08 Sep 1939
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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1939
Page
1
The Eagles start their season with a focused practice, announcing the lineup of players and hopefuls for positions. Reported injuries and conditioning notes highlight the team’s mix of veteran and inexperienced talents as they prepare under coach guidance.
The Garwood and company rigs near Garwood drill toward 586 feet and near 6100 feet at Columbus. Reports note core tests, gas sands detected, and a general impression that wells drift toward 3000 feet with potential gas shows.
Ten of the six, Houston torpedoed and sunk submarine are by Os Kadwa to Fa Ble. Stine Dearth.
A community Trades Day feature announces a sale with cash and live stock prizes, noting October seventh as the date. The event includes a morning program at 10:24 to 12 noon, a second session at 1:24 to 4 pm, and a concert by Martin Tale at Anniin's Walt Tad, with Kerthy Smith undergoing an operation.
Mrs Willa Conler visits Renwmoant for support as Helen Smith of Thorn yall recuperates after an operation performed by Dr Glosset of Fale Take at Bell Memo hospital in Gatambise on Saturday evening.
A gravel truck fatally crushed a child on West Main Street after turning into the street from a parking spot. The driver, W. J. Bramley of Bridge State, halted immediately, but the child died at the scene. Funeral services followed at First Baptist Church with multiple relatives and community members in attendance.
Lyle T. Phillips from Garwood reports on a curious scheme at a river mill where rats use shredded newspaper and paper scraps as nest material. SkeetTM runs a rate mill operation, stockpiling waste paper to attract rats so he can trap and kill them, claiming rice sacks are being abandoned in favor of paper morsels.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe an operation after a visit at a Wisconsin location and mention someone named Tart Peanut and Sire Fiver, with unclear hort context. Strong entities are sparse and details are incomplete.
City council announces Jake Wood as temporary special city marshal succeeding A Wilbur. Mayor Welsten appoints Wood to serve until a regular council meeting on September 14, with full duties expected. Wood praised for experience and anticipated to become permanent at next council session.
The district court enters its first week of the fall session with grand jury indictments including State of Texas v. Woy Lee Stone and Alfred Vinson for incidents of theft and desertion. Separately, multiple divorces are granted with custody arrangements and support orders set, while several cases await trial in September and mid-month.
Supt W O Meek reports rising enrollment in the district as the fall term starts next Monday. New teachers join staff including Miss Flavin Gieavis and Miss Dorothy Darby while Mike Teiliaianin joins as school helper at Savatenta.
Local notices describe a moving gravel operation aimed at a site near Wharton County fields. Details are fragmented but indicate activity around East Terland and Newton to Lapitee routes with shipments and track movements continuing today.
Mr and Mrs Kanpt traveled from the West Coast to Praresville for a work bound visit. They recently returned from a delightful TV tour of the West Coast stopping at Calliore ain, Oregon and Washington. During their stay they visited the Callen Gate Exhibition in San Francisco, Missouri, with Mixes Both Ter Ter and Miss Nettles who planned to attend a home women’s meeting in the week ahead.
The Colorado Association workers conference is set for Ganado on Tuesday September 12 beginning at 10 a m. Attending members from the Basie Lake church will join. Rev James Read Incr is moderator and the event gathers Baptist workers for monthly discussions and activities.
The Wind Woman's Jam and related events drew community members to Garwood with Miss Eva Mas Pinchback of Houston and Miss Atma Baste Tinchtmek among guests. John L. Chapman and others spent the weekend with relatives in Garwood and Houston. Dr. from Houston purchased a ranch in Colorado County, adding to local news.
Miss Dell Buchanan of Saratoga has been selected as a teacher in the twat school, succeeding Mr Fiorive Oltman who resigned. Mrs Oliman will teach in the schools at Weslap. Miss Buchanan will room at Mr and Mrs Robert Martin's home and is named in Fugle Lake relay for Saturday. Mrs Mr Anderson and her son Davidemtruiith have spent the summer at Kerr, earning a game, 14-
The local rice market surged with strong demand as mills and buyers traded large quantities. Approximately 11,000 sacks valued at 1,068 dollars were sold to the Alphus Rice Milling Company, while 40,000 liters were offered amid feverish activity. Prices ranged up to 4.10 per barrel, with several lots around 2.60 to 3.10. Ronald Turner and the American Liver Association offices reported brisk activity as Tuesday's and Monday's sales supported farmers seeking quality, though some shipments moved at lower prices.
A LaGrange woman sustained facial injuries and her daughter suffered back injuries when a car struck a gravel truck on a highway east of Eagle Lake. The empty gravel truck was returning to its destination. The LaGrange car rolled over and wrecked, front wheels against a roadside fence. Both injured were taken to a physician for treatment.
An OCR fragment reports a September era sale event by an IGA store. It mentions partnerships with two geophysical parties and a shift of operations to a new location near Salt, with dates in the near term and plans to move supplies to a continental route. The text is garbled and reads like notes from a scheduling memo.
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