Consolidation Vote Set for Eagle Lake Garwood Districts
Residents face June 28 29 vote on consolidating Eagle Lake and Garwood schools into Rice Consolidated Independent School District averaging a new high school plan. Absentee voting underway. board may realign trustees and district tax structure with a nine member board including seats from Eagle Lake Sheridan Garwood.
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Eagle Lake and
Garwood
Eagle Garwood
Usit
Rice Conccbrated Independent
Eagle Lake Ae
Eagle Lake District
Iiee
Eszie Lake
Eagle Lake Board Takes Purchase Option on 100-Acre Altair Site
The Eagle Lake School Board approved a 100-acre land option two miles west of Altair on Highway 50 for 450 per acre to secure a future high school site for Rice Consolidated Independent School District. The action, unanimously approved, aims to quell site doubts while aligning with planned vocational facilities. Named participants included Weldon Brisco Jimmy Jones E B Uzzell W L Farris Dr J C Laughlin and Frank Higgins.
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Eadie Lake
Garwoord
Altair
Fagin Lake School
Weldon Tris
Garwood
Sheridan
Eagle Lake
Sua
Gle Lake
Rice Consolidate Independent School District
Winterbotham
Weldon Brisco
Jimmy Jones
E. B. Uzzell
W. L. Farris
J. C. Laughlin
Frank Higgins
Eacle Lake
Harry Brisco
Kopecky Returns From Year in Vietnam
Specialist Four Lewis Kopecky arrived home from a one year tour with the U S Army in Vietnam. He is the son of Dr and Mrs Lewis Kopecky of Eagle Lake and plans a furlough with his wife and daughter in Eagle Lake and Luling before resuming duties at Fort Sill.
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Lewis Kopecky
U.S. Army
Vietnam
Eagle Lake
Kopecky
Luling
Fort Sill
Armed Services
Miss Seaholm to Teach Beginner Swim Lessons at Jaycee Pool
Elizabeth Seaholm will teach beginner swimming lessons at the Jaycee pool this summer. Red Cross classes will not include beginners lessons. Interested persons may contact Miss Seaholm at the pool from 2 to 7 pm or at her home after seven.
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Elizabeth Seaholm
Jaycee Pool
Red Cross
Miss Seaholm
Teenage Lakers Schedule Highlights Tri County Nights
June 12 to June 18 features the Teenage Lakers hosting Garwood and La Grange with games in Sheridan East Bernard and La Grange. Other matchups include minors Braves versus Reds, Sox versus Cards, and East Bernard hosting Garwood with several teams idle or traveling to Yoakum Haliettaville Gate wood.
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Lakers
Garwood
Tri-County
la Grange
Sheridan
East Bernard
Eagles
Cvll
Braves
Reds
Sox
Cards
Minor Leazie
Colis
Yoakum
Haliettaville
Gatewood
Tues
Yanks
Gancourt
Cubsco
X Ray Mobile Unit Visits Colorado County This June
County Judge Charles D. Rutta and Mrs. Berta Yates announce the Alamo Area Tuberculosis Association mobile X ray unit will visit Eagle Lake June 15 on the city square, Columbus June 17 at Courthouse and Square, and Weimar July 9. Frank Munoz oversees the unit with local volunteers assisting. Residents are urged to participate and contact Mrs. Yates or Grace Towell to volunteer. Family physicians will handle reports if X rays indicate abnormalities.
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Charles D. Rutta
Berta Yates
Alamo Area Tuberculosis Association
Colorado County
Eagle Lake
Courthouse Square
Columbus
Weimar
Frank Munoz
Association
Yates
Grace Towell
Rutta
Eagle Lake to Host Our Little Miss Pageant July 12
Eagle Lake will host the area’s Our Little Miss preliminary pageant July 12 at the Community Center. Mrs Weldon Leyendecker of Columbus, appointed by Universal Productions, announced the two age groups La Petites 3 to 6 and Our Little Miss 7 to 12 with local winners earning trophies crowns and state entry fees. The state contest runs July 24-27 in Dallas with the world pageant August 24-27.
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Eagle Lake
Weldon Leyendecker
Columbus
Universal Productions
California
la Petites
Our
Little Miss
Dallas
Eagle Lake Chamber of Comerce
Eagle Lake Jaycees
Eagle Lake Sheridan and Rock Island School Board Hikes Pay and Hires
The Eagle Lake Sheridan and Rock Island district met to set the 1968-69 year salaries and hire four new teachers. New staff include Barbara Fisher fresh English and David Verecke sixth grade. Peggy McArthur girls physical education and basketball. Edward McArthur senior English. Four elementary and high school summer program staff were named. The board approved $100 supplements for eight Eagle Lake teachers to retain staff, with the state covering part of the $3,800 allotment. Salary schedules were adjusted to raise pay about $275 annually, to $650 and up.
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Eagle Lake
Sheridan
Rock Island
BUHS
Kenn Norris
Hawlin-Jefferson
Sour Lake
Feulty
M Vian Wozencraft
Herbert Ungerstrom
Tyra Feil
Wes Claudine Shorter
Dale Eberhart
Dale Dixon
Larry Humphreys
Barbara Fisher Fo
David Verecke
Peggy McArthur
Edward McArthur
Miss Fisher
Sam Houston State College
Verecke
Baylord
Ganwood
McArthur
Southwest Texas State
San Marcos
Taucht
Louise
Premont
Corpus Christi
McA
Ecumenical Study Series Begins Thursday June 20
Four local churches Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Christ Episcopal and United Methodist Eagle Lake and Lissie plan an ecumenical study on difficulties and implications. The first session Thursday June 20 at 7 30 pm at Colly Memorial United Methodist Church features the film Foundation for Dialogue followed by discussion. Subsequent sessions continue June 21 and June 27 28 with locations to be announced.
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Our Lady of Perpetual Hel Catholic Church
Christ Episcopal Church
United Methodist Churches
Eagle Lake
Lissie
Colly Memorial United Methodist Church
Tragic drowning of Mrs. Ralph Johnson shocks Eagle Lake
The community mourns Mrs. Ruth Jeanette Cavesey Johnson who died in a pool accident at Eagle Lake around 10 15 Tuesday morning. She and her children attended a Ladies Morning Club swim at the pool leased by the club. A physician and fire department resuscitated her but she died at the scene. An inquest by Justice of the Peace M M Jones ruled accidental drowning. Funeral services are set for 10 00 a m today at Lissie United Methodist Church with burial at Lakeside Cemetery. The family requests memorials to the Lissie United Methodist Church. Mrs Johnson was born February 1934 in Wharton Texas. She was a longtime resident of Eagle Lake.
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Ralph Johnson
Ruth Jeanette Cavesey
Eagle Lake
Scone
Beng Fe
Ami
Lakeside
Mill Bauer Funeral Hom
Lissle
Burglars Hit Texas Concrete Silo and Midnight Bar
Police report burglaries Friday night to Saturday morning at Texas Concrete Silo Co in Fagle Lake and the Midnight Bar on Third Street. Thieves entered via loading ramp and window, using a welding torch to breach the safe and coin machines, stealing about 75 dollars in change plus 100 dollars from machines. little taken from a video machine. Investigation continues.
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Texas Concrete Silo Company
Fagle Lake
Third Street
Buster Semora
Texas Concrete Silo Co
Benefit Dance at Andrew Hall Eagle Lake Saturday
Little Joe and the Ambers perform at Andrew Hall Guadalupe Terrace Eagle Lake beginning 8 00 p m Saturday night. Presale tickets are 1 50 donation and 2 00 at the door Saturday night.
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Little Joe and the Ambers
Andrew Hall
Guadalupe Terrace
Eagle Lake
Two Youths Arrested in Beckman Drug Burglary
Two Latin American youths, one a juvenile and the other enrolled at the Gary Job Corps Center in San Marcos, were charged in the Beckman Drug Store burglary in Eagle Lake on Friday May 31. Items stolen were recovered. The 15-year-old was released to his mother after a juvenile court appearance. the other boy faced pending charges and grand jury action.
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Gary Job Corps Center
San Marcos
Beckman Drug Store
Eagle Lake
Charles D. Rutta
Buster Semora
Gary Center
Portable EKG Machine Installed at Eagle Lake Hospital
The Eagle Lake Community Hospital acquires a portable Electrocardiograph unit for bedside diagnostics and heart monitoring. The $500 purchase was funded by the Hospital Memorial Fund via the Community Hospital Auxiliary.
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EL Hospital
Eagle Lake Community Hospital
Community Hospital Auxiliary
Eagle Lake
Willard Shuart
Community Hospital
An Vuary
Memorial Fund
Veterinarian Bob Shell Moves Here
Mr and Mrs Bob Shell moved to Eagle Lake from Houston area where he plans to practice veterinary medicine. He learned of Eagle Lake through Colorado County brucellosis program and recalls time spent with Vic Engelhard. He is a Texan A&M University graduate with prior practice in Oklahoma and Houston. Grace Shell will assist. no office yet, only house calls for now.
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Bob Shell Nie
Eagle Lake
Plouston
Colorado County
Vic Engelhard
Shell
Texan Aem University
Driver's License Office Closure Notice
The Driver's License office in Columbus will be closed June 24 through 27 for vacation. Two patrolmen will handle renewals and tests on Friday, June 28. The same schedule applies August 19 through 22 with duties on August 23. County residents are urged to note these closures.
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Emma Oennelider
Texas Department of Public Safety
Columbus
Unty
Jie Bath
Line of Sunshine Verse Note of Sacred Temple
A religious reflection cites the verse Know ye not that ye are the temple of God and the Spirit of God dwelleth in you from I Corinthians 3:16. The quotation appears as a devotional line emphasizing spiritual dwelling and sacred inner sanctuary.
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God
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H.S
Mrs. Loyendecker
Beckman
Tepamurer
Gwen Paschall
Auditary
Willard Shaart
Technieian
Kenneth Craig
Bob Shell
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