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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1932
Page
5
The piece argues for accessible education for all and criticizes overreliance on college diplomas. It notes past expectations that educated girls marry well and warns that public funds should not subsidize frivolous schooling. It urges practical, capable youths receive education and emphasizes the school of experience beyond formal college.
A reader urges support for colleges despite student ignorance in a humorous East Magazine piece. It defends higher education as crucial for good government and civilization, cites a Wichita freshman test with misidentified famous names, and lauds college as the best thing given to children.
Rockport editor J O Blackwell relays findings from a university botanist who found a massive live oak in Aransas County about nine miles north of Rockport near St Charles Bay. The tree shows a trunk circumference of unknown small part, a 9 ft 3 in branch circumference, a 100 ft longest spread and 93 ft average spread, with roots forming a 25 ft 3 in pedestal. He suggests it may be the parent tree of Southwest live oaks.
Mrs. J. W. Bradford, who ran the Dallas Hotel in Angleton after buying from Mrs. J. C. Glenn, died in Livingston after an appendectomy. Born 1878 in Cold Springs, she earlier operated in Angleton and Eagle Lake before moving to Livingston to manage Cottage Inn. Burial was in Angleton cemetery with Rev. G B Carter officiating. large turnout and floral tributes noted by the Angleton Times.
Churches in America reportedly gain members while monetary gifts decline. The Christian Herald cites nearly 435,656 new members added in 1931 as evidence, amid debates on whether economic down time spurs spiritual seeking. Local notes include a Catholic altar society meeting, visits by Dallas and Houston residents, and a surprise birthday party at Mr John Renken’s home.
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