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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1946
Page
6
Church notices list Sunday services at Eagle Lake Mission and other denominations with morning preaching at 11:00 and evening Evangéiste service at 7:40. Bible study and prayer meeting Thursday at 7:45. Community activities include IntermediateYoung People meeting at Colly Memorial Church and social gatherings with locals and visitors noted.
The Presbyterian Church at Sunrey schedules Birthday School at 10:00 a.m. on May 29, 1938. Attendees and local families are invited to join in a morning program with activities and lessons for children and youths.
A fragmentary LaGrange page highlights social visits at Mr and Mrs Eye Phillips. church announcements note Rev A W Didner COLL and Rev A D Jameson. Includes school events, birthday party at Fitzgeralds, Mass timings, and community notices with names and places, painting a vivid mid 1930s local life scene.
The Assembly of God holds Sunday night services at 7 30 pm and Sunday at 10 am at Mrs. Matthews home on Lake Side Drive. Evangelist Hampton assists. The Altar Society hosted sixteen members at Mrs. Albert Pustegovany’s home Wednesday. A bake sale is planned for June 25 in the business district with committee members named.
Riverside Park will host a dance on Sunday evening May 26 attracting local fans and notable attendees including Chas Calpepper Plott and Mrs Culpepper The event coincides with the Southern Aprasi Convention proceedings and updates note Mayor H W Creyes to address the crowd Monday morning while awaiting health news about his illness
The document outlines state and regional price supports for vegetables in 1946. It cites April May prices for Rio Grande Valley potatoes at 3.45 and 4.10 per hundredweight, Western and Northern counties at 2.25, and lable potatoes from 1.29 to 2.40. It notes loans and rates to be announced later.
Rival youths join the Wa bone and Meat Animal program to learn livestock selection feeding disease protection and herd management. Now in its second year prizes include gold filled medals and a gold watch for county winners and a state champion earns an educational trip to the National 4-H Congress plus a $2,200 college scholarship. The State Extension Service offers guidance to help 4-H members reach goals. Last year’s statewide winner was Tex as van Dietrich J. Gembler Jr. in San Antonio with county winners across 170 caterties.
An upcoming semi formal dance at Nada Hall on Wednesday May 22 is announced with invitation extended to locals. The notice mentions Vad Janda providing music and describes a cheerful social event in the vicinity. A separate fragment references boxing and a ticket sale incident among friends, but lacks clear context.
Long list of guests and visitors from Galveston Wharton Garwood and El Campo as families and friends trip through Houston and nearby towns. Residents attend postmaster conventions, gather for family events, and visit relatives in Austin Galveston and San Antonio.
The Social Security Board in Houston urges workers and former workers aged 63 to 69 to file now to prevent benefit losses and to learn how benefits can be recalculated if they continue working or take new jobs. Office officials emphasize timely consultation to protect full old age and survivors insurance rights and explain recent recalculation procedures.
Over nine hundred attendees joined an all girl dance in Sealy to benefit the volunteer fire department. The event featured Sam Mousten and the Al-Giri Orchestra with adult dancers and strong community turnout. Next Saturday night May ?, plans for Bil Cornelson and his orchestra were announced.
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