Community News From Union Grove and Nearby
Local notes recount families traveling to Kentucky for new jobs, relatives visiting from San Antonio and Tyler, and Christmas tree outings. Airman Larry Pilcher may transfer soon while others send holidays greetings from Mt. Pleasant Longview and Beeville. A Kansas friend reveals a broken leg after arthritis was misdiagnosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Pilcher
Kentucky
Ermine McPeek
Lana
Virgil Moore
Mike
Clifford White
Longview
Mark White
Gladys White
Truman Aldridges
Barney Carter
Katherine of
Tyler
Lindly Beckworths
Eloise
Gary Beckworth
Melissa
L. L. White
Mt. Pleasant
Odis L. Smiths
E. D. Miller
Eula Kersh
Helen Emmetts
Beeville
C. A. Brown
Governor Proclaims Texas Agricultural Products Months
Governor Preston Smith designates December 1969 and January 1970 as Texas Agricultural Products months urging Texans to buy Texas grown food and fiber. Agriculture Commissioner White explains TAP promotes high quality marketing to boost the state economy as campaigns highlight beef pork poultry dairy citrus fruits nuts and grains with a focus on Texas production. The note also mentions family, travel, and local anecdotes woven into the proclamation event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Preston Smith
Texas
TAP
Agriculture
John C. White
Camp Switch 4-H Club Awards Program Recap
The Camp Switch 4-H Club held its awards night at Center Baptist Church with State Representative John Allen as guest speaker. Recipients included Kenneth Clark and Darrell Anderson for Safety, Milton Sanders and Carla Adams for Bread, and club president Lillie Pruitt as mistress of ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Switch
the Center Baptist Church
John Allen
Kenneth Clark
Darrell Anderson
Milton Sanders
Claudetta Hunt
Carla Adams
Lillie Pruitt
Renita Adams
4-H
America
Shelia Jones
Lawrence Stephens
Mr. Allen
Olen Goode Wins Award in Meter Reading Contest
Olen Goode a meter reader for the Glade water department placed third in a 150 entrant meter reading contest held with a regional water control short course in Tyler last September. The supervisor Roy Perryman presented him a plaque and praised his department and city for the achievement and he was pictured in the December issue of the Southwest Water Works Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olen Goode
City Water & Sewage Department
Tyler
Goode
Southwest Water Works Journal
Water and Sewage Department
Roy Perryman
Gladewater
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James D. Bibbs, Sr
Terry
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Zenith
RCA
Weiser’s
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N, Main
Allen
Lanell Wilborn
E. C. Petty
Rella Adams
Joel Stephens
Bobby Anderson
Lucille Clark
Marie Fulllove
Mary Sanders
Alberta Anderson
Christ
Methodist
Ken Bennett
Louise E. Stairs
W. E. Tims
Clarence Dawson
Kay Ann Jones
Dana Gwinn
al. Marlowe
Brenda Halley
Melessa Stevens
Mr. Bennett
Phyllis Brannen
Ann Davis
Cleo Marlowe
F. E. Hill
Wilson Godfrey
Leroy van Wormer
C. L. Adams
O. C. Brown
Tims
Brenda Hart
Cindy Hart
Vicki Abernathy
Mark Abernathy
Jim Brannen
Richard Herbst
Luke Fisher
Cleo
Tyler Highway
Sabine
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REDS
Russia
J. C. Williams
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