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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1957
Page
9
The nurse unit shared by East Berard and Hungesford school districts serves both communities. Mrs Margie Nowak of Wales coordinates and staffs the program, visiting Hungerford weekly and East Berard biweekly to administer vaccines and eye care to students, with hundreds treated to date.
The Rice Theatre offers a free ticket option for February 28 or March 1 to view Randolph St and Gsi Russell in Werner Colot Seven Men From Now. Box office pickup required with the clipped notice. Local visitors Mr and Mrs Braxton Green of Hofsten and Mr and Mrs W G Darby are mentioned, along with a seed and garden supply store reference at Universsi Sappis Co.
The Eagle Lake Garden Club will meet at the Community Center on Wednesday March 6 at 3 00 PM for the monthly business meeting and to view a film on Fundamental Principles in Flower Arranging. Mesdemes A R Kieckman and Justin A Smith will present with a plant name roll call and a geraniums report by club members.
The Texas House approved a resolution to form a special investigating committee to examine every insurance company in the state. The article notes the collapse of the I. C. T. Insurance Company of Dallas as a major failure and lists upcoming hearings on various House bills and dates, including safety equipment, weight limits on motor vehicles, steering mechanism inclusion, drink age presumptions, meat sales, and penalties for damaging state property. Ends with a call for public input and a brief local note about weekend guests and local plant offerings.
Susan Earle Braden celebrated her fourth birthday with a party at home on February 21 at 3:30 PM. A group of little girls attended, singing, playing games, and gifting the honoree as Debbie Randon won first prize doll items and Cathy Reuther earned a doll dish set for dropping clothes pins. The event featured a pink birthday cake with four candles and a table of refreshments as attendees sang Happy Birthday to Susan.
About 900 El Campo Production Credit Association stockholders attended the 23rd stockholders meeting in El Campo last Saturday. John Clipson of Eagle Lake was elected to a full term on the board, while R E Meek of El Campo, a 19 year board veteran and PCA president since 1949, retained his seat. The program included Barécite dinner and speeches by Jo Walter Hammond of the Texas Farm Bureau and V Merrill of the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank. The event highlighted calls for farmer unity to address farm problems. A Wharton County 4-H Club plaque honored Louise club members for best entertainment.
The article mentions attendance at Calffori and Refugio counties with a parade. Rachel Ann Terrell of Eagle Lake competed in an entertainment contest with a monotoga titled Her Big Date. The board of directors will meet this week to elect officers for the next year. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Roberts and children of El Campo visited Sunday with Dau ghtry Roberts and family, joined by Mr. and Mrs. Tom Roberts. A Rotary Club hot cake supper for 31.00 and Elgin Watch prizes are advertised amid local notices.
Mrs. Donald Brisco received a surprise bridal shower hosted by Mrs Leon Frazar and Mrs Botby Payne with Miss Jan Cheatham in Houston. An open house from 2 to 5 30 p m featured gift displays, cake and punch, and corsages for the honoree and her mother Mrs C C Bradford.
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