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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1945
Page
7
Mrs J Len Johnson entertained Sunday evening in a birthday gathering for Dr Ben Johnson. The event brought together local friends and colleagues to celebrate the physician’s milestone with light refreshments and warm wishes.
Humble to air five conference football games this weekend with Southwest Conference teams featured. San Antonio and Dallas stations will carry key inter sectional matches including SMU vs Oklahoma State and Baylor vs Arkansas. Rice Tulane game set for Houston broadcast with multiple stations listed. A&M vs LSU at Baton Rouge closes the slate with extensive Dallas Houston and Texas stations carrying the night game. News note: Janice and Joan Davis were ill this week and confined to bed.
The Eagle Lake Eagles won 57 to 0 at Somerville in their first Center Enge game of the season. Dr L Kopecky's car carrying several players rolled on a wet spot near Wilson Hill but none were injured. Passengers included Reagan Laughlin Harold Lloyd Williams Bert Laermer Robert Beals Draper Stephens and John Naumann.
An old newspaper blurb warns that neglect may lead to pyorrhea and mentions a product named Letos with a caution that druggists may refund money if the first bottle fails to help. The note appears as an ad or health tip from Beckman's Drug Store.
Congratulations pour in for Mr and Mrs C Weiderstein on the arrival of a baby boy Jas Thursday at Laughlin Hospital Eagle Lake Mrs Nannie B Rodgers is visiting Houston Malone and in May Malone spent Sunday in Victoria with Mrs J C Durham and Mr Durham Miss Sadie Northington and Mrs Will Meriwether visited New Braunfels last week Mr and Mrs F B Duncan host grandchildren Olive and Michael Hershey from Houston for a visit Jack and Jerald Oberhaus aboard the U S S Vandenburg sent letters home detailing their August 25 departure from San Francisco with stops at Honolulu the Marshalls Guam and Okinawa en route to Japan The ship deck officer found twins on duty by chance and promised to write them up in the ship paper Little Miss Carol Joy Longmire hosted Yvonne and Buddy Barton of Houston and Donna Lou and Gayle Thomas of Lissie Harold Hinze aboard the U S S Minneapolis now in China reports its designation as Flagship of the 7th Fleet OL M Looney of Corpus Christi visited the Otradosky home with sisters Hilda Seleer and Lilly Mills accompanying him for a few days in Corpus Christi
Clements Northington of the DS C G Service arrives home after a three year military spell aboard the USS Carson City. He earned two Battle Stars for Leyte and the Philippines and spent fourteen months in the South Pacific. Several relatives from Houston Wharton Hungerford Glen Flora and Hungerford join in celebration at family gatherings.
Mr and Mrs Eldon Eveton of Rockport were guests of his parents Mr and Mrs A M Eveton this week.
A list of visitors spent Sunday at the W H Nelson home including Mr and Mrs John Neuendorff and family Mr and Mrs Anton Neuendorff and sons Mr and Mrs G A Braden Mr and Mrs Baldwin Hill and family Mr and Mrs William Nelson and family Mr and Mrs Rey Schesta Mrs Joe Braden Mrs Anton Nelson and Rev A W Didner Also Mr and Mrs Sam Marsalia and son of Eagle Lake visited with Mr and Mrs Alex Jones Sr Mr and Mrs Leo Henneke and en visited Mr and Mrs Otto Boughardt and Mrs Adolph Fuchs Sunday Elo Kotrla of San Antonio spent the weekend with relatives here.
Notice declares Garwood Gin Company and Arnold's Gin of Garwood Texas will operate gins on Wednesdays Fridays and Saturdays only. No ginning after six o'clock in the afternoon. Subscriptions dated October 12, 1921.
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