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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1949
Page
1
A county cash balance shows 582 235 37 as of August with total receipts of 15 cE a the iotaiy. Expenditures in July 1899 included funds for purchases 351 216 and peat construction work. Road transactions by county are summarized with disbursements of 3 we.
Lissie Boys Club members traverse Austin and the Texas Memorial Museum on the University of Texas campus. They tour Langham Dam State Port and fish at a state site, then visit Buchanan Dam Inks Dan U Fish Hatchery and Longhorn Cayo prods. They return via San Antonio Brackeridge Park Alamo and Briggs. Mr and Mrs. J L Adkins and Rev and Mrs Robert G Tuppse accompany the group.
Rev. E Bily announces St Marys Parish homecoming at Nada with 6:00 a m mass and 11:30 beef barbecue. Dinner, entertainment by Henry Broach Orchestra, auction at 2:30, and a 6:00 to 7:00 pm dance. All invited to attend.
Rice combining, expected to start in several fields near this area at the week's beginning, has been postponed due to persistent rains. Some growers began week work but faced delays as rice remained too green and roads to fields became impassable in several instances.
Hayden No 2 well near Chesterville was brought on Thursday last week and reported to be three good. Drilling continues in the Chesterville area on the GE Thomas Sr and Briggs wells near Kretzachmar tract by Ramsey and the Northington well near McDow.
A large crowd attended the Eagle Lake water carnival at Legion Pool where 326 swimming pupils received awards. Wayne LeCrone directed demonstrations with Red Cross and American Legion officials presenting junior lifeguard and beginner certificates. The Houston Post Austin correspondent noted Rep. McLellan’s lieutenant governor bid drawing early attention.
McKinley Christal, a longtime worker, was struck by a Southern Pacific freight train Sunday night and died Tuesday morning from injuries. Police found him on the tracks near the rice mill and he was later taken to Laughlin Hospital. Funeral services are planned for Sunday afternoon, August 14.
Rain delays Lakeside Road topping as crews work on the Lakeside section from Eagie Bake to Reed Farm to Market. Plemons, superintendent, urges using the route as interim traffic until completion.
Horton and Horton opened a new gravel pit in the area. Employees and friends attended a barbecue at the site last Sunday near the Teer whe Wretmoreland pit by the ice.
Colorado County will begin a new District Court term on September 5 with grand jurors named: A J Burritschell Alleginn Ru us Contee J C Lock spad Eagle Lake C W Nispel Ogle Lake John J Hopkins Cowmbug Chas Klein Columbus Lois Stech Weimar Walter Zeott dr Weimer Ernest Hasse Weimar J D Seymour Columbus W A Braden Nada William Abell Garwood EB Werlin Adair A E Arndt Fayetteville T Meismer Columbus Oscar Baker Rock Island 30 divorce cases and 43 civil cases set for hearing before Judge Holt. OF the 43 civil cases in crease dury Cases at present.
A H Dippie of the Eagle Lakes Volunteer Fire Department will begin employment at Prest National Bank on Tuesday August 16. He previously served as a welfare representative for the State Department of Public Welfare for many years and will hand over his former duties to Mrs Caroline Dearnings of Columbus.
Mrs Rosa Mell Garrett mother of Mrs J R Laughlin of Eagle Lake died at her Hempstead home after six months illness. Born July 26 1882 in Olethmn Texas she married Clyde T Garrett Sept 10 1910. Survived by two sons Clyde and Clifford, daughter Mrs J R Laughlin, a brother J F Reeves and two sisters. Funeral at Pine Island Baptist Church Aug 7 at 2 pm with Rev Morley of Waco officiating. interment Shilon Cemetery. Pallbearers included nephews Earl Garrett and A Garrett of Hempstead and J Z Reeves of Vanderbilt.
Scout Troop 313 to help spray Cary in the anti polio drive with City providing spray fluid and sprayer. Spraying begins Saturday August 20 and a Latn American Scout meeting is set for Friday August NH to assign Troop 353 Men location and time.
Public invited as Eagle Lake Eagles hold first 1949 meeting at 7 30 pm with coach Arnold Payne and new assistant Tom Kirksley. Display of uniforms and a football movie planned plus schedule previews from August 16 to opening game with Latoar.
The Del Hey Petroleum Company and Associates of Houston have won contracts to build a high pressure absorption plant in the Chesterville area. The facility will process 25 million cubic feet of gas daily, serving Orange Hill in Austin County, Lissie, and Chesterville. After removing liquids, residue gas will feed Tennessee Gas Transmission lines, with operation expected by November 15.
Vacation Bible School at the Cally Memorial Methodist Church begins Monday August 22 and runs two weeks. E Linstrum says the program includes Bible study song service handiwork and recreation with emphasis on younger children first week and older participants in week two. Directors Mr and Mrs HM Betts from Fort Worth will assist as experienced south workers.
Mrs Wirnker, wife of J A Warnken Sr, dies in Yoakum last Saturday morning. Funeral services were held Sunday at Tirkt Baptist Chapel at 4:00 p.m. She is survived by her husband, two daughters Birs of Cald Springs and Helen Miller of Yoakum, and her son I A Warnken Jr.
Eagle Lake reports 300 acres of rice planted by Captain Dunvant as an experiment grew well with plans to expand to 2000 acres next season. The year’s output will be processed through the American Rice Growers Association from about 32,000 acres regionally. Locals include the Lenhart and Banning families visiting and returning with Billy Lenhart.
The Headlight urges Eagle Lake merchants to advertise, noting forty six years of reach into homes across the territory. It argues advertising pays only when messages appeal to buyers and businesses invest effort in compelling copy and consistent placement. The piece contends local firms should support the paper to keep a strong hometown publication.
Eagle Lake proclaims DOT Day on August 13 to promote a free home spraying program begun after air spraying of DDT. The city will distribute spraying chemicals from 7:00 am at the ice plant warehouse. residents may buy containers for filling. The Universal Supply Company and Lions and Rotary clubs fund a $25 coating giveaway to aid fly control, with directions on cans for home use. Supervisors will oversee block-by-block spraying, aiming to complete by next Wednesday.
Children may purchase two pairs of Gene Autry bluejeans at Duncan & Son to enter a drawing for a Gene Autry Flying A Ranch pony. Each jeans pocket tag corresponds to a 15 cent entry and Sheriff Posse items. A drawing will be mailed to winners. event date listed as August 16 at 9:30 AM.
A local cream social was held at the Lissie venue with school groups and classmates assisting. Susie Bale mourns the death of her brother Chonda Berry, formerly of this area and a Santi Be Railroad employee.
Harry Landa came home Thursday night from Tours Infirmary where he had been a patient following an operation.
John Gregory Reitz, a longtime Garwood merchant and resident, died after months of ill health at Nightingale Hospital in Ti Cam po. Born March 7 187? in Germany, he moved to Colorado County and ran a grocery and general store from 1908. He helped maintain a garden and flowers, enjoyed dominoes, and left a wife Mary Braden and children Prestion Wallary Mrs M I Stiles, a son Kevin Reitz among survivors. Funeral services were held at St Mary’s Church in Natia with burial in Navic.
Scout Council holds a district swimming meet Monday August 15 at Caine Hudson eight miles west of Huston. Winners will qualify for the Junior Olympics at Shamrock Hotel pool August 18 19 and 20. Participants include Huston East Dallas Wharton Colorado TJ Brod Maz fhearts Brazos Walker Washington Austin Grimes and Waller Counties.
Notices announce that business houses will close Monday August 15 to observe a national holiday. The text notes a long weekend and references a death toll of 813 during the June July 4th weekend.
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