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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1971
Page
2
The Eagle Lake Headlight is the official organ of Eagle Lake Texas delivering local notices and civic information. This issue provides community updates and public notices bearing the city’s name and address details.
A handwritten note titled Hello Remember Me from an unknown author, signed The Star Spangled Banner, addresses a reader about pride in the flag. It recalls past wartime sacrifices Anzio Guadalcanal Korea and Vietnam and urges proper salute during the Star Spangled Banner urging citizens to stand, remove hats, and sing. It laments fading patriotism and asks to remember those who served.
Freddie E. Jonag, son of Mrs. Lucille Jones of Atlantic City, is among thousands of space program members enabling Apollo 15. He works as an electronic engineer at NASA’s Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston in the life support division, aiding the seventh moon mission. His wife Doris, a Texan, is mentioned.
Inquiry notes an after hour viewing appointment for a beach front diamond wedding ring. It lists a price range and references Eagle Lake Drags CH 4-250 as a contact. The ad emphasizes a private viewing window and specifies a route to call for details.
A cluttered hometown column recalls 24 years of events in Eagle Lake with names like Mr and Mrs W C Heattor Path fay s Day and Mrs J M Dav is and son Billy of Wharton visiting kin. It notes funerals, visitors, birthdays, and local shindigs, including a Father s Day gathering at August Park and a variety of travel and family milestones across the community.
The U S Department of Agriculture announces drought relief measures for Texas and other states. ASCS will determine eligibility for grain and hay transportation aid funded by the presidents disaster fund. Changes expand emergency livestock feed, haying grazing, and cropland adjustments to help drought affected farmers and cotton producers receive improved payments and protection.
Miss Florine Olfman presided over the Cad Anibal Conference of the Special Libraries Association in San Francisco and hosted a reception for 80 officers and committee chairmen. The association, with about 7 090 members, spans United States and Canada. Olfman serves as chief of the Reference Branch at Maxwell Air Force Base.
Texas offers a pocket guide titled Guide to Official Texas Historical Markers released in July. The 109 page volume lists over 6 000 markers with locations in cities and towns across the state and can be obtained free from the Texas State Historical Survey Committee at Box 12278 Austin Texas 787.
The document outlines President’s proclamation emphasizing farm safety, early agricultural progress, and the need to reduce accidents and injuries. It notes rural labor risks, urges common sense protective equipment, and designates a week in July 1971 for safety awareness.
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