FHA Banquet at Union Grove Highlights Charlie Brown Theme
The Union Grove FHA banquet in Gilmer featured an all way with Charlie Brown décor and hearts and cupids tables. Guests enjoyed speakers and social time as 27 Union Grove FFA members, led by Garry T. Boyd, toured Fort Worth Fat Stock Show and Rodeo to study livestock breeds and market trends.
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Union Grove
FHA
Gilmer
FFA
Johnnie Blear
DeGage
Garry T. Boyd
Fort Worth
Jimmy Cox
Wade Maberry
Lonnie Martin
Fish trade planned with Nebraska and Oklahoma this spring
Inland Fisheries biologists will swap eight to ten inch channel catfish with Nebraska for Northern pike fry and negotiate with Oklahoma to obtain four to five million walleye. The program uses open water predators to exploit abundant shad and rough fish.
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Austin
Parks and Wildlife Department
Inland Fisheries
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Florida
Car
Former Gladette Honored with Honorary Doctor of Laws
Billy Ray Cox of Harding College Searcy Arkansas received an honorary doctor of laws from Oklahoma Christian College in December. OCC Board Chair Dr Ralph Owens presented the degree and read a proclamation praising Cox as a devoted educator administrator and businessman. Cox long served Gladewater and was Harding’s vice president since 1970 and an associate professor guiding the American Studies Program.
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Billy Ray Cox
Harding College
Searcy
Ark
Oklahoma Christian College
Cox
Ralph Owens
OCC Board of Trustees
Gladewater
GHS
Harding
Owens
America
Southern Methodist University
Poke sallet pranks and rural road notices shared
A local column mixes humor about poke sallet and byways with a call to repair Rodeo Road after ice storms. The writer recounts a kitchen ruse on J. D. and mentions finding poke sallet at Indian Rock while noting district agent R. S. Loftis prepared a script.
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Cora Lee Holmes
Indian Rock
Den 3 Den Sings Star Spangled Banner at Opening Ceremony
Cub Scouts Den 3 held an opening rite with singing and flag duties. Awards were given to Alvin Bittner Phillip Sanov Bobby Gray Ray Cumbie Mark Duncan for Bobcat and Ryan Stoney Stone Russell Thomas Chris Hugman for Wolf. The group discussed Arbor Day events and Texas trees while a woodland education note and a kitchen humor request followed.
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Cubs
Den 3
Denners Alvin Bittner
Ryan Griffin
Den
Alvin
Phillip Sanov
Bobby Gray
Ray Cumbie
Mark Duncan
Ryan
Stoney Stone
Russell Thomas
Chris Hugman
Den 1
Dan Sheridan
James Dunn
Den 4
Willie Hagan
David Loyd
Harry Lee McMahon
Tim Kelly
Mark Loyd
Mark Roberson
Eric Fields
David Arden
Donald Baggett
Curtis Cavin
Chris Marlowe
Wade Hagan
Dana Busby
Tim Colby
Joe Bates
Jr. Sheridan
Jon Doonan
Steven Waller
Alvin Bittner
Denier
Jimmy Rowe
Den 2
John Philpot
Todd Smith
Ronnie van Houten
Jed Rowe
Webelo
Jason Waller
Ricky Fail
Music Makers Theme Guides January Pack Meeting 196
Pack 196 Cub and Webelos members marched in singing Follow Me Boys and God Bless America during the opening ceremony. Dens carried flags and carried on skits inspired by Hee Haw and Old McDonald Farm with Webelos performing a baseball pitcher sketch. The meeting, held in Jeter Hall and sponsored by First United Methodist Church, featured awards, advancement, candy sales, UNICEF labels, and plans for a Blue and Gold banquet on February 26.
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Cubs
Webelos
Denners
America
First United Methodist Church
Jeter Hall
B. F. Risinger, Jr
F. Ames Lawrence
Den 3
Jerry Stone
McDonald’s
Dr. A W Damis Advises Against Major Life Changes
The article quotes Dr. A W Damis warning readers against pursuing drastic shifts in work, living situations, or romantic ties. He stresses staying steady in this period to avoid instability and regret.
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Lions den
Stephen F. Austin State University
Marcel
Rotary Club
Shelia Barrow
Jack Barrow
Gladette
Dean and Glade Sts
J. D
R.S. Loftis
Overton
Stoney
Denner
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
President Johnson
Vietnam
Joe Morgan
Cincinnati
Swepco
Wilkes Lodge
Avinger
Loftis
East Texas
Europe
Texas
Colorado River
East
Friedrich
Lory
Weiser’s Tire & Appliance
N. Main
Lanita Derrick
Rhonda Hill
Gladewater High School
Pine Tree High School
Eulalia Hill
Nacogdoches
United States
Joyce Timmons
Music Makers
Dens
Webelo's
Joe Bales
Patrick Money
Unicef
Gene Griffin
James Philpot
Charles Hopson
Joe Pitman
A.W. Damis
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LEO
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Andrew W. Domis
St. Petersburg
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