Perot Plane Delivers Christmas Gifts to POWs
Bill McAda aboard H. Ross Perot's mission to deliver 180000 pounds of Christmas presents to 1400 Americans held by North Vietnam. The plane lands Bangkok with hopes to persuade Hanoi for entry. gifts include bedding clothes canned food medicine and family packages.
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Bill McAda
Perot
Texas
H. Ross Perot
North Vietnam
Gladewater
Gladette
Martin McAda
McAda
Bill
Dallas Times-Herald
Bangkok
Thailand
Hanoi
Moscow
Dallas
United We Stand
North Veitnam
Vientiane
Post Office To Close Friday By Presidential Order
Postmaster J. H. Parrish announced the post office will be closed all day Friday by order of the president. Regular holiday closings apply after Christmas. Box service and special deliveries proceed as usual with outbound mail handled. holiday collection hours apply. Open Saturday morning.
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J. H. Parrish
Family Gatherings Mark Holiday Here
Families gathered for Christmas in Gladewater with arrivals from near and far. Stores saw brisk business and clerks closed early for the holiday as sales ran fast, with service institutions also closed for the day and the long weekend ahead.
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Gladewater
Perryman Elected President of East Texas Water Utilities Assn
Roy Perryman, water and sewer superintendent, was elected president of the East Texas Water Utilities Association for the coming year. The 70 members from 15 East Texas cities meet monthly in Longview for training on water and sewage treatment and pollution controls.
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Sladewater Water & Sewer
Roy Perryman
East Texas Water Utilities Association
Longview
East Texas
Texas A&m Extension Service
Perryman
Water Department Leader Receives Promotion in Gladewater
Christmas Lighting Contest winner associated with City Water Department since 1959. He served as assistant water superintendent for two years before becoming Water and Sewer Superintendent on March 20 1969. He earned state licenses and lives with his wife Ann and three children at 1208 Olive Street.
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Gladewater High School
City Water Department
A&m
Perryman
Ann
Olive Street
Funeral services for Milton L. May scheduled Friday
Milton Lee May 78 died Tuesday night after a long illness. Services at Locust Grove Church Friday at 10 a.m. burial Locust Grove Cemetery. Survived by widow Menora of Big Sandy and six daughters three sons 17 grandchildren seven great grandchildren. Curtis Allen to officiate. Stone Funeral Home Gladewater directing. May born November 12 1891 in Tuscaloosa Alabama.
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Milton Lee May
Locust Grove
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Menora
Big Sandy
Stone Funeral Home
Gladewater
Christmas News From Gladewater Area Home Front
U.S. Army private Charles Whitlock spends holidays at home before returning to Fort Polk Louisiana. Allen Fouty Jr on six months National Guard duty is also home. Mrs Hazel Spiva hospitalized in Tyler for Friday surgery. Puppies seek homes. Pauline Lockhart of Huntington Beach reports knee surgery retirement and two months recovery starting January. Jaycees plan basketball games and banquet in January. Midnight Communion at St. Mark's Church slated. Gladewater Arms Christmas party with residents and staff.
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Charles Whitlock
Army
Fort Polk
Allen Fouty, Jr
National Guard
Hazel Spiva
Gladewater Arms
Mother Frances Hospital
Tyler
Pauline Lockhart
the Mirror
Huntington Beach
Calif
Stanford Lane
Jerome Denman
Jaycee
Jaycees
Kilgore Jaycees
LeTourneau Cage
Don’s Restaurant
Earl Sheffield
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Melvin Jenkins
Richard Herbst
Ellen Bauman
Leroy van Wormer
Painting of the Year honors for Arlan Woods at Tyler Art League
Mrs. Arlan Woods received the Painting of the Year award from the Tyler Art League for her oil titled A New England Barn. The presentation occurred during the league’s December 18 Christmas party after selections from 1969 Paintings of the Month.
Prayer about tithes and offerings in Christian practice
A devotional prayer asking forgiveness for neglecting duties as Christians and urging generous cheerful giving in all forms, offered in Christ's name.
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God
Christ
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Indian Seas Foods Magazine
W. Pacific
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Quitman
Center Street
Church of Christ Weekly
Harvard
G. A. White
Tyler Art League
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