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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1935
Page
2
Denver Chesnut visits Bryan on the way to Texas A. and M. College with son Sam who will study overengineering. The piece covers local social notes from Bryan including visits, arrivals, and community reports.
Seven glass a foes anchorBryan Broncos open practice as they brace for a brutal 1935 schedule with Madisonville and district foes Corsicana Brenham Temple Cleburne Waxahachie Waco Hillsboro Bellville Conroe. The team fields five lettermen and aims to upset strong Class A rivals in district play at home and away.
A local notice reminds that the Eagle subscription account should be paid promptly to avoid disruption.
John Mendl quarterback Maurice Henry and other Stephen F. Austin Broncos have chosen to enroll at A. and M. College after contemplating Baylor University. Mendl earned all district honors and best all-round Bronco in 1934 while Henry made the all-state Class B end team. Milton Merka left today to join Baylor.
Mrs. Tyler Haswell, Miss Bella Locke, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Yeager, Miss Gertrude Lester, Mrs. Lee LaBelle, and Mr. and Mrs. J. Caldwell represent Bryan business houses at the Dallas gift show. The event began Sunday and runs until Friday as they place purchases for their stores.
A group of Bryan graduates from Stephen F. Austin high school traveled to Waco this week to attend Baylor University. Freshman girls include Maurine Williamson Marjorie Earle Miller Imogene Nash Genevieve Barron. returning students Margaret Higgs Paula Budaly. Enrolled boys include Ennis Canada Jr Milton Merika former Stephen F. Austin players Arthur Stewart transfer from A M College and Forrest Jones Jr transfer from Southwestern University.
The 1935 Brotho A Squad schedule lists key games starting Sept 20 in Bryan against Madisonville and continuing Sept 27 in Corsicana. Other district road and home games include Brenham Temple Cleburne Waxahachie Waco Hillsboro Bellville Conroe, with several district contests in Bryan and Temple.
The article explains boll weevils feed on green cotton and lay eggs in squares and bolls. Adults survive winter, reemerge in spring to feed on cotton, then reproduce massively in late spring and summer, sheltering in trash near old fields with Spanish moss as a favored shelter.
Bruges county American Red Cross chairman M L Gashion calls 4 30 pm Tuesday executive committee meeting at City Hall.
The home of Mr and Mrs Stephan on West 26th Street was gutted by a fire of undetermined origin about 5 30 Friday evening. Loss is about 10000 with insurance partial. Mrs Stephan and daughter Gloria were in New York and notified Friday night.
County Clerk Fred Worsham approved ten marriage licenses Saturday, the highest daily total this year, plus one license issued Monday. The named couples include N R Burkhalter with Doris Hicks, Charlie Beene with Eddie Rice, Henry Crocker with Ruby Mae Brister, Sam Ethredge with Oneata Scott, H L Arrington with Sarah Gammon, Alfredo Florez with Agrula Hernandez, Willie Holmes with Arlena Nix, Woodrow Mitchell with Exie Lord, S B Warrick with Nancy Baker, Bill Williams with Roxie Ann Williams, Bennie Spriggs with Rosa Lee Williams.
The A and M College band 150 pieces will perform at the East Texas Rose Festival October 3 4 5 6 and again at the Temple Texas A and M game in Tyler high school stadium October 5 R J Dunn directs the band noted in the American Bandmasters Association and active in other musical groups The band plays at all A and M football games and military reviews during fall and winter.
Principally of marches, spring brings weekly campus concerts featuring classical and semi classical music performances.
Valentine Phillips and Henry Urbanovsky of Robertson county were arrested Sunday night by Sheriff Nunn and Deputy Williams for driving while intoxicated after a collision involving a Whippet and two Model T Fords on highway No 21 near the Brazos river bridge. Three cars damaged, two injured by bruises.
All rural white schools in the county open for work except Wixon Prospect and Allen Farm. Peach Creek and Millican started last week and 23 other schools began Monday, according to county superintendent Mrs. W. E. Neeley.
Brazos county commissioners met in adjourned session Monday to discuss WPA projects but recessed until next Monday due to missing information from the Palestine district office. No actions were taken beyond the adjournment.
Rev. James J. O'Brien C S C Major Chaplain of the army and vice president of St. Edward's University in Austin gave the invocation at the Senate's opening on Monday. He is the first Catholic priest to preside over a Senate prayer, invited by Lieutenant Governor Walter F. Woodul.
Sears Roebuck and Company reports eighth period sales from Aug 14 to Sept 10 up 18.2 percent over last year and higher than the seventh period. eight period 1935 sales reach 27,913,502 dollars, first eight periods total 230,623,450 dollars, compared with 184,533,551 dollars in 1934.
The hearing on Tom Mooney's habeas corpus bid for freedom was postponed Monday night until Wednesday. Plans to move the aging life-term convict from San Quentin early Tuesday remained unchanged. A. E. Shaw, appointed by the California supreme court, said the delay allows the court to hear arguments clarifying its instructions to the referee.
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