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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1945
Page
2
Wartime shopping complaints highlight shortages rude clerks and crowded cities. The Eagle Lake Eagle reports on assemblies, student notices, class news from Freshmen to Seniors, and future plans including a spring play and senior memories.
A vintage advertisement touts Kilmer's Swamp Root as a fast remedy for kidney related issues and wheeze symptoms. It promotes a blended herbal preparation, urges prepaid sample requests to Kilmer & Co and claims thousands have benefited.
An AP item from Grantham England dated April 7 reports Mary Part ridge, the girl who inspired the Mary Had a Little Lamb rhyme, celebrated her 90th birthday at her home. The story recalls the lamb following her to school and being tethered on the village green during season hours.
A fragment notes Kate Hayden, a former student, who served with a Red Cross Field Station during wartime and earned the Distinguished Service Medal, Congressional Medal of Honor, Purple Heart, and Bronze Star. The report wishes her well as a peacetime nurse and recalls meeting Admiral McVin Aaron Hayden.
Miss Josephine Frnka daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Frnka was one of four of sixty Cadet Nurse examinees to pass all tests. She now serves on the Pediatrics floor bringing cheer to child patients under her care.
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