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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1952
Page
8
Local briefs report residents returning from Gatlinburg Tennessee and Virginia trips. Families mentioned include the Westmorelands, the Kretzschmars, the Bookers and the Nev ers. Navy recruiter visits Eagle Lake and Columbus each Thursday as part of local proscriptions.
Professor Louis Landa and Maynard Landa return home with their mother Mrs. Max Landa after years away to attend their grandmother Mrs. Annie Nathan's funeral. Louis plans a year abroad with Mrs. Landa, sailing August 6 on the Queen Elizabeth to England where he will lecture at Oxford University. Maynard holds a position with Cities Service Company. both are Eagle Lake High School graduates.
Mayor Harold Thomas completed his first solo airplane flight on Saturday and lost his shirt tail as part of an instructor led initiation. The ritual includes snipping the tail, recording name and date on the cloth proclamation, and nailing it to the hanger as proof. He reportedly earned the required four hours for passenger flying.
C E B Aali becomes manager of the A B Storr Meat Market. Previous manager Will Yeomans Dir Hahn of Wharton County retires. New resident Harp moves into the Davis home on Stock Wedge Street. Ernest Ondlias, previously tied to the war market, not announced and other details unclear.
A driver received a jail term and fine after a DWI charge. The case noted a suspended license for four to six months and involved an officer filing the complaint. Details are sparse due to damaged text.
June 30 1928 brief notes on road work near Eagle Lake completing a stretch of highway from Wharton county. Traffic opened on the so-called forgotten end Wednesday night. Also local items include bottling plant upgrades at Eagle Lake, a 6000 mile vacation plan, Farm Bureau meeting in Dallas, new home for Davis Service Station, watermelons shipped from Chesterville to Houston, a West Coast tour planned by Foster family, and various social notices.
Mrs Selph of Finnston announces the birth of a daughter on July 3 at Joseph's Hospital. A list of family names and relations accompanies the notice, naming several relatives and neighbors connected to the event.
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