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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1934
Page
2
A collage of snippets recalls a joke on flirtation and a judge’s mercy over nineteen bottles of beer. The recollection shifts to family roles, with a husband leaving a home and a wife replying, and ends with a man staying home while threats of social scrutiny linger.
An uneven jumble of jokes and odd passages describes a banquet scene with a deaf man mishearing a blessing and a coy woman asking for examination. The text shifts to scatty anecdotes about a boastful fellow and a goose related metaphor, finished by puns on geese and ganders.
Local social notes document visits across Victoria Houston Brenham and Cat Spring including Toby Meyer family Joyce Nenendorff and Lizzie Meyer. Bernardo baseball team defeats Cat Spring 9 to 4 on the local diamond.
Mr and Mrs Milton Henry and daughters plus Mr Clinton Henry of Houston spent Saturday afternoon with Mr and Mrs C K Wall. J H Zumstein left for Winsor Illinois to summer with relatives. Galveston visitors Earl Wheeless and Mrs Onya Wheeless hosted by Homer Wheeless family. Sid Kerr in Houston weekend with Fannie Hudson. E J Humphreys visited relatives. R E Maaze hosted Jerome Maze and Rosaline Maze from Houston and Madison of Columbus. C Eversole to visit daughter Nina Damon. Fi Hudson held surprise party for Jack’s seventeenth birthday. Lucy Kate Rogers to return Monday from DeQuincy Louisiana trip. Lucy traveled solo by car. Colgate Soap advertised for 5c at Luna’s Drug Store.
The community gathered for the funeral of Monroe First after a fatal automobile wreck Wednesday. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Adam Ritter and others visiting relatives in Rowena and San Angelo. A new Chevrolet was recently purchased in town and test driven during a Louisiana trip.
Homemakers Club of the church holds its regular business meeting with two groups competing for a monthly prize. Captains oversee groups and the plan aims to boost class interest. Members invited to attend Sunday meetings at 9145 and a Baptist Ladies W M S session discussed child training with Bible readings and remarks.
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