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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1969
Page
8
Sale of candy and pea supply business appears in fragmented OCR. Mentions weekly service and limited details with unclear figures and contact hints for Randy Rompasy and others.
Abbreviated real estate ad noting land for sale near Eagle Lake with all weather county road access. Asking prices are $207 or $270 per acre, listing Ernest H. Moore Realtor Fair Texas contact CE 4-24 6. Also mentions two chair and driver sets for sale and a family thanks note for a funeral.
The city adopts a plan to hold a special election on January 27, 1979, to consider a one percent local sales and use tax. The measure seeks approval from qualified voters and provides for severability and emergency declaration as required by law.
City officials order a December 1969 election to approve or oppose a one percent local sales and use tax within Eagle Lake. The measure details a single polling site in the Council Room with Edgar Baring as presiding judge and Ed Tate as alternate. Ballots will feature clear marks for yes adoption or no opposition and comply with Texas Election Code provisions. Publication and posting rules are set, and the Eagle Lake Headlight is named as the local newspaper of general circulation.
An ad listing a 1984 Triumph a 1968 Chav a 1963 Volks wagen and a Rice Truck appears for Pates Auto Repair Fair Body Shop at 201 Fast 4 St Sagle Lake with a December 18 try date implied.
Garwood residents share Christmas with a long list of guests from Fort Worth Houston Albuquerque Snyder El Campo Irving Dallas and Richmond. The lineup includes Lanier Breland Raley Watkins Drapala Lanter Wied Blank Langston Hunt Ton and other relatives as meals and gift exchanges unfold across Christmas Eve and Day with extended family.
Seifert Oyweiner filed suit in Circuit Court in Columbus against Southern Pacific Company seeking 31600 in damages for a truck wreck on St Andrews Street. The petition states one of Seifert's trucks driven by Sam Crisp was hit by an oncoming train blocked by parked freight cars.
Christmas Day guests visiting the Alvin Wiesel home included Mr and Mrs B Lichardson and their son Kent Mr and Mrs Gordon Lowther and family War and Wars Kirk Packardson from Houston Mike Hudson from Bryan Mrs Miles and Mr and Mrs Doug Mules from Lissie reflecting a local social gathering.
During the Christmas holidays guests included Mrs Pam Kent of Kirksville Australia and Miss Betty Sinclair of Dallas visiting Mrs Simon and Mrs Sinclair in St Sinclair.
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