Eagle Lake Soldier Describes Rice Farm Life in Philippines
A letter from Pfc. Bob Adams of Eagle Lake to his parents details daily life on a Philippine rice farm. He notes coconut candy, laundry routines, field layouts, and the labor split, describing carabao powered plows, small horses, and the process of husking and threshing rice with a wooden mallet and stones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle Lake
Philippines
Somas
Pfcf
Bob) Adams
Frank Adams
Ation
New Guiles
Bob
Rand
County Quotas Announced For 7th War Loan Drive
G Miller of Columbus chairs the county finance committee and local officers announce Over-All quotas of 770000 for Columbus and 140000 for E Bonds with detailed county allocations. The 7th War Loan targets national funding as Americans rally to back the Pacific and the battle against Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Miller
Columbus
Colorado Gonntmance Committee
Lenhart
Hotice
Weimar
Indi 2
Japan
Pacific
National Events Of Week Engulf Local Attention
Weekly dispatches draw local readers to reports from Washington on Germany’s surrender claims and Mussolini’s death. News details conflict with official statements as Allied forces push toward Berlin. The summarised notices reflect the global tension and anticipation of a final capitulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle Lake
Harry & Truman
Washington
Germany
Benito Mussolini
Allance
Adolph Hitler
Berlin
Trumat
Best
Joseph
Lady-In-Waiting At Lantana Coronation At A I College
Myra Waddell daughter of Mr and Mrs Wm Waddell was chosen as a lady in waiting for the Sixteenth Annual Lantana Coronation at A I College in Kingsville on Saturday April 14. She served at the court of Queen Jayne Rhinehart and wore a white prening gown. The pageant featured influences on Texas by French Spanish and Mexican cultures with songs and dances. The ceremony included sewing the 28th star on the U S flag and a crowning with a bouquet of white Fingers. Myra is a sophomore music major and member of the A I band Beta Gamma Sorority and president of A I choir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle Lake
Myra Waddell
Wm. Waddell
A & T College
Kingsville
Jayne Rhinehart
Waddell
Texas
United States
Myra
Beta Gamma Sorority
Dr Pepper Announces New Advertising Campaign Series
The Headlight reports Dr Pepper will begin a novel advertising program this week featuring a set of cartoons created for the campaign. The ads promise to appeal to the public as the famous beverage does.
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Dr. Pepper
Dr. Pepper Company
Oil Activities of Interest in and Near Colorado County
Reports from the Sublime and Chesterville areas detail several wells in Colorado County. Shelly's No 4 near Columbus began operations May 3 with 9300 feet depth and ongoing drilling of Plows M4 and T. Tide Water No 1 in Sublime field shows 82.94 barrels of oil with 11 percent water and 308000 feet of gas at 2100 pounds from 9330 to 940 feet.
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Colorado County
Upper
Tesag Coast
Dowdy
Columbus
Colorado
Colorado Ortgost
Albert
Te Evans
Hyle
Garwood
Snell
Ryle
J. Grant Suivey
Stanslind
Chesterville
Stanolind Ow
Stephens Land
Thredland
Palf
Wiese Weil
Branclind
Ghesterville
Columbus Field
John Schobel
James Tumlingot
Columbus Pool
J. Evens
Sublime Field
Prominent Rice Executive Lamar Trousdale Dies
Lamar Coke Trousdale, a nationally known Houston rice grower and longtime head of the American Rice Growers Association, died last Friday at Mayo Clinic Rochester. Funeral services were held in Houston with burial at El Campo. Surviving are his mother two sisters four brothers and numerous civic and business associates. He was born 1889 in La Grange and active in the Texas Gulf Coast rice industry since 1928.
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Lamar Coke Trousdale
Houston
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Campa
Texas Gulf Coast
Richmond
First Presbyterian Church of
South Texas
Ellen Trousdale
el Camspo
J. F. Davis
el Campo
Bob Terry
Palacios
W. M
J. W Trousdale
Dayton
E. M. Trousdale
Trousdale
Final Report on National Clothing Drive
All clothing donations have been gathered and packed by voluntary committees from Valids churches of the city. Sam E. Broyles says final figures will appear in next week’s issue, detailing the amount donated by Eagle Lake citizens for needy people in other nations.
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Valids
Cay
Sam E. Broylns
Eagle Lake
Broyles
R L Cole Buys Eagle Lake Property
R L Cole completed a purchase of the Waddell Home on State Street in Eagle Lake. The cottage, occupied by the John Miles family, will become a residence for Cole's operator Cletis Jones who recently moved to Eagle Lake.
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State Street
John Miles
RL. Cole
L. D. Allert
Cole
Cletis Jones Wue
Eagle Lake
Mrs Ella Miles Buried in Live Oak Monday
Mrs Ella Miles died suddenly at about ten in the morning while visiting her daughter in Bonus. Born September 22, 1865 in Weimar, she spent her life in this county and is survived by four children and numerous grandchildren. Funeral services were held in Weimar with burial in the Live Oak cemetery.
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Chloraly County
Miles
Robert Miles
Onlney Wolmar
L. Hf. Obenhaus
Bonus
Rear Weimar
Robert
Live Oak
Don
Houston
W. C. Hughes
L. H. Obenhaus
Joe Miles
Eteen
Felix
el Campo
Mijes
Baptist
Weimar
Boone
Live Dale
County Draft Board Lists Group of April White Inductees
The Colorado County Draft Board reports several white youths inducted on April 25 including Natividad Arruego Banegas Vincente Ramirez Pasi Ramirez Rudolph Fojtik Helmer Koras Heimann Ralph Raymond Wayra Lupe Garcia Frank Louis Martinez B Schilling Roy Robert Stallman Baron John Kalling Joseph Stanley Fey rer Adolph Henry Poppe John David Reitz and Auarcy Irwin Chapman Jr also notes Belle Nail ill and hospitalized with improving condition.
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Colorado County Draft Board
Natividad Arruego Banegas
Vincente Ramirez
Pasi Ramirez
Alleyton
Rudolph Fojtik
Helmer Koras Heimann
Ralph Raymond Wayra
Columbus
Lupe Garcia
Sldridge
Frank Louis Martinez
Eagle Lake
B. Schilling
Roy Robert Stallman
Baron John Kalling
Garwood
Joseph Stanley Feyrer
Adolph Henry Poppe
Weimar
John David Reitz
Allegton
Auarcy Irwin Chapman, Jr
Navy
Army Warns Against Use of PW Letters From Camp Swift
Camp Swift Texas May 5 1945 Army warns against painting or stenciling PW on clothing. The Prisoner of War mark endangers soldiers and may provoke lethal force if orders to halt are not followed. Authorities caution that misusing PW could trigger mistaken prisoner status and escape confusions, though no Camp Swift incidents reported.
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Camp Swift
Houston
Tnday
Ins
Drive to Aid Boy Scout Work In Colorado County
Plans for the Colorado County Boy Scout finance drive run May 14 to 19 to raise funds for the Calorie County Boy Scout Program, part of the Houston Area Council. Campaign chairman Lindsay and committee members coordinate efforts at county towns, urging every citizen to contribute. S. C. Boothe assists Lindsay in Eagle Lake as a field executive reorganization and leadership training progress across the county.
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Colorado County
Fam Houston Area Councill
Wom
Aladaay
Lindsay
S. C. Boothe
Eagle Lake
Sem
Houston
Aree Council
Fea
Benedy
Junior Senior Football Game Tonight At Athletic Field
Tonight at eight o clock the Jr Sr football game at the athletic field draws much interest. With senior numbers short, former Eagle Lake High players join the seniors including Lt Bean Froke news arrives Nome Thursday morning.
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Evne
Igh
Eagle Lake High
Bean” Froke
Nome
Sen Eager
Lissie Memorial Services For Preston Brasher
Memorial services for Private Preston Brasher were held at the Lee Firse Evangelical Church of Lissie conducted by Roy Tt. Peterson. Brasher died in the service of his country on September 14 at Lasembons. The War Department confirmed his death on April 20 after prior reports. His widow Jewel Brasher of Chesterhill receives a letter from Colonel Nelson noting he was interred with full military honors in an American Military Cemetery in Lexerburg.
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Preston Brasher
Lee Firse Evangelical
Lissie
Roy
Peterson
Paston
Brasher
Lasembons
War Department
Jewel Brasher
Chesterhilise
Interest in Rat Eradication Program Spreads
Lions and Rotary Clubs of Eagle Lake join with the State Health Department to sponsor a statewide rat eradication drive aimed at stopping typhus and protecting property. Businesses and homes in Eagle Lake will be rat-proofed with a charge of 1 dollar for each business and 29 cents per home to fund the effort led locally by John Lee McCreary and E H Rodgers with full community cooperation.
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Lions and Rotary Clubs
Eagle Lake
State Health Department
Jo&n Lee McCreary
Lions Club
E. H. Rodgers
Rotary Club
Uncle's Boys in Service News From Abroad and Home
Notices chronicle service members’ transfers and inductions including Edwart Causey stationed at Gulfport transferred to Morfals, and a Houston native joining the Army in San Antonio. Other items note Europe trip anecdotes, furloughs at Eagle Lake, and aviation milestones from Lt. Ernest Frnka and Chaplain F. J. Klass aboard a ship.
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Edwart Th Qayses
Ed Causey
Lissie
Gulfport
Mississippi
Naval Training Statut
Morfalls
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Lantana
Coronation A. & I. College
Kuioche
Delaune
Provident City Distriet
Sinclair Prairie
Sinclair Praire
Penrenkamp
SAXMG
Fook Island
Chesterville Wildest
Sun
Louis A.gorden
GH. & Hor. R
Sun No. 1
Duncan Bros
Tate No
Superior
Tate
Altair
Eileen Renz
Hetr
Joseph Spalding
R. T. Westmoreland
Ann Wells
Promine
Virginia Mill
Leona Arndt
Leether Wright
Olaf Mae Wiese
Mary Kathryn Alley
Lois Beane
Jean Barnett
Su: Colly
Raymond Jochett
Walter L. Bauer
Harold Grasshoff
Gene Durbin
Douglas Tate
Robert Wilcox
Agatha Dunning
RICE
R.L. Cole
Ella Miles
Prients
Belle Nail
Laughlin Hospital
Armed Services
W Sims
Houseton
Sondadow
V. Db
Hayden
United States Army
San Antonio
Daugther
Tarewell
Sims
Col
Percy
V. D. Morris
Europe
France
Holland
Belgium
Perry
Frank Alvadoro
Billy Torres
Frank
State of Washington
Billy
Fort Sill
Olashonta
Port Summer
New Mexico
Ernest Twenty
Fred G Froka
Frnka
Grror
Meraben
Boulet
Draper Stephens
F. J. Klass
Father Klas
Guadalcanal
Gulds Canal
Solomons
Georgia
Makin-Tarawa
Bismark Archipelago
Mix‘shal! Islands
Truk
New Guinea
Truickes
Mari—ammar
Manila Bay
Luzon
South Ching
Hong Kong
Okinawa Jima
Toyko
China
John P Vasut_ John
India
Leda
Indix
Engle Lake
Sergent
Henry Dosta
Auronede
Arcanery
Henry Sys
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