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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1947
Page
10
Bela Lugosi stars in Scared To Death shown in Cinecolor alongside June Compton. Midnight show tickets priced at 44 cents for all seats.
Rural phone plans move forward as Harigel of San Bernard Electric Cooperative says lines will use local power circuits to reach Rock Island and Sheridan. Equipment on order should allow connections within 60 to 90 days, after 144 farmers signed up in May and construction reached about 80 percent.
The E H Henry School for Negroes expands to four buildings with eleven classrooms and an auditorium, employing twelve teachers. Salaries for black teachers total $30,000 and white teachers total $40,000. The district operates six buses, five owned by the district, with several drivers named. Taxable value is around $4.9 million, with a state grant of $15,000 and a total current-year budget near $117,000. District trustees are E H Shirley, R P Wilcox, W T Matthews, V E Gosch, G E Thomas Jr, J H McCreary, and Gardner Duncan.
The Lower Colorado River Authority plans to finance soil conservation services in Colorado County allowing federal help with soil analysis contour surveys and planning at reduced costs. Construction of levees dikes and drainage would remain farmer funded, but LCRA will supply labor and equipment to cut costs, enabling broader adoption. The article notes a precinct vote result list for local divisions.
County conventions begin November 6 to shape long range agricultural policy. Farmers urged to attend the Columbus convention and express views for state, county, and national action culminating in Chicago in December.
The Brownie Troop led by Mrs. Overton Campbell and Mrs. John S. Carroll Jr displays first aid kits in Central Power and Light window. Other leaders Mrs. W C Alley and Mrs. J B Wesson arrange kitchen articles at Texas Southeastern Gas Company window. Mrs. J C Lockwood oversees wood plaques at A B Store. Odessa officer Ai Hinds, formerly deputy sheriff, now in Odessa police. Mrs C R Curry meets sister Mrs W L Wilkinson in Luling to drive to Eagle Lake.
The Central Power & Light Rice Belt Employees Club held a Halloween party at the American Legion Hall last Thursday. Eagle Lake employees hosted with a buffet supper as visitors from Columbus El Campo Garwood Bay City and Edna joined in games and dancing.
Brownie Troop met Wednesday at four o clock at Mrs J B Wesson home with nine present and one absent. They held a Halloween party with games and prizes for Claire Middlebrook Doris Ann Alley Jo An Sens and Judy Fay Thomas. Refreshments included cookies hi ho crackers cheese and peanut butter and cold drinks. Favors were Halloween cups filled with candy. Mrs C B Stephens joined sisters Mrs W B Addison Mrs W A Dickerson of Houston and Mrs J D Andrews near San for a river weekend by San Marcos.
Ernest F. Fraka buys Gulf Service Station from Jessie Gray Lockwood, who leaves to join a government post in Hidalgo Texas. Fraka nicknamed Beans recently returned from Army Air Corps service and has worked at Dr Pepper Bottling. He assumes management this Friday and offers full car servicing.
The Junior Class and sponsor Mrs. E. O. Ranft thank helpers and donors for the rum mage sale last Saturday. Purchasers are thanked for supporting the sale run by the Junior Class. The note includes a historical aside about Indians and old times.
Parade organizers invite Eagle Lake residents businesses and groups to enter entries from bicycles to trucks with prizes for prettiest original and comical. Eagle Lake School Band and Fire Department lead in uniform with color guard. Local firms and cowboys urged to join. riders asked to bring horses and dress for the occasion.
A rice exhibit is on display in the Central Power Light Company office. It features portions from the State Fair of Texas display including pictures of harvesting methods, small shocks of various rice varieties, and named rice brands with grains shown.
A sick woman in Houston asks the clever orphan she raised to marry her husband after she dies, telling him she hopes the girl will become mother to her children. The wife soon recovers after a Wednesday visit. Hon Ed Lee Shaw of Garwood is hospitalized at St Joseph's Infirmary, room 11% in Houston.
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