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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1924
Page
1
A Ford car dropped twenty two feet off an embankment near a bridge Thursday last week. The vehicle landed on its side with one tire dangling. The driver, Mr. TO Met Tellin, escaped serious injury though he suffered a neck strain. A scaffold and tractor were used to recover the car from the 22 foot depth.
Garwood business leaders announced a big free barbecue planned in Garwood to attract thousands. The event aims to be an old time, free for all summer gathering with a detailed program once a date is set, discussion ongoing with local merchants.
Rock Island residents present the play An Old Fashioned Mother at Lissie Theater tonight. Proceeds support local old societies in Lissie and Rock Island. Audience anticipates a strong local talent showing after recent Rock Island success.
Henry Walker spent twenty eight days at sea aboard a Sinclair Oil tanker bound for South American waters. He reunites with his wife Bugie Lake but says he is done with sailing due to rough seas. Mrs S B Bradshaw of LaGrange visits family.
Senator Joe Burkett of Eastiermd county, candidate for Texas governor, will speak here Monday at 1:30 PM. Owing to heat, the address may be at Rex Theatre or the Opera House rather than the park, with a transcription of his June 28 Bonkin speech in today's paper.
Mr. Cook Butler of Eagle Lake married Miss Mabel Charles of Sagne Toad in Eagle Lake last Saturday morning and plan to live in Sugar Land. The couple’s future home and career moves are noted as they begin married life.
The new school building at Nox Pepuil, under Malén course of construction for weeks, is complete. A gala Saturday night opening will feature music by the Novesida orchestra. An unusually large crowd is expected. Mr and Mrs Henry Chambliss of Heuston are visiting Mrs Will Walker's family and will return soon.
Mire Zoe Austin of San Antonio arrived in Columbus this week to take the position of County Health Nurse, succeeding Miss Annie Gabriel who is now rotated to Brownville. Miss Austin is accompanied by Miss Georgie Mackenzie from the State Health Department. Both visitors to Eagle Lake Tuesday, they sought to acquaint locals with Columbus likely serving as headquarters for countywide public nursing services.
Regular Baptist services are planned for Sunday morning with Sunday School at 9 43 a m and preaching at the usual time. The evening service is canceled due to a Methodist revival, and Rev Gothright returns from the encampment at Talacios with updates for the congregation.
The Eagle Lake Gold Fellow installed officers this week under District Deputy Grand Master Pritz Engelhard. The meeting conferred the first decree on two candidates and refreshments followed for a well attended crowd. Local reports note trips and visits by members and their families to Boerne Comfort New Braunfels and Saint Louis with remarks on Lauda's Park and Galveston bathing girls.
The electric tower system to monitor three railroad crossings will start operations next week. Three shifts will staff the tower with free energizers at Southern Pacific, Mesars, Cearnal, Dupree and Pennington. Telegraph offices will be at the tower and a telephone link to depots enables train arrival details. Visitors will see fewer at the depots as operations shift to the tower, but the service will greatly improve late night train arrivals.
An advertising minded feature titled The Way to Bucsent will be shown at Rex Theatre next Monday and Tuesday. The program, sponsored by the Rotary Club Chamber of Commerce and Retail Merchants Association, focuses on merchandising and advertising with a centric tale of Cd Mew Barton. Local attendees include Mr and Mrs Clns Walter and their child, who spent the prior weekend at Pal Wolves Valley.
The Headlight offers pay from 2.50 per week to a city woman who submits news items for publication and assists with copy on a typewriter. The paper seeks a keen observer to gather items, revise them before linotype, and gradually become assistant editor. Apply at the Headlight office.
Farmers report continued heat and dry weather aiding some fields while others suffer with stalk rot and sparse fruit. Opinions differ on rain and the use of poison as many growers test small plots, urging careful, systematic application to compare poisoned versus unpoisoned acreage.
Miss Griffin on Wednesday afternoon brought six figs of the same quality to the Headlight office. Each fig weighs about one and a half pounds, matching the immense earlier fruit that sparked speculation of a championship comeback.
A party of young people traveled Wednesday afternoon for the Gordon farm, where they camp for the rest of the week. They enjoy river bathing and other river measures. Participants include Jack Putney, Marshall Ney, Jane Dilite West, Jul Nash, Tulane Gordon, Tester Rechinga, Mrs Jimis ste lainghiin, Misses Mure Nash and Elizabeth McDonald of Houston, and others.
The Headlight editor states 15 will not seek reelection. The article notes primary ballots show loyalty and Democratic tickets with a blank line for a province committeeman and mentions Bruce McCarty as Democratic committeeman not running again. Voters are urged to decide whom to support for committeeman.
Mrs. PM f. Hellaway, 72, longtime Welmar widow and Baptist member, died at home after a prolonged illness. Survived by eight children and numerous relatives, services conducted by Rev. P. E Dearwen at home, burial in Masonic Cemetery. The family names include Mrs. W. P. Tuckles, Mrs. J. T. Jones, Mrs. Ren B. Helt, B. Wolloway, Davis Falloway, and Lyt Holloway.
The Headlight reports changes in election law allowing ballots with mutilations to be counted if the judge can determine voter intent. It notes previously rejected tickets for marks or name misspellings and argues for counting even with incorrect marks when intent is clear.
Ten Boy Scouts from Port Arthur completed a thousand mile trip returning to Entle Dake on Monday morning after camping at Wel ingr and Eagle Lake. They rode from Port Arthur to Austin and San Antonio before heading home, arriving five days after leaving Eagle Lake with listed scouts Brune Watts Leon ard Stansbury Walton Tmmesall Br Vin Laughlin George Ariel Muwell la Fae Prove Roy Gentile and Master George C Selly.
Community report from Camp Stanley Teas Springs notes Eagle Lake’s representation at the annual summer encampment of the Fifth Army Brigade. An officer praised by enlisted men for service, leadership, and bearing is highlighted among the staff of the Brigade Commander.
Mr and Mrs Nythiuhdl Rubens of Los Angeles and Glitornton sailed from Europe to the United States aboard a voyage and are seen in Lake Ime nights with Mrs Pluie Trew of the city noted as a dusty. Mrs Northou WL Welithgan and Genii Worthy are mentioned as figures from the Eastern Union and the Oratul Fyrisdio. Aaron of Texas was a guest of Mr and Mrs Jack Reed in Natta while traveling from Hempstead to Wharton, after a short instructional visit at the lather place on Thursday and Friday.
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