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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1945
Page
7
Regular Monday practice drew good attendance with hose coupling drills. Next Monday April 23 the regular business meeting will convene to handle urgent items. two members, Henry Kretesehmar and Char L Spalinger, stationed abroad, are home on furlough.
Mrs Lee Stokes Jr and her daughter Kathryne of Bunkie Louisiana spend the week with Mrs Stokeents Mr and Mrs Harry Kilgore. Coffee was served by Mrs Kilgore with guests Mesdames E C Reneh CA Brooks Chase Morris and Von Turner. Mrs Mary A Brokaw goes to Beasley to visit friends for several weeks. Mr and Mrs W A McMillan travel from Danbury for a visit this week.
Colorado County planters harvested during the 1944 45 season in Texas reforestation efforts. The Texas Forest Service and A&M College reported a record distribution of 1,994,099 tree seedlings to 451 planters across 86 counties. Seedlings were grown at the state forest nursery near Alto.
A Thursday evening weiner roast and picnic gathered friends at the R. J. Reese Sr. home. Attendees included Louise Ripper Helen Reese Mesdames James Cash Leonard Walk Win Schultz Orville Powers Davidson Jr. Mr. and Mrs Jiilin Reese and Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Carlile. Janet Ann Fulkenson arrives in Los Angeles on April 8 45 at 5:55 am weighing 7 pounds 9 1 2 ounces and 29 inches long. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alan Fulkerson. mother is niece of Rawlin and R B Davis of Eagle Lake.
A jumble of jokes and banter, featuring an Irish soldier, a colonel, barracks humor, a father and son exchange, bishop and bananas, and punchlines about work, love, and everyday quirks. The piece mixes quick gags with characteristic old time humor, including a jab about a foreman and surprising twists.
A garbled reminiscence mixes military draft talk with a tale of a horse and a clerk asking a boy for a tooth brush. A draft board doctor explains trenches for the nearsighted, and a peelectee jokes about blindness. The scene ends with a quirky request about the biggest toothbrush in the family.
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