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Newspaper
Gladewater Mirror
Location
Gladewater, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1973
Page
2
The mayor issues a playful Edict calling all male residents to refrain from shaving during Centennial Week through August 4, 1973. Those who comply become Brothers of the Brush with city recognition while noncompliers face mock punishments by Ye Keystone Kops and Ye Kangaroo Court.
Gladewater officials announce a Centennial Celebration prohibition on women wearing cosmetics and jewelry in public until they join the new Centennial Belles group. A special female police force may enforce the rule with a kangaroo court implied.
The chronology lists events on April dates: U S declares war on Spain in 1898 and 1910 marks Samuel Clemens death on April 21 1910. It notes Pedro Alvares Cabral’s discovery of Brazil on April 22 1500 James Buchanan birth on April 23 1791 Virginia’s 1861 secession and the first English settlement in Virginia on April 26 1607.
Senator Peyton McKnight announced approval by the Texas Commission on Alcoholism of a grant for The Good Shepherd Hospital Longview to establish an Alcoholism Therapy Department. The first year funds total 44350 with 27256 grantee contributions, totaling 71606 for the project aims to treat alcoholics as medical patients and extend rehab services via an integrated hospital unit.
Neal Caldwell of the House Appropriations Committee writes in Gladewater Mirror praising John Allen for over twelve years in the House. He credits Allen with long hours and a bipartisan spending bill that avoids new taxes, calling him decent and trustworthy.
A humorous monologue on filing 1040, as a tax prep visit becomes a nightmare. The narrator laments the IRS and our tax system, while the preparer mocks errors and jokes about dependents including distant nations. The piece ends with the narrator hauled away in defeat.
The past week brings birth of a new nephew to the Waltons and grandparents for the Elrods with a son for Scott and Linda Elrod. The society editor Harriett Walton enters hospital and recovers. Daniel Davis, longtime Mirror worker, dies of a heart attack. The column fondly recalls Ken Bennett’s appreciation dinner and urges appreciation of loved ones.
Pulp and production costs drive another price increase for newsprint effective July 1. mills report ongoing spiralling costs in raw materials and labor, with expectations of further rises to follow.
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