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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1957
Page
12
Garwood Happenings notes a book review of Missions S A at the Baptist Church in Columbus Tuesday morning. Mr and Mrs Charles Frederickson announce the birth of a son Chris Calin January 30 at El Campo Hospital with grandparents K C Frederickson Garwood and Emil Petterson Crescent.
Rabies cases and dog vaccination drive headline a local note of 1956, with details of fatalities from Dell and surrounding areas. The Headlight reports on school administrators gathering in Atlantic City, legislation for runoff elections, and local business updates plus community notes and a WHOZIT mystery offering a three month subscription prize.
Judge Holt presided as district court opened with juries planned the third week of term. Next week two cases head to jury, including land purchase dispute Lester Bunge v R T Herrin. Will Thomas v American Mutual Liability Insurance Co. set for Wednesday. Multiple cases to trial in March and April, including Edmund Venghaus v Wilbert Schultz and W C West v Vivian Arceneaux West. Judge Holt attended with new bride. Sheridan High School seniors visited jail.
The Rev. Warren W. Beale pastor of First Presbyterian Church will be in Bryan February 17 for Religious Emphasis Week events. He is scheduled to speak at the First Presbyterian Church in Bryan on Sunday February 17. Also notes 24 hour prescription services by Joe D. Luna's Drug Store.
Over 500 attend a gala send off at Skull Creek Ranch Altair for the Texas Trail five day 130 mile ride to San Antonio. About fifty riders on horses wagons and burros depart at 6 am the next day. The event marks the largest turnout as the trail gains popularity. Food by the San Antonio Livestock Exposition and Pearl Brewery staff and Adolph Hofner provided entertainment. Trail boss Henry Beken leads the ride replacing Lester Bunge.
CPL employees rushed to aid an injured man at the Ramsey with Mr Kretzschmar and Mr Bryan leading. Willmann collapsed before medical help arrived and lost his right hand and part of forearm despite prompt aid and two way radio alerts. Adolph Feik left the drag line at 11 30 and help arrived shortly after. a bake sale at Sunshine Clas Gas Office is announced for Saturday at 9 00 am.
A new wildcat oil test in the Garwood area was reported this week in Michael T. Halboury's No. 1 Leo. Hoelscher, two miles south of Garwood. The location lies in a 106 acre lease in the Preston Gilbert survey A-25, projected to 1 000 feet, as leasing around Eagle Lake remains active with reports of several wells planned nearby. Drilling continues on Hill and Hill's No. 1 C. H. Matthews south for Eagle Lake.
Poll tax payments were heavy in many parts of Texas, especially in large cities where prohibition elections are expected to be called this year, but in Colorado County, they were about normal for an off election year.
Peter Supak, 30, of Columbus, lost two teeth and a 1957 Ford coach in a two vehicle crash with a transport truck Tuesday afternoon, 11 miles north of Columbus on Highway 71. Supak told a highway patrolman the car in front signaled him to slow, he braked, crossed the center stripe, and struck the rear of the truck coming from the opposite direction.
County figures set by Tax Assessor and Col Henry Haj ovsky in a preliminary estimate note 45 more than 1954 poll tax payments and exemptions. Last year, a presidential election year, 5030 qualified voters were recorded. Duplications may reduce the final figure after verification.
Southern Pacific Railroad workers advance six and a half miles of main line repairs near Ramsey to the Eagle Lake Tower. J. P. Renken notes rails leveled and ballast added with white rock, ties replaced, and tracks raised at Stephenson and Cemetery crossings, while McCarty Street and depot crossings stay at existing height. Residents watch modern equipment finish the job quickly.
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