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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1955
Page
12
Community notes list church and social activities in Garwood during the week. Various residents attend meetings, visits, and family gatherings, with sermons, prayers, travel, and local events mentioned alongside brief personal updates and church affiliations.
Surviving relatives listed include four daughters and many friends from Houston and local communities. The fragment mentions services and extended family such as Mrs. P. H. Cauthan and Mrs. J. B. Cox among others, with numerous names indicating a funeral notice.
The chapter presented Mrs. Darby a life membership with Gardner Seaholm delivering a talk on her influence. Past Matrons shared memories while Agnes Jones sang and the group joined in Blest Be The Tie That Binds. Refreshments followed with lime punch, angel food squares, and a decorated tea table. Hostesses included Lizzie West Moreland and Edna Seaholm with several helpers.
The obituary notes the life of Mrs. Wickham Thomas who married W M Thomas in Temple on July 26 1922 and later moved to this community in 1934. Survived by husband William M Thomas Sr daughter Jo Ann Voskamp of Rockdale Texas son W M Thomas Jr brother T M Wickham of Temple and three grandchildren. She was a longtime member of the Methodist Church and Eagle Lake Order of Eastern Star. She and her husband were active in the Texas Flying Partners Association and related affairs in Texas and neighboring states.
Towers in the colored section urge support for the Consolidated Fund drive through local welfare relief, the Council Boy Scout fund, the Red Cross, and Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation. The slogan Give Once For All invites donations via S. H. Broyles or A. H. Dipple. Mrs. L J Burger returns from a ten day visit with the Roy Boethel family in Beeville.
Eagle Lake Lions Club will sponsor Caravan Sales for the Blind on November 3rd with products such as brooms, mops, door mats, ironing board covers and pads sold from the Caravan truck at 8 am on the square. That night a house-to-house canvass will be conducted to reach residents. Blind craftsmen from the Lighthouse for the Blind in Houston produced the wares. The program supports thousands of visually handicapped workers in Texas and aids Lions Club fundraising for charitable projects.
Mrs Jennie Bennett and son Ed of Houston visited Mr and Mrs Jim Everitt while Gertson and Dr Dan Schuman retired from a Colorado hunting trip. Vermillions and Zimmerman traveled from Omaha to Houston then Lissie with California Oregon visits. Galveston hospital trip.
Eagle Lake Study Club met last Wednesday October 19 at the Community Center to discuss the School Curriculum. Principal speaker W R Wyatt high school principal explained course offerings. Mrs Justin Smith presided in the president's absence and Mrs Clyde Nispel presented a report on the club's project the Eagle Lake Library.
W A Hefner and Johnny Nelson of Garwood hosted an event with Harold Moore of the Farm Bureau explaining the insurance program. Dutch Hohn delivered the main talk on bureau usefulness to farmers and soil conservation amid farming wisdom. Also noted are visits by Mr and Mrs John Shroup of Santa Anna to relatives including H J Campbell and others, and trips by D J Zahladnick and family and H Schmidt to Weimar to visit relatives.
Hundreds of locals and visitors attended the grand opening of the Klockman's Sinclair Service Station on East Main Street last Saturday. Prizes drawn at 9:00 p.m. included a Schwinn bicycle to Jim Wiese, a Remington pump to Paul Napoli, and an Electric Roaster Oven to George Kretzschmar. visitors received favors like gum, oil, balloons, and spoons. Arnold R. Klockman thanked the public and friends for their support.
A Latin American Brownie Girl Scout troop was organized with Mrs. Fred Sosa and Mrs. Manuel Semora leading. Meetings are Wednesdays 3:45 to 4:45 pm at the elementary school. Members present included Elida Sauceda and others. They made paper bag puppets and planned a Halloween parade march on October 31. Joe Nardini returned to Des Moines after a two week visit.
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