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Newspaper
Gladewater Mirror
Location
Gladewater, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1968
Page
1
The City of Gladewater announced its first sales and use tax allocation from the state for the quarter ending September 30, totaling 13,561.72 on gross collections of 14,530.12. The state service fee was 290.60 and the retained amount 677.80.
A compilation of small town notices covers a recipe section correction and local events. Readers remind errors in Sour Cream Cake and Kentucky Pecan Cake entries, a missing mixing step noted, plus a clarification about dried beans. Also reported are a serious illness of E B Lee Jr in Shreveport, a puppy giveaway, St Mark's Christmas Eve Eucharist, a burglary at Sandwich King, and city sales tax revenues and capital projects timing.
Six men and two women were inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame at the Statehood Day banquet in Oklahoma City. Floyd L. Jackson, brother-in-law of Dr. David Morrison, is among the honorees. he is a former justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, first sworn in 1955 and serving a third six-year term. The event drew about 4,000 attendees and added eight new names to the hall’s list since 1927. The Governor sent a telegram of thanks as honorees were welcomed by Donna Smith, Oklahoma Dairy Princess.
A devotional prayer asking thanks for Jesus Christ as Savior. It requests grace to live joyful and obedient Christian lives and to foster the birth of Christ in many hearts. The prayer seeks peace within believers and across nations.
Mrs Minnie Gertrude Bills, 93, died at a Longview Nursing Home Sunday night after a lengthy illness. A native of Old London Rush County she had lived in Gladewater since 1944. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 pm at Malcolm Stone Funeral Chapel with Rev Earl Craig officiating. Graveside rites were set for Thursday at Brushy Cemetery near Grandbury. She is survived by one daughter Mrs Archie Moss of 309 N Main, City. Born May 2, 1875 in Old London.
Dorothy McAda a Gladewater resident for 37 years died Sunday morning after a four month illness. Services Monday afternoon at 2:30 in Malcolm Stone Funeral Chapel with Rev. Elmer Kelley. Burial in Gladewater Memorial Park. She was a licensed vocational nurse connected with Moser Nichols Clinic Hugman Kent Clinic and Memorial Baptist Church. Survived by husband Martin son Bill and siblings. Pallbearers listed.
The Texas Department of Public Safety will deploy radar, helicopters and VASCAR 3s during Christmas and New Year enforcement under Operation Motorcide. Major Guy Smith of Region 1 says 30 counties in northeast Texas will see intensified patrols to reduce unsafe driving and holiday deaths. DPS estimates 19 deaths over the Christmas period and 14 over New Year, with officers on duty long hours from 6:00 p.m. December 24 to midnight December 25.
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