Benchley Budget Farmland Rain Delays Work and Social News
In Benchley May 28 report, a heavy rain delays farmers a week. Local residents travel between Hearne Bryan Mumford and Bryan for socials, church, and school events. The benchley boys and girls club held a noon picnic with County Agent C. L. Benson present.
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Daily Eagle
Benchley
Bill Peyton
Lila Moss
Calvert
Archie Houston
Ollie Josey
Hearne
Wilkes Dunn
Jesse Peyton
Ross Seale
Will Peyton
Marguerite
Bryan
C. L. Benson
Mr. Beaumont
J. T. Josey
C. E. Wooldridge
Dallas
R. H. Seale
John Peyton, Jr
Louis Juroska
Mumford
Barbara
Elizabeth Peyton
W. F. Cross
Bottom
Paley Reed
Hasting Petty and Family
College Station
Ancil Boswell
H. W. Boyles
W. E. Harris
Sutton
Eck Smith
New Baden
A. D. Martin
Joe McGee
Lizzie Slaughter
Reliance
Ralph Dunn
George Dunn
John Haygood
Cameron
Robert Haltom
Charlie Merka
J. E. Cameron
Tabor
J. C. Peyton
Millican Notes Presage Rain and Community News
The Millican column reports heavy rainfall this week and the community’s social life. Attendances include a wedding of Miss Byrd Chenault and Wingate Cooner, church activities, club meetings, and a barbecue fundraiser at the Methodist church to support a lighting project.
College chatter on hempstead graduates and visitors
Miss Harryett Amsler of Hempstead recently graduated and arrived to visit her sister Mrs. L. R. Besse until after commencement. Mrs. R. J. Potts of Waco and Dr. W. B. Bizzell attend commencements. Mrs. A. T. Potts and Deb Frances with her son visit, and Miss Audrey Butler of New Orleans plans a stay through graduation.
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Harryett Amsler
Hempstead
Hempstead High School
L. R. Besse
R. J. Potts
Waco
A. T. Potts
Deb Frances
Dallas
M. Frances
W. B. Bizzell
A. and M. College
Jhn Tarleton
Grubb Colleges
Audrey Butler
New Orleans
R. B. Ehlinger
Mrs Allphin Illness Called Family to Madisonville
Mrs. C. A. Allen and her brother Byron Allphin were summoned to Madisonville last week due to their mother Mrs. W. H. Allphin’s serious illness. She is reported a bit better now.
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Co. A. Allen
Byron Allphin
Madisonville
W. H. Allphin
Steep Hollow Sunday Sermon Draws Small Crowd at Rock Prairie
Rev. L. Upton filled his regular appointment and delivered a splendid sermon. A small crowd attended Rock Prairie singing, with many from Rock Prairie and Bryan area joining the event. A large post-singing gathering followed at the Holligan home with local and visiting families present.
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Bryan Daily Eagle
Steep Hollow
Upton
Rock Prairie
Claude Thompson
I. M. Cook
Will Holligan
Lynn Battle
Lucille Todd
Doris Battle
Rock Praire
Jewell Mathis
Evelyn Morehead
Vivian Conlee
Horace Bullock
V. C. Andrews
Hilma
Verna
Priscilla
Emma
Ruth
Totsie Tobias
Bryan
Adelle Hall
T. P. Hall
J. D. Barnett
Joe Barnett
Co. R. L. Jones
Frank Barnes
Harvey
Willie Belle Johnson
Marvin Morehead
J. W. Mathis
Albert Schultz
B. L. Foster
Display of paving material at Eagle office front desk
The Bryan Eagle shows a ten inch cube of new rock asphalt with test tubes and rock fragments on its front desk for public inspection. City Manager E. E. McAdams states the material forms a permanent street surface free of old road holes and promises long term value for Bryan’s Main street improvement.
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Bryan Eagle
E. E. McAdams
A. and M. College
McAdams
Bryan
Masons Invite Chapters for Royal Arch Degree Work
Royal Arch Masons will exemplify the Roy Arch Degree on Thursday night May 29. Work will be by certificate men of the local chapter with participants including F. E. Lichte Reinhardt H. C. Dillingham F. C. Yates W. E. Lewis Oak McKenzie Linton Robertson and C. R. Gardner. Visitors from Normangee Madisonville Navasota Caldwell and Calvert expected and supper will be served at Hotel Bryan for visitors only.
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Royal Arch Masons
F. E. Lichte
Reinhardt
H. C. Dillingham
F. C. Yates
W. E. Lewis
Oak McKenzie
Linton Robertson
C. R. Gardner
Normangee
Madisonville
Navasota
Caldwell
Calvert
Hotel Bryan
Harvey Happenings and Local Storm News
Harvey reports a recent storm with heavy hail three miles east that destroyed cotton and damaged Gass Johnson’s house. Another five hour rain hit Tuesday, complicating farm work amid two heavy rains weekly. Graduations concluded with several local graduates and hospital surgery for Pearl Handy. Ira Kelley plans A and M College attendance.
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Bryan Daily Eagle
Harvey
Here
Gass Johnson
Ira Kelley
A. and M. College
Ottie Kelley
Kan Kelley
Edgar Peters
FE. U. Peters
Consolidated School
College Station
Marshall Peters
Tyler
Community Notes Highlight Local Visits and Recovery
Miss Helen and Joel English visit the community as friends of Solon Morgan express relief at his swift recovery and return home. A Saturday night entertainment at Mr. and Mrs. H. Mathis’s home was enjoyed by all, while farmers are busy chopping cotton.
Smetana Sidelines Shiloh Clodhoppers in Close 5 4 Victory
May 29 report from Smetana notes rain delaying farmers. Smetana Aces beat Shiloh Clodhoppers 5 to 4 after a Friday night program at Smetana school drawn a packed crowd from Steep Hollow Bryan Rye and Mudville. Local residents Turner Merca Cunningham Cahill and Cahill family visits referenced.
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Bryan Daily Eagle
Smetana
Shiloh Clodhoppers
Smetana Aces
Steep Hollow
Bryan
Rye
Mudville
Turner
J. D. Conway
Margaret Ellen
Houston
D. Cahill
Jessie Deason
Evelyn Cahill
Cahill
Pete Vitopil
Messrs
D. L. Turner
Chas. Merka
Hal Cunningham
J. J. Cahill
Luling Oil Fields
Marriage Licenses Issued in Brazos County This Week
County Clerk A S McSwain released the latest marriage licenses dated since last week. Homer Elbert Womack wed Anna Lee Baker Wingate Cooner joined Byrd Chenalt Will Lemons married Irene Thomas John Satomanro tied with Santa Castoria Luther Seay and Ruby Maddox Henry Be Tracy and Dickie Gladys Jones Walter Vick and Luddie Williams Henry Crag and Marina Cunningham Will Brown and Merle Bryant Ed Brown and Essie Brown Johnnie Phillips and Ethel Elnore Brown.
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A. S. McSwain
Homer Elbert Womack
Anna Lee Baker
Wingate Cooner
Byrd Chenalt
Will Lemons
Irene Thomas
John Satomanro
Santa Castoria
Luther Seay
Ruby Maddox
Henry Be Tracy
Dickie Gladys Jones
Walter Vick
Luddie Williams
Henry Crag
Marina Cunningham
Will Brown
Merle Bryant
Ed Brown
Essie Brown
Johnnie Phillips
Ethel Elnore Brown
Tabor Tidbits: Local News From Mayors and Belfries
May 29 note on weather and crop worries. Minnie Elliott of the community improves in Bryan. Rock Prairie all day gathering praised. Bob Batten of Zack dies after illness. burial at old Wixom cemetery. Edna Harris and Victor of Bryan visit for B Y P U. Community club meeting postponed to next Friday due to funeral.
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Bryan
Zack
Old Wixon
Edna Harris
Victor
Mr. Batten
Edge Epigrams Edge May 29 Club Women Play at Edge
The Edge club women staged a play titled Clubbing a Husband. Several visitors from Millican and Bryan joined local residents for gatherings. Various families and individuals are listed as visiting, staying, or accompanying relatives across Edge and Bryan communities.
Mrs G W Saxon Celebrates Golden Birthday in Reliance
Mrs G W Saxon marked her fiftieth birthday with a Sunday dinner hosted by her children Mr and Mrs George Jones Mr and Mrs Sam Bullock Mr and Mrs Charley Saxon Mr and Mrs Britton Risinger Floy Everette Annie Saxon and Clarence Saxon Many gifts were received Miss Artie Lou Smith of Bryan and Miss Laura Belle Roten of Bryan visited Mrs J R Smith Reliance guests included Mr and Mrs Perry Crenshaw of Bryan.
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Bryan Dally Eagle
Reliance
G. W Saxon
George Jones
Sam Bullock
Charley Saxon
Britton Risinger
Floy, Everette
Annie Saxon
Clarence Saxon
Bryan
J. R. Smith
Laura Belle Roten
Perry Crenshaw
Brother Struggles With Typhoid in Rio Grande Hospital
Word from Rio Grande informs that Tom Bittle, hospitalized with typhoid fever, has taken a turn for the worse. The report comes from Guy P. Bittle.
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Guy P. Bittle
Rio Grande
Tom
Rizzalto Returns Home After Funeral of McCaghren in Dallas
Detailing a Dallas homecoming, the note records that T. Rizzalto traveled back to Dallas following attendance at the funeral of W. B. McCaghren, marking a personal bereavement and community grief.
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T. Rizzalto
Dallas
W. 8. McCaghren
Charley W. Gardner Dies at 82 in Hearne
Charley W. Gardner aged 82 died Saturday morning May 24 3 22 at the home of his daughter Mrs George Dunn in Hearne after a three week illness He was a Confederate Army veteran wounded at Shiloh April 6 1862 He was born April 1842 Water Valley Mississippi and had six surviving children and sixteen grandchildren. Funeral held at the Dunn home conducted by Rev H C Willis with interment at Norwood Cemetery.
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C. W. Gardner
George Dunn
CC. W. Gardner
Shiloh
Water Valley
Mississippi
Elizabeth Goodwin
J. R Gardner
Norfolk
C. H. Gardner
Bryan
Texas
J. J
George H. Dunn
Dunn
Hearne
Otho Mathews
Norwood Cemetery
Held and family return from Southern States trip
Dr John A Held and his wife and son Colbert came back to Bryan after a three week journey through Natchez and Atlanta. He spoke at the Southern Baptist Convention about the $75 million campaign and future budget plans for mission and education. He praised Shreveport’s growth and the First Baptist church there, and predicted Bryan’s new church will rival it in grandeur.
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Bryan
Jno. A. Held
Colbert
Natchez
Mississippi
Dr. Held
Europe
Holy Land
Atlanta
Georgia
Southern Baptist Convention
Grimes County
George W. McDaniel
Richmond
Virginia
Shreveport
M. L. Moffett
The
Triangle Drilling Company
Moffett
Syndicate
South Highland
Bryan Bride Weds Houston Groom in Methodist Church
Miss Clara Wood of Bryan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Wood, married Gaines Turner Wallace of Houston, son of Dr. and Mrs. C. A. Wallace, at First Methodist Church in Houston. Dr. Frank H. Smith officiated, with only immediate relatives attending.
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Clara Wood
T. B. Wood
Bryan
Gaines Turner Wallace
C. A. Wallace
Houston
First Methodist Church
Frank H. Smith
Houston Methodist Church
Bryan High School
Toby's Business College
Waco
Community Ties as Bryan Bride Weds Houston Guest
Over two years in the Experiment Station at A and M College the bride proved her ability and Christian character. The groom, a Houston cotton buyer and businessman, is a State University and Washington-Lee graduate respected in his field. They traveled from Houston to Bryan and stay with the bride’s parents on South Bryan Avenue.
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A. and
M. College
Bryan
Houston
The
State University
Washington-Lee University
Wallace
Wood
South Bryan Avenue
Batten R N Died At Zack Community
Brazos county mourns the death of R N Batten a 52 year old farmer and Baptist church member from Zack who died Thursday afternoon after weeks of illness. He is survived by his wife nine children two sisters and two brothers. Funeral service was held at the Batten home and interment at Wixon cemetery with Rev R L Brown officiating.
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Brazos County
R. N. Batten
Zack
Joe Locke
Herbert Smith
Bessie
Frances Nell Batten
Rufus
John Robert
Joe
Willie
Zak
A. J. Simpson
North Zulch
C. B. Frances
Tabor
Jim Batten
Bryan
Batten
R. L. Brown
Cottonwood Church
Wixon
Masons from Brazos Union Lodge Exemplar Masters Degree at Navasota
Nearly forty Masons from Brazos Union Lodge led by H. E. Randolph and G. A. Long traveled to Navasota despite storm threats to exemplify the Masters Degree for two candidates. A large crowd welcomed the visitors, with refreshments after the meeting and a quartet providing music.
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Brazos Union Lodge
H. E. Randolph
G. A. Long
Navasota
J. E. Warren
W. S. Barron
E. P. Humbert
L. E. Dowd
R. R. Rush
W. C. Hutton
W. L. Robinson
W. H. Newell
WB. Frederick
E. K. Spahr
H. T. Cleaver
L. &. Dowd
C. A. Searcy
S. C. Hoyle
Roy Montgomery
L. W. Brittian
M S. Hull
P. L. Neal
W. L. Hohn
Walter Holden
C. F. Ayers
Roy Hudspeth
H. C. Dillingham
C. C. Yates
W. F. Davis
C. S. Westmoreland
W. H. Wendler
J. W. Payne
C. &. Thomas
S. G. Hester
Bryan Bankers Are Home From Austin
J. N. Dulaney reports about 1600 Texas Bankers Association delegates returning to Bryan after attending sessions in Austin. They stayed at the Stephen F. Austin Hotel and the governor's mansion, enjoyed a Camp Mabry barbecue, with routine business sessions noted as of interest mainly to bankers. R L Thornton of Dallas Mercantile Bank and Trust was elected president for next year.
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Stephen F. Austin
Governor’s Mansion
Camp Mabry Park
Mr. Dulaney
Houston
Dulaney
R. L. Thornton
Mercantile Bank and Trust Company of
Dallas
Shower for Mrs J R Bullard Bride of the Week
Mrs Harvey C Fender hosted a Thursday afternoon shower for Mrs J R Bullard, a bride of the week. The decor featured pink and white sweet peas and snapdragon blossoms with a wreath of maiden hair ferns around the lace dining table.
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Harvey C. Fender
J. R. Bullard
Tanlac credited with weight gain and renewed strength
Mrs. V. Hanson of Fort Worth testifies Tanlac restored her appetite and digestion. She says her weight rose from 97 to 117 pounds and she regained energy to work at the Acme Grocery Co. She praises Tanlac and notes it is sold by druggists with over 40 million bottles sold.
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Taniac
V. Hanson
Acme Grocery Co
Hemphill St
South Ft. Worth
Texas
Bridal Shower Details With Gifts and Floral Motifs
Pink satin ribbons suspended from an electrolier held a tiny bouquet and a note for each guest. Guests read notes during a shower of gifts in a room lined with pink and white treats while Miss Anne Mae Stewart spoke and Mrs. Bullard offered a gratitude verse. Attendees included Misses Annie Mae Stewart Fanny Brown Velma Womble Una Ona Ruby Buchanan Leona Wooten Ethel Evans Avs Cummings Lillie Mott Mes dames Chas Meehlman W A Carter E L Fletcher J T Evans and J R Bullard.
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Anne Mae Stewart
Bernelle
Annie Mae Stewart
Fanny Brown
Velma Womble
Una
Ona
Ruby Buchanan
Leona Wooten
Ethel Evans
Av's Cummings
Lillie Mott
Mesdames Chas. Meehlman
W. A. Carter
E. L. Fletcher
J. T. Evans
J. R. Bullard
Tracy Jones Wedding
Miss Dickie Gladys Jones and Mr. H B Tracy of Dallas wed at 11 30 this morning at the Beard home with Rev H C Willis officiating. The bride, daughter of Mrs Maude B Jones, wore a beige twill suit and accessories. After congratulations the couple left for Cameron then Dallas to reside. Tracy is a Dallas businessman.
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H. Beard
Dickie Gladys Jones
H. B. Tracy
Dallas
H. C. Willis
First Methodist Church
Job Printing on Time and Right
Eagle Printing Company advertises reliable on time printing services with the slogan on time and right and a contact phone number 86 for orders and inquiries.
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Eagle Printing Company
Bryan to Have Best Show on the Road This Winter
Mr and Mrs W R Fairman sign a contract for three top musical comedies on tour for fall at the Palace Theatre Blossom Time Battling Butter and Spring Cleaning. Shows have run long in New York and Texas audiences may see the best touring shows this fall and winter. Bryan's central location between Waco and Houston on a Dallas Fort Worth to South Texas route aids bookings.
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Houston
Dallas
Fort Worth
South Texas
Texas
Mrs Hallie Jones Wofford Visits Bryan on Port Arthur Trip
Mrs Hallie Jones Wofford of Cameron and her son Nat Wofford of Port Arthur stopped in Bryan yesterday to visit Mr and Mrs Albert Buchanan while en route by car from Cameron to Port Arthur.
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Hallie Jones Wofford
Cameron
Nat Wofford
Porth Arthur
Bryan
Albert Buchanan
Port Arthur
Alice Sue Roman Improving After Illness
Anxious friends of little Alice Sue Roman report she is somewhat improved today after several days of serious illness. The child is the daughter of Mr and Mrs W B Roman and is receiving medical care.
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Alice Sue Roman
W. B. Roman
MOAVA suppositories promise quick relief for piles
An old advertisement touts MOAVA suppositories as a cure for piles with rapid relief. It claims a doctor’s long effort yielded a found prescription that absorbs the condition and prevents return, offered with a money back guarantee at James Drug Co.
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James Drug Co
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S. E. Dunlap
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Edge
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J. L. Cobb
Wilsor
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Eagle Office
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Millican
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W. C. Hill
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Chambers-Wilson Motor Co
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S. P. Moore
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J. O. Orr
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John Rychlik
Frank Ryechlik
Albert Rychlik
J. W. Leighman
Lige Broadus
Broadus
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W. H. George
Reliance Record
Chas. W. Gardner
Held and Wife
Trip
Clara Wood OF
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Austin
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Tanlac
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