Municipal Hospital Awards Banquet Honors Retirees and Staff
Gladewater Municipal Hospital held its annual awards banquet in the high school cafeteria naming three retirees and presenting tenure pins ranging from five to twenty years. Hospital officials praised the team as a whole while Mrs Alexandra Burago received a 20 year award and spoke proudly of U S citizenship after arriving from Latvia decades ago.
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Gladewater Municipal Hospital
Bill Wagner
H. I McAfee
Alexandra Burago
Jessie Dorrough
McAfee
Burago
Helen
Henry
Edna Tallent
John Osteer
Wayne Pollard
Sue Morgan
Bernice Jolson
Carson Kennedy
Gordon Mayer
Paul Bennett
Mildred Harris
Ivy Jones
Matthew Boger
Eugene Sutphen
Donna Borman
Estelle Sullivan
Cecil Causey
Gail Levy
Bloom
James Gelvin
Latvia
Lithuania
Estonia
Soviet Union
Buragos
West Germany
Uragos
U. S
Gregg County voters urged to sign mail certificates
Longview official Bill Harper reminded Gregg County voters to sign the voter certificate applications mailed from his office and return them by mail so certificates can be issued by January 3 and qualify voters for next year’s elections. He said 18,122 certificates were mailed countywide and total county registration, including 18 year olds, is about 32,000 to 35,000.
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Longview
Gregg County
Bill Harper
Harper
Santa Claus to Visit Gladewater City Hall
Santa will arrive in his sleigh at Gladewater City Hall on December 15 from 2 to 4 p.m. He returns December 20 21 22 and 23 with the same hours to hear children and families. Citizens are invited to visit the jolly visitor from the North Pole during this festive event.
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Santa Claus
City Hall
Jolly Elegent
North Pole
Prayer Note on Freedom and Creation
A devotional note cites Genesis 2 7 about God forming man from dust and breathing life Then offers a prayer for freedom including gratitude and guidance toward responsible use. The brief text frames faith and accountability in daily life and worship practice.
Senator Tower to Speak at Epoxy Plant Dedication
U S Senator John Tower will deliver the principal address at Epoxy Chemical Corporation’s Glade Paint and Coatings Division plant dedication in Gladewater on Thursday December 16. He arrives at Gregg County Airport and is introduced by Gregg County Judge Henry Atkinson. An open house runs from 10 a.m. with a 4 p m dedication ceremony and many dignitaries expected.
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D. L. Morgan
Methodist Hospital
Houston
Morgan
U.S
John Tower
Gladewater
Epoxy Chemical Corporation
Glade
Tower
Bain Leake, Jr
First United Methodist Church
Gregg County
Henry Atkinson
Epoxy
Michael Rutherford
Rutherford
Tippett Dies at 79. Services Held in Gladewater
George Thomas Tippett 79, longtime Gladewater resident since 1933, died Thursday in a local hospital. Funeral services were held Friday at Malcolm Stone Chapel with burial Saturday in Clanton Concord Cemetery, Alabama. Survivors include wife Clara, son Ross Tippett, a sister, four brothers, and two grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Thomas Tippett
Gladewater
Malcolm Stone
B. F. Risinger, Jr
First Baptist Church
Clanton Concord
Clanton
Alabama
Tippett
General American Oil
H. N. Preston
Les Moore
G. A. Thompson
R. L. Addington
Houston Millorn
White Oak grows from cotton patch to bustling city
A historical profile of White Oak in Gregg County tracing its shift from cotton farming to a growing oil era city. It notes a 1965 to 1971 building boom, population rise toward 5,000 by 1980, new bank, water and sewer upgrades, and a mixed economy with most workers in nearby Longview.
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Jimmy Brown
Gregg County
East Texas
H. E
Bill
Bingham
White Oak
Gladewater
Bringham
Big Sandy Creek
Little City
Longview
Tyler
Bill) Bingham
Mirror
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Municipal Hospital
GHS
Charles Bloom
Board of Directors
H. J. McAfee
B. Lee
Veterans’ Hospital
Shreveport
North
Alton Coats
Gladewater Music Club
Daleth Study Club
Three Arts Club
Chester G. Hall
C. B. Reynolds
Longview Symphony
J. D. Reeves
C. H. Bowden
David Barton
Rotary Club
Eddie Nelson
Rotary Anns
Circle D
Gilmer Highway
Glen Davidson
Debbie Anderson
Santa
Senator Tower
George T. Tippett
Sen
Senate
Texas
Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee
Armed Services Committee
Hawkins
Rutherfords
Joel Jones
Jed Hall
Leon Cates
Prime Con
Shawnee’ Construction Company of
Big M_ Construction
The
General Services Administration
U.S. Navy
Sabine
Cleo Marlowe
Sabine River
U. S. Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Jurgxhamn
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