Gladewater Bears Honored for 1975 season and legacy
Gladewater residents express gratitude to the 1975 Gladewater Bear football team and staff for hard work sportsmanship and district regional success. The letter also honors the band cheerleaders faculty student body and notes the 1978 team as champions in local memory. World Book Encyclopedia weighs a gram as about two paper clips and a metric ton as about four compact automobiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladewater Bear
Gladewater
Bears
Gladewater High School
Ray Hatton
New York
World Book Encyclopedia
East Texas students split by gender in national study
A national six year assessment funded by the U S Department of Health Education and Welfare says boys lead in math science social studies and citizenship, but in Gladewater area girls excel with honor rolls dominated by girls. Local educator Hugh Mixon notes trend may shift as industry grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Gladewater
Big Sandy
Sabine
Union Grove
East Texas
Hugh Mixon
Gladewater High School
Mixon
East
Texas
National Assessment of Educational Progress
Denver
Roy H. Forbes
Forbes
Union Courthouse
Gladewater Middle School
Liberty Lions hear critiques of school textbooks and MACOS
Liberty City Lions Club heard Adrian Dozier discuss troubling excerpts from a fifth grade American history text and Mel Gabler critique new Texas spelling books and the MACOS social studies course funded by the NSF. Gabler cited West Virginia protests and a GAO report criticizing NSF sponsorship and calls for budget cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty City Lions Club
Adrian Dozier
United States
South America
America
Dozier
Texas
Mel Gabler
Gabler
Lions
West Virginia
National Science Foundation
Gladewater Mirror Subscription Rates and Consolidations
The Gladewater Mirror lists home delivery and mail subscription prices for Texas and out of state readers. It notes consolidation with The Gladewater Times-Tribune Navy in 1949 and The White Oak Texan in 1969.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mirror
Gladewater Publishing Company
Glade Avenue
Dean Street
Gladewater
Gregg County
Texas
Gladewater Times-Tribune Navy
White Oak Texan
Bears season ends with festive signs and fan turnout
End of 1975 Bears campaign marked by booster banners at Honey Toys Clothing Factory and Curtis Bright's Studio while 3,000 fans packed Rockwall for the quarterfinal. A Christmas tree debate and household tidying fill offbeat city notes, ending with a photo tribute to William Allen White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bears
Boosters
Honey Toys Clothing Factory
Curtis Bright
W. E
Harper
Decatur
Gladewater
Rockwall
William Allen White
Hodgerodge observations mix fame critique and holiday chatter
A columnist ventures personal anecdotes about fame and fortune, weather reports, holiday prep, family gatherings, and Christmas shopping. The piece notes a near sky shower going from Ft Worth to Gladewater, adds stock updates on Christmas trees, and revels in a youthful hairstyle trend as a festive gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Worth
Gladewater
James Jaggers
James Smiths
Rosie Jaggers
Dallas
Ford faces tough tasks on energy ERA and Stevens approval
President Ford returns to Washington to tackle energy legislation, the tax cut bill, and the Common Situs picketing measure. Henry Kissinger must brief the House Intelligence Committee on key documents. Judge Stevens faces ERA backlash from feminist groups while ERA requires 38 states for ratification. Ford’s NYC bailout and foreign policy challenges loom as dente debate persists amid global tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
White House
Red
China
Far East
Henry Kissinger
House Intelligence Committee
John Paul Stevens
Supreme Court
Stevens
Solomon
Bella Abzug
ERA
U. S
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bae
Gladewater, Tex
Southeastern United States
Connie Joiner
GHS
Liberty Lions
General Accounting Office
NSF
Congress
State Board of Education
Europe
The
Stella
Gladewater's Factory
Brookshire
Fredalene Clark
U.S
Washington
New York City
Kissinger
Dente
Angola
Deborah Levin Shelan
Gay Avenue
University of Texas
W. T. White High School
Ann Best
Samsonite Luggage Sale
Schiff’s Jewelers
Tyler
E. Ferguson
Nel
Smith Harold
General Telephone
Fleet's Fashion Corner
Pritchett and
Jimmy Brown
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!