Trekkers Rally As Fre Frets Over Woman
A fragmented note hints at a social event or conflict involving a woman and several men. It mentions a trek theme and free access or escape, but the exact details are unclear from the fragment.
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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1944
Page
8
A fragmented note hints at a social event or conflict involving a woman and several men. It mentions a trek theme and free access or escape, but the exact details are unclear from the fragment.
Patricia Marilyn Braun, daughter of Mrs. Dorothy Braun of Eagle Lake Texas, reported to Avenger Field to join Women’s Airforce Service Pilots Class 4-W-3. The article notes Avenger Field as the only WASP training school and mentions prior UTSA sorority member background and ongoing WASP aviation training details.
Solomons actions bring Lt Adams of Corinth to command the LST Lone Wolf No 446. The ship crossed 8900 miles to the Solomons and earned immediate fire baptism. Crew endured 70 enemy attacks while the flagship role grew amid a growing Pacific flotilla.
Fragmentary OCR item notes Smothers and Me involved in a grip or race event at Frenr Pasrakat Idaho. Mentions terman provmer sureenins and Emus unclear. Details incomplete but references racing context and local place names.
Laughlin Hospital lists patients from Surgical and Medical units including Mrs. L. S. Britton Mrs. G. E. Thomas Jr Mary Gonviles Ruby Contreiro L. H. Obenhaus and Ruby Connie Jean McLarry. Dismissals include Cecelia Marie Trall and BR. L. Williams Mattie Phenon. A Fulton Dromgoole and L. B. Tate returned briefly awaiting government positions. Mr. Tate described home in Pearl Lake with wife and baby awaiting his return.
A fragmentary report profiles veterans and cadets in wartime life. Notes detail a pilot’s missions and prisoner captivity, a church fund drive at Chapel Hill with Catholic cadets donating $500 pushing total to $14,009, and Chaplain Schulze at Great Lakes training drawing crowds while a photographer’s portrait boosts his fame.
Sergeant J B Harris, a respected Eagle Lake resident, arrived home after six weeks in an Ohio hospital recovering from wounds received in the invasion of Italy. He left the army in 1931 and served in Africa and Italy, earning the Good Conduct, Asiatic Service, American Campaign, Victory, and Sharp Shooter medals.
Details on price supports for U S No 1 and No 2 grades, canning vegetables, fresh produce, grain sorghums, hogs, turkeys and chickens, milk and butterfat through 1945. Includes W P A and W F A programs, parity targets, and regional payment rates.
War Food Administration officials warn that calcium arsenate stockpiles by cotton growers prevent crop loss and safeguard essential war materials. Supplies of other insecticides will be limited, so stocking up is advised to help neighbors and avoid last minute shortages. Local social notices follow with names and visits of Mrs. Clarence B. Stephens, Mrs. Florence Balawin, Willan Cox, and others.
The drive drew generous response from colored residents as chairmen and volunteers organized community solicitations. Leaders included Panola Dunedin Mt Olive Church Niney Davis Mount Carmel Velar Parker Rising Star Rev N Boulder Lake Live Oak Leona Powell and G Ki Brown with Allen Brown and wife among solicitors. Local families welcomed visiting guests and expressed thanks while supporters praised the campaign and unity of Eagle Lake residents.
Teuilight is authorized to solicit Harvey Lee as a candidate for Sheriff of Colorado County subject to White Loyalty Party Primaries in July. For Mayor: Th. Wo Graves.
Private Elizabeth Westmoreland, stationed in Indianapolis in the Army personnel department, returns to Eagle Lake for several days. She plans to take snow plows back to Indiana, praises WAAC service, and marks six days at home since enlisting last September. Mr and Mrs W H Albrecht visited Houston relatives Sunday.
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