Bryan Roundup Quietly Recalls Labor Day Weekends
Local residents travel to Houston and Dallas for visits while others stay in Bryan for Labor Day. Many businessmen, teachers, and families from Edge Caldwell Wheelock and nearby towns were seen shopping, visiting relatives, or returning home from trips to North and El Paso.
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Louis Beardoff
Bryan
Wallace Dunlap
Fuqua
Myrtlerin
Millican
Dunn
Wheelock
L. Jones
Es Wilson, Jr
Luther Hol- T. H. Holliday
J. H. Mur. H. Leighman
Edge
Taylor
Caldwell
Houston
H. N. Cochran
John Edge
New Braunsfels
June Cochran
Cochran
Braunsfer
WV. T. Ellis
A. N. Oswalt
Ter
Patsy Ruth Oswalt
Norning
North
Famir
Oswalt
Ben Nedbalek
Andeorge Edge
George Lek
Ned
San An
Nedbalek
Delia Fisher
Dallas
College Station
Rowena Watts
Ryn Doak
Arlin
Elizabeth Holmes
Daugher
Walters
Hetura May
Holmes
C. S.enton
Matty Bell
Cal
Yester
Sin Bryan
A. and
Sllege
Southern Methodist Uni
Broncs Open Gridiron Camp For Tough Schedule
Bryan’s Stephen F. Austin high school Broncs held their first grid workout of the year with about 60 players present. Led by captain H. G. Stallings, the squad features five lettermen and a growing batch of B squad players as they brace for a demanding Class A schedule against regional powers Hillsboro Waxahachie Temple and Waco plus strong Class B rivals. The Broncs open Friday Sept 20 vs Madisonville in Bryan and travel to Corsicana Sept 27 for the district opener. Other games follow through Nov 22 with Conroe location TBA.
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Bryan
Stephen F. Austin High School Broncos
H. G. Stallings
The
Broncs
Waco
Corsicana
Temple
Cleburne
Hillsboro
Waxahachie
Madisonville
Brenham
Bellville
Conroe
Jacksonville Fans Greet Puny Lon Morris Coach
Jacksonville plans a Sept. 13 football night at Hawk Field with Lon Morris Bearcats. Local fans, high school coaches, sport writers from the region attend as an intrasquad game showcases Wilson’s coaching and Morris team prospects. Wilson and his squad began training Sept. 2.
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Jacksonville
Hawk Field
T. F
Puny) Wilson
Bearcats
Wilson
Morris Aggregation
Utah Sour dough man found hanged in cell shower
Mike Martinson about 45 a Utah sourdough was found hanged in a cell shower bath in Amarillo on Monday A coroner ruled death by his own action The underwear tied to a water faucet three feet from the floor served as the noose.
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Amarillo
Mike Martinson
Barton Brothers Buy Withers Ranch Near Sweetwater
W R Barton and Son of San Angelo purchased the 512 section Withers ranch 11 miles south of Sweetwater at 12 to 15 dollars an acre. They will stock about 100 cattle and 1600 sheep. The Bartons own additional ranches in Glasscock Sterling and Reagan counties.
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San Angelo
W. R. Barton and Son of
Withers
Sweetwater
Bartons
Glasscock
Sterling
Regan
Search for missing El Paso woman on Pecos River
An airplane and boat teams comb the Pecos River banks 35 miles above Fort Stockton for the body of Mrs. Ruby McDermott, a former El Paso waitress who vanished at Fort Stockton on August 25.
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EL Paso
Pecos River
Fort Stockton
Ruby McDermott
Ft. Stockton
Planting Period For Fall Garden Now Has Arrived
College Station reports guidance from Extension horticulturist J F Rosborough on preparing soil for fall crops. Remove weeds, apply summer manure to boost water retention, plow and pulverize soil, and select heat resistant vegetables from late August into September. Later plant cool weather crops and store pumpkins and squashes to prevent rot.
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College Station
J. F. Rosborough
Rosborough
Sorghum Cane Seed Investment Yields Strong Returns
From a 30 cent stake in one pound of sorghum seed, Lee McLemore of Erin reports harvests of 120 fodder bundles and 500 pounds of seed heads, with syrup worth about $10 and $17 in by products for livestock. Six-inch growth from stubble promises a ton of hay by mid October. field planted in April with 60 pounds of fertilizer and light labor.
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Jasper
Lee McLemore
Erin
J. McLemore
McLemore
Mr. McLemore
Fort D A Russell recruitment to open in October
San Antonio Sept 3 44 - Col James M Churchill announces Fort D A Russell Marfa military station will reopen and garrison 77th field artillery. Recruiting will begin October 1 in Dallas Houston San Antonio and El Paso districts to enlist 462 men in 10 days for a 16 week mobilization training program.
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San Antonio
Fort D. A. Russell
Marfa
Seventy-Seventh Field Artillery
James M. Churchill
Eighth Corps
Dallas
Houston
el Paso
War Department
Texas Memorial Museum to receive U S aid and exhibit items
The War Department will supply a large number of guns and equipment from Washington for exhibit at the Texas Memorial Museum to be built on the University of Texas campus. A Garland Adair, head of the Texas Centennial committee, says storage space will be arranged and Governor Allred will sign the order, affirming the museum as a Texas institution.
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Austin
War ‘Department
Washington
Texas Memorial Museum
A. Garland Adair
The
American Legion Texas Centennial Committee
University of Texas
James V. Allred
Texas
Eagle Printing Company Yellow Second Sheets
A short notice notes production activity at the Eagle Printing Company with yellow second sheets mentioned in the item. No further details are provided.
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The
Eagle Printing Company
Sewing machine prize at Brazos County club meeting
At the council gathering on Saturday September 14 the Home Demonstration council will award a sewing machine to a member present. Tickets may be bought at City Hall after 2 p m. A social is planned for the day with entertainment.
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Home Demonstration Council
City Hall
Sme tana 4-H member plants yard with ornate beds
Lillie Mae Harbarta of Sme tana 4-H Club reports a 90 by 75 foot yard with two screening beds totaling about 30 feet in length. One bed holds dogwood five youpons two lilacs and more while the other contains helly trees dogwoods lantanas magnolia and crepe myrtles. Foundation plantings include lilacs privets wax ligustrum bridal wreaths oleanders lantanas and pomegranates. She has leveled and sodded the lawn and crafted lawn chairs, using petrified wood for walks.
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Lillie Mae Harbarta
Smetana 4-H Club
Rock Prairie 4-H Club Expands Membership and Goals
Prairie Hustlers in Rock Prairie 4-H report membership at ten with additions Lillie Cooner Lela Cooner and Annie Ruth Cooner. E. C. Martin urges boys to join baby beef project highlighting self government record keeping rations and risks from calf loss misfeed and water issues. He notes obligations on time purchases and the impact of economic ups and downs. The piece ends praising waste reduction and reuse of cottonseed shift from waste to food and feed.
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Prairie Hustlers
Rock Prairie 4-H Club
Lillie
Lela
Annie Ruth Cooner
Rock Prairie Club
E. C. Martin
Martin
Brazos County Home Demonstration Council Plans Yearbook Funds
The Brazos County Home Demonstration Council meets Saturday at 10 am in the Negro county agents office. Major topics include financing yearbooks, Ball Brothers contest, and County Fair. Women may visit the office for guidance on rebottoming cane chairs and making candlewick spreads.
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Home Makers Council
Brazos County
Fall Garden Planting Guidelines for County Residents
The notice urges farm families to plant a fall garden to ensure long term food security. Suitable crops include cabbage, turnips, radish, cauliflower, English peas, carrots, beans, beets, and Swiss chard between September 1 and 15. Second planting windows cover spinach, rutabaga turnips, kale, lettuce, mustard, parsley, and Bermuda onions from October 1–30 and October 15–30. For details contact the county agents office.
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Bermuda
Local families share visits and school staffing notes
Community members from Bryan Navasota Steep Hollow and nearby towns visited relatives and friends over Sunday and Tuesday. Irvin Todd returns as school term bus driver. Juries and relocations also noted among residents.
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S. B. Pate
Helen
Betty Nelle
J. E. Hughey
Navasota
Alice Cole
Sunshine Cole
Roscoe Cole
Bryan
N. C. Cole
A. C. Williams
W. E. Moody
Stephenville
Bess Hensarling
T. A. Hensarling
Steep Hollow
Ben Graham
Elmer Pate
Sam Pate
J. D. Jones
Cecil Kelley
W. M. Arrington
Houston
Mae Byrd Hensarling
W. L. McCulloch
Curtis Williams
A M Consolidated School Opens For Fall Term
The A M Consolidated school opens for the fall term Monday with registration at 9 am and classes starting Tuesday at 9. superintendent S V Perritte notes staff changes including Marguerite Sammons moving to first grade and Lucy Bell Lomax named fourth and Brenham native Margaret Robertson becoming fifth grade teacher. The board adds science equipment and history maps, and J W Sikes remains as head of the high school science department after turning down a Tennessee offer.
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A. & M. Consolidated School
S. V. Perritte
F. L. Sloop
Marguerite Sammons
Margaret Robertson
Brenham
Cecile Dunn
North Texas
Lucy Bell Lomax
Franklin
J. W. Sikes
Tennessee
College Station
Warm Water Arctic Passage Found by Soviet Ice Breaker
The Soviet ice breaker Sadko reports a warm water passage through Arctic ice possibly linking Europe to the Far East via the Polar route. The 660 foot wide lane lies between Franz Josef Land and Nicholas the Second Land, flanked by impassable ice. Temperature cited as 530 degrees Fahrenheit. A new island was also announced.
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Moscow
Sadko
Europe
George Ushakov
Arctic
Franz Josef Land
Nicholas
Ishakov
North Pole
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Yan
W. C. Pack
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R. A. Crawford
Normangee Star
Bryan Today
C. M. Rouse
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Sam E. Eberstadt
Ft. Worth
Julian Montgomery
Works Progress Administration
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