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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1958
Page
4
Overnight accommodations for several hundred visiting players and chaperones are arranged with Acs Herman Boothe and ETO in charge. Due to a recent event, the contractor cannot finish the new parking areas in front of the eye, creating parking problems and prompting cooperation from local citizens.
City officials approve angle parking on the Main Street side of City Square. Parking meters were removed during ongoing construction and are planned to be reinstalled afterward, with adjustments noted for the municipal and post office areas nearby.
The Colorado County Federal Savings and Loan Association reports continued strong business in 1957 with total assets over 10 million dollars and 100 percent insured deposits up to 10 thousand. Dividends for 1957 reached 299 thousand dollars, with nearly 3,000 investors holding over eight million dollars. Mr and Mrs K Szymanski visited Marble Falls for holidays with Mr and Mrs J L Bailey.
Plans are under way for the Eagle Lake Chamber of Commerce banquet set for Monday January 20 at the Eagle Lake Community Center. Tickets cost 250 each available from Martha Pidgeon and the chamber office. nonmembers may attend. Charles P. Boggess leads as general chairman with speakers from the Industrial Development Department of the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce. Invitations have been sent to Columbus El Campo Wharton and Sealy to attend. Officers will be installed and a year-in-review presented.
Winners named for Tuesday night include Mrs. Millard Ted Imhof and Ervin Terrell Carnegie for Best Speech. At the December 30 meeting three books titled Lincoln The Unknown were awarded to Mrs. Grace Towell Alton Mitchell and Chas Winkelmann.
Funeral services were held in Houston Tuesday January Tth for Mrs E Stell who died after a weeklong illness at St Jo The services started at 8:45 at Boulevard Funeral Home and continued at a Catholic Church She was a longtime resident of Eagle Lake survived by husband E E Stell of Houston sister Mrs Belle Moore of Highlands brother Charles J Amnett of Houston niece Mrs Allen D Cessady and nephew Raymond Lee Kohieffel of Eagle Lake Also sister of the late Mrs R R Kohieffel Attending were Mr and Mrs A D Cassady Mr and Mrs Raymond Lee Kohieffel and Mr and Mrs O L Mil
Mr. Spanthel thanked the drive chairmen and workers for cooperation in making 1957 a successful Consolidated Fund year. Attending were Spanthel, Hurley, R. L. Cook, Sam Boothe, O. W. Powers, E. J. Parma, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Yeager, RP. Wilcox, Fred R. Frnka, and Mrs. W. T. Matthews. The Cleghorns began a two week vacation visiting relatives in San Antonio and Seguin. Judy’s homesickness quip and other stray notes appear as light local color amid the meeting recap.
Henry A. Holic MD notes a strong public health year in Texas with live births surpassing deaths for the first time. The state processed 14 federal aid applications for cities under 25k, totaling $451 32 with $216 483 federal share. Spring floods spurred projects including water plant rehab and chlorination, while 1 100 000 pounds of unsafe food were removed. Radioactive mishandlings prompted a toxicology center and polio cases fell to 729 in 1957. Five hundred nursing homes housing 8000 elders were licensed in 1957.
Trail Riders plan publicity ride to San Antonio for the 1958 trail drive. Program director KONO-TV and local media will join Fred R of the Headlight and photographers for advance coverage. Grace Lutheran notes and church activities listed for January include Rev. Walter J. Miller, pastor.
State Board of Health approved hospital construction under the Hill Burton Act while sewerage plant work began with federal aid. State Health Department Lab analyzes monthly allocations and records, noting care for indigent patients and provision of penicillin and biologics to physicians.
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