Page 4, Thursday, March 18,1999 News for Southern Colorado County, Texas — The Eagle Lake Headlight

OBITUARIES RHS to present 'Marvin's Room'

BF. Turner December 16,1916 - March 9,1999

B.F. Turner, 82, of Garwood, passed away March 9, 1999.

He was born December 16, 1916, in Hico, Texas, to Benjamin Franklin and Carrie Etta Huckabee Turner.

Turner was a member of the Gar- wood Lions Club (with perfect atten- dance) and a veteran ofthe U.S. Army.

He and Dorothy Draper were married December 26, 1942, in Min- eral Wells.

Turner, employed by Garwood Ir- rigation, was vice-president of Lehrer Operations (in Garwood), retiring in

1982. He was preceded in death by his

parents; daughter, Lauralea Turner; sisters, Millie Swartz and Wanda McElrath; and a brother, James Turner.

Survivors include his wife, Dorothy; son, Randy Turner of Hous- ton; and sisters, Thelma Tidwell of Waco, Annie Mae Homburg of Austin and Artie Fae Jenkins of Nacogdo- ches.

Funeral services were held Thurs- day, March 11, at 4 p.m. from Triska

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Funeral Home in El Campo with Ed Lowe officiating.

Burial followed at Oaklawn Memorial Park.

Triska Funeral Home in El Campo was in charge of arrangements.

Pallbearers were Dale Hunt, Frank Kasmiersky, Frederick Prie^meyer, Kenny Danklefs, Kirk Engstrom and Greg Lobpries.

The family requests memorials be made to the Garwood Volunteer Fire Department or the Garwood Lions Club.

Sympathy is extended to the fam- ily in their loss.

Wednesday, March 24, Rice High School (RHS) is proud to present a public performance of "Marvin's Room", its entry in the U.I.L. One Act Play competition.

"The students have been working very hard," said Director Deborah Reed, "rehearsing three times a week. We have attended two workshops and received some excellent advice and positive responses from the judges."

"We want to show the community of Rice CISD our work before it goes to competition," said Valerie Galvan, president of the RHS Drama Club. "We are proud of our drama tradition at Rice, and look forward to a success- ful competition season this year."

"Marvin's Room" deals with the relationship between two sisters who have lead very different lives, as they also have to cope with an invalid par-

ent and delinquent son. A powerful drama, "Marvin's Room" also has plenty of comedy.

Please come support Rice High School Wednesday, March 24, at 7 p.m. at the Columbus High School au- ditorium. Admission is FREE!

Cast members include: Bessie, Susana Silva; Dr. Wally, Debbie Leo- pold; Dr. Charlotte, Cathy Fearing;

Lee, Valerie Galvan; Hank, Jeremy Walker; Ruth, Chrissy Leopold; Charlie, Stephanie Sommerlatte; Marvin, Barbara Cooper; alternate, Monica Litzner.

Crew members are: stage man- ager, Jennifer Biaselli; lighting man- ager, Hub Weller; sound manager, Amy Fearing; assistant, Jordan Kon- esheck.

ELPS announces Western Art winners

Kindergarten through third grade students at the Eagle Lake Primary School (ELPS) participated in the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Art contest.

HenHetta 'RW Koneskeck January 7,1918 - March 8,1999 Henrietta "Rit" Konesheck, 81, of

Rosenberg, passed away March 8, 1999, in Houston.

She was born January 7, 1918, in Holman, Texas, to Josef and Elizabeth Adamcik Hluchanek.

"Rit" was a member of Holy Ro- sary Catholic Church, Holy Rosary

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First Baptist Church

There are few places in our world — which can be difficult or lonely or worse — where hope always seems to float up to the top. We like to think that First

Baptist Churchf Eagle Lake, is one of those places. Hope exists here because God is here, and God is active, and God

is good. And Jesus Christ somehow conquered everything difficult, lonely,

and worse in our world.

There is our hope.

It is our desire that you would consider our church your home.

And Jesus your hope.

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Sunday Morning Worship - 10:50

Altar Society and AARP. She was preceded in death by her

parents; son, Wayne Konesheck; a sister, Elsie McFarland; and a brother, Jim Hluchanek.

Survivors include her loving hus- band of 60 years, Chester E. Kone- sheck of Rosenberg; daughters and sons-in-law, Lynnell and Bobby St- ieber Bobby of Richmond, Judy Metz of Piano and Betty and Michael Weber of Rosenberg; grandchildren, Jeff Pennell and Shelley Richards and husband, Carl, of Houston, Kelly Jurecek and husband, Mark, of Bra- zoria, Shawn Stavinoha and husband, Harvey, and Suzanne Loehr and hus- band, John, of Katy, Robin Early and husband, Jay, and Erika Stieber and fiance, Bill Johnson, of Richmond, Andrea Metz of Los Angeles, Calif., and Brian Metz of Piano; great-grand-

daughters, Kristina Jurecek of Bra- zoria and Carley Richards of Houston.

Funeral services were held Wed- nesday, March 10, at 2 p.m. at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Rosenberg with Father Dan Warden officiating.

Interment following atGreenlawn Memorial Park in Rosenberg.

Davis-Greenlawn Funeral Chap- els and Cemeteries was in charge of arrangements.

Pallbearers were grandsons, Har- vey Stavinoha, Jay Early, Jeff Pennell, Mark Jurecek, John Loehr, Bill Joh- nson, Carl Richards and Brain Metz.

Honorary pallbearers were her granddaughters, Shawn Stavinoha, Robin Early, Kelly Jurecek, Suzanne Loehr, Erika Steiber, Shelley Rich- ards and Andrea Metz.

Sympathy is extended to the fam- ily in their loss.

Ragsdale to appear at Nesbitt Library March 18

Charlene S. Ragsdale, whose bi- ography ofthe co-founder ofthe Hol- ocaust Museum in Houston was re- cently published, will appear at the Nesbitt Memorial Library in Colum- bus to discuss and autograph copies of her book March 18.

Ragsdale's talk will begin at 6 p.m., however she will begin selling and autographing copies of the book ($24.95) at 4 p.m. Ragsdale's book, Living Longer Than Hate, is a biogra- phy of Bill Morgan.

Morgan, whose original name was Wolf Yossela Margulier, was born to a family of eastern European Jews in 1925. As he grew, the regimes of mili- taristic dictators Josef Stalin and Adolf Hitler played a large role in this life.

His grandfather and brother were killed, in separate incidents, in 1941. Shortly after, he witnessed a mass kill- ing in a local cemetery.

Escaping, he survived the war by pretending to be a Christian and living under a variety of aliases. He never saw his parents or siblings again.

After the war, he spent several years in Germany. In 1949, he came to the U.S., where, under the name Bill

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Morgan, he rose from his first job as a janitor to become a highly successful real estate developer.

Ragsdale, who lives near Cat Spring, discussed the book at Colum- bus Jr. High in Feb. A long-time teacher and school administrator, she has also published three student oral history projects, one of which won a national award for historic preserva- tion, as well as fiction and poetry.

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Old Ocean... David Wintermann was re-

elected president of the Texas Rice Promotion group at a meeting held recently. Other attending from Eagle Lake were Miles Theuman, Cal Ger- tson, Dan Thornton, Bruce Wad- dell, Raymond Waddell, Gardner Sea holm and R.L. Cook...

David Morris and Stanley White of Eagle Lake are members of the Wharton County Junior College de- bate team. Stanley is also on the cos- tume and lights and curtain commit- tees for the WCJC entry in the South Texas Conference one-act play...

A su mmer camp, to be called Oak- crest, is being built by Mrs. C.E. Car- ter on the Carter farm about one mile south of Bonus...

Construction of the C.E. Evoritt Jr. home and the Sam Austin home on Hwy. 90-A seem to be progressing rapidly with the good building wea- ther...

Miss Jean Linke was compli- mented at a bridal shower given by Mrs. Roy Beasley at the home of her mother, Mrs. Harry Kilgore, last Thursday...

Harland Bell, first president of the Circle 8 Square Dance Club, was

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Attend the Church of Your Choice

220 E. Main "Your Hometown Newspaper" 234-5521

Attend the Church of Your Choice— MT. CARMEL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH: Hwy. 90-A (Pecan

Valley), Eagle Lake; Rev. P.L. Barrow Sr.; 234-5813. LIVING HOPE CHURCH: Revs. Joe and Mercy Fling; 234-5536. TEMPLE BEREA: 621 Maple Street, Eagle Lake. Lie. Manuel Matamoros. ROCK ISLAND FULL GOSPEL: P.O. Box 232, Rock Island; 234-5840; Nick

Williams, Pastor. LATIN-AMERICAN ASSEMBLY OF GOD (Belen de Judea Mision): 1000

East E, Eagle Lake; Ruth Olvcra, Pastor SEALY ASSEMBLY OF GOD: 114) Meyer St., Sealy; Warren Richardson,

Pastor. THE DAY OF PENTECOST APOSTOLIC REVIVAL: FM 102 S, Matthews, 4

p.m. (at Ml. Zion). Rev. R.L. Carter. GREATER NEW FAITH CHURCH: 6406 Guvler, Wallis; Rev. Clav Spears.

409-478-2169. EAST BERNARD FIRST BAPTIST: Rev. Clifford Roser. FIRST BAPTIST: N. Lake at E. Prairie, Eaalc Lake. FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST: 405 S. Lake, Eagle Lake; Rev. Earl Shorter. Jr.,

Pastor, 234-5795. IGLESIA BAUTISTA GETSEMANT: 901 B Street, Eagle Lake; Rev. Mario

Vasquez. GREATER MT. OLIVE BAFITST: Rev. R. Kiser, Pastor. 705 Lake, Eagle Lake,

234-3545. PROVIDENCE BAPTIST: 1207 E. State, Eagle Lake. Rev. Cobv Shorter; 234-

3735. ROCK ISLAND BAPTIST: Bob Allison, Pastor. SHERIDAN FIRST BAPTIST WHITE CLOUD BAPTIST CHURCH: 202 Old Altair Rd., Eagle Lake; Rev.

Obic Rhodes; 234-3800. CHURCH OF CHRIST: Sheridan, Texas.

NEW LIFE FELLOWSHIP: Hwy. 90A, Sheridan; Del Sanford, Pastor; 234-3276. CHRIST OUR REDEEMER - Charismatic: 478-7534,478-6512, Jerry C.

McKinncy, Pastor. HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CHURCH: East Bernard. CATHOLIC PARISH OF THE NATIVITY: Our Lady of Guadalupe

Sanctuary: Guadalupe & Murphy StrccLs; 7 a.m. (Espanol), 9 a.m., 11 a.m., Rev. Eddie Winkler, 310 N. Stevenson, 409-234-2842.

ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH: Box 97, Nada, 758-3218. Rev. Joseph Koebel, Pastor.

CHRIST EPISCOPAL: 306 E. Stockbridge. GOSPEL MISSION CHURCH: Pastors Erik & Crystal Cameron; 510 E. Prairie,

Eagle Lake, 409-234-3225 or 234-2824. GRACE LUTHERAN: 408 N. Stevenson, 234-3381; Rev. Clements Richards. LEHRER MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST: Garwood, Texas. Rev. Barry

Bauerschlag, Pastor. LISSIE UNITED METHODIST: Thomas A. Jax, Pastor; 234-2112; Lissie, Tx. ROCK ISLAND METHODIST: Ken Sellers Jr., Lay-Pastor. UNTIED METHODIST: Barry Bauerschlag, Pastor. 200 W. Prairie; Sunday

School 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:45 a.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN: 106 E. State Street, Eagle Lake; 234-3368 VINE OFTHE LORD: Rev. Paul Aguilar, 1300 E. State, Eagle Lake; 234-7543 FRIENDSHIP A:G: 501 Wallace, East Bernard. Fred Chambers, Pastor. THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS: 600 West St.,

Sealv; Marshall Crosbv, Branch Prcs. CHURCH OF CHRIST: 815 Milam, Columbus. Lynn Wilson, Minister. THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS: 200 N. Lake,

Eagle Lake, 234-5805; Miguel H. Arellano, Branch President. THE: SHEPHERD'S WAY: Non-denominational Christian Fellowship; 217 Main,

Sealy. Frank Lucas, Pastor. 885-7873.

Pictures were judged at the local campus with the top 15 from each grade advancing to the District show at Rice High School, Jan. 9. The works were judged by persons selected by the Houston Rodeo Art Committee.

The results were: Kindergarten: blue ribbon fi-

nalists, Mason Miller, Kirstin Roper, Alexandra Castillo, Sadie Garcia and Greggory Joseph Mullins; blue rib- bon: Lindsey Sommer, McChelsea Thomas, Gilbert Alvarado, Diana Mendoza, Robert Montiel, Candace Romo, Justin Garcia; red: Edward Lewis, Edmond Washington and Hunter Myres.

First grade: blue ribbon finalists, Kelcey Zickuhr, JonTrell Pratt, Holly Berger, Shaina Bowen and Gracie Navarro; blue ribbon: Falin Braden, Juan Martinez, Zachary Vasquez, Jonathan Contreras; red: Angelica Garcia, Jessica Hernandez, Patty Lujan, Carlos Sosa, Caleb Gould, Timothy Morales.

Second grade: blue: Wayne Cisneros, Pedro Lujan, Jarrod Hem- phill, Alejandro Castillo; red: Anna Castillo, Matthew Sosa, Sabrina Spates, Jesse Castillo, Alcario Bar- rios, LeTrea Lowe, LaKeisha John- son, Jessie Torrez, Donivon Parker, Efrain Mendoza, Dominque Tillman.

Third grade: blue ribbon finalists, E.J. Lemons; blue: Jenny Fields, Jessica Torres; red: Alex Morgan, Daniel Goodwin, Yolanda Cisneros, Anthony Banks, Violette Villafuerte, Katlyn Thomas, Michael Hernandez, D'Nitria Fuller, Saman- tha Castro, Hector Navarro, Brandon Scott, Jessica Godley.

MHMR to provide open

enrollment Central Gulf State-Operated

Community Mental Health and Men- tal Retardation Services (Central Gulf MHMR) will have a general informa- tion meeting for Colorado County residents to increase awareness of available services locally as well as to add more convenience to the intake and admission process. Information on services for persons with mental retardation, autism and pervasive developmental disabilities will be available.

Central Gulf MHMR is the Mental Retardation Authority (MRA) for

(See MHMR, Page 5)

Continued from Page 2 again elected to head the club. Other officers elected were: Mrs. Finley Durbin, vice-president; Mrs. David Wintermann, secretary-treasurer; and directors W.M Thomas Sr., Har- grove Smith, Albert Pustejovsky and Richard Smith...

Mr. & Mrs. W.M. Thomas Sr. were in Port Arthur last weekend to make the acquaintance of their new grandson, Thomas Alan, son of Mr. & Mrs. Earl Voskamp...

The new arrival in the J.L. Morris home is a daughter, Katherine Jan- nell, bom March 2nd...

Highlights at the QB All-Sports Banquet last Friday night were the presentations of awards for those let- tering in sports including basketball: Judith Anderson, Nellie DeShazo, Carey Hanly, Eleanor Jones, Jo Ann Meitzen, Sue Mooney and Nora Ruth Miculka, manager; Tommy Scott, James Owen Ricks, Craig Adams, Ernest Larmer, Frankie Parma, Jack Dowdy, Bill Hanly, Bruce Kilgore and Robert Zahrad- nick; football: Bill Reading, Tommy Scott, John Mahalitc, Albert Dutcher, James Owen Ricks, Tom- my Smith, Bill Hanly, Leon Simank, Ernest Larmer, Robert Zahrad- nick, Jack Dowdy, Sammy Tise, Bruce Kilgore, Frankie Parma, Craig Adams, Cledus Hollas, Dan Duncan, Gayle Thomas and Joe Schindler...

Evertt Hart, principal of Eagle Lake High School, announced that Frank Lee Graves is the 1951 winner ofthe Bausch & Lomb Honorary Sci- ence Award Medal for achieving the highest scholarship record in the sci- ence subjects during high school course.