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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1948
Page
4
Polio outbreaks intensify across Texas counties as health officials warn of rising paralysis and fever symptoms. State leaders urge public vigilance and vaccination to curb spread amid cases presenting neck stiffness, headaches, and muscle weakness. Local families travel for care and support as observed by health officers.
Ralph Williams remained a patient at Laughlin Hospital last week after a Penn gas explosion at Magnolia well near Chesterville. He and his wife and son plan to return home to Columbia Mississippi this week as he recuperates, with friends hoping for a quick recovery. Also visiting were Mr and Mrs Henry Sunderman, Mr and Mrs Paul Powers, and Linn Fined from Gran Flora. Ann and Pon Middiebronk received treatment at Laughlin Hospital for undulent fever.
About 20 friends gathered at Mr. and Mrs. Opeih Bakers home in Rock Island to honor their daughter Miss Ann Baker of Corpus Christi with a bridal shower. July Fourth birthday dinners and visits from relatives filled the weekend as Lt. Robert McMillan and family arrived from Chanute Field for a 30 day leave before deployment.
Columbus mayor E. E. Irwin left for Philadelphia as a Texas delegate to the Democratic National Convention. A long time South Texas business leader, Irwin serves as Columbus jetty mayor and has led multiple chambers and associations since 1925, with interests spanning Citizens Ice, Irwin Motor Co, and several regional enterprises.
An evening of delightful entertainment at Nada features Mollavi John Baca's Orchestra playing Monday night July 12. The group will perform waltzes polkas and schottisches with refreshments for all attendees.
Lee Eld Johnson sustained an eye injury this week while assembling an ice cream freezer at Eagle Lake Furniture Company. He is under treatment and friends hope for a quick recovery. The item also notes Texas hosts 28 wild duck varieties with two nesting in the flute region and mentions Mr and Mrs Orville Powers visiting New Braunfels with their three children.
Mrs. Tom Austin and Mrs. W. J. Magee led a Mage family delegation to Groveton for a three day Mage reunion at Redder’s Lake July 3 4 5 amid some 460 family members. They also joined the Bennett family reunion at Bennett Cemetery over the weekend and later visited kin in Beaumont with Dewey Magee Don Magee and Bill Magee of San Benito.
Mr and Mrs H N German hosted weekend guests including their niece Mrs Miss Oleo German and Mrs Lee C A Manghan of Brownsville. Ezra Jones and Warren Simmons of Galveston were among relatives visiting in Rogersville Alabama amid a flurry of family gatherings.
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