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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1931
Page
2
Fragmented items report residents and relatives visiting, moving to Bryan for the school year, and changes in housing. Mentions Navasota WMA Baptist Association, Stephen F. Austin high school staff changes, and families from Houston Kurten Belton and Braunfels making local arrangements.
Victoria Jones visits her aunt as J Eloise Thompson from Gause visits Miss Frma tic s. Ella Berry from Franklin stays with L. Foster. A. C. Williams and son Wayne of Bryan visit Mrs. Williams’ parents. A church supper Aug 8 funds a good cause. Subjects are Ye Must Be Born Again and Sin Against the Holy Ghost. Members from Bryan and Commerce attend. Bobbie Louis Bullock’s afternoon shower Aug 29 includes gifts and refreshments.
The notice lists scholarship winners including Jones, Ruth firama, Josephine Tobias, Anna Holland, Cora Garner, Mrs A C Thompson, Mrs T W DeHart and daughter Marjorie Nell, Mrs Lynn Dehart, Mrs Sem Bullock and Alta of Bryan. Guests Mr and Mrs Harry McDowell visited Berry Risinger in Bryan.
The community of Millican expresses sympathy for Mrs Lillian Symms after a recent auto accident. Friends urge faster traffic restrictions to save lives. Local families visit and travel, schools prepare for opening, and residents recount gatherings and travel to nearby towns.
Miss Annette Morrell and Stephen Lobelle wed at St Anthony's Catholic Church in a ceremony noted for floral décor and candlelight. Relatives from Dallas Houston Galveston Beaumont Port Arthur attended, with reception at Sue Haswell Memorial Park and a weeklong Houston Beaumont Port Arthur honeymoon for the couple.
A Brazos County farmer advocates publicizing life habits of the fever tick and the details of control to build understanding and efficiency. He argues that knowing the why and wherefore of the campaign will improve farmers’ participation and success in eradication efforts.
Speaker urges outstanding business men and citizens to back local athletics. He warns against detractors and calls for full cooperation to develop a winning team, saying public support boosts players and sprits.
The Brazos county fair proved educational and engaging with improved displays and a growing crowd. A plan to establish permanent fair grounds gains momentum, with a first exhibit building readied for standard entries across crops, fruits, poultry, textiles, and livestock, backed by an $800 prize pool.
The column outlines Y M C A growth from 50 schools in 1886 to 41 nations with over a million members. It highlights Texas A and M freshman programs, 80 percent active participation in recreation and spiritual development, and a Rotary club visit report to Brazos county with delegates and attendees listed.
Dr. F C Blanck heads the food research division and A B Conner runs Texas A&M Station as Weslaco Mercedes chambers plan a bureau building at the new station. Dr Knight says citrus work will start after lab completion focusing on grapefruit utilization. Texas has about 6 650 000 citrus trees on roughly 90 000 acres, with grapefruit making up three quarters.
The Mercedes area will host a new United States Department of Agriculture citrus byproducts laboratory funded at ten thousand dollars annually. The project, run by A B Conner of the Texas Experiment Station, aims to study utilization of citrus waste and may produce citric acid pectin essential oils and other economic products. Mercedes and Weslaco chambers will oversee building.
Postings warn that all land owned or leased by the speaker is posted under law. Hunters and trespassers will be prosecuted.
An advertisement for Moler Barber College located at 712 Franklin Avenue in Houston Texas invites readers to learn barbering. The notice notes a vacation in Texas and implies favorable job prospects with no unemployment.
A large group of relatives and friends from Bryan attended the funeral of Rev. Ollie Smith of Navasota held Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Smith and family moved from Bryan to Navasota in 1924 when he became manager of Allen Smith Produce Company. He is survived by his wife and two daughters Vera and Carolyn Elizabeth, his father C. M. Smith of Bryan, four brothers Allen Plummer George and Ed all of Bryan, three sisters Mrs. Lewis Balk of North Zulch Mrs. W. M. Koelsch of Houston and Mrs. A. M. Rush of Wink. Services were at Willow Hole Cemetery in North Zulch at 4 p.m. conducted by Rev. W. N. Purcell.
St Joseph's Parochial School opened with higher enrollment and is run by four Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament under Rev Gleissner. A village bridge tournament on the school lawn drew over fifty players and raised more than $80 for school equipment.
Thief robbed the Gulf States Utilities office after midnight Tuesday or today, taking between 400 and 500 dollars from a safe. Manager H B Earthman said no locks were broken and the safe’s combination was known to one familiar with it. Part of the money was prepared for deposit and the rest were receipts from late Monday and Monday night. no deposit was made due to Labor Day bank closures.
Notice to the public that the writer’s property three miles west of Bryan is posted as required by law. Hunters and trespassers will be prosecuted.
Rev Arthur A Hyde announces prep meetings on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 7 30 at the First Christian Church for a three week lead in to the revival starting Sunday September 27. Attendees should bring testaments and a pencil for a New Testament study of Evangelism. Dr J Kinney O Heeron of Waco will preach beginning September 27.
John Thomas Lloyd aged 58 died at his home on College Avenue Monday shortly after 3 PM from a heart attack triggered by grass fire alarms and excitement. A carpenter, he moved to Bryan from Mart six years ago and is survived by a widow and seven children. The body was shipped to Mart for interment with McCulloch Dansby Funeral Directors in charge. funeral held this afternoon.
Posted notice warns the public against hunting and trespassing on the Roberts farm by the Brazos River and states all found on the property will be prosecuted. Signed K. J. Roberts. Also an advertisement seeks a refined middle aged woman as a companion and promotes Bryan Eagle job work service with a Quality Clark claim.
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