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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1933
Page
5
A fragmentary obituary note from Calhoun references a Bay Day resident and a Tuesday death. The garbled text mentions a cemetery, a father and family names, and suggests a local burial or memorial event with limited legible details.
Twenty one local boys attend Eagle Lake college with names including McElhinney, Fulton, Wallac, Wal lace, Norris, Womsek, and Carey among others. Several adults and relatives are mentioned visiting, returning, or hosting, including Mrs A. Cearnsl and families from San Antonio and Lockhart during the weekend.
The district court disposed several criminal cases this term including State v Bruce Alexander theft of hogs one year in prison. State v Lacetus Lockhart and Wim Patton burglary five years suspended. Vastine Nunn theft of chickens 30 days in county jail. Claude Flowers and Wilburn Pflowers burglary five years suspended. Connie Hemphill burglary two years. George Olsovsky embezzlement of bank funds two years. Defendants appeal to Criminal Appeals. Divorces granted include Rote v Rote and Gooch v Gooch with custody awards. Various civil matters include Major Go Transcontinental Oil judgment for plaintiff and suit continued to February term.
Saturday marks the reopening of beer sales in the area since 1918 with various vendors offering beer on tap and mixed reactions from the public. Some patrons praise the revival while others question sufficiency and regulation. beyond this, a local advertiser highlights Rheingold beer wholesale. Schools in the Calhoun district plan to open Monday with assigned staff at Eldridge Calhoun Matthews.
Dr L G C Wozencraft, formerly very ill last week, shows marked improvement at South Texas Pacific Hospital in Houston. Attending physicians express cautious optimism for full recovery, with friends and the Eagle Lake community hoping for his early return home.
Fragmentary notes describe a school committee organizing for the term with plans for a dramatic production. References include Mrs Swanson, a theater committee, an advertising chair, and a potential early play selection with work beginning soon.
The article describes Wallace Beery as Generali Rayon in the adaptation of Joseph Hergesheimer’s Tampico, sharing top billing with Jack Holt and Fay Wray at the Avalon Theatre. It notes Beery’s blend of villain and Robin Hood tones, his deep bass voice, and references his previous roles and other films.
Pay Wray stars as Vida Carew in The Woman Stole, a Northern Africa locale drama where her glamorous world entangles her with Jack Holt and Ralph Bellamy. Noah Beery and Edwin Maxwell co star. directed by Sidney Franklin. due at Avalon Theatre for Sunday and Monday showings.
Mr Eewar Matales, a cotton grower living west of Eagle Lake in Colorado river country, reportedly stacks 70 bales on 30 acres. He called Headlight office to have his name added to the subscriptions while Mahalee doubted the paper’s awareness of the news. The Headlight promotes its rate and subtext offer.
Mass readers are urged to renew subscriptions as the six papers offer a bargain rate with many current subscribers renewing. The notice warns that those who fail to renew before the deadline will be dropped and must subscribe under the new option.
A former local girl underwent an appendicitis operation last week in Eagle Lake. She has been recovering at home since the operation and is reported in good spirits, with family nearby. Some details of her current location and visit remain unclear.
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