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Newspaper
Gladewater Mirror
Location
Gladewater, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1968
Page
5
A Washington Post Office Building incident notes a passenger leaving an advice note in an elevator. The item mentions a separate case where a 76-year-old Ayr woman was fined 42 dollars and banned from driving for six months after colliding with six cars and overturning a nearby attendant’s hut while leaving a parking area.
The United Israel Appeal announced that Jewish contributions from outside the United States to Israel have increased by twelve times in the year since the 1967 Middle East War.
A Thursday fire at 211 Glade Street damaged a residence owned by Dr. Bain Leake. Mrs. Paul Reynolds suffered facial and arm burns and was treated and released at Hart Hospital after fumes ignited gasoline while she washed clothing in the tub. A grass and wood fire near Hart's Hospital also burned briefly. In Hawaii, the Oahu Health Surveillance Program reports asthma or hay fever affect about 56,700 residents, 10 percent, with most cases in those under 17 and ages 17 to 44.
Eight Gladewater High School musicians earned All Region IV North Zone honors after Mt Pleasant tryouts. Don Cartwright praised for leading a high performing band. Jane Dawson advances to All-State tryouts in January at Stephen F Austin State College at Nacogdoches.
A fire department banquet praised firefighters and local officials for service to the community. Decorations featured poinsettias and mini fire trucks, with Rev Herman Reagh giving the invocation and Police Captain Blum Williams delivering the benediction.
Three Sinclair Oil employees in Kilgore honored for reaching 40 years with the firm in 1968. W. B. Smith, Herbert F. Taylor, and Thomas McCarron received watches certificates and pins from Sinclair officials amid attendance of long-time staff and area retirees.
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