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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1962
Page
4
Wharton County Farmers Union held its annual meeting in Wharton with about 75 attendees. The group adopted a resolution urging support for the parity price principle to ensure fair farm prices and a balance with equipment costs and operating expenses.
K. E. Simank general manager of the El Campo Production Credit Association will attend the annual fall meeting of the South Texas Production Credit Associations General Managers Conference in San Antonio on Monday November 19. Representing the El Campo POA board of directors are expected to accompany Simank. The 13 member associations provide over 100 million dollars in short and intermediate term agricultural credit each year in a broad Texas region.
John E. Hasty Jr has been discharged from the Army after serving with the 24th Artillery in Germany and visits his parents Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hasty Sr before returning to work as a machine operator for the Southern Pacific railroad. Maud Skelton shows improvement after two weeks in the hospital. The Rev Father A W Didner spent Sunday through Tuesday in Temple.
Laura Leyendecker daughter of Victoria Leyendecker and pioneer Colorado County citizens dies at 91. Born into a Houston area family she married Charles Boedeker a Santa Fe Railroad clerk. The couple moved from Eagle Lake to Houston after marriage.
C. C. Beasley of Missouri filed suit in District Court at Columbus against Claude C. Thomas and others of Oklahoma to foreclose a note on 40 acres in the Rock Island area. The report also notes local social visits and a 60th wedding anniversary in La Grange.
Garwood residents gather for engagements and community activity as Jerome Frax earns Who's Who recognition at Sam Houston State Teachers College. Local gatherings include bridge club, birthday party, church, and Home Demonstration events with attendees from Columbus and El Campo.
Sarah Robinson of Liveoak 4-H earned third place and honorable mention in the junior individual division at the District Rice Coote erg Contest in Bryan Texas. Bastrop and Washington counties took first and second. Colorado County entrants included Robert Burford and Sherman Elliott. Eleven counties were represented as 4-Hers learned demonstration skills and nutritive value of rice under agent Bina L. Pouney.
Garwood mourns Mrs George Stallman who died after weeks in Laughlin Hospital. Funeral held at First Presbyterian Church Eagle Lake with burial at Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery Columbus. Home Demonstration Club meeting rescheduled to Tuesday due to her death.
Readable segments show Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic and Episcopal church notices. Times listed include Masses and devotions on weekday mornings and Friday evening, with Sunday morning services at 11:00 am and Bible study at 10:00 am, plus an 7:30 pm evening service. Sheridan, Texas-based parish events and rector Rev James Dannelley are mentioned.
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