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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1945
Page
2
The issue features class news from primary, seventh and eighth grades with notes on spring training, spelling success, and graduation preparations. It also recounts San Jacinto Day history, Senior memories, and a look at senior ring gifts, plays, and upcoming commencement events.
Freshmen recount a picnic at Altair Park with Mrs Williams and Mr Williams aboard William s truck from about 4 30 to 7 30 pm. They roamed woods by the creek, built a fire, roasted wethers, and ate pickles bread mustard cookies and Dr Pepper. They thank Mrs Williams and Mr Williams and Annie Belle Schindler for joining. The page also notes a Woman's Society dinner at the Methodist Church and junior senior antics at Altair Park including a weiner roast with Cokes Dr Pepper hot dogs buns mustard ice cream and cake. Names of visitors and students are listed with apologies for possible omissions.
Milton Anderson notes Andersonville rivals Chesterville as a future big city while remaining an old bachelor seeking the world’s prettiest wife. The Renz and Glueck Circus promotes its three big Ellen’s and Woodrow’s shows with exotic acts and a 1945 era promoter vibe at Lake Football Stadium, Ellen and Woodrow's ties to ELHS, and a past prophecy by Eileen. Buck Shot Braden recalls Eagle Lake’s 1945 state win and invites joiners to Eagle Lake Rod and Gun Club with a $1600 fee, promising ducks, alligators, whales, and laughs from Buck Shot B. Braden.
A humorous scrapbook of names and miscommunications shows Sue Colly marrying Joseph Stalin Jr in Fus sia. He cannot speak English, she understands little Russian, and their domestic orders end with odd purchases. The piece also follows Leether Wright’s Air Force romance and a Buenos Aires life linked to Pan American Airways, noting their famed sons Panchito Chicito Manuelito and Jouilo with a nostalgic, playful tone.
The Freshman class expresses gratitude to the Baglov staff for allowing them to publish their piece. They note all class members participated and thank the teachers who assisted. They express enjoyment in producing the issue and hope it can be printed.
Mr and Mrs Natt Holman and children of Rhome Texas spent the weekend with Mr Holmans mother Mrs Natt Holman Sr as part of a family gathering.
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