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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1967
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR text with garbled phrases mentions Texas, ducks, streams, and training terms. Lacks coherent events, names, or dates to identify a clear news item or outcome. No identifiable people or organizations to anchor a factual summary.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department reports a record 30th fatal gun accident in the 1966 hunting season, nine more than 1985. Victims included youths ages 11 and 17 to 18, with two adults among the latest casualties as outdoor recreation grew with five more fishermen, four in small-boat accidents and one slipping down a bank.
Eagle Lake junior high boys split with Rock Island teams in a Monday games night. The 7th grade boys won 66 to 14 while the 7th grade girls lost 39 to 34. Scorers included Jeff Finka 12 and James Montgomery 18 for the 7th graders. Ernie Uzzell led the 8th graders with 14 points. Upcoming events include a Wallis junior high tournament this Saturday and a home double header against Sealy next Monday at 5 30 pm.
The drowning toll for water sports rose to 235 nationwide in 1966, up from 200 the previous year, reflecting a continuing rise in fatalities during outdoor aquatic recreation.
Bounties paid January 3 include Edward Michalke of Weimar and others in multiple towns such as Houston Columbus Alleyton Fayetteville Freeport Garwood Altair Pt Comfort and more. Names listed include Meyer Martz Runk Kulhanek Schoellmann Werlia Novasad Gerik Jasek Weimar Cooper Bartek Krizek and Weimar residents. The item notes payments across several counties and towns with various animal bounties.
Committee chairmen of the Eagle Lake Study Club gathered midweek to finalize plans for the February flea market benefit. Details will be announced in future Headlight issues as organizers urge early preparation and stockpiling of supplies from Eagle Lake Drugs CE 4-2502.
A field summary lists multiple sightings and counts around Weimar and nearby towns. Foxes appear in several entries with counts up to six. Wolves are noted in multiple locations including Columbus and Nada, with several single and grouped occurrences. Cats are also listed in Garwood and Sealy. The report names observers such as Arnold Sanders Ewald Brandt and Reuben H Braden along with others from Fayetteville Columbus Garwood and Weimar.
The Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service notes 1966 sorghum grain peanuts barley rye soybeans Irish potatoes and peaches yielded above last year while cotton wheat rice corn oats hay and sweet potatoes lagged behind the prior year.
Potatoes, sugar beets and pecans fell from last year while sorghum grain rose 6 percent. Peanut production jumped 47 percent to the state's largest output on record. Cotton fell 32 percent, but per acre yields exceeded the 1959-64 average by three pounds.
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