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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1939
Page
5
The article records a Tuesday evening church meeting at 9 30 at the W M U church with notes on monthly business and future dates including the fourth Tuesday of August. It lists guests, family visits, and social calls across several Texas locations and mentions a May promotional event at Commerce.
Local brief reports several residents undergoing tonsil removal at Lawshtin Emergency Hospital over the weekend. Other items note trips to Austin and Colorado, visits from Mrs. Ro Killaugh on the Pacific Coast, and family sequences including Norma Jean entering the University of Texas.
A Texas schoolman recounts a false advertising scheme targeting students on school book covers. A canvassing firm pressure sold cheap ads at $22, plus $13 per hundred for song sheets, yielding little service. He warns that exposure could curb such solicitations and urges teachers to beware through small local papers.
Lester Forbes and Ben Howard visited relatives in Houston during the weekend. Mr and Mrs Maurice Goodson joined by Mrs Albert Snippa family later. TRAPS DAY TICKETS offered with one dollar merchandise at Luna's Drug Store. Several locals hosted guests from Houston and Hogatep with a mix of family visits and social calls.
Mrs. Dr. Taylor and Mira Ruth Johnson traveled to Houston Monday to meet Ophelia Johnson and Mrs. W A Harold. Ophelia returns from a two week Greeneville Tennessee visit with Mrs Harold escorting her home. Miss Audry Ruggles visits Relgia with J A Ruggles and Alfred Lane joined by Frank Stephens and others.
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