Briggs home damaged by fire on South Tyler Road
The Harry Briggs residence on South Tyler road sustained about 4000 in damage from a Saturday afternoon fire. A faulty stove fitting is blamed for the blaze reported at 2 p.m. Fire department activity included a Cave Inn dishwasher short at 12 45 p.m. Saturday and firecrackers igniting a North Street fire at 1 35 p.m. Sunday. Firemen began the new year rescuing a cat from a tree at Gay and East Lake Drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Briggs
South Tyler Road
Cave Inn
North Street
Gay and
East Lake Drive
Monastir Fortified Watchers and Paradise Promise
Monastir, Tunisia, a seaside town, drew sun seekers from western Europe yet held a medieval belief. Moslems of a thousand years ago believed three days atop Monastir’s fortifications granted immediate entry to Paradise upon death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monastir
Tunisia
Europe
New Year Reflections and East Texas Ghost Town tales
An reflective piece on New Year resolutions and faith contrasts with a feature about East Texas historian Bob Bowman detailing ghost towns in The Towns We Left Behind. It covers Christmas toasts from ETBC students, international guests, local community roles, and Bowman's compilation of 55 towns with notes on Harrison and Nacogdoches counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Texas
Groner
ETBC
United Nations Hall
Rogers
Salvador
Ronald
St. Marks Methodist Church
East Marshall
Summers
Kelleyville
Harrison County
Bob Bowman
Lufkin
Free Press Publishing Co
Diboll
Bowman
Southland Paper Mills, Inc
East
Texas
Police Report Hits Start of Year Disturbances and Investigations
Local officers logged multiple family disturbances and fights with several individuals treated for injuries. They investigated a two car wreck on West Gay at 2 20 p m with no injuries or tickets. A homeowner reported theft of outdoor Christmas lights along with vandalism and prowler incidents. Water in a crocodile's ears note appears as an odd aside.
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Gladewater
Godwin and Brown
East Broadway
West Gay
IT’S A BOY BORN TO H. C. BULLOCKS FAMILY
Birth announcement: Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Bullock welcomed Clark Aaron born Sunday at Hart Clinic Hospital at 7:19 PM weighing 8 pounds 2 ounces. The notice notes new arrival in local society pages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Bullock
Hart Clinic Hospital
Clark Aaron
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Briggs
Edmund Burke
Dolores Graves
Mabel Summers
Rogers Casco
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Central America
Ronald Yew
Hong Kong
Salvador Villalpando
Durango
Mexico
Mrs. Summers
Etexas
Shelby
Haslam
Buena Vista
East Hamilton
Patroon
Bobo
Blair
Brooklin
Eagle Mills
Myricks’ Ferry
Silas
Waterman
Panola
Pulsaki
Fair Play
Jumbo
Woods
Nacogdoches
Oil Springs
Pattonia
Mount Sterling
Linn Flat
Rusk
Harmony Hill
Lawson
Pine Hill
Upshur
Kelsey
Marion
Port Caddo
Suzanne Godart
Johnston of
Dallas
J. R. York’s
Kansas
Ina
First Christian Church
Gregg Street
Weight & Watchers
Pepsi Cola
BTL Ctn
Borden’s Round Carton
Quikie
Howard Senter
West Issan Gladewater
THE
YEE
Medicare
Blue Cross
Gue
Taylor Jobe
Jobe Drug CO
Sherman Kennedy
Dale Barton
Buck Eagle Sharp Auction Hall
Biks. W
First State Bank
Pacific
Norma Jean Gragoo
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