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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1968
Page
7
A local society item notes Mrs. John Laughlin as the honored guest at a bridal shower hosted at the Ashby home. The piece, though fragmented, highlights the event and associates attendees with the names mentioned in the unreadable fragments.
Fragmented report notes Colts and Cards in a 3rd tier game with unclear leaders and weird OCR remnants. Mentions families, a preacher, Fort Worth figures, and a summer youth shelter plan near Sweeny, with names like Freddie Me and Adkins appearing inconsistently.
In a tangle of errors and hits the CVLL Eagles fell 3-1 to East Bernard, keeping Sheridan top in the Caledonia Valley league. Yanks defeated East Bernard and Sheridan to stay in front as pitching and timely offense highlighted the night’s action.
The Eagle Lake Lakers baseball team won 2 1 at Hallettsville in Tri Counts league play. Pitcher Jim Mathis struck out 14 with strong defense behind him. Ernie Uzzell threw out three runners, Pat Mascheck and Warren Stross added hits. The Lakers, sponsored by First National Bank, host Garwood on Wednesday and La Grange on Thursday in home games.
Bernard reports marquee matchups as the Eagles and Banks welcome Gerwood next Tuesday while the Lakers and Cubs travel to Easi Ber ard for key city league action.
The Houston Stars schedule a Soccer Ball Night on Wednesday June 12 against the Los Angeles Wolves. Free official NASL balls will be given to every boy nine years old and under with a paid admission ticket. The Stars have won four of five home games, with nine shutouts by regular goal keeper Lelf Nielsen.
Tower Voted GOP Favorite Son at the Texas Republican State Convention in Corpus Christi with 2800 attendees as officials selected the delegation to the National Convention in Miami. Delegates backed a favorite son resolution while other speakers included Paul Rogers George Bush and Bob Price. Colorado County Republicans James H Clipson Jay Anderson and Sue Briscoe attended as alternates.
The Garwood Lions sponsor a summer recreation program for children aged about fifteen. The program runs June 1 to July 12 at Garwood High School Gym, with sports including volleyball basketball and tennis. Frances Mayer oversees activities and prizes will be awarded throughout the summer.
Eagle Lake CYO Tone Frodek hammered Podek 17 to 4 for their first CYO league win in three tries. Calvin Somir and Dave Eucherka added two hits each, Bubba Dosiai contributed four, with several teammates also scoring. The local squad next faces Ta Grange at 230 Sunday.
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