SWEPCO outlines 1969 high voltage and distribution projects
SWEPCO plans major transmission upgrades across East Texas including reconductoring 138 000 volt lines Jefferson to Marshall and Mt. Pleasant to Pittsburg. New 345 000 volt EHV lines will link Wilkes Plant to Longwood Louisiana and extend to El Dorado and Oklahoma border. In Texas they will spend 4 million on distribution circuits and sub stations to meet doubling power demand. Pirkey states 1969 construction will advance energy needs.
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Jefferson
Marshall
Gladewater
Longview
Mt. Pleasant
Pittsburg
Lone Star
Swepco
East Texas
Louisiana
el Dorado
Arkansas Power
Pirkey
Gladewater Home Building Hits High Interest Amid Strong Growth
Construction figures show total permitting of 45 366 dollars with 1968 adds up 42 300 from twelve permits and 27 222 in 1967. Builders report high demand for new homes in Gladewater and surrounding areas, aided by low financing barriers, strong schools, and favorable tax structure. A local builder predicts a rosy future for area housing with continued interest from outsiders. A burial note mentions Mr Balke buried at Rock Springs Cemetery and survived by wife Doris one son and four daughters plus five brothers and his Kentucky mother. He was born June 20 1928 in Henderson Ky and was Korean War U S Army veteran. He worked as a carpenter.
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Gladewater
Ing
Rock Springs
Kentucky
Henderson
East Mountain News Family Updates and Local Visit Highlights
East Mountain News notes Larry Price on leave from the United States Navy visiting the W S Huffhines home. Sympathy offered to Myrtle Wilson’s family after her death in a Gladewater hospital. Services held at East Mountain Baptist Church with Wilson family members listed. Various holiday visits and travels are described, including Hawaii trip by Mrs Alma Ford and Miss Betty Ruth Baker, and a deer hunt trip to South Texas. A Christmas gathering at the Bill Brady home features antiques and hospitality with multiple local residents in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Price
East Mountain
United States Navy
W. S
Alma Ford
Tyler
Royce Ford
Obie Baker
Betty Ruth Baker
Hawaii
Baker
Aubrey Pate
Pate
Ava B. Spinks
Ringgold
Mr. Pate
Norval Hasley
David Reynolds
South Texas
Derrell Murphy
Marcie
Mike
Memphis
Tennessee
Mrs. Murphy
J. B. Shaw
Gigi
Murphys
Bill Brady
Hamby Road
Brady
Ed Davis
James Coulter
Fred Gray
Our Youth and Our Scholarship Program Eyed in Gladewater
Sid Hecker will present the program with the theme Keep America Beautiful Through Education. The Gladewater Public Library received two memorial books donated by Mr and Mrs Neil Cooper and Mr and Mrs Jim Holcombe. In memory of R E Ben OByrne the book Ireland Since the Rising by Timothy Patrick Coogan was placed on the shelves. For the late Mrs Martin McAda the book Children of Allah by Agnes Newton Keith was chosen. Dr and Mrs S M Thomas presented memorial gifts to the library in memory of both Mrs McAda and Mr OByrne.
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Gladewater Public Library
Neil Cooper
Jim Holcombe
R. E. “Ben” O'Byrne
Ireland
Timothy Patrick Coogan
Martin McAda
Agnes Newton Keith
S. M. Thomas
McAda
O’byrne
Hospital Admittances and Dismissals List
The bulletin lists admitted patients at Hart Clinic Hospital including Jacque Stevens Mrs Masue Dent William Allen L A Whatley Glen Baird Mrs Agatha McDonald William Wright Mrs Erma Whitlock Mrs Thelma Allen Mrs Myrtle Reed Mrs Lou Moore Mrs Nannie Mae Money Mrs Inez Watson Mrs Gayla Posey Lacrecia McDonald Helen Walker Mrs Louise Twilley Peggy Jean Strickland Mrs J W Romans C C Moore Mrs Johnny Tipton Wesley Ray James Smith. Dismissed include Mrs Lou Moore T W Gipson Helen Walker L A Whatley Mrs Inez Watson Glen Baird Mrs Mickey West Mrs Lucille Roe Jacque Stevens Mrs Gayla Posey Mrs Fred Sessions Mrs Thelma Allen Alf Holloway Louie Logsdon Patricia Lynn Mitchell Choice Ozell Miller George Burns R M Woods. City Hospital Admitted A E Byers Nicholas Allen Katrina Sue Allen Mrs Ella Mae Lewis Mrs Lela
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Hart Clinic Hospital
Jacque Stevens
Masue Dent
William Allen
L. A. Whatley
Glen Baird
Agatha McDonald
William Wright
Erma Whitlock
Thelma Allen
Myrtle Reed
Lou Moore
Nannie Mae Money
Inez Watson
Gayla Posey
Lacrecia McDonald
Helen Walker
Louise Twilley
Peggy Jean Strickland
J. W. Romans
C. C. Moore
Johnny Tipton
Wesley Ray
James Smith
T. W. Gipson
Mickey West
Lucille Roe
Fred Sessions
Alf Holloway
Louie Logsdon
Patricia Lynn
Mitchell Choice
Ozell
IT'S A BOY AND A GIRL BORN AT CITY AND HART CLINIC HOSPITALS
Multiple birth announcements record baby boys Roderick Edward born Dec 26 at City Hospital 8 lbs 2 oz 7:48 pm Jerry Glenn born Dec 26 8 lbs 11/2 oz 2:33 pm and David Christopher born Dec 30 8 lbs 6 oz at City Hospital. A girl Jeannie born Dec 27 7:05 am at Hart Clinic Hospital weighing 7 lbs 4 oz.
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Clifford Edward Latham
City Hospital
Roderick Edward
Jerry Glenn Griffin
Jerry Glenn, Jr
James E. Burgin
David Christopher
Jimmy Posey
Hart Clinic Hospital
Jeannie
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Balke
East Mountain News
First State Bank
Texas
Gladewater Mirror
Sid Hecker
America
Bettye Landrum
Virgil A. Hughes
Jack Frank Elrod
Henry A. Clark
Helen Tolbert
Tully B. Hopkins
Lee Roy Threadgill
Joe Alan Vernon
Reba Sherman
John Foy Shepperd
I. W. Finley
Thelma Russell
Bill Pennington
Etta George
Vivian Welborn
Mamie Warren
Bernice Berry
Richard Merritt
Thelma Newsome
Marcial Sue Moore
Bonnie Griffin
Shelia Ann Latham
Ramona Faye Gage
Sue Ann Kelly
Mary Kates
Grover C. Hollifield
Goldie Mae Singleton
Wilbur W. Green
Dotina Marie Burgin
Horace C. Chandler
Eith Baird
Barbara Gail Phillips
Mark C. Louis
Yuvonne Louise Hart
Mary Jo Garrett
Teresa Ann Foss
Clifton E. Taylor
William H
Reha Sherman
Bertie East
E. C. Echols
Katrina Sue Allen
Nicholas Allen
Dent Baillie
Paul Edward Driver
Emma Essie F. Derest
Cora T. Luster
James F. Reynolds
Eloise Russell
Lois E. Sullivan
Edith Baird
Krit Kridakorn
Wanda Sue Caldwell
Loyce Alton Hancock
William F. McCarty
Doctor Palmer
Frances Lucille Inman
Grady Louise Jones
H.E. Pierce, Jr
Wilkie Mae Lane
Richard DeWayne Merritt
William M. Carroll
Lela Bettye Landrum
ECKO
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