Bargain Days Kickoff With Santa Visit At Eagle Lake
The second Eagle Lake Bargain Days runs Thursday through Saturday December 20 offering many local store discounts. Santa appears downtown Saturday from 2 to 3 pm weather permitting, arriving by air or fire truck to parade route then headquarters at the municipal building to greet kids and collect letters. Letters printed in the Headlight win nike prizes for best on What I Like Most About Christmas. Stores list clothing, auto, drug and dining bargains with delivery if stock runs short.
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Eagle Lake
Liocal
Santa Claus
Nta
Ejgle Lake
Lake Avenue
Main Street
Santa
Nike
Epps’ Dept
B. Smith Co
Duncan and Sprinhe and Son
Adkins’ Dairy de- Wie
Epps’ Cafe
Rice Theatre
shby-Schindler
Leopold's
Florist
Helgn
Texas Concrete Silo Co
Negro Woman Injured In Car Collision On East Main Street
Sally Mathes a 40 year old colored resident of Eagle Lake was struck by a car Friday around 6 00 p m on East Main Street near Adkins Dairy Delite and hospitalized. James Smith 17 of this city operated the vehicle. the right front of the car was damaged and the woman remained in the hospital a few days before being released.
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Sally Mathes
Eagle Lake
Rice Cotton Growers to Vote in Referendums Next Tuesday
Producers of rice and cotton in 1960 may vote on marketing quotas for 1961 in a national referendum slated for December 13. Eligible voters include landowners tenants and sharecroppers with an interest in the two crops. Quotas require two thirds approval and penalties apply to over quota production. If approved growers may market freely and receive price support. if not penalties do not apply but price support is limited. Polling sites listed in Colorado County at Eagle Lake Columbus and Ber.
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Colorado County
Eagle Lake
American Rice Growers Association
Columbus
Ber
United States Department of Commerce
Bureau of the Census
Neigboring
Austin
Payette
Lavaca
Wharton
Fort Read
Paghs Lake
Weimar
Wajde Lathe
Garwourt
Weima
Magic Word contest offers Christmas Ham prize
Readers of the Eagle Lake Bargain Days ad can enter for a Christmas Ham by mailing the magic word used at least twice on the double page. Submit a postcard with name and address. postmark used to break ties. One word per entry, many entries allowed. a prior month required a hint was given.
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Eagle Lake
Rock Island to Hold Annual Christmas Program Dec 14
Ruth Compton and Wendell are listed as organizers for Rock Island's annual Christmas program set for December 14. The event aims to gather community members for holiday festivities.
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Rock Island
Bargain Days and Events Highlight Eagle Lake Calendar
Calendar lists Bargain Day events in Eagle Lake on Thursday and Friday with activities in Weimar Wallis and Eagle Lake. It notes a Christmas event at the Municipal Building and a 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. window for a grand opening at Skull Cree, plus a City School Board meeting at 7:00 p.m. featuring Lowse cagers.
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Eagle Lake
EL Boy
Weimar
Wallis
Eagle Lata Claus
Skull Cree
CES Christ
Dr City School Board
Garwood Seniors Stage Play Timmie's Double Date
The Garwood Junior Class presents Timmie's Double Date by James Stone on Monday December 12 at 8 00 pm in the Garwood high school gym. Tickets are 65 cents for adults and 35 cents for children, with door sales Monday. Public invited.
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Garwood
Timmie
James Stone
Garwood High School
Merchants Seek Free Christmas Parking in Eagle Lake
The Eagle Lake Chamber of Commerce asked the city police to survey downtown merchants about removing metered parking from Morula December 29 to December 24 to permit free parking for Christmas shoppers. Merchants requested council authorize the measure, noting it benefits customers and not employees.
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Eagle Lake
Connell
Chamber of Commerce
Lake Crest Flower Shop Extends Evening Hours for Christmas
Miss Pansy Burger, owner of the Lake Crest Flower Shop, announces the shop will stay open each evening until 8:00 p.m. from Friday through December 23 to host a special Christmas promotion with free prizes for customers.
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Lake Crest
Pansy Burger
Riday
Dee
Bard
Area Bowling Assn To Be Organized Men
Area Bowling Assn invites men and women bowlers to attend a meeting next Monday at Skull Creek Lanes AlvAir to form area wide associations and elect officers while drafting constitutions and discussing rules The event aims to affiliate leagues with the ABC and gain sanctioning for competition.
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Area Bowling Assn
New Skull Creel Lames
Assneds
American Bowling Cou
Rse
Bo Crockery Isanarger
Skull Creek
Dea
AlWair
ABC
Crocker
Farris Elected President of Maule Lake Chamber
The Maule Lake Chamber of Commerce Board elected William L. Farris as president for 1960. Farris, plant foreman for Southwestern Bell Telephone, previously served as vice president and succeeds Rev. A. W. Pedner as president. New directors include Bark Rodgers Jr Lloyd Spatinger Joe S Reed Jr and J K Shirley with terms through 1963.
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Maule Lake Chamber of Commerce
Bark Rodgers, Jr
Lloyd Spatinger
Joe S. Reed, Jr
J. K. Shirley
Reerigers
Spalinier
William L. Farris
Farris
Southwestern Be Telephone Co
A. W. Edo
Ity
Skull Creek Lanes Grand Opening At Altair Saturday
The Skull Creek Lanes will open at 2:00 p.m. Saturday December 10 at the intersection of Highways 904 and 71. C. E. Johnson owns the 12-lane facility with modern A M F equipment and plans free bowling refreshments and entertainment by the San Antonio Gunslingers.
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Skull Creek
Altair
C. E. Johnson
San Antonio
Seven Entered In Bowling Calico Queen Contest
Seven young ladies from the area entered the Bowling Queen contest to be held with the opening event. Enterants include Susan Davidson for Eagle Lake Chamber of Commerce Mary Ann Uzzell for Altair area Donna Lou Thomas for Eagle Lake Rotary Club Helen David for Columbus Chamber of Commerce Grace Lynton for Columbus Legion Post Audrey Jean Kotria for Rock Island PTA Spark Ann Sommers for Hal- Tettsville chamber of Commerce and others.
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Susan Davidson
Eagle Lake Chamber of Commerce
Mary Ann Uzzell
Chamber
Altair
Donna Lou Thomas
Ea Fle Lake Rotary Club
Helen David
Columbus Chamber of Commerce
Grace Lynton
Columbus Legion Post
Audrey Jean Kotria
Rock Island Pta
Spark Ann Sommers
Hal- Tettsville Chamber of Commerce
Loessin Re-elected Fire Chief and 1961 Officers Named
The Bagie Lake Volunteer Fire Department elected officers for 1961 with Herbert Loessin reappointed as Fire Chief L J Spanihel named First Assistant Chief L B Tate Second Assistant Secretary Treasurer Billy Maness and others filled posts Captain Co 1 Monroe Briscoe Lieutenant Hollis Miller Captain Co 2 Ed Lee Lieutenant Gordon Birdwell Captain Co 3 John Brasher Lieutenant Louis Muzny Mascot Joe Michael Spanihel Racing Captain Ed Lee named to pension board L W Stiles Jr also appointed Chaplain Father A W Didner and other board members were listed with terms.
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Bagie Lake
Herbert Loessin
L. J. Spianihel
Tate
Billy Maness
Monroe Briscoe
Hollis Miller
Ed Lee
Gordon Birdwell
John Brasher
Pension Board
B. H. Hurley
Mr. Stiles
Quiet highway patrolman recovers from throat surgery
Tom Halbert, a highway patrolman, has been unusually quiet after throat surgery at Methodist Hospital in Houston and is recuperating at home. Friends hope he regains his voice soon. In other news H C Ripple reports after thirty one years of deer hunting he bagged a seven pointer on country farms near Altair. Mrs Gene Brown, tied to Eagle Lake and Eagle Lake Gas Distribution, resigns to join a new Credit Association, with Mr Brown as assistant cashier at First National Bank.
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Tom Halbert
Methodist Hospital
Houston
H. C. Ripple
Altair
Gene Brown
Eagle
Lake
Eagle Lake 3As
Brown
Eirst National Bank
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Linda Frank
Leon Kuhn
Ruth Compton
Wendell
Togo
Chin County
Weim
AM Farris
L. J. Spanidel
L. S. Tate
R. J., Campbell
Skull
B. G. Crocker
Loessin
L. J. Spanihel
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