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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1933
Page
6
Chevrolet announces full support for the recovery program and outlines its wage increases and extra hiring. The firm cites three decades of payroll stability, a 72 hour five day week, and 12 000 new jobs as part of the plan.
Fragmentary items recount a fire at the Buggy house injuring a servant, political appointments in Var Verde County, and a Columbus school opening with 185 attendees. Mentions J R Westmoreland, Sutherl Mebrich, and legal figures Bail & Andrews of San Antonio. Also notes Bell County cotton labor shifts and a Houston high school teacher’s visit.
Miss Virginia Spalinger and Miss Maudie Longmire of Eagle Lake spent Friday night with Mrs. Russell A Salladay. Numerous neighbors and families from Eagle Lake and nearby towns visited, hosted, or traveled to meals and gatherings through the weekend, including a Columbus married couple scene and multiple family arrivals. A marriage ceremony was held in Columbus for Miss Bula Paulie Austin and Mr George M Clark.
Piltons drive to W Campbell George H Satieday home for a visit. Tiltons return from Holpe Kansas where Mrs Tilton sees her ill 92 year old father F G Wright and reports him improved but frail. Hope encounters with Mrs Bentz formerly Sophie Backus. A village wedding entertained by L O Clark family. guests with Miller Boy Skip to Maloo Captain Jinks games and music by A C Taw win and L O Clark. Local visits include the Wills and McLains hosting and Ellsworth Nelson with Arndt dinner. An electrical alarm hits Mrs Grey’s ranch cows as lightning strikes a milk cow and steer.
A newspaper fragment notes upcoming Christian Science Church Lesson Sermon on September 17 with Bible quotes from Psalms and Galatians and text from Science and Health. It also discusses homeless boys riding freight trains and psychiatrist Dr John Levy’s observations on their loneliness, resilience, and self-reliance after hardship.
An ad style excerpt touts purification as a foundation of health and urges a thorough cleanse using Calotabs to purify blood organs. It advertises 10 cent and package options and implies public officials tolerate such remedies.
The twelve members of the Bonus-Radita Home Demonstration Club note the value of modern equipment with eleven cookers ten sealers and two seprosios for year round family food. Achievement Day plans were completed at Mrs L H Oberhaus home on September 8 with invitation to the September 23 program from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.
The piece urges citizens to support town development without being asked, noting two sides to every question and the value of personal responsibility. It recalls Miss Rose Berger leaving Sunday for Houston to attend San Jacinto high school and stay with relatives during the term. It ends with a call to be interested in enriching others’ lives so life becomes richer for oneself.
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