Gladewater and area notices span meetings and services
Band parents plan a Monday night meeting in the band hall. A historical home tour is set for Oct 15 with proceeds to Ruth Lester Memorial Building. Gregg County registrars Paulynes and Hadley to assist local registrations. Chamber meeting seeks broad business representation. East Texas State University honors Virginia Lee Bailey with a history master’s degree. Mental health center schedules a Gregg Harrison session Aug 23. Southland Life agent Buzz Lang earns Leading Producers Round Table award.
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Marion County Historical Survey Committee
Ruth Lester
Virginia Lee Bailey
Opal L. Sorrells
Gladewater High School
East Texas State University
Gregg-Harrison
Gregg County
Swepco
Longview
Social Security Administration
Department of Public Welfare
Texas Vocational Rehabilitation Commission
Southland Life Insurance
Buzz Lang
Lang
National Association of Life Underwriters
Gay Avenue Bears begin practice amid new look and district shift
The 1972 Gay Avenue High School football Bears start conditioning under the sun at Bear Stadium after moving to District 9 AAA from 8 AAA. Principal Charles Hopson schedules fall registration for Friday with bus routes to be worked out. start of school is Monday with 8:20 to 1:45 hours. Coach Jack Murphy uncovers early questions but returns 12 lettermen as Charles Simmons and Smoky Hawley lead a veteran backfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladewater Bears
Arlan Woods
Jack Murphy
Murphy
Bruins
Bear
Bears
Charles Hopson
Gay Avenue School
Gay Avenue
Hopson
Walter Derrick
Bobby Bernard
Garland
Butch) Clay
Tommy Waggoner
Anthony Bryant
Houston
Charles Simmons
Charles
Smoky) Hawley
Robbie Arrington
Trey Hugman
Gladewater approves final budget and hires teachers
Gladewater school board finalizes the amended 1972 73 budget at August meeting. Four new teachers are hired to complete the faculty, while one biology teacher John Lyle resigns to join Pine Tree schools as assistant coach. Cafeteria staff changes are announced and the swimming pool closes for the season. Master schedule pickup and IGE program plans are outlined with new aides and staff movements. Funeral services for Henry Anderson Newell are noted with details on survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladewater
Roy Johnson
John Lyle
Pine Tree
Gladewater Bears
Winnie Oder
Sabine
Alene Rose
Broadway
Rachel Roebuck
Gay Avenue
Mattie Cooksey
Georgia Elliott
Helen Barlow
Patricia Burrows
Dorothy James
Joe Murphy
Barbara Palmer
Susan Scott
Linda Joyce Williams
Jean Williams
Johnson
Grace Derrick
Broadway School
James Michael Hudspeth
Leverett's Chapel High School
Kilgore College
ETSU
Lyle
Big Springs
Terrell High School
Elaine Watson
Pine Tree High School
North Texas State University
Garland Ferguson
Gladewater Mirror
Bear Stadium
Gun blast claims life of Cindy Hammond
Cindy Marie Hammond, 19, of Gladewater, a 1971 Gladewater High School graduate, daughter of Mrs. Juanita Hammond and the late Elvis Hammond, died from a gunshot at her home on Martha Drive around 5 30 a.m. Justice of the Peace Ross DeLay ruled it a death by own action. Funeral arrangements are pending with Maleoh Line Funeral Home. She is survived by her mother and two sisters, one residing in Lawton Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia Marie
Cindy) Hammond
Juanita Hammond
Elvis Hammond
Gladewater High School
Cindy
Gladewater
Kilgore College
Swepco
Longview
Methodist Church
Justice of the Peace
Ross DeLay
Hammond
Martha Drive
Maleoh. Line Funeral Home
Larry Sorrells
City
Jack Hearrell, Jr
Lawton
Oklahoma
Mineola Hay Show and dinner at high school
The Mineola Sixth Annual Hay Show is set for Tuesday September 26 with an open house at 6 30 p m in Mineola High School Vocational Agriculture Building A. A barbecue dinner follows at 7 15 p m and the Hay Show Auction starts at 9 p m Murray Cox Farm Director WFAA will be the dinner speaker. Senate Majority Leader Mansfield says efforts will be made to conclude the current Congress by September 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mineola
Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Congress
Board of Education
Broadway
Jean Hill
Teachers Return to Gladewater School Year
Superintendent Roy Johnson addressed the 1972-73 Gladewater faculty meeting in the high school band room stressing that teachers are the key to the district’s success and that the school aims to be exemplary, not second rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Johnson
Gladewater
Johnson
Garys mark 20th wedding anniversary in East Texas home
Mr. and Mrs. Bill W. Gary Sr. celebrate golden anniversary with a 4 to 5 30 p.m. Sunday reception at their son’s home 604 Culver. Hosts include all honorees’ children. 12 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren. Mrs. Gary, born Betty Brown, and Mr. Gary native Texans wed in 1921 after meeting in Murchison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill W. Gary
Bill Gary
Culver
Gladewater
South Texas
Bill
James E
City
Tommy
Longview
Bobby
Pasadena
Charles
Ruby Allen
Gary
Betty Brown
Athens
John
Georgia Johnson Brown
Georgia
Carthage
Andrew and
Delia Jane Camp Gary
Panola County
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Roy Pynes
W. Dwight Hadley
Leon Kapchinsky
Chamber of Commerce
Betty Ruth Baker
Baylor University
Rita Draper
GHS Bear Squad
Gay Ave. School
Gladeitesson
Gary Jones
O. G. Jones
Mr. Jones
Jones
Michael Allen
Nathan Zimelman
Carolrhoda Books
Minneapolis
Minn
Allen
Art Center School of
Los Angeles
Bill W. Gary, SR
Gladewater Visitor
Richard
Pennsylvania
Wilson
Britt
Iowa
John ‘Hardrock
Mislen
the Mirror
Hardrock
Maury
Graham
Beefstew Charlie
Ben Benson
Scoopshovel Scotty
Hugh Mixon
Newell
Henry Anderson Newell
Malcolm Stone
B. F. Risinger, Jr
First Baptist Church
Memorial Park
Ada
LeTourneau Marathon Corp
Mary Newell
Dallas
R. L. Newell
Johnny Newell
Tyler
Leroy
Cheverly
Richard Tilford
Arkansas
Gloria Russom
Barbara Wilson
Lahoma Allen
Mesquite
Jo Ann Sides
Mildred Spivey
Baytown
Nadene Dalton
Madison
Tonn
Johnny Marlowe
Virgil Hancock
Jimmy Stevenson
Billy Applegate
Harold Smith
J. D. Bell
Cindy Hammond
Christ
Garys
Murchison
Brush Arbor
Bro. Willeford
Gladewater Lake
Longview Highway
Samuel C. Harris
Rodriguez
San Antonio
Texas
Texas Education Agency
Gladeware
Kettering Foundation
Wisconsin Research and Development Center
University of Wisconsin
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