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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1947
Page
9
Lester Beckman of Honduras arrived in New Orleans last week and was guided to Eagle Lake by his sister Mrs. O W Loverette for a visit with their parents Mr and Mrs Henry Beckman Professor. The Beckmans have just returned from a trip to Missouri.
Mr and Mrs Raymond Jochetz Sr announce the engagement of their daughter Mary Victoria to Miles Theuman son of Mrs M Theuman The wedding will be at 900 AM Tuesday November 25 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church Rev A W Didner officiating The couple are well known locally Mary works at Central Power and Light while Miles is a prominent local rice farmer.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Colly hosted a dinner at their home after the rehearsal for the wedding of their daughter Sue to Herry Maynard Kreidler. The table featured a V shape, white satin ribbons, orange blossoms, white and pink blossoms, and white candles. Guests included wedding party members, out of town relatives, and close city friends. Bruce McCarty of Waco attended the Columbus-Eagle Lake game and traveled to Austin with Miss Wyatt Graves for the Texas Baylor game. he is a Baylor student. Nearby visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Morris Chew and their daughter from Houston to visit the family.
Funeral services for Mrs. J M Cole were conducted at the First Baptist Church in Edna with burial in Edna. She died November 4 in Kerrville after several months of illness born May 29 1886 she had lived in several south Texas communities before moving to Eagle Lake then Kerrville. She leaves husband J M Cole three sons Ervin Emmitt and Ed three daughters Lillian Ingram Bernice Woodson and Maurice Wade twelve grandchildren one great grandchild a brother Bert Johnson two sisters Willie Mulding and Jessie Wiets two siblings John Johnson Julia Smith had died during her illness. A mention of kin from Eagle Lake and nearby communities followed.
Eagle Lake fans followed Brenham Navasota clash last Friday as both unbeaten teams vied for District 33 4 honors. Brenham led by Gwen Erekson won 20 to 0, Erekson eyeing his third title in four years at Brenham High. East Bernard's W B Hinton Jr. saw his squad rally late in a 26 to 12 win over Sugar Land. Local fans plan to attend Wharton El Campo clash and Columbus Schulenburg Friday showdown amid district title races.
Neither Schulenburg nor Columbus has lost in the 32-B race. Pastic scores and performances hint Schulenburg holds the edge, though football unpredictability remains a factor.
Mrs Leon Herzik of Schulenburg and Mrs Alfred Renther hosted a surprise miscellanous shower for Evelyn Waddell at her home on Thursday evening last week. Little Sandra Kay Lun wig, dressed as a bride, gave the remembrances to the bride elect. Refreshments followed the gift display. Raymond Thomas visited from Texas University to attend the Dolly Kreidter wedding and the Eagle Lake Columbus football game.
An Oklahoma note reports a minister’s policy prompting family input on a sermon. David, seven in the clan, said he found three good places to quit. Separately, many students and local fans plan to travel with the team to the game site amid a bottle incident.
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