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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1935
Page
1
A. W. KiNNARD SR writes of returning to the column after a six week break devoted to personal matters. He reflects on the country’s distress and his neighbors’ sorrow, noting times of wakefulness and concern in the early hours before resuming publication.
Mr and Mrs W R Godsey move from Jacksonville to Bryan living in Batts apartments on East 27th street. He is a senior at A and M College and runs a service station at College avenue and 27th. They will stay about a year as he completes senior and graduate work at A M C. Also, Mr and Mrs Hugh Looney Jr and Mr and Mrs Reed McDonald return from a Davis Mountains Carlsbad New Mexico vacation. O W Kelley recuperates after appendicitis at Wilkerson Memorial Clinic.
Warren Thurmond was arrested at the New Church cemetery in Edge after the burial of his wife Cora Ida Thurmond. He is charged as a lunatic by his father in law and jailed. hearing before County Judge J M Ferguson not yet set.
A Brazos county turkey raisers group and Extension Service representatives inspected farms in Burleson and Brazos counties to study methods affecting hatch quality and other details. Participants included Nunn Jones A L Andrews Elmo Weedon C A Jones Elmer Pate E A Peters George Cargill Paul Cungus Henry Ross H P Dansby Carl Wipprecht and County Agent C L Beason.
Waco leader Goodrich Jones president emeritus of the Texas Forestry Association will present a paper on Origin and History of Our Trees at the twentieth annual meeting in Huntsville. Sessions are at the Josey Boy Scout lodge near Sam Houston College with J William Oliphint of Huntsville presiding.
Friday May 31 marks the final day to pay the second half of city taxes without penalties or interest.
Bryan city commission and a special Bryan Country Club committee agreed to return club property to the club directorate. Directors will operate the municipal playgrounds for now with policy statements to follow.
Bryan officials and federal and local relief leaders discussed methods to secure labor for Brazos county plantations and farm work. They proposed checking idle Negroes for National Re employment Service registration while transients would be sifted out and put to work on city projects or held as vagabonds.
S. M. Brown, Bryan superintendent of schools, will speak at the Bryan Federation of Young People's Societies meeting at First Presbyterian church Sunday at 3 30 p m. It will be his first federation talk since addressing them on The Meaning of Education after arriving in Bryan two years ago.
The Bryan Lions Club elected new officers and directors Tuesday noon. Tail Twister Earl Tatum Lion Tanner Sam Crenshaw will lead songs. Directors Gordon Stover J C Goldsmith join incoming President R C Franks and Secretary R A Booth on the board. The eight team league opens with games Monday June 3 and prize winner Sept S M Brown awarded attendance prize to Roeland Dansby.
Estimates indicate 15 to 20 percent of Brazos Valley farmland flooded last week will need replanting. The east bank of the Brazos river at the Navasota bridge washed out, closing the bridge to traffic and diverting Brenham-bound vehicles via Hempstead.
County commissioners act to halt fee leaks by requiring cash payments from the tax assessor collector and clerks sherif county attorney and judge. Officials receive 2400 annual pay plus one third of all fees until reaching 600 extra, after which surplus goes to the county. Estimated annual loss to the county: 500 to 750 dollars. Continued on Page 5.
The Texas A and M College commencement program begins Thursday at 4 30 pm with a concert by the College band directed by R J Dunn. The Junior Prom is at 9 pm. Friday features a 10 30 am Baccalaureate sermon by Floyd Poe, 1 4 pm open departments, 6 pm proessional, 6 15 pm exercises with address by Gov. James V Allred and valedictory by K S Buchanan, degree conferrals by F M Law, 8 30 pm president and Mrs Walton host, and a 10 pm final ball.
Cotton farmers without an acreage reduction contract must sign a Bankhead tax exemption application to gin part of their cotton tax free. Only owner operators cash tenants or managing share tenants may apply. sharecroppers should not.Applicants must provide cotton history from 1928 to 1934 and disclose renters wages and acreage planted. Signatures taken at the county agent's office on June 7 and 8.
Brazos County sent 1,084 1984-85 Cotton Acreage Reduction contracts to Washington. County Agent C. L. Benson reports total AAA payments reaching 47,959.85 dollars to local farmers.
Bryan hosts Trades Day with $300 in cash prizes totaling 21 awards from $100 to $5. Prizes go to attendees only, presented by chamber of commerce officials from a truck on 25th Street at 4 PM, with merchants offering additional incentives.
Henry Malone, a negro, was cleared by a district court jury Tuesday morning of hog theft. Later that day A. J. Jones, another negro, was put on trial for forgery as the May term began.
The American Legion Free Fair committee lowers exhibit requirements and adds a 200 point instructional backboard phase on farm production. New sections require three exhibits in each of three major farm crops, three home canning, and three livestock or miscellaneous crops. County Agent Benson and teacher Henry Ross assist. larger quarters are allocated for Negro work in the former preshow building.
C L Baker veteran peace officer of Bryan and Brazos county died Friday evening from a self inflected bullet wound. Funeral held at the Bakers west 24th street home with Rev E S Bledsoe and Rev E S Phinney officiating and interment in Bryan city cemetery. Pallbearers included Judge W C Davis Jim Darwin C A Buchanan Wade Cox Horace Reed and K T Tillis.
A. C. Dowell, former Edge principal, elected Tabor High School principal for the coming year. Leroy Miller named his assistant. Teachers re elected are Mrs. Sue Presnall, Mrs. R. H. Smith, and Miss Pauline Walker.
The Daily Vacation Bible School at Free Gospel Mission opens with 99 children enrolled Tuesday morning. Speakers for the next ten days include Mrs Theo Mahler Rev Phinney Rev W B Breazeale Dr L B Elrod Rev L A Wilson Rev R L Jackson Dr W H Andrew and Rev R L Brown with sessions from 8 30 to 8 45 each morning.
Miss Katie Daffan of Ennis life secretary of Hood's Texas Brigade writes the L S Ross Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy and Bryan Chamber of Commerce that no Hood's Brigade reunion will be held this year. She cites missing members and the need for two brigades to meet noting Green's Brigade would need three living members to convene. The joint reunions since 1926 in Bryan are likely history, though she thanks Bryan Chamber for longstanding kindness to Confederate soldiers.
Bryan observes Annual Decoration and Memorial Day with Earl Graham Post American Legion Auxiliary and L. S. Ross Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy paying tribute to World War I World War II Spanish American War and Civil War veterans buried in Bryan and Boonville cemeteries. Color guards lead a late afternoon procession to the grave of Harry Estill as flags wave and poppy wreaths mark the graves. Curtis L. Gray serves as Post Commander.
Bryan officials consider allowing local butchers to use the Texas A and M abattoir to slaughter beef pork and mutton under better conditions and with longer meat aging. Directors of Public Health and City Development study the proposal with College authorities and report back to the board. Letters from national lawmakers support flood response near the Brazos River while education group reports rising Allen enrollment.
An all day meeting of the Steep Hollow Cemetery Association was held at Steep Hollow church, five miles east of Bryan. Members planned care for the Hollow cemetery as pioneers of the community rest there. E A Peters of Harvey, a Steep Hollow native, presided with M I Cook as vice president and Laura Mims Hicks as secretary-treasurer. The association includes neighbors from Bryan, other county areas, and Texas cities where Steep Hollow families now live. The meeting began at 10 o'clock with Peters in charge.
Residents using water not supplied by the city urged to submit samples to Dr. R Henry Harriston Jr city health officer for testing. A sample from a Bryan well was found unfit for domestic purposes and likely tied to a typhoid source, leading to the well being closed.
Rev and Mrs V B Breazeale return to Bryan after directing Milam county Baptist Sunday School enlargement effort at San Gabriel The church there reportedly ranked second in the county contest.
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