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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1949
Page
1
School board candidates must file by March 28 for the Lake Inder district election. Incumbents Shirley president and others retire April 2. Diagrams and names of candidates appear to be finalized for the election held Tuesday April 5.
Columbus event honors local rosarians and Anns with a banquet featuring speakers and a historic oak panel. Guests introduced by Rotary president Charles Klein as District Governor Van Merver of Galveston and Mabry of the Houston Star Club. Notables include Mr Mitchell, Mr Jenkins of Has international, and collectors of U.S. stamps.
M Myor Emanuel Roos, local Red Cross chairman, thanks Darance women for help in raising the 1949 quota. He praises the community response, noting two thirds of the goal was reached early, calling it a record hard to beat.
About 36 local men will model in a womanless style show at 5:00 pm at the High School Avatarium. The Sunshine Clues of Calley Memorial Methodist Church sponsor the event to benefit the women chimes with entries from Epps' Department Store and other shops.
Catherine Holman of Houston Texas arrives at the Garmisch Military post in Germany to serve with the ARC Field Director's office after a career across multiple fronts. She previously served in North Africa Italy the Far East Korea and Japan and spent a weekend in Garmisch on the hardwoods.
More than six hundred Farm Bureau members were among three thousand one hundred people at the hearing on rural repeal bill H B No 59 in Austin this month. President J Walter Hummoertz attended the American Farm Bureau Federation board meeting in Chicago and reports Texas resolutions urging strong support for the 1950 farm program. Membership grew with three thousand one hundred seventy six new members this year. In March Mr and Mrs F C Corbin of Yoakum attended the Circle 3 Club square dance event with out of town guests.
Dr William Wallace Gunn Sr a Columbus dentist died in Columbus hospital Wednesday night at 8 00 following a year long illness He was a Rotarian and attended the Farle Lake Rotary lunch Funeral services were held Friday at 2 00 pm at St Johns Episcopal Church in Columbus with Bishop Clinton S Quin of Houston officiating Interment followed in God Fellows Rest Cemetery Pallbearers listed He was born July 27 1890 in Waelder Texas son of William Henry and Cissie Parr Gunn He had lived in Columbus since 1915 his wife Kittie Belage Gunn survives along with his mother and three sons Dr W W Gunn Jr Jean Gunn of Dallas and David Gunn a Rice Institute student in Houston
Extensive remodeling at Fay's Altair expands the night club nearly to its original size. The dining and dancing room features blue and gold decor and can host large parties. The new dining space opens for guests who prefer dining without dancing. The owners invite patrons to visit during the remodel.
Rock Island voters head to polls March 26 for a $150000 school bond to build and equip a new school. The election follows a close defeat earlier this month and was called by the School Board on petition. Polls open 8:00 am to 7:00 pm. A gym was completed last year, fueling support for a larger school.
Mrs UG Duncan is a patient in Columbus Neapital this week. The note records her admission status and location as of the current report.
The Christian community is invited to the radio program One Great Hour airing Saturday March 26 from 7 to 9 pm CST on major networks and 1092 stations. The event includes drama and music and reports on Christian work in Europe and Asia.
Mrs Felix Brunner and her son are severely injured in a highway crash near Fiatosia on Sunday night. Mrs Brunner was taken to Permartk Hospital in Tousiai with a shattered bone and other injuries. Mr Brunner sustained chest injuries and a shoulder wound. he was moved to Schuelburg hospital with family, while a second Brunner family member remained hospitalized for further care.
The Cale Theatre announces a revised start time with box office at 7:00 PM and show beginning at 7:13 PM. Parents are urged not to arrive children early and to respect door opening rules. No entry before 7:00 PM and refugee time remains 1:15 PM.
Garwood high school debaters from the senior class will participate in the District Inter scholastic League at Wharton College on Friday afternoon March 1. Miss Mildred Whalley will judge as the event organizer and advisor Lypt G. Toat led the group.
The Rice Growers Association has acquired a larger rice mill in Crowes, La. The new mill will mill 150 pockets of rice per hour. The purchase was decided at a Beaumont meeting last Friday attended by Ed Causey, Simon White and David Wintermann.
The project known as Highway 102 covers a road from Eagle Lake to Wharton, awarded to M. and J. Construction Company of Beeville. They estimate completion in 120 working days. The route follows Lakeside Drive to Boothe Park and crosses the canal, linking with the existing roadway.
A faint tale from Huntaville notes a hen laying a marble in an egg, with a local reporter seeking an explanation. An investigation by jeweler Sokol concluded the object is a common marble rather than a traceable treasure, while the community jokes about the incident and daily routines.
Eagle Lake welcomes eight schools for the District 61-6 Spring Meet on April 1 and 2. The event includes interscholastic league track and field trials, with up to four thousand students expected to attend and compete in boy and girl events at the local high school athletic field.
Construction is active in the area with several homes under development near Al Wit Road Medrourg and the Bele Lake Rice Warehouse. The clinic for Lausehtin Hospital by Justin A. Smith nears completion as workers finish an addition to the seed rise fryer and surrounding grounds.
The article lists Judge A Calloway and Judge Rosprim as the two judges for the Shannon County first hyewtouk show to be held Friday April 8 in Wharton County. WF Newton of El Campo will serve as auctioneer at the sale after judging. Other entries include horned cales and various cattle breeds with Future Farmers observing livestock shows in Weimar and Columbus this week.
A Shell Oil Company safety meeting for the Sherkiey District was held Monday at the Hi-Way Inn with about seventy attendees from drilling and automotive departments. Guests included W P Tex Richards Vid McCoy C H Taylor and Mr Crawford of Shell Oil Houston with W W Powter elected safety chair and B J Pacint as secretary for six months.
The county clerk reports forty-one marriage licenses issued so far this year amid a total of 292 licenses historically. Names listed include Hille E Bay lon, Edwin Ly Varlex, Reniz Deli Henry, Roy C Beasley, Elizabeth Jane Narore, Lewis Whlip, Anita EL, Ira Brause, June Merritt, Olling Bradford, Joseph C Helen, and Glade J Kansteiner.
Robert Humbird graduated from high school last year and completed a course at the Naval Electrical School in San Diego. He has been assigned to Ts 3 Division, U S Valley Forge 2 W15. Mail can be addressed to him at Fleet Post Office San Francisco.
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