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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1933
Page
8
Disjointed notes mention H F Pries med in Houston on Monday and Lehrer of Skend with their son from Glen Flora. Ed Srailman is listed, along with references to a B veices and Berewun, indicating scattered names and places from a damaged page.
Mrs Fussell, Loma Lée, Dorit, and others attended a gathering at Eagle Lake Tuesday night. Mr and Mrs Maré joined with Robert Colly and Geer amid a busy social scene.
John Hemmi, noted Nada resident, died in Rosenberg last Friday after gall bladder surgery and complications. He came to Texas with his family as a child, lived near Hallettsville, moved to his current area around 1890, married Elizabeth Tesch in 1900, and left a large family including five sons and three daughters. He was an active St. Joseph Society member and held insurance with the organization.
The text outlines an Easter program at Bayles Texas with a service Sunday at 10 o'clock and a children’s program at 1 o'clock. A pageant titled The Glory is scheduled with a 7 399 p m time and Rev Harry Husher to deliver the evening sermon. Bring friends.
The Eagle Lake Study Club held a Wednesday meeting with a program on The American Indian led by Mrs. Natt Holman. New member Mrs. T. P. Haley was welcomed, guest day shifted to April 28, and visitors from Wharton visited local families and the Chesterville teacher Miss Joyce Norwood.
A Be beckman style ad promotes a 25 cent bladder cleansing product containing buchu. It claims to ease irritation that causes leg pains and backache, improves sleep, and offers a money back guarantee after four days if not relieved. Distributed through Beckman's Drug Store.
The Lissie Home Demonstration Club led by Mrs George FE Cook will gather at Mrs C Gertson’s residence on April 21 at 2:00 pm. Miss Aileen Burton, the county home demonstrator, will present tips on garden and tomato culture. Salle and Marie Jones visited Houston Monday, while Mr and Mrs R R Yeli of Austin came to see Mrs Sallie Westmoreland late last week.
Rev J C Johnson of Austin will preach at Basle Lake Presbyterian Church Sunday in the morning and evening marking his last visit before accepting another pastorate. A week of meetings begins April 23 with Rev BW Downing of Belton preaching through April 30. Regular services resume May 1 with the May preacher to be announced.
The Eagle Lake artesian well on the W. D. Walker place, drilled 17 years ago, continued to flow after a 1916 abandonment. Water analysis by Herman A. Nester suggested potential health and commercial interest, with discussions of a possible health resort and speculative value as a marketed product.
The Colorado Valley Baseball League expanded to six teams with Columbus joining alongside LaGrange Flatonia Moulton Fayetteville and Ellinger. The season opens next Sunday April 16 under manager Bill Martin.
A health notice claims headaches from constipation vanish after one Adlerika dose. The ad asserts the product cleanses poisons from both upper and lower bowels, improves sleep and reduces nervousness, with a local drug store promotion included.
Mr W P Wilcox and family move from J Burger home on Main Street to the former Mooney place near the hubhc school building. Mr N C and family occupy the Wilcox residence vacated in the rearrangement.
Houston officers hold Booth Sledge 17 and a girl with two youths suspected in a string of hijackings. Police link them to a car theft from Elmore Gibbs of 2418 Brun Street and a Humble Oil filling station robbery on McKinney Avenue. Gibbs’s auto was found abandoned in Beaumont after multiple thefts, with the suspects believed to have driven back to Houston in the stolen Beaumont car.
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