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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1967
Page
1
In county and local board elections Wilfred Liedecke and other candidates are set to appear. Polls open Saturday at 9 am and continue into the afternoon at designated polling places across the county and city. Local concerns focus on school funding and municipal issues.
Voters in district one will choose three trustees from a slate of four candidates. On the ballot are Paul Powers, William L. Parvis, Raymond Head, and Jewell Hemphill who seeks his first full term on the school board. Hemphill active in Eagle Lake youth and church affairs, marks a new venture for him in public service. This election includes an exemption for voters aged eighty and over.
Four candidates will be listed on the referendum ballot. A justice of the peace will be named to serve the remainder. Information appears in local notes indicating Columbus hosts the vote.
Franklin Warren 18 of Garwood was among four youths injured in a one car crash south of LaGrange on FS Road 155. Warren died at the scene and Louis Orgel 18 of Weimar, Keech 18 of Columbus, Ulrich 16 and Heinrich 15 of La Grange were hospitalized with injuries. Funeral services were held for Kern in Weimar.
Friends of Tagle Lake mourn the death of Mrs. W G Darby a long time resident who passed away Friday at Laughlin Hospital following a stroke. Born Curattie Shipps on August 22 1882 in Indians on Aust 302 the obituary notes her parents Charles Mary Abrama Shipps et al.
Eagle Lake Boosters invite members and friends to a 7:30 p m meeting at the Municipal Building Council Room. Final plans for the booster sponsored track meet to be held here Saturday are to be discussed. All are invited.
A fragment quoting Saint Mark 14 38 appears with a call to watch and pray amid weak Teabys fests. The OCR reads as a religious admonition fragment and lacks clear event details.
Five candidates seek three seats on Eagle Lake City Council in a Tuesday election from 8:00 am to 7:00 pm in the Council Room. Incumbents R L Cook Sr Allan S Cassady and Pappy Seaholm Clyde W Nispel Kenneth Manalite vie, with the Mann vacancy created by the late Jack B Mann. Edgar Baring to serve as election judge.
A six member jury failed to reach a verdict in the Justice of the Peace court of Tf M Jones on a radar speeding case. Frank Howell White of Houston pleaded not guilty to driving 73 mph at night on Interstate 19 February 6 1967 after a radar check by Bird Way Patrol. The jury reported four for acquittal and ten against. the judge called the panel a bone jury and a new trial date may be set if the state chooses to proceed.
The Thterscho lastic League will present a one act play directed by Mrs Kun Craig during the high school assembly on Monday April 3 at 1 45 PM in the auditorium. Cast includes Donna Black Elizabeth Reed Don Frnica Johnny Mathis Russell Spalingar and Clark Powers.
Registrations will be taken at Spanihel and Son's dry goods store until 5:00 p.m. Saturday April 1 for a free Cerevelle Scuba wrist watch. No purchase or fee required to enter. entering grants no obligation. The drawing will be held at 5 p.m. at the Spanihel and Son store among those who registered.
Reminder for Eagle Lake volunteer firemen stew supper at the Community Center on Wednesday March 29 from 3 to 8 pm. Plates are $1.00 with children under 12 at 30 cents. Proceeds fund fire-fighting equipment and community safety.
Dan Hooper Sr of Rock Island dies Monday at Laughlin Hospital 1215 pm on March 27. Survived by wife one daughter Mrs Forest Gindt of Columbus two sons Dan Hooper Jr of Rock Island and Norman Hooper enroute home from Denmark. Funeral Thursday 2 pm at Rock Island Baptist Church with interment Myrtle Cemetery. Body in state until time of services at Bauer Funeral Home. Full obituary next week.
Eagle Lake news notes ongoing downtown modernization with two major projects. Alfert's Variety Store on Main Street is remodeling the front, adding a model class display and improved sidewalks while owners Albert and Mrs. Pustejovsky say operations continue and request public cooperation. Schmidt Service Center in West McCarty Street is adding a new office and display area with a climate controlled flagship showroom for Philco and Carriers products, as renovations proceed across the downtown area.
Arnold R. Klockman opens a coin operated car wash on Postoffice Street Eagle Lake two stalls with five minutes of water and soap. A vacuum and paper towels are available. The self operate system requires no attendant and visitors are invited to inspect facilities. Mr Wieckman plans to improve gravel parking area weather permitting.
Eagle Lake residents Gene Payne and Melvin Hayden plan a two week preliminary survey trip to Peru to assess feasibility of large scale rice production. They hold a U S government contract approved by the Peruvian government to study irrigation drying milling and processing implications. If feasible they aim to form a corporation to grow rice and aid Peruvian farmers in grain protection.
Schools dismiss at 2 40 p m today and Thursday for a teacher meeting. All day closure is planned for April 11 with participation in the Interscholastic League Spring Meet.
Over 230 patrons from Garwood and Nadacomiaities sign a petition urging consolidation into a central high school plan serving all districts. The measure promotes a countywide Garwood School, with studies and state recommendations cited to support the move. The note urges timely action and signals broad community backing for the consolidation effort.
Attorney M L Null of Victoria will begin depositions in the Rock Island district against Eagle Lakes and County Board. The case seeks to block annexation of Rock Island district 15 by Eagle Lake. Plaintiffs Hol lus Massey and H C Hinsley have completed depositions. May 23 is the earliest trial setting. hearings may follow May 30 or June 6 depending on the court.
The Post Office Department invites competitive bids to lease and build Garwood Texas post office on West Arthur Street between Burford and Hasted streets. Postmaster General Lawrence F. OBrien announces aim to attract best offer for cost efficient service. Continued on last page.
Track teams from fourteen schools will compete in the Eagle Lake Relays at ELHS stadium Saturday April 1. Preliminaries start 12 30 pm with discus shot put and jumps then 2 pm 440 yard relays and hurdles 3 pm 100 and 440 yard events 4 10 pm finals begin at 7 pm. Trophies and medals to winners. public invited. Booster club president T J Smith calls a 7 30 pm meeting Thursday to finalize meet plans.
Colorado County Sheriff's Office arrested Cecil Ray Gandy in Denton County and charged him with the burglary of the Rock Island school. Office machines and band instruments were stolen. two stolen items were recovered from Fort Worth pawn shops and three others found south of Rock Island. He has been bound over to the September grand jury.
A Sunday morning crash on Interstate 10 near Houston left three people dead. John Lea Davis, 23, traveled east in the westbound lane and collided head on with Edward Lo Tigre, 18, of El Paso in a 1964 Volkswagen. Davis and passenger John Alfred Compton, 2, were killed, and the German-made vehicle burned. The event marked the county's second, third, and fourth highway fatalities of the year.
Two women faced county court for illegal deer possession. Linda Amott and Penny Vanlandingham were fined 200 dollars each plus costs, and hunting licenses suspended for one year. The cases involved out of season possession and related charges, with names and details partially unclear in the report.
Fred G Froka of Eagle Lake Head Went staff is reported in Laughhn Hospital Easern Tosececa, after arriving Wednesday morning for treatment. He states he is west festine and enjoying the fine service of the hospital.
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