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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1936
Page
7
The vast project on Gipline road near Wallis Te -Faly is finished with a cost near $400. The ancient plan mentions traffic cautions as two weeks of open work from MAM Csrez to Peters. Local readers asked to drive carefully. the piece also reflects on public speaking and changing social habits.
Mrs. Ernest Jones entertained last Friday with a dinner and bridge party honoring her husband Dr. Jones. Guests received pom poms, pastel decorations highlighted a long board centerpiece of asters and ferns, and 35 attendees enjoyed songs by Jeannine Hartwell and Vera Mae Rutherford before bridge. Prizes included linen pillow cases for ladies high score and linen vanity set for consolation. gentlemen’s prizes were linen handkerchiefs and cigarettes for consolation.
Senator Tom Connally notes Bailey-Connally amendment taxes on foreign vegetable oil seeds took effect August 21, 1936. States tax margarine heavily to raise prices and curb consumption, while federal tax on colored margarine persists. Advocates urge end to discriminatory taxes and defend margarine as nutritious, affordable, and not a fake butter.
Prominent circus Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey announces a Houston run October 5 and 6 featuring a world first herd of African pygmy elephants and a miniature Attney pongurs. The piece highlights many new acts, including Asian imports, and notes a large company and big top setup.
The Christian Science Master Lesson will be read in all Churches of Christ on Sunday September 20. The Golden Text emphasizes born of the Spirit versus flesh and cites Matthew 5:48. Also included is a passage from Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy on Mind and the nature of matter.
Miss Charlene Frnka hosted a brunch for Miss Dorothy Jane Lehrer and others in Grirwood. The event included a welcome line in Nashville, a prestige party, and a Deane wais service with meat, tomato, batter, doughnuts, and coffee. Attendees included Miss Sylvia Kallins Miss Vivi Willis Miss Ole Braden and several others.
In a tense hearing the mother seeks to guide 1 year old Maury Sper cer toward stability while a minister notes a child needs parental instruction and care. The case concerns guardianship and upbringing amid family tensions and legal oversight.
Mr O Dowd a production worker for the Phillips Oil Corporation returns to Refugio after a visit to his wife Daisy Wagner O Dowd formerly Miss Wagner, who is employed at Salvert Drays Company and is on a two week vacation. Mindames Direnbser recently redoned her position at the Memphis department seeks a MA N WANTED for Raveng Roule of God families. write today to Tenwile ye Dept Memphis Tenn.
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