09 Aug 1951
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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1951
Page
1
Century Patna features in limelight as the 1951 rice harvest opens with reports from Bryer and nearby areas. The piece mentions creches, machinery, and local milling, noting preparations for a four day sale and references to ongoing farm work and community activities.
Clyde Gold has bought out Vic tor Mastnéek and takes over the Shell Servo Station on Main Street. The station will be open from dawn. jobs will be created and retained as operations continue. The text lists local residents visiting for the weekend.
Diva Carson of Eagle Lake has volunteered for armed forces service and will be inducted next Tuesday, August 4, in Colorado County. Inductions include Samuel Anderson and Clifton Leonair. the state Selective Service Board requested rowan men to be inducted on September 11, per Mes Belen L. Epas, assistant clerk.
Local merchants voted to close business houses on Tuesday August 13 to observe V J Day. The Post Office will stay open, and the holiday is a local observance not a nationwide official holiday.
Two new salesmen join Jones Motor Co. Leinweber and Chiara Cevilg are reported as the fresh hires. The notice mentions their ages, 16 and 33, and their home in Bagto Enid, with Leinweber previously active in local clubs such as Sheridan.
Report notes Willie Tyler and others finishing the season with Eagle Lake's first cotton bale. A 508 pound bull was weighed and ginned by A. G. Ferguson. Weather and entry damage affect estimates of crop quality and expected yields. Cash payments of 35.15 per hired worker referenced amid local farm activity.
Colorado county commissioners meet in regular session Monday to discuss calling an election on whether to renew the 30 cent ad valorem tax. The tax would fund roads and essential services, with about 75 000 raised annually. Exemptions apply to homesteads under state law. Nearby residents Charles Cyucey Jeanette Fay Dodd attended Corpus Christi events, reporting local festivities and travel.
The Flying Farmers tour, led by Jay Thames chair of the Cammetes Aviation Committee, plans to view the rice harvest in Esge, Wisconsin, this Sunday. Volunteers are coordinating car accommodations, identification cards, and courtesy signs as the National Flying Farmers Convention nears in Fort Worth, Texas, August 25-28.
As committee chair Moun Harry Larson presides over Batol Parra Mee Jon es and W A Schneiders star sing, detailed plans will be presented at the Lichs Club meeting on Thursday.
Construction moves at Alamo Lumber and Depot in Sweview Wailings. The Alamo Lumber Company and Southern Pacific Depot project sees framing covered with sheeting, stonework, and initial siding. Foundation work at the east end prepares the freight section as two units join into a single depot and freight building per EB H. Sturley of Southern Pacific.
The Keey Formal Shell Employees Club of Sharon and Engle Lake elects officers and invites 128 members from the Sharon, Engle Lake, and Bullard districts. The group plans a Friday swim party at the Eagle Lake Pool, with guests of honor and family invites.
A terse notice announces an upcoming Rotary Club meeting at Rotary Hall next Thursday night. Attendees are invited to attend, with officials and local figures likely to be discussed, though the fragmented text obscures full context and agenda details.
A large Legion VJ Day celebration is planned for next Tuesday August 14 starting at 11 00 am with a parade through the avenue to the Legion Swimming pool area. The event features a beauty revue, floats, machinery, and vehicles, with the Mahogany Lake High School Band leading the procession. A barbecue dinner for veterans and public may be served, and local sponsors include Wiles Grocery Unive real Supply Company Rotary Chamber of Commerce and others. Prizes and entertainment are scheduled, with voting for theater and other entries and a popular song contest as part of the day’s program.
Dedication ceremonies for the first building of Grace American Lutheran Church in Bagie Lake were held last Sunday morning. The Rev. Wa Flachimeier of Austin preached the sermon. Pastor G Walt and church councilmen Bed Parma G Tesch CN Duddleston led the event as townsfolk joined in the service and procession.
Construction accelerates at two new school buildings as crews install classrooms restrooms and offices for the September opening. New facilities will include electric and gas ranges sewing machines and laundry gear, with science rooms delayed until October or sixty days for delivery. The older home economics and science wings will be remodeled into a vocational building for the elementary Herity School, while the new gym and wing add space for classrooms offices and a teachers’ lounge. Completion dates shift to January for the new Dogue Lake High School wing with plans pending prior move in mid January.
E G Bodungen, 32, prominent Columbus resident, was shot to death Thursday afternoon at his home. Police said the suspect, Elvis G Bathimien, was charged with the slaying. Funeral services were held Sunday at the Widst Baptist Church in Sides with burial at Garden of Memories Cemetery in El Cane.
Funeral services for Edward Moebes will be held in Potieob at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon August 10 with burial at Freisburg Cemetery around 3 o'clock. The deceased had ties to San Antonio and was mourned by family including his brother Ho Oward Stoehes.
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