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Newspaper
Gladewater Mirror
Location
Gladewater, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1970
Page
1
GHS Junior class runs a car wash to fund the Junior-Senior banquet and prom with help from Bear football players. Also noted are library memorial book gifts, a wedding announced for Dawn Marie Roberts and Wade Weiler, ongoing ministry tenure, a birthday birth at Good Shepherd Hospital, and student athlete Nathaia May’s concussion.
Funeral services for Mrs. Eula E. Hart lifelong Upshur County resident were held Saturday at 2 30 p m in the Croley Funeral Home Chapel Gilmer Burial followed at City Cemetery Gilmer She died at 82 at her Union Grove home Rev Herman Keogh and Rev Irby Bates officiated She was born August 12 1887 and lived in Wolfe City Wiley and Gilmer Survived by three sons Dr Walter Hart Everett Hart and Lt Col Harold Hart a daughter Mrs Mary E Smith one brother Ross Bullard one sister Mrs Ruby Stephens and seven grandchildren Pallbearers were Virgil Wallace Lindley Beckworth Raymond Wood Jerry Smith Norman Trice and Hilton Wheeler.
Hospital chairman Fred Lott said at the regular meeting six applications have been received for the soon vacant hospital administrator post with more expected. Present administrator James Childress resigned effective Feb 25 after serving since March 1967. The board also reappointed Frye Gregory Linsteader of Dallas to conduct the annual hospital audit.
Area residents receive Freedom Foundation awards as the 21st National Awards Program honors individuals and groups for advancing the American way of life. In East Texas YN3 Robert H. Bruns receives the George Washington Honor Medal for the Armed Forces. Reverend H. Daniel Morgan earns an Honor Certificate for Liberty Under Law. Ellie Hopkins of Longview wins the George Washington Honor Medal for an editorial American Dream. KFRO radio and Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co. receive an Independence Day program Honor Certificate.
The State Department of Health and the Gilmer Kiwanis Club sponsor a three day measles Rubella vaccine clinic in Upshur County on Tuesday February 24. Clinics run at Union Grove School at 8 30 a m and at Big Sandy School at 10 30 a m.
The Rotary Club elected Rev. James Brannen as president at the Thursday luncheon. Eddie Nelson was named vice-president, Richard Herbst secretary, and B. P. Dake treasurer. A Federal Aviation Administration representative gave the program.
The Gladewater Garden Club hosts a 1 30 cooking school at the Community Building with Mrs. James Hill of Hilltop Herb Farm Cleveland Texas as speaker. She will sample dishes and discuss home herb growing and recipes. The meeting also introduces new club directors and officers to be installed in late June. Floyd Schoolcraft of the FAA and Larry Stratton led a talk on small airports and regional growth.
A devotional note based on Acts 8 20 urges awareness of conscience when tempted by dishonest gain. It asks believers to seek honest labor with God, lest their efforts be in vain, and ends with an Amen.
A federal hearing examiner orders the Kilgore School District to terminate federal funds for 7th and 8th grade remedial programs, secondary counseling, free lunches, and instructional materials at Dansby Kilgore High and vocational programs until compliance with Title VI Civil Rights Act requirements is achieved. Funds received for the current year are not required to be refunded.
C Q Abernathy filed for re election amid a four way fight for city council seats. Also running are C G Johnston Bright and McKain with others filing recently. The April 7 election deadline is 5 pm March 1 and absentee voting runs March 18 to April 0.
Austin announces Department Commander Henry H. Hill of San Antonio will visit the Third District of The American Legion. The tour starts February 24 with a 7 p.m. business meeting at Favre Baldwin Post 12 in Tyler, with Commander Marie attending and urging nearby posts to join.
A free three day emergency care and transport course will be held March 3 4 5 at Mobberly Avenue Baptist Church Longview. Doctors nurses police and fire personnel plus others will cover resuscitation splinting burns and trauma care to improve emergency response.
GHS choir parents gather Monday at 7 30 PM in the choir room for a key session. Reports on scholarships and candy sales, spaghetti supper finances, and rodeo season plans will be heard. Preliminary spring concert reception plans and active parent participation are urged.
The Gladewater High School concert band directed by Don Cartwright will perform its annual winter concert on Tuesday February 24 at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium. The free event invites the public after a long football season with solo and ensemble work and stage band contests. The program features a new march setting of America arranged for the U S Navy band, three senior trumpet players David Mecey Steve Davidson and George Cuthbertson, Burglar's Holiday with the band, and a range from serious to rock selections.
Glade area residents are asked to look for Lloyd M. Butch Linton son of Mr. and Mrs. Malcom St. Aire 407 Waggoner Greggton nephew of Mrs. W. L. Schofner 317 Sunset Gladewater. Last seen January 11 he wore blue jeans blue denim shirt brown corduroy jacket brown cow boy boots. He is five feet five inches tall about 125 pounds with reddish brown hair and a small scar near his left eye. Anyone with information contact the Glade water police or Gregg County sheriff in Longview.
With the filing deadline approaching, incumbent Audas for Place 7 announced he will not seek another term in the Gladewater School Board election set for April 4. Virgil Wallace for Place 6 remained undecided as of Friday. The filing deadline is Wednesday March 4 and candidates file in the superintendent’s office at the high school designating their Place.
Sam Tanner of the Cozy Theatre sponsors a King of the Grizzlies coloring contest for ages 5 to 12 with two groups. Prizes include 7.50 for first, 2.50 for second, a free month pass, and Mirror subscriptions for fourth and fifth. Entries due February 26 at the Gladewater Mirror.
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