Eagle Lake Schools Open Tuesday With Modest Beginnings
Eagle Lake prepares for the 1954-55 term with 11 hundred expected to enroll across four schools. 700 white and 792 colored students listed in census. high school to gain 55 principals?. transfers include Wharton, Columbus, Bernado, Lissie and Needville. Principal Arnold Payne leads high school. HC R ole at elementary. Opening day Tuesday with 9 am classes and faculty meeting at 10:40 am. Football game vs Cy Fairbanks Friday at local field.
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Air Force Base
B. Henry Colorad High School
Apm
Eagle Lake
Princer
Arnold Payne
Ell Cretes
Uhe
Eagle Saxe
Totel
Wharton
Colonbus
Bernado
Lissie
Bonus
Needville
E. H. Henry
Cy Fairbanks
County Budget Hearing Set for Sept 10 at 10 A.M.
Colorado County Commissioners Court schedules a budget hearing for the 1955 calendar year at 10:00 am on September 10. Tax valuations approach 45.6 million with resources around 1,048,852 and expenditures of 705,696. Revenue relies on the existing 80 cent rate plus 30 cent ad valorem on non-homestead properties. The court will set the rate with no anticipated change from the prior level, though minor subdivisions may adjust funds. Following the budget hearing,
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Colorado County Commissioners Court
Area Schools Plan Open Start For 1954 55 Term
Area pupils begin classes on Monday or Tuesday as the 1954-55 term opens. Garwood district sets September 6 with Paul Lewis asking vaccination and birth certificates. Sheridan High and Rock Island schools also open September 6 or 7 with faculty unchanged from last year.
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Garwood
Ganwood
Paul Lewis
Ganwood School
Lissie
Sheridan High School
Sheridan
Supt V
Rock Island
J W. L. Sutherland
Four Houston Teens Nabbed In Car Theft Chase
Four Houston teenagers halted after a long chase through a rice field by Eagle Lake police ended with two 16 year olds and two 14 year olds sent to Houston authorities. Car theft charges were filed by Chief W E Shaw and County Judge John A Hancher ordered further action.
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Houston
Eagle Lake
John A. Hancher
W. E. Shaw
Band Boosters Meeting Called for Sept 7 at 8 PM
Bandmaster O N Campbell summons Band Boosters to a special meeting on Tuesday evening September 7 at 8 00 PM in the band hall. All members urged to attend as plans for operating the concession stand at the football field will be discussed.
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O. N. Campbell
Band Boosters Club
Band Boosters
Campbell
Eagle Lake Lions Carnival Opens With Band Prelude
The Eagle Lake High School Band will debut the fall season with a 5:30 pm concert as the Lions Club opens the annual city carnival on the downtown Eagle Lake square. Lions Club members expect the event to be the biggest yet with a Mexican supper and drinks, drawing merchants and workers to the Thursday night celebration.
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Eagle Lake
Lions Club
Lions
Two Oil-Gas Tests to Begin in This Area
Oil activity expands with two new tests in Englehart area this week. J R Buck of Houston plans a Yegua Cockfield test to 7000 feet on Duncan land near a Buck Houston Oil Co. well not yet tied to production. Skelly Oil Co no 1 Garry Labay starts on 2198 acre lease in Samuel Kenelly Survey, 1700 feet south of Labay 1, target depth 6800 feet.
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Te Englehart Field
J. R. Buck
Houston
W. Duncan Land
Buck and Houston Oil Company
Duncan Land
Englehart Field
Skelly Oil Co
Garry Labay
Samuel Kenelly Survey
J, Labay
Stallman Re elected Chairman of County ASC Committee
The Colorado County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation office held a meeting Monday to elect the 1954 55 county committee. W A Stallman of Garwood was reelected chairman and Joy Hoegemeyer of Weimar was named vice chairman. Hugh Wilson of Columbus was named regular member and first alternate Fred Froelich Jr of Weimar second alternate A A Gertson of Eagle Lake was named as second alternate.
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Colorado County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
W. A. Stallman
Garwood
Joy Hoegemeyer
Weim
Hugh Wilson
Columbus
Fred Froelich, Jr
Weimar
A. A. Gertson
Eagle Lake
QB Club To Purchase Parkas For Eagles With $1 Dues
Eagle Lake Quarterback Club votes to raise funds via $1 memberships to buy three quarter length parkas for Eagle Lake High School football team. Meeting sets for 1954 55 year with Tuesday sessions at Campbell's Drive Inn. Plans include two charity projects and annual Halloween carnival.
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Eagle Lake
City Hall
Parkes
Campbell's Drive Inn
Eagles
Schoel
Lab
Oscar Miller
R. F. Spaniheli
Mar
L. J. Spankel
Arnold Payne
Ben Brasher
E. J. Parma
R. Cook
Ray Crutchfield
Clifford Wiese
T. P. Dowdy
Adolf Hallas
Ergle Lake High School
Miller
City Announces Labor Day Closure Monday
Eagle Lake will observe Labor Day on Monday September 6 with post office, stores, and schools closed or limited. Public offices pause as families plan final summer outings and teachers prepare for the new school year with faculty meetings.
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Eagle Lake
Pos
Annual Home Coming Feast at Nada Sunday
St Mary’s Catholic Church hosts its annual Homecoming Feast in Suda on Sunday. Services at 6 and 10 am open the program, followed by a barbecue at 11:30 am for 1.00 per plate. Adolf Falkes and his orchestra provide music. an auction at 2 pm. supper at 5 pm. dance sponsored by Nada Knights of Columbus.
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Neven Annua
St. Mary's
Suda
Adolf Falkes
Schulentarrg
Nada
Knights of Columbus Council
EB. J. Bily
St. Mary's In- Friends
Grand Jury To Convene Monday With Light Docket
A February term grand jury will be empaneled Monday morning by Judge Lester Holt to begin a light docket of criminal cases and civil suits. The court plans to hear 59 civil cases, including 15 jury cases, and 64 divorce cases. District Judge Holt will preside as September 6 begins. The District Attorney elect, Paul Boethel, is expected to assist the grand jury. First civil jury trial set for Emil Buxkemper et al v Missouri-Kansas-Texas RR Co. on the following Tuesday.
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District Court
Lester Holt
Setember
W. W. Ellison
Paul Boethel
Emil Buxkemper
Clifton J. Johnson
Jesse Bremby
Henry Johnson
RC. Mundy
Hazel Mundy
L. W. Stiles
The
First Capitol State Bank
Dave Taindquist
Lewis Kohteffel
Eagle Lake Pipe Co
C. Dietrick
Heavy Rain and Wind Hit Eagle Lake Tuesday Night
The Eagle Lake area logged three to five inches of rain with high winds and a violent storm Tuesday night. Lightning caused appliance outages and a bolt damaged a television and nearby homes. Power flickered, lines were damaged, and trees and signs fell in neighboring areas. May have eased drought, with standing water in ditches returning for weeks of moisture despite harvest disruption.
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Eagle Lake
Bad Wweather
Baptist Parssonage
Prairie Street
Carol
Atlantic
Columbus
Gidden-Columbus
Shivers Nominated For Third Term By Big County Win
Colorado County voters backed Governor Allan Shivers in a decisive primary run off, 4030 to 2016, with Shivers leading statewide by about 93,000 votes to Yarborough. In Colorado County, Shivers carried Columbus and Eagle Lake with large margins, while Yarborough swept smaller boxes. total county turnout reached 14,yyy ballots across precincts.
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Colorado County
Texas
Allan Shivers
Colorado
Shivers
Yarborough
Yutoff Bale Lot
Few Brewster
Alfred M. Scott
Supreme Court of Texas
Eagle Lake
Sol
Sol To 221; Favoring Mr. Brewster
Scott
Mr. Davison
Brewster
Lloyd W. Davison
Court of Criminal Appeals
Columbus
Weimar
Shaws Beni
Mr. Yarborough
Altair
Record Number Of Pink Bollworms Found In County
A record count of pink bollworms was found in gin trash inspections across the county, prompting a push for a total cotton stalk destruction program. State entomology staff collected 85.5 bushels of gin trash with averages from 50 to 383 bollworms per bushel, an unprecedented peak since 1849 inspections began.
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Fink
Bureau of Entomology and
Band Uniforms To Be Issued Friday
Eagle Lake school band members report to the band hall Friday morning September 3 to receive uniforms. Distribution begins promptly at 8:00 a.m. Bandmaster O N Campbell urges punctuality.
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Eagle Lake
O. N. Campbell
Cubs and Scouts Helped Raise Mod Campaign Funds
Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts collected 387.20 for the March of Dimes drive in downtown areas last Saturday. They handled iron lung containers, staffed Main Street collection baskets, and supported a city effort to fund polio relief, with additional contributions from a local dance and direct gifts. No final tally was available at press time.
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L. Guthrie
Main Street
Cervenka's
Altair
City Service Stations to Donate Part of Receipts Saturday
Six major service stations will honor the Eagle Lake Boy and Girl Scouts on Saturday September 4 designated Appreciation Day. They pledge to contribute 10 percent of gross receipts from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm to the Scout organizations to support their upkeep and activities.
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Eagle Lake
Texas Service Station Association
Phillins 66
TSSA
Beale Accepts Presbyterian Pastorship In Eagle Lake
The Reverend Warren W. Beale of Decatur Georgia has accepted the call of the Presbyterian Session to assume pastorship duties at the Presbyterian Church in Eagle Lake starting Sunday September. He prepared at Columbia Seminary and did post graduate work at Rice and the University of Houston. He previously served in Jacksonville Florida and will move with his wife and two sons David and Norman to the Eagle Lake Manse after repairs are finished. He will lead worship services at Matthew Sunday.
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Warren W. Beats
Decatur
Georgia
Eagle Lake
Beale
Columbia Seminary
Rice
University of Houston
Jacksonville
Florida
David
Norman
Eagle Dake
Presbyterian Manse
Matthew
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County
ASC
Comm
Parkas
Grand Jury
BIG Majority
Ted Adams
Glidden
Rev. W. Beale
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