Gladewater School Board Sets 1977 78 Tax Rate
The Gladewater school board meets in regular session to set the 1977 78 tax rate and review a complete revaluation completed this year the first change in 20 years. They will finalize budget amendments adopt the amended 1976 77 budget hold a preliminary hearing on the 1977 78 budget and set a date for a public hearing. Contracts for bread milk ice cream gasoline will be awarded resignations and new hires reviewed. Supt Roy Johnson notes the new budget will rise due to high utility bills and unemployment compensation.
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Gladewater
Roy Johnson
FBI official cites agency overextension
A Longview luncheon speech by FBI Associate Deputy Director James B. Adams aired concerns about staffing shortages and rising costs from the Freedom of Information Act and numerous information requests. He warned that traditional crime detection and prosecution face growing trouble due to tighter investigative procedures and ongoing rights battles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longview
FBI
Texas Crime Prevention Association
James B. Adams
TCPA
Adams
AARP program on Thyra Bjorn book review at First Methodist
The AARP meets Thursday at 2 p.m. in Jeter Hall to hear Mrs. Tom Bailey Jr. review Thyra Ferre Bjorn trilogy Papa's Wife Papa's Daughter Mama's Way. The review highlights faith, family life, and joyful spirit. Jessea and Weimar Jones welcome a grandson this week. Ryan Daniel Jung born Tuesday at Seton’s Medical Center Austin weighing four pounds four ounces. Johnell Segrest wins pole bending at the State 4-H show and advances to the 1977 Southern Regional in Waco August 11-13. A tennis development program begins at Glade Tennis and Swim Club with four sessions weekly. Funeral services for Eunice Moss Hudson held in Elmore City with related services for Reuben Moss in Paris. L E Watson a patient at East Texas Chest Hospital in room 238. Jerry Lynn Smith from Fort Bliss El Paso on leave visiting his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thyra Ferre Bjorn
Papa
Mama
Tom Bailey, Jr
AARP
Jeter Hall
First Methodist Church
Jessea
Weimar Jones
Ryan Daniel Jung
Seton's Medical Center
Austin
Matt Jung
Judy Jones
Ryan
Judy
Clyde C. Cook
Johnell Segrest
Golden Spur
Texas
Waco
City to block Union Grove effort to incorporate
The City of Gladewater opposes Union Grove incorporation near US 271 N, arguing it infringes the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction. Upshur County Judge Everett Dean set August 10 as the incorporation election date, with residents petitioning for a vote and objections raised by city officials in a series of meetings and legal briefs.
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Union Grove
Gladewater
Tony N. Williams
Jack M. Finley
Finley
Williams
Clarksville City
Gregg County
Upshur
Everett Dean
Dean
J.B. Hill
Garland Smith
Fortson
U.S. Highway 271
Robert “Bob” Dooley
Union Water Board
Jeff Fortson
Oak Manor Nursing Home in Gladewater Examined for Care
The Oak Manor Nursing Home opened in 1969 and houses 120 beds under Traco Properties of Frederick. The facility employs 53 staff with 24 hour nursing coverage, follows strict safety and medication procedures, and emphasizes patient rights, quality meals, and recreation programs while noting ongoing redecorating as it ages.
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Gladewater
Oak Manor
Traco Properties
Frederick
Okla Oak Manor
Truman and Coy Smith
Linden
New Boston
Mt. Pleasant
Commerce
Denton
Sherman
Stamford
Ballinger
East Texas
Walker
States Dept. of Public Welfare
Dept. of Health Resources
Seminar on Social Justice and Health Care Public Policy
Lee Library hosts a county wide free seminar Monday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m at the Gladewater Lee Public Library sponsored by the Texas Institute of Religion and funded by the Texas Committee for the Humanities and Public Policy and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Hospital administrator Paul Bennett and Mrs Elwanda Walker join Dr Earl Shelp and other experts to present non political discussions and reports on health care ethics and public policy with officials from Austin Bryan Arlington Houston and Washington DC expected to attend.
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Paul Bennett
Gladewater Municipal Hospital
Gladewater Lee Public Library
Texas Institute of Religion
Gladewater Nursing Home
Elwanda Walker
Earl E. Shelp
Houston
Austin
Bryan
Arlington
Washington, D.C
Shelp
One-man Show By Local Artist Opens In Longview
Gladewater artist Barbara Williams, sponsored by the Gregg Art Guild, presents a one artist show at Commercial National Bank in Longview from Aug 8 to Sept 9. Original prints and acrylic paintings, including blue ribbon winners from Christi, Longview and Gilmer, will be exhibited. Works include serigraphs, etchings, woodcuts, lithographs and callagraphs, many framed by her husband J A Williams. Mrs Williams studied graphic arts at Del Mar College.
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Gladewater
Barbara Williams
Gregg Art Guild
Longview
Commercial National Bank
S. High
Christi
Gilmer
J. A. Williams
Williams
del Mar College
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Ted Gunderson
Dallas
Hal Newsom
Jerry Smith
Hondo
Glade Tennis and Swim Club
Archie Moss
Elmore City
Okla
Eunice Moss Hudson
L. E. Watson
East Texas Chest Hospital
Jerry Lynn Smith
Fort Bliss
el Paso
Corey Thompson
New York
F. B. Biglow
Jimmy Brown
Dorothy Lowry
State Dept. of Public Welfare
State Dept. of Health Resources
Hopkins & Company of Sherman
Jack A. McNutt
Six Homes
McNutt
Dolph Briscoe
The
Mirror
Lee Library
National Endowment For the Humanities
Sam Moore
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