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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1946
Page
5
The Garwood Gin Company announces weekly ginning on Wednesdays and Saturdays starting this week. Local customers are advised to plan deliveries accordingly and note the regular schedule at GARWOOD Gin Co. in town.
Fragments announce Friday calls in Eagle Leake and prompt emergency contact for medical attention. Mentions Dr Sc Willis of Wharton Texas and reference to rapid emergency response. Includes a subscription note for The Houston Journal and a local address at Payne Brossage Lake.
Classified items include sewing machines for repair and sale, Singer electric canes and portables, tractor parts, tires, and dump trees. Personal notices mention Grace Meeher and Rollin Harald Baker, with family travel and hospital references.
Edxor reports a staff roster with names including Patty Martin Dorothy Treybig Juna Ann Labay Madelyne Drapela and Katherine Fling among reporters and editors, and notes various positions across departments. The fragment also references Rath Schmeeckle and Hopie Fiske in unclear roles, suggesting a campus or school newspaper setting.
Sports report notes Garwood’s spirited effort as Crescent defeats them 48 to 32. KC Perona credited with the first Gar touchdown after a Crescent fumble. Alfred Zbrenck nabbed a long pass for Garwood’s second score. Band notes, rain, and senior Madeline Drapela profile follow in the school page.
A garbled schoolroom montage lists students and teachers in playful, incomplete phrases. Questions about Nelda as a rabbit, James and Debbie, and various oddly phrased scenes hint at social dynamics, fashion quirks, and routine school life without coherent events or outcomes.
Twenty members attended the Methodist Youth Fellowship meeting at Coliy Memorial Methodist Church last Sunday and added one new member, Mrs. BT Westmoreland spoke on Undia. Miss Betty Ruth Wood will present a study with a story about that country when the group meets at 6 15 o clock on Sunday evening October 20th. On Monday evening the members held a social in the Recreational Building with an amateur hour. Miss Margaret McNeil won first prize for her presentation, Miss Betty Ruth Beane second, and Patsy Fontenji and Joyce Cooper Lien tied for third and fourth. Refreshments of sandwiches and iced drinks were served. The group’s leader, Mrs. Dewey Gerstenbens, asks Mrs. Grit Thomas, Jr, Mrs. Prantl Smith and OW Westmarrking to assist with the program.
The group meets Monday night and discusses a Saturday camp at Snider Deer Camp. They approve moving meetings to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesdays due to several scouts joining the Fire Department and Monday night conflicts.
The Navy launches a V6 Reserve effort seeking 40 men from all services with typing skills to staff recruiting centers in areas lacking regular Navy establishments. Veterans are eligible. interested applicants should contact Capt Ageton at the Federal Building in New Orleans.
The note expresses gratitude for kindness shown after the death of our father and grandfather. Sincere thanks are extended to George E Bodle Vernow Marshall Bodle and Frank Cade for comforting the family during their loss.
The Wharton Rotary Club held a Tuesday meeting in Rotary Hall with President Wallace Lindsay and officers Gordon Taylor Ney and others. Plans covered Charter Night on October 23 at 7:30 p.m. and Christmas party arrangements. Attendees from Eagle Lake Club and guests including Miss Ella Powell and field executive of the Girl Scouts attended brief comments on the landing field and local events.
The marriage of Miss Agatha Leopold daughter of Mr and Mrs A C Leopold to Albert Gold son of Mr and Mrs Rudolph Gold occurred Tuesday morning at St Marys Catholic Church Nada. Rev Clarence A Leopold officiated with Rev A A Leogald as deacon and Rev A J Weber as sub deacon. The couple will reside in Garwood where the groom runs a grocery store.
Mrs Helen Smith and Mrs M E Leenhower report local social notes from Lissie with visits to Houston and Bellville. Names include Briges Reed Reed and Corman along with families traveling for shopping and visiting relatives, plus a note on a Los Angeles trip by a local family and a remark about a peculiar season rumor.
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