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Newspaper
Gladewater Mirror
Location
Gladewater, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1970
Page
1
Union Grove Band Booster Club votes officers Tuesday night at 7 in the high school auditorium. Gay Avenue PTA plans a Tuesday Aug 25 meeting at 1 45 pm in the school cafe with officers urged to attend.
Cadet Danny Merritt, West Point second classman and Gladewater High School alumnus, faces student radicalism during summer field training and weighs anti establishmentarianism against his All American upbringing. He criticizes Moratorium Day at Vassar and remains a disciplined, patriotic midshipman in a time of campus upheaval.
Councilman Quentin Abernathy quits the Gladewater city council citing business and personal pressures after serving since March 1968 and as mayor the year of his election. The council accepted the resignation unanimously with regret.
Funeral services for Mrs. Melissa Josephine Williams 90 are set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Malcolm Stone Funeral Chapel with Rev Don Perkins of Memorial Baptist Church officiating Burial will be in Memorial Park She resided in Gladewater since 1931 dying Thursday at home 1504 N Lynn Born February 3 1879 in Kosciusko Mississippi moved to Gladewater in 1931 from Earlsboro Oklahoma Survived by two sons Jesse and Clifford three daughters Addie Gooden Bessie McKinley Ola Sehrib 14 grandchildren 14 great grandchildren and 7 great great grandchildren Pallbearers Joe Brackeen Jack Brackeen Carroll David A G Hodges Bobby Kennedy S C Thompson Arrangements by Malcolm Stone Funeral Directors
A burglary at the St Clair Café resulted in about 558 dollars stolen after closing Wednesday night. The break in was found at 4 28 a m by employees. Entry was gained by breaking a southeast door and the cafe office door. Police also responded to a fainting incident near Pacific and North Main, a minor two car wreck on West Upshur with one citation, and a three car crash on West Upshur with two tickets. Council discussed rezoning and city actions including rail lease negotiation, repairs to a club house at Lake Gladewater, a street sweeper bid, and program participation with the Gregg Harrison Mental Health and Retardation program. A desegregation ruling affecting Longview schools was also noted.
A devotional prayer thanks God for sharing blessings and serving others. It asks that unselfish giving be multiplied through Christ's transforming power and closes in Jesus name Amen.
Front page recap notes Rangerette program milestones and a related photograph on page six. The piece emphasizes praiseworthy performances and institutional pride with captions identifying students, dates, and campus venue.
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