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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1953
Page
11
B H McElhinney president reports a steady flow of new and daily subscriptions for the Eagle Lake Recreation Center. The center offers a nine hole course, picnic grounds, clubhouse with refreshments, and a skeet range, with membership at 25 dollars per year. The future of maintenance depends on local citizens support.
Sutter, commander of Wharton recruiting station, says chances to become Air Force observers are high and pilot training applications are being accepted for assignments starting in late 1953. Information and blanks are available at the U S Army and U S Air Force Recruiting Station at the Courthouse in Wharton.
Weimar Garden Club announces a Wonderland themed flower show on April 23 with committee members Mrs David Gunn Mrs Herbert Seifert and Mrs F R Carroll. Club president is Mrs Henry Herder.
Fire warnings note April as off week for fires while dry grass grows. Residents urged to clear grass and weeds on vacant lots before summer arrives. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wearden of Victoria visited Sunday at Annie Taylor's home.
Mrs Wayne Lee remains in Laughlin Hospital Eagle Lake recovering from surgery last Friday Visitors included Mr and Mrs F W Terrell and daughters of Sealy Her mother Mrs M J Dean of Bay City is here to help Three Rock Island sailors completed Navy basic training in San Diego and are on 14 day leave Kenneth Judd Norman Hooper and J D Henry are home on leave Mr and Mrs J J Waddell and family visited New Braunfels Breckenridge Park the Alamo and Goliad Jean Waddell is on vacation from First State Bank Columbus Rev and Mrs James W Clanton hosted Mrs Clanton s parents Bonnie Matlock Kilgore Mrs C A Shaw Kennedy staying with niece Leonard Albig family Mrs Scott Brocker and children hosted Mrs Etta Rogers Hallettsville.
Twenty eight students at Wharton County Junior College earned the highest honor roll for the spring semester’s first nine weeks while 46 were on the B or Better list. Ida Causey of Eagle Lake appears on the highest honors and names such as Judith Anderson of Eagle Lake and Jimmie Joyce Byres of Garwood appear on the B or Better list.
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