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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1955
Page
7
Mrs Wheeler is visiting with former friends and Mrs Warren at her home in Texas. A patient recovering from surgery is reported to be progressing well after recent operation. It will be some time before full strength returns. Local services continue as usual.
District competition on Wednesday showed E L golfers and tennis players qualifying for the regional events. Wayne Brasher led with a low score in 18 holes of play. Jim Pidgeon Lon Raver pair shot 168 while Riley Wie and Dick Laughlin posted solid scores.
The Hagls Lake baseball team faced a postponed district opener with East Bernard due to rain. Coach Cobb notes key players while schedule shifts push the Sealy game to Sealy next Tuesday. A non district game at Orchard occurs Thursday, and efforts are made to adjust the East Bernard and regional track entries in Houston.
Eagle Lake will enter three track teams in the District 63-B meet in Needville on Friday led by coach Ben W Cabby. Elementary, junior and senior divisions will wear Eagle Lake colors with hopes for strong showings across events and age groups.
A local Little League season kicks off with players scheduled to begin workouts on April 25 under a drive to appoint a full-time manager. Daily supervised practice sessions will run, with a city-wide schedule to help players who cannot attend. Mrs E F Munford spent Sunday and Monday in Houston with her daughter's family, while pharmacy services continue as usual.
Chief Warrant Officer T. H. Hub Taylor, newly returned from three years in Bavaria, addressed Rotarians on German life and laws. He noted higher production last year, discussed sovereignty and rearming, and praised German soldiers while detailing wartime and economic contrasts.
Sunday visitors at Mr and Mrs Fred Addicks home included Mr and Mrs Bennie Addicks and son from Weimar and Mr and Mrs Wise and children from Gana for a vaccine and veterinary needs.
Carol Roeder of Columbus High School earned a second place in Region 3 of the Earthward Awards essays. Arthur Koehn, chair of the Indiana-Colorado Soil Conservation District Board, noted nine regional awards among twenty placings. Four from Farle Lake High, four from Columbus High, and one from Weimar High supplied the student winners.
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Merrill W. Becker, 32, ex-Army pilot, was sentenced to eight years in a penitentiary for the Houston holdup. The case also involves Becker’s wife, who was found not guilty in Columbus on a murder charge. Judge Langston G. King withheld final probation decision after Becker pleaded guilty to robbery. Assistant District Attorney Tom Dunn opposed probation due to Becker’s prior unauthorized use of a government aircraft in 1943. The Colorado County case against Becker continues, as the jury cleared his wife of murder in Houston.
Local notes report visitors including Rev and Mrs Paul Reger and Houston guests on Thursday. Eisenhower and relatives in Houston over the weekend. Easter gatherings with Adkins and Summel families in Sealy. Dallas visitors Albert Anea and son Tommie with George and Ed Thomas family. Schroeder underwent surgery at Anderson Foundation Tuesday. Many kin attended reunions and dinners across Katy Sealy Columbus and Yoakum with multiple family hosts.
Twenty children were brought to the Well-Child Clinic yesterday for examinations by County Health Nurse Grace Towell. The Community Council of Christian Women sponsors and hopes parents continue to bring children on the second Wednesday each month for examinations and inoculations.
Tuesday afternoon David and Alfred Zehradnick were called to the bedside of their mother, Mrs. Marie Smith, who is seriously ill in a Houston hospital.
Mrs Ora Burger returned home from a two week visit with the family of her daughter Roy Boethel and children in Bouville.
Woe announces sale of 15 discontinued petteres of 1447 Rogers silverware. Joe D Zona Drug Store offers the items for purchase as part of a clearance or inventory reduction.
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