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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1926
Page
2
Mr and Mrs W C Sanders of El Campo visit Mrs L D Roberts and praise Eagle Lake golf course as outstanding for a town of its size. Sanders, a local golfer, notes El Campo course is newly built and Hicks mentions its quality yesterday.
John F Fraka a longtime Colorado County citizen who moved to San Antonio with his family for health reasons underwent a serious operation at a San Antonio hospital Wednesday morning. He withstood the procedure well though his condition remains grave. Friends hope for improvement and a return to health.
The opening of the new term at Southwestern University at George WV reports student officers elected for spring. Tom Berlin of Georgetown is president, Louis Gordon of Eagle Lake vice president, Jen Elis Pace of Demple secretary, with Mil dred Evans of Georgetown listed among other officers. Gordon is highlighted as a popular student and former Mask and Writings member and a noted Kappa Sigma fraternity member.
From Former Citizen Houston April 15. Enclosed find check for Headlight subscription. I can miss the Headlight. It is like a letter from home and a letter we are always sure to get though our other correspondents sometimes fail us. Best wishes Mrs Willie Wicker
Denton Chronicle reports the largest frog hatchery in the nation will rise on the former Witherspoon property known as Club Lake, three miles southeast of Denton. J H Bracewell of Fort Worth will import three thousand bullfrogs to start a breeding season with about 400 000 000 eggs in the first lake. The fully developed complex will cover about 60 acres with five lakes and heavy protections against predators.
Walter Killmann was moved to Houston for expert surgical care after a severed artery from a April 4 knife attack re opened. He was accompanied by his wife and Dr. W. G. Youens as he recovers at home with crutches. Neighbor W. S. Campbell and Gus Seaholm install Delco lighting at their country homes.
Mrs. Phoebe N. McCormick died at her home four miles east of Eagle Lake on the Chesterville road at 9 oclock Thursday in the seventy ninth year. Born March 23 1847 she lived at Eagle Lake for 29 years and leaves a husband nine children and four others. Funeral at the family home Sunday at 2 pm with interment in Lakeside Cemetery. The obituary praises her as a devoted wife mother and neighbor and notes a life of Christian faith.
The tale contrasts two farm boys and their fathers as choices about work and ownership spark anger, loyalty, and lessons about profit sharing and family. It notes every father can learn from the story about guiding boys in farming or other vocations and that life on many farms can be both engaging and profitable.
An advertisement touts Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic as a blood purifier and strength giver. It claims to enrich blood with iron and purify it with quinine, destroying malaria and grip germs while improving appetite and color.
Mr Arch Cearnal and his wife from Houston are guests of his parents Mr and Mrs A H Cear nal. They arrived with a new Studebaker coach and are spending a few days here.
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