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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1930
Page
6
The Eagle Lake community page lists visitors and hosts including Mr and Mrs Roger Brown of Halagaside and Dr and Mrs E Swanson of Badawn guests of Mr and Mrs W Roy Wright. Several residents travel to San Antonio Austin and Houston with remarks on forthcoming events and local gatherings.
An unclear Rock Island column notes various items. Richard Ware visited a house on Thursday afternoon for his family and Balen Prase. The text is fragmentary and names are partially garbled.
Curry here. Donald and Theodore Larsen left Monday for Arkansas City Kansas to spend several months. Mrs Mary Sharp left Monday for Goose Creek to visit relatives and friends. Bruce Bingeman of Yoakum is spending a few days here this week with his parents. A revival meeting began Sunday at the Horizon Methodist church led by Rev McKinney of Weldnar. Mr and Mrs Chase Wegennott Victor Charles and Mr and Mrs Robi Powell and daughter Ruby spent the weekend in Palacios. Mr and Mrs Homer Wheeles and family visited Palacios relatives. Ho W Eversole and son Berbert attended the event in Yoakum. Mrs A P Powers and son Paul of Engs Lake visited relatives Monday.
Garwood residents welcomed visitors and described gatherings, with Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Reed and others returning from Rosenberg. A camping trip near Palacios was noted, along with a girls baseball game fundraiser for local Parent-Teacher associations. Many town residents were reported visiting Austin, Houston, Victoria, Bay City, and Yoakum for family, social, or medical reasons, including bridge events, a birth, and local courtesy calls.
The Wichita Falls Times reports a long running mystery of Millie Durgan, taken from Elm Creek in Young County on October 13 1864 during a Kiowa raid. Letters from Ben J Brothers and H C Williams recount efforts to locate Millie now believed to be a Kiowa descendant who cannot speak English and may hold traces of her family.
Local items list social visits and hosting in Eagle Lake and area. Names include Fern Hough Lucille Cassi dey Roxie Miles and many Houston visitors staying with relatives. A farm women group met at V A Hayden’s home with refreshments and upcoming meeting plans.
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