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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1956
Page
5
The Altar Society of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church will hold a bake sale at the office of the South Eastern Gas Co on Saturday June 5. A wide variety of cakes cookies pies and pastries will be offered for sale to support church and veterinary aid programs.
A broad social notice lists dozens of local residents and guests traveling to Houston for a wedding and to Kenday Le Grange for a barbecue and diploma ceremony. Attendees include Mr and Mrs Elmor Sommérlile, Mr and Mrs Sam Davidson, Mrs Armit Thames, Ruth Miller Victoria, Betty Lou Tubbs and Elarokt Warner, Chester Konea, Maxwell Clark of Wade, and many others. The events feature a wedding, a barbecue, and diplomas with speeches by President Dwight D. Eisenhower era figures noted.
In a terse report dated 8 1946 a student named Nell Parkerson is noted as graduating from a high school in Alabama while stationed in Japan. The brief entry records her status as a graduate and mentions a basic training context without further details.
The fragment mentions a university ceremony beginning in the morning and names Robert Samuel Martin of Haghe Lake as a recipient of the ELBA degree. It notes Martin attended night school at the university.
Mr and Mrs Sam Roberts of Smithwillesper spent the week end here with Mr and Mrs J Wesseén and Myrna visiting relatives and friends in the area.
Mr and Mrs W R Packens of Houston visited Friday and Saturday with Mr and Mrs J Wessniit and Myrna, a Yor your place to meet Melis, Het, and Jacob D Luin’s in Eagle Dale, sharing time at the local residence.
Walter J Miller of Alice is named pastor and will open Oak Crest Camp for Lutheran Church on June 17. He graduates from Wartburg Theological Seminary and will be ordained June 10 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Alice. Mrs Hattie Carter announces Oak Crest Summer Camp for Girls starting May 21 for ages 12 and up with swimming, riding, archery and other outdoor activities.
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