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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1945
Page
10
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a hospital session and several personal names including H. L. Selders and Charline Bran dar, with scattered city references and unclear actions. The readable items indicate a local hospital context but lack coherent details or events to summarize a single clear incident.
Night shift at the ice plant and company crew kept duty through the storm. Local workers Ben Flowers and Clement Clay earned thanks for staying on duty. Telephone operators at Southwestern Bell reported heavy calls and quickly restored service as conditions returned to normal. German POWs and guards opened a gym in the school, while residents reported property and crop damage. Private Melvin Hayden visited from Camp Hood, and residents noted neighbors visiting in Houston.
The article recalls Sgt. Shirley of the 719th Railway Battalion in North Africa and Italy, and Ted, a Jacksonville High School graduate who worked for Southern Pacific before enlisting in January 1942. Shirley’s ship learned of Japan’s atomic bomb progress while refueling near Gibraltar as they headed to New York, prompting cheers. Shirley has a thirty day furlough and will report back to San Antonio seeking discharge. best wishes to Sgt. Shirley and Mrs. Shirley.
Texas voters approved three of the four constitutional amendments on Saturday with light statewide turnout. In Eagle Lake 72 ballots showed Soldier Voting 44 18 against Legislators Pay 13 51 against Supreme Court 34 33 Welfare 30 38. The nine member Supreme Court amendment won state approval and pensions for welfare recipients rise from 15 to 20.8 per month and aid to the blind and dependent children increases.
A long District Court continuation enumerates scores of civil cases including damages, partition, and trespass to try title actions. It lists many parties such as Mollie Reaz, Sherman Barber, Ralph Maxwell, Archie Youens, Dixie Drilling Co., Elizabeth Winslow, and Hallie Bailey among others, with various plaintiffs and defendants. The column notes adoption petitions for Marcella Aubry and Leonard Ausby, and ends with a light editorial joke about Shirley Frnka and a remark on the atomic bomb.
Corpr Melvin Schilling reports to the Green Project at Camp Bland ing in Florida after returning from the European Theater via Miami. Bronze Star Medal awarded to Master Sergeant Henry Dostal for meritorious service across Italy France and Germany. First Sergeant Ernest T. Wilson now with the 137th Engineer Base Depot Company in Manila after serving at Camp Roberts and Camp McQuaide. Lt. Ernie Koy, from Sealy, graduates from a Lexington Virginia course aiding war department services. Sergeant Robert Samuel Martin discharged on points after nearly three years in North Africa and Europe. Henry Brune heads home from the Marshall Islands to be discharged on the point system.
The Seventh Air Force Fighter Base at Okinawa announces Stocktyn of Eagle Lake promoted to sergeant. Stockton is son of Mrs Lena Stockton of Hagie Lake. Major General Harry H Takinton receives surrender news as part of Pacific Theatre coverage.
Mrs Kathleen Parker earns a Master’s Degree from East Texas State Teachers College Commerce. She visits her mother in Pittsburg Texas before headed to Glades water Texas to teach next school year. Parker previously taught English at Eagle Lake High School and is well known locally.
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