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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1948
Page
3
An all day picnic and political rally will be held at Nada on Sunday June 27. At 12 noon dinner including barbecued meat will be served. Supper starts at six with Frank Migh and his band providing music for the day and dance. Everyone is invited.
Allan Ray Winters, UT baseball letterman, elected coach and physical education instructor at Weimar High School for the 1948-49 season at a city board meeting. He replaces Frank Hurt who will pursue graduate study next year. Miss Shirley Beth Harrad of Temple visits her aunt, Mrs Belle Singly.
R F Spanihel of Eagle Lake was named the seventh trustee of the Consolidated Independent School District at a regular board meeting. He will fill the seat left by W M Lindsay, whose term runs three years to April 1951. The seven-man board now includes E H Shirley, J H McCreary, Griff Thomas Jr, W E Gosch, G C Duncan, V T Matthews, and Spanihel.
Six Cub Scouts of Rocks Jand Pack 219 received Wolf badges and four gold arrows on Tuesday June 8 at the schoolhouse in the presence of parents Alfred Jane Beach James Dale Part and James L. Eddy. Other Wolf badge recipients included Billy Earl Henry Joe Kielh Van Ouderkerke and Joe Garcia Jr. The pack lists Wayland Layton Harold Waits TomMe Henry and Max Girndt Jr as members. Refreshments were shared with School Board and Scout troops. R E Williams is Cubmaster and Mrs A R Cooper recently registered as den mother to assist Mrs G Edd. Mrs R P Wilcox underwent an operation at Laughlin Hospital recently.
Associate Justice James P. Hart of Nexus Supreme Court has campaigned in over 85 counties and spoken in about 25 Texas cities while attending every Supreme Court session since his appointment last October. The piece notes his landmark bid for his first elective term and outlines his campaign footprint.
Mrs 5 L Kucherka Mrs Fred G Frnka Mrs Raymond Jochett and Mrs C C Brasher attended the funeral of Msger Joseph Szymansi in Weimar Monday. Mrs David Konesheck underwent an appendicitis operation at Laughlin Hospital last Thursday and recuperates at home. Mr and Mrs J N Frazar are visiting New Orleans Atlanta New York and plan a trip to Canada. They telephoned from Atlanta on Sunday reporting a splendid trip. Mr and Mrs Willis Reed of Beaumont were guests of Mr and Mrs Joe S Reed Jr and other relatives here Tuesday and Wednesday. Three would be inventors of perpetual friction machines cite loss of power by friction as chief obstacle.
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