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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1954
Page
9
Mrs M I Nicewander details social visits and guests including Mr and Mrs Antone Baker Mrs Gilbert Baker and Mrs Bud in past week. Family and friends from La and here visited. mentions D Lawrie Ir R Jacobser and Osear Baker with reference to upcoming surgery in Philadelphia this week.
Cong Clark W. Thompson warns of a fight over cotton acreage allotments and stronger controls on farmers. He predicts an inevitable reduction tied to surplus and rice demand in the Far East, urging an earlier farm program announcement by December 1st rather than December 31st.
Mr and Mrs Chas Herzik of Houston spent the weekend here with her parents Mr and Mrs Frnka Sr and other relatives Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Frnka accompanied the Herziks to Houston where they will spend a few days.
Mr and Mrs Curtis McClanahan of Houston were Eagle Lake visitors on Wednesday. A featured gift was an Elgin Watch from Joe D Luna's, marking a notable local interaction and retail choice.
Blume's Orchestra of La Grange will entertain for dancing at the Club Montezuma dance at Eagle Lake Community Center Saturday evening, October 23. The event begins a fall schedule of dances for the club with Rhine Winkler's and Jur ecka's orchestras slated for subsequent dances in November and December following the Rice-Texas football game.
District Eleven of the Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers schedules a Legislative Work Shop from 9:15 AM to 2:50 PM at North Side Elementary School in El Campo. Hosted by Mrs M S Braungel of Galveston, it serves Wharton Matagorda Colorado Fayette Lavaca Jackson counties and those who missed the Richmond session on October 1. 24 hour prescription service and toys for Christmas on layaway at Hargrove's.
Mrs Lulu Monkhouse of Eagle Lake high school will join the University of Houston October 23 as a sponsor at Journalism sections during the Student Activities Conference. The morning program covers Extemporaneous Speech Declamation Drama Television Ready Writers Debate Student Council Journalism and Year Book with Southeast Texas high school administrators in charge of sessions. The aim is to instruct junior and senior high students in a range of activities and scholarship.
A Saturday evening report from Scott describes Hargravé's selling Super Kem-tone bags used in deer hunting. Hunters Marcus Bergen Isaac Nontenot of Scott participated, with companions noted in the incident sequence.
Pfc. Melvin C. Baca, 23, of Garwood Texas, serving with the 10th Infantry Division at Fort Riley Kansas, participated as part of the Eagle Lake Women’s Home Demonstration Club effort. The group stitched and prepared fifty six bandages for cancer patients at a Thursday meeting held at the home of Mrs. Tate, with the president absent and new officers elected for the coming year.
The Coushatta District Committee will dine at 1 p.m. October 26 in the Columbus School Cafeteria. The Scouters will have dinner at the Columbus Rotary Club, then move to the auditorium for the business meeting. Program items include election of district officers for 1955, plans for the annual district meeting, and distribution of dinner tickets.
Mrs Julia Smith Klutz of Union South Carolina visits Eagle Lake for October with cousins Mrs PB Gordon and Miss Mamie Johinson. Mike Hansen and Jerry Peterson of Houston were weekend guests at their parents home in Eagle Lake. 5 Hargrove's jelly tricycles.
Ten members and one visitor attended the gathering and were served congealed pie and cold drinks. The next meeting is set for October 28 at the home of Mrs Roy A Van Nort.
Mrs. Will Walker spent Sunday in New Gulf enjoying time with her sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs Henry Chambless and her niece and family Mr and Don Welch and son Hargrave started selling light globes.
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