Local Talent to Present Evening Play Tonight
Local talent will present a community stage play this evening at the town theater. Cast members include several local residents. organizers urge early arrival.
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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1936
Page
1
Local talent will present a community stage play this evening at the town theater. Cast members include several local residents. organizers urge early arrival.
The father of Mrs Frank Schindler died Friday. Funeral service held Friday and interment at a local cemetery. Survivors include nine children and relatives listed from California, Bullville, San Anno, and nearby towns. Attendees from Bellville and Bellville area attended the service at the family home near Lake.
A man named Gus D. Litzman, 43, was found dead in a pasture eight miles west of the town Saturday around 4 o'clock. Officials noted a possible broken neck or fall from a horse near the pasture. The incident is being investigated as a fatality with local residents including Mrs Jimmie Leety and others mentioned in the report.
Fort Worth mourns the loss of a long time community leader active in the University Christian Church and the Disciples of Christ. The memorial outlined her service as Worthy Matron of East Bernard and longtime East Worth Chapter and Grand Chapter credentials committee member. She leaves three daughters, six grandchildren, and a wide circle of church and lodge colleagues. Her widow’s memory reflects decades of work with the Eastern Star and local church missions.
Foley Bros. Drg Geats Company of Houston brings its Big Brother and Town Hall Entertainers to Eagle Lake Friday evening to raise funds for the local high school band. Tickets 30 cents, with proceeds to benefit the band. show broadcast on KTRH and auditions for local youths after. Also scheduled is the Colorado County Interscholastic League track and field meet at Eagle Field Saturday, with a detailed morning timetable for Class A and B events.
Fragmentary text mentions CWO COMMUNICATIONS and BOLI unsigned items. Reads as garbled notes likely from a page showing incomplete names and references with no clear event or outcome.
The article recalls Chas. G. Gailband who emerged in the Ashendor Woods story from seventy one years ago and was seen yesterday in the nearby town. It mentions the Ashend or store and local Hunner lanes with references to service shifts and a Coronada California connection.
A hunter named Robert Jef Bogle and partners Ernst von Lengerke and Dustin traveled from Lake on February 20 to El Paso and through Las Cruces Deming Lordsburg to Bisbee Tombstone Benson Tucson and Mexico. They reported rodeos and mining towns with visits to Boot Hill and graves of lawmen, noting similar riders to Duncan rodeos before returning home Friday.
Garwood joins the Colorado Valley League with an 18 game schedule and April 5 opener at LaGrange. The Garwood squad, led by Paul Lewis, includes players like Abe Scheltz and Joe Kallinia, with Belville, Columbus, Frelsburg, and others in the circuit. Meanwhile Eagle Lake undertakes a new funeral home project for McCreary Undertaking Co, upgrading Lotheham McCarty Avenue with a white building, added garage and living spaces.
The Garwood well at 5777 in a new side hole, under Capt Ald Coyle, reports depth 4 60 feet with a stick of casing and gear moved to the Pettis sands. Diggers plan further tests in a few days as expectations rise for post production, while Drymalla well on Johnson lease six miles away is described as dying.
Miss Isobel Reeves daughter of Mr and Mrs HW Reeves of Fi Campo and RT Westmoreland Jr son of Mr and Mrs R T Westmoreland wed at the First Baptist Church in El Campo. Rev Wright performed the ceremony. The couple planned a reception and then left for New York where Mr Westmoreland has been with Richfield Oil Corporation.
A garbled text fragment mentions Chaee candidates May vak Yi and related political notes. It references a scheduled event in West Fyjeainy with an appearance by a group or candidate lineup and an expected hold of a formal result on an April date.
A society hosts a talk by ML Aguirre in a discussion about United States and Mexico relations. The event covers travel, border issues, and cultural exchange, with references to Port Arthur and geological fieldwork.
Fort Bend county officers detained three boys as suspects after a turkey theft at Rye Cooper’s farm near Richmond. Five birds disappeared on a Tuesday night and two more were taken earlier, traced to a truck approaching Brazos River bridge. A sheriff’s stop led to discovery of the poultry and identification by Mrs Cooper and a neighbor. Investigators suspect further related acts west of Huston involving other youths.
Dr. Wozencraft, well known physician of Houston and Arkansas connections, died shortly before midnight after a long illness. He practiced at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock and at Friendship, Arkansas, and leaves a wife, two daughters, and a son. Funeral services are planned Monday with Mason lodge rites and pallbearers from nearby communities.
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