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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1945
Page
5
A notice about taking orders for printed Christmas cards with options for assorted care and prior year supply notes. Mentions contact person Madeline Cearnal Phare and a billing or reference line 83-10, indicating a local ordering arrangement with emphasis on getting orders in early.
County agents call farmers from several counties to a Collum bus court house meeting on wage ceilings for picking, pulling, and hauling cotton. The Texas USDA Wage Board explained the plan's steps and eight counties may be affected if implemented, with hearings set in Exina Texas.
Navy and Marine personnel from Eagle Lake and nearby areas send notes from Saipan New Guinea and the Pacific detailing duty, reunions with family, and near misses. Letters describe Elizabeth Westmoreland WACs, base life on Saipan, and a mix of shore leave and deployment progress.
Armored Regiment since May 2nd 143 and participated in Normandy Northern France end Belgium through the Siegfried Line in the Ardennes to the Elbe River. Mr Baker is the driver of a light tank in one of the division's armored forces. Staff Sergeant Janik arrived from his base with the United States Marines. In Southern California he spends furlough with the family of his sister Afra L Kopecky of Eagle Lake and with his parents. Sergeant Janik returned from overseas duty in the Pacific Theatre and has been in California on duty since that time. Mr Aguirre and Mrs Aguirre are visiting this week in Lake. He was principal of the Mexican School before entering the armed service. He entered the Navy on August 35 1642 and spent his last furlough at home in 1843. He has seen duty across the Pacific from the Aleutians and various islands. He arrived in Seattle on June 30th and spent furlough in Texas before reporting back to Galveston. Wins Ripbans and Joan F. Hough, son of Mrs Maude B. Hough of Lissie, veteran of 29 months service as cook in the European theatre of operations aboard an Air Transport Command plane with the North Atlantic Division's Snowball Fleet. He has been awarded American Defense ETO and Good Conduct ribbons.
Oil field notes report Columbus and Sheridan areas in Colorado County showing multiple lease wells. John Schobell and James Tumlinson survey lines drilled to 9749 feet, with production string being set. No. 1 Plains Realty tract, Frances-Mayhar survey, and Hayes Stephens No. 1 Stanolind work continue as crews push depths toward 10520 feet.
On Thursday afternoon nine young friends gathered in the kitchen for Haddie Helen Lockwood’s third birthday celebration. The table featured a birthday cake centerpiece with favors, angel food cake, ice cream, and candy. Guests included Mary Elizabeth Morris, Elizabeth Lee Morris, Linda Powers, Sue Powers, Edward Herbeth, Dick Richter, Myra Beth Griffin, Dick Smith, Joe Fay Smith, Paula Jeanne Turber, Claire Nash, Anson Nash, Lanny Lockwood, Stepheny Taylor, Jimmie Brooks, Bobby Brooks, Nita Ryan Fick, Suzanne Harbin, and Henry Edward Lockwood.
Mrs and Mrs Buster Cook announce the arrival of a son born at 1 33 Tuesday morning at Caughlin Hospital. The baby weighed seven pounds seven ounces and was named Larry Ross.
Laughlin Hospital lists Friday morning patients including Grace Meulka Matthewa Mrs W J Haver Mrs Walt Adams City Julia Barrios and others in both white and colored sections Nan Nie Joe Castle Maggie Washington Jabs Harris and RL Selders. Discharges this week include G W Hodges Houston Mrs Buster Cook and son ally Sammy Wibell Sheridan Mel W V Smith Garwood and Mr Mrs Arthur Schmitt and family of Ramsey visited.
Mrs. Guy Briggs hosted a Saturday supper honoring Barbara Lee Briggs and Daxter Anderson. Guests included Milian Jay, Dexter Anderson, Kenneth Crow, Wille Lee Adkins, Jane Sun Deeman, Lillian Seemhower, David Christensen, and several local families and ministers.
Supt W C Reed returned from a state education department observation tour of Fort Sam Houston. He traveled with teachers from Sherman Freeport Edisburg Seymour and other Texas points to view boot camp demonstrations and explosive training including land mines and booby trap detection. Reed praised the GIs and noted the hot duty in monkey suits worn in jungle climates.
The piece recalls the August 7 1942 Guadalcanal landing as the start of U S amphibious warfare in the Pacific. It notes Major General Vandergrift’s leadership, Marine courage under scarcity, and the six month battle that ended Japanese southward expansion. Also mentions a funeral trip of Rav J W Griffin and his son to Dadu Texas.
Austin July 5 Dr Gen W Cox State Health Officer warns against casual selection of a physician. Regular family doctors provide personalized care, preventive guidance, and knowledge of a family’s health and environment, enabling better treatment and overall well being.
A small boy at OSU begins to speak and display learning among playmates. He challenges a companion with the word expectorate, while another replies with slang. Miss Marie Tallent visits Grace Marie Spanthel from Houston to spend the weekend with her parents and Delores Spanthel.
Biographical sketch in The Luling Newsboy highlights Thomas Lee Caylor son of Mr and Mrs A P Caylor born August 20 1906 in Wallis Texas. He graduated Breckinridge High San Antonio 1923 married Ethel Kindred Waelder September 18 1925 and joined United North South Development Company in 1937 later serving Kiwanis Club as secretary 1942 and president. He helped develop the Zuling Community Forest the first in Texas and is praised as a dedicated community worker and natural leader with ties to banking and oil.
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