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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1938
Page
6
The Eagle Lake Headlight announces publication details for Eagle Lake Texas with editor Bruce W McCarty and advertising rates. It lists office location in Organ City, posting as second class mail matter, and subscription prices per year six months and three months. The date is Friday July 15, 1936.
Local brief notes visiting relatives and recovering from operations. Mrs Harold Thomas remains unable to walk after her surgery, staying with her parents Mr and Mrs LB Oberenius and this week with Mr and Mrs Mose Thomas of Eagle Lake. Bette Gerison and Gordon Cau Bey underwent operations for the removal of their foustls with a successful revival meeting and community services reported.
An unclear OCR snippet mentions a DeLuxe Ice Cream Soda offer and a distant school reference. The readable parts include brands or names, but the overall text is fragmented with mixed letters and stray phrases. No coherent event or person emerges to form a complete local news item.
In six months of 1938 Austin Mutual Life Insurance paid $96,327 to 89 deceased policyholders beneficiaries. Most claims arose from nearby clients within about 100 miles of Austin. The total paid to date nears 1.5 million dollars benefiting over 2,800 families. The company notes prompt, legitimate settlements aided by close proximity of its Home Office.
Chesterville News reports on visiting relatives including Miss Arlinie Lovanne and Harblié Kuusere from Houston, and Miss Ineite Tanksely and Miss Lillimy Wills. It notes a baby boy born to Mr and Mrs Rudolph Havdik in Suhwille, and Charles Prentice Damen born at Fred Roberts Memorial Hospital Corpus Christi weighing eight pounds. Vacation needs advertised for Joe D. Luna's.
Decatur officials recount the origin of the craps shout Ada from Decatur. O V Triel and Judge Terrell discuss Welter Arthur, a Decatur Negro dishwasher, as the source, with Walter’s funeral, a story of the phrase spreading via Texas soldiers in France and local recollections. Extra fragments include Mrs EF Munford visiting.
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