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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1953
Page
4
Ellinger plans its annual Tomato Festival this Sunday drawing visitors from area farms and towns. Attractions include games and family activities staged during the midday events starting around 10:30 a.m. Local organizers expect a lively community gathering with food booths and tomato themed displays.
Sgt. Fultz arrived home to greet his infant son for the first time, saying bless your little heart as the boy held his hand. After 17 months in Korea, he shared a brief reunion at the Mooney residence before returning to Fort Sam to await discharge.
Annie Margaret Girndt daughter of Mr and Mrs L M Girndt Sr named valedictorian at Rock Island high school baccalaureate services. Donald Waddell son of Mr and Mrs J J Waddell II named salutatorian. Commencement set for Friday May 29 in the high school gymnasium with Rev Lester B Collins delivering sermon and music by W A Callaway Jr.
Vacation Bible School at Rock Island Baptist Church opens with a May 30 registration parade at 2 30 p m. The five day program runs June 1 through June 5 from 9 to 12 each day with Friday night commencement. Several staff members are named including principal Mrs G C Edds, inter mid Rev A L Taylor and crafts leaders. The three year old class is not held due to lack of a volunteer teacher. The Rock Island Women s Missionary Union met May 19 with nine present.
Eagle Lake Garden Club will hold its final meeting of the 1952 53 year with a luncheon at the Episcopal Parish House on Wednesday June 3 at 12 30 pm Members planning to attend should contact Mrs W E Lenhart by Monday afternoon at 67
Robert Henry Bartlet a 23 year old from New Ulm escaped injury when his car plunged through a railing on Red Gate Bridge and fell 18 feet into the creek below landing on its top. The crash occurred Friday about 7 miles north of Columbus on Frelsburg road. John Franklin Weishahn a 39 year old road crew member was traveling toward Frelsburg in a county truck pulling a small trailer. Reported brakes on the Bartlett car failed to function.
A patrolman identified as D L Wilson was driving a vehicle that rolled down a steep hill toward a bridge, overtaking a trailer on the bridge and crashing through the railing, the vehicle then turning over. Further details on injuries or outcomes were not provided in the fragment.
A heavily damaged car was recovered from a creek using a county truck equipped with a winch. The operation involved pulling the vehicle from the water and transporting it away for safekeeping or inspection.
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