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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1948
Page
12
A broad political notice lists candidates for county and district offices, urging support for incumbents and challengers. Names include A W Weiss, Hancher Henry Bueschme, Ruan Tustiave, and Charles McLellan among others. positions cover sheriff, constable, treasurer, representative, and clerk.
The Boy Scouts plan a countywide swim meet at the American Legion pool on August 13 from 7 to 9 pm with more than 200 scouts expected. This will be the first local meet drawing participants from Eagle Lake and surrounding towns, organized by Scout leaders Wim Edwards and Lee Burles.
A 320000 bond measure seeks funds to improve rural Eagle Lake Eagle Lake school sanitation add a new agricultural building and provide heating and modern facilities. Voters will decide on Saturday May 2 with support seen as essential for progress and community education.
Mrs Ralph Thomas announces a new dancing school opening August 3rd in Eagle Lake. Classes will be held at the Usomas home on specified weekdays with sessions for children over age five, focusing on basic music and movement, with planned shows and routines.
The Bugie Lake Aces lost to Burton Sunday in an uneven youth league game. Wilken led the Aces with key hits and Meipzen tied the game late, but Burton pulled ahead in the final innings as Barnard and Powell delivered scoring plays. The Aces travel next to Gidtelinket for another league game.
The Mada Sodality held the quarterly Vieloa Deanery Youth Rally in Nada on Sunday July 18 with 164 delegates from nearly every parish present between 2 and 7 p.m. Father Edmund Ily gave the welcome, reports from chairmen were approved, and a proposed amendment to the constitution was passed. The event closed with Benediction and a social hour featuring supper and games.
In Abercrambie events, Thornton and Leonard Davis lead Lions players in a rotary ball game. Spectators and players are told to leave guns at the gate while safety measures, park rules, and a softball contest with Eagle Lake baseball club are noted.
G P Harry of Garwood named manager of El Campo Airport after service in the US Air Force. He will also oversee the Farm Air Service operations at the airport. Harry, a Gilwoed High School graduate, studied at a local college and is a former longtime pilot.
L J Spanineis Eaglets girls softball travel to Wharton for first league game but Needville could not meet the date, giving the Eagleette team a forfeit win. In a separate practice, Wharton’s Walker Heil Motor Shop beat the Eaglets 103 1. Lydia Jochete and Rosa Loe Brouwle pitched in the loss.
Notice is hereby given that the Garwood Independent School District will hold the Board of Equalization on the regular meeting dates in August at the Garwood School Building. Varying duties include weedren, dating, weighing and equalization of value for taxable properties for the year 1948. Joe I Kailina, Secretary. July 22. Mr and Mrs BR Clipson vacationed in Old Mexico. Mrs M E Hartutt of Rosenta visited relatives.
Headlight will remove subscriptions overdue one year or more under postal regulations. Subscriptions cost $2.50 a year in advance. Three subscribers who ignored notices and are over nine years behind will be eliminated from the mailing list by postal order.
Fragmentary text references a jungle tribe and wild events, plus a note about Miss Kay Kearney leaving Monday to inspect with Miss Lavonie Ledbetter in Breakan. Names Mary Bob Jast High appear obliquely in the garbled passage.
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