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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1945
Page
5
Having bought the Mazac Hatchery and moved it to my home at Lukesite 1 I will be in a position to receive custom hatching Saturday Marely 24. Will have hairy chicks for sale beginning April 17. J. Burger 46-21.
Advertises openings for young women to become telephone operators in Eagle Lake no experience required. Highlights good pay with automatic exchanges and good working conditions. Permanence of position and contact via the chief operator’s telephone office.
Rotary Club luncheon featured Rev Charles L Culpepper discussing duties of a pastor to church and community. Guests included Mrs Charles W Frank of Temple and Dr R Tubbs of Columbus. annual Thomas Day event planned for next Wednesday. A $250 gift was sent to Closkey General Hospital for a greenhouse.
Vice President Harry S. Truman took office at 7 09 Thursday evening, becoming the Thirty second President. He vows to govern as Roosevelt would have wanted and hails from Missouri where he chaired the Truman Committee. Funeral services for Roosevelt will be held in Washington with burial at Hyde Park New York.
Dodge City in Kansas rose as a major cattle center with Santa Fe and Arkansas River routes. Cowboys drove thousands of cattle for shipment east while townsmen supplied herds north. Soldiers songs mix with cowboy life as generations support war bonds and weapons for overseas conflicts.
Texas motorists were warned to remove front 1942 license plates to comply with state law. Col Homer Garrison of the Department of Public Safety said cars must display only current year numbers and that only one plate may be placed on the rear of the vehicle, with fines possible for violations.
Mary Katherine Ally Neally, a popular senior at the school, was struck on the throat by a baseball on the grounds Thursday. She was taken to a hospital and later resting at home, with her mother reporting that she cannot talk yet but hopes for a quick recovery.
Fragmentary OCR notes recount a distant mountain ascent in 1893 by Rogers and his wife near a New Mexico or Utah setting, noting a 1000 foot base, surrounding landscape, and a ceremonial or descriptive monument. The text mentions Dew Wa Tywee og Viyorong and references to tree enjoyment and local observers.
Chesterville area residents are listed visiting relatives and hosting guests from Pasadena, Wharton, Aubrey, Houston, Garwood, Eagle Lake, Waldron Field, Corpus Christi, Beasley, Altair, Bugle Lake, Lowery Field, and Denver. Names include Mire J, Mrs Taylor, Mr Denton, Le D. McCollom, Patsy Arig, Jenice Splph, Alton Now, R. Denton, Glen Denton, Kenneth Davis, J. H. Brown Sr., S. Brown Jr., Lansing Ingram, Laula Tyler, Ban Gibson, P. F. C. Walter B. Tyler, M. E. Selph, Edwin Davis, and Janice.
Army Air Forces personnel on December 30 1944 reached 9 399 456. Of this total 16 percent were officers 2 percent aviation cadets and 82 percent enlisted men. By year end 1944 there were about 1 275 civil and military airports in the United States capable of handling transport aircraft, up 609 from the previous year.
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson told Representative Mahon that all able bodied men in the U S Army are earmarked for overseas duty. Of 2 990 000 on duty, about 1 400 000 had been selected for overseas service by February and were being trained for that purpose. Each soldier not already overseas or disqualified is set for foreign service as replacements or limited service men.
Thursday's local items report Mrs. J D Alley of Ramsey and George W Hodges New City as patients at Laughlin Hospital with G Morgan New City dismissed. National Brake Check Program begins April 15 to improve transport and reduce accidents with over 5000 police and sheriff participants. Houston visitors Rev and Mrs R A Park and family stayed with local residents. MONTGOMERY and San Antonio figures noted. Port News transfer of Ruby Contr to Port News. Judy Jones of Tottenway visits Eagle list and Mrs Sam Anieith hosts guests.
Mrs. H J Kilgore hurried to Houston after learning of her brother in law Charles Frederick Sieffert death at 100 Brace Street. Surviving family includes wife Evaritt Charles Sieffert and Mrs C E Cooke of Houston. Kilgore and three children accompanied by Mrs Chase Morris to Houston for funeral services. Other relatives and friends extend sympathy to Sieffert and Kilgore families. Travel notes also mention visits by Mrs E Turner Anahine to San Antonio Marble Falls, and Mrs Paul Powers to Temple, plus Elaine Kubena nursing staff at Laughlin’s Hospital in East Bernard.
The article recalls 1854 treaty floods settlers into Kansas with women and children accompanying men on steamboats and wagons. They labored to establish homes amid border conflict, building a lasting frontier. A monument at Topeka marks their legacy as grandsons fund War Bond efforts.
Scout executives postpone instruction session to Friday evening in Rotary Hall. The event invites all community men to learn about Boy Scout program planning and to help provide constructive activities for youths.
East Bernard Post No 226 of the American Legion will erect an honor roll for local boys and girls serving in the country. The roll will be mounted for public view. A Poppy sale will run during May. The post reports a membership of LYErLysix with a two member quota of 28. Eight members are World War II veterans. Total yearly membership is expected to reach about 50. Farmers form most of the ranks and are described as dependable Legionnaires.
Mr and Mrs J N Prazar Sr and daughter Mrs BR Wella Jr hosted a chicken barbecue for Major and Mrs Joe Newton Frazar and family at Altair Roadside Park on Tuesday evening. The Frazars and children are on leave here before overseas orders to Fort Meade Maryland. Essie Daughtry Roberts and sister Mrs T J Roberts with baby son returned from Tampa after four months away. They are now in Ellinger with her parents and Mrs Daughtry Roberts resumes duties at Luna's Drug Store. Guests this week at Mr and Mrs S C Smothers included Kernal Hughes Lester Henry Bob Peters from Tyler and J Whatley Cleveland Guynm and Grant Cummings from Houston.
The notice claims intestinal worms and diseases in chickens and turkeys can be controlled by Star Sulphur Compound added to water or feed. It purports to prevent disease, improve blood and vitality, reduce mite and measles impact, and boost chick survival while costing little.
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