Gladewater Bears Dominate All-District selections
Gladewater High School Bears placed six players on both offensive and defensive first teams in District 14-AA. Reginald Owens earned spots on both sides, while Leonard Parker Son made the second teams as a versatile standout. Parkerson starred at center on offense and linebacker on defense.
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Gladewater High School Bears
Gladewater High School
Reginald Owens
Bears
Leonard Parkerson
Park
Parkerson
Gladewater
Shane Best
Emmett Lockett
Tracy Atkins
White Oak
Joe Louvier
Dennis Hawley
Russ Adams
Best
Louvier
Hawley
Windhell Lee
Harry Kates
Kelly Murphy
van Townsend
Maurice Gunter
Arthur Franklin
Troup
Ronnie Browning
Keith Jones
Milton Timmons
Jones
Timmons
The
Mirror
Windell
Big Sandy shooting victims in two incidents reported
A Big Sandy man, J C Walton, 44, remained in stable condition after a Friday night shooting in the area, later transported to a Veterans Administration hospital in Shreveport. Another man, Homer Danny Henley, 30, of Gladewater, was listed in fair condition after a separate Friday shooting near Liberty City. Details were scarce as investigators were unavailable. A $14,180 federal grant was announced for Texas Eastern University to support Law Enforcement Education Program.
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Big Sandy
Veterans Administration
Shreveport
J. C. Walton
Gladewater Municipal
Good Shepherd Hospital
Longview
Veterans Hospital
Homer Danny Henley
Route 1
Gladewater
Liberty City
Gladewater Municipal Hospital
Henley
Gregg County
Department of Law Enforcement of
Texas Eastern University
United States Department of Justice
TEU
Ronald Robinson
Department of Law Enforcement
Church Fellowship Invites All to Westside Baptist Event
Reverend J A Allen of Westside Baptist Church on W Pacific invites all church members and friends to a 7 p m Saturday fellowship with refreshments provided. It notes a social gathering at the church location.
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J. A. Allen
Westside Baptist Church
W. Pacific
Prayer text from a religious service excerpt
The fragment quotes a Christian prayer. It invokes help from the Lord to live life eternal and recalls the Lord's Prayer asking for daily bread forgiveness guidance and protection. The passage ends with Amen.
Gregg to send delinquent tax notices starting Monday
Beginning Monday 3 034 Gregg county property owners will receive delinquent tax notices. Tax assessor collector Bobby Crawford says the delinquent taxes total 109197 with 37651 penalty and interest. Including the district attorney's cost the total reaches 150170, a lower sum than last year due to increased efforts to locate and remind owners of delinquencies.
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Gregg County
Bobby Crawford
Crawford
A V Haigwood Dies at 66 in Gladewater
A V Haigwood, 66, lifelong Gladewater resident, died Saturday at 8:30 am after a sudden illness. Funeral at 2 pm Monday in Malcolm Stone Funeral Home chapel with Rev. Ralph Bolin. burial Locust Grove Cemetery. Survived by wife Francine, two daughters Peggy Kendall and Betty Jo Harwell, three stepdaughters, three sisters, three brothers, and 11 grandchildren.
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A. V. Haigwood
Gladewater
Malcolm Stone
Ralph Bolin
Locust Grove
Haigwood
Breckenridge
Weatherford
Francine
Peggy Kendall
Marshall
Betty Jo Harwell
Longview
Nellie
Billie Stevens
Jane Hoitt
Beaumont
Heavy year end agenda as council advances major projects
The council approved a broad spending and planning agenda including wastewater and sewer planning progress by Hart Engineering. It authorized four bills totaling 17626.61, opened bids for police reports equipment, and endorsed a federal rural housing demonstration project with a new housing advisory committee.
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Police Department
Housing Advisory Committee
Gladewater Memorial Park
Larry J. Stone
Hart Engineering Company
Longview
Stone
Bill Nelson
Nelson
Tony N. Williams
Texas Criminal Justice Division
Williams
George Thomas
Bless Your Heart Nancy Sparks Gladewater Retro Letter
A Dallas Morning News columnist John Neville is critiqued by Gladeeters and exresidents in a reflective letter from Mrs. B. L. Nelson of Gladewater. The missive recalls early Gladewater visits in the 1930s oil boom era and pokes gentle fun at regional dialects and attire.
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John Neville
Dallas Morning News
Gladeites
Neville
Gladewater
Our City
Dallas
B. L. Nelson
Nancy Hearrell
the Mirror
Dallas News
Nancy
Gladette
Nelson
Texas
Mr. Neville
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LEEP
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Owens
R. L. Blair
Kilgore Highway
Ae Air 8An
Gregg
Council
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Bless Your Dear Heart
Fredalene Clark
Neveille
Motor Court
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