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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1950
Page
5
Editorial commentary outlines a moral standard urging mutual respect and ethical behavior. It admonishes readers to treat others as they wish to be treated, invoking broad social duty and personal responsibility amid a troubled era. The piece reflects a community voice stressing civility and decency.
A long church notice list shows services for multiple congregations on Sundays and weekly meetings. It names pastors Albert Brown Clinton Fit Reverend John Larsen and others, with service times including morning and evening worship, Sunday School, and prayer meetings. Local parishes include First Baptist, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic, Assembly of God, Evangelical, and various Methodist churches with practice schedules and fellowship events.
The Rev J W Clanton leads Sunday services at 10 00 and 11 00 with morning and evening worships mentioned plus a Sunday school. A plan for adult membership classes is proposed for Tuesday or Wednesday night with a Saturday chair school 9 00 to 1 30.
Sunday school and Bible classes at 9 30 morning worship at 10 30 evening worship at 10. Shaws Bend adult membership Thursday at 8 64. Young people's confirmation beginning. Sermons and lessons reference biblical passages and religious studies. Community notices include missionary reports and parish activities.
Promotion Day is planned for the Sunday School at First Baptist Church with Rev A M Brown noting special activities in each department. Pupils will be promoted by age and a new class for young unmarried readers may be formed.
The Baptist Church will host a training course starting Monday night September 25 at 7:30. The Rev. and Mrs. Reinsty of Louise Texas will visit teachers as part of the five night program.
Catholic women will hold a two day gathering in San Antonio starting September 1 at the Gunter Hotel. Archbishop of San Antonio to address banquet. tickets $3.00 with reservations by writing Mrs. S Slombinski. A Pontifical Mass will be offered at San Fernando Cathedral. Delegates to tour four churches as part of a year pilgrimage. Local church circles report meetings and programs at First Baptist and Presbyterian churches with various plans and hospitality noted.
Letters go to parents about Eagle Lake School joining the School Injury Benefit and Accident Company of Denver. The plan costs $1 per student for the first school year and adds hospitalization and accidental death benefits plus stipulated fees for treatment of injuries while under school supervision on school premises or instruction sites. The notice explains the plan in detail.
The Texas Ex-Students Association of Colorado County hosts a banquet at the Highway Inn on Monday night October 2 at 7 46. H C Bully Gilstrap of the Longhorn Athletic Department will be the main speaker and show Orange Bowl film from 1949 when Texas beat Georgia. All Texas Exes invited with spouses or dates, even if not current members. Tickets cost 1.75 per person and are available at A Uli Strase Auto Supply or from Gardner Duncan. purchases required by Saturday September 30.
The federal Rogerve Bounds Regulation W limits consumer credit. It caps down payments and set terms for appliances and furniture. It exempts cars over 100 dollars and items over 2,500 dollars from certain rules.
Fragmented OCR notes warn drivers to slow near schools and bus stops due to past incidents. It cites state bus laws, unsafe passing rules, and safety practices for stopping and yielding to school buses, urging vigilance in school zones and near bus loading points.
A change over path has been added at Braml Matera Implement Company in Wei ral, Texas, with details noting a new bargain section. The listing references POR used SPLL Desc Combine and a C962424 code.
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