Splendid Rotary Program Led by Barron Leader
W. S. Barron led a Rotary Club luncheon program at the Green Parrot Tea Room with songs by S Moylan Bird and E P Humbert. He explained abstracting as history of land titles tracing back to Spanish and Mexican grants in Texas. County Agent Beason urged home farming and improved agriculture with A M College methods and poultry growth. T T Wallis outlined Veterans Bureau rehabilitation and vocational training, praising A M research. Vera Ramsey and William Minkert from Bryan High School spoke as final presenters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Barron
Rotary Club
Green Parrot Tea Room
S. Moylan Bird
E. P. Humbert
Barron
Texas
Brazos County
Stephen F. Austin
Beason
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary
Bryan
A. and M. College
Brazos
T. T. Wallis
Veterans’ Bureau
Vera Ramsey
William Minkert
Bryan High School
T. A. Adams
C. L. Benson
Co. S. Beckwith
Jno
W. Black
Wilson Bradley
J. F. Casey
W. J. Coulter
Jess Conlee
W. F. Davis
R. M. Densby
Richard J. Dunn
W. E. Farmer
E. J. Fermier
H. C. Fulgham
W. F. Gelber
C. W. Goolsbee
W. M. Griffin
F. L. Henderson
Chas. F. Hillier
Kay Hassell
Tyler Haswell
H. N. June
Forrest Jones
J. Horace Kraft
T. K. Lawrence
W. H. Lawrence
M. Lawrence, Jr
A. S. McSwain
W. L McCulloch
J. T. S. Park
David Reid
J. L. Reese
Charlie Sosolik
H. T. Schovassa
W. H. Thomas
D. D
8. A. Noble
O. C. Anderson
H. E. Barrett
H. D. Cuykendall
The
Bryan Daily Eagle
Baylor Ex-Students to Meet with President Brooks Saturday
Dr. B. P. Brooks president of Baylor University will be in Bryan for the Allen Academy commencement. By request he will meet Baylor ex-students at 5 p.m. for a short conference to organize Brazos county Baylorites at the Baptist Tabernacle.
Stephan Family Returns From Marlin Visit
Mr and Mrs George Stephan and their daughter Floria Glyn have returned from a several day stay in Marlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Stephan
Floria Glyn
Marlin
Dallas man admits killings of Adkins Milstead and others
The Dallas county district attorney said Frank Noel, a negro, admitted killing Ryan Adkins and Larry Milstead and mistreating Mrs. Mary Steers. He allegedly attacked Mrs. Mable Berry after the two murders. Noel agreed to sign the statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mable Berry
Mary Steers
Associated Press
Dallas
Dallas County District Attorney
Frank Noel
Ryan Adkins
Larry Milstead
Adkins
Milstead
Jewel Theft in Chicago Hints at Large Loss
A jewel theft in Chicago reports about sixty thousand dollars in losses from an eleventh floor location. Police investigate the incident as a high value burglary with items recovered or identified pending further details.
Diamond Robbery Hits Capital Building in Chicago
Four victims reported a six thousand dollar diamond robbery on the Capital Building eleventh floor. Charles Goldberg of New York reported the largest loss, saying unset diamonds valued at fifty thousand dollars were taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Capital Building
Charles Goldberg
New York
Navasota District Conference Meets With Methodist Leaders
Mrs. J N Goodwin and Mrs. B W Lipscomb lead and address delegates from Bryan and Navasota in advance of the Navasota District Conference opening this afternoon at 2 30 o clock. Bryan participants include Mesdames Underwood Owens Haneman Priddy Gaby Lawrence and others. Lipscomb of Nashville Tenn is principal speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesdames
J. W. Underwood
W. M. Owens
Albert Haneman
Woman's Missionary Society
First Methodist Church
J. N. Goodwin
Texas
Navasota
B. W. Lipscomb
Nashville
Tenn
Bryan
J. B. Priddy
D. P. Gaby
Bessie Lawrence
Josie Lawrence
Dave Munday
A. H. Stone
W. W. Solomon
H. N. Cochran
Interurban Cars Be Curtailed To Bare Necessity
After summer session begins at A and M College the Bryan College Traction Company will run only the minimum number of interurban cars needed for students. The meeting included President Eugene Edge Secretary James Sullivan General Manager Todd R White and directors F C Bolton W Wipprecht Jack Gordon Jno M Lawrence and George Chance. A curtailment program will be developed with further interurban discussions held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. and M. College
Bryan College Traction Company
Eugene Edge
James Sullivan
Todd R. White
Pennington Plantation Reports Cotton Bloom Samples
From the Pennington Plantation in the lower Brazos Bottom a box of four or five cotton blooms is sent. The notes claim 600 acres with 200 acres of splendid cotton and blooms per sample, noting fair local crop prospects despite drought in Brazos County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennington
Brazos
Brazos County
Miss Jean Edge Graduates From Brenau College
Miss Jean Edge, a Bryan resident and Brenau College graduate in Gainesville Georgia, will attend Brenau’s forty seventh annual commencement May 31 to June 2 1925. She graduates with high honors after leading her class and will visit New Orleans before returning home to her parents Mr and Mrs Eugene Edge for summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Jean Edge
Brenau College
Gainsville
Georgia
Miss Edge
Brenau
New Orleans
Texas
Morris Tatum Changes Residence Near City Center
Morris Tatum rents his Ursuline Avenue home and moves into 2100 Tabor Avenue to be closer to work. Walter Holden, previously at the Gulf Refining Company Station on College Avenue, rents the Tatum house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Tatum
Ursuline Avenue
Tabor Avenue
Cr. G. Walker
Walter Holden
Gulf Refining Company
College Avenue
Tatum
Governor Ferguson to Speak at Brenham Maifest
Governor Miriam A. Ferguson will address the Brenham Maifest Friday morning at 10 o clock. Attendance is expected to include many Brazos county residents traveling to hear the governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Governor Ferguson
Brenham
Miriam A. Ferguson
Brazos County
Hiawatha Shown In Pictures Junior Missionary Meet
J W Black Jr presided over the Junior Missionary Society session at First Methodist church. The meeting featured devotional, songs, Exodus reading, and prayers. Members including Maurine Neeley and Georgia Mae Daniels attended, with D P Gaby aiding setup and Mrs Gaby and Miss Myra Ewing presenting the Hiawatha pictures and song display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Black, Jr
Junior Missionary Society
The
First Methodist Church
D. P. Gaby
Philip
Hiawatha
Longfellow
Gaby
Myra Ewing
Little Brown
the Vale
Maurine Neeley
Mary Bess Eagan
Ollie Ruth Shaw
Mildred McKenzie
Georgia Mae Daniels
Libby Lynn Gardner
Jim James, Jr
Albert Byron Covey
Mett Williams
John W. Black
Billy Dunn
Boyd Williams
Leona Mae Egan
Emmett Lenz
Charles Felker
Frances James
Rodaline Smith
Oak McKenzie
Ruth Neeley
Anna Belle Barns
Lyle Cuykendall
Irvin Lenz
Billy Patterson
Mary Martha Black
Marie Cuykendall
Wanda Cuykendall
Kirby Joyce McKenzie
Linton Jones
June Cochran
Speed boat sets new New York to Albany record
Albany N Y May 20 R F Hoyts speed boat The Teaser today beat the Twentieth Century Limiteds time from New York to Albany by 20 minutes The New York Central fast train covered the distance in three hours The Teaser made the trip in two hours and forty minutes
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Albany
N. Y
R. F. Hoyt
Twentieth Century Limited
New York
New York Central
Two Killed When Fast Train Hit A Car At Crossing
J A OConnor of this city received a telephone message announcing an automobile accident last night near Muenster Texas. Mrs A G Stelzer and daughter Evaline were instantly killed while Anna Margaret four years old was badly bruised but not fatally. The car was struck by a fast Wichita Falls Fort Worth train at a M E and T crossing. Funeral services will be held Thursday for the two victims. Matt Stelzer is the son and brother of the deceased, and Helen Stelzer, J A OConnor's sister, recently lived in Bryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. O’connor
Muenster
Texas
Fort Worth
A. G. Stelzer
Evaline
Anna Margaret
Wichita Falls-Fort Worth
M. E
N B Tucker Hurt In Jumping Train
Navasota brakeman N B Tucker of the N G freight line was injured at Bryan while boarding an engine. His foot slipped as he fell, injuring his left hand and bruising other parts. He was sent to the Palestine Railroad Hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. B. Tucker
Navasota
Palestine
Bryan Visit of Mr and Mrs W E Graham
Mr and Mrs W E Graham traveled from their Wellborn area farm to Bryan today for a brief visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Graham
Bryan
Wellborn
Fields Dusted with Poisons and Pest Eradication Plan
A firm organized to commercialize eradication of plant pests faces scrutiny as fields are dusted with poisons. The report notes efforts by the organization to market pest control strategies amid agricultural concerns and health safety debates.
Plans for 18 special planes to fight boll weevil
Plans for using 18 specially constructed airplanes to dust cotton fields with poisons to combat the boll weevil were announced by Huff Dalant and Dist er Inc. The campaign will begin next month with headquarters at Macon Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
South
Huff, Dalant and Dister, Inc
Macon
Georgia
Texas Bankers elect A B A officers and Boatwright VP
Texas bankers named A B A officers after a morning session at the Texas Bankers Association convention. H O Boatwright of Bryan was elected vice president of the American Bankers Association for Texas. Officers include P A Murray, A M Graves, P B Doty, P B Timpson, Horace L Darton, A D Simpson, and Edward McKinnon in various state and national roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Texas
American Bankers’ Association
Texas Bankers’ Association
American Association
P. A. Murray
Victoria State Bank
A. M. Graves
Red River National Bank of
Clarksville
P. B. Doty
First National Bank of Beaumont
P. B. Timpson
Houston Land and Trust Company
Trust Company
Horace L. Darton
Houston National Bank
Savings Bank
A. D. Simpson
Houston National Bank of Commerce
National Bank
Edward McKinnon
Citizens State Bank of Austin
State Bank
H. O. Boatwright
First National Bank of
Bryan
Well Baby Clinic to Be Held Thursday at County Nurse Office
Brazos County Well Baby Clinic set for Thursday at Health Nurse Miss Elizabeth Curtis office. Public invited to attend and use the services offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Nurse’s Office
Brazos County
Elizabeth Curtis
Secret one stalk cotton bears 26 squares in Bryan
C L McCoy uses 35 acres in Bryan city limits for eight tracts to grow cotton. He showed a two foot stalk with 26 squares from the Tabor field of 23 acres within the city, among seven other plots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
C. L. McCoy
Eagles
Tabor
Green Parrot Tea Room Sold To Mrs Dora E Wilson
In Bryan the Green Parrot Tea Room changes hands for 4000 dollars as Mrs Mary G Nall sells the business fixtures and goodwill to Mrs Dora E Wilson who takes over Thursday afternoon. The Nalls plan summer in the Carolinas while Mr Nall stays in Bryan and later joins them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Green Parrot Tea Room
M. G. Nall
Dora E. Wilson
Nall’s
Nalls
Mule Team Runaway Wrecks One Mule in Brazos County
Philip Noto of Brazos Bottom, noted cotton raiser, lost a mule team in a Thursday runaway caused by flies. One mule was so injured it had to be killed per advice of Dr. R P Marstellar arguing recovery would be futile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Noto
Brazos Bottom
Brazos County
R. P. Marstellar
Texas League ends Waco session with two resolutions
The Texas League of Municipalities met in Waco and adopted two unanimous resolutions on movie censorship and home rule for small cities. Corpus Christi was chosen as the 1926 league site, and the Texas City Managers Association formed within the league with separate officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas League of Municipalities
Waco
Texas
Corpus Christi
Texas City Managers Association
E. E. McAdams
Bryan
Wichita Falls Man Named as a Director on National Body
Washington May 20. Seventeen directors of the national chamber were nominated at the annual meeting. Frank Kell of Wichita Falls Texas was among those named for the chamber of commerce and trade association seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Falls
Associated Press
Washington
National Chamber
Chambers of Commerce
National Chamber of Commerce
Frank Kell
Texas
Heroes of the gray open first of annual reunion in Dallas
In Dallas on May 20 thousands of veterans gathered for the thirty fifth annual Confederate reunion with about 4000 present at the first session. The Southern Memorial Association and Sons of Confederate Veterans held parallel meetings as General James Thomas urged harmony among groups while resolutions and credentials committees began work. A key issue is whether the United Confederate Veterans should be officially represented on the Stone Mountain Memorial Executive Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Dallas
France
Southern Memorial Association
Sons of Confederate Veterans
James Thomas
Thomas
Resolutions Committee
United Confederate Veterans’ Organization
Stone Mountain Memorial
Belgian Storm Kills Eight in Brussels Area
Eight people were killed by lightning during last night's storms in the Brussels region. Damages were estimated at one million francs. Local authorities reported widespread destruction across the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Brussels
L S Ross Chapter UD Confederate Dues Meeting
The regular monthly meeting of L S Ross Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy will be held Friday May 23 at the home of Mrs J B Stevenson with Mrs W J Higgs Mrs W R Fairman and Mrs T C Nunn as joint hostesses. Members who have not paid annual dues are asked to bring the amount of their dues one dollar to this meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. S. Ross Chapter
United Daughters of the Confederacy
J. B. Stevenson
W. J. Higgs
W. R. Fairman
T. C. Nunn
Liverpool Cotton Association Withdrawal Cancelled
At the Universal Cotton Standards Agreement meeting in London the Liverpool Cotton Association announced it had cancelled its prior plan to withdraw from the agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Eng
Liverpool Cotton Association
Eva Trant Leaves for Summer with Trant Family at San Angelo
Miss Eva Trant departs for San Angelo to spend the summer with her brother Emmett Trant and his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Trant
San Angelo
Emmett Trant
Prizes Offered by Chamber for Brazos County Farmers
The Chamber of Commerce and J Webb Howell announce cash prizes totaling 275 for best and second best reports on community organization and boys and girls club work. A score card and full rules will be released soon to guide entries. The program aims to encourage better services and place Brazos county on the map.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber OF Commerce
J Webb Howell
Brazos County
M. L. Parker
Bryan Chamber of Commerce
A. K. Short
C. L. Benson
Carl Wipprecht
D. W. Williams
W. I. McCulloch
Geo. J. Nedbalek
J. Webb Howell
Mae Ee
Also Mentioned on This Page
Brooks
Baylor
Goldberg
Pennington Plantation
Boatwright
Green Parrot
Wilson
W. D. Holcombe
J. A. Barnes
Beaumont
Harry Mason
Vernon
Tom Justiss
Paris
R. C. Johnston
Waxahachie
R. Ed. Jackson
League
J. A.barnes
Holland
Nacogdoches
Miller
J. Bryan Miller
McAdams
Association
Mr. Miller
Oscar Holcombe
H. O. Sappington
Messrs
Frank and
Ehlers
Chamber of Con
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