Bryan Plans Bond Issue To Expand City Schools
As polls near on Tuesday May 27 voters consider a 100000 bond for school improvements and a levy increase from 20 to 35 cents per 100 dollars. Proponents cite enrollment growth 810 to 1851 and the need to finish the Bowie building and expand facilities for white and Negro students with possible Rosenwald Fund aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travis
Bowie
Bryan
Rosenwald
Julius Rosenwald
South
Pioneer Citizen Jas E Mathis Dies at 91 in Brazos County
Brazos County mourns Jas E Mathis a longtime Reliance resident aged 91 years 9 months and 11 days who died Wednesday at home after a long life of service. He joined Georgia settlers in 1878 helping form the Little Georgia Settlement near Reliance and served as a Confederate artillery veteran. Survived by wife daughter three sons twenty nine grandchildren and twenty great grandchildren funeral held today at Old Tryom cemetery conducted by Rev R L Brown with McCulloch Dansby directing.
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Brazos County
Jas. E. Mathis
Reliance
J. FE. Mathis
J. BE. Mathis
Brages County
Texas
Georgia
Wild West
Little Georgia
J. &. Mathis
J. R. Smith
J. E
Heed
Green
Bryan
Mathis
Geugtter
Exre
Ziemmerman
Abilene
C. H. Mathis
Bryce
John Mathis
Chilkinem
Rex
West Mason
Karten Lodge
A. F
A. M
Old Tryom
R. L. Brown
College Station
McC
Poppy Day Tribute Promotes Veterans Care and Memory
The community plans Poppy Day on Saturday to honor World War I fallen and help incapacitated veterans and their families, organized by the American Legion Auxiliary with local clubs and schoolchildren making and selling poppies. Proceeds fund care for maimed veterans and orphans, while the poppies provide meaningful work for veterans during recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flanders
Europe
American Legion Auxiliary
Earl Graham Post
Bryan
Texas Leader Opposes Division into Five States
Denison Herald notes Representative John M Garner of Uvalde warns against splitting Texas into five states, arguing unity, shared history of Alamo and San Jacinto, and current focus on building and education. Also mentions cooperative cotton marketing plan changes and Owen Roberts Supreme Court nomination.
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John M. Garner
Uvalde
Texas
New England
Congress
Garner
California
Florida
Kentucky
Union
Lone Star
Alamo
Goliad
San Jacinto
Senate Judiciary Committee
Owen Roberts
Supreme Court
Cotton Insects Hatching Slowly, Thomas Reports
Dr. F. L. Thomas of the Texas Agricultural See necation reports a favorable outlook for cotton growers as overwintered flea hopper eggs near hatch completion. The period April 1 to May 15 shows decreasing hatching this year, with factors like moisture and rapid cotton growth influencing potential damage. No new boll weevil emergence at College Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Thomas
Division of Ecology
Texas
College Station
Baylor Dean to Deliver Baccalaureate Sermon in Bryan
Dean A. G. Flowers of Baylor University Law School will preach the baccalaureate sermon for Stephen F. Austin High School’s graduation in Bryan. The address is set for next Sunday at 11 am at the First Baptist Church. Mrs. Lee J. Rountree will deliver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Flowers
Law Department
Baylor University
Waco
Stephen F. Austin High School
Bryan
First Baptist Church
Lee J. Rountree
Governor Elected in Texas Lions Convention
Dr. F. D. Fuller of Texas A and M College and Bryan was chosen governor of the S district of Lionism in Texas at the state convention in Austin on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. D. Fuller
Texas A. and M. College
Bryan
Texas
Austin
Graduation dates and speakers at Bryan schools
The Bryan school system announces commencement events: Stephen F. Austin High on Friday May 80 at 7 p.m. with 45 graduates receiving diplomas from F. L. Henderson. Travis and Bowie schools hold ceremonies Thursday May 29 at 8 p.m. with Oak McKenzie delivering diplomas. Bryan negro schools host 15 graduates Saturday May 31 at 7:30 p.m. at the Negro Methodist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Fr. Austin High School
F. L. Henderson
Board of Trustees
Travis
Bowie
Oak McKenzie
Bryan
Prizes in Store For 4-H Boys 30 Trips Are Given
Texas 4-H Club boys may earn trips to Chicago Washington and Fort Worth plus a radio set. Prize donors include Santa Fe Railroad Armour Swift East Texas Chamber of Commerce and Texas Bankers Association. Criteria cover yield profit and demonstration history with county agents nominating state contenders.
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The
Eagle
College Station
Texas
Santa Fe Railroad
Chicago
Aes
Chilean Nitrate of Soda Educational Bureau
Armour and Company
Swift:and Company
Fort Worth
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Tomato Prospects Fine in Brazos County
P R Keith of Sandy Point road attended the Brazos County Tomato Growers meeting in Bryan. Keith cites an acre of tomatoes yielding about 23 500 pounds at 6 cents a pound, with per acre values between 405 and 1010 dollars depending on price. The Smetana Community Club meets Friday at 8 pm at the schoolhouse with Miss Lucy Givens leading the food preservation program.
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Brazos
Smetana Community Club
P. R. Keith
Bryan
Sandy Point
Brazos County
Keith
Britten Henderson
Lucy Givens
Miss Givens
Smetana
Yard Beautification Contest Extends Two Weeks
The committee behind the beautification campaign under county federation of women's clubs announces two more weeks for entries. Judges will visit yards and gardens in the last three days of May for prizes, with a clean up week at the end of May. Efforts focus on weed cutting, mowing, shrub trimming, and renovation of premises to boost civic improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fedération of Womer’s Clubs
Hughes of A-M to Talk to Grimes Co. School Board
Prof W L Hughes of A M College will address a joint Grimes county school board and district trustees meeting at Anderson High School auditorium on May 24 at 1 50 o clock. The program includes invocation, presentations, duties of the county board, piano selection, address by R M Woods, open forum and benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Hughes
A. and
M. College
Grimes County School Board
Anderson
R. A. Gates
Elizabeth Siddall
L. G. Andrews
Lillian Claire Buffington
R. M. Woods
Sam Houston State Teachers College
Huntsville
Lillian Buffington
Edible Garden Waste Reduction Targeted This Season
Community initiative urges residents to eliminate waste of edible garden products this season. Officials highlight composting and sharing surplus to support local food programs and reduce landfill burden.
4H Club Boys Organize County Demonstrations
Big Spring May 21 The county forms ten community clubs under J W Bush agricultural agent. The 112 4H boys will conduct 139 demonstrations including 64 five acre pure milo with cow peas intertilled 28 poultry with at least 100 purebred chicks or 30 laying hens 27 five acre pure Mebane cotton demonstrations and 20 baby beef feeding demos of one to five calves each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Big Spring
J. W. Bush
Aggie Architecture Students Win Honors in Design Contest
Eight of seventeen designs submitted by senior architecture students at A and M College of Texas received first mention from the Beau Arts Institute of Design in New York City. Winners include Curtis L. Arthur Groveton Alfred Barton Clyde Fox J. L. Fox all E Bedford Jones Thomas B. Thompson and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Beau Arts Institute of Design
New York City
A. and M. College of Texas
Ernest Langford
Department of Architecture
Venetian Palace
Curtis L. Arthur
Groveton
Alfred T. Barton
Clyde
J. L. Foxall
Memphis
E. Bedford Jones
Fastland
Thomas B. Thompson
San Antonio
Robert Jelinek
Granger
J. H. Turner
E. J. Urbanovsky
West
Youth of Harvey Hurt by Accidental Gun Discharge
Garth Andrews ten year old son of Mr and Mrs Lee Andrews of Harvey is recovering from four gunshot wounds to the right hand after a gun discharged while he was near a fence. The injury required prompt medical care and is expected to be permanent though there are no alarming symptoms to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Association
Garth Andrews
Lee Andrews
Harvey
Garth
Ehrgun
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