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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1945
Page
4
The fragmentary OCR mentions Texas symbols and history including references to the song The Eyes of Texas and debates over Texas unity and identity. It hints at a broader context of regional pride and contentious memory in American history without presenting a clear narrative or outcome.
A cryptic note cites a tightwad who gave his daughter a dime to refrain from something, then took the dime back as she slept. An estimate showing 4845 and 606,783 Texans contributed to the global war effort.
County Triple A notes potential $6290 purchase order aid for the 1946 program year with minimal farmer cost. Subsidy totals reach $69,965.43 in local dairy sales while conservation efforts improve water distribution.
Mrs Glen Harsh and Mr Glen Harsh departed Saturday to establish a new home in Oklahoma City. Mr Harsh, linked with Cities Service Company, had been stationed nearby for over a year. Friends here regret their departure and wish them well in their move.
Town residents hosted and visited relatives and friends from Nashville, Houston, Waco, Beaumont, Galveston and San Antonio. Numerous reunions marked a week of travel with appearances by Obenhaus, Northingtons, Swarths, Ponts, and other families at homes, races, and hospitals.
R A Risien and son Harvey, Phar M30 and daughter Mrs G Heimg of Dallas spent the weekend with friends in Eagle Lake. They visited the Headlight Office on Saturday. Risien was a longtime Headlight staff member for eleven years under the late Editor Publisher Bruce W McCarty.
Leonard Seahalm visits his father G. A. Seahalm and Mrs Seahalm before returning to Austin to enter the University of Texas for a postgraduate course.
An H EK Fitzgerald travels to Austin this week to resume studies at the University of Texas after his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald, arranged his move.
The Houston Press on October 17 highlights Lillian Killough daughter of Roger Killough of Wattle Like. It notes her poetic license at 18 and features her traffic report style verse from Lilting Lines published by Mathis Van Nort of Dallas. Killough’s poems appeared in national anthologies including Who's Who in American Poetry 1943.
Raymond Baca and his Orchestra will play for the Armistice Day dance at Nada Hall on Monday November 12. John Baca and his orchestra will entertain the Thanksgiving Dance at Nada Hall on Thursday November 22. Miss Lois Beane returns to Georgetown to re enter South Western University after a visit.
College Station Texas October 31 One thousand pounds of cork oak acorns and 22 100 cork oak seedlings will be available to Texans this winter for experimental planting. D A Anderson Texas A G M College forest service announced shipments begin January 1. Acorns sent in minimum quantities of 190 order. Cork oak seedlings grown at the Texas Forest Service nursery near Alto are free in lots of 50 or more with a nominal express shipping charge. Project now in fourth year with several test plantings across the state. Native to the Mediterranean region the cork oak has been planted successfully in the South and California. Cooperators should request acorns or seedlings from the Texas Forest Service at College Station.
Turkey growers in the Texas Turkey Triangle area are reminded of the Laling Turkey Show on November 9 and 10. Cash prizes totaling 1000 will be awarded for best birds in five and dressed classifications. Breeders compete in eighteen divisions, with growers receiving ribbons only. Entry blanks and rules can be obtained from county agents or secretary John J Love, Box 24, Luling, Texas.
An advertisement touts Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a kidney remedy to ease sleeplessness and urinary discomfort. It claims a blend of 16 herbs and vessels, and urges readers to send name and address for a free sample from Kilmer & Co. Inc. Box ABSS, Stamford, Conn.
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