Holiday greetings and church events noted in Oregon area
Holiday greetings reach Guttenberg and Shreveport relatives as Ace Lee returns from New York. The article also notes church services at Centre Presbyterian Longview, a Gladewater Library Story Hour, and Gladewater CES meeting at the Masonic Hall with Vernon Dean Street address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Daniels
Lee Spencers
Guttenberg
New Jersey
Ace Lee
Johnette Daniel
Candy
Martie
New York City
Johnette
New York
New York Daniels
Randy Fuller
Brandy
East Texas State University
Gladewater
CES
Masonic Hall
N. Dean St
Services Sunday for Gladys Louise Prazak
Funeral services for Gladys Louise Prazak, 62, will be Sunday at 2 pm in Malcolm Stone Funeral Chapel with Rev. E Hal McCombs officiating. Burial in Memorial Park. She was found dead at home Friday. death by natural causes ruled. Survived by daughter Beverly Brenner, son Jack Prazak Jr, a brother Ernest Rinard, three sisters, and eight grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Louise Prazak
Malcolm Stone
E. Hal McCombs
Winterfield Methodist Church
Longview
Memorial Park
Beverly Brenner
Jack Prazak, Jr
Channelview
Ernest Rinard
California
Ernestine Doughty
Long Beach
Calif
Myrtle Balch
Jessie Gibbons
New Lima
Okla
Obituary of Jeffer son C. Hughes in Gladewater
Jeffer son C. Hughes 72 of Route 2 Gladewater died Thursday in a local hospital after a long illness. Funeral services were held Saturday at 1 30 p m at Malcolm Stone Funeral Chapel with Reverend James Brannen officiating. Interment followed in Memorial Garden Cemetery Henderson. He was born March 7 1898 in Amity Arkansas and lived in Gladewater 15 years after moving from Henderson. A WWI veteran and retired pumper, he was a Baptist and a member of the American Legion. Survivors include his wife Nina two daughters Mrs E Q Bynum and Mrs M E Rogers of Henderson five grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Pallbearers were Everett Keller Oliver Sorrells Merle Valentine John Dailey Fred Kerley and Herbert Hughes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson C. Hughes
Route 2
Gladewater
Malcolm Stone
James Brannen
First United Methodist Church
Memorial Garden
Henderson
Hughes
Amity
Arkansas
American Legion
Nina
E. Q. Bynum
M. E. Rogers
J. A. Dailey
Wilmon
Ark
Byron Laye
Arkadelphia
Grover Spencer
Little Rock
Everett Keller
Oliver Sorrells
Merle Valentine
John Dailey
Fred Kerley
Herbert Hughes
Sam Houston State President's Residence Torn Down
A landmark on the Sam Houston State University campus, in use since 1912 and linked to three presidents, is being demolished during holiday break. The Old South style home, co designed by Loulie Sexton Estill, served as residence and guest quarters before fire damage led to its replacement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Sam Houston State University
Loulie Sexton Estill
Harry Fishburne Estill
Sam Houston Normal
Texas Baptist Evangelism Conference Outsized Crowds Expected
More than 13000 pastors and laymen from across Texas are expected to fill the Tarrant County Convention Center for the 1971 Texas Baptist Evangelism Conference on January 12. Evangelism director C Wade Freeman of Dallas says the meeting could be the largest ever held with several Texas Baptist pastors sharing the preaching along with Stephen F. Austin University involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tarrant County Convention Center
Texas Baptists
C. Wade Freeman
Dallas
Texas Baptist
Stephen F
Lone Star —C
A. Jackson
Texas & Northern
Lone Star Warehouse Company
Jackson
Lone Star Steel Company
T&n Lone Star Warehouse
Lone Star Steel
W. H. Jamieson
T&n Railway
Austin
Lorrin Kennamer
University of Texas At Austin
Austin Municipal Auditorium
Kennamer
Texas Tech University
J. W. Edgar
Texas Commissioner of Education
Irby Carruth
Austin Independent School District
Boy in Improved Condition After Chest Wound
A 10-year-old Hawkins boy named Jimmy Moss was shot in the chest by a accidental discharge from a .410 shotgun while walking with a companion in the Pleasant Grove area near Big Sandy. He was treated at Gladewater’s Municipal Hospital then moved to Good Shepherd Hospital for surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longview
Good Shepherd Hospital
Upshur County
Big Sandy
Gladewater
Good Shepherd
Tax Hike Begins As Social Security and Medicare Rise
The January payroll will reflect higher Social Security and Medicare deductions. For earners above 7800 annual, weekly tax rises by 60 cents. those at 5000 see a 38 cent increase. The rate climbs from 4.8 to 5.2 percent under law, independent of Congress action.
Prayer For Today Reflection on unseen things and greed
A devotional urging focus on the eternal rather than visible wealth. It asks God to fix the heart on the unseen and to act against greed and destruction that violate divine will. The prayer ends with Amen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Self Defense Karate Instructor Teaches Kids in Carbondale
Mike Wadiak a fourth degree black belt in Isshinryu System of Karate teaches children self defense in Carbondale Illinois His students Joy Reames 7 Chuck Popp 11 Wallace Lockhart 15 and Lance Avery 16 wear white belts The SIU graduate student earned his first degree black belt at age 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale, Ill
Mike Wadiak
Joy Reames
Chuck Popp
Wallace Lockhart
Lance Avery
Wadiak
Southern Illinois University
Reminiscence of 1894 Longview Bank Robbery Tale
A former Gladeite recalls the 1894 First National Bank of Longview robbery, detailing the note demanding money, the two robbers, the shootout with City Marshal Muckleroy and others, and the fatal shooting of George Buckingham. The account also notes the robber George Bennett and the aftermath, with local figures and era context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladeite
Longview
B. C
Clay) Chrisman
Baird
Texas
The
Mirror
First National Bank
Chrisman
Gladewater
Bethel
L. J. Everett
T. J. Allison
Morgan
Victory
Callahan County
Tom Clemmons
Marshall Muckleroy
Will Stevens
George Buckingham
Buckingham
Muckleroy
J. W. McQueen
Charles S. Leonard
T. C. Summers
T. E. Clemmons
Bennett
George Bennett
Indian Territory
Thomas Family Golden Anniversary Celebrated in East Texas
Wiley Thomas Sr and Lyda Thomas marked 50 years of marriage in a Gladewater dedication. The couple long supported the Quitman Center Street Church of Christ and engaged in benevolence from Pan American Oil to local hospitals. Their children and grandchildren join in honoring them for devoted service to family and faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Texas
Wiley Thomas, Sr
Duncan
Okla
Gladewater
Pan American Oil Co
Mr. Thomas
Quitman & Center Street
Church of Christ
J. P. Jackson
Thomas
Pan American
Boles
Quinlan
Wiley Thomas
Gladewater Mirror
Quitman and Center
Also Mentioned on This Page
E. E. Woodruff
Liberty City
Max Ecke
Centre Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church
Ecke
Gladewater Public Library
J. C. Hughes
Sam Houston U. Landmark Raised
Gregg County
Hart Hospital
Sheila Denise Green
Mittie Lou Green
Walter Hart
Laura Alexander
Hawkins Boy
S. S
Congress
Olford
Calvary Baptist Church
Carl E. Bates
Charlotte
N. C
Southern Baptist Convention
T. A. Patterson
Baptist General Convention of
Tyler
George Lewis
County Court House
Robert Regis
Lansing, Mich
Clare County
Department of Safety
Uvalde Road
Houston City Limits
Thomases
Mary Thomas
Dale
Jimmy
Carolyn
White Oak
Wiley L. Thomas, Jr
Johnny C. Handy, Jr
Dale Thomas
Jimmy Thomas
Joseph F. Garvey Jr
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