Directors honor late B. P. Dake with memorial room
C C chamber of commerce directors place a portrait of B P Dake in the main assembly room naming it the B P Dake Memorial Room. Attendees include his widow Mrs E P Dake their daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Tom Anderson and grandson Charles of Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
B. P. Dake
Chamber
E. P. Dake
Tom Anderson
Charles
Dallas
Buzz Long
Dake
Gladewater
Malcolm Stone
Kirk Abercrombie
Royce Ford
Ford
Jess Turner
Nacogdoches
Bob Murphey
Raymond Allen
Pat Dake
Charles Anderson
Exxon Hawkins plant dedicated near Hawkins Texas
Exxon dedicated the Hawkins Inert Gas Generation Plant a $70 million complex near Hawkins Texas two miles north of town. The project will convert natural gas into inert nitrogen for injection into 37 wells to boost recovery from the field already producing about 5,000 barrels daily. U S Rep Sam B Hall Jr spoke at the ceremony with Exxon executives noting the plant will extend field life toward 2000 and that more regulation may follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkins Exxon Company
Exxon
Hawkins
U.S
Sam B. Hall, Jr
Marshall
Texas
L. G. Raw
Houston
Hall
Hawkins Field
Rawe
Carter
Raw
Smith County
Troup
Charles Yust
Fisherman nets 40 pound Opelousas catfish at Lake Gladewater
Billy Silvertooth hooked a 40 pound Opelousas catfish while bass fishing below the spillway at Lake Gladewater using a Little George bait and a 14 pound line. An hour later a helpful person with a gaff helped land the fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Silvertooth
Lake Gladewater
George
Billy
Gladewater United Fund near goal with pledges push
Gladewater High School reports 100 percent participation in the United Fund drive. Less than 500 dollars remains to reach the 15 500 dollar goal, with gifts and pledges totaling 15 028 93. Contributors include Moore Furniture Company, The Gladewater Publishing Company, Roy Johnson, O G Johnston, Bill Waters, and many local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladewater High School
Moore Furniture Company
Wallace Borman
Helen Purdue
Gladewater Publishing Company
Fredalene Clark
Glenn Walton
Jack Elrod
Jerry Kates
Jimmy Brown
Tony Flippin
Toni Delano Perry
Agatha McDonald
Roy Johnson
O. G. Johnston
Garland Ferguson
Garfield Hill
Raydell Goggans
Brenda Mixon
JoAnn Black
Grace Derrick
Thelma Grayson
Betty Smith
Harry Haggard
Patricia Harrison
Tamara Hart
Paula Hayes
Wayne Hearron
Frances Henderson
Eulalia Hill
Frieda Holt
Don Humphries
Jeanette Irwin
Carol Jackson
Billie Johnston
Bobby Kennedy
Don Ledbetter
Rex Morris
Jack Murphy
Larry Osborne
Jessie M. Pynes
Virginia Rodriguez
Jean Rowe
Jimmy Rowe
Frank Setzler
Mary Smith
Roscloe Stevens
Sherrell Walker
Bill Waters
Garland Willett Bryant Wills
Barbra Bagley
Five Year Old Struck by Car in Gladewater
A five year old boy was admitted to Gladewater Municipal Hospital in fair condition after being struck by a car in the 700 block of South Tyler Street. Eyewitnesses say the child darted into the path of the vehicle driven by Kenneth W. Wright of Overton. no charges had been filed as of Wednesday and the crash was investigated by Officer Atwood and Sgt. Garriott.
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Gladewater Municipal Hospital
South Tyler Street
Kenneth W. Wright
Overton
Atwood
Garriott
Bruney Rites Set Friday at Kilgore
Funeral services for Ida M. Bruney 58 of Gladewater will be held Friday at 2 p.m. in Rader Funeral Home Chapel Kilgore with Rev. Ronnie Davis officiating. Interment will follow in Kilgore Cemetery. She died Tuesday at Good Shepherd Hospital Longview after a brief illness. Born June 23 1919 in Idabell Oklahoma she moved to Gladewater from California. Survivors include daughters Georgia Ann Rexroat Houston and Sonsuray Jones Los Angeles California. sons Donald Louis and Wayne. step mother Eunice Hite Ada Oklahoma.
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Ida M. Bruney
Gladewater
Rader Funeral Home
Kilgore
Ronnie Davis
Bruney
Good Shepherd Hospital
Longview
Idabell
Oklahoma
California
Georgia Ann Rexroat
Houston
Sonsuray Jones
Los Angeles
Calif
Donald
City
Louis
Wayne
San Antonio
Eunice Hite
Ada
Okla
Cost prompts Clarksville Oville fire ambulance service talks
Clarksville City board heard Gladewater City Manager Tony N Williams outline rising costs for fire and ambulance services since 1963 and 1966 respectively. A proposed contract seeks 4500 for fire and 1000 for ambulance, with liability considerations and a possible shared substation discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksville
Harvey EE. Griffin
Gladewater
Tony N. Williams
Williams
Warren
L. F. Burke
Longview
Clarksville City
Gregg County
O. C. Brown
Brown
Burke
City opens bids for airport work and fire hose supply
City officials opened bids Tuesday for the final phase of airport improvement work including electrical and general construction plus alternates for soil concrete iron ore gravel and soil asphalt. Bids for supplying 1200 feet of 2 inch fire hose varied from 1736 to 2188.92 with seven firms bidding. A park construction bid opening at Lake Gladewater is scheduled for Thursday by City Manager Tony N Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fox Fire Corporation
Houston
Martin Apparatus and Equipment
Keller
Texas Fire Extinguisher Company
Dallas
Casco Industries
Sherveport
Claude Wright and Associates
Fire Appliance Company
Wichita Falls
W. H
Lefty) Lumpkin
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Long
Charles Wilson
R. L. Polk and Company of
Exxon Hawkins
Congressional Conference Committee
Tyler
L. G. Rawls
Rep. Hall
Carter Grinstead, Jr
East Texas
Mirror Photo
Bob McClesky
Molly
Mike
M. C. Swearingen
McCleskey
Pat Swearingen
Austin
Rock Springs
Laura Louvier
Laura
Kelly Louvier
Gladewater Band Boosters
American Legion
Highway 80
J&m Sound System
David Morrison
Willowbrook Manor
Willowbrook
Ruth Lynn Drive
AARP
Jade Alien
Jeter
First United Methodist Church
Lynn
Dell Ledbetter
Zapata
the Mirror
Dell
Falcon Lake
J. Pat Smith
Martha Drive
Santa
Kilgore College
Dee Dee Cotten
Donna
Santa Claus
O’ville City Board
Woodard Electric Company
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