Elaine Bruce Named to Alpha Chi at Baylor
Baylor University student from Gladewater Elaine Bruce was inducted into Alpha Chi, a national honorary society. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs J D Bruce of Route 2, Gladewater, a 1967 Gladewater High School graduate and a senior art education major at Baylor. Alpha Chi honors the top five percent academically among juniors seniors and graduate students. The society aims to stimulate develop and recognize scholarship and character.
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WACO
Baylor University
Gladewater
Alpha Chi
Joan Elaine Bruce
J. D. Bruce
Route 2
Gladewater High School
Bruce
Baylor
Wave Maker of the Year awards salute varied deeds
A satirical roundup awards Wave Maker of the Year with several categories. It praises or lampoons figures from hippie cleanliness standards to egocentric losers, PUNK award winner Jerry Kates, and groups like the Womens Liberation Movement, concluding with a tribute to ordinary Americans sustaining faith, family, and civic duty.
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League of Supreme Egocentrics
University of Arkansas Razorbacks
Longhorns
Israel
Promised Land
Red Sea
People United Now For Knowledge
Jerry Kates
Kansas
Oklahoma University
Womens’Liberation Movement
Brother Dies After Lengthy Illness
M/Sgt. Arthur Wood Shiflett 50 brother of Mrs. J. R. Rich of White Oak died Wednesday at Barksdale Hospital Bossier City following a long illness He was a native of Okmulgee Okla a WWII and Korean conflict veteran Military graveside services were held at Rose Hill Cemetery Tyler Survived by Mrs Rich another sister Mrs Lois Sadler of Delhi La his wife his mother Mrs Carolina Greenhorn Freeport a daughter Mrs Geraldine Scott Shreveport three brothers Wendell Freeport Ernest Las Vegas Nev and Newt Tyler and three grandchildren
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Arthur Wood Shiflett
J. R. Rich
White Oak
Barksdale Hospital
Bossier City
Shiflett
Okmulgee
Oklo
Rose Hill Cemetery
Tyler
Rich
Lois Sadler
Delhi
Carolina Greenhorn
Freeport
Geraldine Scott
Shreveport
Wendell
Ernest
Las Vegas
Nev
Newt
Mrs. Marie Brown Dies in Midland
Marie Brown died December 9 in Midland after a lengthy illness. Funeral services and burial were held December 11 in Waco. A former White Oak resident, she is survived by her mother Ollie Trent of White Oak five brothers one sister husband Fred Brown and one daughter Carol Badgett of Midland.
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Marie Brown
Midland
Dec
Waco
Brown
White Oak
Ollie Trent
Fred Brown
Carol Badgett
The Virus Returns A Family Christmas Tale
A diarist describes a household coping with a winter virus during the holidays. The illness disrupts plans and dieting, and the author muses on New Year resolutions and unmethodical Christmas shopping while hoping the illness passes before Christmas.
Christmas Operetta at Union Grove School Promises Festive Show
The Lions Paw notes Union Grove Elementary will stage The Toys That Had to Wait on Monday at 7 30 PM in the school auditorium with Santa and the Queen of the Fairies among the cast. A senior chili supper benefits the event. the operetta is free. The page also summarizes local notices, birthdays, and a Kentucky grant for mining research, plus holiday greetings and a Lions victory at Tyler in the East Texas Invitational.
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Santa
North Pole
Mrs. Santa
Katie Ferguson
Lisa Brewer
Queen of the Fairies
Lions
Arp Tigers
Tyler
Mrs. Roy Smith Dies After Month Long Illness in Gilmer
Mrs. Roy Franklin Smith 65 of Gilmer died Wednesday after a month long illness. She was sister to Gregg County District Attorney Ralph Prince of Glade Water. Services planned in Winnetka Illinois. Survived by three daughters Elise D Chambers of Fullerton California Ann Geraci of Highland Park Illinois and Lee Sutherland of Palos Verdes California. Also her mother Mrs Hugh Bassett of Electra a brother Ralph Prince a sister Mrs William Goudy of Honolulu and eight grandchildren. Native of Electra she lived in Fort Worth before moving to Winnetka then Gilmer two and a half years ago.
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Roy Franklin Smith
Gilmer
Walrus
Gregg County
Ralph Prince
Gladewater
Winnetka
Ill
Lee Sutherland
Palos Verdes
Calif
Elise D, Chambers
Fullerton
Ann Geraci
Highland Park
Lil
Hugh Bassett
Electra
William Goudy
Honolulu
Hawaii
Smith
Forth Worth
Winnetka, Ill
Write Hanoi letter campaign nears sixty thousand count
Shreveport campaign officials say the Write Hanoi effort has reached nearly 60,000 letters. The letters will be delivered in early January to the North Vietnamese delegation in Paris France.
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Shreveport
Hanoi
Paris
France
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Bar & Chain
Poulan
Longview Highway
Texas
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Mother
Jack
Elrod
Union Grove
Lions Paw
Upshur County Historical Survey Committee
Denzel Matthews
Fred Tarpley
Tarpley
East Texas State University
Northeast
Upshur County
Alabama
Tennessee
Mississippi
Georgia
Ben Wood
Gladewater Municipal Hospital
Georgia Ruth Johnston
Terri Glenn
Lacy Hogue
Terry Mackey
Wally Rains
Jerry Tucker
Sally Barksdale
Ginger Jones
Frankfort, Ky
Kentucky
George Kendall
Sue Ferguson
Carlotte Dacus
Aubrey Truitt
Shelia Bailey
Marcia Mackey
Betsy Smith
Laura Beth Mitchell
Sherri Grunden
T. E. Johnson, Jr
Vrolijke
Kerstmis
Sarbatori
Felicite
Joyeux
Noel Froeliche
Weihnachten
TIN Hao
Nian
Kinga Shinnen
Ichok Vilara Glad
Julen Boas
Festas
Felice Natale Chrystovina
Wesolych Swiat Glaedelig
JUS
Felice Pascual Vesele Vanoche Sretan Bozic
Boldog
Karacsonyi
Kris Kringle
Roy Lemar
Santa Claus
Garland Smith
Pet l
AG Boys
John Manning
Stuand
Ustah
Tipod
General Electric
Goodyear
Contemporary
Master Chara Ae
Melmac
Teflon
Rd Bank Americard
Gladewater, Texas
N. Main
Quitman Street
Church OF Christ
West — Flair
W. Pacific Gladewater
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