Senior citizens open house at Ellen Bauman Center
Dick Wilcoxen announces an open house for area seniors at the Ellen Bauman Memorial Center in the old Community Building Gladewater. The event on Saturday Dec 28 from 1 to 5 p.m. features prizes for the oldest attendee and those traveling farthest, plus games, dominoes, and contests to explain the center plans and invite participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Wilcoxen
Senior Citizens’ Centers
Gregg County, Inc
Ellen Bauman
Gladewater
Big Sandy Wildcats Share State Class B Championship
Big Sandy and Celina battle to a 0 0 tie in Mesquite sealing a co championship. Wildcats remain rare one loss in 53 games. Also notes holiday church, civic events and local notices.
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Big Sandy Wildcats
Wildcats
Mesquite
Celina
Jim Norman
Big Sandy
New Officers Sworn In At Volunteer Fire Banquet
A banquetSaturday evening swore in a new slate of volunteer fire service officers led by Don Whitlock volunteer fire chief and Charles Mills assistant chief. Special honors went to Charles Whitlock Volunteer Fireman of the Year. attendance awards to Stegall Blackmon Vinson. About 20 firemen and guests attended in the Chamber of Commerce meeting room. Chief Gothard praised volunteers and thanked wives and the auxiliary. Ray Walls acted as master of ceremonies.
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Charles Mills
Dale Vinson
Max
Stegall
Jimmy Blackmon
Chamber of Commerce
Ronnie Gothard
Don Whitlock
Jerry Watson
Ray Walls
Thomas Gothard
Bill Duncan
Charles Whitlock
Chief Gothard
Max Stegall
Gothard
Governor Briscoe launches 55 mph safety drive for holidays
Governor Dolph Briscoe announced an intensive holiday traffic safety campaign to enforce the 55 mph limit and curb drunken driving during Christmas and New Year. He urged police and hosts to deter drinking and promote seat belt use, with media help to keep drivers alert and stay alive in 75.
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Dolph Briscoe
Briscoe
Texas Department of Public Safety
Explosion injures train crewman in tanker wreck near Gilmer
At a country road crossing near Suffolk Crossing between Pritchett and Gilmer a Cotton Belt freight train slammed into a tank truck loaded with flammable distillate. Fireman M C Moore of Tyler was hospitalized in satisfactory condition. The truck and trailer owned by Scurlock Oil Company were destroyed. the fire damaged a nearby house and a parked car.
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Pritchett
Cotton Belt Railroad
W. M. Solomon
Route 1
Box 320
Overton
Solomon
Suffolk
Pritchett and
Gilmer
Big Sandy
M. C. Moore
Tyler
Gilmer Hospital
Betty Truitt
Bud Andrews
Scurlock Oil Company
Leo Elmer Sanders
Box 2
Hospital honors nine at awards banquet in Longview
Gladewater Municipal Hospital marked its 1974 service awards banquet at Johnny Cace's Restaurant Longview. The program honored board of directors and nine employees with tenure awards while paying tribute to past administrator transitions and hospital staff.
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Gladewater Municipal Hospital
Johnny Cace
Longview
Cecile Jordan
S. M. Thomas
Gordon Mayer
Carson Kennedy
Raymond Allen
John Osteen
David Holcombe
Robert S. Daniel
Milton Bolgiano
Municipal
Christmas 1974 Reflections on Hard Times and Hope
Rep Wright Patman recalls December 1775 Fort William and Mary uprising and 1874 postwar hardship to contrast 1974 inflation and recession with Christmas spirit and faith in peace and good will toward men. The piece blends history with a call for unity and generosity.
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Fort William and Mary
Southland
Trustees Discuss Problems At Union Grove School Meeting
Union Grove school trustees reviewed the approved audit, hired a cafeteria worker, and discussed several problems at their regular Monday night session. The board unanimously approved use of a school house by the Joe Pittman family after his home burned on November 27. Pittman expressed appreciation for the arrangement.
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Union Grove
Joe Pittman
Pittman
Nancy Thompson
Delois Karnes
R. A. Cooper
Kilgore College
Cooper
West
Longview
Austin
E. S. Truitt
Mirror to Print Christmas Greetings Edition Sunday
The Mirror announces its annual Christmas greetings issue set for Sunday with Advertising Manager Jerry Kates soliciting greetings from merchants and readers. Readers may call 845-2235 or visit the office by Friday noon to participate, and a food section with new recipes will be included in the edition.
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The
Mirror
Jerry Kates
Mirror Greetings
Kates
the Mirror
Also Mentioned on This Page
Senior Citizens
Minnie Jo Brannon
Houston
Hiram W. Smith
Gay Avenue School
Lions Club
Hull
Caleth Study Club
Jack Finley
Melessa Stevens
Ann Marlowe
Richard Parrish
Ernest Martin
Jewell Finney
Finneys
Gladeview Baptist Church
Earth
Clytell Richey
Delia Steward
Helen Crain
Julia James
Christine Kuykendall
Ann Perryman
Mary Jo Sheridan
Truitt
Broadway and
Pacific
Hospital
Mayer
Fred
Lott
Jordan
Ken Bennett
Harral Lincoln
Lorena McChesney
Sheridan
C. S. Bloom
G. R. Hugman
G. R. Kent
C. B. McKenzie
E. R. Moser
Thomas Aguillon
Rep
Wright Patman
South
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