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Newspaper
Gladewater Mirror
Location
Gladewater, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1969
Page
1
Schools will dismiss early for a teacher in service. Buses run earlier. Gay Avenue classes end at 1 30 p m Broadway and high school at 2 p m Classes resume usual hours Thursday. A brief local note mentions papers sold to an elderly Longview visitor connected to a front page photo.
Weldon High School Auditorium will host the first adult counseling program of the 1968 69 school year on Thursday night February 20 at 7 p m. All Weldon School parents of students in grades 1 12 are urged to attend as the event aims to be informative and practical with speakers including Garfield Hill Rudolph Phillips Earl Williams Mrs W L Holloman Dr C B McKenzie John Hatch and Title 1 staff. Refreshments will be provided by Homemaking students under Mrs Ida M Wedgworth supervision.
Nearly 500 youths and sponsors gathered in East Texas for a three day Presbyterian Youth Convention. Dr John Anderson spoke on Mission Impossible and The Password Game while sessions in Longview Gilmer and Gladewater covered identity and faith. The weekend featured a Valentine Blast with Wes Skeeter and a Breakout by December's Children. The event ends with a Sunday worship at St Andrew Church and the Gladewater Chamber banquet is set for April 10 with Citizen of the Year and Bradley Awards. Nomination open until March 15.
Ada L. Myers 80 of 104 North Cotton died Friday night in a Tyler hospital after a brief illness. Funeral services set for Sunday at 2 p.m. in Stone Funeral Home Chapel with ministers J W Best and G A Stanfield officiating. Burial in Gladewater Memorial Park. Survived by five daughters Thelma Preslar Lucille Warren Enla Mae Stroud Myrtle Tapley Inez Kibler, one brother A O Mixon, 11 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren.
The City Council PTA Family Living Committee invites guests for two morning sessions at the Community Building. February 18 features a film by a Longview school nurse on how to answer children's sex questions. February 20 will feature Earl Williams from the Texas Department of Public Health on general diseases.
Gladewater's Weldon school will publish a historical yearbook detailing a century of Black education in East Texas. The volume includes a pictorial history, reminiscences, teacher lists, and Inter scholastic League award winners. Reserve by February 28, 1969. price 3.00 in advance, 3.50 postage.
The article notes four candidates seeking City Council posts as incumbents J. B. Poston and four others vie for reelection. C. Leon Fatherree is the first to file for Place 5 on the School Board, with two board seats to be decided on April 5. Term expirations include Dr. G. R. Hugman and Tom Erwin.
Don Earp co runs Don's Restaurant and James Walker owns Walker's Pharmacy, filing Wednesday for city council seats. Bill Langford, city manager, notes terms and board roles while Mayor Quentin Abernathy and other incumbents stay in place. The school board terms also update with President Dr. Walter Henry among returning members.
The U S House Flood Control Subcommittee will hold a Friday hearing on Sabine River flood status at Longview Contessa Inn from 9 a m to 4 p m led by Rep Robert E Jones of Alabama with six member delegation. An Army Corps of Engineers representative will present flood control findings for the Sabine basin and talks from Sabine watershed cities will follow. Tickets for a noon buffet are $3 at the Contessa Inn.
The East Texas Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a two day Industrial Development Workshop at the Contessa Inn in Longview on Feb 24 and 25. Registration is 10 per person, with opening remarks by C Truett Smith and a series of sessions led by industry leaders from Dallas and Longview. A fatal highway crash near Gilmer claimed four lives during a separate weather related incident.
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