Club Discusses District 282 Elections and Scout Plans
At the weekly Club meeting last Thursday officers for District 282 were reviewed with candidates discussed and a Nominating Committee from Houston to attend. May 31 was the election date and plans were laid to support Scout Hall expansion and equipment funding. Billy Jean Gordy, Milby High graduate, will enter college this fall after diploma day in Houston. Families from Eagle Lake and nearby areas were noted in social updates and visits across the region.
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Houston
Plang
Memorial Day Homecoming at Rock Island honors locals
Rock Island observed Memorial Day with an annual homecoming program. A noon basket dinner was served at Fox Big & Lumber, followed by a 2:30 tribute to friends and relatives resting in Myrtle Cemetery. Many out of town visitors joined residents for the event and several neighbors visited afterward.
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Rock Island
Fox Big & Lumber Company
Myrtle Cemetery
Linnie Foot
R. S. Adams
Cora Residale
San Antonio
Jack Haris
Laura Starkey
Laura Starkey, J. Mr. Flesher
S. W. Hudson
Charles Baxter
Elliot Frazee
J. T. DeNeef
Z. Harvey
Creece Rata
Elsie Beardsley
Virginia McDaniels
Houston
Roy Wright
Emma Masters
Clara Keller
Hempstead
P. A. Landry
L. O
Lundy
5. Moore
Homer Curry
el Campo
Jim Flourny
Wharton
Thelma Fridley
Rosheran
N. A
Brazoria
J. G .Adams
Alice
Garwood
Columbus
Eagle Lake
Weimar
Glidden
H. H. Conley
Wayne
Damon
Oscar Webenhorst
Sue
Bill
Liberty
Oliver Jacobsen
Rotary News Highlights from Week Meeting
Dr John Foster spoke on Socialized Medicine at the Rotary weekly meeting on Wednesday. Visitors included G G Medders of Weimar County Agent Joe Bradley of Columbus Simon White Jr Bobby Wilcox and Louis Gordon. Members donated 75 to Simon White to purchase a Hereford steer for Houston Fat Stock Show next spring. Brad ley presented the gift. Jimmie Jenkins announces a Rotary party June lath at his Rock Island home and urges Rotarians to mark the date. Ervin Terrell was a Rotary visitor at Columbus this week. Dr Charles Russell Tubbs of Columbus, a frequent luncheon guest, will be married next Friday night per The Eagle.
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John Foster
G., G. Medders
Weimar
Joe Bradley
Columbus
Simon White
Bobby Wilcox
Louis Gordon
Houston
Bradley
Jimmie Jenkins
the Eagle
Rock Island
Ervin Terrell
Charles Russell Tubbs
Story Hour Begins Today At Library
The first Story Hour for the summer vacation starts Friday 10:30 to 11:30 in the City Hall Library Room with Librarian Mrs Mabel Van Dorn. It will run each Friday morning during vacation, inviting all community children to join and borrow library books with help from Mrs Van Dorn to complete cards.
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City Hall
Mabel van Dorn
Graduates From Freeport High School
Major and Mrs. E. W. Jones and their son Bobby and Miss Sue Colly attended Freeport High School graduation exercises on Monday evening. Jeannine Hartwell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hartwell, was in the class and has many friends here. She is granddaughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. R. L. McLellan and niece of Representative Chas. McLellan and Mrs. Jones of Eagle Lake. She plans a visit with family and Miss Sue Colly this week. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Mill and grandson Norman Eugene Hoover of Wharton visited C. L. Mill and Miss Virginia Mill on Tuesday.
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Billy Jean Gordy
WS. Gordy
Milby High School
Houston
Houston Igh
Gordy
Billy
Eagle Lake
S. J. Williams
Billy Jean
E. W. Jones
Bobby
Sue Colly
Freeport
Freeport High School
Jeannine Hartwell
Frank Hartwell
Jeannine
R. L. McLellan
Chas. McLellan
Jones
Community visits mark week with moving plans and furloughs
Chesterville residents hosted gatherings with Eagle Lake visitors as families prepared for a Fort Worth move. The weekend included a barbecue in honor of the Hendersons' upcoming relocation plus extended visits from Gene Selph and Weal Britton.
Beaumont Journal Defends Railroads in Anti-Trust Suit
The Beaumont Journal editorial defends U S railroads amid Sherman Anti Trust charges, arguing long standing regulation, efficiency during depressions, and calls for congressional protection. It cites the Association of American Railroads pamphlet and Eastman on competition, noting rail routes and discrimination between large and small shippers.
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Beaumont Journal
Department of Justice
Justice Department
Congress
Association of American Railroads
Interstate Commerce Commission
American Agriculture, Industry and Commerce
Rio Grande Valley
Sunset
New York
San Francisco
Rail rate conferences questioned by Justice Department
The Department of Justice Anti-Trust Division views joint railroad rate conferences as suppressing competition rather than fostering orderly joint consideration of business. Rep Bulwinkle proposes clarifying federal regulation of common carriers, while railmen seek clear congressional guidance on rate and service oversight.
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Department of Justice
Bulwinkle
North Carolina
Congress
Flea and elephant cross jungle bridge together
A playful duet of a performing flea and an elephant crossing a jungle bridge. The sea in the elephant's ear sighs that they surely made it safely, mixing whimsy with a pun about the bridge’s condition.
Virginia Mill Hosts Compliment Friday Hay Ride
Mrs Earl Carter entertained members of the Eagle Lake High School Senior Class with a hay ride on Friday evening naming Miss Virginia Mil honoree. Guests wore tacky clothing, sang, and frolicked on the ride gathered on the Jovely Carter lawn at Bonus for Wester roast afterwards.
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Earl Carter
Eagle Lake High School
Virginia Milhonoree
Jovely Carter
Bonus
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America
Litt
First National Bank
Lions
Alfred Marx
Paul Marx
F. K. Hlavinka
East Bernard
M. Johnson
C. L. Mill
Raymond Horn
G. ¥. Mrgan
Daisy Morgan
Louis Magny
Little Son
E. J. Parma
Rock Island Items
Lol Micewanderd
Ren of
McCarney
H. R. Jacobsen
J. D. Laurie
Virginia
Jacobsen
Fred Maynald
Dassetta
E. K. Turner
Lester Hudson
The
Merchant Marines
Mary Kathryn Alley
George Alley
Hillie Kretzschmar
Betty Jean
Frank Kinar
Alfred
Mrs
8. S. White
Mrs. White
Cora Thatcher
John Tanner Goode
TWC
Fort Worth
Lee Goode
Rotary News
Chesterville News
M. E. Selph
Dallas Hodde
Delores
Karen
Tom Austin
W. J. Magee
R. A. Saltaday
Joe Sue
E. R. Henderson
Loretta
Roy
E. E. Taylor
Taylor
Henderson
Glenn Denton
Beasley
J. R. Denton
Gene Selph
San Diego
M. &. Selph
A. W. Allen
New York City
Joe Semora
Weal Britton
Jon Semora
Joseph B. Eastman
Strickland Insurance Agency
Sam H. Broyles
Mgr
Texas
Eagle Lake Lumber CO
Maz-Conner
Eagle Lake Insurance Agency
W. E. McRee
EPPS
Eesti Rl
Enrages
Eagle Lake Grain Company, Inc
Eagle Lake, Texas
Kolberg
Jersey
Kolberg’s Creamilk Dairy
Virginia Mill
F. H. Woodard
Dr. A. .S. . Tradench Tropractor
Somertea Laks, Phone Sa
R. Tubbs
J. Ben Johnson
Optometrist
Giamew
Roy Towsll
W. HL Albrecht
W. W. M. Lindsay
Harry D. Larson
First Nations Bank
Tom
Emanuel Roos
Norris
Eagie Lake
Tem
Py T. Gordon
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