Bears duo named end of season district honorees
Dennis King and Charles Hawley of Gladewater High School are omitted from the District 9-AAA All-District Honorable Mention list in Thursday Mirror. King, a junior quarterback, led the Bears with poise and accuracy, while Hawley, a senior, energized defenses with breakaway runs and fast alignment through holes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis King
Charles Hawley
Thursday Mirror
the Mirror
Gladewater High School
Charles
Smokey) Hawley
Gladewater Library History Presented to Rotary Club
Mrs. Nanty Byrd Mayer outlined the founding of Gladewater Municipal Library from 1936 37 to today for the Rotary Club. She noted the new $200 000 Gladewater Lee Public Library project at Pacific and Tewery Streets and the town wide civic effort behind it.
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Jimmy Brown
Gladewater
East Texas
Rotary Club
Nanty Byrd Mayer
Ollie Ducey
Mayer
Gladewaterlee
Pacific and
Tewery Streets
L. W. Pelphrey
Phelphrey
PTA
A. J. Wood
A. A. Wilson
D. T. Smith
Jake Hanna
L. A. Phillips
Nichols
Joe Kellam
Wilson
Pelphrey
T. M
Gladewater Municipal
Christmas season notes and local readings fill Gladewater news
Local items include Beth Sharp in serious condition after surgery in Dallas Methodist Hospital. Jersey and community updates mention Pearl Harbor Day remembrances, flag etiquette questions, and Kilgore College Amahl and the Night Visitors. Bargain wieners priced seven cents await Gladewater shoppers. Tyler’s Marvin United Methodist Church presents Handel’s The Messiah with free admission. American Legion Post plans Christmas dinner December 11. Readers share Christmas greetings from Houston and Gladewater Public Library hosts Major General Robert Preston Taylor’s Days of Anguish Days of Hope.
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George Frederick Handel
Marvin United Methodist Church
Tyler
Clyde L. Wolford
Marvin Church
Wilson Godfrey
Gladewater
Gladewater Public
Robert Preston Taylor
Joy Baptist Church
Philippines
Billy Keith
Three Gladewater Men Arrested On Drug Possession Charges
Gladewater trio David Barrow James McDowell and Billy Severn were arrested early Saturday at a West Upshur business site and charged with possession of dangerous drugs. Each was arraigned before Justice of the Peace Boss DeLay with bonds set at 10000 and transferred to Gregg County jail. Police tracked a car after a late night report of gunfire in Swamp City and located the vehicle with the three men inside.
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Gladewater
West Upshur
David Michael Barrow
James Harold McDowell
Billy Dean Severn
Justice of the Peace
Gregg County
Swamp City
New license plates arrive for Gregg County in 1973
Gregg County tax office receives 46,015 passenger plates and 13,490 truck plates for 1973. Sale begins February 1 with April 1 deadline. Tags feature white background black numerals. personalized plates use red numerals on white. Disabled veterans retain existing plates. updates require a $1 sticker from Austin to replace 72 with 73.
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Longview
Gregg County
Gregg County Court House
Bill Harper
Texas Highway Department
Austin
Harper
Squirrels shipped to Hobbs spark pecan relief plan
Hobbs faces a squirrel shortage as James C. Foster sends several pairs of rodents to the New Mexico city after a local shortage and a prior report that Hobbs planned to pay 130 dollars for four pairs. Foster said pecans fed the squirrels and he grew tired of tame pests. The idea stemmed from a wire service note about Lonesome George the last Hobbs squirrel.
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Shreveport
Australia
Madagascar
South America
Hobbs
N.M
James C. Foster
Foster
New Mexico City
Lonesome George
Iowa
Municipal Hospital awards banquet honors long service
The Municipal Hospital annual service awards banquet honored 20 staff members including retiring board member Wayne Pollard and 20 years of service by Helen Ford. About 60 attendees heard remarks from Dr. Charles B. McKenzie and Bill Wagner served as emcee. Entertainment by Michael and Sandra Brown preceded the awards.
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Municipal Hospital Service
Wayne Pollard
Board of Directors
Helen Ford
Pollard
Bill Wagner
Connie Winborn
Michael and
Sandra Brown
Tyler
Channel 7
KLTV
Charles B. McKenzie
Prayer and Community Notes in Texas County
The page includes a devotional prayer request and list of names, followed by medical staff listings and a $100,000 Farmers Home Administration loan approval for Starrville Friendship Water Supply Corp to extend rural water service serving 61 new families. It notes loan terms, project goals, and officials involved, then reports the death of Chester Lynn Taylor with funeral details and surviving relatives.
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Farmers Home Administration
FHA
Department of Agricultural Rural Credit Service
Stegalls to mark golden wedding anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Y. Marion Stegall celebrate their Golden Wedding Anniversary with a reception December 10 from 2 to 4 PM in the Green Room of the Community building at Dean and Pacific. They were married in 1922 in Big Sandy and now reside in Gladewater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y. Marion Stegall
Hendricks St
Dean and Pacific
Big Sandy
Gladewater
Stegall
Hendricks and
Gay
Pearl
D. R
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Dennis
Bears
The
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Gregg County Community Center
A. F F. Shepperd
Kilgore
Kiltore
Matt Dawson
Texas
Beth Sharp
Methodist Hospital
Dallas
Pearl Harbor
Fine Arts
Kilgore College
Amahl and the Night Visitors
Dodson
George Martin American Legion Post and Auxiliary
Linda Kilgore Corenjo
Corenjos
Houston
Gregg
Applied Arts
Texas Fine Arts Association
William Anzalone
Dorothy Hood
Richard Gordon Stout
Sulphur Springs
Jack Neal
Pizza Villa
Spring Village
Neal
San Antonio
Dolph Briscoe
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Extension Service
Hemisfair Convention Center
Briscoe
Municipal Hospital
John Osteen
Wagner
Mary Jo Sheridan
Fred Lott
Joy Dunn
Lou Ada Hunter
Annie Yates
Charlotte Bohde
Flora Canterbury
Virginia Hancock
Catherine Jackson
Ludie Miller
Annie Mae Mueller
Frank Saga
Stadium
New York
Edward Tamm
Yankee Stadium
Wisconsin
Michigan
Tulane
Penn State
Illinois
Ohio State
Notre Dame
Oklahoma
Army
GHS
C. B
God
John
Jesus
Suann Pitman
Vivian Sutphen
Bobbie Thompson
Alice Timmons
Arnold Tucker
Mildred Wharton
Virgie Williams
Marie Tipps
C. S. Bloom
G. R. Hugman
G. R. Kent
C. B. McKenzie
M. D
E. R. Moser
Manuel Guerra
A. R. Hancock
Bain Leake
Marion Baldwin
Earle E. Little
Starrville
Friendship
Water Supply Corporation
M.D
E. E. Zvoranek
Warren Hunt
Gwyn Harwell
Ted Rankin
H. P. Clifton
Chester Taylor
Chester Lynn
Chick) Taylor
Shell Camp Road
Malcolm Stone
G. A. Stanfield
Memorial Baptist Church
Gladewater Memorial Park
Taylor
Lovington
Liberty
Texaco Oil Co
Murray’s Jewelry
Union Grove High School
Ruth Jean
J. L. Taylor
Michael Taylor
Mark Taylor
Judy Kay Taylor
Joseph Powers
Rodney
George Powers
Laura Bennett
Willis V. Taylor
Baytown
L. D. Taylor
Donna Burgin
Jewell Dean Masters
Loyd Jones Jr
H. B. Horn Jr
Marvin
Stegalls
Ellison
W. W. Stegall
Hugh Hall
Andrews
Uyal Stewart
Ray Stegall
Robensdale
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