Local notices and school news recount community events
Edge J J Pipkin preached here enjoyed the singing night and Mrs Luther Boswell attended with Mrs Boswell and Mrs Johnnie Maple of Roy Lewis spent the week in Dallas with relatives. Centennial week saw Christina Wymola visiting. Joe Wy at home Saturday. Mrs Frank Merka and family attended church and relatives were ill but improving. Walker family planned to move to West Texas. Inez Payne visiting her parents in Bryan. Charles Wymola and sister visited with Mr and Mrs Frank. 4 H Club and Junior Science members in C L Benson. 4 H and Economics groups shared cake and ice cream at an organized rhythm band practice with leaders Ray yehlik Garland Murphy Jer Mavis Elliott Gladys and Viola Murphy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Merka
M. Free
Jimmie Murphy
Walker
West Texas
Inez Payne
Work Bryan
Inday
W. J. McDonald
A. Wilson
Charles Wymola
Sishy Wymola
Tabor
Frank
Community Notes From Sunday Singing Convention
Harv e y the number from Harvey attended a singing convention Sunday with many residents joining in. Mrs H L Weedon Donald Travis Ann Mr and Mrs Mitt and children Douglas and I Mrs Elmo Weedon Jimmy Mr and Mrs Odd and Curtis Wayne traveled to Huntsville to see them. Goen's visit from Woodville, Marta Ruth Anita and others spent the weekend with aunt Mrs A C as Loy Courtney and daughter from Bryan visited Mr and Mrs A P and Mrs J W McCulloch. E E Carrington will fill regular appointment at past church Sunday. big crowd expected. Sunday school at 10 30 and worship at 11 00. Geraldine Jones of Bryan was weekend guest of Miss Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey d
Plenar
H. L. Weedon
Donald
Travis
Ann
Mitt
Douglas
Elmo Weedon
Jimmy
Odd
Curtis Wayne
Huntsville
Ithey
Iter Pate
Woodville
Goen
Les Marta Ruth
Anita Fling
A. C. As
J. W. McCulloch
W. L. Loch
E. E. Carrington
Geraldine Jones
Bryane
Miss Jones
Local Notes From Curiously Dated Community Page
Reliance and So Reliance HL mentions M. Lewis appointment and attendance. Louis Shirley improving, Mrs C C Lawless ill, Mrs Martin Riley with a new car. J C Merka sick but better. A M Hartsfield and I J visited Mrs J C. W T Jones at home. Cobb and Junior Shirley rodeo at Huntsville. B L Risinger with parents. G W Saxon and J M Lewis with George Crenshaw. Brazos county singing meets Sunday with good singing and ideats. Alma Mathis attended the nton Sunday. Mrs Fred Gage at church Sunday night. Lena Stewart visited church Sunday. Berdine still sick. Johnnie Riley able to C C Lawless, Mrs W T.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HL. M. Lewis
Louis Shirley
A. M. Hartsfield
I. J
B. L. Risinger
G. W. Saxon
J. M. Lewis
George
W. Crenshaw
Brazos County
Sme
Kurten
Alma Mathis
Fred Gage
Lena Stewart
O Berdine
Local visitors and quilting noted in two households
Jones and Mrs. R. L. Riley spent the day with Mrs. Martin Riley quilting Tuesday. Mrs. C. C. Lawless and Mrs. Utsey visited the home of Mrs. J. C. Merka Monday afternoon.
Kings Highway Girls Club Elects New Officers
Alma Metcalfe presided as the Kings Highway girls club elected Pearl Bush president Tillie Marie Nash vice president Lela Annie Cross secretary and treasurer. New visitors joined the gathering as Eddie McWhorter was named king and Lillie Mae Skubal queen for the American Legion fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Metcalfe
Kings Highway
Pearl Bush
Tillie Marie Nash
Lela Annie Cross
Eddie McWhorter
Lillie Mae Skubal
Roy Hardin
Bud Williams
Gladys Holiday
Opal Hardin
Georgie Lys
Faye Drew
Pearl Hint
Angelina Scasta
Adrian McDonald
Tillie
Bettie Mae Nash
L. V. Skubal
Lillian
Willie
Ed Curik
R. L. Jackson
Franklin
A. J. Manning
Benjamin Hardin
Emma Hardin
Roy Barnett
Eaton
Plan Extension Of Scout Work In Brazos Area
District Committee of the Boy Scouts of America held a meeting at the Chamber of Commerce to discuss extending scouting into rural towns and launching field days senior scouting and rural scouting materials. Dan Russell chaired. Howard W. Myer of the Houston Area Council spoke on rural scouting and possible new towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas A. & M. College
M. C. Hughes
Kurten
Wheelock
Tabor
Smetana
Bob Blake
Hearne
J. M. Davis
Calvert
J. B. Gleissner
R. H. Bush
R. M. Sherwood
J. D. Benson
H. T. Downard
L. T. Paine
C. M. Bethany
D L. Wilson
R. A. Booth
J. B. Dent
Coulter Hoppess
C. R. Wainwright
Tulsa
Okla
Citizens Summoned for Petit Jury Duty Next Week
Sheriff Roy Nunn announces that citizens drawn for the fourth week of the September term district court must report Monday at 9:30 AM for the final week of the criminal section. Names include Neeley, Straub, Wade, Carrell, Dominek, Gorzycky, Jones and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Roy Nunn
Guy Neeley
Lawrence Straub
T. C. Wade
Truman Carrell
Albert Dominek
Charlie Gorzycky
Carl W. Jones
Chas. Nigliazzo
A. M. Hartsfield
Noah C. Cole
F. T. Friedel
W. H. Kehlenbrink
Fritz Kindt
Fritz Rehnert
I. S. Harrison
R. L. Hedspeth
R. L. Davidson
Grant McDonald
Joe Novosad
Chas
M. Payne
Ed Skubal
Anton Kuhr
Fritz Severn
W. K. Gibbs
W. O. Hearne
Jack T. Johnson
Forest Jones
Chas. Operstein
John Berger
J. L. Brock
R. M. Dansby
C. M. Cole
Henry A. Fitch
ZL. Jones
C. N. Shealey
Ross Dean
For Rent 66 Acre Farm East of Bryan on Highway 21
Seventy acre? No. For rent a 66 acre farm eight miles east of Bryan on Highway 21. Land described as very fertile. A nearly new house and barn accompany the property. Contact John Andert six miles east of Bryan on Highway 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Highway
John Andert
Distribution plans for TVA fertilizer at county farm meeting
A. S. McMillan notes TVA fertilizer for pasture and legume demonstrations has been approved with one farm exception. A meeting Saturday at 10 a.m. will discuss equitable distribution to land and plan exhibit judging at the American Legion fair November 4-7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S. McMillan
College
C. B. Short
Centerville
M. G. Perkins
Caldwell
R. M. Hooker
Franklin
Robert Buchanan
Madisonville
Trench silo gains popularity for fall feed storage
Charlie Schultz in Fickey community helps E. E. Yeager fill a trench silo last week and expects to store seven acres of Hegari this week. The piece urges community wide plowing of green cotton stalks to curb weevil infestation and cut feeding costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Schultz
E. E. Yeager
County Home Demonstration Council Meets October 10
Calling all agricultural groups to attend the County Home Demonstration Council gathering at City Hall Saturday October 10 at 2 p m. Plans for next year’s club work will be discussed with new and old officers expected to be present for counsel and coordination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Home Demonstration Council
Republican Candidate Thomson Heads Through Bryan Campaign
World War veteran Republican candidate for Congress from Texas Sixth district, C. David Thomson, visited Bryan calling on GOP leaders and building support. He reported a warm reception in Hill Freestone and Navarro counties, canvassed areas, and predicted a November victory. Thomson notes his Confederate veteran father and lives with his 73 year old mother in Waxahachie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. David Thomson
Bryan
Hill
Freestone
Navaroo
Thomson
Waxahachie
E. H., Tarrant
U. S. Army
Tarrant County
Texas
Mex
Republican
Two-Year Prison Sentence For Horse Theft
Grant Muckleroy and Robert E. Brooks were sentenced to two years in state prison for horse theft in district court. The stolen animal belonged to Tony Barcelona. Police officers Lee Norwood and Horace Reed arrested the pair, with J. A. Rhodes appointed by Judge W. C. Davis to defend them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Muckleroy
Robert E. Brooks
Tony Barcelona
Lee Norwood
Horace Reed
J. A. Rhodes
W. C. Davis
Brazos Girls Enroll At CIA For Fall Term 1936 37
In Denton on October 3, twenty five Brazos county girls joined Texas State College for Women for the fall semester of 1936 37. The total registration reached 2265 students spanning 210 Texas counties 20 states and three foreign countries. Brazos county students include Dorothy Adair Bess Brown Mildred Eden Mildred Budaly Virginia Hanna Eunice Hill Elizabeth Holmes Rose Kaplan Bertha Nell Koenig Reva Haniloff Helen Miller Virginia McNeil Alice Catherine Ozier Esther Marie Rochelle Jane Singletary Dorothy Marie Sramek and Bonnie Walker of Bryan and Pauline Blazek Josephine Dunn Zula L Holland Anna Frances Smith Elizabeth Taylor Harriet Taylor Alice Scoates and Eloise Vezey of College Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Brazos County
Texas State College For Women
CIA
Texas
Dorothy Adair
Bess Brown
Mildred Eden
Mildred Budaly
Virginia Hanna
Eunice Hill
Elizabeth Holmes
Rose Kaplan
Bertha Nell Koenig
Reva Haniloff
Helen Miller
Virginia McNeil
Carry Untaxed Whiskey Arrests Lead to Charges
Assistant County Attorney W. R. Allen filed charges Thursday against Tom Brooks and Robert Douglass, both identified as negroes, for possessing untaxed whiskey with no license. Police allege a gallon jug, empty bottles and siphoning tubing show intent to sell. Officers Norwood and Reed arrested them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Allen
Tom Brooks
Robert Douglass
Norwood
Reed
Bedias
K. T. Tillis
Main Street
Vernon Butler
Chester Tadler
Stephenville
Rogers Return From Visit in New Mexico
Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Rogers returned to Bryan after a month away. They enjoyed a pleasant trip to Las Cruces and nearby points. Mr. Rogers reports splendid conditions in the New Mexico irrigation districts where two to three bales of cotton per acre are produced and crops look good.
Bryan resident recovers after stroke Sunday
Tom E. Taylor an aged Bryan resident, long frail health, suffered a slight stroke Sunday that left him unconscious for hours. He regained consciousness and rested well after being taken to Wilkerson Memorial Clinic for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom E. Taylor
Bryan
Taylor
West Bryan
Wilkerson Memorial Clinic
First Baptist B Y P U Elects New Officers
The Baptist Young People Union of the First Baptist church elected new officers and group leaders at Sunday evening service. Grace Sudderth was named president with Jack Calhoun and Clarence Vick Jr as vice presidents. Joe White Jr became secretary, Ralph Ball treasurer, Prence Phoenix chorister, Mary Elizabeth Danforth pianist, Garey Minkert Bible quiz leader, Milton Maloney program director. Group leaders include T E Fearbrough No 1 Anna B Thomas No 2 Gilbert Abbe No 3 Frances Branch. T A Sweeney sponsor and director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baptist Young People’s Union of the First Baptist Church
Miss Grace Sudderth
Jack Calhoun
Clarence Vick, Jr
Joe White, Jr
Ralph Ball
Prence Phoenix
Mary Elizabeth Danforth
Garey Minkert
Milton Maloney
T. E. Fearbrough
Anna B. Thomas
Gilbert Abbe
Frances Branch
T. A. Sweeney
Thomson for Congress Nominee C David Thomson
Republican candidate C David Thomson, a 42 year old World War veteran from Ellis County, pledges staunch constitutional government, farm aid, world trade, balanced budget, and clean governance if elected to the 6th Texas district on November 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Thomson
Congress
6Th District
Texas
Texas Stock
New Mexico Voters Seen Favoring Democrats in Tight Race
The report notes New Mexico politics are usually split, with Democrats holding a slim edge. Analysts expect the Democrats to win the state by a small margin as campaigns intensify and partisan dynamics shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Lee Bramtner Slayer Held to Grand Jury
Lucian Millican of Calvert is charged with the fatal shooting of an unnamed victim. The case was presented to the grand jury, with Millican awaiting further legal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Bramtner
Lucian Millican
Calvert
Bremond man shot at Calvert in Robertson county case
Lee Brantner of Bremond stood before a Robertson county jury with bond set at 3000 dollars, which remains unpaid. Brantner, resting facing the wall, was allegedly shot in the back of the head by Millican who drove six miles into the country to obtain a single barreled shotgun used in the killing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Brantner
Bremond
Calvert
Robertson County
Brantner
Millican
Ollie Freeman Visits Bryan as Iola Business Visitor
Ollie Freeman of Iola was in Bryan on a Friday afternoon visiting local businesses and meeting with partners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollie Freeman
Iola
Bryan
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Edge
J. J. Pipkin
Gone
Luther Boswell
Roy Lewis
Dallas
Alvin Barnett
Franklin Sun
Christina Wymola
Nts
Joe Wyas
C. L. Benson
Ial
Rayyehlik
Garland Murphy
Jer
Mavis Elliott
Gladys
Viola Murphy
Harvey
Johnnie Riley
C.C. Lawless
W. T
Brazos Area
Arenic
Russell Bros
Hodgins
Brazos County Boys and Girls Club Department
Steele's
Steele’s Store
Tony Otten
John Cotropia
Lee J. Court
Tony Angonia
Fachorn
O. T. Pollock
M. M. Erskine
Webb Buchanan
Steele’s
Johnson
First Baptist B.Y.P.U
Ellis County
Wwe
K Wolens
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