Scout Troop 192 assembles eight new voyageur tents
Members of Boy Scout Troop 192 gathered at the troop house on Lake Gladewater to set up eight voyageur tents and five net pup tents for upcoming campouts. Scoutmaster J. T. Waller led the group as they discussed new advancement requirements and the Round-up activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout Troop 192
Lake Gladewater
J. T. Waller
Ricky Fail
Bobby Pope
Ken Woodworth
Jeffrey Rowe
Keith Hodges
Bill Mitchell
Gary Philpot
Logan Ashby
Area Men in Service IWAKUNI Japan Good Conduct Medal
Marine Staff Sergeant Royce G. Berry earned a fifth Good Conduct Medal at Iwakuni Japan for exemplary service over three years. Navy Seaman John D. Turner serves aboard USS Charleston deployed to the Mediterranean from Norfolk Virginia. Marine Pvt. Charles G. Jones graduated from basic training at San Diego Recruit Depot. In Dunedin New Zealand two students cut hair under teacher orders with Bevan Boyle becoming skinhead and Geoffrey Thomson a Mohican and earning NZ27 from bets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iwakuni
Japan
Royce G. Berry
Eulon L. Berry
Kilgore
Marine Corps Air Station
USS
Charleston
Navy
John D. Turner
Ruth Turner
Longview
Mediterranean
Norfolk
San Diego
Charles G. Jones
Phillip Jones of
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
Dunedin
New Zealand
Bevan Boyle
Geoffrey Thomson
Geoffrey
Moving tips for consumers choosing a mover
Advice urges selecting a mover, setting a moving date with at least one month’s notice, and ensuring motor carriers are certified by the Interstate Commerce Commission. It recommends requesting the booklet Summary of Information for Shippers of Household Goods and getting estimates from movers, noting details on loss and damage claims.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Consumer Protection Division
P. O
Austin
Texas
Kilgore College offers on the job training program in East Texas
Kilgore College expands the Mid-Management program in the Occupational Education division allowing students to work at least fifteen hours weekly in supervisory levels while taking courses like Introduction to Management Advertising and Marketing Small Business Management and Personnel Management. A new Salesmanship course is planned. Employers are urged to contact R C Welch to sponsor trainees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilgore College
East Texas
R. C. Welch
Welch
Earliest Earth Animals Were Invertebrates
The first animals to appear on Earth lacked a backbone. These early invertebrates formed the foundational group from which later vertebrates evolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Citgo Retirees Club Holds August Meeting in Greggton
Citgo retirees met August 1 at 5 30 PM in Greggton for their regular gathering. A watermelon feast followed the invocation by T F Gordon. Visitors Mrs Ray F Jones and family joined, and reports noted health updates and travel among members. The group planned a September 5 meeting at 5 30 PM at the Cities Service Clubhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citgo
Greggton
T. F.gordon
Ray F. Jones
Jeff
Susan
Ronald
Orange
W. F. Jones
Grady
Cities Service Clubhouse
Week's Minor Police and Fire Roundup At Local Sites
Fire department responded to a 6:06 p.m. call at 405 S Main to extinguish a furniture polish aerosol fire. A leaking E W Clements lease oil valve was reported at 1:05 a.m. The Humble official was notified. A car fire on Pritchett highway was extinguished at 6 a.m. Saturday. Police logged a two car crash on east highway 80 at 2 p.m. Wednesday with no injuries or tickets. Four hub caps from a 1968 Pontiac at 1202 Nelwyn were reported missing at 8:35 a.m. Friday. An air compressor was reported missing from 505 Rodeo St carport at 10:35 a.m. A resident asked police to kill a lamp shade opossum found in the basement. A purse theft occurred in a lounge on Tyler highway and a man’s billfold was taken in a lounge on Longview highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Main
E. W. Clements
Pritchett
Charles Orendorff
Nelwyn
Brown
Rodeo St
Tyler Highway
Longview Highway
Notable August Historical Dates and Events
Germany declared war on Russia on August 18, 1914. Adolf Hitler was chosen leader by Germans on August 19, 1934. Benjamin Harrison born August 20, 1833. Leon Trotsky died August 21, 1940 in Mexico City. Eisenhower and Nixon named nominees for second terms on August 22, 1956. Rudolph Valentino died August 23, 1926. Mount Vesuvius eruption on August 24, AD 79 killed thousands in Pompeii.
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Germany
Russia
Adolf Hitler
United States
Benjamin Harris
Leon Trotsky
Mexico City
Dwight Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
Rudolph Valentino
Mt. Visuvius
Pompeii
A.D
Brush and Range Improvement Field Day at A&M Oct 5
College Station Texas A&M University hosts a statewide Brush Control and Range Improvement Field Day on October 5 at Chaparrosa Ranch near La Pryor in Zavala County. experts outline aerial spraying drift control additives mechanical methods and burning for brush control with a land conversion program under way. co sponsors include Zavala county agricultural agencies the Texas Range Improvement Association and the Society for Range Management.
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College Station
Texas A&m University
Chaparrosa Ranch
la Pryor
Zavala County
Garlyn Hoffman
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Zavala County Agricultural Agencies
Texas Range Improvement Association and
Society For Range Management
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Scout
Lubbock, Tex
David E. Herrick
Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station
Texas Tech
Eisenhower Consortium
New Mexico
Rocky Mountains
High Plains
Mark Starnes
Ricky Fair
Jeffery Rowe
Mothers’ Auxiliary
the Lion’s Club
J. E. G. Craig
Gladewater Mirror
State OF Texas
Samuel Louis Boswell
Gregg County
Court House
Georgia Boswell
Smauel Louis Boswell
Benita Ann Boswell
Ruby Cooper
Nellie Graves
KJC
Marvin E. Hartley, SR
Harvey E. Hartley, Jr
Harvey E. Hartley
Charles F. Wellborn
N. Main Street
Gladewater
James Akins Deaton
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Gladewater Post Office
Highway 271
Gregg
Pacific Gladewater
Jr. Petites
By Preen
Glenoir
J. A. Browning
W. Upshur
State Farm Insurance Companies
Bloomington
Pontiac
BUICK
Debra Holley
Gay Kempf
White Oak High School
East Texas State University
Commerce
Yesteryears
Brush
South
Texas Plains
Hoffman
Sherwin - Williams
Seve
Weiser’s
N. Main
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