Eyeopener highlights local sports and civic notes
James Walker declares baseball strike over and Methodist A softball practice set for 5 30 at Kay Acres. Pony league baseball signups for ages 13 14 at the pony league park Saturday at 4. Hosea Hearnsberger leads alderman ticket with 40 of 47 votes. Ed Sutton re-elected. Gladewater culture includes Venus visible near moon with reports of Apollo 16 speculation. Nights reveal Venus for two weeks. Local notices cover service pins, medical emergency appendectomy, and Rep Fred Head hospitalized after auto accident near Palestine.
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James Walker
Methodist
Kay Acres
Hosea Hearnsberger
Warren City
Hearnsberger
ED. Sutton
Sutton
Loyce Hancock
Claud Smith
Oki Rigs
Fred Head
Tyler
Medical Center
Palestine
Glade police honored at second annual banquet
Gladewater police sergeant James Heatherlin was named policeman of the year while Chief Cris Morrow received a plaque and patrolman Troy Godwin earned a sergeant stripe. About 65 officers, officials, and guests attended the Chamber of Commerce event.
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Gladewater
James Heatherlin
Cris Morrow
Troy Godwin
Chamber of Commerce
Heatherlin
James Walker
Barton
Beard Growing Contest to Kick Off Gladewater Rodeo Festivities
Gladewater Kiwanis Club to sponsor a Beard Growing Contest during the annual Roundup Rodeo. The event starts Monday April 24 with 150 dollars in prizes and online registration through May 8. Categories include Neatest Beard Most Unusual Beard and Neatest Mustache or Goatee. Participants pay one dollar for shaving permits benefiting the Kiwanis Youth Activities Fund.
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Gladewater Kiwanis Club
Gladewater
Stanley Midler
Kiwanis Youth Activities Fund
Ron Clark
Gladewater Mirror
Gladewater Band Heads to Florida for Fife and Drum Events
Gladewater High School band led by Buzz Messner and principal Bob Hill with sponsors left town in two buses and a station wagon for a six day Pensacola Florida trip to take part in Five Flags events. They expect to return Sunday April 23.
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Gladewater High School
Buzz Messner
Bob Hill
Gladewater
Pensacola
Fla
Gregg County Voter Totals and Fiesta Band Trip Details
Gregg County reports 31 722 registered voters with 3 722 on the May 6 primary rolls by precincts Attestations include Precincts 1 703 and 2 569 Precinct 3 8172 Precinct 4 7278 Kilgore precinct 17 wath 2835 and Gradewater voting district 2300 The GHS band participates in the Fiesta in Pensacola with other East Texas bands Mineola Hallsville Lindale They perform in parades receive trophies and will tour Jackson Miss Vicksburg battleground and New Orleans band Parents Club raised over 4000 for the trip and the band carries Glidewater’s banner as rodeo capital of East Texas.
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Longview
Gregg County
Iwo
Harper
Pine Tree
Kilgore
Gradewater
Ply Hall
White Oaks
GHS
Gulf Coast
Pensacola
Jackson
Miss
Vicksburg Battleground
Gladewater
New Orleans
Parents Club
Messner
Iadewater
East Texas
Prayer For Today Blessing and grace through Christ for all
A devotional note invites believers to approach the throne of grace with boldness. It thanks the Savior for Calvary, asks for growth in sharing the living presence of Christ, and ends with an amen.
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Calvary
Christ
Camp Fire Girls Center to get new look from chicken supper funds
The Camp Fire Girls Center at the corner of Tenery and Jeanette raised over 500 dollars, including a 50 dollar gift, from a chicken supper fundraiser. Joyce Erickson led the effort with donated tickets, dishes, and food, aided by a wide coalition of local leaders and mothers who supplied manpower and materials for refurbishments.
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Venus
Gladewater
Fredalene
Camp Fire Girls Center
Tenery
Jeanette
Gadewater
Andy Tuttle
Gayla Denton
Camp Fire
Blue Birds
Camp Fire Center
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Kilgore News Herald
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Marshall Restaurant
Elvin E. King
Southwestern Electric Power
Doris Lane
First State Bank
Glade Police
Civic Division
Dale Barton
Bill Langford
Skipper Norfleet
Jan Chisholm
Austin
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Soto
Skipper
Mother Frances Hospital
Miss Chisholm
Warsaw
Jan Golawski
Waldemar Zalewski
Langford
Brown
G. Johnston
Gregg County Bar Association
Bill Gardner
Ebb Mobley
G. Brockett
Irwin Longview
Gary Beckworth
Mirror
Jimmy Brown
Volunteer Fire Department
Washington
Ray Roberts
Ronnie Gothard
James Smith
David Burrows
Harold Potts
Joyce Erickson
Coordinating Committee For
Mrs. Erickson
Geneva Partain
Ben Driver
Carolyn Kerns
Frances Kapchinsky
Gladys Abercrombie
Budean Heard
Pat Moore
Joyce Hugman
Jean Pee
Ann Holcomb
Judy Gibbons
Charline Simmons
Martha Langford
Carolyn Wilson
Janet Barksdale
Mattie Finley
Ermine Hudspeth
Patsy Pope
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