This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1971
Page
2
The Eagle Lake Headlight serves as the official publication for Eagle Lake Texas, providing local notices and community information to residents and readers in the 77498 area.
George Klar, executive vice president of the American Rice Growers Cooperative Association, protests Commodity Credit Corporation plans to process and move 2.5 million hundredweight of 1970 carryover rice. The letter to President Nixon warns of disrupted milling capacity, rail and trucking bottlenecks, and higher prices, urging reconsideration to avoid market instability and increased storage in Texas facilities.
John Steger of Columbus was promoted to captain while serving at the Marine Barracks U S Naval Air Station Harmoda. He attended Sam Houston State College in Huntsville Texas. Mrs Gteger is the former Mary Ann Uzeill of Altair.
Readable fragments show residents traveling to Colorado and West, families visiting relatives in Lubbock and Crowley, a birth announcement for William David McMillan, and social events in Houston and Bastrop. Several church and club gatherings were noted, with travel and hospital visits mentioned.
Rice sale continued with 33.71 cwt offerings at 9.25 per cwt. Belle Patna grown by Harold Thomas led bids via Blue Ribbon and others, totaling 14 of 16 lots. Top bid day of 5.87 per cwt was for Cut, with 14,816 hundredweight offered. Riviana and others participated. several growers named including Clem Beatrener Co and L. Gathman.
County commissioners meet to review a proposed wage increase amid Living costs concerns. The plan asks to raise beyond the $6100 statutory maximum with a six of nine member advance salary committee having the power to override. The county judge serves as chair while six officials including the sheriff and tax assessor are among the panel members.
Navy award ceremony honors Parham of Sheridan for meritorious service while serving at the Power Plant and with the draining squadron thirty one in Corpus Christi. Relatives named Mr and Mrs C Purham at Kibartan Georgia, with mention of service during Vietnam era.
PCA loan figures show Aras area ranchers borrowed over 1 million dollars in the first half of 1971. HK E Stina, president, notes growth beyond the prior year. Production Credit Associations across several Texas counties reported a total loan increase of more than 10 million for the period.
Rail CG A B507 Lor Waasurar county clerk district clerk and county attorney would complete the £ member grievance committee.
CSOD Directors and farmers from Colo cada Ball id Water attend the second annual Qeyisesvadon Agribusiness Seminar at the Ajtorenn Legion Hall in Avenham on July Bie. The program featured six specialists covering nearly every phase of agriculture with talks on soil conservation forage production and future agricultural challenges.
Firat National Bank Fort Worth hosted a seminar on beet producing and marketing with Harley Borg a noted TV figure discussing Texas. Co sponsors included Washington East Water Conservation District Texas Agricultural Extension Service and Washington County Chamber committees. Attendees from Colorado Soil and Water Conservation District included Directors Arthur Koehn Walmar and Rubba Heinsohn Freisturg and SCS district conservationist Erwie Pavlik Columbus.
The Ever Lakes Council Knights of Columbus installed new officers Tuesday evening July a t in a impressive ceremony District Deputy Frederick Lacopoly of Nata conducted the installation Monroe Briscoe was named Grand Knight succeeding Boudreaux Other officers named include Gane Jones Draper Blepheny Avell Holla Chante lia Tony Garza Wardell ALS vert Busterovaky Advocate Emmelingide Guard Inha Muhalite Outside Guard Joe Miko Spansnel and Dou rofilly with a planned three year term The Knights enjoyed Warberted Loef sausage and beverages during the event.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.