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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1951
Page
1
The E L Lions Club will sponsor a free chest X ray program on December 1 and December 3. The event aims to provide access to preventive imaging for community members and encourage early detection of lung conditions.
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The Girl Scouts announce their Annual Mexican Supper for Saturday Lat between the hours of nd eight and 9. Tickets are on sale this week, urging early purchases to ensure proper accommodations for a large turnout. A complete Mexican menu will be served for $1.00, with candies and cakes available for sale.
Senator Gus J. Strauss will be the guest speaker at the Eagle Lions Club meeting tonight. The session includes a brief discussion of upcoming Amendments to the constitution and a social gathering with local leaders afterward.
Civic Committee and Chamber of Commerce members discuss extending and improving holiday displays in downtown. Preliminary plans promise attractive outdoor scenes and more elaborate installations across the park area, with anticipated contests and public involvement.
Two Negro men exchanged gunfire in Seaholim Grive this morning after a tire was shot. The car then spun and struck the curb on the Cari Seanolm driveway, and the vehicle stopped near Clarlts Cau sey home. Police are investigating the incident with no injuries reported.
Members of the Eagles Lake Quarterback Club will meet at 6 am Monday at Filipp's Cafe to discuss the upcoming town game against Lake Eagles on November 21 and progress on obtaining land for a lighted softball field.
Eustce Homemakers of America chapters mark FHA Week from November 4 to 10 with Lilian Supper before the football game and a recap of the group’s structure, goals, and activities. Members describe the FHA as a nationwide student organization for home economics students founded in 1890 with thousands of chapters and a mission to develop practical living skills. The week includes wearing red and white banners, service ideas at home, and plans for joint activities with FFA and community events through the year, including trips to fairs and district meetings.
Farm Bureau will meet in Columbus at Memorial Hall on Thursday for its annual meeting. Delegates from Engit state will be chosen at the county conference. Other business includes studying resolutions and a director’s meeting to set up a regular school with Philip Morgan, the organization's insurance man.
Excessive frost last Saturday battered gardens around Eagle Lake. Gardens of Gardens, Nowers, and Teed suffered wilted tomatoes and beans as temperatures plunged 20 to 30 degrees in under an hour. Windy conditions and ongoing street excavations made streets hazardous while farmers welcomed the relief for early plowing and soil thaw before next year’s planting.
Eagle Lake Lions Club stages a comic womanless wedding at Eagle Lake High School Auditorium on Thursday November 22. A male cast performs the wedding party roles in hopes of drawing strong fall season crowds and laughter.
Lake Chamber of Commerce directors meeting in the Chamber office last night accepted findings of the Street and Roads Committee on parking meters in the town on a trial basis. The committee’s poll, conducted with the Retail Merchants Association, showed business leaders favor meters on a basis and the council will be asked to act. The board also endorsed the committee’s plan to work with property owners and the city on widening Highway 904 from the railroad track near Eagle Market to the Main Station, with nine feet added on each side.
Independent operator Robert Morbacher dies after an underwater incident near Garou. The Magnolia wildcat on the Grasey-Werenhoil lease between Garwon and Eldridge shows activity at depths around 9000 feet with multiple prospects described. Nearby field work includes deeper tests and sand formation trials in the Abuvy sector Baye and Conway XO areas.
City Square parks to receive extensive remodelling this week as the Eagle Lake Garden Died’s plan progresses. Garden Club proposals include new walks, a concrete centerpiece, benches, shrub removal, and tree pruning to widen curbs and improve lighting and watering systems. Council approved minor improvements and a future construction phase after further study, with work beginning due to the holiday season and nearby utilities. The project also includes a water well site transfer to Central Power and Light for storage at an adjacent building.
Funeral services for Mharies William Herndon were held Saturday November 3 1951 at 2 o clock at the First Baptist Church with Rev UA Is officiating. Interment followed at Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery Columbus Pallbearers were Hoothe Wo Powers Paul Powers Io Lackwolle Edmund Schindler and Lier Schindler Herndon a longtime resident of Ramsey Chureny died after a series of heart attacks at his home in Laughlin Hospital. He was born May 9 1880 in Freionia Alabama and moved to Texas as a child where the family settled near Shoridar Texas He married Ida Mitante Bleyer October 25 in Ruble Texas. He died November 3 in Laksemburg after a pneumonia illness Survived by his wife a son and two daughters. four sisters and four brothers.
Amid a regional gas shortage, officials claimed the problem was solved and ample supply would cover any weather. A telephonic briefing cited Southeastern Gas and Northwestern Gas Co noting plenty of gas from now on under all conditions, though reports from Columbus indicated tighter limits there.
Voters in Texas will go to the polls on Tuesday November 13 to vote on proposed amendments to the constitution. Polls open 6:00 to 8:00 a.m. The measure includes state retirement, county officers, and municipal bonds provisions. Local officials preside. turnout expected statewide.
Bank offices and barber shops plan holiday closures. Local merchants and barber shops including Jack's Barber Shop and Eagle Lake Barber announce altered hours for Thanksgiving and related holidays. A Texas game shifts Thanksgiving observance to late November, affecting shop closures and local commerce.
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