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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1946
Page
4
Fragmentary notes mention Mrs Butler and Misses in an Egypt item list with unclear context and names. The readable parts suggest a catalog or inventory line with personal names linked to Egypt items but lack full details or events.
Fragmentary note describes attendance at a funeral near Walter Reed in Houston. The text references an applicant’s meek response and enlistment in the Navy, suggesting a wartime or military context.
Rock Island items note visits by M Flesher and son Johnnie of Houston, Mrs Jack Hudson and son, Les ter Hudson of the Merchant Marines, Miss Josephine Txormina of Hollywood, Jo Ann and Ruiter of Columbus Wright, and other relatives. Several locals hosted relatives including the Weems family visiting Port Arthur and Palestine, with Garret Jenkins’ family and Jackie Williams among those mentioned.
Announcement notes the engagement of Leatloy Matthews to Rev. Jed Hampton. The couple plans a wedding at Memorial Methodist Church in Langit Lake on Saturday July 20. The groom’s family includes W Griffin of Bastrop and Joke Ward Griffin of Eagle Lake.
A local Girl Scout troop meeting in Bay Ethene opened with the Scout Promise. The session included singing and games before adjourning, with attendees noting the event as a community activity.
Gener Selph, M M of the United States Navy, arrives in San Francisco after service in the Marshall Islands and Japan. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Selph of Chesser. He hopes to be released from Navy duty soon and plans to visit Wallace.
Local church notices list services and activities across several congregations on Sunday June 16 1946. Eagle Lake St Paul’s Columbus First Baptist and Churches of Christ, Scientist, and others share times for morning worship Sunday School Bible classes training union and prayer meetings with additional details for girls auxiliary and officers meetings.
Christ Episcopal Church outlines Sunday school at 10 a.m. with superintendent W. E. Lenhart and evening service at 7:30 p.m led by Rev. G. W. McKinney of Richmond. MyF at 6:45 p.m. and youth activities follow. Presbyterian Auxiliary meets at 1 p.m. in the Sunday School room. Assembly of God holds services Tuesday Friday and Sunday at 7:30 p.m. and Lonnie Duke’s Lake Side Drive home hosts services with Peabo Hampton assisting. The June 16, 1946, Sunday School at 1:00 p.m. and notes on Isaiah 55 are included.
Kenny Morris welcomed members of the Intermediate League of the Methodist Church to his home on Sunday as the group begins and seeks new members. Mrs. Henry Reuther hosted the Altar Society of Our Lady of Perpetual Help on Wednesday with twenty members and one guest.
The Eagle Lake Mission led by Claude Pruitt, Pastor, invites all to Sunday School at 10 a.m. and morning preaching at 11 a.m. Evangelistic service at 7:30 p.m. Thursday Bible study and prayer meeting start at 7:45 p.m. Inter-denominational church promotes practical spiritual religion.
Parish schedule lists Mass at Eagle Lake Catholic on Saturdays and certain Sundays with morning times. Colly Memorial Methodist Church notes Sunday services and Sunday school, with names of church officials and a June 16 1946 date.
The Baptist W M U members gathered Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. H W Graves home for a Bible study led by Mrs. Chis L Culpepper. They plan a joint session at the church next Tuesday afternoon for their regular Royal Service program.
The Dolly Memorial Methodist Church W S C S changes June events. The Silver Tea set for Tuesday afternoon June 18 is postponed to Tuesday afternoon June 25 with Mrs W G Darby and Mrs Clyde Nispel hosting at their home.
Mrs J G Jenkins hosts a Snag party for the high school group at the church followed by a Weimar swim and a picnic lunch. Episcopal Auxiliary Guild guests plan a Tuesday meeting at the church with a talk by Mrs Michael Gaines of Houston and a social at Mrs David Wintermann's home. A Whitsunday devotional and refreshments mark the afternoon. A wedding shower honors Mrs Chas Vasek, formerly Miss Lindell Smith, at the German home with a novel contest and a reading by Miss Wood. Edmund Munford Jr visits Houston. Richard Harrgraves returns with Eckhart Abercrombie for a vacation here.
A rambling Texas travel column describes springtown road runners, a massive hawk near Sweetwater, yelow stubble and cows near Hondo, chickens in Yoakum, and a Frisky minnows sign in Abilene. It shifts to a brief personal plea for political kindness, a problem of ending sentences with prepositions, and a piece about a boy sick in Andrews County News reading Robinson Crusoe versus Swiss Family Robinson. The column also reports a San Antonio wedding trip for Elva Radack and Capt Emil E. Wisenkowsky, with visits in Eagle Lake and Cleveland.
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