Weldon Bees Earn State Final Chance With Calm Play
Weldon Bumble Bee football team reached the Prairieview Inter scholastic League state final after a tough playoff showing against Corsicana’s Jackson Bears. Coach Walter Derrick led a needful display of hard, clean football honoring a 25 year Weldon dynasty begun by C. C. Cooksey, now continued by Derrick and former aides.
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Weldon Bumble Bee
Prairieview
Weldon
C. C. Cooksey
Gene Cannon
Walter Derrick
Cooksey
Bees
Best Foot Forward for Gladewater
An appeal urges residents of Gladewater to boost their town, noting waitresses and service station attendants often influence industry location. It argues constructive praise and quiet action unite the community and attract new business.
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East Texas
Chamber of Commerce
Gladewater
Precautions for Christmas shoppers from local safety column
The holiday season brings a rise in theft and burglary. Shoppers should watch purchases, avoid leaving purses unattended, secure car valuables in trunks, beware of deceptive bargains, buy from reputable dealers, and keep stores well lit. End with a friendly reminder to smile at clerks to ease their day.
Thanksgiving Memories and Local Notes from MW Area
MW Area residents gathered for Thanksgiving and a new Mickey Mantle's Country Cookin' opened in Longview. The issue prints a map of proposed sewer trunk lines tied to a bond issue and discusses health value, development potential, and local politics. Ernest Martin leads CofC, Jimmy Brown is noted as a potential future retailer, and humor peppers the column as the author jokes about Thanksgiving and rent.
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Mickey Mantle
Youngblood’s
Longview
Mick
Mickey
Babe Ruth
Jimmy Brown
Chambers
Ernest Martin
Cofc
IT'S A GIRL AND IT'S A BOY BIRTHS
The notice reports a girl born Friday at Hart Clinic Hospital to Mr and Mrs Donald Porter weighing 8 pounds 8 ounces at 1 20 PM. A boy named Michael De Wayne Blair arrived Friday morning at 8 55 AM at Hart Clinic Hospital weighing 9 pounds 2 ounces.
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Donald Porter
Hart Clinic-Hospital
Haskell Blair
Michael DeWayne
Black Hills of South Dakota Taller Than They Look
The Black Hills of South Dakota are not hills but mountains, some rising over seven thousand feet, surprising travelers with their rugged height and sweeping vistas.
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Black Hills
South Dakota
KC Art Exhibit Slated for Sunday
Kilgore College to present Bach Christmas in Ontario with a lobby exhibit of religious mosaics and paintings. Mrs Barbara Branch and Francis Witherspoon lead mosaics reflecting Madonna and Child and NT scenes, joined by David Brownlow Mary McIntyre and Doyle Chappell with additional works.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Ontario
Kilgore College
Barbara Branch
Kilgore
Francis Witherspoon
David Brownlow
Fort Worth
Mary McIntyre
Austin
Doyle Chappell
Los Angeles
Witherspoons
Branch
Brownlow
Pensacola rookie Navy pilot earns first solo flight
Naval Aviation Officer Candidate Leroy Anderson aged 22, son of Mrs. Geoffrey P. Ford and husband of Frances Archibald of Kilgore, completed his first solo flight in a T 34 Mentor trainer after five months of training at Saufley Field Pensacola. He will advance through about 13 more months of training to receive his Wings of Gold.
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Pensacola, Fla
Naval Aviation
Leroy Anderson
Geoffrey P. Ford
Frances Archibald
Kilgore
Saufley Field
Naval Auxiliary Air Station
Pensacola
Fla
Ronald Reagan Visits Local Service Station
Ronald Reagan stopped at Crittenden's Humble Station for car service and left a note for Johnny Crittenden. The piece notes Reagan as Johnny's favorite actor and mentions local police station renovations and a new public parking lot project at Dean and Glade.
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Ronald Reagen
General Electric Theatre
Crittenden
Dean and
Glade Street
Gladewater
Dave Lloyd
Cleveland Browns
Gladewater Public Schools
Gladewater Mirror postal notice details
The Gladewater Mirror announces subscription rates for Texas and out of state, with monthly and annual prices. It notes second class postage and a consolidation with The Gladewater Times-Tribune as of November 28, 1949.
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Gladewater
Texas
The
Gladewater Times-Tribune
American Legion 50th Birthday Sparks Call to Renew Patriotism
In 1969 the American Legion marks its 50th year and faces scrutiny over recent distractions. Despite concerns over leadership and internal critics, a rising volunteer Legion network and auxiliary state policing show renewed civic purpose. The piece urges membership growth and public engagement to defend national values and honor Old Glory.
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United States
American Legion
Legion
Republic
Supreme Court
Americanism
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Gladewater Mirror
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Pesmi Ediforial
Gladewater, Texas
RODEN
RED Roc
Nex Shepperd
Nest Ave
Rugenend
Dasigmasea
American Geographical Society
Glade Avenue
Dean Street
Gregg County
Paul Harvey News
Legion Post
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