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Newspaper
Gladewater Mirror
Location
Gladewater, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1970
Page
1
Principal Don Smith states all Gladewater High School students assemble at 8:20 a.m. Monday August 24 for orientation and briefing. Dress and creaming codes stay the same as last year.
Funeral services for Mrs. Lana E. David 80 will be held Thursday at 2 p m in Malcolm Stone Funeral Chapel with Rev C D Warren officiating Burial will be in Memorial Park under Stone Funeral Home direction Mrs David of Gladewater since 1923 died in her sleep Monday She lived at 710 W Quitman Her husband D W David preceded her in death in February 1969 She was born April 3 1890 in Tahlequah Oklahoma Survived by three sons Join Kilgore Carrol William Lee of Oklahoma City Oklahoma three daughters Etta Cooper New York City Lillian Riddle Oklahoma City Electra Dacus City a brother Lee Taylor Phoenix a sister Lou Peel City and 22 grandchildren
Funeral services for James Richard Griffin aged 67, longtime Gladewater resident, were held Tuesday at 10 at Malcolm Stone Funeral Home Chapel. Burial followed in Friendship Cemetery. Griffin died Monday in a local nursing home after an extended illness. He was born April 12, 1903 in O’Donnell Texas and was a retired oilfield worker. Survived by two sons Jimmy and Jerry both of Gladewater, one brother, four sisters, and two grandchildren.
Mrs. Bonnie White operator of Jack & Jill Liquor Store 706 E Broadway was attacked by a man who choked and beat her with a whiskey bottle and stole 325 dollars and liquor. Cor nelius Spence Bell 35 is charged as an accomplice and held in Gregg County jail with bond set at 30000. Police search for the suspect who fled after the 3 55 p m Saturday robbery.
Gladewater School System welcomes new students in 3rd 4th and 5th grades to Broadway School Cafeteria for registration and room assignment Monday morning August 24 Third graders from Gay Avenue report to the annex building and will see their names on room doors A teacher will assist in the hallway Fourth and fifth graders will find their names on the door in the main building with a teacher in the front hall to help.
Middle School principal O. G. Johnston announces sack lunches will be available for 40 cents until the new cafeteria opens. Students may pick up their schedules through Friday, and those who have not collected them by Monday morning should do so in the foyer at the front of the school.
Police Chief Leon Sharrock warns drivers to slow down near schools as classes start on August 24. Officers will monitor busy intersections for student safety and parents are asked to watch for students boarding and exiting buses.
University of Texas scientists launch a crime detection program with the Texas Department of Public Safety funded by a 40545 grant from the Texas Criminal Justice Council. Dr. Stephen J. Gage leads the Nuclear Reactor Laboratory team to establish routine nuclear methods for law enforcement and perform radioactive analyses including isotopic fingerprints on evidence.
A devotional prayer asks for divine help to live according to God’s will. It seeks strength and guidance through Jesus Christ and closes with an Amen. The passage cites 1 Peter 1 19 RSV.
Gladewater schools superintendent Roy Johnson opened the annual four day in service workshop with 127 teachers, including 16 new ones, stressing curriculum relevance and close communication with students. He warned of national youth trends, urged listening to students, and called for meaningful programs to combat delinquency, reading deficits, and drug abuse while stressing accountability and school change.
The calendar sets 180 student days 10 teacher work days and 14 holidays. Effective September 1 1970 state law requires 180 days of instruction. Weather or epidemic closures will require makeup days.
A national survey shows Rusk County’s buying power exceeds average due to local consumer strength. Other items: Henderson hosts a dinner fundraiser August 27 for humane treatment of POWs. Longview and Marshall report counterfeit $20 bills in area with several sightings. Reverend Michael Smith heads to Scotland for a year. Joe L. Hamrick named Miller Grove Rural High School superintendent. Marshall ISD opens 1970-71 with Aug 27 first day. Covent Garden to move to Nine Elms by 1973 ending 300-year London site tenure.
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