Community notices and fundraising drives update local readers
Mrs. M P Aldridge in M D Anderson Hospital Houston critically ill with acute leukemia. East Texas Chest Hospital seeks donations for COPD treatment machines for indigent patients to stay at home. TARS to sponsor a rummage sale August 11 12 to buy school clothes for retarded students. Rita Draper on Europe tour writes of Netherlands Germany Switzerland and wall sighting. ETCOG welcomes Arp Scottsville joins membership 77 board seats. Gladewater Masonic Lodge 852 to work in Fellow Craft degree. Memorial gifts to Gladewater Library for C P Berry Hugh Bassett Agnes Sullivan. John A Selph recovering from heart attack at City Hospital. Russell Fenton kidney transplant success at Parkland with donor brother Jerry. Church youth rummage sale to aid medical expenses. Flowers of Texas Travel requests copies see Eye Opener Page 2.
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TARS
Teens Aid
S. Main
Rhodes
Russell Fenton
Memorial Baptist Church
Fenton
Parkland Hospital
Dallas
Jerry
Beating at Cade's Service Station Leaves Couple Hospitalized
Grover Cater and his wife, both seriously injured, were robbed at Cade's Service Station in Winona around 1 a.m. Saturday. The 72 year old and 57 year old woman were listed in critical condition at Mother Frances Hospital after assailants struck them and took nearly $200.
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Winona
Mother Frances Hospital
Cade’s
Grover Cleveland Cater
Harlan Long
Two New Parties Certified For November Ballot In Texas
Secretary of State Bob Bullock certified two new political parties La Raza Unida and Socialist Workers for the November general election ballot, joining Democrats and Republicans. The parties filed petitions with more than 2365 signatures. American Party seeks more time to gather needed signatures. Socialist Workers nominate Richard Garcia for U S senator and Debby Leonard for governor. La Raza Unida lists numerous candidates including Ramsey Ramuniz for governor and Flores Amaya for U S senator. Bullock noted he did not verify signatures beyond spot checks and acknowledged limited staff made full validation impractical.
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Austin
Bob Bullock
la Raza Unida
Socialist Workers
Bullock
U.S
Richard Garcia
Debby Leonard
San Antonio
Baylor
Ramsey Ramuniz
Waco
Flores Amaya
State Board of Education
Mrs Gene Causey 51 Dies After Long Illness
Funeral services for Mrs. Evelyn Marlee Causey 51 were held Wednesday at 10 in the North Main Church of Christ with Walter Talley officiating. Burial followed in Wood Cemetery. She died Tuesday morning at 6:25 in a local hospital after a lengthy illness. She was born Frankston July 29, 1921 and lived most of her life in Gladewater. She worked in the Municipal Hospital dietary department and was a longtime carrier for The Mirror. Survived by husband Gene two sons Richard and John two daughters Opal Slusser and Kathryn Trull two granddaughters Melissa and Pamela Causey and her father George A Atwood a sister Florene Hardman and others.
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Charles Patrick Berry
Route 2
Malcolm Stone
Herman Reagh
Union Grove Baptist Church
West Mountain Cemetery
Mr. Berry
Oak Cliff Memorial and Surgical Hospital
Dallas
Grand Cane
Louisiana
Gladewater
Atomic Energy Commission
California
Alma
L. A. Leonard
City
Ray
Grand Bay
Alabama
Willie
Lake Dallas
Alton
Eugene
Nellie Crader
Duncanville
Amy Williams
Logansport
Emmit Arnold
John Black
George Cummings
Don Pope
Joe Brackeen
Glyn Johnston
Evelyn Marlee Causey
North Main Church of Christ
Walter Talley
Wood Cemetery
Municipal Hospital
The
Mirror
Gene
Richard
John
Opal Slusser
Kathryn Trull Mesquite
George A. Atwood
Florene Hardman
Melissa
Pamela Causey
Gladewater Schools Adopt Quarter System for 1973-74
Gladewater Texas will shift to a quarter system starting with the 1973-74 school year under House Bill 1078. The district will operate three quarters this year due to economic constraints, with quarters running August 21 to November 14, November 16 to February 21, and February 26 to May 25.
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Gladewater
Texas
Roy Johnson
Gladewater Chamber discusses centennial plans for 1973
At the Tuesday luncheon meeting of the Chamber of Commerce directors, discussion covered Gladewater's upcoming centennial year 1973. Secretary-manager Mrs. Jo Wiley said a charter marking the city's 100th founding has been applied for.
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Gladewater
Chamber of Commerce
Jo Wiley
City Tax Collects $335 946 As Of July 31
Loyd Towery city tax assessor collector said gross city property tax collections reached 335 946 24 dollars as of July 31, about 92.3 percent of the total rolls. Total assessed tax stands at 364 110 with an ad valorem rate of 2.50 per 100. Discounts for early payments totaled 4 968 58, and from Aug 1 delinquent accounts incur a 1.5 percent monthly penalty.
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Loyd Towery
City water use and sales rise and fall with heat and rain
The hot dry weather stress has pushed the filtration plant to 2,096,100 gallons in 24 hours while capacity can double. Lake Gladewater level drops about 10 inches with potential rapid decline without rain, but no shortage or rationing is expected. June and July sales show 26.7 and 26.8 million gallons, versus 39 and 35 million in prior years. Unofficial June rainfall was 6.4 inches and July 3.5 inches.
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Bobby Leach
Lake Gladewater
Tyler Returns to Days of the Old West Rat Bounty Plan
Tyler city commission starts a bounty paying 10 cents per rat tail to reduce a rodent problem. Tyler Smith County Health Department distributes 600 pounds of rat poison. 55 pounds collected by Wednesday. The program aims to control overpopulated areas. residents should contact the Health Department for roden control.
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Tyler
Tyler-Smith County
Health Department
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Houston
East Texas Chest Hospital
Volunteer Council
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Europe
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Switzerland
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Scottsville
ETCOG
R.A. Lanier
J.P. Verhalen
Etcog Board of
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C. P. Berry
Hugh Bassett
R. C
Agnes) Sullivan
John A. Selph
City Hospital
Texas Traveling
Texas Highway Department
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M. J. Harvey
Rose Park
West Front Street
Fairgrounds
Sulphur Springs
Sheliah Bussey
Longview
Cheyenne
Wyo
Pueblo
Colo
Big Sandy
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Gladewater City Hospital
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Harrison
Harmon Crow
Shady Grove Road
Dallas County
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George Theologus
U. S. Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Baylor University
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Texas Alcohol Narcotics Education
TANE
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Theologu
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Jesus
American Party
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SMU
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Debra Ganong
Mary Ann Burney
Kathy Cauthen
Nancy Waters
Lana Black
Gene Causey
James Mahon
R. L. Supert
A B. Rose
Howard Dunagan
B. P. Dake
Johnny Hrabina
L. Decker
O. B. Brown
Marshall
Jack Earp
Perry Green
John Edmundson
Harvey W. Winn
Munn McGough
Gladewater High School
Johnson
C-C
Chamber
Bill Wagner
West Coast
Los Angeles
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Oakland
Leon Kapchinsky
Feast of Tabernacles
Royce Ford
East Texas
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