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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1942
Page
10
Readers are invited to worship at Colly Memorial Methodist Church led by Rev. G. A. Schulze. Sunday services include Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship at 10:50 a.m. Evening Service at 7:30 p.m. Sermon topics include Life Renewed and Tomorrow’s Breath, with Bible study Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
The Lissil Evangelical Church and Pastor Haney Fluscher invite the public to a Christmas Eve program at the community hall featuring pupils and Sunday School participants. A watch night service begins at 11:30 p.m. on New Year’s Eve with social programs for youth and adults. All are welcome.
Fragmentary OCR notes show American Lutheran Church with Pastor G. Wolf and a Sunday service reference. Other readable lines mention sermon and church activity though details are incomplete.
Fragmentary note outlines Christian Science services for Sunday December 27. Mentions Golden Text and lesson topics, with placeholder phrases and garbled lines indicating readings, sermon format, and reader roles.
Spotted social notes list Mrs L E Cornelius and Mrs Clint Brown among local families hosting after visiting with friends. Students Matielen Frederickson John Heimin Lawrence Stallman and Jon Stallman join holiday greetings with relatives in Houston. Miss Bobbie Joe Treyhig Audrey Lunquist attend SW S T College at San Marcos returning for seasonal visits.
Community column details Christmas war bond drive and local school life. Names of students and staff appear amid holiday sentiments and game results, with reports on meetings, club activities, and local humor.
A Sunday picnic in the piney woods drew a large group including Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Meartz and family, Anton Meartz, Awald Miller and daughters, Walter Hennecke family, Bennie Glueck and daughter, W. B. Heldrich and Rosemary, Oscar Class and J. W. The Miller family hosted guests in Houston and Camp Claiborne became a return point for Pro Erwin Miller. Willie Lee’s birthday gathering at Alleyton brought together the Braden family, Frank Miller, Leslie, Cyril Gloger and Arthur Evans among others.
Marriage announcement lists Miss Mary Jeanette Bonneau and Carios LeRay wed on Friday November 6 at Range Pexses. Bride’s parents are Mr and Mrs POM Bonneau of Rung. Wishes and congratulations from friends and readers accompany the notice.
The East Bernard Pioneer details the lived history of Mike Valigura a naturalized citizen and Cuba and Philippines veteran. It notes his months of service in Cuba during the Spanish American War his later China duty and his dramatic acts in combat including saving a comrade and confronting a Moro. It also covers his postwar NY elevated train job a pickpocket confrontation and his hopes to rejoin service.
The O E S gathered for a Christmas party with a patriotic program. Miss Myre Waddell sang White Christmas while readings and songs honored the flag. Donations funded a War Savings Bond as attendees concluded with a salute to America.
Rotary News reports Dan Morya as a special guest discussing adventures. Betty Jane Smith, an Eagle Scout, now works at a Dallas rotary factory and spoke briefly. Walter Moore of Poplar Grove Ark will address next Wednesday. High School musicians from the local school sang Christmas carols with xylophone accompaniment.
A damaged poem fragment recounts Longfellow’s Christmas bells and the shift from “peace on earth, goodwill to men” to war’s cannon and despair. It mentions the speaker doubting peace as hate mocks the song and ends with a defiant refrain that the right shall prevail.
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