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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1949
Page
6
Editorial notes celebrate Eagle Lake with congratulations and brief tribute to achievement. Mentions Colorado county Essa commerce and ATEN. Keeps tone of local endorsement and civic pride.
Local chambers announce efforts to boost trade and development near Fort One commerce hub. General Manager notes joint projects across Chambers of Commerce and Southern Sales Transport Co to attract families and business, with plans for infrastructure and local services.
A listing of multiple Eagle Lake churches with pastors and schedules for December services. Includes Memorial Methodist Church, Assembly of God, American Lutheran, Sarwood Methodist, Lissee Evangelical United Brethren, and Latter Day Baptist notes. Details cover Sunday School times, morning and evening services, youth fellowships, prayers, and Christmas program plans.
The weekly lesson sermon for Sunday December 18 centers on a Christian Science theme from Genesis and Isaiah with selections from Mary Baker Eddy. It lists church readings, including a Bible quotation about God’s creation and arms judging the people, and passages from Science and Health. Local services at Park Island and Sheridan list pastor Bruce L. Medford and Albert Brown, with morning worship and Sunday School schedules.
Meo and Mrs E L Williams pastors Sunday School at 10:00 am Morning Worship 7 30 pm Titus Sen at night at Tav san worship and prayers Dec 18 1949 at Paves American Lutheran Church Columbus Texas services listed Rest Walt 10:30 am Sunday School 9 90 am Youth Service 7 30 pm Baptist WBM members met for mission study at First Baptist Church Circle groups held mission lessons Look Japan's New Day. visitors from Illinois attended. Royal service next Tuesday at church. Wesleyan Service Guild met at Mrs Lane home with devotional business and a review of The Birds Christmas Carol Christmas refreshments served. Total attendance 21. Next Tuesday a royal service program.
Sunday services listed for multiple churches and time slots include 454th Family Worship at 1005 am, Schwa Church at 1000 am, Meening Service at 6 00 pm, Pioneer Fellowship at 7 80 pm, and 2nd and dth Sundays Evening Service. Mid week meetings and Sunday School times vary with Ti p.m Bible classes and Friday night practices noted.
Rock Island Bates lists regular preaching services with Sunday and Tuesday meetings. The fragment mentions an upcoming Sunday gathering and recurring Tuesday sessions, indicating ongoing religious events and activities at a local church or group in Rock Island.
Miss Jaila Gene Snelling attended as guest with thirteen members present. January meeting planned at Mrs T P Doole home. Christmas party hosted by Mrs RP Wilcox Sr and organized by Women's Society for Christian Service at Collyport Methodist Church. Auxiliary Guild discussed book What Now for the Jews. next meeting rescheduled. Presbyterian Women discussed Household of Faith with next program by Mrs D S Taylor. Catholic Altar Society held turkey dinner. food sale planned with two turkeys to be given. Evening Circle Christmas Party raised 12.25 for fund. gifts exchanged, prizes won, refreshments served. Sunshine Class Christmas Party at Dolly Memorial Methodist Church with Home Mission offering and refreshments.
Two women posing as faith healers fleeced the Terai family of 2700 dollars by claiming they could remove an ill niece’s affliction. They instructed withdrawing money, wrapping it in a newspaper, and not peeking for three weeks, then allegedly restoring health. The Weimar pair vanished after the money was misplaced, leaving vague descriptions to City Marshal Fred Varsand.
A rustic Circle 8 Club square dance at Austin Hall used empty saddles as decor with hay bales and hand painted posters. The Inez Playboys supplied a five piece band plus a guest, while Tommy Pilkington acted as MC. Local decorators and several out of town guests attended, with light refreshments served.
Tuberculosis is preventable and curable but not inherited. It spreads from active cases through coughing, spitting, and contaminated items. Risk exists in all age groups, with early TB often showing no symptoms. Protect families by physician exams and free chest X rays when mobile units visit.
A Tyler Texas story recounts a boy refusing castor oil and parents arranging Santa Claus to urge him to drink it. The boy then drinks a half pint, with parents hopeful for recovery by Christmas. The piece also includes unrelated comic vignettes about education and local items.
Fragmentary OCR item lists names Splee Courtney DaBarry among toiletries at foe D Lana. Details sparse. reads as a disjointed note rather than a complete event.
A fragmented recipe note suggests using turkey bones to flavor a simple rice vegetable soup after holiday meals. It emphasizes thrifty reuse of leftovers to avoid monotony and hints at a typed page header and stray text about a writing pageant.
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