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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1945
Page
4
The Eaglet recaps Thanksgiving origins with Pilgrims and Bradford, then details Eagle Lake High School events. It covers travel to a Houston game against Rice and A. & M. with student reporters Mike Canaris and team memories, classroom notes, teacher appreciations, nicknames, and junior high items including birthdays, literature, Christmas planning, and local visits.
Mr and Mrs Ralph Thomas purchased the Caylor home in Eagle Lake from Frank Causey and plan to move to their country home in Nottawa. Local residents include Wells families and visiting soldiers from Camp Hood and A M College. The community notes also mention Eagle Lake High alumni visits and relatives in Liberty County.
The El Campo Red Hill Nat season ends with dances by Louis Mik Halka on Nov 24, Johnnie Baca on Nov 27, and Bill Cornellion on Thanksgiving Day. After these events no further dances occur until Dec 25 for a Christmas celebration, with plans for New Year’s Eve dance on Dec 31.
Mr and Mrs M C Fontenot Mr and Mrs Bruce Waddell Mr and Mrs Wallace Lindsay and Mr and Mrs J R Reed attended the A M Rice Institute game last Saturday.
Aransas Pass residents and visitors, including Mr. and Mrs. Barney Swan and family, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Niemeyer, Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Benson, and J. K. Cox of Freeport, spent a weekend visiting relatives. Rev. and Mrs. Dollar from Fort Worth conducted services at the Baptist Church. Miss Tootsie Alford of Cleveland spent the weekend with her parents, while Mrs. Harry Brisco and Ruth Botard visited Houston for business.
Miss Grace Miculka spent the week end with Mrs. Otto Thumann. Mrs G M Cason and son George were shopping in Houston last Saturday. Mrs Otis Pouncey was a business visitor at Matthews last Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Molmes of Houston were weekend visitors of Mr. and Mrs. George Cason and son. Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Thumann and sons were in Weimar last Sunday for a deer hunt. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Tremell and family of Port O Connor were weekend visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Thumann. Bill Pickett and Carl Thumann were the two luckiest men in Matthews each killing a 6 point buck the first day of deer season. Mrs. Jerry Landa and baby daughter left this week to join Mr. Landa at Tulsa Oklahoma. They were accompanied to Houston by Mrs. Harry Landa and Mrs. Joe Stahl of Schulenburg.
The Flame club reports no practice on Monday night and urges all department members to attend the regular monthly business meeting next Monday. A warning to check homes for fire hazards accompanies the note. Miss Annette Seaholm, student nurse at John Sealy Hospital in Galveston, visited her parents Mr and Mrs Earnst Seaholm and family during the week.
Members of the Baptist Training Union hosted a supper party at sponsor Mrs. J C Lockwood's home last Thursday. Buffet dining featured a guest list including Ralph Gertson John Walker Donald Morris Edmund Munford Leon Parma Betty Joyce Linke Jean Linke Patsy Reach Kay Kearney Ernest Mac Seaholm Betty Graham Betty Joe McElmurray Joan Davis Harold Hutson James Gertson Betty Jane Kilgore Vernon Gertson and David Morris.
Mrs. W. S. Gordy and granddaughter Caroline with Mrs. Ben Stapleton spent Friday and Saturday visiting relatives in Houston. Miss Billy Jean Gordy joined them for the return and remained over the weekend with her parents.
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