Rotarians To Host Six British Visitors In March
Gladewater Rotary Club in Rotary District 58 will host six young Britons from United Kingdom District 107 in March as part of Rotary International's Group Study Exchange. The visitors, ages 25 to 35, will attend the March 26 luncheon and stay in Gladewater March 25 through 27 before touring Longview. The exchange supports Rotary Foundation education programs with a U.S. team slated to visit the U.K. in spring 1971.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladewater
Rotary Club
Rotary
United Kingdom
Texas
Rotary International
U.S
Rotary Foundation
Longview
U.K
Royce Ford
Quentin Abernathy
Ollie Ducey
Bill Langford
James Brannen
Anthony Clarke
Retford
Nottinghamshire
Alan Dyer
Mansfield
Dennis Hurst
Melton Mowbray
Leicestershire
Graham Madeley
Walter Robjohns
Cogenhoe
Northamptonshire
David Young
Stapleford
English Midlands
Marilyn Godfrey Reappointed to TSTA Instructional Services Panel
Gladewater educator Marilyn Godfrey earns reappointment to the Texas State Teachers Association Instructional Services Committee for a term through June 1, 1971. The panel governs educational programs, curriculum, child development and teaching trends for Texas public schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilyn Godfrey
TSTA
Austin
Gladewater
Texas State Teachers Association
Jewell Harris
Abilene
Godfrey
Instructional Services Committee
Texas Public Schools
Multiple blasts at Casden refinery injure 16 in Big Spring
Explosions in the alkylation unit of the Casden Oil & Chemical Co refinery on a hill near a busy interstate caused 16 injuries and widespread damage. The blasts shattered downtown windows four miles away and damaged nearby offices as firefighters battled flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Spring
Casden
Tyler
Dallas
Fort Worth
Bates Welcome First Grandchild Jana Claire Bates
The Rev and Mrs Irby D Bates joyfully announce the birth of Jana Claire Bates a daughter of Mr and Mrs John Bates born in Dallas weighing six pounds six ounces Her maternal grandfather is Horace Veteto of Longview, and her mother is a former Miss Longview The family resides in Dallas and Longview with ties to the Quitman and Center Church of Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irby D. Bates
Jana Claire
John Bates
Dallas
Horace Veteto
Longview
Jana
Tommy Willoughby
Baylor Hospital
Willoughbys
Gladewater
Willoughby
Gay Avenue School
Linda
Kyle
Quitman and Center Church
Prayer For Today In Remembrance Of Me
A religious invocation urging unity in need of forgiveness and inner strength. The prayer asks God to awaken hearts as the bread and cup are shared and to see all people as equal before God. Endorses Jesus name for the closing amen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
McEachern to retire after 32 years with Jones-Blair
C N McEachern, sales representative for Jones-Blair Paint Co. in Dallas, will retire June 1 after 32 years and 1 500 000 miles on the road. He was honored at the annual sales banquet with a wristwatch and brass plaque. wife Ernestine received a first as Jones Blair Woman of the Year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. N. McEachern
Jones-Blair Paint Co
Dallas
McEachern
Ernestine
Jones-Blair
Centennial Headquarters to Open in Longview Bank Building
The Longview Centennial Corporation will formally open its headquarters at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in the former Rembert National Bank Building at the Fredonia and Bank Streets corner. Dr Wade Clendenen will officiate the ceremony.
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Centennial Headquarters
Longview Centennial Corporation
Rembert National Bank
Cor
Ner
Fredonia
Bank Streets
Wade Clendenen
Ugaritic Study Ties Letters to Early Alphabet Use
Claremont Colleges plan to translate Ugaritic clay tablets from the ancient city mound near Ugarit. The find, dating to about 1200 B.C., suggests Ugaritic as an early alphabet language. The piece notes cultural links to Hebrew and describes a Centennial Celebration opening in Longview with officials, a large historical spectacle, and community involvement.
Mrs. Cannon Dies After Brief Illness In Texas
Bessie Florene Cannon 48 died Friday morning at 8 in Medical Center Tyler after a brief illness. A Gladewater resident for 10 years she owned Cannon's Saddlery on Hwy. 80. Funeral set Sunday at 2 in Rock Springs School House with Murphy Phillips officiating. Burial in Rock Springs Cemetery under Malcolm Stone Funeral Home. She survived by son Mike and four daughters.
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Bessie Florene Cannon
Medical Center
Tyler
Rock Springs
Murphy Phillips
Quitman and Center
Mrs. Cannon
Longview
Seymour Troxel
Ernie Florence Smith Troxel
Gladewater
Marshall
Cannon’s Saddlery
Hwy. 80
Mike
City
Deborah
Pamela
Barbara
East Texas State University
Commerce
Mary Helen Lowe
Honston
Kansas
Kilgore
Sam Troxel
Helen Humphries
Ruby E. Wood
Richmond
Wendy
Richard Humphries
Don Humphries, Jr
Eddie Cannon
Lyndon Cannon
Donald Cannon
Dwight Wood
Sam Wood
O. D. Price
Brannen Receives Outstanding Minister Honor in Texas
Rev. James A. Brannen of First Methodist Church is named Outstanding Minister of the Longview District by the Texas Conference. The award was announced at a banquet in Dallas at Highland Park Methodist Church on Southern Methodist University campus. The event honored district superintendents and ministers from five Texas conferences with bishops presenting plaques.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Brannen
First Methodist Church
Longview
Texas
Dallas
Highland Park Methodist Church
Southern Methodist University
Texas Methodist College Association
Clyde E. Thomas
Charles E. Musgrove
Kenneth Copeland
Texas Conferences
Brannen
Rev
Thomas
Methodist Church
Texas Methodist
Harry Rankin
C.Q. Abernathy
Tina's Fund Grows for Tina Smith in Dallas Hospital Aid
Beta Sigma Phi sorority started a medical relief fund for Tina Smith a Gladewater teen hospitalized at Baylor Hospital Dallas. A benefit dance Friday will boost the fund with First State Bank music group providing entertainment. Tina’s mother says a new medication shows promise though doctors deem the disease terminal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Tina Smith
Gladewater
Baylor Hospital
Dallas
First State Bank Group
Tina
Foy Smith
Gilmer School Board approves total integration plan in 1970
Gilmer school board votes to fully integrate next September under an HEW agreement. The district will move the first four grades to Gilmer Elementary and seventh through ninth to Bruce while keeping upper grades at Gilmer High. The vote ends enforcement actions and unlocks more than $10,000 in Title I funds, avoiding potential $100,000 loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilmer
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Wesby K. Parish
HEW
Washington
Dallas
Bruce
Gilmer High
Supt
W. W. Wilson
Supt. Wilson
Freedom of Choice
Gilmer High School
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Irene Harris
Weslaco
Don Bowen
Corsicana
Dick Park
Lampasas
Joanne Holshouser
San Antonio
E.C. Leslie
Lubbock
Charles Freeman
Port Arthur
Nadine Gordon
Colorado City
Mary C. Peatschman
el Paso
Wayne Poshears
Roger Martinez
St. Mary’s University
Jefferson
Jefferson Historical Museum
Patrick Rowley
Gladewater High School
Boy Scout Troop 312
LDS Church
James Rowley
Bulletin
Union Grove
Gilmer Highway
Lynn Bowden
Jolly Dozen Club
Betty Crocker
Larry Parks
Wayland Baptist College
Plainview
Parks
Parks’ Need
the Mirror
Lewis Rodgers
B. E. Stevenson
Sherry Davis
D. Wilks
A. J. Wilcoxen
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital
Sherry
Jas. K. Wilson
Lane
Sam Hunt
White Oak High School
Stephen F. Austin State University Lumberjack
Northwestern Relays
Natchitoches
Sam
Mr. Mciachern
Louisiana
Claremont, Calif
Claremont Colleges’ Institute For Antiquity and Christianity
Ugarit
Moses
B.C
Howard Coghlan
Warren Fry
Marcus Shuttlesworth
Maritzky Estate
Walter Koch
D. A. Benton
Maritzky
L. J. Everett
Red Cross
Stafford
England
Dick Still
First State Bank
North Main Street
Main
N. Main
Southwestern Electric Power Company
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