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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1950
Page
7
Representatives from the Eagle Lake entry insctl baseball group will discuss the 70 BE issue at a 7 p m meeting tonight in the shell office. The session will cover league participation and recent ejections involving South Central Texas League teams and officers.
Local transit note indicates the Dinky train will end its current route with a final stop at the depot here on Friday. Public notice urges passengers to plan accordingly and observe posted schedules.
The event titled Green's Coronation on April 3 plans a ceremony with all queen nominees and escorts participating. Westmarketane's room handles arrangements with a committee chaired by Mrs WT Matthews and Mrs Ralph Then, aided by Mrs Frank Pidgeon, Mrs F Terred, and Mrs Ed Hanly. Boys and girls from the class manage guidance ticket sales and usher duties respectively.
The item lists numerous Rock Island residents and guests including Mrs M I Nicewander Mr and Mrs Roy Wright of Hempstead and a fish fry at their ranch home. Others attending or visiting include Roger Brown Tomball Carl Milentz and his mother Mrs Milentz of San Antonio Blanche Taremann St Louis and several Wrights. Also noted are C E Bell Sim Waco visits A Kloss and daughter Lexington W P Ingram Come-and-his son Dwight Dolores McDonald Houston and Bill Peebs suppers and Sundays.
The Eagles prepare for a spring field meet as district track action returns with events on Monday March 20. Coaches announce football spring training to begin Monday March 27 with returning lettermen David Anderson Billy Reading Johnny Scott John Mahattie plus several juniors sophomores and freshmen listed among participants and new players joining the program.
A senior class fundraiser titled Them That Help star Laurel and Hardy is planned for Thursday March 30 at Island Scheel gym. Tickets cost 93 cents and proceeds support the Senior Class trip.
A junior class tour group visited the Humble Baytown refinery with accompanying chaperones and local faculty. The event included guides and safety briefings as students explored the refining operations and met plant personnel.
The Eagle Laikys High School Band returned to the Gonzales Music Festival last Friday amid praise for its ensemble spirit. Director Whitin Hide noted the event emphasized critique over competition and highlighted the group’s fun oriented approach as key to their performance.
Mrs S J Taylor, operated Tuesday morning at Memorial Hospital in Houston for the removal of a master, reports she is getting along fine and expects to be able to leave the hospital. Sunday of Mosco.
The Winierada County Skeet Club will hold a weekly shoot on Sunday announced by Nolan Grass Holt. A brisk wind slowed progress last Sunday with few scores posted as shooters tested their aim.
Monroe doctor’s lecture on worry and psychosomatic illness reaches about a million people and spawns a flood of mail and requests for transcripts. The talk, broadcast from Wisconsin and picked up nationwide, prompted editors to shorten it for print as physicians note fear and stress can trigger physical symptoms.
Cincinnati story cites Dr J B Garner of Atlanta arguing chairs must fit individuals for proper sitting. He warns poor fit strains the coccyx and spine, causing back pain and elevated blood pressure. A well designed chair supports the spine’s natural curve and prevents slouching.
A trio of naturalized Americans plan a non destructive cleaning of the Statue of Liberty to reveal brighter bronze and a clearer torch. They propose a chemical cleaning method, discuss corrosion, and seek public support while noting past attempts and feasibility.
A survey linked rising divorce rates to movie and novel depictions of glamorous married life. Alfred B notes films create an illusion that leaves wives discontent, while movies and stories push husbands to wealth pursuits. Sociologists list professionals most prone to romantic disillusion, including ministers and teachers.
A Jefferson farm worker, Mills, lost both feet above the ankles when a power saw blade severed his legs during a demonstration at a hillside work site. He received blood transfusions and multiple surgeries, with doctors attempting to save the feet. Despite the grim outcome, Mills recovered enough to praise the hospital staff and fellow workers for their care and prayers.
A boy named Danny helps Teddy, a injured dog, escape from neglect and danger. They travel toward Palisades Park seeking safety. Patrolman Tudolph Hrasdzeris finds them near an open tie, then a veterinarian in Closter NJ says Teddy can recover with medicine and exercise.
A garbled report describes a tense incident at a dock area in Alhambra involving a vehicle and a crowd. Narration mentions no proper registration, windshield, muffler, headlight, or tail light files and hints at illegal activity and a resulting legal charge. Details are unclear and fragmentary.
United Gas will spend about 36 million dollars to expand Gulf South operations. The project will extend natural gas service to 4400 homes, schools, and factories across Texas, New Mexico, and surrounding areas, with construction and drilling assets to be supplied by regional divisions. The program aims to create jobs, boost payrolls, and benefit royalty and landowners in the Gulf South region.
About 90 young people attended the water reddish supper at Club Montecanva last Saturday as nominating committees were appointed to elect officers for an election to be held tomorrow at eight. Committees on entertainment, law and order, and finance will be elected. Dance lessons for boys and girls were announced, with a plan for dancing after the meeting.
Doris McGuire of Austin engaged to Jack McElmurry of Eagle Lake. Parents Mr and Mrs Eugene McGuire announce. Doris, a Austin High School and University of Texas graduate, works in the biology department. Jack McElmurry, son of Mrs Grace McElmurry, a Bayle Lake High School graduate, is a junior pharmacy student at UT and employed by the State Department at Tesith. The wedding will be in Austin on June 4.
Mr and Mrs William Waddell Brennes are parents of a son born Wednesday March 22 at Laughlin Hospital He weighed 7 pounds 7 ounces Both sets of grandparents are named Eagle Lake and Flatonia is listed as paternal grandparent Mrs Hoge Woods aunt to the family Mr Johnson and Mr and Mrs W Eggers traveled to Range for the funeral of Mrs Hoge Woods prescription service is recommended by Beckgian's Drug Store
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