Freelance Reporter Jimmy Brown Abroad Reflects on Poverty and Fame
The Mirror sends Jimmy Brown on months of European travels to Germany Denmark Sweden Norway Finland Holland and Britain. He notes freelance life as poverty with unsold copy and travel gear but seeks great stories editors will pay for and hopes for Pulitzer level work.
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Mirror
Jimmy Brown
Europe
Germany
Denmark
Sweden
Norway
Finland
Holland
Britain
Free Lance
Humphrey Bogart
Steve McQueen
Jimmy
Gladewater School Board Reelects Henry President
Dr. Henry was re elected to a third term as school board president when the Gladewater board reorganized Monday night Virgil Wallace began a second term as member and was elected secretary Barnes won Position 7 in April election becoming Glade waters first Black elective official The meeting covered topics from Gay Avenue PTA air conditioning to a proposed tax rate increase Supt Roy Johnson outlined district funds from the minimum foundation program
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Walter Henry
Gladewater
Henry
B. F. Landers
John Shipp
Harold McDowell
Virgil Wallace
Wallace
Medro Barnes
Barnes
Gay Avenue Pta
Roy Johnson
Minimum Foundation
Pro
Board of Equalization
Bill Guthrie
Bobby Kennedy
Gay Pta
Guthrie
School Board
Grand Master Hal Burnett to Visit Gladewater Masons
Hal Burnett Grand Master of Texas to speak at a Gladewater joint Masonic Lodge and Eastern Star meeting on Thursday April 16 with Joe W. Steed Deputy Grand Master of Texas as guest. Event includes covered dish supper at 7 30 and welcomes by local leaders.
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Hal Burnett
Grand Lodge of
Joe W. Steed
Mt. Pleasant
Grand Lodge
Texas
Gladewater
Jimmy Ray Williams
Ola Mae Erwin
Gladewater Oes
Homer H. Krum
Gladewater Lodge
Burnett
Knights Templar
Order of the Eastern Star
Priory Knights York Cross of Honor of
Howard Coulter Rites Planned for Longtime Texas Resident
Howard Coulter 80 a Ming's Chapel community resident since 1928 died Monday at his son's East Mountain home where he was recuperating from surgery. Born January 18 1890 in Arkansas he moved to Texas at ten years old and lived in Wills Point Hughes Springs Up shur County until his death. He was a retired farmer and a member of East Mountain Baptist Church with funeral services held Wednesday. He is survived by his wife daughter son a sister and a brother and three grandchildren. Burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens Gilmer with pallbearers named.
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Howard Coulter
Ming’s Chapel
James L. Coulter
East Mountain
Mr. Coulter
Arkansas
Texas
Wills Point
Hughes Springs
Upshur
East Mountain Baptist Church
Aubrey Pate
J. C. Henderson
Judson Missionary Baptist Church
Welch Funeral Home
Longview
Annie Mae Coulter
Laverne (Verna) Elis
Mallie Burnham
Georgetown
Cleo Coulter
Orange
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Gilmer
Royce Ford
Austin Davis
Norval Hasley
Bill Brady
Fred Gray
Dalton Wilson
Community notices and events in Kilgore column
The Kilgore News-Herald EYE OPENER lists a Shriners Auxiliary covered dish supper on April 20 at 7 p.m. at Kilgore Community House. It also notes a chicken spaghetti dinner at First Christian Church on Friday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. with tickets $1.25. The item mentions serviceman Sgt Lonnie Crouch visiting family, Casey Chandler's illness, and upcoming Daylight Saving Time start on April 26 with a brief note on Franklin’s DST origin.
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Ladies of the First Christian Church
Church Fellowship Hall
Kilgore News-Herald
Benjamin Franklin
U.S
France
Medical Committee Formed by The Chamber of Commerce
The Gladewater Chamber forms a Medical Committee to attract more doctors to the town. Paul Bennett of Gladewater Municipal Hospital heads the committee. Directors set new meeting dates to the second and fourth Tuesdays, with the next gathering on April 28 at St. Clair Restaurant. Don Earp to chair retail merchants. Royce Ford notes a leadership lineup.
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Gladewater
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Bill Langford
Paul Bennett
Bennett
Gladewater Municipal Hospital
Langford
Don Earp
George Thomas
Open House Saturday At New Southside Building
Open house for the new Southside Community Building on Eleanor Street is set for Saturday April 18 at 10 30 a m City officials will attend including Mayor Melvin Jenkins Gregg County Commissioner Bill Owens and City Manager Bill Langford The 1200 square foot air conditioned and heated facility features a modern kitchen and space for group activities Free coffee and doughnuts will be served The building was funded by a city county collaboration with the city paying half of materials and the county half plus labor
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Southside
South Main
Eleanor Street
Melvin Jenkins
Gregg County
Bill Owens
Bill Langford
Prayer for Today Gates Eternal City
A devotional prayer pleads for divine guidance in using freedom to grow in God’s love. The speaker asks to enter through God’s gates into the eternal city and to live openly before the indwelling presence. Amen.
Williams Receives Honorable Mention All America
Union Grove star David Williams, a 5 foot 11 senior at 175 pounds, earned honorable mention All America as the first Union Grove athlete to achieve this honor. He also made All State second team and All District, with the selection based on ballots from coaches, officials, and sportscasters nationwide.
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David Williams
Union Grove School
Sunkist Corporation
Coach and Athlete Magazine
Williams
Frank Williams Jr
Union Grove
David Av
Plan to Help Teenagers Secure Summer Employment
Details on a plan to assist teenagers in obtaining summer jobs are on page 5. The article outlines program goals, participating agencies, and anticipated outcomes for youth employment.
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Hal Burnet
Gregg County Shriners Auxiliary
Kilgore
Sgt
Lonnie Crouch
Lonnie Lewis, Jr
W. R. Barnhart
W. W. Crouch
Sgt. Crouch
Vietnam
Arlington
Georgia
Casey Chandler
Wichita Falls
Wichita General Hospital
Casey
Ruby
New Southside
Ernest Martin
Mack Wiley
East Texas
Jaycee Park
Abernathy
Washington, D.C
United States Chamber of Commerce
West Coast
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Los Angeles
John Paul Tallent
Jaycee
Jaycees
Jim Holcomb
Ellen Bauman
David Holcombe
Sayka McCourt
Bauman
National Library Week
B. P. Dake
Don Audas
Harold Victory
Sam Moore
Joe McElroy
James Brannen
H. L. MecKaig
Quentin Abernathy
Curtis Bright
Mayor Jenkins
Clyde Crawford
John Mackey
NEW Orleans Symphony
Ambassador College
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