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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1946
Page
6
Fragmentary item notes local residents Memes Harns and Mrs Viel Ingram visiting Sac shopping. Fay and Gey Dodd spent money in Houston on Tuesday while Lt. Mr. and 4tr. sgh Mer ewer were elsewhere, details unclear.
Chris Christensen, founder of Chris! in Eagle Lake, shares a life steeped in the sea and cinema. He built a varied career pursuing ships and equipment bargains, becoming a captain after twenty seven years at sea, while facing the loss of a brother swept overboard in a storm.
An article traces Chris Jensen born in Aalborg Denmark who becomes a ship builder and technical director for silent films at Twentieth Century Fox. He aids Pirates of the era including The Thief of Bagdad and Mutiny on the Bounty, earning sanction from Darryl Zanuck and working with stars like Shirley Temple and Spencer Tracy. The Christensen family retires to Eagle Lake area and buys Arts Café, renaming it Chris Cate. A baby named Margie Kay is born to Mr and Mrs Helms of Dallas.
Reading fragmentary notes shows a pigeon with foot tags tied to Davis Hannover Dallas and AU 46.7. The jumbled text also records social visits, club meetings, and local happenings such as guests Lodette Ransaver, Dorothy Buller, and Weimar relatives plus football and dairy farm mentions in Port Lavaca and Lane City.
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