Committees Form At Bryan Little Theater Meeting
The Bryan Little Theater hosts a Ladies Club meeting where Milton aloney announces named committees. A 7:30 pm start is adopted to help working members attend, with plans for a year long program and a play-reading group led by Mrs Mills P. Walker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Aloney
Ryan Little Theater
Woman’s Club
Pilding
Miss Jane Elliott
Coulter Hoppess
Olmanders
Woodrow Wallace
Betty Syptak
Rita Kraft
Lily Rush Walker
Mills P. Walker
John Sidney Smith
W.S. Johnson
Stella Hart
Texs A and M to Stage 15th Rodeo and Pageant
Animal husbandry students at Texas A and M College plan the fifteenth annual rodeo on Friday November 10 in the animal husbandry pavilion. Proceeds aid the college’s international livestock judging team for trips to Kansas City and Chicago. Miss Margaret Higgs of Bryan is queen and A B Kyte of Whitney is king. coronation closes the pageant segments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Texas A. and
M. College
Kansas City
Kans
Chicago
Margaret Higgs
Bryan
A. B. Kyte
Whitney
Bronco Basketball Arrangements Discussed by S F A Leaders
Coaches Bill Carmichael and Sam Crenshaw of Stephen F. Austin high school met with principals J Vernon Brown and C M Bethany and Superintendent H M Brown to arrange use of basketball courts for the coming season. The high school court is condemned, so practices and games will be held at the two elementary schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Carmichael
Sam Crenshaw
Stephen F. Austin High
J. Vernon Brown
C. M. Bethany
Supt. 8. M. Brown
Broncos
Writing paper and envelopes sale by Eagle Printing Co
A package of 100 sheets of fine writing paper 7 1 4 by 10 1 2 inches comes with 50 matching envelopes offered for 55 cents by Eagle Printing Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle Printing Co
Local social news highlights community gatherings and marriages
A Willing workers B Y P U picnic at Wixon Lake and a senior class gathering at the Jones home preceded a birthday feast for Mrs. Merka. Neighbors hosted paper hanging, beef canning plans arose, and many area residents attended parties and visits. Verda Kincannon and R B Pruitt wed quietly in Caldwell and will reside in Ballinger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wixon Lake
J. J. Riley
C. C. Riley
Conrad Merka
Clifton Lawless
George Riley
Will Riley
George Jones
W. T. Jones
Lorene Keith
Elsie Shealy
Bryan
Smetana
Joe Banjo
W. B. Roman
Gordon Mitchell
A. C. Williams
W. R. McCullough
Weldon Jones
W. S. Dowling
Alice Cole
Horace McGee
Roger McGee
Clyde Goen
Howard Lee
Misses Icy Goen
Bess Hensarling
E. A. Peters
Ira Kelley
C. L. Andrews
W. C. Raines
D. L. Peters
O. L. Moore
Aubrey Jones
W. 5. Jones
S. B. Pate
W. L. McCulloch
K. Kelley
C. A. Hensarling
N. C. Cole
Jessie Gaye Preston
Verda Kincannon
R. B. Pruitt
Ballinger
Caldwell
Mr. Pruitt
J. E. Cook
Nat] Graham
Houston
Charlie Graham
Finger Prints play to aid two schools at Smetana
The Prospect school will stage Finger Prints at Smetana school Thursday night Nov 9 for the benefit of two schools. A Fountain Hall dance Saturday night Nov 11 features Mr Ball’s orchestra for Smetana school. Senior boys’ basketball team lineup includes Willard Mosley Willie Turek Johnnie Kubin Joe Stabler with Willie Turek captain and J E Watts new coach. 4 H club meets Nov 14. Willie Turek named Fat Stock Show Chicago delegate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prospect School
Smetana School
Fountain Hall
Ball
Smetana
Willard Mosley
Willie Turek
Johnnie Kubin
Joe Stabler
Jim Abbotti
Buster Kutler
Ted Bukowski
Walter Sikorcki
J. E. Watts
Frank Kreana
Houston
Johnnie Severn
Willie Regmund
Willie Kutler
L. J. Bulmanski
Shipley
Billie
Chicago
Delightful shower honors Miss Dorothy Ryan in November wedding
A surprise shower for Miss Dorothy Ryan, a November bride, was hosted at Mrs. O L Andrews' home with "A Love Tale" and contests. Guests enjoyed spiced julep and chicken sandwiches. The event honored Miss Ryan with a gift basket and included many attendees from Bryan and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Ryan
O. L. Andrews
Miss Ryan
N. C. Cole
Aubrey Jones
E. A. Peters
Ira Kelley
Regular Steep Hollow Notice Board Updates
Steep Hollow reports Rev Carrington held services last Sunday and Sunday night with good attendance. Local residents pass through to Bryan, visit relatives, and plan cemetery meeting attendance. Bonnie Murray and Edward Bullock visit from Bryan. T E Bullock plans move. various social calls occur with A B Beverly and families mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrington
Jack Crenshaw
Miss Ruth
Steep Hollow
Bryan
R. W. Murray
Sherwood
Elwood Beverly
T. E. Taylor
Orin Bullock
A.B. Beverly
C. Y. Cobb
Aubrey Tobias
A. B. Beverly
T. E. Bullock
Elbert
Bonnie Murray
Edward Bullock
Edward Jr
Suday
Edge Items and Community News From Edge Missionary Church
Edge Items reports a joint meeting with homecoming and a ground dinner featuring visitors from Bryan including Rev W H Black and Rev J J Pipkin. Dr W H Andrew pastor of Bryan First Baptist preached at 2 pm with singing by Rev and Mrs Black and Mrs Williams plus a quartette. Birthday gatherings honor J W Murphy and Mrs Mary Free. Several local residents noted ill or moving, and a barbecue crowd feasted on pies and cakes amid social visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Edge Missionary Baptist Church
Bryan
W. H. Black
Williams
J. J. Pipkin
McAlpine
W. C. Hill
M. College
W. H. Andrew
First Baptist Church
Black
Edge
Mes
J. D. Sanders
Ennie Barnett
Bob Parker
Alvin Barnett
Andrew
Milton Scott
Conroe
Franklin
Bremond
Louis Terrell Corgey
Reason Bynum
S. P. Moore
F. W. Rychlick
J. W. Murphy
Mary Free
H. M. Free
Murphy
Fdna
H. M., Free
Fred Walker
Rosier
John Hawkins
W. F. Meads
Annie Holiday
Delwood _. Park
Claude Free
Howard Weaver
Navasota
NormanGeof visitors list from Lawson family gathering
W C Lawson Mrs R Lawson and three sons of Normangee hosted afternoon visitors including Buel Duncan Mr and Mrs Bill Pack Mr and Mrs H R Hawkins mother and family George Franklin of Normangee Mr and Mrs Ancil Duncan of Bryan Miss Zuma Lawson of Normangee and Donald Cobb of Marlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Lawson
R. Lawson
Normangee
Buel Duncan
Bill Pack
H. R. Hawkins
George Franklin
Ancil Duncan
Bryan
Zuma Lawson
Donald Cobb
Marlin
Probe Finds No Violence in Millican Death
Officials from Brazos and Grimes counties investigated rumors surrounding the death of Mrs. Knox Williams Jr of Millican. They found all rumors of violence groundless and the death attributed to natural causes after last Thursday’s incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox Williams, Jr
Millican
Brazos
Grimes County
Williams
Finish Business Correspondence Unit This Week
The NBA leisure time school’s Better Business series concludes its business correspondence unit this week under director Dr. T. D. Brooks. Teacher Dr. S. S. Morgan discussed "Selling by Mail" Tuesday evening and "Applications" Thursday night. Upon completion the group will choose their next topic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Better Business
NBA Leisure Time
T. D. Brooks
S. S. Morgan
Holidays Observation Debate Among Local Merchants
Local business leaders dispute which national holidays stores should close. Jeff Heffley of the Bryan Retail Merchants Association asks the Bryan Brazos County Chamber of Commerce to settle the plan, noting 1926 rules allowed five holidays with Monday observance if Sunday fell on the date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff Hefley
Bryan Retail Merchants Association
Bryan and Brazos County
Heffley
Chamber of Commerce
Road to Humble Camp Improved and Bridge Repaired
Improvement of Ferguson Crossing road including strengthening the Navasota river bridge was completed under County Commissioner Guy P. Boyett supervision. The road widened thru the bottoms graded and graveled with smaller bridges rebuilt or strengthened. The Brazos side is ready for winter traffic while Grimes county side needs one half mile graded and graveled. efforts seek Grimes county action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferguson Crossing
Navasota River
Guy P. Boyett
Brazos
Grimes County
Brazos County
Bryan Groceries Plan One Day Closure for Armistice Day
Grocers in Bryan including D. Mike's Grocery and the Humpty Dumpty Grocery will close Saturday in observance of Armistice Day. The list omits Pin Money Grocery but other merchants are suspected to close as well. Most plan to close, though formal statements are scarce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pin Money Grocery
Bryan
D. Mike's
Humpty Dumpty
Typewriter Paper Box 500 Sheets 84x11 Bond Paper
Fagle Printing Company offers a box of 500 sheets of bond type 84 by 11 inch paper for typewriter use priced at 80 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bond
Fagle Printing Company
Brazos County Assessment Roll Totals 9.6 Million Valuation
County tax valuation reaches 9 599 428 with 7 290 643 for state taxes. Land 2 983 459 acres 362 378 and city property 3 101 520. Personal property 1 294 265. Railroad 87.6 miles track roadbed 939 207 rolling stock 156 665 intangibles 243 583 telegraph lines 97 049 pipe lines 532 113. State tax 56 140 17. county tax 115 193 08. Road District 2 574 98. District school 31 075 50. Total county taxes 202 985 73 plus poll taxes 6 633 state and 1 105 county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Worsham
Brazos County
Herndon Chickens Sweep South Texas Show Prizes
Poultry man Henry Herndon of Bryan earned top honors at the South Texas Exposition in Houston on Wednesday. His Rhode Island Reds dominated, with a first placed cockerel deemed one of the finest by the judge. his entries also took second and third in young pens and a hen claimed third. Nearly 500 birds entered from 125 Rhode Island Reds competed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Herndon
Bryan
Houston
Rhode Island
Old Santone Road Grading Under Way in Benchley Area
Work has started on grading and graveling Old San Antonio Road in Benchley after a $17 400 appropriation by the State Highway Commission. The project covers Benchley to Wheelock turn, linking with gravel east to Normangee across the Navasota River, with state forces under J F Blair directing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benchley
San Antonio
State Highway Commission
Wheelock Turn
Navasota River
Normangee
J. F. Blair
Mrs Bartz Named to State Finance Committee
Mrs J H Bartz longtime American Legion Auxiliary leader from Bryan and former state vice president now based in Brenham has been appointed as a third year member of the state department finance committee. She will be chairman of the committee three years from now. Currently she chairs the Buddy Wright Post 48 Americanization committee in Brenham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. H. Bartz
American Legion Auxiliary
Bryan
Brenham
State Department
L. H. Baskin
Bartz
J. W. Cornforth
Taylor
Taylor Is the Present Chairman. Mrs. Bartz
Buddy Wright
Cotton Gains in Brazos Despite Leasing Rises In 1983
Brazos county records show about 4 000 more bales of cotton ginned by Oct 18 than the same date last year. W L Austin of the Census Bureau notes 16 344 bales counted, with round bales halved, in Brazos prior to Oct 18, comparing to 12 626 in 1982. The census bureau verified the summary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazos County
W. L. Austin
Bureau of the Census
Department of Commerce
Washington, D. C
Joe Howard
County 4-H trip rewards and club reports
Last week was strong for Brazos County 4-H clubs with Willie Turek earning a Santa Fe trip to the 4-H Club Congress and International Livestock Show in Chicago. Tony Noto of Steele’s Store received a gold 4-H club pin for being among Texas’s top 25 outstanding club boys last year. Club efforts include chances to win trips to the Fort Worth Fat Stock Show for best meat animal records. County agents emphasize cooperative farmer support and 100 percent report submission to boost future Dallas fair participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Turek
Santa Fe
Chicago
Tony Noto
Steele’s Store
Texas
Fort Worth
Provisions of NRA Retail Code Published for Bryan
The Bryan Daily Eagle reports immediate effect of the Roosevelt NRA retail code for Bryan. Stores must elect and post one of Groups A to C or D for drug stores by November 6. Groups set weekly hours and daily limits. changes only allowed each December 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NRA
Bryan
Roosevelt
Bryan Daily Eagle
Employe Os
Wage Escalation Rules In Rural and Urban Areas
The text outlines minimum wage increases under the National Recovery Administration. In cities 2 500 to 25 000 population wages rise at least 20 percent from June 1 1938 levels, capped at 10 dollars per week and not below 9 dollars. In towns under 2 500 population wages rise 20 percent from June 1 1933 levels, not exceeding 9 dollars weekly. Professionals and several outside workers have defined minimums based on the employer’s work week. Section 5 bars reductions below July 15 1933 rates even if hours are cut. For more info contact Ernest L Tutt or FE Jenkins.
Cotton Land Checks Totaling 148 676 Held by Agent Benson
Consignments of government cotton checks received by Agent C. L. Benson bring the running total to 862 with 35 checks still outstanding. The total amount received to date is $148,676.55. Farmers benefiting this week include Albert Peyton John T. Cloud George Ellis Walter M. Lawless Simon Reed John H. Leonard Tom Hudson Andy Wellborn Ira H. Taylor Milton W. Sims Sam Washington Joe Manguso A. V. Wilson Mrs. Lee J. Court Felix Petroski Tom Uhyrak William L. Lather Edward Montgomery Larkin T. Harding Patronella Jr. Aubrey Beverly Isham J. White Sam Nuche and Wade Watson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Benson
Albert Peyton
John T. Cloud
George Ellis
Walter M. Lawless
Simon Reed
John H. Leonard
Tom Hudson
Andy Wellborn
Ira H. Taylor
Milton W. Sims
Sam Washington
Joe Manguso
A. V. Wilson
Mrs
Lee J. Court
Felix Petroski
Tom Uhyrak
William L. Lather
Edward Montgomery
Larkin T. Harding
Patronella Jr
Aubrey B. Beverly
Isham J. White
Sam Nuche
Wade Watson
Baptist Mission Workers Hold Meeting Monday
The Woman's Missionary Society of the First Baptist church held its monthly business session Monday at 10 30 a m with Mrs W E Wimberly presiding and Mrs Robert Rhodes as secretary A luncheon followed in the church dining room The monthly program ran from 1 30 to 3 30 p m led by Mrs BL Fountain with the day’s activities described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church
W. E. Wimberly
Robert Rhodes
BL Fountain
Also Mentioned on This Page
Little Theater
Animal Husbandry
Bronco
Badway
Willis
Radney & Coy Inc
New York
N.Y
Smetana News
Harvey
Humble Camp
Herndon
South Texas
J. H. Bartz
Brazos County Boys and Girls Club Department
Rye Boy
Emery Lero
Rye
Ernest L. Tutt
FE. J. Jenkins
N. R. A. Compliance Board
J. E. Stamford
Baptist Mission Workers
Eugene Edge & Son
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