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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1928
Page
4
The United Christian Church announces a tree lighting and singing program next Sunday night with decorated trees and a girls group performance. Church members and friends are invited to assist with decorating and other preparations this Saturday afternoon.
Oliford Land, a Tee Institute student, will spend the holidays at home with relatives.
Fire Marshal H W Ahlers warns Eagle Lake residents of increased fire risk during Christmas. He cites decorations, candles, electric lights, wreaths and firecrackers as hazards and urges strict fire prevention during the holidays. Merchants also warn of dangers from Christmas fires.
Two ten point buck bucks were bagged near the border during a deer hunt in the Laredo area. Roberts and Throsig each earned a deer, credited with one ten pointer. Miss Martha Withgerald of San Avloute, once Eagle Lake, visits relatives for the holidays.
Henry Montgomery of Touston, a Sunset Coffee traveling salesman, visits amid election chatter. He boasts bold predictions about Harris County and Texas for Hoover and Foever, drawing laughter from locals. The Headlight salutes Coach W. B. Hinton and his lightweight regional champions for a fair, tough season built on sportsmanship.
The St Louis Post Dispatch notes high radio spending for campaigns with 113 stations broadcasting Smith and 107 for Hoover. Ayers reports $7500 and $400,000 for different slates, with Democratic and Republican radio appropriations. Total radio expenditures, including local spots, near $2,000,000.
Christ Church in Lake City holds Christmas Eve services with a midnight communion noted as the first in the parish since a new priest’s ordination. The rite mirrors historic observances of Jesus birth and Crusaded customs, beginning at 11 30 p m with a hymn reference from It Came Upon the Midnight Clear.
A reception and banquet at the Motel Plaza in Wharton honored J. W. Dennis, newly graduated from the University of Virginia Law Department and a recruit to the Wharton County Bar Association. Dennis is a descendant of local pioneers and his mother, a former Eagle Lake girl, is a former regent of the D A R chapter. Anderson of Wharton, a former prominent Eagle Lake citizen, attended.
The Headlight announces it will be printed next Friday afternoon as usual. Advertising copy for the current week must be received by noon Wednesday. Office hours tomorrow Saturday extend to 5 pm, then close Saturday noon and remain closed Monday and Tuesday December 24 and 28.
Advertisement notes a sale or sale offer dated December 15, 1921, by Theo Segelgrist in Tissle Texas. Details request interested parties to write for particulars.
Miss Weldon Davis a Houston schoolteacher arrives for a visit to her mother Mrs W. and is joined by Mr T V Stubenvall and Miss Ethel Davis formerly of this city. They are expected to stay with Mrs Davis and other relatives during the Tokend event period.
City Marshal Jus OSoha spent several days in San Antonio early this week as a witness in a federal court proceeding.
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