Funeral Service For Reliance Man Held Saturday Morning
Funeral services were held for William Taylor Jones at Heliance Baptist Church with Rev. R L Brown and Rev J P Brown officiating. Born November 20 1852 in Georgia, he died after a long illness at his Reliance home in Brazos County aged 82 years 11 months and 10 days. He moved to Texas at 21 and lived in Reliance 61 years. Survived by wife, two daughters Katie Jones of Albany NY and Eula Jones of Austin, plus four nephews Zeff Carl George and Taylor Jones and two Carter cousins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heliance Baptist
Illiam Taylor Jones
Reliance Cemetery
R. L. Brown
College Baptist Church
J. P. Brown
Bryan
McCulloch-Dansby
Georgia
Jones
Texas
Reliance
Brazos County
Katie Jones
Albany
New York
Eula Jones
Austin
Zeff
Carl
George
Taylor Jones
Brazos
Jim Carter
Robert Carter
Reliance i
Roll Call Drive For Red Cross Opens Nov 11
E R Bryant chairman of the Red Cross Roll Call announced the annual campaign for Brazos County from November 11 to 28. He named lieutenants Mr Dansby and Rev J B Gleissner and seeks to enroll 900 members amid Brazos county’s 1930 population of 21 837.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Bryant
Red Cross Roll Call
Chamber of Commerce
Bryant
Mrt
Dansby
J. B. Gleissner
Brazos County
BPWC Gives Books For City Library Junior Patrons
The BPWC and College Woman's Club donate books to the Carnegie Library for the junior department. Read list includes A Norwegian Farm, A Norwegian Family, The Bright Feathers, Dawn Boy of the Pueblos, Dragon Fly of Zuni, Tales of a Russian Grandmother, Waterless Mountain and many others, with authors such as Nora Burg Lon, Grace Gilkinson, David Wynn, and Knud Rasmussen represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BPWC
City Library
and College Business
Jo Onal Woman’s Club
Carnegie Liary
Malle Hansum
Marie
Grace
Dorothy Rhoads
William Hurd Hillyer
Jno
Flaherty
Collettee
Baba
Kate Seabrook
Nora Burglon
Dawn Boy
The
Pueblos
Lena Becker Scott
Alicia Sims Markus
Bobrey
Monica Shannon
Louis Untermeyer
Gift
Knud Rasmussen
Anabel Williams-Ellis
David Wynn
Gao
Ivory Coast
Katie Seabrook
Garram the Hunter
Herbert Garram
Chief
Herbert Little Bear
Fleanor Frances Lattermore
Nam and
Deng
Siam
Phylis Ayer Sowers
Peter Swiss
H. C. Crew
C. Phillips
F. Carpenter
I. P
M. Weatherwax
Grace Gilkinson
Tono Antonio
RK. Sawyer
Mikko
Finland
Byrne
Washington, D. C
F. M. Fox
I. A
FFA District Reorganization Elects Bryan Officers
About 65 representatives from four Future Farmer Chapters met at Stephen F. Austin high school to reorganize the Bryan District FFA Chapter. Normangee Hearne Cook's Point and Bryan were represented. Officers elected were Hal Fletcher president, L Q Manning vice president, J C Benton secretary, Jim Rogers treasurer, Tony DeStefano reporter, Ruben Bond farm watch dog, Paul Accurso parliamentarian, Ray Epps adviser. A district committee will meet November 9 to set objectives. Regular meetings to be held every six weeks at Bryan, next December 11, with an officers training school planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Future Farmer
Stephen F. Austin High School
Bryan District
FFA
Normangee
Hearne
Cook’s Point
Bryan
Franklin
Caldwell
L. O. Manning
Hal Fletcher
L. QO. Manning
J. C. Benton
Cooks Point
Jim Rogers
Tony DeStefano
Ruben Bond
Paul Accurso
Ray Epps
Former Bryan residents die in Victoria auto crash
Mrs. G M John of Victoria died early Monday from injuries suffered in a Sunday automobile crash while she and her husband Mr. G M John had lived in Victoria since moving from Bryan five years earlier. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 3 PM in Victoria with burial there. Forrest Jones and daughter Mary Louise will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Jones
Bryar
G. M. John
Victoria
Mr. John
John
Mary Louise Jones
Bryan
Bryan Nursery and Floral Company
Victoria Texas Floral Company
Dance Choruses and Notable Performances at Stephen F. Austin High
Dance choruses will feature in the entertainment sponsored by Travie P.T.A. at Stephen F. Austin High School on Thursday evening. Highlights include Dance of the Moonbeam and The Totem Tom-Tom with Mims Lorraine Smith as soloist in the latter, plus a special Indian Love Song by Rowena Newberry. District Judge W. C. Davie appears as the leading Huaco Indian in The Legend of the Blue Bonnet. Mrs. Roy Danforth directs a cast praised by supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travie P.T. A
Stephen F. Austin High School
Mims Lorraine Smith
Mie Rowena Newberry
Hourton
Mra
Roy Danforth
Sam Hunter
W. C. Davie
Huaco Indiens
Danforth
Dancing Of Bryan Girls To Feature Pageant At A M
Bryan and College Station girls perform dances under Elizabeth Duffy as part of the seventeenth annual Rodeo and Pageant at Texas A&M College Station. Miss Patricia Chance and Leonard Traylor will crown the royalty amid a full rodeo program. Rowena Newberry brings a special number The Rodeo Girl while student dancers perform pieces such as Snowballs Toe Strut and The Meanest Gal in Town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Navy
Texas A & M
Bryan
Elizabeth Duffy
Houston
Royal Court
Patricia Chance
Leonard Traylor
Mt. Pleasant
College International Livestock
Rowena Newberry
Duffy School of Dancing
Barbara Jane Walker
Mima Jean Hardin
Wister Howell
Jackie Hensarling
Mary Frances Lennert
Ann Howell
Jane Washington
Della Margaret Parker
Faye Pauline Nunley
Miss Rowena Newberry
Lulu
Peggy Paine
Gertrude Plagens
May Frances Yeager
Rhythm Sisters
Ann and
Y Blanche Dobyne
Dorothy Varisco
Antoinette Varisco
Ann Washington
Delia Margaret Parker
A. D
Texas A
M. College Saddle End
Sirloin Club
College Animal Husbandry
University of Texas
Mount Pleasant
Jennie June Howell
D. P. Gallman
Cotulla
C. C. Todd
Jacqueline Noelke
Southern Methodist University
Sadie Meadows
Virginia Boone
Texas Christian University
Maurine Williamson
Baylor University
Sara Lee Durham
John Tarleton Agricultural College
Josephine Dunn
College of Industrial Arts
Travis Marks
Barker
Gallman
H. C. Noelke
San Angelo
W. H. Kelley
John Mugford
Menard
Arlington Helbing
Ellis Farr
Olney
AM Consolidated Carnival Proves A Huge Success
Crowds packed the Friday night carnival at A M Consolidated High School. About 279 was raised for library and school purposes as booths and refreshments sold out early. Event highlights included a stage coach drawn by Percheron horses, a popular bingo table, pony ring, and lively entertainment directed by PTA presidents from both high and grade schools. Weather enabled outdoor activities drawing attendees from across the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. and M. Consolidated High School
Smaal Husbandry Department
Carnival Highlights At A and M Consolidated School
Songs by the children and an educated giraffe wowed spectators at the carnival. Prizes were awarded in several events including bronzed prizes for the bathing beauty revue and an old fiddlers contest won by D. Cargill. A turkey sale saw birds go to C. N. Shepherdson and A. A. Blumberg. Floyd Murray’s Rhythm Boys provided music for the open air square dance with strong community support acknowledged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prines
Patranella
Mary Anne Munnelyn
Louise Jones
D. Cargill
Bryan
Floyd Murray
C. N. Shepardson
A. A. Blumberg
FL E. Giesicke
Bryan Girl Named As Pageant Queen By Sirloin Club
Bryan University pageant in College Station honors Miss Patricia Chance of Bryan as queen and Miss Jennie June Howell as maid of honor. The event funds the college livestock judging team, with participants from SMU UT Texas Baylor and more, plus 50 contestants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Sirloin Club
Highway 6 to Become Major Route Toward Dallas Exposition
McKINNEY Nov 5 The state highway commission said construction on Highways 6 and 75 from McKinney through Collin county will begin soon. Bids for 5.17 miles of concrete pavement south of McKinney and 11.16 miles north to the Grayson county line are expected within weeks. The road is slated as a principal route to Dallas Centennial exposition next year with work possibly starting in a month or six weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mckinney
State Highway Commission
Collin County
Allen
Plano
Here
Grayson County
Dallas
Columnist Edeon Waite Dies After Short Illness
Buawnee Oklahoma November report notes Edeon T. Waite age 60 author of the syndicated column Did You Ever Stop to Think died at a local hospital Monday night after a two day illness from heart disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buawnee
Okla
Edeon T. Waite
Mainly About Iion Folks Mainly About Iion Folks
Mr and Mrs F R Rogers plan a visit from Miss Minnie Rogers of Waco principal of Provident Heights public school arriving in Bryan Saturday and staying through Armistice Day. Numerous Bryan residents including Mrs Elizabeth Cook Mr and Mrs Robert Rohde Mrs T S Henderson Mrs Glenn Stinnette and others visit, travel, or attend events locally and in Houston. Tenants and guests in Bryan attend church, music events, and university functions with many flights of travel and family visits noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. R. Rogers
Roger
Minnie Rogers
Waco
Miss Rogers
Provident Heights
Bryan
Elizabeth Cook
Houston
Robert Rohde
Hearne
T. S. Henderson
Cameron
J. C. Culpepper
Culpepper
van Alstyne
Glenn Stinnette
F. N. German
Route 5
H. P. Black
James Street Baptist Church
Black
George Lescher MacGregor
Little Son
Dallas
Eugene Edge. Johnson Couch
Chicago
Eleanor Chance
W. H. Andrew
W. S. Howell
J. Webb Howell
M. W. Bergeson
M. T. Harrington
Elouise Weeks
San Antonio
Bankhead
A. & M. College
G. R. Kitchen
E. N. Holmgreen
Walter Lindsey
Tyler
Ruth
Tyler Business College
Ann Bentley
Texas University At Austin
M. R. Bentley
Austin
D. R. Miller
Jack
San Saba
L. L. Johnson
Johnson
State Boys’ Club
Extension Service
Ida Landrum
Lampasas
Musical Treat At First Baptist Church
A rare musical program delighted a large Sunday audience at 7 30 pm at First Baptist Church. The Southwestern Ladies quartet from the Baptist Seminary Fort Worth performed sacred songs without instruments, blending voices on favorites like Jesus Savior Pilot Me and One Sweetly Solemn Thought. The group, en route to Houston for the Texas Baptist Convention, stopped in Bryan for the evening service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Southwestern Ladies Quartet
Baptist Seminary
Fort Worth
W. H. Andrew
Texas
Southland
Andrew
Harry Hablen
William Souther
Carlyle Bennett
Helen Presley
Jesus
Bryan Fea
Houston
Texas Baptist Convention
Southwest Teams In First Pen Of Country
Alan Gould offers an early top ten college football ranking with Princeton, Notre Dame, Minnesota, Southern Methodist, Texas Christian, California, Ohio State, Rice, North Carolina, and Alabama. He notes the Midwest and Southwest power, highlights Texas trio SMU TCU Rice, and cites Rice’s 41-0 drubbing of George Washington and SMU’s clash with California on Armistice Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press Sports
New York
Princeton
Notre Dame
Minnesota
Southern Methodist
Texas Christian
California
Ohio State
Rice
North Carolina
Alabama
East
Dartmouth
Syracuse
Middle West
Southwest
Texas
Pacific Coast
Midwest
Marquette
Louisiana State
Geo. Washington
University of California At
Los Angeles
Lone Star State
University of Texas
U S Economist to Visit A and M in November
Dr A G Black chief of USDA agricultural economics will visit Texas A M College November 12 13. He will inspect the school of agriculture and its programs in agricultural administration the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station the Engineering Experiment Station and the Extension Service with emphasis on cotton fiber work. Black trained at Illinois and Minnesota and led the Iowa State College agricultural economics department before joining USDA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
A. G. Black
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
Texas A. & M. College
FE. J. Kyle
School of Agriculture
Black
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Engineering Experiment Station
Extension Service
Agricultural Experiment Station
University of Illinois
University of Minnesota
Iowa State College
Ames
Washington
AAA
Division of Agricultural Economies
USDA
National and State Bank Condition Calls Issued
The comptroller of the currency ordered a call on the condition of all national banks as of Friday, November 1. Irvin McCreary, Texas banking commissioner, issued a similar call for state banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Navy
Comptroller of the Currency
Irvin McCreary
Texas Banking Commissioner
Work orders released on 77 WPA projects in Texas
San Antonio reports work orders issued for 77 WPA projects and authorization of jobs for 4000 Texans on relief. The action covers several state locations as relief programs continue to support unemployed workers through federal employment in a postwar context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPA
San Antonio
Eagles Hope To Climb In Home clash with Bryan
Hillsboro Senior High hosts Bryan Broncs for the last home game of the season at Frazier field. The Eagles, rebuilt after a rough stretch, aim to rebound after losses to Temple and a 33 to 0 defeat at Corsicana. Starting lineup features Keeton and Smith among veterans, with many 1924 starters still active.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagles
Broncs
Hillsboro
Frazier Field
Bryan Broncs
Hillsboro Senior High Eagles
O. F
Corsicana
Matt
Gainesville
Athens
Bryan
Tigers
Corsicana Boys
Waco
Temple
Cleburne
Jake Fawgett
E. L. Keeton
Orville Smith
Beide Marchbanks
Dewey Kirk
Little Jack Dobbs
Ray Smotherman
Howard Shelton
Royce McEver
Jack Herring
A. J. Bennett
Sam Baugh Stardom Grows as TCU Passer Impresses
Fort Worth reports praise for Sam Baugh from Texas Christian University after a 28 to 0 win over Baylor. Waco editor Jinx Tucker calls Baugh the greatest passer in America today, noting his cool precision, 16 completions in 24 attempts for 148 yards and three touchdowns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Texas Christian University
Sam Baugh
Jinx Tucker
Waco Times- Herald
Baugh
Baylor
Tucker
Sweetwater
Carroll Field
TCU
Bill Henderson
Temple
America
Meyer
Southwest
Frogs
Body Found In Shallow Grave Linked To Gangland Match
Police identified the body of a man found in a shallow grave near Monticello New York as Charles Chink Sherman once accused of stabbing Dutch Schultz. J P Jones recovering well after surgery at Wilkerson Memorial Clinic hopes to be moved to La Salle hotel soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Monticello
Charles “Chink” Sherman
Dutch Schultz
J. P. Jones
Wilkerson Memorial Clinic
la Salle Hotel
Also Mentioned on This Page
Red Cross
Davis
J. E. Breland
Wilkerson Climb
L. B. Elred
First Methodist Church
Frank Smith
Henderson
A& M
AM Consolidated Carnival
Dues
Alan Gould
U.S. Economist
Finist National Bank Art Srvan
Travis B. Bryan President
Wilson Bradey
Dr. Caldwell
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