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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1957
Page
4
Fragmented calendar entry lists pastors Rev A J Miljet Cherled Walton and notes for Catholic and Methodist congregations. Mentions Evangelical and United Brethren churches with brief, unclear affiliations.
Church notices from Rock Island report Lutheran and Methodist activities. Water Miller is pastor, contact CE 48881. Confirmation, choir and church school events planned with service and Brotherhood activities noted.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a Christian Science sermon theme about thought, faith, and spiritual sight. It references God, solitude, and saving vision with scattered phrases and misread words, indicating a church service or lesson reading was being transcribed.
Fragmentary text references a Houston case involving Miry Brokaw and others. Details are unclear due to damaged source text but imply ongoing legal or investigative activity with time references and locations in Houston.
Eagle Lake Rotary Club announces tickets for the Hot Cake Supper on Shrove Tuesday March 5 at the Community Center. Tickets cost one dollar and include two hot cakes and sausage plus local entertainment from 5 to 8 pm. Proceeds support Rotary community projects.
Mrs Max Landa reports her husband Professor Louis Landa of Princeton University English has been notified of election to the Royal Society of England. The long‑time scholar has studied in England and held a professorship at Oxford. The society counts figures such as Winston Churchill and Queen Elizabeth among its dignitaries. Landa is a former Eagle Lake High School graduate.
KUHT program director Ray Barthold will discuss television and public access at a Community Wednesday meeting of the Eagle Lake Study Club. The event invites area citizens to join and hear the talk titled Television, Great Cyclops.
Senior Scouts Troop No 1 met at Marx Cafe for an annual Girl Scout event to support Brownies and junior scouts. The group will serve as program aides, with travel to Washington DC, and funds raised by a Mexican supper sponsored by the seniors.
The Texas Trail Riders on the Old Spanish Trail from Altair to San Antonio staged a mock Indian raid before the 1957 San Antonio Exposition. Tanks jeeps and helicopters from the 112th Cavalry dispersed the attackers as Appaloosa horses represented the Indians. Ed Johnson and Henry Beken were named honorary deputies, with the riders crowned honorary grand marshals in a downtown parade.
Mrs. Konesheck hosts spending Sunday with her mother Mrs. Betty Hluchanek of Weimar and uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Adamcik of Holman. For expert watch and clock repair, see Henvicka Jewelers. All work guaranteed. Subscribe to the Headlight.
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