Round Up Rodeo shaping up in Gladewater
Gladewater's 34th Round Up Rodeo is shaping up as one of the best with champions lining up to enter. The four day event runs June 9 to 12 with a total purse raised to 5250 and entry fees added. RCA sanctioning ensures quality stock and shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LMMY
Gladewater
Round Up Association
Jack Phillips
Phillips
Southwest
Round Up Rodeo Association
Charles McChesney
Charles Wampler
Cleo Marlowe
Gordon Mayer
Quentin Abernathy
Jim Holcomb
Ralph Prince
Ernest Martin
Jess Turner
Charles Walker
Don Cannon
David Moore
Ollie Miliorn
Russell Loyd
Mack Wiley
Jack Hearrell
Bud) Weiser
Houston Million
Bill Langford
Ollie Milliorn
Rodeo Cowboys Association
Denver
RCA
Rank
Harry Knight
Bill Minnick
Colorado
Minnick
Ft. Worth
Houston
San Antonio
Ft. Smith
Ark
Hopkins County halts highway II modernization plan
Sulphur Springs officials refuse county participation in State Highway II modernization between Sulphur Springs and Commerce, effectively killing the project. Kilgore youths David Gaines and Jimmy Holland to join the world’s largest calf scramble events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkins County Commissioners Court
Sulphur Springs
Commerce
Kilgore
David Gaines
Jimmy Holland
Prayer and Rodeo News From Local Events
Prayer for Today asks God to help people respect others and work together in love. Saturday events at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo included calf certificates and yearlong training before next year’s show. East Texas Fair Association officers were elected at the Blackstone Hotel with Earl Andrews as president and Bob Murdoch as fair manager. Henderson named Joe Wylie Young Texan of the Year by the Optimist International. The rodeo program promises notable acts, including bull fighting, with last year’s crowds sold out and arena improvements planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Harry Loftis
A. C. Snow
Bob Murdoch
Roy Baker
Aleck S. Genecor
Henderson
Joe Wylie
Optimist International
San Antonio
Library Receives Texas Famous Trees Volume for Public Collection
The Gladewater Public Library gains Famous Trees of Texas published by the Texas Forest Service with support from the Moody Foundation. The book enhances the John Ben Shepperd Jr. Texana Memorial Collection and aids botany students and landowners with color photos maps and authoritative text by Haislet Anderson Keel Tucker and others.
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Texas Forest Service
Moody Foundation
Galveston
Texas
Gladewater
Trees of
The
Texas A&m University System
John Ben Shepperd, Jr
Texana
Hal Harris
Ziza Schofield
John A. Haislet
David A. Anderson
Loyd Keel
A. J. Nystrom & Co
Frank Tucker
A&m Press
Doc Reynolds Dies Sunday in Longview
Zurkle D. Doc Reynolds 56 died Sunday in a Longview hospital after a lengthy illness. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Quitman and Center Street Church of Christ, with Murphy Phillips officiating. Burial followed at Gladewater Memorial Park. Born April 28, 1914, in Upshur County, he lived in Gladewater and ran Premier Station on Highway 80 East. survived by wife Effie Faye, three sons, a daughter, four brothers, three sisters, and seven grandchildren.
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Wanda DeLay
Doyle Herring
Gladewater
Herring
Gregg County
DeLay
Upshur County
KB. Lee
Rodeo Street
Highway 80
Zurkle D
Doc) Reynolds
Longview
Quitman and Center Street
Church of Christ
Murphy Phillips
Gladewater Memorial Park
Mr. Reynolds
Effie Faye
Marvin Ray Reynolds
Michael Dock Reynolds
Randy Moss Reynolds
Judy Ann Strong
Lone Star
James Forest Reynolds
East Mountain
C. C
Bill) Reynolds
Earl Garton Rites Sunday
Earl Forest Garton 83 of Gladewater Route 1 died Saturday after a long illness. Services at Malcolm Stone Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Chester Gleason and Rev. Ronnie Starr officiating. Burial in Rock Springs Cemetery. Survivors include two daughters, two brothers, four grandchildren, and one great grandchild. Pallbearers named.
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Earl Forest Garton
Gladewater
Route 1
Malcolm Stone
Chester Gleason
First Christian Church
Ronnie Starr
White Oak Emmanuel Baptist Church
Rock Springs Cemetery
Ruby
Mary Ellen Spradley
Longview
Marie Bell
Roy Garton
Wewoka
Okla
Walter Garton
Garber
W. B. Smith
T. L. Sturgis
E. L. Smith
F. Barr
N. V. Wallace
Earl Mears
Mrs. Dora Hilton Dies at 89 in Gladewater
Mrs Dora Alice Hilton 89 died Monday at a local hospital after 40 years residency in Gladewater. Funeral services were held Wednesday at Malcolm Stone Funeral Chapel with Rev Herman Reagh officiating. Burial followed in Union Grove Cemetery. Survivors include three sons Rayburn Jack George and three daughters plus 26 grandchildren 49 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers listed.
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Dora Alice Hilton
Gladewater
Malcolm Stone
Herman Reagh
Union Grove Baptist Church
Union Grove Cemetery
Gladewater School Board Sets April Trustee Election
The Gladewater School Board announced the April trustee election for three seats with filing from Feb 23 to March 3 and absentee voting March 15 to 30. The board also renewed administrative contracts and discussed the 1971-72 calendar and district programs including special services and drug education.
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Gladewater
Roy Johnson
Don Smith
O. G. Johnston
Johnson
Hill
Region VII
Houston
Art Linkletter
Television Fame
McDowell Files First for Gladewater School Board
Dr. Harold McDowell, incumbent, was first to file for election to Gladewater Independent School District board of trustees position one. He has filled the unexpired term of Dr. Howard LeBus and served two more three year terms. Filing runs through March 3.
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Gladewater
Board of Equalization
Garfield Hill
Walter Henry
John Shipp
Harold McDowell
Henry
Gladewater Mirror
Gladewater Independent School District
Donations Sought to Help Gladewater Youth See The Cross and the Switchblade
Charles Wilson chairman of the YOU committee asks individuals and organizations to contribute so Gladewater youths can attend a showing of The Cross and the Switchblade. Contact Mr. Wilson to help.
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Charles Wilson
YOU Committee
Gladewater
Mr. Wilson
First State Bank observes Customer Appreciation Day
Community notes span February Friendship Month events at First State Bank with cake and coffee from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Gladewater. Census figures for the First Congressional District of Texas list Gladewater Upshur County with 1,274 residents and regional towns with varied totals. Tiger Day honors at East Texas Baptist College award Vickie Wilson $40 per semester for music excellence. Local memorial gifts honor Z Doc Reynolds with library contributions from area families.
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First State Bank
Wright Patman
Texas
Gladewater
Upshur County
Gilmer
Big Sandy
West Mountain
Vickie Wilson
East Texas Baptist College
Department of
Arlis Hilbert
Chrm
Ira E. Cooke
Howard C. Bennett
Welcome New Chamber of Commerce Members
Twenty new names join the Chamber as Billy D Langford announces an extended membership drive to February 15. New members include Ken Bowman Don Audas Wells Garden and Gift Shop Mrs O G Ducey Dorothy Jackson and others with five more added before presstime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Billy D. Langford
Ken Bowman
Don Audas
Wells Garden and Gift Shop
O. G. Ducey
City Grocery
Garland Ferguson
Jessie Mae Pynes
Caleth Study Club
Janet Pursley
Eulalia Hill
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chuck Parkison
Parkison
Association
Gene
Bobby Clark
God
Clarks
New Texas
Doc Reynolds
Earl Garton
Mr. Garton
Oklo
U.S. Army
Sinclair Oil Company
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Dora Hilton
Mrs. Hilton
Charleston
West Virginia
Rayburn Hilton
Jack Hilton
Winnsboro
George Hilton
Chicago, Il
W. H. Leveritt
John White
Mt. Pleasant
H. Wren
Shreveport
Johnny Ray White
Charles Wren
J. David Hilton
Steve Hilton
Richard G. Hilton
Jack Hilton, Jr
J. D. Wren
Jim Wren
Jack Wren
Tom White
Mike Hilton
Hal Gary
Friendship
F. L. Landers
Starrville
Ruth Snow
Pritchett
Wilson Godfrey
Brenda Mixon
Jo Ann Black
Hoy Williams
Leon Waggoner
Everett Wiseman
Arlan Woods
Calvin Brannen
Broadway
Charles Hopson
Gay Avenue
Bill Waters
Bob Hill
Rudolph Phillips
J. W. Beavers
C. H. Bowden
Gladewater Public Library
Doc”’ Reynolds
Billy Ray Sanford
Dick Brownewell
Harry Wiegel
Gladettes
Kilgore College
Gordon Bangs
Dan Liddell
Tim Henry
Chamber
Royce Ford
Dolph Briscoe
Uvalde
Marilyn Godfrey
Ford
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Nacogdoches
East Texas Chamber
Sheraton Crest Inn
Gladewater High
Raleigh
N.C
Biblical Recorder
Women's International Bowling Congress
GHS
Lions Club
South America
Post Office
Dorothy Jackson
Maleta Blessing
Bobby L. Hill
Charles J. Hopson
Jess G. Turner
Theta Chi
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Three Arts Club
Obie A. Baker
Betty Ruth Baker
Virginia Venn Baker
R. B. Oder
B. L.nelson Associates, Inc
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