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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1949
Page
6
Church notice notes sermon by Sir Durvay Crucch and Feheel SoS Sinclar as superintendent. mentions Lord's Supper and sacraments. Baptisms performed by Pastor Alsert Brown and Colley Memureat Methodists.
Local churches across Calala and Palacios reported morning and evening worships on Sunday with multiple congregations involved. Observances included infant baptisms, Sunday schools, Bible classes, and special church activities led by pastors and visiting ministers.
The Sacrament of Holy Communion and reception of church members at 11 am. Youth Fellowship meets at 7 30 pm. Initiate Fellowship at 7 30 pm. Healing service at 2 30 pm.
Arwood Methodist Church led by Pastor Carl LW Isra. Sunday morning services at 9 45 and 11 00, Sunday school at 20:00, evening services at 7 15. Weekday activities include children’s hour and prayer meetings. Island and Sherman Street church events list Bruce J. Mediar d as pastor.
The column lists various church activities and sermons from Christian Science to First Baptist Presbyterian and Methodist groups. It mentions a Laston-Sermon topic and Bible passages, Homemakers and Women of the Church meetings, World Communion Sunday observance, and youth and service projects with dates around early October. It notes committee roles and planned subdistrict meetings.
The Lissie Church asks for clean clothing and bedding on an urgent drive. Items include heavy and light clothing for all ages, sheets, blankets, and bedding, to be delivered to the Lissie Community Hall or parish house before October 35, then packed for shipment to the Church World Service Center in Webster Groves Missouri.
Mrs. Robert Prent and children of Wharton spent the week end here with the families of David, Alfred and Ray Zehradnich. Call 88 with club or personal news including birthdays, anniversaries, out of town guests, and trips.
The Boy Scouts of America select Valley Forge Pennsylvania as the site for the second National Scout Jamboree in 1960. Announcement by Dr Arthur A Schuck states over 30000 scouts from all states and territories will camp June 10 to July 6 1960 on the historic winter camp site of General Washington. Governor James H. Duff extended the invitation and the National Executive Board accepted.
The Texas Flame Demonstration Association held its state convention in Mineral Wells September 21 22 23 with the theme Better Homes Make a Better World. Wes Izzard Amarillo News editor spoke on Eurene conditions as did Amarillo mayor. Big Spring hosts 1956 state meeting and Harris County invites the National HDA for 1950 in Houston. Delegates included Mrs Dan Nicewan der Rock Island Mrs G E Pfeifer Glidden and Mildred Schultz Bogky Branch.
Seventh grader Paul Jemenez of Eagle Lake fell from the back of Gus Goethles's pickup on a gravel road last Thursday around 5 30 PM. He did not go to a hospital at first and was later treated with a traction splint for a broken right arm.
The 36th Infantry Division Association announces a reunion in Waco Texas September 9 12. Charles M Beacham of Corpun Thristt serves as president. Over 70 000 served in WWII and many veterans of earlier wars. Events include a business meeting Friday at the Roosevelt Hotel, a general meeting Saturday at the National Guard Armory, a bar, and a dance. Reservations go to Wiley Stam at Raleigh Hotel or Hotel Ioosovals in Waco.
Teenagers using picks and shovels assist in preparing a community recreation space near CentarD High School in New Jersey. Faculty members Frank Zimmerman Vincent Sarnowski and Paul Buodagore led surveys and planning while donations of tools topsoil and access to facilities came from teachers, residents, and local officials.
Superior Court Judge Hssed orders Eva Parness to stop all phone calls to four neighbors in Providence after witnesses say six years of taunting, curses and Bronx cheers by Parness disrupted daily life. The order, under threat of drastic assignment, targets Mrs Fannie Kaplan Abraham Kaplan Mrs Freda Roit and Samuel Roitt, stemming from a dispute with a sister.
London reports Britain may approve Liverpool plans to recruit youths aged 15 to 19 into a city police cadet corps with uniforms and staged duties. Selected teens would learn detective work under CID supervision and could feed into the adult force, with pay rising with age and no independent police work allowed.
For sales and services Wharton Tractor Co Wharton Texas offers Ford tractors and gearbors along with New Holland pickup hay balers Dale loaders and site livery rakes. Post reads hunting and trespass prohibitions on all land with enforcement under trespass law Article L377 by Chas Keechele Roy Keechele Walling Texas.
N K Haverstuck of South western Bell Telephone urges hunters to avoid shooting near telephones lines as wires break yearly causing service loss. He notes bullets nick wires and cold weather can cause breaks, proposes flexible wires or careful hunting near lines.
Campaign to raise 2 million dollars for Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation began this week and runs through October 5. Governor Allan Shivers leads the effort urging volunteers across Texas to solicit funds to expand medical services for crippled children. The foundation, operating at capacity with 130 beds, seeks more beds and faster treatment amid rising demand from polio survivors and other crippled children statewide.
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