Garwood Citizens Vote Saturday on Water District
Garwood voters will go to the polls on Saturday July 7 to vote on confirming the proposed Cole Water Control and Sewer District. The measure seeks water and sewer service for Garwood residents and funds for the Garwood Veteran Memorial Library improvements. A petition with 50 residents’ names was submitted to the State Board of Water Engineers and was approved, with district formation awaiting local approval and election.
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Garwood
Cole Water Control
State Board of Water
Engin
State Board
Charles Slekt
Baird Wall Aly
Story Hours Begin At Library Today
The Eagle Lake Library hosts story hours for children this July with sessions for younger and older groups. Mrs Raymond Weddell, Mrs Wyod Spal, Mrs Donald Kolberg, Mrs Tustin Smith, and Mrs ALP McNiel lead the activities. The library is open 2 to 4 pm on Thursdays during July and August, with ongoing sessions for two weeks in July.
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Eagie Lake
Raymond Weddell
Wyod Spal
Donald Kolberg
Tustin Smith
Alp. McNiel
Catholic State League Meeting at Nada July 9 12
Two hundred delegates from fifty parishes are expected to attend the Catholic State League convention in Nada, Te. The fifty seventh annual gathering runs Monday July 9 through Thursday July 12. The highlight is the Catholic Day Program on Wednesday at 8 00 p m with over a thousand expected. Jean Pfeiffer will speak alongside Henrietta Galle in program events.
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Catholic State League of Taxs
Nada
Jean P. Pfeiffer
Catholic Central ‘Bureau
Catholic State League
Henrietta Galle
NCWA
Archdiocesan Lay Board
LCRA seeks federal ok for Altair Columbus dams
The Lower Colorado River Authority asks the Federal Power Commission for authority to build two dams on the Cotoratta River at Columbus and Altair. The Altair dam would be 46 feet high and 630 feet long, impounding 9 200 acre feet. the Columbus dam would be 84 feet high and 700 feet long, impounding 1040 acre feet. Together the lakes would cover 11 600 and 30 acres respectively, generating about 170 000 kilowatts with eight 20 000 kilowatt generators planned. Sime Gideon notes studies include a site near Le Grange. navigation could require FPC permission. Financing via securities, with need for community support. Also mentions a foreign travel note on Mrs Ernest Seaholm and Miss Ernest Mae Seaholm touring England Scotland and the Scandinavian countries.
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Lower
Colorado River Authority
Federal Commission
Cotoratta
Columbus
Altair
Sam K. Seymour
LCRA
Cummins
Sime Gideon
le Grange
FPC
Aumost
Scouts Gather at Dolly Memorial Methodist Hall
All Boy Scouts in Troop 334 meet at 7 tonight at Dolly Memorial Methodist Church fellowship hall. Scoutmaster Clifford Wiese says final plans will be made for the troop trip to Camp Strake scheduled for next week.
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Dolly Memoral Methodist Church Fellowship Hall
Clifford Wiese
Camp Strake
Last Rites Held Sunday For Ben L Stapleton Heroic Rice Farmer Dies After Long Illness
Eagle Lake mourns Ben Lee Stapleton a longtime resident and prominent rice farmer who died Friday after a lengthy illness. Funeral services were held Sunday at 3 pm from Mill Bauer Funeral Home with Rev Selma Burger and Rev Floyd Dursham officiating. Interment at Lakeside Cemetery. He was born August 1 1896 in Weimar Texas and came to Eagle Lake in 1920. He married Eunice Hoover in 1921.
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Eagle Lake
Ben Lee Stapleton
Ranscher
Laughlin Hospital
Mill Bauer Funeral Home
Selma Burger
Eagle Lake Mission Church
Floyd Dursham
Houston
Vera Flowers
Ann Brooks
Joyce Springer
Jesus
Lakeside Cemetery
Win Spalinger
Lloyd Spalinger
Frank Tate
Harry D. Larson
J. H. McCreary
Joe Lee McCreary
Harry Brower
J. R Colly
Thornton Melton
Everett McRee
Louis Balas
Leonard Walker
Carter Walker
Clyde Morgan
Jerry Zatopek
Columbus
Weimar
Texas
Cora
Ben G. Stapleton
Eunice Hoover
Sens Gulf Station Opening Friday and Saturday
The Elmo Sens Gulf Service Station on East Matin Street holds its formal opening Friday and Saturday July 67. Friends are invited to visit and receive gifts. Two pound bags of sugar free with each purchase, plus prizes including a 21 inch Emer json television and a Sunbeam Electric frying pan. No purchase required to enter. drawing at 9:00 p.m. Saturday.
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Elmo Sens Gulf
East Matin Street
Mr. Sons
Lake Construction Company
P. G. Middlebrook
Con Tractor
City Studies New Budget Belief Chief Benson
City Council Tuesday evening held a preliminary discussion on the 1986 57 budget and set a July 17 budget hearing at which residents are invited to participate. The body relieved Police Chief Clif Gensup and named James Adams Acting Chief. The council authorized engine work and discussed fire department training funding with $100 stipends for two firemen and daily $20 allowances for others to attend the A and School while expenses are covered from this allotment.
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Newr
The
Cause
Clif Gensup
James Adams
Chick Tie Focal de
A. L. Behrens
Kretzschmar
County Buys Block Book Tax System for 23 Texas Counties
Colorado County Commissioners Court agreed to buy a Block Book system and aerial survey maps with ownership overlays for about $10,000. The Edgar Tobin Aerial Survey Company will provide maps and blocks for 23 counties, with Columbus Eagle Lake Weimar and six school districts sharing costs. The project could employ over 150 workers for five years, with local districts to receive maps and blocks for their areas.
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Colorado County Commissioners Court
Edgar Tobin
Tobin Company
Tecowrit
Columbus
Eagle Lake
Weimar
Garwood
Rock Island
Sheridan
Berry
Bill Rutta
A. J. Kainer
Glen Kveton
A. J. Aschenbeck
Albert Hahn
W. C. Reed
New 90 A bridge opens. old spans being torn down
The Colorado River bridge on Highway 90 A five miles west of Eagle Lake opened last weekend. Demolition of the old steel span has begun though approaches remain incomplete. The concrete bridge is wider and safer, expected to handle increasing traffic, with August 7 tentative dedication by the Eagle Lake Chamber of Commerce. A J Ratliff Company of Rogers Texas, contractor, built it for 348 602 dollars.
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Colorado River
Eagle Lake
Porhe
Houston
Wallis, Sealy and
Pulshear
Chamber of Commerce Begins Plans for Industrial Team
Pryor Simmons owner of Snow White Laundry announces new equipment purchases totaling over $5000 to speed cleaning and pressing. The plan includes an Industrial Team to disseminate Eagle Lake area information and attract industry, with appointments listed for team members and meetings at the Chamber of Commerce. Also notes July 19 beauty contest entry and ASC soil bank signups ending July 20.
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Pryor Simmons
Snow White Laundry With
Weels
Simmons
Snow White
Eacle Lake
Eagle Lake
G. H. Crane
LS. Paine
Industrial Department
Extension Serrvice
Texas A
M. Coljrae
Jack Tippett
Tippettotter
Crane
W. C. Alley
Clyde Nisowi
D. R. Wintermann
R. L. Clipson A
V. Wilkerson
Harold Thomas P V.wemer
W.C
Tippett
Chamber of Commerce
Geng
LS. Tate
Re Farle Lake
Sealy Firemen
Chamber
Marthe Pid. Reen
Southwest Institute For Chamber of Commerce Managers
Dallas
Retail Merchants Association
Soil Bank
ASC
A Line of Sunshine in Scripture Verse
A devotional line highlights Jesus as meek and lowly of heart inviting readers to learn from him and find rest for their souls as quoted from Matthew 11:29.
Trade Territory Members Invited to Highways Dedication Gala
Plans reveal a royal dedication and free barbecue for the new Highway 90 A bridge spanning the Colorado River between Eagle Lake and Alta with a tentative date of Tuesday August 7th. Local officials and nearby communities are invited to attend the event and celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle Lake
Gorwool
Nads
Sheridan Rock Island
Livsie
Diemwarde
Ment
Bernant
Sealy
Walle Wid Hailettsville
E H. Thompson
Texas Highway Commission
Dwight Greer
A. Cornelius
First National Deposits Rise Over Year End June 30 1956
The First National deposits above the prior year show increases for the period ending June 30 1956 with deposits listed at 4 778 771 45 compared to 4 598 055 37 a year earlier. Total resources on June 30 1956 stood at 5 167 955 90 versus 4 055 506 45 on June 30 1955.
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Aanjus Ov
Fiesi News
Aeposits
Vacation Bible School at Grace Lutheran Church
Grace Lutheran Church will conduct Vacation Bible School beginning Monday July 9 at 8:30 a.m. All children up through confirmation age are invited. Visitors will be warmly welcomed to the session which will last less than two weeks. The delay was caused by a late installation of the new pastor and the summer schedule.
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Grace Lutheran Church
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BBC
Library
Ernest Seaholm
Ernest Mae Seaholm
Washa D. C
New York City
Seaholm
Ernest Mae
York City
England
Scotland
Scandinavian Countries
Ben L. Stapleton
Sens Gulf Station
Sat
Marx Gulf Station
George W. Crim
Gulf Products
Mr. Sens
Oil, Transport Company
Hopfipy
Gulf Station
City Studies New Budget
Believe
Benson
Walter J. Miller
Grace American Lutheran Church
Harold Thomas
We Lake Recreation Center
Chas
San Antonio
Bargle Lake
Wallis,Soaty
Fyishoar
Thie
Lutheran’s Vacation Bible School
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