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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1938
Page
5
The article covers a long description of a golden wedding and a flower show. It lists exhibits in Chrysanthemums, anemones, roses, and various arrangements. The writing outlines exhibits, classification rules, entry procedures, and committee roles for the show.
The Presbyterian Church held a farewell for Rev and Mrs Travis at the Pressmerer home. They leave for Walter Deer where he will serve as pastor. Attending were Mrs Jodie al Jina and others, with a surprise party at Mrs B W Martin’s home featuring cake and punch after nineties.
The Sunshine Class of the Methodist Church met at Mrs John Srisbois home on Monday afternoon with EC Terrell and J Davidson presiding. Bible lessons followed by a short business session and a social hour with refreshments. Committees for a bazar raising 612 dollars were named for the event to be held Saturday after Thanksgiving. The next meeting will be the second Monday in November at Mrs James G. Mogan and Floyd Hedde co hosts, at Mrs Justin A. Smith’s home.
The Begte Lake Study Club met on a Wednesday in October at Mrs. Frank Stephens home. Program leader was Mr Justin A Smith. Descriptions of The Tal Mahal The Kremlin and The Hall of Mystery were presented by Mrs A Ruggles Mrs F C Wozencraft and others.
A local theatre offers 50 model Boeing Flying Fortress planes as prizes for attending the Maulinee at the Avalon Theatre on Saturday. Every child present will receive a free Boeing picture and learn how to win a model, regardless of theatre drawing outcomes.
Pratt Pare One leads with a one foot score as the Eagles roll to a 49 win over Sealy. Columbus Downs Piastonia 13 0 while Bay City defeats Freeport 33 0. Wharton trounces Palacios 7 0 in a busy Friday night gridiron roundup.
Wharton overwhelmed opponents Friday night at home as Sonny Ferguton scored five touchdowns and Teck Null Wardick and Wardick each added two. Wardick's long run stood out in a 60 to 9 scoring spree.
The Forum for Religious Discussion set to restart on Tuesday at 7 30 p m sponsored by Christ Episcopal Church and led by Rev Plank Weather will chair the first meeting in the Episcopal rectory The topic Hes Gelence Discovered God invites questions from attendees and outside speakers are planned with no membership fees or age limit The gathering remains interdenominational and open to all seeking religious truth
Walter Taylor of the Texas Natural Gas Utilities, stationed with relatives in Alice, spent the weekend there. Relatives escorted him to Campo Sider to catch a Greyhound bus back to Alice. The bus was late by about half an hour due to a necessary change.
A passenger on a Corpus Christi bus allegedly helped a Mexican woman assault a child during travel. The driver landed Walter at Corpus bus station ten minutes before Alyce’s arrival. Time for vacation needs advertised by Mrs. T. B. Deale and Joe D. Luns on 99.
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