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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1935
Page
1
The People’s Column editor Bryan Eagle thanks readers for overwhelming support last Saturday for a constitutional amendment allowing temporary commitment without trial. He notes Texas lagged in mental health care but calls the vote a sign of progress toward scientific, humane treatment.
Rockdale reports two volunteer firefighters killed during a five hour blaze that razed a mercantile company building in the business district. The collapse of a heavy metal and brick awning trapped J. Wesley Hooper aged 35, insurance district manager, and Wilbur Williams aged 21, a filling station employee. Fire crews prevented spread to nearby structures after the fatal incident.
Grover White and Merrill Philps of the Bryan Motor Company earned Ford Motor Company trips to the San Diego fair. They left Houston at 8 this morning with winners from New Orleans and points between. others will join as far as El Paso. N C Baker of Bryan Motor Company transported the Bryan men to Houston early today. Joe Kelly Butler, a Stephen F Austin high school graduate and Texas University alum now with Texas Company in Houston, paused in Bryan en route. Olin Sanders Jr. made a business trip to Brenham. Highway No 6 from Seger Switch to two miles south of Calvert is set for concrete paving with bids invited. stretch is 3.3 miles.
J Vernon Brown principal of Travis Elementary in Bryan mourns as his father W C Brown dies at 68 in Bremond after a stroke. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon with Bryan officials among the attendees. Brown had long been a leading Bremond citizen with business ties in banking lumber oil and other enterprises. He is survived by his wife two daughters and four sons.
Dr Boliver J Lloyd of Washington DC, former Brazos county native and A M College alumnus, toured College Station with his nephew W D Lloyd this weekend en route to the Pan American Health Conference in Mexico City. He rose in the U S Marine Hospital Service to combat bubonic plague in Guayaquil, Ecuador, earning international acclaim.
Bryan area students entering high school must meet with Miss Wesa Weddington Thursday afternoon from 2 to 5 at the high school principal's office. A teachers meeting for white schools is set for 9:30 Thursday morning at Stephen F. Austin high school and another for negro schools at Kemp high school.
Chamber of Commerce directors urged improvements in street markings and house numbers along with better sidewalks to handle an expected influx of students and new residents this fall. They noted many streets lack legible markings and some house numbers have disappeared or are hard to read, risking delays in mail delivery and safety.
Invitation reads Mr and Mrs Veto Spata request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Frances Marie to Mr James Palasota September fifteenth nineteen hundred and thirty five at ten oclock A M St Marys Catholic church Temple Texas Reception Wirth Pavilion Groom is son of Mr and Mrs P J Palasota of Bryan.
Bryan High School reports 40 percent credits with 539 students, ranking only behind Midland and Edinburg among similarly sized or larger schools in the state per the 1934 35 Education Department bulletin. Other comparable schools show varied credit totals. Superintendent S M Brown notes credits reflect a broad curriculum rather than teaching quality alone.
Merrill Philips of Bryan Motor Company service department was notified as a winner in a district contest among service department staff. He will receive a trip to the San Diego California fair from Ford Motor Company. He is the second Bryan man to win such a trip after Grover White in the sales division. They depart September 3 meeting other winners in Houston before proceeding to California.
Loud popping noise drew North Main residents to a scene where 171 bottles of home brew and five gallons of whiskey were seized from Sam Hoyle and his wife. Sheriff Nunn Deputy Williams Chief Tillis and Officer Reed arrested the couple at the Central hotel. The beer was destroyed and Hoyle had been indicted for liquor law violations but not tried previously.
Constable D D Jolly arrested two Mexicans, a man and a woman, on shoplifting charges. Both were lodged in the county jail. One allegedly took merchandise from Perry Brothers and the other from Penney's.
Bryan city commissioners decided Friday night not to accept a $50 check from the city of Franklin as thanks for Bryan Fire Department aid on Friday night August 23. The check will be returned today as officials said they are glad to provide aid but should not accept the gesture.
The Brazos Valley Co-op offices formerly above Union State Bank in the Commerce building moved Saturday night to the second and third floors of the Howell & Co wholesale grocery house. Mrs Frances Cloud Tom Bagley and Tom Field moved to the second floor and the cotton classing room will follow to the third floor.
D P Trent, director of Extension Service at Oklahoma State, and Rural Re settlement head for Oklahoma and Texas, met Thursday at College with H H Williamson of Texas A and M College Extension Service. Williamson said no developments followed the visit, but the general situation was canvassed for future planning. Trent departed College Thursday night and was in Austin today.
Dr. F L Thomas of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station reports severe boll weevil injury to June planted cotton and young bolls across heavily infested areas. Field migrations complicate control as farmers fight to preserve crops, while the second generation boll worms have damaged 4 to 26 percent of squares in Brazos Burleson Madison and Robertson counties. Leaf worms threaten to strip the North half of the state without poison protection.
Midshipman Raymond Moore of the United States Naval Academy arrived in town for a month long visit with his parents Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Moore. A Stephen F. Austin high school graduate and former A. & M. College student, he recently returned from a summer cruise to Oslo Norway England Ireland and the harbor at Funchal Madeira Islands.
Ted Sherrod and Miss Mary Elizabeth Dickerson J B Wilson and Miss Lydia Wiese Tom Hill Barker and Miss Ina Mae Allen George Elmore and Fannie Mitchell received marriage licenses in this brief notice.
Brady creek rose dramatically after a 10 inch overnight rainfall pushing two feet through downtown and flooding twelve city blocks. Merchants moved stock to second floors as the 25 foot rise overwhelmed the business district, raising fears of a disaster worse than the October 1930 event that caused $300000 in damage.
The new Mexican school for Bryan on 26th street is nearly finished and will open in September. Miss Esther Price of Uvalde and Miss Stoneham of Burleson County will join the faculty, bringing experience in Spanish and English instruction.
J. E. Stanford resigns from the Texas Rural Rehabilitation Administration in Austin to join the regional HQ at Stillwater Oklahoma. He becomes director of farm planning and management for Texas and Oklahoma under Dr. C. P. Blackwell. The Stanfords plan to move by September 1, joining daughter Dr. R. M. Searcy and Alia Stanford in Oklahoma.
Sisters Raphael Frances Eu genius Ambrose Zyta teach at St. Joseph's parochial school. They have returned from San Antonio where they studied during the summer. The grammar school opens with city schools, with registration Friday and classes starting Monday September 9.
About 125 guests including Texas highway commission members, department heads, and engineers will attend the dedication of the highway division office building in Bryan Saturday night. A 6:30 barbecue dinner precedes a band concert from 8 to 8:30 and addresses from highway officials, A and M College, and Bryan. The building will be opened for inspection after 9:30.
Ray Jones son of Mrs. C. B. Jones of Bryan was elected secretary of the Gladewater Junior Chamber of Commerce after 85 young men organized the group. He serves as editor of the Gladewater News and has been active as scorer for the West Dixie League, correspondent for the Associated Press and Dallas Journal, and writer for the Dallas Times Herald. An oil story by him appeared in a Cleveland magazine last month.
Mrs. R. K. Fletcher, librarian, returns from Dallas with 250 new books added to the rural school library. The collection focuses largely on children’s titles with some volumes for adults included.
Senator Morris Sheppard said army engineers approved the 30 million dollar flood control plan for the Brazos river and the application for funds was returned to the Works Progress Administration. The project includes construction of 15 dams and would employ thousands, with War department oversight pending.
The county board and trustees, teachers, and bus drivers discussed transportation amid repeated overcrowding on buses. Two new lines were added, one for Peach Creek high school students to A. and M Consolidated, another for Edge district pupils. The Edge route to Bryan will no longer serve Tudor pupils, who must arrange alternative transport. There are 17 total bus lines countywide.
Secretary Hull said the Ethiopian government concession to the African Exploration and Development Corporation would not affect Washingtons stance on the stalemate in the region.
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