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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1938
Page
4
Publication details for Eagle Lake Headlight show a 1907 1903 date garble with publisher Bruce W McCarty and city Maple Lake Texas. The fragment mentions weekly Friday publication and second class mail entry, but specific events or notices are unclear.
Theeaglelet staff list shows Jane Crim assistant editor Witla Bates society editor Ruth Elkins feature editor Grace Reed sports editor Googie Ney Booh reporter Doris Fussell. The readable credit line details roles for editorial and reporting staff on the community newspaper page.
Band members in uniform will perform in the park for the first outdoor concert directed by Mr Hale. The event seeks wide turnout from Liv town parents and residents as new members appear and the group prepares for a Victoria music clinic and a judging showcase.
Eagles Lake players Grace Killough and Evelyn Mac Frnka coasted to a 6 1 6 0 victory over an El Campo girls doubles team in El Campo last Friday. The match echoed their district doubles success, suggesting a strong path toward state through calm, precise play.
Lenora Selphy Mp and Mrs AL Jordan visited Mra Larsen at Bagley Lake. FE McLain made a business visit to Houston. Mrs Prod C Germon and children of Wharton stayed with her parents, the J B Wills. Families from Wallis, Altair, Matthews, Wharton, Eagle Lake, and Houston gathered for visits and social hours with local residents over the weekend.
We express gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness and assistance shown during the sickness and funeral hours for our loved one. Thankful for the funeral powers and ministers officiating the services. Special thanks to Mrs. Blanche Elders and Mrs. Glendora Lehrer.
County Agent asks cotton growers to prepare a 1997 Work Sheet or risk a committee filling one for them. Emphasizes February deadline and warns about potential errors if growers refuse cooperation. Reminder that previous year’s forms do not apply to 1938 context.
Random jottings describe peak winter bustle at the White House with 7,000,000 tourist visits and 3,000 dinner guests yearly, plus staff routines and a tour wing with Roosevelt china and a featured misprint titled Speeches for all Occasions. The piece notes Park Service involvement, limited access hours, and a stream of visitors and social ties surrounding events and staff.
Gerald C. Mann of Dallas announces his candidacy for Texas attorney general in the next summer's Democratic primaries. He accuses political racketeering and vows to serve as legal representative of the people with broad public duty, citing his prior service as Secretary of State and his push for protective securities laws. He notes his unfinished political work since returning from Washington in 1938 and his current role with the State Democratic Executive Committee.
A Texas emissary aided in linking state and federal relief programs. Former Assistant Attorney General, Mann rose to Secretary of State after a path from Hopkins County through high school and two universities. He starred for SMU as the Little Red Arrow, then earned a Harvard law degree while working in a factory. He preached on Sundays while supporting a wife and two children, Gerald Jr. and Lola Ann.
S R Fitness suffered a stroke Tuesday morning. Dr. B W Jones of Eagle Lakes was attending physician with a trained nurse at his side. On Sunday Mrs. Frank Arnold celebrated her fifty ninth birthday with a noon dinner for her family and friends. Local residents and relatives visited and offered congratulations, with various guests arriving from Fayetteville Schulenburg Baytown Houston Rosenberg Victoria Abilene and Lake Charles to attend the funeral of Mrs. Brate and other mourning events.
Mrs. W. A. Stallman and Mrs. Beno Malek join relatives at a Columbus county council gathering on Saturday. Alice and Mirs 5, Aj Fung visit the family. Kins. Lee Glaus among attendees from here.
Mrs Miles Bingaman and daughter returned home Saturday from a visit to her parents Rev and Mrs J C Young in Edna. Mrs W A Whetless is visiting her sister in Palacios this week. Mrs J W Tinkler left for Galveston to visit family of her son Wayne Tinkler. J G Jemkins left for a business visit to Dallas. Mrs Charles Campbell of San Antonio is a guest of her parents here this week. Mr and Mrs Jim Flournoy of Ta Grange spent Sunday there. R E Maze attends the Baptist convention in Houston this week. Mr and Mrs Owen Miller and children of Glidden spent Sunday visiting relatives here.
Mr and Mrs Stanley Vorhees and daughter of Rushville New York visited this week with Mrs H F Garter and H R Vorhees. They left Wednesday for the Valley to spend the rest of the winter.
Several Texans, core drillers from George E. Falling Exploration and Drilling Co. of Enid, Okla, captured their first snowfall here yesterday with cameras to share with friends. Court J. Donald Cochran and several young Houstonians are with the Falling crews at Mt. Vernon. The Catholic Altar Society will meet Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. R. W. Hoeffley’s home for the regular monthly business and social gathering. FP. Arnold, long-time Houston resident, spent several days this week visiting Mrs. Arnold and Ray Jr.
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