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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1947
Page
8
Contest announces cash prizes of 50 25 and 15 06 with four additional awards including a fiddle and banjo. Participants urged to arrive by 2 06 pm on Friday June 13 at Peoples Street Teehead Corpus Christi to preserve old tunes and local fiddle culture.
Dickie McBride and Louis Michulka bring a weekend of dances to Red Hill Nat El Campo Texas Dickie McBrides group with Laura Lee and the Music Macs performs Sunday May 7 while Louis Michulka Orchestra headlines Saturday May 7 Their first area appearance promises lively radio style entertainment Johnnie Baca and band return Wednesday May 28 with another strong old time dance Rev and Mrs O E Linstraum hosted weekend guests from Houston and Shreveport and a Texas University member Janet Kunkel in Houston
Mr and Mrs SS Sinclair and daughters Grace and Beth stayed in El Campo. Henry Esser of San Antonio visited his mother and sister, Mrs Madeline Cearnal.
Wester Auto Supply Company Missouri restarts its annual Big Bass Contest after a five year war hiatus. Prizes total 10 87.50 in value with first prize a six horsepower Wizard Outboard valued at 159.50 in each of 35 states. Second prize a Heddon rod and Coxe reel 75.00. third prize a Tod and reel 40.00. fourth and fifth prize tackle valued at 20.00 and 10.00 respectively. Free entry blanks available at Western Auto Stores or Associate Stores.
Entries may be submitted from May 15 through September 30 when the contest closes. Each entry must be sworn before a notary public or verified by a Western Auto Store manager or Western Auto Associate Store owner.
Expressions of deepest sympathy and thanks for flowers messages and kindness after the illness and death of Mrs. Fannie Thatch or Wilson are extended by Mr and Mrs W C Elkins and family Mrs Ruth Causey Sammie and Johnnie Wilson Thomas Wilson and others. Mrs I W Russek returned to Morgan City La after visiting her parents R R Wells Sr and meeting niece Little Miss Diane Duncan daughter of G C Duncan.
A classroom quip jokes about the offense of bigamy with the student replying that the penalty is two mothers in law. The exchange plays on wordplay rather than legal detail.
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