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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1954
Page
1
Door to door collection for the March of Dimes begins Friday February 3 with Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts canvassing neighborhoods. Local organizers urge residents to donate generously as the drive aims to raise funds for disease research and infant health programs.
Eagle Lake American Legion Post members invite volunteers to meet at the Legion Swimming Pool Sunday January 1 1 1 1 1 at 1 00 pm to raise a fence on the south side dividing city and Legion property This work is part of the parks improvement program and after completion the Spode and Trowel Garden Club will plant a hedge along the fence The city is providing materials and Legionnaires will assist on Sunday
Poll tax payments for Lake and Colorado counties lag behind the 1953 and 1954 election years. Tax Officer Henry Hovacek estimates about 3500 citizens qualified by midweek, 700 fewer than 1953, with 200 fewer than 1954. Columbus law office will stay open until 8 pm Saturday for payments, and mailed payments postmarked January 71 will be credited. No payments Sunday or Monday. penalties apply for late property taxes.
The spring term of the 25th Judicial District Court will open in Columbus Monday with a grand jury session led by Judge Lester Holt. The civil and divorce dockets contain 133 cases, 53 of which are divorce suits. Crimes to be reviewed include burglary, theft, wife and child desertion, and related offenses. Indictments target several suspects for burglary and auto theft linked to local firms.
Motor vehicle license plates for 1954 go on sale Monday morning at the office of Tax Collector and Assessor Henry Hajovsky in the courthouse of Columbus. Plates are available without penalty through April 1. Plates include 4FF letters and are yellow on black, with various series for passenger cars, commercial trucks, farm trucks, trailers, motorcycles, house trailers, and desitrs. Purchasers must present 1953 license receipts and fine certificates. public safety prepares to enforce plate purchase laws.
The Eagle Lake Ministerial Alliance plans a Religious Survey Sunday January 21 at 1 30 pm. Census workers will meet at First Baptist Church for instructions with church representatives assisting. The census asks names ages church membership church preference and Sunday School attendance. Citizens urged to cooperate for a thorough census in one afternoon.
The Daily Memorial Methodist Church forms a Memorials Committee to honor departed members. Rev D Rhea Allison notes strong local desire to support continued church work beyond flowers and gifts. The committee was proposed by the church’s Orucial Board late in 1463 with plans to organize memorial activities.
A Houston area case details testimony of a woman alleging she was assaulted by seven men and that a car was used to abduct her. Court plans include a capias issued by the Bay City district clerk and enforcement to arrest the seven. Separate discussion covered a campaign to build Farm to Market roads bridging a 3.5 mile gap from Eagle Lake to Wallis, with Wallis leading efforts toward Austin and Wharton counties. Commissioners and chamber groups debated route designation and funding, noting a new Austin to Houston road would ease congestion on routes 50A, 58, and 90.
An Eagle Lake effort to gauge school enrollment began January 2 at the request of the School Evant and was launched to relieve overcrowding. Census takers on the executive board of the PTA will contact every household with children. Supt. Deane Fletcher and Mrs J C Lockwood can be reached by phone for assistance.
C N Housh sought spacing approval for oil and gas in the Cecil Nubie field near Columbus Texas asking to pool 160 acres plus 60 acres from a smaller tract and extend to 220 acres for gas and 40 acres for oil. The Columbus Chamber of Commerce and local royalty owners opposed the plan arguing footing for not over 260 acres plus ten percent for grand 20 acres for joint ownership. R N Renger drilling on the Mat tern tract west of Columbus opposed the pooling. Housh No 1 E A Ward well north of town produced distillate and No 1 Zwiegel across the river was being finished. The Texas Railroad Commission is expected to rule in about three weeks.
Mrs A L McGowan passes away this morning at 5 o clock at her home on Palo Mira. She had been ill for many months. Funeral services will be held Friday January 28 at 2 30 PM at Colly Memorial Methodist Church with interment in Lakeside Cemetery. A full obituary will appear next week.
Three weekend crashes investigated by Highway Patrolmen D E Wilson and Dan Altman involved a blowout and sleepiness. Four cars were tied to one crash near Columbus injuring one person, while two airmen at Randolph Field were hospitalized with injuries in separate incidents. Floyd Langston 21 of San Antonio reported his car crossed the center line after a tire blowout. Mrs Inez B Hadid 33 of Houston drove another car in the sequence with Henry Kanewske and Manuel Caballero among others in the aftermath.
The Rev. Albert Warnken a former citizen of Eagle Lake and member of First Baptist Church will be ordained January 30 at First Baptist Church Eagle Lake. He studies at East Texas Baptist College and has served as pastor of Tom Baptist Church in Vom Oklahoma. His wife Helen Reese also attends East Texas Baptist College. The Rev. Muert Brown and Rev. A Lee will deliver the charge to the candidate.
Exgie City voters will decide whether roaming dogs should be controlled. The April ballot will include this issue after City Hall discussions and letters for and against dog control. The meeting also covered a new Texas Southeastern Gas Company franchise, a proposed garbage pickup rate increase for FE Davis, and a committee setup to study the new franchise. The council approved a 1954 salary pay plan for members.
Eagle Lake residents must pay city and school taxes without penalty by January 31. Officials report most taxes already paid with only scattered unpaid accounts. Deputy W C Reed notes Eagle Lake School District tax collection surpassed $100,000 this Tuesday, near last year’s milestone, with about F5006.00 yet to be collected on the Mix-roll-yet.
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