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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1930
Page
5
Local notes recount visits and holiday travels of residents and relatives. Names include Mrs H W Patrick in Pulsa Oklahoma, Mrs James Jacobsen from Texas, Rev J C Young of Catula, and many others visiting Houston Dallas San Antonio and nearby towns during Christmas and New Year.
A holiday gathering at the Basa home featured a beautifully decorated Christmas tree with a gift for each attendee. The event included various enjoyable stunts and generous refreshments of fellows cake and cocoa, all in festive spirit.
Nada News notes a sequence of holiday visits and gatherings across area families. Reverends Aloysius Leopold Gustave Staff and John Gebermann visit St John’s Seminary in San Antonio as relatives host Christmas celebrations. Mary Labay departs for Houston after a farewell party. Multiple local families hosted relatives, with numerous Leopold Metsmer Syring and Labay family members listed among guests and hosts through the week.
The Sterville News item lists Christmas Day visits by Mr. and Mrs. Selph Lenora Gene and baby to Altair and Sheridan, Chas Salladay and Bille hosting guests from Lenhart Eagle Lake and Moorly, and numerous other relatives from Eagle Lake to Austin to Moorly. It notes community letters, snow reports, and a county agent pest advisory for roses.
A feature on beavers praising their intelligence and skill in tree felling and dam building. The piece notes beavers work independently on trees, can fell four inch poplars, haul logs to water, and use bark for food and tinder, highlighting their strength and problem solving.
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