Farm News And Club Notes From Brazos County
County Aent C J Benson reports fruit cakes sent to the Philippines and strong sales of canned garden products in Frio and Pearsall. Home demonstration clubs stage living room improvements, 4-H girls finish 1920 work, and a tomato acreage meeting is set for Saturday to organize farmer participation. Alphonse Habarta wins Santa Fe trip for Brazos county 4-H after improving a flock despite coccidiosis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aent
C. J. Benson
Frio County
Pearsall
Brazos County
Alphonse Habarta
Chicago
Alphonse
Smetana
Washington, D. C
Brazos Club Girl Wins Fair Prizes
Miss Lucy Givens, Brazos County home demonstration agent, notes that a 4-H Club girl earned prizes at the Dallas Fair this year. Lena Novasad of Kings Highway won second place for her club record book and third for one quart of mince meat prepared and canned as part of her year’s club work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy. Givens
Brazos County
Dallas
Lena Novasad
King's Highsway
Henderson Speaks on Good Morals at Allen Academy
F. L. Henderson spoke at the Y M C A service at Allen Academy Sunday night at 6 15 o clock. His topic was Good Morals. Miss Mildred Salley sang with Miss Maudelle Wiley at the piano, and Troy Dungan president of the Y M C A presided and introduced the speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Henderson
Allen Academy
Mildred Salley
Maudelle Wiley
Troy Dungan
More Land Purchased for Orphans of State
Austin November 13 The board of control buys six acres of land adjoining the State Orphans home at Copal Cana for agricultural education at 125 dollars per acre. Roy I Tennant, a board member, recommended the purchase after an inspection trip. Legislation appropriated lands for the purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Board of Control
Copalcana
Roy I. Tennant
Tabor News Highlights Local Visits and Plays
Tabor residents hosted relatives from Goose Creek Baytown Bryan and Houston during Armistice Day weekend. Visits included Wilson Barnes McCallum and Locke families. Tabor High to present two plays November 15 with cast including Ezra Wilson Hanson Nichols Claude Atkins and Lydia Francis. Black cast featured Johnson Lincoln Snowball Smith. Admissions 25 cents. Basketball squad lists players Edgar Barnes captain and weighs 136 14 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Wilson
Bryan
Bud Wilson
Tabor
John Barnes
Roy Barnes
Houston
Welfare Club
Otto
Lamers
Fred
Lamer
John McCallum
Charleston Cooper
Pearl Swain
Alex McCallum
Will Presnal
Baytown
C. Cr Chesser
Harold Thornton
Galveston
Eula Beth Locke
Chas, Locke
Tabor High School
Pat
Christopher Columbus Johnson
Edgar Barnes
Abraham Lincoln Johnson
Claude Atkins
Nicodemus Snowball
W. G. Francis
Confusion Smith
Darkey
Lydia Francis
Queen Victory Smith
Velma Holliday
Rascal Pat
Charles Livingston
Ezra Wilson
Hanson Nichols
Puffjacket
Henry Schram
Laura
Aline McWhorter
Nancy
Alice Rudasill
Hancon Nichols
Wallace Wilson
Wide Awake Society plans play for proceeds
Edge Items reports the Wide Awake Society met October 29 to discuss staging a play whose proceeds would paper the stage. Local social news notes guests and visits from Norman ge and Ridge, with several residents hosting and attending events through the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Payne
Edge
Normangee
Payne's Theatre
Cecil Windsor
Charles Payne
Eldon Davison
Quanah
Kathryn Wilson
Will McDonald
Ridge
Maude Moore
Plainview
C. BR. Moore
B. R. Frame
Stuntsville
Helen Bingham
Charley Payne
Injuries Prove Fatal To Pedestrian Hit By Auto
Francisco Moreno aged 65 died after being struck by an automobile Monday night along the Post road south of San Marcos Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
San Marcos
Navy
Francisco Moreno
Post Road
Here
Rainfall Continues Closes Highway 6 Between Bryan and Navasota
Reports from John E. Blair’s office say Highway 6 from Bryan to Navasota will be closed for days as the Navasota bridge runs 3 to 13 feet under water. Three Houston routes via Madisonville Huntsville Caldwell and Cross Iola Roans Prairie and Navasota are suggested. Road crews, led by Eugene Field, plan graveled and oiling a 0.75 mile northern stretch near Benchley to withstand winter. Bryan rainfall totals reach 7.388 inches for three days. other Brazos and Navasota river drainage areas report heavy rain. Rivers rise along the coast with one flood stage forecast in Trinity at Liberty. All nonhard surfaced roads are nearly impassable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Blair
State Highway Department
Bryan
Navacota
Navasota
Highway Department
Houston
Madisonville
Huntsville
Caldwell
Somerville
Brenham
Bellville
Cross
Iola
Singleton
Roan’s Prairie
Andersen
Hearne
Benchley
Eugene Field
Brazos
Texas
Weather Bureau
Trinity
Liberty
Last Week Temperature Swing and Rainfall Totals
The week showed a low of 30 degrees last Monday night and a high of 76 degrees on Thursday. Total rainfall reached 7.38 inches across four days: Thursday 0.70, Friday 3.39, Saturday 3.28, Sunday 0.08. Temperatures for the week followed this pattern with notable daily changes.
D'Annunzio’s fevered writing bursts in record spans
Italian poet and soldier Gabrielle d Annunzio churned vast works in tight spans, composing five thousand lines in seventeen days and fifty thousand words across five consecutive nights, illustrating his prodigious literary endurance and stamina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gabriel D'Annunzio
Italy
Most Popular Hymn Revealed by Nationwide Vote
A comprehensive national poll conducted in 1921 shows Abide With Me as by far the most popular hymn in the United States, surpassing all others in the survey and reflecting broad appeal across communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Reward Offered For Slayer Of Brazos Negress
Sheriff J H Reed announced Governor Moody has posted a 100 dollar reward for the arrest of the killer of Cassie Davis a black woman found shot in a cotton patch near her Smetana home her seven year old son discovering the body. Ike Childs was suspected but fled to Oklahoma with friends, authorities say.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Reed
Dan Moody
Cassie Davis
Smetana
Ike Childs
Oklahoma
Insurance Head Praises Bryan City Beauty and Utilities
J A Brackney of Dallas state agent for Aetna Insurance, with Mrs Brackney and H A Almond, visited Bryan to attend the Aggie S M A game. He praised Bryan as attractive for a city of its size in Texas, noted good paved streets, and urged more sidewalks while admiring municipal utility ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
George Adams
J. A. Brackney
Dallas
Aetna Insurance Company
Texas
Workers Named For Red Cross Members Drive
D L Wilson Brazos county Red Cross roll call chairman names sub chairmen in communities for the 13th annual roll call from Armistice Day November 11 to Thanksgiving Day November 28. Districts will be drawn in Bryan to include all residents to join the Red Cross with cooperation from the American Legion Auxiliary and city service clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. L. Wilson
Brazos County
Red Cross
American Red Cross
Allen Farm
Percy Terrell
Millican
Railroad
Knox Williams
Chas. Crawford
Peach Creek
J. S. Baker
Wellborn
East Side
Ed Carl
West Side
Goree Neeley
Shirock
W. J. Boriskie
Leonard
C. P. Koczinski
Dowling
G. E. Madley
College Park
J. L. McKee
R. R. Lancaster
College
M. L. Cashion
North Side
W. TD. Lloyd
Will Presnal
Walter Armstrong
Zack
C. EK
Locke
Edge
John Payne
W. R. Henry
Macy
Z. R. Guess
Fickey
Paul Holubee
Harris
J. M. Moore
Bryan
American Legion and Auxiliary
Coeds From Dallas House Guests At Searcy Home
A group of 24 Sigma Kappa sorority members from Southern Methodist University stayed with Dr. and Mrs. C. A. Searcy and daughter Ralphana over the weekend. Hostesses included Mrs. T. W. Leland of Wisconsin University assisting with hospitality after the SMU Aggie game. The party, including Miss Searcy, returned to Dallas Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigma Kappa Sorority
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
C. A. Searcy
Ralphana
S. M. A.aggie
T. W. Leland
Sigma Kappa
Wisconsin University
Miss Searcy
Birth of Dimitrios Maniatis in Bryan April 12 1929
Dimitrios Maniatis born in Bryan on April 12 1929 to Mr and Mrs John Maniatis. Baptized in the Orthodox Greek church on August 11 with Father Vlamedis officiating and about 250 guests from Austin San Antonio and other cities. Godfather Crese Sermas of Waco attended. John Maniatis naturalized citizen since 1916 and has lived in the U S 27 years. He runs a Bryan business and prior to that worked in New Orleans San Antonio Dallas and the Rio Grande Valley. He praises American public schools and hopes Dimitrios will grow into a contributing Bryan citizen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dimitrios Maniatis
John Maniatis
Bryan
Dimitrios
Vlamedis
Houston
Austin
San Antonio
Waco
Temple
Belton
Navascat
Teague
Crese Sermas
United States
Texas
America
Maniatis
New Orleans
Dallas
Rio Grande Valley
Masons of Bryan Attend Big Meet In Houston
Masons of Bryan traveled to Houston to attend a Ruthven Commandery No 2 meeting dedicated to father and son. Past Commander Joe Chestnut conferred the Order of the Temple on his son W B Chestnut as grand officers and past grand officers filled all stations, followed by a banquet for members and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. ©. Ferguson
Ivanhoe Commandery
Knights Templar
P. S. Park
Texas
Houston
Ruthven Commandery
Father
Joe Chestnut
Order of the Temple
W. B. Chestnut
New Soprano Joins TCU Choral Club Co-Ed in Fort Worth
Miss Gladys Dowling of Bryan joins the Choral Club at Texas Christian University as a soprano. The club has 70 voices this year, the largest chorus to date, directed by Mrs Helen Fouts Cahoon with Miss Annabel Hall as assistant. This year the Choral Club becomes the major university singing organization, surpassing the Men's and Girls Glee Clubs.
Holiday Schedule Fixed in Bryan Schools
Bryan schools board fixed the holiday calendar with Armistice Day on November 11 and Thanksgiving Day on November 28. Christmas recess begins Friday evening December 20 and resumes Monday December 30, with January also declared a holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education For
Bryan
Fire damages two rooms after water heater blast
An early morning explosion from a water heater at Leland Payne's Midway home caused significant damage to two rooms. Bryan firefighters extinguished the blaze with no injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland Payne
Midway
Bryan
Brazos County 4-H Boy Wins Santa Fe Trip Prize
Twenty Texas 4-H Club boys earned trips to the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago with nineteen funded by the Santa Fe Railway and one by Armour and Company. The group, chosen by Texas A and M Extension Service, will leave Fort Worth November 29 for Chicago, attend the Livestock Exposition, and return with awards from farm demonstrations showing profits and yields across cattle, poultry, crops, and dairy projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazos County
Texas
College Station
Chicago
Santa Fe Railway
Armour and Company
Extension Service
A. and
M. College of Texas
Fort Worth
George Johnson
FE. N. Holmgreen
Gue Clark
Littlefield
Lamb County
Talks of Value In Agriculture To Be Broadcast
College Station reports three daily programs weekly on station WTAW at 1120 kilocycles noon times 11:50 to 12:20 Monday Wednesday Friday with agricultural talks and band music by the A and M College of Texas 100 piece band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
A. and M. College
WTAW
A. and M. College of Texas
FE. P. Humbert
A. and M
C. M. Bowden
Granbury
H. C. Dillingham
T. L. Hiner
Branbury
College Baptist Church Elects Officers for Ensuing Year
College Baptist Church at College announces officer elections for the year. Rev R L Brown serves as pastor and the list includes deacons, trustees, clerk, treasurer and finance secretary. Sunday School and Baptist Student Union roles fill numerous posts, with Rev Brown noted for ten years as student pastor at A and M College and service to three rural churches in Brazos County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baptist Church At College
R. L. Brown
H. T. Holland
M. K. Thornton
R. L. Burley
T. O. Walton
W. D. Lloyd
D. B. Cofer
J. B. Bagley
O. B. Martin
Lloyd Smith
Calvin Pigg
R. S. Edmunson
Elton Holland
Mm. C. Ventrees
Young Peoples Department
L. H. Garland
Hugh Ayres
M. H. Bynum
A. A. Blumberg
K. Moss
Secreta H. T. Holland Jr
J. Wells
R. L. Baley
Cradleroll
Waldo Walker
D. W. Sherril
Alfred Crocker
J. W. Vaughn
R. B. Edmunson
M. Benx
F. K. McGinnes
Fish
C. D. Middleton
BE. €. Buie
Roy Ransome
J. B. Sellars
A. and
M. College
Rev. Brown
Brazos County
Bethel
Reliance
Cottonwood
Cadets at Allen Academy Grouped for Faculty Contact
Cadets at Allen Academy have been organized in groups of 14 each group is in charge of a member of the faculty for duty and purpose. The plan builds close contact between students and faculty to monitor wellbeing and school work and extend oversight to parents through the supervising faculty member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Academy
Allen
Allen Pool Repaired After Lightning Strike
The wall of the Allen Recreational Center pool has been repaired after a lightning strike damaged about 50 feet of concrete wall two weeks ago. Academy reports confirm completion of the work and restoration of the facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allén Recreational Center
Academy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Philippines
John Habarta
Philippine Islands
States
KE. M. Seaman
Kurten
PR. Keith
W. H. Parker
Fisher County
Hebo No
Jasper County
Joe Jester
Delta County
State Office
Mach
Court House
Calvert
Brazos Boy
Sead
Mus
Brazos Club
Henderson
Tabor News
Lewis Nichols
Goose Creek
Frank Nichols
Henry Barnes
J. Ee. Wilson
Prospect
Jim Seely
W. G. Seasta
Lee Wilson
Beed
Max
Min
Young Bryan Booster
Masons of Bryan
TCU Choral Club
Louie ‘Bobbitt
Hillsboro
Hill County
Ira Dee Smith
San Augustine
Alphonse Haebarta
Manny Arthur
Hale County
Bill Flynt
Ysteta
el Paso
George Clayton
Bedias
Grimes County
James W. Phillips
Byrds
Brown County
Ruffus Beoker
Cameron
Milam County
Weldon League
Longview
Gregg County
Ralph Crawford
Detroit
Lamiar County
Albert Thigpen
Rusk County
Jesse Jett
Hightower
Tilberty County
George H. Johanson
Biddy
McCulloch
Early
Peltier
Sabine Pass
Jefferson County
J. O. Hobbs
Meadow
Terry County
Poland-China
Everett Cook
Rue Potter County
Duroc-Jersey
DeWitt Hickey
Hallsville
Harrison County
John L. Vaughn
Abernathy
Lubbock County
Forrest Weimhold
Sudan
College Baptist
Allen Pool
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!