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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1970
Page
11
Jury pool named for the murder case of Charles Anton S Ik. Petit jurors listed from Eagle Lake Rock Island and Velare Vel are joined by Columbus residents including Elsie Brune and Rev A Smith. Trial set in District Court Monday.
Officials credit community support for Tennessee firm Texas Concrete Silo Co locating in Eagle Lake. Opening events in 1953 featured Loren Dye as general manager and president with Jesse Dye and Foster Walker noting appreciation to the Eagle Lake Chamber of Commerce and town for gracious welcome and cooperation shaping the enterprise's future in the area.
Eagle Luxo High School sponsors a student book fair from February 17 to 19. The event runs 7 40 a m to 4 p m with books displayed in the elementary library. Students parents and visitors are invited to attend. The fair aims to boost reading interest and home libraries.
Obituary notice for Mrs. O R Strunk longtime Lissie resident who died February 12 at Cannery Valley Memorial Hospital Wharton age 83. She was a United Methodist Church member and active in the community. Funeral services were held Sunday.
Wharton County Electric Cooperative announces an oratorical contest on the topic Youth and Its Responsibilities In Our Society to select two representatives for a 12 day all expense paid trip to Washington D C in June. Open to any student age 16 but under 18 by September 1 1970. Area eliminations will be held at Brin e ak Gat Unaetan Bich.
Texas shows a 49.2 percent jump in manufacturing jobs over the past decade. Jim Harwell of the Texas Industrial Commission says manufacturing is central to the state's economic growth and will grow further.
Texas Concrete Silo Co of Eagle Lake acquires Badger Equipment line from Badger North Land Inc. The new unit will handle silo loading unloading and feed handling gear and sell Badger products including barn cleaners manure pumps tanks forage blowers silage distributors and related barn and feedlot equipment. Lorell H. Dye remarks this adds service to meet changing agricultural needs in the Gulf Coast area.
Texas industry in 1969 relied heavily on manufacturing which employed 56.1 percent of jobs, up from 43 percent a decade earlier. Electrical machinery, transportation equipment, and other machinery fueled most growth, while ores and miscellaneous durable goods posted sharp gains. The decade saw 1,053 new chemical plants and 772 in fabricated metals, with mobile homes leading site location.
Three Eagle Lake representatives joined the 10th Annual State Conference for Civil Defense Directors in Austin. CD Director H. E. Tate and Assistant Director Edgar Baring attended, along with W. C. Alley of the utilities department. John E. Davis, head of the National Office of Civil Defense in Washington, was also present.
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