This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 17 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1957
Page
1
Lions Club hosts a community carnival at Eagle Lake with hot dogs sandwiches chili rice beans and drinks. Proceeds support Eagle Lake projects as volunteers stage the event at the Recretign Center picnic grounds with ample parking and public cooperation urged.
Mothers of the community who enrolled children in the dancing school will meet at 10 Friday morning in the Community Center Conference Room. Mrs Leyendecker will teach this year in place of Mrs Mary Beth Stins who will not hold classes. Mothers may register at the Sunday morning meeting for practice dates and times.
Lake Volunteer Fire Dept recommendations drive budget study as council outlines income and expenditures. Anticipated tax revenue supports general fund and sanitation. street and police needs reviewed. fire department actions include monthly marshal reviews and traffic direction duties.
The Eagle Lake Hand Bocatera Lab will hold its first meeting at 7 pm at the high school bend hall. Local organizers invite residents to attend and learn about the new program and activities.
Construction began Tuesday on a twenty acre development owned by Gritt Thomas near an elementary school property. Plans include street topping by Gulf Bitulithic Co of Houston and utilities by BFE Engilzy Construction Co. Progress aims to enable future growth, with work overseen by consultant N W Gartrell of Wharton and connected to city plans for paving and drainage.
The ordinance drafting Geohibicne Construction and maintenance of walls fences or structures and planting growth on blind corners advances after a second reading. Fire officials urge a review at the dean’s level for traffic safety.
A Neighborhood Girl Scout training event is set for next Tuesday at Cally Memorial Methodist Church. It covers Beginning Brownies for new leaders and mothers, program planning, troop governance, and operation basics from 9:30 to 12, plus a Beginning Intermediate course at 1 to 3 pm.
Attendees at the meeting included Westmoreland and Maitwan with chair Seth Westmoreland, along with Davitedn Eat Rodgers St Hal Fen bess. Also present were Clifford Wiese Rev. Charlee Walton Bra Tred Yen her Mrs. W. F. Meitzen F. Spanlhel Lloyd Spalinger and Rachel Anne Terrell.
Final rites were held in Schlien berg Wednesday afternoon for Harry Landa 81 a resident of Eagle who died after five months in Youcas Hospital He was a wire merchant and longtime grocer on Main Street and retired several years ago He lived with his daughter after retirement
Fragmentary OCR hints a local report on agriculture and trade changes during wartime. Mentions Mate and Garigood with unclear roles, perhaps a farm to market program or market shift affecting producers and buyers in a regional context.
Storms dropped several inches of rain across the Eagle Lake area fueling concern for rice crops and pasture land. Sunderman reports up to ten acres of his rice recovered with hopes for regrowth, while MicDow near Gry-The Ray saw heavy showers and some damaged lawns.
Enrollment across Garwood Rock Island and Eagle Lake districts on opening day shows 1045 students registered for 1957 58 with 684 white students in high and elementary grades and 361 in colored and mixed groups. The report details by school include 155 at Garwood 70 at Rock Island and 521 at Eagle Lake plus shifts in grade allocations and additions to the new elementary wing.
Colorado county reports a completely quiet Labor Day weekend with no accidents. Eagle Lake and Columbus patrols conducted radar checks stopping around 100 speeders across Friday and Sunday. No merchant incidents or injuries were reported during the period.
Mrs Frances Rose Angus was driving a 1950 De Soto from Louisiana to Rowens Texas when she struck a light pole on Highway 504 near Vineyards Corner. The pole snapped, heavy frame damage ensued, but Angus and her one year old child escaped injury. Chief Jags Adams investigated noting a second pole cut in the prior year.
The Eagle Lake Chamber of Commerce will hold its regular monthly meeting Monday night at 21:39. Sharles Begarss, president, urged interested citizens to attend at chamber offices to discuss several topics of public interest.
Eagles of Lake High School prepare for their 19st season opener against Garwood High School in a District 25 A contest. The 8 00 p.m. kickoff draws fans from both communities as the Eagles seek a strong start with eleven lettermen and a large, experienced lineup.
Unclear report lists players and lineup changes for an upcoming Friday night game. References Riley Wiese and team strategies but details are garbled.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.