Trustees Abolish Gladewater Summer School Remedial Classes
The Gladewater Board of Education voted Monday night to abolish remedial classes in the summer school program. Superintendent Roy Johnson, Assistant Superintendent Bill Holliman and High School Principal Don Smith led the recommendation after reviewing a report on last summer’s program showing high failure rates and low attendance in English math biology science civics and history.
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Gladewater
Board of Education
Roy Johnson
Bill Holliman
Don Smith
Holliman and Smith
East Texas
Gladewater Residents Urged to Fund Red Cross Parking Lot
Gladewater residents are asked to donate funds for asphalt for the Red Cross building parking lot in Longview. The $75,000 structure on Kilgore Highway nears roofing with Fred Maxey donating time and local carpenters reducing wages.
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Gladewater
Red Cross
Longview
B. P. Dake
Kilgore Highway
Fred Maxey
B. A. Skipper
Live Oak
Texas
Grocers Aid Coupon Drive Boosted by 1000 Coupons
The Jolly Dozen Club started a coupon drive for Betty Crocker coupons and received about one thousand coupons from area residents after a Mirror feature. The club will continue the drive with Gray's Food Store and Earp's Super Save assisting.
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Jolly Dozen
Betty Crocker
Gray’s Food Store
Earp’s
Super Save
Golden Wedding Anniversary Reception for W R Phillips
Mr and Mrs W R Phillips of Pritchett Highway celebrate their Golden Wedding anniversary with a Sunday reception from 2 to 5 pm at the Gladewater Community Center. Hosts are their children. They wed February 23 1920 and have three children and six grandchildren.
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W. R. Phillips
Pritchett Highway
Phillips
Gladewater
Upshur County
Busy agenda for Gladewater school board meeting
Gladewater school board members set contracts for administrative staff and special personnel, discussed summer school, cafeteria and library expansion, and 1970-71 calendar. They appointed Hoy Williams Everette Wiseman and Leon Waggoner to the Tax Board of Equalization and authorized bids for three used buses.
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Gladewater
Board of Equalization
Hoy Williams
Everette Wiseman
Leon Waggoner
Roy Johnson
C.M.C
Chevrolet
Supt. Johnson
Bill Holliman
Harley Elwood Ross Rites Thursday in Kilgore
Funeral services set for 2 30 p m Thursday at First Assembly of God Kilgore for Harley Elwood Ross 75 who died Tuesday in a local hospital Burial under Stone Funeral Home direction Pallbearers named Ross was a retired pump er for Roosth Genneco Oil Co Tyler and a member of the Assembly of God Church He was a Missouri native who moved to Glade water from Kilgore in 1947 Survivors include wife Lona Cagle Ross one son Ralph Ross of Odessa four daughters Dorothy Faulkner Ruth Thomas Mrs Frank Harelson of Okemah Mrs Katherine Ahl of Bakersfield Calif one brother R D Ross of Tulsa and one sister Mrs A O Ohmart of Tulsa
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Assembly of God
Kilgore
Harley Elwood Ross
Stone Funeral Home
John Harelson
Richard Harelson
Jessie Council
Alva Ross Ohmart
Kermit Faulkner
Robert Perry
Ross
Roosth-Genneco Oil Company
Tyler
Gladewater ISD to Hold April 4 Board Election
Two seats on the Gladewater Independent School District board for Place 6 and Place 7 will be filled in an election set for Saturday, April 4. Candidates must file by March 4 and designate their desired Place, filing at the high school superintendent’s office. Polls open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. with four polling places in Gladewater Friendship Starrville and Pritchett. Absentee voting begins March 16 with Patsy Bellis and Brenda Mixon as officials. Incumbents Virgil Wallace and Don Audas said they are undecided about seeking re election.
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Gladewater Independent School District
Virgil Wallace
Don Audas
Gladewater
Friendship
Starrville
Pritchett
Wilson Godfrey
Hal Gary
F. L. Landers
Ruth Snow
Patsy Bellis
Brenda Mixon
Audas
Wallace
Tina Smith Dies in Dallas at 14
Tina Smith 14 daughter of Mr and Mrs Foy C Smith died shortly before midnight Tuesday in Baylor Hospital Dallas after four weeks hospitalization. Funeral services will be 10 am Friday at the Quitman and Center Street Church of Christ with Murphy Phillips minister officiating. Burial in Rock Springs Cemetery under Stone Funeral Home direction. Tina was an eighth grade student at Middle School and suffered from lupus terminal per doctors. Beta Sigma Phi contributed to her medical fund and First State Bank musical group sponsors a fundraiser dance Friday night to aid the fund. Tina is survived by her parents and two sisters Shirley and Jewel Smith.
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Tina Smith
Foy C. Smith
Baylor Hospital
Dallas
Quitman and
Center Street
Church of Christ
Murphy Phillips
Rock Springs Cemetery
Stone Funeral Home
Tina
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
First State Bank
Childress Resigns As Hospital Head
Hospital administrator James Childress resigns effective February 25 to become administrator at Alvin Memorial Hospital in Alvin Texas. He cited a better position and praised hospital staff leadership as a factor in the difficult decision. Board to meet Thursday to discuss a successor.
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Municipal Hospital Authority Board of Directors
James Childress
Childress
Alvin Memorial Hospital & Clinic
Alvin
Texas
Fred Lott
Gladewater
Hamilton
Hamilton County Hospital
West Columbia
Houston
Marvine
Shari
Michael
James Kevin
Chevy Chase
Municipal Hospital
Joint Commission On Accreditation of Hospitals
Prayer for Today and Life Faith Guidance
A devotional prayer urging Christ to grant happiness by guiding others to Thee. It asks for inspiration for others to live by Thy standards and to grasp the meaning of the Lord's Prayer as taught by Jesus.
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Christ
Chamber Views Film on Airports
Gladewater chamber board viewed It Pays to Stay Open a film by F K Schoolcraft U S FAA official highlighting airport benefits for small communities The new airport manager Lawrence Stratton and Schoolcraft were introduced by F Ames Lawrence airport board chairman Foundations for a new hangar will be poured this week The by laws were amended to remove race as a membership requirement Ballots returned named directors for three year terms: Jim Holcomb Roy Johnson F Ames Lawrence E A Martin Houston Millorn Herman Williams Don Earp Curtis Bright Neal Clark
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Gladewater Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Don’s
F. K. Schoolcraft
Shreveport
Federal Aviation Agency
Lawrence Stratton
Gladewater
Schoolcraft
F. Ames Lawrence
Lawrence
Chamber
Mack Wiley
Jim Holcomb
Roy Johnson
E. A. Martin
Houston Millorn
Herman Williams
Don Earp
Curtis Bright
Neal Clark
Community health drives and local notices from Upshur County
Upshur County hosts a Tuesday February 17 health clinic from 10 to 11 a.m. at the American Legion Hut with free shots. First State Bank marks Friendship Month with cake and coffee on Thursday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mrs. J W Propes recovers after Garland auto crash with injuries. Locals discuss marriage amid illness affecting Middle School teachers. Glenn Walton returns from Colorado after heart attack. Wanda Poston’s husband Gil has a lingering heart condition. Gay Avenue and Broadway PTA hold Founders Day meeting February 17 at 7 30 p.m. in the Gay Avenue school auditorium plus executive board gathering February 13 at 1 30 p.m. An ad in Mount Vernon, Kentucky, notes Good and Bad Furniture Mostly Bad.
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Upshur County
American Legion
Gay Avenue
Broadway
PTA
Gay Pta
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Gladeites
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Airport Board
Larry Stratton
Bernard Davidson
Melvin Jenkins
G’water School Board
Harley Ross
Shirley
Jewel Smith
Morgantown
Butler County
City Council
Wayne Pollard
Carson Kennedy
James Gelvin
John Osteen
S. M. Thomas, Jr
Gordon Mayer
L. R. Carl
J. W. Propes
Ree
Garland
Propes
Garlard Memorial Hospital
Harriett Jean
Glenn Waltons
Colorado
Gil Poston
Justowriter
Wanda Poston
Mount Vernon, Ky
Mount Vernon
Grocery
Harold Potts
Union Racer & Market
Gilmer
Inh Soobe
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