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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1969
Page
2
Postscript urges schools to uphold the Basketball Code urging fair play and clean sport. It calls coaches players and fans to act responsibly before during and after games and outlines steps to prevent trouble while stressing education through athletics.
Altar Society and IC CW plan a meeting at Diarer Hall in mid January with reports and a program on smoking hazards. Members filled with notes for upcoming events including a February 6 game party and a late January gathering. Visitors from Chicago join local families for a social visit as minutes are read and cancer dressings made.
A short course for Colorado County rice farmers begins Monday night February 10 in Eagle Lake and runs each Monday through February 24. Sessions Feb 10 to 17 occur at Municipal Building at 7 30 p.m. The final session at Sportsman Restaurant includes a steak supper at 7 p.m. County Agent Doyle L Moore says speakers from Beaumont Experiment Station and Texas A&M University will join discussions on fertilizer elements, soil behavior, weed and insect control, rice varieties, and production factors. Enrollment is limited, first come first served, with a $4 fee to cover refreshments and supper.
Fragmentary obituary notes the death of a person named Olson in 1942 with survivors including a wife and eight children of various given names. It lists extended family across states including Palestine and Bryan and mentions a spouse Meredith Morgan from Glan Flora in 1986. The readable text is garbled with OCR errors and missing context.
A fragmentary social notice lists attendees at a gathering for Mr and Mrs Jobh Beseda including their children and grandchildren from Killeen and Angleton, with additional relatives from Stafford, Houston, and surrounding areas. The text references a veterinary supplies event and names several Beseda family members and guests.
A fragmentary recap notes Staff Sergeant Vance W. Couper now in Germany sent word home from Holland about wooden shoes. Louis Tallas informs his wife of his promotion to Seaman First Class. Leonard L. Walker also promoted to Seaman First Class. Major Jack C. White and family to visit St Petersburg relatives. Community mourns W. E. Weiford a respected citizen. Mrs. S. D. Willis learns her nephew Robert N. Orr was killed in action.
The East Bernard American Legion Best 226 sponsors the Wild Game Dinner on Sunday February 8 1969 with wild game dishes and a post dinner coke auction. Proceeds fund Girls State Bays State scholarships for East Bernard and Orchard High School students. Contact for after hours diamond wedding ring inquiries at Gis Lake Drags CH 42602.
Supt and Mrs W C Reed travel to College Station to witness the commencement exercises and the graduation of their son James Edward Norrie Reed while their son Leon J Spanine returns to base after a furlough spent with his parents in the South Pacific.
Attorney Billy Gray of Sealy and former Eagle Lake resident says he has been chosen for a career position in the Judge Advocate General's Office Sitipation Claims Section at the UW 5 Rally. His assignment begins February 3, 1969 in the Naval Annex Building near the Pentagon.
A fragment notes a branch of the JAG’s Office of the Navy operating overseas during World War II. It references legal military offices and wartime jurisdiction, signaling procedural roles abroad in the conflict era.
A fragmented school lunch menu lists items such as Tamales with cabbage slaw baked cornbread pie and Tugs for February 8 and Fried chicken mashed potatoes peas carrots peaches bread and milk for February 4. Other entries mention Ground meat buttered hominy green beans cake hot rolls and milk on January 5 and sausage with new potatoes triple bean salad and wheat rolls on January 5. A February 7 Tuna salad with potato chips lettuce carrots cake bread and milk is also noted.
A fragmented listing of church services and pastors across multiple congregations. It details Holy Communion, Sunday School, Morning Worship, Evening Worship, and midweek services at GARWOOR United Methodist, Our Lady of Guadalupe and Perpetual Help Catholic churches, Holy Cross, Church of Christ Lawson, Gethsemia Baptist, First Baptist Chili, First Assembly of Gala, and other local congregations with varied times and noted pastors such as Rev. Edward Geiset, Rev. Burwer, and Rev. Dennis Engler.
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