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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1966
Page
4
Lavaca community group announces a Sunday picnic event with plans outlined in a brief notice. Local organizers invite residents to join, with details on time and gathering place to be announced.
In District 1 and District 4 H clubs prepare for the Dress Revue on August 12. Judges will assess sewing and display entries with district 4 H leaders coordinating, as families and youth showcase garments and project work at the county fair venue.
Agriculture Department set 1967 upland cotton planting allotments at 16 million acres matching this year. A reserve of 200 000 acres funds minimum farm allotments. Despite 16 million acre total, about 11 million were actually planted. Referendum on marketing quotas to be held again. county allotment figures announced later.
County Agent Doyle BE Moore will attend the Texas County Agricultural Agents Association Annual Meeting in Nacogdoches from Sunday to Tuesday. He serves on the association board representing nineteen counties. The program includes educational sessions and talks by Dr. Patterson and Sir John Hutchison.
The First Baptist Church Intermediates and Young People plan a weekend retreat in San Marcos. They depart Friday noon and return Saturday night. Speaker Risk Bayer, youth director at Termetowa Baptist Church, will lead discussions and activities at the retreat home Be Stil an Know that Tam God near San Marcos.
Wharton County Junior College evening school begins at 7 pm September 6 7 in the J Library on campus. Four college credit courses offered from elementary painting to trigonometry. Classes meet twice weekly some meetings last 100 150 minutes. For details contact the WCIC registrar.
El Paso visitors last week included Mr and Mrs George Kreteschmar and family, traveling to see Mrs Earl Tisler, mother of Taylacs, at the Cohimons Convalescent Home. The party plans a break as Tennecc deploys in McAllen, pausing local repairs from August 1 to 15.
Msgr Joseph A Valenta retires as pastor of Holy Cross Parish East Bernard and becomes pastor emeritus. The Galveston Houston diocese’s Castijutor Bishop John L Storkovsky and Holy Cross parishioners praise his long service dating to 1951. A memorial gathering is planned at 7 30 p m August Sth in East Bernard.
The Bluebonnets met Monday at Mrs. J. H. Dye’s home for a social gathering. Attendees enjoyed games, snacks, and friendly chatter, thanking Mrs. Dye and the mothers who supported the meeting. Reporter Terme Ann Guzman.
Mr and Mrs Henry Sunderman with Ann and Glen were due to leave this Wednesday for a two week vacation in California and other western states to visit points of interest.
Last week Mr and Mrs E Steill nupt plus children Shirley Linda Connie and Billy Cari accompanied by Ate and Mes D Kucherka Diane and Susan toured Westphalia on the way to Six Flags Over Texas The group planned to visit the grave of the late Reverend A Didner for Eat Rice.
Mrs. Grane Spanihel of Houston and Mrs. John Duyls han of Sugar Land plan a brief Texas vacation. William Tomes Jackson faces county court charges over child detention with trial not yet set. Susan Itso and Jerry Wayne Gibson of Houston stay this week with grandparents Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Kopecky.
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