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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1938
Page
8
Public notice states all goods owned or controlled are posted by law. Offers opportunity for piano purchases with small weekly payments and guarantees. Write or wire 1322 Main St for details and terms.
A clock was donated for a Baptist church by Mr S O Boothe secretary of the Baptist School and manager of Eagle Lexe Gram Co He plans a sermon themed The Ley of the Cloces and invites the public to attend. Helen Hollman underwent an operation at Bell Memorial hospital in Columbus and is progressing along Aeroa.
Pall D'Rey and Duggan guests of the Chevrolets on the Chevrolet Dixie Network at 5 20 p m Sunday Dec 11. Duggan travels world but speaks street vernacular unlike Charlie McCarthy. Also heard are Karl Lambertz's Chevroliers orchestra Ruth Bickford Ranch Dudes and Singing Ensemble with Jimmie Jefferies as master of ceremonies.
Christ Episcopal Church will host Church School Sunday at 10 AM followed by Morning Prayer at 11 AM led by Rev. Frank E. Walker. A Tuesday meeting organized a choir with Mrs H C Fitzgerald named Choir Mother and Sue Minette Fitzgerald as secretary treasurer. librarians to be chosen later.
Mr. L. L. Duplan, Mexican Consul stationed at Houston, and Mr. Cano del Castillo, Mexican Consul at Galveston, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Aguirre for a weekend. The Aguirres hosted them after a recent Mexican convention while en route to San Antonio.
The W M A of the Baptist Church will hold a Royal Service program Tuesday afternoon at three. All members are urged to attend as leaders have planned an interesting service. Supt and Mrs W C Reed and Miss Grace visited Mr Reed's sister Mrs J B Lewis in Normangee who is convalescing after an operation at St Joseph's Infirmary last week.
Friends announce Dr. Be W Jones expects to leave Port Sam Houston Hospital around December 19 to visit Eagle Lake for Christmas before returning to his Oklahoma home. He has spent four months hospitalized. W A Girls Meet Ruth Smith Lucille Lamar hostesses and new sponsor Miss Ruth Powers led a Mission Study on For This Cause by Ina Coleman with Norma Sean Duty.
County Surveyor F N Davidson, previously gravely ill for two weeks with intestinal influenza, is much improved and can sit up today. The report indicates a positive turn in his condition.
The Wharton County commissioners court awarded building, plumbing, and wiring contracts for the new El Campo county hospital. H E Sutton of El Campo gets the $63 100 building contract, Southern States Plumbing Co of Houston wins $17 800 for plumbing, and Allen King Cook Co of Houston secures $6 883 for wiring. All contracts subject to PWA approval in Fort Worth and Washington.
The Episcopal Guild ladies gathered Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. W. E. Davis home with large attendance. They spent the afternoon quilting and enjoyed refreshments. Co hosts were Mrs. Davis and her daughter Mrs. A F Bert.
The piece notes Noah Webster's 1828 dictionary as the turning point for American English, marking American as a distinct language. It recalls that before 1828 the tongue was the King's English and credits the two volume work with official acceptance and linguistic independence.
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