Poultry Association
C. E. Riley
Lakeview Garden
College
Lucile Rosprim
Lucile
Rotary Club
Law Henderson
Oak McKenzie
McKenzie
Alexander Stephens
Henderson
Gabe Cazell
McDonald
Aie Oon
Presbyterian
Emerson
Haswell
Public School System OF Texas
Mr. Rountree
Rome
Ironized Yeast Company
Atlanta
M. H. James
Fo.b. Detroit
Chambers-Wilson Motor
Quarterly Report OF Baptist Church
John A. Held
Jacksonville
Florida
Southern Baptist Convention
Leld
Bryan Church
Kellogg’s
W. K. Kellogg
Thedford’s
Millican High School
Milican School
Mildred Meredith
Clara Sample
Lara Sample
Fennette
C. L. Beason
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