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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1944
Page
8
The article fragment notes continued mentions of Uncle's Boys with references to Lieutenants Payne and Arnold, and visits by officials during a weekend. It also notes transfers to Arkansas and to Fort Bliss, with paths of service and brief biographical hints about individuals such as J. W. Kearney and Ernest Fowing.
The notice lists funeral arrangements for Geo H Heck and mentions honorary pallbearers C A Stephens P P Ramsey T Dy Larson Henry Reuther H Leo Doljson and Dr P T Gordy. Also named are those accompanying the casket from Bugle Lake to Victoria and several attendees from a Methodist Church conference in San Antonio. The report recalls family sympathy extended by Headlight and notes a Sunday visit to Shiner by Mrs Terrell and family along with Rosiana Howard and Mrs EM Bo Lane.
Texas born May Dewey wife of the Republican nominee for president is a professional in her own right. She trained in Texas and Sapulpa Oklahoma and finished high school in three years as valedictorian. She studied in New York and Chicago and worked in the Methodist Church in Plainfield New Jersey. Active in war work she serves as a Red Cross prayer lady in Albany County. She declines many speaking invitations for her husband. Myrtle Wade and grandson Bobby Cochran visited from Houston. Paul and Julie Harris from San Antonio stayed with Mr and Mrs Boothe. Harris hosted guests including Mrs John Guynn and Grady Harris. Mayor and Mrs Graves returned from Belton. Mrs Esther Behrman of Beaumont visits her aunt Mrs Frank Mazac.
Wharton visitors include Mr and Mrs Lloyd Guffey as Garwood hosts a weekend round of church events, family visits, and military talk. Local families such as the Stiles, Stallman, Kallina, Gideon, and Stanek clans appear among funeral, worship, and Sunday gatherings, with service attendance and guests from Camp Grider, Corpus Christi, and Austin.
Signal Corps note honors a paratrooper departing for France and urges support through regular War Bond purchases. It mentions Dallas resident Treapans Deporte rived hunny Lerdehmsan and San Antonio’s AB Conner at home base, with friends awaiting return after duty.
A flood of local announcements celebrates marriages, funerals, visits, and departures across Houston and nearby towns. The piece notes Shortt's funeral at Lakeside Cemetery, a Salvation Army donation, engagements in Shreveport and Houston, and numerous family visits and travel plans among residents, with social details and kinship ties highlighted.
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