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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1945
Page
1
The Eseles travel to Rosen to face the Brahmas in a closing schedule special. A Tuesday night February benefit at the High School aims to raise funds for awards with boxing and volleyball and basketball events. Proceeds support awards, with 50 cents for adults and 15 cents for children.
A Purple Heart awarded to Lt. Leonard Seaholm is sent to his father G. A. Seaholm in Italy as a special birthday gift. The letter’s tribute notes the father’s guidance shaping the son’s life and military service aboard a ship dubbed Nine Yanks and a Texan. The message describes long missions, hours of preparation, and the tense, demanding nature of aircrew work.
Bascom Giles of Austin and the Worshipful Grand Master will visit the Columbus lodge this evening. Officials announce a barbecue supper at Cleo's Cafe after awards for past master buttons and 50 year pins. Local masons urged to attend in full force.
J C Lockwood sold half interest in the Red White Store to his brother Sam Lockwood of Brownsville. The move adds a new business figure to the community and strengthens the Lockwood family presence in town. Sam Lockwood and his wife and six-year-old son are temporarily living at the Episcopal rectory. The Hemilight extends a cordial welcome to the firm and its new part owner, hoping for success. Taylor returned from Beeville Saturday morning where the Dedside ot
S A Davidson, a longtime pharmacist, died suddenly in Columbus after leaving the Bank. Funeral services were held at Mill Funeral Home with Rev. Culpepper and Rev. Griffin officiating. Burial followed in Masonic Cemetery. He was born in 1877 in Alleyton Texas and survived by his wife, two children, two grandsons, and several siblings.
Funeral services were held in Rosenberg on February 20 for Mrs. J A Danklefs born September 15 1874 in Bracken Texas who died February 19 after a long illness. Her husband Otto Danklefs of Garwood and six sons including Wesley Elmer Otto Harry Clarence Olen and Charley plus a daughter Mrs Eller Hausler survived along with many grandchildren and siblings. Interment followed at Rosenberg cemetery with Rev Beck officiating and sacred numbers rendered.
Reports from the bedside of Mr and Mrs Elis Tise say they are holding their own after a Columbus car collision Monday morning. Mrs Tise has broken limbs broken ribs back injuries a broken pelvis and a dislocated hip. Mr Ose reportedly has a crushed leg a broken leg a broken arm four broken ribs and four ribs pulled from the back but remained conscious from impact to hospital admission. Relatives call their escape miraculous.
In Austin Texas the State Health Department seeks applicants for WAC Medical Technicians. Dr Geo W Cox State Health Officer says the post offers learning and service to men in government hospitals. Requirements include US citizenship age 20 to 50 single or married with no dependent children under 14 and passing a physical examination.
Tax collections for 1944 through January 31 1945 show state ad valorem taxes of 54520.34 dollars or 95.53 percent and county ad valorem taxes of 87910.61 dollars or 95.65 percent, E H Rabel reports. Poll tax receipts total 4916 with 15 exemptions and 4331 county votes, the largest non voting year on record. 1945 license plates are being issued with 1 plate per vehicle and new plate sizes specified for different vehicle types.
A flag floated aloft from a new Gly Park pole built to honor service members and those who paid in world war sacrifice. The ban e and Post Office remained closed all day.
Dispositions in criminal cases heard February 21 1945 include five year penitentiary terms for Henensten Carey Steward and Moreno Diaz for theft and burglary charges. Silvas sentenced to two years with suspension. Kirks to county court for misdemeanor aggravated assault. Sanford receives ten year burglary sentence. Divorces granted in several suits including Allen Meredith Matthews and Janda with names restored for a party. Shrine Ball attendance links local ties in Houston.
Features on Ray Arnold's medical discharge after Pacific service, Luana Sunderman visiting from Stillwater, and soldiers sending letters from France and Maryland. Reports include Sgt Marion A Carter praising home news from France, WACs WAVES and Army/Navy volunteers, and updates on mail from Max Conner Burger at sea and Lt Bruce Weddell in France.
Two people died and others were injured when a Southern Pacific Limited train struck a car at a Columbus river bridge early Monday. The vehicle carried Lizzie Hiene and her son Adolph. daughter Adela Tite and son-in-law Ellis Tite survived seriously hurt. Funeral services for Lizzie Hiene and her son were held Thursday at the Catholic Site in Columbus. A separate note reports Quintana Petroleum abandoning its McMullen County wildcat well B-3 South Texas Syndicate after drilling to 15 301 feet, the deepest Texas well to date, with the rig dismantled to extend the hole from 7 000 to 16 000 feet. The project established open-hole depth records and encountered no fishing problems. The accident cast a pall over the region as the Q P Store closed for the day and many locals mourned.
An Associated Press dispatch from a U S escort carrier details how 300 sailors and two civilians used 45 000 pounds of human ballast on the hangar deck to steady the ship during a brutal Western Pacific typhoon as hundreds faced waves and danger at sea. The carrier ferried planes while amid 70 mile an hour winds and decks flooded with seawater.
El Campo Ricebirds, District 24A champions, host Jeff Davis Panthers of Houston in the El Campo High School gym on February 27. Tickets cost 30 and 15 cents. Ricebirds已season record shows strong offense with multiple wins and margins over opponents.
An April 1 city election will fill four alderman seats with three two year terms and one one year term due to resignations and expiring seats. The terms of W. M. Thomas S. H. Broyles and CC. Epps expire and CW. Nispel resigns creating the single year vacancy. Mrs. W 1% Moore of Bonita visited staff briefly en route to Houston. driver Gee was seriously ill.
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