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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1968
Page
1
New school board takes over with plans to maintain staff and operations. Agreement notes ongoing contracts and the need to provide continued education across both cities. Continued on last page.
A seven member board met with Superintendent Ed Kris and others in Eagle Lake to waive the district and detach from Eagle Lake into Columbus. The move affects all seventy five students previously at Thaele Island school and Rock Island townsite. Estimated value of Rock Island and Naday properties totals about 7.7 million dollars, with Eagle Lake district savings over six million. Continued on next page.
Patsy George and Elizabeth Powell top the Rock Island High School class of 1968 as valedictorian and salutatorian. Other graduates include Huson Willeford Karl Hooper and Means with commencement at 8:10 pm May 23 and baccalaureate at 7:00 pm May 1. Reverend Collins and Dean Boehm will deliver sermons.
Art students from junior high will display works in the council room of the municipal building on May 10 and 11. Admission is free for the public invitation only on Friday from 4 to 6 pm and Saturday from 8 to 10 am. Instructor Jennke Miter leads the art program.
A meeting of the Community Hospital Auxiliary is scheduled for Friday May 10 at 3:30 am at the Epistle Parish Hall. Members active and in service care roles are urged to be present.
Citizens of Eagle Lake join in a community cleanup urged by the Civil Committee of the Eagle Lake Chamber of Commerce. The week-long campaign runs April 23 to May 10 with a special cleanup day this Friday May 10. Chamber president and city officials ask all to join a full-scale effort ending with a Friday evening gathering and early business closures to allow participation.
A sixteen year old Garwood boy Mike Ramsey died in a roadside fertilizer wagon crash on a gravel county road ten miles west of Garwood. The load shifted causing the truck to overturn. Ronald Files Whitten of Houston piloted the truck. Justice of Peace WA Hence presided at the scene. Services were held at the Wheeler Panera Home with Rev. Onitle Robeves. Interment was at Oakihwa Memorial Cemetery near El Guitepo.
Eagle Lake High School schedules commencement on May 27 at 8:00 pm. Speakers include Lee College's Sirahan and Baytown’s Tammy Wernia. Salutatorian is Keathy Seoth with other seniors recognized. program lists graduates and sponsors.
A faded notice promotes a limited time subscription deal for the Headlight paper. New subscribers in Sheridan Rock Island Reel Island Akali Ganopod yniy may pay 89 cents for one year if they act by May 18. The offer includes two free tickets to a Marston Astro baseball game for some subscribers and details are given for mail submission and a special bonus date.
A seminar on Professional Make up Techniques will be given by Viviane Woodard distributors at the Zie Leke Community Center building from ten until noon on Saturday morning May 11. Beverly Sollock, known locally as Beverly Campbell, will share cosmetic application demonstrations and discuss Viviane Woodard products. After the seminar, staff will offer personal analysis appointments from two to four p.m.
An accident near Tagte Lake caused by a high pressure gas line at a joint smashed R L Pesnell’s foot. The incident occurred during installation work with heavy equipment, injuring Pesnell while two colleagues were freed from the affected area.
Unclear OCR text mentions a swim pool opening on Saturdays and Sundays. The readable phrases reference dates in May and travel to a location, but many words are garbled, leaving the main event as the pool opening on weekends with limited concrete details. No clear names or organizations established.
Members of Catholic Church invite residents to a noon dinner in Didner Hall on Sunday June 30 featuring beef and sausage, with all the trimmings. Local parishioners and friends are urged to attend and share in the community feast.
In a runoff election, Mrs. Litzmann and Mr. Schneider defeated their opponent to become sheriff. A windstorm damaged a Prairie Rue construction bin belonging to Texas Concrete Sin Co near Choatesdale, forcing its partial collapse and requiring demolition and rebuilding. No injuries were reported, and structural steel supports remained intact.
Plans are nearly complete for a series of home management classes to be held June 1 through 21 in the high school home economics rooms. The three week course replaces a prior two week format and follows last year's approved program. The steering committee includes A A Anrlel von, chair, Dan Gerken, B D Anderson, and members Towis Rosprim, John Mahinte, Jey Bailly Andrigien, Willard Ethridge, Lake Vaird Melistieis, and Mrs. Burla Yates.
Five school bands will perform at a concert next Tuesday at the high school auditorium. Directors plan a community program with local talents, including grades and ensembles, to raise funds for next year’s instruments.
A damaged OCR fragment references Saint John chapter 16 verse 12 about love. It appears as a devotional line emphasizing mutual love and belief, with unclear surrounding context or attribution.
Voters in Cutoratia County show clear support for the liquor proposal as county races unfold. Sheriff candidate tally shows George Murer defeating an incumbent. other local offices including constable and state representative see varied support with several races extending to likely runoffs.
Trailrs of Our Guadalupe group will sell Mexican foods and barbecued chicken at Auntrew Hall at the Guadalupe Ouro this Saturday beginning at 10 80 am.
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