Gladewater Faces Doctor Shortage as Senior Physicians Retire
Gladewater confronts a looming doctor shortage despite a thriving community. Dr A R Hancock closes his clinic after four decades, leaving few obstetricians in town. Municipal Hospital boards and medical staff plan outreach to attract new doctors, highlighting the city’s growth, hospitals, schools, climate, and family-friendly atmosphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladewater
A. R. Hancock
Municipal Hospital
Raymond Allen
Nose flies plague Indiana horses in 1931 then fade
The nose fly outbreak in Indiana during 1931 troubled horses by hovering around their noses and causing restlessness during field work. Inventors devised the nose basket a wire frame with screen to cover the nose, secured by a head loop. After one season the flies vanished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McFall
Fowler
Indiana
Frankfort
At Your Library Features Top Journalists and Regional Tales
Erma Bombeck and E M McCarty headline a library guide to popular books. The notice highlights The Post Natal Depression parody, When the Bell Sounded in West Texas, Castlemore’s saga, Castlemore’s MacInnes family, and The Far Family by Wilma Dykeman, inviting Gladewater readers to visit the public library for selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erma Bombeck
America
Erma
E. M. McCarty
West
Texas
McCarty
Charles MacKinnon
Galsworthy
Deledefield
Castlemore
MacInnes
Highlands
Scotland
Appalachia
Wilma Dykeman
Gladewater Public Library
Grassroots Opinion Echoes Across Small Towns
A collage of letters from readers in Sullivan Illinois Polk County Enterprise Livingston Texas Westby Wisconsin Monroe City Missouri Lambertville New Jersey critique government, gun laws, traffic safety, taxation, welfare costs, and spending. Citizens debate wealth, rights, and public policy with humor and skepticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston
Texas
Polk County Enterprise
Running at 6:30 A.M. Miles and a Reluctant Boxer
A narrator recounts a grueling 6:30 a.m. training run with preacher Connie Winborn and Larry Aaron. He fights fatigue, doubts his fitness, and vows a 30 day challenge after a nightmarish 440 yard exposure and a forgiving pace set by his disciplined companions.
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Larry Aaron
Connie Winborn
Larry
Pickling Perils and Domestic Mess in a Kitchen Tale
A humorous memoir fragment by Fredalene Clark recounts a chaotic week of pickle making. The narrator frets over choosing cucumbers, spills vinegar on a stove, and contemplates quitting pickling while reflecting on yard neglect and domestic chaos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Heinz
Baling wire shortage satire on White House tapes
A satirical column mocks shortages from baling wire to piece goods and Watergate. The writer jokes that White House tapes could replace wire and suggests women wear petticoats to solve cloth scarcities while recalling past simpler times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ealing
White House
Watergate Committee
Subscription rates and consolidation notice
The notice lists second class postage paid at Gladewater Texas with home delivery and mail rates for Texas and outside Texas. It states all mail subscriptions payable in advance and notes consolidation with The Gladewater Times-Tribune on November 28, 1949 and The White Oak Texas on June 1, 1969.
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Gladewater
Texas
Gladewater Times-Tribune
White Oak Texas
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Doctor
Rotary
Joe J. Jones
Rotary Club
Mirror
NAVY
Joseph Addison
Sullivan
Ill
Westby
Wisc
Monroe City
Congress
Europe
Lambertville
N.J. Beacon
Washington
Hunterdon County
Mary Andrews
Pine Tree Rd
Longview
Buddy Perryman
Gladewater Kiwanis Club
A. R. Tucker
Perryman
Tennessee Game and Fish Commission
Fredalene Clark
Oak Manor East Texas
Finest Nursing Home
Oak Manor Nursing Home
East Hwy
Elwanda Walker
Administra
Southland Life InsuRance Company
Jimmy Brown
Nixon
Agnew
Maryland
Ron Zeigler
Gladewater Mirror
Gladewater Publishing Company
Glade Avenue
Dean Street
Gregg County
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