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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1943
Page
5
Local churches announce service times and programs for February. Bible study and Sunday School events vary by congregation, with sermons focusing on themes of faith and life. Choir practice and prayer meetings are scheduled midweek. Churches include Fagle Lake Catholic and Coll y Memorial Methodist among others.
The Christ Church Episcopal Guild gathered Tuesday with about eighteen members. They spent the afternoon needlework and decided to stop serving refreshments for the duration. The next meeting will be hosted by Mrs. A F Harbert.
A West afternoon Bible study session was conducted by Miss Mollie Davidson for the Baptist congregation. The next meeting will be the Benevolent society event hosted by Mrs. Co. Minor notes indicate licence tests were part of the program.
The Mary-Murtha Class met Friday afternoon at 2 o clock at Mrs. Kaminuel Roos’s home. Mrs. O. W. West Mopeland presided with Mrs. GA Seaholm as secretary. Reports were satisfactory and the February offering supported the recreational building fund. The next meeting will be held in the church parlor with Mrs. GA and others assisting.
Job notice seeks white laborers aged 18 to 50 for temporary factory work at 70 cents an hour for three months rising to 80 cents. Five eight hour days then six eight hour days alternate weekly, overtime paid time and a half, transportation from Freeport provided at cost, minor release required for workers 18 to 21 and apprenticeship exams. Apply in writing to EM Henderson, Broad Street, Freeport. Also mentions automobile, mechanic's help, and other unrelated notices.
Sunday service announced at American Lutheran Church led by Pastor G Wolf with worship and musical elements. The notice includes evening activities and reminders for parishioners to attend and participate in the February 14 gathering.
Christian Science services announce a Sunday Lesson Sermon on Saul to be read in all Churches of Christ Scientist. The Golden Text cites Psalms 34 2 3 and 34 23 the Lesson cites verses from Psalms and Mary Baker Eddy Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. The notice notes teaching paths and guidance from the Bible.
Egyptian items and social news note visits in Houston and Freeport. Francis Bowie Duncan of Freer stayed with grandparents, while E C Fults hosted relatives in Freeport and Alvin. Northington and others traveled to Houston for weekend returns, with assorted family gatherings across Bay City Wharton and Phun erford communities.
Classified notice advertises plants for sale including ramets shrubs and trees. Mentions Alex Nursery and county land deals with price references and availability under the county land category.
Local social updates list travels and visits among residents including Miss Marie Barnette, Mrs. Borders, and families from Lexington and Corpus Christi. Attends events in Houston Camp Swift Fort Sam Houston, with relatives visiting Victoria Columbus Eagle Lake and San Antonio.
A fragment from Laughlin Hospital notes a group of patients and staff including Ernest Frnka and Goovie Williams in a muddled list with partial city and assignment data. The entry mentions Mrs Te de Roberts and an infant, with garbled words and unclear dates.
War information issued February 5 announces twenty-nine mason non-deferable occupations and an additional nineteen manufacturing eight wholesale and retail and nine service activities. Men in these jobs should seek war work immediately as they may be drafted after April regardless of dependents. The notice lists many deferable roles such as waiters and bellhops. some rail, mail, and rationing changes accompany the guidance.
Wartime appeals stress feeding troops and liberation by sharing food with occupied peoples. The piece notes rationing will ease, but home front farmers and farm workers must boost production. Extends deferred service to keep essential crops and livestock on farms to meet 1943 goals while preserving food variety.
Nada News notes Rev Hage Gerhermunn’s ordination celebration at Maryknoll New York last Sunday. The Mother Society plans a dinner at St Mary’s Hall and a mission to Guayaquil Ecuador. attendance expected from Dewsts and others. Milder weather brings budding trees but planting should wait for safer frost risk.
The article notes United Gis Pipe Line Company sites displaying a flag as personnel shift to war duties. Former engineers join Sea Bees Navy V-7 class. many coworkers at home fill gaps, including women taking gas plant and oiling roles. War Bonds and Victory programs fund payroll as companies support Allied efforts.
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