City Budget Discussed as Oil Valuation Drops Considerably
The city council began preliminary studies for fiscal 1973 74 at a breakfast meeting. City Manager John R. Marshall projected a budget about $4,000 under last year’s $838 430 and noted an anticipated $1 million drop in oil assessed values per oil valuation engineers Prichard and Abbott. Scott R. Nichols a Gladewater High School senior was named to the seventh Who’s Who Among American High School Students 1972 73 and will vie for ten $1 000 scholarships and a trip to the firm’s High Achievers survey. He is active in FTA bands student council NHS and future leadership roles.
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John R. Marshall
the Mirror
Prichard and
Abbott
Marshall
Scott R. Nichols
Gladewater High School
Scott
Burlin Nichols
Gladewater
Future Teachers of America
City Faces Oil Decline and Revenue Sharing Plans
Tax assessor Lloyd Towery notes fiscal 1972 73 city values total 14.56 million with oil value at 6.59 million and real estate at 5.88 million. Revenue sharing funds totaling 106 499 are expected to avert tax increases and fund street work and capital needs.
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Lloyd Towery
Marshall
Work day planned Saturday at G water Camp Fire Center
Gladewater district East Texas Area Camp Fire Girls meets at St. Clair Restaurant with Roy Perryman in charge. Members discuss interior and exterior painting, broken windows, new or used electric range, weather stripping, and fundraising for utilities and maintenance. A Saturday work day begins at 9 a.m. with Blue Bird and Camp Fire leaders requesting parent volunteers and donations of chairs tables ranges or stoves.
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Gladewater District Board of East Texas Area
St. Clair
Roy Perryman
Joyce Erickson
Camp Fire
Blue Bird
Camp Fire Center
Joyce Hugman
Erickson
Area Board
Jenkins Files Bid for Fourth Term in City Elections
Incumbent Melvin Jenkins filed for a fourth term in the April 3 city elections. He joins James Walker George Thomas James Goggans and Johnnie G Gregory in the race as four of seven council posts discharge terms expire this year. The candidacy filing deadline is March 1.
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Melvin Jenkins
Jenkins
James Walker
George Thomas
James Goggans
Johnnie G. Gregory
Mrs Andy Thompson Dies After Short Illness in Gladewater
Gladewater resident Mrs. Andy Thompson died Monday at 7 p.m. after a brief illness. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Malcolm Stone Funeral Chapel with Rev. B. F. Risinger Jr. officiating. Burial was in Mims Chapel Cemetery near Jefferson. She had lived in Gladewater 23 years and was a First Baptist Church member. Survived by husband Andy and three sons Joe, James, and R. C. Thompson, two brothers Joe and Cecil Rowe, two sisters Oma Lucas and Hazel Anthony, 12 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren. Pallbearers were Dewey Gray, Fred Hull, Dick Wimberly, Craig McCrary, Vic Dorrough and John Allen.
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Andy Thompson
Gladewater
Malcolm Stone
B. F. Risinger, Jr
First Baptist Church
Mims Chapel
Jefferson
Marion County
Jeter St
Joe Thompson
City
James Thompson
Santa Rosa
New Mexico
R. C. Thompson
Marshall
Joe Rowe
Dallas
Cecil Rowe
Pittsburg
Oma Lucas
Center
Hazel Anthony
Victor
Dewey Gray
Fred Hull
Dick Wimberly
Craig McCrary
Vic Dorrough
John Allen
Graveside Rites Held for Ruby Kinchelow Kinchelow
Graveside services for Mrs Ruby Jackson Kinchelow were held Tuesday at 10 am in Danville Cemetery with Rev Bill Peery officiating. Arrangements were by Rader Funeral Home Kilgore. The 81 year old died Sunday at 4 15 pm in a local nursing home. She was a member of Highland Park Baptist Church Kilgore. Her husband Elijah Kinchelow resides at Oak Manor and friends Mr and Mrs J E Elmore also of Kilgore.
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Ruby Jackson Kinchelow
Danville
Bill Peery
Rader Funeral Home
Kilgore
Kinchelow
Highland Park Baptist Church
Elijah Kinchelow
Oak Manor
J. E. Elmore
Kilgor
Mrs Chester Gleason Hurt in Church Fall
Mrs Chester Gleason remained in City Hospital after a fall at the First Christian Church. She suffered a broken right wrist a fractured vertebrae and a lacerated ear when she tripped leaving a classroom and fell through a stair railing. Her husband serves as church pastor.
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Chester Gleason
City Hospital
First Christian Church
Tim Johnson
Gleason
25th ET Revue May Be Last With Retirement Looming
Gladewater High School Choral Director Ken Bennett plans the 25th East Texas Revue before retiring at the end of the 1972-73 term. Rehearsals for the Feb 19 show include 25 numbers plus a style show and humorist Howard Dunagan. Swingsters majorettes scenery lights by Randy Wakefield and the art department. American Legion sponsors. Tyler adopts $2 head tax on air passengers amid hijacking security concerns.
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Gladewater High School
Soul-Fidelis
East Texas
Regina Hawley
Joyce Timmons
Lawynette Cannon
Olivia Rhodes
Cecilia Thompson
Lawanda Lincoln
Ken Bennett
Jobe Drug
Howard Dunagan
Randy Wakefield
Dany Bennett
American Legion
Garden Club to Meet for Spring Flower Show Draw
Garden Club members are reminded to meet Thursday at 10 a.m. at Mrs. C. B. McKenzie’s home West Lake Drive to draw for show places. Arrangements are required for membership, so all members should attend.
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Garden Club
C. B. McKenzie
West Lake Drive
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Upshur
Gladewater Public Library
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Mildred Barker
Jesus
Gilmer
Winnsboro
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U.S
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Adams
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Jack Warren
Eagle Trucking Co
San Andres
Mexico
Mexico City
Cris Morrow
Jimmy Davis
Alean Dean
Kay Tipps
East Texas Council of Government
City Street Department
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Pat Cowan
O. G. Johnston
G’water
Ruby Kinchelow
Tyler
Pounds Field
Mr. Clark
Mirror
Michele Valien
Michele
John Gipson
Carolyn Lee
Fire Department
East Pacific
Richard Herbst
141St Infantry
C. H. Peek, Jr
Gladewater Public
Nolan Lane
M. D. Anderson Hospital
Houston
Joe Frantz
Nolan
Doris
Lane
Upshur County
E. B. Lee Grocery
Dallas Highway
E. C. Morgan
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New Orleans
Gary Dodson
J. F. Williford
Flagstaff
Arizona
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James Robert
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