Gladewater Welcomes New Boat Manufacturing Firm
Gladewater to begin operation March 1, 1969 with Gladewater Boat Manufacturing Corporation. A 66 by 100 foot metal building on a 5 acre site will house the plant near the TaP railroad. First State Bank of Gladewater finances the project. Starting with 15 employees, rising to 30, targeting 100 boats in year one and 400 annually after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First State Bank
Industrial Foundation
Bill Langford
Ernest Martin
Gladewater
Gladewater, Boat Building Capital of
East Texas
Chamber of Commerce
Gladewater Boat Manufacturing Corporation
Gladewater Industrial Foundation
Tap
First State Bank of Gladewater
Roden Lane
Chestnut Avenue
Paradise Hill
Shepperd Addition
Vesta Drive
Red Rock
Highway 80
December in service day for Gladewater teachers observed
Gladewater in service program on Wednesday prompted early dismissal for elementary at 1 30 and high school at 2 00 to let teachers attend. Parents urged to visit Glade Public Library for the festive cookie tree and characters. Santa Claus Humpty Dumpty display created by Mrs R 8 Coder and Mrs Vaughn Jackson. Mitchell reports wife improving and regaining speech as he and Mary near 63rd anniversary in January. Christmas lighting contest deadline is December 18 co sponsored by Garden Club and Southwestern Electric Power Co. Classified page has a blank. Also notices of Siamese cat for rescue and a kitten seeking home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladewater
Gladewaller Public Library
R 8
Cqder
Vaughn Jackson
Santa Laus
Humpty Dumpty
W. E. Mitchell, Sr
the Mirror
Garden Club
Southwestern Electric Power Co
Gladeites to Vote on Sewer Bond Issue Tuesday
Gladeites will vote Tuesday on a proposition authorizing the city to issue up to 650000 revenue bonds to improve and extend the sewer system. Voting is from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the fire station city hall with election officials named and bond terms outlined on the ballot.
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Gladeites
Wilson Godfrey
Charles McChesney
Gladewater
Quentin Abernathy
Lions Club
Rotary Club
Abernathy
Roden Lane
Mrs Brannen's Mother Eva Arnold Dies in Crockett
Funeral services will be held in Crockett Texas for Eva Arnold 85 mother of Mrs Calvin Brannen of Gladewater. Interment in Pennington Texas. She died Saturday after a short illness. Survived by husband Hugh Arnold Crockett and four grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Reverend James Brannen to officiate. The Rev. Brannen is pastor of Gladewater First Methodist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Arnold
Calvin Brannen
Crockett
Texas
Pennington
Arnold
Brannen
Hugh Arnold
James Brannen
Gladewater First Methodist Church
Gladewater Boat Plant Aims to Build 20 Foot Runabout Line
The new firm plans a 20 foot runabout with inboard outboard motors up to 225 hp. Earl Glenn of Dallas heads the corporation and will move to Gladewater on production start. Joe Lynch, VP and GM, recently relocated with family to Gladewater. A. E. Shipp, secretary treasurer, founder of Shipp's Marine, Inc., notes the 500 mile circle for market and cites nearby lakes as prime targets.
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Gladewater
Gladewater Boat Manufacturing Corporation
A. E. (Pappy) Shipp
New Corporation
Shipp's Marine
Joe Lynch
Earl Glenn
Gladewater Boat Manufacturing Company
Quentin Abernathy
Dallas
Glenn
Tyler
Lynch
Vesta Drive
Texas Maid Boat Company
Sterncraft Boat Company
Lewisville
A. E. (Pappy)Shipp
Shipp’s Marine, Inc
United States
Shipp
Tawakoni
Toledo Bend
Caddo
Cherokee
Sam Rayburn
Texoma
Eufala
Keystone
Grand Lake of
Wilsons Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary Open House
Mr and Mrs Elmer Edward Wilson will be honored with an open house on December 22 from two to four at the First United Methodist Church social room. Hosting by their children and grandchildren includes Bill Tatum Glenn Jordan Sandra Tatum Rob and Chris Wilson and Rev Eskel L Tatum. Great granddaughter Sharon Jordan will attend. The couple married December 18 1918 in Drumright Oklahoma and moved to Gladewater in 1932. Mr Wilson works for Rancho Oil Company and they attend First United Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Edward
Whitey) Wilson
First United Methodist Church
Robert Edward Wilson
Eskel L. Tatum
Bill Tatum
Lafayette
Glenn Jordan
Ruston
Sandra Tatum
Leesville
Robert
Chris Wilson
Forrest City
Ark
Sharon Jordan
Wilsons
Drumright
Oklahoma
Gladewater
Wilson
Rancho Oil Company
Free Immunization Clinic Tuesday At Legion Hut
Upshur County Health Dept sponsors a shot clinic at the American Legion Hut by the Gladewater Rodeo arena on Dallas highway. It opens at 10 a.m. Tuesday December 10 for children age 2 months and up to receive diphtheria whooping cough tetanus polio measles and smallpox vaccines, with adults offered tetanus shots.
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American Legion
Gladewater Rodeo Arena
Dallas Highway
Upshur County Health Dept
Ashcraft Joins Local Highway Patrol as New Recruit
Michael Ashcraft, 30, arrives after 4 1/2 months training at the HP Academy and a six month probation under Officer Lafon Dorrough. A native of Arkansas with degrees from Ouachita University and Baylor, he served in the U S Army 1957 to 1965 and now resides in the city with wife Nora Marie and daughter Amber Kay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Quitin Ashcraft
Ashcraft
HP Academy
Lafon Dorrough
Mirror
Arkansas
Ouachita University
Baylor University
Texas
U.S. Army
Oxford
Mississippi
Little Rock
Ark
Birmingham
Ala
Academy
State Department
Nora Marie
Amber Kay
Quitman
The
Baptist Church
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Adewater
Ier
Eit Oula
G. Russell Reed
N. Cotton
Lions
Rotarians
God
Jesus
Fort Gibson
Lake O’ the Pines
Tenkiller
Lake Gladewater
Warren Gasoline Plant
Gladewater Boat Mfg., Inc
MR. and
Mrs
E. E. (Whitey) Wilson
Legion Hut
Michael Ashcraft
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