Attorney Harris Recalls 40 Years Serving Gladewater
Sam Harris, a Gladewater attorney and former city judge, recalls four decades of practice from oil boom days to a settled community. Born 1885 in South Carolina, he traveled from a one room Cass County school to the Texas bar, shaping the town’s legal and civic life with dry humor and steady grim resolve.
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Samuel C
Sam
Sam Harris
Cass County
South Carolina
Harris
Linden
West Texas
Loraine
Samuel C. Harris
Nell Harris
Kilgore College evening school plans late registration
Leslie Matthews announced late registration for all evening school courses will continue through Wednesday night September 1. Students may register in the evening school office Liberal Arts Building from 8 am to 4 pm or at the start of the first class period in the evening.
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Kilgore
Kilgore College
Leslie Matthews
Liberal Arts
Prayer For Today Divine love and aid to lift up neighbors
A devotional prayer asking God to help believers show love and uphold others in prayer. It asks to speak words for Christ to hungry souls and to aid the needy, ending with Amen.
EYE OPENER MEETS TO PLAN FALL WORKSHOP
EYE OPENER YOU youth group will gather at 7 30 p m Monday in Jeter Hall of First Methodist Church to plan a fall workshop and seminar President Charles Wilson urges everyone interested in Gladewater youths welfare to attend no fees or prior clues required just interest and participation. Gregg County Sharon Temple Shrine Auxiliary will meet Wednesday at 11 30 in the Continental Inn Members urged to attend.
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Youth Opportunities Unlimited
Jeter Hall
First
Methodist Church
Charles Wilson
Prson
Gladewater
Gregg County
Sharon Temple Shrine
Continental Inn
Epoxy Breaks Ground in Gladewater Plant Opening
Epoxy Chemical Corporation opens with a 60 by 80 foot pre engineered building on a two acre site behind the city baseball park. The firm plans paint and coatings with an initial $50,000 investment and a government contract worth $341,000 plus anticipated annual contracts around $1 million.
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Ed Hall
Longview
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Michael
East Pacific Street
Texas & Pacific
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Longview Bank & Trust Company
First State Bank
Gladewater Federal Savings & Loan Association
Epoxy Chemical
Hall
Asphalt Plant Sold To Corsicana Firm
The asphalt hot mix plant behind the city baseball park on Pacific Street has been sold by Berry Brothers Machinery Inc. of Dallas to East Texas Stone, Inc. of Corsicana. The plant will be dismantled and removed within 10 days to two weeks from the site leased from the city. Operations had ceased months ago.
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the Mirror
Ernest Martin
Berry Brothers Machinery Inc
Dallas
East Texas Stone, Inc
Corsicana
Josephine Vernon Dies Thursday at 85 in Local Nursing Home
Josephine Garner Vernon 85 a lifelong area resident died Thursday night after a long illness in a local nursing home. Funeral services were held Saturday at 2 pm with Carl Tyson and Murphy Phillips officiating. Burial in West Mountain Cemetery. Survived by son J C Vernon and six daughters with 14 grandchildren and 34 great grandchildren. Pallbearers listed as Jim Stout Andy Stout Al Mason Lanny Bell Bobby Whitman Ronald Johnson Dewayne Johnson Raybert McCrary.
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Carl Tyson
Murphy Phillips
West Mountain Cemetery
Malcolm Stone
Jim Stout
Andy Stout
al Mason
Lanny Bell
Bobby Whitman
Ronald Johnson
Dewayne Johnson
Raybert McCrary
Vera Mae Barksdale Dies After Being Struck By Car
Vera Mae Barksdale 14 of Union Grove died after a car struck her while she walked near her home Friday night. Two brothers of Gladewater were jailed for failure to stop and render aid with bond set at 5000 each. Funeral services set for Union Grove Baptist Church with burial at Gladewater Memorial Park.
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Gilmer
John M. Barksdale
Gladewater
Union Grove
Gladewater Municipal Hospital
Union Grove School Stadium
Upshur County
Doyle Johnson
Jimmy Don Aldridge
Thomas Wayne Aldridge
Justice of the Peace
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Aldridge Brothers
Union Grove Baptist Church
Herman Reagh
Gladewater Memorial Park
Malcolm Stone
Vera Mae
Union Grove Baptist
Sherman
Texas
Bernice
Day Care Center Seeks Baby Beds in Gladewater
Gladewater Day Care Center seeks baby beds for infants under three at its nonprofit facility serving working mothers. The center also cares for three to six year olds with supervised play, meals, and nap time. mothers may enroll by calling Mrs. Holloman or Mrs. Glickman at 845-4959. Donations of baby beds are welcome.
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Holloman
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