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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1935
Page
6
A mixed portrait notes the early struggles and rise of a screen star from Dutch roots to Hollywood acclaim, plus profiles of athlete Bitsy Grant and a Texas lawyer-politician Vincent Miles, detailing career milestones, wartime service, and public roles. It also mentions aviation pioneer stories and the passing of San Antonio figures, weaving a broad panorama of notable figures and events.
Patricia Watson of San Marco visits Bryan as Jo Ann Davis’s guest. Numerous residents travel for business, extension service duties, and family visits including Neal Zuber returning to Little Rock, Hazel Holmgreen from Kansas City, and Frank Martin from Goliad going to Austin.
Left Thursday for Dallas accompanied by Mrs. Jolly. Mr. and Mrs. Mullins, previously in San Marcos as educational director of the First Baptist church, will relocate to Dallas for a similar role with the East Grand Baptist church starting Sept 1. Mrs. Jolly will join them for a week or ten days.
The Business and Professional Women's Club outlines plans for the district conference to be held in November. A square dance on October 4 will raise funds, with Maurine Hearn directing finance and Helen Swift presenting on frontier themes from Henry A. Wallace. New members Lola Blair and Grace Neeley are welcomed, as the group assembles with officers and members at the Parker home.
Austin reports federal regulations on mourning dove hunting in Texas were extended. The season runs September 21 to January 5 with shooting hours 7 a.m. to sunset, replacing the previous 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. limit. Hunters urged more favorable hours, and officials note the change adds hunting time beyond the 10 day season advance.
Mr and Mrs C E Beeson arrived from Washington DC to stay with Mrs Beesons mother and sister Mrs Annie Manley and Mrs L J Falgeau. Beeson will help lead a regional WPA data office in Dallas covering Texas Oklahoma Arkansas Louisiana and Mississippi. He is a Texas A and M graduate with a Master in Rural Sociology.
James Aiken from the district WPA offices in Palestine conferred with Bryan city and county officials and with Texas A and M College authorities about proposed local projects. He reviews costs to arrange funding if approved and plans to visit Brazos County over the coming days.
Harvesting of sudan, a key crop, is underway near Muleshoe. A survey shows 4,800,000 pounds of seed from 16,000 to 20,000 acres planted, about 60 percent of normal with an average yield of 300 pounds per acre. Some fields may reach 800 to 1000 pounds per acre, and irrigated tracts could exceed that.
Washington reports that the Federal investigators have incorporated a lie detector into their laboratory equipment as part of the new tools used by the G men.
Brownwood Aug. 30 In a quirky move Brown county cow punchers move cows from an island to the mainland by lasso and tow them behind speed boats. Cowboys ride in the prow as a bellowing cow is chased across Lake Brownwood prompting jokes about needing baths rather than chaps.
The Bryan Lions club honored M. L. Rees, Bryan Scoutmaster who formed eight Travis school boys into a Boy Scout troop four years ago. He will soon join the Methodist Orphans Home at Waco to teach manual art.
J W Chapman appointed secretary of the State Conservation Board and assistant agricultural engineer of the Texas Extension Service. He studied at Southwestern University and the University of Chicago and worked in Texas stone development from 1910 to 1934. The Chapman family will move from Austin to Bryan. his two sons include J W Chapman Jr training as an aviator at Kelly Field and Moreland Chapman a UT senior. He played guard for the Texas University football team last year.
Joe S. James, longtime manager of the Double Dip Ice Cream parlor, has accepted a manual training and mathematics teacher position at LaGrange High School. He and Mrs. James plan to move to LaGrange soon.
A former student who completed industrial education studies at Texas A and M College a few years ago is noted for timely graduation and career readiness. The item highlights the institution's program and the alumnus achievement.
Two former East Texas Rose Queens will participate in the coronation of the 1985 queen at the East Texas Rose Festival in Tyler. The event runs October 3 to 6 with coronation on October 3. Margaret Copeland of Palestine, now Mrs James F Donaghue, was the 1933 queen and Louise Boren of Tyler led the 1934 festival. the 1935 queen’s name was not announced.
Memphis Tenn September 3 Officials of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union disclosed that the organization has decided to ask cotton picking wages of 1 dollar per 100 pounds. Secretary H L Mitchell said the executive council decided upon an organized strike possibly the first ever called among cotton field laborers to press the wage demands.
Dr Barton Cooke Hurst 74 a renowned obstetrician dies in Philadelphia from a heart ailment He retired in 1927 after 38 years as professor of obstetrics at the University of Pennsylvania medical school where he remained emeritus professor.
Dr. E L Sanderson, a political friend of Senator Huey P Long, said Long told him he would begin a stump tour of several Louisiana Arkansas and Texas cities on September 14 and would visit Longview on September 14.
New York September 3 A 17 year old high school girl objected to appearing before judges in a bathing suit prompting a change to the Miss Italy beauty contest in Brooklyn on September 23. All 200 contestants will wear evening gowns and judges will weigh facial beauty more than form. Mary Fulminante says she only wishes to appear in a bathing suit on the beach. The pageant closes a 23 day Neapolitan Festival of Piedigrotta.
In West Texas Davis Mountain country abundant grass returns after a long dry spell. Cattle gain flesh rapidly as ranchers note cows once nearly unable to reach water now thrive, reflecting a sharp change over six weeks.
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