Looking back in time

100 YEARS AGO

Fair Financiers met last Monday night The stock holde rs’ meeting of the Colorado County Fair Association was held in the directors’ room of the First National Bank of Eagle Lake, at 8 p.m. Jan. 26, 1925.

This meeting was called to order at 8 p.m. and Otis Boothe, of Eagle Lake, elected chairman and B.H. Faber Secretary of the meeting.

The minutes of the 1924 stockholders meet ing were read and approved.

R. Foard Townsend of San Antonio Dead R. Foard Townsend, San Antonio attorney, died in Baylor Hospital at Dallas Friday morning at 6 o’clock. He had been a patient there for six weeks.

His body was received at San Antonio Friday night at 9:30 o’clock, the funeral was held Saturday afternoon.

He was a native Texan, born in Columbus, Colorado County. He was a son of Mr. And Mrs. M.H. Townsend, pioneer Texans.

Columbus quintets take another game

C.H.S. won the second game of the Interscholastic League Contest in basketball on the home field, Friday, 23rd, when it defeated Garwood by the score of 31-3.

Clarence Hastedt was on the sick list, so Leonard Burt filled his place at guard. This was Leonard’s first chance on the team, and he proved himself a player of exceptional merit.

Kearney was in his usual form and did spectacular work at the basket.

50 YEARS AGO

Tragedy Averted in Rail Mishap Two tank cars, one filled with 500,000 gallons of highly inflammable, toxic gas, derailed and overturned in Eagle Lake early Tuesday, creating what one official called a “highly dangerous situation.”

Residents of a 15-block area on the south edge of Eagle Lake were evacuated from their homes. An elementary school in the danger area also was evacuated.

Meanwhile, employees of the Santa Fe Railroad worked to get the cars back on the track and moved to a safe location where the gas could be pumped out of the damaged car.

‘Miss Frieda,’ Citizen Writer 70 Years, Dies Miss Frieda Vogelsang of Brushy, a news correspondent for the Colorado County Citizen for 70 years, died in Columbus Hospital Saturday. She was 88.

Miss Vogelsang began writing the news from Brushy at the age of 18 under the standing heading, “The Poast Oak Girl,” and later, “The Pin Oak Girl.” Still later the news was head simply, “Brushy.”

Ernest G. Fischer, a Texas-Louisiana author who interviewed Mrs. Vogelsang in October for a book he was writing, said her news resembled that of years ago.

Trustees Veto Read Program

The Columbus school board voted 4-2 last week to reject the idea of implementing a “right to read” program in city schools.

Voting for the “right to read” program were Mrs. Shirley Barfield and Karren Brod. Voting against it were Deimar Fehrenkamp, Jerome Wicke, Roy Stallman and Ernest H. Baumgart Jr.

None of the 4 voting against the program offered any explanation for their opposition.

The opposition instead came from Supt. John Saul who said Columbus schools have a “good sound basic educational system” now and doubted the “right to read” program could make a significant contribution.