Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-09
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VALLEY

LII i = NOl fOk1El INC spec
fators-they. too, performed well in
that McAllen- Brownsville game FRI
day afternoon.
; A sea Of mud from goal line to
goal line.
But the spectators never flinched.
in mud they marched up and down
the ficld--in spirit. right along idc
the players.
They chcered and they stamped n
a. keep warm.
And il was = great game. Prom
ere grsrdstand every man appeared
10 be football hero.
For every man worked hard. Ne
Allen accepted defeat. bat went
down brilliantly.
Tho game certainly made football
history in Brownsville. for never
before was football game ever
played here under worse weather
Conditions.
NOW BROWNSVILLE high 81
looking forward a. 2 game Decem-
bcr Fl with Tilden Tech. ~ Chicago.
ILL.,
Tilden academy has TIE champ
jonship high school team III the
Cook county league. which includes
the high schools of the Chicago area.
Regardless of the outcome n the
game. much is expected to result
from the clash
Il is only 70 ~ hoped that wea-
ther conditions will DC more favor
able than those under which Fri
days game was pl-yed.
LOWER RIO GRANDE Valley
Magazine for December comes to its
readers this month with very
~Christmas-sy" cover.
PoinSettias in their beautiful
rolor OF red and background of
green. candles and other Christmas
decorations feature the front page.
Includes articles by +. c. Watson.
manager. on business matters; by
Paul Cottrell on hunting. and by
Kenneth Calvin. editor. on historical
subjects.
Incidentally. there i an interest
ing article On James Henry Dish
man. pioneer of Dishman. IN north
ern Cameron county
And = reproduction n the orig
insl commission naming Henry Fer-
ryman. Mr. Dishman's grsndfather. "a
captain IN the Seventh United
States Infantry. the commission he-
ing signed M President james
Monroe on February i. 1925
THE NAME OF SNOR. famous ir
rinstfelsy aud vaudeville. has come
- Brownsville in the person of Mrs.
Flora Swor n Dallas. widow N the
late Albert Swor
She will preside At the organ ut
the Capitol Theater.
The name inevitably brings 70
the mind or the theater-goer of two
decades ago tho productions known
ss "The Wizard % o. and the
"Red Mill"
These plays ran for days on end
IN New York aud for years through
out the country. with the famous
Swor brothers in the lead roles.
As the movies came into the field
the Swor brothers continued in min
strelsy. in which they were stars Tor
wears
Only the death ~ Albert Swor
separated them, after which Bert
played with The Al G. Fields min
Strels Tor wears. ard now re- Y with
Earl tarroil's Nanitics. in New York
BROWNSVILLE has been given
considerable attention ir thc De-
cembrr issue of Tho Texas out
'nok. the official organ or tbc
T"Nas state Teachers association.
Almost two pages of space given
over r. photograph. w the members
oi the Brownsville school board M
high school and junior COLLEGE
buildings. the Missouri Pacific ard
Southern Pacific ras eurcr stations
P'4W grove scene. and n view ~
the Gateway bridge
This magazine reaches thousands
ot school officials and teachers
throughout Texas.
The advertising received bv the
Brownsville schools - a result is
worth many hundreds Of dollars.
CONGRESSMAN JOHN y. GAR
MR.. IN addition TO his other claims
70 Tame, promises 70 outrank every
other representative IN the matter
~ applications to build bridges.
Mr. Garner passed on to tanrres.
for sction applications ~ build
nridges NJ Brownsville. Hidairo. La
fedo. Zapsta. Eagle rass. and south
% Mercedes.
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