City Council weighs diverse nine item agenda
City council meets to consider pre application for a Community Block Grant request and an ordinance to ban sexually explicit films near churches and schools. Other items include sewer facility plan payments bids on asphalt and new lease terms for Municipal Hospital along with tax board appointments and a delinquent taxes attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Wiseman
Leon Waggoner
Bill Christian
Tax Equalization Board
Carnation Street
Municipal Hospital
Cole & Smithen Construction Company
eHear
Hart Engineering of
Longview
Gas outage cuts Gladeweater schools to short holiday
Gladewater students skipped classes Monday after Entex reported a broken main line cutting gas to the town. Gas was curtailed to large users while repairs were made and all students returned home. By Monday afternoon the line was repaired and schools were open Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladewater
Roy Johnson
Entex
George Thomas
Thomas
Welch sworn in for second term as Gregg County Sheriff
Sheriff Tom Hughes Welch began a new four year term on January 3 and faced a $100,000 federal civil suit filed January 5 naming him and two deputies. Welch oversees 44 staff with 36 officers, projects a $524,128 budget, and sees growth and crime challenges in Gregg County Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gregg County
Tom H. Welch
Longview
Tom Hughes Welch
Tyler
Federal District Court
Welch
East Texas
Commissioners Court
East
Texas
Gladewater board approves McCreary and Huey for delinquent taxes
Gladewater trustees approve the Austin firm McCreary and Huey to collect delinquent taxes after auditor findings show a 10 percent rise. Tax assessor Bill Carroll cited 55 56 thousand dollars in delinquencies and discussed savings if Governor Briscoe’s 9 cent local fund assignment passes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladewater
McCreary and Huey
Austin
Bill Carroll
McCreary and
Huey
Ernest Martin
Carroll
Schoool
Jack Earp
Jack Finley
McCreary
Briscoe
Local notices and anniversaries fill a quiet week
Lost red Irish Setter claim requires identification at 601 Rodeo. Roy and Cynthia Spray spend winter in Hawaii with their mother Mrs R H Cruise. Mr. and Mrs C B Brown celebrate 45th anniversary. Claude and spouse receive invitation to Carter inauguration in Washington. AARP meets. Polansky from Dallas speaks on insurance. Masonic Lodge 852 hosts Past Masters night with fish dinner and degree work. Mrs. E R Gaston funeral in Gilmer. burial at Morris Cemetery. Gaston family connections noted. Major Mickey L Topping departs for SAC Omaha after visit here. One year old black dog available for giveaway at 845-2921. James Meeks and Hazel Ponder recovery updates. Rose and Felix Wells and Winnie and Carson Kennedy celebrate shared anniversaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AARP
Association of Retired Persons
Senior Citizens Center
Polansky
Dallas
Masonic Lodge No. 852
James Meeks
Good Shepherd Hospital
Hazel Ponder
Rose
Felix Wells
Winnie
Carson Kennedy
Annual banquet set Directors eye Chamber plans
Chamber of Commerce directors at their first 1977 luncheon elected two new directors to replace resignations. They discussed dining hall fees, the annual membership banquet, and methods for selecting special awards across four categories plus ticket sales for the upcoming tasting. Curtis Bright reviewed the US Highway 80 east sign repaint effort and Royce Ford presented proposed officers for 1977 78. Dora Bolgiano, secretary manager, announced details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Brown
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Curtis Bright
Royce Ford
Dora Bolgiano
Gladewater Plans Fifth Annual Tasting Bee
Gladewater hosts its fifth annual tasting bee sponsored by the Municipal Hospital Auxiliary with 400 advance tickets at 2.75 each for Feb 24 in the First Baptist Church lower auditorium. Thirty recipes will be selected from 31 committees, with seven recipes per committee and three committees doubling to prepare three meats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladewater
Gladewater Municipal Hospital
Mattie Finley
Chamber of Commerce
Finley
Linda Wells
Wells
Pam Crittenden
Swepco
Dora Bolgiano
Mary Nell Holt
First State Bank
the Bee
Bee
GHS
Chamber
N. Main Street
Gladette Ivan Elmer
Elmer
United States Chamber of Commerce
Washington, D.C
Kilgore College
Focal
Charles Wilson
Harold Wells
Fred Hull
John McClain
Chamberist
Buzz Long
Long
Civic Service Club
Senior Citizens’ Center
Municipal Hospital Auxiliary
First Baptist Church
Trucker of the Year Honored for 1977 Olen Welk of Big Sandy
Olen Welk, a longtime trucker from Big Sandy and brother of Mrs. Polly Lybass, is named Trucker of the Year for 1977 by the American Trucking Association. He has logged over 3.5 million miles without a chargeable accident since starting in 1934. Welk, nicknamed Oleg, and his wife Hazel receive a trophy and diamond pin from Norbert Tiemann and plan to attend President Carter's inauguration after a Washington trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Sandy
Gladeite
The
American Trucking Association, Inc
Olen Welk
Polly Lybass
Welk
Hazel
Washington, D. C
Oley
Norbert Tiemann
Jimmy Carter
Wyoming
Texas
Missouri
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Amen
Gregg Countians
Glade
Winona
A. D. Harmes, Jr
Smith County
Billy Williamson
Earp
Oscar Freeman
New Mountain Methodist Church
Pat Walker
James Baggett
Botth
Johnson
Broadway
John Steger
Roy
Cynthia Spray
Hawaii
R. H. Cruies
C. B. Brown
Claude Smith
Smiths
E. R. Gaston
Sulphur Springs
Croley Funeral Home
Gilmer
Morris Cemetery
Gaston
Read Gaston
City
G. G. Gaston
Mickey L. Topping
Omaha
Nebraska
Strategic Air Command
L. Parish
R. A. Topping
Directors Eye Chamber
Upshur County Firemen’s Association
Everett Dean
Kenneth Eddy
James Lewis
Onie
Gladeite’s
Trucker of
Oleg
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