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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1950
Page
2
Saturday January 7 Tan Holt stars in Rustlers presented with comedy and Lost City Jang Sin special. Admission 25 cents for AU High School children. event features fencing and special acts.
Fragmented OCR text mentions general taxpayers and financial set aside funds with unclear references to SMART help and private matters. No coherent events or names emerge, limiting precise summary potential.
Mr and Mrs CL Richter hosted guests for New Year’s Day including Mr and Mrs EA Renny and children from Dale Jackson, Mr and Mrs J W Littleton of Garwood, Kathryn and Ray Hurther of Palacios, and E J Konesheck.
Central Power and Light Company reported 1949 was its biggest expansion year with over 10.5 million spent on new facilities to serve clerical and ice clusters. Two large power plant additions began service in 1949 at La Palma San Benito and Nueces Bay Corpus Christi, boosting capacity by about 41 percent. The company financed distribution upgrades, higher voltage transmission lines, and substations to support postwar growth in South Texas, with total power production rising significantly. Bates noted the period supported new industries, economic advancement programs, soil conservation, better grasses, vocational education, and regional prosperity. Lower operating costs allowed sustained electrical service growth through 1949.
Laughlin Hospital notes list recent admissions and discharges including newborns Judithie, a baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Dick Obenhaus weighing 7 pounds and Terra Rodriguez baby girl to Mr and Mrs Terra Mancias. Dismissals include Mildred Schultz, Charlie Morgan, Estelle Tate, Fay Alien, R C Foster, and Davis Gordon among others.
The Spade and Trowel Garden Club held a January meeting at Mrs. Dorothy Cassady’s home. Miss Edna Prentier county home demonstration agent led a program titled Landscaping after a brief business session. A light refreshments were served.
Mr and Mrs Raymond Waddell hosted a New Year's Eve dinner at 7 00 last Saturday with guests Alvin Wiese Jack Grieves J R Thermas R B Powell Joe Reed Jr J Le McCreary and Leonard Davis. Afterward they attended a New Year's Eve dance at Columbus Memorial Hall.
Across the country CPL kept electricity prices below prewar levels through 1950 due to efficient new generating equipment and operating economies. Ice sales declined in 1949 as fruits and vegetables moved away from ice transit. The employee benefit program expanded to cover almost 2,000 workers and families in South Texas, increasing life insurance and illness protection.
About 60 polio patients aged four months to two years were flown home for Christmas by seven Texas firms donating DC 3s and Beechcraft for Gonzales institution. Another 60 were driven by ambulance. staff call the effort cheerful, overwhelming generosity.
Miss Young daughter of Mrs. William Robert Young of Cameron and Louie A J Gordon son of Mrs. Paul P Gordon and the late Dr Gordon of Eagle Lake married at 11 00 a m on New Year Eve in the First Presbyterian Church Houston officiated by Dr Char L King. Reception followed in church and a wedding trip to Biloxi Mississippi with plans to settle in Houston. Both graduates of Southwestern University members of Zeta Tau Alpha and Kappa Sigma. Out of town guests included Callie Young and Ellen Peel from Cameron and Mrs Gordon's mother among others.
Entries from Colorado County push Houston Fat Stock Show totals toward a 10 000 entrant milestone for 1950. Shorthorn steer from Eagle Lake by Johny Swatek joins junior boys show. Weimar swine entered by Gilliespie Wilson Jr and Morris Nunn. Columbus exhibitors include Dr. Herbert Poyner with Hereford steer in open division and Jim Jack Richardson with two entries. Jersey calf from J C Tinh in junior division. Final counts may exceed prior records as poultry rabbits and Quarter Horses remain to be added with a January 15 deadline.
Local women’s organizations begin their 1950 schedule this week with the Spade and Trowel Garden Club at Mrs. Cathy Cassady’s home. Friendship Night highlighted the Order of Eastern Star last night. Eagle Lake Garden Club plans a January meeting at Mrs. J N Pragzar’s home with Edna Prentice presenting Design in the Garden. Eagle Lake Study Club meets January 1 at Mrs. P Hoeninghaus’s home with Justin A as program leader and Is This a Warm World? explored. Parent Teacher Will hold January meeting January 19 at 3:30 in the school auditorium For the Love of Books will be presented by Mrs W C Reed.
A garbled report notes a rise in holiday deaths during Christmas week and the New York works end. It cites 308 accidental deals for the three day period with 203 cosuating and 40 percent deaths attributed to traffic accidents amid heavy travel.
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