Patricia Perryman Wins Second in Texas Heritage Essay Contest
Patricia Perryman, 17, daughter of Roy Perryman Jr., of Gladewater, placed second in the Texas Heritage Essay Contest district contest held in Nacogdoches March 25 26 1977. Her entry, The Uses of Texas Cattle Products, was praised for research though no cash prize was awarded.
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Patricia Perryman
Garden Mayer
Three Arts Club
Martha Willette
Allen Lyles
Mirror Photo
Texas Federation of Weapons
Roy Perryman
West Hampton
Gladewater
Gladewater Middle School
State of
Texas
Perryman
Martha Wiblett
Patricia
Nacogdoches
Erry
Helen Madding
Paris
Family seeks missing relatives in early 20th century Texan area
A letter requests help locating a brother and family links to Gladewater and Hill Norman in 1910. The writer mentions a Choctaw father, possible marriages, and names Eunice New Mexico 88231 and Hull Norman Jr. The note implies a complex family search across Atoka and Oklahoma areas.
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Gladewater
Hill Norman
Atoka
Oda
Hull Norman
Eunice
New Mexico
Belmont expands stalls as horses return for New York season
Two new barns with 50 and 44 stalls will be ready this spring as thoroughbreds return from Florida and California. Previously 106 stalls were completed for the 1977 New York racing season. Most horses running at Aqueduct through May 21 are stabled at Belmont Park, 15 miles east.
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Flmont
Florida
California
New York
Aqueduct
Belmont Park
Gladewater Mirror publication and pricing note
The Gladewater Mirror shows publication on Thursdays and Sundays by The Gladewater Publishing Company at Glade Avenue and Dean Street Gladewater Texas 75647 with home delivery and mail subscription rates listed. It notes consolidation with The Gladewater Times-Tribune on Nov 28 1949 and The White Oak Texan on June 1 1969.
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Gladewater Publishing Company
Glade Avenue
Dean Street
Gladewater
Gregg County
Texas
Gladewater Times-Tribune
White Oak Texan
The Rich Are Different a Howatch Novel at Lee Library
Susan Howatch paints Jazz Age New York and London in a tale of fusion greed and power. Dinah Slade, an aspiring cosmetics magnate and mistress to banker Haul Van Zale, navigates wealth, scandal, and looming financial collapse as her world collides with Van Zale’s empire and his wife Sylvia.
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Susan Howardh
Asheimara
Penmarric
Dinah Slade
Wall Street
Dinah
Sylvia
New York
van Zale
Paul
Susan Howatch
Melrose Arts and Crafts Show Highlights Historic Plantations
Melrose Plantation near Natchitoches hosts its Melrose Arts and Crafts Show April 16 and 17. Tours showcase Yucca, the African House, Writers cabin, book bindery, weaving and peacock houses, and the big house remnants. The event links Marie Therese Coincoin, Cammie Henry, and Clementine Hunter to Melrose’s art and crafts heritage.
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Natchitoches
Melrose
Mecca
Tow
Association For the Preservation of Historic
Aatchitoches
Ghana
Marie Therese Coincoin
Cammie Garrett Henry
Clementine Hunter
Louisiana
Lyle Saxon
Francois Mignon
Yucca
Gifted to be considered Fourteen sessions at Brown Bag Conference
A Brown Bag Conference in Tyler April 29 30 features fourteen small group sessions on gifted and creative children. Texas Eastern University and Tyler Independent School District sponsor with Dr Rita Bryant coordinating. Activities cover identifying giftedness classroom strategies family roles and program design with sessions at Red Carpet Inn and John Tyler High School. Pre registration begins 5 p m April 29 with a dinner program. For more information contact Dr Bryant at Texas Eastern University 214 566 1471.
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Tyler
Rita Bryant
Texas Eastern University
Tyler Independent School District
Red Carpet
John Tyler High School
Bryant
Suburban Mall Design Aims For Rapid Drainage System
A mall project plans drainage quickly into storm sewers outside the site. Builders emphasize maintenance, noting 25 workers and multiple machines including bulldozers and scraper-spreaders. The postwar mall embodies modern convenience and enduring suburban expansion.
Poll and golf note mix shows public mood and Zender lead
A spoof poll about the Carter Administration frames public opinion as a humorous interlude. The piece also reports on Bob Zender, a 33 year old former Chicago broker, tying with Tom Kite for the San Diego Open lead after an opening 65, his first strong showing in years.
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U.S
USS
Henry Kissinger
Turkey
Nixon
Carter
Congress
Washington
San Diego
Bob Zender
Chicago
Tom Kite
Canadiens Run Wild in Wales Conference Title Chase
The 1975-76 Champions Montreal Canadiens built a dominant lead in the Wales Conference after 50 games, with only seven losses and a 29 point edge on Pittsburgh and 45 on Los Angeles. Detroit, in the same division, posted one of the NHL’s poorest records with 13 wins in 49 games.
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Montreal
Montreal Canadiens
Pittsburgh
Los Angeles
Detroit Red Wings
National Hockey League
Longview Mall dirt work reshapes site for proper drainage
The project moved about 430000 yards of earth to level the Longview Mall site, fill gullies, and shave hills while ensuring elevations and drainage. Waldo’s crew began in August after surveys and started large scale earthwork in February, aiming to finish in about three months despite late March rains. Architect Bryant Curington of Austin was named in the project.
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Army Service
Longview Mall
Waldo
Locklar
Swepco
Cason
Bryant Curington
Austin
Sixth Annual Spring Arts Festival planned for Longview
Longview Museum and Arts Center Guild announces May 14 15 at Teague Park for the Sixth Annual Spring Arts Festival. Artists and craftsmen from the region will display work with entertainment on both days including dance groups vocalists and instrumentalists. Reservations for booths are handled by Marilyn Oconnor and Melinda Lenhart.
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Longview
Marilyn O'Connor
Melinda Lenhart
NodgepodGe Reflections On Classic Tulsa Hamburgers
The narrator recalls Griffin's hamburger haven in Tulsa with pure beef patties and minimal toppings, praising onions, salt, and pepper. He contrasts it with modern lettuce heavy burgers and notes regional chains like George in Bristow. A lighter memory blends with a statistic about motor vehicle deaths from the Census Bureau.
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Mr. Griffin
Tulsa
Okla
Griffin's
Oklahoma
Chandler
Claremore
Bristow
George
Mr Griffin
Griffin
Steve
Gladewater
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Belmont
Lee Library
Evergreen Nursery
Chamber of Commerce
Buzz Long
Harold Wells
Jimmy Stovall
Iris McAfee
Dorothy Tenn
Charlie Wilson
Stovall
Mills
Spencer- Harris Machine & Tool Company
Spencer-Harris
Julius
Bud) Morse
Jimmy Brown
Pivotal
Zender
Canadiens
Museum Guild
Allen’s
St. Gregory the Great
Fredalene Clark
U.S. Census Bureau
Anbesol
Kankakee
Cooper
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