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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1947
Page
6
Fragmentary ad describes a weekly event at Eagle Lake Colorado County Texas with unspecified times and entry details. The garbled text mentions reading an advertising insert at the gate of a venue and a price note for three or more insertions, with unclear references to months and numbers.
A meeting will be held to vote on the minister's resignation to the Presbytery. The gathering aims to determine whether to approve or reject the resignation and arrange any necessary ecclesiastical steps.
Community church notices list services and activities across Eagle Lake and Columbus Texas. Rev A W Dinner leads Eagle Lake churches with Sunday worships, Sunday school, and training union. St Pauls Lutheran in Columbus, Rev G Wolfe. and other local church groups report classes, meetings, baptisms, choir practice, and holiday events.
Presbyterian Auxiliary hosts a Tuesday afternoon social at the Smith home with a refreshment plate. Next Tuesday's meeting will be at the church. Methodist W.S.C.S. studied For Unto Us A Child Is Born with Mrs Nispel aided by several members. annual joint Christmas event planned for December 15 at the church.
On Wednesday a birthday party was hosted for Miss Billy Fay Baumert by her mother Mrs. W. A. Baumert from three to five in the afternoon. Guests enjoyed pond games, prize for the tail on the donkey, refreshments, and a social gathering with many friends and relatives in attendance.
The Rock Island W H D Club met at Mrs Glen Williams home November 28 with several members absent including Miss Dorothy Crosslin County Agent and Club president Mrs RC Miller. Plans were made for the annual Christmas party December 12 at Mrs Ralph Williams home. Refreshments were served and news of Miss Crosslin resignation was shared with regret.
A long list of visiting relatives and friends from Eagle Lake, Laurel, Houston, Beaumont, Dayton, Rule, Nebraska, and nearby towns described holiday gatherings. Names include the Adkins, Gertzon, Wiese, Isenhower, Hough, Christen, and many others as at least a dozen households hosted relatives during Thanksgiving and the holiday season. Visitors traveled to Houston and Sargent for shopping and dinners, with several extended family groups spending time in Galena Park, Weimar, and East Bernard.
The piece notes U S rice growers fear a postwar Orient crop return will cut demand and prices. California and Texas see record prices and volumes as exports surge, with 3.4 billion pounds produced. exports may drop when Asia becomes self sufficient, hurting U S farmers and Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Hawaii markets.
As Asiatic rice harvests rebound postwar, production in Burma and Siam rises to high levels and Philippine exports grow, risking competition for U S exporters. California's mechanized, high-cost system faces pressure from growing foreign supply, with large-scale machines boosting efficiency and cutting labor needs.
Miss Lillian Ruth, coach of Eagle Lake High School girls, forms a volleyball squad with team members Sue Guthman captain Alma Gold co captain Jo Ann Meltzen Betty Ruth Beane Nellie DeShero Melba Jean Walk Sealer and other seniors. Intermural games in recent weeks and a Thanksgiving meet in Barrret are noted as preparations begin for early dates against nearby schools.
Mrs Em Kullman of Magnolia hosted a birthday afternoon with sand witches cake and soda. Miss Margaret Kullman and Mrs Meyers with her husband visited from the W. R. Corman families Sunday. Mrs Guy Briggs and Miss Barbara Lee Briggs were patients in Laughlin Hospital.
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