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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1925
Page
8
The Brazos County Federation of Women's Clubs will gather Saturday at 2 30 PM in the Carne gie Library auditorium. Miss Mary Locke, newly elected president, announces the meeting with Home Demonstration Agent Miss Abbie Sevier. A three person program committee will present, and a prize drawing from local merchants is planned.
The Grand Jury returned indictments on 24 felony cases and 5 misdemeanor cases to the district court. The remainder of the report covered routine matters.
The Brazos County Free Baptist Quarterly conference opened its sessions last night at Bright Light Free Baptist church in Harvey with all area churches represented. Rev. J. W. Handy presiding and Clyde Goen secretary. Attendees from Bryan include several pastors and lay members. Rev. Newsom and his children from Fort Worth attended.
Steep Hollow residents report weekend gatherings and visits. Mr. and Mrs Charles Murray and family of Bryan spent Sunday with Arnold Murray’s family. Rev. J W Handy and family attended the Bright Light association. Mrs W E Moore returned from a Dallas Corsicana visit. Mattye Moore visits her sister in Dallas. Roy Foster and family and Jim Pyles and family visited Enoch Hopkins in Pleasant Grove. Claude Thompson visited Floyd Todd’s Harvey home. The Barnetts and Lizzie Barnett joined visits to Harvey and Chas Jones.
On next Friday night at the Tabor school auditorium a joint meeting of the Tabor Welfare Club and the Boys' and Girls' Agricultural Club will be held. Rev. R. L. Brown will deliver an address on Community ideas Ideals Community Spirit and Community Standards. The program starts about 8:00.
Rev and Mrs W A Fish of Benton Illinois arrived in Bryan for a visit with their daughter Mrs T H Fish who lives in the Edge apartments. They have spent the winter in San Diego and are en route to Illinois. They will leave Saturday accompanied home by their daughter Mrs Fish and son Hamilton Jr.
H T Adams of Apex Rotarex Electrical Appliances and Haswell Book Store ties to Bryan reports heavy rains in East Texas with daily showers around Nacogdoches. He visited Port Arthur briefly and plans to travel tonight to Navasota to cover the Bryan Navasota route.
A Bryan afternoon meeting at the Chamber of Commerce rooms heard federal and state health officials push a milk grading ordinance to curb disease from milk. U.S. Public Health Service spokesperson Frank cited typhoid and TB risks, noting eight states and dozens of cities adopting the standard, with Texas among the early adopters. Beaumont officials reported a 50 percent rise in milk consumption and lower infant death rates after implementing the ordinance. The discussion covered costs, inspection plans, and exemptions for small dairies, with State Health Officer Sappington and Sanitary Engineer Ehlers outlining practical steps and state support.
More than 300 Masons from Calvert Hearne Bremond and Bryan attended a Bryan held Musical Masters Degree at Franklin A F and A M Lodge. Dr C A Searcy led the degree with H E Randolph and J W Payne among key officers. A Bryan team of 15 plus visitors attended with a quartet and a lunch following the ceremony.
The Bryan Bible Club will hold its first all day Bible conference on Saturday May 23 at the First Christian church. The event includes a 10 a.m. address, out of town guests from Houston, and special music. Attendees are invited to bring their dinner and participate in this non denominational study of Acts and the Holy Spirit.
Classified notice seeking an agent to sell fruit trees and other nursery stock from Southland Nursery Co in Tyler Texas. Firm offers engaging commission and potential for growth with established inventory.
About 50 Grimes county farmers and families toured the College Station campus on a Friday. County Agricultural Agent W. I. Ross and County Home Demonstration Agent Kate Kelley led the group and George A. Long, director of exhibits, conducted the plant tour.
Joe White described as insane in a Bryan sanity court was moved by Sheriff Jess Conlee to the state insane asylum in Austin for temporary lodgment. The transfer occurred Friday, with White previously placed with his family near Millican.
The L. Ross Chapter UDC announces May 15 deadline for history essays on Civil War topics. Submissions are numbered and kept sealed until merit is judged. winning essay to be read at Hood's Brigade meeting in June with a gold medal awarded.
A. L. Smith, resident of Bryan, replaces John T. Egan in the extension service for 20 counties. Smith will head extension work for A and M College and the U S Department of Agriculture, with headquarters in College Station.
Mrs Walter Wipprecht returns on an early train after a month visiting the East She represented William Scott Chapter DAR at the Washington DC annual meeting She stayed with her son Captain Read Wipprecht and later with daughter Mr and Mrs J W Kernodle in Graham NC The trip included Washington historical points and social courtesies making it a very happy time.
Dr R H Harrison visits Benchley as families from Bryan Hearne Cameron and Burleson join Sunday gatherings. Jesse Peyton and William Peyton address duties in Sutton. Castalaws Glove Hearne trips and a Friday night dance at Brad Haygood residence draws a large crowd.
In a club note by C L Benson and tributes from T O Walton Extension Service, farmers urged infertile eggs for market and better packing. F E Jones reported fine onions at $3 per crate amid drought with 300 crates per acre possible. The writeup promotes competitive agricultural programs and improved crops nationwide.
A local column urges community support for progress in agriculture in Brazos county and town prosperity. It warns that one nay-sayer can undo efforts and highlights acts of kindness and national unity as examples. The piece ends noting a Cotton Contest with 8 356 entries led by Gregg county and endorsed by Jardine.
An advertisement promotes a free booklet titled The Story of Pellagara describing Pellagra symptoms and a treatment theory claimed to be endorsed by health departments. It invites readers in Texarkana Texas to contact Dr W C Rountree for the treatment.
Andrew Marvin son of Mr and Mrs J E Tadlock of Bedias Texas died April 20 1925 at age 16 He born January 25 1909 He survived by his parents three brothers and many relatives and friends from Bedias Shiro and Bryan The funeral was led by Rev D C Hargroves Iola and Bedias Baptist pastors with mourners in an icy calm scene and a loving crowd ending with a prayer for the boy in heaven and the clouds to come
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