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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1947
Page
10
The Cole Theatre will skip its usual Hallowe en Midnight presentation this year and replace it with a Special Midnight Show on November 6. Details will follow.
All Eagle Lake Volunteer Fire Department members are reminded of a regular business meeting at City Hall on Monday evening October 27. Firemen will review the success of their Wednesday program and all are urged to attend this important gathering.
Six Eagle Lake school buses transporting neighboring children to Eagle Lake were inspected at City Park by Highway Patrolmen A. W. Weiss and J. L. Rundell. Sheridan buses were found in order, while Garwood must enlarge lettering from six to eight inches to meet requirements.
Ground breaking held for a $66,992 Columbus school gymnasium auditorium with completion hoped before January 15, 1948. The Mansfield Memorial Library broke ground last Monday, funded by land donated by the late Congressman J. J. Mansfield, signaling early start on a new modern city library.
Leon Parma was sidelined by a knee injury and Leon Ingram played while ill as the Eagles fought hard against Schulenburg. John Walker threw a 55 yard pass to Jack Dodd and Isidoro Contreras added a standout run. Large crowds from Columbus and nearby towns praised the team. A postgame chicken barbecue was served, with patrons led by Mesdames Calvertson, Williams, and Reed. The community hopes for a postseason gathering after the Columbus game on November 7.
At the Lions club meeting on Thursday October 16 guests included Martin Hale Coach Edwin Reach Gardner Duncan and Roland Campbell. A motion picture of the 1946 Texas Texas A and M football game was shown by Martin Hale. Another Texas game was shown on Thursday October 23 with high school football coach Beach as guest. The meeting ended with Lions procedure.
Budget committee sets Columbus community chest goal at 6000 with allocations to Boy Scouts Sam Houston area council 900 local troops 300 Salvation Army 500 Girl Scouts 1150 Columbus Welfare Fund 1740 Shrine Crippled Children 600 Mansfield Memorial Library 660 shrinkage fund 150 and volunteer Fire Department 300. Welfare division funds cover school aid white 500 colored 200 Christmas party 50 church charity 50 local charity 300 and miscellaneous 340. Community Chest model praised as efficient national charity method. Mr and Mrs E C Cassady of Lissie and daughter visit Illinois relatives. F Ireland of Houston also travel, planning stops in Charleston Paris and Mattoon.
The East Bernard school reorganizes its Vocational Agriculture program with William Kopecky guiding the new East Bernard FFA chapter. The cafeteria serves about 125 students daily with 20 cent lunches. On November 1 the Home Economics department will host a district vocational meeting for sixteen counties, expecting around 300 girls and supervisors.
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