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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1970
Page
2
The Eagle Lake Headlight reports on a local publisher in Eagle Lake Texas with brief notes about standing readers and attribution, reflecting a small town press context. No clear date or concrete event is discernible from the fragment.
A Hillie conservation meeting will discuss pollution as a central issue. Invitations highlight the need for action from local commissioners and officials to protect land and water resources. The event aims to explore five best opportunities for immediate grants and improvements.
Fragments recount 1946 notices from Eagle Lake and Wharton area. War bride Mavis Forbes arrives in Houston. engagements include Zeta Mae Waddell to Leon Frelak. silver wedding at Briggs home. Easter plans and a death at a Wharton clinic. Glen Sunderman birthday gathering. Maj Gen Harry H. Johnson among Aggie alumni to receive honorary degrees. several parties and upcoming weddings in the community with names such as Adele Hrachovy and B Linke.
A prereq for securing government funds for rural water and sewer projects, the study outlines required steps. Congressman J J Pickle announced an October 1 1871 deadline for small cities to complete their comprehensive water and sewer plans.
The Garwood Schools honor roll for the fifth six weeks is announced by Principal William Carpenter. Grades list students by class from Grade 1 through Grade 12 including Judy Bunge and Patrick Pavlu in Grade 1, to a longer roster of names such as Timothy Berger and Joan Schoellmann in higher grades, reflecting widespread academic recognition.
A 1958 landslip triggered a towering wave of about 1,800 feet along the shore of Lituya Bay Alaska. The incident occurred in April 1958 and remains a historic note in seismic and tsunami studies.
Miss Luana Sunderman Yeoman Third Class daughter of Mr and Mrs Glen Sunderman is to wed in a six o'clock ceremony at Christ Episcopal Church on April 28 inviting friends from the community. Sunderman has this week received her discharge from the Waves following service on April 1.
The Colorado County Historical Survey Committee gathered Thursday evening April 30 for a covered dish supper at Mrs. W. T. Matthews home in Eagle Lake. Emerson Etheridge of Chesterville and Mrs. Travis Wegenhott of Eagle Lake presented a program on local history including a recording about the 130 year old Zimmerscheidt Leyendecker Brune home near Frelsburg and its early Texas connections.
J. J. Blick, manager of the Federal Land Bank Association of Bellville Texas, reports the Federal Land Bank of Houston cut the interest rate on variable rate loans to 8 1 26 percent. The Houston Bank’s float rate follows money market changes, aligning yearly costs with funds for farm mortgage loans. The Houston Bank has over half a billion dollars in loans, and the local association services Austin, Colorado, Waller and Washington counties.
Interesting passages describe travel, foods, and hardships with humor. Mrs. W. G. Dick chairs the Colorado County Historical Survey Committee and asks for loan of available newspapers for microfilming. copies already given or loaned will be returned. Displays of old papers and documents will be shown in downtown Columbus windows during the Magnolia Homes Tour.
Texas Public Safety Commission studies future use of a talking driver's license. Under development by DEK Processes Division. Would resemble a credit card with magnetic code on the back. Officers could query a computer center via radio and receive a printout within 39 seconds indicating if a person is wanted and prior violations.
Mrs. Clayton of Columbus spoke at the Daughters of the Republic of Texas spring meeting held April 23 in Alleyton. The program covered the 1842 Archives War over Texas capitol sites, Austin versus Houston, and the archives’ movements to Washington on the Brazos and back to Austin in 1884. The business session changed meeting frequency to five times yearly starting September, with strawberry shortcake and coffee served.
Governor Smith and Harold Dudley send a six part questionnaire to district attorneys asking whether marijuana possession should stay a felony or become a misdemeanor. They seek opinions on whether any change should apply to first offenses or subsequent offenses.
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