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Newspaper
Gladewater Mirror
Location
Gladewater, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1972
Page
10
Dr Damis predicts a week of cautious advances and social shifts. Virgos should expect heart matters and personal tact, while an elderly relation improves. Avoid conflicts with a colleague and resist shortcuts as you pursue better times ahead and mindful self presentation.
May 1972 council notes show Page Southerland Page recommending a new 75 bed hospital on 15 acres with 1 million in federal grant and loan, estimating 2.2 million construction costs. The board delayed action and also denied a 40 MPH railroad speed limit change. Other items include tax roll adjustments, cemetery rule change, outdoor lighting rates, mobile home placement rules, roof repair bids, and a pending sanitary sewer contract.
Friends and relatives travel from Pensacola Florida and Torrance California to visit Mrs. Eula Kersh at City Hospital. Daughters Betty Jean Matthews and Dutch Gattis arrive with Robert and Debbie Gattis expected to join over the weekend. Mrs. Kersh shows signs of improvement. The column notes mail delays and Rua Draper’s abroad card mailed over a month ago.
College Station residents can create bottle gardens using a clean waterproof container and cut branches from sturdy plants. Everett Janne of Texas A&M Extension outlines steps from selecting stems to weekly turning and monthly cleaning, noting roots may form and plants can be transplanted to soil.
The Highway Users Federation reports streets and roads use less than one percent of U S land area. In urbanized zones the share runs about 25 to 30 percent, roughly unchanged since before the automobile era.
Scott Lee Helsley of Richardson landed a 41 pound carp at Pure Oil Lake in Van Zandt County after a 45 minute fight on 15 pound line. The 37 inch fish with a 32 inch girth breaks the prior Texas state record of 23 pounds 12 ounces held by Vic Tinsley since 1968. Call in your news tips to 845-2235.
Area men in service include Navy Seaman Recruit Jackie R. Randall son of Mrs Autry B Randall of Longview who graduated from recruit training at Naval Training Center Great Lakes Joe Free son of Mr and Mrs T W Gandy of Gladewater was promoted to Fire Control Technician Second Class aboard USS John S McClain in Viet Namese waters Navy Petty Officer Second Class William C Johnson son of Mr and Mrs William H Johnson of Longview participated in a Sixth Fleet operation in the Med aboard USS John F Kennedy Navy Fireman Recruit Billy D Bates husband of Patricia J Waller of Kilgore graduated from recruit training at the Naval Training Center Orlando.
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