Coming Events Fill December Community Calendar
A sequence of local meetings and holiday gatherings is listed from December 9 to December 17. Groups include GHS Band Parents, American Legion and Auxiliary, Jolly Dozen Sewing Club, Bible Study Club, Three Arts Caleth and Music Club, Odd Fellows and Rebekahs, Rock Springs Cemetery Association, Lambda Xi Chapter Beta Sigma Phi, Xi Theta Chi sorority, Doreas Bible Study Club, Gladewater OES Chapter, and a Christmas party series with gift exchanges and covered-dish meals. The article ends with a note on wedding ring superstition linked to the left-hand third finger and a heart vein belief, which is debunked.
Meeting Debates Federal Grants for Preservation Programs
The Toledo Bend Reservoir Historical and Cultural Society heard two speakers, A. M. Stroud of the Red River Valley Economic Development Association and Rodger L. Frank of HUD Region 5, explain federal grants for historic preservation and related programs. They outlined eligibility, matching funds, and agency roles, with attendees from multiple Louisiana towns.
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Toledo Bend Reservoir
Caddo
DeSoto
Red River
Sabine
Vernon
U.S. Department of Agriculture
W. H. Pierson
Natchitoches
The
Historical and Cultural Society
Baster City
Shreveport
Logansport
Mansfield
Many
Leesville
Arbor Day Program Kits Available in Texas Schools
Texas Forest Service offers free Arbor Day program kits to public and parochial schools in Texas. Each kit includes two pecan nuts, planting instructions, a suggested Arbor Day program, and poems and songs. Kits are limited and on a first come basis, requests to Texas Forest Service College Station 77843.
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College Station
Texas
Texas Forest Service
Texas A&m University System
Texas Society Warns of Hazardous Toys in Christmas Season
The Texas Society for the Prevention of Blindness warns that dangerous toys and Christmas tree hazards could cause eye injuries to hundreds of Texas children this holiday. President Richard E. White urges parents to check toys carefully, noting 17 percent of serious eye injuries come from missile-type toys.
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Texas Society For the Prevention of Blindness
Texas
Richard E. White
The
Texas Society
White
National Society For the Prevention of Blindness
National Society
Hobbies and crafts mix with Texas tree farming advice
Mrs. J L Fenlon notes a relaxing yet instructive three hour china painting class at Barbara's China House Greggton with small groups and capable instructors. Grant Whitten recalls oil field flare issues in East Texas and the shift toward safer waste handling. The Texas Society warns on Christmas hazards and promotes blindness prevention through the National Society founded in 1908.
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J. L. Fenlon
Reba Phillips
Barbara
Greggton
East Texas
Grant Whitten
Dallas
Gladewater
Hospital Admissions and Discharges Across Hart Clinic and City Hospital
Hart Clinic and City Hospital list admissions and discharges. Names include Jim Warlick Rickey Faggett Glen Faggett Judy Irving Irene Shakespeare Vicky Ridge Clarence Moore Darlene Baxter Isaac Bankston Eva Harrison Aaron Thompson Sammy Lewis Frankie Howard Verna Williams Martha Garner Vaughn Henderson Verde Henderson Iker Wilson Emma Kindle Williams Holland Jones Smallwood Smith Weeden and others. Dismissals include Carrie Mc Gregor Lorene Thompson Lola Bonds Ted Combs Virgie Dyer and more.
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Hart Clinic Hospital
Jim Warlick
Rickey Faggett
Glen Faggett
Judy Irving
Irene Shakespeare
Vicky Ridge
Clarence Moore
Darlene Baxter
Carrie McGregor
Lorene Thompson
Lola Bonds
Ted Combs
Virgie Trotter
Willie Faye Dyer
Lula Choice
City Hospital
Isaac Bankston
Eva Harrison
Aaron Wayne Thompson
Sammy Ray Lewis
Frankie May Howard
Verna Lee Williams
Martha Jan Garner
Wilburn Allen Vaughn
Arthur Verde Henderson
Lester Eugene Iker
Ada Lee Wilson
Emma Gertrude Kindle
William E. McWilliams
Liddie Leona Holland
Lillian Elizabeth Jones
Mildred Leona Smallwood
Marvel Jane Smith
Dixie Louise Weeden
Lessie Hagler
Joseph T. Miller
J. J. Preston
Nancy Emeline Burton
Parade Precedes Festival of Lights in Many Louisiana
Fifty bands and marching units from Louisiana and Texas join numerous floats for the Christmas Parade in downtown Many. The event, advancing the seventh annual Festival of Lights at Hodges Gardens, takes place Saturday December 14, parade chair Huey Harper said. The parade is sponsored by the community group.
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Many
Louisiana
Texas
Hodges Gardens
Huey Harper
Many-Sabine Parish
Louisiana Music Educators Association
Centenary College Choir of
Shreveport
A. C. Voran
Christ
Mary and
Joseph
Bethlehem
Santa Claus
Santa
Byrd High School
George S. Patton
Fair Park Dixie
Shreve R.O
T.C
el Karubah Shrine Temple
el Karubah
Eden Gardens
Tex-Anns
Dixie Dolls
Kaney Kanes
Blue Angels
Caddo Cuties
Rusheen
Parkway
Bossier
Bossier City
Marion High School
Mill Street
Lake Charles
Mooringsport
Oil City
Scott M. Brame
Alexandria
Lindale
Tex
Crowley High
Crowley
Basile
Northwestern
Central High
Natchitoches
Vinton High
Lionettes
Vinton
DeRidder High
DeRidder
Holy Rosary Institute
Max Teasley
Merchants Committee
Kenneth L. Green
Bot Harris
Interesting Film At Library Wednesday In Gladewater
The Gladewater Public Library will show The Lively Art of Picture Books on Wednesday December 11 at 10 a.m. hosted by Mrs Gordon Mayer. The UT Austin produced film highlights illustrators like Robert McClosky Barbara Cooney and Maurice Sendak and explains the craft behind Caldecott award winning books. It aims to inspire parents teachers and artists about children book illustration and its lasting value.
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Gladewater Public Library
Gordon Mayer
University of Texas
Robert McClosky
Barbara Cooney
Maurice Sendak
Athens grows as capital echoes in Greek life
Athens, now Greece's capital since 1834, houses about one quarter of the nation’s 8.8 million people. National Geographic notes that space may be small, but life remains large in the ancient city.
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Athens
Greece
National Geographic
Dorcas Bible Study Club Meets Tuesday
Members of the Dorcas Bible Study Club met Tuesday afternoon at 2 o clock in the First Methodist Church with co hosts Mrs C E McMillen and Mrs R S Dooley. Plans were made for the annual Christmas party to be held Tuesday Dec 17 at 2 p m with a gift exchange not to exceed $2 value.
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Bible Study Club
Loyce Phillips
N. Main
Doreas Bible Study Club
Gordon Godfrey
Tyler
Dorcas Bible Study Club
First Methodist Church
C. E. McMillen
R. S. Dooley
Dooley
M. T. Kennedy
B. C. Duncan
O. G. Jones
S. Tyler Road
W. Webb
Poor Things Absc Ara Ignored Most of the Time
A terse note comments on neglect of certain items described as "absc ara" and hints at broader dismissal. The fragment implies ongoing disregard in coverage or attention without detailing concrete events or actors.
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Abscara
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GHS
American Legion and Auxiliary
Jolly Dozen Sewing and Hobby Club
John Beverly
Dez. l
Three Arts, Caleth and Music Club
Alton Coats
N. Post St
H. L. McKaig
Scott Denson
Ioof Hall
Odd Fellows
Rebekahs
Rock Springs Cemetery
Lambda Xi
Beta Sigma Phi
Sallie Wilbanks
Chevy Chase
Xi Theta Chi Sorority
Jimmy Rowe
Country Club Road
Gladewater Chapter
Masonic Hall
N. Dean St
Jaipur
India
Rajasthan
Mohanlal Sukhadra
Society For Blind Wants
Santa’s Bay
Box 223
Gilmer
Hospital News
Roswell
N. M
David F
Gladewater Band Parents Club
W. J. Weber
Longview
H, W. Broadwater
Perry Brown
T, J. Copeland
B, C, Duncan
M, T. Kennedy
D, W. Read
E. D. Sutton
Tobie
Montreal
Paris
Quiepman
Church OF Christ
Petite Jr
Donomor Carter
Catalina
Pacific Gladewater
Aber Perera LE Rete
Stavropoulos
E. Pacific
East Pacific Gladewater
Be the Sleeping Beauty
New
Night Line
Vanity Fair
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