Gladewater School District Sets Sept 2 Start After Redesign
Gladewater Public Schools will open the 1969-70 year September 2 with major changes to meet Health, Education and Welfare desegregation guidelines. Kindergarten to grade 2 move to Gay Avenue Primary, which becomes non graded, while Broadway Intermediate houses grades 3-5. An August 27 29 preschool teacher workshop is also planned.
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Gladewater Public
Roy Johnson
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Gladewater
Gay Avenue
Broadway
Gladewater Schools
Bill Holliman
Ken Bennett
Buzz Metzner
Board of Education
Walter Henry
TSTA
TCTA
NEA
Paul King
East Texas Teachers Credit Union
A. R. McLaughlin
E.T.T.C.U
Leon Cashaw
Texas Educational Desegration Technical Assistance Center
Gay Ave
Charles Hopson
Calvin Brannen
O. G. Johnston
Don Smith
Virginia Baker
Ninnie Brewer
West Lee Addition four-plexes near Oak Manor
A. B. McPherson and son Bobby near completion of a four-building four-plex project behind Oak Manor Nursing Home on East Broadway. Each brick veneer unit costs about 36000 with two bedrooms and built in kitchen facilities. Rents set at 115 monthly and streets Ames and Hancock will be paved.
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Gladewater
A. B. McPherson
Center
Bobby
McPherson
Oak Manor Nursing Home
East Broadway
Highway 80
Oak Manor
Hancock Clinic
West Lee
Ames
Hancock
Parade of Homes kicks off in Gladewater this weekend
Gladewater launches its first Parade of Homes by four leading builders. Four total electric Gold Medallion houses open Saturdays and Sundays for two weekends, 1 to 6 pm, with SWEPCO support and viewing at 1006 Chevy Chase Kay Acres among others.
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Gladewater
Home Builders Association
Southwestern Electric Power Co
Swepco
Charles McChesney
Brumley and Hanes
Chevy Chase
Kay Acres
Chicago
Ike Liddell
Freakin Dr
Liberty City
John Paul Tallent
West Gay and
Hampton
Glade Builders
Union Grove Starts 81st School Year on Sept 2
Union Grove School begins its 81st term on Tuesday Sept 2 as the 1969 70 school year opens under Superintendent Garland P. Ferguson. An opening assembly at 9 am and a faculty meeting precede classes with renovations noted around the campus and Lions stadium.
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Union Grove
Garland P. Ferguson
Murphy Phillips Installed as New Minister in Gladewater
Murphy Phillips took pastoral duties at Quit man Street Church of Christ replacing Earl Craig. He previously led Hidden Valley Church of Christ in Houston and pastored in Waldron Benton Ark Woodville. Born in Natchez Miss he studied in Kansas City Kan and Magnolia Ark beginning preaching in 1956. He and his wife Rama Keith reside at 315 N Center with two children Murphy Keith and Christopher.
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Murphy Phillips
Quitman Street
Phillips
N. Center
Rama Keith
Waldo, Ark
Murphy Keith
Christopher
Coach Lyle Outlines Bears 69 Prospects
Gladewater High School coach John Lyle spoke to Rotarians about the 1969 Bear prospects for the season. He noted expectations to win the District 14-AA crown and discussed key players and outlooks for the Bears.
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Lyle
Gladewater High School
John Lyle
Bears
Gladewater Bears face tough schedule under coach Lyle
High school coach Lyle, head since 1965, announced Anthony Bryant joins his staff at Gladewater as Jack Murphy James Bryant and Walter Derrick move in. Open date October 18 worries him. Bears eye 8-2-0 last season and bring 13 lettermen back. preseason notes include Wills Point Mineola Canton and season opener September 12 at home.
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Gladewater High School
Don Smith
Bob Hill
Hugh Mixon
Addreanne Stansell
Jimmie Collins
Winnie Oder
Oleta Allen
Enid Aycock
Margaret Bell
Ken Bennett
Ninnie Mae Brewer
Mary Brooks
Anthony Bryant
Mary Alice Cagle
Don Cartwright
C. W. Dawson
Walter Derrick
Mary Ann Earp
Eulalia Hill
Donald Humphries
Bobby Kennedy
Alfred Lacy
John Lyle
Jack James
Ronnie Jett
W. E. Jones
Jack Murphy
Larry Osborne
Grady Parrish
Faynell C. Parsons
Jessie Mae Pynes
Jean Rowe
Jimmy Rowe
Frank Setzler
Faye Mackey
Mary Smith
Cosby Speir
Roscoe Stevens
Sherrell Walker
Bill Waters
Ida Mae Wedgeworth
Herman Williams
Cecelia Woodle
Gladewater
Don Audas
Lyle
Dallas
Bryant
GHS
Weldon
Oliver Sorrells
Richard Fenton
James
Ernest Allen
Bears
Wills Point
Mineola
Bruins
Yellowjackets
Canton
Gladewater Eye Opener Season Tickets On Sale
Gladewater Bears season tickets go on sale Monday August 25 at the high school principal's office on a first come basis. Tickets are five dollars for four home games.
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Gladewater Bears
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Leach
Hazarisagh
India
Indira Gandhi
A. B. Vajpayee
Jan Sangh Party
Builders Association
W. M. Phillips
J. H. Shepperd
Texas
John Ben Shepperd
Lions Stadium
Mason Phillips
M. M.shelton
T. E. Johnson
Raybert McCrary
C. D. Speed
Bruce Watts
Wayne Wilson
Jack Barrow
Elizabeth Smith
Norma Hamilton
Byron Spencer
Glyn Johnston
Bennie Jones
John Mackey
Jerry Hill
Gary Cobb
Betty Fox
Bernice Reeves
Arielene Howard
Ben Wood
Georgia Ruth Johnston
Bonnie Ferguson
Wilna King
Ellenwyn Hart
Kitty Mings
Betty Smith
Sheila Kay Barrow
Lynnda Brewer
Maysel Watkins
Nora Moore
Locker Watkins
Elva Pool
Virgil Moore
Lester Wilson
Doyce Cannon
Johnnie Blear
Yamboree
Texarkana
Glade
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Raydell Goggans
Arlan Woods
Idona Woods
Joan McCrary
Thelma Grayson
Brenda Mixson
Patsy Bellis
Sally Morgan
Rotary Club
Lonnie Lewis Crouch
Lonnie Jr
Crouch
W. R. Barnhart
W. Pacific
Lonnie
Vietnam
Arlington
W. W. Crouch
Larry Waggoner
Larry Leon O
U.S. Naval Hospital
Norfolk
L. L. Waggoner
Leon Waggoner
City
Eugene Brice
Brice
Highland Christian Church
V. E. Tims
Carolyn Tims Filak
G. A. Filak
Presbyterian Hospital, Dallas
University of Texas
Phillip Byron Grayson
R. C. McCrary
Gilmer Highway
South
Tyler Road
First State Bank
A. V. Haigwood
Pilgrim
First Baptist Church
Longview
Memorial Auditorium
E. S. Hartshorn
Gladewater Public Library
Glen Kincaid
Nancy McKee
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