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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1943
Page
3
The Eaglet editorial team lists Helen Reese Bernadine Mahalite Nettie Smith Carter Jones Josephine Funka Virginia Mill Dexter Anderson Draper Stephens among its reporters and editors across multiple grades.
Local notes recap two remaining games for the Eagles after a defeat by Boling, including a non conference clash at Sugar Land and a conference game at home against Rice Birds. The piece notes school spirit, cheer efforts, and student events around the football season’s end.
The Senior Class lists qualities for nominees including neat grooming, health, high moral standards, courtesy, active participation in school activities, grace in winning or losing, humor, respect for the opposite sex, ambition, clean speech, religious tolerance, modesty, reliability, and sociability. They plan a nomination box for peer selection, with boys nominating girls and vice versa.
The eighth grade tracks weather data including barometer readings temperature sky condition and wind direction. Students note sunrises and daily changes though few rise early enough to observe the actual sunrise.
An old advertisement touts Creomulsion as a fast acting treatment for bronchitis and related chest irritations. It promises quick relief of cough and phlegm, plus rest and sleep, with a money back guarantee if not satisfied. The ad stresses non narcotic ingredients and claims it soothes inflamed mucous membranes.
The Junior class cleared six dollars at Friday’s football game toward the Junior-Senior banquet. Preparations for a variety program follow the football season end. The Juniors read and approved a one act play to be directed by Mrs. Fstes with parts assigned and practices to start soon. Other classes will participate with similar plans and novelty items.
In a light moment, two freshmen find a full case of empty Coke bottles and celebrate. They plan to continue the search as Mes Livaie approves, urging the boys to grab more. Tate then orders giving the boys a Dr. Pepper each.
Angered by rumors and petty notes in the school paper students demand a shift to constructive reports. Annette Schindler announced that a gossip sheet will be printed twice a month and circulated among students only to justify the change and curb sensationalism.
A fragmented retail notice urges readers to check gums for pyorrhea and mentions Druggists refunding money on LETO’S first bottle. It notes Beckman’s Drug Store and lists local social updates about William Linder returning to Cuero, Mrs. Davidson visiting from Houston, Mrs. Daly Wood’s recovery and other brief community items.
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