White Oak State Bank plans major expansion
White Oak State Bank, five years old, outlines tentative plans for a new 1 million dollar building on a three acre site at Old U.S. Highway 80 and White Oak Road. Land selling price cited as 60 thousand dollars. President Jim Heath notes a two to three story structure with about 90 000 square feet. No construction for at least two years. Bank assets have grown from 3 million in 1972 to 17 million today.
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White Oak
Mirror
White Oak State Bank
Jim Heath
U.S. Highway 80
White Oak Road
Heath
Cross Rites Saturday for W. P. Cross
William P. Cross 86 a Gladewater resident for 25 years died Friday in a Fort Worth hospital. Funeral services were held Saturday at 4 p m in Lucas Hurst Chapel Hurst with Rev. William E Curry officiating. Interment Bluebonnet Hill Memorial Park Colleyville. Survivors include Grace his wife a son five daughters two brothers and two sisters 23 grandchildren 19 great grandchildren.
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William P. Cross
Gladewater
Lucas Hurst Chapel
Hurst
William E Curry
First
Church of the Nazarene
Bluebonnet Hill Memorial Park
Colleyville
Cross
Fort Worth
Arkansas
Gilmer
Grace
William P., Jr
City
Bernice McCullough
Georgia
Margaret Davis
Houston
Willie Mae Lipscomb
Stella Suskin
Oklahoma City
Okla
Gloria Sproles
Austin
Clarence C. Cross
Jefferson
Ellie Davis
Kilgore
Davie Keener
Scroggins
Kay Williams Unearths Bowles Family at Union Grove Cemetery
Kay Williams learns her Bowles ancestors are buried in Union Grove cemetery Gladewater. The family plot includes William and Elvy Bowles and seven of their ten children with dates from 1861 to 1894. The Bowles may have donated the land. nearby markers honor John O Byrne and James O Keefe as area pioneers.
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William
Elvy Bowles
Kay
Calvin
Ida
Alvin
Nancy
Anderson
Patsey Bowles Todd
John R. Todd
Bowles
John R Todd
Patsey Todd
Kay Williams
Patsy
Boaze
Union Grove
Upshur
John O'Byrne
County Derry
Ireland
O'Byrne
James O'Keefe
Jeter
Phillips
GMH Extends Weekend Doctor Coverage at Gladewater Hospital
Gladewater Municipal Hospital will maintain full weekend doctor coverage after a unanimous board vote at the August meeting. The three month renewal will be via written contracts, with auditors reporting ER revenue gains linked to the service. Drs Hugman Kent and others supported the plan amid staff shortages and accreditation work.
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Gladewater Municipal Hospital
G. Robert Hugman
Glen R. Kent
Glen R. Kent Were Present For the Meeting. Dr. Hugman
Cofer
Robert Rowntree
Charles Powers
Larry W. Huffman
M. A. Qureshi
Qureshi
Birthday greetings and honors mark Gladys Hightower birthday
Gladys Hightower celebrated her birthday with a Shamrock Cafe party and cake. Teachers acknowledged gift-sponsoring firms at a Wednesday high school faculty meeting, naming donors and prizes.
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Gladyce Hightower
Shamrock Cafe
Classroom Teachers Association
Barbara Palmer
Betty Wendell
Hightower
Carolyn Ricks
Yvonne
Harry Haggard
Jobe Drug
John Dowell
Stan's Hardware
Wayne Hearron
Holcombe Man's Shop
Zelda Stillwell
New 43 Acre Hickory Hill Estates Planned in Clarksville City
Mrs Carolyn Linder and Mrs Willie Sutton of Clarksville City announced a 43 acre subdivision to be named Hickory Hill Estates. The project will include about 72 home lots priced from 30000 to 40000, on land from the Helen Haynes Pierce estate, with immediate start and Clarksville City water and sewer service and no septic tanks.
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Clarksville City
Carolyn Linder
Willie Sutton
Hickory Hill Estates
Linder
Helen Haynes Pierce
Warren City files suit to prevent annexation
Warren City council voted to file a 115th District Court suit against the City of Gladewater to block proposed annexation of a 109.1 acre tract near Gladewater. The action follows a series of legal moves over the contested annexation and overlapping extraterritorial jurisdictions.
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Warren City
115Th District Court
Virgil Mulanax
Gladewater
Union Grove
Robert
Bob) Dooley
Holt
City of
Texas
Warren City seeks talks to ease Gladewater annexation impasse
City Manager Tony Williams and Warren Mayor J D Borman met to arrange discussions over Gladewater’s expansion request into the overlapping extraterritorial area. They hoped for a compromise after assurance the Warren council would consider options.
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Gladewater
State of Texas
Warren City
Texas
Tony N. Williams
J.D. Borman
Jack M. Finley
Finley
Tony Williams
Warren
J D Borman
Borman
Williams
Gilmer
White Oak Growth Brings Pains and Progress in Gregg County
White Oak, Gregg County, rapid growth since 1960s has boosted population toward 3,500 with oil taxes funding city and school. Mayor Ellis E. Vaughn notes a $1.25 tax rate for one more year while the south side sewer extension, a $187,000 project, spurs further expansion and new subdivisions.
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White Oak
Longview
Gregg County
East
Texas
Ellis E
Gino) Vaughn
Vaughn
R. L
Rags
Williamson Vaughn
South Side
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Union Grove Cemetery
Learns
Tony) Williams
Buddy Booze
Gladewater Area
GMH
Austin Laine Powell
College of Business Administration
University of Texas
Laine
Frank Bauman
Three Arts Club
Mack Wiley
Allen Holcombe
Bill Belser
George Hudson
Hurshel Baker
Laura Louvier
Kilgore College
Baker
Friends of the Gladewater
Archie Moss
Granbury
Servilla Bills
First Baptist Church
George Jones
Oville City
Evene
Everett Dean
Upshur County
Ned C. Butler
Lowell C. Holt
Dean
R. L. Williamson
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