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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1953
Page
1
Fragmented OCR text outlines a Walking Blood Bank event at a center on Monday with unclear sponsors and participants. Names and details are partially garbled, mentioning Catholics and various groups and relations. The readable elements suggest a community drive or meeting related to blood donation and organization, but specifics are absent.
BR. L. Baird loses a leg after a hunting accident reporting by WP. Details are scant with fragmented text implying medical action and injury context. The article references a firearms incident and a regional wire service note, leaving key names and locations uncertain.
A fragmentary report notes wells drilled south of Lis and near Edssie, Magnolia and Romney with mentions of a Poole land site west of Edssie and a Magnolia No 1 at Anderson Chesterville field. The text references a Texas Walkover crew waiting to complete Humble's No 1 well and a drilling crew in Bandera area.
Lissie Pastor is slated to speak at a union service today at United, with Rev. Andrew Pete presiding. The event features pastors from First Baptist and other local churches, concluding with a ministerial service and memorial prayers at Grace Lutheran.
Community program seeks donations of deer and other game for a veterans Christmas dinner at Bronke General Hospital in San Antonio. Clubs, wardens, and the public coordinate pickups and deliveries to ensure hospitalized veterans receive a festive meal.
A new highway patrolman, Dan E. Aultman from Mexia, will join .D. L. Wilcox, ending a year of solitary patrol. Aultman recently graduated from the patrolmen’s school in Austin and will share duties starting Sunday morning. The couple, Mr. and Mrs. Adliman, will reside in the Shamrock apartments in Co-
Eagle Lake Fire Marshal J T Pilkington praised elementary and high school students for rapid fire drill evacuations. Elementary school cleared in 1 minute 20 seconds. another drill claimed a one hour obstacle was cleared, and the two story high school emptied in 1 minute 15 seconds.
Seventeen selectees are ordered to report December 1 for pre-induction physicals by Local Board No. 44 at La Grange and nearby posts. Recipients from Colorado County include Donald Roy Boiseon and others. The La Grange Junior Chamber will distribute cigarettes as a courtesy to those departing for service.
Invitations issued for twenty five boys and twenty five girls teams to join the Fourth Annual Rice Basketball Tournament at Bagie Lake High School January 14 15 and 16. So far eleven boys and eight girls have accepted with some openings remaining. Confirmed teams include Deer Park Needville Magnolia East Bernard Spring Branch Cypress Fairbanks and more.
The Baple Lake Garden Club earned near perfect praise at its Fall Flower Show in the Community Center on November 20. Three out-of-town judges rated the event highly, noting improvements in design and strong horticulture displays across 49 classes with 107 exhibitors. Decorations centered on autumn bounty and a Christmas tree, while ribbons totaled 39 blue, 25 red, 17 yellow, and 19 white.
Eagle Lake Volunteer Fire Department members meet at City Hall and reelect A. H. Dipple as chief for the twelfth year. Officers elected include Henry Eretzseh ma as assistant chief, Frita Gold as second assistant chief, E. J. Parma as secretary treasurer, and several captains. The group planned Ladies Night Christus Party for December 14 and credited improved fire prevention with fewer fires. Next meeting is a practice session scheduled for Monday despite the fifth Monday.
The Sunshine Class of Dolly Mennnd Methodist Church will host a Christmas Bazaar in the Community Center Building conference room. The event runs all day Saturday, November 28, beginning at 9:00 AM, with a wide variety of items including food and handmade gifts for sale. Local citizens are invited to attend.
Deadline to pay taxes and receive a two percent discount is Tuesday December 3. State ad valorem taxes only are eligible. county school and poll taxes do not qualify.
A 50 year old man named Sheily Miller faced charges including driving while intoxicated and displaying firearms after a collision near a liquor store outside Columbus. Miller, who was shot in the leg by Charles Rall as he fired at officers, resisted arrest and fled to his vehicle. Police and a Fayetteville school official were at the scene. Miller surrendered after being wounded and was jailed for treatment.
The Rice Theatre opens its box office at 4 45 PM on Thanksgiving Day to offer additional showings. The first full show begins at 5 06 PM, announced by H C Johnson, proprietor. A Technicolor spectacle titled THE STAND AT APACHE RIVER stars Stephen McNally, Julia Adams and Hugh Marlowe, shown Thanksgiving and Friday.
A community event in Eagle Lake as the PTA plans a December 4 bazaar with a chili and Mexican food supper, band concert, country store, Christmas booth, and movie showings. Proceeds fund school improvements. volunteers from multiple grades organize booths and activities for all ages.
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