Barbara Barrow Wins Texas State MIYWW Junior Title
Barbara Barrow, daughter of Mrs. Shelba Barrow of Big Sandy, won the Texas State Junior Division in the Make It Yourself With Wool contest at Texas Woman's University in Denton on December 12. She earns $100 savings bond and an all expense trip to Las Vegas for the national finals January 19, with her mother and family planned to accompany her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara 4Sarrow
Shelba Barerow
Hic Sandy
Texas
Texas Women’s University
Denton
American Wool Council
Sheep Producers Council of America
Barrow
Las Veras
Nevada
Vogue
Paris
Barbara
Victoria Regina Nadloske
TCU
Fort Worth
Victoria
W. J. Stroman
Lometa
Las Vegas
Big Sandy High School
Homemakers of America
Shelba Barrow
James
Johnnie Baird
Robbers Hit Gla-Tex Packing Plant For $125
Jimmie Dale Baird of Longview was assaulted and locked in a sub-zero freezer during a Saturday morning robbery at Gla-Tex Packing on Locker Plant Road. Two white men, one 40ish and the other 23 to 26, escaped with about $125 as sheriff’s deputies investigated tire tracks and past break-ins at the plant in 1969 and April of this year. Plant manager Leo Hernutton arrived about ten minutes later and freed the victim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gla-Tex Packing Company
Locker Plant
Jimmie Dale Baird
Longview
Baird
Leo Hernutont
Grege County
Clyde Arthur
Jim Cochran
Prayer For Today Behold My Servants Sing With Gladness
A devotional prayer thanks God for a singing faith and asks for deep trust in Jesus Christ who puts a song in our hearts. The brief prayer ends with Amen.
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Jesus Christ
Denver jar collector fills shelves with labeled apothecary bottles
Ron Wreath, a Denver druggist, has spent ten years collecting apothecary jars and pharmacy bottles and now has enough labeled pieces to stock a small shop. One bottle label reads it treats indigestion, foul breath, bad taste, dizziness, kidney or bladder trouble and tired feeling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Ron Wreath
White Oak Roughneck Band TV special featured Sunday
The award winning White Oak Texas Roughneck Band directed by Jerry Hanszen will be shown in a 30 minute television special Sunday afternoon December 27 from 3 to 3 30 p m on Channel 12. The piece highlights national acclaim for its presentations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Oak Texas Roughneck
Channel 12
Jerry Hanszen
Area High Schools Retain Accreditation by Southern Association
Gladewater High School Sabine School and Union Grove High School have been continued as accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The action followed the annual meeting in Atlanta and was announced by superintendents Roy Johnson Roy Cooley and Garland Ferguson. The regional program spans eleven states and Latin American schools, emphasizing ongoing self studies and adherence to standards.
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Gladewater
Sabine School
Union Grove High School
Commission On Secondary Schools
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Association
Atlanta
Georgia
Roy Johnson
Roy Cooley
Garland Ferguson
Memcher
South
Charles Mathews
H. E. Phillips
Texas State Committee
The
Southern Association
Alabama
Florida
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Latin America
J. F. Allison Dies in Gladewater at 71
Jewell Franklin Allison, 71, died Monday morning in a Gladewater hospital. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Malcolm Stone Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Don Perkins officiating. Burial was in Glenwood Cemetery. Survivors include his wife Annie Lovella, brother Coleman Allison of Fort Worth, and sister Sybil Allison of Houston. Pallbearers were Murrell Wood, Ernest Thorpe, Leon Meadows, Delvin Gage, Millard Sorrells, and Jimmy Worthington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewell Franklin Allison
Gladewater
Malcolm Stone
Don Perkins
Memorial Baptist Church
Glenwood Cemetery
Mr. Allison
Annie Lovella
Coleman Allison
Fort Worth
Sybil Allison
Houston
Murrell Wood
Ernest Thorpe
Leon Meadows
Delvin Gage
Millard Sorrells
Jimmy Worthington
First State Bank Officers Wiley and McElroy Promoted
Quentin Abernathy announces Mack Wiley and Joe McElroy promoted at a Thursday meeting. Wiley becomes Executive Vice President and Trust Officer. McElroy advances to Senior Vice President. Wiley joined the bank in 1950 and has long been active in Gladewater community life.
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First State Bank
Quentin Abernathy
Mack Wiley
Joe McElroy
Wiley
McElroy
Mirror
Abernathy
Gladewater Chamber of Commerce
Gladewater
Gladewater High School
TARS
First United Methodist Church
Students Present Annual Christmas Operetta
Union Grove Elementary School staged The Toys That Had To Wait an annual Christmas operetta in a packed auditorium. Betty Smith directed a colorful show with Santa and Mrs. Claus guiding Toy Shop toys to life and back on Christmas Eve.
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Union Grove
Betty Smith
Santa
North Pole
Jolly Santa Claus
Jerry Grunden
Santa Claus
Katie Ferguson
Mrs. Santa Claus
Queen Titina
Lisa Brewer
Fairies We
Sabra Adams
Denise Ashely
Sharon Bailey
Debbie Cannon
Donna Cobb
Dana Felts
Rose Gage
Lisa Holcomb
Ginger Johnson
Jenny Melton
Debbie Moncey
Gwen Newman
Judy Stanley
Pam Thompson
Debra Welch
Guy Woodfin
Calvin Aaron
David Aills
Alan Arrington
Dana Barrow
Dwayne Brown
Mark Dauster
Katy Day
Russell Glenn
Morris Johnson
Steven Kelly
Mark Miller
Leslie Nixon
Royce Pepper
Philip Reagh
Chuck Smith
Jeffrey Turner
Faron Aills
Keith Bullock
Roger Elia
Dallas Felts
Thomas Barksdale
Rodney Davis
David Estes
Howard Dale Ferguson, Jr
Kathry Gray
Melinda Harbour
Harold Wayne Hill
Mary Hill
Robert Johnson
Jackie Keller
John Paul Moncey
Richard Glenn Smith
Lisa Ann Speed
Elizabeth Ann Tuttle
Vicki Bowden
Angel
Carol Mackey
Mary
Bob John
In This Issue Holiday Recipe Section Lighting Contest Winners
The issue highlights winners of the lighting contest and features holiday recipes. Read about the top decorations and the winning entries in this month’s special section with photos and page references.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Barbara Barrow
Big Sandy
Gladewater Jaycees
Municipal Hospital
Wendy Cannon
Mike Cannon
Mrs. Cannon
Wendy
Houser
Laura Folsom
Folsom
Delroy Russell
Alba
John Mackeys
Steve and
Jill Gary
Betty Wood Patrick
Arlington, Va
Europe
Patrick
Hamilton Jenkins
Gladette
Belinda
Belinda Holcomb
Area Schools
J. F. Allison
First State Bank Officers
Wiley, McElroy
Mary Jane
Malcolm McElroy
City Hall
Bill Owens
Leon Sharrock
Oris Morrow
Blum Williams
Melvin Jenkins
O. G. Johnston
Harold Potts
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