White Oak Girls Earn Camp Fire’s Highest Honor
Li Lo Lib Camp Fire group of White Oak earns the Wo-He-Lo Medal lion award after two years of work. Five members Sherry Screws Gayle Taylor Jeanine Handy Susan Logan Judy Logan completed 12 requirements plus board review. Mrs. Taylor praised their dedication noting they are assets to school and community.
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White Oak
Sherry Screws
Gayle Taylor
Jeanine Handy
Susan
Judy Logan
PTA
Camp Fire
J. W. Hagler
Dean Leverett
Camp Fire, Inc
B. L. Taylor
Campfire
Taylor
Arthur Logan
Upshur County bill seeks lease sale of experimental farm land
Representative George Hinson of Mineola filed a bill in Austin to allow the Upshur County Commissioners Court to lease or sell 13.66 acres from the Northeast corner of the original Sweet Potato Experimental Farm to the Gilmer Industrial Foundation. A note on local agriculture highlights peach orchards on highway 271 near Gilmer, with varieties including Starks Early Glow and Starks Late Glow.
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Upshur County
George Hinson
Mineola
Austin
Upshur County Commissioners Court
Gilmer Industrial Foundation
Highway 271
Upshur
Camp
Starks
Local Folks and Observations Share Easter Visits and Social Topics
Local residents note Easter holiday visits from the L W Clarks of Tulsa to Neal Clark and family, and Elaine Bruce from Baylor University. The column also touches on integration in the U S and Canada, and recalls 1794 etiquette rules before closing with a regional boast about East Texas pastures.
Claranne Shipp Weds Gary Moore in El Paso
Mr and Mrs Phil Shipp announce the marriage of their daughter Claranne to Gary Moore son of Mrs Julia Moore of Kermit The wedding took place April 3 in El Paso Mrs Moore is a Ker mit school teacher and Mr Moore works for El Paso Natural Gas Co They reside at 600 East Bryan Street Kermit
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Phil Shipp
Claranne
Gary Moore
Julia Moore
Kermit
el Paso
Ever Serve Grilled Cheese and Bacon Sandwiches
A quirky question about serving grilled cheese and bacon sandwiches with butter fried bananas prompts a playful, culinary curiosity. It explores combining classic comfort foods with a dessert twist.
Mrs Mayer Presents Three Arts Program
Mrs Mayer led a Three Arts Club session in the Green Room of the Community Building with vice president Mrs Ford in charge The year theme Keep America Beautiful Through Humor and Understanding featured readings from Langston Hughes Works The next meeting is the Spring Tea on April 23 with Mrs Kenzie reviewing Here Comes the Bride There Goes the Mother by Irene Kampson and guest Mrs Pelphrey attended Henry Lee and the Washington epitaph referenced in an included anecdote.
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Gordon Mayer
Arts Club
Royce Ford
America
Langston Hughes
Harlem
Jesse B. Simple
Hughes
Joplin
Mid-West
Lindsay
C, B, M.kenzie
Irene Kampson
N, E. Formby
L. W. Pelphrey
Mrs. Morgan Hosts Circle Meeting at Home
Members of the Cora Duncan Circle of First Methodist Church met at 9:30 Tuesday morning in the home of Mrs. E. C. Morgan. Circle chairman Mrs. Duncan led prayer. program chair Lola Latch gave the concluding lesson on life after death and Easter faith.
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Cora Duncan
First Methodist Church
E. C. Morgan
Jesus
Christ
W. L. Simmons
Lyle
Crusade Revival Beginnings at Emmanuel Baptist Church
Emmanuel Baptist Church launches the Crusade of the Americas next week as part of a nationwide revival series by Southern Baptist churches. Evangelist James Hall from Cisco, Texas leads with Don Parsley as song director. services run 10 a.m. and 7 30 p.m. daily from April 13 through April 19.
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Emmanuel Baptist Church
Former Gladeite Don Lawrence Dies in New Orleans
Don Lawrence 51 died Tuesday night in New Orleans from a heart attack. Funeral services set for Friday at 11 a.m. at First Christian Church, with Rev. John Sperling officiating. Burial in Gladewater Memorial Park and survivors include wife Helen daughter Betty Jean son Don two brothers Harding Dallas and Eugene Lawrence and many nieces and nephews.
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Don Lawrence
D. L. Lawrence
New Orleans
Louisiana
Malcolm Stone
First Christian Church
John Sperling
Gladewater Memorial Park
Betty Jean
Don
Harding Lawrence
Dallas
Eugene Lawrence
Houston
Estelle Todd Smith Dies in Fort Worth at 57
Mrs Estelle Todd Smith 57 daughter of Mrs S D Todd died Monday night at her Fort Worth home after a brief illness. She slumped in a chair while watching television and died of a heart attack. Funeral services were held at Lake Worth Memorial Baptist Church and graveside rites at Rosedale Cemetery Gladewater. She was born June 25 1911 in Gladewater and married to Kermit Smith in 1937. She leaves her mother two sons and two sisters with several nieces and nephews.
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Estelle Todd Smith
S. D. Todd
City
Roberts
Fort Worth
Lake Worth Memorial Baptist Church
Biggers Funeral Home
Rosedale Cemetery
Gladewater
Irby D. Bates
First Baptist Church
Mrs. Smith
Grand Prairie
University of Texas In
Arlington
University of Texas, Austin
Kermit Smith
Adelle Mason
Morgan
Texas
Mary Ella Hamner
Kansas City
Anne Pierce
Irving
LaRue Bolin
Bossier City
Paul Todd Mason
Ft. Worth
James Mason
US Air Force
Maine
Dennis Hillin 16 dies in Gum Springs scooter crash
Dennis Lee Hillin 16, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Crouch, died Saturday in an auto motor scooter accident near I-20 Gum Springs. He was son of E. Albert Hillin of Longview. Interment at Gum Springs Cemetery after 2 p.m. Monday at Gum Springs Christian Church. Survivors include parents a sister and multiple grandparents and an uncle and aunt.
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Dennis Lee Hillin
W. W. Crouch
City
I-20
Gum Springs
Dennis
Pete) Albert Hillin
Longview
Gum Springs Christian Church
Otis Plyler
Crouch
J. W. Deaton
Tatum
V. L. Shofner
James Deaton
Gladewater
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Paris
Lonse Graves
L. W. Clark
Pauline Sayon
Tim
Tulsa
Okla
Clark
Neal Clark
Joe Stephens
Elaine Bruce
J. D. Bruce
Elaine
Baylor University
John Chick
Linda
Gil Poston
U. S
Canada
No Man’s Land
East
Family Store
Gerteual of
Claranne Shipp
Mrs. Mayer
Henry
Light Horse
Harry) Lee
George Washington
Congress
Washington
Upshur - Rural Electric Cooperative
Mrs. Morgan
Emmanuel Baptist
Gladewater Mirror
Gladeites
New Delhi
Himalayas
Delhi
Charam Pani
Ufa
Buick
Ellen
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