Rev Bates Accepts Baylor Post as Development Director
The Rev Irby D Bates former Gladewater First Baptist pastor is named Resource Development Director for Baylor University covering northeast Texas Oklahoma Arkansas and northern Louisiana. He will assume Jan 1 with offices in Longview and brings 33 years in ministry plus prior service as a chaplain in WWII era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Irby D. Bates
First Baptist Church
Gladewater
Baylor University
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
Tom Z. Parrish
Baylor
Rev. Bates
Longview
Judson Baptist Church
First Baptist Churches
Annona
Pittsburg
Atlanta
West Mount Chapel
Cliff Temple
Dallas
West Columbia
S.C. First Baptist
Bates
Baptist General Convention of Texas
Convention
Gladewater Chamber of Commerce
Gladewater United Fund
Gladewater Rotary Club
George Martin American Legion
Virginia Jones
Ann Bates Mullins
Ft. Worth
John David Bates
Tyler
First State Bank
Quentin Abernathy
Bank
Gladewater High School Class of 1964 Reunion Planned
Gladewater High School plans a Dec 26 reunion at 6 p.m. in the school cafeteria led by Jane Morrison Reynolds and Cindy Morse Bland. The organizers seek missing classmates and provide contact numbers for notices. Also noted is the David A. Cheavens Scholarship Memorial Fund at Baylor University established after his Dec 8 heart attack death in Bryan.
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Gladewater High School
Jane Morrison Reynolds
Cindy Morse Bland
Reynolds
Bland
Ronald Bailey
Thomas Booth
Billy Fowler
Charles Austell
Patsy House
Paul Cagle
Edna Bailey
Phyllis Buckelew
Jacqueline McElroy
Joe Lee Morris
Johnny Sawyer
Alice Smith
Mary Helen Wilkins
Linda Koon
Earl Jones
Steve Severn
Warr McKay
WACO
David A. Cheavens
Baylor University
Cheavens
Bryan
Southwestern Journalism Congress
Baylor
Theta Sigma Phi
National Society For Women In Journalism and Communications
Sigma Delta Chi
National Professional Journalistic Society
Alice Dawson
Katherine Hargrove
Bonham
Mary Martha Kyols
Baltimore
Alice Baird
Jospeh Dawson Cheavens
Houston
First Baptist Church
Oakwood
Office of the Cashier
Texas
East Texas Police Academy offers training amid rail strike
Tony N. Williams invites East Texas police and sheriff offices to enroll in the Basic Police Training Course at Kilgore from January 4 to 29, 1971. The program, 160 hours, is certified by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement as creditable toward officer certificates.
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Tony N. Williams
East Texas Council of Governments
East Texas
East Texas Police Academy
Kilgore
Texas Commission On Law Enforcement Officer Standards
Texas Commission On Law Enforcement Tow
A Glance At The News
A summary of political staffing changes and local crime brief for Kilgore Tyler Dallas and Austin. Lloyd Bentsen campaign aide John Mobley to lead Washington staff as administrative assistant for nine months before returning to Austin. Kilgore reports burglary series solved. 15 businesses entered. President Nixon nominates George Bush to lead US UN delegation. Yost to step down. Tyler district awards ceremony honors 56 employees. Dallas notes potential $1 license fee increase to fund DPS facilities.
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Austin
John Mobley
Lloyd Bentsen
Washington
Mobley
State Rep
Bentsen
John Connally
Hackler
Laredo Times
Kilgore
J. M. Climer
Nixon
Rep
George Bush
Texas
Charles Yost
United Nations
Yost
U.N
General Assembly
Gladewater Firms Plan Christmas Weekend Closings
A number of Gladewater businesses announced closures on Saturday after Christmas Day to give workers a three day holiday. Confirmed closers include First State Bank and others such as Hightower Jewelers Gray's Food Store Earp's Super Save Brookshire's Weiser's Tire and Appliance White Auto Western Auto H and T Hardware Curtis Bright Studio Up Town Shop Ben Franklin and the Tot Shop.
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Gladewater
First State Bank
Hightower Jewelers
Gray’s Food Store
Earp’s Super Save
Brookshire’s
Weiser’s Tire and Appliance
White Auto
Western Auto
H & T Hardware
Curtis Bright Studio
Up Town Shop
Ben Franklin
Mirror
Chief Sharrock warns shoppers lock car doors
Police chief Leon Sharrock urges shoppers to secure vehicles when leaving packages inside. The reminder targets theft risk and emphasizes locking doors to deter opportunists. Local safety message underscores careful behavior during shopping trips.
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Leon Sharrock
Pers
Prayer Prayer For Today Reflects on unspeakable gift
A religious reflection thanks God for the gift of His Son and asks that many people worldwide open their hearts to receive the Saviour. The prayer concludes in Jesus name Amen.
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Il Corinthians
Jesus
Longview Men Indicted By Nacogdoches Jury
Two Longview men Fred Loyd Hayes and Kenneth Ray McMaster were indicted by a Nacogdoches grand jury on possessing a bomb. They faced bond denial of 25000 each after arrest by deputies. The indictment relates to flashlamps loaded with dynamite found during racial unrest last summer in Nacogdoches.
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Nacogdoches
Longview
Fred Loyd Hayes
Kenneth Ray McMaster
Tyler
Longview Independent School District
Texas
Hayes
McMasters
U. S
William Wayne Justice
Grady Inzer
Hayes-McMaster
Gladewater Band Tops Marshall Parade Honors
The Gladewater High School band won first place in the Marshall Christmas parade on December 1 with a standout performance led by director Buzz Messner. Antoinette Boston notes twelve bands competed and the trophy was presented to the Band Parents Club in appreciation of support.
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Gladewater
Marshall
Buzz Messner
Messner
Antoinette Boston
Band Parents Club
Christmas decorations highlight Gladewater library display
The Gladewater Public Library showcases origami birds by Beverly Prazak Brenner, a former employee, created with blue foil for the Christmas tree inviting public viewing. An Official Texas Historical Marker for Gum Spring Presbyterian Church will be erected January 17 1971 off Danville Road four miles north of Kilgore. The 18 by 28 inch aluminum marker sponsored by First Presbyterian Church of Kilgore notes the church’s 1850 founding and Danville area history. Dedication plans will follow.
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Gladewater Public Library
Beverly Prazak Brenner
Texas
Gum Spring Presbyterian Church
Paul Belding
Longview
Gregg County Historical Survey Committee
Danville Road
Kilgore
First Presbyterian Church of
New Danville
J. M. Becton
Meshack Barber
S. S. Barnett
T. C. Barnett
Co. W. Scott
Allen Sloan
Nancy Sloan
T. W. Templeton
Scrooge Type Thieves Strike Sulphur Springs Homes
Sulphur Springs residents report thefts of Christmas decorations from home exteriors on one night. Murray Hill on 704 Pampa Street lost a flood light and neighbor Gene Glaeser at 602 Pampa had two lights taken. Other residents declined to identify. Dermont Morgan at 704 Connally Street reported 130 pounds of pecans from his store at 108 Hinnant Street valued at 40 dollars.
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Hinnant Street
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Southwest Pacific
East Texas Baptist College
Lakeview Baptist Encampment
Irby Bates
GHS
Glade Saddle Club
Gladewater Saddle Club
R. L. Blair
George Wasson
Debbie Mohon
W. D. Alderson
Jimmy Mohon
David Moore
Don
Congress
Freeman
Blair
Wasson
Jack Williams
Sarah Hill
R. W. Lloyd
Texas Highway Department District 10
Gregg County
John B. Hoffmann
Stephen S. Hverdos
Theodore F. Hollis
Wilson Speir
Department of Safety
Public Safety Commission
Col. Speir
Islet
Classroom Teachers Association
CTA
Janet Pursley
Sylvia New
Eulalia Hill
Lenora Amos
Nelda Allen
Jiminy Brows
Nadoches
Presbyterian Church
Texas Historical Marker
Upshur County
Amereican Legion Hut
West Gay
Jack Bennett
Junior
Poppa
Swepco
Carden Club
P. O
United Fund
Marecella Formby
General Am, Oil Co
Lonnie van Zandt
Henry Harper
Ken Bennett
Lions Club
Ken
Danny Stueber
Buzz
Jaycees
Fire Department
American Legion
Neal Clark
Bennett
The
Cooperative News Service
Scrooge
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