Eye Opener at Texas A&M University Commencement Jan 18
Com mencement exercises will be conducted Jan. 18 at Texas A&M University. Degree candidates from Gladewater include Homer G. Garner Route 1 and Michael T Reeves Route 1 both earning Bachelor of Science. B B Fields minister of music and education at First Baptist Church will be among about 150 Texas Baptist ministers of music who will sing at the Texas Baptist Evangelism Conference in Dallas with performances by the male chorus on Monday and Tuesday sessions.
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Texas A&m University
Gladewater
Homer G. Garner
Michael T. Reeves
B. B. Fields
First Baptist Church
Texas Baptist Ministers of Music
Dallas
Accountants To Hear John Byrne In Longview
John L. Byrne assistant chief of the IRS Audit Division in Dallas will address the Longview East Texas Chapter of the National Association of Accountants at the Contessa Inn Thursday evening. His topic The Audit of Tax Returns by Automatic Data Processing in the Internal Revenue Service. Byrne a CPA joined the IRS in 1954 and rose to his present post in 1967. He is a Shamrock native with a BBA from West Texas State College and has Army service in Germany and Korea. The meeting includes a social hour at 6 15 p.m. dinner at 7 and the technical session at 8 reservations may be made by calling Lonel Hughes at 753 4474 Longview.
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John L. Byrne
Internal Revenue Service
Dallas
Longview-East Texas
National Association of Accountants
Contessa Inn
Byrne
Amarillo
IRS
Shamrock
Amarillo Senior High
Amarillo College
West Texas State College
Canyon
U.S. Army
Germany
Korea
Internal Revenue Agent
Lonel J. Hughes
Longview
Mark XXI to produce boats in Texas plant
The Mark XXI project plans a 66 by 100 foot metal facility in Texas to build fiberglass runabout boats powered up to 225 horsepower. Target production starts at 100 units the first year and rises to 400 annually while maintaining quality. Earl Glenn and Lynch lead management with prior boat industry experience. A coffee meeting and groundbreaking were attended by Mayor Quentin Abernathy and several city officials.
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Earl Glenn
Glenn
Lynch
Lone Star Boat Company
Lone Star Company
Chrysler Boat Company
Sterncraft Boat Company
Giddings Manufacturing Company
Texas Maid Boat Company
Sterncraft
Lewisville
Texas
Irby Bates
First Baptist Church
Quentin Abernathy
E. R
Pete) McKain
Curtis Bright
Melvin Jenkins
Bill Owens
1981 William Penn decree on forest preservation
In 1981 William Penn established a colonial rule in Pennsylvania demanding one acre of forest left standing for every five acres cleared. The order aimed to conserve woodland while permitting expansion and development within the colony.
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William Penn
Pennsylvania
Attorney reports busy 1968 for state crime office
The district attorney notes 1968 had 688 criminal prosecutions and 475 defendants jailed or fined. Felony fines totaled 17 420 and misdemeanors 52 298 with broad work including domestic relations, juvenile cases, habeas corpus and investigations. He predicts 1969 will be busier amid rising crimes of dishonesty.
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Prince
Matthews Given Masonic Award
A fifty year Masonic award certificate and pin were presented Saturday morning to Dudley R. Matthews, retired insurance agent, by officers of Gladewater Lodge 852 and Deputy District Grand Master R. L. Dorrough. Matthews completed his fifty years as a Mason on Sept. 25 last year. The presentation at Matthews home was made by Worshipful Master Bob Mays, Senior Warden Jimmy Williams, and Junior Warden Charles Mc Chesney.
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Dudley R. Matthews
Gladewater
R. L. Dorrough
Matthews
Bob Mays
Jimmy Williams
Charles McChesney
Hospital Admissions and Discharges List at City Hospitals
A hospital brief lists recent admissions and discharges. Hart Clinic Hospital records include Mike Hallman and others under admitted, with dismissals including Walter Hawkins and several named patients. City Hospital notes numerous admissions such as Eudean Heard and Jenning Whitter, plus many discharges including Cecil MacMahan and Martha Barnes.
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City Hospital
Eudean Marie Heard
Minnie O’neal
Jimmie Lula Jackson
Ozella Anderson
William Gilbert Lane
L. W. Pelphrey
Betty Oneal Wells
Roddie William Wells
Coma Mitchell Stone
Aubrey Griffin
Ruby Lee Muse
Kenneth Neal Bowling
Jenning Dexter Whitter
David Leroy Blear
Howard Montgomery, Jr
Grace Ellen Casey
Opal Lee Kelley
Curtis Wayne Wells
Joe Don Fowler
Cecil Mac Mahan
Martha Barnes
Lovie Jimson
Vance Rockwell
Virgil T. Thompson
Helen Maxine Torbert
Harry Joe Wedgeworth
Omie Lee Ward
Quitn Bell Armstrong
Addie Mae Lewis
Clara L. Covert
Ora Mae Huggins
Orvil Edward Byers
Grover C. Hollifield
Jimmie Lamberson
Volunteer hours at VA hospitals exceed nine million in a year
More than nine million hours of volunteer service were donated by over 100000 individuals to Veterans Administration hospitals last year, reflecting broad public support and engagement in veteran care.
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Veterans ’Administration
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ernest Martin
Gladewater Chamber of Commerce
Ladewater Hoat Manufacturing Company
Mack
King Size Wallet
Creative
Grandpa
Grandma
Shugart
John Byrne
Hospital News
Three Arts Club
First Methodist Church
Hamilton Jenkins
Melvin Ramsey
Couch
Dana Williams
The
First State Bank
Gladewater, Texas
Alcoholism Council
Alcohol Information Center
Gregg County Medical Society
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